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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES"”.
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The Efficient Use of Resources in The Production of Rice in Sierra Leone: A Linear Programming Study
… in DSpace on 2014-12-10T22:03:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7405705.pdf: 6356666 bytes, checksum: 568c7cee6b7c239f43c598cfb6627ccb (MD5) Previous issue date: 1973
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Analysis of Objectives of the Development of the Agricultural Frontier of Nicaragua
A primary objective of this study was to determine the productive organization of the agricultural frontier of Nicaragua that would result in the maximization of economic and social benefits. This was assumed to be obtained by selecting a development strategy that would minimize the trade-offs …
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Human resource development and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Sustained development requires efficient use of resources and equitable distribution of national income. Investment in human capital must be systematically organized in relation to other investments. Specifically, attrition in primary school is high, and the education does not respond sufficiently …
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A lean software engineering system for the Department of Defense
Quality software engineering is crucial for the Department of Defense. The ability to engineer software that meets cost, schedule, and technical goals is a continuous challenge for both the commercial and government sector. This thesis presents an engineering model based on lean principles. The …
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O uso da roçadeira mecânica e seus beneficios como alternativa para o manejo dos pomares de citros no agreste paraibano.
… the domestic market, the activity occupies 75% of the economically active population in the agricultural sector, and is responsible for 80% of the food consumed in the domestic market for their relevant features is of paramount importance to understand the process of organizing this particular …
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South Pacific Destroyers: The United States Navy and the Challenges of Night Surface Combat in the Solomons Islands during World War II.
<p>During the South Pacific campaigns of World War II, the United States Navy faced a formidable challenge in waging nighttime surface battles against the Japanese Navy. In a war that emphasized the carrier and battleship, the little destroyer became a key player in these actions. By studying this …
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The financial performance of privatised firms: evidence from three transition economies
… which almost unanimously advocates privatisation of banks and enterprises as a part of the solution for the commitment problem in economies in transition, and empirical evidence on how best to design a privatisation programme in order to secure an efficient use of resources. This thesis …
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Applying Critical Chain to improve the management of uncertainty in projects
… global competitive market, the management of projects, particularly product development efforts, increasingly is one of the few areas which can produce a sustained competitive advantage. Firms that can bring products to market faster can extract higher initial margins, can be more …
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Design-time performance testing
Software designers make decisions between alternate approaches early in the development of a software application and these decisions can be difficult to change later. Designers make these decisions based on estimates of how alternatives affect software qualities. One software quality that can be …
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Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence as Enablers for Circular Economy
… and is recommended as the business model for efficient use of resources. Despite the push for businesses and organisations to switch from linear to CE, there are several barriers/challenges that need solving such as business models and the criticism of CE projects often being small scale. …
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Toward a Decision Support System for Measuring and Managing Cybersecurity Risk in Supply Chains
Much of the confusion about the effectiveness of information security programs concerns not only how to measure, but also what to measure — an issue of equivocality. Thus, to lower uncertainty for improved decision-making, it is first essential to reduce equivocality by defining, expanding, and …
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“Down Your Drink” (DYD): a digital intervention to reduce harmful drinking
… have the potential to reach large numbers of people, who would not otherwise receive help, at low marginal costs. Downyourdrink (DYD) is a digital intervention based on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Social and Behaviour Network Therapy. DYD was evaluated using …
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Assessing post-traumatic responses among South African adolescents : a comparison of different methods
The present study compares the use of standardised diagnostic clinical interviews, self-report scales, and unstructured interviews, to determine if these different methods of assessment elicit the same or similar information with regards to trauma exposure, post-traumatic stress disorder, and …
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Development of Rhodopseudomonas palustris as a chassis for biotechnological applications
… production has resulted in a huge surplus of crude glycerol, a by-product of the process to the level of 10% by weight. This is turn has caused the price of glycerol to fall dramatically, and there are now few economically viable channels for using this resource: waste glycerol is usually …
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The economic feasibility of introducing aquaculture into traditional farming systems in Arizona
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the economic feasibility of introducing fish culture into irrigated cotton production on farms in central Arizona. The representative farm adopted in this study is a cotton farm described in Arizona Field Crop Budgets, 1994-95. The only adjustment …
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Do I share because I care? The role of values in the acceptance, adoption and diffusion of collaborative consumption
… to underutilised or idle assets, it promotes efficient use of resources, reduces their environmental burden and can rebuild social capital. For this potential to bring economic interests in line with positive environmental and social impact, collaborative consumption has been considered a …
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Investigating Anatomical and Neurochemical Topology of the Mammalian Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
Precise, robust and entrained circadian timing of bodily functions down to the cellular and molecular scale is pivotal for ensuring efficient use of resources by an organism in pursuit of optimal evolutionary fitness. In mammals, such circadian timing is governed by the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) …
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Memory abstractions for parallel programming
… and the memory that provides a different "view" of a memory location depending on the execution context in which the memory access is made. Properly designed memory abstractions help ease the task of parallel programming by mitigating the complexity of synchronization or admitting more efficient …
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Dealing with variability in the design, planning and evaluation of Healthcare inpatient units: a modeling methodology for patient dependency variations.
… to be considered whilst at the same time making efficient use of the systems’ resources. Patient dependency fluctuation, which makes determining the level of adequate staffing highly complex, is among the variations addressed. Dealing with variability is found to be a key feature in the design, …
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Feasibility of a Prognostication Aid to Promote Advance Care Planning.
… moral distress, better communication and more efficient use of resources. However, the interface between palliative care and digital insights has had very limited consideration. Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of identifying a cohort where promoting advance care …
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