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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"original material"”.
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Evaluation of Cement and other Constituents in Historically-Significant Concrete Structures in Scotland
… it is critical to match the properties of the original material as closely as possible. Failure to match the mechanical and chemical properties can not only lead to an unsuccessful repair, but can also cause significant damage and accelerated deterioration to the original material. While some …
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Seven solo works for the E-flat clarinet: a performance guide and recording that explores the outside influences of opera and folk dances
… music found in these pieces was compared to the original material from which it was taken: operas and folk dances. Differences discussed included change of keys and registers, added ornamentations, and the use of dance rhythms. Performance suggestions were made for those who wish to perform these …
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Joan
<p><em>Joan</em> is an original, programmatic piece for orchestra, with an approximate running time of eight minutes. It is inspired by the life of Joan of Arc, the French heroine at the end of the Hundred Years' War. Themes evoking major characters are presented as the piece unfolds. Along with …
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Reaching for a connection: hand imagery in Emily Dickinson’s poems
… scholars foregrounding the importance of the original material state of the text.</p>
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Divergent Phenotypic Recurrent Selection for Nitrate Reductase Activity and Correlated Responses in Maize
… in maize was conducted through three cycles. The original material (C(,0)) was the maize (Zea mays L.) synthetic, Super Stiff Stalk Synthetic. The primary objectives were to determine: the selection response of NRA and the correlated responses in grain yield, grain protein, dry matter production …
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Designing structures with tree forks : mechanical characterization and generalized computational design approach
… more directly responsive to their constitutive materials. Compared to conventional fabrication processes for timber, in which the material is often processed several times to achieve characteristics that are present in the original material, this approach embodies little waste in material and …
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A Study and Comparison of Two Trinidadian Panorama Arrangements for Steelband by Jit Samaroo: “Pan in a Minor” and “The Bee’s Melody
… “Pan in A Minor” retains much of Kitchener’s original material while introducing structural expansion, whereas “The Bee’s Melody” uses more experimental textures and text-painting techniques to create programmatic effects. The findings position Samaroo as a recognized arranger whose methods …
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Distant cathedrals
… and integrating Palestrina’s thematic material and Distant Cathedral’s original material. Distant Cathedrals was written for full orchestra, including: one piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, and …
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Polymer Chemistry for Improved Self -Healing Composite Materials
Polymeric composite materials that are able to undergo self-healing through a microcapsule-based mechanism have been developed. The first successful example of this type of material was based on the ring-opening metathesis polymerization of endo-dicyclopentadiene using Grubbs' catalyst. The work …
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Soliton solutions of noncommutative integrable systems
… 1 and 2 are entirely made up of background material and contain no new material. Furthermore, these chapters are concerned with commutative equations. Chapter 1 outlines some of the basic concepts of integrable systems including historical attempts at finding solutions of the KdV equation, …
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A pedagogical analysis of the Estudos bem-humorados para trompete solo by Fernando Morais
… century Brazilian composers with original material by Fernando Morais. For Brazilians they serve to preserve those popular styles and to highlight their importance of the academy. For non-Brazilians, they serve as an introduction to Brazilian popular music through the styles found …
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Electrochromism of Transition Metal Phthalocyanine Thin Films
… The rereduced form is not the same as the original material, but it can be restored to the original form by annealing at 125(DEGREES). In cyclic oxidations and rereductions, there is a gradual loss of charge-consuming ability, apparently related to electrical isolation of small domains, …
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The copyright protection of online user-generated content
… ease of access thereto make infringement of original material more likely and more frequent. User-generated content is also surrounded by legal uncertainty in the areas of defamation and privacy. It is beyond the scope of this paper to deal in any depth with these issues. This dissertation …
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A consecutive study of the behavior of children in nursery school
… had been secured for each of ten children. This material was studied by the analysis of variance method. The data for the five children in 1942 was taken from Neidengard’s original material.
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Characterization of volcanic ash from 2010 Mt Merapi, Indonesia eruption by neutron activation analysis and leaching analysis
… (ICP-MS), and the results were compared to the original material present in the ash. Several potentially toxic metals and metalloids leached out of the system at relatively high rates. For example, 2.7% of the original antimony present in the ash leached into the simulated rainwater, as well as …
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Evaluation of educational strategies for litter control
… a specially modified behavioral version of the original material. Program evaluation for both curriculum packages was provided immediately before, after, and three months after the implementation of the program and consisted of student achievement testing in terms of knowledge about solid waste …
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Guia practico for piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos : a performance edition with critical notes and commentary
… based on Brazilian folk music. Based on the original material of the Guia Prático, Villa-Lobos composed eleven books for solo piano, each one containing five to six pieces. The result is a varied collection of piano pieces that reflects the spirit of Villa-Lobos and his Brazilian soul. Though …
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Motion and Spatiality: Material Illusions in Abstract Painting
… experience and interpret abstract paintings. Original material research is central to this project, and is pursued through a sustained technical exploration of the properties and potentials of contemporary acrylic paints and mediums, the development of improvised tools, and the application of …
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Motion and Spatiality: Material Illusions in Abstract Painting
… experience and interpret abstract paintings. Original material research is central to this project, and is pursued through a sustained technical exploration of the properties and potentials of contemporary acrylic paints and mediums, the development of improvised tools, and the application of …
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Tatei Watu (Our Father): A Tribute to Venâncio Mbande
… album consists of eight musical tracks based on original material usually played in open outdoor spaces in the context of community celebrations and in an environment that is very different from the one in which we generally enjoy music today. The aim of my project was to bring this music to a …
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