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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Positive action"”.
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Superficially Similar but Fundamentally Different: A Comparative Analysis of US and UK Affirmative Action
This thesis compares affirmative action in the United States of America (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) and reveals that despite superficial similarities in how the US and UK have sought to achieve equal opportunities through the use of positive action the nature and impact of the laws are …
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A student center for Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
… in the minds of college administrators, but positive action must be taken on their part to assure the students on the campus of a comprehensive and well-rounded education. It is believed by the author of this thesis that a STUDENT CENTER embodying all of the elements and facilities discussed …
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Policing domestic abuse in an English police force: navigating definitional boundaries and exploring tensions between policy and practice
… well as the categories of ‘victim’, ‘offender’, ‘positive action’ and ‘positive outcomes’. Descriptive analysis of police administrative data is pursued to understand what ‘counts’ as DA in the eyes of the police institution, to examine ‘positive action’ policy adherence through analysis of arrest …
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The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Interpersonal and Neighborhood Social Factors On Physical Activity In Low-Income, African American Adults
… social norms for PA, neighborhood social interactions) in predicting moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) in African American adults. Methods. Baseline data from the Positive Action for Today's Health (PATH) trial were used (n = 434, men = 166, women = 268; 100% African American). Self-efficacy for …
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The Role of Social Support, Neighborhood Walkability, and Physical Activity, On Blood Pressure In African American Adults In the Path Trial: A Mediation Proposal
… social and physical environmental supports may positively influence physical activity, which may in turn reduce blood pressure as part of a causal pathway or mediated effect. In the present study it was hypothesized that peer social support for physical activity and neighborhood walkability …
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From here to diversity : ethnicity in the national health service
… 'race' equality issues and using strong positive action (PA), have no tradition in the NHS and are likely to be resisted. Even those who might be considered natural allies of the government, personnel and human resources professionals, undermined to some extent by new public management, …
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Leading By Example: Creating Motivation That Fosters Positive Change in Young People
… receive their own awards. Now, I want to use positive language and positive action to help motivate young people, encouraging them to achieve their own success, as well as foster success in others. Oftentimes people get wrapped up in personal issues and forget about others. The purpose of this …
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How does mainstream print media frame service delivery protests? The application of the protest paradigm and propaganda model in the South African case
… on alternatives to violence by emphasising positive action taken by both conflicting parties to solve service delivery problems.
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An investigation into whether experiential avoidance acts as a mediator in the relationship between religious coping and depression in an adult Muslim population.
… to the development of depression (Beck, 1987b). Positive religious coping (PRC) and acceptance are adaptive forms of coping and correlate with better quality of life (Gardner, Krägeloh and Henning, 2014). Negative religious coping (NRC) and EA are maladaptive forms of coping correlating with …
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Making an Exhibition of Ourselves: a participative inquiry that seeks to create change through generating artful representations and curating new ideas using ‘Bridging, Making and Curating’
… for them to be organised in a such a way that positive action can emerge into their world?’. This is an Action Research inquiry set in the industrial modernist world. The start was my first-person inquiry as I tried to be heard again following a work-related mental illness. Through this very …
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The Development of a Theoretical Framework for the Management and Promotion of Employee Wellbeing within Large UK-Based Organisations
… regarding the key issues in the field and the actions required in order for progress to be made for both employees and their organisations.<br/><br/>The primary objective of this study is to develop a new theoretical framework for the management and promotion of employee wellbeing within large …
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Effects of Identity, Uncertainty, and Language Contact on Intergroup Relations
… contact worsens or improves attitudes and action tendencies toward Latinos in the United States. Specifically, whether or not an outgroup is viewed as having status and power as a distinct group and whether this perception as a distinctive group induces uncertainty about one’s own group …
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The fourth industrial revolution and South African income tax: an investigation into the exigencies placed on the tax and legal environment by crypto asset airdrops
… as they arise through deliberate deferment of positive action. Notwithstanding that outwardly an airdrop has the countenance of ‘free money', the inevitable conclusion is the tax effects are highly complex and sensitive to obscure technicalities of law. The position of the South African Revenue …
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Mainstreaming in organisations: strategies for delivering women's equality in UK local government
… based on the principle of equal treatment, and a positive action approach, which foregrounds women's material and social oppression. The new approach promoted, most notably, by the European Union argues for the need to 'mainstream' the work of equality practitioners so that every member of an …
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Molecular Crosslinking of Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate with Organosilanes: Toward Engineering of Cementitious Matrices with High Thermal Resistance
… states and reduced particle density, which can positively alter the insulation potential of cement-based matrices at a macro-scale. It is postulated, that such a solution can be successfully realized at an engineering scale in the form of a high concentration seed admixture applied to hydrating …
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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MECHANISMS OF GROUCHO MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSION
… Pol II. This indicates that Gro may block the positive action of these factors on transcription and provides new hints on the possible mechanism by which Gro promotes Pol II pausing. Gro also showed different degrees of co-localization with the two Psq ChIP-seq datasets analysed, as well as …
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Environmental Literacy of Seventh-day Adventist Teachers in the Parochial Schools of the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
… environmental issues, and they display limited positive action regarding the environment in which they live. Moreover, there is a debate whether a Christian’s interpretation of Gen 1:28 leads either to a lower or to a higher environmental literacy. Does the Seventh-day Adventist teaching …
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Promesas (in)cumplidas : mujeres rurales y enfoques de igualdad de género en Colombia
La adopción del estado colombiano de la transversalización de género, entendida como un enfoque de política orientado a transformar los procesos de construcción y ejecución de políticas públicas, con el fin de incidir en los diseños institucionales que distribuyen recursos, materiales y simbólicos, …
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Who chooses? A sociological portrait of families active in school choice in urban areas in the U.S.
… and upper class parents toward deliberate, positive action regarding child development could also lead to active involvement in school choice. Lastly, classic stratification theories suggest a competing notion of families’ motivations for school choice (e.g. Weber, 1947; Grusky, 2008). …