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Hammett, Jessica Mary. "Representations of community in Second World War civil defence." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/67159/.
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Rowe, Philip. "'We shall defend our island' : investigating a forgotten militarised landscape." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2014. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/374724/.
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The outmanoeuvring of Allied forces in May 1940 led to the eventual evacuation of the BEF from the continent in June 1940. Fearing an invasion, GHQ Home Forces set about the rapid re-militarisation of the UK to oppose, arguably, the first very real threat to this country’s sovereignty since the Norman conquest of 1066 AD. Constructing a series of anti-invasion defences throughout the countryside, a network of defensive fieldworks and concrete gun emplacements were erected, with linear stop lines forming part of the overall stratagem for a countrywide defence in depth. Examining one particular linear stop line, GHQ Line Green, despite previous research into its archaeological route through the landscape several questions still remain unanswered - Did the proposed wartime route for the stop line match the documented archaeology? Did the defensive fieldworks conform to 1940 WO specifications, or were they similar in design to the linear fieldworks of the First World War? Did GHQ Line Green dismiss the defensive ‘folly’ notion of the Maginot Line by being strategically sited in the Bristol hinterland? A prepared battlefield that never faced the unpredictable test of conflict, evidence offered by original cartographic, archaeological and GIS ‘Fields-of- Fire’ analysis concluded that the GHQ Line Green was strategically placed in the landscape. In ideal conditions GHQ Line Green could have had limited success in slowing down an invasion force. This dismisses the notion that the stop line was a defensive ‘folly’. With its origins found to lay in First World War fortifications, the research undertaken for this thesis will further our understanding of an often forgotten Second World War landscape.
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Camacho, Michael. "Thomistic Personalism: An Investigation, Explication, and Defense." Thesis, Boston College, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/666.
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Thesis advisor: Marina B. McCoyThesis advisor: Peter Kreeft
An in-depth study of Karol Wojtyła's creative synthesis of medieval and modern thought, in which he brings together 1) traditional Thomistic metaphysics and anthropology and 2) the insights of contemporary phenomenology, in order to understand the reality of man as person in his integral totality
Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2009
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: College Honors Program
Discipline: Philosophy
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Jackson, Peter Darron. "French military intelligence and Nazi Germany, 1936-1939." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/273043.
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Woolven, Robin. "Civil defence in London 1935-1945 : the formation and implementation of the policy for, and the performance of, the A.R.P. (later C.D.) services in London." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2002. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/civil-defence-in-london-19351945--the-formation-and-implementation-of-the-policy-for-and-the-performance-of-the-arp-later-cd-services-in-london(2c2aecb9-4a3f-44f4-8c38-2ff2330bc66c).html.
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Brooks, Amy. "“I’m Doin’ It for Defense”: Messages of American Popular Song to Women during World War II." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1383909020.
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Kane, Eryn M. "The Guardians of Civilization: Neo-Republican Motherhood in Post-World War II America, 1945-1963." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366640052.
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Withington, Thomas Jeavons. "Bomber Command's electronic warfare policy and suppression of enemy air defence posture during the Second World War." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8076/.
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This thesis will examine the Electronic Warfare [EW] policies and subsequent Suppression of Enemy Air Defence [SEAD] postures of the Royal Air Force’s Bomber Command during the Second World War. It examines how EW was applied to the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) Integrated Air Defence System [IADS] so as to reduce Bomber Command aircraft losses, and determines whether EW policies were drafted in a proactive and/or reactive fashion vis-à-vis the Luftwaffe IADS. The thesis applies air power theory regarding the levels and methods of application by which SEAD was brought to bear against the IADS as a result of these EW policies. Ultimately, the thesis will argue that Bomber Command enacted both proactive and reactive EW policies at the Campaign and Localised SEAD levels using a combination of Manoeuvrist, Mass and Stealth/Surprise approaches.
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Wegmueller, Hans. "Civil-military relations in low-intensity conflict: Switzerland's territorial defense during World War II." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28028.
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Switzerland's experience in the Second Wolrd War differs markedly from that of any other European nation and offers a unique historical oppurtunity to study civil-military relations in a democratic environment under the strain of a long-lasting existential threat. Entirely on its own and surrounded by and extremely aggressive enemy block, Switzerland has to struggle in that hazy, difficult-to-define situation between war and peace, which in modern terms would be referred to as "low intensity conflict". Thus military and civilian authorites were literally forced to think in terms of modern national security policy and to adopt a holistic security philosophy. It becamse apparent that the disproportionate role of the military component did not measure up to the threat and was at odds with a modern, overall security policy. The results were not limited to the serious, practically insoluble conflicts between millitary and civilian authorities, the preparedness and the dissuasive power of the army itself was thus called into question. The historical experience showed clearly that modern territorial defense requires first and foremost a balance between the individual components of security policy carefully adapted to the political, economic, and psychological realities of the nation. The military component, on the other hand, can only fulfill its mission if it can concentrate the personnel and material resources at its disposal on it original task of military defense; in the terminology of World War II, the army is responsible for "warfare", not "national defense"
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Pomponi, Renata Alma. "Control of manufacturing processes with MRP II : benefits and barriers in the defense aerospace industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11167.
