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Us-China Relations: Challenges an Opportunities for Pakistan

Thesis Info

Author

Sajid Ali

Department

Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, QAU

Program

Mphil

Institute

Quaid-i-Azam University

Institute Type

Public

City

Islamabad

Province

Islamabad

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2017

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Page

viii, 89

Subject

Defence & Strategic Studies

Language

English

Other

Call No: DISS/M.Sc DSS/133

Added

2021-02-17 19:49:13

Modified

2023-02-19 12:33:56

ARI ID

1676718363110

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احترام آدمیت
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Sla-Aware Energy Efficient Resource Management for Cloud Environments

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