Дисертації: "National mind"

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Hofstetter, Vanessa J. "America's diamond mind :." See restrictions on access, 2002. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/library/abner/apponly.htm.

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au, johnbott@westnet com, and John Arthur Bottomley. "A mediated crisis : news and the national mind." Murdoch University, 2008. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20081113.143044.

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The thesis examines a mediated crisis and how The Straits Times and The Australian approach the reporting of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). It looks at how this mediated crisis exemplifies the culture of the national newspaper and in turn how the national newspaper has an historical influence on the national psyche. A total of 649 reports and headlines and 141 letters about SARS in The Straits Times (including The Straits Time Interactive) were examined from April 2003 to November 2003 as were 125 headlines from The Australian. The early sections of the thesis discuss how a crisis makes news; examine how the media report a crisis and what emphasis is given to aspects such as: actors, primary definers, vocabulary, lexical choices, subjects, themes, issues and value dimension or stance. The first chapter defines crisis, journalism and crisis journalism and discusses where the latter sits within the continuing expansion and development of major theoretical frameworks, including living in a risk society. The implication here is that crisis and risk have a symbiotic relationship. Historical perspectives of news are discussed in Chapter 2, and the newspaper is placed within the context of contemporary media. The chapter discusses how newspapers are aligned with the concept of the national mind and demonstrates the roles and formations of the two newspapers in relation to the SARS crisis. Chapter 3 codes the headlines, article titles and subtitles of The Straits Times and The Australian and using content analysis of the headlines, analyses the reporting of a serious health crisis SARS that lasted from March to November, 2003. The quantification within content analysis enables a researcher to read and interpret questions that relate to the intensity of meaning in texts, their social impact, the relationships between media texts and the realities and representations they reflect (Hansen et al, 1998). The theory and method of content analysis is used in this chapter to consider differences between The Straits Times and The Australian and to exemplify the medias representation of the narratives of SARS as it happened in the countries of Singapore and Australia. Aspects of crisis and risk, the newspaper and the national mind, narratives, presentations, and post SARS events are discussed in the last chapter. It is concluded from these discussions there is a world narrative that tells the story of how the human condition likes to live and rely on a safe social environment always being available. The relationship between a mediated crisis and risk are also discussed. In addition, it is maintained that reporting in 2003 was not just about SARS but a way of reporting that allowed one to view journalism as an aid to good governance, particularly with regard to living in a risk and crisis-ridden society.

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Bottomley, John Arthur. "A mediated crisis : news and the national mind /." Bottomley, John Arthur (2008) A mediated crisis: news and the national mind. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 2008. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/446/.

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The thesis examines a mediated crisis and how The Straits Times and The Australian approach the reporting of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). It looks at how this mediated crisis exemplifies the culture of the national newspaper and in turn how the national newspaper has an historical influence on the national psyche. A total of 649 reports and headlines and 141 letters about SARS in The Straits Times (including The Straits Time Interactive) were examined from April 2003 to November 2003 as were 125 headlines from The Australian. The early sections of the thesis discuss how a crisis makes news; examine how the media report a crisis and what emphasis is given to aspects such as: actors, primary definers, vocabulary, lexical choices, subjects, themes, issues and value dimension or stance. The first chapter defines crisis, journalism and crisis journalism and discusses where the latter sits within the continuing expansion and development of major theoretical frameworks, including living in a risk society. The implication here is that crisis and risk have a symbiotic relationship. Historical perspectives of news are discussed in Chapter 2, and the newspaper is placed within the context of contemporary media. The chapter discusses how newspapers are aligned with the concept of the national mind and demonstrates the roles and formations of the two newspapers in relation to the SARS crisis. Chapter 3 codes the headlines, article titles and subtitles of The Straits Times and The Australian and using content analysis of the headlines, analyses the reporting of a serious health crisis SARS that lasted from March to November, 2003. The quantification within content analysis enables a researcher to read and interpret questions that relate to the intensity of meaning in texts, their social impact, the relationships between media texts and the realities and representations they reflect (Hansen et al, 1998). The theory and method of content analysis is used in this chapter to consider differences between The Straits Times and The Australian and to exemplify the media's representation of the narratives of SARS as it happened in the countries of Singapore and Australia. Aspects of crisis and risk, the newspaper and the national mind, narratives, presentations, and post SARS events are discussed in the last chapter. It is concluded from these discussions there is a world narrative that tells the story of how the human condition likes to live and rely on a safe social environment always being available. The relationship between a mediated crisis and risk are also discussed. In addition, it is maintained that reporting in 2003 was not just about SARS but a way of reporting that allowed one to view journalism as an aid to good governance, particularly with regard to living in a risk and crisis-ridden society.

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Anttalainen, K. (Kati). "Decolonising the mind?:national identity and historical consciousness in Cameroonian history textbooks." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2013. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201306051458.

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The thesis focuses on history textbooks in the contemporary Anglophone Cameroon and aims at studying what kind of history consciousness and national identity is promoted in the textbooks. History is essential for the forming of national identity. School textbooks reveal officially recognised historical truths in a country, and therefore provide a fruitful source for studies on historical consciousness and national identity. Eurocentrism and western traditions of historiography are essential to take into account in the African context. Also in Cameroon, the schooling was originally established by colonial regimes and aimed at colonizing the mind of the natives. Colonial heritage has shaped the history writing in the African context until the present day and has its effects also on the analysed Cameroonian textbooks. The production of a nationally distinguished publishing house Anucam Educational Books (ANUCAM) was chosen, because of the vast potential that lays in the national publishing industry in African countries, including in Cameroon. The levels of education covered primary (classes 4–6) and lower secondary education (forms 1–5) where the enrolment rates are higher than in the upper secondary education. The historical consciousness is likely to have a more significant basis in these levels of education. Both quantitative (space analysis) and qualitative content analysis (imagology) were used in analyzing the textbooks. I first sketched quantitative tables on the geographical division of the textbook contents into world history, regional history (history of Africa and Europe) and the national history (history of Cameroon). The majority of contents discusses national history (32 %) and the history of Africa (32 %). With a share of 15 %, the history of Europe has a significant role in the textbooks. As regards the timely periods, the contemporary history is almost totally absent. For example, the past 30 years of the history of Cameroon, hence the period under the rule of president Paul Biya, is covered with only 5 %. In the qualitative analysis it will be examined, how the “self” and the “nation” are perceived in the textbooks In examining the image provided of the “self”, the narratives examined are: the origins of Cameroon and the Cameroonians, the “exterior self” and the relation of the “self” with the Western civilisation. The entire formation of Cameroon is seen as a European creation, terminology stemming from the colonial interpretations, is used in descriptions on the Cameroonians and the image of the Western civilisation is loaded with positive connotations of development. In examining the image of the “nation”, the narratives were linked with the state-produced discourse of “national unity”. The process of becoming independent was examined as well as images of leading historical figures and the presidents of Cameroon. Achieving independence appears as a destined historical thread in the textbooks. Leading historical figures are represented necessary for the national unity, which again is seen central for the prosperity of civilisations. Mostly without any criticism or analytical reflection, the presidents are presented as creators of this national unity in Cameroon. Taking into account the central role of history in the forming of national identity, it seems surprising that textbook content analyses in the African context are largely absent. When aiming at improving the quality of education, it is not enough to focus on increasing the access to textbooks. As the international discourse on educational development goals Post-2015 is increasingly tuned to learning, more attention should be paid also to the quality of learning materials. Textbook content analysis can support national efforts of improving the quality of learning materials — an objective explicitly expressed also by the government of Cameroon in its educational policy lines.

