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Exploring Fair Trade Yerba Mate Networks In Misiones, Argentina, Franklin Smith

Open Access Theses

This thesis explores the recent growth of Fair Trade yerba mate networks in Misiones, Argentina. It is a qualitative descriptive study, researching an area presently untouched by academic scholarship. The investigation first offers a historical background of production practices and labor relations within the yerba mate sector. It also examines various theoretical considerations that both problematize and support Fair Trade commodities. A commodity chain approach is used to understand the different value-adding processes that yerba mate is exposed to as it moves along nodes of harvesting, drying, milling, distribution, and consumption. Results are based on a month-long study of three …

Boyd Briefs - Dec. 4, 2014, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

Boyd Briefs provides weekly information regarding the activities and accomplishments of the faculty, students, and alumni of the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

The Scarlet - Volume Xciv, No. 11 (December 4, 2014), Scarlet Staff

The Scarlet (Student Newspaper) (2011-present)

The December 4, 2014 edition of The Scarlet (est. 1939), Clark University's student-run newspaper. The Scarlet is intellectually and editorially independent of the University.

2013-14 Annual Accountability Report : University Of South Florida St. Petersburg, Florida. Board Of Governors., State University System Of Florida., University Of South Florida St. Petersburg., University Of South Florida. System.

Statewide Governing Boards: Reports and Planning Documents

No abstract provided.

Quantifying The Effects Of Harvesting On Carbon Fluxes And Stocks In Northern Temperate Forests, W. Wang, Jingfeng Xiao, Scott V. Ollinger, A. R. Desai, J. Chen, A. Noormets

All Materials

Harvest disturbance has substantial impacts on forest carbon (C) fluxes and stocks. The quantification of these effects is essential for the better understanding of forest C dynamics and informing forest management in the context of global change. We used a process-based forest ecosystem model, PnET-CN, to evaluate how, and by what mechanisms, clear-cuts alter ecosystem C fluxes, aboveground C stocks (AGC), and leaf area index (LAI) in northern temperate forests. We compared C fluxes and stocks predicted by the model and observed at two chronosequences of eddy covariance flux sites for deciduous broadleaf forests (DBF) and evergreen needleleaf forests (ENF) …

Report, Annual Accountability Report 2013-2014, December 4, 2014, State University System Of Florida. Board Of Governors

Accountability Reports

The 2013-2014 annual accountability report for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Board of Trustees approved the report on December 4, 2014. The report is split into two sections: executive summary and data tables.

December 2014 General Studies Council Minutes, University Of Nebraska At Kearney General Studies Council

General Education Council

No abstract provided.

2013-14 Annual Accountability Report: University Of South Florida St. Petersburg, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

Academic Learning Compacts

The 2013-2014 Annual Accountability Report for the University of South Florida St. Petersburg approved by the Board of Trustees on December 4, 2014. Includes sections on financial resources, personnel, enrollment, undergraduate education, graduate education, and research and economic development.

Genetic Analysis Of 17 Y-Strs In A Mestizo Population From The Central Valley Of Mexico, Carla Santana, Gino Noris, Marco Antonio Meraz-Ríos, Jonathan J. Magaña, Emma S. Calderon-Aranda, Leonor C. Acosta-Saavedra, Maria De Lourdes Muñoz, Rocio Gómez

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

This study aims to portray the complex diversity of the Mexican Mestizo population, which represents 98.8% of the entire population of Mexico. We compiled extended haplotype data of the Y chromosome from populations in the Central Valley of Mexico (CVM), which were compared to other Mestizo and parental (Amerindian, European and African) populations. A complex ancestral relationship was found in the CVM population, suggesting cosmopolitan origins. Nevertheless, the most preeminent lineages point towards a European ancestry, where the R1b was the most frequent. In addition, important frequencies of Amerindian linages were also found in the Mestizo sample studied. Interestingly, the …

Farmers Markets In Urban Us Counties: The Relationship Between Income, Obesity, And Access, Mia El-Hamaki

Earth and Environmental Sciences Presentations

In the last decade there has been a convergence of factors that have contributed to an increase in food deserts, obesity, and income inequality in the US. Two-thirds of US adults are overweight or obese. This prevalence disproportionately affects low income areas with high minority populations (Ruelas et al., 2012). Simultaneously, research shows that grocery stores are tending to move away from low income, inner city communities and towards affluent urban and suburban areas. In order to combat the growing food deserts and obesity rates as a result of this shift, farmers markets have been proposed and utilized as a …

