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Boswell, Brent R. (Brent Ryan), Jared M. Darby, Jessica L. Iacobucci, and Bennett M. Wilson. "Improvement of prescription medicine adherence through the development of an intelligent pill organization and dispensary system "Claire"." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86270.
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Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, June 2012.Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, February 2013.
Boswell, Iacobucci and Wilson graduated June 2012. -- Darby graduated February 2013. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Incorrect medication adherence is one of the costliest problems in the United States. In addition to the thousands of people who die each year due to accidental drug administration, the nation spends over $100 billion annually on health care costs directly related to incorrect medication adherence. Most medication non-adherence is caused by unintentional mistakes, especially among the elderly (65+ years old) with multiple regular prescriptions. This thesis describes the design process, preliminary design and test mockups, a preliminary business model associated with a new product concept developed for this costly problem, "Claire." Claire is a Compact, Low-cost, Accurate, Intuitive, Reliable, Easy medication management system that automatically sorts, dispenses, and tracks pills. By simplifying the pill-taking process, Claire will improve medication adherence among elderly patients with multiple prescriptions and reduce anxiety among their caretakers.
by Brent R. Boswell, Jared M. Darby, Jessica L. Iacobucci, and Bennett M. Wilson.
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Weiss, Katherine. "A Communication Scholarship Showcase – Research Development Committee Joint Workshop." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2278.
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Fountain, Philip Michael. "Translating Service: An Ethnography of the Mennonite Central Committee." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/8640.
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This thesis examines the work of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Indonesia. In describing the inner workings of MCC it draws on a diverse range of historical and contemporary sources as well twenty-two months of ethnographic field research. The argument focuses on two themes. First, it explores the ways in which the practices of MCC are informed by the Anabaptist-Mennonite Christian religious tradition in North America. The influences of Mennonite vernacular theologies, identities and practices are far-reaching. Particularly important is the idea of service, which constitutes a distinctive Mennonite paradigm of development. Second, the thesis analyses processes of translation. MCC is an interstitial organisation located between different socio-cultural milieux. The factors propelling North American Mennonite donor participation in MCC must be translated into Indonesian contexts. Because translation involves both transference and transforma
tion, MCC's work is dynamic and unpredictable. Therefore, while Mennonite religion is deeply influential, actual practice in Indonesia involves collaborations with a range of actors who come from different positions. In exploring the practices of translation in MCC the thesis pays attention to the place of individuals and relationships. In doing so, it highlights the agency of people in the midst of wider networks and processes.
The thesis interrogates the debate regarding the place of religion in the international development system. It argues that the historical expulsion of religion by mainstream development actors and also much of the interest in the current resurgence of religion are examples of an artificial bounding of religion as separate from a supposedly neutral secular domain. Rather than assuming a universal and essentialised definition of religion, the thesis is grounded in the particularities of how a specific religious tradition informs one particular actor. The influences of Mennonite religion on MCC are traced through time and in interconnections across cultural difference. The 'friction' of these cross-cultural encounters is profoundly generative. This necessitates close and detailed studies rather than simplistic generalisations. By examining the diverse ways in which Mennonite religion permeates throughout MCC's work in Indonesia the thesis challenges those who continue to question whether religion has a legitimate place in development activity.
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McShane, Ian, and n/a. ""Balanced development" a study of the Murray Committee on Australian Universities." University of Canberra. Education, 1995. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050509.161344.
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This thesis is a study of the work of the Committee on Australian Universities of 1957,
usually called the Murray Committee after its chairman.
Interpretations of the Murray Committee's work usually focus on its achievement in
securing funding increases for Australian universities at a time of great financial need, and
establishing an arms-length grants body that assisted what was referred to as the "balanced
development" of the sector. In this thesis I look at the context of the inquiry and the text
of the committee's report to place this outcome within what I consider to be the broader
scope and intent of the committee's work. I argue that the committee was anxious to
secure the position of the universities at the top of an educational hierarchy in a period of
change and challenge. The committee responded to the Commonwealth Government's
request that the future pattern of university development be in the best interests of the
nation by defending what they saw as the traditional role and purpose of the university. I
argue that this response is one that has at various times been put foward by universities to
demands for change, a response that, to paraphrase a view popular in university circles at
the time, seeks to give government what it needs rather than what it wants.
In this instance the committee looked to an English model of a residential university as the
"traditional" template on which Australian institutions should be fashioned. The
committee argued for the value of a broad, liberal education as emblematic of university
pedagogy in an era of increasing knowledge specialisation and increasing confusion of
purpose in the tertiary education system. It considered that a residential university
conducted on liberal principles was the best institutional representation of its ideal of a
community of scholars. The committee set down in its report a range of strategies by
which the ideal might be realised, or at least approached, in the Australian context. It paid
particular attention to the incorporation of first year students - the newest and most
vulnerable members of the community. I also argue that in setting down its ideas on the
institutional form and pedagogy of the university, the committee made assumptions about
the personal characteristics of "the scholar", and I analyse these assumptions.
In redefining the university in the Australian context the committee also engaged in a
process of defining the roles and purposes of other tertiary education institutions. The
committee took a hierarchical view of social organisation to their work, and viewed the
education system in this light. The committee charged the universities with oversight of
the Australian education system and intellectual guardianship of the Australian community.
University graduates, in the committee's view, were the natural leaders of Australian
society, and their education should prepare them to undertake properly this role. In
redefining the university the committee members engaged in a process of boundarysetting,
consolidating an institutional hierarchy in what they saw as a confused and
uncoordinated system. However, they sought to incorporate a commitment to
meritocracy and expansion of education opportunity within this perspective and urged the
creation of pathways between the institutions.
To characterise the committee's work I extend the concept of "balanced development" to
the various areas in which the committee made recommendations. The concept of
balanced development can be seen to refer to the proper development of the individual in
the university system (the production of a balanced personality, or the education of the
whole person); to the balanced development and co-ordination of the university sector; to
the development of the tertiary education system as a whole and its proper articulation
with the labour market; and to the process of reconciling the needs of the universities with
the demands of government
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Hartnett, William J. "The pursuit of sustainable development as a duty of states under international law." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16530.
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Martin, Janet Miriam Wilson. "A study of the City of Adelaide Development Committee and residential transformation /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1993. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arm381.pdf.
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Yip, Tak-kuen Eric. "A study of the development of tenant involvement strategies in Hong Kong : future development of estate management of Estate Management Advisory Committee Scheme /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B24533385.
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Owe, Masumi. "Collective action in global governance : the case of the OECD Development Assistance Committee." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2014. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/67287/.
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This thesis examines the achievements and limitation of collective action in the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). With particular focus on two specific issues of ‘aid untying’ and ‘aid effectiveness’ between late 1990s and early 2010s, and two member countries namely the UK and Japan, the thesis first assesses the indicators (existence, forms and level) of collective action. It then explores the conditions (factors that account for the indicators) for collective action in the DAC. As literature on the OECD and the DAC is scarce, this thesis fills knowledge gaps by providing a detailed analysis of the DAC and offering insights into stronger global governance through the lens of collective action. Using primary evidence drawing on extensive interviews as well as OECD archival documents, the thesis advances four main findings. First, the DAC has achieved collective action only to some extent – it has successfully (if sometimes slowly) reached agreements, but implementation processes reveal more shortcomings. Second, successful agreement has resulted largely from leadership of the UK in the DAC together with work by the DAC Secretariat to build trust relationships as well as to nurture feelings of fairness among the members. The DAC’s limited membership and closed, homogenous nature encouraged this atmosphere. Third, DAC members’ motivations and incentives for collective action can be identified both at individual and institutional (government) levels, ranging between rationality and social/global norms, that are often intertwined and complex, making collective action challenging to understand. Fourth, the DAC is now in transition due to the rising influence of emerging countries and the growth of an additional locus of collective action at recipient country level. All this presents increasing challenges if the DAC is to maintain a reputation for collective action in the future.
