Browsing Undergraduate Honors Research by Title
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(Vanderbilt University. Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2014-04)We examine models of quintessence in which a minimally-coupled scalar field phi evolves near a local extremum of its potential V ( phi) at phi_*. Assuming that (1/V )(dV/dphi) is small and w ~ -1, we Taylor expand the ...
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(2022-04)Objective: To perform a quantitative analysis of the sociodemographic risk factors that predispose certain veterans to moderate to severe psychological distress using the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Methods: ...
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(2024-05-01)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2013-04-17)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2022-03-28)The purpose of this study is to understand differences in rapid decision-making processes between anesthesiologists with excellent, medium, and poor critical event management skills. A panel of expert clinicians and educators ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2014)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2021-05-12)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2012-05-04)Density functional theory is utilized in real-time, real-space simulations of LEED measurements and attosecond electron scattering. For LEED measurements, we find that our simulation results agree well with experimental ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2005-04-15)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2023)Recognition-induced forgetting refers to a visual memory phenomenon in which the initial recognition of certain objects within a category causes the subsequent forgetting of other objects within the same category. Memory ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2014-04-16)I argue that one of the most major focuses in Toni Morrison’s novels is the exploration of trauma, specifically the forms of trauma that have afflicted the African American community. Although Morrison’s novels predominantly ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2003-04-11)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2011-04)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-05)The following study addresses creating a new, more efficient measure for evaluating appraisal styles, specifically emotion-focused, or accommodative-focused, coping potential and problem-focused coping potential. The ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, 2008-04-18)Confocal scanning laser microscopy and multiphoton microscopy provide 3D data from biological specimens, but with limited z-axis precision. Multiple microscale mirrors can be used to obtain more accurate 3D data on living ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009-05)A link between early responding to joint attention (RJA) and later theory of mind (ToM) has been found in typically developing children but has not been examined in children at risk for autism. RJA at age 12 months was ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-04)This study examined the extent to which child severity and family resources are related to parenting stress in parents of 26 young children with autism. Bivariate correlations between family resources, autism severity, ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-04-06)Children of depressed parents are at increased risk for developing depression themselves. Children’s sex, age, pubertal development, and parent-child conflict all have been shown to be related to depressive symptoms in ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011-01-31)This study examines the relation between adolescent depression, shame/characterological self-blame, and body image. It addresses the question: Do adolescents’ attributions and feelings about their body image make them more ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009)The relations between chronicity, severity, and number of episodes of maternal major depressive disorder (MDD) and child outcomes at grade 12 were examined in a sample of 185 mothers and children. Main effects models ...