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ECONOMICS AND EMPOWERMENT: CATALYSTS OR COMPETITORS?
We look at the socio-economic impacts of a rural livelihoods program in Bihar, one of India's poorest states. Adopting a model prevalent in several Indian states, the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project, known locally as JEEViKA, relies on mobilizing women from impoverished, socially marginalized …
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Enforcing Trade Secrets among Competitors on the Semantic Web
… (B2B) environment that involves trade among competitors. The Web provides a low cost medium for B2B collaborations. Information exchange may take place during such a collaboration. The exchanged information may be of a sensitive nature, forming a business trade secret. The open nature of the …
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The Epidemiology Of Taekwondo Injuries In Youth And Adult Competitors
… of injuries affecting young and adult taekwondo competitors during training and competition and to examine the relationship between injury rates and specific injury risk factors.</p> <p>Background: Taekwondo is becoming an increasingly popular sport among youth and adult populations. With this …
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Establishment of Physical Assessment Percentile Ranks for Junior Alpine Ski Competitors
… Percentile Ranks for Junior Alpine Ski Competitors Chairperson: Dr. Steven Gaskill STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: While there is adequate literature on elite alpine skiers there is limited reporting relating to fitness in junior alpine skiers or the validity of testing related to performance in …
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Establishment of Physical Assessment Percentile Ranks for Junior Alpine Ski Competitors
… Percentile Ranks for Junior Alpine Ski Competitors Chairperson: Dr. Steven Gaskill STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: While there is adequate literature on elite alpine skiers there is limited reporting relating to fitness in junior alpine skiers or the validity of testing related to performance in …
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The Influence of Competitors on Decision Making: Comparative Studies of Reference Groups
… their daily gasoline prices in response to their competitors. This article inspects the geographic range, size, and diversity of the set of competitors who are being observed and benchmarked by a focal actor. Estimates are computed of the influence of competitors' price decisions on a given gas …
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Buyers, suppliers, competitors--the interaction between a firm's horizontal and vertical relationships
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1994.
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Here's an idea : knowledge sharing among competitors to build a critical mass
Knowledge sharing among competitors is counterintuitive; however, it has been found to occur in the economy under certain conditions. Recently, in the investment industry, platforms with the goal of promoting knowledge sharing among investment professionals have emerged. This knowledge sharing is …
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A study on the effects of music on performance outcomes of Judo competitors
This study examined the effect of genre and tempo as elements of music on sporting performance, measured by circuit completion time on a self-paced pyramid circuit (maximum ten minutes). A total of thirty-one participants (Mage = 30.13yrs, SD = 12.22 yrs; m = 24, f = 7) participated in a weekly …
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The Competitors: violent women protagonists in popular cinema - a creative and critical thesis
The Competitors Violent Women Protagonists in Popular Cinema: A Creative and Critical Thesis is a practice based PhD thesis in creative and critical writing. This research comprises an original feature length screenplay and an accompanying critical thesis. The screenplay, The Competitors, is a …
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Strategic analysis of Samsung's smartphone product portfolio : countering the challenge from Chinese competitors
After entering the smartphone era, Samsung has recorded enormous growth in sales and profits. It developed state of the art hardware technology and introduced innovative features with its flagship models, the Galaxy S series. While it emphasized high-end product development to compete with global …
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A study of the capital structure of major competitors in the telecommunications industry
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1984
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Behavioral comparison of anoline competitors: Anolis cooki and Anolis cristatellus (Reptilia: Sauria: Iguanidae)
The behavioral repertoire of the Puerto Rican anoles, Anolis cooki, A. cristatellus and A. monensis was studied in the laboratory. The display of A. cooki and A. monensis revealed great similarities; consisting of one head bob pattern highly stereotyped in its temporal sequencing and total …
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Criminals and insurgents the role of ethnicity in state responses to internal resource competitors
A government facing an ethnicity based insurgency competing with it for natural resources faces different threats based upon the level of ethnic homogeneity of the insurgent elements. Where a mono-ethnic insurgent threat develops, the government faces a potential separatist movement seeking …
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Native And Invasive Competitors Of The Eastern Oyster Crassostrea Virginica In Mosquito Lagoon, Florida
… on the interactions between oysters and the competitors that may affect the settlement, growth, and survival of Crassostrea virginica. The four objectives of my thesis research were to: 1) identify potential oyster competitors in Mosquito Lagoon, 2) determine if the sessile species recruiting …
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The world in His hands: a Christian account of scientific law and its antithetical competitors
This dissertation examines the Christian doctrine of divine providence and its implications for the laws of nature and problem of induction before contrasting secular and Islamic approaches to these same topics. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of a Christian account of scientific law by citing …
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Mechanisms facilitating coexistence between leopards (Panthera pardus) and their competitors in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
… between leopards (Panthera pardus) and their competitors and present four pieces of original research on leopard ecology and monitoring, primarily within the framework of carnivore interactions. To this end, I focus on sympatric populations of wild, but habituated, lions (Panthera leo), …
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"Do you like my body?": an interpersonal approach to the growth of bikini competitors on YouTube
… investigates the popularity growth of bikini competitors on the social media outlet of YouTube. This content falls into the category of "fitspiration" content, otherwise known as fitness social media content that advocates for health and well-being. While fitspiration content has been shown to …
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NO SIMPLE TRADEOFFS: CENTAUREA PLANTS FROM AMERICA ARE BETTER COMPETITORS AND DEFENDERS THAN PLANTS FROM THE NATIVE RANGE
Two non-mutually exclusive hypotheses for invasive success have important evolutionary implications. The 'natural enemies' hypothesis posits that exotic invaders explode in abundance because they are not suppressed by specialist herbivore consumers in their invaded range. The 'novel weapons' …
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NO SIMPLE TRADEOFFS: CENTAUREA PLANTS FROM AMERICA ARE BETTER COMPETITORS AND DEFENDERS THAN PLANTS FROM THE NATIVE RANGE
Two non-mutually exclusive hypotheses for invasive success have important evolutionary implications. The 'natural enemies' hypothesis posits that exotic invaders explode in abundance because they are not suppressed by specialist herbivore consumers in their invaded range. The 'novel weapons' …
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