Asian StudiesThis paper examines the phenomenon of “wandering objects” through the lens of the Skušek Collection, the largest collection of East Asian objects in Slovenia, which was brought to Ljubljana by Ivan Skušek Jr. and his Japanese wife, Tsuneko Kondō Kawase,
Helena Motoh
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The gulf between rhetoric & reality : an examination of the gap between development theory and development practice in the care of Cambodian orphans : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North Campus [PDF]
, 2005 Like many other Developing World countries. Cambodia is in the midst of an orphan crisis. At least 77,000 children have lost their parents to AIDS and many thousands more have been orphaned by civil war. landmines and other tragedies.
Greenfield, Craig
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HepData reloaded: reinventing the HEP data archive
, 2010 We describe the status of the HepData database system, following a major re-development in time for the advent of LHC data. The new HepData system benefits from use of modern database and programming language technologies, as well as a variety of high ...
Buckley, Andy, Whalley, Mike
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Why East Asian Objects in Slovenia Became “Orphaned”
Asian StudiesWhat lies behind the impoverishment of the identity of East Asian objects in their transition from the private to the public sphere? This article looks at the various developmental processes that have led to the “orphaning” of East Asian objects in ...
Nataša Vampelj Suhadolnik
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Data availability on men's involvement in families in sub-Saharan Africa to inform family-centred programmes for children affected by HIV and AIDS [PDF]
, 2010 The Joint Learning Initiative on Children and AIDS recently recommended that programmes for children affected by HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa direct more support to families.
Sangeetha Madhavan, Victoria Hosegood
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Nigeria research situation analysis on orphans and other vulnerable children [PDF]
, 2009 This item is archived in the repository for materials published for the USAID supported Orphans and Vulnerable Children Comprehensive Action Research Project (OVC-CARE) at the Boston University Center for Global Health and Development.Addressing the ...
Beard, Jennifer +5 more
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DiversityOrphaned colonies of Cryptotermes domesticus readily produce replacement reproductives and continue propagation. In this study, we aimed to investigate the production and fecundity of neotenic reproductives in 5-year-old colonies of C.
Wenjing Wu +6 more
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Social complexity in bees is not sufficient to explain lack of reversions to solitary living over long time scales [PDF]
, 2007 Background: The major lineages of eusocial insects, the ants, termites, stingless bees, honeybees and vespid wasps, all have ancient origins (≥ 65 mya) with no reversions to solitary behaviour.
Luke B Chenoweth +4 more
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Neotenic formation in laboratory colonies of the termite Coptotermes gestroi after orphaning
Journal of Insect Science, 2004 The termite Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann, 1896) (Rhinotermitidae: Coptotermitinae) is an exotic species in Brazil and information concerning its reproductive developmental biology is scarce.
Ana Maria Costa-Leonardo +2 more
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The scale, scope and impact of alternative care for OVC in developing countries [PDF]
, 2010 This item is archived in the repository for materials published for the USAID supported Orphans and Vulnerable Children Comprehensive Action Research Project (OVC-CARE) at the Boston University Center for Global Health and Development.Over 145 million ...
Beard, Jennifer +2 more
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