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Regional Differences and Temporal Development of the Nutritional Status in Europe from the 8th century B.C. until the 18th century A.D.
Köpke, Nikola - 2008
Das Ziel dieser Doktorarbeit ist die Untersuchung der Nettoernährung der Europäer vom 8. Jh. v.Chr. bis zum 18. Jh. n.Chr., und somit der Versuch erstmals das Desiderat anzugehen, eine Langzeitstudie zum (biologischen) Lebensstandard der Europäer in der Vor- und Frühgeschichte zu...
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Risk of Exposure to and Mitigation of Effect of Aflatoxin on Human Health: A West African Example.
Cardwell, Kitty F.; Henry, Sara H. - 2004
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the relative risk of exposure of different human populations to food-borne aflatoxins; the types of health impact that may be incurred by dietary exposure to aflatoxins; and possible strategies likely to mitigate risks to human health. Risk of exposure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429577
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Declining Growth Status of Indigenous Siberian Childrenin Post-Soviet Russia
Leonard, William R.; Spencer, Gary J.; Galloway, Victoria A. - 2011
Human health status in Russia has declined sharply over the last decade. The massive social changes that have taken place since the fall of the Soviet Union have resulted in increasing morbidity and mortality rates. However, relatively little information is available on the changes in health and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431741
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Asynchrone Anwenderbeteiligung in Software-Projekten
Rashid, Asarnusch - 2011
In dieser Arbeit wurde die neue Methode OpenProposal zur asynchronen Anwenderbeteiligung in Software-Projekten entwickelt und im Rahmen von vergleichenden Fallstudien evaluiert. Kern der Methode stellt ein Annotationssystem zur asynchronen Erstellung und Bearbeitung von Anwenderbeiträgen dar....
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Structural Modelling of Female Labour Participation and Occupation Decisions
De Hoyos, R. E. - 2006
The objective of this paper is to estimate the parameters defining female labour participation and occupation decisions …. Departing from a theoretical framework, we use micro data to estimate the wage-participation elasticity in Mexico. Consistency … between the selectivity-adjusted wages and the multinomial participation equations is achieved via a two-step estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442018
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How to increase the effectiveness of agri-environmental subsidy schemes through knowledge of farmer perceptions-a choice experiment on pesticide free buffer zones
Christensen, Tove; Pedersen, Anders Branth; Nielsen, … - 2010
Danish farmers have been far less interested in agri-environmental subsidy schemes than anticipated. We use choiceexperiments to estimate 486 Danish farmers’ preferences for a number of policy relevant scheme-characteristics.Subsidy schemes for pesticide free buffer zones along hedgerows are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442742
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Wilderness and Primitive Area Recreation Participation and Consumption: An Examination of Demographic and Spatial Factors
Bowker, James Michael; Murphy, D.; Cordell, H. Ken; … - 2006
This paper explores the influence of demographic and spatial variables on individual participation and consumption of … information system-based distance measures to develop nonlinear regression models used to predict both participation and the … number of days of participation in wilderness and primitive area recreation. The estimated models corroborate previous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445666
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The effects of procedures on decision making : experimental evidence
Mertins, Vanessa - 2009
possible effects of (a) procedural fairness judgments, (b) procedural satisfaction, and (c) participation opportunities. Clear …
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Decision-Making and Ecosystem-Based Management: Applying the Vroom-Yetton Model to Public Participation Strategy
Daniels, Steven E.; Lawrence, Rick L.; Alig, Ralph J. - 1996
Previous literature has been critical of public participation practices, finding unimpressive application of public … participation principles and low levels of public satisfaction. Ecosystem-based management generally involves mixed land ownerships … participation and the difficulty of selecting appropriate public involvement mechanisms. To help solve the problem of choosing among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468709
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Managing Water: Efficiency-Equity Tradeoffs in the Participatory Approach
O'Donnell, Anna - 2010
This dissertation investigates the hypothesis that participation can overcome trade-offs in equity and efficiency … suggest additional positive externalities associated with participation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450950