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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"VIPs"”.
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Assessment on the use of ICT by the visually impaired persons (VIPs) in business processes in Tanzania
… being required by law to support them. Of the VIPs interviewed the findings indicated that 89%, can use mobile phones, 78% can use landline telephones, 67% can use personal computers and Internet, and 22% can use fax machines. Those indicated ability to use computers said had training at the …
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Influence of Intelligent Assitive Technology on the Daily Activities of Visually Impiared People
… Africa has 1.4 million visually impaired people (VIPs) due to various causes of vision impairment. Vision impairment significantly impacts VIP functional capabilities, leading to affected individuals living less than optimal lives. Intelligent assistive technologies (IATs) provide essential …
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Investigating Determinants of Collaboration between Landowners and Wildlife Agencies for Endangered Species Conservation
… have implemented voluntary incentive programs (VIPs) to extrinsically motivate collaboration. However, VIPs are chronically unpopular among different groups of landowners because of deficient social capital (e.g., communication and relationships) and value conflicts with agencies and programs. …
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An investigation on thermal performance characteristics of hollow-core vacuum insulated panels
… further research in this area. Hollow-core VIPs are an alternative vacuum insulating technology that can provide thin insulating cladding solutions while avoiding some vulnerabilities of high performance insulating materials such as fumed silica VIPs.This thesis aims to develop and evaluate …
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Vakuumisolationspaneele : Gas- und Feuchteeintrag sowie Feuchte- und Wärmetransport
… die Degradation der Dämmwirkung der untersuchten VIPs langfristig prognostizieren.
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MADD MESSAGE EFFECTS: A TWELVE-YEAR RANDOMIZED TRIAL
… MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) created VIPs (Victim Impact Panels) where victims impact offenders with gory stories, photos, and threats of punishments and loss of freedom, hoping this message will deter DWIs. It is remarkable that although the VIP message is considered a primary DWI …
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Path-planning strategies for ambush avoidance
… real-life situations, including the routing of VIPs and convoys through hostile areas.
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ENGINEERING THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS
… is proposed to develop vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) featuring multilayer structures using a flexible and cost-effective 3D printing process. By optimizing the number of interlayers in the VIPs, an effective thermal conductivity substantially lower than that of air is achieved. The study also …
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“I think we sounded black!”: space and community in Black drum and bugle corps
… Corps from New York City, NY and the Washington VIPs from Washington, D.C. It uses historical and ethnographic methods to present a history of Black corps, mainly based on interviews with alumni. By using theories of space and community, the goal is to analyze how urban planning made way for the …
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The ratification and implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty: a look at the future of South African Copyright Law
… the Marrakesh Treaty, to be able to facilitate VIPs. This research also intends to expose the possible law and policy related barriers for non-ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty. Furthermore, this dissertation will analyse what the possible legal implications thereof will be. The main goal of …
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The ecology of Bacillus thuringiensis on the phylloplane
… vip3. This might indicate an involvement of Vips in the establishment of these strains on the phylloplane. A mechanism for colonization of annual plants by B. thuringiensis was demonstrated for the first time. It was shown that spores added to seeds, even in non-sterile soil, can germinate …
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The KwaZulu-government and Inkatha Freedom Party’s record on civil liberties in South Africa, 1990-1994
… the guise of becoming the protectors of KwaZulu VIPs but in mere fact they had been trained to kill all anti-Inkatha. They were the referred to as the Caprivi Trainees since they were trained in Caprivi Strip in Namibia. These people had been trained in different ways of killing those who were …
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Understanding the use and disposal of greywater in the non-sewered areas of South Africa
… areas are implementing on-site dry latrines (VIPs or similar) and 25 litres of potable water per capita per day (lied) within a 200m eartage distance. The connection of low-income settlements to municipal water sources has subsequently occurred on a massive scale, frequently without giving …
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Fast Identification of Components Commonly Used in Homemade Explosives by Spectroscopic and Chemometric Methods
<p>Homemade explosives (HMEs) have become a global pandemic. This forensic research <a></a>focuses on developing identification methods that can provide quick, cost effective, non-destructive analysis using portable instrumentation. These capabilities would be invaluable to first responders, …