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Fischer, Manfred M., Florian Huber, and Michael Pfarrhofer. "The transmission of uncertainty shocks on income inequality: State-level evidence from the United States." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2018. http://epub.wu.ac.at/6368/1/us%2Dstates_uncertainty.pdf.

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In this paper, we explore the relationship between state-level household income inequality and macroeconomic uncertainty in the United States. Using a novel large-scale macroeconometric model, we shed light on regional disparities of inequality responses to a national uncertainty shock. The results suggest that income inequality decreases in most states, with a pronounced degree of heterogeneity in terms of shapes and magnitudes of the dynamic responses. By contrast, some few states, mostly located in the West and South census region, display increasing levels of income inequality over time. We find that this directional pattern in responses is mainly driven by the income composition and labor market fundamentals. In addition, forecast error variance decompositions allow for a quantitative assessment of the importance of uncertainty shocks in explaining income inequality. The findings highlight that volatility shocks account for a considerable fraction of forecast error variance for most states considered. Finally, a regression-based analysis sheds light on the driving forces behind differences in state-specific inequality responses.
Series: Working Papers in Regional Science

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Walker, Carlton Keith. "Renew us, heal us, rebuild us, use us a biblical and historical study of American revival for congregational churches /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p068-0589.

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Morrow, Jennifer Kate. "Benedictine spirituality thoughts on God, us, and God with us /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Maier-Lenz, Felix. "Us vs. All." Diss., lmu, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-149291.

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McBride, Melissa Lyn. "For Unto Us…" Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc501092/.

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For Unto Us is a one movement work for soprano and orchestra. The text, by the composer, describes the thoughts and feelings of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as she watches the crucifixion. Mary's process of faith is traced through the sequence of dramatic events which proceed and follow the crucifixion. The work explores symbolic instrumentation, juxtaposition of harmonic languages, and extended techniques for performance and notation. The setting of the text combines traditional operatic idioms with new elements in the music. The duration of this dramatic, quasi-operatic scene is approximately nine minutes.

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Dhliwayo, Mercy. "Bringing us back." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/63077.

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My thesis takes the form of a collection of short stories set mostly in Zimbabwe and South Africa under the current political, social and economic climate. The themes I explore include forced migrations, identity, family disintegration and destitution. I use non-linear narration inspired by my reading of Dambudzo Marechera and Lidia Yuknavitch’s use of photographic imagery, in Black Sunlight and The Small Backs of Children respectively, to heighten my thematic concerns. The poetry in their language also serves as a source of inspiration, as does the graphic imagery used by Ayi Kwei Armah. In addition, I draw on the fragmented form used by Deepak Unnikrishnan to explore migration in his collection, Temporary People and Miljenko Jergovic’s investigation of violence and displacement in Sarajevo Marlboro.

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Sharpe, Lynne. "Creatures like us?" Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683188.

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Esberg, Karin. "Critters among us." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-171761.

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Leger, Paul. "Something between us." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8239.

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Something Between Us is a comi-tragedy, a novel that deals with the relationships between a group of adolescent friends. Set in a small South African mining town in the 1980s, against a general backdrop of political upheaval and border conflict, it aims to explore the nature and consequences of these relationships within the context of a central incident, in which the novel's narration reveals some of the wider fracture lines in the South Africa that was, and the South Africa that is today. Something Between Us is also a satire, in the manner in which it treats the behaviours, attitudes and idiomatic turns of speech that would characterize a certain sector of white youth from this particular era. The intention of the novel is to reveal, albeit with a comic-serio touch, the ways in which South Africa's past, as refracted through young lives, continues to reach into the present.

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Shoaei, Paria. "Estranger Around Us." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298819.

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My thesis project is attempting to investigate the notion of estrangement as a qualitative effect and discover various strategies and technics of estrangement in the field of architecture.These investigations will aim to design a cultural center as an institute for discovering more about the displaced situation of mankind in the twenty-first century, producing a defamiliarized aesthetic that is both alien and strangely contextual to our new cultural identity which embraces the concepts of disorientation and otherness. This center will be designed as a public exhibition and community building, integrating a high variety of programs and functions for attracting people of all ages and backgrounds, addressing the instability and fragility of our environment.Architecture is always incomplete and reliant on multiple layers of interaction and engagement, I aim to produce spaces that are challenging, lacking clear boundaries or hierarchies which demand new forms of interaction between architecture and subject, and offer a new understanding of space and material.

