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Showing 1 to 20 of 158 for “"appropriations"”.
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Kinds of spaces : poststructural concepts and metafictional appropriations
… Poststructural Concepts and Metafictional Appropriations" emerges from studies in structural linguistics, contemporary critical theory, and metafiction and thus moves into the realms of poststructuralism and deconstruction while developing a theory of space in writing. Its central sections …
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Hagia Sophia as a Facture: Originality through Appropriations
This dissertation aims to investigate the hybrid facture of one of the most influential buildings of architectural history, Hagia Sophia, which has been a source of wonder and awe since its construction in the sixth century. Since the first temple erected on that site; old-new, future-past, …
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Appropriations of the Gothic by Romantic-era women writers
… novel, and to explore the implications of these appropriations. I look at different manifestations of the Gothic written by women in non-novelistic texts –– such as drama, autobiography, poetry, and chapbooks –– and I contend that the relationship of women writers to gothic writing is more …
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Southern Noir: Appropriations and Alterations of a Twentieth-Century Form
… from Richard Wright's Eight Men as parodic reappropriations of noir narratives for black protagonists. Southern noir provides an opportunity for the productive meeting of scholarship from both southern and noir studies as well as the beginnings of a reevaluation of two of the most distinctive …
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Distance Education as Counter to Declining State Appropriations at Public Institutions
… colleges have experienced a reduction in state appropriations since the 2008 Great Recession. The purpose of this phenomenological dissertation in practice study was to examine whether distance education would be a viable strategy to compensate for declining state appropriations at four-year …
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The Incremental Budgetary Theory Revisited: An Empirical Study of Congressional Appropriations
There are two general theories that attempt to describe and explain the resource allocation process in the public sector: (1) the traditional (or rational) theory; and (2) the incremental theory. Through the work of Aaron Wildavsky and other empirical researchers, the incremental theory has …
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The transforming muses: stage appropriations of the gothic novel in the 1790s.
… a theoretically-aware discussion of the stage appropriations of Gothic novels and dramas in the 1790. Works discussed in detail include: *The Monk*, *The Romance of the Forest*, *The Castle Spectre* and their adaptations, re-writings and afterlives. The author examines many intersemiotic …
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A study of various Nationalist appropriations of Nietzsche in the Weimar Republic
… of this thesis is to identify and evaluate the appropriations of Friedrich Nietzshce’s philosophy by three key nationalist figures from Germany during the Weimar Republic (1919-1933). These three individuals are the author Ernst Jünger, and from within the Nazi Party, the Nietzsche scholar, …
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The chief financial officer's perception of financial management response to eroding state appropriations
… limited channels of revenue and depend on state appropriations for current operating needs. There is an imperative now for public institutions to do more with less, be more efficient and effective in order to meet national demand. Faced with a difficult financial outlook going forward, it is …
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Unintended effects of changes in NIH appropriations : challenges for biomedical research workforce development
The U.S. government doubled NIH appropriations between 1998 and 2003, aiming to significantly foster research activities in biomedicine. However, several indicators demonstrate not only that the impact of the budget increase fell short of expectations; in many cases it resulted in unintended …
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"I was in a position to dismantle it": Industrial Appropriations of William S. Burroughs
Industrial music, contains many extra-musical influences, not the least of which is literature, and, since the formation of Throbbing Gristle (1975), one of the most pervasive influences is the writer William S. Burroughs, specifically his famous cut-up method. Burroughs has often detailed his …
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A national study of state tax appropriations for capital needs in public higher education
… and operating budget practices of state tax appropriations and policies at the state level, including new facilities construction, renovation, replacement and renewal which may exist between and among states by governance structure. Recognized "good practices" in capital planning and …
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Sights/Sites of Spectacle: Anglo/Asante Appropriations, Diplomacy and Displays of Power 1816-1820
… played an instrumental role in Anglo/Asante appropriations and diplomatic negotiations during this period. As part of this analysis Bowdich’s descriptions will be compared and contrasted with other envoys’ accounts that were written between 1816 and 1820 in order that systematic practices and …
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Policy Formation in the Appropriation Process, With Special Emphasis on the House Appropriations Committee
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He Thinks He's Down: White Appropriations of Black Masculinities in the Civil Rights Era, 1945-1979
… directors—show that the artistic and political appropriations over the course of the period changed as the images of black men in the media varied, but that they nevertheless had similar consequences. Though often celebrating the strength of black masculinity, they ultimately reduced black …
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Iconic Images, Visual Appropriations, and Public Culture: Negotiating the Rhetorical Challenges of the USDA Food Pyramids
… The USDA food pyramids and their visual appropriations provide an important space for us to interrogate the rhetorical messages we consume in public culture.
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The Impact of College and University Faculty Collective Bargaining on State Appropriations to Public Higher Education
… for public colleges and universities is state appropriations. An analysis of the percentage changes in state higher education appropriations from 1990 through 1999 in the 50 states suggests that changes in state economic environment are more correlated with increased appropriations to public …
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COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF COLORLESS APPROPRIATIONS IN NAVY AND DOD SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PILOT PROGRAMS
… Security Operations (DEVSECOPS) environment. In appropriations, one modernization effort has been reform initiatives utilizing “colorless” appropriations for software-intensive defense acquisition programs. This thesis examines a sample of these pilot efforts through a combination of …
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Pairing Water Rights to Land Parcels -- Connecting the Prior Appropriations Doctrine and Croplands in the western US
Agricultural production in the western United States faces uncertainty with climate change leading to reduced crop yields from higher temperatures, lower precipitation rates, and shifting the growing seasons. This impacts farmers and their livelihood but more broadly, the United States's food …
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