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Tattooing, terror, and the American search for a “moral victory”: voluntary repatriation and the Korean War armistice
(2014-08-04)
This paper argues that the image of masses of Communist soldiers resisting the tyranny of Communism associated with “voluntary repatriation” was one of the most tenacious myths in the Cold War. The image that Truman and ...
Enframing and Enlightenment: A Phenomenological History of Eighteenth-Century British Science, Technology, and Literature
(2014-08-05)
This dissertation applies the phenomenological insights of Martin Heidegger to the history of eighteenth-century Britain in order to produce new readings of that period’s fiction and poetry. I argue that diverse authors ...
Uterine Fibroid Severity in Pregnancy
(2014-08-06)
Uterine fibroids are benign tumors associated with an increased risk of irregular vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain. Disease severity can be described in the context of total fibroid volume, number of tumors, and growth ...
Characterization of synthetic lethality between Mdm2 overexpression and genotoxic agents and identification of a novel function of the Mdmx oncogene in DNA repair
(2014-08-15)
The oncogenes Mdm2 and Mdmx are often overexpressed in many human cancers. In addition to being negative regulators of the tumor suppressor p53, there is evidence these proteins have important p53-independent functions ...
The Effects of α2A-Adrenergic Receptors on Glutamatergic Signaling in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis
(2014-09-10)
Drug addiction is a chronically relapsing disorder characterized by cycles of drug use, withdrawal, and relapse. Stress-induced relapse of drug use is a significant barrier to curing addiction. The bed nucleus of the stria ...
Quantifying phylogenetic incongruence and identifying contributing factors in a yeast model clade
(2014-08-20)
The presence of phylogenetic incongruence, the topological conflict between different gene trees, continues to confound phylogeneticists and makes the determination of the major branches of the tree of life challenging. ...
Stream-Channel Morphology in a Mixed-Bedrock Valley: The Harpeth River Watershed, Middle Tennessee
(2014-08-21)
Factors such as lithology, tectonics and climate have been identified as exerting control on the form of stream channels and on the evolution of watersheds. The degree to which these factors interact to influence landscape ...
Resource Allocation for Uncertainty Quantification and Reduction
(2014-09-05)
This dissertation explores resource allocation methods for quantification and reduction of prediction uncertainty from computational models, in order to enable risk assessment and decision-making in engineering systems. ...
A Role for the p75NTR in Axonal Degeneration and Apoptosis Induced by Oxidative Stress
(2014-08-28)
The p75 Neurotrophin Receptor (p75NTR) is a critical regulator of axon pruning and apoptosis during neurodevelopment. Because the receptor has also been associated with many injurious or pathological conditions involving ...
Advancing Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship Strategies in Ligand-Based Computer-Aided Drug Design
(2014-07-28)
Quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) modeling using high-throughput screening (HTS) data enables the development of predictive models for in silico screening. A cheminformatics framework termed BCL::ChemInfo ...