Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 137 for “"Regulatory agencies"”.
-
Reputation management for regulatory agencies focused on government relations
… unique challenges to reputation management for regulatory agencies by considering five problems: politics, consistency, charisma, uniqueness, and excellence. This research advances the existing literature to consider how a regulatory agency can mitigate these problems in order to develop …
-
Legal issues in the contextual diffusion of independent regulatory agencies in Nigeria
… have diminished. In its place has arisen the regulatory state, characterised by a thinning out of the state; and the emergence of an institutional innovation: the Independent Regulatory Agency. Its rise, growth and diffusion across jurisdictions and sectors, and most recently in developing …
-
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW REGULATORY AGENCIES: INDEPENDENT COMMISSION VERSUS EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AGENCIES
… an independent commission to administer some regulatory programs while for others it chooses a departmental agency? Systematic research on this question is notably absent despite the emphasis given organizational arrangements by executive branch reform efforts, specifically those proposed by …
-
International regulation of commercial civil aircraft : regulatory agencies and requirements governing large transport aircraft certification
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2003.
-
Public financial crimes: a critical analysis of the role of Kuwaiti criminal and regulatory agencies in the investigation process
… taken some positive steps towards establishing agencies that reinforce the criminal justice and regulatory systems. Despite these efforts, however, the evidence shows that little has changed. In fact, the country has failed to maintain its previous position on the Corruption Perceptions Index: …
-
THE ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN ENGLAND AND WALES
… 1990s. In the light of this new legislation, new regulatory agencies, and changing public opinion, the following research aims were formulated: 1. To assess the approach to enforcement by regulatory agencies (co-operation versus confrontation). 2. To determine the extent and rate of utilisation of …
-
An evaluation of natural resources extraction and host communities’ reaction in Nigeria and South Africa 2005-2015
… evaluated the effectiveness of the government regulatory agencies in ensuring the compliance to SPDC and Lonmin to the extant regulations guiding their oil and platinum extraction activities in Ogoniland, Nigeria and Marikana, South Africa respectively. The study determined challenges faced by …
-
Dynamic Relational Contracts Within a Regulatory Environment: An Examination of State Utility Regulators and Their Constituents
This study examines state regulatory agencies in the context of the dynamic relationships they hold with consumers, the electric utilities they regulate, and politicians at the state level. Two questions addressing regulatory efficacy are examined.
-
Investigation of the Body Segment Inertial Properties and Long Bone Geometries of a Mid-Sized Male Finite Element Model
… unknown injury mechanisms and can inform regulatory agencies directed at public health and safety on potential injury mechanisms.[9-13] Finite element analysis is often used to develop such models because of its capability of handling complex geometries and modeling the non-linear behavior …
-
Public Regulation through Private Litigation: The Regulatory Power of Private Lawsuits and the American Bureaucracy
… the notably constrained American state, how can regulatory agencies ensure that enforcement goals are met? Some analyses suggest that this is not so easily done; rather, constraints on agencies' formal administrative powers are said to threaten their capacity for effective regulation. But recent …
-
Assess Effectiveness of Opioid Prescription Policies for Acute Pain Management
… the Opioid Crisis a public health emergency. Regulatory agencies and institutions have adopted several guidelines to ensure opioids are prescribed appropriately. In October 2014, the DEA changed the schedule of hydrocodone combination products (HCPs) from schedule III to schedule II narcotics. …
-
Economically motivated adulteration: implications for food protection and alternate approaches to detection
… inspection and laboratory testing resources by regulatory agencies. Second, economic and production data for dairy products in China leading up to the melamine adulteration event was analyzed to evaluate the utility of this data for alerting to the potential for EMA in a food commodity. This …
-
Speak no evil: the promotional heritage of nuclear risk communication
… of nuclear risk communication programs because agencies which regulate nuclear power delegate their responsibility for pre-emergency risk communication to the utilities operating the plants. Moreover, there is little involvement in pre-emergency nuclear risk communication by state and local …
-
Airborne measurements of pollutants in the sphere of influence of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant
… and administrative decision making processes of regulatory agencies and munitions manufacturing personnel.
-
Real-Time PCR Combined with DNA Barcoding for the Authentication of Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) Fillets
… species. DNA barcoding is typically used by regulatory agencies to detect seafood substitution; however, it is expensive and time-consuming. A rapid, real-time PCR assay targeting red snapper was developed previously for use in fisheries management; however, it has not been tested for its …
-
The Potential of Event Data Recorders to Improve Impact Injury Assessment in Real World Crashes
… tests; (2) evaluate EDR survivability beyond regulatory crash tests, (3) determine the seat belt accuracy of current databases, and (4) assess the merits of other vehicle-based crash severity metrics relative to delta-v. This dissertation firstly assessed the capabilities of EDRs. Chapter 2 …
-
MACT Implementation at an Organic Chemical Manufacturing Facility: Human Health Risk Reduction
… risk assessments are used by environmental regulatory agencies to determine risk from Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs). In this study, the Human Exposure Model (HEM-3) was used to compare the cancer and non-cancer inhalation health effects of a single organic chemical manufacturing facility …
-
Ownership Diversity Within The Media Industry: Trends And Current Conditions
… widely used by economists as well as government regulatory agencies—is used. Suggestions are presented for the future of media and regulation to insure a competitive, diverse, and healthy media industry.
-
Methods development of multimodal loading under bending, compression and torsion for bench-top testing of cardiovascular stents
… conditions they will face in the body and regulatory agencies to determine how well potential new stents will fair under physiologic conditions.
-
History, Historical Archaeology, and Cultural Resource Management: A Case Study from Jasper County, South Carolina
… management, attributable to inadequacies within regulatory agencies, resulting in trite methodological exercises. This thesis demonstrates that another problem can be found in the basic methodology of historical archaeology as translated into practice in compliance archaeology. A review of a data …
Page 1 of 7