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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Consumption pattern"”.
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The Effect of Feedback on Residential Electrical Peaking and Hourly Kilowatt Consumption
The problem. Electricity consumption research has primarily investigated procedures designed to decrease overall kilowatt hour (KWH) consumption. Only one study has reported the effects of a procedure on the pattern of electricity consumption. The present study assessed the effects of feedback on …
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Incorporating Food-away-from-Home into the Thrifty Food Plan
… of datasets on prices, nutrition and average consumption pattern as those used in the TFP model. The 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data is used to generate average consumption and nutrient profiles. The relative price ratio of FAFH to FAH is assumed and …
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Social change and the Chinese traveller: Guangdong's outbound travel market since 1978
… have also made significant change to China 's consumption pattern, and have conversed the nation's previously simple and under-supplied consumer market into a colourful and sophisticated consumption world. In the context of China's Open Door Policy and Reforms introduced in 1978, and based on a …
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Becoming Vegetarian: An Analysis of the Vegetarian Career Using an Integrated Model of Deviance
… to explore the nature of a particular food consumption pattern using a number of different deviance theories in order to outline the career path of vegetarianism. Using semi-structured interviews with 45 practicing vegetarians from two regions of the United States, the career path of the …
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The Nigerian mortgage market : an empirical investigation of associated constraints
… which contain household information such as consumption level, mortgage and financial information. The research found out that demand for mortgage finance is determined by household income, family size, educational qualification, age, marital status, geographical differences, location, …
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SUSTAINABILITY IN HOUSING: COMPARATIVE STUDY ON STANDARD DWELLINGS AND CONSUMPTION OF DOMESTIC SPACES IN SINGAPORE AND JAKARTA
… the sustainability of the current level of space consumption in Jakarta and Singapore – two cities at different economic stage of development, with problems of high population density. With global population projected to further increase to approximately around 10.6 billion in 2050 within the …
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An appraisal of wind energy conversion systems for agricultural enterprises.
… to the wind regime, performance, farm energy consumption pattern and overall economics. Long-term economics are assessed by simulating different scenarios of wind turbine generators connected at farms. The different scenarios account for a realistic range of wind regimes, wind turbine …
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Media Consumption and the Construction of Diasporic Identities of Youth of Pakistani Origin in Britain
The topic of this thesis is ‘Media Consumption and the Construction of Diasporic Iden-tities of Youth of Pakistani Origin in Britain’. This research aims to investigate interplay between consumption of media and the construction of identity of young people of Pakistani heritage born and brought up …
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Economic assessment of energy efficiency in residential buildings in Mozambique: case study of Maputo
The world’s energy consumption has been increasing dramatically in recent years. Economic and population growth are said to be the main drivers of this phenomenon. This change is held responsible for the increase in greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, the reduced energy security and the …
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A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Nutritionally Equivalent Meals with and without Pork
… The first set of diets is based on a USDA consumption pattern, 2000 kcal per day. This diet was used to create three other dietary scenarios with and without pork. The USDA recommended food pattern and the USDA Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian pattern based on a 2000 kcal diet were also analyzed. The …
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Detecting Irregular Energy Consumption Through Analytical Techniques
… part of detecting irregular consumption, a procedure was also developed to test for the difference between the number of observations outside the prediction limits before and after a change. The modified time series method proved to be a tool that can be of significant …
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Developments in Television Viewership
… are the episodes being written with that consumption pattern in mind? Do the old conventions written into television shows to help the viewer remember what happened in the weeks before still apply? And, if viewers are looking at their second screens to follow the national response on …
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Plant secondary compounds in small ruminant feeding in stall-fed and pastoral system in the Mediterranean
… lambs assessed during fattening. Food intake pattern and blood metabolic profile were monitored. It was found that ingestion of a diet containing 35% of carob pulp or DCP resulted in comparable performance, feed efficiency and carcass weight and yield as compared to animals ingesting a cereal …
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Factors affecting the food security status and participation in food security intervention programmes in Maphumulo
… Diversity Score (HDDS) and Household Food Consumption Score (HFCS) measures were employed. Food consumption pattern were characterized by a low average HDDS of 3.1 in “One Home One Garden” group and 3.67 in non- participating households. However, the majority (65%) of the “One Home One …
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Food security in less developed countries: assessing the effects of food aid in rural Kenya as a food supply shock on consumption and nutrition
… a balanced national food production sector and consumption pattern. Food aid, in turn, is an essential mechanism designed to serve developmental purposes, such as income redistribution or provision of food as a real resource. Food-for-Work (FFW), as a specific form of food aid programs, …
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A framework of facilities management service user indicators through user experience to achieve service excellence in waste management services in Malaysian local governments
… services which is associated with change in consumption pattern and increase in waste generation in the country. The practice of Service quality has issues, especially in operationalisation. Service users are not satisfied with services on waste management services in the state of Johor. This …
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ANALYSIS OF ENERGY USE AND CONSERVATION : TWO TRANSPORT-RELATED CASE STUDIES
… transport-related applications. One is on energy consumption analysis of the production of road paving mixture and the other is on automobile fuel consumption in actual traffic. The first study was carried out on two asphalt premix plants, a continuous drum mix plant and a batch processing plant. …
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An assessment of food consumption patterns of selected households of Mbilwi and Matavhela Villages in Thulamela Municipality, Limpopo Province of South Africa
… of humans is affected by their eating habits, patterns and choice of meals. This research discusses food consumption patterns of selected households of Mbilwi and Matavhela villages in Thulamela Municipality, Limpopo Province of South Africa. The study identified types of food consumed and the …
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Enviropreneurial Management An effective approach to cope with the ecological challenge
… of the 21st century is endangered. A change of consumption pattern, material thinking, lifestyles have to change fundamentally. lt may even require to break with 'business-as-usual'. In the age of continuously and rapidly changing compet1t1ve environments, companies are increasingly forced to be …
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Bioactive compounds in leek (Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum): analysis as a function of the genetic diversity, harvest time and processing techniques
… in leek breeding, production, marketing and the consumption pattern of leek. Chapter 1 included a general introduction and the objectives of the present study. Chapter 2 gave a brief summary concerning the current position of leek production in Belgium and abroad. Leek was described from two …
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