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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Oakley"”.
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Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane and the Myth of the West
… of the most iconic women of the Old West, Annie Oakley and Calamity Jane. The focus of this study is not biography, however, rather a look at how they fit into the classic myth of the West, as envisioned by Henry Nash Smith. A review of the major literature on all three topics is followed by …
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Untersuchung genetischer und geschlechtlicher Einflüsse in der Alzheimerpathologie anhand des Maustiermodells 5XFAD
… wurde das doppelt transgene Mausmodell 5XFAD von Oakley und Kollegen mit fünf humanen EOAD-Mutationen (early-onset Alzheimer´s disease), welches drei APP-Mutationen (Amyloid Precursor Protein) und zwei PS1-Mutationen (Presenilin-1) beinhaltet, erstmals quantitativ mittels stereologischer …
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Buffalo Bill and the Great Western Story
… to erasure and exclusion. Sitting Bull and Annie Oakley are used as examples of figures that have become caricatures in service to a greater narrative about the American West. This paper argues for the inefficacy of considering any one narrative as “history” instead recommending a close reading of …
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Intimacy issues : a content analysis of intimacy levels and engagement rates between celebrities and influencers.
… (Miranda Sings, Lilly Singh and Tyler Oakley). The researcher examined N=320 Instagram posts to determine the presence of intimacy and calculate engagement rates.
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The Life of the Nuns at West Malling Abbey: Social and Religious Dynamics from the Middle Medieval Period to the Reformation
… by the nuns themselves and a second by Anne Oakley. For research on Benedictine nuns, while not specific to St. Mary’s at West Malling, it is the works of Janet Burton, Sally Thompson, Eileen Power, Roberta Gilchrist and Maralyn Oliva which give a more general understanding of the life of a …
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The transfer of antibody from mother to foetus in the guinea-pig
… of origin. In particular Brambell, Hemmings and Oakley (1959) showed that rabbit antibody digested with pepsin was less readily transferred to the foetus, notwithstanding its lower molecular weight, than the unmodified antibody. When rabbit -globulin wap digested with papain (Brambell, Hemmings, …
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Oceanic languages: A comparative investigation of pre-clausal constructions
… 2002, 2003) and the Greater Attentional System (Oakley 2004, 2009), as well as the typology of conceptual blends proposed by Brandt (2013:415–422). Accordingly, it is argued that PRE constructions are expressions of a schematic intraspace blend [PRE,ASC], the function of which is to foreground …
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Effects of Simultaneous Alarms on Resolution Heuristics
… such as operating rooms and cockpits (Konkani, Oakley, & Bauld, 2012; Woods, Suter, & Billings, 1997), it is important to identify reaction strategies that may and should be used when an unreliable alarm is in the presence of other alarms. Accordingly, the influence of reliability level and the …
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Acting Alone: Solo Female Performers, Their American Audiences, and Embodiment
… popular female entertainers--Olive Logan, Annie Oakley, Annette Kellerman, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and Gypsy Rose Lee--who wrote and performed solo works at some point from the 1880s through the 1950s. Whether adopting the guise of a monologist, dancer, swimmer, or stripper--these women risked …
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Couple dynamics and maternal smoking cessation during pregnancy: A qualitative examination of nulliparous women and their partners
… (Lumley, Chamberlain, Dowswell, Oliver, Oakley, and Watson, 2009). The interventions offered to pregnant smokers are most commonly provided on an individual basis, to expectant mothers and not to their partners, usually involving the use of nicotine replacement therapies, motivational …
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The effect of hypnotically induced positive, self-statements on self-concept in Christian, female college students
… (Coleman, 1971; Gorman, 1974;, Maltz, 1960; and Oakley, 1965). The content of these positive self-statements suggested that subjects would feel generally more relaxed and self-confident, more self-reliant and independent,physically stronger and healthier, calmer, more serene and unconcerned by …
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Using interactive multimedia (IMM) to help year four and five students identified as experiencing reading difficulties: A formative approach
This study involved four formative experiments, each of which investigated ways in which IMM (Interactive Multimedia) could be used to help children who experienced reading difficulties. In each of the four contexts, classroom teachers identified a number of students with reading difficulties, …
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Building bioinformatics solutions for biomarker identification
This thesis describes the design, implementation and application of bioinformatics systems to aid work in the field of biomarker discovery and diagnostic test development. The aim of the work was to develop a flexible data storage and analysis platform that would be capable of housing and working …
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Creative Industries and the Politics of New Labour
This thesis examines the development of policy towards the creative industries in the UK in the period 1997-2008. It argues that this can be seen in the light of New Labour's understanding of the knowledge economy, an understanding that influenced its development of education and social policy, as …
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The influence of role ambiguity and changing dynamics on support for mothers of children with complex medical conditions
Parents of children with complex medical conditions require support during their caregiving journey. Previous research has focused on the overall parenting experience, and recognised the complexity and challenge that comes as a result of caring for a child with a complex medical condition. However, …
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DIETARY OBESITY, EXERCISE TRAINING, AND THERMOGENESIS IN RATS
<p>The exact contributions of changes in thermogenesis to the energy balance of either rats or humans is not known. There is some evidence that differences in post-prandial heat production (dietary-induced thermogenesis), can explain why some individuals gain weight easily when overeating and …
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An Exposition Of Dirichlet’s Theorem
Though Euclid probably knew there were infinitely many primes, Euclid was the first to provide a proof of the fact. Since then, mathematicians have asked much more detailed and difficult questions about the location and size of the prime numbers. Arithmetic progressions are very easily described …
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Development of an electro-kinetically driven integrated DNA profile separation and detection system
Described in current literature is the methodology of different aspects of creating a DNA profile which has been successfully performed within a micro-fluidic environment; however integration of each of the different procedures onto a single device has not been documented. This thesis presents …
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