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Finlayson, John M. "The cabinet committee system and the development of British colonial policy, 1951-1964." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2002. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/774/.
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This thesis has a dual focus: the British Cabinet committee system and British colonial policy. Its primary interest is the functioning of the Cabinet committee system and in order to investigate this colonial policy will be analysed. This policy area has been chosen both for its intrinsic interest and because it provides an ideal vehicle for a full analysis of the workings of the committee system and the impact it had on policy development. Chapter One provides a critique of studies of British government and an outline of the main debates in the literature on colonial policy. It then outlines the nature, aims, hypotheses and aims of this study and the topics that will be studied. The second chapter provides an account of the development and workings of the Cabinet committee system. A brief account of the period up to the end of the Second World War is followed by a more detailed account of the elaboration and consolidation of the system under Attlee and then by an account of how the system fared under the Conservatives. Chapter Three examines the interrelationship between colonial policy and external policy. It first examines the various policy studies of the period and then examines three case studies: the Southern Cameroons, Malaysia and Aden. It concludes that sometimes colonial policy was entirely determined by strategic considerations, that the many external policy studies had little influence on the development of policy and that the committee system functioned erratically, had a conservative influence on policy-making and was poor at getting to grips with the big issues such as decline. The fourth chapter deals with colonial constitutional development. An analysis of the various long-term timetables for constitutional development precedes a brief account of the committee structure for this subject. Two geographical areas are then analysed, the Caribbean and Africa. This chapter concludes that the timetables for independence were of little value, highlights the difficulty Britain had in relinquishing control of the smaller colonies, and concludes that there was no coordinated policy for Africa and that there was no planned process of decolonization. The penultimate chapter deals with all aspects of policy for Malta, including its attempt to become part of the United Kingdom, and serves as a recapitulation of the various themes of this study and highlights the extent to which various policy areas were inextricably intertwined. It demonstrates the problems of constitutional advance in a strategically valuable colony and argues that the committee system did little to provide policy alternatives. This study concludes that the Cabinet committee system was anything but a neutral piece of government machinery. It had a significant impact on policy, but that was because of its many failings, not least its failure to coordinate policy. What was designed to give cohesion and control frequently produced confusion and incoherence. Overall a flawed policy process produced a flawed outcome.
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Mapitse, Thobo Gloria. "The management of community development projects by the District Development Committee : a case of Mahalapye Sub District in Botswana." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/527.
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Thesis (MPA) --University of Limpopo, 2009The Mahalapye sub District Development Committee is the most significant organization in the sub district as it sets overall goals, direction and priorities with which all development initiatives within the district should conform to. The membership of the committee includes all heads of central and local government departments, government planners, heads of Parastatals, and representatives of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Effective management of projects requires collective consciousness, effort and will and it is important that members of the sub District Development Committee work as a team to ensure that all projects are implemented within the set time frames and limited resources. The development challenges facing Mahalapye sub district are complex. These challenges are not peculiar to the sub district, but are also a challenge to other districts in Botswana. These challenges include the need to implement village infrastructure projects in a cost effective manner in that the projects are completed within the estimated budget and time schedule. The research findings are that indeed the problem of project cost and time overruns is a problem in Mahalapye sub District and that the problem is attributed to the way the projects are managed, in particular, by the sub District Development Committee. A number of recommendations have been provided to help overcome the problem
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Erekat, Dana (Dana M. ). "Transitional development within shifting spheres of conflict : the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committee." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55136.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2009.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-88).
This thesis examines how an NGO can function and create change within the shifting domains of Palestinian stability and conflict through the case study of the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committee (UPMRC). Palestinian society today heavily relies on NGO's for an array of service provisions. However, Palestinian NGO's continue to face various challenges since their inception. The long history of Israeli occupation has forced NGO's to focus their efforts on relief work and caused them to negate long term development issues. This has also led to a very fragmented NGO sector in Palestine. The creation of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in 1994 brought with it further impediments to the NGO sector in Palestine. The authoritarian political nature of the PNA meant that a number of NGO's were marginalized from the national development agenda. The shift of international aid during this period from NGO's to the Palestinian government led to a decline in NGO funds. As a result of these factors, and despite the plethora of NGO's in Palestine, many of the NGO's have failed to promote sustainable development. An exception to the overall picture of NGO's in Palestine is the UPMRC. Despite facing similar challenges as the rest of the NGO sector, the UPMRC has been successful in fostering its grassroots ties, implementing effective development projects, building horizontal linkages with other NGO's, as well as creating vertical linkages with the PNA and influencing national policy. The success of the UPMRC has significant implications for other NGO's in Palestine as well as NGO's in other post-conflict areas.
by Dana Erekat.
M.C.P.
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Welfare/UNICEF, Portfolio Committee on. "A report from the portfolio committee on welfare / UNICEF workshop on children and development." Portfolio Committee on Welfare/UNICEF, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65969.
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Honourable Cassiem Saloojee, MP chaired the workshop. He noted that the workshop was intended to provide an opportunity to assess several recent research studies related to children and development in South Africa. People who had been invited included MPs, members of NGOs and CBOs and government officials. A list of participants is attached.
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Kawaguchi-Suzuki, Marina, Stacy D. Brown, Kathryn Meier, Dorothy Farrell, Kirsten Block, R. Kiplin Guy, Sridhar Anand, Cassandra Nelson, Ami Vyas, and James O'Donnell. "AACP Research and Graduate Affairs Committee: Needs for Research Leadership Development Among U.S. Pharmacy Schools." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7846.
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Payne, Kevin C. "The development and implementation of a congregation and minister relationship committee within the local church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.
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Grogan, Caroline. "Doing dementia friendly communities locally: Tensions in committee practices and micro-processes." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235048/1/Caroline_Grogan_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis explored the micro-processes of Dementia Friendly Community principles through committees. Using micro-ethnography and a case study approach, two Australian- Queensland DFC committees were studied to better understand local-level implementation. This involved semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and field notes. Findings from this study illustrated that while both committees had well-meaning intentions, stark differences in structure, processes, and approaches were evident. To enable full participation of people living with dementia in local committees, understanding and awareness of inclusive micro-processes are key. Integrating Community Development with a DFC approach also helps address the gaps in processes to build authentic sustaining DFCs.
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Cuschieri, Marie-Therese. "An evaluation of the evolution and development of Olympic Solidarity, 1980-2012." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14566.
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According to the Olympic Charter, “the aim of Olympic Solidarity is to organise assistance to National Olympic Committees, in particular those which have the greatest need”. For the last five decades funding from the sale of Broadcasting Rights for the Olympic Games, allocated to the National Olympic Committees, has been channelled through Olympic Solidarity as a means of promoting development. The aim of this research was therefore to evaluate the extent to which this redistributive claim is evidenced through an analysis of the distribution of the Olympic Solidarity funding, and an insight into the life histories of people involved in the process of allocating grant aid for Olympic Solidarity's World Programme funding.
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Dutta, Upadhyay Kiran. "Sociology of health and illness : a case study of Banigama village development committee of Eastern Nepal." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/183.
