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The Surviving Parties
This thesis is a collection of short stories that were written and re-written between my time as an undergraduate at Columbia College and my time as a Graduate Student at UMKC. These stories were picked out from many fictional works because they each present a youthful perspective through a unique …
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Is transformation surviving?
Recent political events in South Africa have emphasized the importance of faculty diversity. Very little research has considered why it is the case that 20 years after the end of Apartheid, only 14% of professors are black. Or, why the University of Cape Town does not have a single black South …
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Surviving Reality: Survivor & Parasocial Interaction
Parasocial interaction is the name that Horton & Wohl coined to describe a viewer's attachmentent toward onscreen persona that they had never physically interacted with (1956). A. Rubin, Perse, & Powell (1985) continued the research and created the Parasocial Interaction Scale. The scale has become …
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The citizen’s almanac: Surviving calamity
<p>The following is the first 173 pages of a fantasy novel, tentatively titled “The Citizen’s Almanac”. It tells the story of scientist Brenan Harte as he learns about arcana, a powerful substance that powers his world, as well as the mysterious network of ley lines that arcana uses to travel …
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Surviving matters : pluralism and the self
The concept of personal identity or survival is intimately entwined with a whole host of our self- and other- directed beliefs, concerns, and practices. We naturally and habitually believe and judge certain people to be the same persons over time; identify and reidentify them; trust them; love …
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Surviving matters : pluralism and the self
The concept of personal identity or survival is intimately entwined with a whole host of our self- and other- directed beliefs, concerns, and practices. We naturally and habitually believe and judge certain people to be the same persons over time; identify and reidentify them; trust them; love …
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Ethnographic Narrative Project: Surviving My First Year Teaching
<p>Growing up in a family of teachers, I often heard people say, “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach,” and it often left me wondering what life would be like outside of the teaching field. I thought I knew what being a teacher was about since I was always around teachers, so I purposely …
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Surviving Childhood Cancer: The Psychosocial Impact On Parents
… for the families of children who are surviving cancer.;The present study was designed to assess whether the presence of chronic strain, as experienced by families of child cancer survivors, is associated with (a) increased psychological distress, as measured by levels of depression and …
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Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: From Surviving to Thriving
… a diagnosis the skills necessary to go beyond surviving to thriving. Borrowing heavily from the research and collaborative efforts from the field of positive psychology, Civilian Resilience Training is an empirically-informed set of interventions designed to protect patients with these …
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Surviving the Presidency: Presidential Failures in South America
… tradition play a pivotal role when it comes to surviving in office. Surprisingly, economic recessions, political scandals, general strikes, and anti-government demonstrations appear to have no substantial effects on presidential survival. Moreover, this dissertation offers new evidence for the …
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From surviving to thriving: How digitalisation supports retail SMEs
This study explores the effects of digitalisation on small and medium-sized retail enterprises in Auckland, New Zealand. It focuses on three key variables: Information and Computer Technology adoption, digital literacy and technical resources and explores their impact on company resilience and …
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Surviving separatism : persistent divisions among South African university students
Bibliography: leaves 173-185.
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Evolution of technology strategy for surviving high-technology companies
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2000.
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Surviving a Terminal Diagnosis: the Ultimate Lifelong Learning Experience
Every year in the United States, cancer accounts for one in four deaths. As the pool of those who have received diagnoses increases, more individuals can be encountered who have survived a terminal diagnosis or exceeded expected time limits for survival. Perhaps even more extraordinary, many of …
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SURVIVING UNDER PRESSURE: TRANSLATIONAL REWIRING IN RESPONSE TO MECHANICAL STIMULI
An outcome of high mechanical stress in the context of hyperproliferation and increased cellular tension is the reduction in cell volume, that holds the potential to impact cellular density. Both cell size and density homeostasis are integral features of healthy tissues, intricately linked to the …
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Thriving, coping, surviving, hoping: Negotiating the first year of teaching
1 PDF file (xv, 428 pages)
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Surviving loss of a twin in childhood: a case study
… I analyse a published biographical account of surviving this traumatic loss. My findings point to the extreme emotional suffering involved. Among the defences employed to protect the survivor from the anguish of separation and from survival anxiety and guilt, the dead twin is internalised. The …
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SURVIVING THEIR GRIP: EXAMINING MEDICAL FORENSIC CASES OF NON-FATAL STRANGULATION
Non-fatal strangulation (NFS) is a serious and increasingly recognized form of violence with significant clinical, legal, and public health implications. This dissertation utilizes a three-manuscript format to advance the understanding of NFS prevalence, risk factors, and assessment across …
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