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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"giving-way"”.
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Hindfoot and forefoot kinematic differences among individuals with and without Functional Ankle Instability
… experience recurrent injury and symptoms of giving-way, known as Functional Ankle Instability (FAI). It has been proposed that altered joint kinematics during activity may contribute to instability in these individuals, however research findings have been inconsistent. Objective: To capture …
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Spatial analysis of development potential in South Africa : a study of theory and methods for the spatial analysis of urban and regional systems in the South African context
… - determined by height, length and breadth - is giving way to a richer concept . Physical space seems to be merely one aspect of the multi-dimensional framework within which men and women carry out their daily activities. It is becoming possible to visualize social and economic spaces, where …
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The South African textile industry : opportunities and constraints with particular reference to environmental issues and eco-labelling
… past century. Tariff barriers are increasingly giving way to technical or non-tariff barriers, and there is a growing emphasis on environmentally preferable production methods, especially in the developed world. This has important consequences for developing countries like South Africa, and …
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A study and critical review of design evaluation methodologies
… metamorphosis. Its largely sequential nature is giving way to greater concurrency and to the consideration earlier of downstream issues such as production, operation, and retirement. A complete engineering design morphology, enhanced by a sound engineering design evaluation methodology, can …
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La entrevista periodística: ¿género o herramienta?
… developed that are claimed by other publishers, giving way to the news or notes informative and sometimes chronic. This thesis raises the question of the interview: has become a tool for the construction of other genres and journalistic products to disappear as a genre? In Ciudad Victoria, …
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Quantized Guessing Random Additive Noise Decoding - A Universal Quantized Soft-Decoder
… extensions of GRAND have been introduced, giving way to a class of universal decoders. GRAND itself describes a hard-detection decoder, so a natural extension was to incorporate the use of soft-information. The result was Soft Guessing Random Additive Noise Decoding (SGRAND). SGRAND assumes …
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Seed predation along an elevational gradient in the Tropical Andes, Peru
… regulation via top-down forces in the lowlands giving way to bottom-up (productivity) regulation at mid to high elevations.
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Regulation, architecture and modernism in the United States, 1890-1920
… of power based on laissez-faire capitalism were giving way to systems of governance that aimed to control the economies of the home, market, nature and labor. Methods of avoiding, delaying, and constraining the uncertainties resulting from the massive economic development of the nation …
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Blurring spatial limits : photography and spatial definition
… questioned and redefined by th is transition, giving way to overlapping interpretations of the meaning, shape and function of limits and the spaces that they contain. These undetermined or Blurred limits are permeable elements that allow interaction through them at different levels of …
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The Effect of a Specialized Yoga Intervention on Characteristics of Functional Ankle Instability
… by perceived instability, episodes of the ankle giving way, and/or recurrent sprains of the ankle. There are two non-mutually exclusive types of CAI: mechanical instability (MI) and functional ankle instability (FAI). MI results from damage to musculoskeletal structures in the ankle joint complex …
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Gestão prisional: mapeamento do modelo de cogestão prisional na Bahia
… system, whether public or managed in a shared way with the private sector. In Bahia, as in the reality of most federative units, the punitive power of the State is put to the test at all times in the face of its inefficiency and the countless violent events perpetrated by the Public …
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Connectivity of dI3 Interneurons In the Development of Mice Spinal Cord
… to disappear during development; presumably giving way to more volitional control of hand grasping. However, the underlying changes to the spinal circuitry responsible for this transition remain to be determined. dI3 INs, a class of dorsal spinal interneurons, have positioned themselves as …
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The Church as an Agent of Reconciliation in the Thought of Desmond Tutu
… and insists that it should be eliminated, giving way to reconciliation.</p> <p>The purpose of this research was to set forth, analyze, and evaluate Tutu’s view of the church as a reconciler of alienated people. To attain this goal, Tutu’s convictions were considered in the context of his …
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Terahertz spectroscopy of quantum spin liquids
… inhibit magnetic order even at 0 K, instead giving way to a Resonating Valence Bond state. Quantum Spin Liquids host exotic fractionalized excitations called spinons, which carry spin 1/2 but no charge. The low-energy behavior of these excitations are proposed to be governed by emergent gauge …
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Where Intellect and Intuition Converge: Epistemological Errancies in the Poetry of Jorie Graham
… her work, Graham repeatedly experiments with ways to "frustrate" the intellect in order for intuition to wander over an idea while at the same time she relies on the intellect to rescue the mind from directionless wandering. In her early poetry Graham explores ways of defining and describing …
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Towards Improving Human-Robot Interaction For Social Robots
… interaction for social robots in the following ways: 1. We used the social calculus technique based on culture sanctioned social metrics (CSSMs) to quantify, analyze and predict the behavior of the robot, human soldiers and the public perception in the Market Patrol peacekeeping scenario. 2. We …
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Pathways: for Chamber Orchestra
Pathways is scored for two flutes (second doubling piccolo), two oboes, two clarinets in Bflat, two bassoons, two horns in F, two trumpets in C, percussion (two players), harp, piano/celesta, and strings. It presents a progression of primary musical ideas and then explores various "pathways" by …
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Desperate whispers : empathy in the context of an ecological crisis
… full degree of human rationality or culture, is giving way to conceptualisations of the relationship between humans and nature that highlight the interdependence and interrelatedness of all living organisms and systems. Sustainability scholar Stacy Alaimo ( 2010: 15-16) states: At this point in …
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Seeking sanctum, a space for healing
… to spaces, and responsive architecture as a way of deeply understanding and responding to site, context, and the community in an impactful and connected way. Two key issues are highlighted from the research and experiences of others, firstly that of needing to provide a space that feels …
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“A Man’s a Man for a’ That”: The Search for Equality in the Poetry of Robert Burns
… the barriers of rank and status are brought down giving way to a new order based on universal brotherhood and mutual acceptance and recognition. Additionally, the theme of equality is present in other poems and excerpts of poems written by Robert Burns. In order to bring Burns’s egalitarian views …
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