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Al, Sulaiman Farrah T. "One of Us." VCU Scholars Compass, 2016. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4484.

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With this thesis, I reflect on my identity as a Saudi American. I look at how nonverbal communication through gesture and artifact presents the potential for both communication breakdowns, as well as shared understanding. From the lens of Saudi culture, I consider how gender relations and intra-national tribal factions play a role in the division of society, which my work seeks to overcome, at both the national and global levels. My exhibit, One of Us, interrogates one of the most controversial gestures in contemporary society: veiling. As I discuss the notion of camouflage, I review the types of veils available to women, and the reasons why women veil. The abayas featured in my exhibit are constructed from nostalgic patterns, thus producing in the viewer a simultaneous feeling of familiarity and novelty, and in the wearer, of blending in and standing out.

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Roth, Matthew. "Anything Like Us." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3217/.

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Anything Like Us is a collection of poems with a critical introduction. In this introduction, I explore modern alternatives to Romantic and Neo-Romantic lyric expression. I conclude that a contemporary lyric that desires to be, in some fashion, about itself, must exhibit an acceptance of the mediating influences of time and language, while cultivating an inter-subjective point-of-view that does not insist too much on the authority of a single, coherent voice. The poems in Anything Like Us reflect, in both form and content, many of the conclusions advanced in the introduction. Nearly all the poems concern the desire for, and failure to find, meaningful connections in an uncertain world .

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Upshur, Elizabeth. "Break Us Beautiful." TopSCHOLAR®, 2018. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/3071.

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The problem addressed in this thesis is cultivating an answer to the question: what creates or comprises the sum total of my Blackness as a modern American woman living in our current political climate? I primarily use a read/call and response methodology, responding to both lived and hypothetical experiences that explore or demonstrate the ways that identity, race, gender, sexuality, regionality, religion, and the historical thumbprint intersect. The results are this collection of poems that is at times mythological, at times irreverent, both abstract and formal as it seeks to fit these pieces into a singular mosaic. The conclusion drawn at the end of this thesis is that Black women's lives and stories have intrinsic value, interpretation, and are deserving of further exploration in both bibliotheraphy, mainstream, and academic writing.

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Sharma, Neeru. "Smile Characterization By US Whites, US Asian-Indian and Indian Populations." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275430612.

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Booth, Stefan J. Schmiegel Kevin M. "Socioeconomic status and performance in the US Army and US Marine Corps /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA345037.

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Harper, Rebecca L. Heldreth Carl R. "Socioeconomic status and performance in the US Navy and US Air Force /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA346428.

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Booth, Stefan J., and Kevin M. Schmiegel. "Socioeconomic status and performance in the US Army and US Marine Corps." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/39318.

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The purpose or this study was to examine socioeconomic status (SES) of recruits in the Army and Marine Corps and to analyze the relationship between a recruit's SES background and his or her performance in the military over time. Data for this study were obtained from three sources: the Department of Defense Survey of Recruit Socioeconomic Backgrounds (SES survey), Military Entrance Processing Command enlisted cohort files, and personnel data files provided by the Army and Marine Corps. After merging these data files, the SES survey respondents were tracked longitudinally, and several analyses were undertaken to assess the relationship between SES and performance in the military. The results of this research show that recruits in both services come from slightly lower SES backgrounds than do youths in the general population; and, most of this difference can be explained by the fact that soldiers and Marines are consistently underrepresented in the highest measures or correlates of SES and overrepresented in the lowest ones. Additionally, it was found that, while SES is not a strong predictor of first-term enlisted attrition in either service, it does explain differences in recruits' performance on-the-job in the Marine Corps. Further research is recommended, especially that which incorporates supervisors' ratings of military performance.

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Harper, Rebecca L., and Carl R. Heldreth. "Socioeconomic status and performance in the US Navy and US Air Force." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8972.

