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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"affliction"”.
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The Politics of Affliction: Crisis, the State, and the Coloniality of Maternal Death in Bolivia
… key determining natures are those of individual affliction and a wider structural violence, both of which are identified here as integral and pervasive components within society as a whole. I explore these as reflecting the transformations of social agency and cultural identity among indigenous …
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Quakerism and approaches to mental affliction: a comparative study of George Fox and William Tuke
This thesis compares the healing ministry of George Fox with the humanitarian reforms of William Tuke. Fox, a radical religious leader, claimed to heal by the power of the Lord working through him. Tuke, a prosperous merchant, managed an innovative asylum. Fox and Tuke lived in different times and …
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“Managing” the future of a lost empire. Byzantine émigré discourses of agency and fate in the face of crisis and affliction. Cardinal Bessarion and George Trapezuntius (ca. 1400-1472)
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Theological Dualism in the Poetry of George Herbert.
… Herbert's poetry. Poems such as "The Flower," "Affliction I," "Affliction V," "The Banquet" and "Love III" illustrate the necessary tension inherent in the polarity of theological dualism. Abstractions such as joy, grief, pleasure, pain, birth, and death form the framework for Herbert's …
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The Effects of Counseling on the Immediate and Delayed Recall of Self Care Information of Newly Diagnosed Diabetic Patients.
… science is still not able to cure this ancient affliction.
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Epileptics' perceptions of their conditions
… perceptions of epiletics towards their affliction. In essence, it is a study on the impact of epilepsy as astigmatizing condition. The present investigation study on the impact of epilepsy as astigmatizing condition. The present investigation consists of four objectives.
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How the internet is shaping the Chilean scientific community: globalization and dependency
… widen global divides. This characterizes an "affliction" argument. The "teething argument" suggests that adoption within the Third World is tentative at best with benefits unfolding over time in some regions but not others. This dissertation is a qualitative and quantitative study that tests …
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Hate Date
… gets turned upside down when Bryce, despite his affliction, falls in love with a woman and must undergo painful subterfuge techniques just to be around her. Can a relationship built on pain, survive? Will Bryce give up what he believes in for the love of a gender he's hated his whole life? Is …
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Works of Mercy: Literature, Compassion, and Devotion in Early Modern England
… and Herbert’s The Temple—texts which hold affliction at their very core—alongside contemporary prayer books, sermons, and devotional manuals, I show how compassion occupies a vital and under-explored space at the nexus of early modern understandings of body, religion, and community. …
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The Role of Exosomal Transport of Viral Agents in Persistent HIV Pathogenesis
… antiretroviral therapy (ART), remains a lifelong affliction. Though current treatment regimens can effectively suppress viral load to undetectable levels and preserve healthy immune function, they cannot fully alleviate all symptoms caused by the presence of the virus, such as HIV-associated …
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Investigation and analysis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) with Magnetic resonance
… which is steadily on the rise. It is a major affliction in the elderly with higher incident rates in females and the obese. Exercise intolerance even to submaximal exercise is the cardinal symptom of this disease. Clinical trials have shown an improvement in the quality of life and stamina in …
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Prevalence of stress, urge, and mixed urinary incontinence in women
<p>Urinary Incontinence is a common affliction that impairs quality of life and restricts social activity in adult women. Based on etiology and pathophysiology, urinary incontinence is classified into Stress, Urge, and Mixed urinary incontinence. Knowledge of the specific type of incontinence helps …
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FISTFUL OF DEBRIS
… not discriminate; it is an equal-opportunity affliction. What defines a person is not overcoming the initial grief, but having the fortitude to sift through the wreckage of their life, and steadfastly rebuild with what is left. Only then can they begin to heal.
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Design and synthesis of dihydronaphthalene vascular disrupting agents and indolequinone-based bioreductives.
Cancer remains a deadly affliction for millions across the United States, and the number of new cases is only expected to rise in the years to come. In the field of anticancer research, vascular disrupting agents (VDAs) that preferentially target the tumor vasculature show great promise. The …
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Agents of Evil: Curse Accusations and Shamanic Retaliation in Post-Soviet Tuva (Siberia)
… examines suspicions and accusations of affliction with curses in the Republic of Tuva, south Siberia (Russia). Based on a sample of consultations between shamans and clients regarding curse-inflicted misfortunes, as well as on sociological and statistical sources about post-Soviet Tuva, …
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Exploring the cultural understanding of mental illness: A study in the Ovaherero community, Opuwo urban area, Namibia
… revealed that mental illness is perceived as an affliction interwoven with spiritual, moral, and social dimensions, often attributed to causes such as witchcraft, ancestral displeasure, and moral transgressions. Aggression, disorientation, and neglect of personal hygiene emerged as common …
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Seeing People: Policies And Perceptions That Impact Health Care Equal Communication In Springfield, Missouri
… to exist. Deafness, per se, is not a disabling affliction. The disability is the breakdown of communication, and can have far-reaching consequences in the medical setting. Prelingually moderately-to severely deafened members of the Deaf community (the Seeing People) use a visual, spatial method …
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Recognizing change : a set of short studies in pattern
… both a useful defense mechanism and a paralyzing affliction. Faced with increasing technological change, contemporary culture has exhibited distinct patterns of resistance, patterns that describe a cultural condition of Narcissism. This project examines the production of pattern through different …
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A drug rehabilitation center for women with children
… responsible for us to turn our heads from this affliction. Facilities such as the one developed in this thesis will help mothers overcome their addictions, while obtaining some family cohesion. The children that are able to participate with their mothers will hopefully avoid the same mistakes …
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Everyday Life and Experimental Fiction in France, 1957–1966: A Literary-Conceptual History
… in an imaginary ‘Calcutta’ sustains colonial affliction at the horizon of its lifeworld, and as the condition of possibility for the protagonists’ pursuit of the good life. As such, it suggests a discursive correlate to Hannah Arendt’s thesis of the banality of evil – the banalization of …
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