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Reichholf-Wilscher, Daniela [Verfasser]. "Bilingualism across the lifespan - A cross linguistic and cross cultural approach / Daniela Reichholf-Wilscher." München : GRIN Verlag, 2008. http://d-nb.info/1187617261/34.

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Pethybridge, Ruth. "Unresolved differences : choreographing community in cross-generational dance practice." Thesis, University of the Arts London, 2017. http://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/13357/.

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This practice-led research enquires into how ideologies of community as commonality have informed the dominant rhetoric in the Community Dance sector since the 1970s, and formed the conditions of possibility for Cross-generational Dance, a reciprocal relationship between discourse and practice that has arguably been overlooked in the historiography of Community Dance. Framed by Michel Foucault’s (1972) concept of the episteme – an umbrella mode of knowing that permeates historical taxonomies – Community Dance history is linked here with experimental choreographic processes during the 1960s and 1970s, and Relational Art of the 1990s. Such relationships suggest a more critical, politically-orientated genealogy. Cross-generational Dance is discussed through a reflexive approach to the writing which reveals how philosophies of community are divided into those associated with the idea of commonality – either through shared characteristics or common goals – and those that advocate a break with these imperatives, here examined through the philosophies of Adriana Cavarero, and Jean-Luc Nancy. Given its perceived agenda to bring people of distinct ages together into a harmonious totality, Cross-generational Dance provides a particular opportunity to discuss community, examined here through case-studies of key choreographers at the time of writing – Rosemary Lee, and Cecilia Macfarlane. The discussion of age is made explicit through an analysis of models of difference, and introduces how an ethical encounter with others can avoid the totalising impulse of community in subsuming these differences. The methodology of ‘relational choreography’ underpins the phenomenological emphasis on process and relationships in choreography over more conventional conceptions of product and form in dance and supports the hypothesis that community can be experienced as ‘being in relation through a phenomenology of uniqueness’. This conception does not rely on polarising the positions of the individual and the community, or self and other, young and old, but rather generates an experience of uniqueness, wherein differences remain unresolved, shared amongst ‘others plural’ (Nancy, 2000). This thesis therefore reconsiders what community means in the context of dance practice.

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Xue, Weichao [Verfasser], Martin [Akademischer Betreuer] Oestreich, Martin [Gutachter] Oestreich, and Werz [Gutachter] Daniel. "Metal-catalyzed radical C(sp3)–Si/Ge cross-coupling reactions / Weichao Xue ; Gutachter: Martin Oestreich, Werz Daniel ; Betreuer: Martin Oestreich." Berlin : Technische Universität Berlin, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1191256707/34.

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Perbandt, Daniela [Verfasser]. "Determination of yield and quality parameters of energy crops applying laboratory and field spectroscopy / Daniela Perbandt." Kassel : Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1003606652/34.

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Hyman, Randolph-Dalton. "The self is the dancer : a cross-cultural conceptualization of dance education." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0028/MQ50523.pdf.

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Savoiu, Daniel [Verfasser], and G. [Akademischer Betreuer] Quast. "Triple-Differential Measurement of the Dijet Cross Section at $\sqrts}$ = 13 TeV with the CMS Detector / Daniel Savoiu ; Betreuer: G. Quast." Karlsruhe : KIT-Bibliothek, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1228439273/34.

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Kiefer, Adam. "Multi-Segmental Postural Coordination in Professional Ballet Dancers." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1250045828.

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Kim, Sue In. "Naming Movement: Nomenclature and Ways of Knowing Dance." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2011. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/110764.

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This study examines dance terminologies and documentation of Korean and French court dances, Jeongjae and Belle Dance, respectively. For Belle Dance, Raoul Feuillet's Chorégraphie (1700) and Pierre Rameau's Maître à Danser (1725) provide lists of movement terms, definitions of them, and instructions for how to enact them. For Jeongjae, Jeongjae mudo holgi, written in the nineteenth century, comprises diagrams and descriptions of dance movements. These sources have their own ways of converting dance movement into language, revealing the divergent perspectives toward body movement in each culture. Their divergent modes of documenting dance demonstrate the characteristic ways of expressing and constructing knowledge of body movement of their historical and cultural contexts. By comparing the terminologies and documentation that carry historically and culturally specific concepts, I explore underlying assumptions about what kinds of information are considered knowledge and preserved through articulation in words and graphic symbols. This study addresses the research question, what do dance terminologies and processes of documentation suggest about perspectives on dance movement in two distinct dance cultures. To articulate the differences, this study examines selected documents as a whole and dance terms in specific. The significance of characteristic features found in the textual analysis will be illuminated through an exploration of intertextual relationships between the dance texts and important sources of the period that focus on the body and how it is conceived in relation to the human being. This study suggests that, dance documents, which translate selected aspects of dance movement into words and graphic symbols, encapsulate historically and culturally specific ways of knowing dance movement. Intending to capture movement analytically and visually, Belle Dance treatises attempt to establish objective knowledge of dance. This mode of knowing corresponds to philosophical and practical milieus that constructed the theory of mind-body dualism, mathematical foundations of modern science, and reliance on sense perceptions. In contrast, Jeongjae documents take the performer's experience as the standard point of view, considering his or her inner experience as well as observable results of movement. Correspondingly, Korean traditional culture adhered to a holistic view of the body and promoted implicit expressions to describe body movements.
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Villa, Elena M. "Eloquent flesh : cross-cultural figurations of the dancer in nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature /." view abstract or download file of text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1232398811&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1180979327&clientId=11238.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2006.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 313-332). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Müller, Daniela [Verfasser], and Edgar [Akademischer Betreuer] Radtke. "Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context / Daniela Müller ; Betreuer: Edgar Radtke." Heidelberg : Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1179783441/34.

