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(2017-03-28)Department: PhysicsUltra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are accelerated by the most energetic processes in the universe. Upon entering Earth’s atmosphere they produce particle showers known as extensive air showers (EASs). Observatories ...
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Constraining the Galaxy-Halo Connection Through Accurate Modeling of Small-Scale Galaxy Clustering (2022-03-23)Department: AstrophysicsThe Universe consists of structures of a wide variety of physical sizes. Over the last few decades, astronomers have succeeded in extensively cataloging this structure, both at the (relatively) small scales of stars within ...
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(2012-03-25)Department: PhysicsThe last decade has transformed the field of cosmology into a precision science. We now know to great accuracy that the matter content of the Universe consists of approximately 85% in the form of the mysterious dark matter ...
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(2018-01-22)Department: Biomedical InformaticsPatterns of genetic variation along the human genome provide insight into functional and evolutionary constraints on different loci. Quantifying these patterns of constraint improves our ability to identify functional ...
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(2006-04-14)Department: Computer SciencePlanning and Scheduling are well-recognized research areas in the field of AI that address goal directed problem solving. They deal with choosing a course of action to achieve a goal contingent upon some sequencing and ...
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(2014-04-19)Department: Special EducationDissertation under the direction of Professor Donald L. Compton In contrast to conventional static assessments measuring what students have learned, dynamic assessments (DA) measure how well students can learn; that is, ...
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(2008-04-22)Department: Teaching and LearningThis micro-ethnographic research project examines discussions of "race" among African American secondary students. More specifically, this project focuses on how "race" is constituted in school settings, and the ways in ...
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(2022-07-07)Department: EnglishConstructing Alternate Identities unearths moments where early modern English writers engage with the Moorish identity to produce racially nonconforming identities via drama, lyric poetry, and travel literature. In early ...
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(2018-11-19)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyForce generation at the cellular level is critical for eukaryotic development, homeostasis, and the progression of force dependent diseases such as cancer. Molecular motors coordinate with cytoskeletal elements, such as ...
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(2006-07-29)Department: HistoryOn 21 April 1960 President Juscelino Kubitschek oversaw the inauguration of Bras í lia as the capital of Brazil. While construction of the city was far from complete at that moment, Kubitschek rightly laid claim to a ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2020-04-20)In the early 7th Century CE, the Umayyad dynasty formed the first Islamic empire, marking a crucial moment in the emergence of Islam. As in many empires of Late Antiquity, religious monumentation played a central role in ...
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(2023-11-09)Department: Community Research & ActionThe way that women of color make sense of adverse experiences such as intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization affects the way that they respond to the situation. Cultural contexts provide a frame for making sense of ...
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(2014-04-11)Department: Community Research and ActionScholars have called for a paradigmatic shift away from acculturation models contingent upon oversimplified binaries that associate individuals with their culture of origin or the culture(s) associated with their resettlement ...
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(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2005)"Dred Scott v. Sanford", "Plessy v. Ferguson", "Brown v. Board of Education" and "Grutter v. Bollinger" all demonstrate that law alone is not enough to make social change. Instead, lawyers interested in social change must ...
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(2017-04-03)Department: Medicine, Health, and SocietyDisease advocacy organizations are important political actors and knowledge producers. Since the late 1990s, colorectal cancer (CRC) advocacy organizations have emerged as part of a health social movement focused on ...
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(2021-04-21)The Center for Supportive Schools (CSS) in an organization committed to reengaging students and ending high school dropout through their Peer Group Connection program, which is designed with the goal of engaging students ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2002-04-19)
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(Duke Law Journal, 1998)Professor W. Kip Viscusi argues for a move away from the adversarial approach to tobacco regulation, an approach that is currently embodied in class action lawsuits and the proposed broadening of FDA regulatory power over ...
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(Journal of Law and Economics, 1985)A recurring issue in the economic analysis of risk regulation agencies is whether these efforts have had any significant favorable effect on safety. Although the existence of such an effect would not necessarily imply that ...
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(Law and Contemporary Problems, 2017)This article provides a side-by-side comparison of payday lending and consumer litigation funding in order to aid policymakers. Funding has similarities with payday lending because they are both alternative financial ...