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Croucher, K. "Tactile engagements: the world of the dead in the lives of the living... or 'sharing the dead'." Ex Oriente, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5802.
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Van, Boening Mark Virgil. "Call versus continuous auctions: An experimental study of market organization." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185542.
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The results from 17 new experiments and 19 previously reported experiments are compared in an investigation of call and continuous auctions. The call auction used is the computerized PLATO sealed bid/offer (SBO), uniform price auction. The continuous auction used is the PLATO double auction (DA), a computerized version of the "open outcry" double auction. The SBO call auction has temporal consolidation of market orders and has limited information about trading activity. The continuous DA auction is characterized by sequential bilateral trades, and trading information (bids, offers, and prices) is publicly displayed. The paper first explores the effect of multiple crossings per trading period in the SBO call auction. Next, a comparison of SBO and DA is made, based on market experiments using flow supply and demand schedules. The institutional comparison is then extended to experimental asset markets. The results imply the following. First, multiple calls per period increase the efficiency of the SBO call auction, relative to one call per period, but they also induce greater misrepresentation of costs and values in the first crossing each period. Buyers and sellers also withhold units from the first crossing in a further attempt to gain strategic advantage. However, neither the withholding nor the misrepresentation appears to have any substantial influence on price. Second, the SBO auction with two calls per period is as efficient as the DA auction. In markets with a random competitive equilibrium (CE) each period, the SBO auction does a better job than DA at tracking the random CE price. Thus the SBO auction is equally as efficient as the DA, and has the further attributes of lower price volatility and greater privacy. Third, in laboratory asset markets, the SBO auction exhibits price bubbles similar to those observed in DA markets. Price dynamics in the two institutions are comparable, despite the stark differences in order flow and information dissemination.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 51 (2016)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/607398.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 52 (2017)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623079.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 33 (1998)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302120.
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FORTY SECOND ANNUAL MEETING / April 18, 1998 / Glendale Community College / Glendale, Arizona / 1997-1998 Annual ReportsAbstracts from the annual meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.
1998 Proceedings Supplement / Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 32 (1997)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302134.
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FORTY FIRST ANNUAL MEETING / April 19, 1997 / The University of Nevada, Las Vegas / Las Vegas, NV / 1996-1997 Annual ReportsAbstracts from the annual meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.
1997 Proceedings Supplement / Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 34 (1999)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302135.
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FORTY THIRD ANNUAL MEETING / April 17, 1999 / Northern Arizona University / Flagstaff, Arizona / 1998-1999 Annual ReportsAbstracts from the annual meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.
1999 Proceedings Supplement / Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 35 (2000)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302136.
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FORTY FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING / April 15, 2000 / The University of Arizona / Tucson, Arizona / 1999-2000 Annual ReportsAbstracts from the annual meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.
2000 Proceedings Supplement / Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 37 (2002)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302137.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 39 (2004)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302138.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 40 (2005)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302139.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 41 (2006)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302140.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 36 (2001)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302141.
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FORTY FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING / April 14, 2001 / University of Nevada, Las Vegas / Las Vegas, Nevada / 2000-2001 Annual ReportsAbstracts from the annual meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 38 (2003)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302142.
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FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING / April 12, 2003 / Northern Arizona University / Flagstaff, Arizona / 2002-2003 Annual ReportsAbstracts from the annual meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 42 (2007)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302161.
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FIFTY FIRST ANNUAL MEETING / March 31, 2007 / Northern Arizona University / Flagstaff, Arizona / 2006-2007 Annual ReportsAbstracts from the annual meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 43 (2008)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302162.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 44 (2009)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302210.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 45 (2010)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302211.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 46 (2011)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302212.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 47 (2012)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302213.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 48 (2013)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/302222.
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FIFTY SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING / June 16-19, 2013 / Joint Meeting with the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science / University of Nevada at Las Vegas / Las Vegas, NVAbstracts from the annual meeting of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 29 (1994)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/316099.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 23 (1988)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/316120.
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THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING / April 16, 1988 / Participating Societies - Arizona Junior Academy of Science, American Water Resources Association, Arizona Hydrological Society / University of Arizona / Tucson, Arizona
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 24 (1989)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/316121.
