Latin American Issues to be Addressed at UD

News release announces that Maj. Gen. Felix Santoni will speak about The United States in Latin America: Political and Economic Issues from a Military Perspective at the University of Dayton

News Literacy in Argentina; Commitment to Democracy

The main challenge for a News Literacy program in Latin America is to reinforce democracy. After many years of strong military dictatorships, media literacy in this region should develop and strengthen students´ democratic culture and citizenship education. The other essential goal for News Literacy in Latin America is to break the social and cultural gaps –including critical reading skills- that exist between young people from privileged families and the ones who come from the poorest economic groups. The first step is to enact News Literacy as a public policy. There have always been teachers who taught students how to critically read media messages. When News Literacy becomes a public policy, however, the goal is to move beyond individual initiatives and turn these isolated efforts into state policy. The News Literacy Program in Argentina is a public policy run by the National State. Special initiatives and teacher training are essential for the development of the program. This paper will describe these initiatives and the ways they improve news literacy among students, by reinforcing democratic values and narrowing culture gaps

The Impact of Political Risk on Sovereign Bond Spreads - Evidence from Latin America

Sovereign risk is defined as a country?s ability-to-pay and willingness-to-pay its debt. This paper examines how cabinet reshuffles affecting the ministry of finance or economics are perceived by sovereign bond holders in twelve Latin American countries from 1992 to 2005. We find that such political news instantaneously increases bond spreads. Furthermore, spreads trend significantly upward in the 40 days leading up to the minister change, before flattening out on a higher level in the 40 days thereafter. Evidence suggests that uncertainty about the future course of economic policy and the government?s willingness-to-pay increases refinancing costs for respective emerging markets. --political instability,country risk,bond spreads,Latin America

CSSP Newsletter-No.26 (1972)

March 1972, No. 26 News from Rome --(p.1) Provinces and Districts: Ireland, Portugal, Senegal, Nigeria, Kilimanjaro, U.S.A. East, Mexico, Sth. Brazil --(p. 2) Mission News: Cameroun, Congo, Zaïre, S. Africa, Trinidad, Amazonas --(p.7) Varia: African Theology, Latin America, Translations of the Bible, Our Dead -- (p. 10

Functional Inequality in Latin America: News from the Twentieth Century

We report on a novel approach for the measurement of gas adsorption in microporous solids using X-ray computed tomography (CT) that we refer to as digital adsorption. Similar to conventional macroscopic methods, the proposed protocol combines observations with an inert and an adsorbing gas to produce equilibrium isotherms in terms of the truly measurable quantity in an adsorption experiment, namely the surface excess. Most significantly, X-ray CT allows probing the adsorption process in three dimensions, so as to build spatially-resolved adsorption isotherms with a resolution of approximately 10 mm3 within a fixed-bed column. Experiments have been carried out at 25 C and in the pressure range 1-30bar using CO2 on activated carbon, zeolite 13X and glass beads (as control material), and results are validated against literature data. A scaling approach was applied to analyze the whole population of measured adsorption isotherms (~7600), leading to single universal adsorption isotherm curves that are descriptive of all voxels for a given adsorbate-adsorbent system. By analyzing the adsorption heterogeneity at multiple length scales (1 mm3 to 1 cm3), packing heterogeneity was identified as the main contributor for the larger spatial variability in the adsorbed amount observed for the activated carbon rods as compared to zeolite pellets. We also show that this technique is readily applicable to a large spectrum of commercial porous solids, and that it can be further extended to weakly adsorbing materials with appropriate protocols that reduce measurement uncertainties. As such, the obtained results prove the feasibility of digital adsorption and highlight substantial opportunities for its wider use in the field of adsorptive characterization of porous solids

CSSP Newsletter-No.35 (1973)

March 1973, No. 35 News from Rome: --(p.1 & 4) Generalate --(p.2) Provinces & Districts: Sénégal, Cameroons, Tanzania --(p.2-4) Missionary News: Latin-America, African Press, West Africa, Sénégal, Cameroons, Congo, Gabon, Zaire, Kenya, East Africa, Mauritius, Brazil, Tanzania --(p.4-11) Varia: Statistics of Catholic Church --(p.10) Our Dead: --(p.12

CSSP Newsletter-No.35 (1973)

March 1973, No. 35 News from Rome: --(p.1 & 4) Generalate --(p.2) Provinces & Districts: Sénégal, Cameroons, Tanzania --(p.2-4) Missionary News: Latin-America, African Press, West Africa, Sénégal, Cameroons, Congo, Gabon, Zaire, Kenya, East Africa, Mauritius, Brazil, Tanzania --(p.4-11) Varia: Statistics of Catholic Church --(p.10) Our Dead: --(p.12

Check Out the Library, 2016 Spring Issue

Issue 2 HSU Library Seismic Retrofit Project Update We’re Becoming So Popular! Technology at the Checkout Desk News from the Lower Library: Learning Center Showcases Alumni Students are Talking! Library Skillshops Astronomy: A Cultural Gaze from Latin America at the HSU Library Upcoming Eventshttps://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/library_pub/1012/thumbnail.jp

The Voice, October 1987: Volume 33, Issue 1

Third World Conference Brings Together Christian Scholars; ICPCHE Charts a Plan for the Future; From the President; Teaching Christianly: From Theory to Practice; Studying in Latin America Changes Students; CRC Quota Support (1): Understanding Its History; Alumni Choir Tours Europe; And All Had a Great Time! ; Poverty is the Crucial Issue in Latin America; The Middle East Needs Tentmakers to Spread the Gospel; Heinen Finds Excitement and Challenge at Pillsbury; Alumni News; Business Program Stresses Liberal Arts Context; Bryan Kooi Joins the Admissions Staff; Seminar Links Education Theory and Practice; Repertory Theatre Performs at YCF Convention; Meyer Directs Calvin Alumni Players in Purpaleanie ; All-College Retreat Sets Tone for a New Year; Five Join Faculty; Faculty Newshttps://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/dordt_voice/1143/thumbnail.jp