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The Straw that Broke the Language's Back: Language Shift in the Upper Necaxa Valley of Mexico
Download2009
This article examines the factors that have led to a shift to Spanish in the Upper Necaxa Totonac communities of east-central Mexico. Despite the fact that Spanish and Totonac have been in contact since before the eighteenth century, the shift to the majority language has only occurred in the...
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2000
Abstract: Observations of pillar failures in Canadian hard-rock mines indicate that the dominant mode of failure is progressive slabbing and spalling. Empirical formulas developed for the stability of hard-rock pillars suggest that the pillar strength is directly related to the pillar...
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2002
This note presents a transcription of Russell's letter to Hawtrey of 22 January 1907 accompanied by some proposed emendations. In that letter Russell describes the paradox that he says \"pilled\" the \"substitutional theory\" developed just before he turned to the theory of types. A close...
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2008
Low, G., Molzahn, A. E., Kalfoss, M.
The aim of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the WHOQOL–BREF, a generic quality of life scale, among older people in Canada and Norway. Very similar data from the Canadian and Norwegian Field Trial data (Canada n = 192; Norway, n = 469) were analyzed and compared. Higher...
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The Supreme Court of Canada and the Alberta Court of Appeal: Do the top courts have a fundamental philosophical difference of opinion on public law issues?
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Billingsley, Barbara, Elman, Bruce P.
Prompted by the marked clash between the Supreme Court of Canada and the Alberta Court of Appeal in R. v. Ewanchuk, the authors ask whether this conflict is indicative of a fundamental divergence of opinion between the two courts. To answer this question, the authors embark on a review of all 132...
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2003
Greben, H., Geldenhuis, A., Maree, J., Hagger, M.
Disposal of mine water is a worldwide problem occurring in the coal and gold as well in the metal ore mining areas. Since southern Africa is a (semi) arid region, mining effluents should be treated to qualities such that they can be used for agricultural purposes or that they can be discharged in...
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2010
Demand for organically produced food products is increasing rapidly in North America, driven by a perception that organic agriculture results in fewer negative environmental impacts and yields greater benefits for human health than conventional systems. Despite the increasing interest in organic...
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2016-02-01
In January 2015, the World Economic Forum announced that the water crisis is the number one global risk, according to its impact to society. It is said that future wars will be fought over this precious and diminishing resource. Accordingly, any effort to conserve water or to prevent its...
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1998-01-01
Campbell, Katherine, Ben-Zvi, Ehud
This article describes the re-design and evaluation of a full-year undergraduate course, An Introduction to the World's Religions, from a traditional lecture-based model to a Web-based format. The highly personal and valuative nature of the course content, as well as large class size and lack of...