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Showing 1 to 20 of 72 for “"Non-elite"”.
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Non-elite mortuary variability in the Early Dynastic Memphis region
… exclusive evidence from three well-known non-elite Memphite cemeteries Saqqara-Serapeum, Turah and the recently excavated site of Helwan (all dating from 3200 to 2700 BC) to explore the society of this early urban centre through its funerary remains. The study engages in statistical …
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Elite and non-elite sourcing in civic and traditional journalism news projects
… project consists of two studies used to analyze "elite," media-savvy, and "non-elite," non-media savvy, sources in civic and traditional journalism. For the first study, four newspaper series about mining and aging, 22 articles total, examined source use in the practice of civic journalism. The …
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Effects of lumbopelvic stabilization program in young, non-elite, community-based gymnasts
1 PDF file (viii, 78 pages)
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Racing patterns of elite and non-elite male Two Oceans marathon runners
… information exists about the pacing patterns of elite and non-elite runners competing in the 56km Two Oceans Marathon. Objective: The main aim of the study was to establish and compare similarities and differences in pacing patterns between elite and non-elite male runners in the Two Oceans …
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The Non-Elite Consumer and ‘Wearing Apparel’ in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, 1800-1850
… methods of clothing supply available to the non-elite consumer, which included shop retailing, itinerant selling, illicit networks and clothing distributed via the Poor Law and charity. The thesis demonstrates firstly that the non-elite consumer could obtain clothing from a variety of …
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Run for Health: Health(icization), Supplements, and Doping in Non-Elite Road Running
… is less common to view training or racing as a non-competitive health practice. However, the majority of non-elite runners who participate in races do so in order to reap benefits from the training process many undertake in preparation for a race. This dissertation is a study of non-elite or …
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Matmar: revisiting burial practice of the non-elite during the Third Intermediate Period
… Intermediate Period (TIP) and the history of the non-elite. It is an attempt to demonstrate the benefits of a reconsideration of existing site data and dated reports, using modern theoretical and statistical techniques, in order to broaden our understanding of the non-elite classes in Ancient …
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Exploring Motor Learning Differences between Elite and Non-Elite Athletes Using Nonlinear Dynamical Analysis
The application of nonlinear analytical tools to motor control studies is a promising approach. Measuring the complexity of a time-series of kinematic variables to explore motor learning differences allows us to discriminate between groups. The aim of the current study was to test the efficacy of …
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Attitudes to nuclear defence. An investigation of processes of change in elite and non-elite belief systems.
The recent developments in negotiations to reduce nuclear weapons in Europe mark a watershed in attitudes towards nuclear deterrence and security. On the one side lie all the old beliefs and assumptions about nuclear defence and security that have been common parlance for the last forty years and …
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S(t)imulation: A comparison of international democracy assistance objectives and non-elite perceptions of democracy in eastern Madagascar
This thesis explores the nexus of democratic development, international democracy assistance and local political cultures in one eastern region of Madagascar. In so doing, it questions whether common targets of the democracy assistance industry (i.e. electoral process, freedom of expression, rule …
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Disability and participation in physical activity and non-elite sport environments: a critical investigation of persons with disabilities experiences
… for athletes with disabilities, especially non-elite athletes. Such participation often involves barriers and exclusion, denying persons with disabilities access to psychological and physiological benefits of participation. The position that sport has gained, and held, in development …
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Qualitative and quantitative assessment of functional performance before and after reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament in people from non-elite/professional sporting background
… stability and rehabilitative outcomes of non-high competitive sports patients following ACL reconstruction in Egypt. To accomplish these research aims, five separate studies were performed;Study one: A systematic scoping review of the ACL reconstructed patients’ outcomes and the measures …
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Public libraries and public benefaction in the Roman Empire
… from wealthy donors for approval from the non-elite citizens of a community, libraries were a form of munificence aimed entirely by elites at other elites. The non-elite citizens of the Roman Empire were almost entirely illiterate, and public libraries therefore offered them nothing of …
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Domestic Landscapes, Power, and Political Change: Comparing Classic Maya Communities in the Three Rivers Region of Northwestern Belize (A.D. 600 - 1000)
The goal of this dissertation is to identify the elite and non-elite power relationship between the Three Rivers Region primary center, La Milpa, and the small subsidiary center, Ixno'ha, during the Late Classic (A.D. 600 - 830/850). I analyze the domestic landscapes looking specifically at this …
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A factorial survey experiment to examine how the class background and perceived gender of job applicants influences shortlisting decisions for entry‐level academic posts in higher education in England
… on entry to the academic profession in elite and non‐ elite universities in England. A between‐subjects factorial survey experiment was conducted with 166 participants from 57 universities to examine how hypothetical applications, which were identical except for markers of class and …
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Ethnoarchaeology of the Incense Trade in Tigray, northern highland Ethiopia
… highland Ethiopia. Significantly, there are both elite and non-elite incense trades in this region. The elite trade of frankincense is controlled by government sanctioned international and parastatal companies that use non-mechanized production, processing, and distribution practices. Frankincense …
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Caratterizzazione cardio metabolica di atleti in età evolutiva e confronto tra èlite e non èlite
… any differences between the categories elite and non-elite. Furthermore, we wanted to create a database of references for these categories of athletes, given the very poor and outdated present literature. 68 subjects were involved in this protocol (47 males and 21 females) whose mean ± …
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Physical and match performance of female soccer players
… of female soccer players in England at the elite level and no investigations in to the new re-structure that the English FA made in 2011 for both senior and youth levels. Therefore, the overarching aim of this research thesis was to develop physical performance and match performance profiles …
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Talking posh, acting posh? The construction of gendered identities and identifications in the talk of multilingual undergraduate students on an academic writing programme
… the multiple discursive positioning of non-elite undergraduate participants, as both powerless and powerful, and the attempts to balance the demands of key communities of practice in the negotiation of identity. This forms the basis for reflection on practices designed to improve the …
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Antecedents to student-based brand equity: student brand loyalty and perceived quality in higher education
… this thesis was first to enable manager's within non elite branded universities to better understand what steps are needed to enhance student based brand equity and secondly, to contribute to the understanding of how consumer based brand equity is created and maintained within a unique service …
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