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THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING / April 15, 1989 / Participating Societies - Arizona Junior Academy of Science, American Water Resources Association, Arizona Hydrological Society / University of Nevada / Las Vegas, Nevada
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 25 (1990)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/316122.
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THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING / April 21, 1990 / Participating Societies - Arizona Junior Academy of Science, American Water Resources Association, Arizona Hydrological Society / Arizona State University / Tempe, Arizona
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 49 (2014)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/316166.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 21 (1986)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/316220.
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THIRTIENTH ANNUAL MEETING / April 19, 1986 / Joint Meeting with the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science / Participating Societies: Arizona Junior Academy of Science, American Water Resources Association / Glendale Community College / Glendale, Arizona
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 01 (1960)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/316239.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 08 (1973)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/316240.
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 20 (1985)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/316243.
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TWENTY NINTH ANNUAL MEETING / April 27, 1985 / Joint Meeting with the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science / Participating Societies: Arizona Junior Academy of Science, American Water Resources Association / University of Nevada at Las Vegas / Las Vegas, NV
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 22 (1987)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/316248.
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THIRTY FIRST ANNUAL MEETING / April 19, 1987 / Joint Meeting with the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science / Participating Societies: Arizona Junior Academy of Science, American Water Resources Association, Arizona Hydrological Society / Northern Arizona University / Flagstaff, Arizona
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Science, Arizona-Nevada Academy of. "Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Volume 50 (2015)." Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/550372.
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Gottlieb, Steven J. "Congress, military retirement benefits, and deficit reduction : a comparison of military retirement adjustments between the 103rd and 104th Congresses /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA312718.
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Sarwal, Kavita. "International cancer control congresses : do they make a difference?" Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43322.
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This study has taken advantage of a “natural experiment,” the holding of International Cancer Control Congresses (ICCC) to conduct research that assesses the value of such undertakings, and examines ways for effectively pursuing positive change in improving policy and practice related to cancer control. Given the importance of this global challenge, this study investigates the question: Do International Cancer Control Congresses influence reported changes in participant behaviors and activities that enhance the development or implementation of population-based cancer control programs and increased collaborations?
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The population of interest included all the congress registered participants for two International Cancer Control Congresses—362 individuals at the 3rd ICCC for the first pod of surveys; and 310 participants at ICCC4 for the second pod of surveys. The primary data collection instrument was self-report surveys, surveyed in two pods. Each pod included an on-site survey followed by a follow-up survey a few months later on the same census sample of participants. Research instruments for data collection included surveys, interviews, conference documentation, observations as well as secondary data from WHO publications and appropriate web based publications like country plans and others. The study was organized as a mixed methods research using a triangulation design that allowed a mix of both quantitative and qualitative data in a single study.
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The study indicates that most respondents gained professionally in improved understanding of global population based cancer control programs and new insights into cancer control. Through sharing best practices and insights gained at the congress in their jurisdictions, many indicated that the Congress has helped them in their cancer control work, including increased awareness for establishing collaborations and for setting up surveillance systems; also highlighting for them the importance of expediting national cancer/integrated non-communicable disease plans. Increasing their networks, participants continue experiencing a rise in interest and involvement in cancer control. The Latin American Region research reveals that it takes time before initiatives emerge and can be attributed to ICCC. In revealing which finds are inconclusive, this study offers opportunities for cohort longitudinal investigations.
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Committee, Conference for A. Democratic Future (CDF) Organising. "Conference for a democratic future." African National Congress, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/66502.
