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Freemantle, Cecily Jane. "Indicators of infant and childhood mortality for indigenous and non-indigenous infants and children born in Western Australia from 1980 to 1997 inclusive." University of Western Australia. School of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2003. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2003.0020.
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[Truncated abstract. Please see pdf format for complete text.] Background : The excess burden of mortality born by young Indigenous Australians and the disparity in infant and childhood mortality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians have been well documented. The accuracy and completeness of national data describing the health of Indigenous Australians is inconsistent. The Western Australia (WA) Maternal and Child Health Research Database (MCHRDB), is a linked total population database that includes perinatal maternal and infant data, and infant and childhood morbidity and mortality data. Overall, these data are more than 99% complete, with a similar high level of completeness and validity for Indigenous Western Australians. Aim : The aim of this thesis is to measure Indigenous infant (0 to <1 year) and childhood (>=1 to <19 years) mortality and the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants and children in WA for birth cohorts from 1980 to 1997 inclusive. To achieve this aim a number of secondary aims were identified, including the measurement of certain maternal and infant variables, and the age-specific, all-cause and cause-specific mortality for WA infants and children. Method : The study comprises a longitudinal birth cohort study, the primary data source being the MCHRDB. Data included on the MCHRDB are complete for all births in WA from 1980 onwards, with new birth cohorts linked on an annual basis. Maternal and infant variables and the geographical location of the residence and the time of birth and death were included in the descriptive and multivariate analyses. Each infant and childhood death was coded using a three-digit code developed primarily for research purposes. The descriptive analyses of mortality referred to the probability of dying in infancy and in childhood as the cumulative mortality risk (CMR), for various diseases and various population subgroups. Age-specific childhood rates were also calculated. The results of multivariate analyses included the fitting of Cox and Poisson regression models, and estimates of effect were represented as hazard ratios (Cox regression) and relative rates (Poisson regression). Results : Between 1980 and 1997, births to Indigenous mothers accounted for 6% of total WA births. Approximately 46% of Indigenous births were to mothers living in a remote location compared to 9% of non-Indigenous births. Indigenous mothers gave birth at an earlier age (30% of births were to teenage mothers compared to 6% of non-Indigenous births), and were more likely to be single than non-Indigenous mothers (40% Indigenous, 9% non-Indigenous). Indigenous infants had more siblings, were born at an earlier gestation and with a lower birth weight and percentage of expected birth weight. The CMR for Indigenous infants was 22 per 1000 live births compared with 6.7 for non- Indigenous infants, a relative risk (RR) of 3.3 (95%CI 3.0, 3.6). While there was a decrease in the CMR over the birth year groups for both populations, the disparity between the rate of Indigenous and non-Indigenous infant mortality increased. The Indigenous postneonatal (>28 to 365 days) mortality rate (11.7 per 1,000 neonatal survivors) was higher than the neonatal (0 to 28 days) mortality rate (10.3 per 1,000 live births). This profile differed from that for non-Indigenous infants, where the neonatal mortality rate (4.3 per 1,000 live births) was nearly twice that of the postneonatal mortality rate (2.4 per 1,000 neonatal survivors). The main causes of infant mortality among Indigenous infants were potentially preventable. These causes were infection followed by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), which differed from the main causes for non-Indigenous infants, sequelae of prematurity and birth defects. The CMR attributable to SIDS increased over the years amongst Indigenous infants and decreased significantly over the years in the non-Indigenous population. Furthermore, the disparity in mortality between the two populations increased and, in 1995 to 1997, was over seven times higher amongst Indigenous infants. The CMR was highest amongst infants living in remote locations for all causes of death except for Indigenous deaths attributable to SIDS, where the risk of death was highest amongst infants living in metropolitan locations. With the exception of infection, there was no difference in cause-specific mortality amongst Indigenous infants according to geographical location. Indigenous infants living in a remote location were at a significantly increased risk of death due to infection compared with their peers living in a rural or metropolitan location. The risk of death for Indigenous children was more than three times higher than for non-Indigenous children. This risk was significantly increased when most of the perinatal maternal and infant variables were considered.
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Amundsen, Jon Anders. "Using the Geographical Location of Photos in Mobile Phones." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-9786.
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Digital cameras in mobile phones have become very popular in the recent years, and it is common to have large photo collections stored in the phone. Organizing these photos on the phone is still a big problem though. This study explores different ways of utilizing the location of where the photos were taken to make it easier to manage a large photo collection. Several different positioning technologies that can be used to obtain the location of where a photo was taken are presented. Three of the application suggestions for using location information of photos were implemented as prototypes on the Android platform. Android is a new platform for mobile phones developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, which has been made available as a preview release for developers. A part of this study was to investigate how suitable this platform is for developing location-based software. It was found that it is very suitable, although there still are some bugs and missing features that are expected to be fixed before the final release. The three application prototypes that were implemented were called “From Photo to Map”, “From Map to Photos” and “Who Lives Here?” The “From Photo to Map” application lets the user see a map where the location of a selected photo is visualized with a marker. The “From Map to Photos” application shows a map with markers at all of the locations where the user has taken photos. When one of the markers is selected, the photos taken at that location is shown. The “Who Lives Here?” application lets the user know which of the persons in his contact list that lives where the photo was taken. A small user survey showed that the participants thought all of the applications could be useful, but they were not so sure if they would use them themselves. The survey also showed that most of the users were able to find photos faster when using map-based browsing in the “From Map to Photos” application than when browsing through a photo collection linearly, but several concerns about the implementation details and the use of an emulator make the exact efficiency gain very uncertain.
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Thorvaldsen, Øystein Espelid. "Geographical Location of Internet Hosts using a Multi-Agent System." Thesis, Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskaplige Universitet, Institutt for datateknikk og informasjonsvitenskap, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-10145.
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This thesis focuses on a part of Internet forensics concerned with determining the geographic location of Internet hosts, also known as geolocation. Several techniques to geolocation exist. A classification of these techniques, and a comparative analysis of their properties is conducted. Based on this analysis several novel improvements to current techniques are suggested. As part of an earlier designed Multi-Agent Framework for Internet Forensics (MAFIF), an application implementing two active- measurement geolocation techniques is designed, implemented and tested. Experiments with the application are performed in the Uninett network, with the goal of identifying the impact of different network properties on geolocation. What most clearly set this thesis apart from earlier work, in addition to the use of a multi-agent system, is the analysis of the impact of IPv6 on geolocation, and the introduction of multi-party computation to geolocation. The extensive focus on delay measurements, although not bringing anything new to the field of networking in general, is also new to geolocation as far as we know.
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Cameron, Barbara. "Palliative Care Services Utilization and Location of Death." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/22907.
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In this study, the utilization of palliative care services, acute care services, and location of death for clients who were palliative and receiving services from Champlain Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) in Ontario during their last month of life were investigated. An adaptation of Andersen?s Behavioral Model of Health Services Utilization provided context and structure to this study. This is an historical, quantitative descriptive study using chart audits for data collection. The data on CCAC clients who were palliative and who died during the month of July 2009 were tracked during their last month of life. Collection of socio-demographic data, services provided through CCAC, emergency department visits, hospital admissions, and location of death provided the data for this study. The clients who died at home used more CCAC services than those who died at other locations and frequently community palliative care physicians provided their medical care. The findings of this study included: 1) The majority of the clients, who expressed a preference, died in their preferred location. 2) The role of community palliative care physicians was an important component of the services that supported the clients to die in their location of choice. 3) Over 25% of the study sample died in a hospital and the clients used a large number of in-patient hospital days with one quarter of the hospital deaths taking place in an emergency department or an intensive care unit. 4) During the last month of life, 25% of the clients received chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. 5) The clients who died at home used more CCAC services than those who died in other locations and who used institutional resources. The implications for practice, policy, research, and education are discussed.
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Libaers, Dirk. "Three essays on serial innovator firms and geographical clustering." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/26480.
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Thesis (Ph.D)--Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.Committee Chair: Hicks, Diana; Committee Member: Clark, Jennifer; Committee Member: Green Leigh, Nancey; Committee Member: Rogers, Juan; Committee Member: Shapira, Philip. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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Akomas, George Chiagozie. "Effects of geographical location on MFI lending behaviour in developing countries." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2018. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34683/.
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Ever since the United Nations declared 2005 the year of micro-credit and linked it to the Millennium Development Goals, and especially on poverty reduction, there has been a series of studies looking at factors affecting the flow of credit down the poverty line. This is of particular importance because in spite of the success of Microfinance Institutions such as the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and BancoSol in Mexico, evidence shows that many Microfinance Institutions do not reach down the poverty line but tend to cluster at the top. Developing several hypotheses using the elements of the neo-institutional theory, this study looks at how geographic location affects how Microfinance Institutions target their clients and the moderating effect that their regional context has on other factors. This is analysed using an unbalanced panel of 6, 645 observations drawn from 443 MFI institutions in 81 countries divided into 5 regions for the time period 2000-2014. An ordered logit regression was run using the target markets as the ordinal dependable variables. Based on the arguments of the neo-institutional theory, this study builds on previous ones by using a larger sample size (and number of years) to examine how the regional context affects the relationship between institutional quality and the selective lending behaviour of MFIs in 81 developing countries. An ordered logit regression was carried out using an unbalanced panel of 6645 observations from 443 MFI institutions across six regions from 2000-2014 against a broad range of company, country, regional and global specific variables. The results indicate that the geographic locations affects how MFIs lend down the poverty line with MFIs in and those in Eastern Europe and Central America less likely to lend to down the poverty line. The study found that the regional context also plays a big role in how institutional factors affect MFI lending practises with certain factors being more relevant in some regions than in others. This study also makes a case for using target markets as a better measure for depth of outreach as opposed to the more popular loan sizes and identifies the role that rural population growth and mobile phone penetration play in increasing depth of outreach of microfinance.
