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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"George H."”.
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Making the Case for War: The War Rhetoric of Presidents George H. W. Bush, William J. Clinton, and George W. Bush
… 2001) and the presidents that ordered them (George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush) shows a clear pattern of “war propaganda” in their speeches. By evoking the “Just War Theory” and the concept of the “Rogue State”, each president made a moral justification for military …
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Presidential Strategy: Analyzing the National Security Stategies of the United States
… National Security Strategies of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, William J. Clinton, and George W. Bush to determine whether or not Section 603 effectively provided guidance to these presidents in creating strategic plans and if it led to a coherent method of strategic development. To …
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Northern Thai Theravada Folk Buddhism through the Eyes of Buddhist Background Believers
… Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. George H. Martin The research in this dissertation reveals that the testimonies of Northern Thai Buddhist background believers include two themes: relationship as a motivator for religious adherence and tradition. These themes are present in shared …
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The Effectiveness of the Hands On Program in Attaining the Stated Goals of the International Mission Board: A Quantitative Study
… Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013 Chair: Dr. George H. Martin This dissertation examines the effectiveness of the International Mission Board's Hands On program in reaching stated goals. Chapter 1 introduces the research question by examining the current state of short-term missions (STM) and …
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Selective Missiological Implications of Bunkhun for Ministry Among the Khon Muang
… Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. George H. Martin The purpose of this dissertation is to examine a socio-cultural barrier to the gospel among the Khon Muang of Northern Thailand. The thesis of this dissertation is that bunkhun is an essential cultural factor that missionaries must …
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Code Switching in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
<p>One of the most controversial issues in foreign language teaching and learning over many years has been the role of the students’ L1 in L2 target language education. While a monolingual approach prohibited the use of the target language in L2 classroom, researchers have reexamined the issues …
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Development of a Comprehensive Linac-based Quality Assurance Program for a Retrofitted Micro-MLC SRS System
In Stereotactic Radiosurgery, one of the most import factors that must be measured is the accuracy of the localization system, whether it be lasers or camera system; and the coincidence of the localized isocenter to the radiation isocenter. According to TG-142 the minimum deviation between the …
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A comparison between the misers in Moliere's L'Avare and Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice with a study of their sources
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Deformation-invariant sparse coding
Sparse coding represents input signals each as a sparse linear combination of a set of basis or dictionary elements where sparsity encourages representing each input signal with a few of the most indicative dictionary elements. In this thesis, we extend sparse coding to allow dictionary elements to …
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Investigation of the isotropic points, in a circular ring subjected to concentrated diametral loads, in a section parallel to the loading plane
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1961.
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Latent source models for nonparametric inference
Nearest-neighbor inference methods have been widely and successfully used in numerous applications such as forecasting which news topics will go viral, recommending products to people in online stores, and delineating objects in images by looking at image patches. However, there is little …
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A parallel algorithm for simple roots of polynomials
A method for finding simple roots of arbitrary polynomials based on divided differences is discussed. Theoretical background is presented for the case of simple roots. Numerical results are presented which show the algorithm finds simple and (usually) multiple zeros to an accuracy limited by the …
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The anthropological pastor: navigating the culture of an established church by implementing anthropological tools and resources
… Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Chair: Dr. George H. Martin This dissertation explores anthropological tools and resources and their potential usefulness in navigating the culture of an established church. The application of the principles contained herein can be used for church …
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Matthaeus Pipelare's "Fors seulement chanson (II)" and its related motet and mass performance editions and commentary
Matthaeus Pipelare was a composer from the southern Netherlands who flourished in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Except for the little more than two years he spent as choirmaster for the Confraternity associated with the Cathedral of St. John in 's Hertogenbosch, located in …
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Solution of some problems in decentralized detection by a large number of sensors
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1988.
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Stochastic and dynamic shortest distance problems
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1992.
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Infrastructure as a vehicle for community building : an urban design strategy for Iztapalapa, Mexico City
Mexico City suffers from flooding, water scarcity, pollution, subsidence and enormous financial costs related to water infrastructure. Poor governance contributes to the city's water troubles by creating overlapping political organizations whose interests and administrative purview often conflict. …
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