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Showing 1 to 20 of 307 for “"Jared"”.
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Jared and the Dessert Thief
Young adult novel.
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Percussion scoring and orchestration in the wind and percussion ensemble literature of Jared Spears and David Gillingham
… percussion extensively in their compositions, Jared Spears and David Gillingham are renowned wind ensemble composers who have also written specifically for the percussion ensemble. Within their writing, both have exploited percussion through innovative scorings and their interest in rhythm, …
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"""Reverse pictures"": twentieth-century American portraiture and the subversion of the medico-photographic body"
… the work of Marsden Hartley, Paul Cadmus, Jared French, George Platt Lynes, and Diane Arbus. Although these artists were not known for creating self-consciously scientific work, I posit that anatomical typologies acted as a kind of structuring absence. Tracing their various forms of …
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An examination of works for band: Southern folk rhapsody, arranged by Michael Sweeney, On a hymnsong of Philip Bliss, arranged by David Holsinger, Music from wicked, arranged by Michael Sweeney, Whispers of the wind, by David Shaffer
… based on the Graduate Conducting Recital of Jared Eastvold. The recital was performed by the Leyton High School Band, on on May 8, at 7:00 p.m., in Dalton, Nebraska. The repertoire included Southern Folk Rhapsody, arranged by Michael Sweeney; On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss, arranged by David …
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The Impact of Resources on Education: A Position Paper on How Theories of Social Capital Provide Insight on the Achievement Gap in the United States Education System
… to compare. By outlining an analogy between Jared Diamond’s (1999) geographic luck theory from Guns, Germs, and Steel and the public education system in the United States, this paper shows the importance of resources to academic achievement and how social capital plays a consequential role in …
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The duty of love to God: the spiritual theology of John Leadley Dagg
… THEOLOGY OF JOHN LEADLEY DAGG (1794-1884) Jared Richard Longshore, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Chair: Dr. Tom Nettles This dissertation argues that the duty of love to God is the central theme that shaped John Dagg’s life, doctrine, and ministry. Chapter 2 defines …
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A data-driven neuromuscular model of walking and its application to prosthesis control
In this thesis we present a data-driven neuromuscular model of human walking and its application to prosthesis control. The model is novel in that it leverages tendon elasticity to more accurately predict the metabolic consumption of walking than conventional models. Paired with a reflex-based …
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Managing maintenance costs of pharmaceutical research and development
Drug Discovery is a race to be the first to patent a drug that meets a significant medical need in the world. Many pharmaceutical companies are now using automation extensively to improve consistency and aid personnel in testing the millions of potential drug candidates within their labs. Because …
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Beyond Wilderness: Wildness as a Guiding Ideal
… from a variety of perspectives including Jared Diamond’s anthropology, Csíkszentmihályi’s psychology, Karl Marx, and David Strong. I argue that we are creatures at home in the wild. A major theme of this paper is thus the reciprocal relationship between us and the world. I argue that the …
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Beyond Wilderness: Wildness as a Guiding Ideal
… from a variety of perspectives including Jared Diamond’s anthropology, Csíkszentmihályi’s psychology, Karl Marx, and David Strong. I argue that we are creatures at home in the wild. A major theme of this paper is thus the reciprocal relationship between us and the world. I argue that the …
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An investigation of carbon sequestration, storage capacity, and air pollution removal by trees in the Resort Municipality of Whistler
Trees have a considerable ability to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and improve air quality, including many other valuable ecosystem services. Beyond timber value, trees contribute to other economic benefits that are either unmeasured or undervalued in today’s markets. Accurate valuation of …
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Multidirectional Mission: Special Operations Principles for Leading God's Mission in His Church
The church and Special Operations Forces have multidirectional missions. A multidirectional mission is a complex end state with emerging objectives that require a spectrum of alternating activities and efforts. With the surmounting challenges facing American evangelicals, church leaders should …
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Modeling and frequency tracking of marine mammal whistle calls
Marine mammal whistle calls present an attractive medium for covert underwater communications. High quality models of the whistle calls are needed in order to synthesize natural-sounding whistles with embedded information. Since the whistle calls are composed of frequency modulated harmonic tones, …
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Neurocomputational Methods for Autonomous Cognitive Control
Artificial Intelligence can be divided between symbolic and sub-symbolic methods, with neural networks making up a majority of the latter. Symbolic systems have the advantage when capabilities such as deduction and planning are required, while sub-symbolic ones are preferable for tasks requiring …
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Boolean complementary pairs
Golay pairs (GPs) are pairs of (1,-1)-sequences with zero autocorrelation. GPs have numerous applications in engineering and mathematics such as in device synchronization, spectroscopy, and in the construction of Hadamard matrices. As a result, there is significant interest in understanding their …
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Preschoolers' Use of Vocal Affect as a Cue to Referential Intent
In this dissertation, I examined the development of preschoolers’ use of a speaker’s vocal affect to guide their understanding of referential situations. Across all experiments, children’s eye gaze was measured as an index of their underlying interpretive processes. The first set of experiments …
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Finite Element Analysis of a Novel Design for a Non-Migrating Biliary Stent
Biliary stenting is most frequently caused by an interruption in the ability to drain bile into the duodenum. This obstructive jaundice is commonly a result of a stricture from a tumor located at the pancreas’s head, peri-ampulary area, bile duct, or gall bladder. Jaundice can also occur from …
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