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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"the TFP"”.
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A system dynamics model for total-factor productivity measurement of the manufacturing system: its implications for JIT
This research provides a basis to explore the relationship between Just-In-Time (m) and performance of the manufacturing system using a systems approach. Specifically, a conceptual model that captures system-wide performance of the manufacturing system was built using system dynamics in an effort …
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Incorporating Food-away-from-Home into the Thrifty Food Plan
This study explores the impact of incorporating Food-away-from-Home (FAFH) into the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP). The new model of this study, FLEX, uses similar sets of datasets on prices, nutrition and average consumption pattern as those used in the TFP model. The 2001-2002 National Health and …
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Use of an Inducible Promoter to Characterize Type IV Pili Homologues in Clostridium perfringens
… a tightlyregulated, inducible promoter system in their genetic toolbox. We constructed a lactose-inducible plasmid-based system utilizing the transcriptional regulator, BgaR. Using the <i>E. coli</i> reporter GusA, we characterized its induction in three different strains of <i>C. perfringens</i>. …
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Productivity of the Regional Bell Operating Companies Under Rate-of-Return and Price-Cap Regulation
In 1991, the Federal Communications Commission began regulating the tariffed rates of the nation's largest local exchange carriers under a new regulatory scheme: price-cap regulation. Price caps were intended to "remedy" the ills of traditional rate-of-return regulation. They were to provide …
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Technical Change, Market Structure and Intraindustry Trade Specialization: A Study of the Colombian Manufacturing Industry
This dissertation studies the structural trends and determinants of technical change for the Colombian manufacturing industry. It also analyzes the role of technical change in the trends of international specialization in manufactures. To this end, the dissertation has five related chapters. …
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SSA's Development Delay: Three Essays on The Monetary System, The International Trade and Property Rights
This dissertation focuses on the issues of economic performances in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It includes three essays on the monetary system, the international trade and property rights.;The first chapter discusses the inflation dynamics across different exchange rate regime groups in SSA. In …
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Total factor productivity in Indonesian manufacturing, 1975-1993
… to estimate total factor productivity (TFP) growth for three-digit non-oil manufacturing industries in Indonesia over the period 1975 to 1993. The thesis begins with a review of growth and structural change in Indonesian manufacturing. Next, a literature review of various aspects of TFP …
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Total factor productivity in Indonesian manufacturing, 1975-1993
… to estimate total factor productivity (TFP) growth for three-digit non-oil manufacturing industries in Indonesia over the period 1975 to 1993. The thesis begins with a review of growth and structural change in Indonesian manufacturing. Next, a literature review of various aspects of TFP …
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV pilus and resistance to the antimicrobial properties of surfactant protein-A
The lung contains numerous innate immune cells and effector proteins. One important component of this immune system is the surfactant protein-A (SP-A), which facilitates microbial clearance by opsonization and membrane permeabilization. Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is a major Gram-negative bacterial …
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Investigating the duplication and evolution of essential fertilization proteins
… and tandem domain expansion are important for the evolution and functional diversification of essential protein families. While whole gene duplications are well established sources of new genes and biological novelty, less attention has been paid to how domain level duplications also allow …
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Essays into Firms, Innovation and Productivity
… firm-level innovation and productivity in the context of firm’s innovative activities or international activities such as offshoring and exporting. The PhD dissertation consists of three chapters that use the Survey of Business Activities annually provided by the Statistics Korea to gain …