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Toews, Gerhard. "Local impacts of natural resource booms and busts." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:bdb90c3d-3d0f-4c50-90d3-9a0d2bf88003.
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This thesis consists of five stand-alone chapters empirically evaluating questions relating to the life cycle of natural resource extraction. We use three different data sets to shed light on the local impacts of natural resource booms and busts. In chapter 2 to 4 we use the household budget survey of Kazakhstan to explore the impacts of the oil boom on the local population. In the second chapter, we explore the distributional effects of the oil boom and show that average household income increased and income inequality decreased. In the third chapter we study how the increase in average income was perceived by the local population and find that households' satisfaction with income decreased. In the fourth chapter we study how the boom affected households' expenditure and show that the likelihood that households pay tuition fees for tertiary education increased. In chapter 5, we explore the long-term impacts of a negative labour demand shock following the coal mine closures in the UK. To do this we construct a new data set containing the location of all active coal mines since 1981 and link it to the UK census. We find that the dramatic lay off of miners since 1981 was associated with a persistent reduction in female labour force participation in the affected districts. In chapter 6, we study the determinants of drilling costs and their impact on the real price of oil using a new global data set on the number of exploration wells drilled and costs of drilling. To do this, we propose a structural model of the upstream sector in the oil and gas industry. The model allows us to decompose the variation in the reduced form errors of the estimated VAR into three structural shocks, and estimate the dynamic responses of the variables in the system to these shocks. We confirm that the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry is subject to increasing costs. But we do not find that the real oil price is permanently affected by shocks to costs of drilling.
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Steinberg, Daniel [Verfasser], and Jörg [Akademischer Betreuer] Baten. "Resource Booms, Selective Mobility and Human Capital / Daniel Steinberg ; Betreuer: Jörg Baten." Tübingen : Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1167408349/34.
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Matheis, Michael Roy. "Mining Booms and Busts: New Evidence on the Consequences of Mining in the U.S." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/556593.
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The extraction of natural resources can lead to higher incomes and standards of living for local areas, but resource exploitation, a lack of broad economic development, and an excess amount of environmental pollution can come with this activity. This dissertation analyzes the short and long run economic, public health, and demographic consequences of economic development via natural resources. It expands upon the current non-renewable resource extraction, "resource curse," and local community health literatures by using county data for the entire U.S. spanning over a century, capturing both short and long run impacts over various time periods, on net-migration, mortality, natality, local economic activity, and environmental impacts. What drove coal production in the U.S. during the twentieth century? How effective were the operators at predicting and responding to changes in price? Did coal mining industries provide broad economic benefits to local communities in non-mining sectors? Did the impacts differ over time? Has natural resource extraction activity caused mortality in the area to increase? To answer these questions I collected, compiled, and digitized a long run panel database of county level mining activity, mortality, natality, and pollution spanning the entire U.S. The dissertation identifies the short and long run net effects of natural resource extraction activity with time-varying measures, and an IV approach that isolates changes in local mining activity independent of local conditions and outcomes. The dissertation shows that coal producers responded to variation in prices, and were aware and responded to past price behavior. Chapter 3 shows increased levels of coal production had positive net impacts on county population and manufacturing employment over an initial ten year span, then became negative over the subsequent decade. This provides evidence that the existence of a "resource curse" on local manufacturing is a long run phenomena. Chapter 4 shows that extraction activity increased infant and total mortality, had no impact on contemporaneous total cancer mortality, and may be driven by areas where coal mining was historically prevalent. Past and present mining activity is strongly related to local pollution, supporting the idea that increasing local environmental pollution increases mortality.
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Banks, Steven M. "Natural resource booms and third world development : assessing the subsectoral impacts of the Nigerian petroleum boom on agricultural export performance /." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487687959966608.
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Malone, Samuel W. "Essays on emerging market macroeconomics: Inequality and resource booms, dealing with debt overhang, and external volatility and country risk." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491228.
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Nili, Farhad. "Economic growth, development and exhaustible natural resources." Thesis, University of York, 2002. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14160/.
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Lutz, Alexandra. "Groundwater resource sustainability in West Africa." abstract only (free order & download UNR users only), 2007. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3275835.
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Hupfeld, Annika. "Designing the social life of books and e-books." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43528/.
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E-books have seen a significant proliferation over recent years. In the UK, about a third of the population today owns an e-reader with about half either owning an e-reader or tablet. Nevertheless, only about 4% of readers have moved to reading e-books only. These numbers suggest that, while e-books have caught on among a large number of users, they seem to complement rather than replace books. In light of the significance of books to past and contemporary cultures and societies it is little surprising that the emergence of e-reading technologies has sparked a plethora of writing on the topic, particularly in journalism and the humanities. With a common focus on the relative merits of books and e-books, and ultimately, their respective futures (some writers go as far as either mourning or celebrating the death of the book), the debate largely suffers from a technological determinist stance, neglecting the role of social practice as a driving force in technology adoption and use. Regardless, the sheer volume of the discourse suggests that something important is at stake in the move from analogue to digital reading technologies and that books continue to be valued as physical artefacts in the digital age, if not with more fervour than ever. What is surprising then is the lack of empirical research aiming to understand how books and e-books are used and valued in everyday life. Existing work in the area is almost exclusively concerned with practices of reading, with a particular emphasis on reading in academic and professional environments, thereby not only disregarding the social and material nature of reading, but also the rich life of the book beyond its role as a reading technology. The aim of this thesis then is to provide an understanding of the practices and values surrounding books and e-books in everyday life. Based on this understanding, it further aims to explore alternatives to the current e-reading ecosystem through designs that are sensitive to some of the broader values people associate with books and e-books. To do so, it takes a situated approach to studying books and e-books as they are used over the course of their lifecycle inside and outside the home. Through a combination of a series of in-depth interviews, guided ‘home tours’, and participant diaries ‘context-rich’ data on people’s uses of, and orientations towards, books and e-books are gathered. Subsequently, design responses are iteratively developed before being returned to readers for analysis. The contribution of this thesis is fourfold: (1) an account of the socially and materially situated practices associated with books and e-books inside and outside the home, (2) an explication of the distinct, yet complementary, values reflected in and driving book and e-books use, (3) an explication of the ways in which developing a sense of self and connecting with others are actualized through the use of books and e-books, and (3) the development and in situ analysis of a design exemplar in support of these goals.
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Guarino, Jeffrey Mark. "Comix in the classroom: A resource guide for graphic novels and comic books." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1998. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1503.
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Kristiansen, Daniel Storholthe. "Economic and Institutional Performance in Mozambique: Implications for the Coming Resource Boom." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for sosiologi og statsvitenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-23762.
