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Showing 1 to 20 of 130 for “"Economic problems"”.
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Some of the technical and economic problems of central station energy storage
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1936
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The single parent family : a sociological study of the socio-economic problems facing single parents in Port Elizabeth
… District. The report investigated the needs and problems of single parent families, the existence or lack of support facilities in the local communities, and considered and listed the positive factors found in the single parent situation. The study described in this dissertation is a similar …
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The role of Section 12 A (3) of the Competition Act to bring into effect the objectives of the act of addressing social and economic problems and past inequalities through the public interest assessment in merger proceedings
… could only be achieved by a total revamp of our economic policy and framework, which was designed to benefit the white minority. The government quickly realized the fact that our competition jurisprudence had a significant role to play in bringing about economic and social reform. The challenge …
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The feasibility and functioning of public mortgage insurance models : an international comparison
… research questions: a) What are the primary economic problems in housing and housing finance markets that cause market inefficiency and hence call for government intervention in the form of public MI? b) What are the implied liabilities imposed on the backing government of sponsoring a public …
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Economics of Decision-Making in Agricultural Pest Management (Integrated Pest Management (Ipm))
… making in pest management, like all other economic problems, involves allocating scarce resources to meet human needs. One hundred Illinois corn and soybeans farmers were surveyed to examine their pest management decision making in the 1984 growing season. Farmer's decisions to adopt …
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Microbiology of fly ash-acid mine drainage co-disposal processes
… generation, pose substantial environmental and economic problems for South Africa. Eskom has developed a remediation system employing alkaline fly ash to neutralize and precipitate heavy metals from toxic acidic acid mine drainage streams. The aim of this study was to assess the microbial …
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The political values present in the Presbyterian church in Canada's response to social problems, 1925-1975
… Church in Canada's response to social problems from 1925 to 1975. The author believes that the Presbyterian Church has tended to accept uncritically the dominant political ideology in Canadian society (i.e., liberalism) and has therefore provided a powerful religious legitimation for …
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Algorithm and mechanism design with nonlinear preferences
In real life, many combinatorial and economic problems have nonlinear objectives and constraints, where the nonlinearities typically arise from different risk preferences, non-rationality, etc. Solving these problems is often computationally hard but can be beneficial by providing more revenue or …
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Understanding obesity : psychological cues and antecedents of eating behaviour
… due to the associated medical, psychosocial, and economic problems. One approach of understanding obesity is directed towards exploring the psychological and social determinants underlying non-hungry eating (NHE) (eating without physical sensations associated with hunger) and overeating (eating …
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Transport policy reform and rural communities : a case study of Gaspé
… policy reform has given rise to social and economic problems for regions located in the periphery. Rural communities are particularly dependent upon transport links. The town of Gaspe was chosen as a case study because it shares characteristics that are common with rural communities: the …
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The Treatment of American Indians in Selected American Literature: A Radical Critique
… political solutions to existing social or economic problems? Does the work defend treaty rights and tribal sovereignty?
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A comparison of self-help lower-income housing in community-based and individualistic settlements in urban Mexico
… respondents, in contrast, focus on individuals' economic problems in securing private housing. Analyses of the two built environment types show design preference differences reflected in built housing.
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Political culture and the labour movement: a comparison between Poplar and West Ham, 1889-1914
… contemporaries had identified similar social and economic problems in both Poplar and West Ham in the early twentieth century, more detailed analysis reveals differences as well as similarities in the underlying economic and social structure, which had implications for political outcomes. The …
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Life Cycle Assessment of Reclaimed Water for Potable and Nonpotable Reuse in California
… indeed outweigh the environmental, social, and economic costs. In this study a life cycle assessment (LCA) for potable (direct and indirect) and nonpotable reuse will be conducted to identify and quantify major environmental, social, and economic problems that are attributed to reclaimed water. …
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ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑΚΗ ΔΙΕΡΕΥΝΗΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΠΛΗΘΥΣΜΙΑΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΕΘΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
THE GROWING SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE EVOLUTION OF THE REGIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC PHENOMENA, RECENTLY LED TO THE FOUNDATION OF A PARTICULAR FIELD OF REGIONAL SCIENCE, FREQUENTLY CALLED "REGIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS". IN THIS FIELD, THE PRESENT THESIS INVESTIGATES THE DEMOGRAPHIC SIDE OF …
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Controlled environments : the case of Rio de Janeiro
… of the city. The study concludes that, as local economic problems worsen and government services lessen, increased private-based measures are likely to dominate the urban scene.
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What is the Agricultural Problem
No apology for a paper on agricultural economics in the United States is necessary. It is a recognized problem area. But there seems to be some confusion as to the nature of the agricultural problem. The purpose of this paper is to determine as nearly as possible, exactly what the problems in …
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An Empirical Investigation into the Causes of the Dollar's Decline (1985-1993)
… And still others attribute most of the U.S.'s economic problems to its continuing deterioration of industrial competitiveness. The empirical results of this study suggest that the current account played the most prominent role in the dollar's recent decline. To strengthen the dollar, U.S. …
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