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Byrt, Richard. "Consumer involvement in MIND : a study of participation in a voluntary organisation for mental health." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1993. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/33130.

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The thesis is a study of consumer participation, focussing on a case study of MIND. Data were collected from interviewing, participant observation and examination of records. The following are the main conclusions. In order to understand consumer participation, and effectively to increase it, it is necessary to be aware of: the different types of such involvement; the extent to which it includes opposition or collaboration with people in authority; the various types of participant; and the levels and degrees of participation. Levels vary from involvement in decisions about the individual's own care to Central Government policy-making; whilst degrees of participation range from information to the total running of an organisation. Also important is the extent to which consumer participation is openly declared, conscious, and formal or informal. This was found to vary considerably within MIND. MIND has its origins in a beneficent organisation, but from the nineteen seventies, increasing efforts were made to facilitate consumer participation. Almost all respondents were in favour of this, but there was considerable uncertainty about the most effective means to facilitate such involvement, and doubts about whether proposed policies for its implementation would be successful. Respondents often mentioned psychological gains and the value of individuals' skills and abilities as benefits of consumer participation. However, difficulty in taking on responsibility was frequently said to result in problems. The attitudes and aptitudes of members with experience as consumers or mental health professionals, and the personal influence of National/Regional MIND staff, were seen as crucial in facilitating or hindering consumer participation, as were organisational factors such as the structure of meetings, the complexity of functions, and the relationship between different levels of MIND, which resembled Rhodes' description of central–subcentral government relations. The influence of National/Regional MIND on Local Associations was limited because the latter were autonomous charities. The thesis also covers methodological and ethical problems, and the implications of the finding for implementing policies to increase consumer participation in voluntary organisations.

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Hardy, Gabor. "A Ritual in Perspective: An Ethnographic Analysis of a Lakota Sundance At Hoosier National Forest." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/468.

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Gabor Hardy, for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Speech Communication, presented on 8 March, 2012, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale TITLE: A RITUAL IN PERSPECTIVE: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF A LAKOTA SUNDANCE AT HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Jonathan Gray Using ethnographic methods, interviews, observations, and participation of and in indigenous rituals, I discuss the ways in which Western and American Indian notions of spirit, human beings and their place in the world, and the practice of spirituality differ in action, thought, and word. Since the time of the Renaissance the supremacy of "rational" or "reasonable" modes of thinking has influenced the modern world. Many American Indian writers, shamans, and Sundance chiefs believe that an understanding of their approach to the Divine may never be apprehended without some sort of actual experience. This indigenous perspective differs in substantial ways from hegemonic, Christian and Western linear modes of thinking. I draw on my attendance at numerous Sundance rituals, readings by American Indian spiritual leaders, and ethnographic work done at the Salt Creek Sundance ritual to articulate and streamline major differences and similarities that exist in both approaches. Through participation and dialogue, a distinct indigenous spiritual approach emerges that is difficult to reconcile with traditional Christian and Eurocentric world views. As I hope to demonstrate, the appearance and performance of American Indian ritual serve to not only challenge Western colonial perspectives, but also to empower indigenous approaches to spirit. In order to cultivate a more tolerant approach to the diversity and various modes of spiritual expression, a change in consciousness is needed, not necessarily for the American Indian worldview, but from the current ethnocentric worldview of the US Government which holds this form of government as the highest accomplishment of any nation thus far. This dissertation offers an approach that probes the relationship between an earth based religion and a monotheistic religion. Finally, I present a vision that allows for an understanding and/or appreciation of a spiritual approach which remains alien to Western approaches and conceptualizations of spirit. Key words: rational mind, symbolic meaning, ritual, myths, sacred, ideology, truth, indigenous worlds, cosmology, spirituality, reason, ethnography, Sundance, performance, and Native American.

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Saiger, Sarina Maria. "'Mind the Gap!' : a study of leadership and trust and the impact of change for clinical and IT staff of the National Health Service in delivering the NHS information Technology Agenda : Connecting for Health." Thesis, University of Salford, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.525147.

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Северин, Надія Василівна. "Українофільство в російській культурі". Thesis, Харківський національний університет ім. В. Н. Каразіна, 2009. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/26663.

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Дисертація на здобуття наукового ступеня кандидата філософських наук за спеціальністю 09.00.12 – українознавство (філософські науки). – Харківський національний університет ім. В. Н. Каразіна, Харків, 2009. У дисертації проведено філософсько-культурологічне дослідження феномену "українофільство" в російській культурі у різних контекстах: історико-літературному, культурному, філософському. Обґрунтовано його значущість у становленні української та російської ідентичності, що дозволило запропонувати новий погляд на Україну як не тільки власну культурну скарбницю, але й ресурс для розвитку інших культур. Осмислено феномен "українофільство" та представлено його концептуалізацію в контексті постколоніальних студій. Виділено та описано основні періоди розвитку українофільства в російській культурі, видокремлено чинники, які сприяли появі цього культурного феномену. Доведено, що одним із чинників, які спонукали Росію до запозичень з української культури, був "російський орієнталізм" та потреба в усвідомленні власної ідентифікації. Досліджений феномен М.В. Гоголя як транслятора українофільства у просторі російської культури та мистецтва XIX ст. Проведено порівняльне дослідження творчості українських і російських мислителів, що дало змогу розширити погляд на філософію Сковороди та її вплив на російську релігійно-філософську думку доби XIXXX століть. Показано, що російська культура збагатилася завдяки впливу видатних особистостей з України, української прогресивної інтелігенції, залученню лідерів та фахівців з України до роботи в Росії, які ідентифікувалися там як "свої", розширюючи російський світогляд і межі російської культурної ідентичності.
Thesis for a Candidate degree in Philosophy, specialty 09.00.12 – Ukrainian studies (philosophical sciences). – V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, 2009. The thesis deals with philosophical and culturologic research of Ukrainophilia phenomenon in Russian culture in various contexts: historical and literature, cultural, philosophical. Its significance in formation of Russian and Ukrainian identity is grounded, thus allowing new look at Ukraine that not only has its own cultural treasury but can also be a resource for development of neighboring cultures. Ukrainophilia phenomenon has been defined and conceptualized within the context of post-colonial researches. Reasons that caused this cultural phenomenon have been researched and basic periods of Ukrainophilia in Russian culture have been pointed out. Creative works of Ukrainian and Russian thinkers have been compared. This allowed to widen the look on G. Skovoroda’s philosophy and its influence on Russian philosophic thought in 19th-20th centuries. Significance of Gogol’s works for Russian literature has been established, as he became sort of a translator for Ukrainian national images, motives and themes to Russian culture. It is shown that Russian literature has been significantly enriched thanks to the influence of outstanding personalities from Ukraine, Ukrainian progressive intelligentsia, attracting leaders and specialists from Ukraine to work for Russia’s benefit and who were identified as "our" thus widening Russian outlook and borders of Russian cultural identity.

