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Showing 1 to 20 of 462 for “"impressions"”.
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Agrarian Impressions
… mixed media sculptures. As the title Agrarian Impressions implies, the stoneware sculptures are based upon memories from growing up on a self-sufficent farm. In addition to my functional work, my sculptures reference tools and machines used to aid the production and harvest of crops and troughs …
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Impressions of Reality
<p>This thesis reviews the student's reflections and statements on her master's show. Watercolor and graphite (pencil) are used. (Abstract by OPUS staff)</p>
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Some impressions of the department
This thesis comprises a series of impressions of the Department of Architecture, garnered after a long absence from M.I.T. These impressions are meant as an intervention in the Department's current self-analysis and debate over the future of architectural education. Comments are drawn from the …
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Students' Initial Impressions of Teaching Effectiveness
Based on these results, the most important finding is that most student open-ended comments regarding their instructors on the first day of class, whether elicited at the end of class or when instructed to stop a tape when an instructor did something that affected their impression, focused on …
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Framing Impressions: Image, Drawing, and Collage
The architectural image acts towards two primary objectives; to represent what is there and to make present what is not. This differentiation between the two constitutes a frame in which what is not present can appear. Images considered as such allow for the exploration of the formal questions of …
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Ink impressions: public perceptions of tattoos and criminality
In an ever evolving society, the definition and acceptance of deviant behavior has broadened significantly. The taboos that were once cast out by society have begun to be accepted in society. Participation in tattooing is a prime example of behavior that has become more mainstream. This once …
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In Vitro Comparative Study Between Full-Arch Conventional Implant Impressions and Full-Arch Digital Implant Impressions with Snap-on Scan Bodies
… the accuracy of full- arch conventional implant impressions with open and closed-trays, full-arch digital implant impressions with intraoral scanners (IOS), and three-dimensional (3D) printed casts from the full-arch digital implant impressions. Material and methods: Six implants were placed into …
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Impressions of Moral Considerations and Actions: An Agreement Approach
… shared understanding and accuracy of moral impressions.
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Effect of first impressions on student evaluations of lecturers
Academic institutions (particularly historically White tertiary institutions) are experiencing challenges in attracting and retaining Black African and femail academic staff. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Black African academic staff at historically White universities in South Africa experience …
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Socio-Kinetics : visualizing impressions of people behavior through motion
Online public discussion spaces such as Usenet newsgroups are rich social environments. The social dynamics within the community are not obvious upon looking at the strings of text-based content. Only a careful reading of the threads allows the viewer to discern complexities and nuances of social …
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Exploring methodologies to capture subjective impressions of city spaces
… to capture the subjective perspectives and impressions of the city by children and adults alike. Specifically, methodologies that could elicit responses about perception relating to memory, culture, state of mind, and social interactions were explored. Participants were given a series of …
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The Relationship Between Rater Agreement, Behavioral Observability and Overall Impressions
<p>This study examined two item characteristics believed to influence rater agreement: observability and difficulty. The first goal of this study was to replicate the findings of Roch, Paquin and Littlejohn (2009), which found that rater agreement was negatively related to item observability …
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Impressions of college intructors: Stability and change in student ratings
… the topic of stability and change in classroom impressions research is not new, there remain unanswered questions about what impressions are stable, when they are likely to change, and for whom they are likely to change over the course of a semester. My research will begin to answer those …
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THE ROLE OF REINTERPRETATION IN THE REVISION OF IMPLICIT IMPRESSIONS
… has suggested that implicit (versus explicit) impressions of other people may be particularly difficult to reverse once formed, as they may be relatively insulated from propositional thinking. Furthermore, the revision of negative first implicit impressions has been considered particularly …
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Sense of Style: constructing identity and managing impressions on Lookbook.nu
This dissertation aims to explore how user-generated fashion content within the specific online community of Lookbook.nu is influenced by a set of underlying ideologies, such as beauty, power and gender to create specific and homogenous fashion identities in line with mainstream fashion trends, and …
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Challenging the Status Quo: System Justification Theory and Impressions of Activists
… justification motivation on the formation of impressions of sociopolitical activists. Our results indicated that under systemic challenge, the impression of the activist target was not significantly different from the non-activist target. However, when the system was affirmed, a strong …
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First impressions: the prohibition on printed calicoes in France, 1686-1759
This thesis examines the French prohibition on both importing printed cotton from India and printing it in France between 1686 and 1759, an interdiction significantly longer than any other European country, and challenges the portrayal of the ban as a sustained protectionist measure for the …
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