Islamic Schools in North America and The Netherlands: Inhibiting or Enhancing Democratic Dispositions?

2009 ◽  
pp. 101-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Merry ◽  
Geert Driessen
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Islamic Schools

Embellisia hyacinthi. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. David
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Plant Debris ◽  
Skin Spot ◽  
Scilla Sibirica ◽  
Hyacinthus Orientalis

Abstract A description is provided for Embellisia hyacinthi. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Hyacinthus orientalis, Freesia refracta, Scilla sibirica, Muscari sp. DISEASE: Skin spot of bulbs. Leaf lesions also occur as spots. above which the leaves yellow and die. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Europe: Germany, The Netherlands, UK. North America: USA. TRANSMISSION: The fungus overwinters in the plant debris, soil and infected bulbs.

OBESITY IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE NETHERLANDS

The Lancet ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 327 (8472) ◽  
pp. 100-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Rookus ◽  
P. Deurenberg ◽  
J.L.A.Van Sonsbeek ◽  
WilliamL. Holden
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
The Netherlands

Suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia: International perspectives

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoon Leenaars ◽  
John Connolly ◽  
Chris Cantor ◽  
Marlene EchoHawk ◽  
Zhao Xiong He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Africa ◽  
North America ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Right To Die ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
International Perspectives ◽  
The Right

AbstractSuicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia are elusive and controversial issues worldwide. To discuss such issues from only one perspective may be limiting. Therefore, this paper was written by authors from various regions, each of whom has been asked to reflect on the issues. The countries/cultures are: Australia, China, Cuba, Ireland, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, The Netherlands, North America (Turtle Island) and United States. Historically and today, suicide is viewed differently. Assisted suicide and euthanasia are equally seen from multifarious perspectives. Highlighting development in the Netherlands, Australia's Northern Territory and Japan (ie. the famous Yamanouchi Case), the review shows growing re-examination of the right to die. There appear, however, to be no uniform legal and ethical positions. Further debate and discussion globally is needed to avoid myopic perspectives.

The “New Disease” Status of Human Anisakiasis and North American Cases: A Review1

1975 ◽  
Vol 38 (12) ◽  
pp. 769-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. JACKSON
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Digestive Tract ◽  
Disease Status ◽  
New Disease ◽  
General Morphology ◽  
The World ◽  
Raw Fish ◽  
Human Digestive Tract ◽  
Human Infections

The first confirmed case of human anisakiasis, i.e., infection with larval anisakine nematodes, occurred in 1955. The practice of holding fish refrigerated for relatively long periods before gibbing and curing, thus enabling larger numbers of anisakine larvae to move from the viscera into edible portions, as well as the increased popularity of raw and semi-raw fish recipes may partially explain the new awareness of human anisakiasis. However, it is probaly not a totally new disease. Presumptive cases are mentioned in the literature as early as 1867. Other cases may have been misdiagnosed because anisakine larvae resemble ascarid larvae in general morphology. To date, Japan (“several hundred cases”) and the Netherlands (about 160 cases) have reported the largest number of human infections. Six confirmed cases have been reported from North America. Human infections are acquired from consumption of raw, underheated, insufficiently frozen or lightly marinated fish dishes. The contained anisakine larvae (presumably belonging to genera such as Anisakis, Phocanema, Porrocaecum, and Contracaecum whose final hosts are mammals or birds) do not mature in humans but can survive long enough to cause pathology. Anisakine larvae remaining free or attached in the human digestive tract may cause irritation, severe inflammation, and ulceration; sometimes the larvae are expelled by coughing or vomiting. Anisakine larvae that penetrate totally into the tissues may stimulate a granuloma formation that surrounds and is thought to kill them. The world incidence of human anisakiasis is just being discovered. Surveys, improved criteria and methods for identifying larval anisakines, and establishment of experimental hosts and culture systems that are practical in the laboratory are needed to determine the extent of infected seafood and to prevent, diagnose correctly, and treat human infections.

The linden bark borer (Lepidoptera: Agonoxenidae) infesting European linden in Nova Scotia

2005 ◽  
Vol 137 (5) ◽  
pp. 620-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Majka
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
North America ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Deciduous Trees ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Palearctic Species ◽  
The Baltic

The Holarctic genus Chrysoclista (Lepidoptera: Agonexenidae) consists of very distinctive, small, brightly coloured moths whose larvae bore in the bark of deciduous trees. There are seven species worldwide including three found in Europe, two found in the Caucasus, and two Nearctic species, C. cambiella (Busck, 1915) and C. villela (Busck, 1904). In addition, the Palearctic species C. linneella (Clerck, 1759) has been introduced to North America (Karsholt 1997).In Europe, C. linneella is found across most of the continent, in all of the Baltic and Fennoscandian countries, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Rumania, Russia (Karsholt and Razowski 1996), Turkey, and Ukraine (S. Koster, personal communication).

scholarly journals Are Medieval Mya arenaria (Mollusca; Bivalvia) in the Netherlands also clams before Columbus?