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Collins, Benjamin C. "Mine closure planning with First Nations communities : the Stk'emlupsemc te Secwepemc Nation and the New Afton Mine." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54759.

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The goal of this research is to understand how the traditional knowledge of the Stk’emlupsemc te Secwepemc Nation can be used to improve reclamation and closure planning of the New Afton mine. Furthermore, this research will provide insight into consultation with First Nation communities for closure and reclamation planning. The New Afton Mine site, located ten kilometers west of Kamloops, BC is on the traditional territory of the Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc and Skeetchestn Indian Bands. The application of traditional knowledge for closure is a relatively new field. As such, the application of the findings of this research are at a conceptual level. Interviews with traditional knowledge keepers were conducted to understand the relationship between plant life, wildlife, water sources and the traditional use pattern in the area. Site visits to both the Stk’emlupsemc te Secwepemc Nation and New Afton Mine site have taken place during this research study. Visits to the New Afton property focused on determining and understanding the different areas of disturbance. Visits with the Stk’emlupsemc te Secwepemc members were aimed at engaging, recognizing, and understanding their objectives for the long term post-closure use of the mine site. This research found an extremely strong connection between the community’s culture and natural environment. In addition, hunting, fishing, medicinal and nutritional plant gathering were considered as the key traditional land uses in the area. The New Afton Mine was known as an old stop-over ground for travelers in the region. Concerns relating to the impacts of tailings and possible contaminants to the environment (water, wildlife and plant life) were indicated. Reclaiming the land to a natural state was outlined as the most desirable outcome for closure. The technical constraints of the property were also discussed (subsidence zones, semi-arid conditions, etc.) and how the property, considered as a brownfield development, impacts the closure and reclamation outcomes. Finally, through the interviews and field notes, it was found that successful consultation and collaboration with First Nations communities requires: respect and understanding of the community’s culture and history, well established trust, and an ability to be flexible to the needs of the community.
Applied Science, Faculty of
Mining Engineering, Keevil Institute of
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Davidson, Denise L. "National job satisfaction of entry- and mid-level student affairs professionals." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1244571494.

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Davidson, Denise L. "National Job Satisfaction of Enty- and Mid-level Student Affairs Professionals." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1244571494.

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Cohen, Daniel, University of Western Sydney, of Science Technology and Environment College, and School of Engineering and Industrial Design. "Best practice mine water management at a coal mining operation in the Blue Mountains." THESIS_CSTE_EID_Cohen_D.xml, 2002. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/430.

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This study covers the following aspects of mine water management at the Clarence Colliery, located at the headwaters of the Wollangambe River, N.S.W. The Wollangambe River flows through the World Heritage listed areas of the Blue Mountains and Wollemi National Parks. 1. Quantification of the impact of discharge of treated mine water on the Wollangambe River, through analysis of sediment metal concentrations. 2. Investigation of the possible sources and causes of acid mine drainage within the mine. 3. Review of the current treatment process employed at the mine, as well as a review of other possible treatment options for avoidance or treatment of acid mine drainage. 4. Recommendation of a strategy for improving the process of mine water management at the colliery. The study reveals problems discovered from the investigation and describes the findings and recommendations.
Master of Engineering (Hons.)

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Den, Boef Martinus. "Assessment of the national DSM potential in mine underground services / M. den Boef." Thesis, North-West University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/111.

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ESKOM is moving towards a price structure for electricity which reflects, as far as possible, the real cost of generation. It is called real time pricing (RTP). ESKOM developed this cost structure to coax customers to use more electricity in off-peak periods (low cost of generation) and less electricity in peak periods (high cost of generation). However, many industries do not effectively use these price offerings from ESKOM to the detriment of themselves and ESKOM. In previous research improvements to this situation for the South African mining industry were investigated. ESKOM funded research to find the potential for load shifting on mines using RTP. The RTP investigation focused on the supply side management (SSM) in the mining context of underground services on gold and platinum mines. Elements investigated included the ventilation, cooling and pumping (VCP) systems. (Except for pumps, these plants are generally installed aboveground.) Previous research showed a national RTP and SSM potential to shift 500 MW of electrical load for a period of 5 hours. Through the previous research it became clear that the mines were previously able to react partially to the price signals. However, it was proved by the research that the full load shift potential can only be realised through the use of integrated dynamic simulation and optimisation. An even higher potential exists for load shift and electricity efficiency through demand side management (DSM) on the underground services. Therefore, if underground DSM strategies are combined with SSM strategies, a further and much bigger potential can be exploited to the benefit of ESKOM and the mines. Due to these factors this study was undertaken. Three case study mines were identified for this study. They are Kopanang and Target, both gold mines, and Amandelbult, a platinum mine. The DSM potential on each of these mines was calculated using simulation, calibration, verification and optimisation. These results were presented to mine management to negotiate the implementation of the proposed strategies on one of the mines. Kopanang's management agreed to the implementation of these strategies for a trial period of 3 months after which the success would be evaluated. The results of the implementation, together with the case study results, were used to calculate the national DSM potential in the mining sector through extrapolation. The DSM potential amounts to 650 MW of load per day as well as 5% on electricity consumption. This amounts to a potential saving of R72.1 million per year using current tariffs. This means that ESKOM can save about R5000 million on the building of a new power station to supply the equivalent load to the DSM potential. Now that the national impact has been calculated and discussed, all these findings must be used to motivate the implementation of these strategies throughout the mining sector. A similar project can be undertaken to look at possible DSM strategies in the industrial sector. This might prove to be more difficult as the electricity intensive systems are mostly all linked to the final production. In the mind of management this out-weighs the possible cost savings that can be achieved. ESKOM and the NER will have to rethink their strategy. Through DSM and load shifting actions alone the pending electricity crisis will not be averted. The current tariff structures should be amended to not only reflect the true cost of electricity but also provide incentive for DSM and load shifting. Another problem that must be addressed to achieve the DSM targets set for 2007 is the time that it takes to complete the study as well as the implementation time. Software can easily be created to help in the speeding up of the case study itself, as the process and steps followed, as well as models used, are very generic (at least in the gold and platinum mining sector).
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Dale, Norman George. "Decolonizing the Empathic Settler Mind: An Autoethnographic Inquiry." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1413921151.

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Burris, John M. "Bird community responses to catastrophic blowdown in the Superior National Forest /." Link to abstracts, 2004. http://epapers.uwsp.edu/abstracts/2004/Burris.pdf.

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Shell, Avery C. "Detaching Democratic Representation From State and National Borders." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/294.

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Maintaining the essential features of local democracy, representation and contestation, my theory allows for the representation of the interest of subpopulations in the global community by actors such as nongovernmental organization and intergovernmental organizations. I will begin by outlining what features are necessary for a theory’s consideration as democratic in nature. Then, relying upon democracy in a broad sense, it will be my aim to demonstrate that the right to democracy is universal human right. The following stage will provide the backing, by way of the moral progress of human rights, that the right to democracy is expressible by “importantly affected” subgroups in the global arena. The final stage of my conceptual defense will focus on the validation of representatives who have no institutional connection with the populations they represent. With such established, the paper will proceed into a practical defense, discussing how claims made by actors can be accepted or rejected by represented subpopulations. It will then become necessary to demonstrate that the paternalistic claims made by representatives are incorporable into a democratic theory without forgoing the essence of democracy. To show this is feasible, methods of appealing paternalistic claims by way of international human rights courts will be explained. Finally, possibilities to mediate general feasibility issues will be explored.