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葉德權 and Tak-kuen Eric Yip. "A study of the development of tenant involvement strategies in Hong Kong: future development of estate managementof Estate Management Advisory Committee Scheme." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31969045.
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Ah, Shene Walter T. "Community development through the ward committee structures in the Northern areas of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1016058.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate community development through the ward committee structures in the Northern Areas of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. Community development through the ward committees is the key principle in the democratisation process, as well as the promotion of good governance. Community development is an opportunity for both local government and the community to strengthen the democracy that is being enjoyed; and simultaneously to promote accountability. In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Systems, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000), the role of local communities in the particular interests of their municipality must take place, among other things, by the ward councillor – as well as all other suitable procedures, mechanisms and processes set up by the municipality. Ward committees have the power to advise the ward councillor; and as municipal structures, they must ensure that there is always community participation in the sphere of local government. Community participation gives communities the opportunities to express their views, as well as giving them a sense of ownership. The objectives of the study were: - To determine the roles and responsibilities of the ward councillors in terms of the new developmental mandate (the need to encourage the involvement of communities and organisations in local government matters). - To investigate the relations between ward councillors and their ward committees, and between the offices of ward councillors and the general public. - To examine the extent to which ward councillors in the northern areas of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality understand the policy and administrative procedures and processes in the municipality, when addressing issues that affect the community. In order to achieve these objectives, it was necessary to review literature on community participation. An empirical search was conducted in wards 10 and 11 in the Northern Areas of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. Recommendations were provided which could assist the municipality to effectively make use of the ward committees and the ward councillors. If implemented, these recommendations could also enhance community development through the ward committee structures. Thus, the relationship between the ward committees and the ward councillor should be harmonious; and subsequently, they should also strengthen trust between them. Then the flow of communication will improve.
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McGoldrick, Dominic. "Human Rights Committee : its role in the development of the international covenant on civil and political rights /." Oxford : Clarendon press, 1994. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb373129241.
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Joubert, Hilda Wilhelmina. "Molecular characterisation, serotyping and vaccine development of two strains of South African fowl adenorivus." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40222.
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This research was initiated by an outbreak of fowl adenovirus (FAdV) associated inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) in South Africa (SA) during 2008. The fowl adenoviruses involved in this outbreak could be identified by restriction enzyme fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) and sequencing of the PCR amplification products from the FAdV L1 hexon loop. The relationship of these strains to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) reference strains for FAdV could be established by phylogenetic analysis. The SA FAdV isolates showed close relationship (99 %) to the ICTV reference strain T8-A and 764 for FAdV-8b and the reference strain P7-A for FAdV-2. Although a complete epidemiological study was not performed data obtained from the phylogenetic analysis data also suggested that the fowl adenoviruses involved in this outbreak of IBH might have been introduced into the country. A dose of 106.00 EID50 /mℓ virulent FAdV-2 and 105.97 EID50 /mℓ virulent FAdV-8b was sufficient to cause 80-87 % mortality rates for embryos challenged with FAdV-2 and 65-80 % mortality in SPF embryos challenged with FAdV-8b. v
Fowl adenovirus type-specific antibodies are masked by group-specific antibodies in ELISA. The L1 hexon loop of the fowl adenoviral capsid contains type-specific epitopes located between group-specific regions which could be used for development of a type-specific ELISA. A novel approach to include additional type-specific FAdV epitopes to select for type-specific antibody binding was followed during the development of the ELISA described in this study. A dimeric protein which targets the type-specific region within the L1 loop region of the FAdV-2 and FAdV-8b hexon was designed to include additional type-specific epitopes. Amino acid alignment of this region showed less than 46 % homology which presented an opportunity to investigate its use as coating antigen to detect type-specific antibodies in an indirect ELISA. The purified expression products of dimeric codon optimised genes encoding the variable regions within the FAdV L1 hexon loop for FAdV-2 and FAdV-8b were used as coating antigen in ELISA. The assay conditions were optimised with the Taguchi method for optimisation of experiments with multiple variables. The diagnostic performances of the ELISA were evaluated using 100 serum samples from vaccinated birds and birds with no previous history of exposure. The assay was able to detect type-specific antibodies with an overall assay accuracy of 85.1 % for FAdV-2 and 92.3 % for FAdV-8b. An embryo challenge model to measure the ability of maternal antibodies to protect against challenge with virulent FAdV was developed in this study. This challenge model was supported by macroscopical, histopathological and PCR data and was sensitive enough to be used for vaccine efficacy studies.
A comparative study to evaluate the performance of formalin inactivated autogenous vaccine which contained whole virus to a fiber subunit vaccine which contained insoluble and refolded fiber proteins of both FAdV-2 and FAdV-8b. Synthetic genes encoding the complete fiber proteins of both FAdV-2 and FAdV-8b were cloned and expressed in E. coli. Both the fiber proteins were insoluble but were used as crude extracts in an experimental vaccine for vaccination of SPF birds. Purified refolded fiber protein fractions were also prepared from these insoluble fractions and were used for vaccination of another group of SPF parent birds. The autogenous bivalent formalin inactivated FAdV vaccine completely protected embryos from vaccinated parent birds against in ovo challenge with both FAdV-2 and FAdV-8b. Whilst the insoluble FAdV-8b fiber protein subunit vaccine protected against challenge, the FAdV-2 fiber protein did not. Vaccine prepared from purified refolded fiber proteins of FAdV-2 and FAdV-8b did not protect embryos from vaccinated parents upon in ovo challenge.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Blaser, Andrea. "Sustainability gap : a case study of Olympic development in Sydney, Australia and Beijing, China /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/8479.
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Olwan, Rami M. "Intellectual property and development : theory and practice." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/54839/1/Rami_Olwan_Thesis.pdf.
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Since the 1960s, many developing countries have introduced IP laws to help them in their social and economic development. Introducing these laws was considered as a civilised act and a precondition of developing countries‘ progress from being =under-developed‘ to becoming =developed‘. In 2004, Brazil and Argentina presented a comprehensive proposal on behalf of developing countries to establish the Development Agenda in the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). They put forward a view that IP laws in their current form are not helping those countries in their development, as is constantly being suggested by developed countries, and that there is a need to rethink the international IP system and the work of WIPO.
The research undertaken examines the correlation between IP and social and economic development. It investigates how IP systems in developing countries could work to advance their development, especially in the context of the internet. The research considers the theory and practice of IP and development, and proposes a new IP framework which developing countries could employ to further their social and economic development.
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Mkhwanazi, John Sipho. "Ward committee functionaries as participants for improving service delivery at Mafube Local Municipality / John Sipho Mkhwanazi." Thesis, North-West University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/10640.
