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Catch Chain
Catch Chain is a book of poems that traces the journey of a Corrections Officer who attempts to combat issues of isolation, inhumane treatment of inmates and societal rejection in jails by embarking upon a cross-country road trip. However, the same issues the officer initially wrestled with begin …
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Pause to catch up
My practice is often predicated on a web of references to alternative histories, architecture, intimate public spaces and films. The complex layering of references can give the impression that somebody knows the purpose of the space, what’s happening behind the scenes. This powerlessness offsets …
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Late standardization and technological catch-up
… in standards activities to progress beyond catch-up, because standards are a prerequisite to technological development. Standards are strategic leverages that allow latecomers to link with and learn from technology leaders. Specifically, latecomer firms have to engage internally in quality …
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Elderly Offenders: An American Corrections Catch-22?
The problem of the aging offender population is an issue that will ultimately need to be addressed by state corrections departments and legislatures. As general prison populations continue to age, the type and extent of inmate health care needs will change. This thesis examines the experiences of …
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Valuation of Global Inland Fisheries Catch to Food Security
… inland capture fisheries production.Inland fish catch reported to FAO in 2015 was 11.47 million tonnes; the majority of which came from, China, South-East Asia, Africa, South America and the Russian Federation. Because of the dispersed nature of inland fisheries, the negligible information on …
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DIVERSIFYING SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION CAPABILITY BUILDING, AND CATCH UP
… essays examining the role of connectivity in the catch-up process of a nation primarily focusing on East Asian countries. Specifically, I investigate the sourcing of knowledge, especially tacit knowledge, on local innovation capability building and thus catch-up process of a nation. I argue that …
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Dynamic catch-effort models for the southern African hake populations
… l near tt1i ni1t1i Lat i or1 procedures, to catch-effort data for the fottr ICSEAF areas commonly chosen for hake stock assessment purposes, nEUl'lely Divisiol"1S 1.3 + 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 2.1 + 2.2 (all of which indicate generally downward CPUE trends for the maJOT' part of their histories>. …
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Separating Component Signals of Episodic Simulation Using a Catch Trial Design
… experiment uses functional MRI and employs a catch trial design to test the hypothesis that by separating orientation and simulation related activity, novel differences might be found between the acts of remembering and imagining events. We find that regions typically shown to activate above …
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Why public policy ideas catch on: empty signifiers and flourishing neighbourhoods
Asking the question ‘why do ideas catch on in public policy’ reveals the inadequacy of ideational accounts to compete with the predominance of mainstream models of policy analysis. This thesis reasserts ideational accounts through the application of the political discourse theory of Laclau and …
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Visual Adaptations and Behavioural Strategies to Detect and Catch Small Targets
Predatory behaviours are ideal for studying the limits of performance and control within animals. Predation naturally creates a competition between the sensors and physiology of predator and prey. Aerial predation demonstrates the greatest feats of physical performance, demanding the highest speeds …
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The use of antagonist muscle as a "catch" in explosive movement/
… tendons by restraining motion with a physical catch, stretching the tendon by flexing the muscle and releasing the energy through the tendon. Since the tendon can release energy faster than the muscle, the peak powers can be much higher. This study asks whether an opposing muscle could be used …
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CATCH | BOUNCE: Towards a relational ontology of the digital in art practice
How might ‘the digital’ be conceived of in an ‘expanded field’ of art practice, where ontology is flattened such that it is not defined by a particular media? This text, together with an installation of art work at the Exhibition Research Lab, Liverpool John Moores University (13-24 March), …
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More Value From the Same Fish: Catch Shares, Fishing Behavior, and Revenues
… same fish and how rights-based policies such as catch shares interact with fishing behaviors and markets.</p><p>This dissertation--and the larger body of ongoing work from which these chapters are drawn--addresses this broad question through a series of specific ones: Do the theoretical …
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On the Evolution of the National Design System: The Catch-up Perspective
… for product form from high-income countries to catch-up countries. However, product form as an intangible asset has been neglected by innovation policy makers in middle-income countries. Managers and policy makers thus need to depart from the traditional wisdom that product function is the main …
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The Virginia Stocked-Trout Program: An Evaluation of Anglers and Their Catch
… the fish in the state, stocking over 1 million catchable-sized trout on over 180 waters. Given the expansive effort of VDGIF and the popularity of the program, VDGIF desired to understand how anglers utilize their program and who actively fishes for stocked trout. My objectives were 1) to assess …
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The Fish Population of Lake Poinsett, South Dakota, as Indicated By the Catch
… of a midsummer decline in gill net and trap net catches of black bullhead, black crappie, and white crappie. A late summer increase in the catch of yearling black bullheads, crappies, white bass, carp and bigmouth buffalo was attributed to an increase in activity or change in behavior pattern. …
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Judged by the Bottom-line But Expected to Lead Ethically: A Leader's Catch 22
… aims to shed light on the often disregarded catch-22 leaders face in world that is increasingly concerned about bottom-line outcomes, while also demanding an immaculate standard of ethical behavior from leaders.
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