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Showing 1 to 20 of 89 for “"SAPS"”.
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Experiences of diversity in the SAPS
… The context of the South African Police Service (SAPS) is characterised by high levels of stress, as well as changing demographics. Thus the experience and understanding of diversity should differ from those of other organisations. The objective of this study was to determine how employees of the …
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Super Absorbent Polymers (SAPs) as physical air entrainment in cement mortars
Super absorbent polymers (SAPs) are novel multipurpose materials in concrete technology. This study investigated the potential for using SAPs as a mechanism for physical air entrainment. Mixtures were produced using various quantities of either dry or pre-saturated SAP to replace conventional air …
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Empirical Study of Subauroral Polarization Streams (SAPS) through Decades of Satellite Observations
Subauroral Polarization Streams (SAPS) are a phenomenon characterized by westward ion drifts driven by poleward electric fields in the subauroral ionosphere associated with field-aligned currents (FACs) generated by magnetospheric processes. In this dissertation, we have studied SAPS by analyzing …
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Workplace literacy practices of clerks in the South African Police Services (SAPS)
… of clerks in the South African Police Services (SAPS) and how power relations are perpetuated through institutional structures and associated divisions of workplace tasks, within a workplace like SAPS. An ethnographic-style case study approach was used to examine the literacy practices of three …
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Evaluierung des neuen Severity Scores SAPS III auf der chirurgischen Intensivstation der Universitätsklinik Würzburg
Zur Neu-Evaluierung des bereits bestehenden SAPS 2-severity scores wurden im Jahr 2002 über einen Zeitraum von 2 Monaten alle Patienten der chirugischen Intensivstation der Universitätsklinik Würzburg evaluiert. In dieser Arbeit wurden die hierbei erzielten Ergebnisse vorgestellt sowie die gängigen …
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Inclusivity and support for employees living with disabilities in the South African Police Service (SAPS)
… in the South African Police Service (SAPS). Globally, there has been a lot of research conducted on diversity in the workplace; however, research on inclusivity is a rather new phenomenon. A theoretical model on inclusion and diversity in work groups is presented as a framework, which …
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Large-scale observations of the spatial and temporal dynamics of quiet-time Sub-auroral Polarization Streams using SuperDARN HF Radars
The Sub-Auroral Polarization Stream (SAPS) is a narrow, intense and persistent westward (sunward) ionospheric convection flow channel observed equatorward of the auroral electron precipitation boundary, predominantly on the nightside. Previous studies have identified disturbed-time SAPS to be a …
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An Exploration of the Experiences of Parents Who Seek to Resolve School Attendance Problems and Barriers
School attendance problems (SAPs) have been framed in terms of ‘truancy’, ‘school phobia’, ‘school refusal’, ‘school withdrawal’ and a range of similar terms. This variation reflects the heterogeneity of both SAPs (Kearney et al., 2019), and the varied backgrounds of practitioners conducting SAPs …
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Roll Call: A Scoping Review for School Attendance Problems Among Youth
… Nevertheless, school attendance problems (SAPs) have been studied for decades and diverse perspectives exist regarding how to define, conceptualize, and measure SAPs. Although this has proven advantageous to the field, there is poor comparability and limited integration across research …
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An exploration of the (changing) roles, functions and challenges experienced by policewomen in the operational environment of the SAPS: Western Cape Province
… environment of the South African Police Service (SAPS). The intent is to develop insight into the first-hand experiences and perceptions of operational policewomen and to inform practice initiatives that accommodate the specific needs of policewomen entering the operational sphere of policing in …
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The Management Accounting Needs of Small Enterprises And the Role of Small Accounting Practices.
… robustness. Small accounting practices (SAPs) would seem to provide a possible alternative source of management accounting information for businesses too small to afford in-house accountants, but the literature over thirty years suggests that this approach has not been adopted. The sparse …
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Economic and societal effects of structural adjustment in Guyana
… and World Bank structural adjustment programs (SAPs), which ironically, were designed to boost the economy. This claim is analyzed with respect to three of Guyana’s most important industries: logging, mining and sugar.However, while SAPs have been a major force in influencing Guyana’s recent …
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Water Quality Based Design Guidelines for Successive Alkalinity-Producing Systems Used in the Treatment of Acidic Mine Drainage
Successive Alkalinity-Producing Systems (SAPS) have proven to be a viable alternative to chemical treatment for renovating acidic mine drainage (AMD). The lack of water quality based design guidelines, however, is believed to be a cause of the variability of SAPS performance in the field. This …
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일개대학 병원에서Simplified Acute Physiologic Score II 를 이용한 급성 파라콰트 중독환자의 예후 예측
… 환자의 예후 인자로서 simplified acute physiology score II(SAPS II)의 유용성을 알아보기 위함이다. 대상 및 방법 : 본 연구는 2006년 1월부터 2010년 12월까지 일개 대학병원을 내원한 65명의 급성 파라콰트 중독환자를 후향적으로 분석하였다. 모든 환자에 대해서 중환자 입원 시에SAPS II, 혈중 파라콰트 농도, severity index of paraquat poisoning (SIPP) 를 계산하여 각 시스템의 사망률과의 관계를 평가하였다. 결과 : 전체 사망률은 73.8%로 65명 …
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In the wake of structural adjustment programs : exploring the relationship between domestic policies and health in Argentina and Uruguay
… of structural adjustment programs (SAPs) in low to middle income (LMICs) has been followed by a marked reduction in their progress on economic growth, social indicators and health outcomes. Comprehensive and contextualized explorations of the effects of SAPs are needed to assist …
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The challenges in the implementation of crime prevention strateg by South African Police Service, Limpopo Province
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is required by the constitution to prevent, investigate, and combat crimes that are likely to occur in communities. The study provided information on the difficulties the South African Police Service, Limpopo Province, faces in putting its crime prevention …
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Supermicron-size aerosol particles originating from biomass burning in south-central Africa
… suspended supermicron-sized aerosol particles (SAPs) within a biomass burning (BB) plume during research flights over the South East Atlantic Ocean outside of clouds at times when no liquid water was detected by the King liquid water probe. Numerous SAPs sized between 10 µm and 1.52 mm were …
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A study of interhemispheric magnetic conjugacy and large scale magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling using SuperDARN radars
… exhibited in a Sub-Auroral Polarization Stream (SAPS). We present simultaneous observations of a SAPS event in both hemispheres made by mid-latitude SuperDARN radars with magnetically conjugate fields-of-view. An interhemispheric comparison of the characteristics of the SAPS channel reveals that …
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Examining the institutional work of sustainability reporting managers and sustainability assurance providers: An institutional work perspective
… and how sustainability assurance providers (SAPs) undertake sustainability assurance. The study draws on Lawrence and Suddaby’s (2006) typology to understand the forms of institutional work SRMs and SAPs undertake as they perform their roles and how these efforts affect the …
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