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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Impact of the "From zero to Forever" strategy on infant mortality"”.
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System Dynamic Analysis to Evaluate the Socio-Economic Impact of the Energy Transition of Singapore to Achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2050
Singapore has pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. However, due to the country's limited land and lack of natural resources, the transition to net zero emission is a challenging journey. Singapore has chartered an energy transition plan to help the country navigate into a lower …
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Forever gluten-free: exploring the psychosocial impact of living with coeliac disease
Coeliac Disease (CD) is an autoimmune disease in which the enzyme gluten causes inflammation and damage to the small intestine. Untreated the condition may predispose symptomatic individuals to serious diseases such as cancer, type I diabetes, osteoporosis, gynaecological problems in women, …
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Zero-direct-carbon-emission aluminum production by solid oxide membrane-based electrolysis process
The traditional aluminum production process (Hall-Héroult process) involves electrolyzing the alumina dissolved in the molten cryolite salt. This process is energy intensive and emits massive amounts of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. The market demand of aluminum and the environmental impact of …
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International Analysis on the Traffic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
<p>The purpose of this research was to assess, compare, and contrast the impact of COVID-19 activity restrictions on road-based transportation activity in regions of the US, Sweden, and China from January 1st to December 31st, 2020. Roadway traffic volumes were used to relate the progression of …
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The Economic Impact of the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005
The economic impact of the gulf opportunity zone act of 2005 politicians utilize tax policy investment incentives to foster economic growth and stimulate investment. On December 21, 2005, president bush signed the gulf opportunity zone act of 2005, otherwise known as the go zone act. The go zone …
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Estimating global warming from anthropogenic heat emissions
The forcing from the anthropogenic heat flux (AHF), i.e. the dissipation of primary energy consumed by the human civilisation, produces a direct climate warming. Today, the globally averaged AHF is negligibly small compared to the indirect forcing from greenhouse gas emissions. Locally or …
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A GLMM analysis of data from the Sinovuyo Caring Families Program (SCFP)
We present an analysis of the data from a longitudinal randomized control trial that assesses the impact of an intervention program aimed at improving the quality of childcare within families. The SCFP was a group-based program implemented over two separate waves conducted in Khayelitsha and …
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An examination of the emotional impact of the insertion of documentary footage into trauma cinema
This thesis proposes that trauma cinema fiction films based on true dramatic events stand to gain much from utilising specific nonfiction material in their staged narratives and, furthermore, enhance emotional affect for the spectator. It deploys David Bordwell’s and Kristin Thompson’s (2017) …
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The fallacy of endless growth: Exposing capitalism's insustainability
<p>What if we were to have 100 years of no growth? What if conditions were such that there is no future scenario under which growth will ever occur again? We might characterize this as impossible, as a vision that violates the outcome that we as innovative people must realize.</p><p>In the document …
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Essays on inequality, interest rates and macroeconomic policies
This thesis consists of three chapters on inequality, interest rates and macroeconomic policies. The first chapter explores the macroeconomic consequences of the recent rise in permanent income inequality. First, I show that in many common macroeconomic models consumption is a linear function of …
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Conservation Agriculture as an adaptation strategy to drought in Chivi District, Zimbabwe
Conservation agriculture (CA) which is an agricultural system with the capabilities of conserving soil and water through its zero to minimal tillage, mulching and crop rotation principles has become popular the world over. This study evaluated CA as an adaptation tool to drought in Chivi district, …
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Innovative hydrogen station operation strategies to increase availability and decrease cost
… and academic teams have recently published visions and objectives for widespread use of hydrogen in order to enable international energy sector goals such as sustainability, affordability, reliability, and security. Many of these visions emphasize the important and highly-scalable use of …
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“De cero a siempre” y la Mortalidad Infantil En Colombia, 1990 -2019
… orientada a promover y garantizar el desarrollo infantil de las niñas y los niños en primera infancia. Por las acciones que realiza el programa, aporta para la reducción de la tasa de mortalidad infantil en Colombia. El objetivo es determinar el comportamiento de la tasa de mortalidad infantil y …
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Economic impact of Ebola virus disease in Western African countries.
The Ebola outbreak in Western Africa from 2014 to 2016 infected 28600 people and claimed lives of 11325 people. It is the worst and the longest Ebola outbreak since the first recorded Ebola outbreak in 1976. The World bank estimated the cost of this outbreak is approximately $4 billion. In this …
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The bank of Japan’s intervention in exchange-traded funds as an effective monetary policy tool
Since the end of October 2010, the Bank of Japan has been pursuing a new Asset Purchase Programme, which includes, among other things, direct intervention in the domestic stock market through the purchase of exchange-traded funds. This research study evaluated the impact of the Bank of Japan’s …
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Energy efficient core optical IP networks
The Internet has become an integral part of modern societies fuelling ever growing opportunities for the provision of new advanced services which better respond to quickly changing societal needs. Previously the deployment of such services have led to significant increases in energy consumption …
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Adapting vernacular strategies for the design of an energy efficient residential building in a hot and arid climate: City of Yazd, Iran
<p>Today, buildings consume a significant amount of primary energy, and consequently they are a major source for greenhouse gas emissions resulting in global warming. During the last decades, the concept of sustainable architecture with the major aim of diminishing negative environmental impact of …
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Circuits and Modulation Schemes to Achieve High Power-Density in SiC Grid-connected Converters
The emergence of silicon-carbide (SiC) devices has been a 'game changer' in the field of power electronics. With desirable material properties such as low-loss characteristics, high blocking voltage, and high junction temperature operation, they are expected to drastically increase the power …
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MOSFET Current Source Gate Drivers and Topologies for High Efficiency and High Frequency Voltage Regulator Modules
With fast development of semiconductor industry, the transistors in microprocessors increase dramatically, which follows the Moore’s law. As a result, the operating voltages of the future microprocessors follow the trend of decreasing (sub 1V) while the demanding currents increase (higher than …
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The Causal Impact of Information Crowd-sourcing Platform on Agricultural Supply Chain
This thesis aims to study the impact of increased access to market information on the welfare of micro-firms in informal supply chains, as measured by revenue and price realization. In most informal supply chains, micro-firms receive access to only limited market information through their informal …
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