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Berry, Jonathan Andrew. "Second World War anti-invasion defences in South and South-West Wales : a comparative case study area based approach." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6570/.
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Conflict archaeology is a popular subject of academic research. Within the topic of British Second World War archaeology there are few studies examining anti-invasion defences, and none relating to the evidence or its use. This research was influenced by concepts in historical and conflict archaeology and the archaeologies of the recent and contemporary past. It was undertaken to determine the extent of survival of archaeological, documentary, aerial photographic and cartographic evidence for three cases in south and south-west Wales. Case study method was used to identify, select and analyse evidence. Grounded theory was used to induce meaning. The evidence was given equal primacy, assessed critically and analysed for its role, value and contribution. Official sources were used for their unique, informed and authoritative content. Knowledge of military organisational practices and formation/unit identities were required to use the evidence effectively. A rich but incomplete evidence base of a complex character was identified. Evidence was found to be complementary and inter-dependent, representing aspects of a common shared phenomenon. The diverse sources could be used to induce meaningful narratives. The research suggested that an archaeological approach was a valid and effective form of inquiry when applied to cross-disciplinary evidence from the recent past.
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Maynard, Stephen Ronald. "Marine Defense Battalions, October 1939 - December 1942: their Contributions in the Early Phases of World War II." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279378/.
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This thesis explores the activities of the U.S. Marine defense battalions from October 1939 to December 1942. More specifically, it explains why Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) decided to continue the defense battalions as separate entities when, by mid-1943, it needed additional men to replace its combat losses and to create new divisions. In this process HQMC disbanded other special units, such as the raider battalions, parachute battalions, barrage balloon squadrons, and the glider squadrons. It retained, however, the defense battalions because of their versatility and utility as demonstrated during the various operations they conducted in Iceland and the Central and South Pacific. In these locations defense battalions performed as: (a) island garrisons, (b) antiaircraft artillery units, and (c) landing forces. Their success in carrying out these missions led to their retention as separate entities throughout World War II.
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Pinkney, Kathryn Currie. "From Stockyards to Defense Plants, the Transformation of a City: Fort Worth, Texas, and World War II." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4359/.
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World War II represented a watershed event in the history of the United States and affected political, economic, and social systems at all levels. In particular, the war unleashed forces that caused rapid industrialization, immigration, and urbanization in two regions, the South and the West. This study examines one community's place in that experience as those forces forever altered the city of Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to World War II, Fort Worth's economy revolved around cattle, food-processing, and oil, industries that depended largely on an unskilled labor force. The Fort Worth Stockyards laid claim to the single largest workforce in the city, while manufacturing lagged far behind. After an aggressive campaign waged by city civic and business leaders, Fort Worth acquired a Consolidated Aircraft Corporation assembly plant in early 1941. The presence of that facility initiated an economic transformation that resulted in a major shift away from agriculture and toward manufacturing, particularly the aviation industry. The Consolidated plant sparked industrial development, triggered an influx of newcomers, trained a skilled workforce, and stimulated an economic recovery that lifted the city out of the Depression-era doldrums. When hostilities ended and the United States entered the Cold War period, Consolidated and the adjacent airfield, designated as Carswell Air Force Base in 1948, provided the framework for Fort Worth's postwar industrial expansion and economic prosperity. Fort Worth emerged from World War II as one of the nation's premier aviation production centers and as a linchpin of America's defensive strategy. In the process, it became what historian Roger Lotchin has labeled a "martial metropolis." Ties developed during the war between the city and the military extended into the postwar period and beyond as Fort Worth became part of the growing military/industrial complex. From stockyards to defense plants, World War II transformed Fort Worth from agriculture and mavericks to manufacturing and the military.
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Ribeiro, Rui Miguel Lopes Martins de Mendes. "The defence policy of a small country in the post-II World War period : a case study : Portugal." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.420181.
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Head, Christopher Michael. "The Armor of Democracy: Volunteerism on the Home Front in World War II California." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2009. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/62.
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This paper is an in-depth study on the role of Home Front Volunteerism in California during World War II. It argues that Volunteerism was integral to America’s eventual victory. This paper fills a gap in historical writings on World War II and shows that Volunteerism is a topic worthy of study. Volunteerism played a major role in California. It helped to keep morale high even when the war was progressing poorly. Volunteerism also helped to create new communities out of those shattered by the upheaval of the Great Depression. It provided a patriotic outlet for Americans desperate to aid the war effort. Minority groups took part in volunteer activities in order to show that they too were Americans and in doing so raised their status in society. Throughout the war, volunteers collected scrap metal which was melted down into weaponry. “Radishy victory gardens” sprung up throughout California. The Red Cross experienced an unprecedented surge in volunteerism and new methods in preservation and transportation of donated blood saved thousands of lives. The USO, created during the war, provided entertainment to soldiers both on the home front and overseas. Celebrities and civilians volunteered with the USO. This paper discusses many other ways in which Californian’s volunteered. Each volunteer activity provided an outlet for Americans desperate to aid the war effort in any way that they could.
