Search results for "Popular"

Attractive rivals may undermine the expectation of career advancement and enhance jealousy

2016

This experiment with 119 adult females examined the effect of a rival’s attractiveness on jealousy and career advancement expectations in a simulated work setting where individuals had to compete for a job promotion. We hypothesized that an attractive rival would evoke relatively more jealousy and lower career advancement expectations, especially in individuals high in Intrasexual Competitiveness (ISC). In addition, we examined the moderating effects of characteristics attributed to the rival in terms of popularity, professionalism, and unfriendliness. The results showed that, overall, an attractive rival induced more jealousy and lower career advancement expectations than an unattractive r…

Lyrics against images: music and audio description

2012

Music has been an integral part of films from as far back as the silent movie era, where a piano accompaniment was used to build the narrative and an orchestra was used to drown out the sound of the projector. Music in films can encompass a wide array of elements, from a song to a whistle, and can play many roles, as has been commented upon by many researchers. Due to the relevance of music in film narrative, it is an element which merits attention when it comes to making a film accessible, be it through Audio description, Audio subtitling, Sign Language or Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. This article focuses on Audio description (AD) and how music is handled in audio described…

Las bandas alcoyanas y su vinculación con la música de Moros y Cristianos

2015

En este trabajo se reseñan y se estudian las principales agrupaciones bandísticas que existieron en Alcoy y que acompañaron la Fiesta de Moros y Cristianos desde el año 1817, cuando tiene lugar la aparición de la primera banda en la historia de la música festera, hasta la época actual. Además, se realiza una aproximación conceptual al término ¿banda de música? que tanta controversia ha generado desde sus orígenes.

Conferencia sobre "Alternativas populares y medios de comunicación de masas"

1978

A Brief History of Oxygen

2010

Where did oxygen come from? Remarkably, that atom of oxygen you have just breathed had its origin in the heart of an ancient star. To understand this, one has to make an imaginary journey back to the creation of the universe, the “big bang,” more than 12 BYA. We shall avoid details of physics, and simply describe a reasonable scenario that is accepted by most physicists today.

V.-Beneyto

2010

An overview of doping in sports

2019

The history of doping field can be outlined in three major stages: (1) early stage in which drug abuse took place during sports performance and competition and gas chromatography was used for its detection; (2) approximately in the 1970s when androgenic anabolic steroids were introduced; (3) In the recent era when the fields of biochemistry, physiology, toxicology, genomics, genetics, immunology, and molecular biology were integrated and applied routinely. Advanced omics technology and gene doping age may be applied in near future. This review will discuss commonly abused materials, both their adverse and harmful effects, and the alleged benefits in conjunction with the current standards in…

Gozos al señor S. Blas Obispo, y martir, venerado en su prodigiosa Imagen en la Cathedral de Valencia

1750

El full orlat Grav. xil. enmarcat del sant flanquejat per gerros amb flors Text del goig a tres col. separades per filets

Gozos al glorioso Sam [sic] Blas, Obispo, y martir, en su Capilla de la Metropolitana Iglesia de Valencia.

El full orlat Grav. xil. enmarcat del sant, flanquejat per gerros amb rams Text del goig a tres col. separades per filets

Gozos al Sr. S. Blas Obispo, y martir, venerado en su prodigiosa Imagen en la Cathedral de Valencia.

El full orlat Grav. xil. enmarcat de "San Blas Obispo y Mar. venerado en la Catedral de Val.", flanquejat per gerros amb flors Text del goig a tres col. separades per filets