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Policy makers concerned about population representation in America's armed forces have frequently referred to the unfair burden" of military service borne by young people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. The purpose of this study was to examine the socioeconomic status (SES) of recruits in the Navy and Air Force and to analyze the relationship between a recruits SES background and his or her performance in the military over time. Data for this study were obtained from three sources: the Department of Defense Survey of Recruit Socioeconomic Backgrounds (SES survey), Military Entrance Processing Command enlisted cohort files, and personnel data files provided by the Navy and Air Force. After merging these data files, the SES survey respondents were tracked longitudinally, and several analyses were undertaken to assess the relationship between SES and performance in the military. The results of this research show that recruits in both services come from slightly lower SES backgrounds than do youths in the general population; and, most of this difference can be explained by the fact that sailors and airmen are consistently underrepresented in the highest measures or correlates of SES and over-represented in the lowest ones. Additionally, it was found that, while SES is not a strong predictor of first- term enlisted attrition in either service, it does explain differences in recruits' performance on-the-job in the Air Force. Further research is recommended, especially that which incorporates supervisors' ratings of military performance

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Gerhard, Katherine Leigh. "Non-intrusive vibration monitoring in US Naval and US Coast Guard ships." Thesis, Cambridge, Massachussetts, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/40221.

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In 2011, the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems proposed a new type of vibration monitoring systems, entitled Vibration Assessment Monitoring Point with Integrated Recovery of Energy or VAMPIRE, in their work entitled "VAMPIRE: accessing a life-blood of informatin for maintenance and damamge assessment (1). The proposed monitoring system includes a self-power harvesting accelerometer installed in motors on US Navy and US Coast Guard vessels used to monitor equipment vibration and diagnose the source of the high vibrations. Utilizing the observations and tools designed by the VAMPIRE project as a foundation, this thesis takes the LEES lab-designed CAPTCHA accelerometers to the US Navy and US Coast Guard fleets to test the lab-designed tool, collect ship equipment data, and verify the VAMPIRE concepts. The CAPTCHA's ability to monitor the vibrations of these systems could be used to immediately diagnose system casualties, aid in parts repair, and ultimately, become a tool to promote Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM). Measurements and experimentation were conducted on two USCG ventilation fans in the lab as well as onboard the USCGC SENECA (WMEC-906), USCGC BERTHOLF (WMSL 750), USCGC STRATTON (WMSL 752), USS MICHAEL MURPHY (DDG 112), USS INDEPENDENCE (LCS 2) and USS sAN dIEGO (LPD 22). Data was collected and analyzed using a MATLAB program developed to diagnose the types of vibrations seen in various experiments and observe high vibrations in the commissioned ships. The combined results of the CAPTCHA-recorded lab tests and ship testing corroborate the theories proposed in the VAMPIRE paper; however, additional studies cuold make the VAMPIRE proposal a robust solution to a fleet-wide vibration-induced maintenance problem.

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Rembe, Mc Hugh Sean. "Don’t hear about us, hear from us : Den Islamska Statens offentliga rekrytering." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för retorik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-304826.

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Mertl, Filip. "US Embargo Toward Cuba and Its Impact on US and Cuban Economies." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2007. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-8201.

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The subject of this thesis is the embargo imposed by the United States on Cuba. The first part of the thesis examines embargo as an instrument of foreign policy as well as its place in US foreign policy. The second part deals with the evolution of the embargo toward Cuba in political context from events preceding its declaration until recent months. The last part analyses impact of the embargo on the economies of Cuba and the United States.

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Anderson, Barbara L. "Give Us This Day." FIU Digital Commons, 2013. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/831.

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GIVE US THIS DAY is a collection of poetry grounded in the lyrical tradition that speaks to the conflicting need for structure and the inherent desire to be free. It focuses on those moments of rupture, when the structure, whether physical, emotional, psychological or political, is broken. The title poem sets the tone for the collection, capturing the idea that today is all one can truly know. Throughout the five sections of the collection, one comes to understand a complex family story, where right and wrong is blurred in the reality of existence. The sections, representing various parts of the day, are a parallel to the individual stories, speaking to the idea that a single day contains both times of light and darkness, similar to a life. The collection takes place in several cityscapes from Moscow to Delhi, Washington, D.C. to Miami. There are correlations drawn between familial settings and political unrest and tension. Often the political atmosphere is alluded to and drawn into context through the use of intimate personal vignettes. In contrast to the urban noise, there is pervasive natural imagery of gardens and tropical locales which mimic the physical life cycle, climaxing in the blossom.

