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FROM PINK TO DETOURNEMENT: THE SEMIOTICS OF RADICAL QUEER DESIRES ON INTERNET SPACES
(2012)
This research explores the way queer political groups use symbolic capital in their web presences. It seeks to read semiotically how images deployed in queer Internet spaces can create and reinforce queer identities. This ...
Between Laughter and Weeping: Justo medio in the Cartas marruecas of Jose Cadalso
(2012)
This dissertation examines the genre, narrativity and use of humor in Colonel José Cadalso's1774 work Cartas marruecas (Moroccan Letters). The Moroccan Letters consists of a fictitious correspondence carried on between ...
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MICROSCALE CARBON FIBER AND CARBON-NANOTUBES GRAFTED FIBER WITH THE AID OF DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYZER
(2012)
Effects of surface modification on tensile and interfacial properties of PAN-based carbon fibers have been investigated. Four different types of commercially available PAN-based carbon fibers namely AS4, AS7, IM10 and T650 ...
Leveraging the Use of Mobile Applications to Increase Knowledge Retention in a Classroom Lecture
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2012-09-01)
This research sought to determine if the use of mobile applications (e.g., iPhone® apps) had an impact on students’ ability to learn new material. A control group was compared against a group of students who used mobile ...
Identification of Enhanced Rainfall Rates Using the Near-Storm Environment for Radar Precipitation Estimates
(2012)
Reliable and timely flash flood warnings are critically dependent on the accuracy of real-time rainfall estimates. Precipitation is not only the most vital input for basin-scale accumulation algorithms such as the Flash ...
BREVISSIMA: 1001 Tiny Latin Poems
(2012)
This book contains 1001 two-line poems in Latin, with Latin-English vocabulary. The poems come from all periods of Latin literature - classical, medieval and modern. The vocabulary is keyed to a Latin frequency list so ...
Globalization, New Technologies, and Intercultural Flexibility: Communication and Culture of Korean Adolescents in the United States
(2012)
This study aims to comprehend the contextual backgrounds, communicative behaviors, and cultural consequences of South Korean adolescents who are sent to the United States for the purpose of education. Globalization, the ...
Immunodominance of Antigenic Site B over Site A of Hemagglutinin of Recent H3N2 Influenza Viruses
(PLos One, 2012-07-25)
H3N2 influenza viruses have now circulated in the human population for 43 years since the pandemic of 1968, accumulating sequence changes in the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) that are believed to be predominantly ...
TEST METHODS FOR USE OF RECYCLED ASPHALT PAVEMENT IN ASPHALT MIXES (FHWA-OK-12-01 2223)
(2012-2)
Usage of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) in the construction of new pavements has increased in recent years due to the movement to conserve energy and raw materials, and reuse waste materials. To assess the effectiveness ...
GREEBLES AND BRONCOS: A TEST OF EXPERTISE IN THE CROSS-RACE EFFECT
(2012)
People are more accurate at recognizing faces of individuals of their own race than individuals of another race; this well-replicated phenomenon is known as the cross-race effect (CRE). The reasons underlying the CRE are ...