Vanderbilt University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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(2024-02-28)Department: BiochemistryTranscription is dysregulated in the majority of human cancers. Understanding how normal transcriptional programs are dysregulated in cancers is crucial to understanding how cancers develop and successfully treating them. ...
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(2024-02-27)Department: Microbe-Host InteractionsColonization of the human stomach by Helicobacter pylori is the primary risk factor for development of gastric cancer. H. pylori infection stimulates a gastric mucosal inflammatory response and can trigger a cascade of ...
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(2024-03-24)Department: Law & EconomicsThis dissertation examines The Efficacy of Risk Assessment Instruments in Juvenile Pretrial Detention.
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(2024-02-23)Department: PsychologyHow do people decide what is true and what is false? Decades of psychological research shows that one factor affecting these judgements is repetition: the more a person sees a statement, the more likely they are to believe ...
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(2024-02-26)Department: ReligionThis dissertation delves into the multifaceted exploration of Afro-Caribbean feminist activism in Puerto Rico, shedding light on its significance and impact within the context of ongoing colonization. It critically examines ...
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(2024-02-19)Department: Molecular Physiology & BiophysicsMultiple studies have shown that elevated fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels are associated with increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and many other conditions. Given the biological importance of FBG, genetic ...
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(2024-03-01)Department: NeuroscienceWhile significant effort has been made to understand the neural basis of addiction, it remains unclear how drugs of abuse alter the neural systems involved in motivated behavior to control drug taking and seeking. The goal ...
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(2024-02-13)Department: Biological SciencesMetabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and infertility are pressing global health concerns that necessitate an in-depth exploration of their genetic underpinnings. One such genetic determinant is ATP10A, a flippase ...
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(2024-02-19)Department: NeuroscienceNeuron come in more than 500-fold range in cell size (include soma, dendrites, axons, and all arbors) in mammalian evolution and across structures (Keller et al., 2018; Mota & Herculano-Houzel, 2014a). This variability in ...
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(2024-03-22)Department: ChemistryChiroptical spectroscopy relies on the differential interaction of left- and right-circularly polarized light with chiral molecules. Chiral molecules are ubiquitous in nature and chemistry, and thus the elucidation of their ...
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(2024-03-18)Department: NeuroscienceTraditionally, the circuits responsible for processing cortical information of different modalities and communicating with the striatum for the purpose of guiding behavior were believed to act in separate, parallel courses. ...
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(2024-03-18)Department: NeuroscienceTraditionally, the circuits responsible for processing cortical information of different modalities and communicating with the striatum for the purpose of guiding behavior were believed to act in separate, parallel courses. ...
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(2023-12-20)Department: Electrical EngineeringArbitrary waveform generators (AWGs) are not typically feasible as subsystems on integrated circuits due to their size and complexity, but they are versatile circuits that are broadly useful. The purpose of this work is ...
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(2024-02-26)Department: Biological SciencesMy thesis work examines how coronaviruses hijack host cell proteins and stress response pathways during infection. Coronaviruses encode sixteen nonstructural proteins (nsps), which interact with host proteins to modulate ...
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(2024-03-21)Department: Chemical EngineeringBPMs are laminates of cation-exchange polymer (CEP) and anion-exchange polymer (AEP) layers. At the interfacial junction where the two layers meet, water is split into H+ and OH- during current flow at a voltage less than ...
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(2024-03-12)Department: Molecular Physiology & BiophysicsNeuroinflammation and brain iron dyshomeostasis are key features of several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Specifically, microglial activation and iron load have been recently appreciated ...
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(2024-03-22)Department: Learning, Teaching & DiversityThis is an empirical, ethnographic study about middle school students’ mathematical joy in a formal math classroom. This study is situated in a year-long Research Practice Partnership with 6th grade mathematics teacher and ...
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(2024-03-21)Department: Computer ScienceIn an era where data increasingly drives our world, the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is undeniable. AI has become integral, not just in our digital lives but in mission-critical domains from medical ...
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(2024-03-24)Department: Biomedical EngineeringOtitis Media (OM), an inflammatory disease of the middle ear, is the most common pediatric diagnosis and the leading cause of outpatient antibiotic use for children. It is a complex disease that progresses through unique ...
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(2024-03-21)Department: Community Research & ActionWorking to fill existing gaps in the study of digital wellbeing and advance teen-centric methods mostly absent from prior research, this manuscript-style dissertation builds upon theoretical and conceptual foundations of ...