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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"BRIC"”.
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The Globalization of Cosmetic Surgery: Examining BRIC and Beyond
… the globalization of cosmetic surgery? Using BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries as a model, this master's thesis systematically identifies and analyzes (1) the origins of cosmetic surgery in historical, regional, and country-specific terms, and (2) examples of how cosmetic surgery …
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Deciphering the Functional Collaboration of Mid and bric-a-brac 2 as Potential Regulators of Cellular Proliferation Within Adult <i>Drosophila</i> Ovaries
… the modENCODE consortium identified <em>bric-a-brac-1 </em>and <em>bric-a-brac-2 </em>(<em>bab-1</em> and <em>bab-2</em>) as theoretical <em>mid</em>-interacting genes that encode proteins harboring a BTB/POZ-ZF domain in <em>Drosophila.</em> The BTB/POZ-ZF domain is associated with …
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Role of CD47 In Red Cell Apoptosis (Eryptosis)
… recognise epitopes on the N-terminus of CD47 (BRIC 32, BRIC 122, BRIC 124, BRIC 125, BRIC 126, BRIC 168 and BRIC 211). A novel finding was that a mAb to glycophorin A switched off the eryptotic effect of all anti-CD47 N-terminal monoclonal antibodies. Mass Spectrometry results showed novel …
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‘Dancing among elephants’ : framing the rise of Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey (2000-2015) by applying analytic eclecticism to the concept of pivot state
… powers’ – which are collectively referred to as BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) – has attracted the attention of many scholars, the rest of the emerging powers are still very much understudied. There is a trend of generalisation in the study of emerging powers whereby countries such as …
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‘Dancing among elephants’ : framing the rise of Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey (2000-2015) by applying analytic eclecticism to the concept of pivot state
… powers’ – which are collectively referred to as BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) – has attracted the attention of many scholars, the rest of the emerging powers are still very much understudied. There is a trend of generalisation in the study of emerging powers whereby countries such as …
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Investigation of Small Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (sRPAS) to Human Head Impact
… criteria (HIC) and brain injury criterion (BrIC) were correlated with head injury-related responses such as skull von Mises stress, brain strain, and strain-based cumulative strain damage measure (CSDM). HIC showed moderate to strong correlations with skull stress. BrIC correlated with brain …
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Skills training and development: Russia in comparative perspective
… obstructing employees from skills development in BRIC-like countries. Skills training in Russia is constrained by stratifying occupational forces comprising jobs with low requirements to skills development, which conserves the working population in generic labour. This reveals the phenomenon of …
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Análisis de la estructura agrícola de los BRICS y de CIVETS como potenciales proveedores de alimentos
… de dos bloques de países emergentes, los BRIC (Brasil, Rusia, India y China) y los CIVETS (Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egipto, Turquía y Sudáfrica.). A su vez, plantea el cuestionamiento sobre si la producción agrícola será suficiente para alimentar la creciente población durante la …
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Supply chain practices in the context of an emerging economy
The emergence of the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China as a formidable economic powerhouse is turning into a reality. The center of the world's economic gravity is slowly shifting towards these emerging economies. As per research performed by Goldman Sacs' the BRIC economies could …
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Rethinking the cultures of the BRICs : an intercultural perspective
… of Brazil, Russia, India, and China (the BRIC countries), and the United States, in order to assess what these characteristics mean for U.S. Americans doing business with the BRICs. An in-depth review of the literature, both academic and popular materials, was conducted in order to analyze …
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A Policy Mechanism for Federal Recommendation of Security Standards for Mobile Devices That Conduct Transactions
<p>The proliferation of mobile devices in the BRIC countries has prompted them to develop policies to manage the security of these devices. In China, mobile devices are a primary tool for payments. As a result, China instituted in 2017 a cyber security policy that applies to mobile devices giving …
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Political Choice And Economic Crisis In Brazil: A Case Of Mismanagement Of Public Money
… invest. Because it was one of the members of the BRIC, group of emergent countries with fast-growing economies including also Russia, India and China that gave the investors warranties that those investments would be successful. The current situation is very different from the one pictured not too …
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An exploration of automotive platinum demand and its impacts on the platinum market
… particularly high in developing areas, such as BRIC countries. It follows that future growth in automotive platinum demand is likely to be significant. As such, the study aims to characterize the drivers of automotive platinum demand and to establish how this demand sector impacts the platinum …
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An investigation of the role of the Drosophila gene jim lovell in endopolyploid growth
… a putative transcription factor of the BTB/POZ (Bric-a-Brac, Tramtrack, Broad/Pox virus and Zinc finger) domain class that is expressed in many elements of the developing larval nervous system. Lov has roles in innate behaviors such as larval locomotion and adult courtship. I have identified new …
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Stimulating Nigeria's emerging real estate markets : investment opportunities through the public sector
… next eleven (N-11) - after their much publicized BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Nigeria - the only country included from Sub-Saharan Africa - is shown to have the potential to become one of the top 20 economies of the world by 2025: owing to such indicators as recent GDP growth - …
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Trolling Aesthetics: The Lulz as Creative Practice
… and output. The result is both a discordant bric-a-brac of absurd digital art and an example of how the LULZ functions, beyond idle message boards, as a purposeful creative work. The final chapter follows this trajectory into direct artistic practices. Unlike many of the earlier iterations …
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Videogame culture as transnational media: one neoliberalism, many resistances
… developmental states (especially those of the BRIC nations, i.e. Brazil, Russia, India and China), and non-commercial networks of digital production, distribution and consumption. I also argue that these videogames frame the politics of transnational media production and transnational audience …
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Bilateral trade flows between South Africa and the BRICS member states, 2011 – 2015
Bilateral trade flows among the BRICS member states thus far have contributed mutually between the progressions of each country and continue to. Nevertheless, South Africa‘s economy does not allow it to continue lagging behind its alliance partners. South Africa needed to be robust when it comes to …
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Knock phenomenon analysis on a diesel-CNG dual fuel engine using experimental fuel ratio
… Band-pass, Rectify, Integrate, and Compare (BRIC) method to determine knock intensity for each engine cycle. A three-sigma rule was applied to determine the threshold level of knock occurrence at the tested engine speeds. The knock thresholds at 1400 rpm, 1600 rpm, 1800 rpm, 2000 rpm, 2200 …
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