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Ilha do Desterro, 2008 Among the various manifestations of late modernism occurring in Brazil is Grupo Galpão, a street theatre company founded in 1982. Combining elements of circus, the improvisation of commedia dell´arte, the exuberant creativity of classic and ...
Júnia de Castro Magalhães Alves +1 more
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Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain
History, EarlyView.Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
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Refining Industrial Scale Systems in Circus [PDF]
, 2004 Circus is a new notation that may be used to specify both data and behaviour aspects of a system, and has an associated refinement calculus. Although a few case studies are already available in the literature, the industrial fire control system presented
Marcel Oliveira +5 more
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Defiant pride: Origins and consequences of ethnic voting
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Why do voters often remain loyal to ethnic parties despite receiving little in terms of material welfare? I develop a theory focused on the role of dignity concerns in explaining within‐group variation in ethnic party loyalty. Group members who face discrimination from state agencies dominated by outgroups respond with defiant pride, which ...
Mashail Malik
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, 2018 Photographic print of the big top circus tent, with entrance booth and living wagons, at Buff Bill's Circus.
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Exploration of Muscle Fatigue Effects in Bioinspired Robot Learning from sEMG Signals
Complexity, 2018 To investigate the effects of muscle fatigue on bioinspired robot learning quality in teaching by demonstration (TbD) tasks, in this work, we propose to first identify the emerging muscle fatigue phenomenon of the human demonstrator by analyzing his/her ...
Ning Wang +3 more
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The Belief–Desire Appraisal Theory of Emotion
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT I introduce the Belief–Desire Appraisal Theory of Emotion (BDA). BDA makes three main claims: (a) Emotions are psychological episodes whose paradigmatic instances are constituted by coordinated changes in appraisals, action tendencies, bodily responses, and subjective feelings; (b) appraisals—which are rapid, low‐level evaluations of ...
Constant Bonard
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Giving Voice to Wordless Picture Books: A Teaching Tip
The Reading Teacher, Volume 80, Issue 2, September/October 2026.ABSTRACT This article shares a teaching tip that helps students actively engage in giving voice to wordless picture books. It begins with a vignette that became the impetus for writing this article. Next, it provides important background information about the benefits of wordless picture books.
William P. Bintz
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A Good Death? Report of the Second Newcastle Meeting on Laboratory Animal Euthanasia
Animals, 2016 Millions of laboratory animals are killed each year worldwide. There is an ethical, and in many countries also a legal, imperative to ensure those deaths cause minimal suffering. However, there is a lack of consensus regarding what methods of killing are
Penny Hawkins +9 more
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Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 554-566, July 2026.ABSTRACT During the nineteenth century, American agricultural fairs often featured ladies’ equestrian exhibitions. At these events, women constructed an athletic femininity based on skill and competitiveness that challenged traditional ideals of womanhood.
Gabrielle McCoy
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