2016 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Essink ◽  
A.P. Oost ◽  
H.J. Streurman ◽  
J. Van der Plicht
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Wadden Sea ◽  
Bivalve Mollusc ◽  
Mya Arenaria ◽  
Marine Bivalve ◽  
Southern Baltic Sea ◽  
Coastal Marine ◽  
Northwest Europe

AbstractDuring the Pleistocene, the coastal marine bivalve mollusc Mya arenaria became extinct in northwest Europe. The species remained present in North America. Datings of Mya shells found in northern Denmark and the southern Baltic Sea suggest that repopulation of northwest European coasts already occurred before Columbus’ discovery of America (1492), possibly facilitated by Viking (Norse) settlers at Greenland and northeast North America. In this paper we report on findings of M. arenaria at five locations in the coastal landscape of the Netherlands: polders reclaimed from the Wadden Sea and the former estuaries of Oer-IJ and Old Rhine. The shells from four of these locations also date before 1492 AD.

scholarly journals Islamic Primary Schools in The Netherlands: The Founding, The Debate, and The Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-31
Author(s):  
Geert Driessen
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged ◽  
Dutch Society ◽  
Islamic Schools ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Integration Test ◽  
Controversial Topic

At present around 865.000 Muslims live in the Netherlands. In 1988 the first Islamic primary school was founded; now there are 61 with 15,000 students. Islamic education always has been a highly controversial topic in the Netherlands. The debate centers around the question whether the schools contribute to the integration of Muslim youth into Dutch society, or leads to isolation and segregation. This article’s goal is to entangle why and how the schools were established, the obstacles met in this process and the resulting heated societal debate, and the schools’ attainments in terms of cognitive and noncognitive student achievement. To arrive at these insights a review and analysis of the literature was conducted. The results show that Islamic schools academically achieve relatively well, that is, taking into account their largely socioeconomically disadvantaged student population. Also, they perform best on a pen-and-paper integration test. This does not mean, however, that especially populist and right-wing politicians are convinced now that all Muslim youngsters will accept the Dutch norms and values and will integrate into Dutch society.

scholarly journals Modern Management Challenges of Floating Housing Development

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilia Miszewska-Urbańska
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Housing Development ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Modern Management ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Housing Estates

Abstract The aim of the article is to identify factors that determine the development and management models of floating housing development in the analyzed countries. The author indicates factors determining the possibility of settling on bodies of water in Poland, and restrictions connected with this type of development, as well as the need for specialized persons and companies ready to meet the challenges of the modern management of hydro-technical facilities, including floating housing development. In Western Europe, living on water is gaining in popularity. People have begun to dwell on water because of rising land prices, congestion in cities and work related to the use of rivers for the transport of goods. The popularity of housing on water in the Netherlands results from environmental conditions. About 60% of the Netherlands is below the sea level. For hundreds of years, the population of the Netherlands has been battling with the elements, while being exposed to continuously rising sea levels, which has been a consequence of the greenhouse effect. Environmental changes have caused a change in government policy, which began to support construction activity on water, adapted regulations and changed office holders. In North America, especially in the United States, the identification of residents with their neighborhoods of houses on water is so high that it has resulted in the formation of communities uniting owners of residential watercrafts, who have succeeded in homes on water becoming recognized as real estate and, consequently, now have the same rights as residents of houses on land. In Poland, housing estates on water are slowly gaining popularity but no factors determining the development of this type of settlement have been established. An analysis of the situation in Poland reveals many factors limiting the functional use of houses on water and a lack of specialists in the management of hydro-technical facilities. Therefore, on the basis of examples of countries in Western Europe and North America given in this article, the author tries to define the responsibilities of managers and an appropriate management model for housing estates on water in Poland, as well as indicate problems with the development of housing on water and their possible solutions.

scholarly journals “My Color Doesn’t Lie”: Race, Gender, and Nativism among Nurses in the Netherlands

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 233339362097295
Author(s):  
Marci D. Cottingham ◽  
Lana Andringa
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
White Women ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
White Majority ◽  
Demographic Shifts

Nursing in white-majority populations tends to be associated with white women. Yet as Western Europe and North America undergo demographic shifts, such associations are challenged as people of different racial and national backgrounds take on positions in nursing and other professional roles in healthcare. This article explores the work experiences of nurses from diverse backgrounds as they confront intersecting forms of sexism, racism, and nativism in the Netherlands. We use the conceptual framework of “appropriate labor” to help explain these experiences in connection with the wider climate of Dutch native homogeneity and race and racism denial. These findings have implications for work policies that might better support minority nurses in contexts of increasing superdiversity while also challenging wider cultural norms in the Netherlands that continue to associate nursing with whiteness and deny the presence of racism.

Tropidosteptes pacificus (Van Duzee, 1921), another Nearctic mirid in Europe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2135 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
BEREND AUKEMA ◽  
MICHAEL D. SCHWARTZ ◽  
KEES DEN BIEMAN
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Frequent Occurrence ◽  
Nursery Stock

The establishment of European Miridae in North America is a frequent occurrence. Wheeler and Henry (1992) listed 55 European mirids adventive to North America in their synthesis of Holarctic Miridae. The most likely pathway for these introductions is with the importation of nursery stock from Europe. Establishment of Nearctic species in Europe, on the contrary, is very rare and thus far limited to only one species, Tupiocoris rhododendri (Dolling), described from England and also established in The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany (Aukema et al., 2007; Rabitsch, 2008). In this paper, Tropidosteptes pacificus (Van Duzee) is reported from The Netherlands, and represents a second case.

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