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(2009-06-10)Department: EnglishAlthough the outbreak of “Spanish flu” in 1918-1919 has been labeled a “forgotten pandemic,” it has made a significant mark on literature and culture, especially that of the 1930s. This paper examines three works of that ...
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(2018-05-31)Department: EconomicsPrices play a critical role in economics by guiding the efficient allocation of resources in market-based economies. In this dissertation I address two puzzles regarding prices: why so many prices end in 99 cents, which ...
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(2010-04-20)Department: HistoryThroughout its history, the rhetoric of religion, specifically, in this case of Protestant Christianity, has shaped and influenced America. From missions societies to itinerant preachers, Protestants leaders have sought ...
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(2012-06-19)Department: Biological SciencesCell migration is a complex process that requires the coordination of signaling events that take place in distinct locations within the cell. Adaptor proteins are emerging as key modulators of spatially integrated processes ...
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(2018-01-17)Department: Special EducationThe purpose of this study was to understand the potential benefit of auditory and pictorial components of alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) systems in facilitating novel word learning for typically developing ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011)This paper investigates the role of social learning in the diffusion of different types of innovation in four urban areas of Brazil. A unique database of small sized firms in 19 economic sectors is used to show evidence ...
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(2023-10-30)Department: GermanThis dissertation explores the resonance between Friedrich Nietzsche’s (1844-1900) philosophical discourse and U.S.-American superhero comics. Its five chapters examine the evolving relationship between superheroes in ...
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(2023-10-30)Department: GermanThis dissertation explores the resonance between Friedrich Nietzsche’s (1844-1900) philosophical discourse and U.S.-American superhero comics. Its five chapters examine the evolving relationship between superheroes in ...
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(2020-10-29)Department: EnglishThe Bureau of Reclamation utilized water infrastructures to create a cultural infrastructure of the irrigated American West most centrally through the creation of its own federally-produced films. In particular, the Bureau ...
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(2009-06-02)Department: HistoryThis dissertation explores African and Portuguese roles in the rise of the Spanish Caribbean's most important port cities, with particular emphasis on Cartagena de Indias and Havana. During the late sixteenth and early ...
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(2013-12-10)Department: AnthropologyBased on fieldwork among artisans in the rural district of Quinua, Peru, this dissertation analyzes recent state policies to promote creative industries and organize business associations. I focus on two concrete practices ...
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(2019-10-22)Department: EnglishPosthumanist and multispeciesist scholars have embraced the idea that AI and robots should be seen as more than profit making entities. However, a wider acceptance of this paradigm shift will require confronting the reality ...
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(2011-08-31)Department: PsychologyThe current study is the first to systematically investigate the suppressive characteristics underlying continuous flash suppression (CFS). In a series of experiments, I showed that CFS operates by selectively attenuating ...
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(2022-03-25)Department: Electrical EngineeringSingle event (SE) effects and total ionizing dose (TID) radiation for the 7-nm bulk FinFET technology node are investigated. SE cross-sections are investigated at near-threshold voltage (NTV) supply voltages for a variety ...
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(2016-06-21)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyFiloviruses cause a highly lethal disease in humans, with untreated mortality rates approaching 90%. Most of our knowledge about neutralizing antibody responses against filovirus infections has come from studies of monoclonal ...
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(2006-06-30)Department: NeuroscienceThis dissertation explores the anatomical and functional organization of the sensorimotor system of Bellanger’s tree shrews. A special emphasis is placed on establishing the organization of the motor cortex and thalamus ...
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The angel paradox: Elizabeth Fry and the role of gender and religion in nineteenth-century Britain (2013-04-15)Department: HistoryThis dissertation analyzes intersections of religion, gender, and public policy in nineteenth-century Britain through the life of Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), a Quaker minister and prison reform activist who founded the ...
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(2014-04-15)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyThe fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) causes chytridiomycosis and has played a role in at least 90 amphibian extinctions since 1980. However, some amphibian species are more resistant to Bd than others, which may ...
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(2020-11-18)Department: Microbe-Host InteractionsSERINC5 is a 10-12 transmembrane domain cellular protein that is incorporated into budding HIV-1 particles and reduces HIV-1 infectivity by inhibiting virus-cell fusion. HIV-1 susceptibility to SERINC5 is determined by ...
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The application of Friction Stir Welding Processes to new materials and new material combinations. (2018-04-06)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThe application of Friction Stir Welding Processes to new materials and new material combinations. Design and manufacturing needs in all industrial fields are driving the development of new manufacturing processes and new ...