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Brantley, Janet G. "Defense Industries in North Texas, 1941-1965: the Social and Economic Impact on Bowie County." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277856/.
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World War II was a watershed in American history, altering Americans' perceptions of their place in society. This study focused on Bowie County, Texas, during the twenty-five-year period that began with America's entry into the war. The construction of two defense plants there, Red River Army Depot and Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, brought immediate changes to surrounding communities, and local residents faced many challenges as they struggled to adjust. This study used extensive primary sources, including archival materials from Red River and Lone Star, oral histories from former employees, census information, minutes from the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce, and local newspapers, to document the social and economic impact of these plants on Bowie County. The body of this dissertation contains nine chapters. Chapters two and three describe how Bowie County obtained and constructed its defense plants, and chapters four through six focus on changes precipitated by the plants during the war years. Chapters seven through nine explore the social and economic impact of the defense presence on Bowie County through 1965. The impact of the defense industries on Bowie County was significant. Plant construction brought thousands of workers into the county, and local residents faced housing, transportation, and sanitation problems. Texarkana experienced serious problems, but its dedicated Chamber of Commerce worked to see that the city benefitted in the long run. During the next twenty-five years, women increasingly entered the work force, but in Bowie County they continued to hold traditional values; jobs provided extras for their families more often than ties to the women's movement. As elsewhere, farmers left farming for factory work, but in Bowie County most clung to their land and their way of life. The world changed for African Americans in Bowie County as well, for by 1965, blacks and whites were working and playing together. The plants introduced employees to industrialization's benefits and drawbacks. With fluctuating employment levels causing concern, business leaders advocated economic diversification. Bowie County, however, experienced continuity as much as change, for residents accepted social changes only when they were necessary for economic development.
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Plache, Ben. "Soldiers for Democracy: Karl Loewenstein, John H. Herz, Militant Democracy and the Defense of the Democratic State." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2995.
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This thesis explores the work of two German Jewish émigré scholars, Karl Loewenstein and John H. Herz, and how they confronted the conflict between fascism and democracy throughout the 1930s and during World War II. Loewenstein, in academic publications and later through a campaign of public advocacy, urged the adoption of his theory of militant democracy for the protection of democratic institutions. Originally conceived as temporary legislation to deprive fascists of the fundamental rights they abused in order to seize power, this theory evolved into the understanding by Loewenstein that fascist and democratic states could not coexist, and that fundamental changes must be implemented within the legislative and executive branches of democratic governments to create a more responsive, flexible system. Defined by his pessimistic worldview, Loewenstein was acutely anxious about fascism, especially after the start of World War II. In contrast to Loewenstein, and despite his own pessimism, Herz conceived of an international system that combined both realism and idealism in order to obviate man’s violent and suspicious anthropology and create a peaceful international order in which nations, regardless of their particular political ideology, could coexist.
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Williamson, Edwin Ferebee. "A comparison of the post-Cold War Defense budget reduction to prior post-conflict reductions after World War II, Korea and Vietnam." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/40012.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.This thesis compares the current drawdown in defense budgets to those which occurred after World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Bach post-conflict period is examined with respect to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy, comparing the degree and rate of reductions in budgets, manning and ships. There are three principle conclusions drawn from the research. First, that President Eisenhower was uniquely successful among post-conflict Presidents in maintaining the balance between force levels and funding during post-conflict drawdowns. Second, that the post-Vietnam 'hollow forces' occurred when funding was insufficient in the face of inflation to sustain the change to the all volunteer force. Third, that early signs in the current reduction point to the possibility of similar difficulties in balancing reductions in forces and budgets.
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Greenham, Trevor. "Pointillism in Plant Systems Biology: I. Proteomic Analysis of Plant Exosome-like Particles II. Amyloplast-binding Puroindoline Fusion Proteins for Recombinant Protein Expression." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39647.
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Expanding upon our understanding of plant defense is critical, particularly with the perilous threats of climate change and overpopulation to our food security, health and well-being. In this study, we focused on plant defense using two distinct approaches. First, we performed a proteomic analysis of plant exosome-like nanoparticles in order to elucidate their defense related protein cargo. Secondly, we used a wheat antimicrobial protein, puroindoline, as a fusion partner for the expression of recombinant proteins in rice endosperm.
Plant exosome-like nanoparticles (ELP) were isolated from fresh tomato and subjected to mass spectrometry (MS) analysis. The ELPs were compared to fresh pressed tomato juice, and the proteins that were significantly upregulated in the ELPs were analyzed for their defensive properties. Bioinformatic analysis identified 30 proteins upregulated in the ELPs, with a majority of these being involved in plant defense.
Puroindoline is a protein found in soft wheat varieties. A unique feature of this protein is the presence of a tryptophan-rich domain, which causes it to localize and tether onto starch granule surfaces; a property we are seeking to exploit for recombinant protein isolation. We hypothesized that when expressed in a pin-null crop, such as rice, puroindoline along with its fusion partner will localize and adhere to starch granule surfaces. PIN fusions were expressed in rice, and their subcellular localization was determined by immunolocalization. It was observed that PIN localizes to rice starch
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granules in vitro and in planta, and retains its starch granule binding abilities as a fusion partner.
