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Showing 1 to 20 of 521 for “"United States of America"”.
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A Descriptive Study of the Intelligence Community in the United States of America
This treatise represents a descriptive study of the intelligence community in the United States. It explores the ramifications of terrorism on the intelligence function, post September 11, 2001. In-depth discussions concerning the structure of the U.S. intelligence community are presented as well …
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Geoneutrino production of the northern Black Hills, South Dakota, United States of America
… are formulated from bulk compositional estimates of the whole Earth. To better understand local background radiation from geologic sources surfaces rocks were collected throughout the area surrounding the Homestake Mine, South Dakota, home of the Sanford Underground Research Laboratory. The …
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The Socialization of the 2003 United States of America Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team
… administrators, coaches, and other entities of wheelchair basketball to closely consider the active agents and agencies in their recruitment of athletes for the sport. Additionally, the study noted a need to pass along valuable information about wheelchair basketball.
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Engaging emigrants: a study of the Australian diaspora in the United States of America.
… has emerged in response to the growing number of Australians living overseas and the recognition that diaspora populations have the potential to be a positive asset to countries of origin. A contemporary global situation that fuels international mobility, particularly of individuals with …
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Reflections on Disability: Perspectives on South Africa, India and the United States of America
The aim of this paper is to reflect on disability and social protection in three jurisdictions. [...] Section 1 provides an overview of the concept of disability. The background and trend disability has taken from the post-war period, which provided quota systems for the war veterans who were …
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Characterizing manufacturing activity in the United States of America : composite index of leading indicators
The purpose of this work is to demonstrate that is possible to characterize the US manufacturing activity utilizing public data. Analysis of the state of the art in manufacturing metrics showed that our approach is unique since exploits a niche that is not covered by any existent report or …
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What does it mean to a Black man in the United States of America?
Scarce is the research on the effects of the social and political climates of the Civil Rights era on children of that time. Comparisons are made throughout these writings between that era and the social and political climates that exist today in the United States of America. Specifically, the …
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The Missing Central Bank: A Case History of the United States of America 1791-1913
… political, and social motivations for why the United States of America chose not to have a central bank between the years of 1775 and 1913. The paper will explain why in the initial years of the republic there was support for the national bank but over time opinions drastically changed. In …
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A Study of Art Unions in the United States of America in the Nineteenth Century
During the first half of the nineteenth century in many cities in Germany, England and the United States, free and public galleries were opened to encourage the purchase of art works. Some sponsoring organizations were controlled by artists and some by interested lay persons. All of the sponsors …
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Understanding Islamist Terrorism: What It Is and How It Threatens the United States of America
The attacks of September 11, 2001 brought the threat of Islamist terrorism to the fore in the minds of American policymakers and strategic thinkers. As the War on Terror unfolded, it has become clear that this new threat is radically different from the monolithic threat of the Cold War era. This …
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Examining the Acculturation Experiences of Syrian Refugee Emerging Adults in the United States of America
… been plentiful, there has been a clear lacuna of scholarly investigation into the acculturation experiences of Syrian emerging adults, particularly as it relates to the types and dynamics of acculturation behaviors. Acculturation is a factor that predicts emerging adults’ academic and …
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The administration of the arts in Great Britain, the United States of America and Italy
… looks at the way each handles the administration of its arts, and tries to draw lines of similitude as well as disparity between each and the other two. Reference has been made to as many works of research as available to the writer, but a considerable amount of field work has also been undertaken …
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Prevalence and risk factors for social isolation among older adults in the United States of America
… with others, or where one lacks the sense of social belonging. Previous studies have indicated prevalence of social isolation among older adults ranges from 7 to 43%. Social isolation has been associated with poor physical and mental health and mortality. However, very little is known about …
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An assessment of the political economy of trade between Jordan and the United States of America
This thesis considers the political economy of trade between Jordan and the United States. In so doing a number of questions are asked regarding the national interests which have led to the facilitation of bilateral trade, the nature of contemporary trade and market integration as well as the …
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Narrative of the wild: An autoethnographic exploration of protected areas within the United States of America
… as a bulwark for sustainability goals. As much of the protections and strengths of PAs stem from the public’s opinion of them, this research seeks to further understand the communicative underpinnings of PAs. Utilizing autoethnography and applying it to a rhetorical framework, this study …
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A Literary and Cultural History of Military Science Fiction and the United States of America, 1870s-2010s
This thesis is both a literary history of the military science fiction (military SF) subgenre and a cultural history of the United States of America during the twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries. This thesis academically rehabilitates a neglected literary subgenre, and utilises it to prove …
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