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Showing 1 to 20 of 377 for “"Carroll"”.
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Carroll physics in general relativity: understanding the Carroll limit of the singularity theorem
The Carroll limit of general relativity is an ultra-relativistic limit that is obtained by taking the speed of light (c) to zero. This is in contrast to the Galilean limit, where you can resolve it by taking the c → ∞ limit. This limit was formulated in the study of the Carroll group as an …
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Picturing Wonderland: Filming Fantasy in Adaptations of Carroll's Alice Stories
… I use cinematic adaptations of Lewis Carroll’s foundational fantasy novels Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There as a case study in order to examine how different experiences of fantasy, as outlined by Todorov, are adapted into …
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Evaluation of procedures for recovering manganese from a Carroll County, Virginia, ore
… from the Betty Baker Mine, Great Gossan Lead, Carroll County, Virginia, analyzed 0.82 percent acid soluble manganese. An analysis of the tailings from flotation of this complex sulfide ore revealed a total manganese content of approximately three percent of which two-thirds is acid soluble. The …
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The Literature of Verbal Nonsense in Lewis Carroll, Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco
… greatest masters of English nonsense are Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. Carroll gives, in <em>Alice in Wonderland</em> and <em>Through the Looking-glass,</em> the principles underlying a carefully-built structure. In Lewis Carroll's nonsense world, the creatures break the determinism of meaning …
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Labor and social barter in an Appalachian community: Carroll County, Virginia, 1880s-1930s
From the 1880s to the 1930s Carroll County, Virginia, experienced economic changes which were sweeping many areas of the Appalachian mountains. Industrialization brought Sawmills and iron ore mining activity. Throughout this fifty-year period, Carroll County residents continued to labor at …
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Satire and Synthesis: Parody and Satire of Victorian Education in the Works of Lewis Carroll
… memorization. An analysis of the works of Lewis Carroll reveals significant instances of parody, pastiche, and satire on these styles of education and their corresponding reform. Unlike traditional satire, however, Lewis Carroll’s satire does not simply criticize these targets, but utilizes a …
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The Hillsville tragedy: Appalachian stereotypes as examined through the Carroll County Courtroom Shootout of 1912
… thesis is a community study that centers on the Carroll County Courtroom Shootout of 1912. The shootout provides an opportunity to examine the dynamics of a small Appalachian community by looking at the years leading up to 1912. This study focuses on issues of causality, including a series of …
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An Exploration of the Relationships Among Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Theory-Aligned Cognitive Abilities and Math Fluency
… research in the context of Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory has evaluated either broad mathematics performance or math calculation skills, little is known about the specific relationships between math fact fluency and broad and narrow cognitive abilities. The present study investigated …
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Evaluation of rock mass properties and abutment stability at the Gillis Falls dam site, Carroll County, Maryland
Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-94).
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An Analysis of Cattell-Horn-Carroll Cognitive Abilities Relating to Academic Achievement among Students in Grades First through Fifth
Relations between cognitive abilities and areas of achievement were analyzed in a review of archival data study. The participants in this study were students from grades 1 through 5 who were referred for an initial psycho-educational evaluation due to academic concerns by their school staff or by …
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"The War Comes First": Lt. Col. Francis Carroll Grevemberg and the Development of a World War II Antiaircraft Artillery Officer
… the life and career and intimate life of Francis Carroll Grevemberg, an antiaircraft World War II officer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Grevemberg joined the Louisiana National Guard in 1932 and began his military career in the midst of the Great Depression. In the reorganization of the U.S. Army …
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A Comparison of Two Individual Differences Models for Multidimensional Scaling: Carroll and Chang's Indscal and Tucker's Three-Mode Factor Analysis
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Vision and Re-Vision of the Dreamchild: Artistic Representations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll, Sir John Tenniel, and Arthur Rackham
… thesis focuses on three of those artists: Lewis Carroll (also the author of the text), Sir John Tenniel, and Arthur Rackham. Through comparison with the words of the text and attention to artistic detail, this thesis examines the vision each of these three artists had of the story and, in the …
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The Hydrology of the Carroll Cave-Toronto Springs System: Identifying and Examining Source Mixing through Dye Tracing, Geochemical Monitoring, Seepage Runs, and Statistical Methods
… identification of these connections difficult. Carroll Cave, a large stream cave system located in the central Missouri Ozarks, is known for its biological and speleological significance. A dye tracing project to delineate a Carroll Cave recharge area through dye tracing has identified an area …
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