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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Scouts"”.
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Girl Scouts Empower Other Girl Scouts to Consume 3-A-Day™ of Dairy
… education program was developed by local Girl Scouts with the purpose of teaching other Girl Scouts about the importance of calcium intake and weight-bearing activities in the prevention of osteoporosis, overweight, and hypertension. Peer educators had significant increases in their overall …
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Authentiek en verbonden: hoe Scouts en Gidsen Vlaanderen zingeving beleven.
Contains fulltext : 134419.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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A topographical survey of the Lansing Boy scouts' summer camp
Thesis (B.S.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, 1947
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Hierarchical planning and scheduling of looping a activities for robotic scouts
A wide range of robotic missions contain activities that exhibit looping behaviour. Examples of these activities include picking fruit in agriculture, pick-and-place tasks in manufacturing, or even search patterns in robotic observing missions. These looping activities often have a range of …
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The World Camp of Jewish Scouts in Colleville-sur-Orne, France, in August 1931
Rund 200 jüdische Jugendliche vor allem aus Europa und Nordafrika haben im August 1931 ein Pfadfinderlager in der französischen Normandie veranstaltet. Die Éclaireurs Israélites de France (EIF) organisierten das Treffen, bei dem eine Weltunion jüdischer Pfadfinder gegründet wurde. Bisherige …
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A Cartographic Depiction and Exploration of the Boy Scouts of America's Historical Membership Patterns
… the historical membership patterns of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) on a regional and council scale. Using Annual Report data, maps were created to show membership patterns within the BSA’s 12 regions, and over 300 councils when available. The examination of maps reveals the membership …
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Comparing reversal-learning abilities, sucrose responsiveness, and foraging experience in scout and non-scout honey bee (Apis mellifera) foragers
… colonies divide foraging activities between scouts, who search for new sources of food, and non-scouts, who rely on information from waggle dances to find food sources. Molecular analyses of scouts and non-scouts have revealed differences in the expression of numerous genes, including several …
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From Scouts to Soldiers: The Evolution of Indian Roles in the U.S. Military, 1860-1945
… in Indian roles from mostly ad hoc forces of scouts and home guards to regular soldiers whose recruitment was as much a part of the United States’ war plans as that of any other group. The gradual granting of citizenship to Indians, culminating in the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, played a …
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Exploring Girl Scouts' self-perceptions as geoscientists using a feminist standpoint lens and transformative mixed methods
… standpoints on "science"? (2) How might the Girl Scouts offer an alternative environment for learning and doing science while at the same time allowing them to be scientists? (3) How might this Girl Scout experience transform the ways girls engage with geoscience? The study employed a …
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Experiences of rural girls in a historically dominated organisation: scouts in Mpumalanga, Western Cape and Eastern Cape
This study explores the experiences of young rural girls in scouting practices, who reside in the rural areas of Mpumalanga, Western and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This exploratory study draws special reference to their participation in Scout programmes in what in observed as a …
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A Study of the Influence of Boy Scout Experience on Educational Achievement
… in Scouting with that of boys who were non-scouts but who had equal aptitude for learning as measured by standardized intelligence tests. The null hypothesis, that there was no difference in achievement between scouts and non-scouts of equal basic ability, was tested.
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Dropouts to top scouts? : An analysis of the use of the military as a tool for social reform
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1994.
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Molecular bases of scouting behavior in honey bees
… of labor among honey bee foragers involves “scouts” and “recruits.” Scouts seek new food sources or nest sites independently and recruit other bees in the hive to the locations of good food or nest sites instead of exploiting the resources themselves. In this dissertation, I hypothesize that …
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"We will be prepared" : scouting and civil defense in the early Cold War, 1949-1963
… voluntary organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), assisted the federal civil defense programs by promoting civil defense messages and agendas. In this thesis, I will explore how the GSUSA and BSA translated federal …
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Increasing latino engagement in sustainability and philanthropic efforts of mainstream youth development organizations in the United States
… and the review of existing data from 4-H, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and the YMCA, this study examines Latino participation in the four organizations. In addition, through research, interviews with community leaders and with Latino philanthropists the study analyzes Latino nonprofit engagement and …
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Assessing the Meaningful Social Behaviors of Girls in a Structured Leisure Time Activity
… in that setting.Data were collected from Scouts, troop leaders, and parents in three Brownie and Junior Scouts troops for a total of 15 Scouts, 3 leaders and 2 or 3 parent participants from each Scouting level. Grounded theory was used to analyze the data and develop a template of …
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The Effects of Youth Organizations on High School Graduation
Organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, the Girl Scouts of America, church groups, community recreation sports, high school sports, and other youth organizations provide educational, recreational, and social interaction opportunities for many adolescents in the United States. As …
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Change and stability: Agta kinship in a history of uncertainty
… they act as foragers, traders, paramilitary scouts, farmers, or wage laborers. They work as kinfolk. I use a formal theory of kinship (Lehman and Witz 1974, Witz and Lehman 1979, Lehman 1993) to illustrate how Agta society operates through kinship. This study demonstrates that social …
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