Dissertations / Theses: 'Mexico – Boundaries – United States'

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Harrison, James Richard 1959. "DESIGN OF A LONG LINE INTRUSION DETECTION SENSOR." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277170.

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Boime, Eric I. "Fluid boundaries : Southern California, Baja California, and the conflict over the Colorado River, 1848-1944 /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3071055.

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Murià, Tuñón Magalí. "Enforcing boundaries globalization, state power and the geography of cross-border consumption in Tijuana, Mexico /." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2010. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3397196.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2010.
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed March 30, 2010). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 384-401).

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Elichabe, Benoît. "United States stem cells research boundaries." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39529.

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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves [88]-90).
Recent empirical work has demonstrated the importance of a number of elements of scientific infrastructure that seem to be crucial particularly in fields such as molecular and cellular biology in which the materiality of research renders the process of replication and validation more complex. Scientific infrastructure has many interconnecting elements such as the ability to exchange material used in experiments, the ability to share ideas and information and the ability to share, exchange and promote the mobility of researchers. We focus our investigation on stem cell research in the United States (US). Research in human developmental biology has led to the discovery of human stem cells. The science of stem cell therapies is about to enter a phase of research and development that could lead to unprecedented cures and palliative treatments. However, it is a highly regulated field of research and it raises an important amount of moral, religious and ethical concerns. We seek to examine the boundaries that have emerged in the US in this particular field and we try to understand their impact on the US market of fertilized eggs, embryos and human embryonic stem cells.
by Benoît Elichabe.
M.B.A.

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Fonseca, Ramirez Alejandro. "Macroeconomic policy coordination between the US and Mexico, a control theory analysis." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Salas, Andrew E. "U.S. - Mexico military to military cooperation revisited." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Jun%5FSalas.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in International Security and Civil-Military Relations)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2003.
Thesis advisor(s): Harold Trinkunas, Jeanne Giraldo. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-64). Also available online.

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Strothers, Sarah Renata. "Shakuhachi in the United States: Transcending Boundaries and Dichotomies." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1276940591.

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Littmann, Kathi. "Rethinking the Schoolhouse Boundaries: A Program Design for Urban District Transformation." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2009. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/557.

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After a century of reform efforts, urban school districts have not demonstrated political, managerial, or technical skills for systemic and sustainable organizational transformation. This study proposes that this cycle of reform failure generates from a theoretical misunderstanding of education organizations as mechanical systems, where failure points can be identified and replaced with corrective action in a controlled environment. This study begins with the theoretical understanding of educational organizations as complex adaptive systems with broad and deep internal and external connections that may or may not be readily visible. This requires a reform approach that anticipates and takes advantage of the flexibility and agile responsiveness seen in sustainable complex systems across many diverse disciplines (neuroscience, biology, ecology, technology, social sciences). This study examines historical and current reform efforts within the current context of legal, legislative and policy environment of a typical urban district (Los Angeles Unified School District.), and proposes an alternative program design for district transformation based on complexity theory.

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Ledbetter, John Robert. "Developing Mexico : negotiating the ambitions of the United States and Mexico, 1945-1952 /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Villarreal-Rios, Rodolfo Williams William Appleman. "Independent internationalism and nationalistic pragmatism the United States and Mexico /." [Missoula, Mont.] : The University of Montana, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-11032008-163623/unrestricted/Villarreal-Rios_Rodolfo_THESIS.pdf.

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Valencia, Celina I., Kacey Ernst, and Cecilia Ballesteros Rosales. "Tuberculosis Treatment Completion in a United States/Mexico Binational Context." FRONTIERS MEDIA SA, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625712.

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Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a salient public health issue along the U.S./Mexico border. This study seeks to identify the social and structural factors, which are associated with TB disease burden in the binational geographic region. Identification of barriers of treatment completion provides the necessary framework for developing evidence-based interventions that are culturally relevant and context specific for the U.S./Mexico border region. Methods: Retrospective study of data extracted from medical charts (n = 439) from Yuma County Health Department (YCHD) (n = 160) and Centro de Salud San Luis Rio Colorado (n = 279). Patients currently accessing TB treatment at either facility were excluded from the study. Chi-square, unadjusted odds ratios, and logistic regression were utilized to identify characteristics associated with successful TB treatment in this population. Findings: The study population was predominantly male (n = 327). Females were more likely to complete TB treatment (OR = 3.71). The absence of drug use and/or the absence of an HIV positive diagnosis were found to be predictors of TB treatment completion across both clinical sites. Forty-four percent (43.59%) (n = 85) TB patients treated at CDS San Luis did not complete treatment versus 40.35% (n = 49) of TB patients who did not complete treatment at YCHD. Moving from the area or being deported was the highest category (20.78%) for incomplete TB treatment in the population (n = 64) across both clinical sites.

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Johnson, Matthew B. "Jatropha (Euphorbiaceae) in Southwestern United States and Adjacent Northern Mexico." University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/554312.

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Muir, Alisia N. "United States-Mexico Dual Resident's Perceptions of Heritage and Acculturation." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6070.

