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Showing 1 to 20 of 3682 for “"insufficient"”.
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The verge : transforming an insufficient edge
This thesis considers a new edge strategy for an Insufficient waterfront. The shore of Bass Harbor poses a problem significant to the whole Maine coast, as the access and Infrastructure imperative to the fishing industries is unable to compete with the economic power of the private second home …
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Directors and Standards: The Problem of Insufficient Guidance
… corporate law where the case law has provided insufficient guidance, and tests the usefulness of an American theory of director liability as an aid to understanding this case law and the legislation it interprets. This theory has been termed the “implied contract approach”, and was developed by …
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Galactagogue Use, Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Insufficient Milk Supply
… mothers perceive their breast milk production as insufficient, which is the most common reason for early cessation of breastfeeding and introduction of galactagogue supplements.Therapeutic use of herbal, food, and pharmaceutical galactagogues has long been believed to help mothers increase breast …
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Cuban Embargo: An Insufficient Measure to Encourage US Foreign Policy Interests
This major paper examines the Cuban embargo as an ineffective hard power policy and explores the potential of soft, hard, and smart power as alternative approaches to resolve the failures of the 60-year-old blockade. The paper analyzes the historical context and rationale behind the embargo and …
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Towards the downstream effects of insufficient content moderation on the internet
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Bayesian Estimation of Material Properties in Case of Correlated and Insufficient Data
… estimation in presence of correlated and insufficient data, resulting in multivariate error modeling and high sample covariance matrix instability. To recover from the lack of information about the true covariance we analyze two different methodologies: first the hierarchical covariance …
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Learning With An Insufficient Supply Of Data Via Knowledge Transfer And Sharing
… with "Absolute Rarity'", where a dataset has an insufficient supply of training examples and a skewed class distribution. We demonstrate one solution with a transfer learning approach and another with an imbalanced learning approach and demonstrate the effectiveness of our algorithms with several …
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In Hot Water: Thermal Acclimation is Insufficient to Save Corals in the Anthropocene
… and acquired thermal tolerance are insufficient to enable coral survival in the coming century. The majority of Scleractinian corals will not survive the pace of climate change, dictating the dire need for the restoration of the global carbon balance and other substantial human …
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Forecasting electricity demand using regression and Monte Carlo simulation under conditions of insufficient data
… the state, serious data problems result due to insufficient data to obtain reliable forecasts.;Regression analysis and Monte Carlo Simulation are the two methods used to forecast energy demand. Both methods incorporate risk into the analysis in different ways. Regression analysis yields a …
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Giving Voice to the "Insufficient Sample": A Phenomenological Study of African American Students Attending A Predominantly White High School
<p>The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand how African American students of low socioeconomic status perceived their educational experiences at a predominantly White, high socioeconomic status high school. The study sought to capture the lived experiences of high school …
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Dysfunctional market or insufficient creditworthiness? : an exploration of financial constraint experienced by small, medium and micro enterprises in South Africa
The existence and prevalence of financial constraints has been extensively discussed in the international economic literature, and is implicit in debates on the performance and needs of South Africa’s Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs). However, there is little solid research measuring …
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Forgetting the American Family: How the Family and Medical Leave Act is Insufficient and What Can Be Done to Improve It
This research seeks to clarify the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 and explore where the Act is deficient. In addition, federal policy is compared with states that currently have a more generous paid leave program. In the interest of the effect this issue has on American global …
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Do we know enough? The impacts of data biases, insufficient sampling and degradation on biodiversity estimates in Tanzanian forests – implications for conservation planning
… thesis analyses the implications of data biases, insufficient data and degradation and formulates recommendations for conservation planning. While it focuses on vascular plants in the coastal forests and Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania, an area recognised internationally for its high …
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An investigation of the imbalance of a fast-growing consumer culture and insufficient waste management infrastructure across a number of sub-Saharan Africa cities
… waste management infrastructure and insufficient investment in urban waste management in Africa. The objectives of this dissertation are to 1) Develop and present models of the food material flow profile for a traditional market and supermarket consumer from production to disposal and …
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Taming the green bull in the regulatory china shop how insufficient understanding of governance and power resulted in the Solar Water Heater Bylaw in the City of Cape Town not being implemented
This thesis grapples with the one particular case: the unsuccessful draft Solar Water Heater By-law in the City of Cape Town. The case is framed by the question why the by-law initiative did not take off. The choce behind this initiative was informed by the hope that the answer would help in …
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Development of an Information Base Tool for IDT Research
… low domain knowledge, low structural knowledge, insufficient metacognition, or insufficient information access skills. This study addressed these problems by developing an information base tool using strategies and tools investigated by previous studies. The tool includes conceptual modeling, …
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The effect of circadian regulation and sleep disruption on metabolic homeostasis
… studies report that as little as one night of insufficient sleep impairs insulin sensitivity, which is a common risk factor for obesity and diabetes. Circadian misalignment is common in people who work non-standard hours, including evening, night, or rotating shifts, and is associated with …
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Military Leader Perceptions on Sexual Assaults against Female Service Members
… service members. Root causes identified included insufficient protections and safeguards, sexual assault prevention and response training that does not sufficiently address perpetrator risk factors or alcohol-related factors, and insufficient focus on identification of prior perpetrators or males …
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Essays in R&D and competition policy in an open economy setting
… framework free entry can lead to a socially insufficient number of firms can arise. This contrasts the results obtained under closed economy setup where a socially excessive entry would arise. Furthermore, we find that as trade is liberalized the possibility of socially insufficient entry …
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Uncertainty reasoning in hierarchical visual evidence space
… information. Occlusion, dissimilar views, insufficient illumination, insufficient resolution, and degradation give rise to imprecise data. At the same time, incomplete or local knowledge of the scene gives rise to imprecise interpretation rules. Uncertainty arises at different processing …
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