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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"LDC"”.
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LDC borrowing : growth oppurtunities, the option to repudiate and debt reschedulings
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1985.
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Fiscal policy in primary commodities exporter LDC:'s, an empirical investigation of the franc zone in Africa
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1992.
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Essays on international finance and macroeconomics : the effects of liberalization and reform on LDC stock prices and investment
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1997.
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Variable Ratio Matrix Transformer based LLC Converter for Two-Stage Low-Voltage DC-DC Converter Efficiency Improvement
The low-voltage dc-dc converter (LDC) in electrical vehicles (EVs) is to convert high dc voltage (270V~430V) from traction battery to low dc voltage (12.5V~15.5V) for the vehicle auxiliary systems. Galvanic isolation is required in the LDC due to safety considerations. Three challenges exist in the …
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Developments in long distance commuting to London
… factors behind the increasing trend of LDC to London. The second was the undertaking of a new survey to identify and explain, at the disaggregate level, factors which are contributing to the general increase in LDC earlier described. Stated preference methods were used to test LDCs' …
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Community based tourism in Cambodia : exploring the role of community for successful implementation in least developed countries
… for development in Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Specifically, at the community level, Community Based Tourism (CBT) has emerged as an effective model to promote the development of sustainable tourism which produces meaningful benefits for all sectors of the community while protecting the …
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Exercícios de vocabulário : o léxico no livro didático
… (LDP) e nos Livros Didáticos de Ciências (LDC). Além disso, procuramos sistematizar as atividades de vocabulário correlacionando-as com as correntes lingüísticas. O corpus desse trabalho constituiu-se de seis coleções de Livros Didáticos de 5a a 8a série que correspondem aos terceiro e …
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Target strength of bat prey in relation to pulse frequency and vegetation density in bat species, Rhinolophus fumigatus (Rüppell's horseshoe bat)
… for both high (HDC) and low duty cycles (LDC). However, within the series of various tests (where each lineage and species pulses were played consecutively) a significant difference exists between both R. fumigatus lineages and with R. capensis for both HDC and LDC pulses. In the series of …
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Risk management of U.S. banks in less developed countries : a country-risk analysis.
… developing countries, i.e., whether a particular LDC would reschedule or default on its loans. A secondary purpose was to determine whether the debt crisis was the fault of the banks or the developing countries who reneged on their loan contracts. What do the banks have to do to prevent this from …
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Η ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΙΚΗΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΣΤΟΝ ΤΟΜΕΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΛΩΣΤΟΥΦΑΝΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΣ
… AND IN THE EEC. -THE GATT AND THE LDC. - THE LTA AND THE MEA. - THE INTERNATIONAL SURVEILLANCE OF TEXTILES TRADE. - THE RELATION BETWEEN GATT, THE MEA AND EXPORT RESTRAINTS. - BILATERAL AGREEMENTS/ARRANGEMENTS OF THE EEC IN THE FIELD OF TEXTILES. THE RELATED TARIFF AND ANTIDUMPING …
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Food security in LDC's: cost of alternative cash and futures strategies
The feasibility of Less Developed Countries (LDC) using the U.S. wheat futures market as an alternative strategy to reduce the cost of maintaining a more stable supply of food grains was investigated. India was used as a case study. A technical trading strategy for wheat futures, involving moving …
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Community and ecosystem changes in tallgrass prairie restorations: the effects of population source and diversity
… of high (HDC; n=20) and low diversity (LDC; n=15) prairies spanning over two decades of restoration in northwestern Illinois. In general most metrics of ecosystem function in both chronosequences moved towards levels measured in remnant prairies. While the constituent prairies of the HDC …
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Financial Analysis and Fiscal Viability of Secondary Schools in Mukono District, Uganda
… particularly in less developed countries (LDCs). In Sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda increased its primary school enrollments from 2.7 million in 1996 to 7.6 million in 2003. This rapid primary school expansion substantially increased the demand for secondary education. Limited government funding …
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Three essays on automation, trade, and inequality
… graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status on the price of insulin, an essential medicine for diabetes, and on households’ welfare and poverty. We find that upon Bangladesh’s graduation from LDC status, the price of insulin could rise as much as 11 times the current price for …
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A strategic approach for IT use in the Egyptian banking industry
… (IT) use in the Less Developed Countries (LDCs), has drawn some research attention in the last decade. However, few studies have examined the organisational issues of IT use in these countries. The aim of this study was to identify the organisational practices that contribute to and enhance …
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A technique to incorporate the impacts of demand side management on generation expansion planning
… load shape objectives. Load Duration Curve (LDC) is the vehicle through which DSM impacts are incorporated into power system planning and operation. Models of the LDC is one of the most important tools in the analysis of electric power system. The DSM will affect the peak load, the base load …
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Safeguard dilemmas: The need for practical special and differential treatment for developing countries
… deeloping countries, least developed countries (LDC), South Africa, and other Sub-Saharan African countries, are hard-pressed to deploy and consider safeguards as an option. This thesis rests upon two central interlinked propositions, in essence a two-pronged argument and overarching statement of …
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Improving Data Quality for High Resolution Functional MRI in Cognitive Neuroscience Applications
… such as the Linear Discriminant Contrast (LDC) showed that the PMC data was indeed cleaner than the RMC data for higher resolution data. Next, I compared the sensitivity of two multi-voxel pattern analysis (MVPA) methods, Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Linear Discriminant Contrast (LDC). …
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Strategic management accounting practices in Palestinian companies: application of contingency theory perspective
… performance in a less developed country (LDC) context. The exploratory framework included two main dependent variables, namely SMA Usage and organisational performance. For the former, this study gauged the impact of perceived environmental uncertainty (competitive intensity and market …
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An examination of the explicit adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility by transnational tourism corporations in consideration socio-cultural impacts of tourism in the context of Kenya
… the Kenyan context of a least developed country [LDC]: academics, corporate executives, an industry association, an NGO [AWF], a ministry of tourism official and indigenous community elders. They each play a significant role in the development of sustainable tourism in Kenya. Their views about …
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