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(2018-05-30)Department: MathematicsIt is customary in geometric group theory to study groups as metric spaces. The standard way to convert a group G into a geometric object is to fix a generating set X and endow the Cayley graph Ga(G,X) with the corresponding ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2008-08-13)A potentially life-threatening electrolyte problem that commonly finds its way into the ICU as well as on exams.
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(2014-04-27)Department: PhilosophyThe present discussion considers how chaos theory might become positioned to subsume modal categories of necessity, determinism, free will and contingency. The strategy is to: (1) propose a theory of transfinite probability ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2009-01-12)Hyperkalemia is a very common and potentially dangerous electrolyte disorder that commonly occurs in ICU patients.
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(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2009-02-12)Evaluation and treatment of elevated serum sodium is presented.
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(2014-07-17)Department: PharmacologyPHARMACOLOGY Hypo-osmotic Effects in Cardiovascular Controls: Hepatic and Renal Mechanisms Underlying the Osmopressor Response. Patients with baroreflex impairment experience a robust increase in blood ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2009-02-07)Hyponatremia or a low serum sodium is a common electrolyte problem that is dangerous if ignored or treated improperly.
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(2021-09-17)Department: Cancer BiologyHypoxia is a common feature in tumors and induces signaling that promotes tumor cell survival, invasion, and metastasis. Questions remain, however, about the role of HIF signaling in tumor cell dissemination to bone and ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Medical Center, 2009-02-15)Understanding the root cause of hypoxia will allow for more appropriate treatment.
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(2022-07-11)Department: Electrical EngineeringConventional control methods include voltage-mode and current-mode control for power supply engineers to learn and study. Hysteretic control topologies and their advantages are less well known. A pure hysteretic control ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-04-29)
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(2018-03-22)Department: SociologyGay men in contemporary Western societies invest a considerable amount of time and energy into their physical appearance. Both scholars and popular press attribute this to gay male culture's heightened emphasis on physical ...
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(2010-08-02)Department: Special EducationStudents at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) typically receive support to improve their social and behavioral needs. There has been relative limited attention paid to these students’ academic needs. Students ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Human Resources, 2010-01-22)Jeffery Sonsino, an Assistant Professor at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute and the chair of the Anterior Segment Committee of the American Optometric Association, shares information on what we need to know about getting vision ...
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(Tax Law Review, 2003)This Article began with a search for a theoretical underpinning that could explain the structure of the current corporate income tax regime, and found such underpinning lacking. It proposed an alternative underpinning for ...
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(2012-07-30)Department: ReligionThesis under the direction of Professor Shaul Kelner This thesis investigates how evangelicals accommodate doubt into a theology that more or less demands certainty. By interviewing members from two area evangelical ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009-03-16)
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(2019-03-22)Department: ReligionKate Cumming(1835-1909) was an Confederate woman who lived in Alabama from 1840 until 1909. During her life she was a nurse, teacher, author, and was very devoted to the Episcopal Church. Through research into her private ...
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(2023-05)The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the field of education. This capstone project explored a phenomenon: amidst the many pandemic-related stressors weighing heavily on teachers, institutional survey results ...