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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"critical juncture"”.
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Harry S Truman, the politics of Yalta, and the domestic origins of the Truman Doctrine
… still lacked interest in foreign affairs at this critical juncture. Bread and butter politics dominated the 1946 campaign agenda and subsequently this election continues to be labelled the ""beefsteak election."""
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Embodied revelation: The threat of sudden cardiac death for implantable cardioverter defibrillator candidates
… an ICD. The theory consists of four stages and a critical juncture. The first stage of the theory is living in conscious denial in which patients are aware on some level that they have heart failure and that they could die from this condition. Regardless of the degree of understanding, the …
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Building A Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship
<p>The primary care workforce is at a critical juncture where fewer physicians are choosing primary care careers and more patients are availing themselves of outpatient care, through increased insurance coverage among other forces. With the increasing number of graduating nurse practitioners, now …
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Being Black: A study of Black panethnicity in the United States
… historical and contemporary data reveals three critical junctures in the development of black panethnicity. 1) In the first critical juncture, black panethnicity emerged out of black slavery as a result of the racialization of distinct African tribes into the category of black and the resolve of …
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Media Democracy Deferred: The Postwar Settlement for U.S. Communications, 1945--1949
… reform efforts by analyzing the 1940s postwar critical juncture when policymakers, social movements, and communication industries grappled over the role of a commercial press in a democratic society. By focusing on policy formations around the Hutchins Commission, the Federal Communications …
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Moral conduct in intelligence practice: lessons from the British experience in Northern Ireland, 1968-1998
… within the moral conduct space during the critical juncture period of the conflict – that is, from 1968 to 1972 – produced lessons learned which dictated the intelligence-related decisions made going forward. It ultimately found that the more controversial narratives which continue to form …
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Toward a more deliberative port planning : the "vision and daring" of environmental NGOs in negotiations on the Second Maasvlakte, Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands
… port should be extended. I posit that at this critical juncture certain environmental organizations took an uncharacteristically proactive role in altering the relationships between stakeholders in a way that was crucial to the ultimate achievement of a consensus among them. The case …
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DUAL DISRUPTIONS: OVERCOMING THE EFFECTS OF DISASTERS AND MIS-, DIS-, AND MAL-INFORMATION ON DEMOCRACIES
Democracy stands at a critical juncture in the current environment of mis-, dis-, and mal-information spreading in the media ecosystem and intensifying disaster challenges. This thesis examines how democratic governments can maintain legitimacy after a catastrophic disaster in the age of false …
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From preparation to performance: assessing the college and career development program's role in goal setting and ACT success
… high school to post-secondary paths represents a critical juncture in students’ lives, often influencing their future academic and career success. Despite its impact, many students struggle to make informed and confident decisions about their futures, especially those from rural and low …
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The Peloton Approach : forecasting and strategic planning for emerging technologies : a case for RFID
… around the events and milestones that are critical for the widespread adoption of EPC for the Fast Moving Consumer Goods ("FMCG") industry. Though developed around its need in the RFID space, this tool can be used for decision making around any emerging technology. We are at a critical …
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The spirit of networks: new media and the changing role of religion in American public life
… religious politics. I argue that we are at a critical juncture in both media and religion, similar to the early days of radio broadcasting. The outcome of that earlier juncture involved an increase in media commercialization and the proliferation of conservative evangelical …
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Political Leadership Perceptions on the College of Micronesia System in the Federated States of Micronesia
… sets its goals and priorities. During this critical juncture of the FSM nation's growth and its effort to be self-reliant, COM-FSM's purposes and priorities are intricately related to the ongoing processes toward self-reliance. Using a case study methodology, this study examined the …
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Covert Action: Examining the Use and Utility of the Third Option
… constrained environment, the country is at a critical juncture in which it must evaluate its foreign policy and counterterrorism strategy. The United States faces this challenge on the heels of twelve years of war that saw the decline of its reputation throughout the world. It is vital that …
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Urbanizing the fringe : armatures for reterritorialization of rurban ecologies
… world seeks ways to curtail emissions ahead of a critical juncture in climate change, India's choice - representing 17.5% of humanity, of a growth-propelled, market-led development pathway has the potential to offset global efforts with irreversible consequences. Kalinganagar, located in the …
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CRACKING THE WORLD SYSTEM: MEDIATING PUBLIC PEDAGOGIES FROM THE “WORLD REVOLUTION” OF 1848
… work of Paulo Freire, the seminal theorist of critical pedagogy, this project couples WSA with the analytic lens of public pedagogy to overcome the conceptual limitations of ideology and of various postmodern critiques. Primary media sources are used for purposes of critical political economy, …
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LA FORMAZIONE PROFESSIONALE IN ITALIA IN PROSPETTIVA STORICO - ISTITUZIONALE, 1945 - 1978
… education and training (VET) system during the critical period of path formation 1945-1978. Among other industrial economies Italy represents an historical example of long disequilibrium of the educational and economic system. The VET system is no exception. A tenuous relationship with …
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Systematic replications and statistical reproducibility of educational research
Science is at a critical juncture: the findings of many studies are unable to be replicated and reproduced, while scientific output is growing exponentially and becoming easily accessible. The inability of findings to replicate has been particularly prominent in the field of psychology, where it …
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Using Writing Assignments to Promote Conceptual Knowledge Development in Engineering Statics
… statics has traditionally been a difficult and critical juncture for engineering students. Research and other systematic efforts to improve the teaching of statics in recent years range widely, from development of courseware and assessment tools to experiential and other "hands-on" learning …
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Enhancement of Managerial Skills by Formulation of Organizational Strategic Plan: Case of Kibaha People Living With Hiv/Aids (Kipeliha), Kibaha District, Coast Region, Tanzania
… of the needy people of its services. At that critical juncture, this project came to a rescue. It focused on capacity strengthening. One of the objectives was to enhance its intervention and deliverance. Different ways and processes or rather steps made this possible including development of …
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Security sector reform in post-conflict environments: An analysis of coherence and sequencing in Mozambique. Examining Peacebuilding Challenges of Defence, Police and Justice Reforms in a Neo-Liberal Era
… and national players. Throughout, patterns of critical juncture and path dependence are identified that have influenced the adaptation of powerful local players to external and domestic pressures which resulted in political and institutional bricolage. The thesis also looks at how the …
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