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(2017-08-10)Department: PsychologyStigma is a feature of many chronic health conditions, contributing to a “hidden burden of illness” that compounds the negative impact of a health condition on physical and mental well-being. The current study used a ...
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(2015-07-27)Department: Nursing ScienceHealth related stigma (HRS) is a poorly understood phenomenon in patients with advanced lung cancer. Approximately 30% of patients with lung cancer, regardless of smoking status, report feeling stigmatized due to their ...
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(2021-07-15)Department: SociologyAccess to medical care is an important factor in predicting health outcomes. Specifically, the geographic and spatial measures used to proxy for access can play an important role in how social science researchers understand ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Human Resources, 2009-03-06)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-10-22)Glen Harness interviews Stacey Kendrick about the new healthy cooking video series Health Plus recently launched on their website.
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(Vanderbilt University. Human Resources, 2010-03-12)Jessica Guterman, Vanderbilt Dietetic Intern interviews Vanderbilt Cardiologist Michael Glazer, MD on the shocking statistics associated with heart disease as well as details on how to assess and reduce your personal risk.
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(2017-04-24)Department: EpidemiologyWe sought to investigate: a) heart failure (HF) incidence and post-HF survival by race and sex, b) the association between neighborhood deprivation and HF risk, and c) the dose-response relationship between surrogate ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011-12-09)Stacey Kendrick talks with Vanderbilt Dietetic Interns Sarah Kraynik and Courtney Smith about eating heart smart. They discuss foods to focus on and how to make shopping on a budget and eating heart smart easy.
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(2012-12-12)Department: SociologyUtilizing a nationally representative sample of 1,588 African Americans and 549 Caribbean Blacks from the National Survey of American Life, I examined the relationship between history of heart trouble and racial group ...
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(2022-08)This Capstone Project explores what aspects of HeartLands Conservancy’s current Lots of Love program are most influential in program success and, thus, may be key to designing methods for expanding the scope and scale of ...
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(2009-04-20)Department: Mechanical EngineeringFriction Stir Welding (FSW) is a recently-developed solid-state joining process in which a rotating cylindrical tool is passed through the work piece, heating the material to a plasticized state through friction and stirring ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2013-11-26)
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(2021-05-20)Department: Electrical EngineeringSpacecraft electronics are subjected to harsh radiation environments, necessitating ground based testing of potential electronics. Single event effects (SEEs), one type of radiation effect, occur when single ionizing ...
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(2013-12-03)Department: Electrical EngineeringDisplacement damage from individual heavy ions results in discrete, measurable electrical degradation in <sup>252</sup>Cf-irradiated silicon diodes. This work presents measurements of discrete increases in diode reverse ...
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(Georgetown Law Journal, 1990)This note argues that to deter negligent behavior adequately, tortfeasors should be held liable for what may be the most substantial cost they impose on accident victims-"hedonic damages," or the loss of the value of life ...
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(2006-04-19)Department: PhilosophyThe goal of my dissertation is to bring the exacting account of relations found in Hegel's Science of Logic down to earth by bringing it to bear on global climate change. Chapter by chapter, I explain the complicated, ...
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(UCLA Law Review, 2008)A bedrock principle of patent law is that an applicant must sufficiently disclose the invention in exchange for the right to exclude. The essential facet of the disclosure requirement is enablement, which compels a patent ...
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(2022-03-23)Department: Microbe-Host InteractionsChronic mucosal pathogens have evolved multiple strategies to manipulate the host immune response; consequently, microbes contribute to the development of >2 million cases of cancer/year. Gastric adenocarcinoma is the ...
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(2021-12-21)Department: Microbe-Host InteractionsHelicobacter pylori population dynamics in vitro and in vivo Margaret Lorena Harvey Dissertation under the direction of Dr. Timothy L. Cover The Gram-negative bacterium Helicobacter pylori colonizes the human stomach ...
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(2020-03-31)Department: Microbe-Host InteractionsHelicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the gastric mucosa and has the potential to cause peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. The risk of developing gastric cancer is determined by multiple ...