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Showing 1 to 20 of 450 for “"Visa"”.
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Becoming "Subjects" of the Visa Regime: How the Ban-opticon of the Canadian Visa System Affects Chinese Applicants
This thesis examines the visa mechanism deployed by governments on state borders. I take the Canadian temporary residence visa system experienced by Chinese applicants as my working example. Though the visa system is generally regarded as something essential and efficient for border control, I …
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Inequality in the work visa approvals of U.S. immigrants
… population of 1,441,856 H-1B temporary work visa requests evaluated by government agents from May 2005 to April 2010, I assess whether agents' visa approval and denial decisions are shaped by immigrants' sending country characteristics. Through this program, government agents mediate a key …
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Closing the Loop on Visa Security: A Case for Change
… conducted on the current policy governing the visa issuing function versus a policy of The U.S. Department of Homeland Security assuming operational and tactical level control of the visa issuing function from the Department of State. Responsibility for this system is currently divided between …
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Cost benefit analysis of the Visa credit card at the Naval Postgraduate School.
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the cost effectiveness of the government-wide credit card within the Naval PostGraduate Procurement Department. The intent of the study is to review current management policies relating to the credit card program, analyze the small procurement process and …
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Um modelo para o IPTU dos imóveis residenciais que visa incentivar a sustentabilidade urbana
Este trabalho apresenta uma modelagem matemática para otimização dos valores das alíquotas do Imposto Predial e Territorial Urbano (IPTU), desenvolvido com o objetivo de contribuir para o aperfeiçoamento dos processos de tomada de decisão na aplicação de políticas públicas municipais voltadas para …
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Investigating the effectiveness of Namibia postal services visa cards on the customer's banking satisfaction
… customers perceive the effectiveness of NamPost Visa Cards on their banking satisfaction in the Erongo Region." The objectives of this research were (1) to assess the effectiveness of the NamPost Visa Card on customer banking satisfaction in the Erongo Region, (2) to identify the challenges faced …
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Complexity and organizational structure : Internet and Visa International as prototypes for the corporation of the future
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1995.
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Network control in a globalized world : how Visa and Swift's founding structures serve their stakeholders on the International stage
The Visa credit card network and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (Swift) network both provide a backbone for financial interchange across the world. Visa's network connects consumers, merchants, banks, and processors to ease the purchases of millions of …
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The ‘Visa Student Dream’: An Examination of Shifting Trends and Vulnerabilities in Chinese International Student Populations Within Toronto’s Secondary Schools
This study aims to explore the experiences of Chinese international students in secondary schools in Canada, paying particular attention to the vulnerabilities and risks among this population. Along with the pre-existing systemic issues international students face, the COVID-19 pandemic placed …
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Foreign-born pulmonary tuberculosis in Washington State, 2009-2013: analysis of cases based on visa type and overseas screening status
… State, 2009-2013: analysis of cases based on visa type and overseas screening status Julie Tomaro Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Michael Kimerling, MD, MPH Tuberculosis (TB) disproportionately affects foreign-born persons in Washington State in the US overall. While foreign-born persons …
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ST-1 VISA/DAP-R CA-MRSA INTEGRATED OMICS: A FIRST REPORT OF HYPER-VIRULENCE AND MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT SUPERBUG
… The aim of this study was to characterize a VISA/DAP-R CA-MRSA superbug strain for its Genomic and Transcriptomic traits by using Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS), RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) and Bioinformatics, compared to its VSSA/DAP-S CA-MRSA parental strain. The WGS data were used for Genomic …
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Social Engagement Gaps Between Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) F-1 Visa International Students and American Students in US Universities
… study was to explore the perceptions of F1 visa STEM international students at a four-year private university about their social engagement experiences with their American peers, and how the absence of such engagement practices frames the international students’ sense of mattering and …
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“Neither Colorblind, Neutral, nor Meritocratic”: A Critical Examination of South Korea’s E-2 Visa Policy Through the Lens of the Excluded
<p>South Korea’s E-2 visa policy restricts English teaching positions to citizens from seven predominantly white inner circle countries, institutionalizing racial and linguistic hierarchies through immigration law (Jenks, 2017). This dissertation addresses how the policy functions as a gatekeeping …
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A critical examination of the humanitarian visa as a complementary pathway in ameliorating the plight of “climate displaced persons” in Eastern Africa.
… In particular, the thesis proposes humanitarian visas as a practical complementary pathway and legally sound approach to addressing protection gaps, offering a structured pathway for displaced persons facing climate-related threats.
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Modulating activity of vancomycin and daptomycin on the expression of gene involved in reduced glycopeptide susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus
… heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate S.aureus (hVISA) e Vancomycin-Intermediate S.aureus (VISA). Le basi genetiche della ridotta sensibilità a vancomicina sono state oggetto di numerosi lavori scientifici, che hanno riportato il coinvolgimento di diversi geni (autolitici, implicati nel turnover …
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Psychological impacts of COVID-19 on Indian immigrants working in the retail industry of Auckland, New Zealand, and their job performance
… of COVID-19 on Indian immigrants with temporary visas working in the retail industry, on their job performance, and on those who previously worked in the retail industry but are now studying again in order to upskill. Mixed-method research was adopted, which allows the researchers to explore the …
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Obtaining Legal Status in the United States: Undocumented Latinas Near Chicago and the Strategic Use of Mental Health
… in the United States. This thesis analyzes the U-Visa application process experienced by undocumented immigrant crime victims and their legal advisors in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. I focus on the strategic use of mental health by applicants for U-Visas related to domestic violence cases by …
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US immigration policies: the lived experiences of international students with families
… of US immigration policies related to their visa statuses and the effects of that understanding on their individual and familial life courses. The findings show that although there are various sources to obtain information about US immigration policies, the understanding that international …
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Análise do papel das forças armadas no processo de intervenção federal no Rio de Janeiro (2018)
O presente trabalho visa por meio de observações e análises apresentar como ocorre o processo jurídico-político de Intervenção Federal, especificamente a realizada no Estado do Rio de Janeiro em 2018 e sua singularidade no campo da Segurança Pública. Justificamos este trabalho com uma análise que …
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