This paper examines a US foreign aid project to promote use of new technologies in Egyptian education. Though the project sought to improve teaching and learning, an examination of implementation indicates how goals of Westernization ended up taking precedence. These included a focus on bringing Egyptian educators to the US and on showcasing US hardware and software. This underlying emphasis on...

OBJECTIVE To compare quality, quantity, and trends of food supply from 1984 to 2009 and degree of food westernization in Taiwan with Asian countries and world continents by using food balance data. METHODS We compiled data from food balance sheets of Taiwan and Food and Agriculture Organization, including five continents and three most populated countries each in Eastern, Southern, and Southe...

BACKGROUND There is overwhelming evidence that periodontal disease and dental caries affect the majority of populations and that western culture and lifestyle may have a profound influence on oral health, especially in adults. The present study was performed to determine the effect of westernization on the oral health of college students of Udaipur City, Rajasthan. METHODS A descriptive cross...

Corresponding author: Eduardo Cazap, MD, PhD, FASCO, Latin American and Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology, Cordoba 2415, Buenos Aires, Argentina; e-mail: [email protected]. Cancer affects more than one million Latin Americans every year. And in tandem with the global trend, its incidence in the region is increasing, led mainly by factors such as urbanization, population aging, and the so-ca...