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Robertson, Mary M. "What makes us tic?" Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17485.

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Edwards, Dominique. "The distance between us." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10484.

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Simon Critchley introduces his book on death, philosophy and literature, Very Little - Almost Nothing, with a preface titled As my father, I have already died, and describes his work as an act of mourning. What follows is an account of his last moments with his father who died after a long struggle with lung cancer. Critchley missed his father's death by twenty minutes: A nurse took me to see him and then left me alone. The room was unlit and sparsely furnished. In pale winter light, he lay with a single sheet covering his corpse: tiny, withered and ravaged by cancer. I spent no more than five minutes alone with him, initially standing petrified, then sitting, and finally summoning up the courage to touch his cheek and nose and caress his forehead. It felt cool. So, this is what death looks like, I thought. This is what my death will look like.

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Ďurišková, Lucie. "Reporting podle US GAAP." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-3563.

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Práce popisuje americké účetní standardy US GAAP, jejich koncepční rámec a z čeho vychází povinnost české účetní jednotky podle nich vykazovat. Dále porovnává české účetní standardy vs. US GAAP a IFRS vs. US GAAP. Praktická část práce je zaměřena na nastínění procesu reportování české firmy podle US GAAP.

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Scott, Georgia Clare. "The plants told us." Thesis, Scott, Georgia Clare (2008) The plants told us. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2008. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/43892/.

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The evolution of human culture has been entwined with the use of psychoactive plants for millennia. In contemporary Western culture, however, the use of psychoactive plants has been marginalised, to the point of heavy criminal penalties, although there is no evidence that prohibition has had any success in reducing the harm caused by their use. This thesis argues that the basis for this intolerance lies in the dualistic paradigm fundamental to Western thought. In this thesis, I discuss the persecution of witchcraft and the links between this and dualism, and suggest the modern day “War on Drugs” to be reminiscent of a witch-hunt. I then use a case study of an Amazonian psychoactive decoction to illustrate the illegitimacy of the contemporary Western perception of such substances by providing a compelling account of its tradition and contemporary beneficial uses. The final section of the thesis argues the importance of the ecological self to sustainability and suggests that its realisation could be achieved utilising the shamanistic methods discussed.

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Juffer, Alex. "The Legend of Us." OpenSIUC, 2016. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1870.

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Dover, Tracey M. "That Which Binds Us." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/220.

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This novel follows three individuals struggling with isolation and loneliness. Rina, a twenty-two year-old college student is studying abroad in Japan when she learns of her grandfather’s death. As his last living relative, she decides to leave her studies and a burgeoning romance to take care of her grandfather’s final affairs. At his funeral she meets Marcus, a mysterious man whose past ties in with her own. Marcus gives Rina the opportunity to uncover secrets surrounding her family and forces her to question not only her grandfather’s past but also her own identity. Tilnu is an immortal with a foggy memory of the past. He believes he is a fallen angel trying to reclaim his place in heaven by devoting his life to the hunting and killing of demons. After fighting a particularly powerful demon, he finds himself indebted to a young woman who guilts him into being her companion and prompts him to doubt his convictions about his own place in the world. Marcus, a demon able to live on Earth by making bonds to people, is caught between a rock and a hard place. After meeting Rina, he is unable to ignore his memories of past mistakes. With his time on Earth suddenly limited, and the persistent hunter Tilnu on his tail, he fears it may be too late to make up for his past sins against Rina and her family.

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Schipp, Reneé. "The Archipelago of Us." Thesis, Curtin University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80265.

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The Archipelago of Us is the culmination of the author’s lived experience of the excised world of Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Through a combination of bearing witness, interviews and research, the author takes the reader on a classic quest journey. This creative work examines the way in which these communities challenge us to think more broadly about what it means to be Australian, and asks at whose expense our national identity is forged.

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Cass, Stephen John Robert. "The US takes sides : US policy towards Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386486.

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Liao, Xianchun. "Essays of forestry investments in the US and stumpage markets in the US South." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2007%20Spring%20Dissertations/LIAO_XIANCHUN_33.pdf.