To identify other possible starch granule binding fusion partners, an anhydrous cleavage method was developed that can scan dry biological materials for associated proteins, in this case the starch granule surface. Incubation of our cleavage reagent with isolated rice starch granules yielded several cleavage products as determined through SDS-PAGE. These cleavage products were compared with previous proteomic data of trypsin digested rice starch granules.
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Straczek, Jozef Humanities & Social Sciences Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "The origins and development of Royal Australian Naval signals intelligence in an era of imperial defence 1914-1945." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy, 2008. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/39737.
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This thesis examines the origins and development of signals intelligence in the Royal Australian Navy, during the period 1914 to 1945, within the context of an Australian contribution to Imperial defence. In doing so it demonstrates how the development of this capability was shaped by national, Imperial and international forces and events. The thesis thus fills a gap in the historiography of imperial defence and of early twentieth century signals intelligence. It also constitutes a case study of the development of a niche military capability by a small to medium power in the context of great power alliances and major historical events. The thesis is based principally upon the investigation of documents in the Australian, US and UK national archives, some of which have been newly declassified for this purpose. During the First World War the RAN undertook a minor cryptographic effort focused on intercepting and breaking coded messages from the German Pacific Squadron. After the War, and at the request of the RN, the RAN began to develop a signals intelligence capability aimed at the Imperial Japanese Navy. This capability was seen as part of the RAN contribution to Imperial defence. The commitment, made without Australian political approval, would see the RAN conduct two covert intelligence collection operations against the Japanese Mandated Territories. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent defeat of the Western Powers in Asia, the RAN signals intelligence organisation became, as a consequence of agreements between Britain and the USN, part of the USN organisation in the Pacific. At no stage however, was the RAN involved in the discussions which accompanied these arrangements nor did it have any subsequent say in the strategic direction of this capability. As a consequence, when the Pacific War was drawing to a close the future of the RAN's cryptographic organisation came in to question. By the time the Japanese surrendered this issue had still not been resolved. Beyond the history of the origins and development of signals intelligence in the RAN, and of its involvement in the signals intelligence war against Japan, the thesis highlights the importance of committed individuals in small military organisations and how they can greatly influence the success or otherwise of these organisations. The ability of personnel from different nations to work together in signals intelligence is reflective of the functioning of the alliance as a whole. The development of such a niche capability by a small to medium power can have an effect on that nation's standing, in the context of alliance relationships, as it did in this case. As the RAN found however, such capabilities do not provide for automatic access to strategic decision making within an alliance.
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Vasquez, Cesar A. "A History of the United States Caribbean Defense Command (1941-1947)." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2458.
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The United States Military is currently organized along the lines of regional combatant commands (COCOMs). Each COCOM is responsible for all U.S. military activity in their designated area of responsibility (AOR). They also deal with diplomatic issues of a wide variety with the countries within their respective AORs. Among these COCOMs, Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), whose AOR encompasses all of Central and South America (less Mexico) and the Caribbean, is one of the smallest in terms of size and budget, but has the longest history of activity among the COCOMs as it is the successor to the first joint command, the United States Caribbean Defense Command (CDC 1941-1947).
Existing from 1941 to 1947, the CDC was tasked with protecting the Panama Canal, the Canal Zone, and all its access points as well as defending the region from Axis aggression and setting up a series of U.S. bases throughout the Caribbean from which to project U.S. military power after World War II. Throughout its short history, however, the CDC was plagued with the same types of resource scarcity that its successor commands would later experience. Early successes, as well as the progress of the war saw to it that the original mission of the Command was quickly rendered moot. Ironically, it was partially the success of the U.S. war effort that kept the CDC from ever reaching its full potential. Nevertheless, the CDC evolved into something different than had originally been envisioned. In the end, it became the model that other COCOMs would follow after November 1947 when the system of regional combatant commands was formally established. Although some research has been conducted into the history of these commands, this dissertation is the first academic attempt to chronicle the history of the United States Caribbean Defense Command.
Research into this topic involved combing through the Archives of the United States Southern Command in its offices in Miami, Florida (SOUTHCOM Archives), as well as the CDC archives in Record Group 548 in the U.S. National Archives II in Suitland, Maryland. Secondary sources as well as references regarding treaties and international agreements were also consulted as necessary.
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Silva, Adriano Corrêa da. "A anencefalia fetal e o aborto na Evangelium Vitae do Papa João Paulo II." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2012. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/18306.
