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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"cascading effects"”.
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Second-order nonlinear optical interactions and cascading effects in thinorganic films
The presented work describes new concepts of fast switching elements based on principles of photonics. The waveguides working in visible and infra-red ranges are put in a basis of these elements. And as materials for manufacturing of waveguides the transparent polymers, dopped by molecules of the …
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Cascading Effects Of Predator Removal On The Ecology Of Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches
… ecology. I examined the direct and indirect effects of raccoon removal from sea turtle nesting beaches in east-central Florida during the summers of 2003 and 2004. Raccoon and ghost crab predation are among the highest causes of egg mortality for sea turtles in Florida and raccoons are …
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Performance-Based Coastal Engineering Framework
… factors, do not explicitly consider potential cascading-effects, and miss the opportunity to leverage evidence – in the form of data – as it becomes available. To address these gaps, this thesis proposes the first performance-based framework specific for coastal structures and systems that is …
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Floor health predictive support for highly automated distribution centers
… Floor health issues are interdependent and have cascading effects, making their impacts difficult to track, visualize, and address. Reactive support and reliance on training and adoption of best practices is not scalable. As the network continues to grow, there is a need to improve real-time …
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A Developmental Cascade Model of Neurocognitive Functioning: Risk, Resilience, and Implications for Children's Mental Health
… programming may help to mitigate the negative cascading effects of poor early adaptation on later psychosocial health and development.
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Gamma oscillatory activity in autism spectrum disorder during a face cueing task
… in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), causing cascading effects on development. Neural synchrony in the gamma frequency band is thought to be involved in cognitive functions such as joint attention. The current study investigated differences in gamma power between neurotypicals and ASD as …
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Dynamics of Economic Corruption
… has been shown to have large persistent effects on inequality and economic growth. Efforts to eradicate or suppress corruption over the last two decades have floundered. This dissertation argues that urban population density is a major underlying factor of economic corruption that …
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The Direct and Indirect Effects of Insectivory by Birds in Two Neotropical Forests
… was inaccessible to bird foraging. In contrast, effects of bird predation were not observed on understory saplings, where leaf production and turnover rates were lower. Furthermore, I observed little evidence of strong predator effects in either stratum within the more mature, wetter forest. …
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Collateral Benefits Of A Brief, Couple-Focused Intervention On Coparenting: Indirect Effects Through Couple Relationship Quality And Conflict
… through conflict frequency. There are positive cascading effects of a couple-focused intervention onto how parents work together to parent their child.
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Investigating the Impact of Transformational Leadership Style on Employee Job Satisfaction in Fintech Companies in Wales
… focus on usability in fintech platforms, its cascading effects on employee satisfaction, followed by customer satisfaction. Guided by transformational leadership and affordance theories, the study develops a conceptual framework that reveals the relationship between leadership-driven …
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Design and control of resilient interconnected microgrids for reliable mass transit systems
… supply of a railway infrastructure can have cascading effects on the economy and social livelihood. Resilient interconnected microgrids are proposed to maintain reliable operation of electrified railway infrastructures. An engineering design framework, and supporting methods and techniques, …
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Missouri Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Change, Adaptation Strategies and the Adoption and Diffusion of Market-Oriented Risk Management Strategies
… intensity of extreme weather events that have cascading effects on agricultural production and food security across local, regional and global scales. It also provides insight for improving the communication of climate science to stakeholders in the agricultural sector.
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Novel effects in light-actuated systems based on dispersed azobenzene dyes and azopolymers
… shape. The directionality and amplitude of such effects laying largely in the hands of the experimenter, a wide playground of new technological scenarios and cascading effects is explored. Acknowledging the decade-spanning efforts to elucidate the photo-deformation properties of azopolymers in …
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Theory of optical rectification in a travelling wave structure
… via optical rectification (OR) as well as cascading effects due to the interplay of OR and the linear electro-optic effect. A simple transmission line model is introduced to explain qualitatively the basic physical mechanisms of an externally induced polarisation in a travelling wave …
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NetOne Cellular Private Limited's underperformance : causes and the way forward
… Derived from the foregoing the above are the cascading effects of inadequate leadership and business practices within the organisation which also played a major role in the company's modicum growth and underperformance over the years. It concludes that the Zimbabwe political settlements and …
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Impacts of elk management and riparian condition on songbirds in Rocky Mountain National Park
… apex predators from the western U.S. is having cascading effects on ecosystems. As in other western parks, riparian willow (Salix spp.) communities in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) are declining as a result of a trophic cascade involving the local extinction of wolves (Canis lupus) and an …
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Encounters in the forest: Social and ecological dimensions of lemur hunting, habitat change and biodiversity conservation in south-east Madagascar
… the risk of human hunting. My data highlight the cascading effects of conservation measures on humans, lemurs and carnivores and the importance of understanding the capability of each party to cope with living in a shared landscape.
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Riparian willow decline in Colorado: interactions of ungulate browsing, native birds and fungi
… to a community dominated by short willows, with cascading effects on habitat for beaver and migratory and resident songbirds. Research on willow decline has focused primarily on the effects of ungulate browsing and altered hydrologic regimes controlled by beaver populations. However, damage from …
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Threat Assessment for Multistage Cyber Attacks in Smart Grid Communication Networks
… changing attack scenarios and understanding cascading effects) when performing threat assessments for multistage cyber attacks in smart grid communication networks. The thesis looks at the stochastic and dynamic nature of multistage cyber attacks in smart grid use cases and develops a …
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The perceptions of how dyslexia impacts on nursing and midwifery students and the coping strategies they develop/use to manage difficulties associated with dyslexia in clinical practice; an embedded case study
… they became stressed and frustrated with cascading effects. Many of the strategies used including the poster guidelines were identified as very useful and or helpful and suggestions made by both students and mentors led to the development of a tool kit to be use used interactively by the …
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