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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"NCA"”.
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Did Nca, Npa, Ols, and Usaid Prolong the Second Sudanese Civil War
<p>Sudan has experienced conflict and war since gaining independence from Great Britain in 1956. This thesis will focus on the second civil war that began in 1983 and ended with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, and the roles certain non-governmental organizations, …
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The women of the past who paved the path for our future
… of the National Communication Association (NCA). It is important to examine the history of the NCA from as many angles and as perspectives as possible to fully appreciate where the NCA is today and how it got here. This thesis is intended to add yet another historical perspective to the NCA, …
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An examination of the perceptions of the importance and effectiveness of delivery of the North Central Association program functions to Iowa schools
… and effectiveness of delivery of the four NCA program functions, value of NCA membership to the communities, preferred format for evaluation, intent of individuals to continue NCA membership; and to determine whether relationships exist between the above factors and selected demographic …
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Intelligent Autonomous Data Categorization
… to language model of memory (HAL) layer to form NCA. The HAL layer provides contextual data that otherwise would be unavailable for consideration. It was found that NCA did improve the results when compared to SCA alone. However, NCA added complexity problems that limit its practicality. The …
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Neighborhood analysis methods in acoustic modeling for automatic speech recognition
… recognition. Neighborhood components analysis (NCA) (Goldberger et al. [2005]) serves as the departure point for this study. NCA is a non-parametric method that can be seen as providing two things: (1) low-dimensional linear projections of the feature space that allow nearest-neighbor algorithms …
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Selected contracts of sale of movable goods in terms of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005
The National Credit Act 34 of 2005 (“NCA”) is applicable to three main categories of credit agreements, the credit facility, credit transaction, and the credit guarantee. The credit guarantee in terms of section 8(5) is an undertaking or a promise by a person to satisfy the obligation of another …
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Avaliação do estresse oxidativo no desenvolvimento da hipertensão renovascular : papel protetor dos estrogênios
… hipertenso controle (HCO), normotenso castrado (NCA) e hipertenso castrado (HCA). Foi induzida a hipertensão renovascular (modelo Goldblatt 2) por 21 dias e, concomitantemente, realizada a ovariectomia. Num grupo de animais, amostras de sangue foram coletadas no 3º, 10º e 20º dia. Em outros …
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Economic empowerment through business loans - A critical look at credit protection law for small, micro and medium enterprises in South Africa and Australia
… whether the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 (the NCA), promotes or impedes the sustainable growth of the South African economy. This question will be answered through exploring the importance of the contribution made by small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) to the economy. This research …
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An analysis of section 86(10) of the National Credit Act no. 32 of 2005
… debates surrounding the National Credit Act ('NCA'). Nonetheless, its regulation can be a weapon to fight against poverty and inequality as evidenced by the purposes of the NCA. The object of this research is to analyse the law on debt review, focusing on the credit provider's right contained …
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Understanding the intrinsic electrochemistry of ni-rich layered cathodes
… 0.05</sub>O<sub>2</sub> (NCA) as a model system for Ni-rich layered oxide cathodes. Unlike its parent compound, LiCoO<sub>2</sub>, NCA is capable of high states of delithiation with minimal structural transitions. Furthermore, commercially available NCA has little to no …
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The impact of the National Credit Act on the growth of small business lending in the Vhembe Region of Limpopo
… to asses the impact of the National Credit Act (NCA) no 34 of 2005 on the growth of the small retail business lending in the Vhembe region of Limpopo. Over the years there has been an outcry by the small business industry that the banks were unwilling to offer lending products to this sector. The …
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Optimizing pharmacokinetic studies utilizing microsampling
… to PK analysis, modelling and non-compartmental (NCA). The modelling approach uses assumptions of the behaviour of the compound in the body to fit models to the data in order to approximate the concentration versus time curve. Whereas in NCA, no such assumptions are made, and numerical methods are …
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Machine Learning and Data-Driven Analysis of Thermal Runaway Characteristics in Lithium-Ion Batteries
… examining NCM (Nickel Cobalt Manganese) and NCA (Nickel Cobalt Aluminum) chemistries. Utilizing data analysis and machine learning on approximately 400 data points, it gives insights into thermal runaway dynamics, focusing on characteristic parameters such as onset temperature of self-heating …
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Land Ice Monitoring via GRACE and Satellite Altimetry in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
… the Northern and the Southern Canadian Arctic (NCA; SCA), compare both estimates and assess them with respect to previous studies, while discussing the reasons of the potential discrepancies existing. GRACE data are available as spherical harmonic coefficients (Level-2) express the gravity field …
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Optimalisation de la radiosynthèse et production au niveau de la curie d'acides aminés aromatiques marqués au fluor-18
… electrophilic synthesis, the no-carrier-added (nca) nucleophilic preparation of these 2 radiopharmaceuticals, described in 2004 by Lemaire et al, has several advantages such a high batch yield and high specific activity. However, this nca enantioselective synthesis using a chiral phase-transfer …
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The notched coating adhesion specimen: a fracture test for coatings and accelerated screening test for adhesion
… of adhesive bonds. Notched coating adhesion (NCA) specimens consist of single substrates coated with thin layers of adhesive. The coating is notched to induce initial debonds, and the specimen is then loaded in a manner to produce tensile stresses in the coating. The substrate strain at which …
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Multinuclear NMR Investigations of Local Structure, Distortions and Redox Mechanisms in Layered Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Materials
… investigated: LiNi_{0.8}Co_{0.15}Al_{0.05}O_{2} (NCA)—a commercial cathode material with complex redox behaviour—and Li_2RuO_3—a model compound for the highly promising Li excess family of compounds. Firstly, the structure of pristine NCA is characterised. The complex dynamics of the Ni^{3+} …
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Performance evaluation of active network-based unicast and multicast congestion control protocols
… Error Recovery/Nominee Congestion Avoidance (AER/NCA), which uses active services to recover from loss at the point of loss and assists the congestion control. The use of AN helps the multicast application to achieve optimal data rates. We compare the results of AER/NCA TCP-friendliness to those …
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Poly(β-Gal-Thr): A New Scalable Synthetic Mucin
… of a glycosylated <em>N</em>-carboxyanhydride (NCA) monomer is reported. The synthesis of 2,3,4,6-tetraacetyl-<em>β</em>-galactose-threonine <em>N</em>-carboxyanhydride (<em>β</em>-AcO-Gal-Thr-NCA) monomer in 5 steps with an 8 % overall yield is described, and the single-crystal X-ray structure …
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Essays on Methods to Support Ecosystem Accounting
Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) aims to report on the role of the environment in the economy and society using the same accounting principles as the System of National Accounts. Among the frameworks developed over time for this purpose, the System of Environmental Economic Accounting – Ecosystem …
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