A Scientometric Assessment Of Indian Himalayan R&D Publications During 2004-13, Brij Mohan Gupta Dr, Ritu Gupta

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper analyses 9909 global and 4862 Indian Himalayan R&D publications, as covered in Scopus database during 2004-13. It compares the contribution, citation impact and international collaborative publications share of top 10 most productive countries, and the place of Indiaamong them. It mainly examines Indian output, with a focus its annual average growth rate (13.21%), citation impact per paper (1.86%), distribution of citations (with 62.40% publications received one or more citations), share of international collaborative papers (16.29%) and contribution of leading collaborative countries, distribution of output by broad subject areas, publication productivity and citation impact of thirty leading institutions and …

The Influence Of Electronic Resources Use On Students’ Reading Culture In Nigerian Universities: A Case Study Of Adeleke University Ede, Osun State, Stephen Adekunle Ajayi, Oludare A. Shorunke, Modupe A. Aboyade Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The declining interest in reading among students in higher institution is a challenge to all, as it affects the educational standard and the quality of graduate sent into the society. Survey method was used to carry out this research and the target population was students of Adeleke University Ede which totalled 705. A random sampling method was adopted for the research work. A total number of 220 were sampled from the total population. A well structured questionnaire was the instrument used to gather data for the study. A total of 220 questionnaires was administered on the respondents, 212 copies were …

The Cord (December 3, 2014)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

Punishment Without A Crime: Marginalizing The Already Marginalized: The School-To-Prison Pipeline And Implicit Racial Bias, Kelly Shaw

Washington Semester Program

No abstract provided.

Evaluating The Progress Of A Mangrove Reforestation Project On Isla Galeta, Colon, Abigail Hope Outterson

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Just off the Atlantic coast of Panama, a dynamic and self-renewing ecosystem takes advantage of the tropical climate and swampy conditions. Guarding Punta Galeta’s shores since before it was a U.S. navy base in the 1930’s, mangroves that have persisted here for centuries now draw scientists and tourists alike from all over the world to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Center. Once viewed as unproductive, distasteful environments, mangroves are increasingly recognized worldwide as critical habitat for endangered and commercially significant species, as well as for their ecological and aesthetic value. Uniquely adapted to survive in saline environments, mangroves combine methods of …

A Transnational Multivariate Analysis Of American Civil War Diplomacy, Thomas Gilbert Henry

Student Theses and Dissertations

Numerous historians have offered explanations for both Europe's response to the American Civil War as well as motivations behind Europe's refusal to extend recognition to the Confederacy and/or militarily intervene in the war. All previously published explanations included in this thesis are plausible, credible and most likely valid. Therefore, this thesis argues that the historiographical explanations offered, prior to now, have been far too narrowly focused and therefore too myopic to provide a proper, comprehensive explanation. This multivariate historiographic analysis will attempt to provide a more panoramic viewpoint from which readers may understand the European perspective which led to Europe's …

Spatial Distribution Of Gender Ratio In Muthanna Governorate For The Period 1997-2012, Hussein Jaaz Nasser, Yahya Abdul Hassan Fleih

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Studies in population geography are among the most important geographical studies as they are the basis on which all other studies emerge and proceed from, as it affects and is affected by all areas of social, economic and political life. When studying the geographical components of the region, the human side has great luck in this type of studies, especially with regard to the age and gender composition of the population, since each age group or quality has rights and duties that the state must determine by knowing the true weight of that group.The qualitative structure occupies a special importance …

Population Growth And Housing Problem In Samawah City 2012-2025, Salah Hashem Zghair Al-Asadi, Maher Nasser Abdullah

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The study of population growth and its annual rates, as well as its spatial and temporal variations, is an important topic of interest for specialists in human geography. This is due to the fact that this phenomenon is linked to numerous problems, particularly in developing countries, such as unemployment, poverty, inadequate services, and shortages of food and housing. The residential function is a significant aspect of land use and represents one of the key functions of cities. It provides housing to residents in designs and styles that reflect the level of societal development, and given the large area it occupies, …

Natural Features That Can Be Identified From Contour Maps, Rabab Abdul Majeed Hamid

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The contour line method is one of the most widely used methods for representing topography. In addition to being more accurate and clearer than other methods, it allows us to incorporate other geographical features on maps while maintaining clarity. This method is frequently used in topographic maps, and it is almost impossible to find a university thesis or dissertation on natural geography that does not include a contour map. This method not only allows us to visualize the three-dimensional shape of the Earth's surface, but also enables us to derive a great deal of useful information from the shape and …

