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Eliciting Seven Discrete Positive Emotions Using Film Stimuli
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-03-29)
Successful, efficacious, and reliable mood induction procedures are an important part of emotion research. Film clips have already been shown to reliably induce discrete negative emotional states, as well as general positive ...
Effects of Treatment on Neurocognitive and Psychosocial Development in Adolescent Brain Tumor Survivors
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-03-28)
Research on the cognitive and psychosocial effects of treatment for childhood brain tumors has consistently found deficits in these areas. However, the connections between these deficits, as well as their biological basis, ...
Burning Castles in Sherwood Forest: The Construction and Destruction of Political Ideology in Scott, Peacock, and Conan Doyle
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-18)
For this study, I have chosen to concentrate on three historical novels from the nineteenth-century that are set in the medieval period: Ivanhoe, by Walter Scott; Maid Marian, a reworking of the Robin Hood legend by Thomas ...
Neurocognitive Effects of Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors
(Vanderbilt University, 2012-03-29)
This study characterizes the neurocognitive late effects of treatment in pediatric
brain tumor survivors by examining patterns of executive function, coping, emotional
outcomes, and brain activation. We examined associations ...
Rotation periods of the Hyades open cluster using ASAS light curves : measuring the Hyades gyro-age and benchmarking tools for gyrochronology studies with LSST
(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2012-04)
Rotation period distributions for older open clusters are difficult to
obtain because of the general scarcity of clusters with ages greater
than 200 Myr, as well as the challenge of measuring rotation periods
for less ...
Dark radiation from particle decays during big bang nucleosynthesis
(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2012-04)
Cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations suggest the possibility of an extra dark
radiation component, while the current evidence from big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is more
ambiguous. Dark radiation from a decaying ...
Full Disclosure: The Pecora Commission and the Political Fight for Financial Reform
(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2012-04)
American Education for the Chamorros: Reconciling Benevolence and Military and Civilian Educational Objectives in the U.S. Administration of Guam in the Early Twentieth Century
(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2012-04)
The Influence of Prior Reading Instruction and IEP Goals on the Reading Skills of Children with Down Syndrome
(Vanderbilt University, 2012)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a relationship between IEP goals and prior reading instruction for children with Down Syndrome, and whether both of those variables had an impact on the children’s ...
Class, Curriculum, and Culture: How Higher Education and the Liberal Arts were Envisioned for Black Americans in the late 19th and early 20th Century
(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2012-04)