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Alternative Creatures for an Alternative Space: a Process of Evolution.
<p>This thesis examines the nature of the way body language and movement is perceived in the context of abstracted sculptures. The way these abstracted sculptures become creatures and the evolution thereof. It also explores the ways that concepts are altered in response to different media, evolving …
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Incompatibilist Alternative Possibilities
… The first aim is to defend the position that the alternative possibilities that are required for basic desert moral responsibility are incompatible with causal determinism. The second aim is to investigate such incompatibilist alternative possibilities, specifically in relation to manipulation, …
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Alternative suburban settlements
This Thesis begins with two premises. As architects: I. We assume responsibility for the built environment. II. We should perceive and address change in society. The focus is an exploration into possible solutions to the paradigm of the suburban settlement. 1995 The condition of life in suburbia is …
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ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION: ADMINISTRATOR PERCEPTIONS OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AND AT-RISK YOUTH
… and society as a whole. For some students, Alternative Education placements may be a way to reengage them and aid them in school completion. This case study examined the Park Run School District, a pseudonym for the school district, to discover the perceptions of Alternative Education for …
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The best alternative? The use of alternative media in the occupy movement
This research study explores the use of alternative media among the Occupy social movement. A combination of factors, including emerging media technology and an antagonistic relationship with mainstream media has led many social movement actors to use alternative media to mobilize participation. …
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Alternative and Renewable Energy
… and perhaps only half that long. A system of alternative and renewable fuels is our only solution to this problem. With proper action and development, a worldwide energy crisis will be avoided. </p><p>We have an abundance of renewable and alternative energy sources that are not currently being …
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A Microformatted Registry Alternative
To effectively use Web services, providers and consumers need to be connected by a registry. Several registry solutions exist today, including UDDI and WSIL. Also, many organizations simply use Web pages to list available Web services and their descriptions. This research describes a microformat …
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Alternative Methods in Criticality
In this thesis two new methods of calculating the criticality of a nuclear system are introduced and verified.
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Marketing alternative fueled automobiles
Marketing alternative fueled vehicles is a difficult challenge for automakers. The foundation of the market, the terms of competition, and the customer segments involved are still being defined. But automakers can draw lessons from other industries, previous examples, and recent launches of the …
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Alternative energy design toolkit
… the concepts, structure, and applications of the Alternative Energy Design Toolkit. The toolkit is aimed to provide a widely accessible, easy to use, flexible, yet powerful modeling environment for assisting design associated with renewable energy technologies. Exchanges of ideas and knowledge …
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Alternative Assessment in Tennis
… this study was to develop two valid and reliable alternative assessment tasks based on the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Schools Program Curriculum. These assessments might then be used to determine the effectiveness of the USTA Schools Program Curriculum as taught in selected schools. …
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Alternative school administrators : knowledge of and degree of support for alternative education tenets
… study was to examine the extent to which Indiana alternative school administrators were knowledgeable of research-supported tenets of effective alternative education and the extent to which they personally supported these tenets. Other purposes included: (a) developing a demographic profile of the …
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The Role of Alternative Splicing and Alternative Polyadenylation in Regulating Activated T cell Biology
Alternative splicing and alternative polyadenylation are now recognized to occur in the vast majority of human genes. Both have the potential to alter the identity of the encoded protein, as well as control protein abundance, protein localization, or association with other factors. T cells provide …
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Alternative economies in rural Russia
Cílem této diplomové práce je prozkoumat způsoby, jakými jsou věci (non-human agents) uváděny a používány jako náhrada sociální reprodukce v rurálním post-socialistickém Rusku. V prostředí farmy, na které jsem prováděla terénní výzkum, se objevuje řada směn a transakcí, mezi nimiž jsou kryptoměny, …
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Transracial adoptions: An alternative solution
This research into transracial adoptions indicated that White homes for Black children are a viable adoption resource. In this society Black children who are free for adoption require extra attention from agencies for adoption. The focus of the study was on White homes for Black children, and the …
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A Case Study: Alternative Certification
… was a heuristic, descriptive case study of the Alternative Certification Program in 4 central Florida counties. The purpose of this study was to: (a) identify the awareness of the existence of the reported alternative certification components implemented by 4 counties in Florida, and identify …
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Kant and the Neglected Alternative
… a reconstruction and evaluation of the Neglected Alternative objection to Immanuel Kant's philosophy. Kant famously argues in the Transcendental Aesthetic section of the Critique of Pure Reason that space and time are subjective forms of human intuition, and the Neglected Alternative maintains …
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Alternative discipline: "in or out"
… program at Westervelt compared to the prominent alternative, out of school suspension practiced at Westervelt, Luyber and Shauna High Schools.</p> <p>The results of this study were based upon the analysis of the feedback of the stakeholders and discipline records to assess the data subjectively …
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Alternative approaches to optophonic mappings
This thesis presents a number of modifications to a blind aid, known as the video optophone, which enables a blind user to more readily interpret their local environment for enhanced mobility and navigation. Versions of this form of blind aid are generally both difficult to use and interpret, and …
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