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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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The Latina Body in Visual Culture: A Motion for Dance as a Medium

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Paccione, Anaïs Valentina
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project calls for a re-thinking of how we consume the performance of choreographed dance in music videos in regards to the Latina body. By taking a look at the underlying mechanisms at work in the entertainment industry, this project...

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Tuskegee and the Health of Black Infants

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Brody, Benjamin
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

For nearly half a century, the American government funded the "Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male." As the name suggests, this experiment abused black men from Alabama and required medical professionals to withhold care from the test...

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村上春樹の短編集「中国行きへのスロウ・ボート」の英訳:「中国行きへ のスロウ・ボート」、「貧乏な叔母さんの話」、「ニューヨークの炭鉱の 悲劇」 A Select English Translation of Murakami Haruki’s Short Story Collection “A Slow Boat to China”: “A Slow Boat to China”, “A Poor Aunt Story,” and “New York Mining Disaster”

Publication Date
2022-April-01
Authors
Declan Cassidy
Department or Program
Chinese and Japanese Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
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