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Bruce, Scott Lachlan. "Development of a risk assessment tool to minimise the impact of arsenic and lead toxicity from mine tailings /." [St. Lucia, Qld], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18261.pdf.

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Moeykens, Michael David. "Studies of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Use for Biomonitoring of Mid-Atlantic Highland Streams." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27839.

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Research was conducted in three areas of water quality assessment. Long term ecological monitoring data from Shenandoah National Park (SNP) were analyzed and a protocol for data analysis was presented. Streams in SNP were found to be comparable to the best that can be found in the Blue Ridge ecoregion. Land use in SNP (mostly for recreational purposes) does not appear to be causing impairment to the macroinvertebrate assemblages. Streams in the SNP were found to recover quickly from disturbance. The Macroinvertebrate Aggregated Index for Streams (MAIS) was found to have an overall classification efficiency (CE) of 86% in the Ridge and Valley ecoregion, and an overall CE of 91% in the Central Appalachians ecoregion. Refinement of the MAIS for use in the Blue Ridge ecoregion resulted in an increase of the overall CE to 78%. The CE for reference sites in the Blue Ridge was 75%, and the CE for degraded sites was 87%. An intensive study of a stream (Peak Creek) with suspected heavy metal impairment showed that capping of an industrial waste site has resulted in improvements to the macroinvertebrate assemblages. The source of the impairment was not linked solely to heavy metals, but was found to be a mixture of pollution sources and environmental stress.
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Edwards, T., and A. Geldenhuys. "Challenges for mid-level commanders in the South African National Defence Force : management model and training needs." Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 6, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/395.

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The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act 108 of 1996) and conclusive Acts record that effective human-resource management, career-development and training practices must be cultivated to maximise human potential. The unique nature and wide range of activities of the South African National Defence Force assign exceptional demands on the management expertise of military commanders. Therefore, the importance of effective training and for the purpose of this article, effective management training for mid-level commanders is indisputable. Against this background, a new management model is presented and the resulting training needs are empirically investigated in this article. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used in the survey, targeted 165 mid-level commanders in the South African National Defence Force. The empirical results of the study suggested that the existing management training for mid-level commanders fails to meet expectations primarily because of the non-existence of an appropriate management model. Thus, the article present a contemporary management model as foundation for management training of mid-level commanders in the South African National Defence Force. The management model also sanctions applicable standards for the development of management skills and appropriate competencies of military commanders.

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Luthfa, Samina. "Confronting the juggernaut of extraction : local, national and transnational mobilisation against the Phulbari coal mine in Bangladesh." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ec3a3537-bfcd-4cc9-bc5a-40db7ff5bedc.

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A massive open-cast coal mine was proposed for Phulbari in 1994, with the support of the government and international financial organisations. Threatened by displacement, the apparently powerless community mobilised against the mine. Allied with the national and the transnational activist organisations, they successfully stopped the mine. This remarkable success is the subject of the thesis. This resistance is compared quantitatively with the incidence of protests in 397 other mines in the South Asia. Predictors of protest include density of population, proportion of area under forest cover, and ownership by a multinational company. These factors alone would predict a high probability of protest in Phulbari. To understand how the resistance unfolded and why it was successful, the thesis relies on ethnographic evidence. I conducted participant observation and interviewed sixty-four individuals in Phulbari and Dhaka in Bangladesh and in London. Mobilisation against the mine can be explained in part by dialogic framing. Local challengers continuously opposed the dominant discourse of development. Crucially, they shifted their identity to legitimize their opposition to the mine by tagging it with nationalism. As a result, local resistance established links with national left-wing activists. Mobilisation culminated in a mass march of 70,000 in 2006, which was fired on by government forces, with several casualties. Repression failed to quail the resistance. Continued mobilisation was motivated by emotional responses like anger, and facilitated by cultural practices like the obligatory funeral procession. Media reports of the repression catapulted the resistance on to the global stage. This alone is not sufficient to explain the formation of a transnational alliance against the mine. This was maintained by the presence of a large community of Bangladeshi living in Britain, and the mediating role of the left-wing activists in Bangladesh; both groups could translate between locals and western NGOs. This transnational coalition impeded the mining company by targeting international financial organisations, Western governments, the government of Bangladesh, and investors in London. As a result, the company’s share price has collapsed and there seems little prospect of the project proceeding.

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Al-Shammari, Susan. "How Do Mid-Level Leaders Communicate with White Collar Workers in a Multi-National Setting?" Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10827780.

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Managing employees from different cultural and national backgrounds within international business organizations is one of the greatest challenges that mid-level leaders face in the new millennium because of the broad range of communication difficulties that can arise (Cox, 1991; Cupach & Imahori, 1993; Fitzsimmons, 2013; Ietto-Gillies, 2005; Lisak & Erez, 2015; Oliveira, 2013). The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine and evaluate the effectiveness of the communication strategies and tactics of mid-level leaders in one major multinational company with a sizable multinational workforce, Saudi Aramco. The theoretical framework for this study was Communication Accommodation Theory (e.g., Giles, 2014; Giles, Coupland, & Coupland, 1991, 2007). The principal survey instrument employed was the Communication Satisfaction Questionnaire (Downs & Hazen, 1977).

Only 7 demographic variables (education, age, gender, nationality match, language match, income, and duration of time with the company) had any significant correlations with the Seven Dimensions Of Communication Satisfaction proposed by Downs and Hazen (1977), but the strength of all those correlations was weak, with the exception of education. The more education the participants had, the more satisfied they were with their job.

Interestingly, in a culture in which gender differences play such an important role, there were no significant differences by gender in the workforce at Saudi Aramco. It was notable however, that the most satisfied employees were those who had been at the company the longest. National and language differences also played almost no role in employee satisfaction, most likely because the whole workforce is fluent in English. The employees did place some significance on what Suchan (2014) describes as Arabic styles of persuasion, which favor: (a) the use of repetition and paraphrasing to make a point, (b) the use of highly ornate and metaphoric language, and (c) the use of strong emotion.

Finally, in comparing the employees’ responses to Goleman’s (2000) Six Styles of Leadership, the researcher discovered that the workers at Saudi Aramco relate most of all to Goleman’s affiliative, coaching, and democratic leadership styles.

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Jones, P. S. "Ecological and hydrological studies of dune slack vegetation at Kenfig National Nature Reserve, Mid Glamorgan." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494560.

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Masur, Matthew B. "Hearts and minds cultural nation building in South Vietnam, 1954-1963 /." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1091210764.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.
Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 235 p.; also includes graphics Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-235). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

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Embaie, Makda. "Nationalstaten och språkets separation genom min konstnärliga praktik." Thesis, Konstfack, Institutionen för Konst (K), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-7169.

