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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"international comparison"”.
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International comparison of critically ill patients
… patients on whom the scores were trained on. An international consortium, Global Open Source Severity of Illness Score (GOSSIS) Project, has put together various databases to create a definition of critical care severity independent of geographic and cultural data. [2] In order to combine the …
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Durability specifications for structural concrete: an international comparison
… This dissertation gives an overview of the international efforts in the implementation of performance approaches, either in design standards or in project specifications.
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The development of concept of arbitrability - an international comparison
… development of concept of arbitrability - an international comparison". In this dissertation I will compare the approach towards arbitrability in Germany, the United States of America and South Africa and how it developed until today. I will further give a brief overview of arbitrability in …
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The Tax base of South African individuals : an international comparison
… Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). This comparison identified similarities and differences between the countries, and highlighted possible improvements to South African tax legislation in order to broaden the country‟s tax base and potentially increase tax revenues. For the purposes of …
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The cost of equity capital in a regulatory environment: an international comparison
… (South Africa) methodology is in line with international best practice. This study analysed the published cost of equity methodologies of 14 electricity regulators operating within developed and developing economies. A review of academic literature indicates that the Capital Asset Pricing …
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The feasibility and functioning of public mortgage insurance models : an international comparison
… and functioning of public MI, by conducting an international comparison of three representative public MI programs: the U.S. Federal Housing Administration; the Dutch Homeownership Guarantee Fund; and the Mexican Federal Mortgage Corporation. The main purpose is to build an integrated framework …
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The role of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities as an employers' organisation with an international comparison.
… in these over the past four or five years. comparison is made between the present levels of provision and the recommendations of official reports on the provision of central personnel support in local government, spanning some 60 years, which endorses the conclusions drawn, that Scottish …
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Identifying barriers to empowerment initiatives in a fire service command structure: An international comparison of the issues of empowerment in four fire brigades.
Fire brigades in the UK are currently exploring initiatives aimed at improving "Quality of Service". This has most commonly been in response to challenges presented by the "Citizens Charter", Audit Commission models for quality in service delivery, measurement of performance in service delivery, …
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Labor market institutions and productivity growth: A six-country comparison
… national economies, this thesis undertakes an international comparison of diverse growth experiences in three Western and three Asian countries over a relatively long period, 1960-1990. These countries are: the former West Germany, Sweden, the United States, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
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Vztah žáků k učitelům a self-efficacy jako prediktory matematické gramotnosti: analýza českých dat PISA 2022
In an international comparison, students from the Czech Republic have long had a relatively very low liking for school. In the PISA 2022 survey of 15-year-olds, Czech pupils even had the worst perceived teacher-student relationships of all the participating countries. This diploma thesis focuses on …
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A lean enterprise approach for developing high speed rail in Japan and Portugal
… Shinkansen railway system. It then makes an international comparison with the United Kingdom and German railway systems to be utilized it in the later analysis. Next, the Enterprise Value Stream Mapping and Analysis (EVSMA) is applied to the new extended Shinkansen projects in Japan, …
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Towards understanding the fate of perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) within urban environments: implications for human exposure.
… perfluorooctane sulfonamidoethanols (PFOSEs). An international comparison of house dust was conducted and concentrations of PFCs in the UK (except for ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamide (EtFOSA)) were found to be similar to those from France, Germany, USA, Canada and Australia and much greater than …
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Asylum, Security, Neoliberalism and the Development of the Rwanda Plan
… Rwanda Plan, this thesis conducts a historical comparison of immigration policy during the post-Brexit referendum period and after the Rwanda Plan’s announcement as well as an international comparison with Australia's Pacific and Malaysian Solution(s). To do so this analysis engages directly …
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Exploring the heterogeneity of the hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell pool in cord blood
… immunoassay. The NSCBB stands up well in international comparison and the implementation of delayed clamping had no major effect on collection efficiency. There was no overlap between the SP and the ALDH popula-tions, suggesting that they define HSPC pools with different properties. Few …
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Vanished comforts: locating roles of domestic furnishings in Scotland 1500-1650
… as evidence of historical change and as units of international comparison. Furnishing a house was cultural activity, and a construction of culture. In this study, objects are regarded as participants in cultural activities, strategies, and the construction of values.<br/><br/>Sixteenth-century …
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An Empty Promise? Digital Democracy in the Smart City
… digital democracy system is far advanced in international comparison. What may appear a contradiction in fact illustrates that we are still in the early stages of development, with potential to enhance the legitimacy of digital democracy, both in the smart city of Amsterdam and beyond.
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A Case Study of Project Management of COVID-19 Vaccination in Japan
… mechanisms of national-scale projects. The international comparison revealed Japan’s slow vaccine authorizations and yet the 13th earliest and 3rd fastest to achieve the achievement of 70% full vaccination coverage. Globally comparing the daily vaccination trends exhibited a slow pace in …
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Bedarf und ideale Standorte von automatisierten externen Defibrillatoren im Kreis Düren : eine retrospektive Analyse von 560 außerklinischen Reanimationsverläufen im Kreis Düren im Zeitraum vom 01.01.2002 bis 31.12.2005
… lies in the district Düren with 17% in the international comparison in the lower range. Hope to obtain with a started PAD program a large progress in the fight against sudden cardiac death, the numbers in the district Düren and the data situation in the literature do not seem to be very …
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An evaluation of South Africa's approach to tax avoidance through dividend stripping
… to target the practice of dividend stripping. An international comparison to the approaches these countries follow, the rationale behind it and the responsiveness of the legislature to abusive schemes addresses South Africa's predicament in this regard. South Africa's approach to tax avoidance …
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