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MOBOCRACY: THE MOB AND AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1782-1851
This dissertation examines the role of the mob in Early American literature, and how the mob continues to be an essential part of American society. Chapter one uses Linebaugh's and Rediker's The Many-Headed Hydra to argue that early American authors acted as demagogues attempting to control the …
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Harvest Efficiency, Forage Trampling, and Litter Decomposition of Mob Grazing
High stocking density “mob” grazing is a recent phenomenon that is being promoted by a few practitioners, but has not undergone rigorous scientific testing. Producers have claimed “mob” grazing can generate many benefits in terms of forage production and overall grassland health. The objective of …
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Situationist Margins: The Situationist Times, King Mob, Black Mask, and S.NOB Magazines
… The Situationist Times (France), King Mob Echo (UK), Black Mask and its transformations (US), and S.NOB (Mexico). Through the medium of magazines, they intended to reach a mass audience that in the act of reading and looking at their images and texts would be prompted to discern …
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The people and the mob: The ideology of civil conflict in modern Europe
… ways; as the virtuous people or as the wicked mob. However, these dichotomous depictions of the masses, have become complementary rather than exclusive terms in various political ideologies that developed in Europe after the Revolution. For example, the mob has often been defined as a marginal …
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Magnetic optical bearing (MOB) design for mirror wavelength scans in a spaceborne interferometer
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1995.
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Mob stocking effects on herbage nutritive value, herbage accumulation, and plant species composition
Mob stocking is a variation of rotational stocking known for restricting a large number of animals to a small area before being moved to new grass after a few hours. This method allows a long (90-day) recovery period but was hypothesized to diminish the nutritional value of herbage relative to …
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Between the Mob and the Noose: The Lynching Intercessor in American Literature and Film
… of an individual character that opposes a lynch mob by interceding on behalf of the intended lynching victim. I argue that this figure, which I term the lynching intercessor, is a trope for racial reconciliation in American literature and film. The intercessor works to mediate between loyalty to …
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Tradition And Satisfaction: The Mob And Lynching In The Georgian Cotton Belt, 1890-1899
… lawless bands of racist, drunken, and ignorant, mobs. Lynching events were the reactions of a middle-class white male population who faced existential fear due to their perceived diminishing status in a sociocultural dominance hierarchy.
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Evaluation of Mob Grazing and its Impacts on Soil Moisture and Temperature and Litter Decomposition in South Dakota
<p>Mob grazing is a type of management intensive grazing system that mimics natural grazing systems where high stocking densities are placed on the land for a short period of time. One way producers measure their success with this system is by the amount of trampled vegetation present after …
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Evaluating the use of manganese-oxidizing bacteria in surface water treatment plants
… finished water. Manganese-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) readily oxidize Mn in groundwater treatment applications, which normally involve pH values above 7.0. However, the ability of MOB to facilitate Mn oxidation under lower pH conditions (6.2--6.3) often employed to optimize organics removal has …
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The performance and reception of flash mobs: authenticity, YouTube, and the fantastic
… methodology and reception of various flash mobs performed from 2003 to 2015. This twelve year history is separated into three periods. The first period consists of Bill Wasik’s initial flash mob performances, a series of eight events known as the Mob Project. These performances establish the …
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Assessing the Effect of “Time of Birth” on Nasopharyngeal Microbial Load in Infants
… is to assess the effect of “month of birth” (MOB) on the microbial load of the most abundant otopathogen, Moraxella Catarrhalis. This is a retrospective analysis of data collected between 2009 – 2014 as part of a longitudinal study to determine risk factors for AOM. Subjects were recruited …
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Resisting Lynching: Black Grassroots Responses to Lynching in the Mississippi and Arkansas Deltas, 1882-1938
… It highlights the pervasiveness of lynch mob violence, the failure of local, state, and federal governments to prevent lynching and how these factors combined to shape the development of black grassroots protest in the Delta region. As such, this dissertation traces how Delta blacks …
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WHEN THE MOB BOSS, DRUG LORD, AND MALEVOLENT QUEEN AREN’T ALL BAD: AUDIENCES’ COMPLEX UNDERSTANDING OF AND ALLEGIANCE TO FICTIONAL ANTIHERO CHARACTERS IN TELEVISION AND FILM
Antihero characters in TV and film have grown in popularity with both audiences and in academic study in recent years. The antihero literature thus far has focused on predicting audience enjoyment of such characters/narratives and building theories to explain audience members’ ability to root for …
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The Ultrastructure of the Olfactory System in Two Species of Short-Tailed Shrews, <i>Blarina brevicauda</i> and <i>Blarina carolinensis</i>
… epitheliumlmucosa (OEM), main olfactory bulb (MOB), accessory olfactory bulb (AOB), anterior olfactory nucleus (AON), olfactory tubercle (OT), and piriform cortex (PC). A new type of supporting cell, the light supporting cell, was observed in the OEM in <em>Blarina </em>. The MOB and AOB were …
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Fork-Tailed Drongos (Dicrurus adsimilis) use different types of mimicked alarm calls in response to different alarm threats
… may cause individuals to flee, while terrestrial mob call mimicry could indicate the presence of a terrestrial predator and could prompt heterospecifics to aid in the mobbing of the predator. I investigate this possibility in the Fork-Tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), a species renowned for its …
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The meaning and practical significance of the cohesion intercept in soil mechanics
… cohesion intercept, c$\sp\prime$, and field mobilized cohesion intercept, c$\sp\prime$(mob). The data base includes values of c$\sp\prime$ and c$\sp\prime$(mob) for over 300 natural deposits throughout the world. The soils which include soft clays to shales and residual soils, have a range of …
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Resisting Lynching: Black Grassroots Responses to Lynching in the Mississippi and Arkansas Deltas, 1882--1938
… as primarily passive victims of white mob violence. It moves beyond histories of black anti-lynching protest that have primarily focused on prominent black spokespersons and national organizations that lobbied for state and federal anti-lynching legislation. In contrast, it demonstrates …
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