Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Louisville, 2008. / Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology. Vita. "August 2008." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-166).

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, November, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-132)

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, November, 2004. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-132)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Uppsala University, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-175).

Thesis (M. A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Morag, Nadav ; Second Reader: Moghaddam, Fathali. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 27, 2010. DTIC Descriptor(s): Profiles, Recruits, Refugees, Youth, Somalia, Transformations, Terrorists, Vulnerability, Law Enforcement, Terrorism, Interviewing, United Kingdom, Homeland Security, Culture, Conflict, History, Theses, Recruiting, Threats, Islam, Immigrants, Communities. DTIC Identifier(s): Somali Americans, Salafi Jihadists, Radicalization, Somali Diaspora, Islamic Fundamentalism, Shirwa Ahmed, Burhan Hassan, Mohamoud Hassan, Columbus(Ohio), Minneapolis(Minnesota), Acculturation, Assimilation Conflicts, Al-Shabaab, Suicide Bombers, Clan Identity, Pastoralism, Nationalism, Socioeconomic Status, Ethnic Conflict, Religious Conflict, Cultural Traits, Contest Program, Al Qaeda, Second Generation Immigrants, Third Generation Immigrants, Outreach Efforts, Interviews, Homegrown Terrorism, Muslim Refugees. Author(s) subject terms: Somali, Somalia, diaspora, Jihadism, Shirwa Ahmed, Minneapolis, MN, Columbus, OH, recruitment, radicalization, acculturation, Salafi jihadists, al-Shabaab, Transportation Security Administration. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-92). Also available in print.

ix, 86 p. / Using interviews with refugee farmers and insights gained through participant-observation at farms and at farming events, this thesis explores how Somali Bantu refugees interact with the Global Gardens resettlement project in Boise, Idaho. Somali Bantu refugees' engagement with the agricultural integration program reveals that the United States refugee resettlement system often focuses on economic integration goals and measures to the exclusion of alternative development or integration options. Refugee farmers' common and differing experiences and evaluations of the farm project challenge the wisdom of a purely neoliberal, economics-focused approach to resettlement. This study suggests that refugee-farming participants were not uniformly and principally motivated to farm by potential financial gain: in addition to viewing the farms as an economic resource, participants valued the farms as important social, cultural, and civic resources. / Committee in charge: Stephen Wooten, Chairperson; Lynn Fujiwara, Member; Dennis Galvan, Member

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Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-98). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

