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Showing 1 to 20 of 356 for “"Philadelphia"”.
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"Constructing" Hepatitis C in Philadelphia
… Hepatitis Epidemiology Investigation Team at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) constructs Hepatitis C (HCV) in the public and medical discourse through their monitoring and education activities. Data in the form of field notes and ethnographic observation was collected during 16 …
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A development study for North Philadelphia airport
Thesis (M.Arch.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1955.
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Philadelphia Public Housing: Reknitting the Urban Fabric
… the momentum of change. This thesis project, Philadelphia Public Housing: Reknitting the Urban Fabric, addreses these issues by forming a bridge between a place, with its inherent urban language and the people who inhabit that place. In an age of mass produced housing, how does one create an …
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On Ornament: A Catholic Cemetery for Philadelphia
… to choose the program of a catholic cemetery in Philadelphia. I hoped to explore what meaningful marks and arrangements of materials I could impart to this ephemeral world.
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MALOCCLUSION PREVALENCE IN A NORTH PHILADELPHIA ORTHODONTIC POPULATION
Objectives: This study aims to examine malocclusion traits of a racially diverse population to determine the validity of the malocclusion prevalence reported in the NHANES III survey. Additionally, the cephalometric database from the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation Legacy …
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Memory, Margins, and Materiality: The Philadelphia MOVE Bombing
On May 13, 1985, Philadelphians watched a live news broadcast as a police officer tossed a duffel bag full of plastic explosives onto the roof of an occupied rowhome in a Black, middle-class West Philadelphia neighborhood. The bombing and the decision to allow the fire to burn killed five children …
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The Philadelphia triangle : a study in urban development
Thesis (M.C.P.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1947.
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EVERYDAY IDENTITIES, EVERYDAY ENVIRONMENTS: URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHIES OF PHILADELPHIA
… examines the environmental identity processes of Philadelphians involved in volunteer local everyday urban environmental stewardship through tree plantings and prunings, urban gardening, and neighborhood cleanups. A hybrid theoretical framework for environmental identities that simultaneously …
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The implementation of CRM at FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia
… commands to become new FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia customers. The four key elements to a Customer Relations Management system are 1) customer identification, 2) customer differentiation, 3) customer interaction, and 4) customized customer service. FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia …
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Examining Teacher Quality Gaps in the Philadelphia School District
… in traditional public schools (TPS) within the Philadelphia School District. No significant difference in TQGs was found to exist when student disadvantage was defined by socioeconomic status and teacher quality was defined by years of experience, but there was a significant difference favoring …
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The image has the power : fighting blight in Philadelphia
Blight has plagued Philadelphia for the better part of a century, though the understanding of blight has changed dramatically over time. Originally used to describe neighborhood overcrowding, the term retained its currency even as once-overcrowded neighborhoods emptied out in the decades after …
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Inner-City Children and Environmental Equity: Evidence from Philadelphia
… and disadvantage are geographically visible in Philadelphia's urban fabric in the segregation of many black and low-income neighborhoods. This is a direct result of historic urban development . Revitalization has aimed at rejuvenating the inner-city economically, but has lead to the displacement …
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HOUSING ACCESSIBILITY: THE ROLE AND PERSPECTIVE OF DEVELOPERS IN PHILADELPHIA
… study focuses on how real estate developers in Philadelphia view their responsibility to build housing units that are accessible to people living with disabilities. It relies on data collected by interviewing major developers who build several different types of housing, including high-end …
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An ex post facto evaluation of the Philadelphia GunStat model
In January of 2012, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter outlined the crime fighting measures that his administration would pursue during his second term as mayor. Included was a plan to introduce a multi-agency crime reduction program, which Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey and …
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Television public service in Philadelphia: a thing of the past?
… service have influenced decision makers in Philadelphia and to provide public relations practitioners with detailed information about local practices. Online and library searches were conducted to secure information about television public service. In addition, the author interviewed …
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Developing A Strategy to Combat Drug Abuse in Philadelphia, 1960-1973
How did Philadelphia develop its first drug control strategy between 1960 and 1973? This study argues that Philadelphia's drug control strategy was part of an array of collaborative responses to the composite challenges of urban decay and was influenced by concerns for development, law enforcement, …
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