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Showing 1 to 20 of 187 for “"Abduction"”.
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A conditional model of abduction
… on explanations naturally arises. Our model of abduction (the process of inferring the preferred explanations) uses existing conditional logics for default reasoning and belief revision, based on standard modal systems. We end up with a semantics for explanation in terms of sets of possible …
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The Object of My Abduction
This thesis is presented in three parts. The first part is a movie script for a full-length feature film. The second part is a critical analysis of said movie script compared in both structure and content to classical models presented in literary works such as Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with a …
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International child abduction parental child abduction to non-Hague countries: where the law is incomplete
… atrocities in recent years is the subject of the abduction of women and children, most commonly and distressingly encountered in cases of human trafficking and in more recent years increasingly found in the abduction of youngsters in war-time conflict. A surprising number of abductions are however …
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Psychological correlates of the UFO abduction experience : the role of beliefs and indirect suggestions on abduction accounts obtained during hypnosis
Reports of UFO abductions continue to increase in number in North America, the details of which are most commonly obtained in a quasi-therapeutic context, often involving hypnosis. In a series of studies at Concordia, we examined the phenomenology of these reports, the people who report them, and …
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Guided Abduction in the Treatment of Congenital Hip Dislocations
<p>Guided abduction has been well accepted in Southern California as an effective method in the initial treatment of congenital hip dislocation. Since 1953, when this procedure was first instituted, no report has been made in the world literature describing its application and the results obtained. …
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Deliberative Bayesianism: Abduction, Reflection, and the Weight of Evidence
… are derived based on the premises chosen in abduction, in order to explicate the implied commitments the agent may incur from those decisions; during the inductive stage, the inquirer is expected to conduct her empirical investigation in a deliberate manner, in accordance with the assertions …
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Abduction Contractures within Infants with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
… that seeks to understand the contribution of an abduction contracture of the hip has yet to be performed. This assessment and evaluation could impact the way future models are made and could provide guidelines for what muscles are taken into account during modeling. Therefore, through the …
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Transnational Divorce: The Violation of Immigrant Japanese Mothers' Rights an the Hague Abduction Convention
… on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Through in-depth interviews with Japanese mothers who returned to Japan with their children (returned Japanese mothers), and divorced immigrant Japanese mothers who reside in Canada, this study analyzes the stories of the mothers in terms …
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Female survivors of abduction in armed conflict zone: psychosocial needs, rehabilitation, and reintegration pathway
… on the perspective of adult female survivors of abduction in northeast Nigeria, this research aims to gain an understanding of the survivors’ psychosocial needs and the best way to facilitate their recovery and reintegration into their communities after abduction in armed conflict zones from …
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Lumbopelvic Control in Dynamic Tasks – The Relationship Between the Active Hip Abduction Test and Frontal Plane Kinematics
… investigated the relationship between Active Hip Abduction (AHAbd) test performance and lumbopelvic control (LPC) in the frontal plane during a dynamic stair circuit in physically active adults. Thirty-four participants (23 males, 11 females) completed the AHAbd and a 15-minute fatiguing stair …
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Muscle Fatigue during Isometric and Dynamic Efforts in Shoulder Abduction and Torso Extension: Age Effects and Alternative Electromyographic Measures
… isometric and intermittent efforts in shoulder abduction and torso extension at different contraction levels. Two age groups were involved (n=24 in each), representing the beginning and end of working life. Findings from this study demonstrated that the older group exhibited slower progressions …
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"Away with the fairies": the motif of fairy abduction and of the changeling, from Irish mythology to the Irish diaspora
… at analysing the reuses of the motif of fairy abduction and of the changeling in contemporary literature, either Irish or from the Irish diaspora. Studying these motifs as they appear in the folk accounts allows a better understanding of their traditional characteristics, to then be able to …
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Comparing Shoulder Manual Muscle Testing With Scapular Retraction And Core Activation
… 17 male) were tested in shoulder flexion and abduction in their relative posture, with the scapula retracted, and with the core activated. There were no significant differences within or between the three manual muscle testing conditions for shoulder flexion. Relative posture (15.8±5.0kg) and …
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Child Abductors Who Have Killed Their Victims: A Theoretical Approach to Spatial Analysis
… between the offender's residence and the abduction site, (b) the distance between the abduction site and the disposal of the victim's remains, (c) the distance between the location of the body disposal site and the offender's residence. Additionally, a multitude of bivariate analyses were …
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A formal characterization of a domain independent abductive reasoning system
Abduction is a logical inference technique used in explanation finding and a variety of consequence finding. One application domain that stands out in utilizing abduction is automated diagnostic reasoning. This thesis provides a formal specification and methods of computation for a domain …
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The isokinetic assessment of muscle strength in rugby union players.
… union players. Isokinetic assessment of shoulder abduction and adduction strength was identified as providing a sport specific measurement based on the muscle actions involved in the rugby tackle.A pilot study was conducted to assess the reliability of the isokinetic assessment of shoulder …
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THE EFFECTS OF INITIAL HIP ABDUCTION AND EXTERNAL ROTATION STRENGTH AND NEUROMUSCULAR FATIGUE OF THE GLUTEUS MEDIUS ON THE STAR EXCURSION BALANCE TEST IN MALE AND FEMALE HEALTHY SUBJECTS
… subjects were placed through separate hip abduction and external rotation fatiguing exercises, followed by the SEBT. Control subjects were not placed through a fatiguing protocol before the SEBT. Fatigue was assessed with a handheld dynamometer compared to a 43% decrease in peak force …
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Lower leg and foot contributions to turnout in pre-professional female dancers: A clinical and kinematic analysis
… was also measured. The results demonstrated foot abduction was the strongest predictor of functional and forced turnout, compared to both the hip and knee external rotation. A moderate-strong negative relationship was observed between HER and foot abduction in all turnout conditions. A moderate …
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