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Making Space for Evaluation to Strengthen Conservation Innovation
… collaboration and social learning processes that strengthen and support partnership capabilities for co-experimenting with transformative solutions. However, there is a critical need to refine and make widespread the practice of adaptive innovation management. This dissertation aims to support the …
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Strengthen What Remains: The Rhetorical Situation of James Montgomery Boice
… desire to stay within an errant denomination to strengthen what remains rather than abandon it. These influences are Donald Grey Barnhouse, Harold John Ockenga, Robert J. Lamont, and John Gerstner. Chapter 5 provides examples from Boice’s sermons and writings during the time period germane to the …
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Geotechnical Technique To Strengthen Traditional I-Walls Through The Use Of Composite Material
… to develop effective but economic technique of strengthening existing I-walls. Using composite materials, a new retrofitting technique was developed to increase the stability of existing I-walls by implementing composite caps. For economical and practical testing, scale models were tested for …
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Exploiting Ruminococcus gnavus and Limosilactobacillus reuteri to strengthen host immunity and treat infections
<p>While millions of years of coevolution between the host and intestinal microbiota have fostered a predominantly symbiotic relationship, the intestinal epithelium is tasked with balancing immune tolerance and anti-pathogen immunity. One way in which the mucosal epithelium maintains healthy …
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A Better Bus Map: How Good Transit Map Design Can Strengthen the MBTA’s Bus System
Greater Boston is poised to radically reimagine its bus system in the coming years. With an ongoing network redesign by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) seeking to create a dense network of high frequency bus lines as well as growing political momentum for fare-free transit …
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Humanizing Urban Waters : Civilian led Water Corps to Strengthen Decentralized Water Systems in Western India
Over the past century, we have witnessed global water-based displacement owing to the climate crisis, and displacement caused by large scale water infrastructure such as dams, long-distance pipelines, promenades and river fronts. Urban waters have infamously been presented as disruptors within …
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EFFECTIVENESS OF NATIONAL CYBER POLICY TO STRENGTHEN THE SECURITY AND RESILIENCE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AGAINST CYBER ATTACKS
… directs a whole-of-government approach to strengthening the security and resilience of critical infrastructure against physical and cyber threats. Per policy, critical infrastructure is categorized into 16 sectors. Security and resiliency efforts against cyber threats are constrained by …
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Moving beyond research settings to strengthen HIV services: determinants of intervention sustainability and community-generated implementation strategies
… CBOs may require systems-level approaches to strengthen organizational infrastructure and respond to community priorities. This community-academic partnership highlighted that implementation science frameworks may be unnecessary for strategy and determinant identification with CBOs, and …
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The Speaker of the National Assembly: ways to strengthen and enhance the independence of the Speaker's office
The main intention of this paper is to ascertain whether the Speakership and Parliament are involved in a symbiotic relationship. This paper will assess whether a weak incumbent will have an adverse effect on the NA thereby weakening the capacity of the NA itself.
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Strategies to Strengthen the Implementation of HIV and AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Framework in Limpopo Province, South Africa
… aim of this study was to develop strategies to strengthen the i mplementation of HIV and AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation framework for Limpopo Province. Objectives: Conduct needs assessment to evaluate relevance and design of current monitoring and evaluation of HIV and AIDS programme …
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Management Model to Strengthen integration of Information and Communication Technology in Pedagogic Practices at Selected Zululand District Schools
… of the study is to design a management model to strengthen integration of information and communication technology in pedagogic practices at selected Zululand district schools. The model seeks to provide clarity for school management teams (SMTs) in terms of how they can effectively embed ICT …
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Developing guidelines to strengthen the human capabilities of parents with children with developmental disabilities using an Interdisciplinary team approach
… role of interdisciplinary team collaboration in strengthening the human capabilities of parents of children with DD, particularly in primary health care settings. Despite the involvement of various professionals such as physiotherapists, occupational and speech therapists, social workers, and …
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EXAMINING THE WAYS MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS STRENGTHEN THEIR SKILLS AND STAY MOTIVATED WHILE PROVIDING SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
… mental health providers continue developing and strengthening their skills to have a great impact and overall beneficial effect on the families they are supporting. An interview questionnaire was created to explore participants’ experiences working with families and their children to generate an …
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Exploring student-approved instructional strategies to strengthen speaking skills : a descriptive multiple-case study of three Emergent Bilingual students.
… in promoting opportunities for speaking, thus strengthening these students' speaking abilities. In today's public high school classrooms, the main problem facing Emergent Bilingual students is the lack of speaking opportunities. Speaking is a critical, foundational skill for these students, so …
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Understanding the Role of Non-federal Funding Match on the Effectiveness of a U.S. Strategy to Strengthen Academic Research Competitiveness Nationwide
NSF EPSCoR is a policy intervention designed more than 40 years ago to help U.S. states increase their academic research competitiveness, measured principally at the time by their shares of federal research funding. This study used a comparative approach to focus on a cohort of eleven U.S. states …
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Potential for co-management approaches to strengthen livelihoods of forest-dependent communities: a case study of the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Service, Kenya
… is the extent to which co-management can strengthen the livelihoods of the poor forest-dependent communities. This gap is addressed in this thesis by developing and testing an argument that well designed co-management arrangements have the potential to strengthen the livelihood outcomes of …
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An investigation into the powers of the Auditor-General SA and its ability to strengthen the quality of democracy in South Africa
The overall objective of the study is to provide commentary on the extent to which the public sector audit process contributes to the strength of democracy in South Africa by enhancing accountability. By studying audit outcomes, the concerns of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) around lack …
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