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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Dearborn"”.
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Domesticating sprawl : Dearborn Michigan and the Green Moat
Over the last century of urban decentralization, the suburb migrated a critical distance beyond the traditional city, and transformed into sprawl. The homogenous landscape of sprawl is characterized by repeating horizontal imagery of featureless buildings foregrounded with grass berms, planned for …
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Entrepreneurial factors for the fitness industry
… located within a 30-mile radius of southwest Dearborn, Michigan, were doing to survive in the current competitive economy. Information was gathered from100 fitness facility websites and 30 survey interviews from the managers and owners of the exercise-based businesses within a 30-mile radius …
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Are first generation immigrants more inclined to participate in clinical research?
… second-generation Arab American immigrants in Dearborn, Michigan, using a survey from 65 participants to determine the impact of generation on clinical research participation. Fifty-one (78%) of the respondents were first-generation immigrants, and 14 (22%) were second generation. There was no …
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Immigrant integration into host societies: the case of yemeni immigrant communities in metro detroit
… reputedly resistant to integration, in both Dearborn and Hamtramck, Michigan, and comparatively assessing those data with already published data on Lebanese-Americans, retrieved from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Detroit Arab American Study (DAAS). Relying on an existing theoretical …
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Lebanon to Detroit and the Places In-Between
<p>I am from Dearborn, Michigan, home to one of the largest populations of Arab immigrants in the United States. This mixing of cultures, of peoples, of identities has informed my writing in many ways. Narrative themes of immigration, exile and isolation inspire my writing and my thesis represents …
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Breastfeeding practices among Arab women living in the United States
… Ann Arbor, MI; Islamic Institute of Knowledge, Dearborn, MI; Michigan Islamic Academy; and Entesar‟s Beauty Salon, Ann Arbor, MI.</p> <p>Results: The results of this study showed low levels of exclusive breastfeeding, as well as early introduction of supplementations.</p> <p>Conclusions: A …
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Landscape-Scale Variability in the Composition, Growth and Pattern of Alpine Treeline Vegetation
The productivity and distribution of northern and alpine plant species are predicted to increase and advance upslope and northwards in response to climate warming, particularly across the treeline ecotone. However, responses to warming in the past century have been highly variable, especially in …
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Creating communities of practice : using information technology for learning and communication in automobile dealerships
… to increase learning and communication. Dearborn, however, perceives the dealerships as being rather lukewarm in their enthusiasm for information technology (IT). This research shows that there are many problems and obstacles to using IT to create and support communities of practice, but …
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Concurrent process mapping, organizations, project and knowledge management in large-scale product development projects using the Design Structure Matrix method
… place in Summer 2002 at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan. It exhibits how DSMs can provide permanent system-level knowledge, guide the design practitioner through a complex process that would hardly be understood otherwise, enable a dynamic management of organizations and open …
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Segregation by design? : the evolution of an Islamic community in Michigan
… the evolution of the Islamic community of Dearborn, Michigan, which has the densest concentration of Arab Muslims in America. It traces the original Southend community, which has an irregular, agglomerate city form, to the later developed Eastend community, which has a grid-like city form. …
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The Henry Ford : sustaining Henry Ford's philanthropic legacy
… Institute (presently known as The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan) survived internal and external challenges through the evolution of the Ford family’s leadership and the organization’s funding strategy. Following Henry Ford’s death, the museum complex relied upon the Ford Foundation and the …
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Around the Table
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Around the Table</p> <p>By</p> <p>Rachel Elizabeth Mills</p> <p>This collection of nonfiction essays revolves around concepts of food and home. The essays focus on the universalizing nature of food, both from a personal perspective, and from a diasporic Middle Eastern …
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Rethinking the industrial landscape : the future of the Ford Rouge complex
… planning is the Ford Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan. The Rouge Complex has served for its 75 years as the center piece of the regional automotive economy in Southeastern Michigan and the automotive manufacturing in the country as a whole. From its modest beginnings on remote farm …