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Showing 1 to 20 of 176 for “"Greeks"”.
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Social mobility of Greeks in Australia
Central to this thesis is the impact of immigration from Greece (Hellas) to Australia, particularly in terms of social mobility and political affiliation. The discussion of the theoretical framework includes an analysis of migration and social mobility, defining and placing both within …
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Adjoint Venture: Fast Greeks with Adjoint Algorithmic Differentiation
This dissertation seeks to discuss the adjoint approach to solving affine recursion problems (ARPs) in the context of computing sensitivities of financial instruments. It is shown how, by moving from an intuitive 'forward' approach to solving a recursion to an 'adjoint' approach, one might …
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Ethnic culture and political participation : a study of Greeks in Australia 1926-1970
… far it is legitimate, expedient and possible for Greeks to participate in the Australian political process are identified and linked to assumptions and beliefs about the relationships of equality and of unequal power in which Greeks are involved, and about the importance and consequence of …
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Ethnic culture and political participation : a study of Greeks in Australia 1926-1970
… far it is legitimate, expedient and possible for Greeks to participate in the Australian political process are identified and linked to assumptions and beliefs about the relationships of equality and of unequal power in which Greeks are involved, and about the importance and consequence of …
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Signifying on the Greeks: the use of rhetorical devices in jazz improvisation analysis
… draws: the Western European, via the ancient Greeks and Romans, and the African American, via the Africans and ancient Egyptians. Additionally, Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” is transcribed and analyzed for its rhetorical and musical-rhetorical use; the solo analysis draws on …
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Between Two Motherlands: Struggles for Nationhood Among the Greeks in Bulgaria, 1906--1949
… doctrine in the twentieth century: the Bulgarian Greeks considered themselves heirs of the ancient Greek colonists and identified with the Greek nation, yet they had an ambiguous attitude towards the Greek Kingdom and hesitated to abandon their places of birth in Bulgaria. I discover various …
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In the Shadow of Anaximander: Philosophical Temperaments and Schopenhauerian Pessimism in Nietzsche's Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks
… manuscript, Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks, has been long overlooked by scholars. The piece is ostensibly a philological work, detailing the lives of Pre-Platonic philosophers. What I show in my work, however, is that Nietzsche is actually using the figures of the early Greeks to deal …
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Talking to Strangers: The Use of Stories as Guides to Intercultural Encounters by the Archaic Greeks and the Hudson’s Bay Cree
The Archaic Greeks and Hudson’s Bay Cree alike lived in a world without writing, sharing and maintaining social memory through oral storytelling. Since both were enterprising, well-travelled peoples, they became involved in meetings with other groups of completely unfamiliar language and culture: …
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‘The Oracular Tale’ and the Oracles of the Greeks: Storytelling, Conjecture, and Oracular Ambiguity in Herodotus’ Histories and its Historical and Cultural Context
… More specifically, I study how the ancient Greeks used oracles, like those of the famous oracle at Delphi, to make their past, present, and future knowable. I analyze the stories about oracles from Herodotus’ Histories as well as Thucydides and the corpus of Greek inscriptions using a theory …
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ΔΙΑΜΑΧΕΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΜΕΝΙΩΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΑ ΠΡΟΣΚΥΝΗΜΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΤΟΠΩΝ
… ARMENIANS AND CATHOLICS WISHED TO DISMISS GREEKS AND TAKING THEIR HOLY SHRINES. ARMENIANS USED ANY KIND OF MEAN HONORABLE AND NOT TO OBTAIN THEIR PURPOSE. THE RESULT OF THIS CONFLICT IT WAS NOT GOOD FOR GREEKS. THEY BECAME IN THE SAME RIGHTS WITH GREEKS AND CATHOLICS. ANY WAY GREEKS ARE …
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Ionian Revolt, Reconsidered
… the relationship between the mainland and Ionian Greeks and their enemy, and at times supporter, Persian Empire than the Ionian Revolt. The Ionian Revolt, composed of the Naxian Expedition, Ionian and Cypriot Revolts, and the Battle of Lade, was an attempt by some Ionian Greeks to overthrow …
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The international tax consequences arising on the death of South African individuals owning Greek or Portuguese property and Greeks or Portuguese owning South African property
South Africa levies two taxes on an individual in the event of death; namely estate duty and capital gains tax. Much debate exists on whether it is fair for South Africans to pay a "double tax" on the same assets on death. There is also a possibility that the deceased becomes liable for a third tax …
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Attitudes and Perceived Behavioral Control of First-Year College Student's Alcohol Use: A Study of an Instructional Software Intervention
… in the desired direction for all, students, Greeks and non-Greeks, and men and women in regard to their attitude and personal control from pre-test to post-test. Greek students had a more favorable attitude toward alcohol and less personal control of alcohol than non-Greeks at pre-test and …
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Post-Traumatic Stress in Archaic and Classical Greece
… answer--questions: 1. Did the Ancient Greeks suffer from post-traumatic stress? 2. If the Ancient Greeks did suffer from post-traumatic stress, what did it look like? 3. If the Ancient Greeks did suffer from post-traumatic stress, what was the rate of its occurrence? My thesis therefore …
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Post-Traumatic Stress in Archaic and Classical Greece
… answer--questions: 1. Did the Ancient Greeks suffer from post-traumatic stress? 2. If the Ancient Greeks did suffer from post-traumatic stress, what did it look like? 3. If the Ancient Greeks did suffer from post-traumatic stress, what was the rate of its occurrence? My thesis therefore …
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Ancient Macedonian Ethnic Identity: A Study with Emphasis on the Literary Sources From the 5th c. B.C. to the 2nd c. A.D.
… on a simple question: were the Macedonians Greeks, or a separate ethnic group? Rather than attempting to trace the exact origins of the Macedonians – an exceedingly difficult task in dealing with any ancient people – this thesis will focus on the ethnic presentation of the Macedonians: how …
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