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Khandeparkar, Kapil. The role of complementarity and partner brand price level in new product introduction strategy using bundle offers: A study on the quality perception of bundle components. Indian Institute of Management, 2014.

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Harchenko, Vera. Mood language. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1831656.

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In the monograph, mood is considered as a derivative of its components: travel, theater, pets, reading, replenishing collections, painting. The deficit of hard work and daily creative perception as the most important components of mood is emphasized. Much attention in creating a good mood is paid to conversational, and especially lively, creative speech. For linguists and a wide range of readers.

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Barnes, Justin. International customer perceptions of South African automotive component manufacturer performance levels. University of Natal CSDS, 2002.

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Harchenko, Vera. The Poetry Of Nicholas Perovskogo. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1064942.

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The focus of the author are the characteristics of creativity of the poet Nikolai Perovsky (1934-2007), which are considered in the triad: poetry-line verse in the whole creative process. Examines the richness of its vocabulary, the language of emotions, perception and many other components of style. Emphasizes asiaturkey and cultural mission of poetry. The question is raised about the inclusion of fragments of poetry N. Perovsky in different dictionaries. The result of the analysis is the annotated list of achievements of the poet. For specialists in the language of artistic expression,

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Herbane, Brahim. Resources, autonomy and strategy: Perceptions of competitive advantage in the UK automotive components industry. De Montfort University, 2001.

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Murphy, Jill, and Laura Rascaroli, eds. Theorizing Film Through Contemporary Art. Amsterdam University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789462989467.

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As the cinematic experience becomes subsumed into today's ubiquitous technologies of seeing, contemporary artworks lift the cinematic out of the immateriality of the film screen and separate it into its physical components within the gallery space. How to read these reformulations of the cinematic medium - and their critique of what it is and has been? In Theorizing Cinema Through Contemporary Art: Expanding Cinema, leading film theorists consider artworks that incorporate, restage, and re-present cinema's configuration of the key categories of space, experience, presence/absence, production a

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Barrowman, Lesley M. An investigation into student and teacher perceptions of the college-based component of pre-registration nursing and midwifery programmes. The Author, 1999.

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Nierman, Glenn Elbert. The effects of participation in secondary school music performance organizations on the capability of students to select appropriate verbal responses describing perceptions of musical components in recorded music. U.M.I., 1989.

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Stranney, William T. An investigation into teaching staff and student nurses' perceptions of the research component of the new Project 2000 Program at a College of Nursing in Northern Ireland. [The Author], 1995.

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Riel, Marquita, and David Lowenthal. Environmental Structures: Semantic and Experimental Components (Publications in Environmental Perception, Report 8). Amer Geographical Society, 1992.

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Brownstein, Michael. Perception, Emotion, Behavior, and Change. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190633721.003.0002.

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This chapter describes the four components of unplanned spontaneous inclinations. These are (1) noticing a salient Feature in the ambient environment; (2) feeling an immediate, directed, and affective Tension; (3) reacting Behaviorally; and (4) moving toward Alleviation of that tension in such a way that one’s spontaneous reactions can improve over time. Noticing a salient feature (F), in other words, sets a relatively automatic process in motion, involving co-activating particular feelings (T) and behaviors (B) that either will or will not diminish over time (A), depending on the success of t

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Bar-Ilan, Universiṭat, ed. The perception of aggression and its components among critical and European Jews in Israel: A comparative study. 1987.

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Singha, Surjit, and Ranjit Singha. Representation of Koch Rajbongshi Tribe by the Selective Media Between 2000 And 2017 : : An Exploratory Study with Reference to Perception, Cognition, Humanistic Components, and Experience Creation. Independently Published, 2018.

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Representation of Koch Rajbongshi Tribe by the Selective Media between 2000 and 2017: An Exploratory Study with reference to Perception, Cognition, Humanistic Components, and Experience Creation. Independently published, 2019.

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Prinz, Jesse J. Emotions: How Many Are There? Edited by Eric Margolis, Richard Samuels, and Stephen P. Stich. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195309799.013.0008.

