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Full Disclosure: The Pecora Commission and the Political Fight for Financial Reform
(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2012-04)
Burning Castles in Sherwood Forest: The Construction and Destruction of Political Ideology in Scott, Peacock, and Conan Doyle
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-18)
For this study, I have chosen to concentrate on three historical novels from the nineteenth-century that are set in the medieval period: Ivanhoe, by Walter Scott; Maid Marian, a reworking of the Robin Hood legend by Thomas ...
Neurocognitive Effects of Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-03-29)
This study characterizes the neurocognitive late effects of treatment in pediatric
brain tumor survivors by examining patterns of executive function, coping, emotional
outcomes, and brain activation. We examined associations ...
Rotation periods of the Hyades open cluster using ASAS light curves : measuring the Hyades gyro-age and benchmarking tools for gyrochronology studies with LSST
(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2012-04)
Rotation period distributions for older open clusters are difficult to
obtain because of the general scarcity of clusters with ages greater
than 200 Myr, as well as the challenge of measuring rotation periods
for less ...
The Influence of Prior Reading Instruction and IEP Goals on the Reading Skills of Children with Down Syndrome
(Vanderbilt University, 2012)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a relationship between IEP goals and prior reading instruction for children with Down Syndrome, and whether both of those variables had an impact on the children’s ...
Class, Curriculum, and Culture: How Higher Education and the Liberal Arts were Envisioned for Black Americans in the late 19th and early 20th Century
(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2012-04)
To Fight, and to Find Ourselves – Formation of an Identity through Chinese Americans’ World War II Military Experiences
(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2012-04)
Obesity and Mental Health in Adolescents
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04)
The study examined the relationship between obesity and depression, conduct disorder, and substance abuse in adolescents using data from the 2008 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Depression at baseline was ...
Self Esteem Instability – Scale Development and Relations to Appraisal and Dispositional Constructs
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04)
Past literature indicates that self-esteem may not be a stable entity for all individuals, and there may be some individuals for whom their self-esteem varies across contexts. Research has shown that further exploring the ...
Refining a Measure of Appraisal Style
(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 ...