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Lo, Wing Yin. "The changing geographical pattern of world oil trade since 1975." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2002. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/452.
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Blanco, Alberto E. (Alberto Enrique) 1966. "Geographical and behavioral economics of political risk for foreign direct investment location." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69880.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.Special Program of Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS)
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This thesis analyzes the perception gap between political risk assessments observed at the national level, and the different realities of sub-national city regions whose risk regime is not reflected by the national indicators, and its implication on foreign direct investment (FDI) location decisions. The purpose of this research is to understand how and why the national political risk assessments of countries with internal armed conflicts override the ability of regional investment promotion agencies to attract FDI into financially sound projects of high developmental value. This thesis complements the standard political risk underlying theories with geographical and behavioral economic theories, in order to propose a sub-national political-risk-assessment approach that could show the safer regions within riskier countries. It is based on the analysis of the Colombian Metallurgical Coke and Power Plant Project COLMECO, designed to be located in the Barranquilla Metropolitan Area, within the Atlantico Department, a region that has traditionally experienced no open internal armed conflict confrontation. The conclusions of this research prove and justify the sub-national risk assessment approach proposed.
by Alberto E. Blanco.
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Wang, Tan. "The development of China's financial centres : a geographical perspective." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2002. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/457.
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Lin, Tzu-Feng Marlene. "Differences among executive development programs in countries grouped by geographical location and cultural characteristics /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9953876.
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Williams, Faustine, Aimee S. James, and Stephen Jeanetta. "Geographical Location and Stage of Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Systematic Review of the Literature." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/65.
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Objective: To examine systematically the literature on the effect of geographical location variation on breast cancer stage at diagnosis, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
Methods. Eight electronic databases were searched using combination of key words. Of the 312 articles retrieved from the search, 36 studies from 12 countries were considered eligible for inclusion.
Results. This review identified 17 (47%) of 36 studies in which breast cancer patients residing in geographically remote/rural areas had more late-stage diagnosis than urban women. Ten (28%) studies reported higher proportions of women diagnosed with breast cancer resided in urban than rural counties. Nine (25%) studies reported no statistically significant association between place of residence and stage at diagnosis for breast cancer patients residing in rural and urban areas.
Conclusions. Cancer patients residing in rural and disadvantaged areas were more likely to be diagnosed with distant breast metastasis. Efforts to reduce these inequalities and subsequent mortality are needed.
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Ma, Yuen-yan. "An evaluation of geocoding practices." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B32016049.
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Stonard, Jenna F. "The effect of geographical location on phoma stem canker on oilseed rape in the UK." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.503803.
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Andrew, Maura. "A geographical study of agricultural change since the 1930s in Shixini Location, Gatyana district, Transkei." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005509.
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This study examines the dynamics of agricultural change amongst traditional African smallholder farmers in Shixini location, Gatyana District, Transkei. This entailed an examination of the historical, regional and local causes of agricultural change and the response of the local community. What became evident was that there had been a gradual decline in agricultural output after the 1930s due to a combination of socio-economic and environmental constraints. Pressure on limited resources and land degradation, a consequence of socio-economic pressures on the African peasantry and agricultural expansion, reduced carrying capacities and soil fertility within the African reserves. Racially discriminatory policies also reduced African access to agricultural markets and forced peasants into migrant labour. The initial response to this agricultural decline was to maintain cultivation and pastoral practices, despite declining output, and rely more heavily on migrant labour. However, massive population ~owth from the mid 1950s onwards stimulated a rapid change in cultivation practices. Rural households found it increasingly difficult to gain access to arable land in river valleys and growing poverty undermined their ability to cultivate fields. In response to these conditions the rural population abandoned their fields and expanded garden cultivation. Garden cultivation was a more intensive method of cultivation which made more efficient use of household resources, maintained long-term yields and had a less detrimental impact on the soil. This study attempts to make a contribution to southern African historiography and historical geography. Since the rise of radical human geography in the 1970s there has been a growing number of political economy studies focusing on capitalist expansion, racially discriminatory state policies and associated class conflicts in South Africa. However, most of these studies have focused on urban communities. The political economy of African rural areas has been sorely neglected by human geographers despite the enormous growth of such studies amongst historians and other social scientists. This study of agricultural change in Shixini location, Transkei adds to the small collection of geographical research on the political economy of African rural areas. It also adds to the large body of historical research by focusing on the recent past, a much less well documented period. The most important component of the study was an examination of the response of the rural community to socio-economic and environmental changes. This brought the often neglected role of human agency within the world political economy into the study. Environmental factors, often neglected by'historians and human geographers, were also brought into the analysis. The examination of such a broad range of factors was facilitated through the use of a wide variety of source material including historical, anthropological and socio-economic literature, official statistics, archival records, aerial photographs and a sample survey
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Protsiv, Sergiy. "Attraction and repulsion : modelling interfirm interactions in geographical space." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Institutionen för Marknadsföring och strategi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-2154.
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More than three quarters of the world’s economic activity is concentrated in cities. But what drives people and firms to agglomerate in urban areas? Clearly, some places may offer inherent benefits due to the location itself, such as a mild climate or the presence of natural harbours, but that does not tell the whole story. Rather urban areas also offer spaces for interaction among people and firms as well as the proximity to potential partners, customers, and competitors, which could have a significant impact on the appeal of a location for a firm. Using multiple novel methods based on a unique detailed geographical dataset, this dissertation explores how a location’s attractiveness is impacted by the presence of nearby firms in three studies. The first study explores the influence of the density of economic activity on wages at a given location and attempts to disentangle the separate mechanisms that could be at work. The second study is concerned with the locations of foreign-owned firms and more specifically whether foreign-owned firms are more influenced by agglomeration benefits than domestic firms. The final study switches from modelling the effects of location to modelling the location patterns themselves using economic theory-based spatial point processes. The results of these studies make significant contributions to empirical research both in economic geography and international business as a set of theoretical propositions are tested on a very detailed dataset using an advanced methodology. The results could also be of interest for practitioners as the importance of location decisions is further reinforced, as well as for policymakers as the analyses explore not only the benefits but also the detriments of agglomeration. Sergiy Protsiv is a researcher at the Center for Strategy and Competitiveness at the Stockholm School of Economics. He participated in several projects on clusters and regional development, most notably the European Cluster Observatory.Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2012
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Kumar, Naresh. "The provision of infrastructure services in Rohtak and Bhiwani districts, Haryana, India, 1981-98 : a geographical analysis." Thesis, Durham University, 1999. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4396/.
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Abstract: Provision of three basic infrastructure services (namely education, health and transport) in Rohtak and Bhiwani Districts (India) is examined using three types of data: 1. 507 households spreading in 8 villages, 2. Informal discussion with villagers and services providers in both districts, and 3. Secondary data for 921 villages and 14 towns and cities. These data were analysed using both statistical and GIS techniques. The analysis reveals that quantitatively there has been considerable expansion of education and health services over a period of fifteen years (1981 to 1996), and the average distance people have to travel to access these services has also declined significantly. But little evidence was found of any logical criterion being followed for the location of new services and the upgrading of existing services. Consequently, there was no improvement in the efficiency level (measured in terms of demand and geographical distance) of existing infrastructure services (both public and private); moreover, the efficiency level of private services was significantly lower than that of public services. It was further observed that the poor and women had relatively poor access to education, health and transport; and income, caste, gender, education level and village location had significant impact on access to and utilisation of basic services. In the study area, public services were functioning sub-optimally and service users were not satisfied with the quality of services; a significant proportion of clients had to rely on private services. Although public services may not be available in all the villages, the main focus should now be on improving the quality of existing services. Therefore, a solid transport network is needed in rural areas so that the availability of frequent and reliable transport services facilitate villagers' access to quality services even if located at distant places. Thus far, the role of the public in service provision has been minimal, which may be one of the reasons for poor quality of public services. Therefore, the active involvement of clients (service users) is essential in the operation, maintenance and monitoring of basic services in order to improve their quality and efficient functioning, and to effectively cater for people's needs in general and deprived sections of the society in particular.
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Whisken, Jarrell Braden. "An examination of the application of a geographical information system to rural development planning in Shixini Location, Transkei." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005505.