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Röder, Marko [Verfasser], Daniel [Akademischer Betreuer] Bemmerer, Kai [Akademischer Betreuer] Zuber, and Thomas [Akademischer Betreuer] Aumann. "Measurement of the Coulomb dissociation cross sections of the neutron rich nitrogen isotopes 20,21N / Marko Röder. Gutachter: Kai Zuber ; Thomas Aumann. Betreuer: Daniel Bemmerer." Dresden : Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1069092185/34.

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Spriet, Andras. "Adolescents sujets à la précarité, à la violence et au danger; et psychothérapie institutionnelle." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCC078.

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Notre étude concerne la précarité, la violence et le danger chez les adolescents du quartier Hatikva, situé dans la banlieue-sud de Tel Aviv en Israël ; et la prise en charge de ces adolescents par l'institution Beit Ham au moyen de la psychothérapie institutionnelle. La précarité organise ici le quotidien de l'adolescent, ce déjà enfant : ici, l'enfant et l'adolescent sont confrontés à la précarité dans les domaines les plus élémentaires soit l'alimentaire, le jeu, le développement, l'accueil familial et sociétal, la protection, l'espace et la relation. C'est alors ce rapport intersignifiant élémentaire, structurant, entre ensemble et partie, entre nécessité et légitimité qui manque ou est très insuffisant pour permettre à la parole et à la demande de l'adolescent de s'articuler à l'extérieur, et par conséquent de constituer un appui et un recours. D'où notre problématique : la violence et le danger chez l'adolescent sont fonction de la précarité de la relation. Alors c'est cette "relation de connexion" (J. Lacan) élémentaire, ce rapport intersignifiant structurant entre énoncé et énonciation, entre "matériel signifiant" (J. Lacan) et sens, entre organisation déjà là et une présence qui n'opère pas. Ce qui confronte nombre d'adolescents et d'enfants à une difficulté de rencontre entre l'espace psychique et l'espace social, à une errance psychique et sociale, et à une difficulté de s'appuyer et de recourir au soutien extérieur pour faire face aux violences et aux dangers fortement présents dans leur milieu de vie. Mais ici c'est cet "espace du politique" (H. Arendt), cet espace de la relation, cette "signification de la participation" (L. Lavelle) qui sont sérieusement à interroger; soit ce "pas décisif culturel" (S. Freud). Mais la situation est critique car le potentiel de danger est très grand pour beaucoup de ces enfants et de ces adolescents. C'est donc la politique que ces adolescents interpellent directement, et nous avec : soit le sérieux de cette garantie d'un espace commun pour tous, du droit à la Cité, du droit à l'accueil et à la protection ; soit ces fondamentaux politiques non négociables pour la présence d'un enfant et d'un adolescent au monde c'est-à-dire de cet espace de la relation, de cet espace du rapport – intersignifiant – élémentaire et structurant. Qu'en est-il de cette existence politique d'un adolescent et d'un enfant, dont l'inconscient semble l'expression, quand le préjudice politique, quand la « misère symbolique » (P.-L. Assoun) auxquels sont confrontés tant d'enfants et d'adolescents sur ce terrain, ne permettent plus cette solidarité – existentielle – entre une présence au monde et espace, relation et structure, ou encore ce rapport intersignifiant élémentaire entre présence et participation, entre unité et continuité?
Our study concerns the precariousness, danger and violence among adolescents in the Hatikva neighborhood, situated in the southern suburbs of Tel Aviv in Israel; and the care provided for these adolescents by the Beit Ham institution by means of institutional psychotherapy. Here, precariousness rules over the daily life of the adolescent, who is yet a child: here, the child and the adolescent are confronted with precariousness in the most basic of domains, be it that of nutrition, play, development, family and societal climate, protection, space, and relationships. It is thus this relation of basic, structuring, cross-signifying relation, between whole and part, between necessity and legitimacy, which Is lacking or which is too insufficient to allow the verbal exteriorization of the adolescent’s own speech and demands, and thereby constitute support and remedy. Hence, our difficulty: violence and danger among adolescents are linked to the precariousness of the relationships. So it is this basic ”relationship of connection” (J. Lacan), this structuring cross-signifying relation between an utterance and the act of uttering itself, between “signifying material” (J. Lacan) and sense, between the existing organisation and a non-operating presence. Which makes it that numerous adolescents and children are confronted with a matching difficulty between physical and social space, with a psychic and social vagrancy, and with a difficulty to draw on and to resort to external support in order to face the ever-present violence and danger in their living environment. But in this case, it is this “political space” (H. Arendt), this relational space, this “significance of participation” (L. Lavelle) that are to be seriously questioned; or this “decisive cultural step” (S. Freud). But the situation is a critical one because the potential danger is very high for many of these children and adolescents. It is thus politics that these adolescents are directly calling out to, along with us: either the reliability of this guarantee of a common space for all, the right to a housing project, the right to acceptance and protection; or these fundamental, non-negotiable politics for the presence of a child or an adolescent in the world, that is to say, in this relational space, this connective space – cross-signifying – basic and structuring. What about this political existence of an adolescent and a child, whose unawareness is taken as expression, when the political prejudice, the “symbolic misery” (P.-L. Assoun) that so many children are confronted with in this region, no longer allow for this existential solidarity between a presence in the world and in the physical space, relationship and structure, or even this basic cross-signifying relation between presence and participation, between unity and continuity?

