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Showing 1 to 20 of 104 for “"economic benefit"”.
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Economic and policy implications of urban air pollution in the United States, 1970 to 2000
… change. Using these new models, we valued the economic benefit of reduced air pollution due to the Clean Air Act regulations to be over $7 trillion from 1970 to 2000, or 2.1% of aggregate US economic welfare over the period. This does not include the benefits into the future (after 2000) from …
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A Feasibility Study of CubeSat Architectures for Space Debris Removal from Low Earth Orbit
… but the expense and lack of immediate economic benefit reduce the likelihood of decisive action. In an effort to describe a new family of low-cost deorbiter spacecraft, this thesis explores the utility of CubeSats for debris removal.
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The impacts of airline loyalty programs on revenue management optimization
… optimization. The Award Revenue accounts for the economic benefit for the airline of each award passenger. Displaced Revenue is the ticket revenue loss due to the displacement of paid passengers. And, the Sell Up effect measures the change in average paid fare as a result of the introduction of …
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Kosten-Effektivitäts- und Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse psychologischer Angstbehandlung
Aims: To assess effectiveness and economic benefit of the psychological treatment of anxiety disorders in order to compare them with the consumed resources of the treatment. Methods: Assessment of specific and non-specific symptoms and impairments in N=493 anxiety patients (DSM-IV) receiving …
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Regional economic benefits of air services versus the environmental cost of emissions
This study examines the relationship between the economic benefit of specific air services and the perceived cost of the carbon dioxide emissions from the aircraft operating the services. Initially a review is made of the basic evidence of climate change and air transport's contribution to it. This …
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THE IMPACT OF INNOVATION ON FAMILY BUSINESS SUCCESSORSHIP AND TRANSGENERATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
… around the globe and provide significant economic benefit. Yet, continuity and stability with the family business rarely surpasses the second generation. This phenomenon leads to an understanding of the importance of succession. This study suggests transgenerational entrepreneurship and …
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Maintenance-based design of concrete parking structures
… parking structure will produce the maximum economic benefit. Existing models for concrete deterioration are analyzed for their accuracy in predicting the service lives of concrete structures and a model appropriate for concrete parking structures is selected. The selected model is modified …
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Seismic resiliency using confined masonry :
… conditions of developing nations. CM provides benefits of increased shear capacity with smaller concrete frame members that provides economic benefit as well. However, the behavior of CM is highly non-linear during a seismic event and requires expertise to correctly model and analyze …
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Between Auto(mobile) and Building: A Study of Pedestrian Oriented Parking Lots
… to sprawl development tend to minimize the economic and marketing appeal of a large surface parking lot. For many communities, the anticipated economic benefit and convenience of a suburban retail development overcomes any reservations about the appearance and effect of the associated sea of …
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Design, theory, development and testing of a new form of steam power generation – the practical steam engine
… is considered, demonstrating significant economic benefit of use of the PSE in district energy applications.
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Data literacy in the digital age : experience design for a workplace learning solution
… to cloud solutions. Although this is an economic benefit to the organizations that are making this transition, many of the internal teams at the forefront of this change are ill-equipped to understand, analyze, and take advantage of these business insights; in other words there exists a …
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Control of Power Flow in Transmission Lines using Distributed Series Reactors
… of different voltage running in parallel. The economic benefit of adding DSRs to the network is compared to the addition of new transmission lines in the network. In the second part of the work, the effect of unsymmetrical operation of DSRs on a single transmission line is studied and compared …
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Developing A Multi-Purpose Trail System At Pomme De Terre Lake
… This study confirmed the need and projected economic feasibility for the development of a multi-purpose trail system and the economic development opportunities within the study area. The estimated total annual visitation to the trail system is 235,500 persons with an estimated annual regional …
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Commercialization of a masonry tool designed in a senior-capstone class through a licensing agreement
… were projected to determine a fair allocation of economic benefit in a licensing agreement; RTE should expect to receive about 4.5% royalty on revenue. Moving forward, RTE should pursue funding to complete the patent process as well as a pilot program with masons, and continue to develop its …
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Essays in operations management
… <p>In the third essay, we focus on the economic benefit of profound technology projects as milestones are achieved. Ce-Al alloy project by CMI promotes an example. The project we use replaces the current aluminum (Al) alloy with Al-cerium (Ce) alloy in an engine block and an engine head …
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Fireworks: A Fast, Efficient and Safe Serverless Framework
… function. Moreover, it introduces the new economic model pay-as-you-go billing model. It provides a high economic benefit from highly elastic resource provisioning to the application. However, it also accompanies the new challenges for serverless computing: (1) start-up time latency problem …
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Water Allocation in Southern Alberta
… limited in terms of amount and volume, the total economic benefit from water use in the South Saskatchewan River Basin can increase through water reallocation. This dissertation illustrates how, without institutional constraints, basin-wide economic benefits could increase and shows what a …
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Examining The Public-Private-Partnership Tourism Toolkit as a vehicle for socioeconomic beneficiation
… parks have the potential for significant economic impact in the country's rural and urban areas. The research used three small-cap case studies to examine government's Public Private Partnership (PPP) Toolkit for Tourism for its ability to deliver economic benefit to communities around …
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SKU clustering for supply chain planning efficiency
… more complex and compelling challenges such as economic volatility, fluctuating commodity prices, supply-chain inefficiencies and increasing customer expectations. While companies cannot control all of these challenges, there is much they can do to remain competitive. Companies can gain …
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