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  • Cultural changes influencing rising obesity rates in France

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    McGregor, Erin M.
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    A survey of a non-random sample of adults was conducted in Angers, France to investigate possible cultural changes in dietary behaviors that may contribute to increasing rates of obesity. Participants described contemporary habits regarding eating habits and activity level, as well as attitudes and opinions about obesity. The results largely...
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    ..................................................................................................2 Methods & Procedures

  • Militant and nonviolent social movements

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    Robinson, Blake
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    While much has been written about why people join social movements in general, little has been written about why people specifically join either militant or nonviolent social movements. Using the Black Panther Party as an example of a militant social movement and the mainstream Civil Rights Movement as an example...
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    militant social movement. To point out just one example, on May 2, 1967 Bobby Seale, co-founder of the

  • Design for construction safety : a case study with architect's perceptions

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    Christianson, Carl R.
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    Designing for construction safety is a collaborative process that combines the field experience of builders with the design skills of architects to improve construction safety. Research studies have shown that the design of a project is a factor in approximately fifty percent of jobsite deaths. To reduce this problem it...
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    ) Fig. 2. Distribution of fatalities in the construction industry and to all workers by event, 2001

  • Hispanic and farmworker health : a community health survey of Hood River County, Oregon.

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    Carne, David Michael
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    Hispanics in Hood River County, Oregon account for roughly 25% of the population, with many employed in agriculture. A community health survey was carried out in Hood River County during the winter months of 2001 with the purpose of evaluating the health conditions, needs, and barriers to access of needed...
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    community would benefit by ensuring 2 that basic health care is accessible to these

  • The utility of playfulness in terms of innovation and productivity for business and a life of learning

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    Adams, Jason S.
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    The purpose of this project was to investigate play and our cultural assumptions as to its usefulness or lack there of. The concepts of hard work versus hard play were explored in order to discover when human beings are operating at their best. In terms of innovation and productivity in...
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    otherwise manifesting a life of 2 play. The social protestors find problems to fight against while

  • Beyond free will: an empirical case for a capacity model of human agency

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    Helzer, Erik G.
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    Although the question of free will has persisted throughout the history of philosophy as an important metaphysical consideration, rarely does the inquiry include empirical evidence from other disciplines concerned with human behavior. In this interdisciplinary paper, I combine the wisdom of psychologists, metaphysicians, and philosophers of science to comment on...
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    Perspective: Constructing a case for agency ………... 44 SECTION 2: PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS

  • Effects of caustic addition on black liquor rheology and thermal characteristics

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    Euhus, Daniel D.
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    An important by-product of the kraft pulping process, black liquor is currently used in most pulp mills to produce steam in a recovery boiler. Two important black liquor characteristics are viscosity and burning (firing) characteristics, which determine the operating efficiency of the recovery boiler. Kraft black liquor is a complicated...
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    numerous investigators and in Chapter 3 of Kraft Recovery Boilers (Frederick, 1997). The rheology of

  • Patterns of age and growth in young-of-year rockfish, sebastes spp., along the Oregon coast

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    Young, Thomas
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    Rockfish of the genus Sebastes are important components of Oregon reef communities. I examined patterns of age and growth in young-of-year rockfish across two nested spatial scales – local and regional – along the Oregon coast. Using otolith microstructural examination, I examined the relative importance of local versus regional factors...
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    among local sites along the Oregon coast? ……………………………………………………………………………………20 2) Do larval, juvenile

  • The People's band: U2 and international activism

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    Peterson, Maxie Jean
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    The end of the Cold War brought about changes within international political relations that resulted in expanded interest in global civil society. Such developments, like globalization and democratization, have encouraged the growth of social and political organizations. Political scientists have found that these inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations have a significant...
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    NGOs, especially when these 2 non-state individuals are celebrities. As the number and power of

  • Teaching business to the poor : the effectiveness of business development services within microenterprise development

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    Wilson, Taylor Anne
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    Many economic development methods over the years have tried to solve the problem of poverty with varied success. Microenterprise development is a method that works with the poor to create small self-run businesses to increase their income, and therefore bring more freedom from disease illiteracy and discrimination. Within microenterprise development...
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    OF FIGURES Figure Page 1. Map of Participating Mongolian Regions ……………………………………….32 2. Gobi