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Evaluating Alternative Safety Net Programs in Alberta: A Firm-level Simulation Analysis
No full textThis paper examines alternative risk management strategies in terms of their effectiveness for three representative Alberta farm operations. Stochastic dynamic simulation methods are used to model financial performance for these farms, and alternative risk management programs are compared in terms of their ability to stabilize returns, support income and reduce the probability of bankruptcy. The results suggest that government programs such as the Net Income Stabilization Account (NISA) program or the Farm Income Disaster Program (FIDP) in Alberta have some benefits in terms of supporting income levels and reducing the chances of farm failure. Neither program is very effective, however, in stabilizing year to year income or cash flow for the farm operations. As a risk management program, FIDP is more effective than NISA but this improved performance comes at the price of higher government costs. Performance of NISA and FIDP, relative to alternative risk management programs and strategies such as forward contracting or crop insurance, is mixed. In some cases, NISA does not seem to provide benefits beyond those available from other strategies, while FIDP tends to perform better than the alternatives. Finally, while increased debt load weakens firm financial performance, NISA and FIDP still provide some benefits in terms of supporting income and reducing the probability of bankruptcy.Farm Management, Risk and Uncertainty,
Potential site selection in ecotourism planning using spatial decision support tool
No full textNorthern areas of Pakistan have blessed with extremely beautiful natural landscapes, waterfalls, glaciated mountains, biodiversity rich valleys and forests and have extraordinary potential for ecotourism. Study is designed to propose potential sites for ecotourism in Kohistan, which is a least developed but biodiversity rich area of Pakistan. Poor planning and mismanagement of tourism practices have already disturbed the ecosystems of these highlands; there is a need to involve the local community in environmental conservation practices. As ecotourism has the potential to provide various new means of income for local people. Geographic Information System serves as a decision support tool in finding suitable locations for ecotourism by taking multiple factors into account and helps in devising strategy by providing ecotourism potential sites map in return. Same approach has been applied in the study with use of remote sensing and Geographic Information System based hybrid techniques. Thematic layers from classified image are overlaid with slope, elevation, soil, and vegetation density layers. Multiple criteria based decision is made from weighted overlay analysis which has given potential sites map. These potential sites can be appropriate places for trekking, skiing, white water rafting, sailing, mountain resorts, forest reserves and sports related activities. It is expected that implementing ecotourism in Kohistan will bring positive change in their economic life and it will be equally beneficial for tourism industry of Pakistan
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No full textThis is a discussion between Taj Nisa (a 49-year old female) and Saleh Noor (a 50-year old female). Taj Nisa talks about the likes and dislikes in her life
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Apɪɪṇ zidgiiṇi baari vã baayi
No full textThis is a discussion between Taj Nisa (a 49-year old female) and Saleh Noor (a 50-year old female). Taj Nisa talks about the likes and dislikes in her life
MegaNisa - Megalitismo de Nisa
No full textApresentam-se neste livro os últimos resultados decorrentes dos trabalhos arqueológicos efectuados em dólmenes e menhires do concelho de Nis
An Introduction to the Life of NISA by Using Information Literacy
No full text東京証券取引所が公表しているTOPIX Core30の2013年のデータに限ったものではあるが、株式を、「局所的な極小値で買い、極大値で売る」事を繰り返せば、特別に株式投資の専門的知識を持たず、情報リテラシーの知識しかないような「素人」でも十分に利益を出せる事が解った。特に、このような売買を60回程度繰り返せば、その利益は投資した原資の2倍程度になる。また、取引手数料が無料なNISA業者を選んでNISA口座を作る事が、この手法の重要なポイントである。しかし、この調査結果が、東京証券取引所に上場している全ての企業について同様に当てはまるかどうかは、別途、検証が必要である。It was found in only a data of 2013 of TOPIX Core30, that by repeating "to buy at aminimum with a local, to sell at the maximum value", sufficient profit comes out even inamateur who has no knowledge of the stock investment, not only have knowledge of information literacy.Particularly, the profit increases to twice the investment capital, if such buying and sellingare repeated around 60 times.In addition, it is an important point of this technique to make NISA account with achoice of the NISA supplier that transaction fees are free.However, an another inspection is necessary separately whether this findings comesunder the Tokyo Stock Exchange equally about all companies listed on the Stock Exchange.3KJ00010104159論文Articledepartmental bulletin pape
Measurement of Internal Field in Hafnium 177 in Gadolinium
No full textTitle: Measurement of Internal Field in Hafnium 177 in Gadolinium, Author: Fakhr-Un-Nisa Rafai, Location: ThodeAn alloy of 1% lutecium in 99% gadolinium was
made. The rotations of the angular correlation pattern
caused by the hyperfine fields acting on hafnium nuclei were
measured for the 208-113 keV and 71-250 keV cascades. Using
measured data the internal field acting on hafnium in
gadolinium and the g-factor for the 250 keV spin 11/2, second
excited state, were determined. The results are as follows:
Hint = - (252 ± 14) k0e g11/2 = (.346 ± .087).ThesisMaster of Science (MS
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