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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Other Theory"”.
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Kristevan theory: meanings, contexts, feminist "uses"
… and Lacanian psychoanalysis, postmodemism, and other contemporary theory. I demonstrate that none of these categories or theories can adequately contain Kristevan thought and that her roots in, or resonances with existential philosophy are most important. I particularly stress connections …
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Gendered signs of the sacred : contested images of the mother in psychoanalysis, feminism, and Hindu myth
… as expressed in symbolic representations of the mother and the institution of motherhood in patriarchy. I have therefore drawn on Freudian and post-Freudian theories, gender analysis, feminist critical analysis, and classical Hindu goddess myth to discern ways in which sacred images of the mother …
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Some observations of the diurnal variations in leucocyte count in man, with special reference to the effect of digestion: being a record of 37 experiments
… either in favour of or against one or the other theory, more observations do not seem to be altogether; uncalled for.
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Electronic properties of diamond and silicon
… results are compared with experimental data and other theory. It is found that this is the first self-consistent Silicon band calculation to predict the correct ordering of the lower conduction bands at the center of the zone. The method used consists of obtaining the self-consistent first-order …
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Evolution of movement smoothness and submovement patterns in persons with stroke
… is consistent with their existence and no other theory has been proposed that can fully account for observed phenomena in human movement. However, there is no obvious way to prove their existence. Nevertheless, repeatedly successful decomposition of movement data into submovements may …
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Austinian Disjunctivism Defended: A Presentational Theory of Visual Experience
This thesis develops a general theory about the nature of conscious visual experience. My starting point is with the naïve realist theory of visual perception. Whilst naïve realism is by no means universally endorsed, I begin with the assumption that we have good reason to accept it. The central …
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Low noise techniques applied to a piezoceramic receiver for gas coupled ultrasonic flaw detection
… theories which provide identical results. One theory is based on an electrical approach which makes use of an extensively modified version of Hayward's linear systems model of the piezoelectric plate transducer, along with the well known work of Johnson and Nyquist. The other theory is based on …
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Analysis of Macrophage-‐Derived Inflammatory Response in the Presence of Glycosaminoglycans: A Possible Clue on the Role of Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Morquio A
… in regards to inflammatory response, one theory assumes that KS is (like other GAGs) in that it is pro-‐inflammatory while the other theory suggests that it is anti-‐inflammatory. In this study, two macrophage cell lines— the human acute monocytic leukemia cell line THP-‐1 and human …
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Rational Capacities and the Practice of Blame: A Skeptical Argument
… is what I call an internal criticism. Unlike other skeptical arguments about moral responsibility, the one advanced in this thesis does not depend on any metaphysical theses external to the theory of blame. The thesis begins by looking at a position I call rational capacity compatibilism …
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Parton Distributions in Beyond the Standard Model Theories
… at next- to-leading order in QCD perturbation theory. At the end of the Chapter, in Sect. 1.4, we introduce the main problem that this thesis aims to address in a variety of special cases, namely the simultaneous extraction of PDFs together with other theory parameters (specifically BSM …
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Hybrid Core Inductors for High Saturation Capability
… First-order models, design processes, and other theory for the PM hybrid core are developed in this thesis, and different geometries for this core are explored. Additionally, two PM hybrid core prototypes are presented, one using a pot core geometry and one using a modified E core geometry. …
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Signifying practices : Amaxhosa ritual speech
… to democracy, the government, the media, and other institutions have recognized the need to understand and recover African Traditional Religion as the indigenous religion of this country. Much remains to be done to entrench this recognition. There is a growing demand for literature that will …
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Medical education, professional learning and action research in the health service: assessment, interventions and future models for General Practice vocational training of senior house officers.
… links the disciplines of research, learning theory and organizational development. It is a cycle that can contribute to the individual learning of a professional because it gathers evidence of change using research methods rather than intuition and an assumption of change. Action research can …
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The Classical Barbarian in the Íslendingasögur
… inspiration and contemporary circumstance that otherwise form the Íslendingasögur.
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A Hybrid Theory of Global Justice
… level? In my dissertation, I develop an original theory of global justice that can answer these questions and I show how my theory applies to current problems. I start by articulating why we need a theory of international justice and introducing the theories that have already been proposed. I …
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Toward Christian-Identity Response Theory : Exploring Identity, Spirituality, and Response to Adversity Among African American Males Placed at Risk
… settings.</p> <p>Method: Constructivist grounded theory was utilized throughout this research process. Thirty-four African American males in three age groups (13-17; 18-25; 26+) who were placed at risk during adolescence and connected with Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) …