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The resource curse literature predicts how both aid and natural resources leads to real appreciation, hurting competitiveness and disfavoring the producing sector, which is bad news for a nation at the outset of its industrial buildup. Furthermore, a resource boom might lead to undesired behavior undermining national institutions – bearing implications of a “double resource curse”. Mozambique is an aid-dependent nation now facing the outbreak of a resource boom, as recent natural gas discoveries bring potential for transforming one of the world’s poorest countries to one of the world’s largest natural gas exporters within decades. The literature provides us with expectations of such successful transformation being dependent on both sound economic and institutional development. This study aims to uncover whether there are symptoms of Dutch Disease in the Mozambican economy, by tracking real appreciation through calculating effective exchange rate indices for the time period of 2002-2012 as well as analyzing sectoral development over the same time span. In continuation, we track institutional development in Mozambique with time-series data of institutional indicators developed by the World Bank. We find that institutions are weak and we observe signs of deterioration coupled with massive gas discoveries in recent years. The national economy is growing, and we cannot find signs of large shifts in sector development. However, the real exchange rate has appreciated in recent years. While the cause of this is not explained by our deployed literature, we find it interesting that fluctuations in foreign direct investments shows signs of correlation with the real exchange rate. The impact of FDI on developing economies will serve a potent variable for further research within resource curse frameworks.
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Hugill-Fontanel, Amelia J. "Publication of an Internet-accessible database resource for Arts et métiers graphiques /." Link to online version, 2002. https://ritdml.rit.edu/dspace/handle/1850/61.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2002.Typescript. Accompanying CDROM contains the prototype of AMG web-based database and electronic copy of the thesis. Includes bibliographical references.
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Martinez, Deborah Henderson. "An empirical test of the conservation of resources model of stress /." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2007. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3276953.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2007."May, 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-108). Online version available on the World Wide Web. Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2007]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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Huebner, Laura E. "Investigations of the Steamboat Hills geothermal reservoir beneath the University of Nevada, Reno's Redfield campus using shallow geophysical techniques /." abstract and full text PDF (UNR users only), 2009. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1461543.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2008."December, 2008." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-85). Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2009]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Online version available on the World Wide Web.
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Vice, Garrett S. "Structural controls of the Astor Pass-Terraced Hills geothermal system in a region of strain transfer in the western Great Basin, northwestern Nevada." abstract and full text PDF (UNR users only), 2008. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1456425.
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Hilton, John L. III. "Freely Ye Have Received, Freely Give (Matthew 10:8): How Giving Away Religious Digital Books Influences The Print Sales of Those Books." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2022.
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Lack of access prevents many from benefiting from educational resources. Digital technologies now enable educational resources, such as books, to be openly available to those with access to the Internet. This study examined the financial viability of a religious publisher's putting free digital versions of eight of its books on the Internet. The total cost of putting these books online was $940.00. Over a 10-week period these books were downloaded 102,256 times and print sales of these books increased 26%. Comparisons with historical book sales and sales of comparable titles suggest a positive but modest connection between this increase and the online availability of the free books. This dissertation may be downloaded for free at http://etd.byu.edu.
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Zuo, Na. "NATURAL RESOURCE, REGIONAL GROWTH, AND HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION." UKnowledge, 2017. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/agecon_etds/58.
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The dissertation research will comprise three essays on the topic of the resource curse hypothesis and its mechanisms. The phenomenon of low economic growth in resource-rich regions is recognized as the “resource curse”. These essays will contribute to an understanding of the regional resource-growth relation within a nation.
Essay one tests the resource curse hypothesis at the U.S. state level. With a system of equations model, I decompose the overall resource effect to account for the two leading explanations — crowding-out and institution effects, thus investigate whether the institutions mediate the crowding-out effects. I did not find evidence of an overall negative effect on growth by resource wealth. Both the crowding-out and institution appear present, but they offset: the resource boom crowds out industrial investments, but good institutions mitigate the overall effect. Resources do reduce growth in states with low-quality institutions, including Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Essay two compares the effects of resource revenues on the economic growth and growth-related factors across Chinese provinces and American states, using panel data from 1990 to 2015. With the Instrumental Variable (IV) strategy, I show that regions with higher resource revenues grow faster than other regions in both China and the U.S. The positive resource effect is larger and more statistically significant in the U.S. Further testing impacts of three resource-related policies in China, e.g. the market price reform, the fiscal reform, and the Western Development Strategy, I show that the market price reform together with the privatization process on coal resources contribute the positive resource effect in China. Though strong and positive resource – growth relations appear in both countries, evidence also suggests consistent negative resource effects on certain growth-related factors in both countries, such as educational attainments and R&D activities.
Essay three explores the schooling response to the oil and gas boom, taking advantage of timing and spatial variation in oil and gas well drilling activities. Development of cost-reducing technologies at the time of higher crude oil and natural gas prices in the early 2000s has accelerated shale oil and gas extraction in the United States. I show that intensive drilling activities have decreased grade 11 and 12 enrollment over the 14 year study window − approximately 36 fewer students per county on average and overall, 41,760 fewer students across the 15 states enrolled considered in the analysis. On average, with one additional oil or gas well drilled per thousand initial laborers, grade 11 and 12 enrollment would decrease 0.24 percent at the county level, all else equal. I investigate heterogeneous effects and show that the implied effect of the boom is larger in states with a younger compulsory schooling age requirement (16 years of age instead of 17 or 18), lower state-level effective tax rate on oil and gas productions, traditional mining, non-metro, and persistent poverty counties.
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Miah, Abdul J. "Automated library networking in American public community college learning resources centers." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://books.google.com/books?id=5LbgAAAAMAAJ.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989.Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-159).
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Thapa, Umesh. "Water for social and economic development of Nepal : the case of Karnali Project /." abstract and full text PDF (UNR users only), 2007. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1451081.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2007."December, 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-54). Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2008]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Online version available on the World Wide Web.
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Milne, Patricia A., and n/a. "Australian reviewers of children's books: an empirical report." University of Canberra. Library & Information Sciences, 1990. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060410.150051.
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This thesis reports on a study which developed a profile of the reviewers of
children's books in Australia. It then compared the profile with one which was
developed by Kathleen Craver in 1984 of children's book reviewers in the United
States.
Five research questions were addressed by this study relating to reviewers and their
opinions regarding review aspects, reviewer roles and review practices within the
framework of their personal and professional background. Craver surveyed the
reviewers from School Library journal because as a group, they provided the
greatest potential for statistical significance of all the reviewing journals in the
United States. As no Australian journal enjoys either the number of reviewers or
the circulation of School Library journal, reviewers from eight journals which are
most used by teacher and children's librarians were selected to form the population
for this research. These journals are Fiction Focus, LINES, Magpies, Reading Time,
Reviewpoin t, Review Bulletin, Scan and Tasmanian Resources Review.
The reviewer profile which emerged from this study was very similar to Craver's in
that it was not one which could be entirely defined in terms of group characteristics.
Selected cross tabulations either with the particular journals, demographic details,
or other variables, particularly those relating to reviewer experience failed to
produce predictable behaviourial correlations. However, reviewers were united on
certain issues which can be attributed to their own professional background.
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Culpepper, Jennie Bob Bizal. "The changing community/industry relationship in resource-oriented boom towns: a case study of the Overthrust Industrial Association." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43746.
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A typical boom/bust cycle of community development has accompanied
natural resource exploitation throughout the growth of the United States.
