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Showing 1 to 20 of 211 for “"Local population"”.
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Counting Errors: How Misunderstanding of China's Local Population and Employment Counts Affects Economic Analysis
A confusion over local population counts and employment counts in China persists throughout the economic literature. The existing studies within many branches of economics related to China commonly use the count of people with local hukou registration, the GDP per capita using the hukou count as …
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The Effects of Surf-Driven Development on the Local Population of Playa Gigante, Nicaragua
… a more important role in the improvements of the local and national economies. One of these countries that have started to view tourism as a way to alleviate poverty throughout the country is Nicaragua. With miles of beaches, large swaths of pristine rainforests and beautiful volcanoes, Nicaragua …
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Conservation genetics of a spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw 1802)) local population in southeast Tennessee
… important to understand how genetic variation in local amphibian populations is affected by disturbance. The goal of this study was to assess the genetic impacts of past chemical and ammunition storage and present industrialization on a local population of Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw 1802) using …
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Detection probabilities and local population demographics of fishes in urbanized and forested streams of the New River basin, Virginia
… to decline as humans modify the landscape. A population-level approach is necessary to address the mechanisms of impairment in urban stream habitats. When estimating population-level parameters, incomplete detection of individuals must be accounted for to ensure unbiased estimates. In this …
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A study of Blue Ridge Parkway use by area residents with the development of a demand model
… of Blue Ridge Parkway visitation is made by the local population, this study was initiated as an effort to collect specific information on the characteristics of local Parkway use and to develop a demand model of local use based on the findings. The results should provide Parkway managers with …
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Negotiating Thainess : Religious and National Identities in Thailand's Southern Conflict
… dynamics of these identities and to disclose how local people perceive themselves, their communities and society at large. While the key to ending the violence in the Patani region will likely be found in negotiations between insurgent groups and the Thai state, the prospects for a lasting peace …
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Continuity and change : a biological history of Ancient Egypt.
… variation, and the second to the history of population movements along the Nile. The emergence of Egyptian civilisation was preceded by the introduction of agriculture in the Nile Valley. The emergence of the First Dynasty was a major development in the political and sociocultural …
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"Social work" and missionary work as part of the power game
… the interaction between the missionaries and the local population and try to create an understanding from the point of view of "the local population." The dissertation concludes that in close interaction, living and depending upon each other, the common humanity was of far more importance than the …
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Cancer da mama: análise de fatores de risco sob a perspectiva da teoria de Kurt Lewin
… made to analyze the main risk factors for the local population described in the literature. The theory of Kurt Lewin was used for a more comprehensive analysis of the variables. Using this approach, it was possible to identify several mutual relationship vectors for having breast cancer. The …
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Buenaventura : how can "New City" dreams meet existing local needs?
… based knowledge and create real benefits for the local population. Based on this argument, I offer recommendations for strategic policy, programmatic and project based responses to the challenges for realizing the project's mission.
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Learning from Andean vernacular architecture: a proposal for a tourist center in San Pedro de Casta, Marcahuasi
… to favor contact between the tourists and the local population, 3.- to express this aim by means of an open type of structure, 4.- to offer a wide range of activities corresponding to the needs and desires of the occupants, 5.- not to destroy the natural and existing environment.
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Price Dynamics on Networks
… an $n$-node graph, with particular emphasis on population distribution and movement. We propose a general model wherein at each time step population distributes to adjacent nodes with minimal price, and prices are modified to reflect local population demand. We prove some inequalities regarding …
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Divergent Discourses: Development Knowledge and Malian Family Planning
… family planning structures is suitable for the local population. When combined with existing analyses of family planning structures and outcomes, this research helps triangulate family planning in a three-dimensional space, linking the conceptualization of norms with their actual deployment and …
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BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY, NEST DISTRIBUTION, AND POPULATION ECOLOGY OF WOOD DUCKS IN FLOODPLAIN AND UPLAND FORESTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
… was important to the recovery of wood duck populations. Until now no study has analyzed the contribution of upland nesting to local population growth and maintenance. I investigated predation effects on nest site selection using wood duck nests and simulated nests placed in natural cavities. …
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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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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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Experimental investigation of the interaction between the electron gas and the excited atoms in a plasma by means of a xenon laser
… tube. As a result of these gradients, the local population inversion along the axis of the tube varies and, consequently. affects the output of the 3.51 jJ. laser. The influence of lasering upon these low-pressure capillary xenon discharge,s is investigated experimentally by periodically …
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Heroes or Terrorists? War, Resistance, and Memorialization in Tuscany, 1943-1945
… in rural Tuscany and their affect on the local population. It will examine the changing views of Italian society, from the immediate post-war era and the decades that followed, with a brief examination of the cinematographic influences on the social views. It will include the debate over …
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Wohnmobilität in der Großregion -- eine interurbane Diskursanalyse mit Fokus auf den Städten Arlon, Thionville und Trier.
… differently by city councils or planners and the local population. This dissertation focuses on the perceptions of population mobility and dwelling in a transnational cross-border polycentric region in western Europe. The economic development of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg calls for a constant …
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War in present tense : filming children of Agent Orange rehabilitation villages in Vietnam and the danger of misrepresentation
… in the past; however, the Agent- Orange-affected population in Vietnam shows that war is contemporary. This population remains relatively unknown to the world - especially to the Western world. We are isolated from the Agent-Orange-affected population because we have grown dependent on curated …
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