effectiveness of small and medium scale enterprises as an instrument of economic growth and development in Nigeria has long been under scrutiny. This intense scrutiny has been against the backdrop of the low performance and inefficiency that characterized small and medium scale enterprises particularly in assessing its role on economic growth and development. Despite government institutional and policies support to enhancing the capacity of small and medium scale enterprises‚ SMEs has fallen short
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Large-Scale PV System based on the Multiphase Isolated DC/DC converter Hyuntae Choi Wei Zhao Mihai Ciobotaru Vassilios G. Agelidis Australian Energy Research Institute & School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications The University of New South Wales Sydney‚ NSW 2052‚ Australia hyuntae.choi@student.unsw.edu.au wei.zhao2@student.unsw.edu.au mihai.ciobotaru@unsw.edu.au vassilios.agelidis@unsw.edu.au Abstract—The large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems have already been reached 200 MW power
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garages or retailers‚ a total of about 5 million employees (1 out of every 7 jobs in Germany) depend on the success of the automobile industry. The automobile industry also involves a large number of product groups‚ such as the production of trucks‚ buses‚ trailers‚ containers‚ parts and spare parts. Cars are among the most well-known German products on the world market. Germany began to intensively export cars in the 1950s. The slogan ‘Made in Germany’‚ initially used by the U.S. occupying forces
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the scale of the eruption (40). The scale of volcanic eruptions is one factor‚ which can influence their human impact. Massive eruptions such as Pinatubo may cause changes to the global climate‚ i.e global cooling and its implications for food production. Such changes may be short term or long terms‚ in the past massive eruptions have permanently altered global climate and large parts of the Earth’s topography. However the scale is only one of several factors. The impact of eruptions also depends
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Construction and Validation of a Scale to Measure Celebrity Endorsers’ Perceived Expertise‚ Trustworthiness‚ and Attractiveness Author(s): Roobina Ohanian Source: Journal of Advertising‚ Vol. 19‚ No. 3 (1990)‚ pp. 39-52 Published by: M.E. Sharpe‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4188769 Accessed: 22/05/2009 06:55 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp.
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INTRODUCTION Philippines are known for its beautiful scenery and friendly people‚ it is known as well for its delicious food. Among these foods is what we called “kakanin”‚ a native delicacy that are serves as desserts. Parties and celebrations seem not perfect without these Filipino desserts. What is more interesting about them is that they vary from one area to another in terms of ingredients. Another thing is that a lot of Filipino or the senior citizens know how to to make desserts as they
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Known operating system security flaw in Microsoft® Windows®‚ Mac OS X®‚ Linux®‚ or UNIX® Lance Branford POS/355 January 13‚ 2015 Eugene Gorbatov Known operating system security flaw in Microsoft® Windows®‚ Mac OS X®‚ Linux®‚ or UNIX® In describing known operating security with in the operating systems. I will be describing how the systems are compromised how to counter the attack and what the attack does to the system. In the UNIX systems the vulnerability named shellshock which is a command line
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With cities worldwide facing daunting environmental challenges on a global scale‚ a multidisciplinary team at Arup (an independent firm of designers‚ planners‚ engineers‚ consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services) seeks to create a model for how cities can develop carbon neutrally called Dongtan Eco-City. Dongtan is a plan for a new eco-city on the island of Chongming in Shanghai‚ China. The name of the city literally translates as "East Beach". Dongtan
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Some strains of Acetobacter produce a gelatinous membrane called pellicle or bacterial cellulose (BC) at the surface of liquid culture. BC is also called as “Nata de Coco”‚ a traditional fermented food in southeast Asia. Coconut-water is regarded as a waste from the copra process‚ the cost is low and easily to obtain. Although in these areas using mature coconut water to produce nata de coco obtained a good yield of pellicle was obtained‚ the shortage of coconut water is always affecting the stability
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ARTICLES Effect of large-scale social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on child survival in rural Tanzania Joanna R M Armstrong Schellenberg‚ Salim Abdulla‚ Rose Nathan‚ Oscar Mukasa‚ Tanya J Marchant‚ Nassor Kikumbih‚ Adiel K Mushi‚ Haji Mponda‚ Happiness Minja‚ Hassan Mshinda‚ Marcel Tanner‚ Christian Lengeler Summary Background Insecticide-treated nets have proven efficacy as a malaria-control tool in Africa. However‚ the transition from efficacy to effectiveness cannot be taken for
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