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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"MDGs"”.
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Modeling and formal verification of a telecom system block using MDGs
This thesis demonstrates the effectiveness of Multiway Decision Graphs (MDG) to carry out the formal verification of an industrial Telecom hardware which is commercialized by PMC-Sierra Inc. To handle the complexity of the design, we adopted a hierarchical proof methodology as well as a number of …
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A hierarchical approach to the formal verification of embedded systems using MDGs
Embedded systems are finding widespread application including communication systems, factory automation, graphics and imaging systems, medical equipment and even household appliances. With the increasing emergence of mixed hardware/software systems, it is important to ensure the correctness of such …
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A retrospective comparative analysis of the maternal and child health MDGs in Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda: Beyond 2015
The timeline of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) elapsed in 2015, global indicators showed that Africa still accounts for almost half of all child deaths globally and has the world’s highest maternal mortality rates. By the year 2015, Africa as a continent was unable to meet the maternal and …
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Effects of dry versus modified wet distillers grains with solubles with or without calcium oxide on economics, growth performance, and ruminal metabolism of beef feedlot steers
… of feeding dry (DDGS) or modified wet (MDGS) distillers grains with solubles (DGS) with or without calcium oxide (CaO) treatment to feedlot steers on: (1) growth performance, economics of gain, and USDA carcass grades; (2) pattern of intake and meal distribution; and (3) diet …
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IMPROVING DISTRICT HEALTH MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE: A NEW FRAMEWORK WITH TOOLS FOR SITUATION ANALYSIS
… achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in low income countries. Special efforts have gone into achieving the health-related MDGs. Early in the process, many realized that health systems in poor countries would have to be strengthened to deliver the services necessary to achieving …
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Effects of Urea Supplementation in Finishing Diets Containing 25% Modified Distillers Grains on Growth and Carcass Characteristics in Yearling Steers, and in Situ Protein Degradation of Commonly Used Feedstuffs in High Concentrate Rations
… in DRC/HMC based diets containing 25% MDGS. Finishing diets containing elevated levels of distillers grains may contain excessive concentrations of CP, yet still be deficient in degradable intake protein (DIP). To address this situation, finishing diets containing 25% modified …
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Ghana's regional development in economics, education and natural resources, with a case study on customers' preferences for household water treatment & safe storage products
… of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This thesis uses the MDGs as a guide and backdrop against which to analyze the relationships between economics, education and natural resources. The analysis helps provide recommendation for regional development in economics, education and …
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Corporate social responsibility as a tool to accelerate the achievement of development goals in Zimbabwe
… used to achieve national development goals and MDGs that will soon be integrated into SDGs. Attention will be paid to MDG1 which goal is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; and MDG 5 which aims to improve maternal health and national development goals in Zimbabwe. The research is guided by …
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A conceptual and empirical investigation into measuring aspects of urban food security in 12 Southern African cities
… Without a focus on urban food security the UN MDGs, regional goals and national goals will not be achievable. There is an urgent need to collect evidence and monitor the food security situation at the urban scale in Southern Africa (Crush and Frayne, 2010)...
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Sustainability and sustainable development: an investigation on the role of Islamic finance and other determinants in the OIC member countries
… discussion. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations are regarded as benchmarks for country-level sustainability attainment. Recognising the MDGs and SDGs as the established framework for advancing the global developmental agenda, …
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Progress towards achieving the United Nations' first Millennium Development Goal: an analysis of income and food poverty in Nigeria's states of Osun and Jigawa
… the United Nations Millennium Development Goals’(MDGs) targets on poverty reduction in these states in order to verify claims of previous studies and analyses regarding these. The study uses both the individual and the family household in both Osun and Jigawa States of Nigeria as its units of …
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Achieving Enhanced Levels of Human Development Without Waiting on Advances in Economic Development
… in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): eight shared UN goals to improve living conditions of people around the world. The information currently available to those seeking to enhance human development measures focuses on a macro-level approach that advocates first advancing …
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The role of dialogue education in ensuring environmental sustainability in Petauke district,Zambia
… Nations set eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which is an agenda for improving the human condition by 2015. To achieve MDGs, a country will need political, socioeconomic and environmental sustainability.The seventh MDG deals with the environmental sustainability. Among those, target nine …
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Analysis of development policies for women’s empowerment and children’s welfare in MENA countries
… within the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) until 2015. The progress made in line with attaining the MDGs carried on with implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that again emphasise the importance of gender equality, empowerment of all women and girls, health and …
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A Ajuda Oficial pra o Desenvolvimento a partir de três perspectivas teóricas
… to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and has kept this role in the Agenda 2030 for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Despite all the importance that has been attached to aid over the last decades, there is no consensus in the literature about its role and effectiveness. …
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Translating MDG 3: Gender, Empowerment and the Adolescent Girl in Maharashtra, India
… Adopted in 2001 by the United Nations, the eight MDGs represented a global effort to address issues such as poverty, health, social injustice and environmental degradation. Goal 3 specifically was aimed at gender equality and women’s empowerment. Despite an extensive scholarship on the MDGs in …
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A comparative case study of female literacy and development in Guatemala and Bolivia
… interests with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of 2000 when the goals of EFA remained unmet. Following Bolivia’s shift towards a leftist form of government in 2006, new laws and programs have created different education and literacy strategies that emphasize elements of critical social …
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Poverty Reduction in Burundi: A Case Study of the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid
<p>The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were officially established by the United Nations in 2000 following the adoption of the United Nations’ Millennium Declaration. The aim of these goals is to free humanity from extreme poverty, hunger, …
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An exploration of developments of corporate social responsibility
… to set the Eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2015. The putting in place of the MDGs 2015 brought about calls for more understanding of many of the issues surrounding CSR a number of new scholars in the thriving field of CSR had emerged. It had downed on this researcher some three years …
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Impact of debt relief on fiscal allocation to social priority sectors and response of social indicators in the HIPCs : a case study of Tanzania
… attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS).
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