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Digital geographical information systems (GIS) are tools for handling spatial data. Initially developed in First World countries, the technology is fast being taken up as a tool for handling spatial information by many Third World countries. GIS has been used for any number of applications involving spatial data, one of its primary uses has been in various planning fields where the advantages offered to planners by the technology have been highlighted by a number of publications and studies. GIS has been actively used as an urban planning tool in South Africa since the mid-1980s, (Vosloo 1987) however its use as a tool for rural planning has not developed to the same extent. As early as 1986 reference was made to the possible advantages offered by GIS to rural planning in South Africa (Fincham 1986). Despite this early recognition, the use of GIS in the rural planning sphere remains negligible. This study examines the. possible reasons for this by attempting to answer the question, "is GIS appropriate to rural planning in South Africa?" A number of approaches to rural planning are practised in South Africa. This study examines the appropriateness of applying GIS to one of these approaches, rural community development planning. Components of the study included i) an examination of the issues affecting the use of GIS in the rural development field, achieved through the use of a literature and questionnaire survey and ii) a case study examining the feasibility of incorporating GIS as a tool to the Shixini Development Project, Transkei. The study does not examine the intricacies of rural development theory, but it does acknowledge the fact that the approach employed by an organisation to rural development will have important implications concerning the use of a GIS in a project. The approach adopted to a project affects amongst others the administrative structure, the planning process, the flow of spatial data and its use, and consequently the possible role of GIS. The Shixini Rural Development Project was classified as a community development project, and as a result the study concentrates on this approach to rural development. This may limit the study to a particular planning process, however most rural case studies will have certain aims and factors which are unique to its situation. In order to place the results of the Shixini case study in a wider context the results of the study are linked to the questionnaire and literature survey. From this basis the usefulness of GIS in the rural development sphere was examined. Available literature on GIS indicates that the majority of problems associated with GIS rarely reside with the technology itself but rather with its supporting mechanisms. The study identified and concentrated on these support mechanisms, both at the project level and what is referred to in the study as the operating environment in South Africa. The results of the study revealed that a number of problems exist with regard to the attitude with which GIS is regarded in development organisations. It was found that these attitudes are legitimately based on a number of problems associated with incorporating the technology into project based organisations. It was concluded that GIS was appropriate to rural community planning, but is presently limited to certain aspects of the planning process and possibly to certain applications.
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Ma, Yuen-yan, and 馬婉茵. "An evaluation of geocoding practices." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B32016049.
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Felzensztein, Jiminez Christian Rodrigo. "The influences of geographical co-location and social networking in inter-firm cooperation in marketing : a cross country analysis." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2005. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21743.
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The role of regional clusters in the development and growth of firms has been a key research theme within the management and entrepreneurship literature over the past two decades. The main focus of this research has been to consider issues relating to economic externalities: economies of scale or scope and the effects of knowledge diffusion or, as Krugman (1991) defined them, knowledge spillovers. While the idea of firm-level marketing externalities has been mooted as a potential benefit arising from geographic agglomeration (Bell and Brown, 2001), there has been, as yet, little research undertaken which can support such claims. This thesis investigates the benefits from regional industry clusters by exploring the role of geographic co-location and the influence of social networks in the development of firm-level marketing externalities. Specifically, the following research propositions were examined: Proposition 1: Social networking has a greater influence than geographic pro ximity in facilitating inter-firm cooperation in marketing activities. Proposition 2: The social elements of networking are positively correlated to the development of inter-firm cooperation in marketing activities. Proposition 3: Compared to formal relationships, informal networks are positively correlated with the development of inter-firm cooperation in marketing activities. Proposition 4: Multinational Enterprises positively influence the development of inter-firm co-operation in marketing activities within regional clusters. Proposition 5: Countries and regions in which there is a high level of social collectivism will demonstrate higher levels of inter-firm cooperation in marketing activities. Data for this thesis was collected in two main stages. Stage one entailed semistructured personal interviews (during July 2003 and January 2004), based on a purposive sample of twenty-two companies in two regions in Scotland (Northwest Scotland and Shetland Isles) and two regions in Chile (IX and X regions). The firms were drawn from a single industry, salmon farming, a sector that makes substantial contribution to the remote rural and regional economies of both Scotland and Chile. Stage two involved a postal questionairre survey and follow-up process during 2004, to the total population of companies (N=229) involved in the main value chain activities of this industry in the two participant counties. The results reveal that `close proximity' is not a key issue for the development of inter-firm cooperation in marketing. Co-location is, however, beneficial for the development of `social glue' (Porter, 1998), building trust among entrepreneurs within the specific industry and building a common knowledge base and culture. Close proximity also enhances face-to-face communication, helping the development of relational ties that are special for inter-firm interactions. In addition, co-location is generally perceived to be useful for sharing general ideas with other people, rather than for sharing strategic information. The results also suggest that elements of networking are important for inter-firm cooperation. They highlight the potential role of `communication and social networks' (Szarka, 1990; Johannisson, 1995; Mackinnonn et al., 2004) as well as `extra local networks' (Mackinnon et al., 2004) as relevant in providing information to firms in local and regional clusters. Thus, the concept of `proximity' needs to be considered as being not only spatial but also social, assuming organisational and relational forms in which firms and entrepreneurs relate to each other. The evidence also emphasizes the use of electronic communication as a mechanism to facilitate inter-firm collaboration with partners irrespective of location, being an effective means of transmitting technical knowledge including marketing information. The marketing collaboration process apears to be led by small innovative companies. As smaller companies increase in size and stronger competition for similar markets and customers becomes an increasingly important factor, the creation of individualistic-competitive strategies becomes the norm. Multinational companies were not found to influence marketing collaboration activities. Inter-firm cooperation in marketing activities is not only affected by company size or company structure. Both the general business culture of the country and the `special' characteristics of specific regions within countries affect cooperative behaviour. In the Shetland Isles, for example, the local culture appeared to emphasize more cohesive - collectivistic behaviour, an embedded part of the `local industrial atmosphere' (Marshall, 1919), creating a special environment which manifested a complex mix of cooperation and competition within the industry.
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Christofel, Aditya Billy. "OOPS! THEY BUILD IT AGAIN : A suitability analysis for future wind farm location in Sweden." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för geografi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-161064.
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The world energy needs increasing in a significant number and currently it is mainly sourced from the finite fossil fuel. Other than that, fossil fuel is the main source of CO2 emissions that leads to the increasing rate of global warming that will ultimately change the earth's climate. Thus, researcher began to look for alternative energy that is renewable and has the least impact to the world's climate; one example is wind energy. Sweden has experienced a significant increase in wind energy generation, where the wind production constantly grows in the double-digit rates since 2010. However, developing a wind energy requires a significant research and feasibility study in order to provide an economically sustainable operation. Wind farm needs to be located in areas with a good wind potential, however there are several technical and economic limitation on where the wind farm should be located. On top of that, social rejection might also hinder the development of wind energy. Audio-visual obstruction and disturbance to the natural state of the environment are the main arguments that were used to challenge the development of wind farm. Therefore, a multi-disciplinary study needs to be conducted in order to find the perfect balance; which is exactly what this study is all about. The result of this study shows that despite the threat of climate change, wind farm in Sweden could thrive due to the increasing wind speed across the country. It was also discovered that around 30% of the country is suitable, from the social, technical, and economic point of view, as a new location for wind farms. This study also reveals that most of the canceled / rejected wind farms were probably caused by the social rejection due to their proximity to population center or conservation areas. This study also discussed the concept of place attachment and identity that leads to the NIMBY attitude and reflects the concept of the social acceptance issue that happened in Sweden and on how to localize the wind farm concept to the local residence.
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Price, Gabriele. "Effects of weather, air quality and geographical location on asthma and COPD exacerbations in the localities of Worcester and Dudley." Thesis, Coventry University, 2007. http://eprints.worc.ac.uk/360/.
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This thesis examines the influence of selected environmental stimuli on spatial and temporal variation in acute exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Evidence indicates that the high level of humidity in the British climate, and the weather associated with the occurrence of mist and fog, may play an important part in the high incidence rates of asthma and COPD in the UK. Recent studies on this subject area are scarce. The influence of geographical features on pollutant concentrations and variation in meteorological conditions is often acknowledged when examining the effect of air quality and weather on respiratory health, but a thorough investigation is rarely conducted. Focussing on the localities of Worcester and Dudley, this research addresses these deficits by incorporating two main study elements. The first stage examined the variation in daily hospital admissions for asthma and COPD between 1998 and 2003. During the second phase of the study programme, a 12-month daily symptom study was undertaken in a cohort of 52 COPD subjects. The findings from the project demonstrate that relative humidity, temperature and dew point play a significant role in exacerbations of asthma and COPD. The direction of the correlation found for these meteorological variables indicates that their role is of a combined nature, rather than independent of each other, leading to significant changes in respiratory symptoms during weather associated with high levels of airborne water droplets or the formation of mist and fog. The deleterious influence of air pollution on respiratory wellbeing was also confirmed. Particulate matter showed the strongest effect on symptoms in COPD. Particles can serve as nuclei for the formation of airborne water droplets. Enhanced lung retention of droplet borne pollutants, in contrast to dry particles, is possible. Finally, the results from the research provide evidence of increased respiratory symptoms in lower altitude areas of river valleys. The findings show that airflow, humidity and temperature regimes produced in valley regions, by local topographic features, can lead to interaction between meteorological conditions and air pollution that have an adverse effect on respiratory health.