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The concept public participation as the bedrock of participatory democracy has the advantages of empowering civil society in decision-making skills and in legitimizing execution of programmes and projects. The vehicle driving public participation is the system of Ward Committees. legislations such as White Paper on Local Government and the Constitution obligate municipalities to involve communities in facilitating development. Participation is an essential part of local democracy and is a statutory prerequisite for the local community to be drawn into decision-making through processes such as the integrated development planning. The task of Mafube Local Municipality is not only to provide services that encourage sustainable living standards but, to also guarantee that the Mafube community is involved in council strategies and activities that affect the lives of local community. The study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of ward committees in becoming partners in the developmental role of Mafube Local Municipality. For the purpose of the study, hypothesis was formulated that ward committees are necessary mechanisms for facilitating service delivery and yet social and administrative challenges confront their efficient functioning at Mafube Local Municipality which needs to be resolved. To test the hypothesis, empirical research method of open ended questionnaires and interviews was used to test attitudes and perceptions of councillors, ward committees and the community of Mafube Local Municipality on the effectiveness of ward committees. Amongst other findings, it was found that: * Ward committees as community structures are well known by the community of Mafube. * Ward committees need an on-going training with regard to their roles and responsibilities so that they are empowered to execute their duties as is required of them. * The literacy level among certain ward committee members poses a challenge in enabling them to understand municipal programmes or projects. * Public participation is viewed as consultation because there is minimal participation of the community during the planning and decision making of the municipal programmes or projects. * Majority of community members do not attend ward or public meetings. * Elections of ward committees are sometimes not fair and transparent, depending on political affiliation. The study concludes with recommendations for consideration and implementation by Council of Mafube Local Municipality in enhancing service delivery.M Development and Management (Public Management and Governance), North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2014
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Lenhard, Klaus G. "International Participation in AOS Standards Development." International Foundation for Telemetering, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/614724.
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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 30-November 02, 1989 / Town & Country Hotel & Convention Center, San Diego, CaliforniaDuring the current decade, international cooperation in space projects has become more and more popular and this trend is increasing. Initially, this involved only single missions with agencies flying payloads on other agencies' spacecraft. Later, this trend continued with international ventures, involving different agencies. In the immediate future, even more challenging scenarios are foreseen. The best known example and prime driver for such sophisticated missions will be the Space Station Freedom and its participating partners' spacecraft. Some of the international missions (ESA missions) are described briefly in this paper, in order to set the scene for a better understanding of the complex needs for standards within advanced orbiting systems. These ventures call for efficient means for cooperation and interoperability. Part of these requirements can be met by following international standards for space communications and space data systems. The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) undertook the task of integrating the space data systems requirements and developing appropriate recommendations for data systems standards for these Advanced Orbiting Systems (AOS). All international partners in the Space Station Freedom Program participated in the definition, development, and review of the AOS recommendations. The need for better cooperation in space communications via data relay satellite prompted the formation of a three party international panel called the Space Network Interoperability Panel (SNIP). An important aspect is the need for verification and validation of the concept and of the detailed technical recommendations. For the immediate future, special compatibility campaigns, involving the international agencies are planned in order to ensure the smooth application and functioning of the AOS recommendations.
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Boyce, Marlene. "Perceptions of organisations on how the ward committee impacts on their participation on environmental sustainability in Ward 5 Knysna Municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020393.
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This guided research report presents the findings of a study on how conservancies perceive the impact of the ward committee on their participation. The research was conducted with the objective of gaining insight into participation in sustainable development in Ward 5 in Knysna Municipality. The study was qualitative and involved a mix of methods including interviews, a survey and documentary review. The analysis shows that the impact of the ward committee on participation is indirect, in that there is a rigid approach to participation by the municipality which focusses only on participation through the ward committees. A change in paradigm that will extend the participation space and accommodate changing media in communication is recommended. The research results will be shared with all the stakeholders in this particular participation relationship, with the view to enhancing participation in sustainable development issues in the ward.
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Morrissette, Audrey Lorraine. "The Development of Consensus Decision Making in The United Nations General Assembly Administrative and Budgetary Committee: A Comparative Analysis /." The Ohio State University, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487934589976234.
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Thabanchu, Osebelwang Rosy. "Enhancing participatory democracy through the ward committee system in Matlosana local municipality / Osebelwang Rosy Thabanchu." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8289.
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The Constitution of South Africa, 1996, requires local government to be democratic and
accountable to local communities. Municipalities are also constitutionally bound to
encourage the involvement of the communities in the affairs of local government. Section
152 of the Constitution of South Africa, 1996, sets out the rights of communities to be
involved in the affairs of local government.Participation is not only about communicating
information and addressing the needs of the community. Participation is also about building
partnerships with the community, being accountable to the community, allowing the
community to take part in policy decisions, capacitating the community to understand their
rights and obligations as citizens, and allowing the community to participate actively in
social, political and economic affairs.
Local government as a sphere of government closest to the peopleplays a critical role in
advancing the participation of the community. Chapter 4 of the Municipal Structures Act of
1998 requires that municipalities should establish ward committees in order to enhance
participatory democracy. Ward committees were therefore established, as community
structures, to play a role in advocating needs, aspirations, potentials and problems of the
community. However, studies appear to be critical on the functionality of ward committees
and argue that most ward committees are not functioning as intended.
The purpose of the study is to establish whether MatlosanaLocal Municipality has created
the environment for active participation through the ward committee system in order to
enhance participatory democracy. Thestudy further investigates whether the ward
committees are functioning as intended and according to what the law requires. The
researcher used a qualitative method to determine how Matlosana Local Municipality uses
the ward committee system to enhance participatory democracy. The investigation revealed
a number of challenges facing the ward committees which hinder their effectiveness.
However, recommendations are recommended to assist the management of the
municipality in making the system more effective.Thesis (M. Development and Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012
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Andreski, Michael Thomas Farris Karen B. "Development of a model of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to predict the level of prescriber adoption of its' decisions." [Iowa City, Iowa] : University of Iowa, 2009. http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/329.
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Andreski, Michael Thomas. "Development of a model of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to predict the level of prescriber adoption of its' decisions." Diss., University of Iowa, 2009. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/329.
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Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committees manage programs that provide patients with effective, safe, and financially sound medication treatments. Despite their importance, little research exists into what committee characteristics lead to adoption of its decisions by prescribers. Considered as "teams", research from the management literature and a qualitative study identified a theoretical model of P&T Committee performance that includes five concepts and a set of four outcome measures. The study aims were to: (1) Describe the variance in P&T Committee functioning and performance in the United States, (2) Quantify drivers of performance within the P&T Committee Performance model and (3) Quantify the relationships between concepts in the P&T Committee model and the effects of these relationships on P&T Committee performance.
An on-line and mail cross-sectional survey was sent to 321 Pharmacy Directors, Hospital Administrators/Medical Staff Directors and P&T Committee Chairs at non-university non-specialty hospitals with an ASHP residency. Previously validated measures were used for two concepts, and newly created measures for three concepts. Four dependent variables were used: adoption of formulary medications, medication restrictions, Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) treatment and Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) risk assessment protocols. Multivariate regression and path analysis were used with the dependent variables, with five primary variables of interest and five control variables.
The response rate was 17.76%. P&T Committee developed processes are successful in leading prescribers to adopting formulary medication decisions (96.02 ± 3.94%), with no differences based on hospital characteristics. They have not been as successful in developing processes for adoption of decisions on medication restrictions (77.02 ± 28.81%) and protocols (63.02 ± 32.76%, 73.02 ± 29.96%). Engaged team members were important in the adoption of all four studied P&T Committee decisions. Influential physicians and implementation activities varied in their importance depending on the decision being made. The presence of influential physicians on the P&T Committee appeared to facilitate both implementation activities and engagement of team members. Influences outside of the committee were insignificant as predictors of decision adoption, possibly an indicator of successful efforts mitigating their influence. This research begins to address previous research gaps about factors affecting adoption of P&T Committee decisions.
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Murphy, Kris. "A THEORY OF STEERING COMMITTEE CAPABILITIES FOR IMPLEMENTING LARGE SCALE ENTERPRISE-WIDE INFORMATION SYSTEMS." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1458218732.
