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Serial murder : psychological themes
… of this research is to abstract psychological themes from interviews which were held with people who have committed serial murder. This research thus contributes to a better understanding of the phenomenon of serial murder, which occurs from time to time in communities. Serial murder is …
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Themes in numerical tensor calculus
This thesis studies several distinct, but related, aspects of numerical tensor calculus. First, we introduce a simple, black-box compression format for tensors with a multiscale structure. By representing the tensor as a sum of compressed tensors defined on increasingly coarse grids, the format …
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Themes On A Fallow House
Themes on a Fallow House is a study of architecture and its effect on the way we create collective memories, accumulate material culture, and associate ourselves with place. Through experimenting with analog processes and materials, this work aims to suggest that architecture acts as a repository …
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Substitutionary Themes in Nyssen's In Canticum Canticorum
This thesis explores the substitutionary themes of atonement in Gregory of Nyssen’s In Canticum Canticorum. As his last known work, this commentary provides the reader with the matured insights of Gregory concerning ones ascent to God. This Cappadocian’s understanding of the Song of Songs is full …
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A Choreographic Exploration of Judeo-Christian Themes
… uncommon way of worship. Three Judeo-Christian themes, Grace, Prayer, and Body, form the creative inspiration for this choreographic thesis project. Within this thesis, grace is defined as the freedom from the need to strive or work with effort; prayer is the physical, emotional, mental or …
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Analysis of Mathematical Fiction with Geometric Themes
Analysis of mathematical fiction with geometric themes is a study that connects the genre of mathematical fiction with informal learning. This study provides an analysis of 26 sources that include novels and short stories of mathematical fiction with regard to plot, geometric theme, cultural theme, …
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Themes in the poetry of Stephen Crane.
Stephen Crane discusses three major themes in his poetry. He experimented with various techniques and literary philosophies, including imagism, symbolism, naturalism and realism. The only consistent factor in his own expressed philosophy was a desire to adhere to the truth. His poetry is free …
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The Latin American 'Auto': Themes and Forms
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The novels of Thornton Wilder : themes through characterization
… Thornton Wilder and to show that two predominant themes, one, moral, the other, religious, are illustrated in the characterization of the major figures. The novels, written during four decades are the following: The Cabala (1926), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927), The Woman of Andros (1930), …
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Social Themes in the Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks
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Max Beckmann's paintings on biblical themes, 1906-1918
… to demonstrate the importance that religious themes played in Max Beckmann's early art and thought by examining over eighteen works in which he treated subjects from the Bible and by analyzing his writings for his religious thought. Its goal is twofold: to place Beckmann's early religious …
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Disciplinary Themes in Aristotle's Political and Ethical Writings
This thesis is an exploratory study of the relationship between Foucault's conception of disciplinary power and the philosophical ideas of ancient Greece as exemplified by Aristotle. Foucault claims that disciplinary power arose only in the 17th and 18th centuries. This thesis demonstrates that …
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Freire and First Grade: In Pursuit of Generative Themes
… Paulo Freire espoused the use of generative themes with his adult students. This investigation is a qualitative case study of Freire's generative themes as revealed in a first grade class at Port Wentworth Elementary School and their influence on the students, teacher and the curriculum. In …
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Consciousness and embodied presence as themes for an ontology
This thesis supports Merleau-Ponty's view that only a revisioning of our ontology can get us beyond those conceptual dichotomies that prevent us from accounting for the presence of phenomenal experience in the world. It takes a phenomenological approach to questions concerning the localization, …
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