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Pittas, Pantelis Aristeidis 1977. "Global ship-repair industry : evaluation of current situation and future trends." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8967.

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Thesis (S.M. in Ocean Systems Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering; and, (S.M. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1999. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-98). This thesis is an analysis of the Global Ship-repair market. This subject is of great interest to all involved in the shipping industry, as it is one of the industry's major components. There are many yards that specialize in ship-repair and bear the necessary equipment and facilities to meet shipowners' needs and specifications. The service mix varies though, depending upon the strategic decisions made by the different shipyards so as to optimize their efficiencies. Different shipyards and geographical regions offer different varieties of services and specialization. Thereby, my aim is to define, analyze, and understand the mechanisms of the ship-repair market. To do so, I will first look on the market as a single unit. I will then segment the whole ship-repair industry into geographical regions, analyze them separately, and compare them. Through this process, I shall establish a way for a shipowner to more appropriately choose the shipyard that best meets his needs. So as to carry out the above analysis, I will have to compare the different yards on a common basis. For that purpose, a dry docking specification for an existing 34,000 dwt bulk-carrier vessel was sent to numerous yards around the globe on request for offers. Collecting data was not trouble-free; some shipyards did not respond to our drydocking specification at all, while others did not have free space to facilitate the vessel. After several attempts, more than thirty offers from around the world were aggregated, providing an ample set of data to carry out the necessary calculations. What follows next is a look into the future trends of the ship-repair market. by Pantelis Aristeidis Pittas. S.M.in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering S.M.in Ocean Systems Management

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McIntyre, Kenneth E. "The pastoral needs of black pupils : an evaluation of current trends and practices." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.635648.

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This Thesis is an evaluation of Pastoral Care Systems through the experiences. of Black Pupils in a sample of comprehensive schools in a large industrial city in the North. of England. The Study is essentially qualitative in its approach and uses case studies with interviews as the main tool for data collection. Fifty Third Year Black Pupils were interviewed from the sample of schools along with their Form Tutors, Heads of Year end Headteachers. The data collected gave an overall picture of how Pastoral Care was implemented in those schools and the evaluation of that provision from the pupils' perspectives. The Study concluded that there were many deficiencies in the ten areas of Pastoral Care provision which were investigated. Additionally. the conclusion is made that the Pastoral needs of Black Pupils warranted special focus within the conceptualisation organisation and practice of Pastoral Care within those schools.

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Schwartz, Brian Matthew. "Evaluation of the genetic gain in upland cotton during the twentieth century." Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4906.

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Genetic gain studies in the past have been used to evaluate the historical improvement of different traits and give insight into what magnitudes of gain might be possible in the future. Additionally, they have been carried out to defend the role of genetics during periods of stagnant or decreasing yield trends. This study was conducted over a 2-year period (2003 and 2004) and included nine current or obsolete cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars grown in 5 plant densities designed to evaluate varying levels of interplant competition. Plant densities were single plant culture with plants spaced 3m x 3m, 2m x 2m, 1m x 1m, 1m x 0.3m, and two commercial populations with plants spaced 1m x 0.1m. Results were analyzed for each trait to determine whether genetic gains are interrelated with tolerance to interplant competition or strictly under genetic control. The rates of genetic gain for lint yield were highest in the 1m x 0.1m, 1m x 0.3m, and 1m x 1m treatment with slopes of 8.7, 8.2, and 7.1 kg ha-1 yr-1 respectively. The slopes were each significantly smaller in the 2m x 2m and 3m x 3m spaced populations with gains of 3.6 and 1.5 kg ha-1 yr-1 respectively, implying that for lint yield, genetic gains have been made for tolerance to interplant competition. Similarly, modern maize hybrids only out perform obsolete hybrids at higher plant densities. Genetic gain for lint yield, fiber length, fiber strength, and fiber micronaire made in the context of tolerance to interplant competition is due in large part to the excellent performance of Deltapine 491 (2002) at higher plant populations.

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Pentz-Kluyts, Megan. "An evaluation of knowledge and current trends of omega-3 (n-3) supplementation in parents of children at public primary schools in the City of Cape Town." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80078.