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This article focuses on a particular theory of the emotions, somatic appraisal theory, which explain the range of emotions effectively. The somatic appraisal theory is designed to compensate for the flaw in James's formulation according to which emotions are perceptions of patterned changes in the body. James's theory does not capture the idea that emotions are meaningful. Somatic appraisal theory mentions that emotions are perceptions of changes in the body and also carry information about circumstances that bear on well-being. The bodily changes that occur and the perception thereof have the

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Clealand, Danielle Pilar. Uncovering Blackness and the Underground. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190632298.003.0009.

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Chapter 8 analyzes how components of Cuban racial ideology influence black consciousness and identity formation. The data in this chapter add to the information we have about what underground racial consciousness and dialogue looks like among blacks. The chapter argues that although racial democracy has been successful in creating a perception of equality and decreased saliency of race, black consciousness continues to exist and racial identity is quite significant to blacks in their daily lives. The experience of discrimination, the presence of racism, and perceptions of being undervalued in

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Schmuckler, Mark A. Components of melodic processing. Edited by Susan Hallam, Ian Cross, and Michael Thaut. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199298457.013.0009.

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Melody is the most ubiquitous form of musical structure, with which listeners come into contact on a daily basis. Mirroring the prevalence and importance of melody, research in music cognition has focused extensively on the processes involved in perceiving and remembering melodic structure. Despite these years of study, however, our understanding of pitch structure in melody can be described simply, with respect to the two components of tonality and pitch contour. Although the importance of these two components has been recognized over the years, it is only recently that workable models of the

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Verschure, Paul F. M. J. Capabilities. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199674923.003.0023.

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This chapter introduces the “Capabilities” section of the Handbook of Living Machines. Where the previous section considered building blocks, we recognize that components or modules do not automatically make systems. Hence, in the remainder of this handbook, the emphasis is toward the capabilities of living systems and their emulation in artifacts. Capabilities often arise from the integration of multiple components and thus sensitize us to the need to develop a system-level perspective on living machines. Here we summarize and consider the 14 contributions in this section which cover percepti

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McAdams, Stephen, and Bruno L. Giordano. The perception of musical timbre. Edited by Susan Hallam, Ian Cross, and Michael Thaut. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199298457.013.0007.

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This article discusses musical-timbre perception. Musical timbre is a combination of continuous perceptual dimensions and discrete features to which listeners are differentially sensitive. The continuous dimensions often have quantifiable acoustic correlates. The timbre-space representation is a powerful psychological model that allows predictions to be made about timbre perception in situations beyond those used to derive the model in the first place. Timbre can play a role in larger-scale movements of tension and relaxation and thus contribute to the expression inherent in musical form. Unde

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Oldershaw, Lynn. The subjective component of parents' perceptions of their children's social behavior. 1990.

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Jarjour, Tala. Suryaniness. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190635251.003.0005.

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This chapter, and the next two, considers foundational notions in value perception and construction. The chapters form a sequence, about three closely entwined components of value: identity, authority, and performance. They suggest that local modes of value may be understood in music through the performative articulation of specific processes of identity and authority negotiation. Those processes take place where sociality intersects with deeper forms of value agreement. This chapter is about Suryaniness, which it explains as a performed sense of identity in two ways: first, through the associ

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Mason, Peggy. Perceiving the World. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190237493.003.0014.

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As exemplified by sensory illusions, perception is interpretative rather than faithfully representational of the changes in the world. All perceptual pathways involve stimulus transduction, transmission, and modulation before sensory events are coded by the nervous system. The set of stimuli that humans respond to are a subset of the stimuli that elicit reactions across the animal kingdom. The brain processes visual, auditory, mechanical, and vestibular stimuli by breaking stimuli into their sinusoidal components for neuronal processing. The probabilistic response of sensory receptors to stimu

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Treharne, Elaine. Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192843814.001.0001.

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Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts takes as its starting point an understanding that a medieval book is a whole object at every point of its long history. As such, medieval books can be studied most profitably in a holistic manner as objects-in-the-world. This means readers might profitably account for all aspects of the manuscript in their observations, from the main texts that dominate the codex to the marginal notes, glosses, names, and interventions made through time. This holistic approach allows us to tell the story of the book’s life from the moment of its production to its use, collec

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Abramowitz, Sharone. Mindfulness as a Component of Addiction Treatment (DRAFT). Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190265366.003.0021.