These resource-oriented boom towns provide an opportunity for an evaluation
of a changing community/industry relationship. The origins and
evolution of the public and private sector relationship was examined in
resource boom towns of the past. A case study was conducted of the
Overthrust Industrial Association (OlA), based in Denver, Colorado. This
case study provided insight into a potentially improved
community/industry relationship occurring in the Overthrust Belt boom
towns of Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho.
Compared to the public/private relationship in resource-oriented boom
towns of the past, the relationship occurring in these Overthrust Belt
boom towns demonstrated an improvement with well-planned communities resuIting.
The improvements in the community/industry relationship have
occurred because of a public/private partnership approach to urban planning.
This partnership approach was the outcome of a delicate balance
between community and industry control. The implications of this partMaster of Urban and Regional Planning
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Mekvichai, Banasopit. "The teak industry in North Thailand the role of a natural-resource-based export economy in regional development /." Google Book Search Library Project, 1988. http://books.google.com/books?id=zGk1AAAAMAAJ.
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Smith, Jessica L. K. "A land of plenty Depression-era mining and landscape capital in the Mojave Desert, California /." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2006. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3209959.
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Fulton, Bruce. "Social Gatekeeping, the Serendipitous Tie and Discovery: Authors Connecting Readers to Books through Social Media Outreach." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/301549.
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In 2011, over 1.5 million new book titles were published in the United States, a 400% increase in just five years compared to 2006. In the same time period, the market share for eBooks increased dramatically and now comprises 20% or more of sales from many of the biggest publishing companies. This hyper-abundance of titles in an increasingly heterogeneous market place has made it difficult for consumers to connect to books they might want to read. This is the discovery problem. It is compounded by the continuing decline of traditional gatekeepers and sources of discovery such as mass media reviews and advertising, as well as the decline of traditional bookstores where people often find books through browse. Authors and publishers therefore have turned to social media to spread the word about their titles. Social gatekeeping, an extension of traditional gatekeeping theory, is proposed as the framework for understanding how author participation in social networks initiates a flow of the diffusion of information over the web and other computer mediated communication channels, and through individuals and social networks to potential readers. Serendipitous browse and discovery is a key strategy for readers to find titles of interest, and the serendipitous tie is proposed as a social mechanism through which individuals discover new titles and bring it back to their social networks to share. To explore these concepts, a random sample of new eBook titles published during the first week of April, 2012 was generated and analyzed in three phases. The first phase of research classified books and authors according to facets such as traditional or self-published, use of social media and other factors. The second phase used multiple regression to establish an association between the use of social media by authors and a title's sales and presence on the Web. The third phase reviewed selected titles for new approaches to social media use and evidence of the serendipitous tie. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that author web presence predicts discoverability and sales.
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Levinovic-Healy, Annah H. "Children reading in a post-typographic age: Two case studies." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36585/1/36585_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.
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In the age of print, the book has been considered the criterial medium of communication. Western children have been taught to read books in culturally specific ways. For example, reading education as a field of academic enquiry has been at times based on the premise that print is the predominant medium for carrying author messages, and that these messages are relayed through linear organisations of alphabetic print codes in a left-to-right and top-to-bottom orthodoxy. But as the contemporary textual landscape is reshaped in a post-typographic age, it becomes important to recognise that print is now only one of many media channels in our culture.
The thesis argues that the textual artefacts and accompaniments of a computer technology make a significant difference to the way in which texts are read. For example, interactive multimedia texts have created reading contexts where information is relayed through nonlinear and integrated compositions of multimedia. Additionally, digital structures require forms of interactivity which allow readers to take control over their reading in particular ways. These 'ways' are unlike anything possible with paginated text. In the day-to-day pedagogy of schools, reading remains almost exclusively bound to sets of protocols which restrict text and reading to the print page and enduring traditions of the author-controlled message and formulaic, linear structures.
The study' s specific concerns are with the textual practices of two eight year old children in their home and school contexts. Although the study makes no claims to generalisibility, the male and female case studies are thought to be typical of many children of their age group. Indeed an extended implication of the study concerns the effects on children of discontinuities resulting from the predominance of electronically-based reading experiences at home, and the predominance of print reading experiences at school.
The thesis foregrounds the inseparability of affective and cognitive elements in research about texts and reading. The effects of the human and textual environments on children are dynamic and powerful, and especially for young children, learning to read efficiently and meaningfully is dependent on their developing positive attitudes and emotional states. The study is therefore located at the intersection of technologically different texts, the cognitive reading processes which apply to them, and the affective factors which have influenced two children's reading. A case study methodology is employed to reveal the observable differences employed by the two subjects as they move across interactive multimedia digital texts, and exclusively print texts.
The study is located in a contested field which necessitates some degree of clarification of the beliefs and foci of this thesis. Only a relatively short time ago it was inconceivable that anyone would see the need to argue passionately that books epitomize the experience of reading, or that digital texts degrade that experience (Birkerts, 1994). Today, however, there are those who would argue the redundancy of the print book (Stannard, 1997). The thesis makes no suggestion that educational practices associated with teaching children to read linear strings of print are obsolete, nor that the silent, solitary contemplation of the written word is now passe. Nor does the study suggest that the flexible text might be a means of relieving what have been for many readers, the traditional burdens entailed in unravelling alphabetic codes. While there can obviously be no embargo on the place of print texts in the classroom, there can be no parallel denial of the emerging importance of multimedia, digital texts in the community lives of children and adults. Therefore the study argues strongly for a radical, immediate extension of classroom texts, technologies and associated reading pedagogies.
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Armstrong, Austin James. "Electronic Poll Book Allocation in Ohio." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1594851013751813.
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Sanford, Monte Paul. "Using insect responses to anthropogenic disturbance to improve land management and conservation planning decisions." abstract and full text PDF (free order & download UNR users only), 2007. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3289458.
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Boos, Adrian [Verfasser]. "The Relationship between the Resource Curse and Genuine Savings as an Indicator for Weak Sustainability : Theoretical Background and Empirical Evidence / Adrian Boos." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1139118390/34.
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Lagercrantz, Hedvig, and Shima Khabbaz. "The Platinum Boom in Rustenburg and the Bust of the Community : A case study of the Natural Resource Curse in South Africa." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-87940.
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The dependence on natural resources is not a new phenomenon and it has posed issues in undiversified economies. The social impact that the booming of the mining industry has on the local level is still an area in need of investigation. The case study seeks to understand how the platinum mines of the boomtown Rustenburg have impacted the local social fabrics through 22 qualitative interviews in Rustenburg. The city is situated on the North West Province Platinum Belt and produces half of the world's platinum. The boom in the platinum industry is responsible for Rustenburg's influx of people and economic growth. The analysis adopts the assumptions of the Linear Model of the Social Disruption theory and the Psychological Process of the Place Person Process Framework. The central assumption of the Linear Model is that population growth and population density leads to the informal ties of the population being weakened. Meanwhile, the psychological process assumes that groups and individuals relate to a place through psychological interaction. The study finds that the boom of the platinum industry has disrupted the social fabric through a loss in informal ties and the phenomenon of broken families has become common. The influx of people in a combination of weak institutions has led to an unhealthy society where unemployment and the crime rates are high and people are suffering from bad health conditions. It is understood that mining has changed the attitudes of the people toward Rustenburg, and has created a mining mentality. The study contributes to the understanding of the social impact of the resource curse on a local level by investigating how booms in mining industries impact the social fabric on a local level and how the impact is expressed locally. The empirical findings of the study can be beneficial for local stakeholders of Rustenburg with the purpose of improving local policies.
