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Showing 1 to 20 of 617 for “"cyclical"”.
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Regional variations in cyclical employment
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1981.
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The Cyclical Nature of Moral Entrepreneurship.
<p>The primary focus of this study was to determine how "moral entrepreneurs" were able to convince the American public to support their anti-drug crusades.</p> <p>The methodology section consisted of information gathered from primary and secondary sources, and described why these sources were …
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Cyclical dynamics in idiosyncratic consumption risk
This paper examines cyclical dynamics of idiosyncratic consumption risk using consumption data from the Nielsen Consumer Panel and the Panel Study of Dynamic Income. With GMM estimates and supplemental graphical analysis, I show that the idiosyncratic risk in consumption is i) highly persistent, …
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PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS FOR CYCLICAL URBAN VIOLENCE
Violence is a pervasive public health issue that disproportionately affects certain populations, particularly young black males in urban settings. Though this population experiences higher rates of violent victimization and perpetration, race should not be analyzed as an isolated variable. The …
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The cyclical and structural stance of fiscal policy
This paper examines the cyclical and structural stance of fiscal policy. Firstly, to measure the stance of tax policy more accurately, this paper constructs a new tax-indicator – “discretionary tax policy index”. Secondly, incorporating this new dataset, the short-run cyclical stance of tax policy …
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Staffing queueing systems with cyclical demand and unreliable servers
… scenarios, including realistic ones, considering cyclical customer arrival rates and multiple servers with uncertain availability. We identify the parameter settings under which the SIPP method is most compromised. We propose two modifications to the SIPP method to account for absence in staffing …
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24 hr Building: A Study into the Cyclical Nature of Architecture
… this journey to design 24 hours building and the cyclical nature of the people that inhabit them.
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Pms: Cyclical variation in attentional capacity with Pms and non-Pms women
… functioning. A wide variety of recurring cyclical and emotional symptoms have been reported as common to women suffering from premenstrual syndrome (PMS). This study examined possible impairment of cognitive functioning during the PMS phase of the menstrual cycle using PMS and Non-PMS …
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The cyclical, reciprocal relationship between funk drumming and the hip-hop technologist
This thesis seeks to reveal the cyclical and reciprocal nature of the relationship between live drummers, DJs, and beat producers (hip-hop technologists), illustrating the ways that these artists have continued to inform and inspire one another to evolve while considering various performance and …
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Essays on the cyclical behavior of wages, profits, and hours of work
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1995.
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Managing the burst : optimizing headcount in a company with highly cyclical demand
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2003.
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Dynamic Corticomuscular Coherence during Cyclical Ankle Movements: Effects of Aging and Parkinson’s Disease
… is affected by PD during anti- phasic cyclical ankle movements. To quantify such communication, coherence was calculated between cortical and muscle activities (corticomuscular coherence). The results from these studies suggest that i) the midline cortical areas are functionally …
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Asian-American Literature and the Family Saga: Cyclical Histories of Racial Melancholia and Racial Dissociation
<p>This paper analyzes the novels The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, and Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig and argues how the family saga within Asian American literature draws out elements of the diaspora to best share histories across different ethnic and racial groups. There is …
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Interest Rates and Cyclical Underwriting Profits in the Property-Liability Insurance Industry: An Equilibrium Approach
… property-liability insurance industry have been cyclical for many decades. The insurance industry refers to this behavior as the underwriting profit cycle. This study explains the cycle within the framework of both the insurance and capital markets, using an equilibrium approach. Thus, it seeks …
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The feminisation of poverty and victimhood in Dangarembga's print oeuvre: Cyclical evocations of nervous conditions, survival, and agency
… oeuvre, mainly focusing on the victimhood, cyclical evocations of nervous conditions, survival strategies and agency that Zimbabwean women experienced and are still experiencing. This dissertation employed a qualitative desktop literary in the examination of four novels, Nervous Conditions …
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