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Showing 1 to 20 of 142 for “"Culture Studies"”.
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Rebuilding a Culture: Studies in Italian Music after Fascism, 1943-1953
… this question, this thesis provides a series of studies on music and the politics of musical culture in this ten-year period. It charts Italy’s musical journey from the cultural destruction of the post-war period to its role in the early fifties within the meteoric international rise of the …
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Cell Migration on Opposing Rigidity Protein Gradients: Single Cell and Co-culture Studies
… is presented to cells as a gradient. Several studies have been conducted into directed migration on gradients that are purely mechanical or chemical. Our goal was to investigate cellular migratory behavior when cells are presented with a choice and have to choose between increasing substrate …
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Challenging Fragmentation: Overcoming the Subject-Object Divide through the Integration of Art-Making and Material Culture Studies
… ways in which to integrate art and material culture studies as a manifestation of philosophy’s process thread. In doing so, its goal is to generate a praxis which is able to come to holistic terms with the fragmenting dualism of subject-object binaries. By seizing my own subjectivity in its …
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Greenhouse, laser radiation, and in vitro culture studies on the growth and propagation of Algerian ivy (Hedera canariensis L.)
The results of this research demonstrated that the combination of benzylaminopurine (BA) + gibberellic acid (GA$\sb{4 + 7}$) (Promalin) promoted branching of Hedera canariensis (Algerian Ivy) better than applications of BA or GA$\sb{4 + 7}$ alone. Moreover, as the concentration of Atrinal is …
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Fabrication and characterization of synthetic substrates for use in rigidity cell culture studies of valvular interstitial cells for aortic valve tissue engineering
… materials commonly used to fabricate cell culture platforms with varied moduli are limited in applicability due to a restricted range of achievable moduli and/or surface instabilities. The copolymer network n-octyl methacrylate (nOM) and diethylene glycol dimethacrylate (DEGDMA) offers …
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In vitro culture studies of environmental factors and the effects of copper on a fouling alga, Cladophora glomerata (L) Kützing, which occurs in South African freshwater systems
The filamentous green macroalga, Cladophora glomerata (L.) Kütz., is problematic as a fouling organism in eutrophic freshwater systems in South Africa. A general consensus among scientific researchers is that C. glomerata thrives under high light conditions, temperatures between 15° C and 25° C, …
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Phallic metaphors and feminist perspectives : unsettling the Linnaean Botanical Archive through historiographic technique and studio practice
… Drawing on feminist historiography, material culture studies, and archival theory, the project interrogates Carl Linnaeus' (1707-1778) sexual system of plant classification, arguing that its metaphorical alignment of botanical reproduction with human marriage naturalised and reinforced …
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A Comparison of the Herbicidal Activity of Several Chloroacetamides and Their Effects on Protein Synthesis in Carrot and Soybean Cell Suspension Cultures
… in field, growth chamber and cell suspension culture studies. In the field, herbicide phytotoxicity, efficacy on Setaria species and Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. and crop yield were determined. Due to a large degree of variability among experiments and between years, no comparisons and …
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Specific, Reversible Cytostatic Protection of Normal Cells Against Negative Effects of Chemotherapy
… whether normal or tumor, are affected. Cell culture studies have demonstrated that UCN-01 is able to reversibly and selectively arrest normal dividing cells; tumor cells lines do not undergo this temporary arrest. Following UCN-01 treatment, normal cells displayed a 50-fold increase in IC50 …
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South African landscape painting, 1848-2008 : a handbook for teachers
… This is a teaching resource for Visual Culture Studies for Grades 10 to 12. It focuses on an analysis of artists in the school curriculum who have engaged with the genre in diverse and interesting ways.
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Bioresorbable Electrospun Tissue Scaffolds of Poly(ethylene glycol-b-lactide) Copolymers for Bone Tissue Engineering
… for clinical use. Preliminary tissue culture studies have demonstrated that these poly(α-hydroxy esters) support bone tissue development both in vitro and in vivo, but biocompatibility issues still exist. Tissue scaffolds fabricated from these materials by current methods have …
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Understanding The Pathogenesis of Renal Medullary Carcinoma
… exercise. We also demonstrated in cell culture studies that SMARCB1 is ubiquitinated for proteasome-mediated degradation in hypoxia, and the re-expression of SMARCB1 leads to compromised proliferation in renal cells specifically in the context of hypoxia. Overall, we proposed that the …
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Hiding in plain sight: Virginia oystering and landscapes of abolitionism
… This thesis emphasizes the importance of the ‘culture’ part of the field of material culture studies, using the case study of the 1832 stolen whaleboat escape. The liminal nature of the Virginia Eastern Shore’s cultural landscape illustrates how culture dictated the freedom-seekers’ choice of …
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Social Reconstructionism in Art Education: Art, Critical Pedagogy, and Empowerment in a Junior High Setting
… critical disciplines such as sociology, visual culture, or media culture studies. To promote art education for social betterment, art teachers, students, and the public must reformulate their perceptions, values, and attitudes toward art that goes beyond appreciating art as a form of aesthetic …
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Evaluating mitochondrial uncoupling potentials of A7E and DNP in Saccharomyces cerevisiae : implications for human obesity
… by lower ATP production. METHODS: Timed culture studies of S. cerevisiae were performed using two separate agents, A7E (a purported uncoupling agent) and DNP (a known uncoupling agent) at three doses (DNP: Low, Moderate, High; A7E: Low, Moderate, High ), and an ethanol-treated control to …
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Roadside Memorials in Five South Central Kentucky Counties
… memorials. Unlike most death-related material culture studies, this research is built heavily upon interviews and conversations with those who construct and maintain the memorials. Much of the analysis of this thesis consists of in-depth explorations of particular roadside memorials and the …
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The Construction of Tang Wei as a Star in contemporary China: Performance, Context, Reception and Politics
… by Western theoretical discourses about star studies, it hopes to contribute to the growing scholarly terrain of celebrity studies and Chinese culture studies. Based on Richard Dyer?s (1979) ?sociological-semiotic? approach , I will also draw on the relevant theoretical discourses in the field …
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British Political Material Culture in the Age of Reform, 1780-1832
Material culture studies seek to use objects as a source to examine how society functioned and was experienced. To develop three key points, this thesis takes a sample of objects from three growing industries during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; ceramics, textiles, and …
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