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Showing 1 to 20 of 647 for “"Modernization"”.
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CNC router modernization
A large-format CNC router has been stored in the Pappalardo Laboratory wood shop for several years in an unusable state. A need assessment determined that it would be cost effective to bring the router online for use in the mechanical engineering curriculum. The router was cleaned and inspected; it …
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UNM Shock Tube Modernization
The UNM shock tube in the Mechanical Engineering department has been in continuous operation since its creation in 2007. During this time, significant discoveries in the field of Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities has been made with this shock tube. While conducting these experiments, limitations on …
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Modernization and the Redefinition of Religion
… is a social psychological examination of how modernization impacts the religious beliefs of individuals. A social construction of knowledge model is used to predict that exposure to modernization will lead to a redefinition of religious faith. This redefinition can be summarized as a move from …
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Modernization of Solid Waste Disposal and Collection
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The Early-Modernization of the Classical Muse
The Early-Modernization of the Classical Muse juxtaposes ancient and Renaissance uses of the Muse to retrieve her from the status of mere literary convention. I draw on Hans Blumenbergs 'reoccupation' (Umbesetzung) thesis, which locates in philosophy concerns originally raised in myth, to argue …
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The Modernization of Large Power Transformer Tanks
… the reliability of LPTs can be improved by the modernization of the LPT tanks by the replacement of the current LPT tank modern designs using other materials. This research established a material selection framework for selecting a suitable replacement material for Low Carbon Steel (LCS) which …
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Model-Based Grid Modernization Economic Evaluation Framework
A smart grid cost/benefit analysis answers a series of economic questions that address the incremental benefits of each stage or decision point. Each stage of the economic analysis provides information about the incremental benefits of that stage with respect to the previous stage. With this …
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The impact of agricultural modernization on women's activities
… The Population Consequences of Agricultural Modernization, funded by the International Develop¬ment Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada. I wish to express my gratitude to this organization. The prime concern of this study is to investigate the impact of agricultural modernization on women's …
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The impact of agricultural modernization on women's activities
… The Population Consequences of Agricultural Modernization, funded by the International Develop¬ment Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada. I wish to express my gratitude to this organization. The prime concern of this study is to investigate the impact of agricultural modernization on women's …
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The German Army at a Crossroads of Modernization
<p>This thesis examines the German civil-military relationship and the challenges the country is facing amidst modernizing reforms to the German armed forces. Over the last quarter of a century, new international security threats have manifested and continue to transform requiring Germany to adapt …
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Ethiopia in Focus: Photography, Nationalism, Diaspora, and Modernization
<p>This dissertation examines photographic representations of Ethiopian identity. It focuses on Emperor Haile Selassie I as a recuperative figure in Pan-African contexts, images by court photographer and later London studio portraitist Shemelis Desta, and contemporary works created by Ethiopian …
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Trade study methodology for a helicopter modernization program
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, February 2000.
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The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition and Seattle's Health Modernization
This study examines the impacts of modernization in Seattle, Washington during the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century. Using Seattle as a case study, this thesis looks at how modernization was presented at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909. During Seattle’s …
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Modernization and Differential Fertility in Ethiopia - a Multivariate Analysis
Not much is known about the demographic situation of Ethiopia. In the absence of a national census and vital registration system, demographic data is still scanty. The sources for the available data and their limitations are discussed. The country has been experiencing high levels of fertility but …
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Disciplining the future. Eugenics and modernization in interwar Romania
… and social reform. They offered a path towards modernization which would conserve vital elements of the past while embracing the future. Their synthesis of tradition and modernization helped negotiate the apparently irreconcilable debates during the interwar period between traditionalist …
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Mississippi electoral politics, 1903-1976 : the emerging modernization consensus
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1979.
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Local architectural identities within modernization context in southern China
In the processing of modernization, local architecture identities are diminishing in Kaiping, my home county in Canton Province, China. This thesis is searching for new architectural features that are based on the local climate, social rules, economic strength and modem technologies. New …
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The Modernization of the People's Liberation Army: Enabling China's Rise
… proclaim that the country's rapid military modernization is consistent with the China's "peaceful rise,” but the sheer scope and nature of China's military modernization will give the country's leaders the means to become more aggressive in the future if they so choose. This will have …
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