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Showing 1 to 20 of 95 for “"charters"”.
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An Analysis of Kirkwall's Royal Charters
… are some unique features associated with its charters making it worthy of study. Apart from being the most northerly royal burgh and the only one in the three archipelagos of Scotland, Kirkwall was the only royal burgh creation to have had similar status under a foreign power. In addition, the …
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An Analysis of Texas' Municipal Home Rule Charters Since 1994
… for the Texas Municipal League, Texas Home Rule Charters. The main purpose of this project is descriptive: to describe the structure of government outlined in the twenty home rule charters adopted since the conclusion of Blodgett's work. The descriptive categories used in this research are: Form …
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Legal change in an interest-group perspective: the demise of special corporate charters
… method of incorporation from special corporate charters via legislative act to general incorporation laws which make corporate privileges available to all who meet certain, minimal procedural requirements. Prior to the mid-1800's, corporate privileges were allocated by special legislative act in …
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Virtual Teamwork in a Business School Master's Program: Do Team Charters have an Impact?
… and interact while working collaboratively. Team charters have been used to facilitate virtual teamwork. This study, which took place in a graduate-level business program at a private university in California, was designed to fill the gap in the literature about team charter usage by virtual teams …
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On the Preservation of Principles: Determining the Adequacy of Historic Preservation Theories, Charters, and Guidelines for the Philadelphia Police Headquarters
… problems are placing a strain on the theories, charters, and guidelines developed over the years to guide preservation efforts. As a result, there are collective calls for a reevaluation of the field’s principles. However, an in-depth understanding of why traditional preservation methodologies …
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Charterism and charterization within health services : a public choice analysis of the implementation of patients' charters in England and Hong Kong
Patients' charters have been incorporated in health services systems among various countries including the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. By means of a comparative case study, this research looked at the implementation of patients' charters in the National Health Service in England and the Hospital …
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The impact of service charters on service delivery in Namibia's public sector: A case study of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME)
… the extent to which the development of Service Charters has contributed to improving efficient and effective delivery in Namibia's Public Sector: A case of the Ministry of Mines and Energy. The general feeling is that the delivery of services to the public in Namibia is still lagging behind, and …
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Diplomatic Solutions: Land Use in Anglo-Saxon Worcestershire
<p>My dissertation is a study of the charters of the Worcester diocese from its foundation in approximately 680 to the tenth century. Bishops of Worcester, men is control of one of the wealthiest sees in Anglo-Saxon England, used charters to acquire land, obtain rights and privileges for their …
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The Formation and Operationalization of Charter(s) for the LYTE Foundation, Inc. (Living Your Truth Empowered), Through the Creation of Policies, Roles, and Responsibilities of Charter Leaders, Identification of Resources, and Identification of Community Needs
… needed for the operationalization of LYTE's charters. Employing a dual-methodology approach in document review and qualitative study, the study addressed two main objectives. The first is through document review and analysis of successful charters and nonprofit organizations in the US. With …
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The reign of Lothar I (795-855), emperor of the Franks, through the charter evidence.
… first time the rich resource of Lothar' s 192 charters (including lost charters) to present a more rounded picture of Lothar. The palaeography, formulae and content of the charters are closely analysed. This analysis of the charter evidence reveals Lothar' s chancery and administration, and …
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The Effect of Texas Charter High Schools on Diploma Graduation and General Educational Development (Ged) Attainment
… open entry/exit enrollment options, and charters that are operated in multiple sites or "chain" charters have positive effects on charter students' diploma graduation outcomes. Charters that offer accelerated instruction demonstrate a negative effect on diploma graduation. The study finds …
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Sokeright
… of law. The phrase is very rarely found in charters however, and it was evidently out of place there, not merely because it'was an English phrase when convention demanded that charters be written in Latin, but also because charters were documents of a more private kind.
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The acts of the Earls of Dunbar relating to Scotland c.1124-c.1289 : a study of Lordship in Scotland in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
… the title ‘earl of Dunbar’ by c. 1200. Their charters, of which the earliest surviving dates to the earldom of Gospatric, brother of Dolfin (died c. 1138), belong to the mainstream of European charter culture and exemplify many of the changes in diplomatic observable elsewhere. They are rich …
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A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PARENTS IN ONE RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: WHY THEY GO, THE NATURE OF THEIR EXPERIENCES, AND WHY SOME CHOOSE TO LEAVE
… to 2012-2013, an average of approximately 500 charters have opened and more than 160 charter schools have closed per year during these eight years of the available data. However, students who attend charter schools do not have a monolithic educational experience. The purpose of this paper is to …
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PEDAGOGICAL PRAXIS IN AN AGE OF PRIVATIZATION: THE CONTRADICTION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS
… with site visits including two unspecified charters and two Montessori charters. Educators are asked to describe their evolving teaching philosophies, views on the purposes of education, and identify differences between charter schools and traditional public schools. Three primary themes …
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A prosopographical analysis of society in East Central Scotland, circa 1100 to 1260, with special reference to ethnicity
… the Europeanizing themes of the spread of charters, the adoption of common European names and the interaction of the chivalric ‘aristocratic diaspora’ with local landholding society through the methodology of prosopography. The role of aristocratic landholders as grantor, witnesses and …
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Development of Culturally Tailored Needs Assessments for Sustainable LYTE Foundation Initiatives Leveraging the Support of Public Health Interns
… flow of information among LYTE Foundation charters operating in various regions across the United States. Furthermore, a personnel management plan addresses the needs of a geographically dispersed team comprising master’s and doctoral students, supporting the upcoming LYTE Foundation …
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La publicité professionnelle : problématique soulevée dans le cadre de la déontologie du médecin-dentiste
… This new wave, buoyed by adapted norms of the Charters and the Code of ethics, brought about a new jurisprudence, which solidified legal argumentations, based on the American Bill of rights, the Canadian and the Québec charters. This policy had its impact on Québec in 1990' s following a …
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