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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"BBDB"”.
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Implementation and Demonstration of a Time Domain Modeling Tool for Floating Oscillating Water Columns
… variations of a Backward Bent Duct Buoy (BBDB) are explored for a wave environment and mooring configuration. The reference model from Sandia National Labs, RM6, performed significantly better than a BBDB with an altered stern geometry for a 3 second wave period, indicating that stern …
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Modelling and control of a floating oscillating water column
… numerical model of a Bent Backwards Duct Buoy (BBDB) Oscillating Water Column (OWC) Wave Energy Converter was created based on existing isolated numerical models of the different energy conversion systems utilised by an OWC. The novel aspect of this numerical model is that it incorporates the …
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Experiences of final-year nursing students in clinical learning environments in the United Kingdom and in the Philippines : a comparative explanatory sequential mixed methods study
Background The global nursing shortage poses a critical threat to healthcare systems worldwide, driven in part by high nurse attrition rates and persistent challenges in nursing education. Evidence suggests that where qualifying nursing students perceive strong continuity between the experience …
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Redrawing the Frontier: A Cultural History of American and Franco-Belgian Western Comics
This study provides a cultural history of the Western genre in the comics medium, from the late 1800s up until the 1970s. Historically, this chronology is not arbitrary, and represents the core years in which the Western genre was forged and prospered in a range of popular media. The genre …
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THE EFFECTS OF BOARD AND OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DISCLOSURE: EVIDENCE FROM EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES
The corporate boards and ownership structure are central to the effective monitoring and success of a firm. However, most studies have focused on developed nations while paying relatively little attention to developing countries where institutions and corporate governance systems are weak. …
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Images of Pakeha-Māori: A Study of the Representation of Pakeha-Māori by Historians of New Zealand From Arthur Thomson (1859) to James Belich (1996)
This thesis investigates how Pakeha-Māori have been represented in New Zealand non-fiction writing during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The chronological and textual boundaries range from Arthur Thomson's seminal history The Story of New Zealand (1859) to James Belich's Making Peoples …
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Voluntary Organisations and the 1981–6 Greater London Council
This dissertation answers the question of how 1981–6 Greater London Council (GLC) used grants to voluntary groups. In doing so, it makes visible part of an unnoticed history of how London was remade in the 1980s and creates an introduction for future studies of both the GLC and the organisations it …