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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"flicks"”.
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Skin flicks
… separated into the two categories of "SKIN" and "FLICKS". The Artistic part of my thesis consists of five artificial skins made on my body, and a series of video tapes of the performance of me making those skins. A number of devices have been built into these skins to provide my body and self with …
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Serial Killing Myths Versus Reality: A Content Analysis Of Serial Killer Flicks Made Between 1980 and 2001
Public perceptions about serial homicide are more mythical than fact. Myths about serial homicide are perpetuated through several sources, especially the entertainment media which is a dominant and influential mythmaker. The number of films depicting serial killers and serial killing themes has …
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Connecting Female Mating Decisions and Male Courtship Strategies in Drosophila
… characterized by performance of bilateral wing flicks. We show that agonistic wing flicks produce distinct acoustic signals that "jam" the auditory pathways of the female, impeding her detection of the advertising courtship song produced by rival males. Consequently, females are less likely to …
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Vibrating Existence: Early Cinema and Cognitive Creativity
… flicker from the cinematic dispositif – the ‘flicks’ are literally no more. The transdisciplinary approach employs a combination of historical film technological research, especially focussed on the Early Cinema period (1895-1915), experimental media archaeology, and empirical …
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Evidence of Non-Strike Induced Chemosensory Searching by Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon Contortrix) During Cicada Predation
<p>New evidence of active foraging by eastern copperheads, <italic>Agkistrodon contortrix</italic>, contradicts its description as an envenomation-reliant ambush predator. Evidence of active foraging through non-strike induced chemosensory searching (NSICS) was previously found in cottonmouths …