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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Local networks"”.
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Local networks : theory and applications
… (1972) well-known tipping model by allowing for local interaction among residents. The richer set-up explains not only the persistence of ghettos, but also provides a mechanism for the rapid transition from an all-white to an all-black equilibrium. The analysis of the model introduces a new …
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Cognitive radios : fundamental limits and applications to cellular and wireless local networks
An ever increasing number of wirelessly-enabled applications places a very high demand on stringent spectral resources. Cognitive radios have the potential of enhancing spectral efficiency by improving the usage of channels that are already licensed for a specific purpose. Research on cognitive …
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The Face of the Market
… by the presence of strong Global Compact local networks. The work identifies three measures of openness and four sets of domestic conditions in which the Global Compact operates, respectively: (1) prevalence of trade, (2) measures of foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio …
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Improving Routing Security Using a Decentralized Public Key Distribution Algorithm
… critical and even life critical applications on local networks and the global Internet. The security of this infrastructure has been called into question over the last decade. In particular, the protocols directing traffic through the network have been found to be vulnerable. One such protocol is …
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A Core Reference Hierarchical Primitive Ontology for Electronic Medical Records Semantics Interoperability
… or made available to patients outside of local networks. Hospital, laboratory, pharmacy, and insurance provider legacy databases can share medical data within a respective network and limited data with patients. The lack of interoperability has its roots in the historical development of …
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Pedagogies and Practice: How Religious Diversification Impacts Seminaries and Clergy
… it as a resource for social action initiatives, local networks, and political activism. This has created a gap between training and practice whereby clergy have assumed greater religious authority in religious life. Beyond contributing to the field of sociology of religion, this thesis concludes …
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Biodiversity conservation and brownfield sites: a scalar political ecology?
… of biodiversity action plans at the local level. Because urban landscapes are characterised by disequilibrium, planning policies and ecological models under-represent the worth of these spaces. The mediation of these discourses through local networks of actors engaged in the …
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Intrusion detection for industrial control systems
… Systems (ICS) are rapidly shifting from closed local networks, to remotely accessible networks. This shift has created a need for strong cybersecurity anomaly and intrusion detection for these systems; however, due to the complexity and diversity of ICSs, well defined and reliable anomaly and …
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Community economic development? An examination of regional and sub-regional support networks for social enterprise
… social enterprise as a potential tool to assist local and community economic development, has led to a range of debates specifically about the social and entrepreneurial values they exhibit. These debates have led to more theoretical questions about how social enterprise can transfer knowledge …
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Knowledge networks and innovation policy
… and shared through non-market based knowledge networks. Those organizations which exploit networks as a source of knowledge gain competitive advantage over those which do not. Organizations often underinvest in forming and sustaining network relations. This justifies the public support of …
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Calamities, Catastrophes, and Cataclysms: Current Trends in International Disaster Risk Management Practices for Cultural Heritage Sites
… expertise, technical support, funding, local networks, or some combination of these. Recent examples show that collaboration between organizations with different resources but common goals can be successful, as in the case of the Haitian Gingerbread House project undertaken by the World …
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Impacts and issues of a social innovation approach to development finance: a case study of Zoona
… on when applied by private organizations and local networks to enable the development of economic, personal and social capital and develop the capacity of communities.
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Food Security and Social Networks: Impacts for Smallholder Farmers in the Mount Elgon Region of Kenya and Uganda
… relationship between smallholder farm household networks for food acquisition and agricultural production, food security and dietary quality in the Mount Elgon region of western Kenya and eastern Uganda. Food security and dietary quality were measured through calorie consumption of the female …
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How Do Mainstream Cultural Market Categories Emerge: A Multi-Level Analysis of the Creation of Electronic Dance Music
… the creation of a mainstream cultural category. Local innovation networks (or LINs) unite consumers and producers and provide unique elements that facilitate the creation of new cultural products by consumers. Niches serve as a bridge between these local networks and a mainstream market. Niche …
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The local origins of industrialisation : the case of the Derbyshire lead industry, c.1700-1830
… examined archival sources linked mainly to the local lead industry, it endeavours to provide new insights into the way in which households and communities operated, and contributed to processes of industrial and economic change. Networks of credit and trust are seen to have been particularly …
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Diplomacy and US-Muslim world relations: the possibility of the post-secular and interfaith dialogue
… be to apply direct communicative engagement with local networks in order to restore trusted relations. In defining a new way forward, this study breaks new ground by examining the origin of this problem for America from the angle of communication. By acknowledging the many setbacks caused by …
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Mobilizing Online, Marching Offline: Familias Unidas Por Nuestros Desaparecidos’ Strategic Use of Social Media
… on the role of digital feminism in marginalized local collective groups, particularly under narco-violence. To fill in the gaps in research, this thesis project examines civilian women’s strategic use of social media to further their grassroots activism, from the case of the <em>Familias Unidas …
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“Put a crapaud in a suit and people will vote for the PNM”: A critical examination of patronage, loyalty, and the structuring force of party partisanship in Trinidad
… shared egalitarian aspirations, and hyper-local networks of reciprocity that make opting out an almost impossible proposition even when faced with a sense of betrayal, anger and anguish towards one’s underperforming party. I trace this disjuncture between lived experiences and political …
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Cholon's urban evolution, 1879-1930: State, Locals, and Trans-locals
… the Cochinchinese government in Saigon and the local Municipal Government administered it. After detailing Cholon's raw site, the changes to its situation in Maritime East Asia, and the transformed pre-colonial semi-urban site, this task is pursued by using the triangle of interactions between …
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