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Surmeli, Biricik Gozde. "Relationship Between Settlement Location And Morphological Landform: A Gis Method Applied To Cankiri Province." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1079292/index.pdf.
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This study aims to develop a method to investigate the relationship between settlement
locations and the morphological landforms using geographical information systems (GIS).
The method is applied to Çankiri province, a mountainous terrain, which is covered in seventy-seven sheets of topographic maps at 1:25.000 scale. Three databases are created and used in this study: 1) Settlement database comprising various topographic and landform attributes of 891 settlements, 2) Morphological landform database composed of 4042 landform polygon elements digitized from 1:25.000 topographic maps, and 3) Topographic database containing the digital elevation model of the area and its derivatives. The first step in the algorithm is to classify the area into four main landform classes, namely, valley, slope, flood and top. Unsuitable landforms are then clipped out based on the thresholds derived from three topographic properties (elevation, slope and aspect). Accordingly, about 2 % of the settlements and 12 % of the area are removed. The relationship is investigated using the percentages of remaining settlements and landform classes. Further analyses such as position of the settlement within the landform polygon and type of the nearest landforms are carried out for final interpretation. Following conclusions are reached on the relationship between settlement location and morphological landforms: - Percentages of settlements for flood, valley, slope and top are 8.37, 27.52, 58.60 and 5.50, respectively. Considering the percentages of the landforms provided in the area, however, valley is the most preferred landform followed by flood type. Slope and top landforms are less preferred. About 86 % of the settlements are concentrated along valley-slope boundary. - Morphological boundaries of flood and top landforms are consistent with the settlement zones. The valley-slope boundary, on the other hand, which is the most populated area, cross-cut the settlements zones.
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Bartos, Colleen Marie. "Fanning the Flames: An Examination of Uses and Gratifications Sought During the Gatlinburg Wildfires of 2016." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/81962.
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This research set out to explore how individuals used Twitter during the Gatlinburg, Tennessee wildfire event of November 2016. More specifically, how and what did people from different geolocations share via Twitter during the crisis event and what gratifications were sought by their use of Twitter. A content analysis was completed on a stratified sample of tweets separated by geographic location. Based on prior uses and gratifications research, tweet and retweet content was coded as informational, social, and/or distractive. Findings from this research showed that individuals tweeted and retweeted at a fairly even rate despite their geographical location and that while information seeking and sharing was an important factor for users, social connectivity was the most important gratification to users during this crisis.Master of Arts
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Plaeksakul, Akeanong. "Local innovation system and public-private research partnership : a case study of national research centres and a science park in Thailand." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2010. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/local-innovation-system-and-publicprivate-research-partnershipa-case-study-of-national-research-centres-and-a-science-park-in-thailand(a01a7ae3-fe29-4b01-a5f5-9395e92b0e5a).html.
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This thesis investigates the local innovation system of public research organisations in the Thai context, in which research centres and firms are co-located in a planned science park, with particular emphasis on the influence of co-location on interactions between research centres and local firms, and the research collaboration between the research centres and industrial firms. It aims to gain insight into the factors that influence the interaction of research centres and firms located in close proximity and the ways in which research centres and firms interrelate in relation to their research collaboration. This thesis draws upon three theoretical concepts: the concept of local innovation system, the concept of proximity, and the theories of inter-organisational relationships.The study suggests that co-location (i.e. physical proximity) to research centres does not normally lead to formal interaction between local firms and research centres in this context. Most of the interactions between them were found to be informal. Thus, the influence of physical proximity on the interactions and linkages of actors in this local innovation system is to some extent over-estimated. There is insufficient synergy to create an innovative surplus from co-location of firms and research centres in this context. The study also suggests that promoting social and technological proximity between research centres and local firms, by introducing institutional or organisational arrangements that would facilitate these two dimensions of proximity, encourages greater extent of formal interaction between them as well as facilitates benefits from spatial relation of these local actors. Despite the absence of formal interaction with local firms, research centres collaborate with firms located outside the science park. The study introduces a typology to understand how research centres work with firms and shows that most of the collaborative projects involved industrial application and utilisation of technological knowledge accumulated within the research centres, which applied to the firms' products or development processes. Many of these projects resulted from collective projects or partnering experience between the research centre and firm, and were likely to follow with subsequent collaborations. In addition, the study reveals that technological factors, i.e. technological relatedness between the knowledge base of firms and research centres and firm's technological capacity, influence the way in which research centres work with firms in collaborative projects. Organisational and institutional settings of research centres, as well as cultural factors are identified as barriers of research collaboration in this study.The thesis concludes by indicating that physical proximity alone cannot trigger interaction of actors, especially formal interaction such as research collaboration, bounded by spatial relation. Interaction between public research organisations and firms can take place without closeness in distance. Other dimensions of their relationship are important factors influencing their interaction. The research collaboration between research centres and firms is a complex process and requires supportive organisational and institutional arrangements and effective policy intervention.
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Tengbeh, Sahr. "Crime analysis and police station location in Swaziland : a case study in Manzini." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1013.
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Thesis (MA (Geography and Environmental Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Criminal activity and police station locations have an inherent geography that needs to be understood in order for crime prevention strategies to be reasonably effective. This study analysed the spatiotemporal pattern of crime in the city of Manzini, in Swaziland, for the period of 2004 and determined suitable locations for future police stations. Four categories of crime were analysed. These were crimes against property, crimes against people, drug related crimes and crimes against public order. Five main analyses were performed namely: overlay analysis, proximity analysis, temporal analysis, morphological analysis, and accessibility analysis. The findings suggest that crimes against property are the most prevalent category of crime in Manzini with a prevalence rate of 84.2%. This category was followed by crimes against people (11.9%), drug related crimes (3.5%), and crimes against public order (0.4%). Landuses associated with transportation experienced the highest amount (22%) of crime in Manzini. There was a strong relationship between incidents of crime and areas with medium to high population density. The proximity analysis revealed that the highest concentration of incidents of crime was between 50 and 100 metres from alcohol serving establishments in Manzini. In a similar analysis, the proximity of incidents of crime to educational institutions was concentrated between 500 and 1000 metres whereas the proximity of incidents of crime to the Manzini police station was dominant between 250 and 500 metres. Of all recorded incidents of crime 87% occurred during the day while 13% occurred during the night. In areas of high-crime concentration such as the bus rank and the Manzini market, it was established that the structural layout of these areas promoted criminal activity. The accessibility analysis showed that seven police stations are necessary to ensure that people do not walk more than 30 minutes to the nearest police station in Manzini. The study concluded that crime prevention strategies would require the intervention of both the police and city planners to be reasonably successful. It also noted that the establishment of accessible police stations would complement the efforts of the police in their endeavour to combat crime in Manzini.
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Al-Thawwad, Rashed M. "The relationship between the perception of the success of technology transfer and culture, physical environment, and geographical location : a study of Saudi Arabian private manufacturing industries /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9962499.
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Ozuduru, Burcu H. "An empirical analysis of shopping center locations in Ohio." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1157038477.
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Vangile, Kirsten M. "Childhood Cancer Survivors: Patient Characteristics." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2008. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/51.
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Survivors of childhood cancer are a relatively new phenomenon in the medical world. The introduction of treatment protocols in the 1970s started a trend in curing children of cancer that historically had been a death sentence. Under these treatment protocols children were given different treatment regimens based on past research that helped remove cancerous cells from their bodies, but were later found to be the cause of treatment related morbidities years into the future; for most survivors roughly ten to 20 years post treatment. These morbidities, commonly called late-effects, are the prime reason that survivors of childhood cancer need to participate in survivorship care. Survivors of childhood cancer are particularly vulnerable to late-effects because the majority of them receive their treatment at a time when their bodies are still growing and developing. Survivorship care services vary by site, but all maintain the common goals of providing long-term follow up for the survivor and education about the ways in which treatments may affect a survivors’ health as they age. Similar to many other facets of healthcare and medicine, there are many populations who do not participate in survivorship care. The purpose of this research is to identify possible barriers to care, assess the level of impact these barriers have upon the survivor’s potential for participation and provide suggestions as to how these barriers can be mitigated. Additionally, this research highlights areas that need further research and analysis.
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Kubbara, Fawzi Saeed. "Geographic Data in City Planning Departments: The Volume and Use Related to Advancements in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technology." PDXScholar, 1992. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1352.
