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Voices I Have Heard
<p>The poems in this thesis are an exploration of how two worlds can exist at once. The first world is the physical world as we perceive it through our senses and experience it through living. It is a cyclical world that begins with childhood, and moves toward adulthood, parenthood and death. In …
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Creating Space For Seldom Heard Voices
Research exploring help-seeking for physical health and psychological difficulties is a well-established field. Historically, much of this research has focused on psychological and structural barriers to seeking help. In recent times, a new strand of help-seeking research has emerged that explores …
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"Ain't You Heard"?: The Jazz Poetry of Langston Hughes
<p>It all began with a piano bench. At the age of four, I sat next to my first piano teacher, as she told me the names of the keys. 'This is C, D, E . . . ," she said, her finger touching each key. moving through the entirety of a C-major scale. Afterward she asked, "Now. which one is F?" Though I …
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Horizontal directional spectrum estimation of the Heard Island transmissions
In 1991 the Heard Island Feasibility Test demonstrated that it is possible to transmit coded acoustic signals nearly half way around the world. One of the key issues in the feasibility test was to determine the spatial structure of the received transmissions. In this thesis, data from the Canadian …
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Into the Valley: Voices I Heard Along the Way
Into the Valley: Voices I Heard Along the Way contains a preface and a collection of five short stories. The preface discusses the use of voice as a technique to develop characters and create authenticity through elements such as sentence structure, diction, dialogue, and regional, cultural, and/or …
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Horizontal directional spectrum estimation of the Heard Island transmissions
Thesis (Ocean. E.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1994.
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'I have heard it said': towards a new translation of Beowulf
The fields of translation and creative writing have long been seen as entirely distinct, with many writers drawing a distinction between types based on both the level of syntactic experimentation and the background of the translator. While most theorists would disagree, popular opinion (and the …
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A Critical Analysis of William Heard Kilpatrick's 'The Montessori System Examined'
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T18:44:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7114692.pdf: 4654715 bytes, checksum: e0df24c149cc692983186822524ab518 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1970
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Yall Aint Heard Us? Black Identity and Belonging in Appalachian Virginia
Appalachia is often portrayed through dominant narratives as a raceless region, yet it has long been home to black communities whose histories, experiences, and existences remain overlooked. This research explores black identity, belonging, and lived experience in Appalachian Virginia, a space …
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Aboriginal Communities in Canada and HIV/Aids: The Voices Must Be Heard
The purpose of this research was to develop a theory grounded in the life experiences of Aboriginal community members in Canada that describes the ways in which they have been affected by HIV/AIDS. This theory has incorporated the effects of colonization within Aboriginal communities; although …
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Modal analysis of vertical array receptions for the Heard Island Feasibility Test
During the 1991 Heard Island Feasibility Test, a vertical hydrophone array deployed off Monterey, CA, recorded transmissions from a low-frequency acoustic source nearly 18,000 km away. By determining the modal structure of the received transmissions, it is possible to characterize the physics of …
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'I Heard Beauty Dying': The Cultural Critique of Plastic in Gravity's Rainbow
This essay attempts to get a grasp on Pynchon's 700-plus page omnibus, Gravity's Rainbow, by focusing on the development of a single motif in the novel: plastic. It argues that Pynchon takes 1960s and 1970s critiques of supply-driven consumer capitalism, of which plastic was a visible emblem, and …
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That's not what I heard : synchronized sound cinema in Montreal 1926-1931
This thesis recognizes the introduction of synchronized sound cinema as a point of departure into a study of the cultural and social dimensions of moviegoing. This research focuses on Montreal between 1926 and 1931 where the first Canadian demonstrations and exhibitions of synchronized sound cinema …
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Modal analysis of vertical array receptions for the Heard Island Feasibility Test
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1994.
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Seen and Heard: A Visual Testimony of Purity Culture Using Qualitative Photovoice Methodology
<p>Purity culture, rooted in Christian teachings, has profoundly shaped individuals’ identities, relationships, and perceptions of sexuality, gender, and faith. While popular culture is talking about the effects of purity culture, scholarly literature is lacking. This study employed photovoice …
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Voicing Our Concerns and Being Heard: Social Service Employees' Communication Experiences of Crisis
Research on organizational crisis has consistently ignored internal factors in managing a crisis event (Adams & Roebuck, 1997). This project explored the impact of organizational crisis on employees at a social service agency in the Midwest. Using system and turning-point perspectives, participants …
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Correlation lengths, disorder, and dynamics of vortex matter as heard through the noise
I have conducted a series of experiments measuring flux-flow voltage noise in the type II superconductor 2H-NbSe₂ concentrating on the dynamics and possible phase transitions of vortex matter associated with the peak-effect. I emphasize five conclusions: (1) Traditional models of vortex dynamics …
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The right to be heard' : Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis political activism, 1922-1946
In past decades historians have become increasingly focussed on Native political activism in Canada. This has brought greater understanding to Native political issues and a degree of legitimization to Native political activism. Despite historians’ interest in Native politics, however, some general …
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Teachers: Having a Voice and Being Heard? Evidence from Two Private Schools in Nepal
… a voice, even when their voice is not being heard. School owners have developed different strategies to deal with the changing context within and outside the schools, in order to maintain power, control and profits. The schools’ owners, operating a hierarchy of power similar to monarchs, …
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