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Amid the various threats that human life is, the Catholic Church cools further its mission inherited by Christ to proclaim the Gospel of Life to the universality of the people, for she firmly believes that human life, even when marked by weaknesses, and even by physical or mental disabilities, pre-and postnatal, is always a splendid gift of God to be protected. This is the horizon of the defense of human life, and more precisely, the cases of fetal anencephaly, that their dissertation converges to evidence in the light of Christian revelation, but also through interdisciplinarity, that human life is a fundamental principle and primary among all values between different cultures. Therefore, the first chapter is about an expression often used by John Paul II - "culture of life" - which, in turn, must be cultivated and propagated throughout the world as the center of the message proclaimed by Christ and his Church as delegated depository of Evangelium Vitae and in time in the history of mankind, for man alive is the first and fundamental way for the Church. For this purpose, the respective chapter discusses the aspect of biblical-theological conception of human life and human being. In the second chapter, in contrast to the first, is the explanation of the terminology - "culture of death" - since there are numerous signs that arise to threaten human life, and nascent human life, God-given as a gift. And one of the threats to human dignity still in its early uterine culture is the death of abortion legislation that attempts to expand worldwide, including in the current Brazilian Congress, to include cases of fetal anencephaly. Finally, the third chapter, such as character conclusion reaffirms the defense of human life as a task and responsibility that must be taken not only by the Church of Christ, but for all people of good will as a way to go before a question of survival of humanity itself, which must be awakened, increasingly, develop an ethical principle against the defense of human life, especially the helpless intra-uterine life
Em meio às diversas ameaças em que a vida humana se encontra, a Igreja Católica arrefece ainda mais a sua missão herdada por Cristo de anunciar o Evangelho da Vida à universalidade dos povos, pois ela crê firmemente, que a vida humana, mesmo quando marcada por fragilidades, e até mesmo por deficiências físicas ou mentais, pré e pósnatal, é sempre um dom esplêndido de Deus a ser protegido. É neste horizonte de defesa da vida humana, e mais precisamente, dos casos de anencefalia fetal, que esta respectiva dissertação se converge para evidenciar sob a luz da Revelação cristã, mas também por meio da interdisciplinaridade, que a vida humana consiste em um princípio fundamental e primário entre todos os valores existentes entre as diversas culturas. Portanto, o primeiro capítulo fala sobre uma expressão muito usada por João Paulo II - cultura da vida - que, por sua vez, deve ser cultivada e propagada em todo o mundo como centro da mensagem anunciada por Cristo e delegada à sua Igreja como depositária deste Evangelium Vitae no tempo e na história da humanidade, pois o homem vivo constitui o primeiro e fundamental caminho eclesial. Para este objetivo, o respectivo capítulo aborda o aspecto bíblico-teológico da concepção da vida humana e do ser humano. No segundo capítulo, em contraposição ao primeiro, faz a explanação da terminologia - cultura de morte uma vez que existem inúmeros sinais que se levantam para ameaçar a vida humana, e a vida humana nascente, recebida de Deus como dom. E uma das ameaças contra a dignidade do homem ainda na sua fase uterina é a cultura de morte do aborto, que tenta ampliar a legislação em todo o mundo, inclusive no atual Congresso Brasileiro, para incluir os casos de anencefalia fetal. Por fim, o terceiro capítulo, já como caráter de conclusão, reafirma a defesa da vida humana como tarefa e responsabilidade, que deve ser assumida, não somente pela Igreja de Cristo, mas por todas as pessoas de boa vontade como caminho a ser percorrido para uma questão de sobrevivência da própria humanidade, que deve se despertar, cada vez mais, para o amadurecimento ético frente ao princípio de defesa da vida humana, principalmente a vida indefesa intra-uterina
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Greenwald, Bryon E. "Understanding change : an intellectual and practical study of military innovation : U.S. Army antiaircraft artillery and the battle for legitimacy, 1917-1945 /." Connect to online resource - All users, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1070502037.
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Zander, Mark [Verfasser], Christiane [Akademischer Betreuer] Gatz, Volker [Akademischer Betreuer] Lipka, Andrea [Akademischer Betreuer] Polle, Jan [Akademischer Betreuer] Schirawski, Jörg [Akademischer Betreuer] Stülke, and Thomas [Akademischer Betreuer] Teichmann. "Arabidopsis thaliana class II TGA transcription factors provide a molecular link between salicylic acid and ethylene defense signalling / Mark Zander. Gutachter: Christiane Gatz ; Volker Lipka ; Andrea Polle ; Jan Schirawski ; Jörg Stülke ; Thomas Teichmann. Betreuer: Christiane Gatz." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1042841551/34.
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ZINSOUGA, DEHOTO Léandre Sourou. "La contribution de l’Eglise catholique à la défense de la paix sous le pontificat de Jean Paul II." Thesis, Lyon 3, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012LYO30017.
