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Accelerating Spatial Autocorrelation Computation With Parallelization, Vectorization And Memory Access Optimization, Anmol Paudel, Satish Puri Jan 2022

Accelerating Spatial Autocorrelation Computation With Parallelization, Vectorization And Memory Access Optimization, Anmol Paudel, Satish Puri

Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications

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Covid-19 Vaccination In Palestine/Israel: Citizenship, Capitalism, And The Logic Of Elimination, Nicolas Howard, Emily Schneider Jan 2022

Covid-19 Vaccination In Palestine/Israel: Citizenship, Capitalism, And The Logic Of Elimination, Nicolas Howard, Emily Schneider

Sociology & Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Despite Israel’s responsibility under international law to combat the spread of contagious diseases and epidemics in its occupied territories, Israeli officials have refused to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Through a critical discourse analysis of Israeli officials’ statements regarding Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign, this paper explores how Israel evades this responsibility while presenting itself as committed to public health and human rights. We find that Israeli officials strategically present Palestinians as an autonomous nation when discussing COVID-19 vaccinations, despite Israel’s ongoing attempts to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state. Relatedly, Israel justifies …

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Integrating Art History Into K-5 Social Studies Classrooms, Kate L. Schlegel Jan 2022

Integrating Art History Into K-5 Social Studies Classrooms, Kate L. Schlegel

Senior Independent Study Theses

This independent study investigates the possibility for interaction between art and history in elementary school curriculum. An analysis of current education initiatives at the federal level establishes the need to create a more effective history—or, its counterpart at the elementary level, social studies--curriculum. Since other subjects–such as English, math, and science–are assessed at the national level, while history is not, this subject is often under-emphasized in order to meet learning targets in these other subjects. A study of educational theorists, such as Piaget and William Blake, establishes the potential for the study of history with students at lower stages of …

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You Can’T Build A Canoe Online: Activism And Identity In Indigenous Taiwan, Adam King Hinden Jan 2022

You Can’T Build A Canoe Online: Activism And Identity In Indigenous Taiwan, Adam King Hinden

Senior Independent Study Theses

The Republic of China is the current government occupying the island of Taiwan –– a multiethnic land that has been populated by diverse groups for thousands of years. Today, these groups continue to face a range of adversities on behalf of the colonial government. Further, the island’s internet is dominated by Western social media platforms that exclude native modes of communication. Through ethnographic surveys and interviews, this study explores how indigenous Taiwanese activists understand their own identities, strategies of activism, and relationships to social media platforms to interrogate dominant postcolonial frameworks. It comes to two separate yet linked conclusions regarding …

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The Parable Of The Rich Man And Lazarus: A Narrative-Exegetical Study Of Its Relationship To The Afterlife, Wealth, And Poverty―Part 2: Wealth And Poverty, Thomas Shepherd Jan 2022

The Parable Of The Rich Man And Lazarus: A Narrative-Exegetical Study Of Its Relationship To The Afterlife, Wealth, And Poverty―Part 2: Wealth And Poverty, Thomas Shepherd

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

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Modelling Of Radiological Health Risk In Water From Abstraction Well Close To A Hypothetical Radioactive Waste Repository In The Accra Plains, Paul Essel, Mark Amo-Boateng, Dominic Otoo, Thomas Tetteh Akiti Jan 2022

Modelling Of Radiological Health Risk In Water From Abstraction Well Close To A Hypothetical Radioactive Waste Repository In The Accra Plains, Paul Essel, Mark Amo-Boateng, Dominic Otoo, Thomas Tetteh Akiti

Applied Environmental Research

This study evaluated the integrity of the geosphere of the Accra Plains to host a radioactive waste disposal facility for Ghana’s radioactive waste materials. The study thus assessed the migration of radioactive contaminant from a hypothetical radioactive waste disposal facility through the geosphere to the biosphere in the Accra Plains. The Accra Plains is predominantly underlain by schist rocks, hence the hydrogeologic parameters of schist rock from literature were used as input data. AMBER software was used to develop a model to estimate the peak total annual effective dose from all the radionuclides at various receptor locations. The endpoint of …

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Rs-Gis Approach On Biomass Energy Potential Estimation Of Sugarcane Residues In Medellin, Cebu, Wenyville Nabor Galang, Ian Dominic Tabañag, Michael Loretero Jan 2022

Rs-Gis Approach On Biomass Energy Potential Estimation Of Sugarcane Residues In Medellin, Cebu, Wenyville Nabor Galang, Ian Dominic Tabañag, Michael Loretero

