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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Charlton"”.
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John de Cherleton, first lord Charlton of Powys: a biography
… late thirteenth century into a family based in Charlton in Shropshire. We have few details of the de Cherleton family before this time, but it is known that John and his brothers were to rise from relative obscurity to become influential and powerful men, within the church and royal court. John …
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Writing visionary drama: an anarcho-Christian approach to the contemporary British play through four theatre texts by James Martin Charlton: The World & his Wife, Coming Up, ecstasy + GRACE, Coward
… public works, four plays by James Martin Charlton which were professionally premièred at fringe and off-West End venues in the UK between the mid-1980s and the early 2010s. The statement argues that Charlton has developed a style of contemporary play which is capable of both expressing and …
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PHOSPHATE ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION ON TWO CONTRASTING SOILS USED FOR LAND TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER
… adsorption - desorption behavior of two soils: Charlton silt loam, a typical acid soil from New England which is being used in experimental wastewater treatment, and Tujunga coarse sandy loam from a wastewater land treatment facility located at Manteca, California, which has failed to remove …
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A possible role for intrinsic calcium buffers in the long- term adaptation of crayfish neurons
… decreases transmitter release (Robitialle and Charlton, 1992). If LTA increases intrinsic Ca2+-buffering, the membrane permeant form of BAPTA should have less effect on adapted nerve terminals than on controls. Experiments are performed on the phasic abdominal extensor motor neurons of the …
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Testing of a standardised protocol for visual health assessment of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis)
… qualitative visual health assessment protocol (Charlton et al., 2021), and assess the different parameters in relation to quantitative data on body condition. A dataset of 78 non-unique whales photographed in September of 2019 and 2021 was used for the analysis. Results showed that there is a …
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Impact of Calendar on Student Achievement, Gender, and Ethnicity in Year-Round Schools
… reduce the achievement gap (Cooper, Valentine, Charlton, and Melson, 2003). This paper focused on student achievement, gender and ethnicity in a Title I year-round setting.
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To the Wall: London's Murals and 'the Left', 1975-1986
… Mural Workshop and Brian Barnes, in Greenwich, Charlton and Battersea, focussing analysis on the emergent techniques by which the murals related to localised campaigns and struggles for democratic control of resources, between 1975 and 1978. The second chapter analyses two murals made in Tower …
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History, revolution and the British popular novel: historical fiction in the romantic age
… Clara Reeve, John Moore, Edward Sayer, Mary Charlton, Ann Thomas, George Walker and Jane West engaged with the historical contexts of the Revolution debate, my discussion juxtaposes the manner in which English Jacobin novelists inserted the radical critique of the Jacobin novel into the wider …
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The Effect On Cumulative Language Acquisition Increase For English Language Learner Students In Kindergarten Through Third Grade Who Attended Multiple Years Of Summer Remediation Programs
… & Linda Steffel, 2007; Cooper, Valentine, & Charlton, 2003; Geoffrey D. Borman, James Benson, & Laura T. Overman, 2005).</p> <p>This study has researched the influence, as quantified by Language Assessment Scale Links (LAS) testing, of attending multiple years of summer remediation programs …
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An industrial revolution for fingerprint science? The impact of cognition and human factors on fingerprint examiners: implications for the use of fingerprint examiner expertise and administration within law enforcement.
… Beavan 2001, Sengoopta 2003, Cooke 1932 and Charlton et al 2007). Fingerprint evidence has rarely been challenged by either the public or the judicial system. However, the people entrusted to perform the analysis of fingerprints are increasingly being seen as the weak link in the chain of …
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The Reformed and Celibate Pastor: Richard Baxter's Argument for Clerical Celibacy
… seemingly contradictory marriage to Margaret Charlton. Chapter 6 argues that he did not violate his convictions, because the 1662 Act of Uniformity appeared to have closed off all opportunities for public ministry. Chapter 7 proposes a solution to the question of why Baxter continued to …
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Time Spent at University: The Impact of Volunteering on Political Engagement During Degree Study and Beyond
Young people’s participation in politics has been the subject of much research and debate for decades. Yet addressing the issue of how to encourage apathetic 18-24 year-olds to engage has yet to reveal an effective solution. This thesis aims to add new knowledge to the discourse around the …
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Learners' motivations for preferred contexts in mathematical literacy
The National Curriculum Statement introduced mathematical literacy officially in 2006. Learners in general perform poorly at mathematics in South Africa but there is strong belief that learners should graduate from schools sufficiently literate to deal with the mathematical issues they will …
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CATCH | BOUNCE: Towards a relational ontology of the digital in art practice
How might ‘the digital’ be conceived of in an ‘expanded field’ of art practice, where ontology is flattened such that it is not defined by a particular media? This text, together with an installation of art work at the Exhibition Research Lab, Liverpool John Moores University (13-24 March), …
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South African social theory : Steve Biko
The complexity and dynamism of society provides the sociologist with interesting challenges. The methods and instruments we use to study and understand society have to evolve with the same dynamism. This minor dissertation investigates sociological theory in South Africa. The primary aim of this …
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Controlling the Walrasian tatonnement process
In this thesis I examine a discrete-time Walrasian tatonnement process. The criterion for stability is examined in a two good tatonnement process. It is shown that the stability of the system depends upon the speed of adjustment and holdings of endowments as well as preferences. It is then shown …
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The Lion Couchant - Architecture of the ontological landscape of Lion Mountain
This dissertation is focussed on the natural and cultural landscape of the 'Lion Mountain', comprising of Signal Hill and Lion's Head, Cape Town. Based on the earlier theoretical analysis of reading place through a phenomenological approach to landscape of memory, as well the technological analysis …
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Innovative Design Concepts for Insulated Joints
The main goal of this research is to develop new and innovative designs for insulated rail joints for improved life cycle and higher cost effectiveness. The research focuses on using electrically insulating materials that replace the epoxy used in current bonded insulated joints. Insulated joints …
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Contamination Running Deep: Oral Histories of Environmental Racism, Injustice, and Outrage of One Family in a Southern African-American Community
… Terkel (1991), Donald Ritchie (2003), Thomas Charlton, Lois Myers, and Rebecca Sharpless (2006, 2007), Norman Denzin and Yvonna Lincoln (2008) on oral history. I explored the oral histories of five African American residents who have been exposed to environmental contaminants and compounded by …
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