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Euro-Settler Place Naming Practices for North America through a Gendered and Racialized Lens [PDF]
Terrae Incognitae, 2021 The rich fabric of place names knitting together the Americas weaves into a complex intercultural network of naming practices that span thousands of years as well as the globe.
Lauren Beck
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Poverty and Place in North America
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005 This paper provides an overview of poverty in North America: in Mexico, the United States and Canada. It begins with an overview of growth and inequality in the three countries. The second section of the paper presents concepts and measures of poverty and reports the overall incidence of poverty in the three countries using various measures.
Mary Jo Bane, Rene Zenteno
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Journal of Quaternary Science, 2009 Abstract IPCC Assessment Report 4 model projections suggest that the subtropical dry zones of the world will both dry and expand poleward in the future due to greenhouse warming. The US Southwest is particularly vulnerable in this regard and model projections indicate a progressive drying there out to the end of the 21st century.
Cook, Edward R. +5 more
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Contextualized Metrics + Narrating Binaries: Defining Place and Processing Indigenous North America
Cross Americas: Probing Disglobal Networks- Papers, 2016 This paper introduces four cultural catalysts in Indigenous architecture: language, place, kinship and transformation. Inspired by the interrelationship of physical, sociocultural and spiritual factors- the measurable and immeasurable – we investigate a number of concepts related to Indigenous thinking and ways of knowing.
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The Senses and SocietyThis paper unpacks sensory histories of childbirth in the North American obstetric ward, focusing on the period between 1950 and 1970. Focusing on the intertwining of spaces, bodies, and behaviors, this paper argues that control and mastery of the childbirth experience – including control of pain, key to the “achievement” of a successful natural birth –
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Is North America the best place for PCNL in obese patients?
Canadian Urological Association Journal, 2014 Darren, Beiko, Janet, van Vlymen
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Global asymmetries in the moisture origins of atmospheric river precipitation [PDF]
NPJ Clim Atmos SciCrespo-Otero A +5 more
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Life expectancy of UK physicians in the early 21st century: An analysis of 1,000 fellows from the Royal College of Physicians' Munk's Roll. [PDF]
Clin Med (Lond)Woolley ID +5 more
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New fossil evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Europe (southern France) deepens the origin of Salamandridae (Urodela) and refines the biogeography of the family. [PDF]
Sci RepMacaluso L +6 more
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