Applied Environmental Research

The need to use alternative energy sources is driven by the continued rise in fossil fuel price, increasing population and energy demand most particularly in a developing country like the Philippines. Biomass resources such as sugarcane residues provide alternative means to utilize its untapped potential for renewable energy. The use of remote sensing technology and geo-graphic information system enables detailed assessment on the quantification of its distribution, abundance and quality that will yield an effective and efficient use of its potential. Available energy potential measurement was conducted in the town of Medellin, part of Bogo-Medellin mill district, in the northern …

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Réimaginer Le Mouvement Postcolonial: Une Étude Du Motif Du Mouvement Comme Résistance Dans Les Œuvres D'Art Postcoloniales, Katherine Knox , '22 Jan 2022

Réimaginer Le Mouvement Postcolonial: Une Étude Du Motif Du Mouvement Comme Résistance Dans Les Œuvres D'Art Postcoloniales, Katherine Knox , '22

Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards

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Populism And Democracy: A Comparative Analysis Of Trump’S And Zelenskyy’S Presidencies, Diana Butsko Jan 2022

Populism And Democracy: A Comparative Analysis Of Trump’S And Zelenskyy’S Presidencies, Diana Butsko

Research Papers

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Importance Of Economic Freedom In Georgia’S Democratization Efforts, Dachi Mazanashvili Jan 2022

Importance Of Economic Freedom In Georgia’S Democratization Efforts, Dachi Mazanashvili

Research Papers

The breakup of the Soviet Union gave the 15 republics a unique chance to transform their states into democracies. Although more than 30 years later we are seeing very mixed results in the democratic transitions across the post-Soviet space. Despite overwhelming efforts from the scholars in this field to come up with comprehensive theories explaining the reasons behind such large variance in the degrees of democratization between the states, still, the discipline is quite far from providing us with a single firm answer to such crucial questions. This paper is therefore aiming to contribute to this debate through a qualitative …

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Trapped On The Eve Of War, 1941: Stalin And His Generals Failing Separately And Together, Cynthia A. Roberts Jan 2022

Trapped On The Eve Of War, 1941: Stalin And His Generals Failing Separately And Together, Cynthia A. Roberts

Publications and Research

This chapter examines Soviet military planning and preparedness on the eve of Germany’s June 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. Drawing on archival evidence and post-Soviet scholarship, it reassesses explanations for the Red Army’s catastrophic initial defeats. It argues that the General Staff’s unrealistic offensive plans and force posture conflicted with Stalin’s political strategy of deterrence and war avoidance. This mismatch, rooted partly in the Soviet military’s organizational preference for offensive operations and flawed assumptions about mobilization and the initial period of war, increased Soviet vulnerability to surprise attack. The chapter considers the development of Soviet war plans in 1940–1941, …

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Reconsidering Social Protection For Motorcycle Taxi Drivers: Understanding Precarity In Formalized Informality, Kritsada Theerakosonphong Jan 2022

Reconsidering Social Protection For Motorcycle Taxi Drivers: Understanding Precarity In Formalized Informality, Kritsada Theerakosonphong

Asian Review

This article's central argument is that as a consequence of ride-hailing applications (apps), formalized informality has emerged among motorcycle taxi drivers (MTDs). The aim is to provide preliminary recommendations for reconsidering social protection (SP) for MTDs. Platformization and practices of precarising formality through formal-informal interaction are reviewed, as well as employment status and other different forms of employment. MTDs are unevenly matched in power relations dominated by the government and non-government officials, insecurity and uncertainty related to job precarity results. Several critical SP issues are discussed including: the distinction between formality and informality and the related inability to divide the …

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Elucidating The Role Of Stat4 In Cd4 T Cell Mediated Pathogenicity, Ashlyn E. Anderson Jan 2022

Elucidating The Role Of Stat4 In Cd4 T Cell Mediated Pathogenicity, Ashlyn E. Anderson

All ETDs from UAB

While the exact cause of many autoimmune diseases is currently unknown, many genetic factors are associated with increased disease susceptibility such as single nucleotide polymorphisms in the STAT4 gene locus. Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 4 (STAT4) is critical for the development and function of Th1 cells; however, many Th1 associated molecules are dispensable for CD4 mediated inflammation such as IFNγ, T-bet, and IL-12Rβ2, suggesting that STAT4 may function outside of the Th1 cell lineage. Importantly, Stat4 has recently been correlated with an inflammatory Th17 cell phenotype. Using a murine model of neuroinflammation, we illustrate that Th17 intrinsic STAT4 …

