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Showing 1 to 20 of 213 for “"LEAP"”.
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Integral Transhumanism: The Holistic Leap Forward
Transhumanism champions the emerging use of biotechnological enhancement to perfect our biologically-based human limitations. This study evaluates both the contemporary bioethical discourse on enhancement, and the transhumanist movement itself, in light of Ken Wilber's Integral Theory of …
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The Leap : Existential Storytelling and the Knight's Perspective
‘The Leap: Existential Storytelling and the Knight's Perspective' is a creative writing PhD thesis. It consists of a science fiction novel which uses devices and ideas taken from existential philosophy, accompanied by a critical commentary. The protagonist of the novel is a young knight named …
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Investigation of the tau-leap method for stochastic simulation
The use of the relatively new tau-leap algorithm to model the kinematics of regulatory systems and other chemical processes inside the cell, is of great interest; however, the accuracy of the tau-leap algorithm is not known. We introduce a new method that enables us to establish the accuracy of the …
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LEAP FOR JOY: AMPLIFYING JOYFUL LEARNING FOR CHINESE ELL STUDENTS
In this qualitative study using participatory action research (PAR), educators explored how to understand and implement culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy (CLRP) and joyful learning strategies to support Chinese ELLs. In PAR project and study over 18 months, we focused on building …
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Curriculum 2005 and (post)modernising African languages : the quantum leap
This study examines the status of ALs in the school context. In this thesis I argue that AL syllabi and textbooks are not at the same cognitive, affective and psycho-social level as their English counterparts. The important role of the mother tongue as a powerful platform for cognitive and …
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Wah Eye Nuh See Heart Nuh Leap: Queer Marronage In The Jamaican Dancehall
This thesis explores the interweaving of colonial and post-colonial British and Jamaican Laws and the interpretive legalities of sexuality, compulsory heterosexuality, and queerness. The research project begins by exploring the ways in which the gendered colonial law produces black sexualities as …
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Development of a virtual pet game using oculus rift and leap motion technologies.
… novel VR theory into practice. Furthermore, Leap Motion has emerged as a high precision bared hand tracker which supports VR integration. Thus, the combination of these technologies is promising in many application areas. Gaming is one of these, particularly the life simulation game genre …
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A technique for the measurement and possible rehabilitation of Visual Neglect using the Leap Sensor
… Neglect with limited success [2]. Using the Leap Sensor, this project sets out to develop a novel measurement paradigm for the detection and diagnosis of visual neglect as well as laying the ground work for developing a novel rehabilitative intervention (a means of helping stroke patients to …
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Developing an integrated energy plan for South Africa using the energy models LEAP and MARKAL
The South African Government has long committed itself to developing an Integrated Energy Plan. The Energy White Paper on Policy since back in 1995 established IEP as being one of the most important tasks for the Department of Minerals and Energy. In the context of today's climate, with South …
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A Leap of Fate: Fluid identity, functional modules, and flexible strategies for transcription factor-based reprogramming
“The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.” – Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth Direct cell reprogramming is a technique used to convert a cell from one type to another, without a stable …
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An Alternative Framework of Analysis to Investigate China’s Confucius Institutes: A Great Leap Outward with Chinese Characteristics?
… thesis, while what will make it a truly ‘great leap outward’ is also discussed.
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A pilot fidelity study of Listen-Empathize-Agree-Partner (LEAP) with Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) mental health clinicians
… known as Listen-Empathize-Agree-Partner (LEAP) that addresses issues of poor insight, therapeutic alliance, and treatment adherence prevalent in the schizophrenia population. A secondary purpose of this study was to assess the factor structure of a measure developed to examine the core …
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A Case Study Analysis of Reinstated Students' Experiences in the Learning to Establish Academic Priorities (LEAP) Reinstatement Intervention Program
Limited qualitative research has been conducted on academically reinstated students. The purpose of this naturalistic case study was to identify factors influencing the decision to apply for reinstatement and to examine how participation in an academic intervention program assisted academically …
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Single- and cross-hole pneumatic injection tests in unsaturated fractured tuffs at the Apache Leap Research Site near Superior, Arizona
… test analyses reveal that at the Apache Leap Research Site in central Arizona: (1) the pneumatic pressure behavior of fractured tuff is amenable to analysis by methods that treat the rock as a continuum on scales ranging from meters to tens of meters; (2) this continuum is representative …
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The relationship between music and visual arts formal study and academic achievement on the eighth-grade Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) test
The purpose of this study was to examine the policy implications allowing administrators to exempt a student from required arts instruction if the student obtained unsatisfactory scores on the high-stake state mandated tests in English and mathematics. This study examined English language arts and …
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Adaptive step-size selection for tau-leaping simulation of stochastic particle coalescence
This study develops a group of new leap selecting procedures and accep- tance criteria for use with the tau leaping method for stochastically simulat- ing the particle coalescence problem. Existing work provides leap selection procedures for pre-leap methods and leap acceptance criteria for …
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A Statistical Evaluation of Algorithms for Independently Seeding Pseudo-Random Number Generators of Type Multiplicative Congruential (Lehmer-Class).
… at least 1 condition) were developed: (a) zero-leap, (b) fixed-leap, (c) scaled random-leap, and (d) unscaled random-leap. Note that the latter satisfied all 4 independent seeding conditions.</p><p>To assess serial correlation, univariate and multivariate simulations were conducted at 3 equally …
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Rights-based approach to poverty reduction: The Ghanaian experience [Thesis]
… ongoing Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme in 2008 to sustain development in these areas. Although Ghana has achieved pockets of progress in reducing extreme poverty and hunger, there is considerable evidence of poverty and widening inequality across the country. This study …
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Effects of Control Device and Task Complexity on Performance and Task Shedding During a Robotic Arm Task
… (24 females) used two control devices, a Leap Motion controller and an Xbox controller, to teleoperate a robotic arm in a high or low complexity peg placement task. Simultaneously, participants were tasked with scanning images for tanks. During the experiment, participants had the option …
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Developmental gene expression of host defense peptides in immune organs and the small intestine of turkey poults (Meleagris gallopavo)
… and liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP-2). The objective was to compare expression of HDPs in male turkey poults at day of hatch (D0), D7, D14, D21 and D28 from the thymus, spleen, bursa, duodenum, jejunum and ileum. The expression of AvBD1, AvBD2, AvBD8, AvBD9, AvBD10, AvBD13, …
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