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This compact chapter addresses patient selection and general principles of mindfulness-based interventions, specifically mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). It describes mindfulness-oriented recovery enhancement (MORE) as a combination of mindfulness intervention and cognitive behavioral therapy, suggesting its effectiveness in reducing the perception of pain in more than half of the participants who complete training. While focusing principally on the patient, the chapter argues for the utility of mindfulness-based interventions in preserving the serenity and enhancing the effectivenes

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Han, Shihui. Cultural diversity. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198743194.003.0001.

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Chapter 1 provides a brief overview of cultural differences in human behavior by giving examples of human behaviors in East Asian and Western societies. It reviews the concept of culture used by psychologists, anthropologists, and philosophers, introduces several dimensions of culture, and emphasizes shared beliefs and behavioral scripts as the key components of culture that influence human behavior. It also reviews cross-cultural psychological research that has revealed differences in multiple cognitive processes including perception, attention, memory, causal attribution, and self-reflection

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Cullen, Christopher. The astronomical empire. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198733119.003.0002.

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This chapter begins by sketching the historical and cultural foundations of the role played by astronomy in the self-presentation of the early imperial Chinese state, principally through its claim to have the right to structure the time of its subjects by issuing a luni-solar calendar. This claim was presented as fulfilling a need on the part of the population; we discuss how far this claim was an accurate perception of the power relations involved. There follows a preliminary account of the main components of such a calendar, and of how they formed an integrated whole. Finally there is an int

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Karande, Kailash Jagannath, and Sanjay Nilkanth Talbar. Independent Component Analysis of Edge Information for Face Recognition. Kailash Jagannath Karande, 2013.

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Karande, Kailash Jagannath, and Sanjay Nilkanth Talbar. Independent Component Analysis of Edge Information for Face Recognition. Springer London, Limited, 2013.

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de Jonge, Carien, and Gail Whiteman. Arne Naess (1912–2009). Edited by Jenny Helin, Tor Hernes, Daniel Hjorth, and Robin Holt. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199669356.013.0027.

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Arne Naess, a Norwegian philosopher known for his work on semantics and philosophy of science, was committed to Gandhian, non-violent enquiry. As an ecophilosopher and the father of the deep ecology movement, he developed a philosophical system termed ecosophy. According to Naess, the path to understanding lies in an interconnected set of active processes, which include cognitive and emotive components and involve a widening and maturing of the self, which he termed self-realization!. This chapter examines the building blocks of Naess’ ecosophy and its relevance to process philosophy in organi

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Wood, Ann Dombrowski. THE LIBERAL ARTS COMPONENT OF ENTRY LEVEL NURSING EDUCATION: PERCEPTIONS OF FACULTY AND STUDENTS (CURRICULUM). 1985.

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Anderson, James A. Brain Theory. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199357789.003.0015.

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“What is a number that a man may know it?” (Warren McCulloch). A wave model can determine “numerosity” (number of identical items) for small numbers of items. Identity and numerosity can be explained through similar mechanisms. Can there be a biology of number? Imaging studies find a topographic map of number magnitude in the human brain. Higher mathematics is based in part on refined perception. Classic mathematical philosophy—Platonism and formalism—may be usefully extended with perceptual components both learned and unlearned. Perceptual involvement suggests why mathematics is surprisingly

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Scott, Peter. A Home of One’s Own. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198783817.003.0004.

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Prior to 1914 owner-occupation was unusual, with even many landlords renting the houses they themselves lived in. The inter-war years, and particularly the 1930s, witnessed the start of a trend towards Britain becoming a nation of owner-occupiers and of a popular perception that ownership was socially superior to renting. The 1930s owner-occupation boom has traditionally been portrayed as a process from which the working class were largely excluded. However, working-class families (particularly recently married couples) played a substantial role in this boom. This transition was the product of

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Treiber, Kyle. Biosocial Criminology and Models of Criminal Decision Making. Edited by Wim Bernasco, Jean-Louis van Gelder, and Henk Elffers. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199338801.013.4.

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This chapter explores how integrating the science of criminal decision making and contemporary biosocial criminology can benefit our understanding of why people make criminal action decisions and the role of biological factors. It reviews relevant biosocial findings but argues that efforts to link them to criminal decision making are limited by the lack of a strong model of the action process. It then compares how key components of this process—motivation, perception, and choice—are portrayed in models of criminal decision making with what is currently known about their biomechanics. It conclu

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Freilich, Charles D. The Foreign Policy Response. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190602932.003.0010.

