The term, spirituality, as used in this study, refers
to that part of our lives that has the deepest meaning,
that which nurtures each of us and moves us toward wholeness.
It is the basis for which we live out our lives,
following our own truths with honesty and commitment....
Shan-Mei, a Tsou aboriginal village in Taiwan, is widely known as a legend of environmental conservation, where ecotourism has been successfully combined with integrated community development. Indigenous knowledge containing "ecological wisdom" and decision-making based on consensus are perceived to be the greatest contributors to this achievement. I conducted three months...
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Appendix B Table of
The rainfall regime of the Cape Verde Islands is influenced
by the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) resulting in strong
seasonal trends and frequent thunderstorm events. These
events are frequently responsible for the destruction of riverine
structures and valuable crop land.
A menu driven database program (RIS) was developed for
the...
Emerging river policy has launched small dam removal as a viable option to meet the ecological and social demands for river restoration. As small dam removals gain precedence as a policy tool in river restoration projects there exists a glaring gap in the social considerations, in particular how small dam...
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B: Unidirectional Matrix of Impacts and Indicators found from the
Brownsville Dam Removal 2008
This study examined the social and contextual factors that lead to differences in
the way biracial adolescents interpret their racial identity. Using 11 interviews with a sample of biracial youth between the ages of 14 and 17-years-old, this study also explores
the strategies these individuals use to achieve social validation...
This study traces British government policies with regard to Palestine from the time the British Expeditionary Forces under General Allenby invested Jerusalem in December 1917 to the imposition of the Mandate with Britain as the Mandatory power, which came into effect on July 22, 1922. The first chapter provides an...
CTD observations were made in the Code region near Pt. Arena on the northern California coast at 39°N, off Crescent City at 41°54 1 N, off Half Moon Bay at 37°25'N and off Pt. Purisima at 34°45'N during 2-13 July 1981. The observations in the Code region included three repeated...
This data report contains observations made from R/P FLIP as part of the first process-oriented NORPAX (North Pacific Experiment) experiment. The experiment was named POLE to indicate that the horizontal extent of sampling was small compared to the largest scale investigated in NORPAX.
The part of the experiment reported here...
Private land-use decisions can have important effects on private and public welfare. Market-based policies to regulate land use have the potential to move the privately-optimal allocation of land closer to what is socially optimal. To implement these policies in the Rocky Mountain states, it is necessary to understand the effects...
Oysters (all species combined). in terms of ex-vessel value, currently rank seventh largest among all seafood species landed in the United States, following shrimp, salmon, tuna, crab, lobster, and menhaden.
The supply of domestic hatchery seed for oyster propagation is not sufficient to meet the potential demand at current market...