Affordances of an international campus for intercultural learning: Views from MA students and faculty in two US-based teacher education programs

This paper reports on a qualitative study which is part of Wing Spare Parts a larger project on the affordances of an international campus for intercultural (IC) learning.The research examined two MA programs at a US postgraduate institution, TESOL and International Education Management, and two groups of participants, 9 students and 8 faculty memb

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Barriers to the Right to Health Among Patients of a Public Emergency Department After Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Purpose: Emergency physicians are witnesses to the impact of socioeconomic determinants of health on physical and psychiatric illness.Understanding structural barriers to the right to health (RTH) serves as a foundation for interventions to promote health equity.This study was performed to determine self-described barriers to fulfillment of the RTH

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Trypanosomatids Detected in the Invasive Avian Parasite Philornis downsi (Diptera: Muscidae) in the Galapagos Islands

Alien insect species may present a multifaceted threat to ecosystems into which they are introduced.In addition to the direct Cleansing Bar damage they may cause, they may also bring novel diseases and parasites and/or have the capacity to vector microorganisms that are already established in the ecosystem and are causing harm.Damage caused by ecto

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