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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"ruse"”.
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The Proposal for Darwinian Morality Offered by Michael Ruse: A Critical Assessment
… for morality constructed by Professor Michael Ruse. Chapter 1 outlines Ruse's background and Darwinian worldview while also depicting some inherent obstacles to the Darwinian worldview. Chapter 2 describes the moral anti-realism of Professor Ruse and illustrates his position as Hume updated by …
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Kagame’s Ruse in Rwanda: The Debilitating Role of Authoritarianism in Rwanda and its Impact on Long Term, Sustainable Development
… the “development” of the nation is more of a ruse and the nation’s economic and political advancement is dependent solely on maintaining an iron grip on people’s view of the country, information and freedom of speech and thought. Internationally, the nation is heavily funded and dependent on …
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Loggerhead Ruse: An Immersive and Devised Theatrical Piece Using Audience Agency Within a Theatrical Story to Increase Theatre Engagement in America
… immersion and agency to the audience? Loggerhead Ruse intends to explore that. Loggerhead Ruse is an immersive, devised theatrical experience set in a post-apocalyptic world, where trust is a dangerous gamble. As a devised piece, the story is built collaboratively by the ensemble, guided by the …
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The kernel of doubt : agricultural biotechnology, braided temporalities, and agrarian environments in India
… as the seed of certitude and doubt, of truth and ruse, of promise and disbelief at the same time. Debates were already brewing about the advantages of using transgenic cotton seeds as early as 2003.
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The King's Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I
… of Hal as a great manipulator. Falstaff uses the ruse of rhetoric instructor in order to construct a classical rhetorical argument for his own ends, and Henry IV gives a passionate yet formally adept (and classically rhetorical) plea to his son in order to incite change. An analysis of Falstaff …
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Clinical Nursing Monitoring of Patients with Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus // Клинично сестринско наблюдение на пациенти с усложнения при Захарен диабет тип 2
… part of the research was conducted in the Ruse region. It includes a quantitative study using an anonymous survey of 180 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus; a quantitative study using a standardised interview of 70 nurses providing healthcare to patients with diabetes; and a …
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Abstracts of Diploma Theses (2011) for Master’s Degree in Healthcare Management
… Varna. List of Titles: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE RUSE HOSPITAL ****** ANALYSIS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE REFORM IN BULGARIA ****** SOCIOLOGICAL PORTRAIT OF THE BULGARIAN GP ****** ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTH CARE. START UP AND MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL FOR PARENTS ****** RELATIONSHIP …
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Displacing Desires in Early Modern Drama
… parallels between the traditional ""theatrical ruse,"" which cures melancholic delusions by humoring them, and the psychoanalytic transference; both therapies are predicated on gendered dynamics of bodily loss and incorporation which also inform, at a displaced level, the convergence of healer …
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Hypertension Care – Nurse’s Role in Ambulatory Monitoring /// Артериална хипертония – роля на медицинската сестра в амбулаторния контрол
… a specialized ambulatory practice in the town of Ruse - The specialized ambulatory outpatient practice (SAOP) of cardiology. Subject of the test is introducing a Model for observation and treatment of patients with unsatisfactory blood pressure control and the nurses’ role of controlling the risk …
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Stronger : the architects of a new intelligence
… to give an impression of intelligence, a ruse at which many of them succeed. But none of them begins to approach the all-purpose intelligence of even a human child. Siri and Watson and Google and all other existing AI is what researchers refer to as "narrow" -adept at one task only. But …
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Evolution And Ethics
… but prescribes following reason. Micheal Ruse (2012), Peter Singer (2011), and Philip Kitcher (2011) each adopt Darwinism and on that basis arrive at descriptive instinctivism, descriptive rationalism, and prescriptive instinctivism, respectively. Our current level of understanding about …
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Penelope, domestic power and the morality of deceit in Homer's Odyssey.
… The Odyssey is, on the surface, exemplified by a ruse which is effective in its simplicity. The weaving, and subsequent un-weaving, of Laertes’ shroud is a brilliant ploy which successfully keeps the suitors at bay until the trick is revealed by one of her maids. This, however, is not the only …
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How progressive was the representation of physical disability within mainstream film in the 1990s, given the increased awareness about disability during the decade?
This dissertation will explore the representation of physical disability in mainstream films in the 1990s, determining that this onscreen representation was only slightly progressive in nature. It is based on a qualitative analysis of sixteen characters with disabilities in fifteen mainstream films …
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Dissertation in Which There Appear Lost Punchlines, Dreadful Puns, Low Resolution, etc.: On the Failure of Humour in Avant-garde Film and Video
… a dogmatic working principle but something of a ruse, one whose limits are meant to be teased, pushed, and exceeded. Moving to early feminist video art, Chapter 2 emphasizes the importance of humour in the project of articulating feminist political horizons. In videotapes by Susan Mogul and …
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Moral Implications of Darwinian Evolution for Human Reference Based in Christian Ethics: a Critical Analysis and Response to the "Moral Individualism" of James Rachels
… John Rawls, Tom Regan, Lewis Regenstein, Michael Ruse, Richard Ryder, Peter Singer, Gerhard von Rad, Stephen Webb, Lynn White, Jr., and Benjamin Wiker.</p> <p><em>Conclusions.</em> First, James Rachels is essentially correct in his analysis of the impact of Darwinian evolution on Christian Ethics. …
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Harry E. "Indian" Miller: Spectacles of Identity in the Early Twentieth Century American Southwest
… audiences and customers apparently accepted the ruse. This paper examines Miller’s choice to engage in various kinds of what I define as spectacles of identity—performances dependent upon markers of ethnographic identity for their visual impact and commercial appeal—and places those choices in …
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Developing and applying a constitutional framework for public participation in South Africa
… This thesis highlights that this debate is a ruse. Our focus should not be on the mode of participation adopted to engage with interested and affected parties but rather on the manner in which that mode (whether online platforms or more traditional methods) is implemented. Currently in South …
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Fauxtopia
To all who come to this fictitious place:Welcome.Fauxtopia is your land. Here, age relives distorted memories of the past, and here, youth may savor the challenge of trying to understand the present. Fauxtopia is made up of the ideals, the dreams and the fuzzy facts which have re-created reality... …