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Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"Cba"”.
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Incorporating international best coaching practices into Chinese Basketball Association (CBA): Challenges and strategies
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Acoustic and non-acoustic performance of coal bottom ash as sound absorptive material for reducing railway noise level
… the huge production of Coal Bottom Ash (CBA) is treated as waste and often placed into impoundment ponds, silos or landfills, which has contributed to environmental issues. Usage of CBA in concrete production in reducing railway noise pollution reduce the environmental pollution. This …
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An Ideal Model for Nonprofit Community-Based Agriculture: Growing Food Security in Low-Income Communities
… through community-based agriculture programs (CBA). Methods: A preliminary model for nonprofit CBA was developed from a review of the literature and research on nonprofit organizations and community-based agriculture. Surveys were sent to 49 experts in the field of CBA and nonprofit CBA; 19 …
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Strength prediction and durability performance of concrete containing coal bottom ash as supplementary cementitious material under aggressive environment
… of concrete containing Coal Bottom Ash (CBA) as a SCM and to develop empirical equation to predict compressive strength of concrete under normal as well as in aggressive environment. CBA was considered as SCM because it is a huge waste that produced by a coal-based power plants, which …
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Challenges in the implementation of community based adaption projects in Eastern and Southern Africa
Community Based Adaptation (CBA) projects in Eastern and Southern Africa have difficulties in achieving long term benefits. There are challenges in the management of the implementation of these projects. This study aimed to determine the facts that contribute to this failure by identifying the main …
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Application of cost-benefit analysis as a project appraisal technique for local government in South Africa: The case of the proposed developments at the Garden Route dam.
Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is widely applied as an appraisal technique particularly for use as an input into public decision-making processes. Done properly CBA both helps inform decision-makers and helps hold them accountable for their decisions. While it has the advantage of being systematic and …
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Application of cost benefit analysis to the expanded food and nutrition education program
… economics literature and applications of the CBA model to health, education, and nutrition is presented. CBA for use in the Cooperative Extension Service Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is then systematically examined using the following criteria: 1) theoretical …
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Utilization of coal bottom ash and fine coconut shell as partial sand replacement in concrete
… Nowadays, huge volumes of coal bottom ash (CBA) are disposed of in coal ash ponds or landfills. On the other hand, the coconut industry is facing disposal problems due to the slow decomposition process of coconut shells which has led to the accumulation of coconut shell piles. Therefore, …
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A revised cost-benefit analysis tool capable of analysing the effects of vocational rehabilitation
… adapted an existing cost-benefit analysis (CBA) model creating a new practical CBA tool able to capture and analyse the effects of VR from an organisational perspective. A mixed methods explanatory sequential design, with two distinctly independently yet interactive phases was used. The …
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Structural behaviour of circular concrete filled steel tube column fill with selfcompacting concrete incorporating coal bottom ash as fine aggregate replacement
… filled with SCC incorporating coal bottom ash (CBA) as fine aggregate replacement. In this research work, sand was replaced with CBA at 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, and 30% of replacement levels. Tests for compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength, and water absorption were …
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Ohio’s Dropout Prevention and Recovery Community Schools: A Cost-Benefit Analysis and Model Policy Recommendation for Stakeholders
… examined DORPs using Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) methodology and developed model policy recommendations for DORP stakeholders, based on the results of the CBA. |Until 2014, DORPs in Ohio were protected from closure by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) due to poor performance, i.e., low …
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Examining the potential use of instructionally-relevant assessment data in early writing.
… assessment for instructional design (CBA-ID) for targeting interventions in early writing. Participants included 147 first grade students from a larger study conducted in the Southeastern United States. Each student was identified as struggling in early literacy using measures of …
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Nurse caring behaviors as perceived by the emergency room nurse and the emergency room patient: A comparative study
… as measured by the Caring Behaviors Assessment (CBA) tool. Unlike other studies the emergency room nurse ranked technical skills, "Know how to give shots, IV's, etc." as most important. The nurse ranked many of the helping and feeling cares significantly higher than the patient. There were eleven …
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Cost-Benefit Analysis as Democratic Ritual: The Controversy Over a Proposed Uranium Mining and Milling Project in Virginia (1981-2013)
… democracy and the use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) through an illustrative case on a uranium mining controversy in the US state of Virginia. Arguably, traditional STS scholarship has primarily served what we might call an unmasking function by working to expose political, cultural, gender, …
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The political ecology of community-based adaptation to flood risk in informal settlements: the case of a local community organisation
… undermine efforts at community-based adaptation (CBA) to flooding in informal settlements. Drawing on urban political ecology, this thesis assesses the potential for CBA to lead to wider transformation. Using a case study approach, it focuses on the informal settlement network (ISN), a …
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Cost Benefit Analysis of Virginia EFNEP: Calculating Indirect Benefits and Sensitivity Analysis
… USDA) to conduct a cost benefit analysis (CBA) of nutrition education programs, with emphasis on EFNEP. Virginia EFNEP served as the pilot program to test the evaluation procedure. This study is a part of the CBA of Virginia EFNEP. The purpose is to calculate the indirect tangible benefits …
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Thermal histories of CB meteorites: Constraints from compositions and microstructures of sulfides
… chondrites, and are subdivided into type CBa and CBb, which are primarily distinguished by the size of particles. Although CBs are classified as chondrites, the high abundance of metal (>40%) make them a distinct group of meteorites. The origin of CBs is highly debated, but these …
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Watson's caring theory and instrument development
… and validity of the Caring Behaviors Assessment (CBA) and to validate the theory on which it was based. The CBA was developed using Watson' (1979) theory of carative nursing. Watson's theory identified 10 carative factors which served as the basis for the instrument's 7 subscales. The instrument …
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