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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Global Studies"”.
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How to drive Thailand Developers Toward Net Zero: Lessons Learned from the Developer's Perspective and the Global Studies
… disrupts national economies and affects lives globally. Thailand is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world that has been affected by changes in weather patterns and natural disasters. It was ranked as one of the ten most flood-affected countries in the world. The extreme weather …
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The Effects of Multicultural College Courses on Intercultural Experiences and Attitudes.
… were enrolled in one of the university's core global studies, cross-cultural, or diversity courses for the fall 2001 semester, and 88 of whom were enrolled in courses outside the core. It was hypothesized that the multicultural group's Positive Inventory of the Consequences of Multicultural …
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Shining a Light: A Single Case Study of Shine Literacy and the Implementation of their Literacy Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This qualitative empirical study is a single case study which considers how the implementation of literacy programmes run by Shine Literacy were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2021. The pandemic necessitated a rapid re-imagining of Shine Literacy's programmes and presented the …
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Examining Institutional Practices and their effects on Student Success
Given South Africa’s racialized history of access to education, redress efforts targeted at achieving equity in access to universities for students from across racial backgrounds have been well underway for over two decades now. More recently, within the higher education sector, ensuring that …
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Cheveux crépus et identité : démêler les attitudes des femmes d'origine africaine vis-à-vis de leurs cheveux
This thesis concerns the question of the relationship that women of African origin have with their hair. Based on an analysis of the perceptions and attitudes of these women towards their hair, the thesis attempts to answer the question: what standards do they hold for their hair, and what factors …
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Positioning Chinese practices in global innovation studies: A literature review on system of innovation research
… bridge between Chinese innovation practice and global studies on innovation systems. It is developed from the standpoint of how to understand and evaluate innovation systems in China based on current wisdom. First, the Chinese innovation system, like its global counterparts, is a product of the …
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The Effects of COVID-Driven Change on Financial Strategies of Leading UK Life Insurance Providers.
… and demand. Originality/value: Despite existing global studies, focused research on UK markets, considering both financial and non-financial data remains uncharted. This study creates value for UK Life Insurers seeking to improve financial strategy and determine key opportunities for post-COVID …
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Estimation of the global carbon fluxes due to agricultural management activities using a land surface model (ISAM)
Agricultural activities contribute to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate. The worldwide hike in the food demand due to the rapidly growing population over time has intensified agricultural activities, resulting in a significant amount of GHG emissions (e.g., CO2, CH4, and N2O). …
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Fine scale imaging of structures at and near the mantle transition zone using a generalized Radon transform
… the mantle within the transition zone. Previous global studies of topography on the transition zone discontinuities use SS data and are limited by the low lateral resolution provided by SS waves, on the order of about 1000 kilometers. The GRT employs inverse scattering theory to image …
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'Body work' : a history of sport and physical culture in colonial and postcolonial Laos
… Laos, and the variety of local, regional and global forces that have shaped it. 'Body work' practices, including sport, physical education and military training, and the ideas on which they are based, have placed gender and the body at the centre of colonial, postcolonial and socialist …
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'Body work' : a history of sport and physical culture in colonial and postcolonial Laos
… Laos, and the variety of local, regional and global forces that have shaped it. 'Body work' practices, including sport, physical education and military training, and the ideas on which they are based, have placed gender and the body at the centre of colonial, postcolonial and socialist …
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(Un)making deserving citizens: Education, activism, and military service of undocumented Korean immigrant young adults
… interdisciplinary insights from education policy studies, global studies, ethnic studies, and youth studies, my work expands the field of undocumented immigrant studies.
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Factors Influencing Secondary School Girls DropOut in Bagamoyo District in Coast Region, Tanzania
… variables. The literature review highlights the global studies on girl dropout, process of girl drop out, importance of girl education, synthesis and research gap. The research methodology shows research design, population. The sample size of the study consisted sixty four continuing students who …
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Multi-stakeholder study of the Malaysian mental health policy implementation within urban populations
Global studies investigating scaling-up of mental health services have highlighted mental health policy development and implementation as a priority area, especially in low- and middle-income countries. This research aimed to investigate Malaysia’s National Mental Health Policy (NMHP) development …
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A Retrospective Audit Of Biojet® Prostate Fusion Biopsies Amongst Patients Seen In A High-Volume Private Referral Centre In Cape Town Between January 2017 And April 2020
… Standards of Reporting for MRI-targeted Biopsy Studies (START) of the Prostate group and anonymously entered onto a Redcap database. Results: The median age of the patient population was 64 (SD 9.124) years. The median PSA level was 6.5 ng/ml (IQR- 4.7). Most patients (78/135) had a clinical …
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A Study of the Effect of a Reading Comprehension Strategy on High School Students with Learning Disabilities
… control group. Two sections from a ninth-grade Global Studies book were used for the pretest and the posttest. For the pretest, students were randomly given one of two sections from the textbook. For the posttest they were give the section they had not done for the pretest. A t test was used to …
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Toward a unified view of complex multiscale stochastic systems: A generalized theory of interactions and its computational infrastructure for their universal and efficient investigation
… theory development, cyberinfrastructure and case studies. Three studies contained here suggest that placing interactions as a central construct --instead of objects and laws- simplifies the analysis of CMSS and brings clarity across the formal structure of related scientific theories. We present a …
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Internationalization of the Curriculum: An Analysis of Three Traditions Using Illustrative Example of Global Water Issues
… other two traditions are examined through case studies in practice. The first case study involves a study tour which focused both on issues of water, but also on issues of study abroad as well. The second case involved an on-campus elective undergraduate course that I taught called …
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Global citizenship education: Research and implications for practical application in the primary and secondary setting
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms
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Reconstruction of multiple climate variables at high spatiotemporal resolution based on Big Earth data platform
… research on climate change under accelerated global warming. The main findings of this thesis are: (1) A GIS‐based solar radiation model that incorporates albedo, shading by surrounding terrain, and variations in cloudiness was developed to address the spatial variability of these factors in …
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