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Point:Counterpoint: Exercise training does/does not induce vascular adaptations beyond the active muscle beds by Green, D., Maiorana, Andrew, Cable, N.T.

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Taking exception: Christopher Phelps challenges Jefferson Cowie’s The great exception by Phelps, Christopher, Cowie, Jefferson

“…A "Point/Counterpoint" interview of historian Jefferson Cowie with deliberately provocative thesis-testing questions.…”
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Intertextual relations: James Joyce and William Shakespeare in Angela Carter’s Wise Children by Davison, Sarah

“…This article proposes that the novel also makes sustained references to the life and work of James Joyce and thereby provides a crucial but overlooked counterpoint to Carter’s use of Shakespeare. It sets her simultaneous play with these two literary forefathers in the light of her thoughts on intertextuality, Bardolatry, and biological and cultural legitimacy, as well as her observations in “Envoi: Bloomsday.” …”
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An exploration of Bob Mintzer's arrangement of footprints by wayne shorter for saxophone quintet and rhythm section / Affifi Adzlan Ahmad by Ahmad, Affifi Adzlan

“…By using simple rhythmic approach, Bob Mintzer has also created a long and interesting arrangement of Footprints, including an intro, musical transition, counterpoint, and outro. He also arrange this piece for a saxophone quintet accompanied by rhythm section.…”
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Virtualizing the fundamental aspects of ‘Al-Wasatiyyah’: an exploratory revision by Yaakub, Muhamadul Bakir, Othman, Khatijah

“…The main finding revealed that the term remains an important counterpoint to structural explanation on interpersonal understanding and socio-cultural engagements within human socio-cultural perspective in the form of clear functional characteristics.…”
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Walk 'til You Run Out of Water by Phillips, Perdita

“…This image essay brings together notions of dehydration and lostness in outback walking (based on personal experience) with its ecological counterpoint of the rapid change occurring in our world today. …”
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An analysis of leitmotifs in Batman vs Superman / Khairul Aziem Ahmad Rashidi by Ahmad Rashidi, Khairul Aziem

“…A musical score can comment on visual information and dialogue by reinforcing or undercutting that information; it can provide spatial, thematic, or temporal transitions; it can helps and accompanying on situation and character; it can direct attention to key information on the screen; it can counterpoint or underscore a visual impression (Kalinak, 1982, p. 2). …”
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Technology and the dis-placing of learning in educational futures by Crook, Charles, Bligh, Brett

“…Those examples represent an illustrative counterpoint to models of online schooling and illustrate a potentially productive synergy between the opportunities afforded by digital technologies, the desires of those who wish to dis-place learning online, and a well-established interest in learning space design.…”
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Enacting multiple methamphetamines: The ontological politics of public discourse and consumer accounts of a drug and its effects by Dwyer, Robyn, Moore, David

“…We suggest that recognising the ontological contingency, and therefore the multiplicity, of methamphetamine offers a critical counterpoint to conventional research, policy and practice accounts of methamphetamine and its psychological effects.…”
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Pedagogical traditions and compositional theory in late nineteenth-century Italy: the legacy of Italian teaching methods for Giovane Scuola composers by Pollaci, Marco

“…The approach employed in this research exploits a multitude of rare sources such as sketches, counterpoint notebooks, and the studies of these individuals as pupils. …”
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Revolting hillbillies: exploring cracks in the neoliberal order through the prism of Appalachian activism. by Griffiths, Eleanor

“…This thesis studies Appalachian activism in the Trump era, arguing that it constitutes an instructive and encouraging counterpoint to contemporaneous mainstream, metropolitan anti-Trump dissent. …”
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Musical chinoiserie by Kang, Angela

“…Common themes include an increased interest in authenticity; overt and subsumed Chinese elements; and the integration of chinoiserie into existing programmes. As a counterpoint to this, chapter five turns to popular music genres which directly responded to the social and political reality of Chinese immigration to America. …”
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Medieval intersectionality: uncovering fluid identities in thirteenth and fourteenth century Castilian epic poetry by De Souza, Rebecca

“…Meanwhile the Siete Infantes de Lara departs from the heroic-epic model in its implicit, often humorous, derision of noble masculinity in Castile, which in turn is held up in sharp relief against the stable counterpoint of al-Andalus.…”
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Proposed upgrading of Galaxy Inn Hotel for Galaxy Inn Hotel Sdn. Bhd. at No PT 4148 & 4149, Jln Sultan Idris Shah 32200 Lumut, Perak / Nur Anis Syazwani Mohd Faudzi by Mohd Faudzi, Nur Anis Syazwani

“…The space itself is a physical counterpoint to the aesthetic problems that designers are solving. …”
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Understanding technoscientific citizenship in a low-carbon Scotland by Gibbs, Beverley

“…And finally, as a counterpoint, the idea of technoscience and anticipatory citizenship provides a space around emerging technologies for ongoing debates about the effectiveness of public dialogue and the relative roles of emergent and created publics.…”
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Hemispheric regionalism: border discourse and the boundaries of American studies by Bailey, Caleb

“…Woven alongside these studies is an overview of the founding principles of American Studies, demonstrating how the concept of region always collapses into the broader concept of nation in both regionalism and American Studies itself. In counterpoint to these homogenising moves, the real-and-imagined cross-border North American territories of Cascadia and Aztlán are introduced and make way for an examination of the concept and practise of regionalism in both Canada and Mexico, revealing its manifestations in these territories to be much closer to the supposedly oppositional stance which U.S. regionalism originally suggests as its primary intention. …”
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Robot creativity: humanlike behaviour in the robot-robot interaction by Predrag, K. Nikolic, Md Tomari, Mohd Razali

“…In this paper, we are presenting an interactive installation Botorikko: Machine Create State, which is part of the Syntropic Counterpoints art/research project. We are exposing AI cyber clones to some of the fundamental questions for humankind and challenge their creativity. …”
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Educational influences on student academic attainment: a multi-level analysis in the context of Bangladesh by Jahan, Monira

“…Various criticisms of SER are also illustrated, along with a number of counterpoints to justify the importance of SER. The significant methodological aspect (i.e. multi-level analysis with ‘value added’ approach) is introduced, along with other different types of statistical analysis, for example, descriptive and cross tabulation (chi-square) analysis and exploratory factor analysis. …”
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