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Thesis (MNutr)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Omega-3 fatty acids and supplementation is very topical, attracting both public and interest from the industry. Findings from various research studies led a number of authorities to encourage the general population to consume more omega-3. This is the first study of its kind to be conducted in this population. Objective: To determine the current knowledge and trends of omega-3 (n-3) supplementation in parents of children at public primary schools in the City of Cape Town. Design: An observational and analytical and descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed. Methods: Purposive sampling was used to select a minimum of 150 parents from the six (6) randomly selected public primary schools. The schools were then divided into three different living standard measure (LSM) groups. The research questionnaire was made available at the Parent Teachers meetings where all parents had the option to complete the questionnaire anonymously at the meeting. Results: Six hundred and fifty seven (n=657) parents, mostly mothers, with a mean age of 37 years, completed and returned the questionnaires. The mean monthly income (p=0.00, SD=2.63) and the education level (p=0.00, SD=1.37) differed significantly between each of the three LSM groups. Prior to the study, 80.1% of parents (n=526) had heard of omega-3 supplements and overall knowledge of omega-3 was significantly better in this group (p=0.00) when compared to the group that had not heard of omega-3 previously. The overall mean omega-3 knowledge score for the three LSM groups (n=657) was 71%. The high and low LSM groups differed significantly in terms of omega-3 knowledge (p=0.02), but not statistically significantly once adjusted for income and education level (p=0.75). The main sources of information, where all parents (n=526) indicated having heard of omega-3 supplements, was from television (n = 230, 35%), books (n= 220, 33.5%) and the health worker (n=199, 30.3%). A total of 38.5% (n=253) of parents indicated that they gave their children omega-3 supplements. The overall omega-3 knowledge was significantly better (p=0.00) in parents who gave their children omega-3 supplements than the group that did not give supplements to their children. Income and the education level differed between all three LSM groups for those giving their children omega-3 supplements, but these variables did not influence the choice to give omega-3 supplements. Doctors (n=58, 22.9%) and the parents’ own decision (n=60, 23.7%) to supplement were the most favoured sources of recommendation indicated overall. Most parents indicated that the omega-3 supplement they administered was from a marine source (n=105, 41.5%). Only 35.2% (n=89) of parents giving omega-3 supplements indicated they knew the dose they were administering. Most of the children (n=90) were taking 500 mg omega-3 supplements daily. Conclusions and Recommendations: Statistically significant differences existed between the three LSM groups regarding various aspects of omega-3 knowledge and the sources from which parents had been informed and those who gave their children omega-3 supplements. Recommendations include education and public health programs supplying information to parents on omega-3 supplementation, as well as on omega-3 in the children’s diets. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Agtergrond: Omega-3 vetsure en supplementasie is ‘n baie aktuele onderwerp, wat beide die belangstelling van die publiek en industrie betrek. Bevindinge van verskeie navorsingstudies het daartoe gelei dat verskeie instansies die algemene publiek aanmoedig om meer omega-3 in te neem. Dit is die eerste studie van sy soort wat in dié populasie groep gedoen is. Doelwit: Om die huidige kennis en tendensies/neigings in omega-3(n-3) supplementasie in ouers van kinders by publieke laerskole in die stad Kaapstad te bepaal. Ontwerp:’n Waarnemende- en en analitiese en beskrywende- dwarsdeursnitstudie is gedoen. Metode: Daar is gebruik gemaak van ‘n doelgerigte steekproefneming om ‘n minimum van 150 ouers uit ses (6) ewekansig geseleteerde publieke laerskole van uit te kies. Die skole is in drie verskillende lewenstandaardgroepe (LSM) verdeel. Die navorsingsvraelys is by ‘n Ouer-Onderwyservergadering beskikbaar gestel en alle ouers het ‘n geleentheid gehad om die vraelys anoniem by die vergadering te voltooi. Resultate: Seshonderd sewe-en-vyftig (n=657) ouers, meestel moeders, met ‘n gemiddelde ouderdom van 37 jaar, het die vraelyste voltooi en teruggegee. Die gemiddelde maandlikse inkomste (p=0.00, SD=2.63) en vlak van opvoeding (p=0.00, SD=1.37) het noemensvaardig tussen elk van die drie LSM groepe verskil. Voor die studie het 80.1% van die ouers (n=526) al van omega-3 supplemente gehoor en die algehele kennis van die groep was beduidend beter (p=0.00) as die groep wat voorheen nie van omega-3 gehoor het nie. Die gemiddelde algehele omega-3 kennistelling vir die drie LSM groepe was 71%. Die hoë en lae LSM groepe het beduidend ten opsigte van omega-3 kennis (p=0.02) verskil, maar nie statisties- beduidend wanneer dit vir inkomste en opvoedingsvlak (p=0.75) aangepas is nie. Die hoofbronne van inligting waar al die ouers (n=526) wat aangedui het dat hulle van omega-3 supplementasie gehoor het, was deur televisie (n=230, 35%), boeke (n=220, 33.5%) en die gesondheidswerker (n=199, 30.3%). ‘n Totaal van 38.5% (n=253) ouers het aangedui dat hulle hul kinders omega-3 supplemente gee. Die algehele omega-3 kennis van ouers wie hulle kinders omega-3 supplemente gee was statisties beduidend beter (p=0.00) in vergelyking met die groep wat nie supplemente vir hulle kinders gee nie. Die inkomste en opvoedingsvlak het verskil tussen all drie LSM groepe wat hulle kinders omega-3 supplementasie gegee het, maar hierdie veranderlikes het nie die keuse om omega-3 supplemente te gee beïnvloed nie. Mediese dokters (n=58, 22.9%) en die ouer se eie besluit (n=60 23.7%) om te supplementeer, was die gunsteling bronne van aanbeveling in die algemeen. Die meeste ouers het aangedui dat die omega-3 supplement wat hulle gegee het van ‘n visbron afkomstig (n=105, 41.5%) is. Net 35.2% (n=89) van die ouers wat omega-3 supplemente gee het aangedui dat hulle die dosis kenwat hulle gee. Meeste van die kinders (n=90) het 500mg omega-3 supplemente daagliks gekry. Gevolgtrekking en aanbevelings: Statistiese beduidende verskille is tussen die drie LSM groepe ten opsigte van verskeie aspekte van omega-3 kennis en bronne waaruit ouers ingelig is, sowel as die ouers wie hulle kinders omega-3 supplemente gegee het, gevind. Aanbevelings sluit opvoeding en publieke gesondheidsprogramme in, wat inligting aan ouers sal verskaf oor omega-3 supplementasie sowel as omega-3 in die kinders se diëte.

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Lowery, Ashley. "Current Trends in Altmetrics." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2475.

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Lowery will provide an overview of altmetrics with a focus on the most recent developments within the field. Topics will include types of altmetrics, tools used to track altmetrics, and applications of altmetrics.

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Lang, Franz Peter, and Nadiia Antypenko. "Current trends in aviation insurance." Thesis, National Aviation University, 2021. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/54624.

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The procedure and conditions of aviation insurance. Specific factors that determine the features of aviation insurance and require detailed coverage. The place of insurance of military risks which are not considered by standard conditions of insurance of an aircraft.

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Horobets, Olga, and Ольга Горобець. "Current trends in the creative economy." Thesis, National aviation university, 2021. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/50587.

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1. Creative Industries definitions [Electronic resource]. - Access mode: https://www.davidparrish.com/creative-industries-definitions/. 2. Kreativi`zaczi`ya yak vektor stalogo rozvitku suchasnoyi ekonomi`ki: [Electronic resource]. - Access mode: http://www.econ.vernadskyjournals.in.ua/2019/30_69_2/27.pdf. 3. Mi`zhnarodni` ta vi`tchiznyani` tendenczi`yi rozvitku kreativnoyi ekonomi`ki [Electronic resource]. - Access mode: http://www.ej.kherson.ua/journal/economic_06/17.pdf. 4. Kreativnij sektor ekonomi`ki: dosvi`d ta napryami rozbudovi [Electronic resource]. - Access mode: https://ird.gov.ua/irdp/p20170702.pdf. Recently, the sphere of creative economy has been actively developing in many countries of the world. Millions of people work in this field, supporting the national economy and raising the general level of culture. When the coronavirus pandemic closed traditional spheres of life, many people engaged in handicrafts, read books, watched TV series and movies, online concerts or went shopping online. Such actions helped to support the development of the creative economy. Останнім часом сфера креативної економіки активно розвивається у багатьох країнах світу. Мільйони людей працюють у цій галузі, підтримуючи національну економіку та підвищуючи загальний рівень культури. Коли пандемія коронавірусу закрила традиційні сфери життя, багато людей займалися рукоділлям, читали книги, дивилися серіали та фільми, онлайн-концерти або ходили по магазинах в Інтернеті. Такі дії допомогли підтримати розвиток креативної економіки.

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Yip, Wai Jessie. "Current trends in early human drug trials." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36887158.

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Yip, Wai Jessie, and 葉慧. "Current trends in early human drug trials." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39725005.

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Chen, Michael 1981. "Current technologies and trends of aluminum design." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/31111.

