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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"past history"”.
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Performing the national past: history on stage in imperial Russia
… crisis and the first civil war in Russian history during 1598-1613. The project demonstrates that this subgenre was essential for the development of modern theatre in Russia and for articulating vital concerns about Russian national identity. Historical drama became the first type of plays …
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The Useable Past: History and Collective Identity in Nova Scotia, 1835-1920
This dissertation examines the writing of history in Nova Scotia between 1835 and 1920, beginning with the promotional loyalist works of Thomas Chandler Haliburton and ending in the early twentieth-century when tourism history emerged and marked an abrupt break from how historians had represented …
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Making the past : history, identity, and the cultural politics of the Ulster Folk Museum
… sentiment in mind that this thesis examines the history, identity and cultural politics involved in the creation of the Ulster Folk Museum, in that it records a particular version of Ulster's past and culture. In writing the history of a region, 'knowledge' is paramount - the story told being …
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Teaching the future's past : history education, identity values and prospects of reconciliation in the Republic of Macedonia
… the new generations of citizens. The teaching of history in schools, in this respect, takes up the vital task of disseminating a state’s national, or official, history. An eloquent illustration is that of the ‘new’ countries emerged from the dissolution of the Yugoslav Federation. Here, the …
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Risk factors associated with a past history of Exercise Associated Muscle Cramps (EAMC) in Ironman triathletes : a case control study
… factors that are associated with a self reported past history of EAMC in Ironman triathletes. The focus of this research is to increase the understanding of possible causes of EAMC, so that prevention and treatment strategies can be optimized.
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Story as a Means to Distributed Cognition in Dispute Mediation
In spite of a long history and wide-spread usage, dispute mediation has developed largely in the absence of theories to corroborate its practices. Mediators are taught techniques during their training to help disputants communicate; however, the kinds, patterns and evocation of disputant discourse …
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History of Concussion and Current Functional Movement Screen Scores in a Collegiate Recreational Population
… study was to assess if FMS scores correlate to history of a concussion in healthy college club sport participants. <strong>Methods</strong>: Health history and FMS score were collected on 55 participants (38 male, 17 female). Correlation between history of concussion and FMS score was assessed …
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Diving into the wreck : an investigation into the 'other' voices of history within the discourse of colonialism and slavery
… as a way of examining the continued weight of past history on our postcolonial present. The theoretical framework is drawn from postcolonial and postmodern literary theory with an emphasis on the problematics of speaking for the 'other' in twentiethcentury literary revisions.
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A room, a book and some questions
A room as a symbol of past history of the place, the museum as analogy for passing on knowledge by a book and many questions subjected to a house, but also to architecture and much more to my own person. This is the content of this Thesis book which, by its examples, cannot give definite answers …
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Education in the Marshall Islands under United Nations Trusteeship Administered by the United States
… has resulted in valuable information and history being lost in each successive turnover of personnel in the Trust Territory. Every year brings a group of new recruits into the educational system. This particular handbook contains valuable information on the past history and specific …
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Exercise associated muscle cramping : investigating a novel hypothesis
… of EAMC in a group of lronman triathletes with a past history of EAMC, secondly to compare the serum electrolyte concentrations in cramping and control Ironman triathletes as well as to record the baseline electromyography (EMG) of cramping lronman triathletes during recovery and thirdly to …
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Managing injury control in driving related occupations: effects of goal setting, response generalization, and individual differences
… change. 1) The Person factor considers the past history of an individual as well as specific personality characteristics which may influence responsiveness to an intervention. 2) The Environmental factor considers the manipulation of the environmental antecedents 2lnd consequences of the …
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Anticipatory smooth eye movements elicited by cues
… properties, namely, effectiveness in overwriting past history of target motion, cue delay, cue removal, and cue validity. The barrier cue produced faster anticipatory eye movements than the arbitrary cues, and overwrite the effects of past history of target motion (Experiment 1). Delaying the …
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A systematic review of the association between pulmonary tuberculosis and the development of chronic airflow obstruction in adults
… Evidence was found for an association between a past history of tuberculosis and the presence of COPD. This association is independent of cigarette smoking. Causality is likely but cannot be assumed.
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Remembering the Ladies of the Lakes: Michigan History through Story.
… and entertain. Focusing on the genre of the history tale, this project is a collection of 10 original stories based on Michigan history. By crafting stories based on people and events from the past, history becomes more interesting and memorable. These stories deal with women as they are …
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TESTING THE UTILITY OF NEURAL NETWORK MODELS TO PREDICT HISTORY OF ARREST IN BATTERERS
… that rely on variables that have been linked to past history of intimate partner violence (IPV) based on men’s report only. The current study compares the non-linear neural network model to traditional linear models in predicting a history of arrest for any crime in men who self-report a history …
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Vonnegut's criticisms of modern society
… tried many methods, including a careful study of past history. Although the act of predicting social events is largely theoretical--since it is necessarily a tentative process--numerous historians, sociologists, theologians, scientists, and artists persist in discovering trends or seeing patterns …
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Equity and Excellence in Education: The Fiscal and Legal Implications
… have faced discrimination in the schools in the past (e.g., blacks, non-English speaking children, and children who live in property-poor districts). Based on past history and these preliminary results, the excellence-in-education movement has started to have a deleterious effect on the equity …
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The Life of Buildings: A Narrative Through Time
… the full life of a building, not only its past history but also its future needs, transformations or uses. The ceremonial opening of a building often assumes a finished construction existing within a fixed moment in time. In reality, however, buildings perpetually evolve throughout their …
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