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Cosmopolitans and locals among rural emergency service volunteers

Publication Date
1994-January-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Thompson III, Alexander M.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
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In rural regions, trained volunteer firefighters and medics provide emergency services, often with considerable personal risk and without financial reward. However, these Volunteers exhibit two different latent orientations: firefighters are more localistic in their outlook than medical volunteers. These latent...

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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection

Costumed group

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Date
1920-1940
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Unidentified group in costume outside the chapel

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Costumed group

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1920-1940
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Unidentified group in costume outside the chapel

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Landauer Longfellow Collection

Covers to Longfellow Sheet Music

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Craft in Modernity

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Nicholas Meehan
Department or Program
American Culture Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Since the industrial revolution, the craftsman has occupied an increasingly precarious position in society. The once obvious and natural role of craft is threatened. Craft production sits in uneasy tension with forces of modernity, practicality, industry, economy, and reproduction. These...

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Creating the Autistic Perspective Via the Comic Book Genre

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Brandt-Ogman, Adlai
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
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My senior project, "Glitch," uses the comic's medium to provide insight into the subjective side of someone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The diagnosis is typically classified as a neurological disorder where the individual may feel over/under-stimulated, perform strict routines...

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Vassar College Student Letters

Crippen, Ruth H. Letters, 1900

Date
1900
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5 letters from Crippen to her family and unmarked recipients. Praises the amenities of student life, such as rowing, the floral club, the post-office, and the Self-Government constitution (Oct 1900). She mentions that college offers the freedom to "listen or not" during lectures (Sep 1900). Crippen

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Crippen, Ruth H. | to family, fall 1900:

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Date
Fall 1900
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Crippen, Ruth H. | to father, Dec. 1900:

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December 19090
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VC 1904

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Crippen, Ruth H. | [no recipient], n.d.:

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n.d.
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VC 1904

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Crippen, Ruth H. | [no recipient], Oct. 1900:

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October 1900
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VC 1904

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Crippen, Ruth H. | [no recipient], Sep. 1900:

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September 1900
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VC 1904

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Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of smoking behaviour with central arterial haemodynamic measures: the Framingham Heart Study

Publication Date
2025-February-05
Authors
Cooper, Leroy
Majid, Sana
Wang, Na
Fetterman, Jessica L.
Palmisano, Joseph N.
Benjamin, Emelia J.
Vasan, Ramachandran S.
Mitchell, Gary F.
Hamburg, Naomi M.
Department or Program
Biology Department
Document Type
Article
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Aims: To assess the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of smoking behaviour with central arterial haemodynamic measures in samples of the Framingham Heart Study.

Methods and results: In 6597 participants [3606 (55%) women, 51.5% never smoked, 34.8% formerly quit, 4.3% recently...

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