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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Neda"”.
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Constructing Evil: U.S. Media Discourse and the Iranian State Murder of Neda Agha-Soltan
… The particular image in question was of Neda Agha-Soltan, a 26 year old woman whose murder was recorded by cellphone camera during a political protest and subsequently posted to social media networks showing a graphic fist-hand account of the savagery of a state crime. Media discourse …
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Deriving Classifiers with Single and Multi-Label Rules using New Associative Classification Methods
Associative Classification (AC) in data mining is a rule based approach that uses association rule techniques to construct accurate classification systems (classifiers). The majority of existing AC algorithms extract one class per rule and ignore other class labels even when they have large data …
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Stable and fair congestion control mechanisms for cooperative vehicle safety in vehicular networks
Cooperative vehicle safety (CVS) systems operate based on broadcast of vehicle position and safety information to neighboring cars. The communication medium of CVS is a Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) wireless channel. One of the main challenges in large scale deployment of CVS systems …
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Revitalising the representation of Iranian women: A critical and creative exploration of gendered identity in the contemporary art of Iran.
Iranian women have been at the centre of many socio-political changes and challenges during the long history of their country. During those changes, the actualisation of their roles has nevertheless been constrained by religiously-based traditions: both ancient and recently-developed. The …
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Žarnyno Sarcocystis infekcijos paplitimas rudosiose lapėse (Vulpes vulpes) /
The prevelance of Sarcocystis intestinal infection in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) Sarcocystis genus belongs to Apicomplexa phylum. These parasites have a two host life cycle. The intermediate host is usually a herbivore and the definitive is a carnivour. The sarcocysts are formed in the muscle tissue …
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The use of peer-group slang in young adult fiction /
Every culture and every region within countries around the world has its own slang. Its informality and creativity attracts many people to use it as part of their daily language. It is a tool in communication that gives us social and personal identity. This means that with our individual …
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A delayed response policy for autonomous intersection management
The DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007 showed that fully autonomous vehicles, driven by computers without human intervention on public roads, are technologically feasible with current intelligent vehicle technology [6]. Some researchers predict that within 5-20 years there will be autonomous vehicles …
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AN AUTOMATIC BIO-INSPIRED KEY POINT DETECTION AND EXTRACTION STRATEGY FOR CLASSIFICATION OF 2-D AND 3-D IMAGES
In this dissertation an optimum key point detection and extraction model is introduced and tested for computer vision applications. In particular, applications of automatic classification of synthetic similar shapes of airplanes and 3-dimensional faces are extensively explored. The model …
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Appropriate Waist Circumference Cutoff Values for the Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome in Mexican American Adults
Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) recently proposed new criteria for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome, which requires the presence of central obesity as measured by ethnic specific waist circumference (WC) …
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Freedom in Existence: A Comparative Study of the Poetics of Emily Dickinson and Sohrab Sepehri
<p>Poetry, like thought, belongs to all people and is representative of existence itself. In one sense, poetry is the musical formation of words, whose effects must be experienced in sound, tone and melody, but in another sense, poetry is also an artistic discourse where the “fundamental character …
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Knowledge-aware Methods for Explainable Decision Support in Lifelong Learning
Scaling up digital education presents several critical challenges, including the management of large learner populations, the abundance of learning resources, and the difficulty of supporting informed learning decisions at scale. While digital platforms provide unprecedented access to education, …
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"Character Types In Sir Philip Sidney's ""new Arcadia"" And In Italian Romance Epic"
Although the characters of The New Arcadia are typical for the romance epic, Sidney develops them in the manner of the moralist and anticipating the novelist, focusing not on action itself, but on the moral significance of the action and thus on the characters' inner lives. Consequently, the heroes …
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Coaches' knowledge of injury and associated risk factors among young track and field athletes: A case study on the Western Cape Talent Development Programme (TDP) branch of the Mass participation, Opportunity and accessibility, Development and growth (MOD) programme for U12-U14 track and field athletes
Background: The management, prevention, and recognition of injuries forms an integral part of coaches training. It is imperative that coaches are equipped with a sound understanding of specialised coaching to teach developing athletes correct performance techniques, promote strategies to reduce the …
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Drug deposition and distribution in healthy and atherosclerotic arteries and in models of atherosclerosis following bulk or stent-based drug delivery
Drug eluting stents have revolutionized the practice of medicine and the landscape of medical devices. Yet, more than four years after introduction clinical trial data and clinical use have still not fully clarified what drives the safety and efficacy of these devices. The goal of this thesis was …
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Intergenerational Facilities: Designing Intergenerational Space through a Human Development Lens
The built environment can be structured to encourage or discourage social interaction and can have effects on children's cognitive, social, and emotional development as well as effects on elder's health and well-being. Knowing the profound influence of the built environment on elders (Garin, et …
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Urban Spatiotemporal Energy Flux
Urban energy systems are often studied in a very similar way in the sense that the characteristics of the underlying physical infrastructure are weighted as the main determinants of energy use predictions, while the behavior of the human population in relation to this systemthe so-called ``energy …
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Exploring the Connections between Community Cultural Development and Sustainable Tourism in Central Appalachia
During the past several decades, globalization forces in general and mechanization of coal mining jobs more specifically have sharply changed the economic and social conditions of many of the coal towns in the Central Appalachian region of the United States. Efforts to identify and seek …
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Assessing the Mutational Landscape of BRAF- and KRAS-Wild Type Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is one of the most deadly cancers and is the second leading cause of death in the United States. As incidence of colorectal cancer is higher among developed countries, research continues in hopes to make marked advancements in the way cancer is treated. A number of targeted …
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