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Marshall, G. B., and n/a. "Black and white decision making : a theoretical approach to innovation and the resolution of inter-organizational conflict - with application to a Tasmanian Centre for Continuing Education of Teachers course in aboriginal studies." University of Canberra. Education, 1986. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060907.100512.
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The following study, in examining theoretical
constructs and their practical implications, as
they relate to organization management, innovation,
and ethnicity, notes the inter-relationship of all
aspects of administration. It also recognizes that
organizations are social entities which have a nonrational
component. These non-rational elements
can lead to prejudice, discrimination, and hostility,
particularly across organizations and across
ethnic boundaries.
In the field of education it is contended
that innovation or change is only acceptable where
effective communication across all involved groups
occurs; and in ethnic settings educators must heed
the feelings of the ethnic community accepting that
the community has knowledge about its culture that
they do not possess. Educators are often unprepared,
or unwilling, to do this, hence the move
towards change stagnates, and hostility between the
groups festers. To overcome the stalemate appropriate
cultural forms of communication between the
participating groups must be established.
To demonstrate the application of the various
theories under review, an inter-organizational
conflict situation between the University of Tasmania
and the Tasmanian Aboriginal Education Consultative
Committee was examined. The reasons leading
to the conflict are cited, along with their relevance
to theory, and proposals to overcome the
obstructions facing each group are delineated. In
putting forward these notions there is a realization
that closer bonds must be forged between the
University and the TAECC if the conflict is to be
resolved. To do this it is advocated that the
change strategy, Organization Development, be utilized,
using outside change agents who are acceptable
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Kellogg, Kevin Allen. "The development of a curriculum for the nominating committee of Canadian Valley Baptist Church, Yukon, OK, to assess members' spiritual giftedness and place them in service." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Magnusson, Erika. "The Importance of Participation Across Transnational Spheres for Democratic Development : A content analysis of the emergence of a European public sphere within the European Economic and Social Committee." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-43880.
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The last 15 years has exemplified severe deficiencies in the institutional design of the European Union (EU). The EU suffers from a democratic deficit, which is demonstrated in the neglect if citizens preferences and their influence on decision making processes. This democratic deficit impacts not only the authority and legitimacy of the union but raises concerns between the EU and the world. The democratic deficit remains because of the lack of a European public sphere (EPS), an element which Habermas argues is necessary for democracy development. While previous research has found evidence for its existence in social networks and masss-media, this study broadens the field and investigates the potential existence if an EPS in a physical political network, namely the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). By conducting a quantitative content analysis, the study reveals clear indications of an EPS within the committee in which it is highly engaged in. Their engagement in the sphere is crucial to increase influence and power, as their engagement can decrease the democratic deficit, increase the legitimacy of the EU, and favour smooth cooperation between the member states, and between the EU and the world.
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Austin, Dominic. "GDP and post-GDP - A Spurious Divorce." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21130.
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Where post-GDP, a socio-ecological substitute of GDP, has become increasingly salient within international relations, its practice at an institutional economic level remains largely marginalised. At a discursive level, however, both GDP and post-GDP appear to be both supplementary and antithetical to one another. This thesis investigates this relationship between GDP and post-GDP discourse, as well as the dependency of economic institutions to exercise such a discourse. Constructivist institutionalism initially frames these economic ideas as both constitutive and antagonistic towards institutional stability. This thesis, however, draws primarily upon institutional poststructuralism, articulating GDP/post-GDP discourse, not the agent, as a mechanism that produces economic knowledge and, by association, the institutions that are shaped by it. A two-part analysis takes place, consisting of an historical genealogy of GDP/post-GDP and a discourse logics analysis between the IMF development committee and the economic departments of India and surrounding countries. The findings show that the formative discourse of GDP and post-GDP had become divorced during the 20th century and that while GDP logics often struggle to reconcile requisite development outcomes, economic institutions exercise the two as a unitary discourse; albeit one that maintains a GDP centre.
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Ludasová, Denisa. "Pařížská deklarace o efektivnosti rozvojové pomoci v politikách vyspělých dárců: východiska, dimenze, implementace." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-71818.
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This work is dedicated to the "Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness", a document which was signed in 2005. This declaration was designed to eliminate serious issues occurring during the distribution of development aid and also to contribute to the successful completion of the Millennium Development Goals through the increase of aid effectiveness. In the first part of this thesis several shortages that the development community has had to face are outlined. A detailed analysis of the document follows in the second chapter, also including an evaluation of the progress achieved from 2005 to 2008 when the last report on the status of implementing the Paris Declaration was issued. Special attention is given to the influence of the document over the policies of the World Bank, European Union and the Czech Republic. The illustration of implementing the Paris Declaration into policies of developing countries has been made using Ethiopia and Cambodia as examples. Finally, this work is concluded by evaluating the effects of the Paris Declaration on the system of development aid.
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Magang, Tebogo Israel Teddy. "Culture and corporate governance in South Africa." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5485.
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The main objective of this thesis is to investigate corporate governance practices in South Africa listed companies. Specifically, the thesis strives to achieve the following objectives. First, it investigates the extent of compliance with the best corporate governance practices as recommended by the King Committee on Corporate Governance prior to and post 2002 in order to understand whether there is improvement in corporate practices. Second the thesis investigates whether compliance with the best corporate governance practices are related to ethnicity of board structures (in particular Board Chairman, Board Dominance and Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director) and other factors such as company characteristics, market and performance related variables. Third it investigates the views/opinions of key stakeholders [e.g. regulators, King Code Commissioners, companies and institutional investors] regarding the state of corporate governance in SA and its influence in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The findings from regression results indicate that compliance with the King Code increased substantially between 2002 and 2008. The results also indicate that compliance is high for accounting and auditing and boards and directors issues and lowest for integrated sustainability reporting issues. The findings also indicate that ethnicity influences corporate compliance with best practice governance principles such as the King Code, as per prediction. Compliance was also found to be high for large firms, firms with multiple listings in other stock exchanges and firms audited by Big 4 audit firms. Finally, the findings from the views of key stakeholders indicate that the Code has indeed improved corporate governance standards in South Africa, is suitable for the country because of its consideration of local circumstances and influences corporate practice in the SADC region.
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Thierry, Galani Tiemeni. "Small economies and their development in the Multilateral Trade System: Correlation between economic and political environment and trade performance of small economies." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2129_1259749434.
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At the heart of this study is the topic of small economies in the Multilateral Trade System (MTS). The study examines the World Trade Organisation&rsquo
s (WTO) legal framework and policy objectives in order to develop a comprehensive definition of small economies as a group of WTO members with specific needs. Particular attention is given to the determination of the specific characteristics of small economies, as well as the issues and constraints they are facing in the MTS. The study explores solutions proposed in order to tackle the constraints to the effective integration of small economies in the MTS, with specific reference to the policy reasoning of small economies. More importantly, the study explores the impact of the size factor, which is certainly not only a burden on the growth and development perspectives of the considered entity, but which may also become an advantage and promotes the trade performance of a small economy. Hypotheses are then made relating to the relevance of the economic and political environments in the determination of a successful (or not) integration, and participation, of a small economy in the MTS. A crucial argument developed is that the differences observed between countries sharing similar characteristics of smallness, vulnerability and remoteness/landlockedness, illustrates the fact that what ultimately matters is the interplay of factors related to the economic and political environments, the effect of which is to promote or constrain (depending on the case) successful integration of the small economy in the MTS.
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Hofrichter, Jakub. "Analýza vývoje produktů v telekomunikacích." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-198608.
