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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Coakley"”.
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Towards a Hermeneutical Understanding of the Listening Process
… by scholars such as Brownell, Wolvin and Coakley. Using mostly close-text analysis to examine the trends of the literature to date, this dissertation introduces the ideas of Gadamer on philosophical hermeneutics and Fuimara on the connections between listening and hermeneutics to the …
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Silence as politics : witness and resistance in contemplation.
… and Judith Butler to that of Sarah Coakley, Dorothee Sölle, Meister Eckhart, and Howard Thurman. Contemplative silence thus appears not as retreat or resignation, but as a deliberate act of relational and embodied vulnerability—a radical openness to the divine Other and an embodied …
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Hans Urs Von Balthasar and Kenosis: The Pathway to Human Agency
… three other scholars, Edith Wyschogrod, Sarah Coakley, and Sallie McFague, in order to offer a glimpse into future discussions of kenosis in contemporary theology.</p>
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Cultivating resilience in the face of "not enough": exploring shame and shame-coping in U.S. college sport
… shame-inducing experiences in their sport (Coakley, 2016; Lazarus, 2000; Ryall, 2019). Shame is a destructive psycho-socio-cultural experience of psychological isolation that can lead to performance deficits and even withdrawal from sport (Elison & Partridge, 2012; Hofseth et al., 2015). An …
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Understanding how family structure and context influence a family’s resilience, youth sport involvement, stress, and well-being
… of marital (Lally & Kerr, 2008), parent-child (Coakley, 1992), and sibling relationships (Côté, 1999), and increased demands required for participation can reduce opportunities for family quality time (Bean et al., 2014) among other outcomes. Negative family outcomes are also believed to be more …
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Wrestling With the Angels: Synthesizing Assemblage Theory and Conjunctural Analysis In Examining the Korean Sport Context
… United States and South Korea (Andrews, 2019; Coakley, 2021; Tian & Wise, 2020). Ultimately, the critical engagement with and extension of DeLanda’s (2006, 2011, 2016) assemblage theory will provide a valuable opportunity to strengthen the architecture of the complex contextual relations that …
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El conflicto armado en la República Democrática del Congo: análisis del estado de violencia continua y pasos necesarios para lograr una paz duradera en el país
El presente trabajo de investigación pretende explorar el conflicto armado en la República Democrática del Congo desde su etapa precolonial hasta el día de hoy. Existen varias características fundamentales que dificultan el fin de dicho conflicto; en el presente trabajo, se realizará un …
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Genetic decoding dynamics: from its exploitation to enhance or rescue gene expression to a search for relevance for early evolution
The genetic code and its readout were initially thought to be ‘frozen’ in the sense of being a fixed entity who’s decoding invariably involved standard rules. Recoding involves exceptions to these standard rules that are embedded in mRNA sequences. Elements in the mRNA can alter the meaning of …
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Transition to clinical practice
Background According to extensive international research, medical graduates continue to face significant challenges as they transition from student to doctor. Contributory factors include issues with preparedness, support, workplace interactions and challenges to their health and wellbeing. While …
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Playing with ethics?: A Foucauldian examination of the construction ethical subjectivities in Ultimate Frisbee
… & Ritchie, 2006; Donnelly, 1996; Hughes & Coakley, 1991). In recent years, however, critical scholars have taken an increasing interest in how athletes and coaches might find ways of problematizing their involvement in sport and thus discover new ways of understanding their participation …
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The constructive developmental impact of effectuation on practice
Effectuation is a non-predictive decision-making logic of control in uncertain situations, that begins with given means and is a set of techniques, principles and criteria to generate and select between possible outcomes that can be created with the means (Sarasvathy 2001, 2008). This Portfolio …
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Akt signal transduction dysfunction in the 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an incurable neurodegenerative disorder, accounting for over 60% of all cases of dementia. The primary risk factor for AD is age, however several genetic and environmental factors are also involved. The pathological characteristics of AD include extracellular deposition …
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A Fragile New World: An Analysis of the History, Present, and Future of the U.S. Global Fragility Act
<p>In 2019, the U.S. Congress passed the Global Fragility Act with bipartisan support. (GFA). The act aimed to reform U.S. foreign aid and development, focusing on stabilization initiatives that proactively address the root causes of conflict before they escalate into full-blown violence. Despite …
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Dynamic Inversion and Backstepping Controller Robustness Analysis for a Reusable Launch Vehicle
<p> The Air Force has been working towards developing technology for operationally responsive space (ORS), which is the ability to launch military assets into space without the long set up time currently required. Part of the solution to ORS is to develop a reusable booster vehicle capable of …
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The homilies of Mose bar Kepha on the early chapters of the Gospels.
Jhis thesis is a study and partial edition of a Syriac text known as the Book of Homilies attributed to the Jacobite (i.e. Syrian Crthodox) bishop of Mosul Mose bar Kepha. The Book of Homilies is a collection of approximately thirtyeight treatises for the festivals of the liturgical year. The …
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The testing of a static temperature measuring probe in high velocity air streams
Thesis (B.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1952.
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Motivation in Accounting Decisions: The Effects of Rewards and Environment on Decision Performance and Knowledge Acquisition
The present study investigated the effects of reward structure and environmental conditions (i.e., context) on integrated motivation for an accounting task using 101 undergraduate accounting students. A computer-simulated task in which students were asked to estimate allowance for doubtful accounts …