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Showing 1 to 20 of 418 for “"inward"”.
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Inward to outward
This is me, my hair, my lip, my smell, the way my head moves and the body I live in. The sense of self is not fixed but continuously updates in response to the present information. When the body senses itself internally and localizes its actions, it provides the basis for a material sense of self …
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theatre: analogy of the city reflected inward
… the theatre. theatre as analogy, a city turned inward.
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Determinants and impacts of inward FDI in Japan
… on not only different proxy measures used for inward FDI, but also on the level of technological sophistication in given sectors. In general, our results demonstrate that horizontally linked keiretsu are positively associated with foreign productions in knowledge-intensive sectors. By contrast, …
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Molecular Mechanisms of Inward and Outward Budding From Multivesicular Endosomes
… to genetic manipulation. We observed that inward and outward budding are mechanistically distinct but may be linked, such that inhibition of inward budding enhances outward budding.</p>
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Synthesis of Molecular Baskets and Introduction of Inward Facing Functionality
As a first step to producing a shape selective catalysts or enzyme mimic, two preorganized host molecules were synthesized. Binding studies of the two hosts with a variety of guests in three solvents demonstrated that an important driving force in the association was the formation of C-H???X-R …
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Legal regulations of inward investment in the UK and China
Inward investment is vital to the economic life of both the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China. By injecting capital from overseas, it generates exports, creates jobs, and brings advanced technology and new management styles. Legal regulations and government policies in this regard …
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A Journey Inward : Initiation in Katherine Anne Porter's Miranda Stories
… search for order and personal truth. Miranda's inward journey ultimately leads not to nihilism and despair, as some critics suggest, but to an honest and courageous affirmation of the independent spirit.</p> <p>Porter's fiction involving Miranda and her family background reveal varying stages of …
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Inward foreign direct investment and productivity: evidence from Vietnamese microdata
… indirect and crowding-in/crowding-out effects of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on firm productivity in Vietnam; and whether the effects are heterogeneous across firm and industry characteristics and geographic regions. Using a Cobb-Douglas production function and a Generalized Method of …
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GPCR Activation of the G Protein-Gated Inward-Rectifier Potassium Channel
… slow heart rate by activating G protein-gated inwardrectifier potassium (GIRK) channels. Interestingly, βARs also release the very same free Gβγ, but GIRK is not activated. The molecular mechanism underlying this specificity is poorly characterized. What is the molecular basis behind signaling …
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A Numerical Evaluation of Hypersonic Inward-Turning Inlets at Off-Design Conditions
<p>The susceptibility of hypersonic, inward-turning inlets to performance losses at off-design conditions is explored. Axisymmetric, inward-turning inlets were designed for Mach 6, and the inlet performance was evaluated from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. These inlets were run at …
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The determinants and impact of inward oil and gas FDI in Nigeria
… investigating the determinants and impact of inward oil and gas FDI on Nigeria’s economic growth and export performance. The study dataset covers a period of 17 years from 2001 to 2017. The country-level dataset was analysed in three separate models, which include, the country as a whole, OECD …
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Turning Inward: Students’ Experiences with Mindful Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy in Higher Education
<p>In the past 15-20 years, contemplative practices, designed to cultivate present-moment awareness, have become more common in K-12 educational settings with some growth in higher education contexts seeking to reorient around teaching the “whole student”. In response to calls that have also …
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EXOCOMETS AT LARGE ORBITAL RADII AND THEIR INWARD TRANSPORT IN DEBRIS DISCS
… from N-body simulations to study the process of inward transport of comets by a multiplanetary system and how these can deliver material to inner planets and explain the frequently observed exozodiacal dust. To conclude, in Chapter 7 I summarise the results and conclusions of this dissertation …
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Spenser's "Inward Ey": Poetics, Lexicography, and the Motivations for Edmund Spenser's Linguistic Idealism
Edmund Spenser's concepts of language have been seen as "anti-linguistic" to the extent that his idealism extols the power of thought while depicting speech as a corrupting monster--most notably the Blatant Beast of <italic>The Legend of Courtesy</italic>, Book 6 of <italic>The Faerie …
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“My Bruises Are Inward:” A Study of Mental Trauma in the American Civil War
<p>War is traumatic. Since the American Psychiatric Association first recognized post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 1980, living veterans of combat have been diagnosed at an alarmingly high rate. However, mental trauma related diagnoses have existed for centuries, including several that were …
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Looking Forward, Looking Back, Looking Inward: Lessons from Vital Women Leaders in Old Age
Current social paradigms, based on established theory about the aged, consider old age as a time of drastic decline and deterioration and view the aged as nonproductive takers of society's resources. Far from using the wisdom and resources of the aged population, our society marginalizes old adults …
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The Inward Gaze: Byung-Chul Han's Achievement-Subjectivity in David Foster Wallace's Short Fiction
<p>David Foster Wallace stated that the aim of his fiction and art was to reflect what it meant to be alive and form a relationship with the reader. In "E Unibus Plurum", Wallace posited that the tenets of Post-Modern fiction were once used to criticize the hypocrisies of the 1950's and 60's …
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A high school as an urban institution: an inward focus and an outward ambition
… campus, arranged as a loose collection of inwardly focused and separated pieces. When strategically located within an urban context, the design of a large-scale learning institution such as a high school presents an opportunity to highlight the institution’s essential components, evaluate …
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The role of institutional systems and government policy in securing inward foreign direct investment in Kuwait. The impact of institutional and government policy systems on the inward foreign direct investment decision in Kuwait
… subsequently results in a failure to attract inward FDI to a host country. Thus, this study investigates the reasons behind this failure by examining the role of formal and informal institutions on FDI policy and on decisions on whether to grant FDI licences by means of using a New …
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The impact of tax and governance on profitability inward foreign direct investment in Asia countries.
… environment on underlying profitability of inward investment as well as the volume of investment. The aim of this research has three main objectives. The first objective is to understand how indirect taxes combine with direct taxes to affect the underlying potential returns to different …
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