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Modeling technology diffusion within Vietnam : a network approach.
(2015-03-27)
This paper attempts to model three types of technology transfer within Vietnam. It is assumed that knowledge enters the country through firms that export to other countries. It can then spread by one of three mechanisms: ...
A canonical exegesis of the eighth Psalm : YHWH's maintenance of the created order through divine reversal.
(2010-10-08)
This dissertation presents a canonical exegesis of Psalm 8. The dissertation seeks
to contribute to two areas of scholarship: 1) literature on the canonical approach to exegesis carrying forward the emphases first articulated ...
Political philosophy and the divine ground : Eric Voegelin on Plato.
(, 2012-08-08)
Recent scholarship has shown an interest in how prominent twentieth-century thinkers have interpreted classic texts, especially those of Plato. Understanding how and why contemporary thinkers have turned to Plato promises ...
Reclaiming peace : evangelical scientists and evolution after World War II.
(2011-01-05)
This dissertation argues that during the same period in which antievolutionism became a movement within American evangelicalism, two key groups of evangelical scientists attempted to initiate a countervailing trend. The ...
Imago Dei and the earthly life : the theological anthropology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
(2016-11-28)
This dissertation offers a theological anthropology in light of the doctrine of imago Dei and the importance of place for our understanding of human identity. Through reading the early writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in ...
Cardiovascular and renal responses to continuous, moderate and high-intensity interval exercise in mid-spectrum CKD.
(2018-08-31)
The purpose of the present investigation was to determine the effect a short acute bout of aerobic exercise had on vascular and renal function in individuals with midspectrum CKD. Six men and fourteen women (Age = 62.0 ± ...
Periphyton-nutrient dynamics in a gradient-dominated freshwater marsh ecosystem.
(Wilmington, N.C : Society of Wetland ScientistsOldendorf/Luhe, Germany : Inter-Research, 2005)
In this study, the factors influencing the development of a nutrient availability gradient in a wetland ecosystem and the subsequent controls to, and feedbacks from, the structure and function of the periphyton community ...
Special education due process hearings involving students with autism.
(2007-12-03)
As more children are diagnosed with autism, school districts are forced to reexamine their practices as both substantive and procedural issues arise in special education due process hearings and court cases related to ...
Roman Catholic Hegemony and Religious Freedom : a Seventh-day Adventist assessment of Dignitatis Humanae.
(, 2012-11-29)
Roman Catholic Hegemony and Religious Freedom sets forth the “Catholic hegemony” thesis, meaning the Church applies Dignitatis Humanae in different ways, depending upon extant political and religious conditions in a given ...
Human hagiography : the saint figure in modernist British literature.
(, 2014-06-11)
Somewhat unexpectedly, saints' lives provided rich material for literary writing in the first half of the 20th century or modernist period. This study examines commonalities in how George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, T. S. ...