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Regional Extinction Risk and Conservation Priorities for Persian Gulf Marine Bony Fishes
… risk for all known marine bony fishes of the Persian Gulf. About 8.3% of the 471 marine bony fishes assessed are at elevated risk of regional extinction. The distribution of threatened species is primarily linked to coastal areas with high human activity and environmental extremes. Evaluation …
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The East India Company in the Persian Gulf: The View from Bandar Abbas
The Persian Gulf represents a vital, yet unexplored region of the East India Company’s sphere of influence. By considering the Gulf as an important space of interaction between the Company and successive Persian regimes, a new relationship can be revealed. From the Company’s foundational action in …
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Investigation of the impact of desalination on the salinity of the Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf (also known as the Arabian Gulf) is a shallow marginal sea located in a region of Southwest Asia with arid climate. Because of this aridity, evaporation from the Gulf is extremely high (1.84 meters per year) and far exceeds the sum of freshwater inflow to the Gulf, mainly from …
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Veterans of the 1st Persian Gulf War: A Study of Medically Unexplained Symptom Models
<p>In 1990-1991, shortly after the Persian Gulf War, a number of veterans began complaining about a wide range of symptoms, the most common of which were; fatigue, headache, sleep disturbance, low mood, and memory loss. These symptoms were similar to those experienced by individuals with Medically …
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Persian Gulf in the Soviet perceptions : a case study of the Ba'thist Iraq (1968-1975)
his sub-thesis studies Soviet policy towards the Ba'thist Iraq. Basically, it is a recapitulation of the Iraqi scene which offered, or denied, opportunities to the USSR during the period 1968-75. It sets out the context, as projected by Soviet media, within which the Soviet policy operated. Without …
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Persian Gulf in the Soviet perceptions : a case study of the Ba'thist Iraq (1968-1975)
his sub-thesis studies Soviet policy towards the Ba'thist Iraq. Basically, it is a recapitulation of the Iraqi scene which offered, or denied, opportunities to the USSR during the period 1968-75. It sets out the context, as projected by Soviet media, within which the Soviet policy operated. Without …
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Writing US identities in the wars without frontlines: literary perspectives on the Persian Gulf and Iraq wars
For many cultural commentators, the Persian Gulf War (1990-1991) signalled a new era in which technological advances transformed warfare into what Jean Baudrillard refers to as a virtual experience epitomised by “surgical strikes” and “smart-bombs”. In contrast, the Iraq War (2003-2009) was hailed …
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The gulf between congress and the president over war powers: An analysis of the Persian Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War of 1991 highlighted the gulf between the executive and legislative branches over the extent of the president's constitutional and practical war powers. President Bush appealed to his constitutional designation as commander-in-chief, among other things, as well as U.N. …
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Globalization and Domestication of International News: A Content Analysis of Five National Broadcasters' Television News Coverage of the 1991 Persian Gulf War
… each news service to tell a uniquely national Gulf War story.
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Scuds and Patriots: A Content Analysis of Letters to the Editor in The Tennessean and The Washington Post During the Persian Gulf War
… Post during three time periods during the Persian Gulf War. The time periods included the week before, of, and after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the beginning of the air war, and the beginning of the ground war. Content analysis was used to document patterns of and differences in letter …
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The Missing Link: Examining the Supraregional Role of Mleiha in the Realm of the Seleucids Following the Anabasis of Antiochus III.
… provides a range of coastal settlements on the Gulf of Oman that have not yet been located with the port of Cryptus being of interest to this dissertation and likely to be located either at Kalba or Dibba al Hisn. Hellenistic material provides evidence for Dibba but as I argue Kalba also would …
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BURKE'S REDEMPTIVE CYCLE OF RHETORIC APPLIED TO EIGHT FATWAS ISSUED BY SAUDI ARABIA REGARDING SAUDI PARTICIPATION IN THE FIRST GULF WAR
… by the Saudi Government in regards to the first Persian Gulf War. Using Burke's redemptive cycle of rhetoric, this thesis analyzes the rhetorical constructions of Order, the Secret, and the Kill within the fatwas.
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Using genetic algorithms to search large, unstructured databases: the search for Desert Storm Syndrome
… data obtained over several years following the Persian Gulf conflict. This data ranges over more than 170 attributes, making the search problem over the attribute space a hard one. We propose the use of genetic algorithms for the attribute search problem, and intertwine it with search algorithms …
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An Early Modern Islamicate Port: The Politics and Society of al-Zubāra, 1766 – 1842.
… Arabia. Due to this political fragmentation, the Persian Gulf in this era is often described as a region of turbulence, piracy and disorder. However, as this dissertation shows, the Persian Gulf’s mobile and literate mercantile elites built al-Zubāra, a port on the northern Qatari coast, inhabited …
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Will Iranian oil still fuel China? An analysis of Beijing's stance on international sanctions against Iran
… the Chinese is the Middle East, particularly the Persian Gulf as it contains a large stake of the world's proven oil reserves. China has thus sought to improve its relations with Persian Gulf nations such as Iran. However, Iran's relentless pursuit to obtain nuclear capabilities has implicated …
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