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Red Mitchell: Tuning in Fifths and the Walking Bass Line
In 1966, Red Mitchell began tuning his bass in fifths to meet the demands of film composers who required a low C. Having played in fourths for approximately twenty years, Mitchell required only nine days to adapt to fifths tuning. This thesis examines the changes that fifths tuning had on his …
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Paleocurrent Analysis of the Cretaceous Mitchell Formation, North-Central Oregon
… Gable Creek formations and recently renamed the Mitchell Formation are potential petroleum source and reservoir rocks. Thus, determining their extent under the cover of Tertiary volcanics is of great importance to future petroleum exploration in the southern half of the Columbia Basin. The …
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An investigation of the Mitchell-Brantley choice of pictures personality inventory items
<p>The purpose of this investigation is (1) to determine whether o:r not the child's percept of the physical structure of each "COPPI" picture is congruent with that intended by the authors, and (2) to determine whether the degree of "meaning" the child finds in the pictures significantly …
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Sidewinder syndrome : improvisational vocabulary and construction of Richard "Blue" Mitchell and Lee Morgan
… composer of "Sidewinder," and Richard "Blue" Mitchell (1930-1979) were two prolific trumpet artists from this time period who embraced the Sidewinder Syndrome, and as a result provided a rich improvisational vocabulary, as it pertains to trumpet performance practice. This study presents six …
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Aquaculture and pollution studies of an Australian fish: silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell 1838) (Teraponidae)
The silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus is an Australian native fish of great aquaculture potential. Currently, silver perch represent a major freshwater aquaculture industry in Australia. There have been some research on the biology and nutrition of silver perch but until now there has been no …
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Principal Leadership, Teacher Morale, and Student Achievement in Seven Schools in Mitchell County, North Carolina.
… morale as it relates to student achievement in Mitchell County at two elementary schools, four middle schools, and one high school. First, a review of the related literature attempted to define teacher morale as much as possible given that it is an ever-changing individual characteristic. …
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Growth Rates of Yellow Perch, Perca Flavescens (Mitchell), in two North Dakota Lakes After Population Reduction with Toxaphene
Fishery waters overpopulated with desirable species generally produce few harvestable fish because of slow growth rates. In 1962 Bennett stated that no fish of harvestable were found in some waters thus affected. Eschmeyer (1936) made a similar observation concerning overcrowded populations of …
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Food Habits, Growth, and Production of Young-of-the-Year Walleyes, Stizostedion vitreum vitreum (Mitchell), in a South Dakota Pond
<p>A 12.45 hectare South Dakota pond was stocked with 25,000 walleye, Stizostedion vitreum vitreum (Mitichell), fingerling on 13 June, 1973. Walleyes were monitored for growth rate and food habits until 13 September, 1973. Walleyes were removed from the pond using various methods in order to …
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Bionomics of Aphidecta obliterata (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a predator introduced for control of the balsam wooly aphid on Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina
A study of the bionomics of Aphidecta obliterata (L.), a predator introduced for control of the balsam woolly aphid, was conducted during 1965 and 1966, The study was undertaken to determine the life history and habits of A. obliterata in North Carolina and to determine its feeding habits. In the …
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A gendered musicological study of the work of four leading female singer-songwriters: Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, and Tori Amos
… singer-songwriters, namely Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush and Tori Amos, whose songs are analyzed as textual entities. Building a theoretical bridge between musicology and feminist theory, the relationship between the text and the body is examined. The discursive perspective of this …
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The power of equity : private motivations and public implications of dissolving affordable housing cooperatives
… limited-equity cooperatives in the city through Mitchell-Lama -- a program often considered one of the most successful efforts to produce affordable housing in American history. By restricting the resale of shares and removing the housing from the open market, limited-equity co-ops allow for the …
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Screen-to-measure: An Interdisciplinary and Embodied Approach to the Investigation of Film Noir Costumes Informed by Lady in the Dark (Mitchell Leisen, USA, 1944) and Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, USA, 1944)
… the hybrid film noir musical Lady in the Dark (Mitchell Leisen, USA, 1944) and the classic film noir Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, USA, 1944), and it maps the film-specific expertise and (co)authorship of Edith Head as Paramount’s supervising costume. Using an interdisciplinary methodology and …
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Use of Event Studies to Estimate Brand Value: A Comparison of Methodologies
… loss in shareholder value. In 1989 Mark Mitchell used an event study to estimate the impact of the 1982 Tylenol poisonings on Johnson & Johnson's share returns. Mark Mitchell was able to demonstrate that (1) Johnson & Johnson share returns were significantly impacted by the poisonings, …
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The development and analysis of atomistic-to-continuum coupling methods.
… August 2012. Major: Mathematics. Advisor: Mitchell Luskin. 1 computer file (PDF); viii, 98 pages.
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Get yourself connected: time, space, and character networks in David Mitchell's fiction
… thesis explores the works of novelist David Mitchell, paying specific attention to the ways in which he uses his narratives to emulate and remediate global networks and contemporary fiction tropes. Though his novels are rarely set in the immediate present, Mitchell's creations are connected …
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Collaborations and Resistances Between Writing and Photography in Late Twentieth-Century France
… Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Stuart Hall, W. J. T. Mitchell, and Susan Sontag are among the critics who provide useful concepts and theories as a foundation from which to explore encounters between texts and photographs.
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Loners : working from a pattern
… Sarah Lucas, Tracey Emin, Mike Kelly, Allyson Mitchell, Madonna, Weird Al.
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Job embeddedness in Icelandic labor market : the effectiveness on turnover intentions and job performance
… is a relatively new construct that Lee, Mitchell and colleagues started researching in 1995 (Lee, Burch, and Mitchell, 2014). That construct explains why people stay in their current jobs. A questionnaire was sent to a sample of random emails found on websites of 183 of the 300 biggest …
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