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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. 50). A literature review of current aluminum technology in the building and construction industry was carried out. Aluminum is an ideal material for building in corrosive environments and for building structures where small dead loads are desired. This has led to the increased use of aluminum in industrial areas and bridge retrofitting projects. By replacing conventional concrete decks of a bridge with aluminum decks, not only is the dead load red load capacity of the bridge is increased. However, there are design issues related with aluminum construction that must be carefully considered. Issues such as welding and temperature effects play a major factor in the application of aluminum in design and construction. Depending on the alloy and temper, welding of aluminum can reduce the strength of an aluminum alloy by half in heat-affected zones. A life cycle assessment of aluminum production is discussed. Green-house gas emissions from aluminum production over the past several decades have declined consistently due to new smelting technologies. In addition, a great amount of aluminum in use today is recycled aluminum. As engineers and architects look for more sustainable solutions and the price of the metal continues to decline, aluminum offers designers an attractive and viable solution. by Michael Chen. M.Eng.

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Smith, Julie K. (Julie Katherine) 1980. "Current technologies and trends of retractable roofs." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85746.

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Nemček, Sebastian. "Current and future trends in cloud CRM." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-150122.

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The diploma thesis is committed to mapping CRM applications available in cloud and trends within. The goal is to describe what CRM is, how it evolved into Cloud CRM, analyze main differences between the two approaches and analyze trends that can be observed in CRM market and CRM applications. This is coupled with description of the most common CRM solutions and products available both on-premises as well as on-demand. In the first part, the thesis introduces theory behind Customer Relationship Management and its different understanding by various authors. It also describes the most common functionality of CRM. The second part explores the world of CRM application, characterizing infrastructure behind, deployment models, access options, licensing models and technology. In the next part the three on-premise solutions -- Oracle Siebel, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SAP 360 Customer are described in terms of their look and feel, functionality, social and mobile CRM capabilities and pricing. The next part finally deals with CRM in the form of Cloud, introduces the term cloud computing, clarifies when cloud is the right choice and generally compares costs of running CRM on-demand and on-premise. This is followed by trends description on CRM market and functionality. The last chapter describes two cloud CRM solutions for each of the enterprise, medium and small company target segments.

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Ahmed, Lamis M. "CURRENT TRENDS IN ORTHODONTIC PRACTICE IN AUSTRALIA." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17953.

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To investigate the current trends in orthodontic practice in Australia. Methods: The link to the online survey, invitation to participate and the information sheets were forwarded to all orthodontists registered with the Australian Society of Orthodontists (ASO). Data were summarised and analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences- SPSS V21. Basic descriptive statistics were used to obtain frequencies and percentages while the chi- squared test of independence was used to check for possible relationships between categorical variables. Results: Preadjusted edgewise is the most commonly used appliance by the participants both in their current practice, and during their orthodontic training. Most commonly used bracket system is conventional twin brackets. The majority of respondents (60 %) extract in less than 25% of the cases, with 2nd premolars being the most frequent teeth extracted. Sequential aligners were used by 79.8 % of participants. The most routinely used expansion method is RME. Almost 74% of participants use TADs in their practice. 59.4% of TAD users prefer buccal miniscrews and 70.7% place the TADs themselves. The most commonly used treatment method for skeletal Class II growing patients is ‘1-phase treatment; orthopaedic treatment immediately followed by OR combined with orthodontic treatment with full fixed appliances’ and 84% of participants utilise functional appliances. The most commonly used approach for management of skeletal Class III growing patients is “Interceptive treatment, observe growth, and decide for further treatment accordingly”, with the most common treatment modality being ‘Reverse pull head gear (face mask) + RME’ at 69.7 %. Main factors influencing treatment decision method for skeletal Class III patients are severity 83.5 %, followed by growth potential. The most frequently performed course of action in the case of a suspected maxillary canine impaction is ‘Extraction of deciduous canine’ at 80.3 %. Conclusion: Australian orthodontists utilise contemporary methods of orthodontic treatment for the management of their patients. Similarities and discrepancies in patterns of practice nationwide were highlighted and discussed, and comparisons made with the other recent Australian and international surveys.

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Johnson, Derek Andrew 1970, and John Joseph 1963 Kiely. "Current trends in pension fund real estate investment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59542.

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Thesis (M.S. in Real Estate)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1997 [first author]; and, (M.S. in Real Estate)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1997 [second author]. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-56). by Derek Johnson and John Kiely. M.S.in Real Estate

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Bezpartochnyi, Maksim, and Olga Pelekh. "Trade enterprises in poland: current trends and prospects." Thesis, Університет "Україна", 2015. http://dspace.puet.edu.ua/handle/123456789/2618.

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Ilchenko, Anastasia, and Анастасія Ільченко. "Current trends in the global e-commerce market." Thesis, National aviation university, 2021. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/50585.

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1. Global Ecommerce Update 2021 [Electronic resource]. – Access mode: https://www.emarketer.com/content/global-ecommerce-update-2021. 2. Retail e-commerce sales worldwide from 2014 to 2023 [Electronic resource]. – Access mode: https://www.statista.com/statistics/379046/worldwide-retail-e-commerce-sales. 3. Ecommerce Statistics for 2021 – Chatbots, Voice, Omni-Channel Marketing [Electronic resource]. – Access mode: https://kinsta.com/blog/ecommerce-statistics. 4. Digital 2021 [Electronic resource]. – Access mode: https://wearesocial.com/digital-2021. In recent decades, Internet penetration in various spheres of social life around the world has been very rapid and accompanied by the creation of new opportunities for productive and business activities. More and more businesses from different countries around the world are trying to move to the implementation of economic activities online and develop in line with current trends. After all, the world market for electronic commerce (eCommerce) is one of the most dynamic and growing. В останні десятиліття проникнення Інтернету в різні сфери суспільного життя у всьому світі було дуже швидким і супроводжувалося створенням нових можливостей для продуктивної та ділової діяльності. Все більше і більше підприємств з різних країн світу намагаються перейти до здійснення економічної діяльності в Інтернеті та розвиватися відповідно до сучасних тенденцій. Зрештою, світовий ринок електронної комерції (електронна комерція) є одним з найбільш динамічних та зростаючих.

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Shiri, Ali Asghar, and Crawford Revie. "Thesauri on the Web: Current developments and trends." MCB University press, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105440.

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This article provides an overview of recent developments relating to the application of thesauri in information organisation and retrieval on the World Wide Web. It describes some recent thesaurus projects undertaken to facilitate resource description and discovery and access to wide-ranging information resources on the Internet. Types of thesauri available on the Web, thesauri integrated in databases and information retrieval systems, and multiple-thesaurus systems for cross-database searching are also discussed. Collective efforts and events in addressing the standardisation and novel applications of thesauri are briefly reviewed.

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Akin, Faith W. "Current Trends: Diagnosis and Treatment of Vestibular Disorders." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2451.

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Boboshko, Alyona, and Anastasiia Simakhova. "Current state of digitalization in Ukraine: trends and risks." Thesis, National Aviation University, 2021. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/54112.