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United States' policy makers have been challenged creating understandable nutrition labels and effective healthy food campaigns for consumers of mixed heritage. Previous studies explored the sociocultural factors that influence Hispanics' abilities to navigate consumer food education programs, but little was known about how Mexican culture impacts those programs. The purpose of this study was to better understand those factors. Research questions focused on the experiences of residents of a west Texas town regarding their food decision-making process about food choices and their understanding of food education information. The purpose of this phenomenological research was to explore how Mexican culture effected navigation through these programs. I used the theory of dietary acculturation, environmental theory, and advocacy coalition framework as the lenses to view this phenomenon. Data were generated from 9 interviews with primary decision makers concerning food choices for their households. Interview data were open coded to obtain themes suggested by study participants. Results indicated that participants considered healthy food and used varying approaches when selecting healthy food. Family time was an important factor in food choice. Healthy foods messages came from personal physicians, local marketing, and government agencies. The quality and cost of American products were often a consideration. Participants indicated that access to current health information and Mexican food products are integral to making future healthy food choices. The implications for positive social change may include raising awareness among state and federal policy makers of the factors influencing healthy food choices in effective nutrition labeling and healthy food education programs.

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Gottfried, Corbett S. "U.S. Military Intelligence in Mexico, 1917-1927: An Analysis." PDXScholar, 1995. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4960.

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The Military Intelligence Division (MID) was the U.S. Army's intelligence agency that reported to the Chief of Staff within the War Department. During the years 1917- 1927, the MID routinely conducted surveillance of Mexico, including: espionage, mail censorship, radio intercepts, intelligence gathering, and development of plans for the invasion of Mexico. This study utilizes a tripartite model to evaluate the production and analysis of military "intelligence" by the MID in Mexico during the period 1917-1927. First, the organization and development of the Military Intelligence Division from its origins in 1885 through the year 1927 is explored with sections on institutional history and objects of investigation. Second, a quantitative analysis of intelligence documents identifies the focus and priorities of the MID in Mexico. Third, a textual analysis of intelligence documents makes use of a cross-cultural framework to demonstrate the prevailing attitudes, perspectives and world views of the MID toward the Mexican state and its peoples. The thesis question as to whether the U.S. Military Intelligence Division created an accurate and complete picture of "reality" of Mexico is answered in the negative. The MID perspective was colored by cultural bias, ignorance, and misunderstanding. Ultimately, the MID failed to grasp the reality of Mexico because it failed to ask the right questions. It seriously misunderstood the nature of Mexico and its peoples, especially in its relationship with the United States .. The particular model developed for this study lends itself to the possibility of further research in the area of international history and cross-cultural studies. The use of multiple analysis techniques provides a more comprehensive picture of the various factors involved that influence historical events.

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Rebert, Paula. "La Gran Línea : mapping the United States-Mexico boundary, 1849-1857 /." Austin, Tex. : Univ. of Texas Press, 2001. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/texas041/00041771.html.

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Arredondo, Lizett. "Violence in Contemporary Mexico and the Role of the United States." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/857.

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This thesis examines the current state of violence in Mexico that is largely attributed to drug cartel violence. In addition to noting the role of organized crime in Mexico, I include the role the United States has played in the drug industry and the increase of drug-related violence in Mexico. I analyze the implications of US gun laws and the involvement of the DEA in Mexico, along with the efficacy of such measures like NAFTA and the Mérida Initiative.

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Kriegler, Anine. "United States post-Cold War drug and trade policy and Mexico." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11943.

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This essay provides a framework for explanations of the drug war's failure and its incongruity with other regional interests, most notably trade. It suggests three potential theoretical interests, most notably trade. It suggests three potential theoretical approaches - a conspiracy (realist) theory, a cultural (constructivist) theory, and a compartmentalisation (bureaucratic politics) theory.

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Luoma, Benjamin C. "The U.S. military and security along the U.S. Mexico border evaluation of its role in the post September 11th era /." View thesis View thesis via DTIC web site, 2002. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA411150.

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Hanchett, Ivy D. "Immigration and economic integration case studies : United States - Mexico and Venezuela - Colombia, /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA293531.

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Thesis (M.S. in National Security Affairs) Naval Postgraduate School, December. 1994.
Thesis advisor(s): Scott D. Tollefson. "December 1994". Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-91). Also available online.

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Goetz, Kristen, and Jennifer Vogel. "A Comparison of Pharmaceutical Products Obtained from the United States and Mexico." The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624398.

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Objectives: Despite the growing attention to the issue of patient utilizing foreign pharmaceuticals, the lack of scientific evidence makes it impossible to reach a conclusion about the topic. The objective of this study was to test the content of the active ingredient in three medications (warfarin, levothyroxine, and Viagra/sildenafil), obtained from the United States and Mexico, according to United States Pharmacopeia (USP) standards. Methods: The identification and quantification of the pharmaceutical products was determined utilizing normal and reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Each individual tablet was weighed , dissolved in an appropriate solvent, and sonicated to produce a sample for HPLC analysis. Twenty, ten, or six individual samples of each medication were analyzed twice via an appropriate HPLC method, depending on the number of tablets available. In addition, a bulk sample of twenty tablets was analyzed for both warfarin and levothyroxine to assess an average concentration for each sample. Results: The content of levothyroxine in the three Mexico medications was 87.0±2.3%, 104.7±3.1%, and 100.5±14.2%; compared to 98.4±1.4% in the US sample. Warfarin content analysis for the Mexican products resulted in an average of 98.5±2.6%, 95.9±1.1% and 94.8±1.8%; compared to 97.4±2.3% in the US sample. The sildenafil samples from Mexico were found to contain only 67.8±3.8% and 71.1±1.0% of what the US sample contained. Conclusions: Six out of the eight samples collected from Mexican pharmacies contained lower amounts of active ingredient than their US equivalents. In terms of the average concentration, many of the medications from Mexico fell within the USP range but there was great variation in the content of each individual tablet.