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History Of Allergy, Atopy, Infectious And Autoimmune Disease And Risk Of Multiple Myeloma, Tony B. Zbysinski Jan 2022

History Of Allergy, Atopy, Infectious And Autoimmune Disease And Risk Of Multiple Myeloma, Tony B. Zbysinski

All ETDs from UAB

Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell malignancy, which is defined in part by antibodies and complexes of immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy and light chains (IgH and IgL). Previous associations of immune-stimulating conditions such as allergic, autoimmune, and infectious conditions and the risk of multiple myeloma (MM) are inconsistent. However, these studies were conducted in populations of European ancestry, leaving the possibility that these conditions may contribute to the excess risk of plasma cell proliferative disorders observed among Black Americans. Therefore, we assessed MGUS, a precursor condition to myeloma, and MM risk related to a history of allergy, atopy, infections and …

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Instructional Leadership During Modern Crises: A Phenomenological Study Of A Pandemic In The Modern Age, Larry Bradley Robertson Jan 2022

Instructional Leadership During Modern Crises: A Phenomenological Study Of A Pandemic In The Modern Age, Larry Bradley Robertson

All ETDs from UAB

Significant research exists concerning crisis management in schools; however, educational leaders were unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic (Bratianu & Bejinaru, 2021; Diliberti et al., 2020; Tomasik et al., 2020). This crisis was different from any experienced in modern times. It impacted the entire world in terms of politics, economics, education, and way of life. New issues emerged due to the necessity for schools to implement remote learning. Among those issues were online learning, the disparity of the haves and have nots among students, social and emotional well-being of students, learning loss, and the role of the educator (Martinez & Broemmel, …

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The Use Of Vesgen For Analysis Of Retinal Vasculature In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Mariana Desiree Dupont Jan 2022

The Use Of Vesgen For Analysis Of Retinal Vasculature In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Mariana Desiree Dupont

All ETDs from UAB

Pulmonary artery hypertension is a chronic and progressive disease leading to right heart failure and, ultimately, death if untreated. The goal of the studies in this dissertation was to determine if fluorescein angiography (FA), and color fundus angiography (CF) imaging could be used to garner critical information about retinal changes in individuals with pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). VESsel GENerational Analysis (VESGEN) is a noninvasive computer program that assigns branching generation to large and small vessels. VESGEN was utilized to investigate vascular alterations in FA, and CF imaging investigating disease progression in PAH. This dissertation demonstrated that PAH patients had aberrant …

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Palliative Care Experiences And Educational Needs Of Healthcare Interprofessionals In Jamaica: A Mixed Methods Study, Rebecca L. Edwards Jan 2022

Palliative Care Experiences And Educational Needs Of Healthcare Interprofessionals In Jamaica: A Mixed Methods Study, Rebecca L. Edwards

All ETDs from UAB

Universal access to palliative care (PC) is a human right that much of the world has not accomplished and educating a PC workforce is critical to PC advancement. Higher PC disparities exist in low-and-middle income countries, such as Jamaica. The World Health Organization Public Health Model and the International PC Initiative’s PC roadmap emphasize the importance of PC education. The purpose of this mixed methods dissertation study was to investigate the PC experiences and educational needs of healthcare interprofessionals who provide care for patients with late-stage serious illnesses in Jamaica. Three specific aims incorporated quantitative investigation of physicians’, nurses’, and …

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Anti-Racism And Occupational Therapy Education: Beyond Diversity And Inclusion, Julia Sterman, Janet Njelesani, Shanteria Carr Jan 2022

Anti-Racism And Occupational Therapy Education: Beyond Diversity And Inclusion, Julia Sterman, Janet Njelesani, Shanteria Carr

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education

There is a pressing need to address racism within healthcare education; however, occupational therapy educators lack a compilation of discipline-specific knowledge of anti-racist actions. The objective of this study was to examine anti-racist instructional practices for educators to employ in occupational therapy education. We conducted a scoping review and systematically searched six electronic databases to identify and synthesize anti-racist educational practices within the occupational therapy literature. The 20 included articles identified that educators should: use collaborative, anti-racist teaching strategies throughout the curriculum; engage in reflexivity including how intersecting identities impact occupational engagement; decolonize curricula through including Indigenous content and non-Western …

