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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"McNally"”.
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Terrence McNally’s Universalizing Model: The Role of Disability in <em>Andre’s Mother; Lips Together, Teeth Apart</em>; and <em>Love! Valour! Compassion!</em>
… Valour! Compassion!</em>, playwright Terrence McNally utilizes categorically gay themes such as homophobia and living with HIV and AIDS in a time when little was understood about the illnesses. For these reasons, McNally critics customarily analyze McNally’s plays with a queer theory lens. This …
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Equilibriums of Paradox: Pittsburgh's Urban Renaissance through Public Transport
… named America's "Most Livable City" by Rand McNally (2007), Forbes (2010) and The Economist(2011). With museums, theaters, a budding arts scene, and three successful professional sports teams, the city is brimming with urban amenities. In many ways, Pittsburgh has been seen as the example …
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The Evolution of AIDS as Subject Matter in Select American Dramas
… and early nineties, playwrights Terrence McNally (Love! Valour! Compassion!)and Paul Rudnick (Jeffrey)concentrated on relationships between sero-discordant homosexual couples. McNally's "Andre's Mother" and Lips Together, Teeth Apart explored how families and friends face the loss of a …
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Genomic characterization of multi-parental populations of sorghum and rice
… at IRRI under the supervision of Dr. Kenneth L. McNally. Sorghum is the world’s fifth most important cereal crop and is critical for food security in semi-arid regions. Chapter 1 describes the generation of genetic linkage maps for eight sorghum recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations using …
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Writing the Next Chapter: A Critical Case Study of Undocumented Immigrant College Students’ Lived Experiences
… expert panel (Cahill, Kuhn, Schmoll, Lo, McNally, & Quintana, 2011). Several key themes emerged as a result of my analysis with regard to undocumented immigrant access and persistence at the post-secondary level. These themes included: Sense of Belonging, Barriers to Access and …
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Regular teachers' attitudes to the need for additional classroom support for integrated students with intellectual disabilities
The purpose of this study was to examine regular classroom teachers' attitudes to additional classroom support, both physical and personnel, for students with mild and severe intellectual disabilities who may be integrated into regular classrooms. The concerns of the regular classroom teachers with …
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"Every picture tells a story". A study of those who gather and accumulate legal and illegal images
Researchers speculated that some child sex offenders who gather and accumulate indecent images of children (IIOC) appear to be engaged in some form of collecting behaviour. Original sentencing guidelines (2004) for IIOC offending recommended higher sentences based on the nature of the images …
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A textual analysis of Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipients to explore best organizational communication models in American companies
<p>Key elements found in areas of organizational commnication which develop into the foundational structure for the comprehensive list of best practices for communication is discerned from the wide array of practices existent in American companies. To remain among the most competitive globally, it …
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“I’ve learned more about myself than I thought I would”: using Video Enhanced Reflective Practice to train school-based mentors
Rationale:<br/>The present study aimed to investigate the feasibility of using Video Enhanced Reflective Practice (VERP) as a training method to improve outcomes of school-based mentoring. Meta-analytical studies have shown that youth mentoring produces mostly modest positive outcomes for the young …
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A Task Analytic Model Of Tenderness In Emotion-Focused Therapy For Couples: The Discovery Phase
<p>The focus in the present study was to develop a refined model of tenderness events in emotion-focused couples therapy. The model was created in the discovery phase of a task analytic research study through a rational-empirical method. The study was designed to combine empirical and rational data …
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A cognitive bias modification for interpretation (CBM-I) task with individuals experiencing clinical levels of generalised anxiety: a single case series
Objectives The study investigated the efficacy of an online multi-session cognitive bias modification for interpretation (CBM-I) package for reducing worry and negative interpretive bias in individuals presenting with clinical levels of generalised anxiety. Design Single case-series using a …
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The Effects of Classroom Response Systems on Student Learning and Engagement
Classroom Response Systems (CRS) are devices that are relatively inexpensive and easy to use, yet allow full and anonymous participation by students while providing immediate feedback to instructors. These devices have shown promise as a tool to increase engagement in learners, an outcome that …
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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's Relations with the Indians of California's Northern Frontier: 1825-1842
<p>As Commander General of California's northern frontier, General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo exercised both military and political authority over the inhabitants of an extensive region stretching from San Francisco Bay north to the Oregon border and from the Sacramento River west to the Pacific …
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Aid or Abuse? A Review of U.S. Police Assistance Programs in Latin America During the Early Cold War
<p>During the Cold War, the United States used police assistance programs in under-developed countries to stop the spread of communism. Police aid aimed to improve a country’s economic stability and internal security to curb the rise of communist revolutions. The U.S. government charged the Office …
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Regulation of cell cycle and differentiation by ASCL1 in Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive primary brain tumour in adults, as well as the most common. The current standard therapy is maximal safe resection, followed by radiotherapy in combination with the alkylating agent, temozolomide. Despite this multi-model treatment approach, …
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Lipid signalling dynamics of palmitate-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress in skeletal muscle
Approximately 340 million people worldwide have Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), making identification of the aetiological processes underlying this disease imperative. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has emerged as a potential mechanism driving the pathogenesis of obesity and T2DM. Palmitate, …
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Tracing Hitler, the rise of Nazism and the final solution : observations from the Cape Times, 1933-1945
This study intends to look at the Cape Times' coverage and editorial response to the Nazi regime's treatment of Jews from its rise to power in early 1933 to its demise in 1945 at the end of World War II. As such, this paper follows a path broken by Andrew Sharf and his study of British press …
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Clarifying the Nature of Pain-Related Anxiety: Implications for Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
… arousal, nausea). AS (Reiss, Peterson, Gursky, & McNally, 1986) is the trait tendency to fear the physiological sensations of anxiety due to the belief such sensations signal imminent harm. Evidence suggests an association between AS and pain-related anxiety (e.g., Muris, Schmidt, Merckelbach, & …
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La metodologia della Flipped Classroom (FC) nella pratica didattica dei docenti universitari. Verso una definizione del modello didattico partendo dall’esperienza di professori spagnoli, britannici e italiani
… en cuanto a la definición de esta metodología (McNally et al., 2017). Por ello, el presente estudio se ha planteado como objetivo considerar experiencias concretas de Flipped Classroom para definir un esquema común para su implementación, identificando además qué características pueden facilitar …
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