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The thesis is focused on product development in companies in the telecommunications industry. These companies provide products to end customers. The introductory section lists and describes the basic concepts accompanying the issue. Also described herein is a method for achieving the objectives of the thesis, that is based on personal interviews with specialists in selected telecommunications companies. The first objective is to identify variables affecting success launching a new product to market services. The thesis defines the internal and external factors in the organization. Part of the analysis is to assess the current state of internal RFC, that was unexpectedly during the development of a long implementation period (TTM). The content of this thesis is identification of key factors and their impacts on implementation also unveiling constraints of the development process. These constraints are in the view of issues that prevent better performance of the relevant processes. The third and the main objective of this thesis is based on previous analyses, proposal of improvements that could contribute in the future to better product development. The proposed improvements are consulted with a specialist Demand Management to determine the feasibility and potential benefit in practice. The greatest contribution of the thesis lies in the proposed improvements and their assessment for future implementation.
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Ama-Njoku, Ada. "The disparity in compliance with sustainability policies: the mining industry and the financial industry in South Africa." Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3295.
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Chisadza, Moses W. "The role of cross-listings in establishing a SADC regional stock exchange." Thesis, uwc, 2013. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_4766_1380708510.
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Etienne, Leslie K. "A Historical Narrative of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's Freedom Schools and their Legacy for Contemporary Youth Leadership Development Programming." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1332873568.
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Paiva, Juarez Azevedo de. "Gest?o colegiada da cadeia produtiva da cajucultura: o papel do comit? gestor no Rio Grande do Norte ? luz do desenvolvimento regional sustent?vel." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2010. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/12149.
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Previous issue date: 2010-09-17The theme of this dissertation is the collegiate management in the cashew cultivation s productive chain by the reading of the Managerial Committee s role in accordance with Sustainable Regional Development. The research had as aim to reveal the way as Managerial Committee s members of cashew cultivation s productive chain interpret the economic, social and environmental dimensions to the sustainability of entrepreneurships, using as interpretative base Sachs (2004) theoretical model. The theoretical reference is based in precepts of Solidarity Economy as a strategy to the Sustainable Regional Development. To reach this aim was done a case study, based in analysis of contents and semi-structured interviews with the solidarities economic entrepreneurships that integrate the Committee and with the group of Entities of Support and Fomentation responsible for formulating and conducting actions in favour of development of the chain. The research permitted to conclude that the economic, mainly, and social dimension, secondly, to super-impose the environmental dimension. The actions in favour of the chain are yet restricted and with low effectiveness when interpreted, in an integrated way, by a side, by the informers of this research and, by another side, in accordance with precepts of sustainable development
O tema desta disserta??o ? a gest?o colegiada na cadeia produtiva da cajucultura a partir de leituras do papel do Comit? Gestor ? luz do Desenvolvimento Regional Sustent?vel. A pesquisa teve por objetivo revelar o modo como os membros do Comit? Gestor da cadeia produtiva da cajucultura interpretam as dimens?es econ?mica, social e ambiental para a sustentabilidade dos empreendimentos, tomando como base interpretativa o modelo te?rico de Sachs (2004). O referencial te?rico est? fundado nos preceitos da Economia Solid?ria como estrat?gia para o Desenvolvimento Regional Sustent?vel. Para o alcance deste objetivo, foi realizado um estudo de caso, como base na an?lise de conte?do e entrevistas semi-estruturadas com os empreendimentos econ?micos solid?rios (EES) integrantes do Comit? e com o grupo de Entidades de Apoio e Fomento (EAF) respons?vel por formular e encaminhar a??es em prol do desenvolvimento da cadeia. A pesquisa possibilitou concluir que as dimens?es econ?mica, principalmente, e social, secundariamente, se sobrep?em, ? dimens?o ambiental. As a??es em prol da cadeia s?o ainda restritas e de pouca efetividade quando interpretadas, de modo integrado, por um lado, pelos informantes desta pesquisa e, por outro, ? luz dos preceitos do desenvolvimento sustent?vel
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Govender, Rajuvelu. "The contestation, ambiguities and dilemmas of curriculum development at the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College, 1978-1992." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_6042_1320317218.
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The main problem being investigated is why there were such divergent views on the appropriate curriculum for ANC education-in-exile from within the ANC, and in the light of this contestation, what happened in reality to curriculum practice at the institutions. The arguments for Academic, Political and Polytechnic Education are contextualized in the curriculum debates of the times, that is, the 20th century international policy discourse, the African curriculum debates and Apartheid Education in South Africa. This study examines how Academic Education, despite the sharp debates, was institutionalised at the SOMAFCO High School. It also analyses the arguments for and various notions of Political and Polytechnic Education as well as what happened to these in practice at the school. The SOMAFCO Primary School went through three phases of curriculum development. The school opened in 1980 under a âcaretakerâ staff and without a structured curriculum. During the second phase 1980-1982 a progressive curriculum was developed by Barbara and Terry Bell. After the Bells resigned in 1982, a conventional academic curriculum was implemented by Dennis September, the new principal.
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Bueno, Katiussa Nunes. "Trajetória histórica do Comitê Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento de Coleções e as aprendizagens geradas (2010- 2016)." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/180534.
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Esta investigação trata de um estudo de caso sobre as aprendizagens do Comitê Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento de Coleções (CBDC), no período de 2010 a 2016. Como tema, a pesquisa foca em “como são evidenciadas as aprendizagens individuais e coletivas do CBDC observadas na sua trajetória histórica”, no período de 2010 a 2016. O estudo se deu sobre a percepção dos membros da coordenação da gestão 2014-2016. O objetivo foi proposto analisar as evidências de aprendizagens individual e coletiva a partir da trajetória histórica do CBDC, segundo a percepção dos membros da coordenação. A metodologia empregada foi coleta de dados por meio de pesquisa documental, entrevistas em profundidade e diário de campo. O método de análise foi realizado com base nas memórias dos membros da coordenação sobre a criação do CBDC e sua trajetória até do ano de 2016. Foi analisado como ocorreu a aprendizagem individual e coletiva a partir da percepção dos membros da coordenação, as mudanças nos processos de desenvolvimento de coleções e identificados elementos facilitadores e dificultadores de aprendizagem individual e coletiva dos membros do CBDC. Os dados obtidos ajudaram a identificar as aprendizagens e o que vem facilitando e dificultando esse processo. Concluiu-se que o CBDC precisa de um canal de comunicação, armazenagem de documento e informações mais efetivo, pois hoje, por causa da dispersão geográfica entre os membros, há uma dificuldade de contato entre os membros, busca e armazenagem de informação e conhecimento gerado no comitê. Como produto técnico deste mestrado foi desenvolvido um espaço virtual de memória para o CBDC com a finalidade de solucionar as dificuldades que o comitê vem enfrentando.This research deals with a case study on the learning of the Brazilian Committee for the Development of Collections (CBDC), from 2010 to 2016. As a theme, the research focuses on "how the CBDC individual and collective learning observed in Historical trajectory "in the period from 2010 to 2016. The study was based on the perception of the members of the 2014-2016 management coordination. The objective was to analyze the evidence of individual and collective learning from the historical trajectory of the CBDC, according to the perception of the members of the coordination. The methodology used was data collection through documentary research, in-depth interviews and field diary. The analysis was based on the memoirs of the members of the coordination on the creation of the CBDC and its trajectory until the year 2016. It was analyzed how the individual and collective learning occurred from the perception of the members of the coordination, the changes in the development processes Of collections and identified elements that facilitate and impede the individual and collective learning of CBDC members. The data obtained helped to identify the learning and what has been facilitating and making this process difficult. It was concluded that the CBDC needs a more effective communication, document storage and information channel. Because today, because of the geographic dispersion between members, there is a difficulty of contact between the members, search and storage of information and knowledge generated in the committee. As a product of this master's degree, it was a virtual memory space for the CBDC in order to solve the difficulties that the committee has been facing.
