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Certain steel nails from India, Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam : investigation nos. 701-TA-515-521 and 731-TA-1251-1257 (Preliminary).

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Embassy to the Eastern courts : America's secret first pivot toward Asia, 1832-37 / by Jampoler, Andrew C. A., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…The first cruise, March 8, 1832-May 31, 1834 : USS Peacock and USS Boxer -- President Jackson, Secretary Woodbury, and Mister Roberts -- The Frigate USS Potomac at Kuala Batee -- Master Commandant Geisinger, Chargé d'Affaires Baylies, and Surgeon Ticknor -- Monte Video to Manila -- China, Cochin China, and Siam -- Oman, Mozambique, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, and New York -- Part 2. …”
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Britain's departure from Aden and South Arabia : without glory but without disaster /

Table of Contents: “…Between withdrawal and greater engagement: the Aden abandonment and its impacts on British policymaking towards Oman, 1968-72 / James Worrall -- 10. Managing and mismanaging departure: the South Arabian Federation and the United Arab Emirates in Comparative Perspective / Simon C. …”
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Asia-Pacific perspectives on teacher self-efficacy /

Table of Contents: “…Smith -- The mediating role of collective teacher efficacy beliefs in the relationship between school climate and teacher self-efficacy across mainstream and special needs schools / Wan Har Chong and Ming Ying Ong -- Understanding teacher self-efficacy to teach in inclusive classrooms / Umesh Sharma and Sindu George -- Teaching efficacy belief as a new paradigm for teacher career development and professionalism in Korea / So-Jung Seo -- A comparative study of early childhood teacher self-efficacy for arts education in Australia and Oman / Susanne Garvis and Ali Kemal Tekin -- Inclusion, classroom management and teacher self-efficacy in an Australian context / Stuart Woodcock and Andrea Reupert -- Teacher self-efficacy and junior secondary: exploring a moment of reform in Queensland Schools / Donna Pendergast and Katherine Main -- Teacher efficacy research in mainland China / Olli-Pekka Malinen.…”
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Asia inside out : itinerant people /

Table of Contents: “…Perdue -- Mobility's spatial fix: finding the Vietnamese "homeland" from the outside in / Erik Harms -- Mobility assemblage and the return of Islam in Southeast China / Biao Xiang and Qiang Ma (Ramadan) -- Cowry country: mobile space and imperial territory / David Ludden -- Persian rugs in Southeast Asia: cultural production and taste making in a new market / Narges Erami -- A "south" imagined and lived: the entanglement of medical things, experts, and identities in premodern East Asia's South / Angela Ki Che Leung -- Traveling manuscripts: understanding pilgrimage in Central and Eastern Islamic lands / Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya -- Slaves, arms, and political careering in nineteenth-century Oman / Seema Alavi -- The darker side of mobility: refugees, hostages, and political prisoners in Persianate Asia / James Pickett -- Deploying Theravada Buddhist geographies in the age of imperialism / Tamara Loos -- Itinerant singers: triangulating the Canton-Hong Kong-Macau soundscape / May Bo Ching -- Roast beef vs. pigs' trotters: knowledge-in-transit in the work of a Chinese food evangelist / Emma Teng -- The Asian sportscape: hubs of play and flows of contention / William W. …”
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The Arab Gulf's pivot to Asia : from transactional to strategic partnerships /

Table of Contents: “…-- Scope for Security Partnership -- Notes -- 2 Belt and Road Initiative: Opportunities and Obstacles for the Gulf -- From OBOR to BRI -- China's Vision for the BRI -- Middle East and the Gulf -- Benefits for the UAE -- Oman's Duqm Project and Digital Silk Road -- Potential Challenges -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Gulf-Japan Ties, Beyond the Energy Sector -- Key Dynamics -- Funds Flow System -- Non-Oil Trade -- Japan-Saudi Vision 2030 -- UAE-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Initiative…”
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Asia inside out : connected places /

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School health in Asia and Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Underweight and Overweight or Obesity and Associated Factors among School-Going Adolescents in Oman, 2015 (Supa Pengpid, DrPH, and Karl Peltzer, PhD, ASEAN Institute for Health Development, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, and others) -- Chapter 9. …”
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