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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"regulatory restrictions"”.
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Manufacturing enterprises in the Gaza Strip : case studies in production under extreme regulatory restrictions.
… able to implement its restrictive policies. This regulatory framework has remained flexible, expanding in scope of coverage and consistency of implementation throughout the years of occupation, guided by shifts in Israeli policy and the intensity of rejection and the pattern of response by the …
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The Economic Effects of Demand-Sensitive Railroad Rates Upon The Storage and Transportation System for U. S. Feed Grains
… seldom fluctuate with demand due to alleged regulatory restrictions. Consequently, a disequilibrium of rail services demanded and supplied may arise.
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A multi-sided platform for remote operation of shared drones : deriving strategic opportunities from regulatory trends
… that costs, operational complexities, and regulatory restrictions are holding back more widespread adoption. The thesis explores ways in which a drone sharing platform can mitigate these challenges with technological solutions like remote operation over the internet and advanced autonomy to …
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Design and development of an LLM-based framework for synthetic data generation
… such as data scarcity, privacy concerns, and regulatory restrictions. This thesis introduces a novel framework for generating synthetic data using fine-tuned Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI techniques. The framework generates realistic, domain-specific datasets that preserve …
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Structural change in the U.S. freight railroad industry as a result of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980
… Staggers Act removed most, but not all, of these regulatory restrictions. But this is the popular perception correct? By using a F test to compare a series of regressions, this thesis argues that Staggers did produce a structural change in the industry. Moreover, this thesis asserts that the …
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Essays in corporate finance and financial institutions
… Is the Chinese Wall too High? I test whether new regulatory restrictions on cooperation between analysts and investment bankers adversely affect equity research coverage. Contrary to the hypothesis, I find that firms engaging in SEO's enjoy just as large an increase in analyst coverage in the …
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Practice Patterns and Influential Factors of Nurse Practitioners Managing Chronic Pain
… 2 that demonstrates the negative impact of NP regulatory restrictions on patient access to chronic pain care, as well as treatment for OUD. Chapter 3 features a systematic review that examines primary care chronic pain prescribing patterns among physicians, NPs, and physician assistants (PA). …
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Winners and Losers: Between Bank Loan and Small Medium Enterprises Equity Investment Scheme (SMEEIS) as Funding Sources for Northern Nigerian SMEs
… it was also intended to ease the burdensome regulatory restrictions and conditionality for SMEs’ access to formal credit from the conventional Banks in Nigeria, and, furthermore, venturing into the potentially untapped revenue base of the sub-sector, which promises opportunities for the …
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Septic regulations and suburban development patterns : an analysis based on soil data in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
… the potential impacts of technological and regulatory change; and to assess the potential role of on-site sanitation policies in managing suburban and exurban development. I grouped soil types into seven interpretive classes based on their limitations for wastewater disposal; and created a …
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Knowledge-based classification scheme for regulating the flow of hazardous materials through tunnels
… tunnel facilities are concerned with developing restrictions for hazardous materials passing through the facility that will reduce the risk of death and injury, to an extent that these restrictions do not burden commerce unnecessarily. Hazardous material regulatory controls for tunnels are …
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Essays in organization formation and decision making
… organize themselves into groups, mostly due to regulatory restrictions. In addition, in these settings the surplus of a given group often depends on the organizational structures formed outside of the group. The second essay introduces a coalition formation model that is able to analyze markets …
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A critical analysis of the use of blended finance for public infrastructure development in South Africa: The IIPSA Case Study
… Resistance to change, Performance measure, Regulatory restrictions, and an Unstable political environment constitute the nine main themes to emerge from the analysis of factors that hindered the achievement of IIPSA objectives. The CSF are organized around six main themes of Context, …
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A critical analysis of the use of blended finance for public infrastructure development in South Africa: The IIPSA Case Study
… Resistance to change, Performance measure, Regulatory restrictions, and an Unstable political environment constitute the nine main themes to emerge from the analysis of factors that hindered the achievement of IIPSA objectives. The CSF are organized around six main themes of Context, …
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Structural Study of Heterogeneous States in Lead-free NBT-based Single Crystals
… environmental concerns, coupled with increasing regulatory restrictions, are requiring industries to develop non-lead-based compositions of ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials. These materials—now widely used in sensors, actuators, and transducers—are for the most part lead-based compounds …
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Geohydrologic evaluation of a proposed coal-ash disposal site near Mandan, North Dakota
… years. Limited storage space and new solid waste regulatory restrictions have necessitated the search for a new ash disposal site. </p><p> This investigation focused on selecting a disposal site that would be suitable for long-term disposal of coal-ash generated at Heskett Station. Specifically, …
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An Investigation of the entrepreneurial behaviour of a German Medtech Start-Up with a Focus on Disruptive Innovation
… the impact of disruptive innovation brings and regulatory restrictions make these ventures a very vague business model.<br/><br/>This research project focuses on entrepreneurial behaviour, in particular on the organisational design, corporate strategy and organisational culture of German MedTech …
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Aplicación del análisis tecno-económico a la gestión del espectro radioeléctrico. El caso de la reutilización de las bandas GSM en Europa
… of current rights of use to remove unnecessary restrictions. Among the different measures that are being adopted in Europe, this dissertation has focused in two cases: the refarming for UMTS of 900MHz frequency band and the assignment of the unpaired spectrum in the 2.6GHz frequency band. These …
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Essays on Health Care Accessibility
… of health care. The first two papers focus on regulatory issues that influence the delivery of health care by nurse practitioners. The third paper studies the effect of improved public transportation on health care accessibility. Nurse practitioners (NPs) are an increasingly important part of …
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Monitoring Underground Mine Displacement Using Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning
… in underground coal mines. The additional regulatory restrictions of underground coal may preclude the use of laser scanning in these mines where deformation is most likely to occur. The camera used for photogrammetry is ATEX certified as explosion proof and is indicative of the …