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Dick, Ayabulela. "Parental involvement at a School of Skills in the Western Cape." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8291.
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Magister Educationis - MEdParental involvement in their children’s schooling has been found to be an important factor with regard to children’s experience of schooling including their academic performance. This quantitative study focused on parental involvement at a school of skills in the Cape metropole, Western Cape. Epstein’s (2009) six typologies of parental involvement in their children’s schooling provided the theoretical framework of the study and guided the formulation of the research instrument and the data analysis of the study. A survey research design was used and 74 parent/caregiver participants were conveniently sampled after all ethical protocols were followed. The findings indicated that participants: (i) indicated a very positive attitude towards being involved in the education of their children at the school of skills and were inspired to be involved in the education of their children, (ii) were highly involved in the following typologies of parental involvement: learning at home, parenting and collaboration with community, (iii) communication between school and the parents as a form of parental involvement was found to be at a moderate level, (iv) participants were found to be minimally involved in decision-making as a form of parental involvement, (v) volunteering as a form of parental involvement was represented by low to moderate levels of involvement, (vi) participants’ marital status, forms of kinship relations with the learners at the school of skills (e.g. biological mother, foster parent) and levels of formal education were not found to have a significant statistical relationship with their levels of parental involvement in their children’s schooling. (vii) The challenges that participants faced with regard to their involvement in their children’s schooling included the following: a) a fair number of about 30% participants frequently found language as a barrier for them to assist their children with homework, b) about 46% of the participants indicated that they were seldom or never recruited by educators to volunteer at the School of Skills, c) about half of the participants indicated that their challenge was that they were not trained on how to offer their talents for volunteering at the school, d) participants also found it difficult to share information with the school about their child’s cultural background, talents, and needs.
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Moundemba, Willy Davy. "Les amis de Poa et le jumelage Vandoeuvre-Poa (Burkina Faso) de 1968 à nos jours : genèse, réalités, spécificités et enjeux." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LORR0102/document.
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Il y a près de quatre décennies, Claude LEGAIT un Français de Vandoeuvre, à la suite d’un séjour à Poa en Haute-Volta, actuel Burkina-Faso, crée en 1978, avec quelques amis, dont Guy AUFRERE, le premier président Les Amis de Sabou, association loi 1901, destinée à venir en aide à ses amis voltaïques, lesquels manquaient de tout ou presque, notamment dans les secteurs de la santé et de l’éducation. La jeune association lance, sous la tutelle de la F.M.V.J., ses premiers chantiers envoie des médicaments et engage l’‘‘opération bulldozer’’ qui permet de faire connaitre l’association dans la Z.U.P. de Vandoeuvre et au-delà, et aussi le village de Poa, qui est à cette époque un canton de la sous-préfecture de Sabou. Hommes déterminés, Claude LEGAIT, Guy AUFRERE et son successeur Gérard VOREAUX et bien d’autres encore, hommes et femmes, entament alors les négociations avec les municipalités lorraines pour la mise en place d’un jumelage avec le canton de Poa. Au terme de multiples négociations, le jumelage est finalement conclu entre Vandoeuvre et la sous-préfecture de Sabou en décembre 1982, en présence de Francis CROMBEZ, représentant du maire de Vandoeuvre, Richard POUILLE. Président de 1981 à 2014, Gérard VOREAUX donne plus d’ampleur à l’action de l’association qui entraîne à partir de 1985 la ville allemande de Lemgo dans le jumelage. Dès cet instant, le paysage de Sabou et particulièrement de Poa, grâce au recentrage du jumelage en 1991, se transforme grâce par la présence de centaines de volontaires français venus de la Lorraine travaillant chaque été avec leurs Amis burkinabés, à la construction de dizaines de bâtiments destinés à l’éducation et à la santé prioritairement. En 1994 Les Amis de Sabou deviennent Les Amis de Poa. En 2009, le renouvellement du serment de jumelage entre les maires de Vandoeuvre, Stéphane HABLOT et de Poa, Jean ZONGO apparaît comme le signe de la confiance faite aux acteurs et de la qualité des échanges entre les deux communautés, qui éclaire d’un jour nouveau les relations franco-africainesSeveral decades ago, Claude LEGAIT, a Frenchman of Vandœuvre, create in 1978 with a few friends, one of whom is Guy AUFRERE, an association called Les Amis de Sabou (The Law of Associations, 1901) after one of his travels to Poa in the Republic of Upper Volta, now Burkina-Faso. The organisation was established to aid said friends in the region, who often faced precarious living standards in health and education. To change the situation, the association led by Claude LEGAIT and its president Guy AUFRERE, organised under FMVJ’s supervision the first projects involving the shipment of medication, and the start of Operation Bulldozer, which would make the association known both in the ZUP of Vandœuvre and beyond, but also in the village of Poa, which at that time was a canton of the sub prefecture of Sabou.Claude LEGAIT and Guy AUFRERE were determined. The successor of AUFRERE, Gerard VOREAUX, and several others, started to negotiate with municipalities of the Lorraine region so to institute a town twinning initiative with the canton of Poa. After various negations, the town twinning project was finally established between Vandœuvre and the sub prefecture of Sabou in december 1982, in presence of Francis CROMBEZ, the representative of the mayor of Vandœuvre, Richard POUILLE. President from 1981 to 2014, Gerard VOREAUX gives more scope to the action of the association which trains from 1985 the German city of Lemgo in the twinning.From that moment on, Sabou’s, and more particularly Poa’s landscape was going to transform, thanks to a reformation of the town twinning agreement in 1991. Equally, thousands of French volunteers coming from Lorraine worked with their Burkinabe peers to edify infrastructure for education and health purposes. In 1994, Les Amis de Sabou was renamed Les Amis de Poa.In 2009, the renewing of the town twinning agreement between the mayor of Vandœuvre, Stéphane HALBOT and the mayor of Poa, Jean ZONGO were thought as a token of faith in all the actors involved, while the quality of exchanges between the town twins reflected the positive prospect of a convincing Franco-African alliance
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Unterlerchner, Jens. "2006 survey of integrated sustainability reporting in South Africa : an investigative study of the companies listed on the JSE securities exchange all share index." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/794.
