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  • Demystifying the Sensationalism of Human Trafficking: an Anthropological Study on the Systemic Exploitation of Migrant Labor in Tuscany, Italy

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    Marconi, Veronica
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    In the last twenty years, human trafficking has gained attention in government agendas and media coverage, while anti-trafficking projects have burgeoned worldwide. Anti-trafficking efforts, however, have almost exclusively addressed the issue of sex trafficking with a focus on rescuing women, while overlooking other types of exploitation. This is noteworthy, given...
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      Abstract  approved:   Lisa  M.  L.  Price   In the last twenty years, human trafficking has

  • Assessing the Adaptive Governance Capacity of Western Water Communities

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    Pakenham Stevenson, Anna
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    One of the greatest challenges in the West is the sustainable management of limited water resources. In recognition of localized responses to natural resource challenges, there has been considerable work in the area of adaptive capacity and collaborative governance to help understand a community’s capacity to manage change. This study...
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    Edward P. Weber One of the greatest challenges in the West is the sustainable management of limited

  • The Negative Relationship Between Existential Threats and Attitudes toward Freedom

    Creator:
    Li, Zheng
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    Three studies tested the hypothesis that existential threats will be negatively associated with attitudes toward different kinds of freedom. Existential threats experienced as Death Anxiety and Belief in a Dangerous World were negatively associated with attitudes toward Freedom To behave in a desired manner and positively associated with the idea...
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  • The recreation resource-user of the Bend Ranger District, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon

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    Wilder, Robert Lee
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    THE PROBLEM. The problem was to study the recreation resource- user and to determine attitudes, characteristics and relationships between selected variables common to these users. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY. The purpose of the study was to examine: 1) Who are the recreation resource-users of the Bend Ranger District, Deschutes National...
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    privacy Dr. Edward Heath THE PROBLEM. The problem was to study the recreation re- source-user and to

  • An economic analysis of the world market for Egyptian cotton

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    Mansour, Mohamed (Mohamed Salah), 1952-
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    The Egyptian economy depends heavily on cotton as the major export commodity among agricultural commodities. Egypt is the largest exporter of extra long staple cotton in the world followed by Sudan and Peru. It provides about 45 percent of the world exports of extra long staple cotton. Instability in the...
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    export price of each country is the major factor in determining the export sales of its cotton. Demand

  • An analysis of foodgrain market in Korea

    Creator:
    Mun, Pal-lyong
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    In order to effectively use foodgrain prices as tools of government policy, it is necessary to know the possible effects of price incentives on different economic variables. The present study attempts to measure the effects of foodgrain prices, upon various economic variables, including production, consumption, both at the farm and...
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  • Analysis of the international demand for Brazil nuts

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    Paez, Paulo Brasil
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    The basic objective of this investigation was to identify and to examine factors determining the volume of imports of inshell and shelled Brazil nuts in major importing countries: the United States, the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom. The approach followed involved the construction and analysis of an...
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    number of factors as important determinants of the volume of nut imports, such as: (a) the price

  • An analysis of demand for U.S. winter pears in export markets

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    Cusack, Thomas James
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    The principal objective of this study was to identify and investigate the underlying basis for variations in the volumes of exports of U.S. winter pears during the 1947 to 1974 period. A number of factors thought to be of importance in the determination of the volume of exports of a...
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    -region partial equilibrium model of trade; these fac- tors were;the price of the exported commodity

  • Pricing strategies, discount rates and fishery management in the market for seafood

    Creator:
    Zhang, Zhengkun
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    Three related topics have been explored in this thesis. Those three topics deal with the pricing problems both in the market for access rights to fish and in the market for seafood. The purpose of this study is to contribute some insights into the global picture of fishery management and...
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    that has received little attention is tying sales as a reaction to price controls. This study has

  • The influence of aid awards on the educational decisions of applicants for freshmen year financial aid at Oregon State University

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    Fields, Charles Robards
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    Purpose This study was conducted to investigate the influence that awards of financial aid have on the educational decisions and academic achievement of applicants for freshman year financial aid at Oregon State University. The study was primarily concerned with the effectiveness of financial aid in assisting students to enroll and...
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    thank the other members of my doctoral committee, Dean Robert Chick, Dr. Shelby Price, Dr. Tjeerd