This article proposes a discussion on the form of coexistence local Development Agencies in Uruguay, with governments face new scenarios marked by decentralization process, initiated country Constitutional Reform 1996 and culminating February 2009, Law Political Decentralization Citizen Participation. The applies particular to development agency city Rivera (ADR), located northeast country. A d...

Pre-Confucian China Although there is evidence of advanced civilization in China in very ancient times, actual recorded history begins with the Shang dynasty, in the fourteenth century B.C.E. Available evidence indicates that this was an advanced civilization. For example, art from this period is quite sophisticated, even according to modern standards. This dynasty ended with the invasion by mo...

Prior research into military–civilian transition has suggested that the Prison Service may be a popular destination for Armed Forces leavers, but experience of former military personnel within prison system as staff (rather than Veterans in Custody) so far been overlooked. As result, we know very little about their route work. This article reports on UK study investigating who have previously s...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated factors of inconsistent condom use among Iranian male injecting drug users (IDUs). MATERIALS AND METHODS Data came from the national Iranian behavioral survey of drug dependence, which sampled 7743 individuals with drug dependence, from medical centers, prisons, and streets in 29 provinces in Iran, in 2007. This s...

This chapter highlights the importance of incorporating indigenous language and its daily practice in the local context of newly transformed indigenous policy in Taiwan. Currently, the official indigenous people’s language policy is relatively confined to curriculum development and certification of indigenous peoples’ language abilities with little consideration of language practices in real so...