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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-10-26)
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(2010-04-15)Department: PharmacologyMuscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs), specifically M1 and M4 subtypes, provide viable targets for the treatment of multiple central nervous system disorders. However, highly selective activators of either M1 or M4 ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014)This paper reviews and synthesizes the relevant literature of the Writing Workshop (Clippard & Nicalse, 2009; Calkins, 1994), genre theory (Bahktin, 1979), and the efficacy of teaching multi-genre writing (Chapman, 1999; ...
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(2011-08-03)Department: ChemistryThe focus of this work was to establish quantitative structure activity (QSAR, potency of allosteric modulators) and property (QSPR, carbon chemical shifts) relations for molecules with known structure and activity/property ...
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(2019-05-23)Department: Civil EngineeringEngineering systems following disruptive events usually experience abrupt performance degradation over time. How to mitigate the disastrous effect of unanticipated events and restore the performance of the system to the ...
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Machine Learning Based Prediction and Classification of Properties of Engineered Composite Materials (2020-04-03)Department: Civil EngineeringIn an engineered composite material, the behavior of different phases and their interactions determine the response of the material as a whole. Data-driven machine learning techniques have emerged as a promising tool for ...
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(2019-03-18)Department: Electrical EngineeringCochlear Implants (CIs) are neural prosthetics that are used to treat patients with profound hearing loss. In surgery, an electrode array is threaded into the cochlea. Post-operatively, the CI needs to be programmed. In ...
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(2016-09-15)Department: Electrical EngineeringAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental disorder with a high prevalence rate of 1 in 68 children in the U.S. Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) is being continuously explored as a potential efficacious ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2007-10-07)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2007-10-22)
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(2012-04-10)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesRace to the Top is a new policy lever in the struggle for authority in educational governance among various levels of government, and it provides an opportunity to examine the state-level policymaking context. Tennessee ...
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(Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, 2010)Drawing on the recent financial crisis, we introduce the concept of macro-risk. We distinguish between micro-risks, which can be managed within conventional economic frameworks, and macro-risks, which threaten to disrupt ...
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(2015-07-16)Department: Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsReduced pancreatic β cell mass is a hallmark of diabetes, which makes the ability to increase or restore β cell mass a major therapeutic goal. While testing the hypothesis that increased endothelial cell signaling would ...
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(2007-12-13)Department: SpanishThis study examines the comic vision of Miguel de Cervantes as manifested in his masterpiece, Don Quixote de la Mancha. Employing theories stemming principally from Mikhail Bakhtin and Michel Foucault, I look at how Cervantes ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2007-11-19)
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Magical Objects in Victorian Literature: Enchantment, Narrative Imagination, and the Power of Things (2015-07-27)Department: EnglishThis dissertation examines the representation of magical objects in Victorian literature. The Victorian period is often characterized as a time of increased secularity. Scientists, sociologists, and anthropologists in the ...
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(2015-08-06)Department: Mechanical EngineeringOver the last decade, researchers have started exploring the design space of Medical Capsule Robots (MCRs): devices that can operate within the human body performing functionalities such as diagnosing, monitoring, and ...
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(2018-07-31)Department: Electrical EngineeringMagnetic actuation is currently the most promising approach for actively and wirelessly manipulating capsule endoscopes (CEs) inside the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Actively actuated CEs have the potential to transform ...