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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of music listening on Cortisol levels and Propofol consumption during spinal anaesthesia

Frontiers in Psychology, 2011
Background: This study explores effects of instrumental music on the hormonal system (as indicated by serum cortisol and adrenocorticotropic hormone), the immune system (as indicated by immunoglobulin A) and sedative drug requirements during surgery ...
Stefan eKoelsch, Julian eFuermetz, Ulrich eSack, Katrin eBauer, Maximilian eHohenadel, Martin eWiegel, Udo eKaisers, Wolfgang eHeinke   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corpus-Based Transcription as an Approach to the Compositional Control of Timbre [PDF]

, 2009
Timbre space is a cognitive model useful to address the problem of structuring timbre in electronic music. The recent concept of corpus-based concatenative sound synthesis is proposed as an approach to timbral control in both real- and deferred-time ...
Bresson, J., Einbond, A., Schwarz, D.
core   +2 more sources

Investigating musical performance: Commonality and diversity amongst classical and non-classical musicians [PDF]

, 2008
The research project 'Investigating Musical Performance: Comparative Studies in Advanced Musical Learning' was devised to investigate how classical, popular, jazz and Scottish traditional musicians deepen and develop their learning about performance in ...
Creech, Andrea, de Bezenac, Christophe, Duffy, Celia, Haddon, Elizabeth, Himonides, Evangelos, Morton, Frances, Papageorgi, Ioulia, Potter, John, Welch, Graham, Whyton, Tony   +9 more
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Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians With Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ideals often remain elusive. Support systems continue to be fractured and in the context of ongoing policy reforms, it is vital
Joel Hollier, Jennifer Smith‐Merry
wiley   +1 more source

“Romanticism in T.S. Eliot’s Early Poetry: Music and Words” [PDF]

, 2011
In his lecture “The Music of Poetry” (1942), T.S. Eliot said, “I think that a poet may gain much from the study of music.” Indeed, much of his poetry shows his debt to music, for instance in the musical titles of his early poems, jazz rhythms in the ...
Ang, Abby
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Stakeholder Perspectives on Therapeutic and Safe Building Design in Residential Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Residential care is a form of out‐of‐home care that plays a critical role in supporting vulnerable young people in Australia. However, there is an evidence gap regarding the built environment in this context. This research aimed to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders in residential care in Victoria, Australia, regarding design that ...
Carmen Schroder, Olivia Crivari, Phillippa Carnemolla, Libby Callaway   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bach And God [PDF]

, 2016
Bach & God explores the religious character of Bach\u27s vocal and instrumental music in seven interrelated essays. Noted musicologist Michael Marissen offers wide-ranging interpretive insights from careful biblical and theological scrutiny of the ...
Marissen, Michael
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Non-Instrumental Movement Inhibition (NIMI) differentially suppresses head and thigh movements during screenic engagement: dependence on interaction [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Estimating engagement levels from postural micromovements has been summarized by some researchers as: increased proximity to the screen is a marker for engagement, while increased postural movement is a signal for disengagement or negative ...
Bianchi-Berthouze, Blood, Bloom, Bradley, Bull, Christian, Coan, Condon, Csikszentmihalyi, D'Mello, D'Mello, Ekman, European Banking Authority, Finn, Grafsgaard, Grafsgaard, Gratch, Haddon, Henrie, Huth, Isabella, James, Jennett, Kahn, Kapoor, Kogure, Lang, Macey, McClave, Mehrabian, Mehrabian, Mota, Northrup, O'Brien, Olejnik, Park, Pease, Ramseyer, Rodrigo, Russell, Sandberg, Sanghvi, Schmidt, Snyder, Van Baaren, van den Hoogen, Webster, Witchel, Witchel, Witchel, Witchel, Witchel, Witchel, Witchel, Witchel, Woolf   +55 more
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Histology and fossil diagenesis of a pterosaur tooth from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous of Brazil)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Pterosaur dental biology remains poorly understood despite its importance for comprehending feeding strategies and flight adaptations. Here, we present the first comprehensive histological analysis of an ornithocheiriform pterosaur tooth from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Santana Group, Northeast Brazil).
Tito Aureliano, Matheus P. S. Rocha, Francisco P. Lima‐Filho, Aline M. Ghilardi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source