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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"Regional variations"”.
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Regional variations in cyclical employment
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1981.
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Profile Analysis of Regional Variations Among Virginia Winery Visitors
… is concerned with examining market segments and regional variations associated with winery visitors in the state of Virginia. The tourism literature published by the state of Virginia for wineries indicates that there are five wine regions. In this research, data were collected from interviews …
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Hair Bundle Stiffness in the Turtle Utricle: Structural and Regional Variations
… other species, demonstrates highly organized regional variations. These structural differences in bundles impact their mechanical behavior and the process of mechanotransduction. To further understanding of the mechanical behavior of hair bundles, this work experimentally measured the …
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Regional variations in the age structure of the United States: 1870-1970
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Regional Variations in Polish Peasant Farm Efficiency: Composed Error, Spatial Econometric and Spatial Interaction Techniques
The objective of this analysis was to compare analytical methods as well as to highlight the most important issues for the continued rural impoverishment in Polish peasant farming. This situation is particularly relevant, given the policy implications for Poland's impending European Union …
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Age-Related Changes and Regional Variations in Three-Dimensional Microstructural Properties of Male Proximal Femoral Trabecular Bone
… purpose of this study was therefore to explore regional variations in the 3D microstructure of trabecular bone in human proximal femur, with respect to aging. Materials and Methods: A total of 162 trabecular bone cores were obtained from six regions (femoral head, superior and inferior regions …
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Slavery in Cape Town, 1806 to 1834
… literature, Berlin maintains that at least three regionally distinct North American slave systems emerged in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: a Northern nonplantation system and two Southern plantation systems (centred respectively on the Carolina/Georgia lowcountry and the Chesapeake). …
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A comparison of ground source heat pumps and micro-combined heat and power as residential greenhouse gas reduction strategies
… merits are actual system operating efficiencies, regional primary energy sources for electric power generation, actual space conditioning and electric demands as well as regional climate factors. The purpose of this study is to make a consistent, realistic comparison of these greenhouse gas …
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Minoan Funerary Practices During the Bronze Age: With a Study on the Introduction of Cremation to Crete
… in the Early Minoan period is characterized by regional variations. In the Middle Minoan and Late Minoan periods the regional variations, present in the Early Minoan period, are not as palpable due to the increased trade within the island that allowed for better circulation of ideas. With the …
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Karst water studies in the Malham area, north of the Craven faults
… and air temperatures,in initiating;(a) temporal variations in solutional losses at the sampling sites,(b) variations in the temperature of water recorded at these sites,and(c) the pattern of discharge fluctuations recorded at the selectedsites.(ii) In view of the recent separation of karst water …
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Marijuana Demand: An Instrumental Variable Approach
… US to examine demand for marijuana. State and regional variations in consumption, price and quality are explored. Marijuana tends to be cheapest and of the highest quality in the west. The responsiveness of the demand for marijuana to changes in its price is estimated. The analysis accounts for …
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An Investigative Study Into the Relationship of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Antagonist Expression and Osteocyte Density by Region and Quadrant
… and regions. The results showed matching regional differences in gremlin expression with regional variations in osteocyte density, lacunar density, and osteocyte viability. These variations were supported by positive correlations found via regression analysis. Regression analysis also …
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High resolution sedimentary archives of past millennium hurricane activity in the Bahama Archipelago
… these records together more accurately captures regional variations in hurricane strikes. Integrating our new Bahama Archipelago compilation with compiled paleohurricane records from the U.S. coastline indicates shifting patterns of hurricane activity over the past millennium between the Gulf …
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Lithospheric dynamics of Earth’s subduction zones and Martian tectonic provinces
… gravity and topography data to constrain spatial variations in lithospheric flexure for various tectonic regions on Mars. The effective lithospheric thickness is estimated to be relatively small for the plain regions in southern highlands, but relatively large for the impact basins in northern …
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Taxonomia das espécies de Hyla pertencentes ao grupo de H. Rubicundula Reinhardt & Lutken, 1862 (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae)
… were analyzed intra- and inter-populational variations. We have found a high degree of intra- and inter-species heteromorphism, which made difficult to establish limits among species. Part of these variation was associated to ontogenetic variation, and part was associated to individual and …
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An Assessment of the Relationship between Glacier Mass Balance and Synoptic Climate in Norway: Likely future implications of climate change.
Regional variations in temperature and precipitation from selected European stations are found to be significantly related to large-scale modes of atmospheric variability in the North Atlantic. Increased westerlies over Europe, particularly since the 1970s, are shown to significantly contribute to …
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International Tourism in Developing Nations: An Empirical Study
… Shift Share analysis is also used to study regional variations in volume of tourism. Findings: The study found support for the fact that aspects of modernization are some of the most important determinants of volume of tourism. This finding has policy implications for developing nations …
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Protective Factors Among Native Born and Immigrant Undergraduate and Graduate Students Enrolled in American Colleges: Predictive Validity of Acculturation, Family Involvement, Academic Persistence, Grit, and Sense of Belonging
… mask within-group differences (e.g., ethnic/regional variations) that arise from unique pre- and post-migration contexts and experiences. This study proposes to focus on the protective factors that lead to the successful trajectories of immigrants in higher education. A special focus is …
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Essays on malpractice law and physician behavior
… In Chapter 1, I explore the association between regional variations in physician practices and the geographical scope of the standards of care to which physicians are held in malpractice actions. To investigate this general association, I explore whether treatment utilization rates in a state …
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