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Masur, Laura Elizabeth. "Virginia Indians, NAGPRA, and Cultural Affiliation: Revisiting Identities and Boundaries in the Chesapeake." W&M ScholarWorks, 2013. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626712.

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Pöschl, Caroline. "Local government taxation and accountability in Mexico." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2015. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3680/.

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The taxation-accountability theory broadly states that if governments are dependent on taxation, they will become less corrupt and more accountable to citizens. The need to raise tax revenue is said to spark incentives that lead to mutually beneficial bargaining between government and citizens. Citizens agree to make tax payments in return for more accountable governance and increased influence in government decision-making. Several scholars have shown empirical evidence in support of this taxationaccountability theory at the national level, yet few have studied it at the local government level. This paper explores this theory in the context of Mexican municipal governments using a mixed methods research approach. It first surveys the relationship between taxation and accountability using econometric analysis and then employs a comparative case study of six urban municipalities that are under considerable pressure to raise their tax revenue. The latter is based on several months of field research conducted in the states of Guerrero, Tabasco, Baja California Sur, Aguascalientes, Yucatán and Coahuila. It reveals the processes that evolve from revenue pressure, whether they lead to tax bargaining, and the extent to which greater accountability can be expected as a result. The findings provide some evidence of tax bargaining and positive correlations between the importance of taxation in a government’s budget and accountability. However, the causal link to greater accountability is not straightforward and is greatly hindered by the institutional framework surrounding local government. While implicit agreements between government and citizens showed that equilibrium between taxation and accountability was consistently maintained, restrictions on local power and other institutional factors stood in the way of increased local taxation sparking greater local accountability. These factors may be remedied by reform.

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Hurst, Elizabeth Mary. "Keep it tight : family, learning and social transformation in New Mexico, United States." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/16008.

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This dissertation examines learning as part of social transformation in a semi-rural town in New Mexico, United States. It incorporates a focus on young people through direct work with children and observations in school and argues that each person's understanding is historically emergent from what sense they make of the events of their personal history as this unfolds over time in intersubjective relations with others. This has implications for the ways in which Hispano/a and Latino/a people living in “Bosque Verde” make sense of concepts like respect, hard work and obligation, as well as how they think about family and children's wellbeing. The ways in which people experience and understand getting older and their movements from child to adult/parent and from parent to grandparent/elder are central to this process of making sense. As people age, what they know to be true transforms, as does how they perceive the effects of social change. For people living in Bosque Verde, this includes both the experience of contemporary social and economic shifts in New Mexico and the United States, as well as how people there have made sense of social marginalisation over the past century and back into the more distant past. Parents and elders manifest historical consciousness of these transformations in part through their concerns for children and their vulnerability in an insecure and unequal world. Children, however, constitute their own ideas about family, hard work, care and respect in ways that potentially transform their meaning, as well as the possibilities of their own futures. This thesis therefore describes ‘keeping it tight' in Bosque Verde as a microhistorical process that shapes how people understand and experience social relationships over the lifetime. This process, in turn, influences how people living there make sense of the past and imagine the future for themselves and others.

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Haraguchi, Kelii H. "Three essays on Mexican migration to the United States /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/8521.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2008.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-97). Also available online in Scholars' Bank; and in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.

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Murphy, Thomas A. "Prospects for United States-Mexican cooperation in the war on drug trafficking." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA246180.

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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1990.
Thesis Advisor(s): Tollefson, Scott D. Second Reader: Bruneau, Thomas C. "December 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 2, 2010. DTIC Identifier(s): Drug Interdiction, Drug Smuggling, War On Drugs, United States, Mexico, Drug Control Policies, Border. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-129). Also available in print.

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Hedin, Andreas, and Erik Josefsson. "Labour Migration : A Study of Mexico´s labour flow to the United States." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Economics, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-978.

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Romo, Christine Gamez. "Mediated Representations of Latinos and the United States-Mexico Border in the Media." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194501.

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Media is used to shape the identity of a nation. It serves as a vehicle to reassure and reaffirm the dominant group's perspective and ideals in order to maintain the status quo. The media has its greatest influence on people who do not have a frame of reference to help them interpret what they see. People who have not had direct contact with the subject being presented may believe that what they are viewing is an accurate depiction. Latinos are often misrepresented on television and film and are a minority faced with constant character distortion. The stereotyping of Latinos has changed very little since the 1970's when it was first called to the attention of the United States House and Senate. This is due in part to the nation's media outlets, which are still the main visual vehicles that perpetuate these stereotypes. This dissertation examines mediated representations of Latinos and the United States-Mexico Border in films, produced in Hollywood and Mexico City, as well as U.S. network newscasts.