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This booklet is intended to serve as a report-back to those organisations which were party to the Conference for a Democratic Future (CDF) and to those who were unable to be present. It is also intended to act as a guide to action for 1990 and beyond. The CDF was a historic gathering of the forces for change represented by 4600 delegates from over 2100 organisations. These range form Bantustan parties on the one end of the political spectrum to ultra leftist groups on the other end. But perhaps the most significant presence was from organisations like Five Freedoms Forum, NAFCOC, the Hindu Seva Samaj, that of traditional leaders and the hundreds of other community organisations which are rapidly becoming an active component of the mass struggle for change. Also significant was the strong worker representation from a range of trade unions, including eight affiliates of NACTU whose leadership had turned down the invitation to be part of the Conference. The Conference for a Democratic Future was a major step in the overall process of building unity in action and maximising the isolation of the regime. It was, in this sense, not an isolated event. The year 1989 had taken unity in action to new heights with the Defiance Campaign and the mass marches. The process leading up to the CDF was intended td be more important then the Conference itself. Likewise, in the post-Conference period, the follow-up process should be given the importance it deserves. At the end of the day, it is this follow-up process which would determine the actual success or failure of the CDF exercise. The Declaration adopted at the Conference represents the strategic orientation of the broad forces for change. It calls for the intensification of the struggle and for the placing of the question of political power on the agenda of our united mass action. The Conference resolutions collectively contain the elements of a programme of action. Without exception, each resolution is a call to action. The task of all participants of the Conference is to translate these resolutions into Mass United Action. The adoption of the Harare Declaration should act as the starting point of a process which takes its content to the masses of our people in all comers of the country. The demand for the Constituent Assembly should become a popular demand of the people. By adopting the resolution on international pressure, the Conference sends an unambiguous signal to the world community on how the people of South Africa view their role in the struggle to end apartheid. The follow-up to the Conference should also be a continuing search for whatever common ground exists between the broad forces for change. This search must take place not only at a national level, but mere importantly at a regional and local level. Let us bear in mind the words of the Declaration: “The moral appeal of the Democratic Movement has never been greater”. by an MDM delegate on the CDF Convening Committee.Includes the Harare Declaration: declaration of the OAU Ad-hoc Committee on Southern Africa on the Question of South Africa (Harare, Zimbabwe, August 21, 1989)
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Almén, Oscar. "Authoritarianism constrained : the role of local people's congresses in China /." Göteborg : Göteborg university, departement of peace and development research, 2005. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40058545s.
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Orsolin, André. "OS CONGRESSOS EDUCACIONAIS PALOTINOS COMO UM INSTRUMENTO POLÍTICO - PEDAGÓGICO DE INTEGRAÇÃO (1994-2007)." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2009. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/9709.
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This research has as theme The Pallottine Educational Congresses as a Political Pedagogic an Instrument of Integration (1994 2007) , and it presents a study of the Congregation of Pallottine priests and brothers, during the Latin American Congresses of Pallottine Education conducted by the educational institutions, between 1994 and 2007. The Pallottine Pedagogy arose from the need to
revive the faith and the charity, between 1795 and 1850, with Vicente Pallotti in Rome, Italy. The Pallottine priests arrived in Argentina and Brazil in 1888, brought by the Italian immigrants to provide pastoral and educational aid. Due to expansion of the Pallottine Schools, arose the need to deepen and strengthen the pallottine political pedagogic identity of these educational institutions. Therefore, in 1994, it took place the First Latin American Congress of Pallottine Education, with the objective to bring educators together from Pallottine Schools. Thus, this research sought to understand how the Pallottine Pedagogy as institutional pedagogic policy of education got organized in Argentina and Brazil, between 1994 and 2007, from the analysis of the Latin American Congresses of Pallottine Education, documents (letters) and a questionnaire applied to principals and teachers of Pallottine Schools. The study is divided into three chapters, dealing respectively with: the Pallottine Pedagogy: considerations about the principles of this pedagogy; Latin American Congresses of Pallottine Education: development of the Congresses, analysis of the letters and questionnaires; Antonio Alves
Ramos Sshool and its Educational practice: pedagogic practice. It was concluded that the pallottine pedagogic educational policy got organized through the guidelines of education from their own countries, church and congregation, adapting according to the need of the school community.Esta pesquisa que tem como tema Os Congressos Educacionais Palotinos como um Instrumento político-pedagógico de integração (1994-2007) , apresenta um estudo da Congregação dos Padres e Irmãos Palotinos, através dos Congressos Latino-Americanos de Educação Palotina realizados pelas instituições educacionais desde 1994 a 2007. A Pedagogia Palotina surgiu da necessidade de reavivar a fé e reacender a caridade entre os anos de 1795 a 1850 com Vicente Pallotti em Roma/Itália. Na Argentina e no Brasil, em 1885, chegaram padres palotinos trazidos pelos imigrantes Italianos, para prestarem auxílio pastoral e educacional. Devido à expansão dos Colégios palotinos, surgiu à necessidade de aprofundar e fortalecer a identidade política pedagógica palotina destas instituições educacionais. Por isso, no ano de 1994, realizou-se o I Congresso Latino- Americano de Educação Palotina com o objetivo de reunir educadores provenientes de Colégios Palotinos. Diante disso, buscou-se nesta pesquisa, entender de que forma a Pedagogia Palotina enquanto política pedagógica institucional de educação se organiza na Argentina e no Brasil, no período de 1994 2007, a partir da análise dos Congressos Latino-Americanos de Educação Palotina, documentos (cartas) e um questionário aplicado a diretores e professores de Colégios Palotinos. O estudo está divido em três capítulos, tratando respectivamente de: a Pedagogia Palotina: considerações sobre os princípios dessa pedagogia; Congressos Latino-americanos de Educação Palotina: desenvolvimento dos Congressos, análise das cartas e dos questionários; O Colégio Antonio Alves Ramos e sua vivência Educacional: a prática pedagógica. A partir da pesquisa concluiu-se que a política pedagógica educacional palotina se organiza através das diretrizes de educação dos próprios países, da Igreja e da Congregação adaptando-se conforme a necessidade da comunidade escolar.