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Silliman, Mary Rachel. "Row crop environments provide an all-you-can-eat buffet and pesticide exposure to foraging honey bees." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/103602.

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The western honey bee, Apis mellifera, provide invaluable economic and ecological services while simultaneously facing stressors that may compromise their health. For example, agricultural landscapes, such as a row crop system, are necessary for our food production, but they may cause poor nutrition in bees from a lack of available nectar and pollen. Row crops are largely wind or self-pollinated, and while previous studies have focused on the impact of bees to row crops, fewer studies have examined the reciprocal relationship of the row crops on honey bees. Here we investigated the foraging dynamics of honey bees in a row crop environment. We decoded, mapped, and analyzed 3460 waggle dances, which communicate the location of where bees collected food, for two full foraging seasons (April – October, 2018-2019), and concurrently collected pollen from returning foragers. We found that bees foraged mostly locally (< 2 km) throughout the season. The shortest communicated median distances (0.48 and 0.32 km), indicating abundant food availability, occurred in July in both years, which was when our row crops were in full bloom. We determined, by plotting and analyzing the communicated locations, that most mid-summer foraging was in row crops, with at least 40% of honey bee recruitment dances indicating either cotton or soybean fields. Bees also largely foraged for nectar when visiting row crop fields, only returning to the hive with Glycine spp. pollen, and foraging on nearby trees and weeds for pollen. Foragers were exposed to thirty-five different pesticides throughout the foraging season, based on pesticide residues in collected pollen. Overall, row crop fields are contributing a surprising majority of mid-summer forage to honey bee hives and suggests that similar agricultural landscapes may also provide abundant, mid-summer forage opportunities for honey bees, however, at the risk of pesticide exposure.
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Declines in the number of honey bee hives have been observed in the United States and western Europe throughout the last century, driven by environmental stressors such as poor nutrition caused by anthropogenic landscape change and pesticide exposure. Agricultural landscapes, for example, contain monocultures and often necessitate pesticide use, which may be detrimental to bee health. Because of these effects, it is necessary to understand how honey bees forage in these systems and what potential health risks they face. We investigated honey bees foraging dynamics in a row crop environment, observing honey bee waggle dance recruitment behavior and gathering forager-collected pollen to better understand when, where, and what honey bees forage on throughout the season (April – October). We found that bees largely foraged near the hive throughout the season, indicating that sufficient resources were available, particularly in July when crops were in full bloom. During full bloom bees considerably foraged in cotton and soybean fields. We found that bees collected minimal row crop pollen, apart from soybean pollen, largely foraging on trees and flowering weeds for pollen. Through pollen foraging bees were exposed to thirty-five pesticides, ranging in toxicity and mode of action. Overall, honey bees foraging in a row crop system foraged substantially in row crop fields during the mid-summer. Row crops systems may be able to provide abundant forage during the mid-summer, but could come at the risk of exposure to pesticides.

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Lyons, Reneé C. "Creating Cross-Curricular Resources: A Book Talk for The Revival of Banned Dances: A Worldwide Study." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2392.

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Gortz, Ann-Christin. "Linguistic markers as evidence for cultural awareness : a critical examination of international critiques of a South African dance company." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6840.