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Rodgers, Thomas George. "The boundaries of coercion in the American Revolution ca.1760-1789." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2011. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/55551/.

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The American Revolution has generated a rich historiography covering innumerable aspects; ranging from causation to consequences, political ideologies to social change; specific locales to global context; and exploring the significant themes of race, class and gender. However, despite this extensive coverage, there remains a disjuncture at the heart of interpretations of the Revolution between the principles that inspired it and the violence that sustained it. By reconstructing the boundaries of coercion this bifurcation can be repaired and the moral, intellectual, political and social constraints of force revealed.

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Grissom, Bruce W. "The immigration challenge : the use of U.S. Military Force to control illegal immigration from Mexico." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1997. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA331694.

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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1997.
Thesis advisors, Thomas C. Bruneau, Scott O. Tollefson. AD-A331 694. Includes bibliographical references (p. 53). Also available online.

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Choiniere, Jennifer. "Content and Uniformity of Mexican Manufactured Lovastatin and Warfarin Versus American Manufactured Lovastatin and Warfarin." The University of Arizona, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624720.

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Objective: To analyze the quantity of active ingredient as well as the content uniformity of lovastatin and warfarin manufactured in Mexico as compared to the lovastatin and warfarin manufactured in the United States. Methods: High-pressure liquid chromatography assays modified from the U.S. Pharmacopoeia will be used to evaluate the amount of active ingredient found in lovastatin and warfarin manufactured in Mexico and America. Area-under-the-curve analysis was done to evaluate relative quantities of the active ingredients. Results: The amount of lovastatin found in the Mexican manufactured product was found to be 64%, and content uniformity was found to be 73%, both values are outside of the acceptable range of 90%-110% set by the USP-NF guidelines. The amount of warfarin found in the Mexican manufactured product was found to be 84% with a content uniformity of 100%. The average content value is outside of the acceptable range of 90%-110% set by the USP-NF guidelines. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the amounts of active ingredients found in Mexican manufactured lovastatin and warfarin were significantly different from the amounts found in the American manufactured products.

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Newkirk, Alicia. "A Comparison of Content and Quality of Atenolol and Captopril Manufactured in Mexico and the United States." The University of Arizona, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624764.

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Objectives: To determine whether the quantity of active ingredient and content uniformity of atenolol and captopril manufactured in Mexico are comparable with those manufactured in the United States. Methods: An adapted United States Pharmacopoeia-National Formulary (USP-NF) guideline was utilized for a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) assay to quantify the active ingredient of each medication. The US products were considered to contain 100% of the active ingredient, with acceptable variance range of 90-110%. Atenolol 50 milligrams (mg) and captopril 50 mg tablets, manufactured from either Mexico or US, were tested in this comparative study. Results: Quantification of active ingredient in Mexican captopril 50 mg tablets were within the acceptable range of the USP-NF guidelines at 94.2%. The content uniformity was also within the acceptable range of the USP-NF guidelines at 99.0%. The quantity of active ingredient in the Mexican atenolol 50 mg tablets, as well as content uniformity, was also within the acceptable range of the USP-NF guidelines at 110.0% and 95.0%, respectively. Implications: The results of this study showed that captopril and atenolol manufactured in Mexico were comparable to those manufactured in the US with no significant differences regarding amount of active ingredient and content uniformity.

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Nii, Sarah. "Comparison of Content and Uniformity of American versus Mexican Manufactured Acyclovir and Cephalexin." The University of Arizona, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624765.

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Objectives: To determine whether acyclovir and cephalexin produced in Mexico are equivalent in content and uniformity to products made in the United States. Methods: High-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) assays were performed on drug samples of Mexican products and U.S. products using U.S. Pharmacopeia – National Formulary (USP-NF) guidelines.5 Content and content uniformity of the products from the U.S. and Mexico were compared. Results: Acyclovir produced in Mexico had 75.4% content and 78.1% content uniformity compared to the acyclovir produced in the United States. The Mexican manufactured cephalexin had 99.0% content and 99.9% content uniformity compared to the U.S. manufactured cephalexin. Implications: Not all Mexican manufactured drugs are equivalent in content and content uniformity to American manufactured drugs.

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Pak, Chang. "A Comparative Study of the Quality of Lorazepam and Phenytoin Manufactured in Mexico and the United States." The University of Arizona, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624767.

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Objectives: To determine whether the quantity of active ingredient and content uniformity of lorazepam and phenytoin manufactured in Mexico is comparable with those manufactured in the United States. Methods: A high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) assay based on slightly modified United States Pharmacopoeia- National Formulary (USP-NF) guidelines was used. Relative quantification of the active ingredient was accomplished using the US products as standards. The US products were assumed to contain 100% of the active ingredient. Lorazepam 1mg tablets and phenytoin 100mg capsules were tested using the assays. Results: The quantity of active ingredient in the Mexican lorazepam 1mg tablets were within the acceptable range of the USP-NF guidelines at 100%. The content uniformity was also within the acceptable range of the USP-NF guidelines at 104.6%. The quantity of active ingredient in the Mexican phenytoin 100mg capsules as well as content uniformity were also within the acceptable range of the USP-NF guidelines at 101.6% and 98.2%, respectively. Implications: The results of this study showed that lorazepam and phenytoin manufactured in Mexico were comparable to those manufactured in the US with no significant differences regarding amount of active ingredient and content uniformity.

