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Yohe, G.W. - 2008

It is becoming increasingly clear, at least on a theoretical level, that modelers of the potential impacts of climate change must impose that change upon the world as it will be configured sometime in the future rather than confine their attention to considerations of what would happen to the...

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Statistical Wind Power Forecasting for U.S. Wind Farms: Preprint

Milligan, M.; Schwartz, M. N.; Wan, Y. - 2008

autoregressive moving average (A RMA) models to both wind speed and wind power output. The results from wind farms in Minnesota, Iowa …

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Evaluating the cost of one telehealth application connecting an acute and long-term care setting

Specht, Janet K.; Wakefield, B.; Flanagan, J. - 2001

This article describes a study of the costs of a pilot telemedicine chronic wound consultation clinic. Cost minimization analysis is the technique used to examine the costs of the clinic. The components of cost analysis include the fixed costs of personnel and equipment and the indirect costs of...

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Relational and Motivational Factors of Nursing Empowerment in an Acute Care Hospital

Killip, Marnie J. - 1991

nursing empowerment between baccalaureate- and associate-prepared nurses employed in a medium-sized hospital in Iowa. All …

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Strategic Planning In Education: A Study Of Intermediate Agencies

Hoffman, Thomas A. - 1996

processes in three Iowa area education agencies.Procedures: Through interviews in the three Iowa area education agencies with …

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Nurse Manager and Staff Nurse Perceptions of Selected Competencies Related to the Nurse Manager Role

Barnes, Sheryl L. - 1993

nurse managers residing in the state of Iowa was obtained. The Skills Questionnaire by Weaver (1986) as adapted from Stahl …

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Linking Resilience Theory and Diffusion of Innovations Theory to Understand the Potential for Perennials in the U.S. Corn Belt

Atwell, Ryan C.; Schulte, Lisa A.; Westphal, Lynne M. - 2009

"In the last 200 yr, more than 80% of the land in the U.S. Corn Belt agro-ecosystem has been converted from natural perennial vegetation to intensive agricultural production of row crops. Despite research showing how re-integration of perennial vegetation, e.g., cover crops, pasture, riparian...

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Essays on the Role of Specific Human Capital

Hu, Xiaohan - 2007

Human capital theory states that workers' knowledge and skills increase their productivity and thus raise their earnings. An important dimension of human capital theory distinguishes between general human capital and specific human capital. Chapter Two and Chapter Three of this dissertation...

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Risks and responsibilities in establishing a wireless network for an educational institution

Knights, Leigh; Fonceca, Matt; Mack, Georgina; … - 2006

A wireless network solution is generally implemented when the bounds of walls of buildings and the constraints of wires need to be broken. Wireless technologies provide the potential for freedom of mobility which is undoubtedly a convenience for organisations in today’s market. The security of...

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The integration of performance measurement and asset-and-liability management / John Singleton Janse van Rensburg

Van Rensburg, John Singleton Janse - 2008

a bank. Interest rate risk is an important source of bank profitability. The Asset-and-Liability Management function of … Asset-and-Liability Management unit. Business units are therefore allocated the net interest margin components relating to …-adjusted performance measurement results to develop balance sheet and pricing strategies that are sensitised to asset and liability …

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