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Showing 1 to 20 of 220 for “"Genealogical"”.
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On Nietzsche’s genealogical mode of inquiry
… thesis is Friedrich Nietzsche’s methodology, the genealogical mode of inquiry, which came to fruition in On the Genealogy of Morals. The precise nature of the genealogy, as a mode of inquiry, is a site of contest amongst scholars, with the central debates pivoting around four questions which arise …
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Diversity in evolving systems : scaling and dynamics of genealogical trees
… can be understood by modelling the evolving genealogical tree of the population. This formulation is general enough that it captures interesting features of a range of natural and artificial systems, though I will pay particular attention to genetic diversity in biological populations, and …
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The use and abuse of genealogy : genealogical critique from Nietzsche to Said
… Michel Foucault's coherent configuration of the genealogical method in their own philosophical projects, it critically deconstructs and rejects the claim that the post-colonial thinker in Edward Said's book 'Orientalism' is a genealogy in a similar sense to Nietzsche and Foucault. The rejection …
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A Foucauldian Genealogical Analysis of Healthy Eating Education Materials in Ontario 1942-2015
This study examines the introduction of the Official Food Rules in 1942 and the formation of subsequent dietary self-analysis practices in Ontario curriculum and textbooks. Examination of the influences of nutrition science, Ontario education policy and politics, and Canadian health policies are …
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Rhetoric Of Young Non-Regular Workers In Post-Bubble Japan: A Genealogical Analysis
<p>This work explores the development and struggle of a rhetorical subject of Japanese young non-regular workers against the recent slow economic trend. In Japan, the bubble-burst in 1991 invited a long economic recession, and companies started to adopt non-regular—low-wage, short-term and …
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Genealogical tracing of founder variants linked to cardiomyopathies in a South African cohort
… potential founder variants. This study aimed to genealogically trace the origins of these variants in the probands and their families. Methods: Participants were recruited from South African tertiary hospitals, with baseline data recorded at enrolment. Next generation sequencing identified …
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Street-level bureaucracy and occupational therapy practices in Aotearoa New Zealand. A genealogical critique.
… activism and material life outcomes. Through a genealogical critique, this thesis problematises the practice of occupational therapy through a Foucauldian lens that views everything as dangerous. By viewing occupational therapy practice as dangerous, the power relations at the street-level of …
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Interpretive Teleology Without Eschatology: A Study of the Hermeneutic Strategies of Nietzsche's Genealogical Project
<p>In contemporary philosophy, there exists a vigorous debate between those thinkers who advocate the need for a truth that exists outside of historical forces and those who hold that all understanding must be historical in its basis. My research is focused on deciphering this problem by providing …
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Combination of a Probabilistic-Based and a Rule-Based Approach for Genealogical Record Linkage
… focuses on the application of record linkage to genealogical records within family trees. Today, large collections of genealogical records are stored in databases, which may contain multiple records that refer to a single individual. Resolving duplicate genealogical records can extend our …
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Professionals’ perceptions of young males in child sexual exploitation policy: a critical policy genealogical analysis
Background: The discourse on young males affected by or involved in child sexual exploitation (CSE) is often silenced due to the preoccupation with, and generally greater publicity of, female victims within professional practice, policy and research. Historical and contemporary CSE discourse is …
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The Roots of Womanism as Identity, Empowerment, and Liberation for Black American Women: Raciolinguistic Genealogical Exploration
<p>Black American women intellectuals, activists, and scholars have grappled with womanism in relation to Black women’s presence in the world, particularly in the context of feminist and Black liberation movements. Since womanism was introduced more than four decades ago, both movements claimed …
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Gaddafi in Rome: Dissecting a Neocolonial Spectacle Crafting a genealogical strategy for an accountability-based framework
… between Italy and Libya. Through a situated and genealogical approach, it proposes a strategy based on accountability for analysing sensitive political events that require a complex approach, capable of engaging with the extended timelines and continuities of imperial politics. This is achieved …
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The Small Masorah: Genealogical Relationships in 112 Early Hebrew Bible Codices Based upon the Masorah Parva
The thesis consists of a study of the Tiberian Masorah parva of 112 early Hebrew Bible manuscripts. Most codices can be dated to the 10–12th centuries. In order to integrate the vast amount of data available, select subsections of the Masorah of these 112 manuscripts were collated, amounting to ca. …
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Automating the Extraction of Domain-Specific Information from the Web-A Case Study for the Genealogical Domain
Current ways of finding genealogical information within the millions of pages on the Web are inadequate. In an effort to help genealogical researchers find desired information more quickly, we have developed GeneTIQS, a Genealogy Target-based Information Query System. GeneTIQS builds on …
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Preliminary genealogical evidence for the Plakophilin-2 gene, PKP2 c.1162C>T founder mutation in cases with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
… study aimed to identify the common founder using genealogical and molecular methods for the PKP2 c.1162C>T mutation in ARVC families of Afrikaner descent in South Africa. Methods and results: DNA was collected from 46 participants (7 probands and 39 relatives) from the ARVC Registry of South …
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Uncle Sam Wants You... to Support Your Local Army Community: Critical Discourse Analysis of the Army Community Covenant from a Genealogical Framework
This paper examines the Army Community Covenant, a formal document intended to strengthen the official and unofficial relationships between U.S. Army posts in the United States with their surrounding civilian communities. Critical Discourse Analysis is applied to trace the genealogy of the verbal …
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Array-based genomic diversity measures portray Mus musculus phylogenetic and genealogical relationships, and detect genetic variation among C57Bl/6J mice and between tissues of the same mouse
Mouse models lack affordable genomic technologies slowing the identification of candidate variants contributing to complex phenotypes. The Mouse Diversity Genotyping Array (MDGA) is a low cost, high-resolution platform permitting genomic diversity assessment. Using a validated list of >500,000 …
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Genealogy as theatre of self-identity: a study of genealogy as a cultural practice within Britain since c. 1850
This thesis is an investigation of genealogical inquiry, but rather than interpreting genealogical activity first and foremost as a branch of history, I analyse genealogy as a form of semi-autobiographical narrative about the self. Instead of viewing the use of archives primarily as a marker of …
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