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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"NPT"”.
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Rethinking Nonproliferation: Reforming the IAEA and Deterring NPT Withdrawal
… states. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has been weakened by North Korea‟s abuse of the right to withdraw from the treaty. Iran and Syria have provided stubborn and incomplete cooperation in IAEA investigations of their activities, citing their right to acquire peaceful nuclear …
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The Questions of Compliance With the NPT Regime and Complex Multilateral Nuclear Negotiations: A Comparative Analysis of North Korea and Iran As Defector States
… nonproliferation institutionalized by the NPT has been the major force behind this remarkable achievement. Yet, there have been increasing concerns about the erosion of the NPT regime due to noncompliance with the treaty's fundamental nonproliferation obligations by some 'states of …
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Research on Broudy's theory of the uses of schooling
… of his Newspaper Test of the Uses of Schooling (NPT). The results of research with a new version of the NPT are reported in this essay and some options for future research are presented. The results of the study indicate that continued development and testing of the NPT will prove important. …
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THE CONFRONTATION OVER IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME: NATURE, SCOPE, AND LEGALITY
… and the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in particular were created to prevent nuclear war and promote global security. However, it can be argued that the NPT has become as much a political instrument by which major states advance their national interests as a legal document that …
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Factores asociados a bacteriemias en pacientes con nutrición parenteral total en el Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe
… paciente que recibe Nutrición Parenteral Total (NPT), es una complicación, con gran impacto en la morbimortalidad y costos de atención. El objetivo de este trabajo es evaluar los factores asociados a bacteriemias en pacientes con nutrición parenteral en el Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa …
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Enforcement Through Voluntary Participation: The Impact of Non-Binding Informal Groups on the International Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
… on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). As informal groups or voluntary forms of interstate cooperation are often criticized for their lack of enforcement mechanisms, two case studies in this thesis review the implementation of amendments and changes in national laws for states …
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Registered Dietitians' Perspectives on Healthcare Regulations Shaping Menu Planning and Mealtime Environment for Long-Term Care Residents with Dementia
… with dementia. The Normalization Process Theory (NPT) was used as the theoretical framework. The NPT comprises four domains: 1) coherence - an understanding of an intervention; 2) cognitive participation - investing and contributing to the intervention; 3) collective action - the practical work of …
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GENETIC MANIPULATION OF CYTOKININ LEVELS IN NEW PLANT TYPE RICE
… top three leaves of field-grown New Plant Type (NPT) rice were determined during the grain filling period. The chlorophyll content in the leaves decreased from flowering to maturity. Fast-senescing and slow-senescing NPT rice lines were identified. The presence of 22 different CKs in the leaves …
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Nuclear non-proliferation regime effectiveness : an integrated methodology for analyzing highly enriched uranium production scenarios at gas centrifuge enrichment plants
… on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) regime. In this context, this study tried to answer two questions: (a) what is the probability of proliferators successfully producing Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) at Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plants (GCEPs) and (b) how effective is the …
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From ambivalence to activism: Australia and the negotiation of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
… of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), an instrument which remains the most important global nuclear arms control measure in international law. Using data from recently released Australian government documents, the study analyses the process by which Australia was transformed from …
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Exploring structures and processes of medicines management in elderly hospitalised patients in the United Arab Emirates.
… and analysed using Normalization Process Theory (NPT) and the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Findings revealed little evidence of coherence, cognitive participation, collective action and reflexive monitoring (NPT). The TDF domains that were dominant included: professional role and identity; …
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Factors associated with participation in a phase three cardiac rehabilitation programme
… between Prime Time (PT) and non-Prime Time (NPT) members at a commercial gym. Methodology The first chapter comprised of focus group discussions (n = 3) and key-informant interviews (n = 5 current members and n = 5 ex-members). Staff participants (n = 9) included the Biokineticists, programme …
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Transformation of Brassica napus cv. Westar with the beet western yellows virus coat protein gene
… borders of the T-DNA region and next to the npt II cassette of the two binary plasmids, pCGN1548 and pCGN1557 (Calgene). After mobilization of the four resulting binary plasmid constructs (pCGN154802, pCGN154837, pCGN155702 and pCGN155737) into Agrobacterium tumefaciens EHA101, the A. …
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From Act to Action: Normalizing Child Protection Policies in an Aotearoa New Zealand School
… CPPs. It used Normalization Process Theory (NPT) to understand how the Act’s expectations might be implemented, embedded, and integrated into routine work by all school personnel. This is a novel use of NPT. It used applied theatre as a research method, which provided prompts for plenary and …
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Regeneration, DNA Methylation, and Transformation in Rosaceae
… confirmed for stable integration of Ace-AMP1 and npt II genes by PCR, Southern blotting, and Northern blotting. Transgenic rose lines inoculated with conidial spores of Sphaerotheca pannosa (Wallr.: Fr.) Lev. var. rosae showed enhanced resistance to powdery mildew.
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Development of an isotope-sensitive warhead verification technique using nuclear resonance fluorescence
… on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to make 'good-faith efforts' to disarm their nuclear arsenals, the United States and Russia still maintain thousands of nuclear warheads. Progress towards complete disarmament has been gradual due to a variety of socio-political barriers, but …
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An evaluation of the development, implementation, feasibility and impact of a tailored intervention to improve the quality of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples attending urban general practice.
… using the Normalisation Process Theory (NPT). FINDINGS: Feedback from the USPs, combined with education and clinical audits, enabled practices to implement an organisational response consistent with the processes described in the NPT. At follow-up most practices improved their …
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Vapor-Liquid Phase Equilibria Using Monte Carlo Wang-Landau Simulations
… the Wang-Landau (WL) sampling method in the NPT ensemble with efficient techniques for simulating dense liquid regions, such as configurational bias Monte Carlo (CBMC) and hybrid Monte Carlo (HMC). We simulate the liquid-vapor equilibria curves of copper and branched alkanes, isobutane and …
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Monte Carlo computer simulation of the Lennard-Jones and Stockmayer fluid phase diagrams
… Carlo computer simulation using the constant NpT ensemble. Empirical coefficients are determined for a truncated virial equation of state fitted to our data. Spinodal points are located for each temperature and fluid. For temperatures less than 0.90 of the critical temperature, we succeeded in …
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