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1. Simakhova A. Social economy and digital development. Проблеми формування та розвитку інноваційної інфраструктури: Матеріали V Міжнар наук.-практ. конф., 23–25 травня 2019 р. Львів: Видавництво Львівської політехніки, 2019. С. 31. 2. Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On approval of the Concept of development of the digital economy and society of Ukraine for 2018-2020 and approval of the action plan for its implementation" dated January 17, 2018 No. 67-r. URL: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/67-2018-r/ed20180117#n23 3. Digital Agenda of Ukraine - 2020. Conceptual principles. Priority areas, initiatives, projects of digitalization of Ukraine until 2020. / HITECH office. December 2016. 90 p. URL: https://ucci.org.ua/uploads/files 58e78ee3c3922.pdf. 4. World Economic Forum (2019), “The Global Competitiveness Report 2019- 2020”, URL: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GCR20172018/05FullReport/TheGlobalCompetitiveness Report2019–2020.pdf (Accessed 15 Sept 2019). 5. [Electronic resource]: https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-ukaz- 5g/29947298.html The trend of digitalization in the global dimension is obvious. This process is the basis for a new stage of ""technological"" race, which should result in geopolitical and geoeconomic leadership. At the same time, it is a chance for both developed and developing countries to improve their national socio-economic situation. Today, the main agenda for most countries in the world is digital transformation and the creation of a competitive digital economy. The article considers what place Ukraine occupies in the conditions of digitalization, what trends follow digitalization and what are the main risks and advantages of digitalization development for Ukraine.

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Slavík, Petr. "Chinese Real Estate Market - Current Status, Trends and Prospects." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-264508.

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The aim of this work is to describe the phenomena of bubble in the financial, but especially in the real estate market; based on gained information, the current situation of Chinese real estate market is described. This work is divided into theoretical and more practical part. The theoretical part is devoted to the definition of bubble, bubbles in asset market, real estate market bubbles specifics and its causes analysis, identification and implications for the economy. Also, the Japanese real estate bubble is described. The second part describes the evolution of Chinese real estate market and provides overview of the milestones in its evolution. Moreover, it deals with specifics of the Chinese real estate market and explains the factors behind the rise in prices. Further in second part, situation on Chinese housing market is compared with the one in Japan during real estate bubble. Furthermore, this thesis explains how state government can coordinate, regulate and intervene on the market and comes up with short-term outlook.

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Holsteen, Nathan D. "Current trends in globalism as related to Biblical prophecy." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.

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Warner, Douglas G. "Current trends in alto trombone pedagogy in the United States." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1122915794.

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Thesis (Dr. of Musical Arts)--University of Cincinnati, 2005. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Mar. 1, 2006). Includes abstract. Keywords: alto trombone; trombone pedagogy; alto trombone literature. Includes bibliographical references.

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Vizcarrondo, Thomas E. "OWNERSHIP DIVERSITY WITHIN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY: TRENDS AND CURRENT CONDITIONS." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2004. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4464.

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This study seeks to determine if media ownership diversity remains at levels widely considered to be competitive and acceptable, despite consolidation within the media industry. The research augments the many studies analyzing programming diversity within the U. S. media industry. Rather than analyzing programming content, this study addresses ownership diversity by examining the diversity of media ownership within the context U. S. model, considered to be more of a decentralized, market-driven media industry when compared to other countries such as the United Kingdom or Canada. To measure diversity, the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI)--a measure of economic diversity widely used by economists as well as government regulatory agencies--is used. Suggestions are presented for the future of media and regulation to insure a competitive, diverse, and healthy media industry. M.A. Nicholson School of Communication; Arts and Sciences Communication

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Givens, Susan K. "Suburban Teacher Perceptions of Current Trends in High School Reform." Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10825854.

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Over the past several decades there has been a continuous stream of government mandates aimed to improve equity, access, accountability, transparency, student performance, and/or expand the responsibilities of public schools. These externally mandated school reforms have largely excluded the voice of teachers and administrators both in problem definition and in the modifications needed to address them. Further, reform literature is predominantly focused on improving or addressing urban school challenges, so little is known about the challenges and needs of suburban schools. The gaps in the literature related to teacher voice and suburban contexts in high school reform form the basis of this inquiry. Therefore, this study examines suburban teacher perceptions of four specific, popular reform ideas being introduced in high schools across the United States. This exploratory mixed methods study gathered data from 165 suburban public high school teachers working in 20 different high schools in Massachusetts using an anonymous survey instrument. Three findings emerged from the study: 1) successful suburban teachers welcome consensus high school reform ideas that they believe to be favorable for student learning, growth, and development though they note significant challenges in regard to time; 2) suburban teachers experience anxiety when reforms alter structures or methods that they rely on to ensure all students meet high school outcomes for graduation and college entrance requirements; and 3) suburban teachers’ perceptions of consensus high school reform ideas are shaped by the ways in which the reforms impact academic disciplines. This study found that suburban public school teachers view the four reform ideas presented in this study as likely having a positive impact on teaching and learning in their school; however, they noted several implementation challenges that would need to be considered to ensure the efficacy of those reforms.

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WARNER, DOUGLAS G. "CURRENT TRENDS IN ALTO TROMBONE PEDAGOGY IN THE UNITED STATES." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1122915794.

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Forti, Maicol. "Logic Reasoning in BDI Agents: Current Trends and Spatial Integrations." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/23426/.

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This thesis finds its place in the context of BDI agents and aims to enable a form of situated spatial reasoning. A survey is proposed in which the possible techniques and technologies that can be integrated into the BDI model to provide a form of spatial reasoning are analyzed. This review highlights a technological gap that we have therefore decided to fill, with the goal of providing a way to locate logical information in certain spatial areas and to be able to constrain reasoning on them. In this thesis we propose Geo2p, a technological prototype based on 2P-Kt that allows you to query situated information in tuProlog, enabling a form of spatial reasoning: given a region of space where certain Clauses are valid, a Theory can be defined, constraining the knowledge on what is true in the selected area.

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Berezovskaya, Maria. "Current Trends in Corporate Social Responsibility in the Pharmaceutical Industry." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-193064.

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Abstract: The main purpose of this academic work is to study how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is incorporated in companies in pharmaceutical industry, with emphasis on the interaction between the enterprise and the community. The goal is to understand what benefits may this collaboration bring in the long-term. In order to fulfil these objectives, a study case was built based on GlaxoSmithKline Plc., which has been using these practices and has a valuable impact in the countries it is present in. The study insists on the necessity of seeing CSR as a part of any successful business strategy involving all members of the value chain. Patient is the one who benefits the most from CSR activities in pharmaceutical industry, and patient is the one who pays and talks.

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Ohashi, Yuriko. "Current trends in athletic training education and certification in Japan." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2003. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=243.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Marshall University, 2003. Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 101 p. and illustrations. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-64).

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MANGANO, GIULIO. "Risks in Project Finance Initiatives: Current Trends and Future Directions." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2572574.