OLIVEIRA, Kassiana Adriano Pinto de. Avaliação genética de parte da trajetória de crescimento de ovinos das raças santa inês, poll dorset e somalis brasileira utilizando modelos de regressão aleatória. 2008. 69 f. : Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Zootecnia, Fortaleza-CE, 2008 / Submitted by Nádja Goes (nmoraissoares@gmail.com) on 2016-08-02T13:24:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_dis_kapoliveira.pdf: 740356 bytes, checksum: 7cfdc172a195a64094119a0a25b768b6 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Nádja Goes (nmoraissoares@gmail.com) on 2016-08-02T13:24:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_dis_kapoliveira.pdf: 740356 bytes, checksum: 7cfdc172a195a64094119a0a25b768b6 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-02T13:24:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008_dis_kapoliveira.pdf: 740356 bytes, checksum: 7cfdc172a195a64094119a0a25b768b6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Data set of 220, 336 and 19,303 records, respectively of Poll Dorset, Somalis Brasileira and Santa Inês sheep, born between 1996 and 2008, belonging to Gaasa Agropecuária Ltda, supported by Programa de Melhoramento Genético de Caprinos e Ovinos de Corte (GENECOC) of Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos, were analyzed with the aim to evaluate distinct polynomial functions with different order of fit for fixed and random regressions of growth trajectory and to estimate (co)variances components and genetic parameters of this trajectory. Fixed effects used in analysis for all breeds were contemporary group (animals born in the same year-season), sex and birth type (single, twin, triple). Separately, for each breed, 24 models, with different orders, were evaluated to verify the best fit for fixed trajectory and for random regression of additive direct, maternal and permanent environmental effects. Ordinary and Legendre polynomials, varying of two (linear) to four (cubic) orders, were evaluated for fixed regression of average growth trajectory. Legendre and quadratic bspline functions, varying of three (quadratic) to four (cubic) orders, were evaluated for random regressions. For all breeds, Legendre polynomials of order fourth were sufficient to fit random regression. However, in fixed regression, ordinary polynomials were best to Poll Dorset and Santa Inês breeds, while Legendre were best for Somalis Brasileira. Fixed trajectory was linear for Poll Dorset and Somalis Brasileira and quadratic for Santa Inês. In Poll Dorset, direct heritability was low (<0.05) until 100 days, when so increased until 212 days reaching 0.74. In major portion of trajectory, maternal heritability for this breed were higher than direct heritability, this last overpass the first only after 150 days of age, about 100 days after weaning of animals. In Somalis Brasileira breed, the standard of direct heritability estimates presented two parabolas: one between birth and 73 day, with maximum of 0.21 at 49 days, and other from 73 day to rest of trajectory, with maximum of 0.53 at 253-256 days. Maternal heritability increased until 76 day, with maximum of 0,95, decreasing for 0.47 at 261 day, increasing again until final of trajectory, reaching 0.80. In Santa Inês breed, direct heritabilities at days 1, 50, 150, 250 and 411 were 0.24, 0.12, 0.44, 0.84 and 0.96, respectively, while maternal heritabilities for the same ages, respectively, were 0.24, 0.19, 0.09, 0.02 and 0.01. In all breeds, genetic correlations among weights in subsequent ages were high, tend to unity, with negative correlations between weights at early ages and weights at late ages. There is sufficient genetic variability to permit selection of these breeds for alter its growth trajectory. However, differences in standard of this variability suggest different procedures for selection of each breed. Genetic control of weights at initial ages is not the same in late ages. This aspect is important for establishment of adequate strategies of selection. Selection of animals for slaughter in early age must be different of that to replacement animals / Foram avaliados 220, 336 e 19.303 registros de pesos de ovinos, respectivamente das raças Poll Dorset, Somalis Brasileira e Santa Inês, nascidos entre 1996 e 2008, de propriedade da fazenda Gaasa Agropecuária Ltda, associada ao Programa de Melhoramento Genético de Caprinos e Ovinos de Corte (GENECOC) da Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos, com o objetivo de avaliar distintas funções polinomiais com diferentes ordens para o melhor ajuste das regressões fixas e aleatórias da trajetória de crescimento e estimar os componentes de (co) variância e parâmetros genéticos desta trajetória. Os efeitos fixos utilizados nas análises para todas as raças foram grupo de contemporâneos (animais nascidos no mesmo ano e estação), sexo e tipo de nascimento (simples, duplo, triplo). Separadamente, para cada uma das raças, foram avaliados 24 modelos, com diferentes ordens, para verificar o melhor ajuste simultâneo de regressão fixa da trajetória de crescimento e da regressão aleatória para efeitos genéticos aditivo direto e materno e de ambiente permanente do animal. Para ajuste da regressão fixa da trajetória média de crescimento, foram avaliados polinômios ordinários e de Legendre, com ordens variando de dois (linear) a quatro (cúbica). Para as regressões aleatórias, foram avaliadas as funções de Legendre e b-spline quadrática, com ordens variando de três (quadrática) a quatro (cúbica). Para todas as raças, funções com polinômios de Legendre de quarta ordem foram suficientes para ajustar a parte aleatória. Entretanto, para a parte fixa, os polinômios ordinários foram melhores para as raças Poll Dorset e Santa Inês, enquanto os de Legendre foram melhores para a raça Somalis Brasileira. A trajetória fixa foi linear para as raças Poll Dorset e Somalis Brasileira, e quadrática para a raça Santa Inês. Na raça Poll Dorset, a herdabilidade direta se manteve baixa (<0,05) até cerca de 100 dias de idade, quando passou a aumentar até os 212 dias de idade, atingindo um valor de 0,74. Na maior parte da trajetória, as herdabilidades maternas nesta raça superaram as herdabilidades diretas, sendo que esta última somente ultrapassou a primeira após os 150 dias de idade, cerca de 100 dias após o desmame dos animais. Na raça Somalis Brasileira, o padrão das estimativas de herdabilidade direta apresentou duas parábolas: uma entre o nascimento e o dia 73, com valor máximo de 0,21 aos 49 dias, e uma outra entre 73 dias e o restante da trajetória, com valor máximo de 0,53 aos 253-256 dias. A herdabilidade materna aumentou até o dia 76, com máxima de 0,95, reduzindo para 0,47 no dia 261, voltando a subir novamente até o final da trajetória, alcançando o valor de 0,80. Na raça Santa Inês, as herdabilidades diretas nos dias 1, 50, 150, 250 e 411 foram iguais a 0,24, 0,12, 0,44, 0,84, e 0,96, respectivamente, enquanto as herdabilidades maternas nas respectivas idades foram 0,24, 0,19, 0,09, 0,02 e 0,01. Em todas as raças, as correlações genéticas entre pesos de idades subseqüentes, próximas entre si, foram elevadas, tendendo à unidade, havendo correlações negativas entre pesos tomados em idades mais jovens e aqueles tomados em idades mais avançadas. Existe variabilidade genética suficiente para permitir seleção destas raças, de forma a alterar suas trajetórias de crescimento. Entretanto, as diferenças no padrão desta variabilidade sugerem diferentes procedimentos de seleção para cada uma das raças. O controle genético sob os pesos nas fases iniciais do crescimento não é o mesmo que atua em idades mais tardias. Este aspecto é importante para o estabelecimento de adequadas estratégias de seleção. A seleção de animais para abate em idade jovem deve assim ser diferente daquela para animais de reposição no rebanho

