Research Objectives. The objectives of this study included the following: • Improve the IID estimation algorithm and enhance its applicability by limiting the input to traffic volume only. Since volume can be directly measured by single loop detectors, the most common type of traffic sensors in the existing roadway network, an IID estimation algorithm requiring only volume input is highly desirable. • Implement the new IID estimation approach in a computer program for automatically quantifying IIDs on a regional freeway network. • Expand the database developed in Phase I to support IID analysis on a larger freeway network, i.e., the Puget Sound regional freeway network. • Present the incident information together with IID estimates on the Digital Roadway Interactive Visualization and Evaluation Network (DRIVE Net), a regional map- based online data sharing, modeling, and analysis platform developed by the Smart Transportation Applications and Research Laboratory (STAR Lab).
Research Objectives. The main objective of this dissertation is to shed light on the growth processes of technology-based new ventures and link these processes to performance. The previous section revealed that a conceptual framework for research in this direction has to meet two fundamental requirements. First, it has to assume an inside-out perspective on the organisation and second, it has to be dynamic. The concept of dynamic capabilities (Xxxxx and Xxxxxx 1994; Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, and Xxxxx 1997; Xxxxx and Xxxxxx 1999; Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx 2000; Xxxxx and Winter 2002; Winter 2003) has attracted growing attention from strategic management scholars during the past years. The main purpose of this framework is to explain how firms gain a competitive advantage under conditions of rapid and unpredictable change. This dynamic concept is especially relevant in Schumpeterian worlds dominated by innovation-based competition, creative destruction of established competencies, and increasing returns (Teece, Xxxxxx, and Xxxxx 1997). In fact, entrepreneurial firms mostly compete on innovation (Xxxxxx and Xxxxx 1977; Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx 2000; Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx 2002; Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx 2002). Consequently, the concept can be considered to analyse performance differences and thus differences in growth rates of technology-based new ventures. According to Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, and Xxxxx (1997) dynamic capabilities are an organisation's “ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external competences to address rapidly changing environments” (p. 516), and thus are a source of competitive advantage under conditions of rapid change (Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx 2000). The concept of dynamic capabilities builds on the resource-based view of the firm (Wernerfelt 1984; Xxxxxx 1991; Xxxx and Schoemaker 1993; Peteraf 1993), which argues that the competitive advantage of organisations is contingent upon their resource base. When firms grow in high-velocity environments, they need to alter this resource base and consequently have to deploy certain capabilities. However, these capabilities need to be developed as well. Just as firms do not have a large resource base from the beginning (Stinchcombe 1965; Romanelli 1989; Brush, Xxxxxx, and Xxxx 2001; Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx 2003; Ravasi and Turati 2005), new organisations do not possess dynamic capabilities in their early days (Helfat and Peteraf 2003). Given this theoretical excurse, I am able to specify the initial research objective. In order to describ...
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Research Objectives. Communication (Objective 3) Produce and make freely available text and online versions of risk assessment tools. Conduct workshops in their use and application. Objective 1: Develop risk assessment tools for fishes, plants, mollusks, amphibians, reptiles and crustaceans for the GL Basin. Goals
Research Objectives. Contractor shall carry out certain tasks to address the following research objectives under the project:
Research Objectives. The project aims at examining the reasons as well as possible social, religious, and political impact of the choice of language in the process of epigraphical commemoration of religious building programmes in the early Byzantine Diocese of the East (excluding Egypt and Libya). In Late Antiquity, a period of dynamic religious, political and social changes, linguistic distinctiveness could serve as an important identity marker and, at the same time identity factor, for Aramaic-speaking Christians, Jews, and Samaritans. Monumental epigraphy, which in that period is largely represented by religious building inscriptions on stone and mosaics, could be an efficient way of public asserting this distinctiveness, and could reciprocally impact the viewers, solidifying specific trends. The project will explore the validity of this hypothesis against other known identity markers and factors (religion, politics, social events), based on a broad survey of inscriptions in Greek, Syriac, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Samaritan Aramaic, Hebrew, and Old Arabic.
Research Objectives. The main research direction of this project is classification of malicious NetFlow communications, which will further serve for classification of malicious hosts, with special attention to various time-series analysis methods. Data. xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx General task. xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx Prior work. xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Research Objectives. The purpose of the present research was to investigate perceptions of early childhood development activities and practices, including facilitators and barriers to activities promoting early childhood development in India, using qualitative methods and the theory of diffusion of innovations. This formative research focused on the current local beliefs and practice around early child development among primary caregivers and anganwadi workers in rural communities in India. The literature shows that improvements to the ICDS program need to be made in order to reduce developmental delays influenced by malnutrition, inadequate and improper services (UNICEF, 2007). The proposed study will identify beliefs, feelings, and attitudes toward child development and the current understanding about the various domains of development (i.e., physical, cognitive, language, and socio- emotional) and how they are interconnected; identify early childhood development practices that are currently occurring in the targeted regions; and identify factors that encourage or discourage primary caregivers of young children and anganwadi workers to practice activities promoting early child development( e.g., physical, cognitive, language, and socio-emotional activities). Specific research questions include: What are the beliefs, feelings, and attitudes towards early childhood development among primary caregivers and anganwadi workers? According to primary caregivers and anganwadi workers, what early childhood developmental practices are currently occurring in the area? What factors are encouraging or discouraging activities promoting early child development?
Research Objectives. The concepts of the Dutch Green Deals and WRAP’s VEAs are relatively new, thus little research has focused on these innovative VEAs. These two concepts are an interesting topic for a research because they represent an innovative and effective way of dealing with environmental issues. This study aims at gaining an overall understanding of the way the Green Deals and the voluntary agree- ments organized according to the framework introduced by WRAP work and how their efficiency is measured. More specific attention is paid on history and development of the agreements, key motivation and success factors, main re- sponsibilities and challenges, performance evaluation and added value. The study also aims at finding the key differences between these two voluntary ap- proaches. The Courtauld Commitment (CC) and the Circular Procurement Green Deal (CPGD) will be explored in more details for gaining a deeper understanding of the two different voluntary approaches. The CC has been established in 2005 in the UK and it is currently in its fourth phase (WRAP, 2016c). On the other hand, the CPGD in the Netherlands has been established in 2013. Hence, both agree- ments are being implemented successfully and there is sufficient data on their performance. Main research questions: How the Dutch Green Deals and WRAP agreements work in general? How are the Circular Procurement Green Deal and the Courtauld Commitment agreement developed, implemented and evaluated? Sub-research questions:
Research Objectives. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to: • Contribute to the knowledge base and development of food safety systems globally due to the increasingly diverse and complex food supply; • Enhance and broaden FDA’s ability to address global food safety and public health issues associated with food; • Provide opportunities to leverage additional resources among WTO member countries; • Support FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (Pub. L. 111-353) and its International Food Safety Capacity Building Plan, which emphasizes the concept of preventing food safety related problems before they occur, and the importance of establishing strong relationships and mutual support among all stakeholders, including multilateral organizations, to improve worldwide food safety.
