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Showing 1 to 20 of 89 for “"Spells"”.
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Invisibility Spells in the Greek Magical Papyri: Prolegomena, Texts, and Commentaries
… practices found in the extant invisibility spells. How does the practitioner envision invisibility? For what reasons does he employ such spells? Who is the practitioner? The prolegomena also introduce and survey the Greek texts themselves. The second half of the study provides revised …
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Extending the Non-Contact Healing Paradigm to Explore Distant Mental Interaction Effects of Pagan Healing Spells
… a randomised controlled trial of Pagan healing spells. The trial utilised a delayed intervention design. Various aspects of the trial design were informed by phase two interviews, such as the choice of outcome measure, the use of spell request forms, participant pictures and items, and …
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The influence of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans on wet and dry spells over southern Tanzania
Rainfall over Tanzania is highly variable. In recent decades the country has been devastated by floods and droughts. The Tanzanian population relies heavily on seasonal rainfall. Over the northern part of the country, the rainy season occurs in two phases, the short rains (October-December) and the …
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Bleeding cuts, magical spells, sealed hymens: A study of the rite of <i>Tasfih</i> in Algeria
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'Spells That Have Lost Their Virtue': The Mythology and Psychology of Shame in the Early Novels of George Eliot
George Eliot's early novels Scenes of Clerical Life, Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner, resist or rewrite English cultural myths that embody shame as a method of social control, especially myths from the Bible related to the doctrine of election. Eliot employs a two-level structure …
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An investigation into dry and wet spell characteristics over Zambia and into the onset of the rainy season
Recurring dry/wet spells and decreased agricultural productivity during the last decade in the southern and northern parts of Zambia point to the need for a clearer understanding of these events, their frequencies and their possible connection to large-scale climate modes. Apart from having a high …
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Understanding the Role of Vegetation Dynamics and Anthropogenic induced Changes on the Terrestrial Water Cycle
… duration and decreased intensity of dry spells, and reduced duration, frequency, and intensity of wet spells. Irrigated cropland areas will become drier due to the added effect of low-precipitation wet spells and long periods (3-4% increase) of dry days, whereas rainfed croplands are …
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六朝至唐宋间神鬼附体故事研究 - 以《太平广记》、《夷坚志》为核心 = SPIRIT POSSESSION FROM THE SIX DYNASTIES TO THE TANG-SONG PERIOD: EVIDENCE FROM THE TAIPING GUANGJI AND THE YIJIAN ZHI
… life. Second, two methods are studied: The spells of Vajra-being of Impure Traces (huiji jingang fa) and the spells to summon and make inquiries to gods and ghosts (kaozhao fa). This was done in order to draw conclusions about the development tendencies and characteristics of Buddhism, …
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Hydrological Drought - a Study across Europe
… the space-time characteristics of the major dry spells in Europe in 1962-90. Regions such as Spain, SE-UK, S-Scandinavia and N-Germany show a tendency to persistent dry spells while the index fluctuates more strongly in other regions. <br>Anomalies of atmospheric circulation patterns (Europäische …
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An investigation of the impacts of intra-seasonal rainfall variability on the maize growing season in Limpopo Province, South Africa from 1990-2014
… such as onset, cessation and wet and dry spells threatens maize yields in Southern Africa. Previous studies have focused on the impacts of seasonal rainfall totals on maize yields. The aim of this study is to investigate the impacts of intra-seasonal rainfall variability on the maize …
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Correlation and real time classification of physiological streams for critical care monitoring.
… to provide real-time classification of neonatal spells. Events are first detected in individual streams independently; then synced together based on timestamps; and finally assessed to determine the start and end of a multi-signal episode. The episode is then processed through a classifier based …
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A Markov chain approach for analyzing Palmer drought severity index
… of occurrences of the seven types of weather spells, defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The spells are classified, using the PDSI computed monthly by the NOAA. The model predicts both short and long term drought status over an entire climatic division. …
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Mechanisms for the wet and dry years over Eritrea during the summer rainfall season
… investigation mainly concentrates on wet and dry spells that occurred over Eritrea during the rainy seasons (June to August) of 1950's-1990's. Rainfall data was available from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) Hulme dataset for a period of 1950 -1996 and this together with rainfall data from the …
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Effect of Extreme Temperature on Stroke Incidence and Mortality in General
… of extreme temperatures, both heatwaves and cold spells on stroke incidence and mortality, a concern heightened by climate change. This systematic literature review investigates the relationship between extreme temperatures and stroke outcomes at a global level. Methods: A systematic literature …
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Three Essays In Applied Econometrics
… and other skills-enhancing ALMPs reduce spells by between 1.6 and 3.1 months, whereas programs such as placement services increase spell lengths considerably, but lead to lower return rates to OW one and two years after the end of their welfare spells.
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An analysis of rainy season characteristics over the Limpopo region
… investigated are the frequency of wet and dry spells during the rainy season and the onset date of the season.
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LONGING TO BELONG: IDENTITY AND ORGANIZATION THEORY
… self interest. The first paper (chapter 2) spells out this insight and its implications for the governance of knowledge intensive organizations; the second paper (chapter 3) offers an empirical test of the fundamental assumption that a continuum of motivation influences governance …
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Unobserved Heterogeneity in Event History Analysis: A Quantile Regression Approach
… the duration of financial analysts' employment spells. Our concluding remarks and suggestions of future research are given in Chapter 6.
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