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Knowledge Cluster Development Through Connectivity: Examples From Southeast Asia, Hans-Dieter Evers, Thomas Menkhoff Apr 2016

Knowledge Cluster Development Through Connectivity: Examples From Southeast Asia, Hans-Dieter Evers, Thomas Menkhoff

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Whereas since the 1990s national and regional planners saw the creation of knowledge clusters as a panacea for gaining a competitive advantage to propel a region or country into a higher stage of industrial development, recent research suggests that connectivity (e.g. through broadband penetration or joint research connections with collaborators elsewhere) is one of the enablers for socio-economic development. This paper will draw on the results of studies on knowledge clusters in Southeast Asian countries (Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore) as well as the relevant current literature to ask the question, whether knowledge clusters really contribute to regional development and if yes, …

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Peace Building In Bosnia And Herzegovina: Effects Of Ingroup Identification, Outgroup Trust And Intergroup Forgiveness On Intergroup Contact, Melinda A. Leonard, Branka Damjanovic, Goran Simic, Gul Aldikacti Marshall Mar 2016

Peace Building In Bosnia And Herzegovina: Effects Of Ingroup Identification, Outgroup Trust And Intergroup Forgiveness On Intergroup Contact, Melinda A. Leonard, Branka Damjanovic, Goran Simic, Gul Aldikacti Marshall

Peace and Conflict Studies

The current study examines the effects of ingroup identification, outgroup trust, and intergroup forgiveness on intergroup contact quantity in the diverse cities of Sarajevo and Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A total of 455 individuals ranging in age from 14 to 102 self-reported as either Muslim, Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, or Other completed a questionnaire. Analyses revealed that ingroup identification was significantly and negatively correlated with intergroup contact quantity; however, ingroup identification was not significantly correlated with outgroup trust or intergroup forgiveness. The comparison between groups revealed significant group differences across all predictor and criterion variables. To confirm whether age …

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Deconstructing The Wall: The Analysis And Implications Of The 2004 International Court Of Justice Advisory Opinion On The Use Of Border Walls, Noah T. Black Mar 2016

Deconstructing The Wall: The Analysis And Implications Of The 2004 International Court Of Justice Advisory Opinion On The Use Of Border Walls, Noah T. Black

MAD-RUSH Undergraduate Research Conference

This research project looks at the various jurisprudences surrounding the 2004 ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Israeli Barrier and analyzes the arguments both in support and in opposition to the Court’s decision. It then looks at the conditions for the illegality of the Israeli Barrier that were established by the Court, analyzes them, and synthesizes a list of characteristics that can be applied to other barriers in order to determine their legality. This checklist, if you will, is then applied to other border walls in order to make a tentative conclusion about their legality and if a suit could be …

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"The Afro That Ate Kentucky": Appalachian Racial Formation, Lived Experience, And Intersectional Feminist Interventions, Sandra Louise Carpenter Mar 2016

"The Afro That Ate Kentucky": Appalachian Racial Formation, Lived Experience, And Intersectional Feminist Interventions, Sandra Louise Carpenter

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines selections of Appalachian women’s personal narrative as well as Affrilachian Poetry written by Kentuckians Bianca Spriggs and Nikki Finney. This project’s goal lies in resisting oppression and erasure of Appalachian culture’s heterogeneity. Contrary to constructions of Appalachians as lazy, complacent, and white, many Appalachians organize communities of resistance from within the region itself. Challenging these representations, I argue that Appalachian feminists as well as Affrilachian poets create countercultures that disrupt monolithic, colonialist, and unquestioned constructions of Appalachia.

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"Chinese Military Space Power: U.S. Department Of Defense Annual Reports, Bert Chapman Mar 2016

"Chinese Military Space Power: U.S. Department Of Defense Annual Reports, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Following instructions received from the U.S. Congress in the 2000 National Defense Authorization Act, the Department of Defense prepared an annual report on Chinese military power. This report contains classified and unclassif ied editions. Documenting Chinese military space power developments was one of the provisions in this law’s authorizing language. This article will examine how Chinese military space power documents have been described by the Department of Defense during this report's existence through 2015 and detail how members of Congress and Congressional committee hearing witnesses reacted to these developments in Congressional hearing transcripts and in Congressional debate through Fall 2015.

