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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"System Policy"”.
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Fashion Innovation System Policy: Probing regional innovation systems to optimise digital manufacturing for fashion designers
… model, a novel approach to Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) has emerged, acknowledging the diverse traits of regions and sectors, thereby giving rise to RIS pathway approaches. In mature industries, particularly the fashion sector, innovation resistance poses a significant challenge among …
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Critical factors in the adoption and effective use of technology in the nonprofit sector
… cross-regional comparisons, the thesis details policy recommendations for building ecosystems that can help create tech-savvy nonprofits. These critical success factors include a supportive community of foundations, significant diversity of nonprofit and for profit intermediaries, and …
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An analysis of policy models in terms of impact variables affecting the Richmond, Virginia, school system
… this investigation was that existing models of policy-making (rational, organizational, political) did not, in isolation; adequately account for variables that were operating within and between policy areas. It was suggested that planning in urban school systems was, possibly, adversely affected …
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Infrastructure for secure medical image sharing between distributed PACS and DI-r systems.
… to implement such services, current medical system needs to be exible enough to support integration with other systems. This integration should be achieved in a secure manner and the resultant service should be made available to all health professionals and patients. This thesis proposes a …
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Looking Through a Trauma Lens: A Caregiver's Perspective of Child Welfare Involvement
… coercive and oppressive nature of child welfare system policy and practices, as a source of re-traumatization for caregivers with a trauma history (Harris & Fallot, 2001). Currently, the field of child welfare practice is largely guided by the use of trauma-informed practices, which are meant to …
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Modeling of Airport Operations Using an Object-Oriented Approach
… control logic, the framework adapts an open system policy which gives the flexibility to the end users to incorporate the user-preferred control logic into the end models. Another purpose in this research is to provide a future mechanism to study airfield ground traffic automated control …
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The Experiences of Dalit Students and Faculty in one Elite University in India: An Exploratory Study
… first part of the thesis also reviews one major policy designed to challenge some of the debilitating effects of caste. The Quota System policy was designed in the 1950s as an early form of affirmative action to ensure that higher education institutions retained fifteen percent of their places …
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Transexual woman on the journey of sexual re-alignment in a hetero-normative healthcare system in the Western Cape
… health needs in the healthcare system. The overarching question asked in this research was: What are the lived experiences, and meaning of these experiences, for transsexual women during the sexual-realignment process when negotiating health care for their transgender-related …
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The predictive validity of the Short test of educational ability for three Virginia community colleges
… Because the 1975 Virginia Community College System Policy Manual requires a validity study of potential curricular placement tools, it was the purpose of this study to determine the STE.A's validity for predicting a student's 1976 fall quarter grade point average. This investigation was …
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Android Hypovisors: Securing Mobile Devices through High-Performance, Light-Weight, Subsystem Isolation with Integrity Checking and Auditing Capabilities
… The architecture should be able to prevent system intrusions and should be able to perform regular integrity checking and auditing. Since Android has the largest user base among mobile device operating systems (OS), the architecture presented here is implemented for Android. This thesis …
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Factors influencing dignity in sub-Saharan African health systems: a qualitative systematic review
… dignity as a guiding principle for health systems, service provision, and reform, as dignity is commonly used to measure or achieve quality, person-centred, respectful, and responsive health systems. The prioritization of dignity is argued to improve health outcomes, strengthen professional …
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A Mana Wahine inquiry into indigenous governance
… and the mechanisms of a euro-western court system policy. It is against this backdrop that comparisons are drawn that take into account the historical relationships between Māori, First Nations, Aboriginal, and Native American women and their respective colonising governments which bear …
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Domestic Violence & No-Drop Policies: Doing More Harm Than Good?
… be handled in our society and criminal justice system. In previous years, domestic violence has been seen not only as a private family matter, but a situation in which no outsiders should intrude. In 2014, the Centers for Disease Control stated that intimate partner violence is a public health …