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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Lucretia"”.
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Chaucer, Shakespeare and Lucretia
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The Ideal of Lucretia in Augustan Latin Poetry
This study concerns the figure of Lucretia as she is presented by the Roman historian Livy in the first book of Ab Urbe Condita, where she is intended as an example of virtue, particularly in terms of her attention to woolworking. To find evidence for this ideal and how it was regarded at the time, …
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Educating Adults Through Distinctive Public Speaking: Lucretia Mott, Quaker Minister
Lucretia Coffin Mott, in an era filled with events the significance of which reverberates today, spoke publicly about issues of societal and ethical concern. This study focuses on her work as a nineteenth-century female Quaker minister who through public speaking educated adults about the …
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Lucretia Coffin Mott: Early Leader in the Struggle for Women's Rights Within the Society of Friends and the Anti-Slavery Movement
<p>Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1880) was one of the greatest social reformers of the nineteenth century. Her activism placed her at the forefront of the Women’s Rights Movement. She devoted herself to the crusade for equality in all areas including gender, religion, and race. As a Quaker minister in …
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Character Change and Stability in Three Novellas by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer: A Study of Symbols
… and contrasted with those exhibiting stability, Lucretia, Heinrich, and Ezzelin. Each novella is scrutinized separately in detail, with particular attention given to symbols. Just as Heinrich Henel examined the development of Meyer's symbols in a succession of poems, so does this dissertation …
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Rethinking Landscape Interpretation: Form, Function, and Meaning of the Garfield Farm, 1876-1905
… home. Between 1885 and c. 1905, Garfield’s widow Lucretia made numerous changes to the agricultural landscape, facilitating the evolution of the home from farm to country estate. Despite the rich history of this landscape, its cultural complexity and evolution over time makes it difficult to …
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A study of a selection of Benjamin Britten's vocal music for mezzo-soprano
… three vocal works of varying genre: The Rape of Lucretia, A Charm of Lullabies, and Phaedra. The investigation of each work starts with the historical background, in wh ich Britten's life and career at the time of the work is discussed briefly, including reviews of the work. The performers and …
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Brigadier General James Dearing, C.S.A
… Roxana Birchett. The couple had one child, Mary Lucretia.
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The Effects of Causal Attribution, Religiosity and Shared Beliefs On the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
This dissertation was a secondary analysis of data gathered from 114 couples who had one spouse with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes management was the outcome variable. The predictor variables in this analysis included the couples' causal attribution, religiosity, and congruence regarding the …
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Distortion product otoacoustic emissions: towards reliable and valid early identification and monitoring of hearing in adults receiving ototoxic medication
Background: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients receive aminoglycosides as part of their treatment. These drugs are ototoxic, and can cause permanent damage to the cochlea, resulting in a debilitating hearing loss, which has a negative impact on an individual's quality of life. Early …
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A comparison of pure tone thresholds and distortion product otoacoustic emission measures in patients with Tuberculosis receiving aminoglycosides
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-131).
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On Fourier series
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Mathematics, 1923.
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Regulation of Myo5p function by phosphorylation
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae type I myosins Myo3p and Myo5p are involved in endocytosis and in the polarization of the actin cytoskeleton. In vitro, p21-activated kinases (PAKs) can phosphorylate a single serine in the myosin-I head domain, referred to as TEDS site, thereby activating the myosin-I …
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A Study of Class Placement for the Educable Mentally Retarded
It was the purpose of this study to (1) examine available research and studies relevant to the subject of placement of the educable mentally retarded, and (2) to determine the effectiveness of the programs for the educable mentally retarded; and to report on the findings in literature as well as …