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The Kazaks Of Istanbul: A Case Of Social Cohesion, Economic Breakdown And The Search For A Moral Economy, Daniel Marc Auger Mar 2016

The Kazaks Of Istanbul: A Case Of Social Cohesion, Economic Breakdown And The Search For A Moral Economy, Daniel Marc Auger

Dissertations and Theses

This research is focused on understanding the ways in which the community orientation of the Kazak ethnic community in Istanbul, Turkey have contributed to their economic success which in turn encourages strong community, and the nature of their community-based support networks for providing material and cultural support. It examines the role of social capital and cohesion in maintaining the community with its positive implications for the continued building of wealth or sourcing of funding on a community level. The theoretical concepts relevant to this project are based on the ideas that the shared values of a community are a positive …

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Cultivating Leaders Of Indiana, Annagul Yaryyeva, Jennifer Sdunzik Mar 2016

Cultivating Leaders Of Indiana, Annagul Yaryyeva, Jennifer Sdunzik

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

"Cultivating Leaders of Indiana" was developed to establish connections between the Purdue student body and the Frankfort community. By engaging high school students in workshops that focused on local, national, and global identities, the goal of the project was to encourage students to appreciate their individuality and to motivate them to translate their skills into a global perspective.Moreover, workshops centering on themes such as culture, citizenship, media, and education were designed to empower our project participants to embrace their sense of social value and responsibility not only in their immediate communities but also globally.

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In The Shadow Of The Great Firewall: Censorship And Surveillance During Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement, Christine Andrelczyk Mar 2016

In The Shadow Of The Great Firewall: Censorship And Surveillance During Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement, Christine Andrelczyk

Theses and Dissertations

Through a case-study analysis, this project investigates why the People's Republic of China eschewed overtly repressive tactics and instead relied on subtle methods of coercion, such as surveillance and censorship, to mitigate activism during Hong Kong's pro-democracy Umbrella Movement. Drawing on historical evidence, reports, and quantitative data, this research explores the significance of subtle repression and coercion as it relates to the process of authoritarian consolidation in China and Hong Kong.

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Disparities In Moldovan Place-Identity A Product Of Systemic Stratification, Robyn Savacool Mar 2016

Disparities In Moldovan Place-Identity A Product Of Systemic Stratification, Robyn Savacool

Theses and Dissertations

Place-identity is a concept that examines the corresponding relationship between the self and space. Much work has been accomplished on this topic in environmental psychology and geography, but sociological research on this concept is scarce. This project employs reflexive participant photography, qualitative methods and an analytical framework derived from place-identity theory to research the affect of socioeconomic status on place-identity in the Republic of Moldova. Socioeconomic status consists of four sub-variables - parents's professions, formative loci and experience from formative loci - which further represent class-status and community-society constructs, respectively. These constructs were compared to assess the predominate variables in …

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Greek Rite Catholicism In Lithuania: The Mission Of Bishop Petras Būčys, 1930–1940, Regina Laukaitytė Mar 2016

Greek Rite Catholicism In Lithuania: The Mission Of Bishop Petras Būčys, 1930–1940, Regina Laukaitytė

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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Acknowledgements/Image Credits, Molly Lynde-Recchia Mar 2016

Acknowledgements/Image Credits, Molly Lynde-Recchia

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Notes On Contributors Mar 2016

Notes On Contributors

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Orchards 52, Orchards 54, Orchards 57: The Doe, And Orchards 59 By Rainer Maria Rilke, Susanne Petermann Mar 2016

Orchards 52, Orchards 54, Orchards 57: The Doe, And Orchards 59 By Rainer Maria Rilke, Susanne Petermann

Transference

Translated from the French by Susanne Petermann.

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A Man Out Of Time: Aias 646-692 By Sophocles, Emily Anhalt Mar 2016

A Man Out Of Time: Aias 646-692 By Sophocles, Emily Anhalt

Transference

Translated from the Greek by Emily Anhalt.