Using Leaf-Off Lidar In Modeling Forest Canopy Structure And Assessing The Effect Of Spatial Resolution In Landscape Analyses, Jason R. Parent

Doctoral Dissertations

In recent years, the increasing availability of airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) has allowed landscapes to be studied in unprecedented detail. These data are primarily acquired during leaf-off canopy conditions because it is optimal for modeling the bare earth terrain in deciduous forests. However, there has been limited research investigating the utility of leaf-off data for modeling forest canopy structure and land cover. Furthermore, given the far greater spatial and temporal abundance of moderate- and coarse-resolution remote sensing data, it would be advantageous to determine when coarser data can serve as a useful proxy for finer data in landscape …

Contributions To An Arthropod Inventory Of Santa Cruz Island, California, Ida Naughton, Michael S. Caterino, Cause Hanna, David Holway

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

Arthropods have been understudied on Santa Cruz Island, resulting in an incomplete understanding of these diverse and ecologically important members of island ecosystems. To enhance the current understanding of Santa Cruz Island biodiversity, we sampled arthropods in 2 native plant habitats: island scrub oak (Quercus pacifica) woodland and patches of island morning glory (Calystegia macrostegia ssp. macrostegia). We used 4 standardized sampling techniques to sample arthropods in 16 Q. pacifica woodland plots. We sampled arthropods associated with C. macrostegia by pan trapping within 1 m of blooming morning glory individuals. In total, we sampled over 18,000 …

Religion, Public Life And The State In Putin's Russia, Alexey D. Krindatch

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

25 Year Club: 33rd Annual Gala, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club: 33rd Annual Gala

December 2, 2014

• New Inductees
• Members
• Retirees

Plan Now For Summer Research Internships Workshops, Dec. 2 And 3, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Geographic Distribution And Adaptive Significance Of Genomic Structural Variants: An Anthropological Genetics Perspective, Muthukrishnan Eaaswarkhanth, Pavlos Pavlidis, Omer Gokcumen

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Anthropological geneticists have successfully used single nucleotide and short tandem repeat variations across human genomes to reconstruct human history. These markers have also been used extensively to identify adaptive and phenotypic variation. The recent advent of high-throughput genomic technologies revealed an overlooked type of genomic variation, namely structural variants (SVs). In fact, some SVs may contribute to human adaptation in substantial and previously unexplored ways. SVs include deletions, insertions, duplications, inversions and translocations of genomic segments that vary among individuals from the same species. SVs are much less numerous than single nucleotide variants, but account for at least seven times …

Environmental Health News, Georgia Southern University

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences: News & Publications (2011-2018)

• NOAA Grant

Vision Statement Research, Strategic Planning Development Team

Resource Archive

This document is a compilation of mission and vision statements from a number of other urban universities in the United States.

Annual Report Of Research And Creative Productions By Faculty And Staff, January To December, 2014, Research And Creative Productions Committee. Morehead State University.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Reports and Publications

Annual Report Of Research and Creative Productions by Faculty and Staff from January to December, 2014.

Biomass Burning Fuel Consumption Rates: A Field Measurement Database, T. T. Van Leeuwen, G. R. Van Der Werf, A. A. Hoffmann, R. G. Detmers, G. Rücker, Nancy H. F. French, S. Archibald, J. A. Carvalho Jr, G. D. Cook, William J. De Groot, C. Hély, Eric S. Kasischke, S. Kloster, Jessica Mccarty, M. L. Pettinari, P. Savadogo, E. C. Alvarado, L. Boschetti, S. Manuri, C. P. Meyer, F. Siegert, L. A. Trollope, W. S. W. Trollope

Michigan Tech Research Institute Publications

Landscape fires show large variability in the amount of biomass or fuel consumed per unit area burned. Fuel consumption (FC) depends on the biomass available to burn and the fraction of the biomass that is actually combusted, and can be combined with estimates of area burned to assess emissions. While burned area can be detected from space and estimates are becoming more reliable due to improved algorithms and sensors, FC is usually modeled or taken selectively from the literature. We compiled the peer-reviewed literature on FC for various biomes and fuel categories to understand FC and its variability better, and …

Wofford Today Winter 2014, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Wofford Today

No abstract provided.