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Lee, Hung-En. "Give us a king to govern us : an ideological reading of 1Samuel 8-12." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17880.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to explore "who is saying what to whom for what purpose" in the text of 1 Samuel 8-12 through an analysis of the manifestations of ideology in this text. The emphasis of this thesis lies in the application of multiple methodologies in biblical interpretation with a view to (a) reconstructing the material and ideological conditions under which the biblical text was produced in order to determine which group produced the text and whose socioeconomic interests it served; and (b) investigating how these conditions are encoded in reproducing a particular ideology in order to determine how the texts incorporated the particular ideologies or interests of the time. The present research, for this reason, combines an extrinsic and an intrinsic analysis to read the world of 1 Samuel. The extrinsic analysis makes use of a social-historical and a social scientific approach to explore the particular circumstances. It indicates that the biblical writing should be regarded as conscious writing which aims to interpret historical incidents and construct specific ideologies. 1 Samuel 8-12 might therefore have been constructed by exilic groups to provide reasons for their difficult past. The intrinsic analysis makes use of narrative criticism, especially the theory of conflict plot, to do an in-depth investigation of the rhetoric of 1 Samuel 8-12. This analysis indicates that these chapters highlight the ambivalence of the monarchy, although the surface structure might tell a different story. The findings of the research have led to the conclusion that 1 Samuel 8-12 appears to present no clear position with regard to the future of the monarchy.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie is om vas te stel "wie sê wat vir wie, en met watter doel" in die teks van 1 Samuel 8-12. Dit word gedoen deur 'n analise te maak van hoe ideologie in hierdie teks manifesteer. Die klem van hierdie studie lê in die toepassing van verskillende metodologieë van bybelinterpretasie ten einde (a) die materiaal en ideologiese omstandighede waarin die bybelteks geproduseer is, te rekonstrueer, met die oog daarop om vas te stel wie die teks geproduseer het, en wie se belange daardeur gedien word; en (b) te ondersoek hoe hierdie omstandighede enkodeer is in die formulering van a spesifieke ideologie, ten einde te bepaal hoe die teks die betrokke ideologieë of belange van die tyd geïnkorporeer het. Om hierdie rede kombineer die studie 'n ekstrensieke en 'n intrensieke analise om die wêreld van 1 Samuel te lees. Die ekstrensieke analise gebruik 'n sosio-historiese en sosiaal-wetenskaplike benadering om die betrokke omstandighede na te vors. Hierdie benadering dui aan dat die bybelteks beskou kan word as 'n bewuste geskrif wat ten doel het om sekere historiese gebeure te interpreteer en om spesifieke ideologieë te konstrueer. 1 Samuel 8-12 is daarom moontlik gekonstrueer deur eksiliese groepe om verklarings vir hul moeilike verlede te gee. Die intrinsieke analise maak gebruik van narratiewe kritiek, veral die teorie van konflikplot, om 'n in-diepte studie te maak van die retoriek van 1 Samuel 8-12. Hierdie analise toon dat die betrokke hoofstukke die ambivalensie van die koningskap beklemtoon, hoewel die oppervlaktestruktuur moontlik 'n ander verhaal vertel. Die bevindings van hierdie navorsing lei dan tot die konklusie dat 1 Samuel 8-12 skynbaar geen duidelike posisie met betrekking tot die toekoms van die koningskap aanbied nie.

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Neel, Patrick L. "US funding for the UN." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1999. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA371288.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1999.
"September 1999". Thesis advisor(s): Richard B. Doyle. Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-139). Also Available online.

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Kellar, Ronald Leslie. "European Union US Hegemonic Competitor /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA401357.

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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs) Naval Postgraduate School, Dec. 2001.
Thesis advisor(s):Robert Edward Looney, Tjarck G. Roessler. "December 2001." Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-161). Also available in print.

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Heleniak, Marek. "Polish-US relations, 1915-45 /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1991. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arh4743.pdf.

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Hocking, Victoria. "Is exercise good for us? /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1994. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09HS/09hsh685.pdf.

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Economides, Alexander. "How Music Makes Us Feel." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/philosophy_theses/106.