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Thesis (MPhil (General Linguistics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Viewing cross-cultural dance performances on international tours or as part of international dance festivals has become common practice all over the world. For critique writers, choreographers/ dancers and the audience the accessibility of such a diverse variety of dance has both advantages and disadvantages. Cross-cultural differences in these performances challenge strategies of viewing and perception which may lead to aesthetic enrichment but these performances also risk being misunderstood. In dance critique writing, such a misunderstanding may result in a negative critique projecting, in a worst scenario, negative prejudices on the respective cultures. This thesis investigates how attitudes towards, and perceptions of, cultural differences are reflected in cross-cultural dance critiques, through the use of particular linguistic and stylistic devices. Analysis strategies deriving from Critical Discourse Analysis and Text Analysis are used to uncover the critique’s strategies to communicate their evaluation including ways of persuasion and power. I analyse six critiques from three countries on the performance Beautiful Me performed on international tours by the Vuyani Dance Theatre from South Africa. My initial hypothesis is that cultural differences may lead to negative critiques due to intercultural misunderstanding. Since viewing Performance Art is not only influenced by the critique writer’s cultural background but also by their perception attitude towards the performance, the analysis takes perception modes such as a theatre semiotic approach and a phenomenological approach into consideration. Interestingly, different perception modes seem to have a greater impact on the outcome of a critique than cross-cultural differences. This means that most negative evaluations must have their origin in the applied strategy of viewing and perceiving dance. The critic seems to interpret and embed the perceived features of the dance performance into specific cultural or socio-political contexts forming an individual, often complex evaluation.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Om te kyk na kruiskulturele dansuitvoerings deur dansgeselskappe op internasionale toere of as deel van internasionale dansfeeste, het wêreldwyd algemene praktyk geword. Vir kritici, choreograwe/dansers en die gehoor hou die toeganklikheid van so ’n diverse verskeidenheid dans sowel voordele as nadele in. Kruiskulturele verskille in hierdie vertonings daag kyk- en waarneem-strategieë uit, wat tot estetiese verryking mag lei. Daar is egter ook ’n moontlikheid dat hierdie vertonings verkeerd geïnterpreteer mag word. Só ’n waninterpretasie in dansresensies mag lei tot negatiewe kritiek wat, in uiterste gevalle, negatiewe vooroordele oor die betrokke kulture projekteer. Hierdie tesis doen ondersoek na die wyse waarop houdings teenoor en persepsies van kultuurverskille in kruiskulturele dansresensies deur middel van spesifieke talige en stilistiese middele gereflekteer word. Analitiese strategieë uit die velde Kritiese Diskoersanalise en Teksanalise word gebruik om kritici se strategieë wat ’n oordeel kommunikeer, bloot te lê. Ek analiseer ses resensies uit drie lande wat handel oor die vertoning Beautiful Me wat deur die Suid-Afrikaanse dansgeselskap Vuyani Dance Theatre tydens internasionale toere opgevoer is. My aanvanklike hipotese is dat kultuurverskille aanleiding mag gee tot negatiewe kritiek vanweë interkulturele misverstande. Aangesien die beoordeling van Uitvoerende Kunste nie slegs deur die kritikus se kulturele agtergrond beïnvloed word nie, maar ook deur hul waarnemingshouding teenoor die vertoning, neem die analise waarnemingsmodusse soos ’n teater-semiotiek-benadering en ’n fenomenologiese benadering in ag. Interessant genoeg, lyk dit asof verskillende waarnemingsmodusse ’n groter impak het op die uitkoms van kritiek as kruiskulturele verskille. Dít beteken dat die meeste negatiewe oordele hul oorsprong moet hê in die toegepaste strategie van dans kyk en waarneem. Dit blyk dat die kritikus die waargenome eienskappe van die dansuitvoering interpreteer en inbed in spesifieke kulturele of sosio-politiese kontekste wat aanleiding gee tot die verskillende, dikwels komplekse maniere van beoordeling.

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Rapp, Daniel [Verfasser], and Stefan [Akademischer Betreuer] Wagenpfeil. "Quantile reference values for peak oxygen uptake : Cross-sectional study of 9,354 adult participants of cardiopulmonary exercise tests using cycle ergometry in three German cities. / Daniel Rapp ; Betreuer: Stefan Wagenpfeil." Saarbrücken : Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1190085887/34.

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Martschei, Daniel Michael [Verfasser], and M. [Akademischer Betreuer] Feindt. "Measurement of the t-channel single top quark production cross section in the electron and muon decay channel with the CMS detector at the LHC / Daniel Michael Martschei. Betreuer: M. Feindt." Karlsruhe : KIT-Bibliothek, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1024729516/34.

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Tindall, Daniel James [Verfasser], Alois [Akademischer Betreuer] Fürstner, and Norbert [Gutachter] Krause. "Fe-catalyzed cross-coupling of 1-substituted cyclopropyl tosylates & Rh(III) complexes in carbene transfer reactions: development of an azo metathesis / Daniel James Tindall ; Gutachter: Norbert Krause ; Betreuer: Alois Fürstner." Dortmund : Universitätsbibliothek Dortmund, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1161942556/34.

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Eriksson, Anna. "Gränsöverskridande föreställningar : En analys av dansperformance utifrån tre exempel." Thesis, Södertörn University College, The School of Culture and Communication, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-432.

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The essay is an effort to examine and define three examples of liminal dance performances through an aesthetic, hermeneutic and semiotic analysis. The examples are three dance or liminal performances, made by three different choreographers and performed at “Moderna Dansteatern” and “Dansens Hus” in Stockholm during September and October 2005. In the effort to determine the liminal and cross-over in the performances, the analysis focus on aspects such as: the character of the work, choreography, the use of scenery, stage light, requisites, conception of place and interior room, the use of costume and mask, the use of different media as text, pictures, film, and music or not using any these, and the interaction with the audience. The analysis depends on a historical background and the use of literature in the subject. The result of the analysis is that these cross-over performances are very different in character of these aspects and aesthetic form. The definition of dance and performance is, in itself, liminal and difficult to determine.

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Monroy, Agamez Ernesto Eduardo. "The role of motion smoothness, synchrony, and culture in aesthetic perception of human movement : from the method of production to the method of choice." Thesis, Brunel University, 2018. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/16426.

