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Showing 1 to 20 of 267 for “"Switzerland"”.
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British travellers in Switzerland 1814-1860
The thesis examines British travellers in Switzerland over the period from 1814 to 1860. Evidence was gathered on the travellers themselves: their numbers, social position, age and gender, as well as on the groups within which they travelled. The nature of the tours was also considered, in …
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A multipurpose facility for Novaggio, Switzerland
… facility for the village of Novaggio, Switzerland was designed to provide the following: ∙ space for a primary school for grades one through five ∙ a multi-use community space ∙ a storage area for the regional fire department ∙ a storage area for the municipality A linear organization …
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Opera House for the city of Zürich, Switzerland
Thesis: B. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1961
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An Analysis of a Public Health Media Campaign in Switzerland
… Transmitted Infections (STI) prevention in Switzerland. Health communication researchers measure the effects of media campaigns on populations to improve prevention. However, such effects may evade measurement due to complex interactions between audiences, media channels and ecology, message …
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A headquarters for the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland
Thesis (M.Arch)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1960.
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Re-Dwelling: A Proposal for Five Dwellings in Maggia, Switzerland
… a medieval village in Italian-speaking Ticino, Switzerland. The modern scheme placed within Maggia's old town outlines an attempt to revitalize the village's life by providing places for individuals, families, groups of families, and the whole village community. The act acknowledges a process of …
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Interim measures in international commercial arbitration with seat in Zurich (Switzerland)
… international arbitral proceedings conducted in Switzerland, respectively with the legislative and contractual framework that must be considered in order to determine the competent authority. As will be explained, arbitral tribunals and state courts may have concurrent jurisdiction to order …
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The Importance of Cultural Ecosystem Services Provided by Collective Gardens in Geneva, Switzerland
… which CES were impacted by Covid-19 in Geneva, Switzerland. To accomplish the objectives of this research, qualitative, semi-structured interviews took place with five members of collective gardens in Geneva. Building upon the themes presented by membership through the interview process, a …
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Italian Protestant exiles and the heresy debate in sixteenth-century Switzerland, 1553 - 1584
… coercing or killing heretics which flared up in Switzerland following the burning at the stake of the Antitrinitarian Michael Servetus in Geneva in 1553. On the one hand, it reconstructs the development of two alternative theologico-political languages, or patterns of argument, in response to the …
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The use of mediation to resolve environmental disputes in South Africa and Switzerland
… mediation to resolve environmental disputes in Switzerland. On the basis 4 of several cases in which mediation or mediation-type activities were used to resolve the environmental conflict I want to show why, in the end, environmental mediation probably will never be so widespread in Switzerland …
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Cultural Diplomacy and Arts Festivals. The Case of the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland
… renowned annual event of jazz and soul music in Switzerland. This research focuses on two goals: first, to investigate the relationship between cultural diplomacy and the Montreux Jazz Festival considering the contemporary Swiss and international context, and second, to study the potential of the …
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Modelling the spatial distribution of blackbird (Turdus merula) and ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) in Switzerland
… (Turdus torquatus) and blackbird (T. merula) in Switzerland, we adopt species distribution modelling and predict the species’ spatial distribution. We model on two different scales to analyse in how far downscaling leads to a different set of predictors to describe the realised habitat best. …
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Foreigners and the Bio-Political State: Case Studies of Hungarian and Bosnian Refugees in Switzerland
In modern societies foreigners are implicated in the resolution of the problem of state sovereignty. This paper clarifies how foreign groups can be used by the state to reconstitute the nation in such a way that vulnerabilities are mended. Michel Foucault's racism and bio-politics are used as …
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Creating meaning - understanding the experiences of people living with mental illness in Switzerland: a qualitative study.
… of people living with mental illness in Switzerland and to identify aspects that are most relevant to this population in living with and adapting to mental illness. Therefore, the study aims to create an understanding of the adaptation process to mental illness from a patient perspective. …
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