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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Firestone"”.
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Conflicting goals in product development : learning from the fatal Firestone flaw
… an analysis of the deadly product failure of Firestone ATX, ATX 11, and Wilderness AT tires in the late 1990s. Drawing from Congressional testimony, expert evaluation, and depositions of relevant engineers, this analysis considers the impact of goal conflict on product design requirements and …
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Multinational corporations in violent conflict: a case study of firestone in Liberia
… Christmas Eve in 1989. At the time, the company Firestone Liberia (one of many of the subsidiaries of the multinational, Bridgestone Corporation) had been operating the world’s largest rubber plantation in Liberia’s Margibi County for over six decades. Over the course of three years, Firestone …
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Protecting Investment, Profit, and Personnel: Corporations as Social Change Agents
… assesses through case study, the efforts of Firestone, Inc. in Liberia regarding regional development, stabilization, and economic development. This is done through the lens of the 3-levels of<em> The Toolkit</em> and for the purposes of illustrating lost opportunities that a Toolkit …
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Embedding the virtual within the real as a means of de-contextualizing/re-contextualizing the architectural artifact
… the two versions co-exist side by side. The "Firestone House and Collection" is used as a case study to explore issues and possibilities.
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Envisioning Regional Futures in Southeast Los Angeles: Understanding Barriers to Implementing Transit-Oriented Communities along the Forthcoming Southeast Gateway Line
… Lake Station in Huntington Park and Firestone Station in South Gate, both stations of which have multi-jurisdictional spheres of influence. This thesis also proposes a collaborative framework that encourages SELA stakeholders to engage in incremental, low-stakes planning and establish …
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An Epidemiology of Big Data
… for existence (Burns, 2011). Bollier and Firestone (2010) even suggests "big data does not really exist in healthcare" (p. 29). While federal policymakers and other healthcare stakeholders struggle with the adoption of Meaningful Use Standards, International Classification of Diseases-10 …
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Synthesis and catalytic testing of a proline functionalized amphiphilic block copolymer
<p>Catalysts are reagents used to reduce the amount of energy that a reaction needs to execute, allowing it to proceed at a higher rate while not being consumed. The use of catalyst functionalized amphiphilic copolymer allows easier recovery of the catalyst at the end of the synthesis and allows …
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An Exploration of Hole Filling Algorithms
Laser range scanning is one of the leading methods for the acquisition of 3D models from real world objects. This process, however, introduces significant excess topological handles which increases the complexity of future processing, and lowers the quality of the acquired models. Previous research …
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Quechua and Spanish in the urban Andes: A study on language dynamics and identity construction among Peruvian youth
This dissertation analyzes first-generation youth’s linguistic and social practices in the construction of a new urban Andean identity in Peru. Since the 1940s, socio-economic events have led to massive migration of Quechua speakers from rural to urban areas. Migration has been understood as …
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The Application of Molecular Genetics to the Conservation Management of Quolls, Dasyurus Species (Dasyuridae:Marsupialia)
The quolls are among the largest of the remaining carnivorous marsupials in the Australasian region, and thus occupy an important ecological niche as top predators and scavengers. All quolls are currently in decline and threatened to some degree yet the application of molecular information to the …
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Administrative Supports of Teachng Partnerships Between General and Special Educators
… involved with the innovation (Corbett, Dawson, & Firestone, 1984). The study of a process is difficult because it involves investigating the factors that affect the likelihood that there will be change in the individuals who are involved. It necessitates the need to identify what they do, think, …
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A partially observable approach to allocating resources in a dynamic battle scenario
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002.
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Contribution of personality factors to bullying in the workplace
… Survey (IBS) (Manger, Adkinson, Zoss, Firestone & Hook, 1980) and the Culture-Free Self-Esteem Inventories, second edition (CFSEI-2) (Battle, 1992). Results indicated that again, victims had high dependency and in addition, low self-esteem and direct aggression, poor assertiveness, and …
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Ammonia emission from fertiliser application : quantification techniques and mitigation strategies
… model, inspired by the “hole in the pipe” model (Firestone and Davidson, 1989), allows us to better understand the simultaneous transformations and movements of urea and the hydrolysis-associated N pools (i.e. NH4+, NO3-, N2O and NH3). This will lead to a better understanding of the processes and …
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Embryo Adoption: Implications of Personhood, Marriage, and Parenthood
One’s personal claims regarding personhood will influence his moral belief regarding embryo adoption. In Chapter One, I consider the personhood of the human embryo. If the human embryo is a person, we are morally obligated to permit the practice of embryo adoption as an ethical means to save human …