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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Assad"”.
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Framing practices of wire services in modern wartime : international frames during the final six months of the Battle of Aleppo
… the Syrian Civil War to the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The goal of this work is to discern the types of frames utilized by these three wire services, and how source selection may have influenced the creation of these frames. The articles, limited to the longest 15 published by each service, were …
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Doctoral thesis recital (guitar)
Aquarelle / Sergio Assad -- Lute suite in E minor / Bach -- Tonadilla on the name Andres Segovia / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco -- Cordoba / Isaac Albeniz -- La calme / Fernando Sor
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The Human Rights Of Syrian Refugee Women: A Comparative Analysis Of Healthcare Access And Educational Opportunities In Turkey And Greece [before doctoral defense]
… testimonies remains scarce, partly because the Assad regime had generated well-founded fears that prevented open disclosure. The collapse of the Assad government in December 2024 made it possible to conduct interviews with Syrian refugee women under conditions of genuine safety, rendering the …
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Wujoud: Resistance strategies in the Syrian genocide?
… out by the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad and his international allies; and “narrative component” refers to what I and Syrian activists view to be a propaganda narrative that the Assad regime and its allies have disseminated internationally in order to justify their campaign of …
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Leadership Style And Diversionary Theory Of Foreign Policy: The Use Of Diversionary Strategies By Middle Eastern Leaders During And In The Immediate Aftermath Of The Gulf War
… aftermath. Some of the foreign policies of Hafiz Assad of Syria, King Hussein of Jordan, and Saddam Hussein of Iraq during this period have been interpreted as intended to divert the attention of their people and unify their people around their flags. These foreign policies will be analyzed in …
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Prosecuting the Syrian Threat to Israel: Motive, Means, and Opportunity
… It appears that Syrian President Hafiz al-Assad has revised Syria's strategy but not Syria's ultimate objective. Just as a courtroom prosecutor establishes motive, means, and opportunity to prove the guilt of the accused, this paper likewise prosecutes the charge that Syria's intentions …
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The Medvedev years : an examination of the external forces & internal dynamics affecting the Kremlin's foreign policy decisions
… against the Khadafy regime in Libya and the Assad regime in Syria.The six foreign policy decisions in this thesis illuminate the Kremlin’s internal dynamics as well as the handling of the external political forces enacted by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. Graham Allison’s Governmental …
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Sean Spicer is the News: The Relationship Between Sean Spicer and The White House Press Corps
… compared Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Nazi Party Leader Adolf Hitler and incorrectly claimed that Hitler did not use chemical weapons. Online news articles about these case studies from 30 media outlets that have journalists in the White House press corps have been selected. …
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Locating Barriers To and Opportunities For Implementing Low Impact Development Within a Governance and Policy Framework in Southern Ontario
Low impact development (LID), the practice of preserving and restoring natural water cycles in urban development, is considered the next step in stormwater management. Policy and governance play a strong role in the adoption of LID. There has been progress in implementing LID in the Greater Toronto …
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On The Use Of Gaussian Filter Functions For Adaptive Optics
For adaptive optic systems, the use of aperture filter functions calculated using various Zernike modes can be useful in removing lower-order aberrations caused by atmospheric turbulence. Traditionally, these filter functions are calculated using the step function depicting a hard aperture that …
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Comadre Fulozinha e Pai do Mangue: sua influência na formação da identidade, território e territorialidade na comunidade do Porto do Capim.
The study of a community through their myths, legends, folklore, which inhabit the popular imagination, can be revealing about many aspects of the place and thpeople, through which permeate such phenomena. The present study deals with the myths of Comadre Fulozinha and Pai do Mangue in the Porto do …
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Model of medical supply demand and astronaut health for long-duration human space flight
The medical care of space crews is the primary limiting factor in the achievement of long-duration space missions. (Nicogossian 2003) The goal of this thesis was to develop a model of long-duration human space flight astronaut health and a medical supply demand model in support of such missions. …
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The [sub]Urban Campus: A Typological Oxymoron
A cluster of buildings does not a campus make. Places of learning have long sought-out cohesive spaces that foster a sense of community and encourage an immersive life of academia. The suburban campus model, with a centric configuration, has been a successful model that has withstood the test of …
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A substantive validity study: An evaluation of withdrawal, burnout, boredom, and CWB item overlap
The purpose of this study was to investigate overlap between items that are intended to measure withdrawal, burnout, counterproductive work behavior, and job boredom. This substantive validity analysis examined the content of items used to measure boredom, burnout, CWB, and withdrawal. We found …
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Modelling rail freight management.
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1978
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Thin-Film Polymer Nanocomposites Composed of Two-Dimensional Plasmonic Nanoparticles and Graphene
Plasmonic polymer nanocomposites contain plasmonic nanoparticles that are dispersed within a polymer. The polymer matrix strongly influences the optical properties of plasmonic nanoparticles. It is imperative to understand the interaction between plasmonic nanoparticles and polymers so that one can …
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Religion and the Evolution of Democracy: A Revised Selectorate Model for the Arab Spring
… Saleh, and the currently embattled Bashar Al- Assad. They are being replaced or have already been removed by governments that are led by Islamic Parties. Therefore, newly elected or appointed leaders must take into account the role of religion in their calculus for political survival in a way …
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The Syrian Civil War
The devastating civil war in Syria (2011-present) has been a source for much anxiety and confusion for policymakers in recent years. What initially appeared to be a rather straightforward conflict between an autocrat and citizens seeking greater freedom, has transformed into a sectarian war that …
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The 1991 Madrid Peace Conference: U.S. Efforts Towards Lasting Peace in the Middle East Between Israel and its Neighbors
Over the years the Madrid Peace Conference has been relegated to paragraphs within history books and the importance of the conference seems to have been all but forgotten. While this may be due to the perceived failure of the talks to produce tangible peace negotiations, what one must take into …