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Welfare/UNICEF, Portfolio Committee on. "A report from the portfolio committee on welfare / UNICEF workshop on children and development." Portfolio Committee on Welfare/UNICEF, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65969.
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Honourable Cassiem Saloojee, MP chaired the workshop. He noted that the workshop was intended to provide an opportunity to assess several recent research studies related to children and development in South Africa. People who had been invited included MPs, members of NGOs and CBOs and government officials. A list of participants is attached.
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APDUSA. "APDUSA: African People's Democratic Union of Southern Africa." APDUSA, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/66088.
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The Fourth National Conference of the APDUSA, held in Ezibeleni, Queenstown on 15/16 April 1995, must be marked as one of the most significant events in the history of the organisation. Taking place one year after the establishment of a new political order in South Africa, it was a pertinent time to assess its import in the face of the critical problems that still beset the nation. The achievement of the universal franchise, after long years of bitter struggle, has indeed been a signal victory for the labouring masses of South Africa. But it is a victory that has brought no improvement in the socio-economic conditions of their existence. Still suffering on the anvil of oppression and exploitation, the millions of workers and land-starved peasants are fast losing faith in the ability of the new Government of National Unity to solve their problems. The struggle for liberation has thus entered a new phase. But the oppressed are also faced with a crisis of leadership. Their organisations of struggle are in disarray, with many of those who formerly occupied leading positions, having departed to take up positions in the institutions of government. In this situation, the task of mapping out the programmatic basis of the future course of their struggle, is one of utmost importance. These are the questions that commanded the attention of the APDUSA conference. Against the background, it is fitting that the large majority of those participating in the conference were members of the new generation. Theirs was a major contribution. After a thorough assessment of the new needs of the struggle, conference resolved to redefine and sharpen the political programme of the APDUSA. In so doing, it remains governed by its commitment to the interests of the workers and the landless peasantry in both its short term and long term objectives.
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Browning, Lisa E. "The Olympic sponsorship : a meeting planning perspective /." Online version of thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11718.
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Renton, Louise Margaret. "Studies of some antiparasitic agents." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13992.
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Each year, between 300 and 500 million people develop malaria. Close to 3 million people die as a result. Due to resistance there are now few drugs left which are effective against malaria; one is a Chinese herbal remedy called qinghaosu (artemisinin). A section of this thesis represents an attempt to understand further the mode of action of this antimalarial agent. Several mechanisms involving iron have been proposed and the main categories reviewed (chapter 3). Techniques including ESR spectrometry, fluorescence and absorbance measurements were used to further probe the mode of action of qinghaosu. The findings of these studies provide support for a mechanism proposed by Wu et al., involving cleavage of the peroxy bridge in qinghaosu with the ferrous ion as opposed to antimalarial activity being due to the generation of high valent iron-oxo species. The ether derivative of qinghaosu, arteether has been studied using 2D NMR in order to provide further insight into the unusual structure of this compound (chapter 4). A comparison of the sp2 lactone functionality in qinghaosu with the sp3 ether group in arteether was performed. Evidence is presented for different conformations and chemical shift values. The immune system protects the human body from invasion by foreign substances or cells. A key part of this immune response comes from cellular components known as macrophages. The killing process of macrophages appears to involve nitric oxide. However, this natural defence mechanism is not very efficient as the body is susceptible to invasion by microbes. The term microbe includes both parasites and bacteria. The toxicity of nitric oxide (NO) and NO donor compounds has been investigated using the bacterium E. coli (chapter 5). In addition, studies have been performed using parasites. Malarial parasites (Plasmodia) are difficult to culture, therefore Leishmania parasites which cause the tropical disease leishmaniasis were used as a model (chapter 6). Evidence is presented for the toxic nature of NO donor compounds towards both parasites and bacteria. However, qinghaosu and its derivatives did not prove effective against Leishmania mexicana parasites in contrast with their reported antimalarial activity. The conclusions of this study suggest that qinghaosu possesses a toxicity mechanism selective for malarial parasites.