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Research on aesthetic perception of dance has been recently generating considerable interest within the field of Psychology of Aesthetics. There are, however, a number of methodological and conceptual gaps in our knowledge such as the application of the method of production, as well as understanding the role of motion smoothness, synchronous movement, and cultural factors in aesthetic perception. The present basic research addresses those gaps through five psychological experiments. In study 1, participants generated static sequences of images according their preference. Smooth continuation of meaningful objects was preferred when considering implied motion. In study 2, participants sorted images into moving sequences that they would like to see. Participants liked movements with smooth motion. In study 3, participants rated different schematic video animations depicting two dancers. Participants preferred smooth movements preformed in synchrony. In study 4, participants rated video animations depicting different types of motion performed by human body or abstract shapes. Participants preferred smooth synchrony. In study 5, British and Japanese participants watched synchronous and asynchronous actual dance video clips, rated the videos according their aesthetic judgement and answered questionnaires about motivations and individualism/collectivism. British participants preferred asynchronous dance while Japanese participants preferred synchronous dance. Studies 1 and 2 applied the method of production for the first time to study aesthetic preference for human movement, studies 1 to 4 support the neurocognitive model of aesthetic appreciation in the performing arts. Study 5 supports our cultural hypothesis: British participants preferred asynchrony (in line with analytical perceptual style, Western focus on individual movements), whereas Japanese participants preferred synchrony (holistic style, Eastern focus on group movement). Convergence between the neurocognitive model and the cultural hypothesis is discussed. The present research opens new lines of research in perception of human movement and performing arts: the method of production, motion smoothness, synchrony, and cross-cultural aesthetics.

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Smyres, Alyssa Leann. "Multifidus Muscle Size and Atrophy Among Dancers With and Without Low Back Pain." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3289.

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Design: A single-blinded, cross-sectional observational study. Objectives: Examine muscle cross-sectional area and symmetry of the lumbar multifidus muscle in elite ballroom dancers with and without low back pain (LBP). Background: The incidence of LBP among elite ballroom dancers is high and at Brigham Young University is 57%. Previous research has linked lumbar multifidus muscle atrophy to low back pain; however this relationship has not been examined in ballroom dancers. Methods and Measures: Lumbar multifidus cross-sectional area was assessed at rest on the right and left side at levels L1-L5. Thirty-seven subjects (age 24 ± 3.2 years; height, 172.8 ± 11.3 cm; mass, 54.6 ± 4.5 kg) were divided into one of three groups. Participants who reported LBP severe enough to interfere with dance training and daily living were allocated to the LBP group (reported pain at rest, during dance, and following dance) (n=15). Subjects who reported LBP that was not strong enough to interfere with training and daily living were allocated to the minimal pain group (reported pain during dance and following dance) (n= 6). And those who reported no back pain were put into the no pain group (n=16). Results: There were no significant difference in demographics between the groups (P>0.05). There was no significant difference between groups in multifidus cross-sectional area (P = .437). Asymmetry was found in all groups with the left side being larger than the right (P < .002). Conclusion: This study provides new information on lumbar multifidus cross-sectional area in elite ballroom dancers. Future research needs to examine other causes of LBP in elite ballroom dancers in an attempt to decrease LBP in these athletes.

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Fontaine, Mathieu. "Alarmine S100A9 : de la théorie du danger aux infections nosocomiales après un choc septique : approche clinique et expérimentale." Thesis, Lyon 1, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015LYO10038.

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Le choc septique reste une pathologie grave, associée à des taux de mortalité et d'infections nosocomiales (IN) secondaires élevés. La prédiction du pronostic est de la plus haute importance pour sélectionner les patients qui pourraient bénéficier de traitements visant à moduler la réponse immunitaire. Le système immunitaire, classiquement active par des agents externes, peut également être activé par des médiateurs endogènes exprimés à la suite d'une agression d'origine septique ou non. Les protéines S100 font partie de ces signaux de danger endogènes (ou alarmines). Le but de ce travail est d'évaluer la capacité de l'ARNm de S100A9 mesuré dans le sang total de patients en choc septique à prédire la survie et la survenue d'IN. Nous avons également étudié la régulation de l'expression des ARN messagers de S100A8 et S100A9 dans un modèle ex vivo de tolérance à l'endotoxine qui reproduit partiellement les dysfonctions de l'immunité innée induites par le sepsis. L'ARNm de S100A9 est surexprimé dans le sang des patients en choc septique. Un taux élevé entre le 7eme et le 10eme jour du début du choc septique est associé à la survenue d'IN secondaires. Ex vivo, l'expression des ARNm de S100A8 et S100A9 est augmentée durant le phénomène de tolérance à l'endotoxine. Le blocage de l IL-10 et l'administration d'IFN-γ réduisent l'augmentation de ces ARNm dans ce modèle. Apres confirmation dans des études cliniques, ces résultats préliminaires suggèrent que l'expression des ARNm de S100A8 et S100A9 puisse être utilisée comme marqueur du phénomène de tolérance à l'endotoxine et comme outils pour évaluer la dysfonction immunitaire des patients en choc septique. Ces patients pourraient alors bénéficier de thérapies visant à restaurer leurs fonctions immunitaires
Septic shock remains a serious disease with high mortality and increased risk of hospital-acquired infection. The prediction of outcome is of the utmost importance for selecting patients for therapeutic strategies aiming to modify the immune response. Immune system, typically activated by external agents, can also be activated by endogenous mediators induced by various types of stress (trauma, infection, burns). S100 proteins are part of the alarmins family. The aim of this study was to assess the capability of S100A9 messenger RNA in whole blood from patients with septic shock to predict survival and the occurrence of hospital-acquired infection. We also investigate the regulation of S100A8 and S100A9 mRNA expressions in an ex vivo model of endotoxin tolerance which partially reproduces sepsis-induced innate immune alterations. S100A9 messenger RNA is increased in septic shock and its delayed overexpression is associated with the occurrence of secondary hospital-acquired infection. Ex vivo, S100A8 and S100A9 mRNA expressions are increased during endotoxin tolerance. IL-10 blockade and rIFN-γ treatment partially abrogated S100A8/A9 mRNA increases in this model. Pending confirmation in larger, independent clinical studies, these preliminary results suggest that S100A8 and S100A9 mRNA levels might be used as surrogate markers of endotoxin tolerance and as evaluation tools for immune dysfunctions in septic shock patients. These patients could be selected for therapeutic aiming to restore immune functions

