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Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"occult"”.
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Sensitivity of Occult Blood Tests
… the relative quantitative sensitivity of various occult blood tests. In addition some substances were investigated to determine if they gave positive tests and also the quantitative sensitivity of the tests to these substances.
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The Occult tradition in English Renaissance drama
Abstract not available.
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Magic and possibility: medievalism and the idea of the occult
… notion of medieval or premodem magic (and the occult or hidden) is articulated and theorized within the humanities. While anthropology has frequently contended with the issue of magic's problematic agency within scholarly discourse, the historiography of magic has been less selfconscious in …
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Occult poetics and the production of English verse, 1558-1603
This thesis examines how the occult tradition is an inherent part of the production of vernacular literature during the Elizabethan period. I argue that occult discourses about language are drawn upon by writers of the period who seek to establish an English literature to rival that of the …
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Occult Communism: culture, science and spirituality in late socialist Bulgaria
"“Occult Communism” explores the unlikely infusion of state-sponsored spiritualism into the materialist ideology of Bulgarian late communism. In the 1970s, Minister of Culture Lyudmila Zhivkova initiated grandiose state programs to inject the “occult” into Bulgaria’s national culture, art, science …
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The occult in Rabelais: three supplementary aspects of the Rabelaisian allegory
The Occult in Rabelais concerns itself with all references, explicit or implied, to the systems of contemporary occultism in Rabelais’s work. Although a division may be made between those allusions which seem merely to reflect humanist preoccupation with the occult and those which are functional in …
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Clamor: Malefica, Protest, And The Occult Economy In Early Modern England
… stimulated local economies. These "occult economies," in turn, can be read as interactive systems whereby local agents can generate larger effects within a national discourse by utilizing feedback loops generated through local interactions between magic and markets.
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The detection of occult metastatic disease in patients with cutaneous melanoma
… tumor diagnosis, already have micrometastases (occult or clinically undetectable metastases). The use of the reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) technique for the detection of circulating melanoma cells (CMCs) is potentially a powerful tool for identifying those patients at risk for developing …
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The impact of population based faecal occult blood screening on colorectal cancer
… out to assess the impact of guaiac faecal occult blood test (gFOBT) screening on colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality and associated outcomes in a true population based screening programme.<br/>Using data from the Scottish arm of the UK demonstration pilot of gFOBT screening for CRC, all …
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The poetics of hermeticism: Andre Breton's shift towards the occult in the War years
… deeper research into hermeticism, myth and the occult in his quest for “un mythe nouveau” for the post-war world. Having abandoned political action on leaving the Communist Party in 1935, he nonetheless remained preoccupied with political thought, searching to find a means of creating a better …
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Solomon on Stage, Representations of Magic and the Occult in Early Modern English Drama
… Bethsabe* (c.1590) his wisdom is more overtly occult in nature than in earlier biblical dramas. The second two chapters discuss how James I reinvigorated interest in Solomonic exceptionalism. In both public pageantry and private court performances, James was explicitly associated with Solomon …
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Occult-Related Crime and the Policing thereof, through the lens of Cosmology of Socio-Political Factors
Occult-related crimes are crimes of a spiritual nature, in Africa, the study of these crimes could be approached from the field of African cosmology, which encompasses spirituality, culture, and nature. But these crimes also exist in a sociopolitical context, as well as an economic one. It is said …
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Occult moisture inputs in the fynbos : Foliar moisure uptake in Ericaceae, Restionaceae and Proteaceae / Annabelle J. Rogers
'Occult' precipitation may be an important moisture source that can impact specific plant responses to water stress in certain ecosystems. Species in many ecosystems have been shown to use this moisture source via foliar moisture uptake. The Cape Peninsula and the surrounding southern coast …
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Laparoscopy (to detect occult diaphragm injury) versus clinical and radiological follow up to detect diaphragm injury and herniation, in patients with asymptomatic left thoracoabdominal stab wounds : A prospective randomized controlled study
Background: The need to exclude occult diaphragmatic injury in left thoracoabdominal (TA) stab wounds continues to be controversial. Current trauma guidelines recommend either routine diagnostic thoracoscopy or laparoscopy and repair of an injury if found. Objective: To determine if asymptomatic …
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Seeking God by strange ways : cults and societies in fin de siècle literature
… a true understanding of the universe, which in occult circles is called esoteric knowledge or “gnosis”. One of the purposes of this thesis is to demonstrate how “seeking God by strange ways” in fin de siècle literature is a spiritual rite of passage to locate God in man and involves “lifting the …
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"Rosa alchemica," "The tables of the law," and "Adoration of the magi," edited and with an introduction
… an introduction to William Butler Yeats' early occult short stories "Rosa Alchemica," "The Tables of the Law," and "The Adoration of the Magi." Panned by critics over the last century, the three stories contained in this volume are both controversial and difficult. The introduction explains the …
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A prospective study to assess the value of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in the management of paediatric poisoning at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
… an unknown substance and 24(19%) were cases of occult poisoning. LC-MS/MS was able to identify a substance in 92% of the cases of occult poisoning. In those who had presented with a seemingly known substance, LC-MS/MS found a different substance in 15 cases. LC-MS/MS was also able to detect …
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Kant's Epistemological geography : the role of Schwärmerei and demarcation in the conception of critical philosophy
… years. It explores Kant's reactions to so-called occult phenomena and related teachings. Kant's initial and the single most important interlocutor in this respect was Emanuel Swedenborg. Kant refers to his visions and the tone of his writings as Schwärmerei, that is an exaltation or an exalted …
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Seeing is Believing: Observing Trans Spirituality Through The Smith-Waite Tarot
… illustration, and retracing the counterculture occult explosion in the 1970s, this essay argues that the Smith-Waite deck is an object the reflects the queered body and self. The modern, trans-contentious, Western political climate creates an environment that obscures the fact that transgender …
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An investigation of the potential use of Tc-HMPAO-SPECT scanning in decompression illness.
… of decompression illness (DCI) may also sustain occult nervous tissue damage which is undetectable to standard clinical examination. Although unapparent in the acute phase of the disorder, such occult tissue damage could potentially give rise to clinically significant symptoms in later life. The …
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