Thesis (M.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. / Thesis advisor(s): Karen Guttieri, Douglas Porch. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-90). Also available online.

Inaug.-diss.--Leipzig. / Lebenslauf. 24 maps on 12 leaves in pocket. "Die arbeit erscheint gegen den ursprünglich vorgesehenen umfang gekürzt. Weggefallen ist ein Teil "Sprachheschreibung." "Literatur": p. [65-66].

Inaug.-diss.--Leipzig. / Lebenslauf. "Erscheint gleichzeitig als 10. Beiheft zum Teuthonista, 7. heft der Mitteldeutschen studien, im verlag Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale)."

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2009. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. Thesis advisor: Almeida Jacqueline Toribio.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1982.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 281-298). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

This dissertation studies the use of the epic genre to legitimize totalitarian power. It focuses on the writings of a group of Dominican authors who worked at the service of the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. Most specialists of the period agree that the wealth of texts produced by these men of letters articulated an ideological system that allowed General Trujillo's brutal regime to remain in power for three decades (1930-1961). Their governmental positions, as well as their prestige as writers and orators, granted them unrestricted access to the public school system and to the means of mass communication. They used this access to promote their notions of national identity, while naturalizing Trujillo's totalitarian power by building consensus in favor of what came to be known as "The New Fatherland." Their work in this respect was so effective that almost fifty years after the fall of the dictatorship their ideas about what it meant to be Dominican still plays a significant role in the anti-Haitian sentiment that fills the editorial pages of Dominican newspapers. These Trujillista authors and public servants, however, did not constitute a homogeneous front. An underlying current of texts produced by some them effectively departed from the main tenets of the official ideology, questioning the basic assumptions upon which lay its definition of dominicanidad. However, far from generating a unified discourse, they expressed divergent views on the Dominican racial and national identity. This fissure in the inner circle of power took the shape of a struggle between two generic forms in the field of cultural production. Whereas the dominant discourse followed the linear structure of the "epic of the victors," identifying the Dominican identity with Spanish culture and the Catholic faith, the oppositional texts incorporated the digressive form of an "epic of the vanquished," highlighting the contributions of the African diaspora to the emergence of a Caribbean consciousness. / text

Without water, as is known, there is no life. A person uses about 75 tons of water for the whole life. Thereby, about 80% of diseases come with water people drink because it is simply dirty, according to Louis Pasteur. The fact is that consuming tap water leads to 85 known diseases that result in twenty-five million deaths each year. In addition, dirty water consumption accelerates the aging process by 30%. Tap water is drinkable, but not necessarily beneficial. The fact that the dirty water flows out of the tap means that the water contains a large quantity of chemical and mechanical impurities as well as a variety of viruses and bacteria. For example, if a person drinks water with high content of iron for a long time, the possibility of getting liver disease is high. The tap water quality that has always been consumed by people from Zhezkazgan, Republic of Kazakhstan violates even the required standards for tap water. Therefore, any kind of water business is encouraged in that area. The most viable way to help this problem is bottled water production. The great number of papers and materials was used, analyzed and delivered in this report. In addition, a Russian company, Ecodar LLP, was contacted to acquire information about the most advanced technology in water treatment field. This report provides general description of water treatment technology to start a bottled water production business in Zhezkazgan / text

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M. Tech. Marketing / Describes the level of awareness of HIV/AIDS, exposure to information, accessibility to condoms and sexual conduct of inhabitants of Kinshasa regarding HIV/AIDS issues under the scrutiny of HIV social marketing campaigns. Secondly, the study aims at investigating the relationships between level of awareness of HIV/AIDS, exposure to information, accessibility to condoms, poverty/equity and sexual conduct amongst the inhabitants of Kinshasa. Thirdly, it intends to determine the difference between groups with regard to gender, age and socio-economic status.