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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Peacock"”.
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The search for a novel toxicant in Gastrolobium (Fabaceae : Mirbelieae) seed historically associated with toxic native fauna / David E. Peacock.
The reintroduction of endangered Australian mammals to areas of their former range is a valuable strategy to aid the future survival of these species. Many of these programs have rapidly failed, however, due to predation by the introduced red fox and feral cat. A strategy to deal with this …
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High Altitude Fish
… Ted Kooser, Richard Hugo, Mary Oliver and Molly Peacock. Additionally, Nick Flynn, Sidney Lea, Nickole Brown are featured for their style and form and Brigit Pegeen Kelly for her surreal, otherworldly settings and tone. </p>
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Dialogical Writing in Philosophy and Literature. A Study on Plato's Crito and Gorgias and Peacock's Nightmare Abbey
Both Thomas Love Peacock and Plato use dialogue for their works while they differ in what they envisage and what they achieve, i.e. same form, different objectives. Thus, having Peacock and Plato writing dialogues in different frames - one literary and one philosophical - raises an important …
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Nostrovia: Methods in Creating Immersive Theatre for Audiences
… was performed January 16th -18th 2020 at The Peacock Public House and reimagines the historical narrative of the Romanov family. This thesis begins with an overview of participatory movements and presentations that inspired immersive and site specific performances, and then proceeds to …
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Utilisation of Cellulose Nanocrystals for the Fabrication of Photonic Materials
… such as the shimmering patterns on the peacock feather and the metallic blue wings of the Morpho butterfly. These natural objects have vibrant colours and a metallic appearance due to light interference, in contrast to the colour obtained by dyes and pigments which rely on absorption. …
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The television policies of the UK administrations of Margaret Thatcher and John Major 1979-1997
… the impact of the Committee chaired by Alan Peacock on the Financing of the BBC; the reform of ITV; their policies for the renewal of the BBC charter in the 1990s; and their policies on digitalisation and multimedia. Particular attention is paid to the changes that these policies produced in …
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Perceptions and Prototypes of Racial Discrimination Across Contexts
… domain in which discrimination is considered (Peacock & Biernat, 2023). At the same time, people tend to have prototypes of discrimination such that people in power discriminate against those without power (e.g., Inman & Baron, 1996). However, limited research has examined racial discrimination …
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Eugenic Sterilization in 20Th Century Georgia: From Progressive Utilitarianism to Individual Rights
… the eugenics movement in Georgia. Dr. Thomas G. Peacock, in his dual role as head of the State Board of Eugenics and the superintendent of the asylum in Milledgeville, oversaw the majority of sterilizations in Georgia. He was undeterred by the revelation of Nazi eugenic practices after World War …
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Assessment of spastic patients before and after selective posterior lumbar rhizotomy
… used successfully with spastic patients. In 1980 Peacock started doing this procedure on a large number of spastic patients in South Africa. I became interested in SPLR after seeing the dramatic reduction in spasticity and the improvement in function in my patients who had undergone the procedure. …
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The Ancient Art of Smile-Making
… Smile-Making,” “A Well Meaning Marionette,” “The Peacock Cloister,” and “In the Garden, Swallowing Pearls” are essentially about this innate need for company. “Murdered in a Good Dress” and “Myrtle Slog” illustrate the homesickness experienced by those who divorce themselves from closeness of the …
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Coping with interpersonal sport stress in female adolescent soccer players: the role of perceived social support, cognitive appraisal, and trait social anxiety
… threat and challenge (Stress Appraisal Measure; Peacock & Wong, 1990) and how they thought they would cope (Coping Functions Questionnaire; Kowalski & Crocker, 2001). . The initial findings indicated that challenge appraisals were moderately correlated with both emotion-focused (r = .41) and …
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Functioning, disability, health and quality of life in adults with cerebral palsy more than 25 years after selective dorsal rhizotomy: a long-term follow-up study during adulthood
… increasing acceptance following the work of Peacock and Arens in the 1980s, and although a large number of studies have demonstrated the benefits of this procedure, they largely comprise relatively short-term follow-up assessments in children and adolescents. There is thus a need for …
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A Global GIS Analysis of Primate Diversity and Biogeography: Assessing Trends in Habitat Loss and Extinction Risk to Inform Primate Conservation
Biodiversity is crucial for the healthy functioning of ecosystems. Terrestrial biodiversity is disproportionately concentrated in the tropics, and tropical rainforests in particular. Tropical tree cover loss is therefore central to the biodiversity crisis, and unfortunately it is continuing at …
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Storm Water System Monitoring for the Small Municipality Under Phase II of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Storm water quality can have a significant impact on receiving water bodies. The chief recipients of these impacts are aquatic life in the receiving water body and downstream water users. Over the last few decades, legislation, regulations, institutions and facilities have evolved to recognize the …
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DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY FOR THE COLORIMETRIC DETECTION OF LEGIONELLA BACTERIA USING LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION
<p><em>Legionella </em>are aquatic bacteria capable of inhabiting man-made water systems. Inhaling water droplets carrying <em>Legionella </em>can cause Legionnaires’ disease, a rapidly progressing pneumonia. From 2000-2016 the number of Legionnaires’ cases increased 5-fold. Detecting …
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Telling Utterances: Education, Creativity & Everyday Lives
Education policy, in practice so singularly an experienced phenomenon, may be irreconcilable to single forms of academic interpretation. The questions and possibilities raised by this proposition animate the core of this study. Why, given the volume of noise generated by the multiplicity of agents …
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The surface characterisation of pharmaceutical mini-tablets using thermal probe techniques
This thesis assesses the ability of a range of novel thermo-analytical techniques to determine the spatial distribution of components across the surface of pharmaceutical mini-tablets. Such information is of use in formulation development, as the surface is the point at which a solid dosage form …
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What did I do? I don’t know. Generating fiction to examine the tacit maternal knowing I bring to my Theraplay® practice with children who are experiencing relational and developmental trauma.
In seeking to develop a richer understanding of what I do in my Theraplay practice with children who are experiencing relational and developmental trauma (R&DT), I reflected on my embodied responses to my clinical Theraplay practice. I used a heuristic inquiry (HI) process to create a safe space …
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