The Gran Chichimeca is a North American area extending from
the Tropic of Cancer to the south to the thirty-eighth parallel in
the north, thus embracing northern Mexico and the American Southwest.
The rise of the great mesoamerican civilizations to the south
of the Gran Chichimeca and the consequent pressure...
This study employed ethnographic methodology to investigate and record the post-camp, pre-assimilation period of Laotian refugees.The primary goal was to document the special problems and experiences of the Laotian population as they attempted to adjust to new roles and expectations within mainstream North American society.Oral histories and biographical statements focused...
Through the development of a Values Questionnaire this
study examined the relative importance of values in
multinational settings. The Values studied were Respect,
Power, Intelligence, Wealth, Skill, Health, Human Kindness, and
Love. The person-centered approach was selected as a particular
social science community for the focus of the study.
Ninety-two...
Most flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) presently in use have generated only modest productivity increases in proportion to capital in vested in the process, or they have not been favorably reviewed when compared to the investment costs of other improved manufacturing systems. This thesis presents a simulator program which will assist...
This study was a comparison of the prevalence of infectious
gastrointestinal disease and the quality of construction of individual,
surface source water systems in Lincoln County, Oregon.
Two measurement instruments were developed for this study. An
objective instrument was developed to determine if the water systems
observed in the study...