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Black, Clarissa. "O boom de preços de commodities e a economia brasileira nos anos 2000." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/132980.
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No período 2003-11, os preços internacionais de commodities tiveram significativa valorização em termos tanto nominais quanto reais, o que melhorou os termos de troca para os países exportadores líquidos desses produtos, entre eles o Brasil. Esse movimento esteve associado ao crescimento econômico mais robusto para esses países, se comparado com o período anterior ao boom de preços. Frente a essa conjuntura, o propósito que se pretende alcançar neste trabalho é verificar a relação entre o crescimento econômico brasileiro e a performance desses preços relativos nos anos 2000, por meio de seus possíveis canais de transmissão. Considera-se a existência de cinco possíveis canais: (a) efeito-preço nas exportações de commodities; (b) efeito-quantum nas exportações de manufaturados para outros países exportadores de commodities; (c) resultados no emprego; (d) a possibilidade de se elevarem as importações e, portanto, atender-se à demanda doméstica; e, por fim, (e) a elevação das receitas fiscais. O impacto no crescimento econômico depende, assim, da magnitude desses canais na economia e de o país aproveitar, ou não, essas oportunidades. Neste sentido, defende-se a possibilidade de usufruir desses estímulos externos para o desenvolvimento econômico, com o pressuposto da inexistência de uma maldição dos recursos naturais.In the period 2003-2011, international commodity prices had significant appreciation both in nominal and real terms, which improved the terms of trade for net exporters of these products, including Brazil. This movement was associated with a more robust economic growth for these countries compared with the period before the price boom. Taking this situation into account, the aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between Brazil's economic growth and the performance of these relative prices in the 2000s through its possible transmission channels. This study considers the existence of five possible channels: (a) price effect on the exports of commodities; (b) quantum-effect on manufactured exports to commodity-exporting countries; (c) employment outcomes; (d) the possibility of raising imports, thus stimulating domestic demand; and, finally (e) the increase in tax revenues. The impact on economic growth, therefore, depends on the magnitude of these channels in the country's economy and whether or not the country takes advantage of these opportunities. In this regard, called for the possibility of access to such external stimulation for productive diversification, with the assumption of the absence of a resource curse.
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Prichard, Elizabeth Dulaney. "Sustainable Community Development in Boom and Bust Economies: A Comparative Case Analysis of Institutional Stakeholder Interaction in Four Appalachian Natural Resource Dependent Locales." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/99286.
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The purpose of this dissertation research is to examine how local context in four natural resource dependent Appalachian settings shape the formal Basic Engagement Plan (BEP). In 2002, the federal Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) formed a partnership with AmeriCorps VISTA and local environmental improvement organizations to restore Appalachian locales suffering from pre-regulatory environmental damage. To stimulate diverse local institutional engagement, the partnership developed the BEP. It is a formal process of institutional interaction to initiate working relationships where none exist between participating organizations and public administrators, legislators, and nonprofit organizations. To explore the research question, I use a multiple-case study design and comparative analysis. Because the partners work to restore local environments through sustainable community development, the research is grounded in sustainable community development literature. I continue the trend that juxtaposes its considerations of environmental protection, economic development, and social justice with the interactional perspective of community, a sociological model of community grounded in social interaction. Sustainable community development literature is dominated by an authoritative intervention paradigm. The juxtaposed model at the heart of this research does not deny the important contributions of authoritative intervention. Rather, it complements this conventional arrangement by discussing the important role of horizontal institutions in the process. Key findings show local contexts are multi-faceted and dynamic. In this regard, the variation in impact of local contexts on the formal BEP process shows that a one-size-fits-all approach is problematic for sustainable community development in natural resource dependent settings. The dissertation concludes with a set of comparative findings across the four cases and discussion of four important ways in which the research contributes to theory and practice.PHD
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Marwah, Hanaan. "Investing in ghosts : building and construction in Nigeria's oil boom and bust c.1960-2000." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:44dde983-2993-41c9-9346-9783f3d6e52a.
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Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has been portrayed in scholarly literature as a prominent case of postcolonial African ‘growth failure’. Between 1960 and 2000 oil reserves were exploited resulting in revenues of more than $300 billion to the Nigerian government, while real per capita income fell over the same period. This thesis, by focusing on building and construction in Nigeria from 1960 to 2000, explains how and why Nigeria failed to invest its oil revenues to create long-term economic growth. Its findings have important implications for investment analyses of other commodity-rich countries in Africa and across the developing world. It draws on a wide range of primary quantitative and qualitative sources including government surveys, construction-related company financial data and project lists, industry publications, newspapers, and the correspondence files of a major Nigerian architecture firm. These are used to present a picture of historical building activity which includes a 40-year dataset of cement price and consumption, and a construction supply curve for both the oil boom and bust periods. By quantifying for the first time the long-observed ‘ghost construction’ of the oil boom, this thesis finds that annually about two thirds of what scholars and national accounts statistics had estimated was being invested in construction was never actually invested, implying that what was invested offered a greater return than has previously been acknowledged. Although investment in construction was overstated during the oil boom, during the oil bust construction was understated as major government projects were funded off-budget and away from public scrutiny. This thesis demonstrates that the most productive area of public investment has been infrastructure, and further that the private sector construction industry was a valuable asset which greatly enhanced the government’s ability to implement investment programmes, when it had the political will to do so.
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Bertrando, Neil. "Bioavailability of dissolved organic nitrogen from natural resources and wastewater eflluent mutrient limitation on the lower Truckee River /." abstract and full text PDF (UNR users only), 2008. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1460748.
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Sarro, Ed Marcos. "Quadrinhos de uso corporativo e a contemporaneidade: do boom nos anos 90 ao declínio do gênero no Brasil." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27153/tde-07072017-114035/.