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According to folk psychology, instrumental music regularly elicits emotions in listeners. Philosophers and psychologists such as Kivy, Konecni and Zangwill have questioned the existence of these musically elicited emotions, arguing that instrumental music elicits moods or aesthetic judgments rather than emotions. I defend the folk psychological position against these skeptics. The first chapter sets up the debate surrounding musically elicited emotions, while chapters two and three defend the thesis that instrumental music elicits emotions against the critics’ arguments. Chapter four outlines the implications of this defense for a variety of fields.

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Geerdts, Penelope. "Masisebenzisane = Let us work together." The Black Sash, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/77026.

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Swartz, Peter Goodings. "China's policy towards US adversaries." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84847.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2013.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-134).
If the Chinese government is trying to reassure the US that China's rise is not threatening, why does China diplomatically support adversaries of the US such as Iran, Sudan, Libya, and Syria? This thesis shows that soft balancing against the US in concert with Russia best explains China's foreign policy towards these states. Economic interest and a number of other alternative theories, in contrast, do not explain the observed variation in China's policy. Critics of soft balancing have overstated their case; concrete instances of soft-balancing behavior are present in the international system.
by Peter Goodings Swartz.
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Wagenaar, Mark. ""Southern Tongues Leave Us Shining"." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862801/.

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A collection of poems that are history- and place-infused lyrical songs that that sounds the landscapes and distances of the South, with a critical preface that explores erotic encounters with the divine.

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brandeus, kirkkopelto kristina. "Till death do us appart." Thesis, Konstfack, Keramik & Glas, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-7817.

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A recent discovery made at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, demostrated in a scientific setting that the human mind has a neural mechanism actively making the self avoiding thoughts about its own mortality. Curiously enough the research further suggests that an awerness of the selt's death could potently lead to a more meaningful life.There is an inclination around being sick and weak, holding back how we approach end of life care and our inherent mortality; which in return affects presence and expectations regarding our lives. If death and transience were to be viewed as natural occurences, mirroring how we view horticulture and gardens, this could ease anxiety and phobia regarding the end.In my paper I am sharing research by Athul Gawande and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross regarding death-phobia and end of life care. As suggested in some of the literature, death-phobia may occur due to anxiety over not living a meaningful life and I am using Lev Tolstoy's fictional book The Death of Ivan Ilyich to evoke thought about mortality and what a meaningful life could be compromised of.In my conclusion and through my sculpture of enlarged flowers made out of cast glass and high fired stoneware; I modestly argue that love and presence can provide meaning and solace, for conquering death-phobic acculturation. That by acknowledging that transience is a forum for beauty one could enhance the magic of the mundane.

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Wu, You. "Until Death Do Us Unite." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1546.

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The term “ghost marriage” is a loose translation for a Chinese phrase which literally means “netherworld marriage” (冥婚,minghun). It is the marriage which involves at lease one deceased. It has many similarities to an ordinary marriage and yet is fundamentally different. In this thesis, an inscription from an ancient Chinese tomb is transcribed and translated, followed by a discussion on several key terms in the text. Through the examination of the inscription, the vision of the afterlife in ancient China is found to be both a continuation and a separation from this world.

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Mahon, James. "Essays in US Fiscal Policy." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:17463977.

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This dissertation presents three chapters about US tax and spending policy. The first chapter investigates the take-up of a tax refund for corporate losses. We find that few firms claim the refund despite that it dominates the alternative option. This finding indicates that many firms fail to optimize perfectly with respect to taxes. The second chapter estimates corporate responses to a tax incentive for investment. We find the largest responses among small firms and firms without an alternative tax shield, suggesting that the tax incentive operates through both the price and cash mechanisms. The third chapter tests for partisan effects on the distribution of federal spending within congressional districts. Even when conditioning on institutional contexts with greater partisan influence, I find little evidence that parties tilt the distribution of federal spending to favor co-partisan and swing voters.
Political Economy and Government

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Brown, Jonathan L. "Wyoming was good to us." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0010529.

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Stroux, Sigrid. "US and EC oligopoly control /." The Hague : Kluwer law international, 2004. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb392226564.

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Wadley, Meredith Lynne. "THOSE WHO WILL HAVE US." Thesis, University of Oregon, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/20084.