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“We Weren’T Taught How To Recover From A Pandemic:” Recent Occupational Therapy Graduates’ Reflections On Covid-19, Laura H. Vanpuymbrouck, Carli Friedman Jan 2022

“We Weren’T Taught How To Recover From A Pandemic:” Recent Occupational Therapy Graduates’ Reflections On Covid-19, Laura H. Vanpuymbrouck, Carli Friedman

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education

In the spring of 2020, graduates from occupational therapy (OT) programs across the globe were entering a world of clinical unknowns. The students from this graduating cohort likely had little to no education or training on how to deliver OT in the wake of COVID-19. How well prepared did these new graduates perceive themselves to be to enter a healthcare climate in a pandemic and what were their biggest concerns? The objective of this study was to understand new graduates’ perspectives of the impact of COVID-19 on their future as occupational therapy practitioners (OTPs), and their sense of preparedness to …

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Imago Dei Interrupted : Christocentric Measures To Reintegrate American Women Into New Communities After Having Survived Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Timothy Peter Robbins Jan 2022

Imago Dei Interrupted : Christocentric Measures To Reintegrate American Women Into New Communities After Having Survived Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Timothy Peter Robbins

ATS Dissertations

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Fault Slip-Rates And Coulomb Stress Interactions In The Intersection Zone Of The Hope, Kelly And Alpine Faults, South Island, New Zealand, Jessie L. Vermeer, Mark C. Quigley, Robert M. Langridge, Brendan G. Duffy, Zoë K. Mildon, Manuel Lukas Diercks Jan 2022

Fault Slip-Rates And Coulomb Stress Interactions In The Intersection Zone Of The Hope, Kelly And Alpine Faults, South Island, New Zealand, Jessie L. Vermeer, Mark C. Quigley, Robert M. Langridge, Brendan G. Duffy, Zoë K. Mildon, Manuel Lukas Diercks

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Plate boundary faulting in New Zealand's South Island involves transfer of ∼50% of slip from the largest fault (Alpine Fault) onto the Hope-Kelly Fault system through a structurally complex fault intersection zone. The slip-rate contributions of faults within the Hope-Kelly system and possible role of static stresses in facilitating slip transfer are explored in this study. Lidar-based geomorphic and fault mapping combined with luminescence dating of fault-proximal sedimentary deposits constrain post-last glacial slip-rates on the Hope and Kelly faults. Dextral slip-rates on the central Hope Fault (12–15 mm/yr) decrease westward on the Taramakau section from 5.6 (+2.1/−0.7) mm/yr to 1.7 …

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Modern Authorities From Brandies To Brnovich: For Jurists Who Have Considered Social Science / When Doctrine Was Not Enough, Jeremiah Chin Jan 2022

Modern Authorities From Brandies To Brnovich: For Jurists Who Have Considered Social Science / When Doctrine Was Not Enough, Jeremiah Chin

Articles

While the Supreme Court is the final authority on the Constitution, its interpretations increasingly turn to outside, non-legal sources to authoritatively support its conclusions of law and fact. Particularly in cases involving racial discrimination, the Court relies on social science data presented by the trial record, amicus curiae, or its own research. However, the Court lacks explicit rules or methods of analysis for these data. To remedy this gap in analysis, this article proposes a critical methodology for analyzing the use of social science data in cases involving race. By outlining a historiography of the Court's invocation of extrinsic data, …

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Banning Abortions Based On A Prenatal Diagnosis Of Down Syndrome: The Future Of Abortion Regulation, Alexandra Russo Jan 2022

Banning Abortions Based On A Prenatal Diagnosis Of Down Syndrome: The Future Of Abortion Regulation, Alexandra Russo

Touro Law Review

Since the infamous Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, the United States has remained divided, each side unyielding to the other regarding the legal and moral issues surrounding abortion. The issues surrounding abortion have become progressively more politicized, thus threatening a woman’s right to a safe and healthy termination of her pregnancy. Restrictions on a woman’s ability to terminate a child with a genetic disorder, such as Down syndrome, highlight this concern. State restrictions on abortion that prohibit abortions based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome seek to prevent the stigmatization of the Down syndrome community. Regulations, such as …

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Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov, James P. Smith Jr Jan 2022

Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov, James P. Smith Jr

Botanical Studies

No abstract provided.