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Essän gör anspråk på att separera språk och idén om nationalstaten genom min konstnärliga praktik. Texten öppnar genom att betraktaren/läsaren befinner sig i en hiss på väg till en bostadslägenhet vars brevinkast det står Vad vore språk om det uppstod här? på. Genom text, ljud och rumsliga installationer i lägenheten hamnar betraktaren mitt i frågan och gestaltningen av språk som en specifik erfarenhet. Ett antal nedslag görs för att ringa in den specifika erfarenheten med hänvisningar till modersmålsundervisning, skam för utebliven språkkunskap och kroppsliga erfarenheter av att störa nationalstaters narrativ. Sedan kopplar och begripliggör texten den specifika erfarenheten genom nedslag i strukturella företeelser som har varit med och skapat förutsättningarna för det specifika språket. De är t.ex. hur nationalstater använt sig av arkeologi för att skapa en linjär berättelse som något befästande av en slags sann gemensam nationell historia. En problembild beskrivs där nationalstaten har ägandeskap av språk trotts att språkets uppkomst är mer komplext än så. Problembilden bemöts av andra fält som arbetat på liknande sätt, t.ex. inom språkforskning och pedagogik. Den egna konstnärliga praktiken presenteras därefter som redskap för att fånga komplexiteten i språkets tillblivelse med verktyg som bl.a. poesin, översättning och gemensamt kunskapande. Essän avslutas med följande resonemang: När vi talar om språk som egendom tillhörande en nationalstat försvinner nyanser som lägger sig i tiden och i kroppen. Det här är en diskurs som förs på det konstnärliga fältet, men den kommer ifrån barnet, från kampen om gränser förd av människor som känner gränser våldsamt varje dag. Den kommer ifrån konstaterandet att vi lever i en kolonial samtid, så vad gör vi nu?
The essay intends to describe the separation between language and the idea of the nation state through my artistic practice. The opening of the text situates the viewer/reader in an elevator. They are on their way to a residential apartment. On the letterbox, it reads; what would language be if it arose here? Through text, sound and spatial installations in the apartment, the viewer ends up in the middle of the question and portrayal of language as a specific experience. A number of events are explored to address the specific experiences of language by looking closer to mother tongue education, shame for lacking knowledge in a language and interfering and disturbing the nation state’s narratives through bodily and linguistic attributes. The text connects and makes the specific experience comprehendible through looking into the impacts to large political initiatives that have contributed to and created the conditions of the specific language. Examples are nation-states usage of archaeology to create a linear narrative to point at origin as affirmation and upholding of a true common national history. The similarities of how this is done to language is explored in the text. The nation state claims ownership of languages and this is problematised by talking of language origin as something far more complex. This problem is addressed by other fields as well. The essay mentions some, e.g. linguistics and pedagogy. My own artistic practice is then presented as a way to capture the complexity in the becoming of language by using tools such as poetry, translation and creating ways to practice common knowledge. The essay concludes by reasoning in the following way: When we talk about languages as property belonging to a nation state, nuances that settles in time and body disappear. The discourse and this essay is carried out in the artistic field, but it comes from the child, from the struggle of people who experience borders violently every day. It comes from the ascertainment that the contemporary is colonial, so what do we do?

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Wang, Xiuli. "Winning American hearts and minds : country characteristics, public relations and mass media." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available, full text:, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.

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Le, Thi So Nhu. "A case study of cooperative learning in inorganic chemistry tutorials at the Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0023/MQ51388.pdf.

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Bjork, Kjell Niklas. "The transformation of an international treaty into a successful National Programme : A case study of Mine Action in Jordan." Thesis, University of York, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.516575.

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Tshivhandekano, Aubrey Ndinannyi. "Documenting reclamation and closure of Ermelo coal mines : implications for developing a national strategy for mine reclamation in South Africa." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12082005-152604.

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Adesanmi, Adenike Adebola. "The impact of national and global macroeconomic factors on emerging stock markets : a multi-statistical analysis of the MINT countries." Thesis, Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10369/9259.

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This research contributes to an ongoing debate in finance on whether stock markets are integrated or segmented. The arbitrage pricing theory (APT) suggests that systematic and unsystematic risks are major determinants of stock market movements which have inspired scholars to examine factors responsible for high volatility in stock price movement. The literature on this subject has focused on investigating the impact of microeconomic and domestic macroeconomic factors on the stock market. However, only a little effort has been made on the potential impact of global macroeconomic factors, especially the implementation of monetary policy, through the Federal funds rate, on the emerging markets. There are many emerging markets in the world, but Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey (MINT) are a group of emerging markets which has been promoted by investment houses as an alternative investment destination to international investors hence why the attention on these countries. The target sample data analysed ranges from 1993 to 2014 and data was retrieved from reliable sources. There have been discrepancies in the results of researchers, due to the nature of the statistical methods employed which has created the need for this study to estimate the statistically significant interaction between stock returns and Federal funds rate, MSCI global equity index, commodity price index, exchange rate, interest rate and industrial production using multi-statistical strategy. Time series data analysis was used to conduct ARDL cointegration, impulse response function, variance decomposition and Granger causality tests to determine the short and long-run relationships between the variables. The Granger causality test shows the direction of causality between variables and all tests are conducted using monthly data. The findings of this research revealed that MINT countries have significant differences in the magnitude and their association with domestic and global macroeconomic factors. The results indicate domestic factors, such as interest rate and exchange rate as the major determinants of stock return movement in Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey. On the other hand, global commodity price index is identified as the primary determinants of stock return movement in Nigeria. Policymakers would benefit from the findings in the preparation of new capital market policies or modification of existing policies in the interest of the MINT stock markets.

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Sun, Yu-Kuei. "National hero and model minority: media representations of Chien-Ming Wang in Taiwan and in the US, 2005 To 2009." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1087.

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This thesis examines the media representations of Chien-Ming Wang, a Taiwanese baseball player who played for the New York Yankees, in American and Taiwanese print media from 2005 to 2009. Wang had been attracting media attention in both the United States and in Taiwan during the time because of his athletic performance and dual identities in the two places. The results show that the Taiwanese media usually placed heavy emphasis on his national identity, making him one of the most high-profile athletes in Taiwan. On the other hand, as a foreign player and an Asian athlete, his racial identity was sometimes the focus of the American media. While he had been generally portrayed in a positive way, his Asian identity is still well-scrutinized. I argue that his media representations in the United States fit the model minority discourse which remains the typical perception in the US, meaning that stereotypical characteristics of Asians or Asian Americans are emphasized or overrepresented.

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Tam, Théodore. "La protection du handicap en droit international." Thesis, Lyon 3, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012LYO30050/document.

