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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"beginning of the 21st century"”.
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Technology at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Using an Interactive Whiteboard in Elementary Art Education
This study examined whether art lessons, provided using an Interactive Whiteboard (IWB), were effective in transferring learning to a diverse student population. The descriptive investigation focused on three main areas; the impact of the IWB on student learning, the time invested in integrating …
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A study of the motivation and demotivation of teachers in primary schools at the beginning of the 21st century
… school headteacher, is an investigation into the factors that motivate and demotivate teachers in Primary Schools at the beginning of the 21" Century, and the extent to which these factors are affected by ethnographic and demographic characteristics. Despite the focus of the Department for …
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Body Image : Gender Subtexts in the Popular Print Media Available in South Africa at the beginning of the 21st Century
In this dissertation, I present the results of an analysis of the role of female body image in the promotion of commercial products in magazines that are available in South Africa at the beginning of the 21st century. The South African legislation is progressive towards promoting gender equality. …
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Válság és alternatívakeresés: a nemzetközi monetáris rendszer a XXI. század elején = Crisis and search for alternatives: the international monetary system at the beginning of the 21st century
A disszertáció fókuszában a kétezres évek fejleményei állnak, de ez nem jelenti azt, hogy hanyagolnánk a történelmi megközelítést. Célunk a nemzetközi monetáris rendszerrel összefüggésbe hozható világgazdasági jelenségek tanulmányozása, így a globális egyensúlytalanságok és az Egyesült Államok …
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Closing in Action: Towards a Polarisation Around the Future and Memory of Catholicism in Québec? Ethnography and Media Analysis of Three Notable Church Closures at the Beginning of the 21st Century
This thesis analyses three conflictual Catholic church closures in Québec (2013-2015) - in Rimouski (Saint-Germain-de-Rimouski), Québec City (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Québec), and near by Drummondville (Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham) - selected from more than 600 cases to capture urban, regional, and …
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A vízmegosztás kérdése a nemzetközi kapcsolatok elméletében: Vízügyi konfliktusok és együttműködések Közép-Ázsiában a XXI. század elején = Water Distribution Issues in the Theory of International Relations: Water Conflicts and Cooperation in Central Asia at the Beginning of the 21st Century
… révén az így elért három következtetés megerősítheti vagy cáfolhatja egymást, amivel az értekezés egy meggyőző, mégis ritkán használt bizonyítási módszert mutat be. - Az értekezés fejleszti a nemzetközi kapcsolatok elméletének magyar szókincsét, mind a koppenhágai iskola, mind a bemutatott három …
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Observations of variability of TeV gamma-ray blazars
The boom in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy since the beginning of the 21st century has enabled a new probe of the universe using very-high-energy photons. The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) is an array of four 12-m imaging Cherenkov telescopes that is sensitive …
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Smart Growth Initiatives and Their Ability to Enhance the National Security of the U.S.
The beginning of the 21st Century has presented the United States with many new challenges. One of the most significant challenges we face are domestic and foreign security issues. Though traditionally the U.S. has relied on military and law enforcement agencies to address security related matters, …
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On the Crest of a (Short) Wave: The Rise and Fall of International Radio Broadcasting
… spanned oceans and transcended borders through the use of shortwave radio. In the beginning of the 21st century, some longtime shortwave stations have sharply cut back their English language services, particularly to North America and the Pacific region; at least one station has signed off …
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Future perfect : reintegrating housing and production in the Berlin Block/
The beginning of the 21st century has been marked by an apparently ubiquitous state of crisis, which transcends national boundaries and is reshaping global relationships. Financial meltdowns, the lack of affordable housing, the decline of manufacturing, resource scarcity and global warming - we …
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Gender a pracovní síla ve výrobních podnicích na Chomutovsku
Diploma thesis "Gender and manpower in production companies in the Chomutov region" is focused on historically and sociologically oriented research of employment of men and women in production companies in the Chomutov region over last 50 and 70 years respectively. The main aspects which are …
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Using Offline Activities to Enhance Online Cybersecurity Education
<p>Since the beginning of the 21st century, the United States has experienced the impact of a technological revolution. One effect of this technological revolution is the creation of entirely new careers related to the field of technology, including cybersecurity. Continued growth in the …
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An investigation into the construction of an animatronic model.
This thesis investigates the development of an animatronic robot with the objective of showing how modern animatronic models created as special effects have roots in models created during the scientific and mechanical revolution of the 17th and 18th centuries. It is noted that animatronic models …
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Expanding the Object: Post-conceptual dance and choreographic performance practices
This project is concerned with exploring the relationship between postconceptual dance and its state as object. As a practice-led research project it aims to do so both through the written thesis and through artistic practice, which is here presented as a series of video projects that extend …
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Salman Rushdie's concept of wholeness in the context of the literature of India
The study explores the concept of wholeness in Salman Rushdie's works in the context of the literature of India. The first part outlines different theoretical approaches to the notion of wholeness such as role theory, C.G. Jung's ideas on identity, Hinduism's views and other sociological, …
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The impact of venture capital and private equity on the clean tech industry
The goal of this thesis is two-fold. First, we will try to find out if the clean tech industry is a good choice for private equity, in that it generates attractive returns for investors. Second, we will try to assess whether or not private equity and venture capital have had a positive impact for …
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Placement in the prekindergarten bilingual and English as a second language programs as a predictor of reading achievement of 3rd grade students.
At the beginning of the 21st century, few challenges for educators compared to that of meeting the academic needs of the growing number of limited English proficient (LEP) students. Divergent views on whether those needs were best met through instruction in the student's first language and English, …
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New towns from gowns : urban form and placemaking at college campuses
At the beginning of the 21st century, colleges and universities have realized that they need to have more than a well-planned campus and top-ranked academic programs to attract students and faculty. Rather, they need to have a complementary "town/gown" relationship with their host community. The …
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Juventude e educação técnica: a experiência na formação de jovens trabalhadores do Colégio Estadual Prof. Horacio Macedo /CEFET-RJ
At the beginning of the 21st century, Brazil faces huge difficulties in meeting the needs of its population, especially the young people basic rights to quality education for all and nonalienated work. Informal work and underemployment prevail in production relations and the quantitative expansion …
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