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Sendo as histórias em quadrinhos um elemento constituinte da cultura visual do brasileiro a partir do final do século XIX, desde os anos 60 do século XX tem havido iniciativas no sentido de usar a sua linguagem na comunicação interna e em ações de treinamento e desenvolvimento de recursos humanos de organizações públicas e privadas no Brasil. Após um pico nessa prática nos anos 90 - quando da disseminação de novos conceitos de gestão da qualidade que chegavam ao país - a partir de meados da década seguinte esse uso foi diminuindo, permanecendo atualmente em relativa estagnação. A pesquisa teve como objetivo geral apresentar essa transição e demonstrar que mudanças econômicas, organizacionais, culturais e tecnológicas ocorridas em anos recentes no Brasil demandaram um novo modelo para a gestão de recursos humanos nas organizações, considerando comunicação interna e treinamento como faces de um mesmo processo. Como os quadrinhos de uso corporativo ainda são associados ao modelo anterior de gestão, uma das hipóteses é que esses fatores teriam levado ao seu declínio em organizações no Brasil. Neste caminho buscou-se definir o que são quadrinhos de uso corporativo, ainda dentro do modelo tradicional de gestão (e enquanto subgênero da linguagem das histórias em quadrinhos convencionais) fazer breve resgate histórico do gênero desde os anos 60 até a primeira década do século XXI, passando pelo boom dos anos 90; apresentar a transição de modelos a partir da virada do século XX para XXI e situar os quadrinhos de uso corporativo no atual momento em função dessa transição entre modelos (a partir do olhar de organizações que utilizam o gênero ou que não utilizam ou que já utilizaram e não o fazem no momento) analisando o nível de aderência do gênero ao atual modelo para comunicação interna e treinamento. Do ponto de vista teórico, o trabalho foi baseado em teorias clássicas da administração, em teorias da gestão da comunicação organizacional, em teorias de treinamento e desenvolvimento de recursos humanos e no paradigma da Complexidade de Morin.Once comics has been a constituent element of Brazilian visual culture by the end of the 19th century, since the 60s there have been initiatives in the sense of using their language in Internal Communications and in the Training and Development of Human Resources within public and private organizations in Brazil. After a peak in this practice in the 90s -- when new concepts of Quality Management came to this country -- in the middle of the following decade this use has been decreasing, remaining currently in relative stagnation. The main objective of this research was to present this transition and demonstrate that economic, organizational, cultural and technological changes that occurred in recent years in Brazil demanded a new model for the management of Human Resources in organizations, considering Internal Communication and Training as faces of the same process. As comics for corporate use is still associated with the previous model of management, one of the hypotheses is that these factors would have led to its decline in organizations in Brazil. This work sought to define what comics for corporate use are, still according to the traditional model of management (and as sub genre of the language of conventional comics), make a brief historical rescue of the genre from the 60s to the first decade of the 21st century, passing through the boom of the 90s; present the transition of models from the turn of the 20th century to the 21rst and situate the comics for corporate use in the present moment of transition between models (after the point of view of organizations that use the genre, do not use or that have used in the past but do not do so nowadays), analyzing the level of adherence of the gender to the current model for Internal Communications and Training. From the theoretical point of view, the work was based on the classic theories of Administration, on Organizational Communication Management theories, on Human Resources Training and Development theories and on the Morin\'s Complexity paradigm.
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Kille, J. Dee. "United by gold and glory : the making of mining culture in Goldfield, Nevada, 1906-1908 /." abstract and full text PDF (UNR users only), 2008. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3311916.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2008."May 2008." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 457-464). Library also has microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [2009]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Online version available on the World Wide Web.
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Cusworth, Fran. "Boomtown wives: a novel and, The stage and backdrop: essay on the history of the Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe region, A great madness: essay on the social effects of WA's 21st century resources boom." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2008. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1849.
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This thesis comprises a novel entitled 'Boomtown Wives', and two essays entitled 'The Stage and Backdrop', and 'A Great Madness'. These works are about the Western Australian mining boom generally and the remote seaside town of Hopetotm in particular: my thesis explores how overseas demand for Australian commodities shapes the lives of a boomtown's residents. While this is a story with its micro focus on the personal, its broader focus is on a time of historic change, both national and international.
The current mining boom, while documented in the media, is yet to surface in Australia's contemporary literature. Its importance in our economic lives is barely reflected by its presence in our cultural lives. Mining towns and their surrounding environments have traditionally been used in the arts as symbols of alienation or loss, or depicted as part of a bygone era. I set out to write about how it is to live in a mining town now, in the midst of a boom. I didn't want to write about eccentric or displaced characters fleeing a mainstream life with which they couldn't cope. I wanted to write about the people I could see in the mining town where I lived: family people with dreams of getting ahead financially and professionally. I wanted to use the techniques of successful commercial fiction to write a dynamic and sometimes humourous story about three women's lives, and at the same time to capture the panicked greed of the resources boom.
In my story, people arrive in Hopetoun from all over the world with the hope of making their fortunes. Laetitia is married to a mine manager, fighting to earn trust and friendship in a town where her husband holds so much power. Cityslicker Jasmine is married to a mine recruitment supervisor, and has consented to this move in a bid to restore her husband's trust after her infidelity. Brigid is a struggling mother of three, trying with her tradesman husband Jack to clear crippling debts. The women join forces to open a cafe and as this sleepy town struggles to cope with the influx of mine workers, they fight to hold their marriages together and stay true to themselves. Tensions mount over an Aboriginal sacred site and a lost child, and the escalating boom drives mine workers to new extremes. This is a story about living amid the giddy heights of a resources boom, knowing that one day the bust will come.
The first essay, 'The Stage and Backdrop', examines the history of the Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe region, focusing on Aboriginal, mining and women's history. The second essay, 'A Great Madness', looks at the Western Australian mining boom of the early 21st century, and its influence on lifestyles and the economy, focussing in particular on the increased use of fly-in-fly-out workforces, labour shortages and overstretched infrastructure. Both essays illuminate ways that research into the history of mining and the Hopetoun region influenced the creation of my novel.
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Tekfi, Chaffai. "Design of a computer information system for the Algerian National Archives." Thesis, City, University of London, 1990. http://books.google.com/books?id=uCPhAAAAMAAJ.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--City University (London, England), 1990."DX-95400." eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 412-428).
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Fiala, Vojtěch. "Teorie holandské nemoci a její aplikace na země s vlastní měnovou politikou a členy měnové unie." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-262258.
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This diploma thesis aims to give a comprehensive picture of a phenomenon called The Dutch Disease whose symptoms had been increasing in many countries during the second half of the 20th century, especially in connection with mining. The first part deals with the detailed description of traditional economic theory and its later upgrades. In the second part, the Dutch Disease theory is applied to the member countries of the European Monetary Union and highlights the problems of asymmetric shocks, which may include among others the discovery of mineral resources. The third part then attempts to look at the recent European balance of payments crisis through the eyes of the Dutch Disease theory and to highlight a number of common symptoms.
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Jonathan, Norris Allen. "Transitioning Central Appalachia: Understanding Framework Conditions Supporting the Adaptation to New Energy Economies." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1524242893014265.
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Henry, Alexandre. "Essays on Economic Development in Commodity-Dependent Economies." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LORR0076.