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Many local planning departments have acquired and put into use advanced automated geocoding and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to store, process, map and analyze geographic data. GIS technological advancements in hardware, software, and geographic databases - specifically, in geocoding methods to reference street address data to geographic locations - enable data to be integrated, mapped, and analyzed more efficiently and effectively. Also, technological advancements depend on organizational and institutional environments. The relationships between technological advancements and technical (data mapping and analysis), organizational, and institutional environments are not clear. The purpose of this study is to explain these relationships to help planning and development directors make better decisions in acquiring and using advanced geocoding and GIS technology. The findings are based on a mail survey of planning and development departments in cities with populations of 50,000 or more in the United States. The study found that planning departments with advanced geocoding and GIS technology are capable of conducting advanced geocoding applications. Data can be tabulated, aggregated, linked, and modeled for mapping and planning. Geocoding to aggregate data to small geographic areas helps by providing required and up-to-date information to solve urban problems. However, the study did not find that advanced geocoding systems enhance data quality as measured by spatial resolution and volume. Further studies are needed to explore this issue. The adoption and implementation of advanced geocoding and GIS technology are influenced by organizational and institutional environments. Large cities have more experience with hardware, software programs, computer professionals, and training programs, but they are dependent on centralized systems from an earlier computer era. Consequently, more recent entrants to using computers for geographic data processing are emerging rapidly. As technology is becoming more advanced, hardware and software costs are declining. Some of the organizational and institutional issues are eliminated while new ones are emerging. As a result, small area cities are adopting advanced geocoding and GIS technology more rapidly than they were previously, and sometimes they surpass large cities. This study improves understanding of automated street address geocoding methods and how these methods are related to advancements in GIS technology. The study also examines how technical, organizational, and institutional environments are interrelated in adopting and using geocoding and GIS technology. The challenge in the 1990s will not be how to fund and acquire a GIS, but how to integrate all of the pieces in order to make the technology work properly.
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Belka, Kamila. "Multicriteria analysis and GIS application in the selection of sustainable motorway corridor." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-4399.
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Effects of functioning transportation infrastructure are receiving more and more environmental and social concern nowadays. Nevertheless, preliminary corridor plans are usually developed on the basis of technical and economic criteria exclusively. By the time of environmental impact assessment (EIA), which succeeds, relocation is practically impossible and only preventative measures can be applied.
This paper proposes a GIS-based method of delimiting motorway corridor and integrating social, environmental and economic factors into the early stages of planning. Multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques are used to assess all possible alternatives. GIS-held weighted shortest path algorithm enables to locate the corridor. The evaluation criteria are exemplary. They include nature conservation, buildings, forests and agricultural resources, and soils. Resulting evaluation surface is divided into a grid of cells, which are assigned suitability scores derived from all evaluation criteria. Subsequently, a set of adjacent cells connecting two pre-specified points is traced by the least-cost path algorithm. The best alternative has a lowest total value of suitability scores.
As a result, the proposed motorway corridor is routed from origin to destination. It is afterwards compared with an alternative derived by traditional planning procedures. Concluding remarks are that the location criteria need to be adjusted to meet construction
requirements as well as analysis process to be automated. Nevertheless, the geographic information system and the embedded shortest path algorithm proved to be well suited for preliminary corridor location analysis. Future research directions are sketched.
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Malm, Charlotta. "A place apart? : Debating landscapes and identities in the Shetland Islands." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-95144.
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Based around the concepts of landscape and identity, this thesis examines several contemporary debates in the Shetland Islands with a view to finding out more about where people in this group of islands currently ‘are’ in terms of their geographical and cultural location, from both a local and non-local perspective. Drawing on a multi-method approach, including textual analysis, participant observation and semi-structured interviews, the study points to the often complex and contentious relationship between power structures and notions of local versus national interests, particularly in the areas of landscape management and nature conservation. The image of Shetland is also discussed in some detail, revealing the importance of how this island group is perceived both outside the islands and among people living in Shetland. It becomes evident, in this context, that ideas associated with ‘northness’ and ‘remoteness’ can be understood as something quite problematic while, at the same time, such ideas can also be used as an asset with which to brand the islands to external markets. The study is set against a backdrop of devolved power structures, nation building and the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence. From a broader perspective, the thesis ties in with a more general discourse in which local and place specific studies are gaining increasing importance in what is frequently referred to as a rapidly globalizing world.
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Wood, Robert. "Life and death : a study of the wills and testaments of men and women in London and Bury St. Edmunds in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2014. http://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/0f1324a8-77b0-472c-8832-76364a9c27bc/1/.
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The aim of this thesis is to investigate the lives of men and women living in London and Bury St. Edmunds in the late fourteenth - early fifteenth centuries. Sources studied include the administrative and legal records of the City of London and of the Abbot and Convent of St. Edmund's abbey; legislation and court records of royal government and the wills and testaments of Londoners and Bury St. Edmunds' inhabitants. Considerable research on a wide range of topics on London, but far less work on Bury St. Edmunds, has already been undertaken; however, this thesis is the first systematic comparative study of these two towns. The introduction discusses the historiography and purpose of the thesis; the methodology used, and the shortcomings of using medieval wills and the probate process. Chapter One discusses the testamentary jurisdiction in both towns; who was involved in the will making process, and the role that clerics played as both executors and scribes and how the church courts operated. Chapter Two focuses on testators' preparations for the afterlife, their choices concerning burial location, funeral arrangements and the provisions made for prayers for their souls. Chapter Three examines in detail their pious and charitable bequests and investigates what ‘good works' testators chose to support apart from ‘forgotten tithes'. The family and household relationships, including servants and apprentices, are examined in Chapter Four, exploring the differences in bequests made depending on the testators' marital status, together with evidence for close friendships and social networks. Chapter Five discusses the ownership and types of books referred to in wills and the inter-relationship between the donors and the recipients. Testators' literacy and the provision for education are also investigated.
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Darwish, Rabab. "The role of decision-driven data collection on Northwest Ohio Local Education Agencies' intervention for first-time-in-college students' post-secondary outcomes: A quasi-experimental evaluation of the PK-16 Pathways of Promise (P³) Project." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1616543639316973.
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Palosuo, Laura. "Yellow Stars and Trouser Inspections : Jewish Testimonies from Hungary, 1920–1945." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Historiska institutionen, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-8482.
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This study analyzes narratives of individual Jewish experiences of discrimination and genocidal violence in Hungary during the period of 1920–1945. The aim is to increase our knowledge and understanding of the events through an investigation of survivor testimonies concerning anti-Jewish laws and the Holocaust. The main focus is on how survivors perceived the treatment to which they and their fellow Jews were exposed, and how they responded to the persecution they faced. Perceptions and responses are analyzed through multiple factors such as gender, age, social class, and geographical place. The period under investigation stretches from 1920, when the law of Numerus Clausus (a quota system influencing admission to universities) was introduced, until the end of the Second World War in early 1945. Focus is placed on the war years, especially on 1944, the year of German occupation and the fascist Arrow Cross rule. Experiences from the labour service system, the Jewish houses in Budapest, and the ghettos, as well as of hiding and resistance, are some of the recurring themes which are examined here. Extensive interviews, along with eyewitness reports and memoirs, form the empirical basis of the study. The results demonstrate the complexity of individual experiences during times of upheaval, and the importance of the above factors is evident within the testimonies. The survivors’ experiences greatly depended on gender, age, social class, geographical place, civil status, religious orientation, as well as “race”. However, the importance of the different factors changed over time. For instance, in the beginning of this period, discrimination had a direct impact on adult males, while children, women, and the elderly were indirectly affected. Furthermore, persons belonging to the upper classes could circumvent the anti-Jewish laws in various ways. Ultimately, differences in treatment decreased, according to the testimonies. Women, children, and the elderly also became victims, as did individuals from all social classes.
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Dahlén, Ewa. "Ekonomi eller politiska beslut : Vad styr fristående gymnasieskolors lokalisering?" Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-72563.
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In the beginning of the 1990s the responsibility for the schools shifted from the government to the local authorities. This started an era with a freedom of choice for students where they themselves could choose which school to go to. The new system also opened up the possibility for independent private schools to exist side by side with local authority held schools. The overall aim of this study is to determine the factors that affect the location of these independent schools and the geographical pattern these independent schools create. The study in this paper is based on materials from statistics and interviews. The statistics is from SCB (Statistics Sweden), Skolverket (a government agency that work for the Ministry of Education) and Skolinspektionen (a government agency that supervises that schools follow laws and regulations) and the interviews are with principals and owners of independent schools and representatives from Skolverket, Skolinspektionen and Friskolornas riksförbund (The national association for independent schools). Since the 1990s the independent schools have become nearly as many as the local authority held schools, but are concentrated to 41 percent of Sweden’s municipalities. When comparing this to the local authority held schools that are in 96 percent of Sweden’s municipalities means that the independent schools are in high numbers in a few municipalities. The study shows a geographical pattern of independent schools mainly in large cities. In this paper I examine if the concentration of independent schools in a small part of Sweden’s municipalities is due to political reasons or economical reasons. In conclusion the study indicates that economical factors is the main reasons for their geographical location. The main reasons for locating in urban areas are based on the number of students, diversity, opportunity, and the closeness to universities but also the closeness to entertainment as cafés.
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Naruo, Mauro Kenji. "O estudo do consórcio entre municípios de pequeno porte para disposição final de resíduos sólidos urbanos utilizando sistema de informações geográficas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2003. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18137/tde-30092010-115258/.
