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Showing 1 to 20 of 163 for “"nude"”.
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Coloured nude : fetishization, disguise, dichotomy
… and racial lack. Dorothy Stevens' Coloured Nude (1933) is symptomatic of this unique fetishization, a state which is indicative of the positioning of "Black Woman" as dichotomous to idealized white womanhood. Representations of black women in Canadian painting in the 1930's locate white …
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William Rimmer's Concept of the Heroic Male Nude
William Rimmer is an enigmatic figure in the history of American art. Works created by him are the single exception to an otherwise undistinguished body of mid-nineteenth century sculpture. Yet, Rimmer was virtually ignored by the art public of his generation. In his own lifetime the considerable …
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VOLUMETRIC GROWTH MODEL OF HUMAN MEDULLOBLASTOMA IN THE NUDE MOUSE CEREBELLUM
… a human medulloblastoma (VC312) in the athymic nude mouse cerebellum using Gd- enhanced T1-weighed MRI scans. Additionally, a medulloblastoma flank tumor model was used to explore the in vivo effect of the oral anti-cancer agent that inhibits Akt activation in the phosphoinositide 3-kinase …
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Distinct Roles for Dynein Regulatory Proteins NudE and NudEL in Brain Development
… development. The dynein regulatory proteins NudE and NudEL have been implicated in several aspects of dynein function, including brain development. Originally identified as nuclear distribution (nud) factors in the dynein pathway, NudE and NudEL are now known to have diverse roles in mitosis, …
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Reengaging with the Art-Historical Female-Nude Subject through Feminist Deconstruction in Contemporary Painting
… used to reengage with the art-historical female-nude subject through its feminist deconstruction – and what does this mean in relation to contemporary art? There is still a tendency among scholars to privilege formal analysis of an artwork at the expense of discussing (gendered) identity or, …
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Outcome 21: an examination of practice and policy as a response to adolescent nude image sharing
This research explores adolescent nude image sharing, a growing phenomenon in the digital age, through a critical examination of current legal frameworks, safeguarding responses, and the lived experiences of adolescents. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study incorporates perspectives from …
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Sacred, Sensual and Sublime: An Iconographic Study of the Female Nude in the Murals of Diego Rivera
… diverse allegories which featured the female nude. These allegories glorify the racial and cultural roots of Mexico's indigenous people. This thesis investigates Rivera's murals, the allegorical images and symbols associated with the female nude and the pictorial sources of the artist's …
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The Interaction of Equol and Genistein on Estrogen Dependent Tumors and Bones in Ovariectomized Athymic Nude Mice
… and bone development in ovariectomized athymic nude mice. In the first study, the experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of equol alone on the T47D human breast cancer cells and bone metabolism. At the physiological concentration levels, 100 nM equol stimulated the T47D cell …
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MICRO-CT EVALUATION OF MSC/HUVEC/HSC-MEDIATED ANGIOGENESIS IN LARGE PCL-ßTCP CONSTRUCTS IMPLANTED IN NUDE MICE
… hybrid scaffold in an immuno-compromised nude mouse. The PCL-ßTCP scaffold (30% PCL: 70% ßTCP; 70% porosity) with interconnected open pores was fabricated in 6x6x6mm cubes. They were seeded with human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) plus HUVECs or HSCs. Groups (N=12) consisted of scaffold …
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A body and technology as meme: Durer's Draughtsman drawing a reclining nude, Herrenvolk, aesthetic surgery and an artist's digital studio practice
… Albrecht Durer's Draughtsman Drawing a Reclining Nude. This image contextualises the trajectory of a body and technology meme from 1525 through to the ideology of Herrenvolk in Nazi Germany, and then on to the default facial array underpinning contemporary aesthetic surgery of choice. The approach …
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Positional cloning of nude, a fork head transcription factor : genetic, physical and transcriptional maps of the region and mutations in the mouse and rat
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology, 1996.
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Re: Drawing. Reconfiguring a feminist response to life drawing practice.
… attitudes and feminist perceptions of the female nude within the context of life drawing practices. The research interrogates the problematisation of life-drawing practice for female practitioners, proposing that perceived tensions and conflicts can be resolved through practice-based enquiry. In …
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Immunohistochemical analysis of a panel of human and murine markers on xenografted human vaginal mucosa: a comparative study
Athymic nude mouse models have been extensively used to study biological behaviour of normal and diseased human tissues. In such models, immune-deficient mice act as hosts for cysts constructed from human material. A unique biocyst model that entails transplantation of human vaginal cysts into …
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Duality, the Methodology of Shooting a Documentary as a One-Man Crew
… Duality, a long-form documentary about artistic nude models who also create art involving the nude female form. This thesis will discuss the inspiration for the film, as well as the deciding factors that made me choose this as the topic for my thesis documentary.</p> <p>This thesis will also …
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The prevalence and characteristics of sexting behaviours among adolescents and adults in Cape Town, South Africa
… text messages (SSTMs), or the self-generation of nude or semi-nude images (NSNIs) and sending them to others via digital devices. It has recently emerged as a risk behaviour, particularly as it relates to adolescent sexuality. The consequences of sexting may include humiliation, ostracism, …
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938): Early Female Nudes in Landscapes
… how Ernst Ludwig Kirchner reconceived the female nude within the two contexts of Expressionism and the German nudist movement. In particular, it looks to Kirchner’s early paintings, executed between 1909 and 1914, of female nudes in landscape settings to determine how Kirchner operated within and …
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Stand Perfectly Still: Statues, Nudity, and the Pygmalion Myth in Victorian Theatre and Culture
… thesis addresses questions pertaining to how the nude female body is vieon the theatrical stage by focusing specifically on the myth of Pygmalion as presented in W. S. Gilbert’s Pygmalion and Galatea and George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. I argue that the image of the moving statue, especially in …
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