Archaeologists have identified many prehistoric structures affiliated with the Manteño culture (500 CE to 1532 CE) of coastal Ecuador, but the function of those constructions is rarely understood. As part of an ongoing project by Florida Atlantic University to explore the function of these buildings, I conducted systematic soil phosphate testing in and around two archaeological structures and, for ethnoarchaeological comparison, four contemporary households. The two prehistoric structures are located 200 meters from each other and on two different river terraces within the same river valley. They are part of a larger site (C4-084). I found clear spatial patterning in phosphate concentrations in and around the archaeological structures. The concentrations were higher inside the structures, while outside they decreased with distance from the structure. Statistical testing and spatial analysis have suggested the two structures were used for different purposes. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Esta investigación tuvo como propósito el estudio de la relación entre la Cooperación Universidad-Empresa, y su efecto sobre el Desempeño Innovador Empresarial. La investigación tuvo tres propósitos. El primero, examinar el efecto de la cooperación entre universidad y empresa acerca del desempeño innovador empresarial. El segundo, determinar si el tamaño de la empresa y los gastos en I+D son factores que influyen en las empresas para desarrollar cooperación con las universidades para la innovación. El tercero, fue analizar con base en los resultados de la investigación las políticas públicas, orientadas a fomentar la cooperación entre universidad y empresa. La población objeto de estudio en la investigación estuvo constituida por las empresas del Ecuador presentes en el Censo Económico 2010 que corresponde a 467 302 empresas de los sectores de manufacturas, minas y canteras, construcción, comercio y servicios. La muestra fue estratificada, por sector y provincia, fue de 2 815 empresas de 24 provincias del Ecuador. En la investigación se utilizó como instrumento de investigación y base de datos la Encuesta Nacional de Actividades de Innovación 2013, alineada a las normas internacionales para actividades de innovación del Manual de OSLO y la Encuesta Nacional de Actividades de Ciencia, Tecnología 2013, desarrolladas por el Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, INEC, y por la Secretaría Nacional de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Senescyt. La metodología utilizada en el presente estudio fue de carácter cuantitativo y correspondió al campo de la econometría. Se presentaron tres modelos diferentes para la obtención de la respuesta de cada uno de los propósitos de investigación. Por lo tanto, la primera hipótesis se resolvió con la aplicación de dos modelos, tobit y probit, y la segunda y tercera hipótesis con un modelo logit. Como resultado de la aplicación econométrica en sus distintos modelos, se obtuvo en que la cooperación universidad – empresa influye positivamente en el desarrollo de la innovación empresarial. Asimismo, se evidenció la influencia del tamaño de las empresas en la vinculación universidad – empresa, pero esta doble hélice no presentó relación con la inversión en I+D de las empresas en Ecuador. Palabras Claves: Cooperación Universidad – Empresa, Desarrollo Empresarial, Tobit, Logit, Probit. / The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between University- Business Cooperation and its effect on Innovative Business Performance. The study had three purposes. The first one, to examine the effect of the cooperation between university and company on the innovative business performance. The second, determine whether the size of the company and R&D expenditures are factors that influence companies to develop cooperation with universities for innovation. The third was to analyze, based on the results of the research, public policies aimed at fostering cooperation between the university and the company. The population under study in the research was constituted by the companies of Ecuador present in the 2010 Economic Census, which corresponds to 467 302 companies in the sectors of manufacturing, mining and quarrying, construction, commerce and services. The sample was stratified, by sector and province, was 2 815 in 24 provinces of Ecuador. In the research, the National Survey of Innovation Activities 2013, aligned with the international standards for innovation activities of the OSLO Manual and the National Survey of Science Activities, Technology 2013, developed by the Ministry of Health, was used as a research instrument and database. National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, INEC, and by the National Secretariat of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Senescyt. The methodology used in the present study was of quantitative nature and corresponded to the field of econometrics, and three different models were presented to obtain the answer of each one of the research purposes. Therefore, the first hypothesis was solved with the application of two models tobit and probit, and the second and third hypotheses with a logit model. As a result of the econometric application in its different models, it was obtained that university - business cooperation positively influences the development of business innovation. Likewise, the influence of the size of the companies in the university - company relationship was evidenced, but this double helix does not present a relation with the investment in R&D of the companies in Ecuador. Keywords: Cooperation University - Business, Business Development, Tobit, Logit, Probit. / Tesis

Publicación a texto completo no autorizada por el autor / Determina la incidencia del nivel de desarrollo del pensamiento crítico en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes de la Carrera de Educación Básica de la Universidad Técnica de Babahoyo, con la finalidad de promover una mejor calidad de la enseñanza y lograr niveles más altos de aprendizaje en los estudiantes universitarios. / Tesis

The present dissertation reconstructs the notion of legitimacy in Ecuador between 1996 and 2007 in order to re-think our measurements and understanding of Latin American democracies. Empirically, the analysis is centered on the country`s puzzling tendency to survive institutional volatility, bad economic performance and social unrest, while the theoretical section underlines the importance of the vertical and horizontal participatory components of legitimacy. After exploring different plausible explanations of Ecuador`s puzzling mixture of political turmoil and regime endurance, this dissertation concludes that legitimacy helped democracy to endure in Ecuador. The main conclusion is that the horizontal components of political participation and the enactment of democratic values by social movements as well as new political parties played a key role in the survival of democracy. The dissertation contributes to the democratization literature by encompassing the normative elements of democracy, while at the same time contributes to democratic theory by pushing further the boundaries of a notion and a case that requires further attention.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 2003. / Title from PDF of title page. Document formatted into pages; contains 208 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

The present dissertation reconstructs the notion of legitimacy in Ecuador between 1996 and 2007 in order to re-think our measurements and understanding of Latin American democracies. Empirically, the analysis is centered on the country`s puzzling tendency to survive institutional volatility, bad economic performance and social unrest, while the theoretical section underlines the importance of the vertical and horizontal participatory components of legitimacy. After exploring different plausible explanations of Ecuador`s puzzling mixture of political turmoil and regime endurance, this dissertation concludes that legitimacy helped democracy to endure in Ecuador. The main conclusion is that the horizontal components of political participation and the enactment of democratic values by social movements as well as new political parties played a key role in the survival of democracy. The dissertation contributes to the democratization literature by encompassing the normative elements of democracy, while at the same time contributes to democratic theory by pushing further the boundaries of a notion and a case that requires further attention.

Historical notions of Noble Savagery have been contemporarily translated and massified in popular culture so that traits that “Indigenous People” are believed to possess, are conflated with those of the Noble Savage of lore and taken for granted as truth. The Noble Savage is the embodiment of the tourist’s notion of the authentic; the more traits Indigenous people are assumed to share with the western notion of the Noble Savage the more authentic they are deemed, and the more attractive they are to the visiting tourist. In Saraguro tourism and incanismo mutually validate and reinforce each other. Tourists valorize their own preconceived notions of indigenous culture, and in turn validate incanismo through participation in Incaic cultural performances. Neo-Incans are objectifying and consuming their own dreams though the tourist gaze, and the resultant cultural commodification and the (re)appropriation of a nobler past has led to cultural revalorization of an indigenous elite. / viii, 213 leaves; 29 cm

München, Techn. University, Diss., 2007.

Thesis (D. Miss.)--Reformed Theological Seminary, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-120).

Tesis de Grado previa a la obención del Titulo de Licenciado(a) en Nutrición y Dietética, Universidad Technica del Norte, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Escuela de Nutricion y Salud Comunitaria. / Abstract in Spanish and English.