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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"anecdote"”.
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Testing the malicious USB anecdote
In today’s computer security climate, attacks against computers are becoming increasingly sophisticated and cheaper to execute. In this thesis, we present the results of a study conducted on the University of Illinois campus to determine the effectiveness of dropping 297 “infected” USB flash drives …
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Trial and Error : medical marijuana, the absence of evidence, and the allure of anecdote
For the past four years, Christy Shake has given her son marijuana extract six times a day to ease his childhood epilepsy. Hers is a compelling story that highlights the potential benefits of medical cannabis. But in the wake of antiquated and inflexible federal legislation, anecdotal reports like …
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‘The Most Wonderful Wonderful Parties’ Gossip and anecdote as feminist epistemology in women’s oral histories of the creative community in postwar St Ives
… from the St Ives Archive. Focusing on gossip and anecdote, I take and develop eavesdropping as a methodology. In doing so, this reveals the importance of feminine sociability and the locus of the party as an alternative, feminine creative practice, and the complex relationships and support …
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Burke, Rhetoric and The Doctor: A Rhetorical Analysis of Doctor Who
… theory of identification, the representative anecdote and the dramatistic pentad. The analysis with identification theory exemplifies the show’s ability to create identification with the audience that, in turn, drives the audience to watch. While the identification connects the audience to the …
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Opératrice dans les coulisses: Re-evaluating filles de l’Opéra Through the Case of Élisabeth-Claire Le Duc (1721-1793)
… historiography concerning Le Duc, the role of anecdote in relevance to its production, and reviews the span of her short, five-year career (1737-1742) at the Opéra as a means of emphasizing how the majority of what is known about filles de l’Opéra has been based on rumour and anecdote. The …
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KIVA.ORG'S PERSUASIVE APPEAL: A BURKEAN ANALYSIS OF CHARITY PERSUASION
… simplification (reducing of the representative anecdote) and completion (redeeming a hierarchy). These two constructs explain Kiva's unprecedented success. Despite being founded five years ago, it has raised $199 million for microfinance institutions (MFI), and has many corporate sponsors, …
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From Individual Trauma to Global Healing: An Ecopsychological Reading of Leslie Marmon Silko's <i>Ceremony</i>
… practices, Ceremony offers an ecologically sound anecdote to the modem condition of human ahenation from each other and the natural world.</p>
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Concussion preventative head-gear in contact sports
… head injuries. This paper includes a personal anecdote as well as a recommendation for soccer organizations to require head-gear during competition and for basketball organizations to fund research into protective equipment specific to basketball players.
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Selective memory : ten short stories about avoidance
… short tale or yarn, which is often an extended anecdote that is driven more by idea, situation and mood (the fantastical, the surreal) then by individual psychology or causality; and conventional realistic fiction, which explores character through that complex of social interrelations we have …
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Mise en scène de la pulsion ou représentation de l'impossible dans l'oeuvre en prose de Ronald Després
Ce travail se veut, au-delà de l'anecdote, un examen des motivations secrètes ou des forces inconscientes organisant l'oeuvre despréenne, ainsi qu'une réflexion soutenue et primordiale sur l'impossible qui en résulte et qui l'habite. D'une façon concomitante, il examinera les tentatives …
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HAS THE SUN SET ON THE GOLDEN HOUR?
… rule has been promoted based on opinion, anecdote, and incomplete data rather than evidence-based practice. This study opposes the continued use of the golden hour rule as an operational metric and instead proposes that U.S. military combat health support doctrine stresses TCCC proficiency …
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Bo Mmaruri: Bosadi
… Botswana is analysed in this body of work as an anecdote. Its landscapes, history, culture, traditions, norms and identity are deconstructed and reconstituted in a heterotopia of my own making. Motivated by the decline in the momentum and visibility of Botswana's women's movements, the project …
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A Conceptual Analysis of Canadian Palliative Care Ethics
… care. The discussion is based mostly on opinion, anecdote and argument. Little discussion is based on research, or is specific to Canada. Considering this question of rationalization, this thesis asks whether Canadian palliative care ethics has changed, and if so in what regard. Methods: Discourse …
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Supplier Development Framework in Supply Chain Cybersecurity Evaluation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
… framework is built on a literature review, anecdote evidence and best practices in supply chain management, and feedback from industry experts. The framework is a four-stage process that enhances the cybersecurity capability of SME suppliers by improving their security posture, providing …
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Looking back in time, staring into history: an autobiographical sketch of an elementary school teacher from Appalachia
… back in at each new experience. And, it is the anecdote of an individual who eventually returned to his roots, his history, his culture, sensing more distinctly that when perplexed one must always try to discover where his or her soul lies and then go from there. The answers lie within us; they …
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Crowdsourcing health discoveries : from anecdotes to aggregated self-experiments
… prototype systems that help patients augment anecdote with data to improve individual decision making, optimize healthcare delivery, and accelerate research. The web-based systems were developed through a multi-year collaboration with individuals, advocacy organizations, healthcare providers, …
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Junior doctors : morale, job satisfaction, stress and their interrelationships
Research and anecdote suggest that . the morale of doctors is low. Consequences of this in medicine include poor communication, faulty decision making, and poor interpersonal relationships. This works assesses the morale of pre-registration house officers (PRHOs), using the proxy measures of job …
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Classroom facilities : a body of creative work exploring representations of knowledge through schematic means
… surface, trying to make a coherent system. This anecdote is important to my body of work for three reasons. The first is that Mr. Roberts' challenging activity that day is not unlike the process of sorting and reordering that is central to my work. The appearance of the chart is mimicked in the …
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The Complexity of Royalty: An Exploration into Gender Transgressions and Sexual Deviancy in the Reign of Edward II and the Link Between Gender and Sexuality in Medieval Society.
… rules for certain individuals. An interesting anecdote of this research is the severity of which the monarchy is chastised for its transgressions and the double standard of the treatment of male transgressions versus female.
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A ripple effect from leadership coaching: Understanding the reach of coaching in organisations
… life. Multiple methods - interviews, anecdote circles and a company questionnaire - are used to explore patterns of influence flowing from leadership coaching in a small-medium sized enterprise (SME). Thematic network analysis of the experiences of participants in this study produced …
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