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Showing 1 to 20 of 472 for “"Safeguard"”.
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Safeguard of Mitosis: The Spindle Checkpoint
In mitosis, the kinetochore-microtubule attachment is under surveillance by the spindle checkpoint to ensure the fidelity of chromosome segregation. Defects in the checkpoint could lead to aneuploidy, which has been implicated in cancers, birth defects, and other human diseases. In presence of …
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Anti-proliferation safeguard system for General Electric's PRISM reactor plant
… chosen as the system to develop a proliferation safeguard system because of the literature that has been readily available for it and its potential use in the MIT Sodium Fast Reactor project. The safeguard system is based on the CANDU safeguard system with new components included to address …
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Exploring and Contextualising Expertise in Relation to the Safeguard Lead Nurse
… what defines an expert practitioner within a safeguarding service. The objectives are to explore the concepts of ‘expertise’ and ‘the expert’, to determine what safeguarding leads perceive to be the characteristics of their role and to offer recommendations for supporting and developing the …
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THE SEXTORTION PHENOMENON: CREATING A LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO EFFECTIVELY SAFEGUARD MINOR VICTIMS
This thesis studies the prevalent and complex issue of sextortion, focusing on its detrimental effects on minors. It critically analyzes how this form of exploitation, which involves blackmailing minors for sexual content, sexual activity, or money, unfolds across the digital world. The current …
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Safeguard dilemmas: The need for practical special and differential treatment for developing countries
Safeguards are among the most controversial of all trade remedies, due to the fact that they are contrary to the general principles of international fair trade as articulated in the various ageements governing the relationship between Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Thus, deeloping …
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A framework for nuclear facility safeguard evaluation using probabilistic methods and expert elicitation
… of the effectiveness of nuclear facility safeguards have been increasing due to the inclusion of highly enriched material and reprocessing capability into fuel cycles. Therefore, an extensive and quantitative safeguard evaluation is required in order for the decision makers to have a …
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Modelling atmospheric dispersal of fungal pathogens on continental scales to safeguard global wheat production
The recent emergence of highly virulent strains of the pathogen causing wheat stem rust has been acknowledged as a threat to global food security. In infected wheat fields, vast amounts of pathogenic fungal spores are produced that can be carried away by wind. For targeted disease surveillance and …
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Uganda's state responsibility under international law to safeguard refugee children's right to access education
… in meeting its international obligation to safeguard the rights of refugee children's access to education. This thesis examines the country's responsibility under international law to protect, promote and fulfil the right to access education for refugee children, particularly aimed at …
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Assessing the Impacts of a Special Safeguard Mechanism for Agriculture in the Doha Development Agenda
… Agenda (DDA) are calling for a specific Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM) for developing countries that will protect agricultural producers from import surges or price declines, and could potentially add stability to domestic markets. While most of the parameters of this SSM have been decided …
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A Trusted Autonomic Architecture to Safeguard Cyber-Physical Control Leaf Nodes and Protect Process Integrity
… Subsystems adhere to strict trust requirements safeguarding them from adversarial intrusion. The preemptive detection schemes, switch-over logic, backup controller, and process communication are all trusted components that are separated from the untrusted production controller. The proposed …
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Assessing the effectiveness of Environmental Impact Assessment as a safeguard to biodiversity in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa
… that undermine this process as an effective safeguard to biodiversity. Internationally, effective EIA is hindered by the following issues: a low priority assigned to the consideration of biodiversity and a limited capacity to carry out assessments; a lack of formalised procedures and …
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A novel cash-plus intervention to safeguard sexual reproductive health and HIV vulnerabilities in young women in Cape Town, South Africa
Background Cash plus interventions augment cash transfers with other empowering interventions to influence behaviours. This research assesses the Women of Worth (WoW) program and evaluates the effectiveness of a cash transfer (CT) of ZAR300 ($22USD22) conditional on attending 12-session customised …
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Navigating the criminalisation-decriminalisation dilemma in sex work: an analysis of its affects on human rights and proposals for their safeguard
This dissertation will examine how certain legal systems deal with both sex workers and those involved in the sex trade. It will demonstrate that several legal systems have failed to achieve their intended goals of protecting the rights of ‘everyone' and to establish a method to effectively address …
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The increasing necessity for the inclusion of process and production methods (PPMs) into the current GATT regime as a safeguard/tool for environmental sustainability
The aim of this thesis is to advocate for the inclusion of PPMs into the current GATT regime for the attainment of environmental sustainability. The issue of PPMs in international trade has been problematic for environmentalists since the first Tuna-Dolphin panel held that distinctions between …
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How feminist legal theory can help to safeguard the rights and interests of disadvantaged women and girls during crises: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and South Africa
… finds that South Africa has failed to adequately safeguard the rights of its women and girls during this crisis. The government's mitigation policies in various sectors were either absent, gender-blind, or not sufficiently responsive so as to ensure adequate protection of the rights of women and …
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Multiple-model tracking with fixed-lag smoothing using imprecise information
… of manoeuvre filters, construction of safeguard filter, and filter selection. The performance of the proposed tracking filter mainly relies on manoeuvre detection, construction of manoeuvre model filter, and construction of safeguard model filter. In order to improve the tracking, …
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From Threats to Scars: Who does HR go to? Understanding Workplace Violence Towards HR Professionals
… towards HR professionals and evaluate current safeguarding measures to identify its adequacy, following the rise of violence towards HR professionals. The research will also explore the implications experiencing workplace violence towards mental health. This was undertaken following the …
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Supply chain risk mitigation
… recommend the most effective and cost efficient safeguards to mitigate consequences. Supply chain risk management and mitigation has been broadly classified into two stages - vulnerability and risk assessment and risk mitigation through implementation of safeguards. The vulnerability and risk …
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