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Understanding affective response to food using facial electromyography: a preliminary look at individual differences
Understanding consumer responses to food can aid the success of newly developed food products. Consumer responses can take many forms, with traditional consumer affective testing typically capturing self-reported hedonic liking of food products. Research has highlighted the importance of …
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Different Pathways To Cognition: An Erp Investigation of Enhanced Perceptual Functioning And Autistic Traits in School-aged Children
… individuals utilize perceptual processes to a greater extent than neurotypical comparisons to support problem solving and reasoning. Despite substantial evidence supporting differential information processing streams in autism, the relationship between these processing streams and autistic …
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Two Orchestral Anthems by John Alcock (1715-1806): A critical edition with commentary
… music of John Alcock (1715-1806) is not familiar to most musicians. However, he did produce some attractive works and is a significant figure in English church music of the eighteenth century. His writings about his life in both parish church and cathedral music are also invaluable to research of …
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Aggro Duality
… sculptures inspired by skateboarding and custom–automobile cultures. This body of work is inspired by the manufacturing process, physicality of materials, individual aesthetic, and attention to craft. Each sculpture in Aggro Duality is created through intensive construction techniques that …
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A Biedermeier Cabin
A Biedermeier Cabin was designed with attention to detail and stylistic simplicity in mind. This cabin, located along the banks of the Shenandoah River, is mainly used during the Summer months. The cabinâ s folding doors open up completely for the Summer months to let the breezes flow through. …
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Mystery writers in foreign settings: The literary devices and methods used to portray foreign geographies
A sense of place is important to the construction, believability and success of regional mystery novels. Authentic representation of place is challenging if an author is not originally from the area being portrayed. Despite this, some authors are able to depict foreign places more comprehensively …
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The Development and Consolidation of the Gaeltacht Colony Rath Cairn, Co. Meath 1935-1948
In 1935 a Gaeltacht Colony was created in the townland of Rath Cairn, Co Meath, when twenty-seven Irish speaking families, comprising 182 individuals, arrived at their new homes on fully equipped farms. After Fianna Fail had achieved an overall majority in the wake of the 1933 election, they turned …
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Notions of Universality and Difference: Nineteenth-Century Mexican Costumbrismo
<p>Traditionally in the history of Mexican art, the nineteenth century is overlooked and generally categorized as transitional and inconsequential. As a result of political and economic instability, the arts of the nineteenth century have been considered secondary in comparison with the production …
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Moving Sculptures: Animating the Human Body in Stop-Motion WithPolymer Clay
The purpose of this thesis is to explore novel approaches to stop-motion animation techniques and design and sculpt an original moveable clay figure utilizing those techniques. This thesis focuses on animating human anatomy, testing the extreme physical and emotional states that can be portrayed …
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Interpreting structure through intuition : a light rail campus crossing in Seattle
Common to all people is some degree of intuition into aspects of the natural physical laws by which we are bound to The earth. To a large degree This intuitive sensitivity is grounded in our visual registration of the horizon and in The inescapable rooting of ourselves and our structures in …
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Leaving in the Past: The Role History Plays in Video Games
… useful in presenting or even studying history? Not only has the video game industry grown into one of the largest forms of media in the world, but these games are also finding use as a training aid for the military and major companies, as an advertising medium, and, most importantly, as a …
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An Examination of David Maslanka's Marimba Concerti: Arcadia II for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble and Concerto for Marimba and Band, A Lecture Recital, Together With Three Recitals of Selected Works of K.Abe, M. Burritt, J. Serry, and Others
… is featured prominently. Both Arcadia II: Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble and Concerto for Marimba and Band display the techniques and influences that have become characteristic of his compositional style. However, they express radically different approaches to composition due …
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Liturgy, imagination and poetic language : a study of David Jones's The Anathemata.
The thesis seeks to attempt an examination of David Jones's long poem The Anathemata primarily from a theologically informed standpoint. It sets out to understand, from the literary-critical point of view, the forces and influences that have come together in order to make the poem. At the same …
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Rhaptein/Aidein
… stream-of-consciousness writing practice and attention to detail and form, respectively. Lamott and O'Connor, like Goldberg, were chosen for their depth of vision, while Addonizio and Laux provided backup to Kooser on the technical use of literary devices. </p> <p>Through these lenses, the …
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Mindfulness and Job Performance: How is mindfulness perceived to affect job performance, employee wellbeing, and organisational performance in the engineering sector in South Africa?
… and job performance, which has the potential to undermine the productivity of engineering organisations. It is important to ensure that engineering employees and organisations deliver high levels of performance to ensure that engineers can continue to contribute value to society. This research …
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Hybrid re Assembage : bridging traditional craft and digital design
… qualities of traditional craft. It spans a territory in which the value of artifacts is produced through automated production as well as human subjectivity. This work is an exploration of two divergent realms: that of emerging computational technologies, and traditional hand-hewn practice. Hybrid …
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Fashion Bloggers as Human Brands: Exploring Brand Personality within the Blogosphere
… increasingly implements fashion bloggers into its marketing and branding strategies, the degree to which bloggers influence consumer engagement is questioned. Thus, this study drew on Aaker’s five brand personality framework (human-like attributes of a brand) to analyze fashion bloggers as …
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Die Künstlerproblematik im Naturalismus dargestellt an Papa Hamlet von Arno Holz und Johannes Schlaf
… scientific and industrial activity, brings into focus the re-evaluation of the artist during intense economic development. The intellectual crisis of the artist in Germany, 1870-1895, is strongly influenced by the emphasis on financial success and scientific observation. This emphasis is …
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The embellishment in Mozart's keyboard music with specific application to seven of his late piano concertos
Background to the study It was the practice in Mozart's day for performers to make improvisatory additions to the written text. They would add ornaments, fill in skeletal passages and decorate works according to their ability and taste. Mozart himself was well-known for his gift of improvising, …
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Modeling CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Gas Recovery in Complex Unconventional Reservoirs
Geologic sequestration of CO2 into unmineable coal seams is proposed as a way to mitigate the greenhouse gas effect and potentially contribute to economic prosperity through enhanced methane recovery. In 2009, the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research (VCCER) injected 907 tonnes of CO2 into …
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