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Chapter 9 presents the basic components of Israel’s foreign policy, as distinct from defense, and its primary foreign relations today. Together, they comprise a “diplomatic response,” the foreign policy equivalent of Israel’s military responses. It includes strategic relationships with a number of countries, above all the United States, unique ties with the diaspora, the pursuit of peace, and soft power. Arab hostility and international isolation forced Israeli diplomacy into a defensive posture, and it has become subordinate to defense policy. Nevertheless, a number of governments have made d

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Jarjour, Tala. Authority. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190635251.003.0007.

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Like Suryaniness, authority in Hayy al-Suryan is performed. The two are constantly contested and (re)articulated such that their components are legitimated, and, ultimately, agreed upon and valued. In putting some emphasis on gender in relation to notions of authority, particularly on women’s agency in the strict ecclesiastical and social hierarchy of Hayy al-Suryan, this chapter suggests the concept of authority as more appropriate than power. Borrowing Ricoeur’s tradition of authority, the chapter presents chant as the arbiter of Suryani modes of value in the worldly, relational sphere of Ur

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Briggs, Jessica. The Comprehensive Narrative-Crisis Model of Suicide. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190260859.003.0003.

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The narrative crisis model of suicide posits that individuals attempt suicide when they experience a distinct emotional state termed the suicide crisis syndrome. This chapter describes the model, which has three components: trait vulnerability, suicidal narrative, and the suicidal crisis syndrome. Trait vulnerability includes all static risk factors, which are relatively stable over time and distal to acute suicidal behavior. Suicidal narrative describes a suicidal person’s perception of his or her life story in which the past has led to an intolerable present and a future that is unimaginable

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Grande, John Joseph Del. Can grade two children's spatial perception be improved by inserting a transformation geometry component into their mathematics program? 1986.

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Murphy, Jill, and Laura Rascaroli, eds. Theorizing Film Through Contemporary Art. Amsterdam University Press B.V., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9789048561698.

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As the cinematic experience becomes subsumed into today's ubiquitous technologies of seeing, contemporary artworks lift the cinematic out of the immateriality of the film screen and separate it into its physical components within the gallery space. How to read these reformulations of the cinematic medium – and their critique of what it is and has been? In Theorizing Cinema Through Contemporary Art: Expanding Cinema, leading film theorists consider artworks that incorporate, restage, and re-present cinema's configuration of the key categories of space, experience, presence/absence, production a

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Hanning, Robert W. Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Stories for an Uncertain World. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894755.001.0001.

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The fictive inhabitants of the Decameron and the Canterbury Tales, the stories they tell each other, and the framing fictions that bring them together collectively acknowledge a radical uncertainty that characterizes most human endeavors, challenging the achievement of effective knowledge, perception, and strategy, and lacking intervention by Divine Providence. Dependable knowledge of the future, the past, or the distant present is thwarted by the fickle forces of chance (fortuna) and unverifiable report (fama); accurate perception of meaning is compromised by the instability or equivocality o

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Tenney, James. John Cage and the Theory of Harmony. Edited by Larry Polansky, Lauren Pratt, Robert Wannamaker, and Michael Winter. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252038723.003.0012.

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James Tenney examines some of John Cage's theoretical ideas and their possible implications for a new theory of harmony that he argues requires new definitions of “harmony,” “harmonic relations,” etc.; such definitions, he contends, will emerge from a more careful analysis of the “total soundspace” of musical perception. Tenney begins with a discussion of the current disparity between harmonic theory and compositional practice before explaining what a true theory of harmony should be: a theory of harmonic perception (one component in a more general theory of musical perception) consistent with

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Teaching students placed in English as a second dialect classes: An analysis of teachers' perceptions of the components of successful programs. 1988.

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Barfield, Woodrow, and Thomas A. Furness, eds. Virtual Environments and Advanced Interface Design. Oxford University Press, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195075557.001.0001.

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This sweeping introduction to the science of virtual environment technology masterfully integrates research and practical applications culled from a range of disciplines, including psychology, engineering, and computer science. With contributions from the field's foremost researchers and theorists, the book focuses in particular on how virtual technology and interface design can better accommodate human cognitive, motor, and perceptual capabilities. Throughout, it brings the reader up-to-date with the latest design strategies and cutting-edge virtual environments, and points to promising avenu

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Galynker, Igor. Suicidal Narrative. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190260859.003.0006.

