Vanderbilt University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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(2023-12)This capstone project examines the challenges faced by the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) in promoting student mental health and wellness within the State's educational system. Despite various programs and grant ...
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(2023-12)Southern Ohio Medical Center, a regional hospital system serving Appalachian Ohio historically achieves high rankings on a national benchmark employee satisfaction survey, but nurse employee engagement scores dropped by ...
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Breaking the Silence: Siblings of Individuals with Disabilities Speak-Up About Their Support Needs (2024-02-26)Sibling relationships are important in that they can help predict the social-emotional development, understanding, and outcomes, and help shape the relationship between them. Due to these multi-facet predictors, it is ...
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(Vanderbilt.University, 2022-12-05)Laura Guertin received her B.A. in Geology from Bucknell University and her Ph.D. in Marine Geology and Geophysics from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science. Dr. Guertin’s primary ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2022-10-24)Remi Kalir is an Associate Professor of Learning Design and Technology at the University of Colorado Denver School of Education and Human Development. He is a scholar of annotation, and his 2021 book Annotation, published ...
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(2024)The United States is currently navigating a landscape deeply scarred by political polarization, a phenomenon that has quintupled since 1930 (Cinolesi et al., 2022). This escalating division is not merely a divergence of ...
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(2023-09-07)Department: NeuroscienceAphasia is an acquired communication disorder resulting from damage to language regions of the brain. Speech-language pathologists frequently use rhythmic elements (e.g., tapping to a beat) to facilitate speech output in ...
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(2023-08-22)Department: Chemical & Physical BiologyComputational structural biology tools are applied to many different systems to answer questions about how protein sequence and protein environment impacts the structure and function of a protein. These protein structure ...
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(2023-11-15)Department: Computer ScienceFlow visualization serves as a crucial tool for scientists and researchers to gain valuable insights into complex flow data. However, with the growing complexity and scale of the numerical simulations, the resulting datasets ...
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(2023-08-22)Department: ChemistrySepsis is life-threating organ dysfunction because of an abnormal host response to infection. Patient response is heterogeneous, so better prognostic indicators could help develop more effective treatments. African ...
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(2023-09-13)Department: Computer ScienceThis dissertation focuses on computational approaches for the design and implementation of real-time transportation systems. We focus on demand-responsive transportation, which can be thought of as any transit solution ...
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(2023-11-01)Department: HistorySir Walter Raleigh’s performance on the scaffold in 1618 represented a turning point for his reputation. This dissertation uses the question of how Raleigh’s scaffold speech successfully transformed his legacy in the decade ...
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(2023-10-27)Department: Biomedical SciencesDNA replication in eukaryotes relies on the synthesis of a ~30-nucleotide chimeric RNA/DNA primer strand through the dual action of the heterotetrameric polymerase α-primase (pol-prim) enzyme. Synthesis of an initial ...
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(2023-09-22)Department: Molecular Pathology & ImmunologyAtherosclerosis is an immune mediated hyperinflammatory disease driven by the retention and oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in the vessel wall. The goal of this work was to determine how oxidized LDL (oxLDL) ...
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(2023-10-03)Department: PsychologyHumans relate to their spatial environment according to their interpretation of physiological signals (e.g., hunger, temperature, gastrointestinal symptoms). Therefore, changes inside the body operate to serve ‘one’s ...
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(2023-11-02)Department: Mechanical EngineeringOne of the major goals for individuals with lower-limb loss is retaining their mobility and independence to stay engaged in community and employment activities. However, mobility-related challenges make physical activity ...
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(2023-10-16)Department: Computer SciencePrecise vehicle trajectory information is useful for a huge array of applications in traffic science and is the cornerstone for understanding the macro-scale effects of intelligent transportation control strategies. ...
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(2023-10-23)Department: Cancer BiologySarcomas are a rare family of tumors derived from mesenchymal tissues including bone, fat, cartilage, and muscle. Sarcomas vary significantly across histological and molecular subtypes, making them difficult to treat ...
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(2023-10-31)Department: Mechanical EngineeringWhile lower limb exoskeletons for aboveground locomotion have been developed, few attempts have been made to develop an exoskeleton to augment human swimming. The design of exoskeletons for aboveground activities has ...
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(2023-11-03)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThe overarching goal of this dissertation is to advance the capabilities of continuously flexible robots through new design, sensing, and control strategies, with a focus on medical applications. Continuously flexible ...