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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"developing regions"”.
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Straw insulation materials to address heating fuel requirements, thermal comfort, and natural resource depletion in developing regions
… comfortable for the human occupants. For many developing regions with cold winters such as northern Pakistan, new building construction has been driven by structural and economic criteria. Thermal comfort can be improved, heating fuel requirements can be reduced, and degradation of the natural …
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Softbridge : a socially aware framework for communication bridges over digital divides
… factors for communication technologies in developing regions yet lack a framework to do so. The novel Softbridge framework comprises several components to address this gap. The Softbridge stack abstraction supplements the established Open Systems Interconnect model with a collection of …
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Evaluating community perceptions on floodplain wetland utilisation and sustainability: a case study in the uMsunduzi river basin.
… that sustain rural livelihoods, particularly in developing countries. Yet, these ecosystems face severe degradation driven by agricultural expansion, urbanisation, pollution, and weak institutional governance. Given these challenges, it is crucial to understand how communities interact and …
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Social Underdevelopment In Sub-saharan Africa
… inferior reserve of human capital than other developing regions. This is puzzling because at the inception of independence, the future of Africa looked promising. However, during the 1970s both the political and economic situation in Africa began to deteriorate, and since 1980, the aggregate …
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Softbridge : a socially aware framework for communication bridges over digital divides
… factors for communication technologies in developing regions yet lack a framework to do so. The novel Softbridge framework comprises several components to address this gap. The Softbridge stack abstraction supplements the established Open Systems Interconnect model with a collection of …
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Tax competition and its implications for Southern Africa
… attract mobile factors of production from other regions. The alternative of tax coordination and harmonisation to tax competition, as applied in developed regions, and partial pursuit in some developing regions was also analysed.
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Perceptions of lecturers in the health and applied sciences faculty at a selected college regarding physical activity in the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases: an explorative study
… among academic staff worldwide, as well as in developing regions such as Africa, leading to premature death among lecturers. This study explored lecturers' perceptions within the Health and Applied Sciences Faculty at a selected college in Zambia regarding physical activity in the prevention …
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Experimental technique for optimizing aerosolized vaccine efficacy by Erika J. Sandford.
… to traditional injection vaccines for the developing world, where cold chain systems are impractical and the use of hypodermic needles can be unsafe. However, more research is needed to determine optimal parameters for vaccine aerosolization. This thesis presents an experimental setup to …
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An analysis of climate change impact and adaptation for South East Asia
… distributed around the globe. In particular, the developing regions of the world will likely be the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In this dissertation the region of South East Asia is the focus with respect to the economics of climate change, an area of economics that is …
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Water quality monitoring of biological contaminants -- rapid, on-site detection technologies
… water quality monitoring technologies for use in developing regions or in the event of an emergency and will provide suggestions for future research efforts.</p>
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A feminist study of women using mobile phones for empowerment and social capital in Kaduna, Nigeria
… of the role of mobile technologies in developing regions and economies. This study adds to our understanding of how women in Nigeria use the mobile phone to maintain social capital. The study expands our understanding of what socialization and empowerment mean to women in developing …
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Efficient ethernet switch models for large-scale network simulation
… failure-prone settings (e.g., wireless backhaul, developing regions) with high rates of churn. Correspondingly, when using simulation to study such networks and applications that run on them, the switching makes up a significant fraction of the model, and can make up a significant amount of the …
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International Tourism in Developing Nations: An Empirical Study
Theory: The literature on volume of tourism in developing nations, does not provide empirical measures necessary for rigorous hypotheses testing. While there have been ample studies on volume of tourism among developed nations, very little has been done regarding developing nations. Several …
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Optimal Land Use for Watershed Management—a Case Study in the Feitsui Watershed
… has always been a crucial issue, especially in developing regions where watershed residents are comprised of low-income farmers. The Feitsui Watershed in Taiwan is one such agricultural watershed. Traditionally, the watershed management policy targets only pollution abatement, therefore …
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Estimating Reservoir Storage Dynamics Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Hypsometric Information
… operation data, especially in transboundary and developing regions, hampers our understanding of storage dynamics and limits the development of adaptive, integrated water management strategies. As dam construction accelerates globally, particularly in developing countries, there is an urgent need …
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Tres ensayos sobre el empleo proactivo del riesgo político. El caso de la estrategia de internacionalización de las empresas multinacionales españolas
… flows from Southern European economies to developing regions
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Can the State be held accountable for water pollution? A critical analysis of legal alternatives available to prospective litigants
… of global demand and less than 50 percent in developing regions, including South Africa, where water supply is already under stress.4 Blignaut and Van Heerden describe our water situation as 'precarious'. 5 The situation is further exacerbated by the uneven distribution of water which …
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Viability of substitution of electricity with biogas for thermal uses at Neudamm campus of the University of Namibia
… interest in biogas technology, particularly in developing regions. This thesis presents the design and evaluation of a low-cost biogas digester for the Neudamm Campus of the University of Namibia. The study adresses the campus's energy cost and the underutilisation of livestock manure as a …
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Functionalized Polymeric Coatings for Enhanced Selective Removal of Ions in Electric-Field Driven Processes
… without any treatment or reuse and in developing regions, that number can reach up to 95%. This means, a significant percentage of available water in the world is inaccessible to fulfill everyday needs. To combat water contamination, there is a need to utilize various water treatment …
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