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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Time-To-Build"”.
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Out of Equilibrium: Modelling and Simulating Traverse
… its consequent traverse is one of the important topics in economic theory. During such traverse, the evolving economic system faces various imbalances and coordination problems that arise within and outside the sys-tem. In order to traverse the disequilibrium, the economic system should innovate, …
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Inferior speed capability, yet faster speed: Evidence from entry into liquefied natural gas industry
… literature emphasizes the firm’s speed in the time-to-build its plant as a source of its competitive advantage. The extant research literature has achieved substantial progress by recognizing the firm’s speed in its time-to-build its plant as a strategic decision involving a cost-benefit …
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Essays on Asset Pricing
… types of business investment are linked to stock returns. The second chapter takes a consumption-based approach and investigates how the interaction between limited enforcement and preference heterogeneity affects individual consumption, risk sharing and asset prices. In Chapter One …
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Time-dependent analysis of cable-stayed bridges
… method of construction and generally take a long time to build. In a concrete cable-stayed bridge, concrete properties change with time causing a change in the position of the neutral axis. In different parts of a concrete bridge creep and shrinkage develop at different rates which depend upon …
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Study on candle filter surface regeneration characteristics at room temperature
… The objective of this research has been to utilize the room temperature testing facility (RTTF), to study the surface regeneration process at room temperature. The face velocity of the fluidized gas, the regeneration pressure of the back pulse and the time to build up ash on the surface …
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Attitudes Related To Trauma-Informed Care In The Educational Setting: An Exploratory Case Study
<p>This qualitative, exploratory case study was used to explore the perceptions of public high school faculty and staff towards trauma-informed practices in the school environment. Faculty and staff attitudes toward adverse childhood experiences and their attitudes toward implementation of …
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The Influence Of Concept-Based Instruction On Student Academic Engagement
… and success in school. As dropout rates continue to increase along with students feeling disenfranchised from the current educational system, there is a deep need to improve students’ experience in school by having them engaged in their learning. The purpose of this qualitative study is to …
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Formal intervention in the urban landscape : designing a culturally-responsive framework for housing in Mexico City
This thesis explores an alternate approach to designing affordable housing. Housing is presented not just as physical shelter but as part of a larger socio-economic and cultural context. Implicit in this thesis is the belief that who builds is just as important as what is built. When people are …
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Development and modeling of conducting polymer actuators and the fabrication of a conducting polymer based feedback loop
… polymers as a class of materials can be used to build a diverse range of devices. Conducting polymer based actuators (muscles), transistors (neurons), strain gages (muscle spindles), force sensors (Golgi tendon organs), light emitting diodes, photodetectors (eyes), batteries and …
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A Case Study on Administrative Perspectives of Student Relationships on a Rural Middle School Campus
… school can aid or hinder development in regards to learning and behaviors. These relationships are critical at the middle school level when adolescents are beginning to form their own personal identities, personalities, values, and behaviors. Much of the prevailing research indicates there is a …
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A deterministic model for wear of piston ring and liner and a machine learning-based model for engine oil emissions
… for design of internal combustion engines, to meet the energy saving and the emissions standards in the new era. Engine emissions and engine durability are two of the most important factors in the development of IC engines. Engine particulate emissions are strongly correlated with the …
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Effective global teams : impact of organizational culture change and national culture differences
… of dispersed teams is widely applied in industry today. This thesis explores the experience of one remotely located team of a U.S. based multinational in the automotive industry based in Japan. It begins by reviewing the literature on the subject, followed by a general discussion of the concept of …
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Profit cycle dynamics by Kawika Pierson.
… because competition has inertia, caused by the time to build productive capacity specific to each industry, earnings do not smoothly revert to the mean, but instead cycle around it. Since these findings affect research that uses expected earnings models, lags of capital expenditure are used as a …
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The vulnerability of coastal communities to water pollution in Jakarta bay: integrating livelihood and biophysical approaches
… on the biophysical system that has contributed to changes of the bay's ecosystem. The traditional fishing communities that rely on the bay's fishery resources have been seriously affected by the consequences of these changes. This research provides better understanding of the less studied …
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Rural Elementary Teachers And The Impact Of Professional Development On Mathematics Instruction
… with a strong mathematics background can sometimes struggle to model elementary math concepts (Holm & Kajander, 2019). Professional development (PD) provides teachers with an opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills while in the field. Although there are clear guidelines of what …
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Returns on Chinese residential development projects : a practical investment evaluation procedure developed for the analysis of Chinese residential development projects based on modern financial economic norms
… growth, especially in the commercial housing sector. This phenomenon is mainly supported by China's housing privatization policy implemented in the mid-1990s and its strong GDP growth for the past 15 years. Chinese citizens are now able to purchase their housing units directly from the market …
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Third Landscape
The global energy sector accounts for over 60 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. The aim of this research is to investigate the agency of bottom-up approaches and local initiatives to build energy projects with renewable technologies. The greatest challenge these projects face are their …
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The impact of complex instruction on teacher perception of student status in secondary science classrooms
Science, from those working in STEM fields to those involved in science majors at colleges and universities to achievement in elementary, middle, and high school level courses and assessments is largely inequitable. Complex Instruction (CI) is a collaborative grouping instructional strategy used …
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A prospective study exploring the experience of rehabilitation health professionals in implementing the 5 A`s strategy in addressing risk factors for non-communicable diseases
… A's (5A's), have been developed and implemented to address the four behavioural risk factors causing NCDs. Method: A mixed method was used to 1) assess the use of MI in a South African context to address health risks for NCD`s through a scoping review, 2) assess the Scale of Staff Valence(SSV) in …
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Vortex-induced vibration of flexible cylinders in time-varying flows
… on long flexible cylinders. The work is split into a minor and major part. The minor part addresses the effect of Reynolds number on flexible cylinder VIV. The major contribution addresses the prediction of VIV under unsteady current excitation or time-varying flows. The study on the effect of …
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