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Os consórcios são conhecidos pelo aumento da capacidade de realização que confere aos participantes, e maior eficiência no uso dos recursos disponíveis, o que auxiliaria os pequenos governos locais para solucionar a escassez de recursos. Este trabalho apresenta o estudo do sistema consorciado intermunicipal para destinação dos resíduos sólidos urbanos, para auxiliar os municípios de pequeno porte na solução da inadequada destinação do lixo, responsáveis por constantes impactos ambientais. Os estudos foram realizados através de análises de custos com enfoque logístico, no nível estratégico de localização de facilidades e roteirização e programação da frota. Os estudos foram possíveis, com o auxílio do software TransCAD, uma ferramenta de Sistema de Informações Geográficas. Através do TransCAD, foi realizado a localização dos aterros sanitários, obedecendo-se as restrições impostas, e a roteirização da frota de veículos, que levassem ao menor custo logístico. Para se chegar à situação de menor custo, diversas configurações foram consideradas, nas quais foram variados o número de aterros que atendem os municípios, e a presença ou não de estações de transferência de resíduos. O método desenvolvido promoveu a análise de custos da implantação e operação do sistema consorciado, que consiste desde a coleta de resí-duos, até a disposição final em aterros sanitários. Os resultados deste trabalho comprovaram quantitativamente que o consórcio é mais eficiente do que a solução isolada para cada município.The consortium are known by the growth of the accomplishment capacity that grants to the participants, and larger efficiency in the use of the available resources, what would aid the small local governments to solve the lack of resources. This work presents the study of the intermunicipal consortium system for the destination of the urban solid waste, to aid the small cities to solve the inadequate destination of the waste, responsible for constant environmental damages. The studies were developed through the costs analysis with logistics focus, on the strategic level of facilities location and the vehicle routing. The studies were possible with the aid of the software TransCAD, a tool of Geographical Information System. Through the TransCAD, being obeyed the imposed restrictions, the location of the sanitary landfill was made, and vehicles routing, to take to the lowest logistics cost. To reach the situation of lowest cost, several configurations were considered, in which the number of sanitary landfill for the cities were varied, and the inclusion or not the solid waste transfer stations. The developed method promoted the cost analysis of the implantation and operation of the consortium system, from the waste collection, until the final disposition in sanitary landfills. The results of this work proved quantitatively that the consortium is more efficient than the isolated solution for each city.
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Xaviera, T. J. (Torres Joerges). "Importancia de la viruela, gastroenteritis aguda y paludismo en Finlandia entre 1749 y 1850." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2006. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514279417.
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Abstract In the Swedish Kingdom, of which Finland was a part until the 19th century, the parish burial records specified the cause of death earlier than other European countries. Using the information contained in 1.2 million death records from 234 different parishes, the impact of the main infectious diseases inflicted upon the Finnish population, during the period 1749–1850, is analyzed. The study is focused on the temporal and geographical distribution of three of the main epidemics; gastroenteritis, malaria and smallpox. The Industrial Revolution, the Demographic Transition and the Bacteriological Era only arrived to Finland at the end of the 19th century. The population analyzed, living at a time prior those changes, was therefore rural, scattered and with high birth and mortality rates. It was, therefore, helpless in front of many illnesses. Infectious diseases were the main cause of death, especially among children. One sixth of all analyzed deaths can be attributed to these three causes of death studied. Acute gastroenteritis generated mortality, constantly in its endemic areas (southeast of the country and Ostrobothnian coast) and also in the form of large epidemics, accompanying other factors affecting the population, such as war or famine. Smallpox was endemic in the country and caused periodic epidemic peaks which generated high mortality among children. The most densely populated areas acted as reservoirs from which the disease spread outwards the rest of the country. The generalization of the practice of vaccination, from the first decades of the 19th century, modified both the spatiotemporal distribution of the epidemics and the age distribution of smallpox mortality. Under the period studied, malaria was endemic in the southwest of Finland, being of most importance in the Åland Islands. The temporal variations in the incidence of this disease do not seem to be related to crises in the population, but rather due to environmental factors. The above causes of death greatly influenced the modulation of mortality in 18th and 19th century FinlandResumen En el Reino de Suecia, al que pertenecía Finlandia hasta el siglo XIX, los registros parroquiales de enterramiento especificaban la causa de muerte más tempranamente que en otros países de Europa. Utilizando la información contenida en 1,2 millones de registros de defunción, provenientes de 234 parroquias diferentes, se analiza el impacto de las enfermedades infecciosas en la población de Finlandia entre 1749 y 1850. Se estudia en especial la distribución temporal y geográfica de las mayores epidemias de gastroenteritis aguda, viruela y paludismo. Ni la revolución industrial ni la transición demográfica ni la era bacteriológica llegaron a Finlandia hasta finales del siglo XIX. La población en la época de estudio era, por tanto, rural, dispersa, con altos índices de natalidad y mortalidad y estaba indefensa ante la mayor parte de las dolencias. Las enfermedades infecciosas eran la principal causa de muerte, especialmente entre los niños. Al conjunto de las tres causas de muerte estudiadas, gastroenteritis, viruela y paludismo, puede atribuirse un sexto del total de las muertes analizadas. La gastroenteritis aguda causaba una importante mortalidad de manera constante en sus áreas endémicas (sureste del país y costa de Ostrobotnia) y una mortalidad catastrófica, en forma de grandes epidemias, en coincidencia con alteraciones en la población tales como guerras o hambrunas. La viruela era endémica en el país y se manifestaba en forma de picos epidémicos periódicos que generaban gran mortalidad entre los niños. Las zonas más densamente pobladas actuaban como reservorios desde los cuales la enfermedad se expandía al resto del país. La generalización del uso de la vacuna a partir de las primeras décadas del siglo XIX modificó tanto la distribución espaciotemporal de las epidemias como su perfil de mortalidad por edades. El paludismo era endémico en el suroeste de Finlandia durante el periodo de estudio, siendo especialmente importante en las Islas åland. Las variaciones en la importancia de esta enfermedad no parecen responder a crisis en la población sino a factores ambientales. Las causas de muerte estudiadas modularon de manera importante la mortalidad general de la Finlandia de los siglos XVIII y XIX
Tiivistelmä Ruotsin kuningaskunnassa, johon Suomi 1800-luvulle saakka kuului, hautauksia koskevissa kirkonkirjoissa spesifioitiin kuolinsyy aikaisemmin kuin muissa Euroopan maissa. Tässä tutkimuksessa analysoidaan 234 eri kunnasta peräisin olevaa 1,2 miljoonan henkilön kuolintilastoon sisältyvää informaatiota infektiosairauksien vaikutuksesta Suomen väestöön vuosien 1749 ja 1850 välillä. Erityisesti tutkitaan akuutin mahasuolitulehduksen, isonrokon ja malarian merkittävimpien epidemioiden ajallista ja maantieteellistä levinneisyyttä. Teollinen vallankumous kuin myöskään väestöllinen muutos tai bakteriologinen aikakausi eivät saapuneet Suomeen 1800-luvun loppuun mennessä. Tutkittavan aikakauden väestö oli siten maaseudulla elävää, hajanaista, sillä oli korkea syntyvyys ja kuolleisuus ja se oli suojaton suurinta osaa sairauksia vastaan. Infektiosairaudet olivat pääasiallisin kuolinsyy, erityisesti lasten keskuudessa. Tämän kolmen tutkitun kuolinsyyn joukon, mahasuolitulehduksen, isonrokon ja malarian, voidaan katsoa aiheuttaneen kuudenneksen analysoitujen kuolemien kokonaismäärästä. Akuutti mahasuolitulehdus aiheutti tasaisesti merkittävän kuolleisuuden yleisillä esiintymisalueillaan (maan kaakkoisosa ja Pohjanmaan rannikko) ja katastrofaalisen kuolleisuuden suurten epidemioiden muodossa samanaikaisesti sellaisten väestössä tapahtuvien muutosten kuten sotien tai nälänhädän kanssa. Isorokko oli maassa yleisesti esiintyvää ja ilmeni jaksottaisten epidemiahuippujen muodossa, jotka aiheuttivat suuren kuolleisuuden lasten keskuudessa. Tiheimmin asutetut alueet toimivat reserveinä, joista sairaus levisi loppuun osaan maata. Rokotuksen käytön yleistyminen 1800-luvun ensimmäisistä vuosikymmenistä lähtien muutti niin epidemioiden alueellista ja ajallista levinneisyyttä kuin sen kuolleisuusprofiilia ikäluokittain. Malaria oli yleisesti esiintyvää Lounais-Suomessa, ja tutkittavana aikakautena se oli erityisen merkittävää Ahvenanmaan saaristossa. Muutokset tämän sairauden merkittävyydessä eivät vaikuta vastaavan väestökriisejä vaan ilmastollisia tekijöitä. Tutkitut kuolinsyyt muuttivat merkittävästi kuolleisuutta 1700- ja 1800-lukujen Suomessa
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Camara, Aissata. "Plantes médicinales guinéennes : validation de l'effet antipaludique et impact sur la modulation de l'immunité." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020TOU30028.
