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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Yardstick"”.
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Horizontal integration under yardstick competition
… is ubiquitous; industries regulated by yardstick competition are no exception in this regard. However, even though yardstick competition is applied to sectors of vital economic importance, such as energy and water networks, the welfare effects of horizontal integration in these settings …
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Yardstick Competition : an empirical investigation using state taxes and media markets
… If voters do make these comparisons, it creates "yardstick competition," where governors are competing with each other as they set taxes. Previous research has shown that governors are punished at the ballot box for raising taxes. However, Besley and Case (AER 1995) find that if governors in …
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Principles for Education of The Social Reconstructionists and Critical Theorists: A Yardstick of Democracy
… theoretical framework for the dissertation and a Yardstick of Democracy is developed that draws upon the tenets of John Dewey, George S. Counts, Jane Addams, Paulo Freire, and Michael Apple. Included in the study is a concentrated review of standards-based education testing, and the charter school …
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Evaluation of the use of the modified Huddart Bodenham & EUROCRAN yardstick for the assessment of surgical outcome for unilateral cleft lip and palate
… modified Huddart Bodenham (mHB) and EUROCRAN Yardstick .Design: Retrospective, case-control study of study models of 5-year-old patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.Method : Thirty study models were scored using mHB and EUROCRAN Yardstick by six examiners on two occasions at least one …
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A theory of fair treatment of health and social care students during fitness to practise proceedings: a constructivist grounded theory.
… the conceptual metaphor of the fairness yardstick was devised, which harmonised three components: policy, student voice and analysis. Three procedural stages of the fitness to practise process were identified: investigating, deliberating and resolving. The fairness yardstick was embedded …
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Society against the state : perspectives on the history of early Andhra Pradesh
… literature the conceptual 'state' has become a yardstick for measuring the degree of civilization achieved by any society. Such a Eurocentric notion has often precluded the understanding of local processes of power. This thesis is an attempt to study such processes in the South Indian state of …
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Society against the state : perspectives on the history of early Andhra Pradesh
… literature the conceptual 'state' has become a yardstick for measuring the degree of civilization achieved by any society. Such a Eurocentric notion has often precluded the understanding of local processes of power. This thesis is an attempt to study such processes in the South Indian state of …
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Bilateral Asymmetry in Incisors: Implications for Miocene Hominoid Species Diagnosis
… of living great ape genera can be utilized as a "yardstick" for pairwise comparisons of isolated Miocene ape incisors from the two genera Kenyapithecus and Equatorius . The research was designed to help determine whether these fossil teeth could be reliably sorted into one or more than one genera. …
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Effect of oxygen diffusion hardening on fatigue resistance in Ti-6Al-4V alloys
… was made using the untreated specimen as the yardstick. The specimens were heat treated, in an oxidation furnace for the first stage and a controlled atmosphere furnace for the second stage. Thereafter, a rotational bending machine was used for the fatigue testing where fatigue failure data …
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Occupational mobility among blacks in South Africa
… in several other countries which provide the yardstick against which the domestic results can be measured. Finally, projections are made of the demand for and supply of labour till 1990. The implications of these projections, particularly for the educational system and skilled labour shortages …
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The changing politics of preference formation in international trade negotiations: the European Union in the Doha Round
… in the policy making process. The empirical yardstick against which the validity of the theoretical argument proposed is tested is drawn from evidence concerning the European Union’s negotiating strategy in four negotiating areas in the context of the so-called WTO’s Doha Development Round of …
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Regulating contaminated land in order to identify, manage and cause the rehabilitation of contaminated land: a review of the legislative adequacy of South Africa's contaminated land regime
… land regimes. These elements present a good yardstick against which to measure Part 8 of the Waste Act for purposes of determining whether it will enable the identification, management and rehabilitation of contaminated land. This study finds that while Part 8 contains some of the legislative …
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Essays On The Intersection Of Healthcare Operations And Economics
… industry. The essay, "Searching for the Best Yardstick: Cost of Quality Improvements in the U.S. Hospital Industry," takes the perspective of the regulator in improving incentive programs designed to induce hospitals to invest in quality. The key challenge in evaluating potential changes to …
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Integrating Piano Technique, Physiology, and Motor Learning: Strategies for Performing the Chopin Etudes
… a musical image is both the model and the yardstick for the measure of technical achievement as one compares performance with his or her musical image. The Chopin études are therefore unique in two ways. First, a pianist's musical image of each of the Chopin études initiates an individual …
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Emotional Intelligence within the A/E/C Industry: A Step Toward Effective Collaboration
… investigation creates an emotional intelligence yardstick by which to measure and compare future research. This study also explores several trends and relationships within this benchmarking in regards to demographics and General Contractor characteristics. In addition, this current research …
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Mission as Encounterology – a Kenotic Approach
… Jesus Christ during his ministry should be the yardstick to measure what we are doing in God’s name.
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Psychological implications of acquired deafness for adults of employment age
… the findings from these studies are used as a yardstick it is concluded that if the criterion of psychological disturbance is employed then acquired deafness is indeed a serious handicap.
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Integrated modeling and dynamics simulation for the next generation space telescope
… design model based on the NASA Goddard "Yardstick" concept for NGST cannot meet performance assuming a set of nominal design parameters stipulated by the author. This performance assessment is carried out using time domain, frequency domain and Lyapunov techniques. Two strategies for …
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A Parametric Study and Economic Evaluation of Drilling Patterns in Deep, Thick CBM Reservoirs
… porosity, gas content, and desorption time. The yardstick for comparing the economical practicality of different drilling configurations under diverse reservoir properties is the Net Present Value (NPV).
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LOOKING FOR A FAIRER ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN'S LEARNING DEVELOPMENT AND ATTAINMENT IN THE INFANT YEARS: AN EDUCATIONAL ACTION RESEARCH CASE STUDY
… the researcher's educational values are the yardstick against which the tacit knowledge of action (practice) is evaluated. Professional stories of past practice are used to represent implicit theories that are collaboratively reflected upon as they are deconstructed and explored. The creative …
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