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En droit international, on a différentes approches du handicap : l’approche médicale qui renvoie à la déficience et à la maladie et l’approche sociale qui renvoie à la personne physique et au citoyen. Tandis que la Convention internationale relative aux droits de la personne handicapée fait de celle-ci un nouveau sujet du droit international, l’OMS, l’UNESCO… quant à elles ont établi des programmes pour encadrer et promouvoir les droits des handicapés. De même, le droit international, en l’occurrence, le droit international des droits l’homme, le droit international humanitaire ont édicté un ensemble des mécanismes, des moyens ou des garanties de protection pour protéger les personnes handicapées. Ainsi, notre première partie a été consacrée à la construction du cadre international de protection du handicap, à savoir l’ensemble des textes, des institutions et des mécanismes de protection universels, régionaux, nationaux ou spécifiques protégeant les personnes handicapées. La deuxième partie analyse l’étendue, la portée ainsi que les différents obstacles de la protection du handicap. Ces obstacles sont d’ordre économique, politique, socioculturel ou juridique. Nous avions terminé notre étude par un aperçu des violations desdits droits, des insuffisances des mécanismes existants et des propositions en vue de l’amélioration de la protection de la personne handicapée
International protection of disable person is our topic. We have analyzed this topic in two parts.First of all, we have analyzed and presented the international juridical system of protection of the disable persons. In this way, we have study, all the institutions of protection, the laws and, international, regional, national and typical mechanisms of protection provide by human international law and also by humanitarian law. In the second part, we have studied different obstacles with not permit a huge or effective protection of disable and disable person. These obstacles are in different sorts. In this study, we have pick and analyze political, economic, social, cultural, or legal obstacles. In the terms of this study, we give some proposals or solutions in order to ameliorate and improve the protection of these persons

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Montan~ez, Morillo Mari´a Soledad. "Creation and marginalisation in women’s writing in mid-twentieth-century Uruguay : the case of Concepción Silva Bélinzon’s poetry." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3098.

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This thesis explores how women's writing in mid-twentieth century Uruguay enables a reconsideration of the intertwined hegemonic practices of literary canon formation and national identity in this seminal period. Within a national history and a cultural tradition conceived of as patriarchal, progressive and homogeneous, in correspondence to a European/Eurocentric concept of time and historicism, women writers struggled to find a recognised position from which to speak. Nevertheless, like other marginal groups, women writers have challenged the hegemonic discourses of modernity in Uruguay, as elsewhere in Latin America, producing what can be described, following Elaine Showalter, as a double-voiced textual strategy that replicates as well as subverts the dominant order. In this respect, Concepción Silva Bélinzon (Montevideo, 1900-1987) offers a remarkable case study to show how women's poetry destabilises and renegotiates the great discourses of modernity. Socially and culturally marginalised, Silva Bélinzon's life demonstrates the failures and limitations of a patriarchal/paternalistic society, while her poetry problematises the homogeneous national discourses of modern Uruguay, exposing the discontinuity inherent to a national history conceived of as masculine, linear and teleological. Silva Bélinzon's poetry has been defined as a synthesis of Modernismo and Surrealism, and described as a combination of free associations, biblical references and metaphysical concerns, all expressed within conventional metric forms, notably, the sonnet. Her poetry has been considered incoherent and bizarre, and has thus received little critical attention. However, one of the most interesting characteristics of her poetry has been overlooked. That is, the juxtaposition of different artistic trends and the dialectical tension that exists between the use of random, discontinuous and disconnected images within strict traditional poetic forms. The theoretical approach of this thesis is predominantly framed by postcolonial, feminist and gender theories, including those of Homi K. Bhabha and Judith Butler. In addition, drawing on Henri Bergson's work, Matière et mémoire (1896) and Marcel Proust's well-known idea of mémoire involontaire, I interpret Silva Bélinzon's elliptical poetry as a virtual journey through layers of the personal and national pasts that thereby deterritorialises the national, hegemonic discourses of the modern nation. Thus, using Silva Bélinzon's poetry as a case study, the thesis aims to demonstrate how women writers ‘overlap in the act of writing the nation' (Bhabha 2003: 292).

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Dvorak, Robert Gregory. "Dynamic human relationships with wilderness developing a relationship model /." CONNECT TO THIS TITLE ONLINE, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-12092008-122753/.

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Brennan, Niall. "The Brazilian television mini-series : representing the culture, values and identity of a nation." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2012. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/505/.

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This thesis investigates the Brazilian television mini-series as a cultural form in the media landscape of Brazil, examining it as a reflection of the political, cultural and social history of Brazil. The research question asks in what ways does the Brazilian television miniseries represent continuity and change in Brazilian national culture, values and identity. In this thesis, I construct a theoretical framework based on two strands of the concept of hybridity: the sociocultural dimensions of hybridity in the postcolonial context, and the textual-generic implications of hybridity for popular texts, their producing institutions,and their readers and viewers. Methodologically, my sample consists of 41 mini-series from a twenty-five year production history. I also engage with press commentary on the mini-series and conduct interviews with mini-series creators. The analysis examines the discourses that these sources produce in tandem with tools from television studies. In this study, I find that Brazilian national culture is represented by geography and gender. Geography serves as a physical and symbolic mode of representation in the mini-series. We witness historical and contemporary negotiations of the temporal and spatial divides that separate the foreign from the Brazilian, and we often follow stories about ‘becoming Brazilian’. Gender appears through a practice-based discourse that informs the difference between the emotional and educational dimensions of the genre. Gender also appears in the mini-series narratives through the archetypes of sufferer and malandro, who in turn reflect the transgressions and the limits of gendered representations in Brazilian popular culture. In relation to national values, I find a continuous dialectical exchange between authority and resistance in the mini-series’ historical and contemporary representations of Brazil. Not only do authority and resistance transcend the value frameworks of class, family, morals and politics in the mini-series narratives, but they also inform the ways in which creators assert their position in the space of Brazilian television production. Critics express resistance to the narratives and the institutions producing the mini-series as well, which enables us to recognize a wariness of the historical tendency of Brazilian television to insert its values into the public sphere. Finally, I find that Brazilian national identity is represented by a mix of foreign and national traditions in the mini-series form, and by strategies that differ from conventional narrative modes. These qualities demonstrate the persistence of tensions between the foreign and the national and imitation and originality that have defined negotiations with modernity in Brazil, but they also show how these tensions have shifted inward to reflect Brazil’s changing awareness of its role on a global stage. In addition to the social, cultural, political and institutional dimensions of Brazilian experience that this study reveals through the mini-series, it adds to knowledge on the ways in which cultural forms enter and shape public discourse about nationhood.

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Luu, Thu Nghi. "A case study of an innovation in chemistry teaching at the college of general studies, Vietnam National University--Ho Chi Minh city." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0015/MQ37579.pdf.

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Joshi, Pratik Prasad. "Ion-neutral coupling in the geomagnetically disturbed mid-latitude ionosphere as observed by SuperDARN HF radars and NATION Fabry-Perot Interferometers." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/56561.

