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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"missed opportunity"”.
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Early Years Professional status: a new professional or a missed opportunity
Prior to 1997, an integrated legislative and policy approach to meeting the educational and care needs of children and young people, in the English context, had been absent. Separatist rather than integrated models of service delivery prevailed. In the early years specifically, research findings …
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A Missed Opportunity: The Rhetoric of Social Cohesion in Parliamentary Debates - 1994 – 2014
Introduction: This thesis aims to explore whether the parliamentary rhetoric of Members of Parliament as leaders in South Africa contributed to social cohesion in the country. The motivation for the thesis was the violent actions by South Africans towards foreign nationals, specifically from the …
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Elevated Blood Glucose Levels in the Emergency Department: Missed Opportunity for Informing and Referring
The purpose of this research was to examine (1) the rates of elevated blood glucose ≥ 150 mg/dL in adults without a prior history of diabetes, receiving care for a non-diabetes related visit to the ED and (2) Emergency Department provider patterns for informing and referring discharged Emergency …
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The Modern Slavery Act 2015: world leading or a missed opportunity to enhance victim protection?
This thesis examines the UK‘s supposed victim-centred approach in developing its latest national anti-trafficking legislation - the Modern Slavery Act (MSA) 2015. Offering an original contribution to the knowledge base, it considers whether the UK‘s national legal framework is sufficiently equipped …
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Maccsand (Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town and others - a missed opportunity for co-operative governance
In the period leading up to the first democratic elections in South Africa and the adoption of the Constitution as the supreme law of the country, there was heated debate and protracted negotiations regarding the form of government that would suit the new democratic South Africa and best protect …
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Absence of sex education in Zambian education system: Is it a missed opportunity for reducing HIV infections among the youths?
… sex education in Zambian secondary schools as a missed opportunity in the prevention of HIV infection. The objectives of the study were; to explore the consequences of lack of sex education in secondary schools in Zambia, examine if lack of sex education is a missed opportunity in the prevention …
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A surrogate mother’s post-birth contact with the family formed through surrogacy: a missed opportunity for South Africa or opening pandora’s box?
This dissertation assesses the suitability of South Africa’s current framework on post-birth contact in surrogacy law and explores whether it adequately protects the interests of all parties to the surrogacy agreement. This assessment reviewed the current legislative and practical framework, and …
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Missed opportunities to address mental health of people living with HIV in Zomba, Malawi: a cross-sectional clinic survey
… HIV frequent health services, this represents a missed opportunity for identification and treatment that could improve physical and mental health outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify missed opportunities to address mental health of people living with HIV in Malawi. Four types of missed …
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Seed morphology and colour variation in derotinous Cape Proteaceae
… Results were inconclusive, possibly due to a missed opportunity, but do not exclude the possibility of crypsis. Seed predation by birds may be an as yet undescribed and significant phenomenon. Seed morphology and its impact on second phase dispersal is little known, except in a few cases. This …
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Incomplete company law reform : the treasury shares question in South Africa
… that the recent company law reform was a missed opportunity to adopt treasury shares. The adoption of treasury shares would have been an indication of a complete breakup from traditional straitjacket concept of capital maintenance. However, as they were not adopted when the new Companies …
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Examining the Cover and Composition of the Successional Vegetation Mosaic of Pre-SMCRA Mined Landscapes in Southeast Ohio
… species once conditions improve, representing a missed opportunity for native establishment and may act as a barrier to future establishment of natives. These results may begin to simplify issues for understanding the long-term recovery of mine lands, in terms of the goals of reclamation and …
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Religious pluralism and conflict as issues in religious education in Uganda
… raised by the nature of RE at the time was a missed opportunity. The study probes the current syllabuses, aims and content of CRE and IRE for secondary and primary schools and suggests that their main intention of promoting spiritual growth of students is inappropriate for implementation in …
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Exploring the common practices that exist within the dynamic approach of virtual and onsite movement-based programming for young people living with autism spectrum disorder (autism)
… Previous research suggested that it would be a missed opportunity for learning, development, and engagement to disregard a hybrid or virtual program delivery model. This study used public domain data sets to investigate and analyze current practices in the methods of program delivery for …
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Early Identification of Sepsis in the Walk-in Setting
… and management in these settings may be a missed opportunity to identify these patients. Applying a sepsis screening tool may improve clinical decision-making and facilitate an appropriate transition of care for sepsis patients. The purpose of this quality improvement project is to improve …
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Dental caries, obesity, and asthma during childhood : a qualitative multiple case study to determine where community-based prevention strategies intersect to guide a coordinated approach for 21st-Century families.
… confirmed by a gap in the research, there is a missed opportunity to address dental caries, obesity, and asthma collaboratively. Research shows that dental caries, obesity, and asthma episodes for children are preventable through primary prevention strategies. However, successful community …
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Exploring Irish Women's Experiences of Social Climate Around Abortion After the Repeal of the Eighth Amendment
… groups. The participants argued that there was a missed opportunity to root discourses around abortion in intersectional understandings of reproductive justice. This research provides important insight on the successes and failures of the Repeal campaign that can be of use to future reproductive …
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Learning from Wildfire: Understanding the Social Dimensions of Community Response
… preparedness, response, recovery), there is a missed opportunity for post-disaster learning (PDL): the direct, experiential learning from a wildfire event that can be translated into enhanced, socially sensitive, wildfire disaster management plans. A focus on identity factors, especially how …
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Public Health involvement in alcohol licensing decisions: policy, partnerships and professional ideology
… continues, it will potentially create a missed opportunity relating to potential improvements in population health relating to alcohol. This research was funded by Alcohol Research UK (now merged with Alcohol Concern). The subject matter is an important area of research, and to date, has …
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Student perspectives on foundation degrees: employment skills and work-based learning
… this form of study. This represented a missed opportunity for true engagement with employers in a manner that could help to bridge the divide between academic qualification and vocational relevance. A number of recommendations are made.
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