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Oil to Coal Conversion of Power and Industrial Facilities in the Dominican Republic
1982
Realizing that the use of coal has the potential to offset the effects of world oil prices on the Dominican Republic's economy, the Commission Nacional de Politica Energetica (CNPE) requested Bechtel Power Corporation to study the technical and economic feasibility of converting the nation's...
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Essays in Open Economy Macroeconomics
Gonzalez Hernandez, Ramon Antonio - 2008
Research macroeconomists have witnessed remarkable methodological developments in mathematical, statistical, and computational tools during the last two decades. The three essays in this dissertation took advantage of these advances to analyze important macroeconomic issues.The first essay, “...
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Embryo Adoption: Implications of Personhood, Marriage, and Parenthood
McMillen, Brooke - 2008
One’s personal claims regarding personhood will influence his moral belief regarding embryo adoption. In Chapter One, I consider the personhood of the human embryo. If the human embryo is a person, we are morally obligated to permit the practice of embryo adoption as an ethical means to save...
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An Economic Evaluation of Teratology Information Services
Hancock, Rebecca L - 2010
the safety of drugs and other exposures during pregnancy and lactation. Currently TIS consultations are free, but funding … consultation regarding anti-depressant use during pregnancy provides a positive net benefit compared to a family doctor (FD … pregnancy. Services were described by five service attributes and one cost attribute, which were generated in focus groups …
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Economic issues associated with the operation and evaluation of telemedicine
Mistry, H - 2011
total patient costs. However, when patient costs are added to the total costs of pregnancy, they did not substantially … costs during pregnancy.Given that the majority of missed cardiac anomalies were amongst low risk women, a decision …
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Employability als Querschnittsansatz der Hochschulausbildung. Ein Spannungsfeld zwischen Gesellschaft, Unternehmen und Studierenden
Wiepcke, Claudia - 2010
Der Begriff Employability (Beschäftigungsfähigkeit) spielt in der hochschulpolitischen Diskussion, insbesondere im Umfeld des Bologna-Prozesses, eine zunehmend wichtigere Rolle. Die Emergenz dieses Themas ist vor dem Hintergrund verschiedener Entwicklungen zu sehen: Umstrukturierungen von...
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Challenges in strengthening the Communication and Behavioral skills for greater employability of engineering students: A study of NCR Delhi (India)
Ghosh, Pallavi; Mittal, R. K. - 2017
Engineering education in the last few decades, has been growng incredibly in importance and reputation due to certain skills, technical knowledge and proficiencies that are imparted to the passed out graduates for their employability. It is an accepted fact that India has an immense potential to...
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The nature of unemployment in urban Ethiopia
Serneels, Pieter - 2004
With around 50% of the urban men between age 15 and 30 unemployed, Ethiopia has one of the highest unemployment rates worldwide. This paper describes the nature ofunemployment among young men in urban Ethiopia. We analyse the determinants ofincidence and duration and find that most variables...
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HEALTH, BINGE DRINKING, AND LABOR MARKET SUCCESS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON YOUNG PEOPLE
Keng, Shao-Hsun; Huffman, Wallace E. - 1999
Health, like schooling, is a form of human capital and can be expected to be positively related to labor productivity and labor supply. The production of good health and labor productivity, however, sometimes competes with an individual's lifestyle, e.g., binge drinking. In this study, an...
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Youth entrepreneurship in Vilnius pedagogical university
Virkštytė, Sandra - 2008
develop youth entrepreneurship, because it can be solvation of such social – econimie problems as: unemployment, depopulation …
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