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Showing 1 to 20 of 1436 for “"Rural areas"”.
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Management of small tourism business in rural areas
… business-enterprise development in their local areas and how different business owners in the tourism business react to their business and residential contexts.
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Accessibility to schooling in South African rural areas
In developing countries rural communities are normally geographically isolated contributing to both poverty levels and the deficiency in the participation of social and economic activities. Accessibility to education constitutes one of the primordial links between the economic growth of a country …
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Assessing Stigma Toward Depression and Schizophrenia in Rural Areas
… (Mann & Himelein, 2004), especially in rural areas (Komiti, Judd, & Jackson, 2006). However, methods for assessing stigmatization are often susceptible to the social desirability bias, or the methods neglect to examine stigmatization towards specific types of mental illness. Thus, the …
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Regional planning analysis for rural areas in Punjab, India
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, 1954.
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Gender issues in the development of rural areas in Kazakstan
… 1991. Through detailed ethnographic study of rural communities, it explored how the macro level framing of rural development policy as privatisation was impacting on gender relations at micro level and how gender was interwoven with the emerging patterns of social and economic stratification. …
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Factors That Influence the Attrition of Mentors In Rural Areas
… that influence the attrition of mentors in rural areas. Mentoring initiatives and programs have proliferated throughout schools in an effort to provide students with positive role models, increase graduation rates and improve overall performance Mentoring programs are an increasingly popular …
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Present and future patterns of energy usage in rural areas.
… considerable potential for a greater degree of rural energy autonomy, especially through the medium of increasing integration between agricultural/forestry and domestic sectors, to make better use of rural energy resources". This is investigated by two basic lines of inquiry. A study of the …
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Population and labor movement between urban and rural areas of China
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1995.
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Factors associated with staffing of Medical Doctors and Nurses in Rural Areas
… with staffing of doctors and nurses in rural Health Institutions in Zambia.Design: This was a cross-sectional study using a structured self-administered closed and open-ended questionnaire.Setting: The study was undertaken at the University Of Zambia School of Medicine, University …
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Factors associated with staffing of Medical Doctors and Nurses in Rural Areas
… with staffing of doctors and nurses in rural Health Institutions in Zambia.Design: This was a cross-sectional study using a structured self-administered closed and open-ended questionnaire.Setting: The study was undertaken at the University Of Zambia School of Medicine, University …
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Psychological adjustment of sexual minority youth from rural and non-rural areas
… that when controlling for social support, rural participants would report higher rates of psychological maladjustment (depression, suicidality, self-esteem) and victimization (in person and electronic), as compared to non-rural participants; males would have higher rates of suicidality and …
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Renewable energy technologies assessment in providing sustainable electricity to Nigerian rural areas.
… providing sustainable electricity to Nigerias rural areas. As a result of electricity supply deficiency in Nigeria, rural communities have been negatively affected in their socio-economic activities. A strength, weakness, opportunity and threat (SWOT) analysis in combination with an assessment …
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The experiences of caregivers caring for patients with haemophilia in rural areas
Some patients with haemophilia from rural areas miss most of their clinic appointments and visit a clinic only when the complications of haemophilia have already set in. The observations from the daily practice motivated the researcher to investigate the experiences of caregivers caring for …
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Risk Factors and Psychological Outcomes for LGB Individuals Residing in Rural Areas
… gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals residing in rural areas is either qualitative or restricted in geographic area. Consequently, the purpose of the current study was to determine if differences exist between rural and non-rural LGB individuals in risk factors and psychological outcomes. Seven …
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Factors influencing hunting license sales in urban and rural areas of Illinois
… second part addressed the differences between rural and urban areas in Illinois, using the same methods as in the first part. The third part considered spatial dependency of the model residuals, using the Moran test and Lagrange Multiplier test for diagnosis. Global models (spatial lag model, …
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The integration of pumped hydro storage systems into PV microgrids in rural areas
Photovoltaic (PV) systems are popular in rural areas because they provide low cost and clean electricity for homes and irrigation systems. The primary challenge of PV systems is their intermittent nature. The typical solution is storing energy in batteries; however, they are expensive and possess a …
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An Assessment of Household Purchasing Decisions in Kasulu Urban and Kasulu Rural Areas'
… purchasing decisions in Kasulu Urban and Kasu1u rural areas for some selected product types. Data analysis shows that, there is no significant difference in household purchasing decision making patterns between Kasulu urban and Kasu1u rural areas. The same resu1ts were obtained regardless of the …
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Modelling and Assessment of Renewable Energy Systems for Remote Rural Areas in Nigeria
Energy production over the years has depended largely on carbon-dense fossil fuels, and these reserves are depleting. Carbon per se is associated with pollution and one of the consequences of over-dependence on this for energy is the observed environmental imbalance causing climate change. There …
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