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Iyusuka, Sheyla Saori. "Mulheres na agroecologia : um estudo bibliométrico." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2015. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/7895.
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The sexual division of work brings the forms of unequal as if establish relations of organization, production and conduct of choices in the forms of land use. The presence of women in the scenario of agriculture is still marginalized and amended as aid to work of the men, which are considered the main force of productive unit, and in extension activities to domestic work - as vegetable gardens, small livestock and other activities that involve the backyard. From addition, in rural studies, is a great challenge to incorporate the woman as the subject and focus of research. This article understands the importance of giving continuity and visibility to the studies and research that involve the theme of women and gender in agriculture, in particular in the area of knowledge of agroecology. This way, it was proposed a bibliometric analysis of the studies presented in the Brazilian Congresses of Agroecology (CBAs). Whereas the various contributions of different areas of knowledge in agroecology, bibliometrics can provide important information on the directions of studies and research in this area in Brazil. To analyze the data and the content of the abstracts expanded with the theme of women and gender, it was chosen to organize them through a filter with the following terms: gender, women, peasant, rural women, workers, women, farmers, producers, the ospreys, seated and garbage collectors. The summaries selected from the filter were organized through the following metadata: Title, Authorship, Affiliation, Year of publication, Abstract and Keyword. In this article we managed to analyze the authorship and affiliation, showing how each state/region of Brazil has influenced on publications during the twelve years of CBA. Was perceived also as the theme was growing during the editions of the event and, at this moment, it was studied the trajectory of groups and institutions in the various spaces of agroecology, and as v influenced the universities, technical assistance and rural extension and nongovernmental organizations with the theme.
A divisão sexual do trabalho traz as formas desiguais de como se estabelecem as relações de organização, produção e condução das escolhas nas formas de uso da terra. A presença das mulheres no cenário da agricultura ainda é marginalizada e dada como “ajuda” aos trabalhos masculinos, que são considerados “carros–chefe” da unidade produtiva, e se encontram em atividades de extensão aos trabalhos domésticos - como hortas, pequenas criações e outras atividades que envolvem os quintais. A partir disso, nos estudos rurais, é grande o desafio de se incorporar a mulher como sujeito e foco de pesquisas. Estes artigos entendem a importância de dar continuidade e visibilidade aos estudos e pesquisas que envolvem o tema de mulheres e gênero na agricultura, em especial na área do conhecimento da agroecologia. Desta forma, foi proposta uma análise bibliométrica dos trabalhos apresentados nos Congressos Brasileiros de Agroecologia (CBAs). Considerando as diversas contribuições de diferentes áreas do conhecimento na agroecologia, a bibliometria pode fornecer informações importantes sobre os rumos de estudos e pesquisas desta área no Brasil. Para analisar os dados e o conteúdo dos resumos expandidos com o tema de mulheres e gênero, optou-se em organizá-los através de um filtro com os seguintes termos: gênero, mulheres, camponesas, mulheres rurais, trabalhadoras, feminino, agricultoras, produtoras, pescadoras, assentadas e catadoras. Os resumos selecionados a partir do filtro foram organizados através dos seguintes metadados: Título, Autoria, Afiliação, Ano de Publicação, Resumo e Palavra-chave. O primeiro artigo conseguiu-se analisar as autorias e afiliação, mostrando como cada estado/região do Brasil influenciou nas publicações durante os doze anos de CBA. Foi percebido também como o tema foi crescente durante as edições do evento e, neste momento, foi estudado a trajetória de grupos e instituições, nos diversos espaços da agroecologia, e como influenciaram as universidades, instituições de assistência técnica e extensão rural e organizações não governamentais com o tema. Já no segundo artigo, a leitura do corpus de textos possibilitou inserir as publicações em categorias de acordo com a complexidade de informações apresentadas e a diversidade de atividades rurais que estão inseridas as iv mulheres. As categorias permitiram trazer as questões e os debates das mulheres na agroecologia, e como as autorias têm apresentado a realidade das mulheres nos espaços rurais. Para reforçar a visibilidade do tema, uma tabela com a identificação das autorias foi construída, além de mapas que permitiram a visualização dos locais e regiões que apontam os projetos, pesquisas, coletivos e grupos com mulheres.
