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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"malady"”.
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The malady lingers on : the abject and contemporary Asian horror cinema
The aim of this study is to bring together abjection theory, as elaborated in Julia Kristeva’s Powers of Horror and other relevant works (particularly, the establishment of “symbolic” and “semiotic” realms), with contemporary Asian horror cinema, in order to construct a detailed and effective …
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Sweetie and the invisible malady: writing and reading type 2 diabetes
Sweetie and the Invisible Malady: Writing and Reading Type 2 Diabetes is a two-part creative writing PhD thesis that addresses a paradox in contemporary literature: type 2 diabetes, one of the most common chronic health conditions, which affects 589 million people worldwide and is responsible for …
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Searching For the Impossible Dream, Staging the Impossible Script
This thesis is an exploration of the novella The Malady of Death by Marguerite Duras and my subsequent production of this book. It covers Duras' history and influences in writing this book while at the same time gives an account of all my directorial attempts with this piece. With regards to Duras, …
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The Double Bind and Some of Its Implications
… emerged from an understanding of the psychic malady. To facilitate this the neurolinguistic investigations of A. R. Luria are detailed. This is followed by an analysis of the work of Ludwig Von Bertalanffy and his systems model. There is also an introduction into the research of Roger Sperry …
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The "Jaded Traveller": John Jasper's Failed Psychic Quest in Charles Dickens's <em>The Mystery of Edwin Drood</em>.
… G. Jung calls dissociation of consciousness, a malady that prevents Jasper from entering the process of individuation--a process of self-discovery. Jasper's boredom, self-alienation, hypocrisy, and secret double life impede his search for self.</p> <p>Faced with projections of his anima and …
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Aloe and honey : tales from town and country
… experience has fallen short of remedying this malady. There is a paucity of writings that endeavour to depict rural communities, and even where South African writers attempted to depict rural community, theirs has been an indolent attempt, as evinced by a lack of insight in such writings. One …
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Glucose tolerance in patients with abnormal endometrial bleeding during and after the climacteric
… that is still unknown. The history of many a malady begins with the observation of the illness in its most grotesque form. As medical science gathers more and more knowledge the less severe symptoms and signs come to be recognized. Gradually special tests are evolved, by means of which the …
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Natural history of cancer and its incidence in Anglesey, with special reference to the south-eastern division of the county
… near relatives have frequently succumbed to the malady even when living at great distances from one another, and under totally different circumstances.
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ENTRE EL DESEO Y EL PUDOR, EL AMOR HEREOS EN LA NOVELA SENTIMENTAL: GRISEL Y MIRABELLA DE JUAN DE FLORES
… studied due to the misjudgment that this malady was an exclusively male condition. This study shows that women's roles in Juan de Flores' sentimental romance Grisel y Mirabella (1495) were influenced by lovesickness or amor hereos. I also discuss how linguistic and narrative theories, as …
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From Sin to Science: The Cancer Revolution of the Nineteenth Century
… of cancer from a macroscopic, eponymous malady to a microscopic, cellular disease. The founding of an institution devoted solely to the care of cancer patients and the investigation of the disease will illustrate how societal beliefs, combined with personal tragedy, philanthropy, and …
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The Image of Spain in the Theater of Antonio Gala (1963-1985)
… what Gala perceived to be the source of Spain's malady did not intrinsically affect the course of Spanish history. To be sure, social conditions improved, but problems endemic to the inherent character of the Spanish way of life remained unabated. Thus, Gala experienced an artistic crisis which …
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Cyclostationarity Feature-Based Detection and Classification
Cyclostationarity feature-based (C-FB) detection and classification is a large field of research that has promising applications to intelligent receiver design. Cyclostationarity FB classification and detection algorithms have been applied to a breadth of wireless communication signals — analog and …
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Dickens bereaved : a psychological examination of Oliver Twist.
… of her paradigm, comes down with a sudden malady much like Mary, yet unlike Miss Hogarth, Rose Maylie survives to become Oliver's guardian angel and the redemptorix of the novel. This reflection of Dickens's grief process occurs largely because he wrote and published serially. Serial …
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Seismic structure of the mantle beneath the Pacific Hemisphere
… of the oceans are fewer and suffer the common malady of looking beneath oceanic islands, not generic oceanic crust. Most of the detailed information regarding the seismic discontinuity structure of open ocean mantle comes from bottom-side reflections that are precursors to SS phases (a shear …
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University Education in a Postmodern Era: Building a Narrative Ethic of Civil Communication in the Classroom
… argues that CI is symptomatic of a greater malady, which is the groundless classroom. Perceived this way, the lack of narrative consensus in a postmodern age presents a great opportunity for professors to create a classroom narrative grounded by a communicative ethic that uphold civility. By …
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The Concept of Character in the Apocalypse with Implications for Character Education
… that man can find his origin and destiny, malady and remedy, meaning and values, and a character that reflects the character of God.</p>
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Characterization of Influenza:Streptococcus pneumoniae synergistic disease and potential for disease alleviation via sphingolipid therapy
… (IAV) is generally associated with the seasonal malady that causes brief respiratory illness during the winter months, known simply as "the flu." Most otherwise healthy individuals will suffer from mild fever, congestion, headaches and myalgia that are resolved within 5-7 days of onset. However, …
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The Role of Education in the Treatment of Chronic Pain Patients: A Quantitative Study of Factors that Influence the Self -Management of Chronic Pain
… chronic pain want medical science to solve their malady. At the macro level, health plan administrators want their patients to successfully self-manage pain with the least medical intervention and cost, because they know a cure is not probable. In the middle, the medical provider must balance the …
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Traumatic Formations and Psychiatric Codifications: A Rhetorical History of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
… a psychological problem rather than a physical malady. Chapter 4 examines how a small group of antiwar psychiatrists advocated for military veterans who had trouble readjusting to civilian life after fighting in the Vietnam War. They persuaded the American public, the federal government, and …
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The sorption of fluoride ion with special reference to fluoride removal from potable waters
… determine the geographical distribution of the malady, and the fluoride contents of water supplies. </p><p> County dental surveys, conducted by the United States Public Health Department with the cooperation of local dentists, have located the regions throughout the country where mottled enamel …
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