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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"remoteness"”.
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Effects of remoteness and hardship allowance in retaining teachers in rural schools in the Oshana region in Namibia
… of the Republic of Namibia introduced the remoteness and hardship allowance with a bid to retain teachers in rural schools. This study was thus aimed at investigating the effects of the remoteness and hardship allowance in retaining teachers in rural schools in Oshana region because despite …
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Distributed exponence: The Construction of Remote Tense Phrases
… yesterday. One aim of the study is to show how remoteness is not only semantically but also syntactically distinct from tense (Cable 2013). The concept of remoteness links Event Time with Utterance Time, whereas tense links Topic or Reference Time with Utterance Time in the classical system …
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Essays on Small Remote Island Economies (SRIES)
… in the interactions of smallness, islandness and remoteness. These interactions might exacerbate the problems face by these economies, and possibly create new opportunities for them. This study consists of four essays which address their most important economic issues. The first essay brings SRIEs …
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Assessment of contractual damages : developments in the test for remoteness in contractual damages under English and South African law, with particular regard to the 2008 House of Lords judgement in The Achilleas
The test for remoteness of damages laid down in Hadley v Baxendale has survived more than a century and a half with comparatively little meddling from the English courts. That is not to say there has been no attempt at refinement or clarification. The recent decision in The Achilleas saw five Law …
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Non-finite Complementation: A case study of Bùlì
… constructions be analyzed? (3) Are the temporal remoteness markers in Bùlì tense markers? This dissertation represents an attempt to provide partial answers to these questions for Bùlì, a Mabia (Gur) language spoken in Sandema in the Upper East Region of Ghana. While the main concern of the …
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Continental islands: Ceuta and Gibraltar : A typological research into transactional and partially autonomous territories
… shelf. This characteristic of connectivity and remoteness blurs the Cis identity and its relation to the geopolitical territory of the 'mainland'. The geographical constraints and geopolitical ambiguity set the Cl in an important infrastructural role in national strategy and global economy. …
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Remote Control: Art, Technology, and the Politics of Distance (1966-1972)
… differently, finding in it permission to embrace remoteness, intermedia experimentation, and political messaging. Artists including Robert Rauschenberg, Allan Kaprow, Marta Minujín, Wolf Vostell, and Carolee Schneemann, among others, undertook radical experiments with remote systems, often in …
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Spatio-Temporal Variation in Ringed Seal (Pusa Hispida) Density and Habitat Use in the Last Ice Area
… ecological research has been limited due to its remoteness. Ringed seals (Pusa hispida) are an abundant ice-associated pinniped species with a habitat range spanning the circumpolar region, making them an ideal study species for exploring ecological changes under changing environmental …
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Software architectural support for tangible user interfaces in distributed, heterogeneous computing environments
… increasing complexity, distribution and remoteness of computation and data. These trends imply that tangible interface developers must address concerns of both tangible interaction design and networked distributed computing. In this dissertation, we present a software architecture that …
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Northern Reach: Architecture of a Thawing Arctic
… in biomes most critically impacted. Due to the remoteness and extreme climatic nature of these research stations, they are typically either hastily built flat pack constructions or sterile pill boxes with little consideration of the immediate surrounding. This investigation looks at structuring …
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Aerodynamic and Thermal Considerations for an Antarctic Ice Penetrator
… been challenging to gather due to the remoteness and extreme environment of the RIS. In order to ensure an appropriate impact velocity and angle, SGIP’s aft-body must be sized to produce a drag force that results in a target terminal velocity of 42 m/s while remaining aerodynamically …
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Endless Horizons Bed and Breakfast: A lodging retreat center
… Through the open landscape, vistas, and remoteness, one can find serenity, relaxation, and solitude. The scope of the facility is a modified bed and breakfast concept, which incorporates lodging and dining, as well as specialized features and activities to help one escape from life's …
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Living on the Edge: A Humanbecoming Perspective
… with pioneering ventures amid perilous remoteness, as vacillating sentiments arise with diverse affiliations. The findings provided new knowledge of health and quality of life, advanced nursing practice, and presented future direction for research. The experience of living on the edge …
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Housing in a university situation: a study of student living
… to be from the society outside. Due it its remoteness I decided to examine and evaluate the relationships that exist between a university and its community preferably in some particular field of study. I drew the hypothesis that there existed a casual relationship between vehicular …
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Resisting captivity: An analysis of the New Zealand POW experience during World War Two
… more familiar spaces helped bridge the men’s remoteness from New Zealand. Through a detailed examination of New Zealand POW diaries, letters, memoirs, images and oral histories, this thesis uncovers an intimate depiction of captivity. The men’s individual experiences are at the forefront. In …
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The Characteristics of Successful and Unsuccessful Public Community Built and Managed Secondary Schools in Academic Programmes in Tanzania
… teaching and learning materials to schools in remoteness areas, change day to boarding schools, which are in remote areas, improve transport system and create friendly environment in teaching and learning.
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Using ensemble precipitation forecasts to improve hydrologic risk assessment at river crossings
… United States Army due to a combination of the remoteness and hydrologic safety risk associated with low-water crossings (LWXs) commonly used as river infrastructure on military training lands. In this work, two historical deadly flooding events were hindcasted at three LWXs at Fort Hood, Texas. …
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Modeling Subglacial Hydrology in the Himalayas
… is known about Himalayan glaciers due to their remoteness and the danger of doing field work there. Recent advances in subglacial hydrological modeling may allow us to shed more light on subglacial processes that lead to changes in ice mass balance and glacial lake flooding. In this master's …
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Risk of Ship Strike and Noise Pollution to Cetaceans in the Bering Strait
… and increased monitoring capabilities. Given the remoteness of the Bering Strait region and the successes and failures of these solutions in other parts of the world, the most effective solution are likely a combination of several solutions, requiring cooperation to implement from the United …
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