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Eglise et Etat, ont en commun le même domaine d’action : le cadre de la société nationale et internationale. Ils ont pour mission la promotion du bien commun intégral de l’homme, de donner sens à la vie et de créer les conditions de l’épanouissement de la sécurité humaine. Pourtant, les politiques ont toujours tendance à s’affranchir du regard du religieux, à se couper de la source transcendante dont les religions sont les dépositaires. Dans les faits, cette séparation du religieux et du politique crée des situations complexes et conflictuelles. Le ré-enchantement de la religion dans les démocraties laïques, est la signature des rapports complexes, mais nécessaires entre le religieux et le politique. Ainsi donc, la frontière entre le temporel et le spirituel reste difficilement définissable; les alliances et les mésalliances du religieux et du politique influencent énormément les problématiques de sécurité et de paix. Alors quelles contributions la religion, en occurrence l’Eglise catholique, peut-elle apporter à la problématique de la sécurité et de la paix? Le pontificat de Jean-Paul II a initié pour la défense des droits de la personne humaine et de sa dignité un projet d’action à l’échelle de la planète. Ces multiples voyages où les dimensions religieuse et politique se répondent et s’imbriquent, ses nombreuses lettres encycliques, ses homélies, ses allocutions devant les représentants des instances internationales et ses prises de positions osées et audacieuses sont caractéristiques de l’exception Jean-Paul II dans un monde en quête de paix et de sécurité. Avec lui, la catholicité de l’Eglise s’est exprimée au quotidien et a dévoilé le caractère spécifique de sa mission de service de l’humanité et du salut en Jésus-Christ. En revendiquant les droits de l’homme pour tous, le pape met l’accent sur une catégorie de droits à la fois la plus universelle et la plus vilipendée dans les systèmes politiques en occurrence dans le marxisme. Jean-Paul II est crédité de politique d’intervention tous azimuts et de présence extrêmement diversifiée. Loin de conclure à un éparpillement désordonné, sa pensée est unifiée et axée sur l’homme comme valeur centrale et primordiale et comme point de focalisation de toutes ses attentionsChurch and State have the same field of action in common: the national and international setting. Their mission is to promote the common wellbeing of mankind, to give meaning to life and to create the proper environment for the fulfillment of human safety. However, politicians have always had the tendency to relieve themselves from the religious point of view, and to turn their back on the transcendental source which the religions safe keep. In fact, this separation of the religious and of the political creates complex and conflicting situations. The re enchantment of religion in secular democracies is the signature of complex but necessary relationships between the religious and the political. Thus, the boundary between worldly and spiritual matters remains hard to define; alliances and misalliances of the religious and the political greatly influence the security and peace problematic. So what contributions can the religion, in this instance the catholic Church, bring to the security and peace problematic?John Paul II pontificate initiated a world scale project in favor of the defense of human rights and dignity. His several trips during which the religious and political dimensions echo each others, his numerous encyclical letters, his homilies, his allocutions in front of representatives of international instances and his bold and daring opinions are characteristic of John Paul II exception in a world longing for peace and security. With him, the catholicity of the Church expressed itself daily and unveiled the specific character of its mission to serve humanity as well as of salvation through Jesus-Christ. By claiming human rights for all, the pope stresses a category of rights altogether the most universal and the most vilified in political systems, in this case Marxism. John-Paul II is credited of all-out interventionist political actions and of extremely diverse presence. Far from inferring a disorganized scattering, his mind is unified and centered around man as the central and foremost value and as the focal point of all his attentions
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Thin, Jeremy. "The Pre-History of Royal Air Force Area Bombing, 1917-1942." Thesis, University of Canterbury. History, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1740.
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This thesis charts the development of area bombing in British theory and practice before its formal adoption in the Second World War, and seeks to discover where its earliest origins can be located. Area bombing was the official policy of Royal Air Force Bomber Command between 1942 and 1945 in its strategic air offensive against Germany, and involved the bombing of industrial cities with the purpose of breaking down civilian morale and disrupting the German war economy. Most historical accounts present area bombing as a gradual development in bombing policy during 1940 and 1941, forced by a lack of success in destroying precise industrial targets from the air. This was the Air Force’s stated policy during the previous two decades, but it proved impossible to implement under wartime conditions. Area bombing was thus gradually adopted by progressively broadening the definition of targets from individual installations to entire towns and cities. This thesis rejects the traditional view, arguing instead that area bombing was at the heart of British bombing policy as early as the First World War. The legacy of this saw an ‘area bombing mentality’ cemented in the strategy of the Royal Air Force during the interwar period. As it was not possible to openly advocate the bombing of civilians during the 1920s and 1930s, this was shrouded in ambiguous language and kept hidden. However, the roots of area bombing come to the surface several times between the wars, and the speed with which area bombing was adopted in 1940 and 1941 shows that they were never deeply buried. While many historians have uncovered individual details that collectively support this contention, none have traced the development of this thought across the period 1917-42. Using a selection of contemporary documents and a thorough review of the secondary literature, this work shows that far from being an improvisation forced by necessity, the adoption of area bombing was unsurprising and can be traced back to 1917.
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Tahvonen, Eryk Emil. "Perpetrators & Possibilities: Holocaust Diaries, Resistance, and the Crisis of Imagination." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07272006-000412/.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2006.Title from title screen. Jared Poley, committee chair; Alexandra Garbarini , Hugh Hudson, committee members. Electronic text (169 p.). Description based on contents viewed Apr. 30, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-169).
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Shackelford, Philip Clayton. "Fighting for Air: Cold War Reorganization and the U.S. Air Force Security Service, 1945-1952." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461432022.
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Pavlíček, Michal. "Přístupy k zajištění jaderné bezpečnosti u reaktorů 3. generace." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-229286.
