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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"James C"”.
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The Fiber of South Carolina Higher Education Philanthropy: A Historical Case Analysis of James C. Self and the Self Family Foundation
<p>Current economic conditions, resulting in declining federal and state revenues, place increased emphasis on fund raising among two and four public and private higher education institutions. In South Carolina and other states student-generated revenue is the primary source of institutional …
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Art salvos : aesthetics of figurative acts of war between the US and Cuba along Havana's Malecón
… from 2002-2005. This character, Chief of Mission James C. Cason, spearheaded many public diplomacy projects in Havana, the magnum opus of which was a huge LED electronic ticker on the facade of the U.S. Embassy Building. The ticker immediately calls to mind the work of artist Jenny Holzer. Laura …
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Blarney in St. Louie: Performing Irishness at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904
… prominent stereotypes of the time. By employing James C. Scott’s <em>Domination and the Arts of Resistance, </em>I reveal the complex and multifaceted power dynamics involved in the performances at the Irish Industrial Exposition.
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Self-Consciousness: a novel story
… for a graphic novel, Kariba, is the work of James C—, for a time one of my most promising students. Under my supervision for the MA within the Department of Language and Communication, he was engaged in writing a novel (the traditional kind, sans illustrations) of which, tragically, only …
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Type IA topoisomerases: a phylogenomic and biochemical analysis of Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A TopoIII
… coli Topoisomerase I (EcoTopoI), by Prof. James C Wang opened the door to the previously unknown world of molecular machines that manipulate DNA topology. Since then, topoisomerases have been demonstrated to be vital instruments of the cellular machinery in a wide array of processes that …
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Flap of a Butterfly's Wings
… political pathways or decorum. This is based in James C. Scott’s work on the everyday forms of resistance by the politically powerless. Here I rely on the empirical evidence I gathered when I filmed and embedded myself with activists protecting the statue outside of the Japanese embassy from …
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The 'Feminization' of the Everyday: Examining the Gendered Nature of Worker Resistance within the Transnational Call Center Industry
… of worker resistance. Further, by gendering James C. Scott’s conception of a ‘spectrum of resistance’ (Tripp 1997, p.5; Scott 1993, p.93-94), I assert that the gendered opportunity structures of worker resistance within the Canadian transnational call center can be usefully mapped and …
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The Democratic Kaleidoscope in the United States: Vanquishing Structural Racism in the U.S. Federal Government
… literature by scholars like Jennet Kirkpatrick, James C. Scott, and Hannah Arendt. This dissertation is concerned with the relationship between morality and civic participation in democratic politics. I analyze Christopher Kutz's book Complicity: Ethics and Law for a Collective Age to delve into …
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Real root counting for parametric polynomial systems and applications.
… polynomial systems. A problem studied by James C. Maxwell back in the 19th century is about finding an upper bound of the number of non-degenerate equilibrium points of the electric potential created by point charges. In the case of 3 point charges, he conjectured that there are at most 4 …
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Mosses of Alabama, their distribution and affinities
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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Recreation Ecology of Colorado Fourteeners: An Assessment of Trail Usage and Impacts
<p>The popularity of climbing Colorado’s 14,000 ft. peaks, or “Fourteeners”, has risen dramatically in recent years, raising important sustainability and management questions. Moreover, groups managing the peaks operate with major capital constraints so their efforts need to be informed, …
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The Fish Population of Lake Poinsett, South Dakota, as Indicated By the Catch
Gill nets, trap nets, an otter trawl, and a boom-type electric shocker were utilized to obtain samples of the fish population of Lake Poinsett, South Dakota. The species and size composition of the samples differed significantly with time of season, time of day, location on the lake, and type of …
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Modelling sub-reef thermodynamics to predict coral bleaching: a case study at Scott Reef, WA
Coral bleaching occurs when corals become stressed, which typically occurs during periods of elevated water temperatures. If water temperatures remain elevated for a sufficient length of time, the corals often die. Coral bleaching affects reefs around the world and the recent increase in the …
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Laramide synorogenic sedimentation in south-central New Mexico: petrologic evolution of the McRae Basin
Includes bibliographical references.
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Comparison of hydraulic versus propellant fracture generation in shale systems, A
Includes bibliographical references.
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Adaptive matched field processing in an uncertain propagation environment
Adaptive array processing algorithms have achieved widespread use because they are very effective at rejecting unwanted signals (i.e., controlling sidelobe levels) and in general have very good resolution (i.e., have narrow mainlobes). However, many adaptive high-resolution array processing …
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