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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"San Diego (California)"”.
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The Health of Human Trafficking Victims in San Diego, California: A Retrospective Study
… a self-identified group of trafficked women in San Diego County, California.</p> <p>Conceptual Basis: The Model of Human Trafficking and Health by Zimmerman et al. (2011) was used to identify multiple determinates of health following the trafficking period including demographic factors (age at …
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Role of Li and B bearing fluids in crystallization and alteration of granitic pegmatites, San Diego, California
The San Diego County pegmatites occur in the Mesozoic Peninsular Ranges Batholith that stretches from southwestern California to Baja California, Mexico. These zoned, lithium-cesium-tantalum type pegmatite dikes intruded between 2 and 3 kbar and thus contain miaroles, or "pockets," that may contain …
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A Glyptosaurine Lizard from the Eocene (late Uintan) of San Diego, California, and Implications for Glyptosaurine Evolution and Biogeography
… for being recovered from the late Uintan of the Santiago Formation in southern California, significantly outside the typical known geographic range of well-preserved glyptosaurine fossils. The presence of <em>Glyptosaurus </em>in southern California at a time of widespread tectonic and climatic …
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The Chicano Mural Movement of the Southwest: Populist Public Art and Chicano Political Activism
… Murals created as part of el Movimiento in San Diego, California was intended primarily as a didactic communication medium to reach into the barrios and marginalized neighborhoods for the primary purpose of carrying a resistance message to the semiliterate mestizo population within. Its …
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Analysis of a proposal to consolidate aircraft intermediate maintenance capabilities
… repair capabilities of the two AIMDs located in San Diego, California: Naval Air Station North Island AIMD and Naval Air Station Miramar AIMD.
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Breeding behavior of captive emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri)
… forsteri) was observed at Sea World, San Diego, California during July, August, and September 1980, and April 1981. Emphasis was on displays, courtship, egg-laying, incubation, and care of chicks.</p> <p>I observed the trumpet display most often between birds of opposite sexes and I …
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The Work of Living with HIV: A Study of Binational Groups
… HIV positive or diagnosed with AIDS from San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico were interviewed using semi-structured questions. Data were analyzed using open and axial coding, the constant comparative method, and dimensional analysis. The work of living with HIV emerged as the central …
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Safe Haven Leveling the Playing Field by Creating a Home for the Unsheltered, Homeless, Water, and Native Plants
… Camp in Austin, Texas, and car camping in San Diego, California, and Seattle, Washington, gave insight into the current landscape needs of unsheltered people. Studies of the watershed and plants native to the site inspired a water retention system and a seasonal pallet of plants. The design …
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ON THE CUSP OF INVISIBILITY: THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, MARGINALIZED STUDENTS, AND INSTITUTIONAL SPACES
… border spanning from Brownsville, Texas to San Diego, California and the internal checkpoints that run parallel to and 70 miles north of the border. The Lower Río Grande Valley has remained a Mexican American cultural province and zone despite six phases of colonization. Little is known of …
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Application of intense pulsed light for surface sterilization and food quality improvement
… light source developed by Maxwell Laboratories, San Diego, California which utilizes a Xenon flashlamp for emitting a mixed spectrum of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light. The project's objective was to determine the feasibility of ultra-high intensity light for improving food quality by …
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How to Improve Identification and Prioritization of Underutilized Department of the Navy Real Estate for Potential Enhanced Use Lease
… this process is the Broadway Complex in downtown San Diego, California where 12 acres of underutilized waterfront property has been leased to a private developer in return for a new headquarters building and years of maintenance for that facility. My process takes into account the general means …
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Differentiation of the Causal Characteristics and Influences of Virtual Reality and the Effects on Learning at a Science Exhibit
… exhibit at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego, California. Inquiry focused on the interplay between elements of the exhibit's design, assessing the separate and interactive effects of visual imagery, moving images, sound, narration, and interactive tools to differentiate the causal …
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Landscapes of convergence : a proposal for exchange at the San Diego-Tijuana border
This thesis addresses the relationship between San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico. Although these two cities are part of a single landscape and ecology, they are divided, not only by a physical wall, but very different cultural, social, political and economic realities. This thesis is a …
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Representations in Memory for Spatial Location
… For example, people incorrectly infer that San Diego, California is to the west of Reno, Nevada presumably because they apply their knowledge that California is generally to the west of Nevada (e.g., Stevens & Coupe, 1978). This dissertation aims to examine when and how these category-based …
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Outsourcing in high volume electronics manufacturing
… of the EMS providers, Solectron of Milpitas California, has recorded an astonishing compound annual growth rate of more than 53% since 1992 according to Chief Financial Officer Susan Wang. Despite the growing use of contract manufacturers, the decision to use them remains, in many …
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Employee Engagement and Burnout: A Quantitative Study of their Correlations with Job/Organizational Satisfaction
… and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in San Diego, California was examined. Specifically, the focus of this study was the Headquarters (HQ)/Program Executive Office (PEO) survey, for which 870 out of 1111 military and civilian personnel responded for an overall response rate of 78%.</p> …
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The Impact of the Father/Daughter Relationship on Women in Educational Administrative Leadership Positions
… in positions of principal and/or higher in San Diego County public school system in San Diego, California. Subjects were obtained from the membership of the San Diego Council of Administrative Women in Education. Data collected and analyzed from the Dissertation Interview Information Sheet …
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Determining relationships and policies that transit properties have with regional employers to increase ridership : a case of the Tren Urbano in San Juan, Puerto Rico
… plans in three cities - St. Louis, Missouri, San Diego, California and the Longwood Medical Area, Boston, Massachusetts, this research argues that there are a number of preconditions which will make an employer transportation plan more likely to succeed in its aim of reducing the number of …
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The Mitigation of In-Group and Outgroup Biases: Understanding the Perceptions of Educators on the Contact Approach Theory
… prekindergarten through third grade teachers in San Diego, California. Teachers completed a 63 question, 5-point Likert scale survey, that in addition to collecting demographic information, was used to form the three constructs central to the study of the contact approach: training and knowledge, …
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Neoliberalism and alternative food movements: markets, the state, and knowledge production in Southern California
… study of two alternative food projects in San Diego, California. One project is in a low-income, African American, and Latino locale, called Southeastern San Diego. They call themselves “Project New Village.” A second project is formed by white, affluent participants, located south of the …
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