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Showing 1 to 20 of 189 for “"IT challenges"”.
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Perceptions of Chief Information Officers Who Have Managed Information Technology both Outside and Inside Higher Education
… that environment. Participants from the University System of Georgia and from universities in the Southern Regional Education Board were interviewed. They had a variety of backgrounds outside higher education, including corporate, military, not-for-profit, and small business. Participants in the …
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Industrial culture and the challenge of English capitalism: Perceptions of economic change in the British engineering press, 1885-1925
This dissertation examines the British response to the rise of mass production industries beginning in the late 19th century. It challenges the frequent complaint that British entrepreneurs in this period were not alive to the possibilities of monopolistic capitalism until after American and German …
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Domesticating Time: Family and Memory in the German Middle Class, 1840--1939
… as opposed to public memory. In doing so, it challenges the conceptual walls placed between ""history"" and ""memory"" and calls for a more nuanced interpretation of their relationship. By injecting the history of memory into that of the family, it sheds light on an essential and neglected …
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Feeling Suicidal in England, c.1750-1850
… and 1850. During this time, suicide was an act with immense religious and legal significance, and historians have done much to examine how attitudes to self-killing developed over this important period of change. However, in concentrating chiefly on others’ views, scholars have consistently …
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POPULAR GEOGRAPHY WRITING IN AMERICA, 1783–1888
<p>“Popular Geography Writing in America, 1783–1888” is an intellectual and cultural history that traces the connections among geography writing, print culture, and nationalism. It challenges the conventional historiographical paradigm that understands antebellum and postbellum periods in United …
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REALISM IS THE AVANT-GARDE: PLAY SCRIPTS, COSTUMES, AND STAGE DESIGNS
… focusing on the portrayal of different realities. It challenges the notion that huaju (spoken drama) was the sole orthodox approach to realism. While huaju closely followed the performance model of script and rehearsal, this dissertation investigates alternative practices that drew …
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Challenging the Authoritarian Theory of the Press: Mostafa Amin and Press Freedom Under King Farouk's Rule in Egypt
This thesis examines the authoritarian theory of the press coined by Siebert et al. (1956), which proposes a strict control over the press, and its applicability on monarchical Egypt. It challenges the rigid categorization by presenting a case study of a famous Egyptian journalist Mostafa Amin and …
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Domesticated Office: Designing to Foster Culture in Virtual Workplaces
… rather than producing goods or services), and it has shown increased productivity compared to working from physical offices (Chavez-Dreyfuss, 2020). However, it challenges the social connection aspect of a workplace. In this study, I present plausible solutions and suggestions on how digital …
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ASSET PRICING OPTIMIZATION THROUGH GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS
… as compared to deep learning considered in the literature, with the added benefit of mitigating common challenges such as overfitting. This is an important finding, as it challenges the often-held belief that more complex, deeper models are invariably superior. Instead, we found that a simpler, …
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'It's a metrosexual thing': a discourse analytical examination of masculinities
The recent critical focus on men and masculinities purports challenges to the dominance of ‘hegemonic’ or idealised dominant masculine scripts (Connell, 1995). Men’s increasing consumption of image enhancement products and especially facial cosmetics – aspects of so-called ‘metrosexuality’ …
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Awe: A precursor to something more
… emotion that signals the vast and extraordinary. It allows us to recognize the expanse of the world around us. It challenges the mind’s normal perception of reality and begs us to stretch beyond what we think we know. Contrary to many other positive emotions, awe turns our attention outside of …
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The Legend and Life of Peter Francisco: Fame, Fortune, and the Deprivation of America's Original Citizen Soldier
… remains remembered today by a small minority of American supporters. Methodologically, the analysis examines Francisco's life through a cultural studies lens. It challenges previous analyses of Francisco's life based on romance and myth not akin to historical reality. And although this …
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Six Acres: The Residence & Office of Edmonton Architectural Partnership, Wallbridge & Imrie
This thesis investigates the architectural and historical significance of Six Acres, the residence and office of Wallbridge & Imrie, Architects in Edmonton, Alberta. Through a detailed examination of this unique property, it addresses broader themes of domesticity, house design, and the role of …
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THE "FACT OF BLACKNESS" DOES NOT EXIST: AN EVOCATIVE CRITICISM OF RESISTANCE RHETORIC IN ACADEMIC POLICY DEBATE AND ITS (MIS)USE OF FRANTZ FANON'S BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASKS
Scholars of black/white social relations often cite Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks for its psychological analysis of the "Fact of Blackness." Attributing this supposed facticity to a fundamental mistranslation of the original French text, this thesis explores the implications of scholar's …
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Ordering For Care And Caring For Order: Medical Power In English Prisons
This thesis is concerned with developing a sociological analysis of the history and consolidation of the medical service in English prisons. It covers the period 1774-1988 and explores a number of dimensions in relation to the Prison Medical Service (PWS) during this period. It challenges the …
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That hideous noise: Chinese sounds and the transnational making of race and modernity in China and the U.S., 1850-1940
… created by interactions among colonial elites, Chinese intellectuals, and marginalized Chinese laborers between the 1850s and the 1940s. Specifically, it explores how the sounds of Chinese people—early Chinese immigrants setting off firecrackers in the United States., the chanting of …
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The Origins of the Vietnam War from the East- and West German Perspective, 1960-1965
… the Vietnam War during the spring of 1960 and military escalation in the summer of 1965. By examining the GDR’s and FRG’s opinions and appraisals in these pivotal years, it challenges the prevalent scholarly argument that the roots of the conflicts origins were located in the Cold War struggle …
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Nō hea koe: Barriers to identity
This thesis explores barriers to identity in the context of non-identifying Māori in Aotearoa. It presents a vulnerable exploration of the barriers that shape and complicate cultural identity. A search for existing knowledge revealed significant gaps in discussions around non-identifying Indigenous …
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Altering perceptions of child sexual abuse survivors and individuals with dissociative identity disorder
… member of society. Lori is also diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). From age 3, Lori was violently raped and assaulted by several perpetrators, yet views her multiple personalities as strength, as survival mechanisms, and wants to share her story to help prevent child sexual …
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A pobreza na teoria social hegeliana
… through the modern expansion of industrial activity, when capitalism was in its early stage of development, brought about changes in social, economic, and political conditions, establishing a new code of conduct for individuals in society. In Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Hegel performs a …
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