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Essays on Public Good Contribution
… and empirical issues in the voluntary contributions to public good. Chapter I contains a brief motivation and introduction. In chapters II and III, we analyze two non-cooperative methods for either enhancing or mitigating externality-causing activities. Chapter II deals with positive …
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Acorn Contribution to Mammalian Energetics
Acorns are a highly nutritious food source for many mammal species including white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus), eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinenis), and fox squirrels (S. niger). Oak trees (genus (Quercus) produce variable amounts of acorn …
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Contribution à la méthode des déterminants
La présente étude a été faite en vue de la construction pratique d'un identificateur ayant des performances intéressantes. Nous rappellerons tout d'abord la méthode développée par M. G. AUBE dans sa thèse de doctorat pour l'identification de deux paramètres d'un système du deuxième ordre. Nous …
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Spitzer's Contribution to the AGN Population
Using large multiwavelength datasets, we study obscured AGN in the distant universe that have been missed via traditional selection techniques (e.g. UV/ optical/X-ray). To do so, we take particular advantage of the mid-IR, which is minimally affected by obscuration. We first select as AGN …
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Resonance contribution to electromagnetic structure functions
… electroproduction, the single resonance contribution to the pion and proton structure functions is expressed in terms of transition form factors. Froissart-Gribov representations of the Compton amplitude partial waves are presented and are used to specify the spin dependence of the …
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A contribution to adaptive robust estimation
This study initially set out to consider the possibility of constructing an adaptive robust estimation procedure for the standard linear regression model when the disturbance vector deviated from normality, however, after the initial success in that field it seemed only appropriate that the …
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The Contribution of Festivals to City Branding
The economic contribution of festivals and events has been widely acknowledged, but the relationship between a festival and city branding has received little attention. This thesis explores the role of festival stakeholders in the development of a city brand, providing a detailed account of city …
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Corporate parenting: the contribution of designated teachers
… of schools in one authority (Shiretown) and the contribution of the role to corporate parenting of young people who are looked after. It was a study over two and a half years, employing case study methodology. There is a review of the relevant literature on the education of children in public …
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Customers' behavioural contribution to the service encounter
… thereby hinting that customers' behavioural contributions are conducive to achieving a positive service outcome.;However, the manner in which such positive service encounters can develop at the customer's initiative lacks empirical evidence. This research adopts a behavioural perspective and …
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A contribution to the theory of devaluation
<p>Devaluation theory has been in and out of the economic spotlight for .any years. Scores of articles have been written by some of the best theorists in economics. However, many unanswered questions have been left for future theorists and empirists to solve.</p> <p>Devaluation theory has been out …
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The Astrometric Contribution of Unresolved Stellar Companions
… We present analytic expressions for the binary contribution, as well as an exploration of the behavior of simulated systems and detections of real binary candidates in the local galaxy.
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Multi-stakeholder contribution to biotechnology environmental assessment
… assessors. Hypothesizing that these types of contribution, suggested theoretically or observed in single workshops, represent key sources of stakeholder contribution across processes, this study examines contribution in several diverse participant processes: an Environmental Protection Agency …
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Pinpointing the cerebellum's contribution to social reward processing
… reward processing, and to distinguish this contribution from regions that are canonically part of the reward and social brain regions. Participants, ages 12-36, completed a well-matched social and monetary reward task in the scanner. In the monetary condition, participants were asked to …
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