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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"identical twins"”.
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The Discordant Development of Sexual Orientation in Identical Twins
The present thesis investigated how genetically identical twins with discordant sexual orientations differed in correlates of their sexual orientation in order to understand to what degree non-genetic factors affect the formation of sexual orientation. Because identical twins share 100% of their …
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The Effects of Birth Weight on Rates of Motor Development of Identical Twins
… weight effects the rate of motor development of identical twins. Procedure. A questionnaire concerning rates of motor development was administered to mothers of identical twins. The questionnaires were returned, analyzed and divided into two select groups used in the study. The intra-pair …
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Almost Mirror Image: Exploring The Similarities And Dissimilarities Of Identical Twins In Theatrical Solo Performance
… the Similarities and Dissimilarities of Identical Twins in Theatrical Solo Performance Is an exploration of the psyche of identical twins within the context of devised solo performance. The author, an identical twin herself, has long been interested in twins' ability to cultivate both …
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Attachment and exceptional experiences among twins
The attachment between twins has for many years been known to be very strong, but has so far not been very much researched, and since it seems to relate to another under researched area, the deep empathic experiences reported by twins, generally called twin telepathy (including remote sensitivity …
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Transitional Discourses: The (Psycho)somatic Fiction of Juan Jose Millas
… of Spain on the European map. Juan and Jose, identical twins and protagonists of Volver a casa (1990), inhabit fragmented identities and bodies. A literary corpus provides a body upon which to forge a narrative ""cure,"" but writing's economic system exposes the book to the same anxiety and …
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Dark Doubles and Dual Audience: What Uncanny Doppelgangers in Children’s Literature Teach Readers
… mostly turn to “logical” doppelgangers, namely identical twins. Although research has been conducted on the purpose and type of frightening elements in children’s literature, many instances in which antagonists fit the doppelganger motif and Freud’s notion of the “uncanny” have been overlooked. …
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Acquired Cytogenetic Changes in Adult Twins Discordant for a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse
… cytogenetic changes and cortisol levels in identical twins who were discordant (N=22) or concordant (N=2) for a history of CSA. Although the difference scores for cortisol values between discordant identical co-twins were not significantly different from zero, a trend was observed for the …
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TWIN TALK
… features of analytic interest are present when twins interact with other members of the family system? There were a total of six sets of twin siblings between the ages of 10 and 15 who engaged in participant self-taping and semi-structured interviews. Although it did not have an observable …
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Three Essays On Early Childhood Development In Chile
… with different maternal education. Using ELPI twins data, I find that preferences are not at the extreme of pure compensatory investments to offset endowment inequalities among siblings nor at the extreme of pure reinforcement favoring the better-endowed child with no concern about inequality, …
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Problems of optimal choice on posets and generalizations of acyclic colourings
… come as ‘m’ pairs of equally qualified identical twins. I shall describe an optimal strategy, a formula for its probability of success and the asymptotic behaviour of this strategy and its probability of success as m → ∞. I shall also find an optimal strategy and its probability of …
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Human identification using ear biometrics: A complete pipeline from detection to recognition
… highly discriminating features such that even identical twins have different ear shapes. Owing to the easy acquisition, invariance to expression, and stable structure over a long period of time, ear image analysis has the edge over other biometric traits such as faces, fingerprints, palmprints, …
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Molecular Genetic Analysis of Rodent Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
… by the nearly 100% concordance rate for NIDDM in identical twins. The disease endpoint resolves (in a phenotypic sense) complex interactions of genes and environmental factors affecting glucose transport, production and pancreatic beta cell function. Due to these complexities, only a small number …
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MicroRNA Gene Expression States Underlying Individual Variation in Aging and Lifespan in Isogenic C. elegans
… between individuals is unknown. Studies of human identical twins demonstrate that surprisingly little of the variation in lifespan between individuals can be explained by genetics and shared environment. Furthermore, even genetically identical C. elegans reared in highly homogeneous environments …