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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"On-the-run"”.
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On the run: perspectives on long distance running.
The aim of this study was to develop a deeper understanding of the experiences of long distance runners. An etlmographic research design was adopted to understand the nature of the social world of long distance runners through interviews and observations which were thematically analysed. The sample …
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Masculinity on the run: history, nation and subjectivity in contemporary mainland Chinese cinema
The study investigates representations of masculinities in modern Mainland Chinese cinema from the early reform period to the year 2000. It argues that masculinities from this era are `on the run'; that is, male protagonists' ambiguous relationships with dominant discourses of nation, history and …
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Affirm on the Run: Wearable Technology as a Tool to Improve Mentality in Endurance Athletes
Running is currently experiencing its second major boom as a pastime. It has been rapidly increasing in popularity at both the competitive and recreational level since the early 2000s. The development and rapid adoption of wearable technology for endurance athletes has accompanied this boom. Most …
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Physical Activity in Elementary School Girls: Implementation and Theory-Based Evaluation of Girls on the Run
… are rising at an alarming rate, particularly among girls and ethnic minorities. Engaging in regular physical activity can help reduce this risk. Little is known about factors associated with physical activity (PA) in preadolescent populations, an age when intervention is ideal. Guided by Social …
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Orion's Run
… with his sickly street-smart girlfriend, while on the run from a scorned ex-girlfriend and an immoral scientist that plays God.</p>
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Man Down South
In this novella the main character, David Crumm, is getting older and decides not to wait around and die on his frozen ranch, but to retire to warmer climates. He leaves everything with his daughter, gets in his truck and drives south with his dog. In Florida, he accidentally hits and kills a …
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The Overhang Papers: A Novel
The Overhang Papers is a dystopian novel set in 2048 within a world where women have been stripped of their freedoms by a corporatocracy dedicated to controlling the domestic labour supply. The story takes place in the wilds of Northern Saskatchewan where the protagonist, a young woman named Circe …
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Wonders for the Dead
<p>This capstone project presents the first five chapters of a novel entitled <em>Wonders for the Dead</em>, which follows the lives of two sets of brothers whose lives intersect in an unexpected way. Ep Fairfax and his brother Francis are estranged, but when Ep finds himself in trouble and on the …
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Framing Identity: Repudiating the Ideal in Chicana Literature
<p>In the 1960s Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez penned his now canonical, epic poem “I Am Joaquin.” The poem chronicles the historic oppression of a transnational, Mexican people as well as revolutionary acts of their forefathers in resisting tyranny<em>.</em> Coinciding with a series of renewed, …
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Catholic Priests and Political Violence in Ireland, 1919-21
From Bishop David Moriarty's assertion in 1867 that hell was not hot enough to punish the Fenians, to Father James Chesney's alleged involvement in the I.R.A. Claudy bombings just over a century later, the Catholic church's relationship with Irish republicanism has been fraught with contradictions. …
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Beam Dynamics Challenges in the Muon g-2 Experiment
The muon's anomalous magnetic moment $a_{\mu}$ has hinted at physics beyond the standard model for nearly 20 years. The Muon $g-2$ experiment at Fermilab aims to measure $a_{\mu}$ to 140 parts per billion (ppb) precision. The 460 ppb result from its first data run (Run-1), released in 2021, agreed …
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“a Lonely Wandering Refugee”: Displaced Whites In The Trans-Mississippi West During The American Civil War, 1861-1868
<p>Historians have written a great deal about the American Civil War and, until recently, much of that scholarly activity has focused on military battles and the effectiveness of the Union and Confederate armies on the war’s outcome. During the past few decades, social historians have tried to dig …
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Living in fear : the experiences of parents of political activists in "coloured" Cape Flats townships, 1985-1988 : a social-psychological study
The present is a social-psychological study which describes and analyses the experiences of parents of political activists in "coloured" Cape Flats townships against the background of the socio-political upheaval in South Africa during the 1985/86 rebellion and thereafter. An ethnographic research …
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Multi-scale multiphase modelling of granular flows
… dense granular solids and water. Understanding the mechanics of granular flow is of particular importance in predicting the run-out behaviour of debris flows. The dynamics of a homogeneous granular flow involve three distinct scales: the microscopic scale, the meso-scale, and the macroscopic …
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Emancipating the Many: A practice led investigation into emergent paradigms of immediate political action
The immediate catalyst for having taken up this study was the violent outbreak of weeks of public unrest in the Paris banlieus in the wake of the shooting of young man on the run from the police on October 27 2005. The obvious inability of local municipalities and police forces to explain, let …
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GPS kinematic positioning for the airborne laser altimetry at Long Valley, California
The object of this thesis is to develop a reliable algorithm and software for em-level kinematic GPS (Global Positioning System) data analysis. To assess the accuracy of the software, we use it to determine the trajectory of the aircraft during the surveys at Long Valley, California, in 1993 and …
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Three Essays in Empirical Asset Pricing
The financial crisis of 2007-2008 led to extraordinary government intervention in firms and markets. The scope and depth of government action rivaled that of the Great Depression. Many traded markets experienced dramatic declines in liquidity leading to the existence of conditions normally assumed …