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Thermal fabrication of gold nanocages
(Vanderbilt University. Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2011-04-11)
The purpose of this research project was to test and characterize a new method
for gold nanoparticle production. The main idea was based on the preliminary
observations made in earlier work, which had suggested that small ...
Effects of Victimization on Depression: How Children Respond to Being Bullied
(Vanderbilt University, 2011-02-06)
Many victimized children suffer negative psychological outcomes as a result of being bullied. One prominent consequence is that of depression. In a cross-sectional study about childhood victimization and depression among ...
The relation of body image guilt, shame, behavioral self-blame, and characterological self-blame to depression in children and adolescents
(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 ...
Sectarian Violence and the People’s Democracy, 1968-72
(Vanderbilt University, 2011-04)
Finite-Element Analysis of Low-Power Laser Heating in Gold::Vanadium Dioxide Nanocomposites
(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2011-04)
Finite element modeling was performed using COMSOL Multiphysics to study the
thermal dynamics of gold::vanadium dioxide (VO$_{2}$) nanocomposites. These
simulations were done to understand the data from transient ...
Correlates and Predictors of Recurrent Depression
(Vanderbilt University, 2011-04-18)
Depression is a recurrent and debilitating disorder affecting nearly 340 million people worldwide. The present study examined what differentiates individuals with a history of one or more major depressive episodes (MDEs) ...
Parental Influence on Children Coping with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
(Vanderbilt University, 2011-04-21)
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a chronic illness that disproportionately affects African Americans in the U.S. at a rate of 1 to 500. Proper management of this blood disorder is key in ensuring that those affected lead ...
Attention retraining treatment for contamination fear: A randomized control trial
(Vanderbilt University, 2011-04)
Although an attentional bias for threat-relevant information has been connected to the etiology of contamination-based obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the treatment implications of such a bias remains unclear. ...
Category Specific Spatial Frequency Adaptation with Faces and Cars
(Vanderbilt University, 2011-04-06)
Children’s Optimism and Coping with Stress When Living with a Parent with Depression
(Vanderbilt University, 2011-04-06)
In the U.S. approximately 16% of people are affected by depression in their lifetime and it is estimated that depression will become the leading cause of disability worldwide by 2020 (Monroe & Reid, 2009). In order to ...