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Showing 1 to 20 of 274 for “"East Asian"”.
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Dimensions of Politics: How Institutions Shape East. Asian Legislatures
… have shaped dimensional structure in East Asian legislatures, including Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan in the past two decades. The major issues dividing the left and right in East Asia are not about economic in nature, but rather structured by legislators' preferences vis-\`a-vis …
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East Asian LGBTQ Individuals’ Coming Out Experiences to Parents
Asian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals face unique intersectional challenges that cannot be accounted for solely by racism and homophobia. In particular, they grapple with navigating their intersectional identities as ethnic and gender/sexual minorities, struggling …
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China's ICT industry and East Asian regional production networks
… discusses the impact of China’s putative rise in East Asian regional production networks (EARPN) with regard to the ICT industry. Many research studies have focused on China’s strengthening military and political power or are devoted to China’s astounding economic achievements vis-à-vis Japan’s …
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Three Essays on the East Asian Miracle of Thailand
"Beginning from 1985, the manufactured exports of Thailand have been the main reason for the export sector as a whole to grow very quickly. By calculating the ""revealed"" comparative advantage index (RCA) introduced by Balassa in 1965, RCAs of manufacturing indicate that mostly labor-intensive …
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UNDERSTANDING THE COLLEGE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS FOR EAST ASIAN STUDENTS
… THE COLLEGE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS FOR EAST ASIAN STUDENTS Yiyong Feng Gregory J. Collins East Asian international students (EAS) frequently seek admission to prestigious colleges, motivated by a complex interplay of cultural values, familial expectations, and other factors. Nonetheless, …
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Rationalist causes of war : mechanisms, experiments, and East Asian wars
… study of all international wars fought in East Asia in the last century. This is the first integrated study of rationalist causes of war that combines randomized experiments with historical cases. Despite a wide theoretical literature, there are few empirical tests of rationalist …
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Shape analysis for digital representation of East Asian silk patterns
This thesis examines the East Asian geometric silk pattern. Despite its long history of use in traditional architecture as an ornamental element in Korea and China, a little attempt was made to understand its geometric construction. Also, the connection between the silk patterns in two countries …
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East Asian and non-East Asian non-native English-speaking teachers’ navigation of identity and experiences as ESL teachers in the U.S. public school system
… the results of a qualitative analysis of three East Asian and three non-East Asian non-native English-speaking ESL teachers to understand how appearance, culture, language, and ethnicity impacted their experience of navigating their professional identities within the U.S. school system.
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Genomic diversity and structure among South and East Asian human populations
… data), which include 983 individuals from ten Asian populations. I estimated the genetic diversity from autosomal dataset of South and East Asian populations to compare the genetic affinities between mainland and island populations. Reduced levels of genetic diversity were observed in Japan …
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Trademark Dilution : an Analysis of U.S., E.U., and East Asian Trademark Law.
The Lanham Act defines the term "dilution" as the lessening of the capacity of a famous mark to identify and distinguish goods or services, regardless of the presence or absence of competition between the owner of a famous mark and other parties, or likelihood of confusion, mistake or deception. …
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Financial derivatives use and firm value in East Asian non-financial firms
… for a sample of 881 non-financial firms in eight East Asian countries in the 2003- 2013 period. The analysis is based on a novel and manually collected data. We find that firms in countries with lower corruption have more incentive to use financial derivatives and use derivatives with greater …
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Attitudes of East Asian People Towards Communication Disorders in Aotearoa New Zealand
… about it in a New Zealand setting or within East Asian populations. Aims: This study aimed to explore the cultural trends in the attitudes of lay people with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean backgrounds about communication disorders in a New Zealand setting within a socio-cultural framework of …
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Effective business strategies for energy service companies in the East Asian business environment.
… strategies for energy service companies in the East Asian business environment. The research purpose has three foci. First, it seeks to examine the dominant business environment conditions that impact upon the oil and gas service sector in China, and to a lesser extent, Singapore and Malaysia. …
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Ecosystem-atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide and water vapour in typical East-Asian croplands
Agricultural areas comprise a large portion of the land surface of the earth. Under the current climate and environmental changes, the role of cropland ecosystems in the surface-atmosphere energy and matter exchange has drawn a lot of attention. This thesis investigated the potential change on …
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“Diversity: Our Strength” : South and East Asian immigrants’ ethnic identity in the Greater Toronto Area
… the growing number of immigrants from South and East Asia and the thesis research focuses on this group of immigrants. Social identity theory acts as the major theoretical foundation of the study. Canada is considered a country with one of the best immigrant integration policies in the world. …
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Attitudes to wards Prenatal Genetics Among Southeast and East Asian Women: A Qualitative Pilot Study
<p>From 2000-2010, the Asian population in the United States grew five times faster than the overall US population. As Asians become incorporated into the US health care system, it is important to recognize cultural differences that may arise between Asian patients and their health care providers. …
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