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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Cameron, David"”.
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Palliative sedation : the development of a policy and guidelines for the use of Palliative sedation for refractory symptoms in dying patients at Sungardens Hospice, Pretoria
Sedation in the context of terminal care has been a hotly debated topic for many years. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, the wide variation in its reported use leads to doubts about the appropriateness of the care available in areas with a high percentage of sedation, and secondly, …
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Dissertation in Which There Appear Lost Punchlines, Dreadful Puns, Low Resolution, etc.: On the Failure of Humour in Avant-garde Film and Video
This dissertation explores the overlooked functions that humour has served in American avant-garde film and video, arguing that humour is involved consistently in many of the key operations and philosophies that have energized these moving image practices. Taking humour as an alternative historical …
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The synthesis, structure and fungicidal activity of guanidinophosphonic acids and their aminophosphonic precursors
Alkanephosphonic acids of the classes a-amino, a-guanidino, a-(hydroxy)amino, a-thioureido, w-amino, and w-guanidino have been prepared, and also the u-amino and 10-guanidino types having aza substituents In positions 2 and 3 In the alkyl chain. The 1H, 13C, and 31p nmr spectroscopy of these …
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Historical Processes and Genetic Implications of Limb Reduction and Loss in an Island Skink Lineage
Evolutionary simplification, or loss of complex characters, is a major theme in studies of body form evolution. The apparently infrequent evolutionary reacquisition of complex characters has led to the assertion (Dollo's Law) that once lost, complex characters may be impossible to re-evolve, at …
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Durability of Silane Sealer in a Highly Alkaline Environment
<p>Alkali-silica reaction (ASR) is a chemical reaction between siliceous minerals present in certain aggregates and alkalis in the concrete pore solution. The reaction can lead to expansion and severe damage in concrete members. One method to mitigate ASR expansion is to use a penetrating sealer …
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Luck and skill in professional League of Legends (E-sports)
As professional gaming (e-sports) develops a greater global infrastructure, it will be critical to create league systems in which skill and luck balance to create competitive, exciting, and fair environments. This study uses the most developed e-sport leagues, found in the game League of Legends …
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Evading Brexit : David Cameron’s use of evasion in parliamentary context
… on Iso-Britannian entinen pääministeri David Cameron ja materiaali sijoittuu ajallisesti keväälle ja kesälle 2016. Tutkimusmateriaalini on kerätty Hansard-korpuksesta ja koostuu 112 pääministerin kyselytuntien kysymys–vastaus -parista, jotka käsittelevät aiheeltaan Iso-Britannian …