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Not a Cinematic Hair Out of Place: Examinations in Identity (Transformation) as Evidenced through Haircuts in The Crying Game
This thesis asks a question: Can transformations to a cinematic character's hair be indicative of a realignment or shifting of that character's identity? As an attempt to answer this question, I introduce three new concepts: the Opaque Movement (OM), the Transparent Violent Moment (TVM), and the …
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THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL (UNTIL CORONAVIRUS COMES AROUND)
… study sought to investigate fan reactions to the NCAA communication around the elimination of NC State from the 2021 Baseball College World Series. NC State was eliminated due to Covid-19 protocols. A content analysis was conducted by looking at posts from various NCAA related accounts on …
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THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS
… and feminist artist. I make work about the beautiful, broken, and absurd ways in which American evangelical culture influences lives, especially women’s lives. I’m dragging everything into the light by deconstructing and critiquing the world in which I live, move, and have my being. I do …
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The clearest mirror : the science of laughing and crying
There are few things as familiar to us as the experience of laughing and crying. Studying the two emotional expressions side to side is a way to see our species anew. A way of linking what we share with other mammals to that which sets us apart from all other species. Pulling laughing and crying …
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The Relationship Between Infant Crying and Father Well-Being
<p>Infant excessive crying and fussing has been linked to adverse maternal outcomes such as increased depression and stress, and decreased feelings of parenting self-efficacy. Infant crying has also been identified as the number one trigger caregivers report prior to an abusive action, placing …
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Troublesome crying in infants: the effect of advice to reduce stimulation
The observation that babies with troublesome crying improve quickly during hospital admission suggested that, if true, a common, quickly reversible, factor may operate. Histories from the parents of such babies suggest that much work goes into trying to console them. It is hypothesised that this …
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Effects of Delayed Auditory Feedback on Young Infants’ Crying
Neural control of newborn crying has typically been considered to originate primarily in the lower brain centers, although support for this assumption is limited. To address this, the present study manipulated newborn infants’ perceptual experience during a cry bout through use of delayed auditory …
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Crying in the wilderness : the outlaw and poet in Ben Hecht's militant Zionism
During the Second World War, the American journalist and screenwriter Ben Hecht had been one of the lone voices to break the silence about the Nazi Holocaust. Then, in 1947, Hecht shocked and outraged people across the world when he called for "terrorism" against his country's closest military …
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Effects of musculoskeletal dysfunction in excessive crying syndromes of infancy.
Background: Excessive crying (or infant colic) is a common pain syndrome of infancy without any specific known aetiology or effective management and it is costly in both social and economic terms. Many cases result in long-term poor sleep, behavioural problems and parental stress. The biomechanical …
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Effects of Embodiment on Perceptual and Affective Responses to Infant Crying
… participants were asked to hold a pencil between their lips, mimicking a smile, while listening to infant crying. Although there were no embodied effects for perceptual ratings, results indicated that this manipulation decreased participants’ self-reported, negative affect. In Study 2, …
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The Gordon game
… Latin squares, John Isbell introduced the idea of competitive sequencing, the Gordon Game. Isbell investigated the Gordon Game and found solutions for groups of small order. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the Gordon Game and develop a brute force method of determining …
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The mirror game
<p>ln <em>The Mirror Game</em>, I have chronicled a growth, a way of exploration, but, more directly, a way of seeing. The process of perception is central to the poems; as indeed, the way the poems are languaged is part of the perception. To say the things that must be said has long intrigued me. …
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Usability and game design : improving the MITAR Game Editor
Creating MIT Augmented Realty (MITAR) games can be a daunting task. MITAR game designers require a usable game editor to simplify this process. The MITAR Game Editor was the first editor to provide game designers with the means to effectively create MITAR games, however, there were several areas …
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Violence and the Domestic Sphere in Cinematic Representations of the Northern Irish Conflict
The separation and opposition of the personal and the political sphere was a crucial element of cinematic representations of the Northern Irish conflict from the 1940s to the early 1990s. Films of the era portrayed the personal sphere as the only redemption for men involved in violence. Peace and …
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Developing game AI for the real‐time strategy game StarCraft
… agents designed to play Real-Time Strategy (RTS) games has been limited compared to the amount of research that has gone into designing agents for playing board games such as chess. This is largely due to the fact that developing an agent for RTS is more complicated. There has been some positive …
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The Quiet Cafeteria Game
<p>Due to the prevalence of disruptive behavior in schools, educators are required to allocate time and resources to manage student behavior problems (Murphy, Theodore, Aloiso, Alric-Edwards, & Hughes, 2007). Disruptive behaviors take place in the classroom and other non-classroom settings, which …
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Game worlds : a study of video game criticism
This paper explores the relation between criticism and establishment of narrative forms and genres, focusing on the cultural situation of video games. Comparing the context of early film criticism and contemporary video game criticism, I argue that the public negotiation of meaning and value …
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