The artist's technique of violin playing : a new scientific method for obtaining, in the shortest possible time, an absolute mastery of the higher technical difficulties of the left hand and of the bow = Die Künstlertechnik des Violinspiels = La technique d'artiste du violon : opus 12 /

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Worry and nervousness; or, The science of self-mastery,

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The mastery of fear,

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Realizing the Witch : Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible /

Realizing the Witch follows the unfolding of Benjamin Christensen’s visual narrative in his 1922 film, Häxan (The Witch). Through a close reading of Häxan, Baxstrom and Meyers examine the study of witchcraft from historical and anthropological perspectives, as well as the intersection of popular culture, artistic expression and scientific ideas. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.

Drift and mastery; an attempt to diagnose the current unrest,

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Piano mastery, second series; talks with master pianists and teachers, including conferences with Hofmann, Godowsky, Grainger, Powell, Novaes, Hutcheson and others; also hints on Macdowell's teaching by Mrs. Macdowell, and reminiscences of Joseffy,

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Submission to the study on private ICT sector responsibilites

Contribuição do CTS/FGV para a Relatoria Especial da ONU para a Liberdade de Opinião e Expressão sobre a responsabilidade corporativa das empresas de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunição (TIC) em respeitar a liberdade de expressão (em inglês).

History and habit in the mobilization of ICT resources

Evidence demonstrates that the digital divide is deepening despite strategies mobilized worldwide to reduce it. In disadvantaged communities, beyond training and infrastructural issues, there often lies a range of cultural and historically formed relationships that affect people's adoption of ICTs. This article presents an analysis of local resident's engagement with their council's pilot project to develop a computer facility in their community center. We ask, to what extent can people in poor urban communities, once trained, be expected to volunteer to work on furthering community education and development in ICTs in their local area? Findings indicate four patterns of individual engagement with the computer project: reflexive, utilitarian, distributive, and nonparticipatory. It is argued that local people engaged with the intervention in historically patterned and locally distinctive ways that served immediate personal and pragmatic ends. They did not adopt the long-term strategic goals of the council or university.

ICT and technical efficiency of the manufacturing industries in Iran

This paper extends the existing evidence on the relationship between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and productivity using data from the entire Iranian manufacturing sector (22 industries) over the period 1993?1999. Estimates of efficiency using panel data confirm the positive and significant impact of ICT investments on productivity. Our finding is consistent with the most recent literatures in the context of developed and a few middle-income developing countries. Human capital and increasing ICT capital are probably two determining factors in gaining the positive payoffs from ICT investments in Iran.