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Showing 1 to 20 of 1716 for “"Maturity"”.
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Essays on Debt Maturity
<p>I study firms' debt maturity decisions. I provide two models for optimal debt maturity choices when facing stochastic productivity and rollover risk. The first model is based on firms' need to smooth their capital when facing uncertainties in external financing. When the capital market freezes, …
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Parenting styles and spiritual maturity.
… and the measurement of individuals' spiritual maturity in adulthood were studied. Relationships between gender and the authoritative (facilitative) parenting style comprised the main focus of the study. Participants for this study were recruited from a large, non-denominational Christian church …
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Mathematical maturity for engineering students
… regarding what constitutes “mathematical maturity” for engineering students. Faculty emphasized the need for mathematical modeling skills, fluent symbolic representation skills, and a combination of effortless algebraic fluency and ability to use computational tools. The second study is an …
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Career maturity in athletes : the effects of intervention upon the career maturity levels of intercollegiate athletes
… participation had upon the development of career maturity. The second was to determine if remedial educational measures could compensate for any identified deficiencies.A secondary goal involved the unrealistic expectations of intercollegiate athletes of becoming professionals athletes. Thus, it …
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Construction 4.0 Digital Maturity Model Development
… pillars of construction companies' digital maturity that can further drive the industry’s productivity. The present dissertation aims to address the identified gap by developing a Construction 4.0 Digital Maturity Model. The purpose of the Construction 4.0 Maturity Model is to provide a …
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Electronic Nose Evaluation of Grape Maturity
Grape maturity is a critical attribute impacting potential wine quality. Maturity evaluation is difficult due to the many interrelated factors that impact physicochemical changes and limitations in the understanding of these factors. Current methods of assessing grape maturity are destructive, …
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Using Maturity to Predict Girder Camber
… of initial camber at release of prestress. Maturity at prestress transfer was used to calculate modulus of elasticity for predicting camber at release. The research consists of a literature review of maturity methods, testing of a standard concrete mix to determine strength and modulus …
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Physiological studies and modeling of photoperiodic effects on flowering and maturity in soybeans (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) differing in maturity
… with soybean flowering behavior. Early and late maturity groups responded to photoperiod treatments differently. Later maturity groups showed more sensitivity (or more significant effects) to photoperiod. In order to gain higher yields, soybean seeds should be planted early (no later than early …
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A Usability Maturity Model for Open Source Software
… is a methodology that evaluates the usability maturity of an OSS project. Consequently, we present a usability maturity model that is aimed at usability-related issues for open source projects. The model has been developed in response to a need for measuring the extent to which open source …
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AN INNOVATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING LEAN CONSTRUCTION MATURITY
… (LC) with the organisational assessment method ofmaturity models (MM) and delivers an original contribution to knowledge in the form of avalidated innovative organisational framework to measure the current state of LC maturity,which is called Lean Construction Maturity Model (LCMM). This framework …
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The corporate debt maturity choice : an empirical examination
… empirical research in the corporate debt maturity area is still scant. Related studies had formulated theoretical justifications for the observed cross-sectional multiplicity of debt maturities without a parallel concern in empirical research and to date, little empirical work has been …
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