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Yau, Andrew. "A Comparative Study of the Quality of Diltiazem and Verapamil Manufactured in Mexico Versus Those Manufactured in the United States." The University of Arizona, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624776.

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Objective: To determine whether or not the amount of active ingredient and content uniformity of diltiazem and verapamil products manufactured in Mexico are comparable to those manufactured in the U.S. Methods: High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) assay was used to compare the quantity of active ingredients contained in diltiazem 120 mg ER capsules and verapamil 120 mg ER tablets manufactured in Mexico vs. those manufactured in the United States. The content uniformity was also compared using guidelines contained in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia-National Formulary (USP- NF), with guidelines slightly modified to better suit the experiment. The acceptable range of variances in the quantity of active ingredient was taken from the USP-NF (90-110%). The mean active drug content from the samples manufactured in the U.S. was assumed to meet USP-NF standards at 100%. Results: The experimental results showed that the Mexican verapamil 120 mg ER capsules fell below the USP-NF acceptable range of 90-110% with a value of 83.2%, which is 11.2% less than the U.S. samples tested. The content uniformity of Mexican verapamil also fell below the USP-NF acceptable range of 90-110% with a value of 88.6%. The Mexican diltiazem 120 mg ER capsules fell above the USP-NF acceptable range of 90-110% with a value of 196.2%. The content uniformity was also above the acceptable range with a value of 183.0%. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the drugs used in this experiment are not within the range that is deemed acceptable by USP-NF standards. The Mexican verapamil was below the range deemed acceptable while the Mexican diltiazem was above the range deemed acceptable. However, the study results cannot be generalized since they represent only a limited number of batches.

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Lozano, Ascencio Fernando. "Immigrants from cities : new trends in urban-origin Mexican migration to the United States /." Digital version, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p9956884.

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Marcotte, Christina, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "8,893 kilometres of cooperation : applying Kingdon's model to the development of Canadian border security policy since 9/11." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Political Science, c2009, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/2469.

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Canadian border security policies are largely shaped by the asymmetrical relationship that exists between Canada and the United States. American markets are the primary destination for over eighty percent of Canadian exports, creating an economic dependence highlighted in the days following 9/11. As wait times at the American border extended to sixteen hours the importance of the shared border came sharply into focus. To ensure Canada‟s economic security the Canadian government needed to develop policies that would satisfy the American need for physical security and the Canadian need for economic security. This thesis applies John Kingdon‟s policy streams model to demonstrate and explain the subsequent development of Canadian border security policies. It also examines the institutional context for border security policies and examines two case studies: the Container Security Initiative and NEXUS.
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Webb, Amanda D., and Amanda D. Webb. "Fire Effects and Management in Riparian Ecosystems of the Southwestern United States and Mexico." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626146.

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Lowland riparian ecosystems constitute a tiny fraction of total land area in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, yet they are extremely important to human livelihoods and biotic communities. Facing ongoing projected climate change toward hotter and drier conditions, riparian ecosystems are both vulnerable to changes in climate and increasingly critical to the well-being of humans and wildlife. Due to the dynamic nature of these ecosystems and their abundance of resources, riparian areas have been modified in various ways and to a large extent through human endeavor. These alterations often interfere with multiple and complex ecological processes, making riparian areas more vulnerable to disturbance and change. Few naturally functioning riparian areas remain, and those that do are imperiled by climate change, groundwater pumping, land use, and other factors. A small but growing body of literature suggests that wildfires may be increasing in frequency and severity in southwestern riparian zones. This literature review summarizes and synthesizes the state of the knowledge of wildfire and prescribed fire effects on abiotic processes and vegetation, and post-fire rehabilitation. Results suggest that in lowland riparian ecosystems, fire regimes and fire effects are influenced primarily by streamflow and groundwater regimes. Thus, increasing fire frequency and severity may be attributed to drought, land use, water use, and their subsequent effects on the spread of non-native plant species, as well as a history of fire suppression and increasing anthropogenic ignitions in areas with a growing human presence. Changing fire regimes are likely to have drastic and potentially irreversible effects on regional biodiversity and ecosystem function. However, there are options for managing riparian ecosystems that will be more resilient to fire and climate change, such as implementing environmental flows, prescribed fire, fuel reduction treatments, floodplain restoration, and promoting gene flow. This study is intended to inform management decisions, and identify gaps in systematically reviewed literature.

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Baker, Dana Lee. "Children's disability policy in Canada, the United States and Mexico : a question of convergence /." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3025136.

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Fiederlein, Suzanne Leone. "Responding to Central American refugees: Comparing policy design in Mexico and the United States." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185924.

