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An Evaluation of DOE-EM STEM Education and Workforce Development Programs
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-05)
Analysis of Intestinal Splanchnopleure Development
(2012-08-06)
Mesothelium is a simple squamous epithelium that forms the surface layer of all coelomic cavities and organs. Despite its widespread localization, mesothelial development has been studied almost exclusively in the heart. ...
Changes in pain self-efficacy and functional self-efficacy from childhood to young adulthood
(2011-09-09)
Self-efficacy has been conceptualized in two ways in the context of chronic pain—both as people’s beliefs that they can function and cope emotionally despite the pain (functional self-efficacy) and as people’s beliefs that ...
Regulation of gene expression in the embryonic pancreas by Oc1 and its impact on postnatal function
(2018-01-03)
The pancreas is a dual function organ contributing to both blood glucose homeostasis and digestion. These functions are carried out by the endocrine and exocrine compartments of the pancreas, respectively, which derive ...
Serotonin Signaling in the Neural Development and Function of the Lower Urinary Tract
(2018-01-11)
The autonomic and sensory nervous systems are derived from the neural crest and are required for the normal functioning of visceral organ systems, including the bladder and urethra (lower urinary tract, LUT). Surprisingly ...
Imagining Amazonia: Development and Environment in the Brazilian Amazon
(2014-04-02)
This paper creates a contextualized narrative of the history of Amazonian development projects. This project will examine understandings and representations of nature and the Amazon, and how these representations, and their ...
Kctd12 Proteins Regulate Ulk2 to Control the Development of Asymmetric Habenular Neuropil
(2011-06-28)
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
KCTD12 PROTEINS REGULATE ULK2 TO CONTROL THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASYMMETRIC HABENULAR NEUROPIL
ROBERT W. TAYLOR
Dissertation under the direction of Professor Joshua T. Gamse
The habenular nuclei (Hb) are ...
Morphological and molecular characterization of somatosensory neurogenesis
(2012-07-23)
Organisms across phylogeny have neuronal circuits that control everyday activities. The somatosensory network, for example, is specifically utilized to sense the external environment and is important to properly inform ...
Doctors with Borders: Medical Brain Drain Through the Ethical Lens
(2019-07-19)
International migration of highly-skilled persons, commonly referred to as "brain drain", has long plagued the Global South. The phenomenon of brain drain has devastated the healthcare infrastructure of many source countries, ...
Shh signaling in limb development
(2013-02-19)
Sonic hedgehog (Shh), a secreted signaling molecule, is generated from the posterior limb margin and essential in regulating anterior-posterior (A-P) patterning as well as growth and differentiation of limb mesenchyme. ...