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Showing 1 to 20 of 243 for “"Buy-in"”.
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Mindfulness practices in secondary schools: Exploring teachers’ attitudes, and the barriers and facilitators to achieving teacher buy-in to a whole-school approach
Mindfulness practices are increasingly being introduced into schools as a whole-school approach, with teachers often responsible for implementing the exercises with their students. The aim of this research project was to explore the attitudes secondary teachers hold towards mindfulness practices …
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Negotiating access and buy-in from communities in the context of a South African combination HIV prevention intervention for adolescent girls and young women
Background: In response to the persistently high incidence of HIV in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa, the Global Fund invested in a combination HIV prevention intervention aimed at adolescent girls and young women in 10 high priority districts. The HERStory study evaluated the …
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Increasing the Buy-In and Effectiveness of a Social and Emotional Learning Class Program in a Single Sex, Urban and Charter High School: Social and Emotional Learning Specialists and Student Perceptions of Its Implementation.
<p>Social-emotional learning has yet to be implemented in many schools in America. Without adequate social and emotional skills, students struggle to navigate their academic and social environments. Students attending a single-sex, urban charter school participated in focus groups and completed …
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Barriers to Implementation of Workplace Wellness Programs in Career Fire Service Organizations: An Exploratory Qualitative Study
… has become a concern across the country, in large part because a combination of poor fitness levels, excess weight, and a high-intensity work environment contributes to chronic illness as well as line-of-duty deaths. Workplace wellness programs are effective in career fire service …
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Dynamics of bankrupt stocks
In this thesis, we study the behavior of bankrupt stocks. Bankrupt stock is a special case of the Hard-to-Borrow stocks. Besides the general nice feature of the Hard-to-borrow feedback for the buy-in demand, the bankrupt stocks could exclude the diffusive effects. This nice property would modify …
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Improving pediatric oral health in children under five with fluoride varnish application : an evidence-based practice project
… Task Force has described dental caries as being the leading chronic disease in children in the US. The purpose of this project is to introduce preventative pediatric fluoride varnish in a family practice setting. Analysis and Synthesis of Support: Recommendations expressed in the literature …
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Elementary School Administrators' Perceptions of Restorative Justice Regarding Student Discipline in One Rural Division in Virginia
… qualitative study was to gather data on the training that was provided for school staff regarding the implementation of the restorative justice program. This study also investigated elementary school administrators' perceptions after implementation of a restorative justice program and its impact …
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The Feasibility of Adopting A Hydrogen Powered Fleet of Vehicles
… to base fleet from diesel to hydrogen while meeting strict service, safety, reliability, cost, and emissions thresholds. The duty was fixed at 6,000 miles per day across two return peaks. Using published energy rates, daily hydrogen need was sized at 882 kg for typical days and 1,206 kg for …
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Essays on New Product Development
… three essays that theoretically and empirically investigate three managerial relevant issues in new product development. In the first essay, our focus is to develop a methodology that allows manufacturers to account for the impact of channel acceptance in new product development. We have …
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The strategic development of one man and his business : A reflexive approach.
This study is about the author as a business owner manager and events surrounding my buy-in of a small business and its subsequent development. The nature of the research evolved from a proposed causal approach concerning the growth of small businesses in general, to become an enquiry into the …
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Response to Intervention: Staff Perception of the Implementation and Development of a Three-Tier Model of Intervention
… district's certified staffs' perception and training of its Response to Intervention model (RtI). RtI is a federally mandated initiative that requires school districts to provide high quality research based instruction, universal screenings, on-going progress monitoring, researched-based …
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Innovation in Organizations: The Generation and Implementation of Radical Ideas
… purpose of this dissertation was to provide an in-depth examination of the innovation process in its entirety, specifically, the generation and implementation of radical ideas (i.e., ideas about groundbreaking changes to organizational products, processes, or procedures). Although few would …
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Inhibitors and enablers of supply chain management: a study of implementation
Supply chain management was investigated using three objectives: identifying how the management of the supply chain had changed, how new ideas had been implemented and primarily the identification of the inhibitors and enablers of supply chain management. In the 1990s and 2000s research had focused …
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Moving Forward with Purpose: Increasing Physical Activity for School Wellness
Physical activity (PA) or movement embedded into elementary school education offers both mental and physical health benefits for students. This paper will look at the important role physical activity plays in the overall physical, emotional, and academic well-being of students and make an argument …
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A Mixed Methods Study of High School Teachers' and Administrators' Perceptions of School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
<p>Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports is a framework used by educators to improve school climates by developing student academic and social skills through the alignment of behavioral expectations, positive acknowledgement for appropriate behaviors, the encouragement of positive staff and …
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How do speech-language pathologists perceive their influence over patient adherence regarding dysphagia recommendations?
… pathologists’ (SLP) perceptions regarding their potential to influence patient adherence to dysphagia recommendations. Five SLPs holding the CCC-SLP were interviewed in an open-ended format, and the transcriptions of the interviews were the data for this study. The SLP interviews …
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Scalable, Solar Powered Membrane-Based Water Purification Systems for Community Development in Developing Countries
… Aeronautical University (ERAU) to deliver sustainable water purification systems and originate a companion micro-business to sell excess clean water in communities in Haiti. Since 2010, students and faculty from ERAU have partnered with strategic partners to not only provide clean water to their …
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The Evolution of Urban Community Development Corporations in Response to Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities
… have become important vehicles for revitalizing urban neighborhoods. These small, multi-disciplinary groups must adapt quickly to changing conditions in the industry. The author interviewed CDC directors and other industry experts from Richmond, Virginia and Atlanta, Georgia to identify and …
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Teacher Voices, Teacher Choices: A Multi-case Study on Teacher Experiences with Long-term Professional Development
… study utilizes qualitative research methods to investigate the perceptions and experiences of K-12 teachers who have attended long-term professional development (LTPD)(sequential or consecutive and more than one day in length) as told through narrative responses to semi-structured interview …
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