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Le paludisme demeure la première préoccupation médicale de bien des pays africains dont la Guinée où la quasi-totalité de la population est exposée au risque d'infection avec une prévalence estimée à 15% chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans. En dehors de la médecine conventionnelle, la pharmacopée et la médecine traditionnelle guinéennes constituent des recours fréquents dans la gestion du paludisme par les familles. A cet égard, des enquêtes ethnobotaniques ont permis de recenser et de collecter de nombreuses plantes médicinales parmi lesquelles Terminalia albida, Desmodium velutinum et Rourea minor. Dans le cadre d'une validation des usages traditionnels, ces plantes ont été évaluées in vitro avec la souche chloroquino-résistante PfK1 et in vivo dans deux modèles murins à Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi pour le paludisme simple, et à Plasmodium berghei ANKA pour le neuropaludisme. Les résultats obtenus ont permis de mettre en évidence le potentiel antipaludique de T.albida. En outre, la comparaison de deux extraits de T. albida issus de deux régions différentes de Guinée, a permis de mettre en évidence des efficacités in vitro et in vivo différentes selon la provenance de la plante. Afin de comprendre les mécanismes d'action de T. albida dans le modèle de neuropaludisme, les capacités anti-inflammatoires et anti-oxydantes de la plante ont été étudiées in vivo et in vitro dans des conditions inflammatoires. In vivo, l'administration de l'extrait de T.albida a permis de limiter le recrutement des lymphocytes T et l'expression des marqueurs pro-inflammatoires dans le cerveau des souris traitées. Ces propriétés ont été confirmées in vitro dans un modèle inflammatoire non palustre. In vitro, T.albida a également démontré une remarquable activité dose-dépendante de neutralisation des espèces réactives de l'oxygène. Ainsi, les propriétés anti-inflammatoires et anti-oxydantes de T.albida participent à la résolution du neuropaludisme dans le modèle d'infection à P. berghei ANKA. Des investigations phytochimiques ont permis d'identifier trente-huit composés dans l'écorce de la tige de T. albida. Parmi elles, plusieurs molécules déjà identifiées peuvent être responsables des différentes activités biologiques observées, notamment les tanins et les triterpénoïdes. Enfin, des investigations botaniques ont permis de fournir des éléments caractéristiques permettant de déterminer la provenance de T. albida et de mettre en évidence l'influence de l'écosystème sur la production des métabolites secondaires dans les espèces de Terminalia récoltées à différents endroits. Ces résultats confirment l'effet antipaludique de T. albida et valident son usage traditionnel. Cependant, des études complémentaires sont nécessaires pour identifier plus précisément les molécules actives. Les activités anti-inflammatoires et anti-oxydantes de T. albida démontrées dans ce travail présentent également un intérêt pour la prise en charge de nombreuses pathologies, autres que le paludismeMalaria remains the primary medical concern in many African countries, including Guinea, where almost the entire population is at risk of infection with an estimated prevalence of 15% among children under 5 years of age. Apart from conventional medicine, Guinean pharmacopoeia and traditional medicine are frequent uses in the management of malaria by families. In this respect, previous ethnobotanical surveys have identified and collected many medicinal plants in Guinea, including Terminalia albida, Desmodium velutinum and Rourea minor. As part of a validation of traditional uses, these plants were evaluated in vitro with the chloroquine resistant strain PfK1 and in vivo in two murine models: Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi for uncomplicated malaria, and Plasmodium berghei ANKA for cerebral malaria. The results obtained highlighted the antimalarial effect of T. albida. In addition, the comparison of two extracts of T. albida from two different regions of Guinea revealed different in vitro and in vivo efficacy depending on the origin of the plant. In order to understand the mechanisms of action of T. albida in the cerebral malaria model, the plant's anti-inflammatory and antioxidant capacities were studied in vivo and in vitro under inflammatory conditions. In vivo, the administration of T. albida extract limited T cell recruitment and expression of pro-inflammatory markers in the brains of treated mice. These properties were confirmed in vitro in a non-malarial inflammatory model. In vitro, T. albida also demonstrated a remarkable dose-dependent activity by neutralizing reactive oxygen species. Thus, the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of T. albida contribute to the resolution of cerebral malaria in the P. berghei ANKA infection model. Phytochemical investigations have identified thirty-eight compounds in the bark of the stem of T. albida. Among them, several molecules already identified may be responsible for the different biological activities observed, including tannins and triterpenoids. Finally, botanical investigations provided characteristic elements to determine the origin of T. albida and to highlight the influence of the ecosystem on the production of secondary metabolites in Terminalia species collected at different locations. These results confirm the antimalarial effect of T. albida and validate its traditional use. However, further studies are needed to identify more precisely the active molecules. The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of T. albida demonstrated in this work are also of interest for the management of many diseases, other than malaria
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Steer, Lorn Adam. "Site selection for the Small-Scale Aquaculture Farming Systems in the Western Cape : a GIS application." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1653.
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Hu, Cheng-Chieh, and 胡正傑. "GLASS: Geographical Location Awareness Service based on SIP." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96258089300268951745.
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To know the location of a device (mobile or fixed) in Internet is a basic feature for a context awareness system. In this paper, we will describe the work done for constructing GLASS (Geographical Location Awareness Service based on SIP). It is a part job of a project called FULL (a Fantastic Ubiquitous Living Land). In this project, a pervasive computing environment will be built and an application will be provided to see if the built environment is applicable. The environment includes a ubiquitous communication environment and a middleware for building an application. GLASS consists of two parts: SIP-based Device Location Server (SDLS) and Geographical Location Server (GLS). SDLS will give the address of a device in term of Meta-Geographical Location (i.e. an AP list, IP Address, or a BTS list) in wireless LAN, Ethernet, or GPRS. SDLS also keeps the track of a mobile device, when it roams around the network. The network connection of a mobile is always connected. The horizontal and personal handoffs are provided. GLS maps a device address into a geographic location. The hierarchical structure of location management is used, so that the handoff of local roaming can be speedup. The standard operation of SIP (Section Initial Protocol) and a device location query command are encapsulated as a middleware, so that the application of FULL can be easily developed.
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趙廷睿. "Two-level VOIP Gatekeeper Design with Geographical Location Consideration." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74521526633633672643.
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This paper proposes a hierarchical Gatekeeper architecture by that users can define their own functions and protocols. It utilizes Python library to record geometrical data such as country , area , and IDNUM(similar to telephone number) . This gatekeeper architecture is devised to increase searching speed and not waste resources. The local gatekeeper of the proposed architecture can detect the connection of network continuously to resolve virtual IP problems. Moreover, by utilizing AES one can encrypt the TCP/IP packets securely so that computer intrusion by hackers can be prevented .
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Shih, Huai-Jen, and 石懷仁. "Establishment of an Indicator System of Physical Geographical Location for Watersheds In Mountainous Area." Thesis, 1995. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14437463794176916319.
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Research on location is always among the most important issues in geography. But in traditional location theories, the "geomorphology" factor had rarely been concerned where it put more attention on "situation" factors like distance and accessibility. And so the theory could not be well applied to areas out of the big plain plane even to the mountainous area. On the other hand, "site" factors like geomorphology in the location theories that developed by the professional geomorphologists often plays a more important role. But they have also met constraints in macro analysis regionally because of the non-use of distance factor and the use of defective river-ordering system developed by Strahler as an indicator of magnitude of rivers. This thesis discusses the factors that influence the physical geographical location in a natural watershed in mountainous area. And the author hopes to adopt the merits of both the two fields mentioned above including situation factors which the author called "accessibility-index", and site factors that called "geomorphology-index". Through abstracting the topological characteristics of river network in a basin and the geomorphology condition of a land unit, the author establishes a quantitative indicator system of physical geographical location for watersheds in mountainous area. Afer the establishment of the indicator system, this research also chooses a region to test the feasibility of the system. And from reviewing the landuse distribution status and the diffusion process of built-up area in the region, this system had proved to be valid in both time and spatial aspect. And the author hopes this system to be utilized suitably and could have some contributions to the location analysis in mountainous areas like Taiwan.
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Huang, Po-Yu, and 黃柏瑜. "Investors’ Information and Underpricing of Initial Public Offerings : Google Searching Volume and Issuers’ Geographical Location." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/qaj9w2.
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In this study, I investigate the impacts of investor information and the geographic location of the issuer''s headquarters on IPO underpricing. In particular, I use Google search volume index (SVI) as a measure of investor information and separate the IPO companies by the location of their headquarters into three groups : metropolitan, city and rural. The results show that the higher abnormal search volume index prior to IPOs, the greater the underpricing. Among the three geographical groups, IPO underpricing of metropolitan firms is more pronounced than that of city and rural firms.These results imply that prices of IPO firms with greater SVI and located in metropolitan areas contain more investor sentiment.
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Silva, Fernando Graciano Lopes da. "Determinants of export persistence with a focus on Geographical location: A firm level analysis for Portugal." Dissertação, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/133069.
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Silva, Fernando Graciano Lopes da. "Determinants of export persistence with a focus on Geographical location: A firm level analysis for Portugal." Master's thesis, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/133069.
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CHIANG, YUH-CHYN, and 江玉琴. "The Effects of Medical Care Development Fund(MCDF) on the Patterns of the Geographical Distribution of Health Care Resources and the Geographical Location of Patients'' Health Care Service Consumption." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38069779153546783088.
