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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Chaplin"”.
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American transcendental vision: Emerson to Chaplin
… educate more effectively than language. Charles Chaplin was, from 1920 through 1936, the most recognizable figure in the world because of his unique screen comedies. Chaplin's enduring character, the Tramp, evokes much of Emerson's qualities of the poet in that he envisioned the world beyond the …
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A Question of Listening: Nancean Resonance and Listening in the Work of Charlie Chaplin
… a close reading of the silent films of Charlie Chaplin to <br/> examine a question of listening posed by Jean-Luc Nancy, “Is listening <br/> something of which philosophy is capable” (Nancy 2007:1)? Drawing on the <br/> work of Nancy, Jacques Derrida and Gayatri Spivak, I consider a claim that …
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DISCRIMINATING OVERWINTERING ORIGIN AND MIGRATORY CONNECTIVITY IN A LONG-DISTANCE MIGRATORY SHOREBIRD STAGING IN THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES
… a northern population of Sanderling staging at Chaplin Lake, Saskatchewan over seven years and compared these to feathers collected at three disparate wintering locations separated by approximately 4000 km to classify individuals based on their overwintering moult origin. Feather isotope values …
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Exploring infertility through art
… to disorders which are functional in origin" (Chaplin, 1973, p. · 391), or "term usually employed of disorders which originate in mental conditions, though they may come to involve physiological changes, as a result of these mental conditions" (Drever, 1978, p. 231). A psychogenic disorder is …
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Stardom, Spectacle, Show, and Salability: United Artists and the Founding of the Hollywood Blockbuster Model
… company that Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, and Mary Pickford jointly formed in 1919 to maintain creative autonomy over their work. Without the benefit of block booking practices through studio-owned theater houses, each founding artist established specific economic …
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Testing the Efficacy of Interventions to Decrease Racial Bias in Jury Selection
… from juries (Clark, Boccaccini, Caillouet, & Chaplin, 2007; Equal Justice Initiative, 2010; Gabbidon, Kowal, Jordan, Roberts, & Vincenzi, 2008). The current protection against racially motivated peremptory challenges provided by <em>Batson v. Kentucky </em>(1986) has not been effective in …
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Understanding theft from the person and robbery of personal property victimisation trends in England and Wales, 1994-2010/11
… robbery and theft from the person respectively (Chaplin et al., 2011). Despite widespread attention, consensus regarding why we have witnessed these falls in crime has not been reached. Three specific areas are explored in relation to theft and robbery: 1. the goods stolen; 2. the characteristics …
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Clowning in the Brechtian tradition
… of Brecht's interest in the clowns Charlie Chaplin and Karl Valentin and their influence on his thinking. Next, it examines how far Brecht's interest in clowns and clowning can be seen inscribed in the texts of his plays and how far that clowning enables the aims of his theatre to be …
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The Branding, Creation, and Promotion of a Solo Comedienne
… limited to the male headliner. From Charlie Chaplin to Jackie Gleason and Bill Cosby to Will Ferrell, men have kept us laughing from stages to screen throughout the last century. Thus, I inquire: who are the prominent women who rose to the top of this male-dominated industry and how did they …
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Cortometraje Cactus
… se convirtió en El Padrino 1, 2 y 3, desde Chaplin hasta Hitchcock, alquilando film tras film en la ya fenecida tienda de videos VHS, “Blockbuster”.
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Liminal Butlers: Discussing a Comic Stereotype and the Progression of Class Distinctions in America
… class structure simultaneously. Charlie Chaplin's butler in City Lights does the same in film. As the overly serious foil, Chaplin's butler controls the class hierarchy by keeping Chaplin away from his master; yet, the butler does this by copying his master's actions, putting himself on …
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The Effects of a One-Tesla Magnet on Human Fibroblast Cell Growth
<p>The controversy regarding the ill effects of electromagnetic fields began in 1979 when Nancy Wertheimer and Ed Leeper claimed to have found a connection between childhood leukemia and power lines. In 1997, a group of researchers led by Martha Linet, M. D., attempted to provide evidence that …
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Microphysical Mechanisms in Stratiform Precipitation as Observed in OLYMPEX
This thesis presents results from a strong, rain-producing storm that passed over the Olympic Mountains during the 2015–16 Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX). The microphysical characteristics of the stratiform component occurring during this 12–13 November event were investigated using …
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Is guided self-help a treatment option for people with intellectual disability?
Introduction<br/>There is little evidence of the use of guided self-help as an intervention for people with intellectual disability. The Self-Assessment and INTervention, is a guided self-help tool designed specifically for this group. There are three linked studies within this thesis that aim to; …
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Black Men's Responsible Fatherhood Narratives: Fatherhood, Responsibility, Race, and Gender
Over the last few decades increasing rates of single mother households in the United States have triggered a national alarm over the effects of father absence on society. Father absence has been linked specifically to many of the problems plaguing black communities in the United States (e.g. …
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A systems analysis of the employment problems of people with epilepsy.
The study investigated the relationships between epilepsy and employment. A comprehensive and critical literature review is presented, leading to the development of a biopsychosocial framework of medical, psychosocial and occupational factors. Relationships suggested by the literature were …
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A critical evaluation of the contribution of psychographic measures as descriptor variables in the profiling of market segments for a specific industry
Psychographic measures were widely employed in market segmentation studies in the seventies. Psychographics were said to offer marketers quantitative research that resulted in rich descriptive profiles of target segments. The present use of psychographics in segmentation studies has however become …
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A model analysis of an active vehicle suspension system using hydraullic control
The aim of this study was build and evaluate the performance of a laboratory active suspension. Much has been published on active suspension theory but relatively few have actually been built and reported on. This study examines the performance of two types of active suspension controllers and the …
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Risk of depression and cardiovascular disease across the lifespan: the role of systemic inflammation.
Both depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD) affect millions of people worldwide and account for considerable mortality. In adults, comorbidity between these conditions is common, suggesting that shared pathophysiological mechanisms, such as systemic inflammation, may be involved. However, the …
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