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(2022-07-15)Department: BiostatisticsSecond-generation p-values (SGPVs) have been proposed and discussed in the literature as an alternative inferential statistic to indicate when the data support the null or alternative hypothesis, or when the data are ...
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(2004-09-30)Department: MathematicsThis work contains constructions of finite algebras which are "complex" according to three different complexity measures. These constructions are modifications of the construction of Ralph McKenzie's A(T). They produce ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-04)
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(Proceedings of Balisage: The Markup Conference, 2014)XQuery provides an excellent means for teaching programming to digital humanists because it works seamlessly with their existing XML data, has an elegant and simple core with a well-structured standard library, and can ...
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(2010-08-05)Department: PhysicsThis thesis presents the analysis of two double-lined, detached, eclipsing binary systems associated with the young Orion Nebula Cluster, 2MASS J05352184–0546085 and Parenago 1802. We present a multi-band, multi-epoch ...
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(2006-05-03)Department: MathematicsThe question of adaptive approximation by splines has been studied for a number of years by various authors. The results obtained have numerous applications in computational and discrete geometry, computer aided geometric ...
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(2012-05-23)Department: MathematicsIn this thesis, we establish analytic results for the axisymmetric surface diffusion flow (ASD), a fourth-order geometric evolution law. In the first part of the work, we develop a general theory establishing maximal ...
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(2007-07-31)Department: MathematicsIn this thesis, we discuss the classification of closed flat four-manifolds. First, we give a brief treatment of the history of this problem, with a discussion of the advantages, disadvantages, and inconsistencies among ...
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(2019-03-29)Department: PsychologyFor multilevel models (MLMs) with fixed slopes, it has been widely recognized that a level-1 variable can have distinct between-cluster and within-cluster fixed effects, and that failing to disaggregate these effects yields ...
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(2006-11-01)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyThe microtubule cytoskeleton of most animal oocytes differs from that of somatic cells in that the centrioles are lost during oogenesis. In most animals, female meiotic spindles assemble in the absence of centrosomes; ...
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(2019-05-30)
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(2019-08-19)Department: MathematicsAvoiding complete bipartite graphs as minors, and in particular $K_{2,t}$ as a minor, has been used to give sufficient conditions for Hamiltonicity. For this reason and others, the classes of $K_{2,t}$-minor-free graphs ...
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(2009-04-20)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyThe human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is capable of acquiring heme during infection for use as a source of iron, a nutrient that is scarce in its free form in host tissues. However, heme acquisition is dangerous to ...
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(2009-04-20)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThe objective of this research was to quantify the material properties as well as the forces unique to immersed friction stir welding (IFSW) as compared to conventional friction stir welding (FSW) performed in air on AA6061. ...
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(2008-12-01)Department: Electrical EngineeringSoft errors in integrated circuits (ICs) are a critical problem facing state-of-the-art technologies. In both the terrestrial and space environment, the source of soft errors is charged particle interaction with ICs. This ...
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(Henoch, 1984)
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(2004-04-07)Department: ReligionRELIGION ON THE LIMITS AND POSSIBILITIES OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION: A STUDY OF THE PROPHETIC PRAGMATISM OF CORNEL WEST, THE CHRISTIAN REALISM OF REINHOLD NIEBUHR AND THE THEOLOGICAL LEGACY OF BENJAMIN ELIJAH MAYS RONALD ...
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(Vanderbilt Law Review, 2009)Using the conflict over medical marijuana as a timely case study, this Article explores the overlooked and underappreciated power of states to legalize conduct Congress bans. Though Congress has banned marijuana outright, ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2005)This paper investigates the effects of consistent and inconsistent long-run variance estimation on a unit root test based on the generalization of the von Neumann ratio. The results from the Monte Carlo experiments suggest ...
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(2019-07-11)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThe use of magnetic fields for medical robot actuation has been demonstrated for applications in opthamology, otolaryngology, cardiology, and gastroenterology; the latter of which is the clinical focus of this dissertation. ...