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Showing 1 to 20 of 943 for “"Feet"”.
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On Little Cat Feet
… details the similarities between On Little Cat Feet and the filmic traditions of filmmakers John Schlesinger, Peter Weir, and François Truffaut. On Little Cat Feet is the coming of age story of thirteen year old Robert Thompson, sent to live with his adult brother while his parents make a …
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First, Plant Your Feet
Short story collection
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First, Plant Your Feet
Short story collection
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500 feet of Sunset
The Sunset is a natural phenomenon that occurs every single day. Arguably, the sunset is one of the most romanticized natural event in all forms of art. In this wider context, the hypothesis posits architecture as an instrument to amplify specific visible aspects of the setting sun. The guidance …
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Biomechanical evaluation of prosthetic feet
… generally for the assessment of any prosthetic feet. The two most common prosthetic feet prescribed to below-knee and above-knee amputees are the Uniaxial and SACH feet. A review of prescription practices shows that in the United Kingdom about 80% of the below-knee and above-knee amputees are …
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All the Clawed Feet of Winged Gods
<p>All the Clawed Feet of Winged Gods is a manuscript in free verse poetry, lyric essay, and visual art, exploring the intersections of creating art, natural processes and laws, and processing trauma. Samantha explores the reverberating nature of generational and unknown traumas, as well as recent …
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Investigating the mechanical relationship between the feet and low-back
… rotate the femur, participants placed their feet in 18 different foot positions. Seven of these positions ranged from 15 degrees of foot eversion to 15 degrees of foot inversion and 11 positions ranged from 40 degrees of external foot rotation to 40 degrees of internal foot rotation. Six …
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Uncle Sam's Web-Feet: The Evolution of U.S. Naval Special Warfare
The thesis discusses the evolution of U.S. Naval Special Warfare from its beginnings as a small support force during World War II, to its current status as a multi-faceted, global command. In tracing this lineage, the paper looks at the various ad hoc units that have been combined to form the …
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Les pas perdus: Images of Feet and Shoes in Surrealist Art
<p>Although feet and shoes appear throughout surrealist visual art, their significance within surrealist theory has not been studied as thoroughly as other familiar themes of surrealist art, such as the eye or the hat. The purpose of this project is to recover feet and shoes from their lowly …
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Design and Mechanical Validation of Commercially Viable, Personalized Passive Prosthetic Feet
… energy storage and return (ESR) prosthetic feet are available in a low-resolution and discrete set of size and stiffness options. While these devices are reimbursed for thousands of dollars through insurance, the current low-resolution sizing systems may limit the walking performance of many …
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Feet don't fail me now: brass bands in post-Katrina New Orleans
The purpose of this interdisciplinary study is to examine brass bands in post-Katrina New Orleans. Told primarily in the words of the musicians themselves, this study analyzes the intersection of the city's recovery efforts and the complex web of formal and informal sociocultural relationships that …
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Six feet under : a temática da morte nos Estados Unidos da América
… obra de referência do nosso estudo elegemos Six Feet Under, uma série de televisão criada por Alan Ball e como obras literárias de apoio escolhemos Reading Six Feet Under, uma compilação de ensaios e Rest in Peace, de Gary Laberman
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Mag Feet : a robotic device for the inspection of steel bridge structures
… to steel bridge inspection robots using tilting feet equipped with permanent magnets. This robot, titled "Mag-Feet", is capable of adhering to steel surfaces and can move along steel surfaces using a combination of three distinct gait modes. These three gait modes allow the robot to "Moonwalk" …
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Feet That Don't Touch the Floor: Perceptions in Marketing Theatre for Young Audiences
<p>It was once my dream to build the theatre of the future: to develop a new organization in the theatre community that would provide new ideas and imaginative learning. Reality and research, however, have pointed me in a new direction. From my perspective, we do not currently need another …
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"Measured Feet and Jingling Lines" : The Poetry and Poetic Attitudes of Nathaniel Hawthorne
… be probed with the lilt and jingle of measured feet. The "airiness," fancy, and confessional aspects of Romantic poetry made it too insubstantial for moral weight, he thought, and the popular, brief lyric poem was simply too circumscribed to provide a roomy medium with which to explore men and a …
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Design, fabrication and mechanical optimization of multi-scale anisotropic feet for terrestrial locomotion
… of how to design multi-scaled robotic feet that use anisotropy for terrestrial locomotion. Static and kinetic friction coefficients were found for novel test geometries under varying load conditions. The test geometries were manufactured with materials of variable durometer and were …
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