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The earth's ionosphere-thermosphere region is a coupled environment which is governed by interactions between the overlapping neutral constituents and ionospheric plasma. The mid-latitude thermosphere-ionosphere system is very complex owing to its sensitivity to both the polar and equatorial processes. The mid-latitudes is also a relatively unexplored and less understood region primarily due to the paucity of observing instruments that have traditionally been available. However, the past 9 years of mid-latitude expansion of the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) has provided new access to continuous large-scale observations of the sub-auroral ionosphere. On the other hand, the past 3 years of mid-latitude expansion of the North American Thermosphere Ionosphere Observation Network (NATION) Fabry-Perot interferometer array, has created a critical resource for measuring the thermospheric neutral winds. The overlap of these two observing networks in the mid-east North American sector has resulted in a strong ground-based large-scale platform for co-located study of mid-latitude thermosphere-ionosphere dynamics for the first time. The coupling between ions and neutrals is a very important process for controlling the thermospheric dynamics. Ion-neutral coupling at high latitudes has been studied in many previous papers, but there have been very few studies focused on the mid-latitude region. Hence, in this work we have studied the ion-neutral coupling mechanisms and timescales at mid-latitudes during disturbed geomagnetic conditions by using the co-located observations from the SuperDARN-NATION array. The study has focused on the main phase as well as the late recovery phase of a geomagnetic storm which occurred on October 2-3, 2013. Ion drag is known to drive the neutral circulation during the main phase of storm at auroral latitudes, while the neutral wind disturbance dynamo mechanism is known to generate ionospheric electric fields and currents during the recovery phase. By using the methods of ion-neutral momentum exchange theory and time lagged correlation analysis, we analyzed the timescales at which the ion-neutral coupling operates. The ions are observed to drive the neutral winds on a timescale of ~ 84 minutes in the storm main phase which is significantly faster than expected from the driving due to local ion-drag alone (~ 124 minutes). This suggests that along with ion-drag, other local and non-local storm-time influences like Joule heating are also playing an important part in driving the neutral winds. On the other hand, in the late recovery phase, the neutral winds are found to be strongly coupled with the ions and maintain the ion convection without any significant time delay which is consistent with effect of the 'disturbance dynamo' or 'neutral-flywheel' persisting well into the late recovery phase. The timescales and underlying physics understood through this work serve as an important contribution to our knowledge of ion-neutral coupling processes at the middle latitudes. Looking forward, the expansion of co-located SuperDARN-NATION coverage at mid-latitudes, and developments in the tools of large-scale visualization through FPI wind field mapping and SuperDARN convection maps, has created a very strong basis for using the results and analysis tools developed in this work for large-scale ion-neutral coupling characterization in future.
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Rausch, Michael. "Entwicklung einer Market-Intelligence-(MINT)-Datenbank für das betriebliche Wissensmanagement dargestellt am Praxisbeispiel einer nationalen Tourismusorganisation (NTO)." Hamburg Kovač, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1002863910/04.

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Ruhm, Catherine Terese. "The Effects of Two Types of Reclamation on Abandoned Non-Coal Surface Mines in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1543876471411951.

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Benabi, Abderrahmane. "Les français, les japonais et le mouvement national vietnamien (1940-1945)." Paris 1, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989PA010527.

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L'evolution du mouvement national vietnamien etait liee a la conjoncture internationale du moment et surtout a celle prevalant apres la defaite francaise. Avant meme la capitulation de la france, le japon avait cherche a s'implanter aux confins de l'indochine. L'armistice permit aux exigences de tokyo de triompher dans la colonie francaise. Preoccupee par sa situation interne, la metropole ne pouvait l'assister. Pendant les cinq annees de la deuxieme guerre, les autorites japonaises allaient encourager le developpement d'un nationalisme vietnamien anti-francais et pro-japonais en faisant miroiter la promesse d'une independance limitee au viet-nam. Ceci entre dans le cadre du projet japonais de la grande asie orientale ou de la sphere de co-prosperite. Au printemps 1945, tokyo jugea utile de mettre fin a la collaboration franco-japonaise. Et perpetra son coup de force qui fera disparaitre la souverainete francaise. Celle-ci va precipiter l'indochine vers un statut international nouveau. Dans la debandade generale qui connut le viet-nam, la ligue viet-nam, cree en 1941, prendra le pouvoir laisse vacant et declarera l'independance du pays.

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Dale, Caroline E. "A longitudinal typology of alcohol use form young to mid adulthood in the UK : evidence from the UK national child development study." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.549783.

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Savsar, Leyla. "Outside the Nation, Inside the Melancholic State(s) of Mind| Re-thinking the Rhetoric of Displacement and Re-membering the Immigrant Experience in Transnational Literature." Thesis, State University of New York at Binghamton, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13422228.

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Wanderers in the spaces of their memories and the streets of their would-be homes, generations of suffering immigrants are traced back to the past, propelled by the crescendo of melancholic stillness that moves displaced bodies through states of in-betweenness that both dispels and teeters on the far side of either assimilation or exclusion. Many transnational narratives situate the immigrant at a crossroads in terms of a loss of the ‘original’ culture in exchange for the new ‘American’ culture, where national diversities are confined to a singular framework and rhetoric of displacement, overruled by the myth of successful assimilation, whereby the hardships of adjusting to foreign spaces are ‘normalized’ and reduced to a series of trials. This portrayal, in turn, does not leave any room for the rhetoric of pain, or what I label as the ‘migrant’s mourning’, where the immigrant’s suffering is suppressed and eclipsed by a collective history of racial abjection. Insights into the psyche of the immigrant serve to map the hedge between the past and the present and absolute versus relative spaces. Applying psychoanalytical and postcolonial frameworks to literary analysis, this dissertation explores some of the prominent transnational narratives to establish that the melancholic dynamics of space, memory, and language can subvert misrepresentations and grant the immigrant mobility within the confines of homogenized spaces. It seeks to explore the ways in which the transnational American narrative employs melancholic tenor as aesthetics to empower displaced figures. Situating its protagonists at the locus of nations, these narratives underscore melancholia, mourning, and memory as tools and protocols of agency that challenge the myth of assimilation and re-think the rhetoric of displacement.

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Radl, James. "Field and Bioassay Evaluations of Elm Flea Weevil (Orchestes steppensis Korotyaev) Adult Feeding Preference and Larval Mine Presence among New American (Ulmus americana) and Hybrid Elm (Ulmus spp.) Cultivars." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu153191097403527.

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Veatch, William Curtis. "Quantifying the Effects of Forest Canopy Cover on Net Snow Accumulation at a Continental, Mid-Latitude Site, Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM, USA." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193352.

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Although forest properties are known to influence snowpack accumulation and spring runoff, the processes underlying the impacts of forest canopy cover on the input of snowmelt to the catchment remain poorly characterized. In this study I show that throughfall and canopy shading can combine to result in maximal snowpacks in forests of moderate canopy density. Snow depth and density data taken shortly before spring melt in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico show strong correlation between forest canopy density and snow water equivalent, with maximal snow accumulation in forests with density between 25 and 45%. Forest edges are also shown to be highly influential on local snow depth variability, with shaded open areas holding significantly deeper snow than either unshaded open or deep forest areas. These results are broadly applicable in improving estimates of water resource availability, predicting the ecohydrological implications of vegetation change, and informing integrated water resources management.

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Hook, Sarah. "Reading the gallery : portraits and texts in the mid- to late nineteenth century." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:87ad5989-055a-4777-9418-5f636afd6f96.

