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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Lima, Peru"”.
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A Frame + Infill House in Lima, Peru
This work is a study of the relationship between frame, infill, and earth. A search of structure defining space through threshold. Ultimately, it proposes a structural frame as a collection of rooms.
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Dispossessing the public : privatization of open public spaces in Lima, Peru
The Metropolitan Area of Lima has on average 3.6m² of green area per person, for a total of 10 million inhabitants. Although this is not the most accurate metric, it is the most available proxy to measure and understand the magnitude of open public space in the city. In addition, it is not …
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Health uncertainty and food consumption in low-income households in Lima, Peru
… The particular sample households are from Lima, Peru's bottom expenditure quartile. Several food and nonfood inputs are important factors affecting health status and health variance. In addition, there is strong evidence that expected health status and health risk affect the consumption of …
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Synthesis of movement : transit oriented development for urban growth in Lima, Peru
… district of San Martin de Porres in the city of Lima, Peru and this thesis aims to fill the existing void represented by it in its context. It also aims to reconnect and re-vitalize the area of study by using transit-oriented development and spatially identifying elements. Another goals is to …
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Salvemos Barranco: Contested visions for the city and transportation in Barranco, Lima, Peru
Densely populated cities like Lima, Peru, face a complex challenge: integrating mass transit into established urban fabrics. This thesis explores this tension through the case of a World Bank-funded Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system implemented in Lima in 2010. The BRT, built mostly on an exclusive …
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No soy conformista: reassessing necessity and opportunity motivations for micro entrepreneurship in Lima, Peru
… with twenty-seven migrant micro entrepreneurs in Lima, Peru, complicate the “necessity-opportunity model”, and its implications. Participants’ narratives demonstrate that motivations co-exist, and tend to shift as firms and their founder’s develop; cultural and social dimensions are often just as …
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‘To be bent without breaking …’: Resilience to Water Scarcity in an Informal Settlement in Lima, Peru
… two neighbourhoods of one informal settlement in Lima, Peru; and eight institutional stakeholders collaborated in the production of data during five months in the Peruvian autumn of 2012. The study finds that participants did not have sufficient water to meet their basic needs and that water …
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Improvement project to reduce waiting times in an EsSalud polyclinic in Ventanilla, Lima-Peru, using the DMAIC methodology
In the emergency area of a medical center, the project, using the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) methodology, focuses on reducing patient waiting times. Simulation using the ARENA software was the validation methodology chosen to evaluate the impact of the proposed changes. As a …
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Investigation and Analysis of Wood Pathologies in Quincha Construction at Hotel Comercio in Lima, Peru; With Recommendations for Its Treatment
… has been an integral construction system in Peru for over 2,000 years, adapting and evolving along with Peru's development as a nation throughout history. This traditional construction system proved to be extremely efficient in withstanding seismic activity, while being economic, adaptable, …
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Proposal to Improve the Reusable Urban Waste Management System in Santiago De Surco, Lima, Peru to Increase the Utilization of the District's Treatment Plant
This study proposes an improvement for the reusable waste management system in Santiago de Surco, in a way that it significantly increases the utilization of the treatment plant, which is demonstrated in Arena Simulation Software. First, a diagnosis of the current conditions of the system is …
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The neoliberalization of street vending policy in Lima, Peru: the politics of citizenship. property and public space in the production of a new urban marginality
… in street vending - use urban spaces in Lima, Peru. Using municipal policies, newspaper articles and local academic texts I argue that there is a changing marginality in Lima that is being experienced by street vendors, and currently in los canas of Lima. In particular, I discuss …
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Sexual behavior following a diagnosis of acute HIV in men who have sex with men and in transgender women in the Sabes study in Lima, Peru
… men (MSM) or transgender women (TW) living in Lima, Peru and observed their sexual behavior patterns over a year following diagnosis of acute HIV. Participants had been randomly assigned to initiate ART either immediately or after six months. We followed self-reported behavior and sexually …
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Gigantorhynchus orticei a new species (Acanthocephala) from a Peruvian marsupial
… intestine of <i>Metachirus nudicaudatus</i> from Peru, South America. The specific name is dedicated to the late Javier Ortiz de la Puente, chief ornithologist of the Museum of San Marcos University, Lima, Peru.
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VDC framework proposal for curtain wall construction process optimization
… 12,000 m2 building under construction in Lima, Peru, resulting in an optimized proposal for curtain wall construction, compared to the traditional construction flow.
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Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Monitoring and Evaluation Protocol for a Malnutrition Rehabilitation Program in a Resource-Limited Setting
… and high prevalence of communicable diseases. In Peru, UNICEF has estimated the prevalence of malnutrition in children less than 5 years old at 18% in urban areas, and up to 33% in rural regions of the country. El Comedor is a community-based kitchen established in the impoverished neighborhood of …
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The impact of intercultural differences in change agentry interventions in technology transfer
… of cookstoves to a rural community in Peru-in an attempt to answer the following question: How do intercultural differences help shape the results of change agentry interventions in technology transfer attempts?</p> <p>The focus of this study was the distribution of "improved …
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Relación entre el sentido de vida e ideación suicida en varones que consumen sustancias psicoactivas
… and belong to two rehabilitation centers in Lima-Peru. Likewise, two instruments were applied: the Crumbaugh and Maholick Meaning of Life Test (PIL) and the Beck Scale of Suicidal Ideation (SSI), of which the psychometric properties were adapted and described for said sample. The results show …
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Modelo de gestión de la producción para mejorar la eficiencia de fabricación de crisoles aplicando técnicas de lean manufacturing: caso del sector manufactura
… a manufacturing company located in the city of Lima, Peru, and has the objective of developing a production management model to improve the efficiency of the manufacture of refractory crucibles. The company started operations seven years ago and has about 15 employees in the administrative and …
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