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(Duke Law Journal, 2013)In the course of debates over same-sex marriage, many scholars have proposed new legal definitions of sexual orientation to better account for the role of relationships in constituting identities. But these discussions ...
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(Duke Law Journal, 2013)In the course of debates over same-sex marriage, many scholars have proposed new legal definitions of sexual orientation to better account for the role of relationships in constituting identities. But these discussions ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-04-07)In this study, we were interested in what 9-month-olds understood about the physical properties of an object after seeing an intentional gesture made toward the object. Specifically, we asked whether infants could make ...
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(2015-10-14)Department: HistoryDrawing on the extensive records of the Royal Africa Company as well as eyewitness reports by important actors in the slave trade, this paper addresses current assumptions held about piracy and the Atlantic slave trade. ...
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(2016-10-20)Department: NeuroscienceThe immune system and brain are intricately intertwined in both development and adult function. Unfortunately, this relationship can lead to dysfunction when balance in either system is disturbed. Inflammation does not ...
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(2015-07-15)Department: Nursing ScienceThe precise cause of cancer cachexia is unknown. It is a syndrome associated with weight loss, lipolysis, muscle wasting, anorexia, chronic nausea and asthenia. Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) are particularly ...
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(2016-03-30)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologySpasmolytic polypeptide-expression metaplasia (SPEM) develops in the atrophic stomach and progresses to an intestinalized SPEM in the setting of inflammation. Different immune deficient mouse models determined that T-cells, ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2001)The problem of monetary policy delegation is formulated as a two-stage non-cooperative game between the government and the central bank. The solution to this policy game determines the optimal combination of central bank ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008)This paper develops an open economy DSGE model with an emphasis on trade costs to evaluate the performance of the Bank of Canada in the Canadian inflation targeting experience. For model parametrization, the New-Keynesian ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2001)In virtually all theoretical studies of inflation targeting, the announced inflation target is treated as being fully credible. However, inflation targeting policies have typically been implemented after protracted periods ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009)A large body of evidence links financial development to economic growth, yet the channels through which inflation affects this relationship and its stability have been less thoroughly explored. We take an econometric and ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2005)The problem of monetary policy delegation is formulated as a two-stage non-cooperative game between the government and the central bank. The solution to this policy game determines the optimal combination of central bank ...
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Influence of Expert Teachers' Videos on Preservice Teachers' Noticings and Thinking about Practice (2021-08-09)This study examines the teacher candidate field experience within the Department of Educational Studies at Rhodes College, a liberal arts and science focused school with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students in ...
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(2021-07-16)Department: Biomedical EngineeringAlzheimer’s Disease (AD) is traditionally characterized by the presence of parenchymal plaques comprised of amyloid-β peptide aggregates, but these peptide aggregates can also deposit onto brain vasculature. This condition, ...
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(2007-08-03)Department: Civil EngineeringMoisture is a major source of degradation of hot mix asphalt (HMA) used in highway pavements. Moisture damage occurs when there is a loss of bond either at the asphalt-aggregate interface or within the asphalt mastic. ...
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Influence of patient size on dose to female breast tissue during routine computed tomography scans (Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, 2008-04-21)Monte Carlo methods are well suited to the evaluation of radiation transport phenomena. The scalable phantoms employed in this project permitted rapid creation of three models of similar geometry, but different body habitus. ...
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(2012-04-20)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceCarbon nanotubes (CNTs) are modeled using the Tersoff-Brenner potential and thermal conductivities were estimated using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics. Thermal conductivity for single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2012)The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a relationship between IEP goals and prior reading instruction for children with Down Syndrome, and whether both of those variables had an impact on the children’s ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2022-03-28)Many theories in event perception suggest that the information about the temporal organization of events plays an important role in facilitating the comprehension of event content. Although a previous study conducted by ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2009-04-23)Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is the public school district serving Louisville, Kentucky. With an enrollment of approximately 99,000 students, JCPS is Kentucky's largest public school system. Each school in ...