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Showing 1 to 20 of 146 for “""True Blood""”.
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Ficção seriada televisiva e narrativa transmídia: uma análise do mundo ficcional multiplataforma de True Blood
… como objetivo analisar o universo transmídia de True Blood, compreendido como um mundo ficcional multiplataforma composto por várias peças distribuídas em mídias distintas, tendo o seriado televisivo True Blood como sua narrativa central. Para tal, foram realizadas revisões de literatura acerca …
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The Monstrous Side of Humanity: A Generic, Narrative, and Audience Reception Analysis of True Blood
HBO's drama series "True Blood" has been considered a unique and polysemic text since its debut in 2008.This thesis examined the series through the theoretical lenses of genre, narrative, and audience reception. Specifically, this study examined the series' adherence to the gothic vampire subgenre, …
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"The Last of the True:" The Kid's Place In Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian
… “the kid” and “the judge” in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian Or The Evening Redness in the West (1985), specifically, how and why the kid resists Judge Holden’s overbearing existential philosophy. In my introduction I set the stage for Judge Holden’s imperial philosophy and practice through a …
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"The Last of the True:" The Kid's Place In Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian
… “the kid” and “the judge” in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian Or The Evening Redness in the West (1985), specifically, how and why the kid resists Judge Holden’s overbearing existential philosophy. In my introduction I set the stage for Judge Holden’s imperial philosophy and practice through a …
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Blood At The Root
… to go to get what they want. They discover the true meaning of strength and weakness and how to survive in a world where they don’t fit in. The story explores the issues of violence, drug abuse, and murder that often lie hidden beneath the façade of fanatic Christianity, propriety, and status in …
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Blood as a Binding Agent in Cormac McCarthy's _The Crossing_
… one of the most important aspects of blood is the way it connects Billy Parham to his family and the world around him. Billy's actions are driven largely by his desire to maintain his moral code and his connections to nature and his maternal grandmother. His link to nature begins with …
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SNP Interactions in the Genetic Architecture of Blood Pressure
… genetic component to the regulation of blood pressure: BP) but most BP variance remains unattributed to specific genetic variants. Candidate gene studies show linkage to rare Mendelian disorders but inconsistent association with BP. Massive consortia of genome-wide association studies …
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Blood, Enjoyment and Belonging in Selected Vampire Fiction
This thesis argues that blood is the central object of the vampire genre. Since the entry of the word ‘vampire’ into English in the early eighteenth century, human understanding of blood changed drastically. Yet the vampire’s blood-drinking remained its definitive characteristic. Moreover, in …
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Hydrodynamic considerations of coronary blood flow with and without stenosis
… to study the effects of the stenosis on the blood flow, and thus to determine its influence on myocardial perfusion. In summary, this thesis is concerned with the effects of the stenosis on left coronary blood flow. To determine these effects it has been necessary in a first step to …
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Development of a microfluidic device for blood oxygenation by photocatalysis
… microfluidic device for the oxygenation of whole blood has been developed. The device couples a semiconductor, titanium dioxide (TiO₂), thin film that generates oxygen through photocatalysis with a microfluidic network that facilitates diffusion of the dissolved oxygen to red blood cells. While …
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Modelling Blood Flow & Oxygen Transport in the Active Brain
… on the supply of oxygen and glucose from the bloodstream. When a brain region is activated, blood flow to that area increases; this phenomenon is termed functional hyperemia, but it remains incompletely understood. In this thesis, a novel mathematical model of blood flow and oxygen transport …
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Altered feeding pattern:its effect on selected blood lipids in humans
… fat were noted as exceeding desirable values. Blood samples were collected from each subject following a two week acclimation period and following each of the two six week feeding phases. The samples were analyzed for total cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol levels. …
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Effect of Increase and Decrease In Erythrocyte Volume Upon Plasma Volume and Total Blood Volume
… It was then desirable to know if this were a true anemia or if plasma volume shifts occurred which gave a picture of anemia while it did not actually exist. It is the purpose of this paper to determine that factor and to further test it by the study of plasma volume changes in dogs made …
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Effect of resistant starch consumption on body weight and blood lipid profiles
… by an abnormal amount of lipids in the blood and can be improved through lowered body weight. In this study, we hypothesized that resistant starch prepared from high amylose corn (HAM-RS2), would improve plasma lipid profile, and decrease body weight in overweight/obese individuals. In a …
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Blood-CNS transport mechanisms in pathophysiology and drug delivery
The blood-CNS barriers form a highly selective biological firewall; regulating the<br/>passage of solutes between the blood and cerebral microenvironment. This thesis<br/>modelled the blood-CNS barriers in vivo to determine the transport of nutrients,<br/>metabolic products and drugs across these …
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Is Marital Status A Determinant Of Self-Monitoring Of Blood Glucose?
… with diabetes mellitus (DM). Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is a technique used achieve glycemic control by revealing day-to-day changes in blood glucose levels. Since marriage protective effects have been shown for mortality, especially for men, it is useful to determine whether a …
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The impact of population based faecal occult blood screening on colorectal cancer
… out to assess the impact of guaiac faecal occult blood test (gFOBT) screening on colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality and associated outcomes in a true population based screening programme.<br/>Using data from the Scottish arm of the UK demonstration pilot of gFOBT screening for CRC, all residents in …
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Development of a wearable blood pressure monitor using adaptive calibration of peripheral pulse transit time measurements
The ability to continuously monitor a patient's blood pressure long-term (for hours, days, or weeks) using a wearable device as unobtrusive as a wristwatch or piece of jewelry, could revolutionize the study, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension, heart failure, and other cardiovascular …
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Risk factors and Blood borne- biochemical markers in type 2 diabetes mellitus
… any patho-physiological changes in red blood cells (RBC), white blood cells (neutrophils and lymphocytes) and plasma, measuring RBC membrane fragility and proteins, intracellular free calcium concentrations [Ca2+]i and several cations including Na+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Fe2+, Zn2+ and Cu2+, …
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'Of his breast noble poets shall eat; of his blood shall men be drunk': nationalism, literature, and Arthurian 'things' in medieval and Early Modern Britain
… and object-oriented ontology. Arthur was not a true historical figure, yet throughout much of British history his cultural and propagandist value has been immeasurable both to the ruling class and those who would rebel against it. The end result is that Arthurian objects such as his alleged …
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