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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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Built for speed: strain in the cartilaginous vertebral columns of sharks

Publication Date
2014-February-01
Document Type
article
Authors
Porter, M. E.
Diaz, Candido, Jr.
Sturm, Joshua J.
Grotmol, Sindre
Summers, A.P.
Long, John H., Jr.
Department or Program
Biology Department
Cognitive Science Department
Document Type
Article
Abstract

In most bony fishes vertebral column strain during locomotion is almost exclusively in the intervertebral joints, and when these joints move there is the potential to store and release strain energy. Since cartilaginous fishes have poorly mineralized vertebral centra, we...

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Convergence among the U.S. states: Absolute, conditional, or club?

Publication Date
2003-October-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Johnson, Paul A.
Takeyama, Lisa N.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper attempts to ascertain which of the convergence hypotheses – absolute, conditional, or club – best describes the economic development of the U.S. states since 1950. We use regression tree analysis to identify convergence clubs among the states and...

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LOL MY THESIS: An Exploration of the Written and Oral Linguistic Effects of Text Messaging

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Kristen Elizabeth Palasick
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project explores a new register of language called 'textese,' which has developed as a result of text messaging via cell phones. I research how and why textese is being used, to understand how text messages are linguistically affecting the...

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