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According to the narrative crisis model, as people with trait vulnerability to suicidal behavior experience stressful life events, they develop a perception of their life story as moving toward “the dead end,” which gives rise to the acute suicide crisis syndrome. This chapter details the suicidal narrative component of the narrative crisis theory, which organizes the common themes of suicidal narrative into seven phases that follow a coherent life story of progressive failure and alienation until the future becomes impossible: Setting up unrealistic life goals, entitlement to happiness, humil

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Blais, Kathleen Koernig. CRITICAL CARE COMPONENT OF UNDERGRADUATE NURSING EDUCATION: A STUDY OF PERCEPTIONS OF ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND BACCALAUREATE DEGREE NURSING FACULTY AND STUDENTS. 1985.

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Aderinto, Saheed. Sexualized Laws, Criminalized Bodies. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252038884.003.0006.

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This chapter discusses how the criminal justice system assumed a prime position in the policing of prostitution. By differentiating between adult and child prostitution laws, the legal system played a significant role in molding public and official perceptions toward the identity of adult and underage practitioners of prostitution and the perceived menace each type of prostitution allegedly posed. Moreover, unlike the social interpretation of sex work, the new legal regime from the early 1940s institutionalized the criminalization of transactional sex as a component of social and public order.

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Gaff, Clara, Louise Keogh, and Elizabeth Lobb. Communicating genetic risk. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198736134.003.0034.

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The discovery of cancer predisposing genetic mutations has heightened community awareness of the link between family history, genetic constitution, and personal risk. The component of an individual’s cancer risk that is due to their genetic make-up can be described as their ‘genetic risk’. Knowledge of genetic risk can assist both individuals with cancer and unaffected individuals to make decisions about healthcare and inform relatives who may share that genetic risk. Accordingly, patients seek advice about their risk and its implications and management from general practitioners (primary heal

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Léveillé, Jasmin, and Arash Yazdanbakhsh. Induced Motion. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794607.003.0069.

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Induced motion is the perception of an illusory motion component in one object or stimulus element due to the presence of another object moving truly in the opposite direction. The phenomenon has been known for several centuries, having been reported in both natural scenes and reproduced in laboratory experiments. Despite the ubiquity of induced motion, attempts to explain the phenomenon have generally revolved around very few principles. Foremost among these is the notion of object-centered reference frame, which stipulates that the visual system encodes objects relative to each other rather

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Prescott, Tony J., Nathan Lepora, and Paul F. M. J. Verschure, eds. Living machines. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199674923.001.0001.

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Biomimetics is the development of novel technologies through the distillation of ideas from the study of biological systems. Biohybrids are formed through the combination of at least one biological component—an existing living system—and at least one artificial, newly engineered component. These two fields are united under the theme of Living Machines—the idea that we can construct artifacts that not only mimic life but also build on the same fundamental principles. The research described in this volume seeks to understand and emulate life’s ability to self-organize, metabolize, grow, and repr

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Russell, James A. Toward a Broader Perspective on Facial Expressions. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190613501.003.0006.

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This chapter offers an alternative account to the basic emotion theory. In my alternative, termed psychological construction, episodes called “emotional” consist of changes in various component processes (peripheral physiological changes, information processing including appraisals and attributions, expressive and instrumental behavior, subjective experiences), no one of which is itself an emotion or necessary or sufficient for an emotion to be instantiated. One hypothesis, for example, is that the production of facial expressions is accounted for by one or more of various alternative sources(

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Yas, Oleksii. Comparative Histories: Instrumental Possibilities, Comparative Perspectives, and Cognitive Values. Analytical brief. Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15407/book1-0017926.

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The study highlights the origin of comparative tools and their use in the cultural spheres of historiography. It emphasizes that the comparative strategies and practices of classical historiography were largely based on the evolutionary and stage-specific foundations of the construction of the past; in particular, they imitated the cognitive models of natural science. The role of the romantic paradigm of nineteenth-century socio-humanitarian knowledge, which led to the constitution of comparative linguistics, comparative mythology, and comparative literature studies, has been considered. It is

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