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  • Technological change and comparative advantage of the agricultural and food processing sectors

    Creator:
    Carver, Jason M.
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    The composition of global agricultural trade is shifting from primary commodities to processed foods in terms of value and quantity. It is important to understand the linkages between agriculture and food processing to identify the sources of the structural change in agricultural trade. The question addressed by this research is...
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    6.3 Restricted Food Model 53 6.4 Long Run Effects of Technology and Factors 57 List of Appendix

  • R&D investment and productivity in the U.S. and Canadian food processing sectors

    Creator:
    Chan-Kang, Connie
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    Increased competition brought about by trade liberalization has raised the stakes for improving productivity in U.S. and Canadian food processing. A key element of productivity growth is technological change, which in turn results from R&D investment. The present study employs an econometric model to assess rates of technological change and...
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    : Data, Econometric Model, and Estimation... 38 4.1 Food Manufacturing Data Series 38 4.1.1 Purchasing

  • The comparison of productivity growth in the U.S. and Mexican food processing sectors

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    Alpay, Ebru
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    In this study, the rates of technological change in food processing sectors of U.S. and Mexico are compared through econometric estimation of both the unrestricted (long-run) and restricted (short-run) profit functions with first order autocorrelation correction. Then, the dual rate of productivity growth is computed and decomposed into its sources....
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    technological change in food processing sectors of U.S. and Mexico are compared through econometric estimation

  • Resource planning and management (RPM) of a multi-period, multi-product

    Creator:
    Mercer, William G.
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    Resource Planning and Management (RPM) techniques have been applied in this study of a product-mix and production scheduling linear programming problem of a cooperating food processor. Resource Planning and Management is a graphical portrayal of the interactions between related resources and activities within a system. In this study linear RPM...
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    scheduling linear programming problem of a cooperating food processor. Resource Planning and Management is

  • The Economic effects of trade liberalization under oligopoly

    Creator:
    Cho, Bong-Jae
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    In modern economies, national governments have a wide range of policies for restricting international trade and protecting domestic industries at their disposal. The most popular form of non-tariff trade policies is probably that of a direct quantitative restriction. This policy takes two principal forms: explicit import quotas and voluntary export...
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    range of policies for restricting international trade and protecting domestic industries at their

  • An analysis of production and consumption of food in Korea

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    Im, Kwang H.
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    The general objective of this study is to analyze the production and the consumption of food in Korea for the years 1955 through 1969 and to project them for the years 1970 through 1980. This study has the following purposes; (1) To examine the trend in food production and yield....
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    ) (Date) Title: AN ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF FOOD IN KOREA Abstract approved: \J

  • Heuristic algorithm for multistage scheduling in food processing industry

    Creator:
    Juwono, Cynthia P.
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    A multistage production system consists of a number of production stages that are interrelated, that is the output from one stage forms input to the next stage. There are constraints associated with each stage as well as constraints imposed by the overall system. Besides, there are multiple objectives that need...
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    problem of scheduling multistage production systems in food processing industry. The system and products

  • Analytical method for the prediction of reliability and maintainability based life-cycle labor costs

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    Fitzpatrick, Mark W.
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    An analytical method for predicting life-cycle maintainability labor costs is developed. The purpose of the analytical method is to allow the evaluation of products, based on life-cycle labor cost, early in the design process. The Boeing 737-300/400/500 Bleed Air Control System is used as a test model, and the results...
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    a test model, and the results of the analysis are compared with historical data from this system

  • Alum coagulation in conjunction with the activated sludge treatment of corn processing waste water

    Creator:
    Jensen, Harold LeRoy, III
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    The treatment of waste water from a corn freezing process by activated sludge with the aid of alum coagulation was investigated. Both high and low energy level systems were observed with good flocculation occurring at the low energy level. Because poor flocculation occurs at high energy level conditions, alum was...
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    with increasing problems in waste management and disposal. The food processing industry produces

  • Bacillus subtilis endospore coat protein solubilization methods for studying effects of high pressure precessing

    Creator:
    Gandhi, Kalpesh K.
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    Spores of foodborne pathogens such as Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens and Bacillus cereus are widely distributed in nature. Presence of those spores in food products, particularly C. botulinum spores in vacuum packed, ready-to-eat low-acid products, is a great safety concern. The research here described is a first effort towards understanding...
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    and chemical agents is an important safety and quality problem to the food industry. Spores of