Thesis (M.A.)--Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1987. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-107).

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon Graduate Center, 1985.

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Texte remanié de: Diss.--Fakultät für Biologie--Tübingen--Eberhard-Karls-Universität, 1998. Titre de soutenance : Evolutiontheorie als Handlungsanleitung? / Bibliogr. p. 279-306.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 747-800). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experiences of individuals who spend time in nature with their dogs. The study was guided by three key research questions: what is the essence of the experience; how does time in nature with a dog differ from time in nature without a dog; and what are the outcomes of spending time in nature with a dog? Eight participants who spent at least six hours a week in nature with their dog were interviewed. Transcripts were analyzed and coded. Three overall themes (heightened experience, negotiating constraints, and outcomes) emerged, which informed the three research questions. This study connected two related research areas, adding to existing literature on dog ownership and nature experiences. / Graduate

In public health working in a less medical and more preventative way by focussing on the wider determinants of health, inter-sectoral collaboration, and evidence based practice have been advocated as ways to raise the health status of the population. In recent years, the idea of contact with nature to enhance health has come to the fore as one way to tackle current public health challenges: for example, diabetes, overweight and obesity, chronic liver disease, hypertension and mental health problems. Yet little is known about how this idea has diffused through the interdependent figurations of researchers, policy makers and into use through the actions of people in local organisations. The processes connecting these interdependent figurations are complex and, in the case of contact with nature, are not well understood. This is the research problem this thesis seeks to address, that is to say, the evidence into action process of an idea. The theoretical perspective of Norbert Elias is used throughout the thesis to analyse the diffusion process of the idea. Elias’s work is concerned with long term processes in human history; in adherence with his approach to sociological inquiry a historical context going back more than three generations provides the backdrop for the empirical work. An examination of the context illuminated the significance of the decade of the 1970s onwards to the present use of the idea of contact with nature in public health; notably the shift in discourse about hazards, risk and threats from nature to one of health enhancement. Norbert Elias’s own thinking and discourse about contact with nature to enhance health is used as a touchstone for the analysis. The empirical data in the thesis is generated through mixed methods, principally bibliometrics and content analysis, to reveal the diffusion and development of the idea over time and to show the way that the idea is framed when used by researchers, policy makers and by people within organisations. An Eliasian approach to case study methodology is utilised. Sub-study 1 revealed that empirical research literature about the idea emerged in the 1970s and that the number of publications per annum increased year on year until 2005. The empirical research was generated by researchers located across several continents and from different disciplines. Early researchers into the idea investigated the psychological benefits whilst latterly epidemiological studies have come to the fore. Sub-study 2 showed that the idea was taken up widely by policy makers in four government departments in England from 2000, with a peak in 2011. There were more references to the idea in the policy documents of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs than other government departments; the references of this department took an ecosystem services stance. Sub-study 3 showed that during July to October 2013 and within Greater Manchester, 36 organisations were providing and/or promoting activities which involved the idea of contact with nature on their websites. Of these 36 organisations, 16 (44%) were conservation/wildlife based agencies whose use of the idea included the pursuit of their own agendas and purposes. ix An analysis of the results, using the theoretical perspective of Norbert Elias, shows the involvement of many figurations of interdependent individuals, and the long term, largely unplanned, and non-linear character of the diffusion process. The empirical findings reflect the transdisciplinary nature of the research, inter-sectoral collaboration across government departments within policy, and the adoption of the idea outside of the traditional health service. People and thinking from the environment sector have greatly influenced the diffusion and development of the idea, and their involvement has widened the scope and form of public health action.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:27:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2007-09-11Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:36:26Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 silvajunior_cf_me_rcla.pdf: 1230406 bytes, checksum: 98e97c6dba905d3cc9a9ecfb2a6550d4 (MD5) / O Turismo em Áreas de Contato com a Natureza, têm se tornado uma importante atividade econômica no Brasil, principalmente nas últimas décadas. Apesar da diversidade de paisagens naturais algumas ainda não alcançaram todo o seu potencial, por isso, a abordagem ao município de Costa Rica MS, que se localiza no cerrado brasileiro, região que não é explorada satisfatoriamente pela atividade turística. Para que o Turismo em Áreas de Contato com a Natureza seja viável foram enfatizados os seguintes aspectos: respeito às comunidades locais; envolvimento econômico afetivo das comunidades locais; respeito às condições naturais, conservação do meio ambiente e interação educacional; garantia de que o turista incorpore para a sua vida o que aprende em sua visita, gerando consciência para a preservação da natureza e do patrimônio histórico, cultural e étnico. A a recepção dos moradores de Costa Rica - MS para a implantação do Turismo em Áreas de Contato com a Natureza, e as suas expectativas em relação a organização do local, a chegada e ao atendimento aos turistas. Através deste conjunto de informações serão tecidas considerações sobre a possibilidade ou não do Turismo em Áreas de Contatos com a Natureza ser iniciado no município de Costa Rica - MS. / The Tourism in Areas of Contact with the Nature has become an important economic activity in Brazil, mainly last few decades. Although the diversity of the natural landscapes, some had not reached all its potential yet, therefore, the boarding to the Costa Rica MS, located in Brazilian Savannah, region that is not explored satisfactorily by the tourist activity. For the Tourism in Areas of Contact with the Nature is viable the following aspects had been emphasized: respect to the local communities; affective economic involvement of the local communities; respect to the natural conditions; conservation of the environment and educational interaction; the guarantee of the tourist incorporates for his life what he learns in his visit; generating the conscious for the preservation of the nature and the historic, cultural and ethnic patrimony. The reception of the inhabitants of Costa Rica - MS for the implantation of the Tourism in Areas of Contact with Nature and the expectations about the organization of the place, the arrival and the attendances to the tourist. Through these sets of information, considerations will be taken into, about the possibility of the Tourism Areas of Contact with the Nature to be initiated in Costa Rica - MS city.

in English This thesis deals with the key principle of international refugee law which is the principle of non-refoulement. Thanks to this principle, entitled persons are protected from being returned to their country of origin where they would be in danger on the grounds listed in particular documents. The aim of my thesis is to define and analyze the nature, scope and content of this principle in particular international and regional documents and their subsequent comparison. The thesis itself is composed of seven main chapters. Chapter one contains a brief definition of the documents where the principle of non-refoulement is enshrined. Chapter two deals with the scope of the principle. The personal and territorial scope is examined in this chapter. In the third chapter, I focus on the nature of the principle in particular documents, the presence and interpretation of exceptions to the principle. I analyze primarily the Convention Relating to the Status of refugees in this chapter, since this Convention is the one containing exceptions to the principle. In the fourth chapter, I focus on the detailed analysis of the nature, scope and content of the principle in the particular documents. I examine which parts of the principle are identical or similar in those documents and which of them differ....

This fiction collection attempts to convey the essence of Oregon's landscape, nature, and people. Many of these pieces reflect violent behavior, which is sometimes directed from one character to another, and sometimes directed toward nature. Sometimes this violence is mild, sometimes it is horrific. But the reasons for the violence and any connection it has to the landscape, nature, and people of Oregon is left to the reader to decide. The focus of this collection is not to teach lessons--it is to entertain.