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By subsidizing interest payments, the Medical Care Development Fund (MCDF) is a governmental project designed to encourage private health care providers to continue or initiate investment of medical services in remote regions, where the need for disproportionately exceeds the availability of health care. By December 1997, 5.16 billion NT dollar has already been budgeted into the national health care expenditure. To justify for this expense in the face of limited government resources and other competing in rest, the cost-efficiency of MCDF (in terms of fulfilling its objectives) awaits further analysis. The purpose of this study is (1) to understand and monitor the current achievement of MCDF since its establishment, (2) to investigate the effects of MCDF on the geographical distribution of health care resources, (3) to examine how the implementation of MCDF has effected the public''s access to and consumption of health services, and (4) to serve as future reference for policy makers. regions (e.g., San Yin) lacking medical resource, 79 hospitals and 63 clinics (not including rejected applicants) that have applied for MCDF to furnish hospitals beds, long term care beds etc. facilities. According to statistics, among the 59 hospitals that have requested assistance for the building, purchasing, and transferring of facilities, 29 of them have already began operation; 58 clinics have also began to operate. Further analysis of the effects of MCDF on the patterns of geographical distribution of health care resources and the geographical location of patients'' health care service consumption has generated the following results: (1) The implementation of MCDF has helped regions lacking propriate medical resources to temporarily resolve the deteriorating effects caused by the uneven distribution of medical care resources. (2) Possibly due to its short period of enactment and unavoidable bureaucracy, the effect of MCDF on the geographical location of patients'' health care service consumption has remained minimal or unapparent. (3) The medical resource of each region is directly proportional to economic forces governing each of the health care market. This study suggests for the need to tailor individual MCDF package according to the unique needs of each region. Specifically, in order to attract health care providers, regions severely deprived of medical resources should be awarded with incentives other than financial ones. In terms of designing follow-up studies for the future, researchers should (1) include cost-benefit analysis of MCDF, (2) perform comparative analysis of the difference in geographical location of medical care consumption between regions and within regions, and (3) continue to observe and discuss the effects of MCDF on medical care resources distribution.
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Faria, Ana Rita Rebelo de. "Portugal e os determinantes de atração de investimento directo estrangeiro: uma abordagem por estudo de caso." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/11848.
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Classificação JEL: 052 - Economic Development; Technological Change and Growth; Economywide Country Sides; Europe; F11 - International Economics; Trade; Neoclassical Models of Trade.A presente dissertação de mestrado versa o tema Incentivo ao Investimento direto Estrangeiro em Portugal. Em linhas gerais, o objetivo principal desta dissertação é compreender e sistematizar os fluxos de investimento direto estrangeiro em Portugal. Para tal, para além de uma revisão de literatura sobre as principais abordagens teóricas que descrevem o Investimento direto Estrangeiro, esta dissertação inclui ainda um estudo que pretende identificar os inúmeros fatores determinantes que contribuem para a interpretação do comportamento dos investidores estrangeiros. Com o intuito de compreender este fenómeno e comportamento dos investidores estrangeiros realizaram-se entrevistas a seis empresas subsidiárias estrangeiras. Com os dados e informações recolhidas foi possível analisar e compreender quais os fatores determinantes para a negociação do processo de investimento e seleção de Portugal como o local com as condições mais favoráveis ao investimento. A investigação conduzida mostrou que as competências e qualificações da mão-de-obra em Portugal incentivam os investidores estrangeiros a negociar novos projetos e existe uma oportunidade de crescimento e evolução deste parâmetro. Igualmente se conclui que a disponibilidade a custos moderados, de recursos de mão-de-obra e energéticos, motivam o processo de negociação. A logística é também um fator determinante pois, a localização geográfica de Portugal permite a ligação e transporte a diferentes mercados internacionais, tornando o mercado português mais atrativo. Esta investigação conclui que apesar de existirem inúmeros fatores que identifiquem Portugal como um local com condições favoráveis ao investimento, também, se podem identificar barreiras substanciais que não atraem o típico investidor estrangeiro. Será imprescindível executar um trabalho acrescido na implementação de reformas estruturais que fomentem o investimento em proveito da criação de emprego e crescimento sustentável. O investimento direto estrangeiro é considerado um elemento chave de integração económica e pode promover a estabilidade financeira, desenvolvimento económico e crescimento social.
The present master dissertation focuses on the theme Encouraging Foreign Direct Investment in Portugal. In general, the main objective of this master dissertation is to understand and systematize the foreign direct investment flows in Portugal. To this end, in addition to the literature review of the main theoretical approaches describing the foreign direct investment, this dissertation also includes a case study that aims to identify the many determinants that contribute to the interpretation of the behavior of foreign investors. We have inquired six foreign subsidiaries in Portugal in order to understand this phenomenon and behavior of foreign investors. With the data and information collected it was possible to analyze and understand what are the main determinants for the negotiation of the investment process and selection of Portugal as the place with the most favorable conditions for investment. The research conducted showed that the skills and labor qualifications in Portugal encourage foreign investors to negotiate new projects and there is an opportunity for growth and evolution of this parameter. It was also concluded that the availability at a reasonable costs of labor work and energy motivates the negotiation process. Logistics is also a determinant factor due to the geographical location of Portugal which allows the connection and transport to different international markets, making the Portuguese market more attractive. Although there are numerous factors to identify Portugal as a place with favorable conditions for investment, this research concludes that there are also substantial barriers that do not attract the typical foreign investor. It is essential to perform an extra job and implement structural reforms that encourage investment in favor of job creation and sustainable growth. Foreign direct investment is considered a key element of economic integrations and can promote financial stability, economic development and social growth.
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Naranjo, Zolotov Mijail Juanovich. "Collecting data for indoor mapping of the university of Münster via a location based game." Master's thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/11754.
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Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.Nowadays the collection of spatial indoor mapping data presents a big challenge for both science and industry because there is not a cost-effective method yet for it as it is for outdoor mapping. Research is pointing out to crowdsourcing as means of address the challenge of massive indoor mapping based on the principle that people should be the main source of information. Therefore the crowd needs a tool that lets them do indoor mapping tasks as well as means of motivation. This project has as its main goal to study the impact of gamification as a motivation factor by implementing and evaluating it in a mobile application aimed for acquisition of indoor spatial data of the buildings of the University of Münster. For this purpose an already existing mobile application was modified to incorporate game elements, thus creating a new version of the app. Three game mechanics were added for the new version of the app: score, leaderboard and conquest map. Once both apps were ready (gamified and original non-gamified) an evaluation was carried out with 28 participants (14 male and 14 female) to assess the impact of game mechanics when users are performing indoor mapping tasks. As a result we may say that the most of participants preferred the gamified application over the non-gamified one, the study also shows that actually men favored the gamified app more than women.
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Sanchis, Huertas Ana. "Providing energy efficiency location-based strategies for buildings using linked open data." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/8315.
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Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.Climate change is a main concern for humanity from the ending of 20th century. To improve and take care of our environment, a set of measures has been developed to monitor, manage, reduce consumption and raise efficiency of buildings, including the integration of renewable energies and the implementation of passive measures like the improvement of the building envelope. Complex methodologies are used in order to achieve these objectives. Using different tools and data translating is needed, and the loss of accuracy from the detailed input information is most of the times unavoidable. Moreover, including these measures in the development of a project have become a try and error process involving building characteristics, location data and energy efficiency measures. The raising of new technologies, capable of dealing with location-based data and semantics to relate and structure information in a machine readable way, may allow us to provide a set of technical measures to improve energy efficiency in an accessible, open, understandable and easy way from a few data about location and building characteristics. This work tries to define a model and its necessary and sufficient set of data. Its application will provide customized strategies acting as pre-feasibility constraints to help buildings achieve their energy efficiency objectives from its very conception. The model intends to be useful for non-expert users who want to know about their energy savings possibilities, and for professionals willing to get a sustainable starting point for their projects.
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"Multimodal Data Fusion As a Predictior of Missing Information in Social Networks." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.15902.
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abstract: Over 2 billion people are using online social network services, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Users update their status, post their photos, share their information, and chat with others in these social network sites every day; however, not everyone shares the same amount of information. This thesis explores methods of linking publicly available data sources as a means of extrapolating missing information of Facebook. An application named "Visual Friends Income Map" has been created on Facebook to collect social network data and explore geodemographic properties to link publicly available data, such as the US census data. Multiple predictors are implemented to link data sets and extrapolate missing information from Facebook with accurate predictions. The location based predictor matches Facebook users' locations with census data at the city level for income and demographic predictions. Age and relationship based predictors are created to improve the accuracy of the proposed location based predictor utilizing social network link information. In the case where a user does not share any location information on their Facebook profile, a kernel density estimation location predictor is created. This predictor utilizes publicly available telephone record information of all people with the same surname of this user in the US to create a likelihood distribution of the user's location. This is combined with the user's IP level information in order to narrow the probability estimation down to a local regional constraint.Dissertation/Thesis
M.S. Computer Science 2012