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Showing 1 to 20 of 1850 for “"CLASSIC"”.
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Tasteful piano performance in classic-era Britain
… decades, British solo piano repertoire of the Classic era has attracted increasing interest from researchers. A number of scholars have sought to identify the compositional elements that comprise late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British piano music. Despite this interest, there has …
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The Classic-Novel Adaptation from 1995 to 2009
… of prior adaptations. As this thesis will show, classic-novel adaptations are increasingly framed by change and tension, as movements towards ‘contemporising’ representations of the past, and reinvigorating costume drama, have been shadowed by a growing unease with the stylistic innovation and …
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A Systems Simulation of the Classic Maya Collapse
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Publishing Anglophone Wales: Politics, Culture and the ‘Classic’ Novel
… discussions about the nature of the ‘Welsh’ classic literary text, and about the form and content of any identifiably Welsh literary canon, have always circled and fuelled debates about the nature of the country’s sense of cultural, political and above all linguistic identity. The same …
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A classic statistical model developed towards predicting financial distress
… developing a distress prediction model using a classic statistical method and financial ratios, calculated on published company data of organisations listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
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A Random-Linear-Extension Test Based on Classic Nonparametric Procedures
Most distribution free nonparametric methods depend on the ranks or orderings of the individual observations. This dissertation develops methods for the situation when there is only partial information about the ranks available. A random-linear-extension exact test and an empirical version of the …
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The Transformation of Self: A Study of Classic American Pragmatism
… understanding of self from the perspective of classic American pragmatism, of which I select James, Peirce, Mead, and Dewey as representative figures. The central concept of this study is the transformation of self. It is in this particular aspect, which I take also as a major theme of classic …
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The Acropolis at Kaminaljuyu: A Study of Late Classic Occupation
The Late Classic Period at Kaminaljuyú is one of the most poorly understood periods of occupation, possibly because the artifacts and architecture lack the ornate decoration found in earlier periods. One of the largest and best preserved areas of the site is located in the Parque Arqueológico de …
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Reading hidden messages through deciphered manual alphabets on classic artwork
… roles in the creation of hidden messages in classic artwork. A 3,100 B.C. bas-relief of The 'Kaph' Telescope, formerly named The Narmer Palette, and Michaelangelo Buonarrotte's Battle of Cascina of 1506 were two key works of art that show certain similarities even though separated by 4,500 …
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The idea of nature in the Daoist classic of Liezi
The Liezi is regarded the third of the Daoist classics following the Laozi and the Zhuangzi. Dating from the pre-Han period (ca. 4-5 century B.C.) to the Six Dynasties (229-589 A.D.), the Liezi constitutes a rich collection of more than a hundred and forty parables, mystical accounts, and …
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Discovery as invention: a constructivist alternative to the classic science documentary
… elements common to what may be called the ‘classic’ science documentary. The aim is not to arbitrarily restrict the filmmaker but rather to explore what sort of a documentary of science might be possible in the absence of certain features that, on the face of it at least, appear to be …
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Categories of Design for Sustainability: A Wearer's Perspective of Classic Design
This research examined classic design through the three interrelated aspects of the aesthetic response--form, viewer, and context. Classic is a term applied to clothing, regularly, but can reference a variety meanings, including a signature example of a particular artist, style or period; a …
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Efficient and proven verification of unreliable hardware executions of classic algorithms
Lowering voltage and frequency guardbands of CPU, DRAM, cache, or interconnect lowers power and latency, but increases the risk of silent data corruptions in even formally verified hardware and software. Researchers have been developing systems that use unreliable hardware, combined with software …
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Classic Literature and Struggling Readers in Middle School Grades Five through Eight
Classic literature continues to complicate reading for middle school struggling readers. Although research has been conducted on struggling readers and strategies to help them, the purpose of this study was to examine struggling readers in conjunction with classic literature. Using the …
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Evaluation of an Early Classic Round Structure at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize
… offers one of the few examples of an Early Classic Period round structure (Structure 135) in the Maya region, one that is distinctive in its timing and architectural form. This thesis seeks to compare Structure 135 with the patterns of round structures identified in the Preclassic and …
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ENGAGING SECONDARY STUDENTS: THE BENEFICIAL INTERSECTION OF YOUNG ADULT AND CLASSIC LITERATURE
<p>The positive attributes of both classic and young adult (YA) literature are significant, even when read separately. However, the benefits of pairing classic and YA literature together are even greater; yet, teachers often avoid integrating YA literature for a variety of reasons (Velazquez). Both …
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NON-SPECIFIC INFECTION IN A LATE CLASSIC URBAN RESIDENCE AT COPAN, HONDURAS
The aim of this research is to examine the distribution and severity of non-specific infection within the elite residential group 8N-11 of Copan, Honduras. Given the evidence of intra-group social ranking within elite Copan lineages, the aim of this study was to examine if social status could …
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