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(Vanderbilt University, 2015-09-10)
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(2009-07-15)Department: Biomedical InformaticsTandem mass spectrometry-based shotgun proteomics has become a widespread technology for analyzing complex protein mixtures. A number of database searching algorithms have been developed to assign peptide sequences to ...
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(PLoS ONE, 2022-06-28)Across rural sub-Saharan Africa, people living with HIV (PLHIV) commonly seek out treatment from traditional healers. We report on the clinical outcomes of a community health worker intervention adapted for traditional ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008-10-17)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009-12-21)
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(Molecular Genetrics & Genome Medicine, 2019-06)BackgroundFamily screening of a 48-year-old male with recently diagnosed IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) revealed unanticipated elevations in plasma IgG4 in his two healthy teenaged sons. MethodsWe performed gene sequencing, ...
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(MOLECULAR GENETICS & GENOMIC MEDICINE, 2019-05)Background The IGNITE network funds six genomic medicine projects. Though interventions varied, we hypothesized that synergies across projects could be leveraged to better understand the participant experiences with genomic ...
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(2013-12-04)Department: EconomicsThis paper studies the reasons behind the illegal use of electricity in Turkey. Cross-sectional data for 67 cities across seven regions in the country from the year 2009 were used. The Ordinary Least-Squares (OLS) regression ...
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(2019-03-27)Department: Medicine, Health, and SocietyThe varying difference of definition and value of a body between a physician and patient has been a rising discussion within healthcare. The overarching issue is that physicians have lost their “empathetic” or caring touch ...
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(2019-01-21)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceThe serotonin transporter protein (SERT) terminates serotonin signaling in the brain by enabling rapid clearance of the neurotransmitter. SERT dysfunction has been associated with a variety of psychiatric disorders, including ...
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(Homiletic, 1998)
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(2007-09-28)Department: PsychologyIn this thesis, a computational model for illusory contour processing in early visual areas is proposed. In the model, image features are first measured in model V1. Then the resulting activities in V1 are fed into V2 ...
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(Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 2010)Lawfare that erodes the good faith application of the laws and customs of warfare is illegitimate and untenable. This essay outlines the contours of such illegitimate lawfare and provides current examples to guide ...
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(2023-03-27)Department: ReligionThis dissertation in pastoral theology explores the pain and healing discovered through the parallels of im/migration and sexual identity (re)construction. It grows out of autoethnographic reflection and the search for ...
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(2008-12-22)Department: Biomedical EngineeringEndoscopic orbital procedures are hindered by both the difficulty in differentiating between orbital structures and the loss of orbital landmarks during these procedures. These difficulties are due to the orbital fat that ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008-10-17)
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(2005-07-23)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe research in this thesis focuses on two problems related to the Sensory Ego-Sphere (SES), a short-term memory structure for a robot: (1) the mapping to the SES of high-resolution sensory information in the form of ...
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(2014-12-03)Department: Mechanical EngineeringColorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide, although it is almost always preventable by compliance with recommended early screening guidelines. Teleoperated flexible endoscopes ...
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(2019-01-21)Department: Biomedical EngineeringOphthalmic surgery involves manipulation of layered tissue structures on milli- to micrometer scales. Traditional surgical microscopes provide a two-dimensional view of the surgical field with limited depth perception which ...
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(2015-04-10)Department: Mechanical EngineeringImplantable electrodes are used to diagnose and treat a growing list of conditions, including deafness, chronic pain, and neurodegenerative disorders. This dissertation introduces robotic methods to make electrode implantation ...