The seroprevalence and incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection were determined among 312 North American missionaries who were serving in developing countries between 1967 and 1984. The majority (81%) resided in sub-Saharan Africa. When initially evaluated, the missionaries had a mean age of 40 years, 65% were female, and all were of white race/ethnicity. An ELISA showed that the initial prev...

Prior to the arrival of Europeans in 15th century, education existed Gold Coast (now Ghana) with goal introducing young people into society by teaching children traditions and values community, as well meaning life. However, Great Britain, during colonization, implemented their own form within Coast. Britain thought it was responsibility bring modern world using lift natives a higher level civi...

The study analyzed financial management practices and controlling mechanisms for challenges issues in religious congregations, specifically the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Congregation. was based on a questionnaire survey sent to 305 respondents among sisters. Weighted mean Spearman rho coefficient values were applied statistical processing data. results showed significant positive relation...

Abstract From the late 1980s, foreign—primarily American—missionaries started to travel Ukraine in large numbers. This article is concerned with impact of American Baptist missionaries and how their influence was perceived locally 2016, time my fieldwork. When I set out conduct fieldwork research among believers Lviv, surprised that local denied foreign on communities worship style. Moreover, m...

To extinguish the Mau Mau, a movement driven by land issues that marked Kenya, colonial government declared state of emergency in 1952, creating villages to which Kikuyu population was displaced, as well detention camps for guerrillas. Therefore, it is worth analyzing relationships amongst Consolata missionaries and guerrillas, led an approximation between these Kikuyu.

A knowledge representation formalism is \elaboration tolerant" to the extent that it is convenient to modify a set of facts expressed in the formalism to take into account new phenomena or changed circumstances. John McCarthy illustrated this idea by deening 19 elaborations of the Missionaries and Cannibals Problem. We argue that, to a certain degree, the goal of elaboration tolerance is met by...

This dissertation consists of four essays on human capital, institutions, and incentives. In the first essay, I investigate the effects of voucher-school competition on educational outcomes in Chile. I present a theoretical model that produces three empirical predictions: voucher-school competition 1) improves student outcomes; 2) may put stronger pressure on public schools to increase quality;...

The issue of radicalism at this time has caused elements society to try prevent it. Ministry Religion in 2019 published the book Religious Moderation as a guide carrying out and moderate religious orders. Universities under also jointly carry movements such seminars, workshops training for each element higher education so that they become an indicator performance achievement level office. Tri D...