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Self-evident shams : metafiction and comedy in three of Flann O'Brien's novels
(1998)The aim of this thesis is to analyse the connections between comedy and metafiction evident in Flann O’Brien’s At Swim-Two-Birds, The Third Policeman and The Hard Life. The following pages discuss how these novels express, ... -
Self-silencing and depression in women : examining the role of social support as a moderator
(2009)In almost all populations there is a significant sex difference in the rate of depression, with women being twice as likely to be depressed as compared to men (Bebbington, 1996; Kuehner, 2003) Numerous theories have been ... -
Self-silencing, depressed mood, and anger expression and the meanings behind self-silencing within intimate relationships
(2005)The present study investigates the silencing the self theory (STS, Jack, 1991) which proposes that more women than men are depressed (Benazzi, 2000) because of their greater tendency to self-silence in relationships to ... -
Self-tuned neuro-fuzzy controller based induction motor drive / by Zhi Rui Huang.
(2007)Among various ac motors, induction motor (IM) occupies almost 90% of the industrial drives due to its simple, robust construction and generally satisfactory efficiency as compared to dc motor. However, the control of IM ... -
Semantic similarity between words and sentences using lexical database and word embeddings
(2018)Calculating the semantic similarity between sentences is a long-standing problem in the area of natural language processing. The semantic analysis field has a crucial role to play in the research related to the text ... -
Semantic similarity measurement of construction projects using WBS-based similarity metrics
(2019)Lessons learned and the knowledge gained from previous projects could save a considerable amount of time and budget in planning and construction of future projects. In the process of knowledge and experiment reuse, finding ... -
Semantic web system for differential diagnosis recommendations
(2012)There is a growing realization that healthcare is a knowledge-intensive field. The ability to capture and leverage semantics via inference or query processing is crucial for supporting the various required processes in ... -
Semi-supervised framework for clustering and semantic segmentation
(2021)During the past couple of decades, machine learning and deep learning methods have achieved remarkable results in many real-world applications. However, it is difficult to develop and train these artificial intelligence ... -
Sensation seeking: cognitive and psychophysical correlates
(1973)The large body of research on exploratory behaviour, early isolation, sensory deprivation, and sensory overload has suggested the hypothesis that organisms seek an optimal level of stimulation from their environment. ... -
Sensory materials in child care : an assessment of illness risk / by Heidi J. Pitfield.
(2010)Objective. The objective of this study was to assess the risk of illness attributable to sensory use in licensed child care settings. Design. Four child care centres from one large corporation in the same health region ... -
Separating the recollective and automatic influences on memory using simultaneous judgements about fame and memory for prior occurrence / by Christine J. Kivi
(1995)Two experiments evaluated the utility ofreconstructing exclusion and inclusion responses which are used in the process dissociation procedure (Jacoby, 1991) from simultaneous subject responses about fame and recollective ... -
Serious heart disease and cancer and the multidimensional health locus of control
(1983)The present research attempted to determine whether or not individuals' perceptions of serious heart disease and cancer would differentially affect health locus of control beliefs, as measured by the Multidimensional ... -
Set-based computations
(1995)The representation of uncertain information and inference with such information are some of the fundamental issues in uncertainty management. Conventional methods for uncertainty management usually use a single value ... -
A Seventh fire spark preparing the seventh generation : what are the education related needs and concerns of students from Rainy River First Nations
(2012-11-10)This study examines factors that impact high school completion for Rainy River First Nations students living on-reserve in the Manitou Rapids community in Ontario. Utilizing traditional community knowledge as a guiding ... -
Severity and gendered mental disorders: does perceived illness severity influence gendered stereotypes of mental health stigma?
(2020)Compounding the already difficult nature of mental illness is the stigma attached to it, and mental illness is highly stigmatized. Social scientists have begun to explore and find evidence that stereotypes are not always ... -
Sex and death in modern America : media as a haven for taboo transgression
(2012-11-10)This study examines popular media representations of sex and death, using examples from television, film and the internet, and frames them using Bakhtin's [Mikhail Bakhtin] theory of carnivalization and Foltyn's [Jacque ... -
Sex differences in jealousy: investigating infidelity types and rival characteristics using animated videos
(2015-08-05)In this study, romantic jealousy, infidelity types, and rival characteristics (height, weight, facial attractiveness, strength, and social status) are explored from an evolutionary perspective. Several studies have previously ... -
Sex-role orientation and response to cognitive stressors
(1984)The present study was aimed at investigating the relationship between sex-role orientation, as defined by the BSRI, and heart-rate response to stress. After being administered both the BSRI and JAS, 35 female ... -
Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus
(2009)Globally, the prevalence of HCV is estimated by the World Health Organization (2003) to be 3% or approximately 170 million people and is anticipated to have a huge burden in future years on those infected as well as ...