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Showing 1 to 20 of 98 for “"Grass-roots"”.
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Acoustic Behavior Of Soil Reinforced With Grass Roots
… engineering practice has shown that vegetative roots on slopes and streambanks can substantially increase shear strength of soil and reduce erosion. Research has been done to understand and quantify the effect. Most studies have been conducted on slopes and streambanks with woody vegetation. …
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Organisational effectiveness in selected grass roots sport clubs in Western Australia
Grass roots sport clubs are the foundation for sport in Australia, they cater for mass participation across all ages and are predominantly managed by volunteers. The benefits of being involved in sport and in particular a sport club, both from a health and social capital perspective are well …
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The Conservative Party and Thatcherism, 1970-1979: A grass-roots perspective
… metropolitan intellectuals and politicians. The grass-roots perspective offers a fuller and richer insight into the Thatcher revolution.
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Tensile strength and elastic modulus of tall fescue (Lolium arundinaceum) grass roots
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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The Grass-Roots Challenges with Administration: Conscription Evasion, Contraband, and Resistance in Napoleonic Europe
… policies. The research exhibits that the grass-roots nature of the resistance against the economic and military policies experienced under the Napoleonic umbrella were comparatively similar in local opposition.</p>
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Sustainable (‘grass-roots’) approach to Oral Health Promotion Utilising Established NGO and Rural Community Groups
… NGO teams and local participatory groups from a ‘grass-roots’ level was proven to be effective for disseminating information and activities for oral health awareness and promotional programmes within these populations. Evidence supports a collaboration of these groups can be recommended for …
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Contracting sustainable and responsible energy investment: trends, actors and grass-roots innovations for multi-level governance
… and extractive industries illustrate that grassroots resistance can be a crucial catalyst to stimulate “bottom-up” legal innovations and strengthen the existing regulatory frameworks. Through a better understanding and management of the drivers of such resistance, Chinese overseas …
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Spatial and competitive responses of tree and grass roots to increased nutrients and water in semi-arid African savanna
… studies have attempted to explain the tree-grass coexistence through a combination of resource and disturbance based controls. The competitive strengths between herbaceous C₄ grasses and C₃ woody tree seedlings and saplings in the rooting zone are significantly impacted by increased resource …
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A model of personnel development and training in the South African economy, with specific reference to the training of black migrant workers using educational television
… of personnel development and training from grass roots to successful operation. To best illustrate this transition, I have divided the thesis into three major parts. In chapters one to three, I introduce the personnel administrator, his position in the South African economy and the problems …
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Housing policy in Malaysia: Conditions, perspectives and Islamic values
… or policy formulation levels - and the grass-roots: households in new neighbourhoods and traditional villages. Information covered experiences, and perceptions about Islamic ideas in action, and provides insights on issues raised in the work on policy and on Islamic models. Influentials …
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The Chicago Board of Education Desegregation Policies and Practices [1975-1985]: A Historical Examination of the Administrations of Superintendents Dr. Joseph P. Hannon and Dr. Ruth Love
… be the administrator's development and use of grass roots strategies to empower the diverse communities of Chicago during the implementation of each desegregation plan. Through this grass roots initiative the citizenry of Chicago would have a voice and become active participants: participants …
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Negotiating a community space in the state media : the development of cable television in China : a case study of a community cable TV station in Tianjin
… how the communist propaganda is distilled at the grass-roots level and, furthermore, how the indigenous resistance and defiance against the central domination are negotiated and translated into community-based cable television. It seeks to illuminate the nature of the media development in …
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Constraints to youth participation in the current Federal political environment
… of Youth' initiative, designed to go to the grass roots of the youth population and seek their participation on matters of policy development. This was to be the new interface between young people and the Australian government, replacing the peak body for youth affairs as a more effective …
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Signaling Through the Flames: Theatre Fires and Disaster Sociology
… after which various parties, constructed as “grass-roots” communities and “elite-level” institutional groups, compete to gain control of the narrative of the disaster event and, in doing so, contribute in significant ways to creating and disseminating an “official” history of the disaster. …
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Living with the past : preservation and development in Japanese architecture and town planning
… both the national preservation program and the grass-roots district preservation movement have been tied to ideological and political concerns which have affected building designation, restoration, and public presentation. The most important example of the grass-roots district preservation …
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'Active Sports' The First Step to Sporting Excellence?
… in young children’s involvement in sport from grass roots towards elite performance. The Durham Sport Partnership in the North East of England was used as a case study to examine this. As part of a survey design, varied methodologies including registration forms, questionnaires and interviews …
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Language, politics and the Halpulaar'en of Mauritania
… only recently is in the written form, and grass-roots language development efforts began with underground rural literacy campaigns, led by the clandestine political group, the MND. Over time, these and other Pulaar language development efforts have faced fierce opposition from the regime. …
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Ecology of Root-Feeding Insect Assemblages in Fire-Manipulated Longleaf Pine-Wiregrass Ecosystems
… insect assemblages? (2) What types of roots do root-feeding insects eat, and do they forage selectively? (3) Do root-feeding insects influence fine root productivity? To address these questions, I studied root-feeding insect assemblages in longleaf pine wiregrass (Pinus …
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Building Racial Tolerance Through Education: The Fisk University Race Relations Institute, 1944-1969
… This study shows that unlike the Southern grass-roots movements which educated and utilized the oppressed themselves to seek social changes, the Institute relied on sociological research, scholars, and educated leaders to stimulate those changes. This study contributes significantly to the …
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A tale of two cities : the regulation of particulate air pollution in Mexico City and Los Angeles
… environmental education and activism at a grass roots level and coupling health and environmental concerns so that air pollution abatement programs provide net fiscal benefits.
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