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Showing 1 to 20 of 439 for “"Developing world"”.
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Wireless networks for the developing world
… in these bands, is of particular value in the developing world, where it has the potential to substantially impact accessibility and availability of information and telecommunication services. In the context of numerous institutional and structural obstacles to entry license-exempt regulation …
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Finding utility for genetic diagnostics in the developing world
Genetic testing companies have come under fire lately for an array of reasons. Many direct-to-consumer outfits are being challenged by the federal regulatory authorities, by the physicians' community and by the public itself. The desire to derive utility from the existing mass of genetic research …
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Stress and decision-making in a Developing world context
… similar to other research in the developed world, this current study finds some interesting results on the effect of stress on time preferences, but only in later periods. The study interprets this data and suggests methodological improvements and further ideas for this promising area of …
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Computer-Based Instruction for Engineering Education in the Developing World
… can take years – or even decades – to reach developing countries. Computer-based instruction has the potential to dramatically decrease this lag time by improving engineering education in the developing world. This paper discusses the development of instructional simulations, based on the …
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An economic analysis of dietary diversification in the developing world
… deficiency, is widespread in many parts of the developing world. Low dietary diversity is a major source of this problem. This occurs where diets are predominantly based on starchy staples with few fruits, vegetables and animal-sourced foods. Improving children’s diets is therefore an important …
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Development of sensor based evaluation methodologies for developing world products
Often consumers in the developed world have a wide range of options available to them when considering a certain product family, such as a smartphone. The plethora of options is in large part a result of the degree to which the supply chains have advanced in the developed world. Organizations such …
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Preserving Traditional Botanical Knowledge in a Developing World: A Case Study.
<p>Traditional botanical knowledge is the knowledge of how plants are being cultivated and used by the indigenous cultures. Modern western culture exhibits a shortage of traditional and formal botanical knowledge. In this project I took 103 common edible plants found in the grocery store and …
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New Venture Creation and Infrastructure in Developed and Developing World Countries
… entrepreneurial activities in developed and developing world countries (DDWC). Research has shown that scholars do not give infrastructure due importance in entrepreneurship studies. This thesis aims to critically evaluate nature and type of the relationships between infrastructure and new …
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Enabling anonymous crime reporting on mobile phones in the developing world
… crime reporting framework for the context of the developing world. In this thesis a contribution is made by means of a framework that facilitates reporting crime anonymously based on a secure platform. The framework comprises of two main components namely, a reporting module that is facilitated by …
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Development of folding three-wheeled wheelchair frame for the Developing World
Currently, wheelchairs in developing countries are supplied both through donations from NGOs and local wheelchair workshops in these countries. A popular type of wheelchair manufactured by these workshops is a three-wheeled wheelchair, which has a long wheel base and third castor wheel in front of …
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Regional integration in the developing world : ASEAN in a new perspective
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1982.
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Towards sustainable agriculture in the developing world: Theoretical perspectives and empirical insights
… contexts beyond farm and watershed: (1) the developing country context, and (2) the fresh fruit and vegetables (FFV) sector (with special reference to the agri-food standard called `Good Agricultural Practices' (GAP) and Thailand). Papers in this dissertation thus aim to identify the social …
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It's virtually politics: Information technology and transnational activism in the developing world
The study examines the role of information technology in facilitating transboundary networking among members of domestic civil societies who are seeking changes in policies of individual governments and organizations, both in their own countries and elsewhere.
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A new trajectory for spatial data infrastructure evolution in the developing world
… platforms for confronting the urban crisis in developing nations and thereby ensuring that they have the societal impact that they are intended to. The research explores the characteristics of the mainstream efforts to counter urban crises in the developing world to determine how the new SDI …
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Telecommuting in the developing world: a case of the day-labour market
… have not received much research attention in the developing world. They have mainly been done in the developed world, and mostly on white-collar workers and organisations. This brought about our second objective: to find out whether the ICT interventions for the DLM could be studied under …
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CITE Suitability : an exploration of product evaluation methodologies for developing world technologies
… the lives of bottom of pyramid consumers in the developing world. Unfortunately, many of these products fail to have the desired impact and there is a serious gap in knowledge of what works and what does not work. It is the goal of the Comprehensive Initiative for Technology Evaluation to fill …
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Inexpensive, energy-efficient, grid-independent storage and cooling system for the Developing World
… and malnutrition can be significantly reduced in developing nations by improving the farmer-to-consumer system. One important step in particular that can be improved is cold storage at the local level. If small, rural farmers could have access to affordable and reliable chilled storage, more …
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