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Everatt, David, and Mark Orkin. "'Growing up tough': A national survey of South African youth." Joint Enrichment Project, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65862.
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The Community Agency for Social Enquiry (CASE) was commissioned by the Joint Enrichment Project (JEP) to undertake research for the National Youth Development Conference. The research programme had three components:the compilation of a computerised and annotated youth database, comprising domestic research into youth, and the extraction of five policy papers covering the areas of education, employment-creation, AIDS, violence and social context, and historical context. an international comparative component, which focused on the youth brigades in Botswana, and the whole range of youth development initiatives taking place in Kenya and Uganda, covered in an additional two position papers. a national baseline and attitudinal survey into youth in South Africa. The results of all three components of the research project will be published in book form later this year. The summary reports of the local and international comparative policy papers are available in a separate booklet. This is the report of the national survey into youth in South Africa. Aims of the survey The survey has four main aims: demographic: to accurately describe how many youth are in the different parts of South Africa, how many are in or out of school or work, and so on. attitudinal: to allow youth to express their views on a range of social, economic, political and personal issues.to analyse youth marginalisation: to scientifically analyse and describe the marginalisation of youth within South African society. programmatic: to provide results which directly assist organisations designing programmes which target youth. Designing the survey The survey was designed by the CASE senior research team of Professor Mark Orkin, Director of C A S E; Dr David Everatt, Deputy Director of CASE and project co-ordinator; and Dr Ros Hirschowitz, Specialist Researcher at C A S E. The design process was lengthy and complex, because the aims of the survey were complicated. As a first step, CASE gathered together existing youth research and survey data, in order to see what we could learn from them. We then convened a design workshop to assist us. Participants in the C A S E national youth survey for JEP 1 workshop comprised people who had experience with youth, or with survey design. They included John Aitchison (CASE and the Centre for Adult Education, University of Natal), Debbie Budlender (CASE and the National Women's Coalition), Dr Jannie Hofmeyr (Research Surveys), Ms Vanessa Kruger and Professor Ari Sitas (University of Natal), Ms Anne Letsebe (SABSWA), Mr Steve Mokwena (JEP), Mr Rory Riordan (Human Rights Trust) and Dr Jeremy Seekings (University of Cape Town). We also needed input from the youth themselves. Discussion groups with youth (called 'focus groups') were held with youth from Alexandra and Soweto, from Ciskei and the eastern Cape, from Bophuthatswana and the northern transvaal, from Chatsworth and Claremont in Durban, and elsewhere. We reached youth from cities, squatter camps, towns and rural areas. The focus groups were organised by C A S E and Research Surveys, a professional market research company. The youth told us what their concerns were, what their aspirations and fears were, and what interventions they felt are necessary to improve their lives. CASE then designed a draft survey. We had to try it out (called 'piloting') to find out if the survey tapped the youth's actual views and experiences, and so give the JEP the information they sought. The survey was piloted on a representative sample of 100 youth (aged between 16 and 30) by Research Surveys. Using the results of the focus groups and the pilots, the CASE research team then produced the final questionnaire, which went into the field in November/December 1992.
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Yang, Yijia. "Have the Chinese Financial Markets Been Manipulated Before the CPC National Congresses?" Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1102.