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La dépendance aux ressources naturelles entraîne de nombreux défis pour les décideurs publics. Fort de ce constat, se pose avec acuité la question suivante: dans quelle mesure les gouvernements des pays d’Afrique sub-Saharienne sont à même d’employer leurs leviers de politiques fiscales et monétaires afin de limiter les effets négatifs de la dépendance aux ressources naturelles et d’entraîner un cercle économique vertueux? Le second chapitre de la thèse distingue les mécanismes de court terme et de long terme de la dépendance aux ressources naturelles en utilisant une approche en deux temps: d’abord les variables explicatives sont cointégrées pour établir les relations de long terme puis un modèle à correction d’erreur est estimé pour capter les relations de court terme de retour à l’équilibre.Sur le long terme, l’effet négatif de la dépendance est confirmé. Cependant, les pays dotés d’institutions de mauvaise qualité sont plus vulnérables car non seulement ils subissent l’impact de long terme mais la dépendance aux ressources affecte négativement le processus de retour à l’équilibre sur le court terme. Enfin, les résultats montrent que dans le cadre d’institutions de qualité supérieure, la dépendance aux ressources naturelles peut avoir un impact positif sur la reprise économique. Dans un troisième chapitre, un modèle pvar compare les intéractions macro-économiques dans la zone monétaire franc CFA, ancré à l’euro, par rapport aux pays comparables hors zone franc CFA. En prenant en compte la forte présence de matières premières dans leurs exportations, les résultats montrent que la zone franc CFA ne subit pas de perte de compétitivité de par son appartenance à une zone monétaire. En revanche, les investissements directs de l’étranger n’entraînent pas des effets positifs sur la croissance de la même ampleur que ceux observés hors de la zone franc CFA. Le quatrième chapitre contribue à la littérature associée à la gestion optimale des ressources fiscales, notamment dans le cadre d’un boom des matières premières. Les résultats montrent que dans le cadre d’un accès réduit aux marchés de capitaux, les périodes de boom de matières premières sont des opportunités capitales pour stimuler la croissance via l’investissement public, alors que les contraintes fiscales sont temporairement relâchées. Toutefois, l’efficacité de ces accroissements d’investissement est conditionnelle à un niveau d’endettement public soutenableThis thesis belongs to the literature on natural resource dependence and brings a new perspective by focusing on the sub-Saharan African region. This dependence introduces numerous challenges for policy makers both in terms of fiscal and monetary policy. The main research question explored in this thesis is the following : to which extent sub- Saharan African governments can rely on fiscal and monetary policies to mitigate the adverse impacts of commodity dependence and trigger positive spillover and achieve sustainable growth? The second chapter of the thesis unfolds short-term versus long-term mechanisms of the resource curse by using a two-step analysis: an error-correction model is performed after co-integrating the explana- tory variables. Main findings highlight the crucial role of institutions. On the long run, the negative impact of the dependence is confirmed independently of the institution quality. However, countries with weak institutions are more vulnerable to the curse because the re- source dependence not only negatively impacts long-term growth but also adversely impacts the recovery process. Finally, in a strong in- stitutional environment, results points to a potential positive impact of natural resources during recovery process. In the third chapter, a panel vector auto-regressive model compares macro-economic interactions in the pegged CFA monetary union versus a comparable sample. Considering their export structure dominated by raw commodities, results suggests that the CFA zone members do not suffer from a loss of competitiveness from belonging to the monetary union. However, foreign direct investments fail to generate the same spillover effect in the CFA zone compared to non-CFA countries. The forth chapter provides insights on the optimal management of fiscal resources, especially during a windfall period. Growth elasticities of different government choices regarding revenue allocation is performed. Results show that in a con- text of limited access to capital, resource windfall are considered as a crucial opportunity to scale up investment. In fact, below a level of public capital stock (estimated around 750 USD per capita), public investment during a boom has a four-fold higher impact on growth than above the threshold. This scaling up is conditional on low levels of public debt: countries featuring unsustainable public debt levels should prioritize the restoration of stronger foreign reserves
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Hall, Adelyn N. "Socioeconomic Impacts of Natural Gas Extraction in Bradford County, PA." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1427979892.
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Ferreira, Rodrigo Medeiros. "Física moderna: divulgação e acessibilidade no ensino médio através das histórias em quadrinhos." Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 2013. http://www.repositorio.ufal.br/handle/riufal/1225.
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This work aims to show how the comics (DC comic books), when used as teaching resources, may be effective tools in the disclosure and keep students together with physics, so that we will present results of survey where the physics classes with comic were available. And while physics is directly connected with the whole technological development as we know, we also emphasize teaching Modern and Contemporary Physics (MCF) as fundamental and important role in formation of citizens.Este trabalho visa mostrar como as histórias em quadrinhos (HQs), quando utilizadas como recursos didáticos, podem ser eficientes ferramentas na divulgação e na aproximação dos alunos com a física, para tanto apresentaremos os resultados de uma pesquisa onde foram avaliadas as aulas de física através dos quadrinhos. E estando a física diretamente ligada a todo desenvolvimento tecnológico que conhecemos, também destacamos o ensino Física Moderna e Contemporânea (FMC) como de fundamental importância na formação de cidadãos.
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Maissan, Josephus A. J. "In old age they still produce fruit the enabling and equipping of older adults for leadership in church renewal : a project that explored the elder boom as a growing resource for church renewal /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Osburg, Victoria-Sophie [Verfasser], Waldemar [Akademischer Betreuer] Toporowski, Lutz M. [Akademischer Betreuer] Kolbe, and Margarete [Akademischer Betreuer] Boos. "Products consisting of materials based on renewable resources: Drivers of purchase intention, consumers' information needs and target groups / Victoria-Sophie Osburg. Gutachter: Waldemar Toporowski ; Lutz M. Kolbe ; Margarete Boos. Betreuer: Waldemar Toporowski." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1071713507/34.
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Temp, Daiana Sonego. "FACILITANDO A APRENDIZAGEM DE GENÉTICA: USO DE UM MODELO DIDÁTICO E ANÁLISE DOS RECURSOS PRESENTES EM LIVROS DE BIOLOGIA." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2011. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/6656.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorThe research regarding the learning of genetics is an important theme within the area of of Biology teaching, because it involves the discussion about forms of apprenticeship and difficulties in understanding and relating abstract concepts that proceed from different areas. Due to the necessity of investigating the main difficulties of the students in relation to the learning of genetics, this work had as objective to develop a teaching model which might facilitate genetics' learning and the demonstration of the correlation between genotype and phenotype, besides the analysis of the auxiliary resources present in teaching books. The research utilized qualitative and quantitative approaches using as collection instrument a questionnaire for the general characterization of the group and the comparison of pre and post-tests applied. Seventy three students, enrolled in the second year of high school in a public school of Santa Maria, RS, took part in the research. The tests were elaborated with questions that encompassed contents related to genetics. The teaching model was used in the period between the application of the pre and post tests. The analysis of the pre-test showed that the main questions were related to the identification of the chromosome structure, genes and DNA; relations between genotype and phenotype; the identification of genealogies and calculation of probabilities, concepts and karyotype. After the use of the teaching model it could be observed that it was efficient for the learning of issues as chromosome structures, genotype-phenotype interaction and karyotype, confirming that that the use of different models and practices of teaching are important tools for the consolidation of learning. The analysis of the teaching books showed that pictures were the resource present more often, while resources like cartoons and indication of sites were present in only one of the seven books. Therefore, the analysis of teaching books is important, because they are a source of learning and of conceiving for the students, and they must have teaching resources, like the indication of sites and didactic models to aid in learning.