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Wagner, Daniela [Verfasser], and Franziska [Akademischer Betreuer] Perels. "Self-regulated learning and Latin translation achievement : effectiveness of different intervention approaches to foster self-regulated learning and Latin translation competency and the examination of cross-lagged relations / Daniela Wagner. Betreuer: Franziska Perels." Saarbrücken : Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1058586459/34.

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Capriotti, Daniele [Verfasser], Hubert [Akademischer Betreuer] Kroha, and Stefan [Akademischer Betreuer] Schönert. "Measurement of the Z → τ+τ- production cross section in proton-proton collisions at 7 TeV center-of-mass energy with the ATLAS detector / Daniele Capriotti. Gutachter: Stefan Schönert ; Hubert Kroha. Betreuer: Hubert Kroha." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1024161609/34.

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Dominguez, Damiani Daniela [Verfasser], and H. [Akademischer Betreuer] Jung. "Cross Section measurements of t ̄t pair production in the boosted regime in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV with the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider / Daniela Dominguez Damiani ; Betreuer: Hannes Jung." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2020. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-104475.

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Dominguez, Damiani Daniela [Verfasser], and Hannes [Akademischer Betreuer] Jung. "Cross Section measurements of t ̄t pair production in the boosted regime in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV with the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider / Daniela Dominguez Damiani ; Betreuer: Hannes Jung." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1211727238/34.

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Riha, Joyce Marie. "Fire Ants." PDXScholar, 1996. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5150.

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Loss is a fundamental part of the human experience, from the loss of security and innocence that comes with the necessary separation of child from parent to the ultimate loss of life. Along the way, there are the losses of jobs, of incomes, of homes; the losses of friendships, of family members, of lovers; the losses of direction, of control, of hope. As cognitive and caring beings, humans struggle to cope with these losses, to greater and lesser degrees of success. This is the theme at the heart of this thesis. Fire Ants is composed of ten short stories, fictive works, which differ in specific subject matter, yet deal unilaterally with issues of loss. Like the venomous creatures that threaten to eat B. D. Packard alive in the title story, life eats away at a number of characters in the collection who are deficient. The narrators in "Aftermath" and "Hues," for example, suffer psychological -- if not physical -- deaths. But not all of the characters lack coping mechanisms, unhealthy as they may sometimes be. As the stories unfold, some characters begin to gain small degrees of perspective and understanding, to learn that while life is full of loss, it is not always entirely bleak. As demonstrated in "Cross Creek," good exists, though it is not always where one might expect it. And life can be full despite loss, as depicted in "Stitches."

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Veloupoulé, Aurélie. "Les mouvements de la "Réforme de la Vie" au contact de la culture et des traditions corporelles indiennes." Thesis, La Réunion, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LARE0043.

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Dès la fin du XIXe siècle, la Lebensreform (« réforme de vie ») recouvre trois aspects qui sont la modernité (ère industrielle), la crise des valeurs et l'émergence de nouvelles pratiques artistiques, culturelles et sociales dans les pays de l'espace germanophone. La Lebensreform est une réponse aux ruptures de la modernité ; de nouvelles formes de vie collectives voient le jour. Les espaces d'accueil fondent leur propre mode de vie autour du programme d'une réconciliation avec la nature, en adoptant plusieurs réformes de la vie. Parallèlement, l'Inde artistique et spirituelle évolue et influence l'art moderne occidental, d'où l'apparition de passerelles transculturelles. Les artistes de la Lebensreform adoptent de nouveaux modes d'expression corporelle qui s'inspirent de l'art indien (mudrâs, rythme, etc.). Il s'agit dans notre thèse d'aborder l' « esthétique du performatif » ; l’art de la danse moderne devient un mode de communication à part entière, c'est-à-dire un langage non verbal, traité sous l'angle du concept de performatif. L'art moderne, qui se développe dans l'espace germanophone, conduit à une nouvelle quête, celle d'une recherche de sa propre identité à travers l'exploration du mouvement
From the end of the 19th century, the Lebensreform (Life reform) covers three aspects which are modernity (industrial era), crisis in values, and the emergence of new artistic, cultural and social practices in German-speaking countries. The Lebensreform is a response to the break with modernity; new collective lifestyles are born. Hosting places build their own lifestyle around a program of renewals and reconciliation with nature, adopting several reforms of life. At the same time, artistic and spriritual India evolved and influenced modern Western art from whence grew cross-cultural gateways and bridges. Artists from the Lebensreform adopted new corporal forms of expression inspired by Indian art (mudrâs, rythm, etc.). This thesis concerns itself with the « esthetic performative » with the knowledge that the art of modern dancing, viewed from the angle of the performative concept, may be said to have emerged as a global mode of communication, and a non verbal language. Modern art as developed in German-speaking community has also led to a new quest, a search for our own identity through an exploratory movement

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Alvar, Blomgren. "”By the iron hand of oppression" : The performance of the parliamentary election contest in Nottingham and Middlesex 1802-1803." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Historiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-143964.

