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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"running costs"”.
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Evaluation of Oxidation Ditches; Based on Existing Plant Data and Site Trials
… to make significant savings in capital and running costs without deterioration in the quality of the final effluent. <br/><br/>In particular, an excessive use of oxygen was proven, which was found to have no process advantage, but a financial disadvantage when considered in relation to the …
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Factors Influencing Customer’s Satisfaction in Urban Public Transport in Tanzania, “A Case Study of Public Transport in Kigoma-Ujiji Urban
… route, maintenance expenses of the vehicles and running costs in terms of fuel and labour. The prevailing of these factors enables customers to be charged reasonable prices and being satisfied. Those factors identified stabilized public transport and being vital to their daily usage as a public …
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Factors Influencing Customer’s Satisfaction in Urban Public Transport in Tanzania, “A Case Study of Public Transport in Kigoma-Ujiji Urban
… route, maintenance expenses of the vehicles and running costs in terms of fuel and labour. The prevailing of these factors enables customers to be charged reasonable prices and being satisfied. Those factors identified stabilized public transport and being vital to their daily usage as a public …
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Micro combined heat and power management for a residential system
… From these simulations, equations to model the costs of running a fuel-cell based μCHP system are proposed. Having developed equations to quantify the running costs of the proposed μCHP system a method for determining the ideal size of a μCHP system is developed. A sizing technique based on …
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A decision making tool for assessing grid electrification versus stand-alone power supply options for remote users
… This is determined by combining all capital costs, running costs, and other payments on a present value basis over the project lifetime. The comparison of the unit energy cost expected from each option is only meaningful if the reliability of each supply system is known. The Loss of Energy …
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O controle ambiental para a preservação de acervos com suporte em papel na concepção dos edifícios de arquivos de bibliotecas em clima tropical úmido
… which envolves high instalation and running costs. This work brings together paper conservation and architecture, and tries to relate environmental control with a re-examination of the concepts of bioclimatic building design. Futhermore, it supplies elements that must be considered in …
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Organic farming in Thailand: case studies on chemical-free vegetable production in Chiangmai, Thailand : a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science (International Rural Development) at Lincoln University
… all production categories. Lower CFA production costs were also a reason for farmers to move away from CA into CFA. Few farmers seriously realised the social and environmental impacts caused by conventional farming. However, CFA farmers tended to be more concerned about their health and …
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Capital equipment as a service : emerging models for equipment businesses in low and middle-income economies
… the initial cost of acquisition and subsequent running costs associated with these equipment pose a significant barrier to young businesses. While servitizing capital equipment is a proven method of increasing access to these machineries in many high-income countries (HICs), the benefits of …
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Genome sequencing technology : improvement of the electrophoretic sequencing process and analysis of the sequencing tool industry
… than their precursors, high purchasing and running costs still make them a limiting factor in most laboratories like those of the Broad Institute. It is important to run those sequencers as efficiently as possible to reduce costs while producing robust assemblies. Polymer media for …
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Application of life cycle costing method to a renovation project
… to assess the residual value and to estimate running costs of an existing building. Necessary modifications of the Lee, as well as the accuracy and limits of these new methods are examined through three case studies.
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Low cost solar powered water pump
… no auxiliary power requirements, and minimum running costs. The literature survey indicated that a number of pumping systems have been studied in the past, with variable successes, based on numerous thermodynamic cycles. Our system operates on the combination of two constant volume and two …
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The role of technical improvements in decarbonising passenger transport
… Similarly, efficiency improvements can lower running costs, which may stimulate drivers to travel more. These consumer trends create further uncertainty about the impact of technical improvements. The aim of this thesis is to estimate the extent to which future technical improvements might be …
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Structuring Optimal Control of Legged Locomotion with Learning-based Methods
… model predictive controller. The weights for the running costs are adjusted dynamically as a function of the command input. Using black-box optimization techniques and a defined higher-level reward, a function mapping the command input to the weights can be determined by sampling the trajectories …
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“WHAT DID THEY DO ALL DAY?” PATIENT WORK, PSYCHIATRY AND SOCIETY IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND, c.1918-1939
… an essential means of offsetting institutional running costs, as it had been before World War I. In England, on the other hand, occupational therapy was welcomed as an effective means of re-educating the mentally ill and of engaging patients at all stages of their illness.
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Impact of Higher Learning Institutions Expansion on the Adequacy of Network Infrastructure in Developing Countries: A Case of ICT Planning at the University of Dodoma
… university affect network infrastructure and the running costs of the ICT department. The study found out that the stated network infrastructure development objectives were not met as expected. This was mostly caused by the fact that most of the stakeholders were not aware on the whole process of …
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Assessing the Standard of Services Offered in Small And Medium Size Hotels in Tanzania: The Case of Arusha Municipality
… that unqualified staff, poor management, high running costs, shortage of power and water supply are reasons for low standard of services offered in small and medium size hotels. Furthermore employee training, team work, availability of equipment and tools, attending clients problems are ways of …
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Role of Entrepreneurs to the Development of Tourism in Arumeru District, Arusha Region
… activities due to high taxes charged and high running cost of their activities. The study design was a case study research design. The sample size included 15 hotel owners, 6 curio shops owners, 9 transport owners, 6 restaurant owners, 6 Campsites owners and 30 farmers. The purposive sampling …
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The Impacts of Mobile Phones on the Growth of Informal Sector of economy in Tanzania; A case study of mobile phone users in Lindi region
… tariffs, so that many users afford buying and running costs.
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Householder behaviour and domestic energy use
… was sought between knowledge of the relative running costs of appliances and energy consumption. Negative relationships were found.(d) Two studies of consumer understanding of Economy 7 electricity bills were undertaken in the public and private sectors. In the former, but not the latter case, …
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An assessment of the Impact of the VAT and Revenue Collection on GDP: The Case of Zanzibar Revenue Board
… term of provision of social facilities and the running costs of the Government. Key words: GDP, VAT, Revenue Zanzibar
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