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kobeisy, islam. "Underpricing of US FinTech IPOs." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-42312.

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This master thesis examines the effect of ex-ante uncertainty about the intrinsic value of US FinTech IPOs stock on the underpricing level. Baron (1982) Asymmetric information model and Beaty and Ritter (1986) the ex-ante uncertainty model were tested using regression analysis by selecting different proxies of ex-ante uncertainty (Firm Age and Market capitalization, IPO proceed and Number of uses of proceed, Venture backing and Underwriter reputation). The Data set consists of 62 US FinTech IPOs during the period from January, 2005 to July, 2017. The underpricing level of US FinTech IPOs was 20.46%. The market capitalization, venture backing and the number of uses of proceed were found to be significant in determining the level of underpricing. The thesis also concludes that Baron (1982) and Beaty and Ritter (1986) models don’t hold for the FinTech IPOs during the period from January, 2005 to July, 2017.

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Herrmann, Andrew F. "Ghosts, Vampires, Zombies, and Us." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/751.

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In this exploration, I examine how autoethnographers create connections and community through the metaphor of the undead in their various forms. Autoethnography allows us to write and speak about our anxieties, our impolite private issues, and what frightens us at home and at work, including aging, guilt, mortality, shame, and lost love. Through autoethnography, we connect the seen and the invisible, the known and the unknown, the understood and the unexplained, mystery and science. It provides us the opportunity to reenchant the world. Most importantly, autoethnographic writing provides us the opportunity to recognize that our fears are not ours alone but are a basis upon which we can all connect.

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Hörning, Beate. "Volunteering in US public libraries." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät I, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/17600.

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Im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit steht das soziale Phänomen Volunteering in der sozialen Institution Public Library mit konkretem Bezug auf die Gegebenheiten in den USA. Die Behandlung des Themas erfolgt auf der Basis von Quellen sowie den Ergebnissen einer qualitativen Untersuchung. Zunächst werden die historischen Hintergründe von Volunteering und Philanthropie in den Vereinigten Staaten sowie die Entwicklungsgeschichte der US Public Libraries beschrieben und diskutiert. Zwischen beiden Phänomenen werden Zusammenhänge aufgezeigt. In diesem Kontext wird auch die Rolle Andrew Carnegies herausgearbeitet. Des Weiteren werden der gegenwärtige Stand der Freiwilligenforschung mit den Schwerpunkten Motivation und Volunteer-Management sowie das Wirken von Volunteers in US Public Libraries unter politischen, soziologischen und administrativen Gesichtspunkten erörtert. In Auswertung der qualitativen Untersuchung, die eine Kombination aus Feldforschung und problemzentrierten Interviews – durchgeführt in insgesamt 31 Public Libraries in elf US-Bundesstaaten – darstellt, werden eine Reihe von Erkenntnissen gewonnen, die unter anderem Rückschlüsse auf die Bibliotheksspezifik von Volunteering – insbesondere in Hinsicht auf die Motivation zur Freiwilligenarbeit sowie dem Volunteer-Management – ermöglichen.
This thesis describes the social phenomenon of volunteering in the public library as a social institution, focused on the situation in the United States of America. The paper is based on a literature review and on findings of a qualitative study. After discussing the history of volunteering, philanthropy, the American public library, and Andrew Carnegie’s role, there will be a review on research on volunteerism. Thereby, the focus is laid upon aspects of volunteer motivation as well as volunteer management in the US in general and particular in libraries. Furthermore, a compilation and interpretation of library volunteer coordinators’ materials, manuals, and reports will be presented. The results of the qualitative study which is based on a combination of field research and problem-centered interviews – held in 31 public libraries in eleven US states – will be discussed in detail. Among others, the results lead to the conclusion that – especially concerning several motivational and management aspects – public library volunteering is quite specific in comparison to volunteer work in other facilities and institutions.

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Stacy, Ryan C. "Until One of Us Disappears." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5420.

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This collection of poetry, both narrative and lyric, investigates the geographic identity of rural, southern West Virginia. The poems often inhabit the voices of characters from this geography in order to trace themes of drug addiction, death, and the nature of being a descendent of working-class culture.

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