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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"Raising concerns"”.
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Raising concerns about poor nursing care: the moral and professional responsibility of nursing students and registered nurses
<b>Background and rationale</b><br/>This work is presented against a background of concern about aspects of the quality of care provided by health services in the UK and beyond, with much of this related to nursing care in particular. It is specifically concerned with the responsibilities of …
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Beyond party politics : to what extent, if any, are there unexpected democracy deepening consequences of one-party dominance in South Africa?
… power by the African National Congress (ANC) is raising concerns about the long-term prospects for democracy in South Africa. Conventional party politics cannot at present provide the mechanism to check tendencies towards authoritarian domination: loyalty to the ruling party, lack of credible …
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Affects of AI in the Arts
… trained using artists’ works without consent, raising concerns about copyright infringement, intellectual property theft, and the loss of artistic value. While AI was originally intended as a tool for innovation, it now threatens artists’ careers and profits by imitating human creativity. This …
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MULTIPLEX REAL TIME PCR and MELT CURVE ASSAY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE and STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
… with the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, raising concerns that vaccinated individuals may be more likely to carry MRSA. Assessing the carriage rate of these bacteria in both vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals may provide important information to support or refute this hypothesis. To …
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Strengthening Canada’s M-health and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) regulations: lessons from global best practices in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and New Zealand: a rapid review using qualitative comparative policy analysis
… SaMD has outpaced existing regulatory systems, raising concerns around safety, effectiveness, and privacy. This research conducts a comparative policy analysis of Canada’s regulatory framework against those of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Drawing on Risk-Based, …
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Temperature and thermal stress distribution in concrete arch dams in operation
… of strength and stiffness of concrete dams raising concerns about their durability (Leger et al. 1993). In this study, a critical review of the current state-of-the-art of temperature models for determining temperature distribution including the main environmental parameters influencing the …
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On the Need for Individual Sustainability in Digital Technology: Positioning Human Factors as Core Software Quality Attributes for Long-Term Sustainability
… AI—elevate stress, anxiety and self-doubt, raising concerns about long-term sustainability of digital systems. Yet, most frameworks that meant to harmonize digitalization with sustainability overlook human factors. This thesis argues that sustainable digitalization requires moving beyond the …
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Bowls, Banter, and Belonging: Emergency Food as a Third Space
… operate within extremely precarious conditions, raising concerns about the long-term viability of charity-based systems as replacements for public investment in social infrastructure. This research contributes to broader discussions about social isolation, inclusion, and the future of communal …
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Supporting Digital Conservation through Mediated Communication on the Appalachian Trail
… AT is experiencing a record number of visitors raising concerns about the sustainability of the trail. Many trail organizations manage the AT to reduce the visitor impact on the outdoors. In this research, I study the role of information and communication technologies in promoting collaboration …
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Race and Contact at Play: Understanding Blacks’ Experiences and Perceptions with Law Enforcement
… individuals in Canada has remained strained, raising concerns about police legitimacy, fairness and trustworthiness. A long-standing history of systemic racial discrimination, marked by police brutality and racial profiling, has disproportionately targeted Black communities, leaving deep …
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The use of scripture in Swahili tracts by Muslims and Christians in East Africa
… the approach of most tracts is polemical, thus raising concerns that they may increase misunderstandings between Christians and Muslims in East Africa.
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A model-based risk and reliability assessment of a second-life EV battery energy storage system
… reach the end of their vehicle service life, raising concerns about significant waste generation. Some procedures allow these batteries to be repurposed for second-life applications. One viable approach is reusing these batteries in energy storage systems to provide a more sustainable …
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An exploration of the experience of women with mental and physical health issues
… issues seek help for their physical health concerns - To explore what their experience of accessing and receiving support for those physical health needs are. Methodology: This is phenomenological research shaped by a service user advisory panel and working from a feminist, activist …
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Charging facility allocation in smart cities
The raising concerns of energy consumption and air pollution advance the development of electric vehicle technologies and promote the increased deployment of Electric Vehicles (EVs) towards electric transportation. The increasing number of EVs on the road network leads to a growing challenge of …
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Glaciers as a secondary source of anthropogenic contaminants: An emerging socio-environmental challenge
… guidelines for other environmental matrices, raising concerns about the potential bioavailability and ecological impacts of cryoconite once released into glacier meltwaters.<br/><br/>The findings from this thesis highlight the necessity for interdisciplinary research and community engagement …
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On the Certification of Deep Learning-based Dynamical System Identification
… and lack of physical guarantees, raising concerns about their applicability in scenarios where trustworthiness is critical. In this thesis, we developed a comprehensive framework to analyze, understand and learn dynamical systems. We start with a contrastive learning method to …
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ASSESSING ALEXITHYMIA IN LAW ENFORCEMENT: THE ROLE OF SERVICE TENURE AND SEX
… exhibited normative or severe alexithymia, raising concerns about emotional processing within the profession. Statistical analysis revealed no statistically significant differences based on sex or years of service, suggesting alexithymic tendencies may be more individually variable than …
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FinTech ecosystem driven economic growth in China under the new normal: from the perspective of households
… and broaden financial participation, while also raising concerns related to inequality, data governance, and financial capability. The third essay explores the relationship between household income volatility, leverage, and consumption stability, demonstrating that unstable income can increase …
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Investigating the Fidelity of Classic Cardiovascular Metrics in the Context of a Failing and Mechanically Supported Heart
… that are invalidated by the use of MCS, raising concerns about their reliability. This work used thermodilution, the gold standard method for measuring a patient’s cardiac output, as well as a newly developed MCS-based method, to explore under what conditions traditional metrics are …
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Impact of intervention strategies on motor vehicle accident - induced head injury survivors in Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa
… were not attended to on a timely basis - raising concerns about the likelihood of deterioration and complications of their condition. The study concludes that, while psychological interventions are a necessary and important part of healthcare delivery, they alone are not sufficient to set …
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