A pesquisa com relação à aprendizagem de genética é importante tema dentro da área de ensino de biologia, pois envolve a discussão sobre formas de aprendizado e dificuldades em compreender e relacionar conceitos abstratos e oriundos de diferentes áreas. Devido à necessidade de investigação sobre as principais dificuldades dos alunos com relação à aprendizagem de genética, este trabalho teve como objetivo desenvolver um modelo didático que facilitasse a aprendizagem de genética e a demonstração da correlação entre genótipo e fenótipo além da análise dos recursos auxiliares presentes nos livros didáticos. A pesquisa utilizou as abordagens qualitativa e quantitativa utilizando como instrumento de coleta um questionário para a caracterização geral do grupo e a comparação das questões do pré e pós-teste utilizados. Participaram da pesquisa 73 alunos matriculados no segundo ano do ensino médio em uma escola pública de Santa Maria, RS. Os testes foram formulados com questões que englobavam conteúdos relacionados à genética. No período entre a aplicação dos testes foi utilizado o modelo didático. A análise do pré-teste mostrou que as principais dúvidas estavam relacionadas à identificação da estrutura cromossômica, genes e DNA; relações entre genótipo e fenótipo; identificação de genealogias e cálculos de probabilidade, conceitos e cariótipo. Após o uso do modelo didático observou-se que o mesmo foi eficiente com relação aos grupos relacionados às estruturas cromossômicas, interação genótipo e fenótipo e cariótipo, confirmando que o uso de modelos e práticas diferenciais de ensino são ferramentas importantes para a consolidação do aprendizado. A análise dos livros didáticos mostrou que o recurso presente com mais frequência foram as figuras, sendo que recursos como charges e indicação de sites esteve presente em apenas um dos sete livros. Assim, é importante a análise dos livros didáticos, pois os mesmos são fonte de aprendizagem e de concepções para os estudantes e devem apresentar recursos pedagógicos, como a indicação de sites e modelos didáticos para auxiliar na aprendizagem.
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Araújo, Hanna T. G. P. 1982. "Livros de Imagem = três artistas narram seus processos de criação." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/284969.
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Orientador: Lúcia Helena ReilyDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes
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Resumo: Esta pesquisa visou investigar o processo criativo de artistas plásticos que produzem livros de imagem no sentido de compreender os modos de sua produção poética e criativa da narração visual. Os livros de imagem são produções nas quais a narrativa é desenvolvida a partir da sequência de imagens, visando, geralmente, ao público infantil. Para o desenvolvimento desta pesquisa, escolhemos três renomados e premiados artistas na categoria livro de imagem, cujos processos criativos de construção narrativa serão o objeto do estudo. A abordagem da psicologia que fundamenta a pesquisa é a sociocultural (tendo Lev S. Vygotsky, como principal expoente), com apoio das contribuições de Fayga Ostrower e Ernst Gombrich no campo das artes visuais. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, filmadas em vídeo e transcritas. Neste estudo, pudemos vislumbrar as especificidades que permeiam os processos criativos de narrativas visuais, nos quais, pautados na experiência, o artista estrutura suas obras sem que esteja, necessariamente, consciente dos modos que o faz. Por outro lado, observamos que suas intenções baseiam-se na tentativa de ampliação de repertório imagético de seus leitores, corroborando na formação estética das crianças
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the creative processes of three visual artists that produce picture books, in order to understand how poetic production and visual narratives are engendered. Picture books, geared, usually, towards children, are works in which the narrative is developed through a sequence of images. In this study, three renowned artists who have won several prizes in the picture book category (namely André Neves, Angela Lago e Graça Lima) participated in the study, discussing their creative processes in narrative construction. The study is founded on the sociocultural approach (Lev S. Vygotsky being the main exponent of this theoretical construct). Othercontributions came from the writings of Fayga Ostrower and Ernst Gombrich in the field of visual arts. The data was collected using semi-structured interviews that were filmed and transcribed. In this study, we were able to uncover characteristics that permeate these artists' creative processes for making visual narratives. The artists draw on the own artistic experiences, childhood memories, and visual references, in order to structure their compositions, though this process may not always be a conscious one. As they Interact and negotiate with publishing houses, the artists reported that their aim is to broaden the visual repertoire of their readers, contributing to children's aesthetic development
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Gaigher, S. S. E. (Susan). "Digital publishing in the South African trade sub-sector : lessons to learn from disruptive technology." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32784.
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The traditional print publishing industry has been faced with significant change over the past decade. Advances in technology have led to the increased digitisation of business processes, and have debatably brought e-books to the brink of the mainstream market. With the growing popularity of e-books in the trade market come several opportunities for publishers to expand, improve and differentiate their businesses. But publishers also face a very challenging time ahead to successfully implement digital publishing in their business processes.
This study examines the implications of digitisation and digital publishing on publishing business processes in the traditional print publishing environment. The research considers digital publishing as a disruptive technology in the publishing industry, and draws on the context and predictive value of disruptive technology theory. Disruptive technology theory examines why, when faced with a disruptive technology, some firms succeed in the marketplace, and others fail. The research applied
the principles and predictions of disruptive technology theory to the publishing industry to develop a set of recommendations for publishers implementing digital publishing processes.
The research employed a mixed methodology design that included an extensive literature review and an online survey of South African book publishers. The literature provided an overview of the issues surrounding digital publishing, and the opportunities and challenges that publishers are faced with. Literature on disruptive technology theory served to establish trends in industries faced with disruptive technology, and uncovered recommendations for its successful implementation.
The researcher made use of an online survey that was sent to South African trade publishers that had already started experimenting with digital publishing in 2010 or 2011, or had plans to do so during the course of 2011 and 2012. The survey was designed to uncover the current state of digital publishing in the South African trade publishing industry, to discover the approaches that publishers are currently taking, and the barriers to implementation that they are experiencing.
The research confirmed that the current state of digital publishing in South Africa, and the problems that publishers are experiencing, are characteristic of industries faced with disruptive technology.
The principles of disruptive technology can therefore be applied to develop recommendations and suggest strategies for publishers planning to venture into digital publishing.
Although the focus of the research was on South African trade publishers, the results and recommendations that emerged from the research can be applied to the wider international publishing industry.Dissertation (MIS)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Pasaribu, Donny. "The Dutch disease, natural resource booms and policy adjustments: The case of Indonesia." Phd thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/204728.
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The role of natural resources in economic development has sparked debates amongst economists for decades. While theories such as the natural resource curse thesis and the Dutch disease have been developed to explain the adverse effects of natural resources, the empirical findings are mixed. This thesis consists of one theory chapter (Chapter 2), one background chapter about Indonesia (Chapter 3) and three distinct but closely related empirical chapters (Chapters 4, 5 and 6) on natural resources and their impact on the economy. The theory and Indonesia chapters provide some background on relevant theories and on the case study of Indonesia, which will be discussed and applied throughout the thesis. The theory chapter (Chapter 2) focuses on the Dutch disease theory and natural resource curse theory, along with their development and related empirical studies. The Indonesia chapter (Chapter 3) discusses the complex relationship between natural resources and economic development in Indonesia's modern history.
