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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Automatic control: the vertebral column of dogfish sharks behaves as a continuously variable transmission with smoothly shifting functions

Publication Date
2016-July-07
Document Type
article
Authors
Marianne E. Porter
Ewoldt, Randy H.
Long, John H., Jr.
Department or Program
Biology Department
Cognitive Science Department
Document Type
Article
Abstract

During swimming in dogfish sharks, Squalus acanthias, both the intervertebral joints and the vertebral centra undergo significant strain. To investigate this system, unique among vertebrates, we cyclically bent isolated segments of 10 vertebrae and nine joints….

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How Do We Learn and Think about Sex? An exploration into the effects of popular media and media literacy on sex education

Publication Date
2024-May-09
Authors
Puckrein, Gari
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This project is an exploration of the ways popular media interacts with sex education and sex-positivity. This paper is a mixture of scholarly research and auto-ethnographic work. While data and critical analysis often feels reductive to lived experiences, I approach...

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