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The dissertation analyzes and compares the responses of governmental policymakers in Mexico and the United States as they confronted a growing influx of Central American migrants in the 1980s. The study examines how two countries with contrasting political systems, economic capabilities, and international positions approached the issue of refugee policy relating to Central Americans. A central objective of the analysis involves identifying the set or sets of independent variables--domestic policy concerns, foreign policy interests, and international law considerations--that exert the most influence over the design of refugee policy and assessing how their influence changes depending on the characteristics of the refugee population, the capabilities of the two countries, and the degree of openness of their political systems. While the study shows that the process of designing refugee policy involves accommodating competing goals shaped by all three sets of independent variables, it concludes that national capabilities determine the set of independent variables dominating the process, with foreign policy interests exerting more influence over the United States and domestic policy and international legal considerations affecting Mexican policy to a greater extent. The set of variables that dominates shapes the generosity or restrictiveness of the policy and determines other features of the policy design. The degree of political openness further influences the policy design process by allowing for the participation of domestic interest groups. In the United States with its open political system, domestic opponents forced the government to adopt a more generous policy over time, although domestic interest groups affected policy implementation to a limited extent in Mexico as well. The study examines the relationship among the variables by comparing case studies that detail the policy responses of Mexico and the United States through the use of a policy design framework. This framework identifies the core elements of each country's policy--its goals, targets, agents, and instruments--and then traces the policy's development through its several implementation and revision stages. The use of a policy design framework facilitates a systematic comparison of the two cases and promotes an evaluation of policy outcomes both in terms of the fulfillment of goals and the impact of policy on the refugee population.

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Leyva, Yolanda Chávez. ""¿Que son los ninos?": Mexican children along the United States-Mexico border, 1880-1930." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/288959.

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This dissertation is a study of Mexican children along the U.S. border from 1880 to 1930. The study explores the ways in which Mexican children were incorporated into the growing capitalist border society of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During this period, there were demographic changes in both the United States and Mexico as children comprised an increasingly significant portion of the population. As a result of this growth, and the heightened visibility of children, both nations focused on the implications, both positive and negative, of being "nations of youth." Along the border, the fears and hopes associated with children were accentuated as a result of the already difficult ethnic relations between Mexicans and Anglo Americans and shifting international relations between Mexico and the United States. Mexican children became symbols of the tremendous socio-economic changes taking place along the border. Issues of control, which expressed themselves in the creation of institutions to monitor immigration, expanding educational and social service systems, and the rapid incorporation of Mexican children into the labor force, were hotly contested. On the U.S. side of the border Mexican children entered a highly racialized society in which Mexicans were considered inferior and useful only as low-paid workers. Yet at the precise time that the population of Mexican children was growing along the border, American society advocated a more protective stance towards children. As a consequence of these two circumstances, Mexican children played a unique role in this region. Mexican children were recruited as workers, and expected to act as adults by both employers and family. Schools sought to educate them yet the education was limited by ethnic stereotypes which dictated that Mexican children would become nothing more than low-paid, menial laborers. Mexican parents attempted to control their children, particularly in maintaining a Mexican identity and values while Americanization efforts undermined their parental authority. American nationalists viewed them with alarm, fearful that the growing numbers of Mexican children would overwhelm that Anglo American population. The Mexican government, in turn, viewed the emigration of Mexican children as a cultural and economic loss to the nation.

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Cazzaro, Ilaria <1997&gt. "The United States-Mexico border during the Nixon Administration An ambivalent degree of porosity." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/20885.

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Questo lavoro tratta il confine tra Stati Uniti e Messico alla fine degli anni ’60, più precisamente durante il primo anno della presidenza Nixon (1969-1973). L’obiettivo dell’elaborato è quello di analizzare il grado di porosità del confine tra i due paesi mediante due eventi, opposti in termini di chiusura e apertura del confine, lanciati rispettivamente dai due paesi. La scelta temporale è dovuta al fatto che, nel settembre del 1969, l’amministrazione Nixon lanciò un programma, denominato Operation Intercept, con l’obiettivo di bloccare il flusso di droghe e sostanze proveniente dal Messico e di piegare il paese vicino ad essere più cooperativo nelle operazioni di contrasto alla produzione e distribuzione di droghe. Allo stesso tempo, nella seconda metà degli anni ’60, il governo messicano aveva lanciato il Border Industrialization Program, volto a industrializzare la regione del confine dal lato messicano e attirare capitale estero per sviluppare la zona sia in termini economici che industriali. L’elaborato analizza nel dettaglio i due programmi con il fine di mostrare come, a seconda delle necessità e decisioni di un dato governo, il confine possa essere usato come strumento per favorire o bloccare il flusso di persone e merci da una parte all’altra; inoltre, analizza come, in entrambi i paesi, la popolazione e i dirigenti hanno reagito ai due programmi.

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Abe, Yuka. "Japanese Fathers in the United States: Negotiating Different Cultural Expectations." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2006. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/sociology_theses/2.

