Vanderbilt University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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(2021-03-16)Department: PhysicsHigh spin states of the neutron-rich $^{104}$Mo nucleus have been reinvestigated by analyzing the $\gamma$-rays in the spontaneous fission of $^{252}$Cf with Gammasphere. Both $\gamma$-$\gamma$-$\gamma$ and $\gamma$-$\ga ...
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(2021-03-31)Department: Cancer BiologyThe Wnt/b-catenin (canonical) signaling pathway is an evolutionarily conserved pathway that is critical for normal development, and misregulation of Wnt signaling can lead to diseases in humans. Many components of the Wnt ...
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(2021-03-06)Department: ChemistryUmpolung amide synthesis (UmAS) exploits the unique properties of an α-halo nitroalkane in its reaction with an amine to produce an amide. The “umpolung” moniker reflects its paradigm-breaking C–N bond formation on the ...
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(2021-03-12)Department: Electrical EngineeringAutism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are a group of developmental disabilities characterized by difficulties in social communication and repetitive or restricted behaviors and interests. According to the latest CDC report, 1 ...
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(2021-03-16)Department: AstrophysicsRV Tauri variables are luminous pulsating supergiant stars (~10^3 Lsun) with pulsation periods between ~20--150 days and extend the period--luminosity relation of Type II Classical Cepheids. In addition to pulsational ...
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(2021-03-11)Department: Electrical EngineeringThis dissertation improves the patient personalization of preoperative planning for a wide variety of surgical applications. These improvements are accomplished via the creation of several novel algorithms in two general ...
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(2021-01-28)Department: SociologyThe research examines corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSER) from the combined perspectives of structuralist political economy and institutionalist-modernization theory. In the first research chapter, a ...
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(2021-03-10)Department: Microbe-Host InteractionsMICROBE-HOST INTERACTIONS Neutralization Mechanisms of Human Anti-alphavirus Monoclonal Antibodies Lauren Elizabeth Williamson Dissertation under the direction of Professor James E. Crowe, Jr. Alphaviruses cause a ...
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Harnessing Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Ellagic Acid Glycosides to Combat Group B Streptococcus (2021-03-08)Department: ChemistryGroup B Streptococcus (GBS) is a bacterium ubiquitous in human health that acts as both commensal and pathogen. While adults are often passively colonized with GBS, infants are particularly susceptible to invasive GBS ...
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(2021-03-11)Department: ChemistryCatalysts capable of heterolytic silane activation have been utilized for the conversion of alkyl ethers to silyl ethers via C-O bond cleavage. Previously reported systems for this transformation show poor selectivity. In ...
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(2021-03-12)Department: Community Research & ActionSome definitions of homelessness include doubling up—living with others due to economic hardship or housing loss. Doubling up can have negative consequences, but the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development methods ...
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(2021-03-08)Department: Biomedical SciencesTumor heterogeneity and plasticity are key contributors to treatment insensitivity and eventual recurrence in oncogene-addicted cancers. Sources of this variability have been ascribed to genetic, epigenetic, stochastic, ...
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(2021-03-18)Department: Biological SciencesWithin mitochondria reside semi-autonomous genomes called mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). mtDNA is multi-copy per cell and cells contain hundreds to thousands of mtDNA molecules. mtDNA copy number varies between cell types and ...
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(2021-03-09)Department: EconomicsThis dissertation examines belief formation in a variety of decision-making settings. Chapter One explores how individuals manage to view themselves as altruistic even though they behave selfishly. In particular, I present ...
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(2021-03-22)Department: Special EducationPeer-mediated interventions (PMIs) offer substantial benefits to middle school, high school, and post-secondary students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). However, with no valid and reliable measure ...
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(2023)Researchers have used language mapping paradigms in functional imaging studies (i.e. fMRI) to identify which regions of the brain support language processing. Previous work has identified brain regions that belong to the ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2021-04-26)This thesis creates and captures a twenty year history of the suppression liberation theology in Latin America. This suppression was aimed at Gustavo Gutierrez, one of the founders of liberation theology, and was lead by ...
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(2021-05-03)From February to May 1960, a racially and socioeconomically diverse coalition of students and clergy members staged nonviolent sit-ins in downtown Nashville with the goal of desegregating public spaces in the city. In these ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-03)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2021-05)