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Showing 1 to 20 of 137 for “"Dominican Republic"”.
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Andrew Johnson and the Dominican Republic
… advantages to the United States of annexing the Dominican Republic. Hispaniola, lying between Puerto Rico and Cuba, controls the Mona Passage, which is dominated by Samana Bay. The bay, approximately eighteen miles wide by thirty miles long, is guarded seaward by the keys of Levantado and …
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A solar energy strategy for the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic has a historical crisis in its energy sector due to an unreliable electrical grid system that causes high levels of technical and non-technical losses in transmission and distribution. This is exacerbated by the fact that the country depends on fossil fuels for over 80% of …
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Evaluation of renewable energy strategies in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic electricity sector has been in crisis for decades, because of the ageing grid system, technical and nontechnical losses and the dependency of around 85% of its electricity from fossil fuel. However, the situation in the Dominican Republic is contradicting; the country has high …
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Household scale slow sand filtration in the Dominican Republic
… 2004, the author traveled to the northwestern Dominican Republic to evaluate the performance of BioSand filters installed over the past two years. BioSand filter performance was evaluated based on flow rate, turbidity removal and total coliform removal in communities surrounding the cities of …
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The effects of tobacco policies in the Dominican Republic
A tobacco supply function for the Dominican Republic was estimated and the resulting coefficients used to measure the effects of government policies on tobacco production. Nominal (Direct and Total) protection rates (NRP) and effective rates of protection (ERP) were estimated for tobacco, corn, and …
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Armature: Infill, A Health Care Facility in Verón, Dominican Republic
… in the community of Verón located in the Dominican Republic. Through the exploration of materials, the identity of the project is defined by a series of walls that bring order and scale to not only the clinic but the surrounding community as well.
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Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of a Coastal Lagoon in Southwestern Dominican Republic
… and in high- and mid-elevation sites in the Dominican Republic, and a few other inland and coastal locations throughout the Caribbean; however, to date little has been published on prehistoric conditions in other coastal areas of Hispaniola. Laguna Alejandro (informally named by researchers) …
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Implementation of building information modelling in the Dominican Republic construction industry
The Dominican Republic (D.R.) is a Caribbean nation whose construction industry is key in the economic growth and development of the country; however, the productivity of the sector is being affected by inefficient traditional practices. The increased use and proven benefits of Building Information …
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Politics and land reform: the case of Esperanza, the Dominican Republic
The case of Esperanza in the Dominican Republic illustrates graphically that land reform is used by governmental leaders as a political tool; although land reform is continuously promised in the Dominican Republic, it is rarely delivered. The state has realized autonomy from class factions by …
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A framework for adoption of drones in the Dominican Republic construction industry
… Systems for the Construction Industry in the Dominican Republic. The study approaches an iterative strategy of interviewing 24 participants in a semi-structured format. Then, the Nvivo 2020 software was used to identify cases utilising ground theory coding, thematic and content analysis. …
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Bird use of avocado farms and intact forest in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic, a conservation priority area due to high rates of bird endemism and overwintering Neotropical migrant habitats, is seeing an increase of avocado farms and a subsequent forest loss. We conducted point-count bird surveys to determine how avian species richness and diversity …
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Global displacements : geographies of work and industrial restructuring in the Dominican Republic.
… historical accounts of economic change in the Dominican Republic’s northern Cibao region, I consider the restructuring of the country’s export apparel industry, the most long-standing and successful in the circum-Caribbean. Over the past decade, facing increased competition for US market share …
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Factors Influencing the Reproductive Efficiency of Dairy Herds in the Dominican Republic
… milk production, the dairy industry in the Dominican Republic (D. R.) has not been able to adequately meet the demand of the ever-growing Dominican population, prompting the government and milk processing plants to sponsor programs which will increase the national production of milk and …
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Exploring the Experiences of Community Health Workers in the Dominican Republic Using Photovoice
… living and working in a northern region of the Dominican Republic (D.R.). Using the PAR method known as photovoice, 13 CHWs were recruited to take photographs that represented their perceptions of the CHW role and the factors that supported and impeded their work. After generating photographs, …
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