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Japanese fathers residing abroad have not been given much attention in Japanese scholarship. In this study, I examine how Japanese fathers in the United States negotiate between Japanese and American cultural expectations regarding fatherhood. Relying on a symbolic interactionist perspective, and through qualitative research involving in-depth interviews with 24 Japanese fathers who live in the United States for business, I focus on the men's culture, conduct, and self-identification. My interviews suggest that Japanese fathers who temporarily stay in the United States usually adhere to Japanese culture and, accordingly, live up to Japanese expectations of fatherhood. Thus, paternal modifications influenced by expectations from close associates are due not to their embracing American fatherhood, but rather to their "situational adjustment." Ultimately, this is a study of cognitive boundaries and of how people decide to internalize cultural expectations different than their own.

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Sanchez, Sabrina M. "In the name of the father, the governor, and "A-1 good men"| Performing gender and statehood in territorial New Mexico, 1880--1912." Thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3589360.

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Marginalized husbands, fathers, and sons on dramatically different positions within territorial New Mexico's social, racial, and class hierarchies constructed and performed the identity of young, able-bodied, industrious "A-1 good men" when demanding entitlements from governors, penitentiary wardens, chiefs of the Mounted Police Force, and Bureau of Immigration officials in a fledgling territory that desperately coveted statehood. Not a Hispano identity, an Anglo identity, or an affluent one, this gendered identity embodied a representation of the man territorial authorities defined as the ideal New Mexican, an image deemed necessary to merit and achieve equal inclusion in the United States.

I argue that New Mexico's underfunded institutions of the Territorial Penitentiary, Mounted Police Force, Bureau of Immigration, and territorial courts—institutions designed to facilitate New Mexico's transition from a demeaned site of Spanish, Mexican, and indigenous Pueblo authority to a celebrated site of U.S., Anglo, and federal authority—enabled this gendered representation to flourish.

This dissertation interrogates how and why territorial institutions differentially recognized those with whom they interacted, directly or tangentially, including immigrant miners, an incarcerated pregnant African American teenager and her veteran father, an elderly Anglo female murder victim, imprisoned Hispano husbands, Hispana business owners in need of police protection, and young Anglo "cowmen" seeking employment.

New Mexico's status as a peripheral participant in the nation propelled a milieu of unbelonging and rigorous racialization. Scrutinizing demands for entitlements found in the correspondence, advertisements, and judicial proceedings of territorial institutions illuminates a gendered rhetorical pattern that determined whose labor would be considered most valuable, whose testimony would be granted the most consideration in court, whose family would merit wages from territorial employment, and whose presence would be most welcome outside of the penitentiary.

New Mexico's territorial institutions are spaces where the enmeshment of race, gender, working-class masculinity, and political disenfranchisement is highly visible. These institutions did not evaluate gendered claims of entitlement equally. How women—whether Hispana, Anglo, African American, immigrant, native-born, young, elderly, domestic worker, or business owner—negotiated this space in political transition challenges the ubiquitous performances of masculinity harnessed to obtain privileges from territorial institutions.

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Hughes, Erin Elizabeth. "An American atra? : boundaries of diasporic nation-building amongst Assyrians and Chaldeans in the United States." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/30987.

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Voluntary and forced migrations over the past century have given rise to the number of displaced peoples and nations who consider themselves diasporas. The resiliency of these extra-territorial nations after displacement is something of a paradox in nationalism studies. For diaspora, the nation is simultaneously local and transnational, divided and caged by the confines of state borders, often intermixed with other ethnic groups, nations, and cultures, and yet, undeniably, a singular community. Through a comparative examination of the Assyrian and Chaldean diaspora in the United States, this dissertation uses boundary theory to explore the role of diasporic elites in making and sustaining a diasporic nation, and the events, identities, and ideologies that shape diasporic action. It draws from twenty-nine interviews held with Assyrian and Chaldean leaders in Michigan, Illinois, and California, and with policy-makers, as well as research into congressional documents, policy papers, and press reports. The multi-ethnic fabric of American society is formative to boundary-creation, and yet challenges its retention, providing an open society for ethnic expression and civic and political engagement, whilst at the same time facilitating assimilation and loss of diasporic culture and identity. Diasporic elites pursue institutional completeness to sustain diasporic presence in local societies, and cultivate national ideologies that in turn engender activism on behalf of the greater diasporic nation. The Iraq War served as a catalyst to nation-building, providing the first political opening in decades for diasporic actors to mobilize on behalf of Assyrians and Chaldeans in the homeland, seeking constitutional recognition as equal members of the Iraq state. However, the impermeable, exclusionary Iraqi national boundary wrought in conflict instead posed an existential crisis, forcing Assyrians and Chaldeans from Iraq and forcing diasporic leaders to confront questions of what will become of their nation if the homeland is lost. Revealed in the resulting political demands are two distinct strains of nationalism: that for resettlement into diaspora and continued integration into Iraq; and that for territorial autonomy within Iraq’s Nineveh Plain. This dissertation argues diaspora is a continuous, evolving product of boundary-making, often the result of diasporic elite mobilization. Diaspora is a nation not simply born of displacement, but formed through social boundaries encountered and made upon resettlement outside the homeland. Nationalism is a significant component of diasporic nation-building, offering insight into political goals, ideologies, and the dedication of diasporic elites to sustaining an Assyrian and Chaldean homeland, an atra, in diaspora.

