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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Knives"”.
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THE KNIVES I USED
<p><em>The Knives I Used </em>is a collection of short stories written between August 2020 and April 2022, while the author was a student at The University of Southern Mississippi. This thesis contains stories joined by the thematic thread of self-harm and demonstrates the spectrum of ways it …
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The Night of the Long Knives: Reconsidered
<p>The "Night of the Long Knives"—June 30, 1934, and the murderous days that followed is one of the more fascinating episodes in the history of the Third Reich. A year after taking power, multiple circles of influence challenged Nazi control. The National Socialists perceived enemies everywhere. At …
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Functional Analysis of Polished-edge Discoidal Knives of the British Isles
Polished-edge discoidal knives are part of the lithic material culture from the British Isles with an approximate Late Neolithic date. These artefacts are manufactured in three basic shapes: circular to D-shaped, triangular, and broad leaf to lozenge (Clark 1929). The aim of this project was to …
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"The Pact" (formerly known as "Field of Knives") and accompanying critical analysis
… play The Pact (formerly known as Field of Knives) and its accompanying critical analysis. The Pact is a Three-Act play, set over a period of three years, that charts the journey of two women: a lawyer and a teenage girl. As the lawyer persuades the girl to be a witness for the defence at …
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Of butter knives, juice boxes, and turning points : accounts of domestic violence on two sides of the Atlantic
This qualitative comparative analysis examines the experience of being in an abusive relationship as well as of leaving it from the perspective of domestic violence survivors and their service providers. This work demonstrates the inadequacies of analysing domestic violence as solely an individual …
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The Early Medieval Cutting Edge of Technology: An archaeometallurgical, technological and social study of the manufacture and use of Anglo-Saxon and Viking iron knives, and their contribution to the early medieval iron economy.
… and 1990s of early medieval (c. AD410-1100) iron knives revealed several patterns, with clear differences in knife manufacturing techniques present in rural cemeteries and later urban settlements. The main aim of this research is to investigate these patterns and to gain an overall understanding …
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Modeling the power requirements of a rotary feeding and cutting system
… (or 96%) when the sharpness of the counter-knives decreased from 0.13 to 0.63 mm (where the sharpness was recorded by the leading-edge-width of the counter-knives). With the same decrease in sharpness, the specific energy required by the LSCP RFCS while processing alfalfa increased by 0.04 …
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MOBILITY AND LANDUSE PATTERNS OF THE CODY COMPLEX IN SASKATCHEWAN
… find locations of the projectile points and Cody knives whenever such information is available. Secondly an attempt is made to determine possible Cody Complex mobility and landuse patterns within the province. Mobility and landuse patterns were determined based on the lithic material types used to …
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Moderate Modal Metaphysics
… which properties exist. Take two doppelganger knives that would have been constituted by the same handle, but different blades. According to higher-order contingentism, if neither knife exists, properties that would single either knife out also do not exist. The knives are indiscernible. If it …
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Statistical control and design optimization in slitting process
… The inputs are the tension settings and knives' positioning, and the output is crease-to-edge width. The objectives are to optimize the tension settings and to achieve a centered process by a proper calibration of knives' positioning. The Design of Experiments (DoE) was conducted to study …
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Development of a hybrid process for manufacturing surgical-grade knife blade cutting edges from bulk metallic glass
The demand for precision surgical knives is enormous. Currently, diamond knives have been the preferred choice among surgeons for use in precision surgeries, owing to the extreme hardness of diamond and the sharpness that can be achieved in single crystal diamond blades, but material and processing …
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The Mississippian Occupation of The Upper Kaskaskia Valley: Problems in Culture History and Economic Organization (Illinois, Ceramics)
… end and side scrapers, core scrapers, triangular knives, and hump-backed knives. Characteristic Cahokia lithic artifacts, such as chipped stone hoes, microdrills, and notched projectile points, were rare or absent. Analysis of the faunal remains, floral remains, and studies of site distributions …
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Nuotaika /
… what is more, acrylic paints, metal palette – knives and paintbrushes of various sizes were the means which allowed me to externalize and fulfill my ideas.
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Application of signal detection theory to the recognition of objects in colour-encoded x-ray images
… greyscale images and limited to various types of knives. Subsequent experiments evolved to primarily use pseudo-colour x-ray images.
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Planning Robotic Cutting Operations
… provided actions to more efficiently work with knives in the kitchen in a human-like manner.
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An Appraisal: George S. Messersmith on the Relationship Between the United States and Germany 1933-1934
… as well ashis analysis of the Night of Long Knives on June 30, 1934. As one of the earliest skeptics of Hitler and of the Nazi regime, Messersmith was largely responsible for shaping American policy towards Germany during the first two years of Nazi rule. As a reporter of German affairs, he …
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Advancing In-hand Dexterous Manipulation via Machine Learning
… everyday objects like hammers, scissors, knives, screwdrivers, etc. While simple for humans, manipulating everyday objects remains a long-standing challenge that requires breakthroughs in robotic hardware, sensing, perception, and control algorithms. This thesis proposes machine learning …
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Bramble and Knife
… These poems are brambles. These poems are knives.</p>
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Plėšimą kvalifikuojantys požymiai /
… are analyzed the concepts of non-firing guns, knives or other items, adapted for harming a human; the concepts of a firing gun and explosive device and there are disclosed the kinds of non-firing and firing guns; 3) there is analyzed the embezzlement of the precious property; the embezzlement …
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Umm Meshrat I and II : two Late Neolithic sites along the Wadi ath-Thamad, Jordan
… assemblage, these typical artifacts include tile knives, ha-Parsa points, burins, drill bits on spalls, and debitage classes dominated by flakes. The pottery assemblages show similarities with both the Jericho IX and Yarmoukian traditions of the Late Neolithic period. Several decoration styles …
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