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20th century precipitation trends in the Yangtze river catchment
(2003)The 1990´s Precipitation at 16 stations in the Yangtze River Catchment within the context of 20th century time-series has been analysed. Linear trends, decadal fluctuations, occurrence of extreme years, and inter-annual ... -
A statistical approach to detect cheating interviewers
(2008)Survey data are potentially affected by cheating interviewers. Even a small number of fabricated interviews might seriously impair the results of further empirical analysis. Besides reinterviews some statistical approaches ... -
Advertisements or friends? : Formal and informal recruitment methods in Tanzania
(2009)The findings of our study in Mwanza can be interpreted on two different levels. Firstly, they can be read in the light of actors and managers who take decisions in a specific micro-setting influenced, e.g., by the legal ... -
Aktuelle Probleme der Energiewirtschaft und Energiepolitik in Zentralasien
(2006)Die Energieversorgung stellt in den Republiken Zentralasiens auf unterschiedliche Weise ein Problem dar, und dies in zunehmendem Maße. Seit die zentralasiatischen Republiken die einschneidende Rezession der 90er Jahre ... -
Analyse der Präferenzen russischer Fachbesucher für ausgewählte Messeleistungen mit Hilfe der Choice-Based Conjoint-Analyse
(2008)Seit einigen Jahren steigen bei den führenden landwirtschaftlichen Fachmessen Europas die Fachbesucherzahlen aus Russland. Auch die Beteiligung der westeuropäischen Firmen an den russischen Messen hat zugenommen. Grund für ... -
Bandwagon voting or false-consensus effect in voting experiments? : First results and methodological limits
(2008)In an experiment designed to test for expressive voting, Tyran (JPubEc 2004) found a strong positive correlation between the participants approval for a proposal to donate money for charity and their expected approval rate ... -
Bergbaubedingte Schwermetallbelastungen von Böden und Nutzpflanzen in einem Bewässerungsgebiet südlich von Tiflis/Georgien - Ausmaß und ökologische Bedeutung -
(2005)Durch Abspülung von Abraumhalden einer Edelmetallmine südlich von Tbilisi in Georgien wird der Fluss Mashavera stark mit extrem schwermetallhaltigen (Kupfer, Zink, Cadmium) Schwebstoffen befrachtet. Das Wasser des Mashavera ... -
Central Asian integration as a way of guaranteeing regional security, economic growth: feasibility and prospects
(2010)Nowadays, CA countries are facing serious challenges. Their industries are slowly recovering from the disruption of supplier-producer ties among former Soviet republics and East European states. The transformation from ... -
Changing politics in Central Asia : the case of Kazakhstan
(2010)The main reason for blaming the EU for not watching the regional reforms more often is based on the idea that the EU has a chance to stimulate and positively influence developments in Central Asia and Kazakhstan and to ... -
Climate risk management in Central Asian agriculture : A situation analysis
(2012)The region of Central Asia, and in particularly the agricultural sector, is extremely vulnerable to climate change risks. The countries have started to develop adaptation strategies and climate risk management strategies, ... -
Consumer attitudes towards food safety risks associated with meat processing
(2001)A focus group study with 37 residents of Manhattan, Kansas, was conducted to examine consumers risk perceptions of foodborne illnesses from beef. The four focusgroup sessions were designed to determine (1) relative ... -
Conversion of pastures to oil palm plantations in Colombia generates lower greenhouse gas emissions than cattle ranching: a literature research
(2021-10-04)We conduct a literature research to compare GHG emissions between oil palm plantations and cattle ranching, two of the most common land uses in eastern Colombia. Our results show that conversion of pastures to oil palm ... -
Datenbasierte Indikatoren für potenziell abweichendes Interviewerverhalten
(2011)Die Datenqualität in Umfragedaten kann in vielen Fällen durch abweichendes Verhalten der Interviewer beeinträchtigt sein. Eine Fälschung liegt dann vor, wenn der Interviewer den kompletten Fragebogen oder Teile davon nicht ... -
Detection and visualisation of climate trends in China
(2003)Monthly precipitation and temperature trends of 160 stations in China from 1951-2002 have been analysed and interpolated. The Mann-Kendall trend test was applied to examine the monthly precipitation data. Significant ... -
Determinants of foreign direct investment of OECD countries 1991-2001
(2005)Using a fixed-effects panel data approach, FDI flows of 22 OECD countries are explained by gravity equations over the period 1991-2001. It is distinguished between all available observations, Intra-EU25 observations only, ... -
Determinants of primary school enrollment in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
(2011)Education is considered an important means of alleviating poverty and of improving an individual´s job and earnings prospects. Nevertheless, in Haiti and the Dominican Republic school enrollment is far from complete and ... -
Different background - similar strategies : recruitment in Tanzanian-African and Tanzanian-Asian companies
(2010)The literature on enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa provides evidence that there are significant differences between companies run by members of the majority population and those run by members of minorities. Differences ... -
Digital Sustainability Education - Potential, Development Trends and Good Practices
(2021-08)Digital sustainability education (DSE) is becoming increasingly relevant in higher Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and spreads globally. DSE is fueled by the Covid-19-pandemic and urges lecturers, students and ...