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Showing 1 to 20 of 104 for “"dirt"”.
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Dirt Work
<p>Dirt Work is a collection of original poetry that uses mythology, specifically Norse mythology, as a lens through which to filter personal concerns and relationships. There are eight sections, four of which are named after Norse gods, the other four being labeled "liminal space." Each named …
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Dirt Road Magic
… that continues of the development of the "dirt spec" aesthetic--a form of speculative fiction centered on the round portrayal of lower-class characters. The novel is comprised of series of interlocking stories that center on the denizens of a trailer park as they have run-ins with ditch …
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Internet Advertising: Are We Breaking Ground Or Moving Dirt?
Seeking to validate the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) of Persuasion for the online advertising context, a laboratory experiment utilizing 240 undergraduates was conducted at a southeastern university. The quality of banner advertisement contents--product endorser (spokesperson) and arguments …
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The Dirt Road: A Collection of Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction
A collection of fiction and creative non-fiction works.
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Drugs and dirt: The historical archaeology of19th century medicines in Springfield, Illinois
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-12-01
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Dirt Roads and Dual-Sports: Geography and Mobility of the Trans-America Trail
<p>The purpose of this research was to examine the mobility that has become associated with the Trans-America Trail (TAT). I explored the ways this motorcycle route changes across space, how the characteristics of adventure motorcyclists have created the representation of the TAT, and how the …
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Drag, Demons, and Dirt: Centering Indigenous Thought in Critiques of Prairie Queer Settler Colonialism
My thesis takes as its central question ongoing colonialism in white queer settler affective and discursive relationships to the prairies and to “home.” I engage with the works of queer and feminist Indigenous theorists, poets, and arts by the likes of Gregory Scofield, Adrian Stimson, Erica Violet …
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A Fifty Million Dollar Piece of Dirt: Somerville as a Case Study in Development
In May, 2023, the City of Somerville achieved the highest S&P Global Ratings AAA credit rating. The accompanying report, citing one gentrifying neighborhood as a “notable contributor to increased market value,” signaled the city’s “attractiveness” to potential investors by promising low interest …
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A Curriculum of Place: Who Are We? Southerners Beneath the Red Clay and the Black Dirt
<p>This study is an inquiry into the South as a place where race, class, and gender are interconnected to language, culture, identity, education, and religion to develop unique Southern identities. Drawing upon a vast body of literature in critical consciousness (Freire, 1974, 1995, 1998, 2001, …
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Whoever said a little 'dirt' doesn't hurt? : exploring tuberculosis (TB)-related stigma in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
… emerged during fieldwork: the singularity of dirt as a mode of TB transmission, the paradoxical visibility of the face hidden by the clinical mask, and the ordering/disordering intentions of those who gossip. Utilising Das' (1990) idea of 'organising images' to understand these themes, it is …
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Life in the Dirt: Factors Influencing the Behavior and Distribution of Spea Intermontana in Eastern Washington State
I divided my thesis into two major studies focusing on the Great Basin Spadefoot Toad, <em>Spea intermontana, </em>at the Beverley Dunes (Beverley, WA)<em>.</em> The first study explored the effects of temperature and water level on the rate of metamorphosis. We gathered data on rates of …
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Out of the dirt: Fabrication of cicada-inspired nanostructured engineered surfaces and the assessment of their antibacterial properties
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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Digging the dirt: a comparative analysis of excavation methods and recording systems in relation to their applications in forensic archaeology.
Archaeological excavation has been widely used in the recovery of human remains and other evidence in the service of legal cases for many years. However, established approaches will in future be subject to closer scrutiny following the announcement by the Law Commission in 2011 that expert evidence …
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Measurements of Cooling Effectiveness Along the Tip of a Turbine Blade
… on a turbine blade tip. Holes on the tip called dirt purge holes expel dirt from the blade, so other holes are not clogged. Wind tunnel tests are used to observe how effectively dirt purge and microcircuit designs cool the tip. Tip gap size and blowing ratio are varied for different tip cooling …
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(Un)Cleanliness: Reclamation of Body and Site
… so in ways that juxtapose each other: while the dirt, plants, and water on the site are made cleaner, the patients are undergoing therapy that helps them understand that it is okay to be "dirtier." This brings into question what the terms "clean" and "dirty" really mean. Through my year-long …
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Unclean: a qualitative study of nurses’ reported infection control behaviours
… main themes of ’The classifications of dirt’; ’Rationalizing dirt related behaviours; and ’Transitions in place and role’ were identified Firstly, the acts and behaviours reported by participants are part of a protective self defence system against dirt and germs. Protection is required …
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Film Cooling Predictions Along the Tip and Platform of a Turbine Blade
… microcircuit channels. Parasitic losses included dirt purge holes, located along the blade tip, and platform leakage flow, which result from gaps between various turbine components. Microcircuits are a novel cooling technique involving small air passages placed near the airfoil surface to enhance …
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Rendezvous: Stories and a Novella
… take you to the southern plains–land of red dirt, Bluestem, and prairie wind. Themes like hope, loss, and the exploration of frontier appear throughout the collection. In each story the setting becomes a character, forcing us to recognize the importance of place in our lives.</p>
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