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The aim of this thesis is to investigate how politics was done at the level of the parliamentary constituencies at the time of the treaty of Amiens 1802-1803. This is achieved through two case studies of the elections in Middlesex and Nottingham, which are investigated as social practices. This thesis argues that understandings of masculinity and national identity, as well as questions about the nature of the constitution and citizen rights were central to participants in the extraparliamentary political process. Collective emotions were also highly important in the process of mobilising political support, and this thesis emphasises that participation in these elections was a collective effort; men and women from all levels of society were significant political actors. Moreover, this thesis demonstrates the importance of competences such as knowledge about the organisation of crowds and political violence in the performance of the election.

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Armstrong, Keith M. "Towards an Ecosophical Praxis of New Media Space design." Thesis, QUT, 2003. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/9073/1/PHDTHESISKMAsmall.pdf.

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This study is an investigation in and through media arts practice. It set out to develop a novel type of new media artistic praxis built upon concepts drawn from the disciplines of scientific and cultural ecology. The rationale for this research was based upon my observation as a practising new media artist that existing praxis in the new media domain appeared to operate largely without awareness of the ecological implications of those practices. The thesis begins by explaining key concepts of ecology, spanning the arts and the sciences. It then outlines the thinking of contemporary theorists who propose that the problem of ecology is a critical issue for the 21st century, suggesting that our well-documented ecological crisis is indicative of a more general crisis of human subjectivity. It then records an investigation into particular strategies for artistic praxis which might instigate an active engagement with this problem of ecology. The study employed a methodology based in action research to focus upon the development and analysis of three new artistic works, '#14', 'Public Relations' and 'transit_lounge'. These were used to explore diverse theories of ecology and to hone a series of pointers towards Ecosophical arts/new media praxis. This journey constitutes an emergent theory for new media space design. The thesis concludes with a toolkit of tactics and approaches that other arts/new media practitioners might employ to begin working on the problem of ecology.

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Schulz, Daniela M. [Verfasser]. "Protein - protein interaction studies by chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry / von Daniela M. Schulz." 2007. http://d-nb.info/990264017/34.

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Düring, Daniël Nicolas. "The legal protection of cross-border climate-induced displaced persons in Southern Africa / Daniël Nicolas Düring." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/11543.

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The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which existing law could provide a legal basis for the protection of cross-border, climate change displaced persons, with a particular focus on Southern Africa. Before such an analysis can be made, however, it is important first to determine what climate change displacement exactly implies. By means of integrating and refining existing legal terminology and ideas the study attempts to disentangle the international contention on the subject and proposes that individuals who are forced from their countries of habitual residence as a reaction primarily to climatic push factors which pose an existential threat to their right to life are most in need of protection and may be referred to as cross-border climate change displaced persons. As climate change displacement is expected to occur primarily on the sub-regional geopolitical level of governance, the inclusion of regional, AU, and sub-regional, SADC, elements is important for the practical feasibility of this study. Southern Africa's particular vulnerability to the effects of climate change, making the advent of large numbers of climate change displaced persons in the area a reasonable prediction for the future, further justifies this study's chosen scope. After analysing the different legal branches of refugee law, human rights law and environmental law for each geopolitical level of governance referred to, this study concludes that: While there are several potential provisions in law that could provide protection to persons displaced by climate change, a sufficient protection framework can be derived only from the composite characteristics of different branches of law. Therefore, it is recommended that a matrix approach is followed when providing legal protection to climate change displaced persons. Because different fields of law provide more prominent protection in different spheres of governance, it is also recommended that the configuration of a legal protection matrix be adjustable to particular circumstances. It is therefore suggested that a legal protection mechanism is developed for each geopolitical sphere, and that different mechanisms are coordinated internationally.
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Jacobs, Craig. "Musculoskeletal Injury in Professional Dancers: Prevalence and Associated Factors. An International Cross-sectional Study." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24583.

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Abstract Purpose: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with injury in professional ballet and modern dancers, to explore dancers’ attitudes and perceptions of injury, and to assess if dancers are reporting their injuries and reasons for not reporting injuries. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken in professional ballet and modern dance companies in Canada, Denmark, Israel, and Sweden. Results: The point prevalence of injury in dancers is high (55% ballet; 46% modern) and most have chronic pain. Years dancing professionally and rank were associated with injury in ballet dancers. Attitudes towards injury vary and some dancers are continuing to dance when injured. Greater than 15% of all injured dancers have not reported their injury. Conclusions: Injury is common in dancers and there is an urgent need to investigate interventions to help control injury and understand the long-term implications of these conditions in this population.

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Connelly, Christine Diane. "Cross-body lead, counterbody motion : political and poetic notes towards a sociology of globalization, nation-building and transcultural performativity in Toronto salsa /." 2006. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=442492&T=F.

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LIN, CHIANG-FEI, and 林江霏. "A Study of Cross-Border E-commerce Business Model and Virtual Community Channel Strategy--An Empirical Investigation of the Danial Wellington Watch." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43592n.

