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Showing 1 to 20 of 123 for “"The Producers"”.
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Traditional amateur video producers’ use of the Internet:making connections in a complex and contested environment
The Internet has been adopted as a video distribution technology by different categories of amateur video producers who were using other distribution methods prior to its advent. I conducted a one-year ethnographic study of amateur producers from three such categories (public access television …
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The U.S. copper market (1975 to 1981): an inquiry into producer behavior
It has been alleged that the major producers of refined copper in the United States have sufficient market power to enable them to"administer" their own prices. From the early 1960s until about mid-1978, the differences between producer prices and those determined in the auction markets have often …
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Performing the Self: Character Agency and Impression Management within the Narrative of Survivor: Samoa
… study used an in-depth textual analysis of the television show Survivor: Samoa to demonstrate that the unscripted characters of the program and shows like it have agency within the narrative. In addition to the 19th season of the Survivor series, the sample also included Jeff Probst's (host …
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Why organizations matter: certification experiences of coffee producer groups in Guatemala
Coffee producers are just emerging from a long decade of low prices and oversupply. In response to these problems, many producers organized into groups and sought certifications based on social or environmental standards. This dissertation presents three case studies of producer groups in Guatemala …
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Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Maize (Zea may) production in Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
… affect agricultural production. This is because the agricultural sector is inherently sensitive to climatic conditions and is one of the most vulnerable sectors to risks and impact of global climate change. The aim of this study was to determine maize producer's vulnerability and assess the …
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Prediction of coalbed methane reservoir performance with type curves
… type curves for CBM reservoirs that would help the producers to predict the production from their CBM wells. As a consequence, the producers would be able to make better, more informed decisions regarding the CBM resources in the region. A reservoir model that incorporates the unique flow and …
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Advancing the Frontier of Extended Producer Responsibility: The management of waste electrical and electronic equipment in non-OECD countries
… a growing awareness about serious damages to the environment and human health from a lack of safe treatment and recycling of WEEE, there has been a search for policy responses in several of these countries. This research finds that extended producer responsibility (EPR), a policy principle …
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Insights to the Consequences of Fair Trade from an All-Female Coffee Cooperative
… have conducted extensive research concerning the experiences of fair trade producers. However, there is relatively little research available regarding producers’ experiences in all-female, fair trade cooperatives. This project focuses specifically on Nicaraguan female coffee producers who are …
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Competition in the marketing of Virginia commercial truck crops
… in market demand changes in market demand for the consumption of these crops, have intensified the problem of successful marketing. Studies are being made to determine the cause of these changes as well as the effect of the results upon the producers. An attempt is made here to present the part …
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DRACL (Decentralized resource access control list)
… federated access control system. It allows producers to manage, through a single authentication provider, which consumers can access what content across all content hosts that support the DRACL protocol. It preserves user privacy by not revealing the producers' social networks to content …
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Projeto resgate: variedades pouco cultivadas de banana Musa sp. no município de Areia, Paraíba
This research was developed with the aim of rescuing varieties of banana Musa sp, little cultivated or in decline for use in Areia PB to assemble a collection module agro ecology living in the center of agricultural sciences, in addition to learning through a questionnaire administered to the …
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Evaluating dry woodlands degradation and on-farm tee management in kenyan drylands
… comprised of trees that are specially adapted to the harsh climatic and edaphic conditions, providing important ecosystem services for communities in an environment where other types of tropical tree species would not survive. Due to cyclic droughts which results in crop failure and death of …
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Rethinking parenting of East Asian immigrant families in the United States with Asian feminist perspectives
In the Western perspective of parenting, East Asian parenting had been understood as either tiger mothering or traditional Confucian mothering. However, those parenting styles were considered a harsh authoritarian style. Based on Asian feminist perspectives, which seek to rethink ‘Asia’ and ‘Asian …
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Η ΠΡΟΣΦΟΡΑ ΜΑΚΡΟΙΝΟΥ ΕΙΔΟΥΣ ΒΑΜΒΑΚΟΣ ΓΚΕΖΙΡΑ-ΣΟΥΔΑΝ
THE PRESENT STUDY IS DEALING WITH THE SUPPLY ANALYSIS OF EXTRA LONG STAPLE COTTON FROM THIS PRODUCERS OF GEZIRA SCHENE (SUDAN). THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS THE DEFINITION OF THE MAIN FACTORS THAT EFFECT THE SUPPLY OF COTTON FROM THE PRODUCERS AND THE ESTIMATION OF THE RELATIVE EFFECT OF …
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Rice policies in Sri Lanka: analysis of supply response with endogenous technology
… a high level of self-sufficiency in rice in the 1980s through a series of investments on irrigation, technological change, and marketing and trade policies. However, more than two decades of expansion in the international rice market has diminished the validity of rice self-sufficiency …
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The 'creative city' : moving from ideas to planning practice
… development and planning practitioners around the world are focusing on the producers and consumers of the creative economy as the basis for growing vibrant and successful cities. This creative movement calls for an interdisciplinary approach to planning where a break in the rules that govern …
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Sustainable coffee certification programs and coffee cooperatives in Guatemala : a small-scale producer perspective
… phenomenological case study presents the perspectives of small-scale coffee producers in Guatemala regarding cooperative membership, sustainable coffee certification programs and the role of ANACAFE. The viewpoints of two producer cooperatives are described based on participant …
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The Influence of Starter on the Keeping Quality of Butter
Butter is the most important product of the dairy industry. Therefore, experimental work which indicates how the quality of butter may be improved is of considerable value. The present methods of handling cream and making butter are largely responsible for the mediocre quality of much of the …
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Distant voices : a study of distance education text strategies in relation to adult learning styles
… an increasing number and variety of learners in the "new South Africa". The construction and presentation of course texts is a critical factor in whether that promise is fulfilled. The producers of texts, working in their specific socio-cultural contexts, select and sequence the concepts they …
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VLSI Implementation of a Run-time Configurable Computing Integrated Circuit - The Stallion Chip
… for many high performance embedded applications. These machines support parallel computation and direct the data from the producers of an intermediate result to the consumers over custom pathways. The Wormhole Run-time Reconfigurable (RTR) computing architecture is a concept developed at Virginia …
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