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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"economic values"”.
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Reinforcement Learning and Economic Decision-making for Nutrient Rewards in Rhesus Monkeys
Value is a fundamental concept for economic decision-making and reinforcement learning. In these frameworks, the decision-makers choose by assigning values to objects and learn by updating object values with experience. However, it remains unclear how economic values derive from the intrinsic …
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Education as a Consumption Good: An Economic Analysis of Curriculum Choice
… been recognized as early as Schultz's study of economic values of education, few economists have given a systematic explanation of observed variations in student motives for college education.
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Biochemical indicators of the transportation stress of the South Africa abalone (perlemoen), Haliotis midae, Linn.
… shell adductor muscle texture and flavor affect economic values of H Midae, the investigation sought evidence of differences attributable to transport of the commercial South African abalone based on environmental and exercise inducement. Tauropine dehydrogenase from Haliotis. midae muscle …
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Hybrid thermoelectric-ejector refrigeration system /
… initiative, is the understanding of perceived economic values of services provided by forest ecosystems. Economic values of ecosystem services provide information on public demand for these services which serve as baseline information for designing PES programs. Notwithstanding, information on …
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Cross-subsidy models for urban manufacturing
… has been written concerning the positive socio-economic values of urban manufacturing and the need for cities to advocate for the protection of existing middle-income wage jobs in the industrial sector. However, there lie governing factors as to why a use, that has always been essential to …
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The impact of offshore oil and gas exploitation on the marine environment and its regulations under selected national regimes
… and gas on the continental shelf and Exclusive Economic Zone in order to protect the marine environment that is at the brink of losing its socio-economic values. With the present trend of events threatening the planet such as climate change and the call for sustainable development, the …
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Beef on dairy economic selection index
The objective of this study was to create an economic selection index for a beef on dairy crossbreeding system. In an effort to improve overall performance in the system, the index aims to increase profitability. Crossbreeding a beef bull with a dairy female aims to add value to the resulting calf …
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Portfolio-based infrastructure investment strategy for railroad company
… investments are considered to add certain economic values to a company, which can be interpreted as residual returns from the portfolio after rewarding its investors. Then, the value of the portfolio is analogous to that of a stock price and its dividend yield. Second, the value of a …
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The economics of spring turkey hunting in Virginia
This study explored the economic aspects of spring turkey hunting in Virginia. Because spring turkey hu nting is a nonmarket good, a market price does not exist for it. Data on hunters' expenditures on equipment and licenses is useful but does not represent the total economic value of the resource. …
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The siting of renewable energy developments in a crowded marine space
… justice is affected by the way in which socio-economic values are considered in spatial decision support tools that inform siting, such as multi-criteria suitability mapping. To ensure consideration of procedural justice, marine planning policies are in place to ensure that existing users are …
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"Yn eu hiaith eu hunain" / "In their own language." The settlement and assimilation of the Welsh in Iowa County, Wisconsin, 1840-1920.
… also embraced mainstream American political and economic values. Indeed, the Welsh projected a public image of themselves as obedient citizens and were eager to assimilate. Rooted in beliefs they brought with them from Wales, these attitudes, as well as demographic change, contributed to the …
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Earth Tones: How Environmental Journalism and Environmental Ethics Influence Environmental Citizenship
… of rights and responsibilities, intrinsic and economic values, pragmatism and utilitarianism, culture and spirit, are increasingly being applied to a developing idea of sustainability, and are, thus, helping to expand ideas about what it means to be a citizen in a democracy.
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Commerce or Significance: Commercial Interventions on Cultural Interpretation at Two Philadelphia Historic Sites
… of authenticity, visitor capacity, and economic sustainability, this thesis reconsiders the relationship between cultural and economic values in preservation practice. It concludes that commercialization should be managed not simply as a threat, but as a tool that can support …
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Protective Factors Among Native Born and Immigrant Undergraduate and Graduate Students Enrolled in American Colleges: Predictive Validity of Acculturation, Family Involvement, Academic Persistence, Grit, and Sense of Belonging
… and becoming acculturated to the social and economic values of the U.S. is critical for the success of immigrants. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center, immigrants are estimated to account for 93% of the nation's workforce population growth over the next three decades (Pew, 2013). …
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Essays on the Economic Value of Environmental Cleanup
We offer three different essays on economic values of environmental cleanup. The first essay summarizes and integrates the previous noxious and hazardous site evaluation studies by a meta analysis. We find that the property value is the most sensitive to water base contamination, published case …
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Sustainable development of maritime cultural heritage in the Gulf of Maine
… this end, the study identifies the cultural and economic values associated with maritime cultural heritage and the costs and benefits of conservation projects. Finally, policy recommendations are made regarding the governments' role and responsibility in protecting and managing the public …
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Reconsidering Sen’s “development as freedom” through a black existentialist lens
… ABSTRACT: The issue of development is both an economic and an ethical question, concerning what constitutes a good life. However, traditional economics has solely answered this question in terms of quantitative ideals measured by utilitarian metrics of capital. That is to say that what we mean …
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Modernist heritage conservation : an evaluation of theories and current practice
… with issues of environmental compatibility, economic feasibility and social viability in the built environment. After an initial investigation of the topic generally, the research identifies the most pressing issues arising from the conservation of modernist heritage, whilst analysing key …
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Villages of Delhi : towards inclusivity and plurality in the urbanizing countryside
… that integrate social, ecological and economic values in the new developments in the countryside. Approaching the project at multiple scales, these village collectives would operate at the scale of districts in Delhi that plan and accommodate for new growth and sustain life forms of the …
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An Institute for Urban Agriculture: Architecture, Ecology and Urban Habitat
… and builds upon their social, ecological and economic values. Architecture becomes the medium for communicating transformed ideas about our relationships with the natural world to the building inhabitants and to the public at large.
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