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An observation and subjective overview of the artistic directors of Atlanta's three major not-for-profit regional theatres
… subjective overview of an observership with Fred Chappell, Artistic Director of The Alliance Theatre Company/Atlanta Children's Theatre; David Head, Artistic Director of the Theatrical Outfit; and Frank Wittow, Artistic Director of The Academy Theatre. Each chapter contains: (1) a brief history …
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The Appalachian Other: Struggles of Familial and Cultural Assimilation in Fred Chappell's Kirkman Tetralogy.
<p>In his Kirkman tetralogy, Fred Chappell refutes ill-conceived Appalachian stereotypes via his refreshingly intelligent and sophisticated cast of mountaineer players. However, Chappell’s characters do not exist without flaws. Jess Kirkman, the tetralogy’s narrator, is a particularly tortured …
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The Return of the Dead: Resurrecting Chappell's Family Gathering
<p>This thesis examines Fred Chappell’s virtually overlooked collection of poetry <em>Family Gathering </em>(2000), and how the poems operate within the mode of the grotesque. I argue that the poems illuminate both the southern grotesque and Roland Barthes’s theory of photography’s <em>Operator, …
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Metaformal Trends in Contemporary American Poetry
… in the work of Greg Williamson and Fred Chappell; I consider the link between metaformalism and New Formalism in order to challenge some of the criticism that has recently been raised against contemporary formal verse, namely accusations of gimmickry and conservatism. I conclude with a …
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Correlates of Health Literacy and Perceptions of Burden Among Caregivers of Persons Diagnosed with Chronic Illnesses
… the Modified Stress Process Model by Roland & Chappell (2017) and Tsai’s (2003) caregiver stress middle range theory. These two theories were well aligned with the constructs involved in understanding the experience of burden caregivers may encounter when responding to the task load and …
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'These wounds and scars have not healed ': a critical gender analysis of the Kenyan Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission's recommendations for reparations
… (2010), Duggan and Jacobson (2009), Durbach and Chappell (2014) act as guideposts for this analysis. This literature establishes the basic elements of any gender-sensitive reparations framework, namely: participation, rehabilitation and transformation. Overall, the TJRC was dedicated to …
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The Development of a Basketball Battery for Middle School Male Students
<p>There has always been a great deal of interest in the measurement of playing ability in team games and many researchers concerned with physical education have made efforts to measure individual aspects of games in relation to the total game situation. However, any objective measurement of skill …
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The Long-Term Teratogenic Effect of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on the Somatosensory and Motor Cortex of Rats
<p>The primary goal of this dissertation was to examine the long-term effect of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) on the primary somatosensory (SI) and primary motor cortex (MI). For over 30 years, PAE has been shown to produce a triad of symptoms (growth deficits, craniofacial dysmorphologies and …
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Doing Community Safety by Locality Working: Regime Theory and Micro-Climates of Crime and Disorder Co-Governance
The co-governance of crime and disorder and the involvement of the public within quasi-deliberative consultations of participatory forums to this end has been the subject of significant bodies of research (Clarke et al, 2007, Barnes, Newman and Sullivan: 2007). Such forums were applied to the …
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Social and Linguistic Factors Conditioning the Glottal Stop in Nicaraguan Spanish
<p>This dissertation investigates the word-final, intervocalic glottal stop [ʔ] in Nicaraguan Spanish, a highly understudied variant in an equally understudied dialect of Spanish. The glottal stop occurs most frequently in western Nicaragua as an allophone of word-final, intervocalic /s/ (the …
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Oral Language in a Literacy-Based Intervention
<p>The problem of practice I studied in this investigation was how to effectively and intentionally merge oral language support with a comprehensive literacy-based intervention (Reading Recovery®) for a student population exhibiting oral language concerns. This mixed-methods study focused on dual …
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A study of isometric and pulsed isometric fatigue of the digital flexor muscle group
<p>http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28346956</p>
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Creativity within late primary age dance education: unlocking expert specialist dance teachers' conceptions and approaches
This study is a qualitative interpretive investigation of three expert specialist dance teachers' conceptions of and approaches to creativity with late primary age children in England carried out using a multi-case case study approach. These specialists were working in a variety of educational …
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Vascular smooth muscle cell heterogeneity and plasticity in models of cardiovascular disease
Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) accumulation is a hallmark of atherosclerosis and vascular injury. However, fundamental aspects of proliferation and the phenotypic changes within individual VSMCs, which underlie vascular disease remain unresolved. In particular, it is not known if all VSMCs …
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Assessment and Reaction of Triticum aestivum Genotypes to Fusarium graminearum and effects on Traits Related to Grain Yield and Seed Quality
Fusarium graminearum (Schwabe), causal organism of fusarium head blight (FHB), has become a major pathogen of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) throughout North America. Since its discovery in the United States, the disease has spread south and east until at present it is an annual threat for growers of …
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The effects of mid-air adjustments on knee joint loading when landing from a jump
… have a higher risk of ACL injury during sports (Chappell et al., 2002). Possible mechanisms of ACL injury are the deceleration of the knee in an extended position (Boden et al., 2000), shear forces applied to the leg during landing (Pflum et al., 2004) and large knee varus and internal rotation …
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The relationship between iron and nitrogen fixation in Trichodesmium spp.
Trichodesmium spp. are considered the dominant nitrogen (N) fixing cyanobacteria in tropical and subtropical oceans, regimes frequently characterized by low iron (Fe). Limited information exists about what levels of Fe limit Trichodesmium N fixation. I developed a diagnostic for Fe limitation using …
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A selected and partially annotated listing of periodical articles relating to the clarinet from 1979-1990
A few bibliographies of writings on the clarinet devote research to periodical articles. These bibliographies are now outdated and a concentrated effort has not been made to update periodical information since 1979. The purpose of this study was to compile, categorize and annotate selected …
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A transient fluid and thermodynamic model of a compressed air system
Air compressors are significant energy users in nearly every industrial facility. Air compressors have become a primary focus of industrial energy audits because they are vital for production processes but are very energy inefficient machines. Industrial energy auditors often perform a detailed …
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The policies and discourses of vocational education and training and their impact on the information of teacher's identities
Education and training, in Australia, has experienced unprecedented levels of change in recent times. Government educational policies are now dominated by economic discourses that point to the need for all educational systems to contribute to economic development, by increasing the knowledge and …
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