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Showing 1 to 20 of 88 for “"Dragon"”.
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Dragon Moon, Rooster Sun
This collection of poems aims to interrogate how an individual can process intergenerational trauma. Specifically, these poems focus on the 1st generation Khmer-American experience and how such an individual can access cultural memory (or not) and how this leads to exploring a multitude of ways to …
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Riding the dragon : entrepreneurship under market transition
This dissertation focuses on three of the most important questions in entrepreneurship study, namely venture financing, corporate strategy and firm performance. The main thrust of the dissertation is to elaborate the mechanisms through which institutional and social factors impact entrepreneurial …
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The Dragon in the Backyard: Chinese Strategy in Latin America
This thesis examines how the withdrawal of U.S. influence from Latin America has created a power vacuum that is being filled by the Chinese and the strategic ramifications this will have on the security of the United States. In order for the United States to maintain its position as the world’s …
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Characterization of dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.) components with valorization potential
Dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.), also known as pitaya or pitahaya, is increasingly gaining interest in many countries, including Thailand which is a country with a climate ideal for breeding different varieties of tropical and subtropical fruits in general, and dragon fruit more specifically. The …
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A magyar anime szubkultúra története: A Dragon Ball-botrányól a MondoConig
… különösen arra éleződik ki, hogy maga a Dragon Ball, mint első meghatározó anime, milyen hatással volt fogyasztó közönségére, és továbbá milyen hatással van mai napig erre a szubkultúrára. Az animét nem csak, mint médiumot, hanem mint közösség szervező erőt vizsgálom. Arra is kitérek, …
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Slaying the Dragon: An Analysis on How to Dismantle Terrorist Organizations
Terrorism has become a rising threat to international peace and security all over the world. It is not a new problem to the world scene, but increasingly crucial to the United States. While al-Qaeda is the most current threat to many countries in the world and may seem impossible to put down, …
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Understanding the dragon's theatre : an Anglophone historiography of Vietnamese theatre.
Anglophone scholarship on Vietnamese theatre has a complex history; its authors range from British and American explorers to current day Asian theatre scholars. The evolution of English-language scholarship on Vietnamese theatre is directly tied to the historical events experienced by these …
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Dietary bioactive compounds and possible health benefits of dragon fruit and star fruit
… thesis has explored three different species of dragon fruit, Hylocereus polyrhizus (red flesh), Hylocereus undatus (white flesh), and Hylocereus megalanthus (yellow peel) as well as one species of star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) that may exert beneficial effects on health due to their bioactive …
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Fueling the Dragon: energy security in China; is there a role for US policy?
Many authors talk about the rising power of China and the "China threat." One area where conflict has frequently been predicted is in China's pursuit of energy security. This thesis explores China's energy situation, options available to meet rising demand, environmental impact of these options, …
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Poking the Dragon: Australia-China Relations and a Truculent Fear of the Racialized 'Other'
Despite the strength and complementarity of economic ties between Australia and China, the contemporary relationship is paroxysmal at best and is marked from an Australian perspective by an increasing and pervasive level of suspicion and antithesization towards its largest trading partner. …
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Poking the Dragon: Australia-China Relations and a Truculent Fear of the Racialized 'Other'
Despite the strength and complementarity of economic ties between Australia and China, the contemporary relationship is paroxysmal at best and is marked from an Australian perspective by an increasing and pervasive level of suspicion and antithesization towards its largest trading partner. …
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A Trojan dragon? CCTV news in English and the battle for global influence: 2014-16
China’s official media are nearly a decade into a global expansion programme to challenge the dominance of Anglo-American news organisations and their framing of world events. This research tackles the questions of whether Chinese media abroad deserve to be dismissed as channels for Communist Party …
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Dragon of Skyros : a study on the cultures of the ninth century through creative fiction
To investigate the reception of Classical motifs within the early medieval world, as well as show the multicultural connectivity between peoples, this work of creative fiction explores the tradition of Neoptolemus in the Ninth Century CE. Rather than telling the story from a single perspective, a …
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"And the Great Dragon was Thrown Down:" A Historical Examination of the Protestant Stewardship Theological Principle
This work is a study of the “stewardship” program promoted by modern Evangelical Protestants, and its historical context and predecessors. Critical to the modern movement’s fundamentals is the notion that this concept is itself ethereal and apart from human origins. This work seeks to demystify …
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The taming of the red dragon: The militarized worldview and China's use of force, 1949-2010
This dissertation explores the impact of China’s integration into the international society upon its propensity to use force in interstate disputes. Drawing on various insights from international relations theory, I argue that China’s proverbial violence proneness—that is, its propensity to use …
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Conquering the Dragon: A Sermon Series From Revelation 12–16 for Living Hope Church in Georgetown, Ontario
… Chapter 2 examines the identity and work of the dragon (Rev 12:1–17). Chapter 3 looks at the beast from the sea (Rev 13:1–10). Chapter 4 focuses on the beast from the earth (Rev 13:11–18). Chapter 5 looks at the faithful followers of the Lamb (Rev 14:1–13). Chapter 6 examines the great harvest of …
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Video game rhetoric and materialist contingency: genre, circulation, and narrative
… This dissertation examines the development of Dragon Quest, a video game created for Nintendo’s Famicom game console. I argue Dragon Quest provides insights into the rhetorical techniques that comprise video game design. Attending to Dragon Quest as digital rhetoric highlights how rhetorical …
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