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This paper examined the probability that the Chinese financial markets have been manipulated prior to the most recent three CPC National Congresses. Based on historical data, it used the Monte Carlo simulation to calculate the probability of the weekly and monthly percentage change of the SSE50 Index and the RMB to USD central parity rate one week and one month prior to the most recent 17th, 18th and 19th CPC National Congress. The results indicate that the weekly and monthly percentage change of both the SSE 50 Index and the RMB to USD central parity rate prior to all three Congresses would be extremely unlikely if both markets have moved in a manner consistent with their previous stochastic movements. It is highly likely that the Chinese financial markets have been manipulated prior to the most recent three CPC National Congress. This study also makes conjectures about manipulators’ motivations behind the market manipulation, assuming the existence of market manipulations.
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Fahnestock, Aidan S. "Taking Back America: The Republican Freshmen of the 104th & 112th Congresses." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/884.
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The 2010 freshman class bears an uncanny resemble to their idealistic counterparts from 1994. Their campaign rhetoric, motivations and beliefs are almost interchangeable. The triumphs and especially frustrations and failures of their first terms also bear stark similarities. Most critically, the freshmen's conservative agenda suffered a disappointing electoral rebuke in their first elections as incumbents. Both the 1996 and 2012 presidential year congressional elections halted the respective momentum of the Republican Revolution and the Tea Party. The lessons of the 104th Congress offer many lessons to the freshmen of the 112th, namely that ideological "revolutions" in America (in this case, those of a conservative nature) struggle to deal with the challenges of governing. This thesis will examine and compare the rhetoric and motivations of the freshmen during their initial campaigns, and the triumphs and tribulations of their first terms in a city that is resistant to sudden and sweeping changes. The title of this work, "Taking Back America," reflects the sense of urgency and gravitas that spiritually united both classes of freshmen. The personal observations recorded in Linda Killian‘s The Freshman (1998) and Robert Draper‘s When the Tea Party Came to Town (2012) form the foundation of this examination, which focuses entirely on the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Hussain, Gaitee. "Magnetic activity in late-type stars." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/14404.
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High resolution spectroscopic techniques are used to investigate the magnetic topology of the young, rapidly rotating star, AB Dor. Doppler images of AB Dor are produced using the Li I 6708 Å line and compared to images produced using Ca I and Fe i lines. A Li abundance of 2.9±0.3 dex is measured using LTE profile synthesis. By evaluating the effects of enhanced spot Li abundances we find that starspots are unlikely to lead to an overestimation of the photospheric Li abundance. While the Li I 6708 Å line is strengthened in the presence of starspots, the extent to which the Li I line equivalent width displays rotational modulation is diluted. A Zeeman Doppler imaging code, which maps the surface magnetic flux distributions on rapid rotators, has been developed and tested in this thesis. Reliability tests indicate that this technique is robust with respect to small errors in line and stellar parameters. Spectropolarimetric observations of AB Dor from three years are presented here. The technique of least squares deconvolution, combines the signal from over 1500 lines, enhancing the S/N of the observed dataset. Brightness and magnetic maps of AB Dor are reconstructed using the deconvolved profiles and show excellent agreement with maps produced using independently developed codes by J.-F. Donati. This points to the consistency of Doppler imaging techniques. Magnetic field maps show the presence of strong radial and azimuthal fields at almost all latitudes. This non-solar like distribution of magnetic flux may indicate the presence of a distributed dynamo component operating in the convection zones of rapid rotators. By tracing the positions of absorption transients in Ha, we find prominence complexes at almost all longitudes. Footpoint locations remain difficult to ascertain. Prominences are ejected over much shorter timescales than the timescale over which differential rotation should act further observations with closer time sampling are necessary to investigate the coronal topology further.
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(CFHSS), Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. "CFHSS 2008 delegate's guide." Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5412.
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The CFHSS delegate's guide features local/UBC events and exhibits; panel discussions; association keynotes, joint sessions, and events; book fair and exhibitors' information; and, some of the many faces of Congress including those shown on page 46.
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Maxted, P. F. L. "Accurate astrophysical parameters for algol-type binary stars." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/14383.
