Essays about: "about philippines"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 40 essays containing the words about philippines.

  1. 21. Hospitals exposed to flooding in Manila City, Philippines : GIS analyses of alternative emergency routes and allocation of emergency service and temporary medical centre

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Sanna Andersson; Sandra Stålhult; [2014]
    Keywords : flooding; GIS; Philippines;

    Abstract : Every year the Philippines get affected by a number of typhoons, which cause severe damage, sometimes due to flooding. The capital, Manila, is located on a flood plain that is partly at, and even below sea level and with several rivers crossing the area. READ MORE

  3. 22. Isolation of antibiotic producing microorganisms by screening for antibiotic resistance

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Microbiology

    Author : Emma Nordenfjäll; [2014]
    Keywords : antibiotics; secondary metabolites; antibiotic resistance; isolation methods; rare-actinomycetes; unexplored ecological niches; diterpene synthases; non-ribosomal peptide synthases; type I polyketide synthases; type II polyketide synthases;

    Abstract : The worldwide use of antibiotics has rapidly increased since the discovery of the secondary metabolite penicillin made by Alexander Fleming in 1928. Since then, thousands of useful secondary metabolites of microbial origin have been discovered. About 80 % of these substances originate from Actinomycetes and in particularly Streptomyces species. READ MORE

  4. 23. “The Filipina is a fighter, a fighter for her rights, a fighter for her freedom to work and freedom to express herself” : An anthropological study about the feminization of migration in the Philippines

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturantropologiska avdelningen

    Author : Beatrice Maurin; [2014]
    Keywords : Female migration; The Philippines; Gender roles; Mother; Wife; Daughter; Gender obligations.;

    Abstract : This thesis is a result of a Minor Field Study with the purpose to examine the transnational labour migration by women in the Philippines who seek temporary employment abroad but plan to return to the Philippines after their contracts expired. The thesis is based on three months of anthropological fieldwork primarily in Manila between January and March 2013, using interviews and observations as my main methodological tool. READ MORE

  5. 24. Planting Trees in a Forest: Frictions and Resistance in Puerto Princesa, The Philippines

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Nicklas Karlsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Puerto Princesa; resistance; place; ecotourism; frictions; The Philippines; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The expansion of ecotourism around the world brings about certain structural transformations as it moves. When ecotourism is conceptualized as frictions, the transformations open up the analytical perspective for a broader understanding. Seemingly dispersed acts can be connected to wider structural shifts in the social reproduction. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Dream that Refuses to Come True : - About Internet and its Possibilities to be a Medium for Public Spheres in the Philippines

    University essay from HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsforskning

    Author : Stefan Lindblad; [2013]
    Keywords : Public Sphere;

    Abstract : The purpose with this thesis is divided. First, it is to examine the online information traffic trends related to political communication and if the Internet is considered to be under surveillance. Second, it is to examine if the Internet can be regarded as a medium for Public Spheres. READ MORE