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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"DS Asia"”.
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The Missing Link: Examining the Supraregional Role of Mleiha in the Realm of the Seleucids Following the Anabasis of Antiochus III.
… well as considering which of two scenarios unfolds next: 1) Gerrha ceases to hold the Arabian monopoly and an offshoot independent kingdom emerges centred on Mleiha. 2) Seleucid influence is invigorated in the Persian Gulf and Mleiha is sponsored to provide an anchor of power in controlling the …
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The effect of community police integrity, trust and performance on community happiness in the United Arab Emirates
… in the context of the UAE. A mixed methods case study research design was adopted, which was premised on a pragmatic approach. To answer the research questions, qualitative interviews, descriptive statistics, and partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) were used to …
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Iraq under Saddam Husayn and the Ba'th Party
This work is, essentially, an assessment of Saddam's regime in Iraq, one of the cruellest and most violent regimes of modern times, and the Ba'th Party policies and ideological principles, recognised by Saddam as the theoretical basis for his practices. These policies and practices have had …
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Radicalism at the Margin : The New Emergence of the Chinese Trotskyist Movement in Hong Kong, 1969-1981
As a marginal radical Left group, Chinese Trotskyists who were suppressed by the Communist state and other dominant political powers have rarely been mentioned in the modern and contemporary history of Chinese politics. This is what led to my academic interest in discovering the “unknown” …
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Leisure and Modernity in late 19th Century Shanghai
Xiuxian, which rendered in English as entertainment culture, often refers to leisure culture in China. It played an integral role in the formation of Shanghai modernity from the mid nineteenth century. This thesis provides a study of how entertainment culture became an important part of signal …
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An Evaluation of the Purchase Behaviour of Chinese Senior Consumers in the Tourism Sector and the Influence of Social Identity and Social Media
… (the influence of consumers' attitudes towards SM, SM as an information source, and consumer engagement in SM) significantly impact their PB. For SCCs, factors such as Tourism Selection Criteria [TSC], Cost of the Tourism Product [CTP] and Perceived Behavioural Control [PBC], were secondary …
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An Examination of the Worldviews and Practices of Contemporary Chinese Astrologers
… they are by individual worldviews. In the regards to their work approach, the differences were shown due to their personal experience and understanding of the Chinese intellectual foundations such as I Ching 易經, that also extends into the understanding of the Chinese characters themselves. …
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The Role of Corporate Governance to Foreign Direct Investments on Emerging Countries in Southeast Asia
… significant inflow of FDI continues to flow into Asia (FDISTAT, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 2007-2018), the lack of corporate governance at the macroeconomic level in certain emerging countries has been depriving the inflow of FDI. Developing ASEAN countries continue to fall …
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The effect of leadership style on business performance and the mediating effect on organizational culture and the moderating effect of leader’s personality traits. A study of SMEs in the tourism sector in Sri Lanka
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in any given economy and are considered as a driving force. In Sri Lanka SMEs are considered the backbone of the economy. This research explores how leadership styles affect business performance in SMEs in Sri Lanka and the mediating role of …
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Motivational drivers for mobile shopping adoption: an empirical study of the Chinese Generation Y consumers
One of the most prominent trends of the 21st century in China is the emergence of e-commerce, especially mobile commerce, which has changed people’s lives, notably in the way they conduct shopping. This study investigates mobile shopping behaviour in China, focusing on Generation Y, for the …
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Strengthening the Christian presence in the Holy Land through the implementation of a strategic planning programme
This thesis focuses on strengthening the Christian presence in the Holy Land that has been in existence for more than 2,000 years. The Christian presence there is not only about maintaining and preserving the holy shrines related to Christianity. It is also about maintaining and preserving the …
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Shamanic gender liminality with specific reference to the NatKadaw of Myanmar and the Bissu of Sulawesi.
… and becoming cogendered follows afterwards. In the second being co-gendered comes first and the calling follows. In the third, there is no intrinsic link between gender liminality and becoming a shaman. The first type seems no longer to exist. Fieldwork among the Bugis people on Sulawesi …
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Demand for money in China
This research investigates the long-run equilibrium relationship between money demand and its determinants in China over the period 1952-2004 for three definitions of money – currency in circulation m0, narrow money m1 and broad money m2. The appropriate dummy variable has been added into the …
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An empirical study on anomalies in China's stock market
This thesis conducts empirical studies on China's stock market using contemporary financial theories in order to explain the anomalies in China's stock market and then put forward some policy implications on the basis of the empirical research findings. The thesis consists of seven chapters. In …
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Reporting on contested territory: television news coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict
… television news reported on the Peace Accords signed between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators at the Wye River Plantation, Maryland USA in October 1998. The research involves three elements. Firstly a review of the historiography of the conflict which sketches out the range of views on …
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An empirical investigation of the lending decisions on small businesses by bank managers in Malaysia
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The Hard Road to Renewal: Media Representations of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
… class discourse and class reality. In other words, the ambiguity lies in how to continue market reform without challenging the legitimacy of China’s claim to be socialist. In addition to the extensive analysis of the media representations of the Cultural Revolution and the investigation into the …
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Sir William Jones (1746-1794) and Islamic studies.
The dissertation considers the life and work of Sir William Jones, a significant figure in the field of Orientalism and a judge in the Bengal Supreme Court. The life and career of Jones is described ,with emphasis on his interests in the Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit languages. A review of …
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Self-reported benefits of participating in the Lee Style Taijiquan.
… a subtle body, and a survey of the internal landscape of the body, its deities, and its relationship with the cosmos is identified. The phenomenon of qi is investigated in relation to the subtle body and Taijiquan. The value of Taijiquan and meditation is then examined, for these techniques have …
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