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Enduring Scars By Ahmad Al-Safi Al-Najafi, B. N. Faraj Mar 2016

Enduring Scars By Ahmad Al-Safi Al-Najafi, B. N. Faraj

Transference

Translated from the Arabic by B.N. Faraj.

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A Community In The Open, An Autumnal Fossil, On Skeletons, And Orpheus At The Butcher Shop By Shiro Murano, Goro Takano Mar 2016

A Community In The Open, An Autumnal Fossil, On Skeletons, And Orpheus At The Butcher Shop By Shiro Murano, Goro Takano

Transference

Translated from the Japanese by Goro Takano.

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My Bones, Journey, And Winds Of Betrayal: On Artaud's Van Gogh By Yoko Mihashi Mar 2016

My Bones, Journey, And Winds Of Betrayal: On Artaud's Van Gogh By Yoko Mihashi

Transference

Translated from the Japanese by Steve Light.

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The Visa By Hisham Al Gakh, Houssem Ben Lazreg Mar 2016

The Visa By Hisham Al Gakh, Houssem Ben Lazreg

Transference

Translated from the Arabic by Houssem Ben Lazreg.

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Flared Skirt And The Healds By Arai Takako, Carol Hayes Dr, Rina Kikuchi Mar 2016

Flared Skirt And The Healds By Arai Takako, Carol Hayes Dr, Rina Kikuchi

Transference

Translated from the Japanese by Carol Hayes and Rina Kikuchi.

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The Stranger By Charles Baudelaire, Kent Dixon Mar 2016

The Stranger By Charles Baudelaire, Kent Dixon

Transference

Translated from the French by Kent Dixon.

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A Poet's Eye: Poems By Princess Shikishi, Rose Bundy Mar 2016

A Poet's Eye: Poems By Princess Shikishi, Rose Bundy

Transference

Translated from the Japanese by Rose Bundy.

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Catullus 101, 48, 81, Samuel N. Rosenberg Mar 2016

Catullus 101, 48, 81, Samuel N. Rosenberg

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Translated from the Latin by Samuel N. Rosenberg.

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Life's Fount By Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, William A. Ruleman Iii Mar 2016

Life's Fount By Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, William A. Ruleman Iii

Transference

Translated from the German by William Ruleman.

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Whether You See Me Or Not By Tan Xiaojing, Jun Tang Mar 2016

Whether You See Me Or Not By Tan Xiaojing, Jun Tang

Transference

Translated from the Chinese by Jun Tang.

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Something Fills The Soul, On The Threshold Of Wishing, Time Utters It, And I Color My Name By Yousef El Qedra, Yasmin Snounu, Edward A. Morin Mar 2016

Something Fills The Soul, On The Threshold Of Wishing, Time Utters It, And I Color My Name By Yousef El Qedra, Yasmin Snounu, Edward A. Morin

Transference

Translated from the Arabic by Edward Morin, Yasminn Snounu, and Yasser Tabbaa.

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I Am A Child Of The Sun By Fukushi Kōjirō, Joshua L. Solomon Mar 2016

I Am A Child Of The Sun By Fukushi Kōjirō, Joshua L. Solomon

Transference

Translated from the Japanese by Joshua Solomon.

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In Jerusalem By Mahmoud Darwish, Uri Horesh Mar 2016

In Jerusalem By Mahmoud Darwish, Uri Horesh

Transference

Translated from the Arabic by Uri Horesh.

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Excerpt From A Pilgrimage To Sumiyoshi By Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Kendra D. Strand Mar 2016

Excerpt From A Pilgrimage To Sumiyoshi By Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Kendra D. Strand

Transference

Translated from the Japanese by Kendra Strand.

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An Ocean Of Tears, The Chest, Between The Loss & The Delay, And How Do I Tell You I Love You? By Mariam Michtawi, Jake Gordon Mar 2016

An Ocean Of Tears, The Chest, Between The Loss & The Delay, And How Do I Tell You I Love You? By Mariam Michtawi, Jake Gordon

Transference

Translated from the Arabic by Jake Gordon.

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Martial Ix.10, Viii.19, Vii.93, George Held Mar 2016

Martial Ix.10, Viii.19, Vii.93, George Held

Transference

Translated from the Latin by George Held.

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