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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"United States of America (USA)"”.
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An investigation of the strategic drivers and inhibiting factors affecting electronic commerce in Southern Africa
E-commerce is an area of business that is expanding rapidly, especially in developed countries. Its adoption is based on factors that enable and impede e-commerce growth. Previous research, conducted predominatly in developed countries such as the United States of America (USA,) has highlighted …
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The position of the emerging countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS), in the further development of the multilateral trading system.
The evolutions of geopolitics are exceptional but nevertheless ensure that events involve international relations. 1 After the period of unpredictability following the 1971 failure of the Bretton Woods system of fixed international exchange rates, in terms of which exchange rates were tied to the …
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The Legality of the USA s Use of Force to Counter Terrorism
The United States of America (“USA”) has often resorted to the use of force as a means to counter terrorism citing the right to use force in self-defence as the justification for it. A history of the USA's use of force against other states in the name of countering terrorism portrays that the …
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Information technology and deskilling of professional cataloguers with special reference to academic libraries in the Western Cape
… that information technology has had an influence of the skills levels in the jobs of cataloguers. The research was conducted in two parts: the literature survey and the empirical investigation. The survey of literature was done on the literature from the United States of America (USA), from the …
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Assessing Exclusionary Conduct in Abuse of Dominance: the relevance of the Extraterritoriality Rule and Public Interest for Developing Countries
… mostly fashioned after the existing framework of legislation originating from the European Union (EU) or the United States of America (USA). While a lot of these pieces of legislation are often modified to suit the needs of these developing countries, it is usually not the case that a cautious …
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Physical Education Teachers Perceptions in the State of New York about Appropriate Strategies when Teaching English Language Learners
Schools in the United States of America are becoming more culturally and linguistically diverse. It is estimated that by year 2030, English Language Learners (ELL) will make up 50% of the population of public schools across the United States of America (USA) (Culp & Schmidlein, 2012). This means …
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Initial Orbit Determination of Uncooperative Satellites Using Particle Swarm Optimization From the Point of View of a Novel Observer Orbit
… is an incredibly valuable tool in the field of space situational awareness (SSA). As the number of launches increases every year, more objects are being put into space around the Earth and with political tensions mounting between certain space-accessing countries such as the United States of …
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Investigating the factors which influence the misalignment between developers and testers in agile organizations
The concept of alignment has been addressed in the context of various divisions within organizations but very little research investigates the alignment of the roles within specific sub-units in an organization. Research shows evidence of a misalignment between the role of the software tester and …
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Comparison of prevalence of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli in South African and US poultry
… on the prevalence and population dynamics of APEC throughout the world. The South African landscape however has not been elucidated to the same extent. In this study, 3025 South African E. coli samples were analysed for the period 2017 – 2022. Data were also analysed to compare the …
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An LCA study comparing e-books read on an Apple Air iPad to printed books in South Africa
A number of studies assessing the environmental impacts of print media systems in comparison to digital media systems offering the same services have been conducted in United States of America (USA) or Sweden. The most notable are studies done by Kozak (2003), Gard & Keoleian (2003), Enroth (2009), …
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A comparative investigation into the applicability of gain-sharing programmes for the improvement of productivity in the automotive sector of South Africa
… level and companies are faced with the challenge of promoting competition and innovation in productivity improvement amongst employees. South Africa’s labour productivity, in the manufacturing sector, is low when compared to Korea, the United States of America (USA), Taiwan, Japan, France and the …
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The law and the beautiful: a critical analysis of how Kenyan Law addresses appearance discrimination
Appearance discrimination is an example of how discrimination mutates and continues to permeate in society undetected. Appearance discrimination is propagated subconsciously in most instances, hence making it hard to recognize or even regulate. Consequently, appearance discrimination is described …
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Up Close and Personal: Using Narrative Inquiry to Examine the Persistance Strategies Utilized by Non-Traditional African American Women Students At A Traditionally Oriented University
… for Education Statistics (NCES), nearly half of the enrolled college students in the United States of America (USA) are 24 years of age or older. Over one-third are at least 35 years old, which translates into over four million students being a part of growing mature and/or non-traditional …
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What Is Good Nursing Care? The Lived Meaning of Quality Nursing Care for Practicing Nurses
Healthcare quality in the United States of America (USA) is the subject of intense criticism. Although quality nursing care is vital to patient outcomes and safety, meaningful quality improvements have been disturbingly slow and incremental. Practicing nurses are rarely involved in developing …
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The Effect of Zomato Online Reviews on Customers' Dining Intentions: The Moderating Role of Gender Difference
With the popularity of Web 2.0 technologies and mobile applications, consumers are becoming increasingly socially interactive and media-oriented, relying on online reviews to help them with decision-making before an actual purchase. They do this to avoid the risk of buying the wrong products and …
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The role of the international community towards dismantling the apartheid regime in South Africa: 1960-1990.
This research study delves into the role of the international community towards dismantling the apartheid regime in South Africa during the period 1960-1990. It argues that racial discrimination in apartheid South Africa came into being gradually over the centuries of white settlement that began …
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Teacher perceptions of music technology programs and of the use of technology to support music courses in public schools
… descriptive case study investigated perceptions of five high school music teachers regarding the nature, relevance and significance of music technology programs and the use of technology to support music in their schools. The literature describes numerous school music programs in the United …
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An integrated multi-omics approach to improve our understanding of ageing and neurodegeneration
… we also identified by differential expression of 26 X-chromosome associated genes across age. Our co-expression analysis suggested that many gene modules are preserved across age, except during the young age (20-35 years of age) and we consider this age group as a window of maximum variability. …
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Contemporary Art Museum Education in the United States of America and South Africa: A retrospective analysis and proposals for the future
The conditions of tertiary education in South Africa (SA) have recently come under intense public scrutiny. Concerns over the state of higher education in SA reflect global debates, which include those in the United States of America (USA), around institutional accessibility, transformation, and …
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The effective and proper exercise of appraisal rights under the South African Companies Act, 2008 : developing a strategic approach through a study of comparable foreign law
… company law for the first time by section 164 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 ('the South African Act'), should be interpreted and applied in order to facilitate its effective and proper exercise. When the draft version of the South African Act was initially published for public comment, …
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