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Ivanovic, Marija. "Middle Power Dreaming: Mexico between Aspirations and Reality." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-264078.

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This thesis examines the case of Mexico as middle power. More precisely, it tries to see what were the limitations and possibilities that Mexico faced in the period 2000-2012, while trying to engage more in the international system and rise its international profile. The PAN governments that were in power at that time devoted much of their energy trying to better international position of Mexico, and implicitly the thesis will answer the question of how successful were their strategies.

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Malkin, Victoria Sara Grey. "Gender and family in transmigrant circuits : transnational migration between Western Mexico and the United States." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313745.

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Naidu, Ashwin. "Where Mountain Lions Traverse: Insights from Landscape Genetics in Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/578431.

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The projected growth in human population, rapid urbanization, and expansion of structures like highways and canals pose a major threat to the future survival of wildlife, particularly large terrestrial mammals. In many cases, wild animal populations have been restricted to fragmented habitat islands due to anthropogenic developments, endangering them to local extinction. Current and future wildlife conservation and management strategies are leading to the implementation of mitigation measures such as creation of wildlife habitat corridors. In this light, novel and interdisciplinary research methods such as approaches in the field of landscape genetics are proving to be increasingly useful and necessary for assessing the status of wildlife populations and furthering efficacy of conservation programs and management efforts. In this 5-year research study, I review literature in the field of landscape genetics, highlighting studies and their applications toward wildlife conservation over the past decade (2005-2014). I then use a landscape genetic approach to understand the potential impact of natural and human-made barriers in and around the northern Sonoran Desert on one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, the mountain lion (Puma concolor). I employ recently developed genetic tools to assess the current population genetic status of mountain lions in this region and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools to relate observations to landscape features through interpretive maps. I further investigate the utility of GIS and expert-based models in connectivity conservation and suggest validating them with information on genetic relatedness and functional connectivity among mountain lions. Lastly, in many parts of this document, I emphasize the use of these methods and data sharing in conservation planning as well as wildlife management.

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Fainsilber, Ricardo. "Emotional dynamics of the family business in Mexico and the United States| A qualitative exploration." Thesis, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10183264.

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Family businesses are critical to the economy and quality of life of over 50% of the world’s population (European Family Businesses, 2012, p.2). Prevalent as they are, scant research exists with regard to the emotional, every day aspects.

This study included people who have participated in a family business for at least 5 years, either in Mexico or the United States. The aim of this thematic analysis study is to highlight the complexities of the psychological–emotional aspects affecting family businesses and to qualify Mexican and United States cultural aspects capable of influencing the operation of family businesses.

Data were generated through semistructured interviews with 12 participants. The analysis produced three core themes. First, in the business and family confluence, the identity of families who own businesses was explored. The main findings were: feelings of pressure to join in family businesses experienced by heirs to these businesses, difficulties in the process of transferring leadership of the businesses, and the concern of families to maintain a positive public image.

Second, relationship issues of family businesses were explored. The main participants found in a family business were identified as the originator, the son/daughter, the spouse, and the trusted employee. An exploration of their roles and how they interacted yielded two themes: conflict and boundaries. Multilayered, complex relationships make for difficult-to-manage dynamics in both business and family. Exploring the boundaries produced a unified systems perspective, suggesting that there is more permeability between subsystems in a family business than traditional approaches imply.

Finally, in the intersection of culture, family, and business, three themes emerged. First, individualism versus collectivism in the family business: U.S. participants experienced family expectations as external demands that reduced their sense of agency. Mexican participants appeared to foster group entrenchment, but with support. Second, levels of affect in interpersonal relationships were high in Mexican families, whereas U.S. participants were more open to discussing issues while keeping greater emotional distance. Third, the power dynamics of U.S. families seemed to be characterized by a challenge to authority; their Mexican counterparts were found to be highly hierarchical and patriarchal dependent.

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Riech, Anthony Joseph. "Psychotherapy encounters curanderismo: Implications for Mexican clients treated in the United States by culturally insensitive social workers." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/881.

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Galgano, Robert C. "Feast of souls: Indians and Spaniards in the seventeenth-century missions of Florida and New Mexico." W&M ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623416.

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During the seventeenth century, Spanish conquerors established Franciscan missions among the native inhabitants of Florida and New Mexico. The missionaries in the northern frontier doctrinas of Spain's New World empire adapted methods tested in Iberia and Central and South America to conditions among the Guales, Timucuas, Apalaches, and the various Pueblo peoples. The mission Indians of Florida and New Mexico responded to conquest and conversion in myriad ways. They incorporated Spaniards in traditional ways, they attempted to repel the interlopers, they joined the newcomers and accepted novel modes of behavior, they discriminated between which foreign concepts to adopt and which to reject, and they avoided entangling relations with the Spaniards as best they could. By the end of the seventeenth century the frontier missions of Florida and New Mexico collapsed under the weight of violent struggles among Indians, Spanish officials, Franciscan missionaries, and outside invaders. This comparative study will reveal patterns in Spanish frontier colonization and Indian responses to Spanish conquest and missions.

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