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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Quality impact"”.
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The air quality impact of aviation in future-year emissions scenarios
… challenges among which lie the environmental impacts of aviation on noise, climate and air quality. The first objective of this thesis addresses the requirements of section 753 of the US Energy Policy Act, and entails the quantification of present and future-year regional air quality impacts …
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WATER QUALITY IMPACT OF NON-POINT SOURCE CONTAMINANTS IN SMALL TIDAL RIVERS
… of non-point contaminant production and water quality impacts in estuarine receiving waters. The methodology was calibrated against contaminant source observations and estuarine data.</p><p>Contaminant source loading is based on the runoff curve number technique combined with a partial …
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Water Quality Impact on Flotation Response: A Focus on Specific Ions and Temperature
… temperature differences affect the water quality through variation of the available recycled water within the plant between the summer and winter seasons. Literature highlights that flotation efficacy is reliant on the differences in mineral surface properties. Chemical reagents are used …
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Point-of-use water treatment systems in rural Haiti : human health and water quality impact assessment
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002.
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An Examination of Methodological Rigor and Its Effects on Organizational Development and Change Outcomes
… consists of numerous interventions, and can impact multiple outcomes. Many ODC efforts attempt to examine the effectiveness of their initiatives, yet fail to account for the quality, or rigor of their methods. The purpose of this paper is to examine how methodological rigor and intervention …
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Investigating the influence of biosphere-atmosphere interactions on atmospheric chemistry and composition
… and composition. This ultimately has wide impacts on issues like air quality and climate change. However, there are still substantial uncertainties in the biosphere-atmosphere interaction processes that drive the global abundance and variability of many critically important atmospheric …
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A transportation approach to urban diffusion modeling
… both present and future transportation policy impact on urban air quality. The Transportation Air Pollution Analysis Procedure (TAPIP) combines a versatile traffic assignment computer program model with an urban diffusion computer program model. TAPAP assesses the air quality impact of …
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A benchmark for impact assessment of affordable housing
… where it has been used, components of housing quality were not holistically considered. This study considers this identified deficiency in developing a benchmark for assessing affordable housing quality impact factors. As part of this study, samples of 4 affordable Housing projects were …
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Spatially resolved life cycle models for the environmental footprint of electricity generation
… generation has significant environmental impacts, including on regional air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and water availability. Modeling the overall environmental impact of electricity generation requires linked simulations of power generation, air pollution physics and chemistry, …
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Teleconsultation for diagnosis and care of burn injuries in the Western Cape: Evaluation of healthcare providers intention to use mHealth technology
… constructs of ease of use, usefulness, design quality, impact on care, compatibility, and behavioural intention to adopt. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. Results: The mean age of participants was 29.5 years old and the male-to-female ratio was 1:2. 73.9% of respondents were …
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Understanding the Changes in Writing Between Early to Academic Literacy: The transition between Grade 3 and Grade 4 Students
… were compared in grade 3 to grade 4 in terms of quality of writing, quality of handwriting, total number of words (TNW), low-frequency threshold (LFT), band 4 coverage, and off-list words. A path analysis was conducted, demonstrating the importance of handwriting quality and lexical reach on …
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An evaluation of the standard elutriate test as an estimator of contaminant release at the point of dredging
… point of dredging to ascertain potential water quality impact. The Standard Elutriate Test has proven to be a good estimator of soluble contaminant release for dredged material disposal operations and researchers have recognized that the processes involved at the point of dredging are similar to …
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An overview of some natural antioxidants used in meat and poultry products
… percent antioxidant activity (% AOA). (The quality of the antioxidant used may also impact its ability to function as an antioxidant). Some of these natural antioxidants have influenced color and sensory properties of finished meat and poultry products. Plum products used in meat and poultry …
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Title : community integration among formerly homeless veterans
… utilization, housing choice, and neighborhood quality - impact formerly homeless individuals' community integration process, i.e. how they function in their new communities including their relationships with others, ability to maintain independent living, and engagement in vocational …
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Air quality impacts and benefits under U.S. policy for air pollution, climate change, and clean energy
… can affect the distribution and size of air quality impacts, i.e. who gains from pollution reductions and by how much. Traditional air quality impact analysis seeks to address these questions by estimating pollution changes with regional chemical transport models, then applying economic …
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Local air quality management and climate change: tools for joined up policy
… environmental objectives relating to local air quality management and global climate change. A major outcome of this research is the development of robust techniques and tools for the estimation of atmospheric emissions and subsequent air quality impact from land use, including industry, and …
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AN EXPLORATION OF AFRICAN – AMERICAN MALES AND THE INFLUENCE OF RACE, GENDER AND TEACHER BELIEFS ABOUT THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS
… the No Child Left Behind Act, has mandated high quality teaching in the nation’s public schools. But the question still remains “What makes an effective teacher, particularly of African - American males in an urban environment?” African- American males in public schools are the hardest hit, …
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What it takes: scaling Impact-Linked Finance implementation capacity
Impact-Linked Finance (ILF), a range of financial solutions for market-based organisations that link financial rewards to social outcomes, has emerged from the evolving field of outcomes funding to support impact enterprises in pursuing high-quality impact while scaling toward commercial viability. …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… microeconomics. The first chapter studies the impact of primary care provider mergers on quality in England. The second chapter investigates the effect of price dispersion on consumer search behavior, drawing evidence from the retail gasoline market in Greece. The final chapter builds on the …
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