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Showing 1 to 20 of 271 for “"Sad"”.
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A Sad, Sad Ghost Picking at the Hairs of Their Knuckles
A Sad, Sad Ghost Picking at the Hairs of Their Knuckles is a durational fiction film, a three-hour work of self-positioning, a film about an abstract me. However, I do not find it of substance to discuss the faculties of the film itself, but rather the context through which the film was made. …
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On Childhood and Other Sad Things
<p>This manuscript is an experimental and otherwise lyrical autobiography that explores the nature of childhood.</p>
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Predictors of Online "Sad-Fishing" Among College Students
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Beyond Heuristic Information Processing: Systematic Processing in Happy and Sad Moods
… Happy participants were more inclined than sad participants to use the initial trait descriptions as a basis for evaluating the target. Unlike sad participants, however, they recalled more trait-inconsistent behaviors than consistent ones, indicating that they processed the behavioral …
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Feeling Sad? Maybe You are Just Uncertain! A Predictive Test for Depression
<p>The current study examined the relationship between depression and uncertainty within the stress-diathesis model. Depression is a mental health disorder that is wide spread within our society. However, few causes of this disease have been able to be identified. Studies in uncertainty have shown …
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Lovable lamps and sad umbrellas : empathizing with inanimate objects in animated films.
Why do people empathize with movie characters who aren't human beings? What causes viewers to perceive inanimate objects as people, such as the hopping lamp in Pixar's Luxo Jr.? These questions are under-researched in scholarly literature. Thus, this study used an original, animated video as a …
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Understanding and Regulating Happy and Sad Emotional States in Driving Through Music
… research investigated the effects of happy and sad emotional states on driving performance and explored the utilization of auditory feedback to mitigate these effects, through two studies. Study 1 examined how induced emotions and musical interventions influence driving behavior and safety, …
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Sometimes Sad People Are Hard to Be Around: Fragility, Failure, and Resilience Through Clown
This artist’s statement will explore the creative and analytical processes that supported my thesis production of Just Like the Moon by Lizz Windnagel et al. at the University of Calgary. The production opened and closed on November 27th 2020. PART I - DREAMS emphasizes my research and the …
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"And a sad ditty of this story born": Regeneration through Decay in John Keats's Isabella
… until her brothers steal it from her, and her “sad ditty” is born from her mourning. Because the poem ends with the memorialization of a loved one and the creation of an immortal story, I read the poem in a much more positive light than scholars typically do. I argue that Keats attempts to show …
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“Weep You No More, Sad Fountains” an Original Choral Work Displaying Certain Archaic Compositional Devices
A study of selected contemporary choral music revealed that modern composers, seeking new sounds, frequently use archaic compositional devices. The problem for the writer became the composition of an original choral work utilizing archaic devices.
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A Comparison of Computer-Based Training and Traditional Classroom Training for the SAD Corporation Job Placement Team
… an on-the-job company-sponsored program. The JAW-SAD Human Resource Center (HRC) is a training facility for the SAD Corporation, a major international manufacturing company. The HRC is responsible for conducting continuous training and certification of SAD employees. Historically, training has …
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"A Sad Tale is Best for Winter" the Use of Nature and Children in Adaptations of the Winter's Tale
This study compares adaptations of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. It compiles different adaptations in one list, examining the factors that unite them. Because of diverse media and focus, the study establishes criteria to determine what constitutes an adaptation of The Winter's Tale. …
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Vulnerability and strength in women's lived experiences of HIV: "it was sad that first day, but now I'm powerful
HIV is a steadily growing epidemic that is affecting sub-Saharan Africa more than any other region in the world. Within this epidemic, more women than men are infected. Research has illustrated that women are vulnerable to HIV due to social constructs such as poverty and inequality as well as being …
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PUBLIC, PRIVATE, PAST, AND PRESENT: AN EXPLORATION OF THE LANGUAGE AND MUSICAL STRUCTURES OF KOTIRIA/WANANO WOMEN’S KAYA BASA ‘SAD SONGS’
… Negro (ARN) contrive (McDowell 1990) kaya basa ‘sad songs’ using linguistic and musical resources to construct songs that express loneliness and other private emotions, while also creating alliances and separations from other women in their lives. A central concept is the practice of linguistic …
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From "sad black stories" to "useful tragedy": Trajectories of hope in Johannesburg from Kgebetli Moele's Room 207 to Perfect Hlongwane's Jozi
How do emerging black authors write about hope in contemporary Johannesburg, when the horizons of expectation for the present seem to have collapsed? This question informs this dissertation's engagement with Kgebetli Moele's Room 207 and Perfect Hlongwane's Jozi. The dissertation positions itself …
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Sing No Sad Songs for Me : A Study of the Influence of the Oxford Movement upon Christina Rossetti as Evidenced in Her Poetry
<p>Christina Rossetti was largely influenced by the religious reformation known as the Oxford Movement; this study attempts to record that influence by discussing the etiology and the doctrines of the Movement in relationship to Christina's life and her poetry. A cursory review of the topics of …
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Functional Connectivity of Reward Networks: Characterizing Mechanistic Underpinnings Involved in Positive Affect Deficits within Social Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is characterized by excessive concern or fear of negative evaluation in one or more social situations and ranks as one of the most common psychiatric disorders. SAD has also been characterized by significant deficits in social motivation and a lack of reactivity to …
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Common and Distinct Neural Mechanisms of Fear Acquisition and Reversal in comorbid Autism with Social Anxiety and Social Anxiety Disorder uncomplicated by Autism
Social Anxiety (SAD) increases in prevalence as children enter adolescence. Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are diagnosed with comorbid SAD at higher rates than these individuals are diagnosed with other clinical disorders, including depression and other anxiety disorders. However, …
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