with the high rise of immigration in the world, diaspora or presence of the immigrants’ communities in the countries of the first world has attracted significant attention from different scholars. the theoreticians of diaspora have considered several characteristics in defining diasporan communities the most important of which is the relationship to the homeland. with regards to such a relation...

In this paper, the writers try to compare two authors, the Iranian leftist, Bozorg Alavi (1904-1997) and the Polish Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). Although these two writers have different attitudes to Socialism and the question of revolution, both share Romantic idealism and a tragic sense of personal and social life. Moreover, they both are precursors of modernist novel in their countries, and sh...

Within years of evolution, the Hakka people still retain many customs and cultural traditions their homeland, adhere to Confucian ethics morals that originated in homeland. Among them, core values respect for ancestors, teachers, virtue self-improvement have been integrated into bloodline people, becoming an excellent spiritual quality culture important asset overcome difficulties strengthen co...

Protecting our nation’s ports is a critical challenge for homeland security and requires the research, development and deployment of new technologies that will allow for the efficient securing of shipments entering this country. Most approaches look only at statistical irregularities in the attributes of the cargo, and not at the relationships of this cargo to others. However, anomalies detecte...

Most disaster scenarios faced by agencies entrustedwith homeland security require timely access to relevant information that can be sensed and acted upon. However, the required data and information often reside in silos that are isolated from each other due to jurisdictional boundaries or representational incompatibilities. Given the nature of the threat to homeland security, regional, cross-in...

Data mining is emerging as one of the key features of many homeland security initiatives. Often used as a means for detecting fraud, assessing risk, and product retailing, data mining involves the use of data analysis tools to discover previously unknown, valid patterns and relationships in large data sets. In the context of homeland security, data mining is often viewed as a potential means to...

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Prior to the attack on the USS Cole and the events of 11 September 2001, the U.S. Navy was developing antiterrorism programs to address potential terrorist attacks in a resource-constrained environment. Amid unprecedented tragedy associated with these and other terrorist strikes against U.S. interests, both domestic and abroad, government agencies, the Armed Forces, and private companies have r...

in this article, louis aragon is introduced as a contemporary feminist poet and writer; a poet who engaged simultaneously and identically in the two phenomena, feminism and resistance, during the world war ii. he, unlike those who consider women as limits to the power of the battlers, praises women in all his works. he explicitly declares that it has been his beloved who has granted him the spi...

This article explores generational perspectives on homeland-oriented diasporic humanitarianism by minority diasporas. Through a case study of Coptic, Assyrian, and Iraqi Christian charities in the United Kingdom, it compares motivations for charity-giving first- second-generation diaspora members. The first generation has direct life experiences homeland, whereas second indirect knowledge ances...