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A cost-effectiveness analysis of the Incredible Years parenting programme in reducing childhood health inequalities
Donal O’Neill; McGilloway, Sinéad; Donnelly, Michael; … - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 14 (2013) 1, pp. 85-94
Early onset of behavioural problems has lasting negative effects on a broad range of lifetime outcomes, placing large costs on individuals, families and society. A number of researchers and policy makers have argued that early interventions aimed at supporting the family is the most effective...
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Differential effects of parenting strategies on child smoking trajectories: A longitudinal assessment over twelve years
Yang, Zhiyong; Netemeyer, Richard G. - In: Journal of Business Research 68 (2015) 6, pp. 1273-1282
Past studies exhibit mixed findings regarding the effect of parenting strategies on children's behavior. We propose that it is due to behavioral heterogeneity among children – they differ in sensitivity to parental influence – and simultaneously examine the effects of parenting strategies on...
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An experimental investigation on hydrogen as a dual fuel for diesel engine system with exhaust gas recirculation technique
Saravanan, N.; Nagarajan, G.; Kalaiselvan, K.M.; … - In: Renewable Energy 33 (2008) 3, pp. 422-427
With higher rate of depletion of the non-renewable fuels, the quest for an appropriate alternative fuel has gathered great momentum. Though diesel engines are the most trusted power sources in the transportation industry, due to stringent emission norms and rapid depletion of petroleum resources...
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What Role for 'Learning'? A North-South Tale of Enrichment Effect∗
Das, Gouranga G. - In: Journal for Economic Forecasting (2014) 1, pp. 67-85
of technology frontier. This is enrichment effect. Aided by the right adoption of parameters such as absorptive capacity …, innovation capability and technological upgrading, knowledge flow transmits enrichment benefits in a multi-speed world …
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Engine performance of optimized hydrogen-fueled direct injection engine
Yadav, Vinod Singh; Soni, S.L.; Sharma, Dilip - In: Energy 65 (2014) C, pp. 116-122
The world is presently confronted with the twin crisis of fossil fuel depletion and environmental degradation. Indiscriminate extraction and lavish consumption of fossil fuels have led to reduction in underground based carbon resources. The search for an alternative fuel, which promises a...
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Office of Environmental Management uranium enrichment decontamination and decommissioning fund financial statements. September 30, 1994 and 1993
Marwick, P. - 2009
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Act) transferred the uranium enrichment enterprise to the United States Enrichment … Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund (D&D Fund) to: Pay for the costs of decontamination and decommissioning at …
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The legacy of the past: ancient economic thought on wealth and development
Perrotta, Cosimo - In: The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 10 (2003) 2, pp. 177-229
Ancient economic thought was in general hostile to enrichment and saw wealth as inner wealth. This attitude was …. The latter borrowed its hostility from enrichment, which contradicted the real tendency of the new society. Thus, from the … beginning, modern economy could not enjoy the support of a high economic theory. It could not legitimate enrichment and the …
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Change impact analysis on the life cycle carbon emissions of energy systems – The nuclear example
Nian, Victor - In: Applied Energy 143 (2015) C, pp. 437-450
technologies, represented by the average initial enrichment concentration of 235U in the reactor fuel, and (3) the size of the …
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ИЗУЧЕНИЕ СПРОСА ПОТРЕБИТЕЛЕЙ НА КАРТОФЕЛЬНЫЕ ЧИПСЫ В ТОРГОВЫХ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯХ ГОРОДА АСТРАХАНИ
АЛЕКСАНДРОВНА, НЕВАЛЁННАЯ … - In: Вестник Астраханского … (2014) 3, pp. 62-66
Для оценки спроса на картофельные чипсы проводились маркетинговые исследования. В опросе приняли участие 135 человек. Данные анкетирования позволили получить...
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Healthy habits: The connection between diet, exercise, and locus of control
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 98 (2014) C, pp. 1-28
This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals’ locus of control and their decisions to exercise regularly, eat well, drink moderately, and avoid tobacco. Locus of control is a psychological concept reflecting individuals’ beliefs about the extent to which life's outcomes are...
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