Sökning: "México"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 91 avhandlingar innehållade ordet México.

  1. 1. Building a national maritime security policy

    Författare :Adriana Avila-Zuñiga-Nordfjeld; Dimitrios Dalaklis; Nikitakos Nikitas; Maximo Mejia; (SWE) World Maritime University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik;

    Sammanfattning : The issue of port security raised concerns at the highest levels after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 against the United States. Security threats against ports and vessels acquired a new perspective and in 2002 the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, introducing Chapter XI-2 - Special measures to enhance maritime security. LÄS MER

  2. 2. (Dis)engaging in moving-body practices : physical activity correlates among university students in Mexico

    Författare :Vanessa Garcia Gonzalez; Ema Cláudia Ribeiro Pires; Bengt Richt; Sam Willner; Ángel Ramon Zapata Moya; Rosalina Maria Pisco Costa; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Physical activity; correlates; university students; moving-body practices; Mexico;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study was to gather in-depth data to provide insights into individual, social and environmental correlates of physical activity in order to identify priority elements to design feasible and effective intervention strategies to promote regular physical activity engagement among university students in a middle-income country such as Mexico. The situation of university students (dis)engaging in moving-body practices was explored through the use of a survey based on the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire and the construction of Moving-body diaries that included visual and verbal narratives. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Health and Nutrition in the Tarahumara of Northern Mexico : Studies among Women and Children

    Författare :Joel Monárrez-Espino; Ted Greiner; Gunilla Lindmark; Homero Martínez; Reynaldo Martorell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; International health; acculturation; anemia; anthropometry; body shape; cognitive anthropology; qualitative methods; ferritin; food; indian; infant feeding; malnutrition; Mexico; micronutrients; obesity; overweight; Raramuri; school children; Tarahumara; westernization; women; Internationell hälsa; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Belonging to an indigenous group in Mexico is usually associated with poor health, mainly as the result of social isolation from the mainstream society. The Tarahumara are no exception. They constitute the largest indigenous group in northern Mexico and one of the most marginalized ethnic minorities in North America. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Crónica de las monjas Brígidas de la Ciudad de México

    Författare :Anne Sofie Sifvert; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Birgittinorden; Mexiko; Mexico City; Birgittinorden Ciudad de México ; Birgittinerorden Ciudad de México ;

    Sammanfattning : This chronicle deals with the foundation of the first convent of St. Bridget in Mexico in 1743. It presents six nuns from the convent of Vitoria, Spain, who were chosen to travel to Mexico. The founders in Mexico were José Francisco de Aguirre and his wife Gertrudis Roldan y Maldonado. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Orienting West Mexico: The Mesoamerican World System 200-1200 CE

    Författare :Peter F. Jimenez Betts; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mesoamerica; Archaeology; World-Systems theory; World-Systems analysis; Nested Networks; West Mexico; Central Mexico; Early Classic; Epiclassic; Early Postclassic;

    Sammanfattning : As world-systems theory came to the fore in archaeology during the 1980s and 1990s, it became evident that the analysis of pre-capitalist core/periphery relations required modifications of this theory for its further use in the discipline. As a result, the comparative approach for world-systems analysis (Chase-Dunn and Hall 1997) discerned four interaction networks that defined pre-capitalist world-systems. LÄS MER