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(2008-03-13)Department: Chemical EngineeringWe report the mechanical elongation of a gold nanowire in vacuum and in solvents via molecular simulation. First, by combining molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with density-functional-theory (DFT) calculations, we ...
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(2020-08)This study explores the experiences of African-American females (AA/Fs) who serve as corporate board directors of public and private corporations in the United States. Questions that guided this research attempted to offer ...
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(2006-08-01)Department: Earth and Environmental SciencesWe consider the response of monazite in country rock to magmatic intrusion. Intrusion of the Searchlight pluton at 15.7-17.7 Ma produced extensive hydrothermal ore deposits in overlying units. Later tilting of the pluton ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009)In this essay I propose that the adoption of the U.S. dollar as a common currency shortly after the ratification of the Federal Constitution and the accompanying transition from a fiat to specie standard was a pivotal ...
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(2009-03-28)Department: EconomicsThis dissertation consists of three studies. Each study examines the role of trade costs for some facet of trade or finance, thus partly addressing a number of the Six Puzzles of International Economics highlighted by ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011)
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(2022-03-18)Department: EconomicsIn this dissertation I examine the impacts of monetary transfers to institutions (public schools) and individuals (single parents). I show that federal investments in low-performing public schools made via the School ...
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(Fordham Urban Law Journal, 2006)Should the benefits of risk and environmental regulations be monetized? For economists, this question is not controversial. Benefits of government policies have a value given by society's willingness to pay for these ...
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(Review of Banking & Financial Law, 2012)This paper approaches the shadow banking problem from a monetary point of view. It does so by means of a simple thought experiment. The aim is to strip away the inessentials so as to reveal some of the basic legal-institutional ...
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(Review of Banking and Financial Law, 2011)This paper approaches the shadow banking problem from a monetary point of view. It does so by means of a simple thought experiment. The aim is to strip away the inessentials so as to reveal some of the basic legal-institutional ...
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(2005-04-08)Department: EconomicsThe presence of severe search frictions undermines technological development since the long waiting period for the subsequent trade would discourage the selectiveness of product qualities. The introduction of money will ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2000)We study price determination and exchange patterns in a monopolistically competitive economy, in which both goods and (fiat) money are perfectly divisible. The decentralized trading environment features 'multiple matches,' ...
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(2018)Traditional infrastructure regulation—the law of regulated industries—rests atop three pillars: rate regulation, entry restriction, and universal service. This mode of regulation has typically been applied to providers of ...
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(Law and Contemporary Problems, 2020)In this Article, I use Bernanke's blockbuster as a springboard to make several points that are germane to law and macroeconomics as a field of study. First, understanding acute macroeconomic disasters should be central to ...
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(2009-01-22)Department: Electrical EngineeringFriction stir welding (FSW) is a relatively new (1991) solid-state welding technique where the material is joined via mechanical stirring. In this dissertation, methods for the automatic monitoring and control of FSW are ...
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(2017-04-01)Department: Electrical EngineeringSurgical interventions frequently involve the use of instruments that apply heat to tissue, e.g. to seal blood vessels. Controlling the temperature elevation created by these instruments is particularly important when ...
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(2021-04-27)This improvement project creates metrics and methods for measuring organizational performance within a community project. The community project aims to make learning science and cognitive psychology more accessible to ...
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(2010-04-27)Department: Environmental EngineeringA common approach used to isolate contaminants in the environment and mitigate associated human and ecological risks is to apply engineered covers over landfills used for disposal of radioactive, hazardous chemical and ...
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(2012-12-14)Department: NeuroscienceA myriad of human behaviors, such as mood, awareness and motivation, are modulated by the monoamine neurotransmitters serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine, respectively. Consequently, dysfunction of these monoaminergic ...