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Postsecondary Faculty Perceptions Of Social And Emotional Learning Professional Development On Instructional Practice, Kurt Victor Spady Jan 2022

Postsecondary Faculty Perceptions Of Social And Emotional Learning Professional Development On Instructional Practice, Kurt Victor Spady

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Mental health distress for students is prevalent on postsecondary campuses, which negatively affects students’ psychological well-being and academic success. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to examine the influence that social and emotional learning (SEL) professional development focused on respect had on the instructional practice of full-time faculty at a community college in Western Canada. Mezirow’s theory of transformative learning was the conceptual framework that grounded this study. The research question explored faculty perceptions of the influence of Respect-focused training on their instructional practice. This study used purposeful sampling of 12 full-time faculty members who had taken the …

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Improving Financial Management Skills Among Small Business Owners, Jonathan Jackson Jan 2022

Improving Financial Management Skills Among Small Business Owners, Jonathan Jackson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small business owners (SBOs) lack of financial management skills can negatively impact small businesses' profitability and result in business failure. SBO’s limited understanding of financial management skills increases the likelihood of business failure and negatively impacts local and national economies. Grounded in the stakeholder theoretical framework, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies SBOs use to improve financial management. Data were collected from five small business owners' successful years of freight business experience in Central Mississippi using semi-structured interviews, annual organizational reports, and member checking. Data were analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) six-step thematic …

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La “Border Culture” Del Personaje Mexicoamericano En El Sureste De Estados Unidos En Los Cuentos De Lorraine López Y Mijito Doesn’T Live Here Anymore De Jaime Martínez, Jaime Chavez Jan 2022

La “Border Culture” Del Personaje Mexicoamericano En El Sureste De Estados Unidos En Los Cuentos De Lorraine López Y Mijito Doesn’T Live Here Anymore De Jaime Martínez, Jaime Chavez

The Coastal Review

This paper explores the concepts of "Border Culture" and "Borderlands" by Gloria Anzaldúa in Soy la Avon Lady and Other Stories, Homicide Survivors Picnic and Other Stories, by Lorraine López and the novel Mijito Doesn’t Live Here Anymore by Jaime Martínez. The paper argues that the Mexican American character in the southeast of the United States lives in the "Borderlands" and practices a "Border Culture" because they don't follow the traditional stereotypical role of the Mexican American character within the literary canon of both the dominant culture and Chicana/o literature.

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الازدهار المعماري في حي سوق القطانين في القدس / The Development Of The Sūq Al-Qaṭṭānīn Quarter In Jerusalem, Tawfiq DaʿAdli, Hervé Barbé Jan 2022

الازدهار المعماري في حي سوق القطانين في القدس / The Development Of The Sūq Al-Qaṭṭānīn Quarter In Jerusalem, Tawfiq DaʿAdli, Hervé Barbé

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Following the discovery of a Mamlūk public bathhouse and a vaulted hall to the south of the Cotton Market in the Old City of Jerusalem, this paper proposes a reevaluation of the urban fabric nearest to the focal point of Islamic Jerusalem—Ḥaram el-Sharīf. We argue that the building project previously considered to be accomplished under the supervision of the district governor, Saif al-Dīn Tankiz, and financed by Sultan al-Nāṣir Muḥammad b. Qalāwūn, was in fact initiated by Tankiz. The first building project of Tankiz was the double ḥammām, followed by the construction of a Khān; these were presumably connected to …

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الازدهار المعماري في حي سوق القطانين في القدس / The Development Of The Sūq Al-Qaṭṭānīn Quarter In Jerusalem, Tawfiq DaʿAdli, Hervé Barbé Jan 2022

الازدهار المعماري في حي سوق القطانين في القدس / The Development Of The Sūq Al-Qaṭṭānīn Quarter In Jerusalem, Tawfiq DaʿAdli, Hervé Barbé

Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية)

Following the discovery of a Mamlūk public bathhouse and a vaulted hall to the south of the Cotton Market in the Old City of Jerusalem, this paper proposes a reevaluation of the urban fabric nearest to the focal point of Islamic Jerusalem—Ḥaram el-Sharīf. We argue that the building project previously considered to be accomplished under the supervision of the district governor, Saif al-Dīn Tankiz, and financed by Sultan al-Nāṣir Muḥammad b. Qalāwūn, was in fact initiated by Tankiz. The first building project of Tankiz was the double ḥammām, followed by the construction of a Khān; these were presumably connected to …

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Back To The Future? Twenty First Century Extremist And Terrorist Websites, S Looney, M Conway Jan 2022

Back To The Future? Twenty First Century Extremist And Terrorist Websites, S Looney, M Conway

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

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