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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Witkowski"”.
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The Use of Numerical Methods to Interpret Polymer Decomposition Data
Polymer decomposition is the key to understanding fire behaviour. It is a complex process involving heat transfer, breakdown of the polymer chain, volatile fuel formation and gasification occurring as a moving interface through the polymer bulk. Two techniques, chemical analysis using STA-FTIR, and …
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An Examination of Stakeholder Perceptions in Conventional and Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of Environmental Management
Effective environmental management is integrally linked to well-designed monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems. Within the need for M&E to manage our environments in the most effective ways, there is an emerging trend to include social dimensions in environmental management and M&E efforts. …
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Essays on the design and targeting of financial products : evidence from field experiments in India
… payment rule, the Robust Bayesian Truth Serum Witkowski and Parkes (2012), is empirically incentive compatible; respondents maximize their subjective expected utility by reporting truthful answers. In Chapter 3, with Rohini Pande, Erica Field, and John Papp, we ask: do the repayment …
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Response of a sand-plain lowland fynbos ecosystem to nutrient additions
The effects of a complete factorial fertilizer addition of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and a mixture of all essential nutrients excluding N and P (M) on various components of the soils and vegetation of a sand-plain lowland fynbos ecosystem at Pella, south-western Cape Province, South Africawere …