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(2014-07-22)Department: Civil EngineeringThis research proposes a computational framework of the dynamic response of composite structures based on the mathematical homogenization theory with multiple spatial scales. The computational framework serves to reproduce ...
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(2013-04-16)Department: Civil EngineeringThe use of short, randomly distributed fibers in cement-based composites has improved properties and allowed for multifunctional capabilities such as the ability to sense damage. Because flaws exist in cement-based composites ...
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(2016-01-18)Department: NeuroscienceOur perceptual view of the world is made up of stimuli from multiple sensory modalities. The brain is well-equipped to synthesize incoming sensory information in order to create appropriate percepts of the world and initiate ...
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(2020-08-19)Department: Hearing & Speech SciencesDifferences in sensory functioning — and audiovisual multisensory integration in particular — are commonly observed in individuals with autism. Difficulty integrating auditory and visual speech signals, in particular the ...
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(2022-03-29)Department: NeuroscienceThe evidence of remarkable plasticity in the adult brain suggests that 1) changes in visual sensory experience through deprivation can influence multisensory function and 2), therapies founded on plasticity e.g., perceptual ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2014)Abnormal multisensory integration is thought to play an important role in anomalous dissociative experiences of the body and self, including out-of-body experiences (OBEs) and feelings-of-presence. Aspects of OBEs including ...
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(2022-09-12)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceA long-standing problem in thermal imaging is the inherent assumption of uniform emissivity across an entire image. Semantic segmentation of the materials in a thermal image can identify the pixel-wise emissivity, thus ...
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(2021-07-16)Department: Hearing & Speech SciencesAphasia is an acquired disorder of communication that results from injury to regions of the brain that support language. While much has been learned about the neural bases of language and aphasia in the past two hundred ...
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(2007-12-07)Department: PhysicsThe detection and characterization of gastrointestinal (GI) electrical activity has important clinical applications, including the early diagnosis of GI diseases in humans. In this dissertation, two important multivariate ...
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(2012-04-13)Department: PhysicsThe first part of the dissertation focuses on randomly oriented freestanding films of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), also known as buckypapers, which have been fabricated by a two-step process using electrophoretic ...
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(Abingdon Press, 2005)
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(2008-02-12)
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(2009-12-07)Department: Cell and Development BiologyThis project characterizes CENP-F protein function at a cellular and organ level. First, I outline our plan used to identify novel binding partners. The first binding partner I describe is syntaxin 4 and the interaction ...
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(2017-04-07)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologyAll positive sense (+)RNA viruses encode RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRps), essential for replication and regulation of the fidelity of nucleotide addition to nascent genomes. The coronavirus (CoV) RdRp is encoded in ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2007-10-12)
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(2013-05-28)Department: Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsThis project investigated the significance of extramyocellular barriers to the pathogenesis of skeletal muscle insulin resistance and their potential as therapeutic targets. The goals of this dissertation were to determine ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2020)
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(2022-12)The Holocaust Memorial and Education Center of Florida's (HMECF) UpStanders: Stand Up to Bullying initiative inspires young students to stand up for their peers and transform their schools into safe places where everyone ...