The first empirical chapter (Chapter 4) explores and compares various methods to construct the real exchange rate as a tool to measure the effects of the Dutch disease in natural resource booms in Indonesia. Theoretically, a natural resource boom will lead to an appreciation of the real exchange rate, defined as the price ratio between non-tradeables and tradeables. Real effective exchange rate data (REER), as published by international organisations such as IMF and BIS, is therefore not suitable for measuring the effects of the Dutch disease because it is constructed differently from its theoretical definition. This study uses Indonesia as a case study and constructs trade-weighted REER, CPI-based, and GDP-deflator based price ratios. Indonesia is an interesting case study because, in the last fifty years, it has experienced two very different resource booms. The study finds that, while each method has its advantages and disadvantages, the GDP-deflator price ratio is the most appropriate method to measure the effects of the Dutch disease.
The second empirical chapter (Chapter 5) tests the total effect of natural resource extraction on manufacturing in a cross-country setting. The total effect of natural resource extraction can include the Dutch disease and natural resource curse effects, both of which may have adverse effects on manufacturing. However, it can also include the effects of backward-and-forward linkages and productivity spillover, which may have positive effects. The test is done by estimating the effect of natural resource rents on manufacturing value-added. It uses an instrumental variable method that utilises fluctuations in world resource prices, weighted by each country's resource exports. Using data from 149 countries over the period 1970-2014, the study finds that natural resource rents have a mildly positive effect on manufacturing value-added. The findings are then compared to the experience of Indonesia and Australia, two relatively resource-dependent countries.
The final empirical chapter (Chapter 6) measures the welfare impacts of coal and palm oil prices in Indonesia during the 2000s commodity boom. The welfare outcomes include the poverty rate, household consumption, employment, and wages, all measured at the district level. The study exploits the within-country variation in exposure to each commodity, interacted with exogenous changes in global commodity prices. The study focuses on coal and palm oil prices because they were the main driver in Indonesia's export growth during the 2000s commodity boom. The results suggest that both coal and palm oil prices have strong poverty reduction effects. While palm oil price affects poverty mainly through employment creation effect, coal price affects poverty mainly through the wage effect.
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Ampofo, Akwasi. "Identifying Oil Extraction Effects in Developing Countries: Evidence from Ghana." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/121700.
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Over the last few decades, the role of natural resources to the development of economies has gained considerable attention. Empirical studies establishing the link between natural resources and development have largely resorted to aggregated country level studies with most finding little to no development in developing economies. The underlying reasons for such findings are the absence of infrastructure, stable government and presence of corruption. In recent years, there has been a switch in examining natural resource effect. Studies have focused on moving away from macro-level analysis to understanding how extraction of the resource lead to development at the micro-level of countries. This focus allows for heterogeneous study at the lowest administrative level. However, the current literature is largely centered on developed economies with little attention on developing countries, like Ghana that discovered one of the largest oil reserve in West Africa in over a decade in 2007 and started extraction in 2010. This thesis comprises of three chapters and each examines the effects of oil extraction in Ghana and various economic decisions that resulted from it. The thesis uses data from the Ghana Living Standard Survey which is a nationwide survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service in collaboration with the World Bank. The first chapter examines how oil extraction made it possible for the government of Ghana to implement a new wage policy -the Single Spine Pay Policyfor public sector workers. By adopting a novel unconditional quantile estimation within a difference-in-differences framework, the chapter examines the significance and effectiveness of this policy in addressing wage disparities and more importantly productivity of public sector workers. The study finds that the policy largely affected public sector workers at the lower tail of the earnings distribution. Female workers in the education and health sub-sectors and male workers in the administration sub-sector were the largest beneficiaries. However, there was a reduction in the level of productivity for public sector workers largely from the beneficiaries of the gains in earnings. The second chapter examines spillover effects of oil extraction on income, employment and migration in Ghana. To capture the spillover effects, individuals living in districts closer to the oil extraction area are used as treated group and those living further away (about 250km) are used as control group. The study employs a difference-in-differences strategy and finds that there is, on average, a positive spillover effect on the income of individuals living closest to the oil extraction area. These effects decrease for income and migration but increase for employment, the further away an individual is from the oil extraction area. Moreover, the spillover effects are heterogeneous and vary by gender and sector. The positive effect on income observed is largely for men and workers in the agricultural and retail sectors. Migrants are mostly women and workers in retail and other services. There is a significant reduction in agriculture and service sectors employment but an increase in the manufacturing sector. The findings suggest that oil extraction in the south of Ghana deepens the economic disparities that exist between the north and south of Ghana. The third chapter examines the effect of oil extraction on the well being of households. Existing empirical literature examining impact of natural resources at the micro level, undertake a partial analysis of the well being with most focused on average estimation with no consideration for changes along the distribution of these outcomes. This study employs an unconditional quantile technique using the Recentered In uence Function (RIF) in a difference-in-differences framework. Examining oil effect along the distribution of expenditure, the study uses households in close proximity to the oil extraction area as treated group and households further away as control group. The study finds that oil extraction has a positive effect at low expenditure levels or on poor households, but negative effects at high expenditure or on rich households. These results are broadly consistent with microeconomic theory predictions given a downward sloping oil extraction effect on households' expenditure share on food and an upward slope on non-food expenditure share.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Economics, 2019
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Chowdhury, Mamta B. "Resources booms and macroeconomic adjustment : Papua New Guinea." Phd thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/144217.
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Lkhanaajav, Esmedekh. "Mongolia's resources boom: a CGE analysis." Thesis, 2016. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/31830/.
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Mongolia’s geographical location, its economic structure and its mineral wealth give it unique characteristics. Tapping its natural resources in a way that equally benefits the social and economic well-being of Mongolians is the greatest challenge. The resources boom in recent years directly impacted remarkable economic growth, and affected Mongolia’s economic structure, social welfare, institutional quality and environment. The unprecedented improvement in the terms of trade and the large inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) were driven by the industrialisation of Mongolia’s neighbour and a main trading partner, China. Externally generated growth is, however, a double-edged sword. The boom brought with it economic fragility and loss of international competitiveness. It made the economy vulnerable to commodity price slumps and adverse changes in FDI.
The thesis constructs, tests and applies two economy-wide models for Mongolia: a comparative static CGE model, ORANIMON, and a dynamic CGE model, MONAGE. The models serve as laboratories for economic analysis in order to develop informed views on policy in Mongolia. The detailed nature of the models and the databases allow ORANIMON and MONAGE to capture salient features of the Mongolian economy. Short-, medium- and long-run simulations were undertaken for validating the modeling and evaluating the impact of the mining boom. Simulation results show that there were significant structural changes in the Mongolian economy over the period studied, 2005 to 2012. The shifts in foreign demand for Mongolian mineral export commodities contributed most of the economic growth. Maintaining flexible currency and wage adjustment, cultivating productivity through micro-economic reform and improving institutional quality are crucial for Mongolia to overcome the difficulties associated with the structural change.
Areas for future research within an economic modelling framework emerge: an analysis of the impact of resources boom on poverty and inequality; a policy-relevant research related to the livestock sector; a long-term baseline for the Mongolian economy and an empirical assessment for examining the dynamic responses of macroeconomic policies to large capital outflows.