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The Victorians saw more portraits than any generation before them. While the eighteenth century has been named 'the age of portraiture', portraits pervaded nineteenth-century society like never before. With the invention of photography, coupled with technological advancements in low-cost printing methods, the medium in which faces could be recorded was revolutionised, the classes of society that could afford to be immortalised expanded, and the spaces in which portraits were seen proliferated. These spaces included the public gallery, photography studio shop windows, and personal photograph albums. They also included the art periodical, biography, fiction, and poetry as the experience of portraiture became distinctly textual as well as visual. This thesis draws upon art history alongside literary, museum, and material studies to explore the creative exchange that developed between portrait viewership and reading practices in the mid- to late nineteenth century. Taking the establishment of the National Portrait Gallery in 1856 as its starting point, the thesis tracks the changing idea of the portrait gallery through its literary reception. It takes the portrait gallery to mean the physical space in which portraits were exhibited, and the conceptual idea of collecting, arranging, and interacting with portraits that permeated into the literary world. By focussing on the work of Edmund Gosse, Walter Pater, Thomas Hardy, and Vernon Lee, the thesis forms a 'gallery' of nineteenth-century tastemakers, each of whom looked to the democratic art of portraiture to reflect upon their literary art. How did portraits and texts interact in the mid- to late nineteenth century? In what ways did writers adapt the conventions of portraiture and the portrait gallery for the written text? This thesis seeks to answer these questions and provide new narratives about the complex relationship between the visual and the verbal in nineteenth-century culture. It observes the Victorian 'culture of art' with a more focussed eye to illuminate how the conditions of viewing, circulating, and collecting portraits specific to the period allowed the portrait gallery to serve as a particularly compelling arena for the literary imagination. Gosse, Pater, Hardy, and Lee tested the inherent limitations of portraiture as an art of imitation to realise its imaginative capacity for communicating with close and distant, contemporary and historic figures. They recognised that writing offered a valuable way of constructing the affective conversations that could be had with - and the stories that could be told about - portraits and portrait collections. With the proliferation of portraits came the problem and the opportunity of organising them.

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Wazaney, Bradford D. "This land is your land, this land is mine : the socioeconomic implications of land use among the Jicarilla Apache and Arden communities." Online access for everyone Online access for everyone, 2006. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Summer2006/B%5FWazaney%5F072206.pdf.

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Back, Michael Patrick. "Working Backwards: Enhancing Forest Restoration by Reversing Effects of Surface Mine Reclamation on Soil Bulk Density and Soil Chemistry." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors162014875138985.

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Dvorak, Bob G. "Dynamic human relationships with wilderness developing a relationship model /." [Missoula, Mont.] : The University of Montana, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-12092008-122753/unrestricted/umi-umt-1103.pdf.

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Tran, Thi Thien Huong. "A combination of physics lectures and demonstrations using the learning cycle in physics teaching at the College of General Studies, National University of Ho Chi Minh City." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq24255.pdf.

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Tifratène, Karim. "La Banque Nationale de Données Alzheimer comme outil épidémiologique : état des lieux et perspectives." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016BORD0214/document.

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Le plan Alzheimer 2008-2012 prévoyait la création d’une base de données nationale recueillant des données d’activité de l’ensemble des centres mémoire français. La banque nationale Alzheimer (BNA) s’est vu assignée un double objectif : contribuer à adapter l’offre de soins spécialisés et générer des données épidémiologiques sur la maladie d’Alzheimer et les maladies apparentées. Les bases de données médico-administratives sont utiles dans le champ de l’épidémiologie car les effectifs sont importants, les données reflètent les pratiques quotidiennes et le suivi longitudinal est le plus souvent possible. Des problèmes spécifiques se posent également car elles n’ont en général pas été conçues dans un objectif de recherche, manquent d’informations spécifiques d’une problématique donnée et présentent des limites en termes de validité. L’objectif de ce travail est d’étudier la BNA comme outil épidémiologique. Pour ce faire nous avons effectué des travaux relatifs à la qualité des données et à la validité externe de la base de données, nous avons également mené un travail spécifique sur l’atrophie corticale postérieure afin de montrer les possibilités de la BNA comme outil pour l’étude des affections neuro-dégénératives rares. Notre travail montre que la qualité des données est perfectible par la mise en place d’un contrôle qualité plus structuré. La BNA est actuellement capable de reproduire des résultats de recherche décrits dans la littérature et semble sensible aux grandes tendances décrites dans l’environnement. Nous proposons une série de mesures qui permettrait à la BNA d’être un meilleur outil pour la recherche en épidémiologie
The French Alzheimer database (BNA) is part of the third French plan against Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. The objective of this database is to collect activity data of all French memory centers in order to help health authorities to organize the care offer and to generate epidemiologic knowledge on dementia. Administrative database have advantages and drawback in terms of medical research. It can gather data related to a large population, reflects the “real life” of patients and medical practices and allows longitudinal follow-up. On this other side some specific problems exists among them validity is a real concern. The objective of this work was to assess the BNA as an epidemiologic tool. We performed quality analyses and external validity studies in this perspective and initiated a research on posterior cortical atrophy to illustrate the potential of the database for the study of rare conditions. Our work shows that quality can be increased by the setup of a more structured quality program. The BNA is currently able to reproduce known published results and is sensitive to the environment. In this work we give some recommendations to increase the value of the BNA for epidemiological research

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Lloyd, Bridget. "Stakeholder perceptions of human resource requirements for health services based on primary health care and implemented through a national health insurance scheme." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_7813_1363786823.

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In 2007, at its 52nd Conference in Polokwane, the African National Congress (ANC) called for the implementation of a National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme. The announcement resulted in much debate, with critics voicing concerns about the state of the public health system, lack of consultation and the expense of a NHI scheme. However, little attention has been paid to the
human resource (HR) needs, despite the fact that 57% of recurrent expenditure on health1 is on HR. This research aimed to identify the HR requirements to support the implementation of an effective and equitable health system funded by a NHI in South Africa. An overview of the current burden of disease and distribution of HR is provided. Through interviewing key stakeholders the study attempted to elicit information about factors which will hamper or assist in developing such a health system, specifically looking at the HR situation and needs. The research explores HR
odels and proposes key HR requirements for implementation of a health system funded by a NHI in South Africa, including skills mix and projected numbers of health workers and
proposes ways to improve the deficient HR situation. Exploratory qualitative research methods were used comprising in-depth individual interviews, with a purposive sample of key informants, including: public health professionals and health managers (working in rural and urban areas)
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academics and NGO managers. The contents of the interviews were analysed to identify common responses about and suggestions for HR requirements within the framework of a NHI. 1 Personal communication Dr Mark Blecher, Director Social Services (Health), National Treasury, 17 July 2009 The literature review includes policy documents, position papers and articles from journals and bulletins. Key informants were asked to identify literature and research material to support recommendations. The research findings indicate that despite the South African Government&rsquo
s expressed commitment to Primary Health Care (PHC), the National Department of Health has continued to support and sustain a clinical model of health service delivery (Motsoaledi, 2010), primarily utilising doctors and nurses. The clinic based services are limited in their ability to reach community level, and, being focused on curative aspects, are often inadequate with regard to prevention, health promotion and rehabilitation services. While the curricula of health professionals have been through some changes, the training has continued to be curative in focus and the clinical training sites have not been significantly expanded to include peripheral sites. While there are many Community Health Workers in the country, they remain disorganised and peripheral to the public health system. The mid level worker category
has not been fully explored. Finally there are no clear strategies for recruitment and retention of health workers in rural and under-resourced areas. In addition to the continued use of a clinical model, transformation of the health system hasbeen hampered by inadequate numbers of health workers, particularly in the rural and periurban townships and informal settlements. There is no clear strategy for addressing the critical
health worker shortage in under-resourced areas, particularly rural areas. The last section makes recommendations, which will be submitted to the relevant task teams working on the NHI. It is intended that recommendations arising out of the research will influence the process and decisions about HRH within a NHI funded health system.

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