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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Corporate governance in South Africa was institutionalised by the publication of the King Report on Corporate Governance in 1994. The King Reports were set up to ensure transparency and accountability within companies. The second King Report on corporate governance for South Africa was released in 2002 and compliance with certain aspects of the report made compulsory as a listing requirement for companies trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 2003. These requirements adopt an approach of comply or explain, and companies have to report on whether they comply with the recommendations of the second King report, or have to explain the reason for such non-compliance. In 2004 the Johannesburg Stock Exchange launched the SRI Index with the aim to facilitate investment in such companies that have adopted the triple bottom line approach to reporting. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) develops and disseminates globally applicable sustainability reporting guidelines which provide a framework for reporting on an organisation’s economic, environmental, and social performance. The first draft guidelines of the GRI were released in 1999 and updated in 2002. The third generation (3G) of the reporting guidelines were released in October 2006. The focus of this research project was to conduct a survey on all companies that are listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange All Share Index as well as the companies listed on the JSE SRI Index, with the aim of giving some insight into the development of corporate governance and sustainability reporting applied by South African companies. The findings of the 2006 study were compared to the findings of a similar study on compliance on integrated sustainability reporting done in 2004, and trends were identified, analysed and discussed. Specific focus was placed on the reporting on issues of climate change, biodiversity and compliance with applicable sector charters. The 2006 survey established that overall reporting on sustainability and governance issues has improved, that companies are publishing additional detail on the implementation of BEE and transformation policies and that corporate governance and ethical compliance have been entrenched in the companies’ corporate culture. Environmental management is the matter that was least reported on.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Korporatiewe bestuur in Suid Afrika was geinstitusionaliseer deur die publikasie van die King Verslag oor Korporatiewe Bestuur in 1994. Die King Verslag was ontwikkel om deursigtigheid en aanspreeklikheid in maatskappye te verseker. Die tweede Verslag oor Korporatiewe Bestuur in Suid Afrika was vrygestel in 2002 met sekere aspekte van die verslag wat verpligtend is as ’n maatskappy wil noteer op die Johannesburgse Effektebeurs. Die verslag vereis van maatskappye om ’n standpunt in te neem van voldoening of verduideliking. Die maatskappy moet ’n verslag inlewer om redes te verskaf hoekom hulle voldoen aan die regulasies, of verduidelik hoekom hulle nie aan die regulasies van die tweede King Verslag voldoen het nie. In 2004 het die Johannesburgse Effektebeurs die SRI Indeks bekend gestel met die doel van fasilitasie vir beleggings in maatskappye wat die ’triple bottom line’ standpunt aanwend. Die ’Global Reporting Initiative’ ontwikkel en versprei globale riglyne vir ’triple bottom line’ verslagdoening – dit verskaf 'n raamwerk vir verslagdoening van ’n organisasie se ekonomiese, omgewings en sosiale optrede. Die eerste stel riglyne is vrygestel in 1999 en aangepas in 2002. Die derde generasie van die riglyne is vrygestel in Oktober 2006. Die fokus van die navorsing was alle maatskappye wat op die JSE All Share Indeks geregistreer is asook die maatskappye wat deel vorm van die JSE SRI Indeks, met die doel om insig te gee in die ontwikkeling van korporatiewe maatreëls en verslagdoening wat toegepas word deur Suid Afrikaanse maatskappye. Die resultate van die 2006 studie is vergelyk met resultate van ’n soortgelyke studie in 2004. Spesifieke fokus was geplaas op verslagdoening oor sake met betrekking tot klimaatsverandering, biodiversiteit en voldoening met toepaslike sektor verslae. Die 2006 ondersoek het bevind dat algehele verslagdoening verbeter het; dat maatskappye verdere inligting beskikbaar stel oor die implementasie van swart ekonomiese bemagtiging, transformasie beleid en korporatiewe bestuur; en dat etiese voldoening ge-integreer was in die maatskapy se korporatiewe kultuur.
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MEREB, Herberto Peil. "Loteamento Dunas e sua microfísica de poder." Universidade Federal de Pelotas, 2011. http://repositorio.ufpel.edu.br/handle/ri/1625.
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Previous issue date: 2011-06-21This study analyzes the practices of implementation of the Urban PRORENDA, in Dunas Allotment, and how this experience has interfered in the power relationships in that community, especially in the period between 1996 and 2001, and which its consequences and effects were. It also analyzes the ascension of Dunas Allotment from the perspective of the third sector: local autonomy and empowerment, as well as the disarticulation of the neighborhood association: struggle for housing. It also brings into discussion the issue of traditional projects which are thought and executed by technicians of government management (top-down perspective) and projects which promote local participation and empowerment, taking as reference the Urban PRORENDA. Finally, it presents a framework of Dunas Allotment, since its constitution, in four important moments which made it possible to move that community from a peripheric and subordinated position into a situation of empowerment in what concerns local and global power relationships.
Esta Dissertação analisa as práticas de implementação do PRORENDA Urbano no Loteamento Dunas e como esta experiência interferiu nas suas relações de poder, em especial no período de 1996 a 2001, e quais foram os seus desdobramentos e efeitos. Analisa a ascensão no Loteamento Dunas da perspectiva do terceiro setor: autonomia e empoderamento local, bem como a desarticulação do associativismo de moradores: luta por moradia. Também problematiza a perspectiva de projetos tradicionais pensados e executados por técnicos das gestões governamentais (de cima para baixo) e projetos que fomentam a participação e empoderamento local, tendo como referência o PRORENDA Urbano. Por fim, apresento uma moldura do Loteamento Dunas desde sua constituição em quatro grandes momentos que operacionalizaram o deslocamento do Loteamento Dunas de uma posição periférica e subordinada para uma situação de empoderamento nas relações de poder locais e globais.
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Bouchet, Nicolas. "La négociation multilatérale de l'aide aux Etats fragiles : constructions d'agendas et stratégies d'influence au Comité d'aide au déveloeppement de l'OCDE." Thesis, Bordeaux 4, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011BOR40057/document.
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Les modes de négociation au CAD de l'OCDE sont organisés autour de la règle du consensus et d'un processus itératif conduit entre pairs. Ces modes de négociation ont produit la notion d'Etat fragile de 2004 à 2010, idée prête à l'usage et prête à être étendue par ses promoteurs initiaux comme par tous les représentants de bailleurs de fonds qui choisissent de s'y investir. La notion et l'agenda concernant les Etats fragiles entrent en 2005 dans la course à la démonstration de la légitimité de l'aide publique au développement comme des compléments nécessaires et comme des concurrents à l'agenda de l'effocacité de l'aide. Cependant les mêmes modes de négociations ainsi que les contraintes organisationnelles et normatives rencontrées dans les bureaucraties de l'aide qui participent à cette construction ont tendu à normaliser le contenu et à limiter la transposition politique et bureaucratique de ce nouvel agenda. Au sein du CAD, ces contraintes diminuent également la portée des tenants de l'agenda Etats fragiles qui doivent faire face à des normes établies. Cet agenda a cependant pu être diffusé rapidement en raison de sa malléabilité, de la nature proinstitutionnelle de son argumentaire et du risque normatif et politique relativement faible qu'il fait prendre aux acteurs qui s'en servent pour promouvoir leurs propres visions stratégiques de l'aide publique au développement. Dans ce contexte, le CAD constitue une arène internationale de négociation où s'analyse l'action organisée des représentants de bureaucraties bilatérales et multilatéralesLModes of negotiation OECD DAC are organized around the rule of consensus and an iterative process led peer. These modes of negotiation produced the concept of fragile state from 2004 to 2010, an idea ready to use and ready to be extended by its promoters as the original by all representatives of donors who choose to invest. The concept and agenda for fragile states come into the race in 2005 to demonstrate the legitimacy of official development assistance as necessary complements and as competitors on the agenda of the effocacité help. However the same modes of negotiation and organizational constraints and normative encountered in aid bureaucracies involved in this construction have tended to standardize the content and limit the political and bureaucratic implementation of this new agenda. In the DAC, these constraints also reduce the scope of the proponents of the fragile states agenda should deal with established standards. This agenda has yet been released quickly because of its malleability, nature proinstitutionnelle of its arguments and the normative and political risk he is taking relatively small actors who use them to promote their own strategic visions of the official development assistance. In this context, the DAC is an international trading arena where analysis of organized action by representatives of bilateral and multilateral bureaucracies