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Showing 1 to 20 of 325 for “"Shooting"”.
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Shooting a mule (and other stories)
… OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Shooting A Mule (and other stories) is a book-length collection of short historical fiction, centering around visual representations, photographs, and ephemera from American equestrian culture during the late 19th century through the mid 20th …
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Shooting device for free-surface impact studies
… shoot small projectiles downward. Two pneumatic shooting mechanisms were investigated: the potato gun and the paintball gun. Adaptations were made to the paintball gun, as a preliminary design; however, it was later concluded that pneumatics were not the best way to propel the projectile. The …
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Lead distribution at a Public Shooting Range
… surrounds the approximately 60 by 60 m cleared shooting surface. Lead is irregularly distributed because of the use of stationary targets and the general trajectory of launched clay targets. Maximum concentrations occur at distances of about 28 m about 80 m, and at about 180 m reach a maximum …
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The Effects of Fatigue on Biomechanics of Soccer Shooting
… affects to the performance such as kicking, shooting, and passing. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of fatigue on the kinematic changes in the lower extremity in soccer shooting. Six competitive collegiate male soccer players (n = 6) participated in this study (height: …
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School Counselors Lived Experience of a Rampage School Shooting
… counselors’ lived experiences of rampage school shootings. The purpose of this research is to increase school counselors’ knowledge and skills in responding effectively to such a crisis. A single-case qualitative dissertation study was completed at a rampage school shooting site, a middle school, …
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Dissolution, Transport, and Fate of Lead on Shooting Ranges
Shooting ranges concentrate significant quantities of heavy metals, especially lead as spent shot and bullets, on very small parcels of land. Samples taken from a shooting range near Blacksburg, VA, USA provide information about the reservoirs and pathways of lead at shooting ranges in an upland …
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Assessing a police department's reliance on the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) to solve shooting cases: Can NIBIN increase shooting clearance rates?
Often, police response to shooting incidents lacks the investigative leads needed for successful follow-up and prosecution. This may result from a lack of surveillance video or witnesses investigators rely on to solve such cases quickly. To overcome these obstacles, law enforcement has turned to …
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Idea Generation in Group Decision-Making During School Shooting Simulations
… of students and staff for potential school shooting scenarios. The groups also use a blueprint in an additional session for the same task for comparison to the geosimulation results. The analysis is based on both the dialogue of the groups and a questionnaire that each participant filled out …
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Key Kinetic and Kinematic Components for Optimal Basketball Shooting Performance
… basketball-specific movements into points is the shooting motion (e.g., free-throw, 2-point, 3-point). For this reason, having one or more players capable of securing open scoring opportunities with high shooting proficiency can be of critical importance for the overall team success. Therefore, …
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Yugoslav war cinema : shooting a nation which no longer exists
From its inception following World War II, Yugoslav war cinema played a major role in representing and challenging the discourse of the nation. Films depicting the Partisan war experience during the "national war of liberation", the foundational narrative of socialist Yugoslavia, played a …
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Shooting up : the impact of illicit economics on military conflict
The study explores the nexus between illicit economies and military conflicts. It investigates when and how access by belligerents to the production and trafficking of illicit substances affects the strength of belligerents and governments. Although narcotics trafficking is often treated as sui …
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Duality, the Methodology of Shooting a Documentary as a One-Man Crew
… will also cover the process and methodology of shooting a documentary as a one-man crew, beginning with the process of preproduction, then the principal photography of the documentary, followed by the editing and postproduction process, and finally premiering the final film. </p>
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Effects of preshot routine time and movements on free throw shooting performance
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White fear, dehumanization and low empathy: A lethal combination for shooting biases
… is especially important is accidental shootings. In general, these shootings exemplify modern racism in that they show a behavior that is clearly disproportionately affecting members of minority groups; however, these incidents presumably occur without conscious awareness of stereotypes …
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Understanding the social impact of participation in Driven Game Shooting in the UK
… gap in the research base relating to driven game shooting (DGS) and its social impact. It looks at how involvement in DGS affects the people involved, using a recognised social impact assessment methodology with a theoretical underpinning of social capital theory. It considers the extent to which …
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System Justification and Normative Influence: Jury Decision-Making in a Police Shooting Trial
This study investigated whether normative influence (i.e., arguments to conform to the group) was related to jurors' system justification (SJS) beliefs (i.e., beliefs that justify a racially disparaging societal status quo) and time during the deliberation of a mock trial. Given the traumatic …
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Behind the Legend: A Historical Archaeology of the Buffalo Shooting industry, 1875-1958
… 'excavates' the memory of the buffalo shooting industry across a cultural continuum whilst providing historical reinterpretation of this unique industry.
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Behind the Legend: A Historical Archaeology of the Buffalo Shooting industry, 1875-1958
… 'excavates' the memory of the buffalo shooting industry across a cultural continuum whilst providing historical reinterpretation of this unique industry.
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