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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"NARA"”.
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Nala as Nara, Raja, & Yudhisthira: Masculinity, Kingship, & Dharmic Suffering in the Nalopakhyana
In this thesis, I examine the character of King Nala in Book 3 of the Mahabharata by analyzing how his characterizations fit into the epic's overall sociopolitical context. Specifically, I argue that Nala's depictions as a supremely idealized man and king place him squarely within the political …
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Seed dispersal by black-backed Jackals (Canis mesomelas) and hairy-footed gerbils (Gerbillurus spp.) of !nara (Acanthosicyos horridus) in the central Namib Desert
… study investigated primary seed dispersal of !nara (Acanthosicyos horridus) by Blackbacked Jackals (Canis mesomelas) and secondary seed dispersal by scatter-hoarding hairyfooted gerbils (Gerbilliscus (Gerbillurus) spp.) in the central Namib Desert. This was accomplished by examining visitation …
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The Bully Pulpit on Display: How Presidential Libraries Present Presidential History
… the National Archives and Records Association (NARA) were collected in this phenomenological study. Findings suggested that a major goal of presenting presidential history was to showcase the significance of the president, especially focused on accomplishments, relevancy, and legacy. …
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The physiological role of relaxin in the pregnant gilt: The effects of relaxin on the physical and biochemical properties of the cervix and on mammary development in ovariectomized hormone-treated pregnant gilts
… followed by hormone replacement therapy. Nara and coworkers demonstrated that in pigs ovariectomized in late pregnancy a prolonged delivery and a low incidence of live births occurred in the absence of relaxin replacement. Eldridge-White and coworkers demonstrated that in intact pregnant …
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Profiling studies of five Namibian indigenous seed oils obtained using three different extraction methods
… and Acanthosicyos horridus Welw. ex Hook.f. (!Nara) oil. Significant differences (p<0.05) among the three extraction methods for Manketti nut oil were found for the characteristics of AV, p-AV, IV and RI. Cold pressed Manketti nut oil was significantly different (p<0.05) in terms of its PV from …
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The Presidential Library System: A Quiescent Policy Subsystem
… National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), as an example of a policy subsystem. A policy subsystem may be defined as an informal political coalition of individuals from different parts of a formal policy structure who cooperate to influence policy-making. Actors in a policy subsystem …
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Mr. Walker's pillow book
… Kasa , a diary-like manuscript dating from the Nara Period (AD 710-794). In his work as translator and commentator, Mr. Walker is not as rigorously objective nor as truthful as one might expect of a respected scholar. His own history intrudes the pillow book, bringing up questions as to its …
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Enriquecimento de animosidades: o início da política nuclear brasileira.
… Historical Archive, the National Achives (NARA) and Center for Research and Documentation of Contemporary History of Brazil (CPDOC). As the chosen method, we will analysis by Foreign Policy Analysis, through the theoretical model proposed by Margaret Hermann (2001).
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Contemporary Art in Japan and Cuteness in Japanese Popular Culture
… Murakami TakashL Mori Mariko, Aida Makoto, and Nara Yoshitomo. These artists represent a generation of artists born in the 1960s who use popular culture to their own ends. From the seminal exhibition 'Tokyo Pop' at Hiratsuka Museum of Art in 1996 which included all four artists, to Murakami's …
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Exploring the prevalence of developmental reading difficulties in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
… the Neale Analysis of Reading Ability (NARA; a measure of reading speed, accuracy, and comprehension) and the Phonological Assessment Battery (PhAB; a measure of phonological awareness, processing speed and fluency). Independent samples t-tests and one-way analyses of covariance …
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Authenticity and the perceptions of significance : examining Rust-en-Vrede in Durbanville, South Africa
… in heritage debates, particularly since the Nara Conference on Authenticity (1994). My intention is to confirm a hypothesis that a building with multiple layers of meaning can be perceived by many to have sufficient heritage significance to satisfy the assertion that it has heritage value. …
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Tokusei: The Causes and Motivations of Rural Unrest in Fifteenth Century Japan
… range of institutions in both the capital and Nara. The shared experience of shogunal repression fostered new subaltern alliances that transcended both regional and social boundaries, shaping the trajectory of commoner resistance in late medieval Japan.
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The roles of regional organisations in international peace and security in the post-modern era. The case of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe with the Former Soviet Union Republic States.
The thesis analyses the systems, dynamics and conditions of international cooperation/non-cooperation in the international community that is embodied through international/regional institutions and organisations. As Robert Cooper describes, the international community consists of the three worlds …
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Continuity Properties and Variational Problems Involving the Determinant of the Hessian
This thesis investigates continuity properties of the distributional determinant of the Hessian of a scalar function u in various function spaces. It is well known that when D is a bounded, open subset of n-dimensional Euclidean space Rn, the distributional determinant of the Hessian is weakly …
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Die Entwicklung der japanischen Kunstmuseumsarchitektur
… „Shōsōin“ aus der Mitte des 8. Jahrhunderts in Nara sowie das erste japanische Kunstmuseum, das heutige Tokyo Nationalmuseum aus dem Jahr 1872. Welche Bedeutung hat die Museumsarchitektur für die Entwicklung der modernen Architektur in Japan? 2) In einem ersten Teil werden sämtliche Kunstmuseen …
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Numerical and experimental investigation of dry particle coating
… investigation of the hybridization system (Nara Machinery, Tokyo, Japan). The flow behavior of different materials processed in this device is analyzed using three-dimensional Discrete Element Method (DEM) as well as the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models. The particulate motion is …
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A Imagem do jovem na TV: uma análise sobre a inserção da juventude no telejornalismo local do Rio de Janeiro
O telejornalismo desempenha hoje papel fundamental na construção do cotidiano. É por meio dele que a maior parte da população brasileira tem acesso não só a notícias, mas a uma visão de mundo cercada de valores e conceitos. A televisão passou a existir em escala industrial e por sinal aberto no …
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