This qualitative research study explores female circumcision within the Canadian community perspective. / Issues examined in the literature review include: the historical background of the practice, its cultural and religious implications, its effects on health, existing social pressures to continue or discontinue the practice and the subjective constructions of majority and minority identities, perspectives and interactions in Canada's multicultural society. / For the purposes of this study majority/minority relations are explored in terms of the interactions between an immigrant community from a FC practicing country and the mainstream community in Canada. The Somali community has been chosen for this case study as the one best known to the author and as one in whose country of origin available statistics indicate a 98% prevalence rate of FC. Canadian mainstream reactions to this practice are analyzed through media reporting and statements from Somalis in Canada describing their interactions with the mainstream community on this issue. / Members of the Somali community in Montreal, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario were interviewed in order to cover as wide an area as possible, including difference in provinces. The following six themes were chosen after data analysis: the Effects of FC on Health, the Cultural Orientation of FC, Religious Beliefs Regarding FC, Social Pressures, A Sense of Differentness and Efforts to Discourage the Practice of FC. These themes are discussed with special attention being paid to 'differentness' and the mechanisms or coping skills developed to deal with this complex social phenomenon which involves opposing values, beliefs and perceptions. / In its final section, the study examines the social work implications of the findings which address intercultural fears, anxieties and the dynamics of power involved in the way the FC issue has been addressed in Canada. / Practice, program and policy recommendations with regard to discouraging FC practice are made at the end of the thesis. / The study concludes with the observation that the debate around FC in Canada is much wider than the issue itself and that the practice has been sensationalized in a manner which has emphasized perceptions of differentness which exist in our society. No constructive dialogue will be possible around this issue until the issue of differentness is addressed, and mutual fears and anxieties evoked by the perception of differentness are dealt with in a sensitive manner, in both immigrant and mainstream communities.