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Showing 1 to 20 of 207 for “"United Kingdom (UK)"”.
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Organisational Resilience and Competitive Advantage of United Kingdom (UK) Autism Charities: The Impact of Online Volunteering.
The United Kingdom’s (UK) exit of the European Union is looming and as such, there is political and financial uncertainty for the country. This means that the United Kingdom charities are having to prove that they run efficiently, to ensure that the trusts and foundations, individuals and …
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External stakeholder management and engagement on urban construction projects in the UK and Ireland
… nature of urban construction projects in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland results in hazardous and complex environments, particularly when considering the management and engagement of external stakeholders. Therefore, the aim of this research was to identify and document who the external …
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Prevalence of known thrombophilia and incidence of venous thromboembolism in pregnant woment in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
… and accurate statistics are available. In United Kingdom (UK) for example, VTE is the leading cause- and is increasing despite heightened awareness of risk factors, and wider use of thromboprophylaxis (1,2). The 1994-96 UK Confidential Enquiries reported an overall maternal mortality rate …
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Tax avoidance provisions of the South African Income Tax Act
… avoidance, and a comparative analysis between United Kingdom (UK) and South Africa on the substance over form approach as a new approach to tax avoidance. Much has been said on tax avoidance and it is an area which has generated much interest and curiosity to the society at large.
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The Presidency Effect
… This study uses "hard case"-evidence from United Kingdom (UK) Council Presidencies to test the predictions of this "Presidency effect" (PE) about member state behavior and its consequences for overall decision outcomes.</p>
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Socio-Economic Deprivation, Culture and Extremism in Britain
The July 7/7 suicide attacks on the United Kingdom (UK) were highly significant in that they were perpetrated by four 2nd and 3rd generation British citizens from Yorkshire. The event shocked both the Government and public, and forced British policymakers to reassess the nature of both integration …
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Health inequalities amongst older people from ethnic minority groups in Britain: ‘sensitivity’ of different ses measures
The United Kingdom (UK) ethnic population is ageing. However, there has been a dearth of research focussing on the ethnic diversity of the older population and the implications for health and health care needs. In fact ‘ageing’ and ‘ethnicity’ are rarely integrated within health research. According …
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Phenomenological study of student nurses’ preparedness for delivering culturally competent care upon graduation
… of cultural competence was mainly from the United States (US). In contrast, the number of publications in this field from the United Kingdom (UK) was limited. This study has provided an opportunity to critically examine student nurses’ preparedness of cultural competence in their nursing …
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The Case to Innovate: understanding organisational innovativeness in one NHS Trust
Innovation in United Kingdom (UK) healthcare has in the last decade been driven forward through national policy and the development of a national innovation infrastructure, underpinned by an imperative to change. An increasing number of National Health Service (NHS) provider units, the NHS trusts, …
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Financing the DOD acquisition budget: innovative uses of public-private partnerships
… Partnerships in the U.S. Government with the United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Defense (MOD). We intend to showcase the increased capabilities currently enjoyed by the UK MOD from entering into these agreements. Additionally, it will provide an in depth look of three Private Finance Initiatives …
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Information technology and deskilling of professional cataloguers with special reference to academic libraries in the Western Cape
… literature was done on the literature from the United States of America (USA), from the United Kingdom (UK) and also from limited South African resource. The overseas literature was related to the situation in South Africa. The empirical investigation was confined to the academic libraries in …
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Reassessing strategic pay : testing relationships between organisational contingencies, pay and HR performance outcomes
… human resource (HR) performance outcomes in the United Kingdom (UK) private sector. It tests the propositions of the strategic pay literature that a) selection of pay practices will have an effect on HR outcomes; b) internal and external organisational contingencies will have an effect on pay …
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A clinical and molecular genetic study into familial and sporadic Parkinson’s Disease
… rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) in PD in the United Kingdom (UK). In this thesis I have confirmed the importance of pathogenic LRRK2 mutations in UK familial PD (fPD). In addition I identified three novel frameshift mutations. I investigated the functional effects of two of these mutations and …
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Corporate social responsibility legal analysis and social transformation: the South African experience in a comparative perspective
… affects social transformation in India and the United Kingdom (UK) with the aim of gleaning comparative insights. The dissertation then makes recommendations that the South African CSR legislation should embody objectives of our broader national interests similar to the Indian approach. In …
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Contributing factors to the development of positive responses to the adversity endured by Sierra Leonean refugee women living in the United Kingdom
… a new society, environment and community in the United Kingdom (UK). This was despite the fact that they had endured many different types of adversity, including sexual and psychological violence during the civil/rebel war in Sierra Leone. The research examined various relevant and contributing …
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Essays on Socio-Economic Integration of Migrants in the UK Labour Market: Access (or Lack of Access) to the Professional Class, Gendering of Occupations and Earning Trajectories
… women immigrants (‘Old’ and ‘New’) relative to United Kingdom (UK) born White in the UK labour market. In order to assess my research hypotheses I use both cross-sectional and panel data based on the world’s largest panel survey: UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS), (data collected between …
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Superficially Similar but Fundamentally Different: A Comparative Analysis of US and UK Affirmative Action
This thesis compares affirmative action in the United States of America (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) and reveals that despite superficial similarities in how the US and UK have sought to achieve equal opportunities through the use of positive action the nature and impact of the laws are …
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Is the asylum partnership between the UK and Rwanda compliant with international refugee and human rights law, specifically the principle of non-refoulement, the principle of non-penalization of irregular entry by refugees, and other refugee and human rights?
… continue to rise in the foreseeable future. The United Kingdom (UK) has been striving to deter asylum seekers from coming to its territory. An example of this is the asylum partnership between the UK and Rwanda, signed in April 2022. Under this agreement, asylum seekers are forcibly relocated …
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A MASS CUSTOMISED CLOTHING SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION MODEL FOR A HIGH STREET STORE
… was to develop an implementation model for a United Kingdom (UK) high street store-based mass customised clothing service. A series of semi-structured interviews were carried out with company representatives who were, currently or previously, offering a customised clothing service in the UK …
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