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This thesis is an analysis of Public Private Partnership (PPP). PPP refers to the provision of public assets and service through the participation of the government, the private sector and the consumers. The purpose is to analyze the main risks involved in a PPP initiative and to understand how they affect its capital structure. To this aim, different datasets have been analyzed in order to trace consistent and coherent lessons. After that, this thesis aims at proposing PPP models for innovative project in the Smart City context, based on the assumption that innovative financial schemes can fit innovative projects. In particular several PPPs for Smart City projects have been analyzed and a Project Finance contract for the replacement of traffic light lamps has been proposed so that the applicability of the financial tool in new fields of application have been tested. The success of a PF initiative is strictly related to a careful analysis of all the risks associated with the project. As a matter of fact, many risks could occur during the life of the project and they can significantly affect its outcomes. For this reason risks have been categorized in sources and associated to their indicators. For each indicator, several parameters have been identified. The main sources of risk are Country, Financial, Market and Construction. First a dataset of worldwide toll road has been analyzed. The private concessionaire that constructs the infrastructure collects revenues generated by users, and the infrastructure by itself represents a solid collateral. The analysis highlights that inflation rate, the investment size, the construction duration, the financial strength of the Special Purpose Vehicle and the number of partners has a significant influence with the share of the equity into the total investment. This study might help the purpose of providing better opportunities for sponsors to improve the equity profitability and for lending agencies to better handle with risks associated with the debt supply. The analysis has been then focused on the British market, which is one of the most important ones and wherein the Project Finance is actually developed and the legislative context is well defined. Based on the idea that the Unitary Charge (UC) periodically corresponded by the public authority (and in turn the capital structure) is associated with the project risk profile, the study investigates risks that might have significant impacts on the UC of a PF hospital project. The study demonstrates that it is possible to achieve a higher level of Value for Money (VFM) in PF hospital projects within a good economic and political environment. In Italy the PF market has rapidly grown, in light of the need for the public sector to find a feasible way to construct or renovate infrastructures in a context of scarce public finance. Based on past projects developed in Italy an empirical analysis has been carried out in order to identify the main aspects that can impact on the success of a PF initiative. As a matter of fact, evidence has shown that not all the projects appear to fit for PF, and often a project fails to go further out of the early contract procurement phases. Therefore, there is the need to understand what are the key factors affecting the construction of a PF initiative. The study shows that large-sized projects developed in wealthy conditions in terms of political and economic stability and levels of GDP, have good chances to be constructed, especially whenever the time is given to parties to negotiate the contract provision. The analysis provides with a hint for policy makers to learn that PF is a valuable system to be used in stable and developed environments for large projects with little time pressure. PF mechanism was launched in Italy in 1999 and after ten years the Italian market is the second largest one in Europe, especially in the healthcare sector. However, financially freestanding privately-funded PF hospitals are rare and the capital structure of most projects requires a considerable share of public funding. The most proper amount of money invested by the public authority should cover the non-self-financing (and therefore the riskier ones) of the investment costs, but it often happens that the level of public contribution exceeds this limit. The results of the analysis highlight that the financial strength of the SPV, the number of services that are granted to the private partners, the level of borrowing of the public authority, and the duration of the concession period appear to be significant factors of the public fraction of financing required to deliver the project. These results originate some important considerations about the relevance of risks in the development of PF initiatives. PF better fits in stable politic and economic environments, but at the same time it is largely adopted in emerging countries with large demand of new infrastructures and high level of risk (in terms of level of transparency, corruptions, currency exchange). From a financial perspective a robust SPV is likely to better deal with the project with a positive impact on the capital structure. The market risk is associated with the number of customers that exploit the facility and the number of services that privates manage. If the demand of services is not enough to generate sustainable profits, the public party could reimburse an additional fee, in order to cover for this risk. The project risk is mainly related to the complexity of the project in terms of the number of partners in the SPV and the investment size. The last part of the thesis is associated to the future and potential scenarios associated to PF and more in general to PPP scheme. In fact the aim is to propose PPP models in the smart city (SC) arena, a promising field of innovation and investments. SC appears to be as a new paradigm to carry out innovation that marks a shift between traditional way of completing technology-push processes and the new approach based on the user’s needs. In this political and economic scenario, the PPP seems to be a solution for the development of smart projects and the design of PPP models should become an integral part of the SC agendas. As demonstrated in the development of traditional infrastructure, the involvement of privates allows to manage more efficiently the project.The analysis shows that PF is more applicable in case of projects with tangible assets, and the main strength of this scheme is the clear separation between the cash flows of the SPV and the cash flows of the investors. On the contrary, PF is more expensive in terms of contractual and transactional costs. These aspects related to PF have fostered to develop a proposal model for the application of this financial scheme in the Municipality of Torino. In particular the project is based on the replacement of the traditional lamps of the traffic lights with new ones exploiting the innovative LED technology that is supposed to guarantee savings in terms of energy consumption and maintenance cost. The project has proved to be bankable and profitable if the Public Authority corresponds a fee that includes both the availability of the lamps and the maintenance costs for ten years. On the contrary the project is only bankable and profits are not guaranteed if the fee paid by the public is only associated with the availability. The findings have validated the applicability of PF even in case of projects without assets systems as collateral and with small-medium investments size. Some first general guidelines for the policy maker are provided in order to foster the development of SC initiative even in a period of financial public shortage. Project Finance, and more in general the PPP, can be the engine of an efficient exploitation of the potentiality offered by the SC.

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Blumberg, George M. C. "Evaluation of trends in surface temperature extremes." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365551.

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NICOLAZZI, EZEQUIEL LUIS. "New trends in dairy cattle genetic evaluation." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/966.

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I sistemi di valutazione genetica nel mondo sono in rapido sviluppo. Attualmente, i programmi di selezione “tradizionale” basati su fenotipi e rapporti di parentela tra gli animali vengono integrati, e nel futuro potrebbero essere sostituiti, dalle informazioni molecolari. In questo periodo di transizione, questa tesi riguarda ricerche su entrambi i tipi di valutazioni: dall’accertamento sull’accuratezza degli indici genetici internazionali (tradizionali), allo studio di metodi statistici utilizzati per integrare informazioni genomiche nella selezione (selezione genomica). Tre capitoli valutano gli approcci per stimare i valori genetici dai dati genomici riducendo il numero di variabili indipendenti. In modo particolare, la correzione di Bonferroni e il test di permutazioni con regressione a marcatori singoli (Capitolo III), analisi delle componenti principali con BLUP (Capitolo IV) e indice Fst tra razze con BayesA (Capitolo VI). Inoltre, il Capitolo V analizza l’accuratezza dei valori genomici con BLUP, BayesA e Bayesian LASSO includendo tutte le variabili disponibili. I risultati di questa tesi indicano che il progresso genetico atteso dall’analisi dei dati simulati può effettivamente essere ottenuto, anche se ulteriori ricerche sono necessarie per ottimizzare l’utilizzo delle informazioni molecolari in modo da ottimizzare i risultati per tutti i caratteri sotto selezione. Genetic evaluation systems are in rapid development worldwide. In most countries, “traditional” breeding programs based on phenotypes and relationships between animals are currently being integrated and in the future might be replaced by the introduction of molecular information. This thesis stands in this transition period, therefore it covers research on both types of genetic evaluations: from the assessment of the accuracy of (traditional) international genetic evaluations to the study of statistical methods used to integrate genomic information into breeding (genomic selection). Three chapters investigate and evaluate approaches for the estimation of genetic values from genomic data reducing the number of independent variables. In particular, Bonferroni correction and Permutation test combined with single marker regression (Chapter III), principal component analysis combined with BLUP (Chapter IV) and Fst across breeds combined with BayesA (Chapter VI). In addition, Chapter V analyzes the accuracy of direct genomic values with BLUP, BayesA and Bayesian LASSO including all available variables. The results of this thesis indicate that the genetic gains expected from the analysis of simulated data can be obtained on real data. Still, further research is needed to optimize the use of genome-wide information and obtain the best possible estimates for all traits under selection.