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We present new, accurate astrophysical parameters for both components of the six short-period Algol-type binary stars RZ Cas, AT Peg, TX UMa, AF Gem, RU UMi and HU Tau. The accuracy of the astrophysical parameters is ensured by the determination of a mass ratio for each of the systems from the spectroscopic orbits of both components via the cross correlation technique. For RZ Cas and AT Peg we have developed a simple technique to correct the observed photometry for the presence of the secondary component. Spectral classification of the primary component of AT Peg was aided by the use of an improved Doppler tomography technique. The systems RZ Cas, AT Peg, TX UMa, AF Gem and HU Tau are found to be apparently normal semi-detached Algol-type systems and accurate masses and radii have been determined with a typical precision of a few percent. For RU UMi we have been able to confirm the suspected semi-detached configuration. We have compiled a list of nine Algol-type binary stars, five from this study, for which the observed astrophysical parameters have been determined accurately using a combination of both spectroscopic and photometric data in a self-consistent solution. The general model of non-conservative case B evolution adequately explains the properties of these systems as a group. Angular momentum loss via a magnetic stellar wind is shown to be an important factor in the evolution of these systems. However, there appear to be no published evolutionary models which can be used to estimate the properties of the progenitors of these systems. For the more massive systems the best available models predict periods that are too large by ~50-250% and luminosities for the faint components that are too high by factors of 10-20.
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Álvarez, Justo Elías. "El Eurocomunismo y su influencia en el PSUC (1975-1982)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/671841.
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La presente tesis aborda el estudio del eurocomunismo y de su influencia en el PSUC, el principal partido del antifranquismo en Catalunya.
Coincidiendo con el desarrollo de la transición a la democracia, el partido de los comunistas catalanes oficializó en su IV Congreso (1977) importantes cambios organizativos, estratégicos y doctrinales que fueron expresión, simultánea, de la culminación de las experiencias de los años sesenta y de una reflexión crítica respecto a la experiencia de los países del denominado socialismo real.
El abandono definitivo del partido de vanguardia, la nueva concepción del partido de masas, la aproximación a problemáticas sociales inéditas como el ecologismo o la amenaza de la marginalidad entre la juventud serán, entre otros elementos, aspectos que el PSUC tratará de integrar en una estrategia coherente de avance al socialismo. Cabe destacar igualmente que, el desarrollo de la democracia (democracia político-social) y una revalorización de los derechos políticos, se convierten en los principales ejes de una línea política que se reclama autónoma en tiempos de la Guerra Fría y enfrentamiento de bloques.
Con el ánimo de analizar la influencia del eurocomunismo en la organización del partido y su militancia, el estudio del V Congreso (1981) aparece como un acontecimiento clave. El congreso era, según las normas estatutarias, la máxima autoridad del partido, así como era también la expresión de la voluntad general de la militancia. Por ello reflejó en numerosa documentación congresual, los debates que tuvieron lugar en las distintas agrupaciones del partido.
El V Congreso debía, bajo la óptica de la dirección, sancionar la línea política seguida desde el anterior congreso y oficializar definitivamente el eurocomunismo. No obstante, el congreso mostró la división del PSUC, que conoció un debate que afectaría a los principales pilares de la organización; naturaleza del partido, objetivos e identidad.
En suma, la presente tesis trata de analizar el desarrollo del PSUC en el periodo entre 1975 y 1982 y su repercusión en los debates que abrirían la crisis de la organización, comprendiendo que la organización de los comunistas catalanes experimentó una particular transición, que teóricamente, debía capacitarla para mantener el alto grado de influencia social alcanzado durante la fase final de lucha contra la dictadura franquista y adaptarse al nuevo- e inestable- marco democrático.The present thesis focuses on the influence of Eurocommunism on the PSUC, one of the main Catalan political parties during the 1970s. While the 4th Congress of the Party, held in 1977, set down the core ideas related to Eurocommunism and led to many changes within the organization, the 5th Congress (1981) was conceived by the party leadership, as its ultimate consecration. Nonetheless the debates that took place on the aforementioned congress revolved, precisely, around the legitimacy of the term Eurocommunism a fact that eventually opened up the crisis -and the looming split- when it was decided its definitive suppression. In a few words, our aim is to study which were the changes undertaken by the party and how they intertwined with the officialization of a new political line -under the banner of Eurocommunism- that gave room to new insights and approaches but also created internal instability when some portions of the rank and file members felt that core elements of the party were being eroded.
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Reinert, Kathy Carol. "Music and the Nazi Party Congresses, its role in spectacle, festival and ritual." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq22740.pdf.
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