Vanderbilt University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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(2023-11-17)Department: Learning, Teaching & DiversityWithin this dissertation, I use design-based research along with discourse and interaction analysis to study classroom groups of mathematical learners to better understand and design for group structures and cultures that ...
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(2023-11-17)Department: Mechanical EngineeringAs modern engineering challenges grow more complex, the demand for novel methods of sensing the world around us and more accurate models to explain that world grow in tandem. This dissertation seeks to advance the state ...
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(2023-11-17)Department: Community Research & ActionThis dissertation aims to contribute to research on the causes and responses to homelessness by centering race in analyses of the macro-level forces that drive homelessness and by exploring the strategies homelessness ...
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(2023-11-16)Department: ChemistryInterleukin-6 (IL-6) is an inflammatory cytokine involved in the immune response but when dysregulated becomes problematic. We are interested in IL-6 due to its involvement in preterm birth, musculoskeletal infection, and ...
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(2023-11-16)Department: Cell & Developmental BiologyActin-based protrusions are found on the surface of all eukaryotic cells, where they support diverse biological activities essential for life. Models of protrusion growth hypothesize that actin filament assembly provides ...
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(2023-11-22)Department: Computer ScienceHumans have the ability to form strategies when faced with novel tasks, and different people often form different strategies for the same task. Most AI systems, on the other hand, do not exhibit this level of fluidity. ...
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(2023-11-15)Department: Political ScienceIn this project, I argue that social media platform governance drives variation in online political extremism at the community level. My argument makes two claims: first, social media platforms are a kind of private ...
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(2023-11-17)Department: Molecular Pathology & ImmunologyGenomic and transcriptomic analysis have revolutionized our understanding of many cancers. However, genomic understanding of thyroid cancer has lagged behind other tumors; currently, thyroid cancer management is largely ...
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(2023-11-14)Department: Biological SciencesInfectious diseases pose a continuous risk to the health and longevity of human, animal, and plant communities. Fortunately, immune systems are equipped to identify and eradicate these invading parasites. However, an ...
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(2023-11-09)Department: Community Research & ActionThe way that women of color make sense of adverse experiences such as intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization affects the way that they respond to the situation. Cultural contexts provide a frame for making sense of ...
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(2023-11-15)Department: Biological SciencesDue to human demographic history and the action of natural selection, most genetic variation in present-day humans is of recent origin. However, a smaller number of variants have persisted over hundreds of thousands of ...
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(2023-11-16)Department: Computer ScienceCochlear implants (CIs) use an array of electrodes implanted in the cochlea to directly stimulate the auditory nerve. After CI surgery, patients typically need several appointments with an audiologist over the following ...
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(2023-11-07)Department: Computer ScienceMedical imaging techniques, such as multi-modality Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MR) and Computed Tomography (CT), have been invaluable for the early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. The process of annotating ...
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(2023-11-13)Department: Special EducationThe purpose of the current study was to examine the dosage and fidelity of EMT en Español strategies that are posited to drive change in child outcomes. The study is a re-analysis of data collected during the National ...
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(2023-11-17)Department: ChemistryThe molecular mechanisms associated with aging and age-related diseases are still being discovered. Spontaneous degradation of proteins can lead to the formation of post-translational modifications (PTMs). Among the PTMs ...
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(2023-11-09)Department: Human GeneticsCoronary artery disease (CAD) and depression are highly prevalent and frequently comorbid. Approximately 40% of adults who are initially diagnosed with either CAD or depression will also develop the other condition. Moreover, ...
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(2023-11-15)Department: Biological SciencesCircadian clocks are intrinsic biological timers with a period of about 24 hours that can be synchronized to the environmental daily cycle and allow for prediction and anticipation of important cyclic events. These clocks ...
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(2023-11-13)Department: SociologyIn recent decades college degrees have become both more necessary and less affordable, resulting in a growing crisis of college affordability. This study examines two very different and prominent approaches to this crisis. ...
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(2023-11-07)Department: Mechanical EngineeringSince its conception in 1991, friction stir welding (FSW) proved useful and advantageous for joining metallic materials in structures used in aerospace, automotive, rail, maritime, and technology. As engineers improve ...
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(2023-09-26)Department: PharmacologyThe plasticity of the adult mammalian brain is determined by the number and proliferation capacity of neural stem cells (NSCs). The pool of NSCs responsible for populating the adult brain is established during prenatal ...