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NICOLAZZI, EZEQUIEL LUIS. "New trends in dairy cattle genetic evaluation." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/966.

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Cheung, Yu-wing Alex, and 張汝榮. "Current and future trends of quality management in Hong Kong's servicesector." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31268699.

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Shetty, Kamala Irene. "Current and historical trends in general aviation in the United States." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77115.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2012. Cataloged from department-submitted PDF version of thesis. This electronic version was submitted and approved by the author's academic department as part of an electronic thesis pilot project. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-93). General aviation (GA) is an important component of aviation in the United States. In 2011, general aviation and air taxi operations represented 63% of all towered operations in the United States, while commercial aviation was responsible for 34% of those operations. It is clear that GA is a considerable component of the national airspace and airport system, even when only accounting for towered operations. Because of this significant presence, insight into GA is relevant to issues in air traffic management, air transportation infrastructure, and aviation safety, among others. Beyond the operational aspect, GA is of significance to society as a whole and to other stakeholders, including pilots groups, aircraft manufacturers, and the work force. In 2009, general aviation generated 496,000 jobs and its total economic contribution to the U.S. economy was valued at $76.5 billion. However, a comparison of general aviation's impact on jobs and on the economy between 2008 and 2009, shows a 20% decrease in jobs and a 21% decrease in total economic impact in the course of a year. There is also a significant decreasing trend in the active pilot population, along with steady decreases in GA flight hours and towered operations. The objective of this thesis is to explore the details of these changing trends and to determine what drives and what hinders general aviation activity in the country. A combination of data analysis and the development of a survey administered to general aviation pilots shed light on what has driven activity in the past on a national scale, what factors affect an individual pilot's level of activity, and what challenges the general aviation community faces in the future. by Kamala Irene Shetty. S.M.

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Довга, Любов Вікторівна, Любовь Викторовна Довга, and Liubov Viktorivna Dovha. "Current trends and management features of the regions ecologicaly safe development." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/45312.

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The current state of the environment, without exception, all regions of Ukraine is characterized by accelerated industrial growth, deterioration of the natural environment, rapid consumption of resources reproducible excess capacity of natural systems of the Earth, lack of financial resources and a relatively small set of methods of financing ecologically events. That is why the analysis of international experience of economics incentives construction is necessary for ecologically activities.

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Hrachova, D. V. "Current trends in the development of the international real estate market." Master's thesis, Sumy State University, 2021. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/86552.

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The essence of the international real estate market was investigated in the work. The world real estate market, problems, trends and forecasts were studied. The main purpose of this study is to consider and study the process of functioning of the real estate market, to identify its main patterns and trends. У роботі досліджено сутність міжнародного ринку нерухомості. Досліджено світовий ринок нерухомості, проблеми, тенденції та прогнозування Основною метою цього дослідження є розгляд та дослідження процесу функціонування ринку нерухомості, виявлення його основних закономірностей та тенденцій розвитку.

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Carr, Richard E. Jr. "Current trends in risk management strategies of recreational sport club programs." Scholarly Commons, 1994. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2262.

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This study determines whether the institutional size has any relationship to institutional concerns for risk management and if institutional size is related to the effectiveness of sound risk management guidelines within collegiate sport club programs. A risk management self assessment instrument consisting of twenty-five sound risk management guidelines and a ranking of the five most important and most difficult to implement was developed. Using the risk management self-assessment instrument, this nation-wide study asked collegiate sport club administrators to assess the extent to which their programs effectively adhere to sound risk management guidelines and to determine what they deem to be the most important and the most difficult risk management concerns to implement. Between institutional population sizes of 0-3000, 3001-10000, 10001- 20000, and 20001-60500, no significant differences were detected in regards to overall effectiveness of risk management guidelines. Six of twenty-five individual statements had significant differences between institutional sizes. These statements' concerns were in regards to equipment, physical examinations, waivers, travel itineraries, site communication accessibility, and manuals. Analysis of the ranking of most important and most difficult concerns to implement indicated there was no significant differences between the institutional sizes in regards to risk management concerns for sport club programs. The most important concerns were: 1) Waivers, 2) Litigation prevention, 3) Facility inspection, 4) Travel-drivers, and 5) Manuals. The most difficult to implement concerns were: 1) Physical examinations, 2) First aid at competitions, 3) Coaching standards, 4) Equipment inspections, and 5) Travel-drivers. With no significant differences between institutional size groupings in either effectiveness or types of concerns, a standard of care regarding risk management appears to be in place across the country.

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Al-Awidi, Hamed M. "Current and Future Trends in Computer Use in Elementary School Settings." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1999. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2208/.

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The study examined current and future trends in computer use in elementary school settings. A survey instrument was developed and validated for distribution to a random sample of 200 technology coordinators in the public school districts in the state of Texas from whom 95 responses were received. The survey instrument was used to obtain information about five areas of computer use in elementary schools. These areas are: physical configurations, instructional uses, implementation issues, training and staff development, and Internet use. The study found that all public school districts that participated in the study have acquired computer hardware in their elementary schools. In addition, some other advanced computer technology components are starting to be found in elementary schools, such as teacher workstations, CD-ROM, interactive video, computer multimedia, LCD panels, and laser printers. Respondents reported that elementary school teachers in their districts have incorporated computers into their classrooms as an instructional tool and many changes have occurred in teachers teaching styles due to computers. However, there are some problems that hinder the effective use of computers. The major problem is lack of training. A high percentage of respondents, 81.3%, indicated that the majority of their elementary school teachers had completed less than 30 hours of technology related professional development. Another problem was lack of funding which prevents most school districts from acquiring computer hardware and software. Currently, elementary schools in 87% of districts that participated in the study are connected to the Internet and the plan is that by the year 2001 all elementary schools will be connected.

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Malano, Debora <1995&gt. "Providing for Elderly Care in China. Current Challenges and Future Trends." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/15989.