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The main target of the master´s thesis is reviewing the generation III nuclear reactors in term of the nuclear safety. At first we have to learn some theory of the nuclear safety in order to understand safety systems of the generation III nuclear reactors. Therefore the thesis is divided into two parts. Legislative and technical approaches to nuclear safety are mentioned in the first part. Regulatory bodies, whose task is to supervise nuclear safety in the nuclear power plants, belongs to the legislative approaches. There are defined terms such as defence in depth, redundancy, diversity, etc. There are mentioned methods to assessing nuclear safety – deterministic and probabilistic methods, especially probabilistic methods, for which a simple example is provided. There are also mentioned active and passive safety systems and their significance for nuclear safety and inherent safety too. There is an example of the function of the active and passive safety systems of the EDU nuclear power plant in conclusion of this issue. The second part deals with description of the selected nuclear reactors in context of the construction of the new units of nuclear power plant in Temelín. The nuclear reactors from companies, which applied for the public tender opened by ČEZ, a. s., for the construction of the ETE 3+4. Thus, the nuclear reactor MIR-1200 by ATOMSTROYEXPORT (Russian Federation), the nuclear reactor AP1000 by WESTINGHOUSE (USA) and the nuclear reactor EPR by AREVA (France) are taken into account . Comparison of the generation II and these generation III+ nuclear reactors necessarily belongs to this master´s thesis. These the generation III+ nuclear reactors are compared with the nuclear reactor VVER 440 (EDU) and in particular with the nuclear reactor VVER 1000, which is operated in the nuclear power plant Temelín. The final chapter contains generally appraisal of the whole problem.
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Rindermann, Katja. "The Role of Arabidopsis Class-II TGA Transcription Factors in PAMP-mediated Defense Responses." Doctoral thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-B696-4.
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Marzec, Jacqueline Monnette. "Antioxidant defense effects of an NRF2 ARE polymorphism on the activation of phase II enzymes /." 2006. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07032006-163641/unrestricted/etd.pdf.
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Huang, Po-Chao, and 黃柏超. "The urban planning and air defense in Taiwan under Japanese rule during the World War II." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65966623764145301457.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
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There ware two new technology appeared during the World War I. One is air force, another one is poison gas. By the air force, battlefield is not only in front line, but also in city where is far away from front line. And poison gas let every country under the chemical attack. For prevent those two technology attack, every country start to research urban planning and air defense facilities. Because the location of Taiwan is next to the south-east seacoast of China, when the Second Sino-Japanese war broke out, Governor-Generals Office start to built air defense facilities in Taiwan. In December 7,1941, Japanese Navy attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese government declare war on Allied Power. But in June 4,1943,Japanese Navy was eliminated by U.S Navy at Battle of Midway. From that time, Japan ware attacked by U.S.A until to ended of the World WAR II. In October 20,1944, Philippines Campaign broke out, U.S Navy started bombing Taiwan which is for prevent the attack from Taiwan. The air defense become more and more important for Governor-Generals Office. This thesis is studying about how Governor-Generals Office protect Taiwanese and belongings during 1937 to 1945. Including urban planning and air defense facilities. Analyze and compare those air defense facilities will change according to the war and weapons or not. According to those research, we can found those air defense facilities will change by the war and weapons. The air-raid shelter’s structure ware change from wooden to brick at first, but in the ended of the war, they back to wooden again. The protective wall have different types, if the wall is next to the government buildings, the structure will be stone, if the wall is next to the factories, the structure will be concrete or brick. Camouflage paint is not only used on roof, but also on the important factory’s wall and protective wall. Camouflage screen is used on government buildings for hide the clear feature. Black curtain and window can cover the light which can come from inside to outside. And urban planning will change from the bombing strategy, such like dispersed space and dispersed zone.
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Lin, Chia-Hua, and 林家華. "Characterization and functional studies of a plant class II glycine-rich protein LsGRP1 in plant defense." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/53815589109654474742.
