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Community Benefits Agreements : an evolution in public benefits negotiation processes
… to communities. The development of Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) were a reaction to this imbalance and have helped communities gain influence in the redevelopment process. These agreements are "legally" binding contracts between a developer and community group(s) - to ensure that …
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Rethinking community benefits agreements
… large cities. Communities increasingly ask for benefits to offset negative impacts caused by new development. These requests often take the form of negotiated contracts called Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs). CBAs are the subject of some debate, especially as regards their effectiveness, …
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Benefits of portfolio management systems
… of procedures and what is in their opinion are benefits of good, reliable Project Portfolio Management System. As it turns out PPM seems to have still a long way to go and is in some cases in infancy stage in half of the researched companies most have no specific system to manage their portfolio …
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The Social Benefits of Wilderness
… and others. These new habits are social benefits, especially once we allow them to reform our identity.
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The Social Benefits of Wilderness
… and others. These new habits are social benefits, especially once we allow them to reform our identity.
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Benefits of Dual Language Education
… help educators and parents fully understand the benefits of DLE because of the misconceptions that surround it. DLE had the ability to positively change the educational experience of teachers, administrators, parents, and students.</p>
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The benefits of getting horizontal
The goal of much research in vision is to better understand the mechanisms of attention. This is often accomplished by using models of attention to predict how the placement of stimuli on a computer screen will affect task difficulty. However, recent research has shown there are asymmetries in …
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Pension benefits and social cohesion
… design, I find that recipients of pension benefits are overall more likely to display increased support for the central government and that in provinces where both territorial tensions and class tensions are most acute, support for the central government is significantly greater. This is …
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Economic Benefits of Agricultural Conservation
… conservation practices. We estimate the economic benefits of EQIP in the rural housing markets of the US. The results suggest that the implementation of agricultural conservation projects increases local housing prices and that the improvement in environmental amenities is mostly capitalized by …
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Sustainability Benefits Analysis of CyberManufacturing Systems
… and self-reusing. Sustainability benefits of CMS are generally mentioned in the existing researches. However, the existing sustainability studies of CMS focus a narrow scope of CMS (e.g., standalone machines and specific industrial domains) or partial aspects of sustainability …
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The effects of taxing unemployment benefits
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics, 1999
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Subgoal Level Feedback Benefits Novel Problem Solving
The present study combined subgoal learning and feedback frameworks to further improve problem solving performance and demonstrated that subgoal level feedback resulted in better learning outcomes over step level feedback, first in a lab environment and then in an online-only environment. Feedback …
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Base isolation benefits of rocking and uplift
During strong ground motions, the lateral forces acting on a building may cause it to rock and uplift. In order to avoid this rocking and uplifting, unnecessary dead weight, oversized projections, or other special techniques have traditionally been used to anchor the buildings to their foundations. …
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Perceived benefits of involvement in student government
… of this study was to investigate the perceived benefits of being involved in student government at Rowan University. Thirty-five undergraduate students involved in the Student Government Association (SGA) at Rowan University completed a survey to determine their perceived benefits, discover why …
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Writing Therapy Benefits May Be Dosage Dependent
… whether there was a dosage effect for the benefits of writing therapy, specifically writing about one's best possible future self. The primary hypothesis was that writing about one's best possible future self twenty minutes per day for four days (high dosage) would result in more positive …
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Have We Overlooked the Benefits of NAS
… community’s argument that NAS positively benefits the auditor/client relationship. Of particular interest to the current study is recent evidence that NAS may be positively associated with improved economic performance of the audit client. Client specific benefits have been largely …
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Consumers and Benefits of Genetically Modified Vegetables
… trait), and better taste. Will these consumer benefits offset any concern that the consumer has regarding biotechnology? What are those benefits and how should the information be communicated to the consumer? Three focus groups give insight to the proposed questions. The focus groups were done …
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The Practical Uses and Benefits of ePortfolios
… undertaking is: What are the practical uses and benefits of ePortfolios for employment purposes among undergraduate and continuing education students? The research is addressed through a mixed methods research approach through the use of a survey to collect both quantitative and qualitative data, …
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Integrated Thinking: Concept, Measurement and Economic Benefits
… for it and explore its association with economic benefits. This thesis critically examines the body of primary empirical evidence on Integrated Thinking using a structured literature review. The findings are synthesised and developed into a conceptual framework highlighting four hallmarks of …
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Race, income, and benefits from national parks
National Parks have become an integral part of global life in both developed and developing countries during the last century. Today, there are more than 1,200 national parks and nature preserves around the world. The U.S. federal government spends more than \$3 billion annually to maintain and …
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