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Worldwide demographic transformations occurring in the 21st century entail, among others, the main aspect of population ageing, process bringing about economic, social and political implications and challenges which have been gaining growing attention in recent years. If developed Western countries have experienced this process over a reasonably extended period of time and, consequently, thanks to their favorable economic conditions as well, have had the opportunity of adequately dealing with it in terms of care support provided to elders, for China, the situation has been totally different and more arduous. In fact, due to political, economic, social and cultural factors peculiar to this country, China found itself to cope with an ageing population by means of a limited amount of resources and an inadequate care regime bound to the deep-rooted traditional culture determined by Confucianism. Following the description of the above said factors, this thesis will assert that developments in the system of institutional support to elders in respect of social and long term care have been achieved recently; nevertheless, challenges still hindering the success of such system can be overcome only if positive and effective models and trends lately emerged are pursued in the future on a national basis. A conclusive chapter showing the state of affairs of aged care in the ultra ageing Chinese city of Suzhou will be employed as a demonstration of the findings illustrated in the previous sections.

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Fernandez, Maria del Mar, and Ignacio Porres. "An Evaluation of current IDS." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-11635.

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With the possibility of connecting several computers and networks the necessity of protecting the whole data and machines from attackers (hackers) that try to get some confident information to use for their own benefit or just destroy or modify valuable information was born. At this point IDS appears to help users, companies or institutions to detect when they are getting compromised. This thesis will cover two main parts: the first one consists of an intense research study about the world of IDS and its environment. Subsequently, we will conclude this part with some points where IDS still needs to be questioned and show up desirable requirements for “the perfect” intrusion detection system. This “perfect” adjective can of course be discussed variously. The second part of the thesis approaches the implementation of the most used open source IDS: Snort. Some basic attacks on the machine where Snort is installed will be performed in order to make the future user see what kind of protection it ensures and the usability of this. There is a brief discussion about two of the main challenges in IDS will follow: analyzing big amounts of packets and encrypted traffic. Finally there are conclusions for a safe computer environment as well as the suggestion that some skilled programmer should give Snort a more friendly interface for every kind of users and a built in programme package which includes webserver, database and other libraries that are needed to run it properly with all its features.

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Zahidi, Salman. "Biometrics - Evaluation of Current Situation." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Informationskodning, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-73230.

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Information security has always been a topic of concern in the world as an emphasis on new techniques to secure the identity of a legitimate user is regarded as top priority. To counter such an issue, we have a traditional way of authentication factors “what you have” and “what you know” in the form of smart cards or passwords respectively. But biometrics is based on the factor “who are you” by analyzing human physical or behavioral characteristics. Biometrics has always been an efficient way of authorization and is now considered as a $1500 million industry where fingerprints dominate the biometrics while iris is quickly emerging as the most desirable form of biometric technique.The main goal of this thesis is to compare and evaluate different biometrics techniques in terms of their purpose, recognition mechanism, market value and their application areas. Since there are no defined evaluating criteria, my method of evaluation was based on a literature survey from internet, books, IEEE papers and technical surveys. Chapter 3 is focused on different biometrics techniques where I discuss them briefly but in chapter 4, I go deeper into Iris, fingerprints, facial techniques which are prominent in biometrics world. Lastly, I had a general assessment of the biometrics, their future growth and suggested specific techniques for different environment like access controls, e-commerce, national ids, and surveillance.

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Schmidt, Markus G. "Reform of the United Nations Human Rights Programs – : current challenges and trends." Universität Potsdam, 2011. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/texte_eingeschraenkt_verlag/2012/6096/.

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Inhalt: - Kurzzusammenfassung - I. Introduction - II. Current challenges to the United Nations Human Rights Programme - III. The Secretary General’s Reform report “In larger Freedom” and its impact for the human rights programme - IV. The High Commissioner’s Plan of Action of May 2005 - V. Negotiations on the establishment of the Human Rights Council and first Council activities - VI. Reform of the treaty body system and debates over the creation of a unified standing treaty body Diskussionen über die Reform der UN-Mechanismen zum Schutz der Menschenrechte sind keineswegs neu. Seit Veröffentlichung des dritten Reformberichts von UN-Generalsekretär Kofi Annan “In Larger Freedom” im März 2005 haben sich jedoch die Voraussetzungen für eine tiefer gehende Reform der Menschenrechtsgremien verbessert. Zum ersten Mal haben UN-Mitgliedstaaten den politischen Willen manifestiert, das System grundlegend und nicht wie früher nur kosmetisch zu verändern. Das zeigt sich zum einen in dem Bestreben, die seit langem als hoffnungslos politisiert diskreditierte Menschenrechtskommission durch einen effizienteren Menschenrechtsrat mit weitergehenden Kompetenzen und innovativen Arbeitsmethoden zu ersetzen. Zum anderen sind Diskussionen im Gange, um das System der Expertenausschüsse, die die innerstaatliche Umsetzung der wichtigsten UNO Menschenrechtskonventionen überwachen sollen, effizienter zu gestalten und gegebenenfalls durch ein einziges, permanent tagendes Expertengremium zu ersetzen. Dieser Artikel gibt einen Überblick der Verhandlungen und versucht, ein vorsichtiges Fazit der ersten beiden Sitzungen des Menschenrechtsrates zu ziehen. Obwohl die meisten Arbeitsmethoden des Rates erst noch ausgehandelt werden müssen, so läßt sich doch bereits erkennen, daß die Politisierung, die die frühere Menschenrechtskommission charakterisierte, leider auch die Arbeit des Rates prägen wird. Das verheißt nicht unbedingt Gutes für die Zukunft. Was eine Reform der Expertenausschüsse betrifft, so stehen Diskussionen noch in der Anfangsphase, und ein permanent tagender Expertenausschuß ist in absehbarer Zukunft nicht zu erwarten.

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Parker, Sarah F. "Post-conflict social-civil rehabilitation in Bosnia Herzegovina, current trends and practices." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0018/MQ57318.pdf.

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Alderdice, Nancy Baker. "Internet-based delivery of undergraduate management education : current status and future trends /." Available to subscribers only, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1362528901&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Mohanka, Rachna 1972. "Third party logistics service providers : current trends in acquiring information systems capabilities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80153.

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Steyn, G. "Current trends in South African architecture and the way to the future." South African Journal of Art History, 2008. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001307.

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Few countries have ever had the opportunity to rethink their architectural dogma as abruptly and radically as South Africa since the few years leading up to the democratic elections of 1994. With only a few exceptions, the pre-democratic South African architecture of the 20th century has always lacked a unique identity. But, coinciding with trends towards Critical-Regionalism and ‘green’ initiatives, the emergence of a new South Africa has inspired the profession as a whole to search for new directions.

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Bates, Shannon. "Internship directors' perspectives on psychological assessment training| Current status and emerging trends." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10157570.

