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Showing 1 to 20 of 443 for “"Tongue"”.
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Daughter Tongue
Daughter Tongue is a collection of poems about straddling cultures and languages as a Filipino-American. Divided into three sections, the book follows a single speaker who moves between sites of contradiction. In addition to language and culture, the speaker struggles to reconcile religion with …
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One tongue singing
one tongue singing is a novel which unfolds in two time-frames. In the first, a young unmarried French nurse comes to South Africa with her father and her small daughter during the closing years of apartheid. The family settles amongst a small wine-growing community in the Western Cape where they …
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Volumetric analysis of tongue size and tongue fat in brachycephalic and mesaticephalic dogs
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01
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Tongue based hearing enhancement system
… in hearing by giving them stimulus on their tongue in non-invasive way. We used a ready-made device for giving the stimulus on tongue and implemented a computer program for training the user by guessing the right answer after hearing the sound with the ear and perceiving electric stimulus …
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Life without a mother tongue
This thesis comprises three autobiographical memoirs and an exegesis focussing on the themes of identity as shaped by migration, serial language acquisition and cultural change. The changes examined took place in the aftermath of the Second World War.
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Life without a mother tongue
This thesis comprises three autobiographical memoirs and an exegesis focussing on the themes of identity as shaped by migration, serial language acquisition and cultural change. The changes examined took place in the aftermath of the Second World War.
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Simulation of tongue muscle deformation
The tongue is an intricately configured muscular organ that undergoes a stereotypical set of deformations during the course of normal human swallowing. The tongue's myoarchitecture consists of a large array of variably aligned and extensively interwoven intrinsic and extrinsic muscles. To elucidate …
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Visual Feedback for Tongue Movement Analysis
… injuries can impair speech and control of the tongue. Existing rehabilitation methods are largely qualitative and lack objective performance metrics. To address these limitations, the Wearable Technology and Sensory Enhancement Laboratory at UIC has developed the Tongue-Trackpad system, a …
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A Microprocessor Based Tongue Contact Palatometer.
Tongue contact palatometers are used to non-invasively determine relative linguapalatal contact positions in speech research and therapy. The application of linear device technology to implement these systems allowed the reliable collection of large volumes of data; however, these systems proved to …
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Advanced Tongue Root harmony in Setswana.
… certain issues in the analysis of Advanced Tongue Root (ATR) vowel harmony in Setswana, a language spoken in South Africa and Botswana. Setswana presents a particularly interesting problem as regards the analysis of harmonic patterns since there exists in the language evidence on the one …
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Elsie Fogerty and the mother tongue
"At her death in 1945, several theatre critics and historians considered Elsie Fogerty's lifetime of achievements vital to the development of twentieth century English theatre. Times critic W. A. Darlington stated the consensus of most theatre professionals with his claim that Fogerty ""taught the …
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The biomechanics of the human tongue
The human tongue is composed mainly of skeletal-muscle tissue, and has a complex architecture. Its anatomy is characterised by interweaving, yet distinct muscle groups. It is a significant contributor to the phenomenon of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). OSA is a pathological condition defined as the …
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Intramural mechanics in the human tongue
Contraction of the tongue musculature during physiological motions (anterior protrusion, sagittal bending, swallowing) is associated with characteristic patterns of tissue deformation. Coupling knowledge of this tissue deformation with the underlying myoarchitecture offers the ability to explore …
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Computer-aided tongue image diagnosis and analysis
This work focuses on computer-aided tongue image analysis, specifically, as it relates to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Computerized tongue diagnosis aid medical practitioners capture quantitative features to improve reliability and consistence of diagnosis. A total computer-aided tongue …
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The Influence of the Tongue on Vocal Production
… muscular hyperfunction that is related to tongue tension in singing and speech which inhibit freely, efficiently, and comfortably produced beautiful singing. This text will include a definition of freely produced, fully resonating tone for beautiful singing, major components of vocal …
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The Reaction of Dog Tongue to Syrijet Injections
… dogs as the experimental animal.</p> <p>The tongue was the organ of choice because it's size is sufficient to allow for several injections without overlapping tissue responses. In addition the two halves of the tongue are anatomically separated by a median raphe, providing for further …
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Tongue-thrust Etiology : A Review of the Literature
… peculiar oral behavior commonly referred to as tongue-thrust. This behavior is not only characterized by multiple symptomatology, but it also has been characterized by multiple terminology.</p> <p>In addition to the wide variety of views and theories on the tongue-thrust behavior, there is an …
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Fire on the Tongue: A collection of Poems
<p>The Influence of Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney My relationship with poetry has been complex. I once felt that poetry, my last friend and greatest hope, had betrayed me, had shut me out and left me very alone. My pen lacked the power that poetry had promised as the last refuge of those who wished …
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