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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Pan American"”.
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"Moncton est une prière américaine": establishing a Pan-American lineage of influence in the life and work of Gérald Leblanc
… ce projet établit une généalogie de l’influence panaméricaine dans la vie et l’œuvre de Leblanc, se concentrant sur l’influence de la littérature Beat en général, et d’Allen Ginsberg en particulier. Ce faisant, je révèle comment l’américanité de l’œuvre de Leblanc a contribué au mouvement de …
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Latin America in American History Textbooks: A Comparison of American History Texts for Secondary Schools Published from 1927 to 1932 with Texts Published from 1937 to 1942
… relations are not the only basis for inter-American cooperation. More and more emphasis has gradually been placed upon the need for cultural understanding. The basis for such cooperation lo an Intellectual and educational problem to be delt with in our schools. The United States Office of …
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Bolivar : a biographical play in eight scenes
… Simon Bolivar, greatest figure of South American history, may be pursued through seemingly endless sources of extant written material. The Bibliography of Simon Bolivar compiled by the library of the Pan-American Union is, in itself, an extensive volume; hundreds of his letters and …
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Negotiating for nature: Conservation diplomacy and the Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere, 1929--1976
… the Second World War, leaders from twenty American nations signed into effect a broad-based treaty for the protection of migratory wildlife at the Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere. This dissertation examines the unique set of questions, …
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Decision-making in the planning process and the contribution of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) : a case study based [on] comparative analysis of major sports events in Brazil and England
… in the context of the case studies: Rio 2007 Pan American Games and London 2012 Olympic Games. The results of the research have demonstrated that EIA and other environmental assessment tools still have a long way to go in terms of being fully considered planning and decision-making tools in …
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The evolution of upper ocean thermal structure at 10°N, 125°W during 1997-1998
… and thermocline depth at 10°N, 125°W during the Pan American Climate Study (PACS) field program. Analysis based on the PACS data set, TOPEX/Poseidon sea surface height data, European Remote Sensing satellite wind data, and model simulations and experiments reveals that the dominant mechanisms …
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Mining bodies: U.S. medical experimentation in Guatemala during the twentieth century
… history of U.S. experimentation in the Central American and Caribbean region during the twentieth century. It focuses in particular on experiments conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (PASB), and the Guatemalan government during the 1940s in …
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Air-sea interaction at contrasting sites in the Eastern Tropical Pacific : mesoscale variability and atmospheric convection at 10°N
… tropical Pacific Ocean using data from the Pan American Climate Study (PACS) field program. Analysis based on the PACS data set and satellite observations of sea surface temperature (SST) reveals marked differences in the role of ocean dynamics in modulating SST. At a near-equatorial site …
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A history of education in Porto Rico
… island of Porto Rico, from the coming of the Spaniards through the years of American control. It is not written for experts on Porto Rican education, although it is the data of such experts, that has made this work possible. It is rather for those American students, who know little or not.hing …
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Shifting Curatorial Strategies for Art from Latin America and Latino Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 1956 - 2004
… to shifts in this field proposing parallel and expanded readings to those first introduced at MoMA. Firstly, the Gulf-Caribbean Art Exhibition (1956) was a collaboration with the Pan American Union. This exhibition was framed by Cold War modernist approaches and a re-imagined geographical …
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Integrated geophysical investigation for understanding agriculturally induced landslides in southern Peru
… critical infrastructure including the Carretera Panamericana (Pan-American Highway). Majes II is currently stable. However, landslide prevention practices should be implemented to prevent such landslide onset at Majes II. Prevention techniques include switching to more efficient irrigation …
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Challenges and Opportunities for Member States to Implement Resolution WHA63.14 to Restrict the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Non-alcoholic Beverage Products to Children to Decrease Global Obesity and Non-Communicable Disease Risks by 2025
… administered to representatives of MoH from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) region (n= 35). A government capacity-building and integrated marketing communications (IMC) frameworks guided this research. The second study examined the government policies to restrict the marketing of HFSS …
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Air-sea interaction at contrasting sites in the eastern tropical Pacific : mesoscale variability and atmospheric convection at 10°N
… tropical Pacific Ocean using data from the Pan American Climate Study (PACS) field program. Analysis based on the PACS data set and satellite observations of sea surface temperature (SST) reveals marked differences in the role of ocean dynamics in modulating SST. At a near-equatorial site …
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Understanding the Benefits of Latino Giving Circles: An Emancipatory Research Study
… Both variables showed similarities that elevate Pan-American values and expressions of philanthropy, with more recent immigrants sharing how giving circles aligned with giving in their or their parents’ countries of origin.</p> <p>In considering benefits to members and their communities, findings …
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Estudo coproparasitológico e epidemiológico do complexo teníase-cisticercose em habitantes do município de Marizópolis - Paraíba
… out in order to kn ow the history of the participants, their eating habits and hygiene conditions in which they live. The second step was to collect stool samples of participants and their transport to the Federal University of Paraíba, which were analyzed in the Clinical Pa rasitology Laboratory …
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Mer
… left her. She and her parents have been on a pan-American road trip since before she was born. In Las Vegas she makes friends with Carl, a homeless Alaskan piano player, and Damon, the son of a Cirque du Soleil performer. Willow leaves River for a Strip-based poker player named Fish. …
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Exercising the Cosmic Race: Mexican Sporting Culture and Mestizo Citizens
… including winning the right to host the Pan-American Games in 1955 and the Olympics in 1968. Scholars have debated the importance of sports in politics and society for decades, but even though Mexican historians have extensively analyzed revolutionary cultural programs, study on sports …
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Development, Security and Displacement: An Ethnographic Case Study of Rocinha and other Key Favelas in Rio de Janeiro
… 2007. Having passed the pilot test with the 2007 Pan-American Games, that same year Brazil won the bid for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Between late 2008 and early 2009 Rio de Janeiro state began the largest public security program ever, installing Police Pacification Units (UPPs) in strategic …
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Taak in Sutik (I Want to Return)
<p>The purpose of this film is to have four descendants of the Maya tell their stories and through them, explain four difficult concepts facing the 21st century contemporary Maya:</p> <p>* How do Mayan languages influence a worldview different than the westernized, globalized worldview?</p> <p>* …