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Varieties of Capitalists? The Middle–Class, Private Sector and Economic Outcomes in Africa
Journal of International Development, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 609-627, July 2015., 2015 Abstract Recent increases in the size of African middle classes have excited speculation about the economic implications of these developments. This review paper argues that to understand these, we must first interrogate our analytic assumptions about the middle class and its relationship to the private sector across the continent.
Antoinette Handley
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The model for improving the manufacturing process in Serbian small-scale production enterprises [PDF]
Industrija, 2017 The paper presents a theoretic model for improving the manufacturing process that was developed and tested in small-scale production enterprises. The model also represents a new organizational model which enables a complete implementation of pull ...
Vorkapić Miloš +4 more
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Global crop yield forecasting using seasonal climate information from a multi-model ensemble
Climate Services, 2018 Forecasting year-to-year variations in the yields of major crops globally is expected to have utility in strengthening the ability of societies to better respond to food production shocks and food price spikes triggered by climate extremes.
Toshichika Iizumi +4 more
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Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015 This paper aims to investigate container allocation problem with random freight demands in synchromodal transportation network from container carriers’ perspective. Firstly, the problem is formulated as a stochastic integer programming model where the overall objective is to determine a container capacity allocation plan at operational level, so that ...
Yan Xu +4 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014 Pumpkin seed oil (PSO) has been shown to block the action of 5‐alpha reductase and to have antiandrogenic effects on rats. This randomized, placebo‐controlled, double‐blind study was designed to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of PSO for treatment of hair growth in male patients with mild to moderate androgenetic alopecia (AGA).
Young Hye Cho +8 more
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Некоторые аспекты реконструкции индоевропейских гуттуральных
Baltistica, 2011 SOME ASPECTS OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN GUTTURALS’ RECONSTRUCTIONSummaryThe article concerns the problem of Indo-European gutturals and maintains the hypothesis of one guttural series.
Алексей Александрович Кретов
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DROUGHT FORECASTING BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING OF REMOTE SENSING AND LONG-RANGE FORECAST DATA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016 The reduction of drought impacts may be achieved through sustainable drought management and proactive measures against drought disaster. Accurate and timely provision of drought information is essential.
J. Rhee, J. Im, S. Park
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Design of Distributed Control and Emergency Shutdown System for Urea and Ammonia Plant
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018 In modern process industries, the need for automation has become necessary to improve the feasibility of production. Automation reduces the possibility of human error and also ensures accuracy of output.
Borikar Radha Ravindra +1 more
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European Journal of Neurology, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2025.Abstract Background and purpose Lower left atrial (LA) function is associated with higher dementia risk and may be mechanistically linked through vascular brain injury, an established correlate for higher dementia risk. Using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, we assessed the cross‐sectional association between LA function and ...
Wendy Wang +12 more
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Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia PoeticaArtykuł przedstawia rozważania na temat strofioidy jako formalnej struktury utworu poetyckiego napisanego wierszem wolnym, który jest odpowiednikiem strofy.
Arkadiusz Sylwester Mastalski
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