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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Local values"”.
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Islam, democracy, and human rights : can universal human rights be applied in our relativistic world?
… rights with the diverse cultural and religious values of our world, in particular, the Islamic Shari'ah, consisting of values that not only extend across different regions but even form an important factor of legitimacy for most Islamic states.The study will extensively discuss the international …
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Two in one: explaining the management of the Okavango Delta World Heritage Site, Botswana
… of special protection by the international and local communities. They obtain this status after being listed under the UNESCO 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. In previously colonised regions such as Africa, the conservation and management of …
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Educational Equity and the National Science Foundation Systemic Initiatives: A Field's -Eye -View of Local Stakeholder Understandings
… (Es) is combined with Fairness (Vf) plus other local values (V1·· Vi) such as cultural ideals or local customs and is operationalized through ""equality as action"" (Ea). This combination creates the condition Equity (EQ). Es, Vf, and E a are necessary components that can be …
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Using conceptual modeling to advance an integrated watershed management approach in the Aishihik drainage basin
… watershed management in a manner that considers local values and is consistent with newer legal requirements in the southwest Yukon. Conceptual modeling techniques helped to identify critical links between activities and valued ecosystem components. These models can facilitate the development of …
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Skylines and hemlines : a visual exploration of expatriate women’s negotiation and definition of appropriate dress in the changing cityscape of Doha
… a global city. New sites of interaction between locals and expats lead to collisions of definitions, discourses, values, and images of appropriate dress for expatriate women. Photovoice, photo elicitation activities, and comparative analysis of a local dress campaign use women’s “selfies” of …
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The Added Value of Community Engagement in Public Design for Landscape Architecture Professionals
… that explore the relationship between community values and the physical landscape in two Appalachian communities; Austinville, VA and St. Paul, VA. Each community engagement method is 1) introduced via literature review/case study, 2) modified from the case study to suit local conditions, and 3) …
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Cultural Landscapes and Adaptation: Identifying the Role of Civic Engagement and Cultural Heritage in Coastal Adaptation Planning
… and policymakers are developing and implementing local adaptation and resilience strategies. Largely absent from this conversation is, however, the cultural heritage of the coast-- the places of local identity, meaning and history. To address this shortcoming, the following study assesses the role …
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Disputing the Subject of Sex: Sexual Identity and School Controversy, New York State, 1986-1993
… notion that curricula themselves must reflect local values, even if those values are discriminatory; and the failure of curricula to historicize meanings and definitions of sexuality. I examine New York State's Instructional Guide for AIDS Education K-12, New York City's ""Children of the …
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Growth and transformation of a Mexican Village : Ixpantepec Nieves, Oaxaca
… brings about meaningful change and relates to local values. After studying the context of an existing village, projected physical growth assumptions were applied and architectural design principles were implemented to produce a design integrating the theme and variation of the repetitive …
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Raman scattering in mixed crystal semiconductors
… an increased effective mass and thus an enhanced localized character. We attribute the ""forbidden""- ""allowed"" energy shift to a localization effect manifested through the correlation between local values of the energy gap and local phonon frequencies."
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Fourth world consumer culture: Emerging consumer cultures in remote Aboriginal communities of North-Western Australia
… of non-indigenous goods and external cultural values upon these communities has been significant. However, although anthropologists feared some fifty years ago that Aboriginal cultural values and traditions had been destroyed, this study concludes that they are still powerful moderating forces …
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Physics and application of impurity plume dispersal as an edge plasma flow diagnostic on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak
… is deuterated ethylene, C₂D₄) is injected locally into the scrape-off layer (SOL) through the end of a reciprocating fast-scanning probe, and the resultant emission ("plume") is imaged from two near-perpendicular views. Plumes are generated at various SOL depths, while views are obtained …
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De la décolonisation du discours de la bioéthique à une bioéthique ivoirienne efficiente
… the disconnect between international norms and local practices. This disconnect reflects an epistemic hegemony inherited from colonial structures, underscoring the need to decolonize bioethical discourse. To address this issue, the research employs theoretical tools from postcolonial studies to …
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A day to bleed: exploring the effects of Zambia's Mother's Day policy on the representation of women in the financial sector
… examined how Zambia's menstruation leave policy, locally referred to as Mother's Day, influences the recruitment and retention of women in the financial and insurance sectors. As the only African nation to formalise menstruation leave, Zambia provided a distinctive context to explore the operation …
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Children's drama : technical and educational approaches to the development of TV and theatre drama in Oman
… superstition, time-wasting, and alien cultural values. Nevertheless, a few successful experiments suggest that useful Western models such as Theatre in Education can be reconciled with elements of Oman's rich cultural heritage, to produce works for children that are entertaining, informative, …
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A multilateral design methodology for development contexts : a framework for the Dharavi potters
… and construction processes that express local conditions within the urban, architectural, and tectonic scales. Through the investigation and implementation of architectural infrastructure, the design will alleviate environmental, economic, and political constraints while accommodating …
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Spatial modelling of blue whiting population dynamics in the north-east Atlantic
… spawning migrations are mainly affected by local values and gradients of temperature and salinity. Simulations revealed emergent model properties which agree with the empirical story: (1) feeding migration pathways varied with both climate and the initial position of individuals on spawning …
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Social Dimensions of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Caregivers in Oaxaca, Mexico
… Mexico. It explores how Alzheimer’s disease is locally understood, how this understanding reconfigures traditional meanings of old age, and how broader social issues are negotiated through this reconfiguration. Through 10 months of fieldwork this dissertation draws on ethnographic observations …
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Finite element modelling of fatigue crack growth in multi-layered architectures
… front growth was estimated according to the local values of the Crack Tip Opening Displacement and a fitted crack growth law, which accounted for the short fatigue crack behaviour observed experimentally. The comparison of Crack Tip Opening Displacements obtained with two-dimensional and …
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Experiments on Stratified Multiphase Plumes
… surrounding the plume, predictions for the local values of density and particle concentration are produced allowing the plume heights to be predicted through only a minor adjustment to simple plume theory. Other models to predict the radial extent of ambient convection, secondary intrusion …
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