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Salicylic acid- and Botrytis elliptica-inducible defense-related LsGRP1 gene in lily presumably encodes a plant class II glycine-rich protein (GRP). In this study, the results of western blot detection and tandem mass spectrometer analysis revealed that three LsGRP1 variants of 14, 16 and 23 kDa expressed in the leaves of lily specifically, and the expression of 14 and 16 kDa LsGRP1 remained a similar level at different growth stages while the amount of 23 kDa LsGRP1 decreased at the senescence stage. As investigated by immunohistochemistry, LsGRP1 was found to accumulate in the epidermal and the phloem tissues of leaves. The subcellular localization assayed by EGFP imaging and protein extraction analysis revealed that 14 kDa LsGRP1 was located in the plasma membrane whereas 16 and 23 kDa LsGRP1 were weakly bound to the cell wall. Additionally, the accumulation of 14 kDa LsGRP1 and ubiquitin antibody-recognizable 23 kDa LsGRP1 was triggered by salicylic acid and B. elliptica, suggesting that 23 kDa LsGRP1 comes from mono-ubiquitinated 14 kDa LsGRP1 and is related to the occurrence of induced resistance in lily. This is a novel trait never reported for other plant class II GRPs. On the other hand, the failure in LsGRP1 expression using Escherichia coli system suggested the presence of antimicrobial activity in certain region of LsGRP1, and LsGRP1C corresponding to the cysteine-rich C-terminal region was considered an antimicrobial peptide according to its broad-spectrum and effective antimicrobial activity as assayed using chemically synthesized LsGRP1-derived peptides. Furthermore, the inhibition effect of LsGRP1C on fungal growth is possibly via alteration of the integrity of cell membrane and induction of programmed cell death-like phenomenon as revealed by SYTOX Green, H2DCFDA and DAPI staining assays. Moreover, immunofluorescence of LsGRP1C present at the outer layer of fungal cells was indicated and implied that plant cell surface-localized LsGRP1 might retard pathogen via the antimicrobial activity conferred by its C-terminal region. Thus, defense-related LsGRP1 playing an important role in the induced resistance of lily against B. elliptica was assumed; in addition, LsGRP1C derived from LsGRP1 is an antimicrobial peptide with a potential for practical use.
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Zander, Mark. "Arabidopsis thaliana class II TGA transcription factors provide a molecular link between salicylic acid and ethylene defense signalling." Doctoral thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-AE36-A.
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Rindermann, Katja [Verfasser]. "The role of Arabidopsis class-II TGA transcription factors in PAMP-mediated defense responses / vorgelegt von Katja Rindermann geb. Rakowski." 2010. http://d-nb.info/1008269905/34.
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ALKENBRACK, KALEIGH ELIZABETH. "Referential Lives: Literary, Legal, and Colonial Discourses in Audrey Andrews’ Account of the Life and Trials of Dorothy Joudrie." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7336.
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In Be Good, Sweet Maid: The Trials of Dorothy Joudrie (1999), Audrey Andrews recounts the life and trial of Dorothy Joudrie, a so-called wealthy socialite who was arrested in Calgary in 1995 for attempting to murder her estranged husband after decades of domestic abuse. Andrews tells Joudrie’s story in the form of a semi-auto/biographical text that quotes other scholarly and creative literary works in an intertextual dialogue about violence against women, post-World War II gender socialization, and the “battered women syndrome” defence. This thesis takes this highly referential dialogue as its starting point, and then extends Andrews’ cultural work by tracing a genealogy of colonialism in Canadian domestic violence laws with the help of selected intertexts – including Yvonne Johnson’s Stolen Life: Journey of a Cree Woman (1998), the trial of Angelique Lavallee, and Lorena Bobbitt’s infamous case. First, I source the epigraphs that Andrews strategically places at the start of each chapter and discern the layer of meaning that these external texts bring to Joudrie’s story in order to raise questions about how Andrews rearticulates the work of others and the politics of such a rearticulation. Second, I similarly frame Joudrie’s 1995 trial as a referential and intertextual discourse based in precedent established by the Supreme Court in 1990 when it ruled that expert testimony on the “battered woman syndrome” was admissible in the R. v. Lavallee case (Shaffer 1). This allows me to consider a consequence of the ruling often overlooked in feminist literature: due to the fact that the original defendant, Angelique Lavallee, was a Métis woman whose identity was erased in the courtroom and in case law, subsequent trials employing the “battered woman syndrome” defence repeat settler relations entrenched in colonial violence. Third, I expose how representations can fail by thinking through what Stephen Couser calls the auto/bio/ethics of life writing, which reveals the limits of Canadian laws and literatures. Ultimately, this discussion generates questions about who is considered human under the law and how life writing might re-imagine the “reasonable” human in more just and compassionate ways.Thesis (Master, Gender Studies) -- Queen's University, 2012-07-28 10:28:24.988
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Brenner, Wolfram. "I. Etablierung eines induzierbaren Suizidsystems zur Identifizierung von Mutanten der salizylsäureabhängigen Signaltransduktion II. Expression von tierischen Signaltransduktionskomponenten in Tabak zur Herstellung eines induzierbaren Expressionssystems." Doctoral thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0006-ABED-8.
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Gernandt, Leon. "The protection of water during armed conflict." Diss., 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16843.
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Water has been used for military purposes in the past and still continues today, i.e. poisoning of enemy water, attacking enemy water installations, etc. This conduct denies access to water, affects the supply of water, health, supply of electricity, etc. Public international law, such as treaties (e.g. The 1949 Geneva Conventions), customary international law, etc, regulate the protection of water during armed conflict.
Chapter I of the dissertation analizes the public international law ire the abovementioned. The application of public inteniational law, depends on the municipal law of the state concerned. This municipal law is, in the case of South Africa, found in the 1996 Constitution. The 1996 Constitution contains specific provisions regarding inter alia the legal obligations of the South African security services, the legal status of international agreements, as well as the application of customary international law and international law. Chapter II of the dissertation analizes the abovementioned wrt the legal obligations of the SA National Defence Force ire the subject matter.Constitutional, International & Indigenous Law
LL.M. (Public International Law)