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育達科技大學
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With the rise of various new E-Commerce platform and virtual community channel,the numbers of times consumers download mobile app raplidy increase which make the E-commerce market compepition gradually cross international and enter the field of active use of new technologies. The purpose of this research is to explore how DW uses virtual community channel and new business model to establish brand awareness, create high sales performance and quickly become an international fashion watch brand. This study begins with the collection of datas and the analysis of competitors to understand the strategy of DW using virtual community channel and the characteristics of cross-border e-commerce business model,then through deep interviews with physical pathways and e-commerce experts to organize and analyze the pontential problems that DW is currently facing in Taiwan and the differentation between physical and virtual paths. Provided refence advices to manufacturers who sell durable quality products base on the result of DW's discussion which gived a reference for vendors to design business models and developed virtual community access strategies in the future.Key words：Watch、Cross-Border Ecommerce、Business Model、Virtual Community Channel、Instagram.

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Jorda, Daniel [Verfasser]. "Tibiale Fixation des Patellarsehnentransplantates (BPTB) zum Ersatz des vorderen Kreuzbandes in der Cross-Pin-Technik mit biointegrablen CB-Pins : eine biomechanische In-vitro-Studie an porcinen Testpräparaten / vorgelegt von Daniel Jorda." 2008. http://d-nb.info/989774236/34.

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Halamíčková, Zuzana. "Zdvořilost v dánštině ve srovnání s češtinou." Master's thesis, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-312446.

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The aim of this thesis is to compare linguistic means of expressing politeness in Czech and in Danish. The term politeness covers both norms defining socially acceptable behaviour and strategies that speakers use to achieve their goals and avoid conflicts. After defining the term politeness, I briefly introduce the most influential theoretical approaches to politeness since the 1960s. The second chapter brings an overview of linguistic means of expressing politeness in Czech and in Danish. The last, most comprehensive part of the thesis is concerned with selected areas typically connected to politeness, i.e. greetings and forms of address, expressing thanks and reacting to them, orders, bans, and requests. In Czech, a polite request usually contains the particle prosím (please). This word has no equivalent in spoken Danish; however, Danish speakers can make use of other expressions, such as particles godt, nok, lige and vel, or the expression vil du være sød/venlig (would you be so kind). They can also use some of the conventional means of expressing a request indirectly. Many of those strategies are common to both languages, especially formulating the requests as a question, perhaps in a negative form. Polite requests in Czech are characterized by the use of conditional, Danish requests typically...

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Gama, Bernardo. "A dramaturgia do sonho : um estudo sobre as relações entre a dança e o circo contemporâneos." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/11921.

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O ponto de partida desta investigação foi a encenação do espetáculo de cariz circense Cadernos Suspensos. A encenação desta peça despertou questões sobre o processo criativo e o papel da dança e da dramaturgia no circo contemporâneo. Considerando as diferenças constatadas entre os ‘corpos’ do circo e da dança, são identificados modos de ação desses mesmos corpos e introduzida a questão do surgimento de um novo corpo resultante dessas duas experiências e vivências performativas. Neste estudo é analisada a diluição de fronteiras entre o circo e a dança e considerado que o resultado desse encontro, com a ajuda da dramaturgia, poderá ter contribuído para o surgimento de um novo discurso circense. O aumento das produções artísticas onde circo, dança e teatro coexistem induz a crer que há um crescente interesse nessas formas artísticas. Este estudo pretende pois contribuir para uma reflexão sobre as apropriações recíprocas do circo e da dança. Os argumentos explanados congregam a experiência e vivência pessoal nos campos das artes circenses e da dança, assim como o contributo teórico e experiencial de autores e artistas como Jacob, Guy, Lefèvre e Sizorn, Fourmaux, Nadj, Decouflé, Platel e Zimmermann & de Perrot. Discute-se a possibilidade de uma certa dança contemporânea ter-se apropriado do circo para resgatar um espaço perdido de sonho assim como uma potencialização física do corpo.
The starting point of this research was the direction of “Cadernos Suspensos”, a circus performance piece, during which some questions were raised regarding the creative process and the roles of dance and dramaturgy within the field of contemporary circus art. When considering the apparent differences between the “bodies” of circus and dance, a means of action of those same bodies can be identified. Also, a question arises regarding the appearance of a new body that is the result of these two types of performance art. In this study, an analysis is done regarding the breaking down of barriers between circus and dance. It is considered that the result of this encounter, with the help of dramaturgy, might have contributed to the appearance of a new kind of circus discourse. The increase in the number of artistic productions where circus, dance and theatre coexist leads to the idea that there is an increased interest in these artistic forms. This study therefore intends to provide some reflection on the reciprocal appropriations between circus and dance. The arguments presented take into account personal experiences and work in the fields of circus art and dance, as well as the theoretical and experiential contributions of authors and artists such as Jacob, Guy, Lefèvre and Sizorn, Fourmaux, Nadj, Decouflé, Platel and Zimmerman & de Perrot. It is debated whether contemporary dance might have borrowed from the circus arts in order to capture a lost dreamscape as well as a greater physicality of the body.

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Bänsch, Svenja. "Managing strawberry pollination with wild bees and honey bees: Facilitation or competition by mass-flowering resources?" Doctoral thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/21.11130/00-1735-0000-0005-150D-6.

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