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The psychological assessment literature has consistently reflected the importance of psychological assessment competency for professional psychologists across all training and practice settings. Past surveys of pre-doctoral internship directors have highlighted a troublesome misalignment between internship directors? assessment-related expectations of students and the actual competencies demonstrated by many beginning pre-doctoral psychology interns. The purpose of the present study was to survey psychology internship directors within the United States to examine their perspectives regarding current practices, emerging trends, and desired modifications in psychological assessment training at the internship level. A 32-item, online questionnaire was developed for this study that consisted of five distinct sections: (a) administration instructions; (b) respondent demographics; (c) characteristics of the internship program, including assessment training methods, role/function of assessment, and director?s satisfaction with assessment-related preparation of incoming interns; (d) training expectations and current psychological assessment measures used within the internship program; and (e) future directions of psychological assessment practices. The present dissertation maintained a particular focus on the fourth section, while two co-investigators addressed the other sections. Participants included 182 directors of pre-doctoral internships nationwide (26% response rate), as identified in the 2014-2015 APPIC directory of approved internship programs. The majority of the 182 responders identified as Caucasian (88%), with a mean age of 46.88 years; 66% were female and 34% were male. The results revealed broad similarities with past studies, including the continued importance of psychological assessment as a core competency and varying usage patterns of specific psychological measures across different types of internship settings. Likewise, a handful of measures were found to be relatively stable regarding high use by interns compared to earlier studies, including several Wechsler scales, the MMPI-2, and the BDI-II. Reported BAI and PAI use increased compared to earlier surveys. Results also revealed a significant decline in internship directors? reported use of projective instruments by interns, as well as a remarkable decrease in projective assessment emphasis overall. However, the Rorschach remained a highly valued assessment measure for pre-internship experience. These findings present significant implications for academic curriculum and practicum-level training in assessment. Other findings, recommendations, study limitations, and suggestions for future research are explored.

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McMorrow, Thomas M. "Current trends and pressures in the development of the international copyright conventions." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19131.

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The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1886 and the Universal Copyright Convention 1952 are two major international copyright conventions in current force. These were amended simultaneously in Paris in 1971 in the face of demands by Less Developed Countries that the latter should be granted special terms upon which to enter into contracts for the import of cultural materials. It was recognised by the Governing Bodies of both Conventions that a true universality of membership could only be achieved by the attraction of L.D.C's within the fellowship of those states with effective municipal copyright statutes, all as envisaged by the Conventions. It was thought that the Paris Revisals brought to an end the crisis in copyright posed by the Third World. Indeed, at the time this particular crisis was solved. However, it has become clear crises affecting the conventions are now manifest in different forms but with critical effect. The advent of new technology has been the principal cause of crisis in particular regard to the scope and nature of rights extended by the conventions, and the subject-matter of conventional protection. The interpretation of scope and nature (of rights) and protection of subject-matter is now of great import. Additionally, the sudden recent adherence of the United States of America to the Berne Convention has brought about a geographical shift in the centre of gravity of international copyright relations, while the dual question of uniformity and effectiveness of protection extended to copyright materials have demanded the urgent attention of the Governing Bodies. Collectively, these matters have encouraged a metamorphosis in the manner in which the conventions fall to be perceived and this thesis attempts to identify the features of change and indicate future development.

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Caldeira, Maria de Castro e. Almeida e. Paiva. "Customer perception trends in current airline industry framework : case study : TAP Portugal." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/13624.

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Mestrado em Ciências Empresariais Nos últimos 30 anos, desde a liberalização do espaço aéreo que possibilitou a entrada de um novo tipo de companhias aéreas (sobretudo companhias low-cost), a indústria aeronáutica sofreu alterações significativas. Perante esta situação criou-se uma elevada competição no sector aeronáutico, obrigando a que algumas das companhias aéreas mais antigas adotassem novas estratégias e novos modelos de negócio. Este estudo procurou assim perceber e identificar as tendências e os aspetos que mais influenciam a escolha de uma companhia aérea e bem como as dimensões da qualidade de serviço e a perceção dos passageiros da TAP Portugal. Para o efeito, foi aplicado um questionário adaptado ao transporte aéreo, com base no modelo SERVQUAL, e em trabalhos anteriores com a mesma temática. Os resultados indicam que, as companhias aéreas regulares, ou FSC (full service carrier), são ainda bastante utilizadas por mais de metade dos inquiridos que viajam tanto em lazer como em trabalho, tendo uma expressão bastante mais acentuada nos passageiros que viajam em serviço e com maior frequência. Já as companhias low-cost foram tendencialmente mais referidas por parte de passageiros que viajam em lazer em e com menos frequência. É verificado também que a satisfação do passageiro influencia a intenção de recompra, e recomendação da companhia aérea. Over the past 30 years, since the liberalization of air space, which allowed new types of airline companies (especially low-cost carriers) to enter the market, the airline industry has undergone significant changes. Faced with this situation, a new level of competition has been created, forcing some of the oldest airlines to adopt new strategies and business models. Therefore, this study sought to understand and identify trends and aspects that influence the passenger's choice of an airline, as well as the dimensions of service quality and the perception that TAP Portugal passengers have of the service offered. With this in mind, a questionnaire adapted to air transport was applied, based on the SERVQUAL model and previous studies about similar topics. The results indicate that regular airlines, or full service carriers, are still widely used for more than half of the respondents who travel for both leisure and business, but more significantly so by business and high-frequency fliers. As for the low-cost companies, they tended to be most mentioned by passengers traveling for leisure and less frequent fliers. It was also found that passenger satisfaction influences repurchase intention and recommendation of airlines. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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Romano, Jennifer A. Z. "Reliability and Validity Practices in Randomized Controlled Trials: Current Trends and Recommendations." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9142.

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The verity of conclusions drawn from psychological research hinges on the reliability and validity of the measures used to collect the data. Any research conducted using measures with low reliability or validity is rendered essentially useless; thus, reporting reliability and validity evidence for measures employed in research is an essential component in creating rigorous, replicable research. Multiple reporting standards have been implemented and revised over the years with the intent to improve measurement and reporting practices within clinical psychology, though few guidelines have been suggested regarding adequate reporting practices for studies' measures. We reviewed a representative sample of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) published in the Journal of Clinical and Counseling Psychology in 1994, 2002, 2010, and 2018 for reported reliability and validity evidence. We examined whether the implementation of reporting standards led to improvement in reporting measures' reliability and validity evidence over time, along with how frequently articles recently published in one of the top clinical psychology journals reported reliability and validity evidence. We found that only 58.1% of measures used in articles published in 2018 reported reliability evidence, and only 12.4% reported validity evidence. Furthermore, although reporting of reliability and validity evidence has improved when comparing articles published in 2018 to those published in 1994 or 2002, such reporting practices were not significantly different from articles published in 2010. We provide a discussion of the importance of these findings and recommendations for improving reporting practices in future research.

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