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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"public views"”.
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Women's education in Afghanistan : activist, Taliban and public views
… activists, Taliban officials, and the general public. The study aims to explore the attitudes and sentiments surrounding women's education by combining content and sentiment analysis. Extensive data collection encompassed Twitter posts from Afghan activists, the Taliban, and the public. The …
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General public views on community pharmacy services in public health
Community pharmacists are increasingly providing public health services in response to government policies. Published literature regarding the views of the general public related to pharmacy public health services, although important in ensuring uptake of these services, was limited. This study …
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Comparing University Entomology Outreach Events While Examining Public Views of Arthropods and Pesticides
… to translate the importance of entomology to the public. The event has grown from 2,000 attendees in 2011 to over 8,000 attendees in 2017. Entomology faculty, staff, graduate students and alumni partner with Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia 4-H, and other entities to provide an educational …
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Public views on the Central Highland National Park - conditions for a consensus among recreational users
… in Europe. While this project enjoys a broad public support, underlying expectations and reluctances have not been documented. Using a nation-wide quantitative survey, the general aim of this research is to provide a more comprehensive overview of the public attitudes towards the proposed …
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FROM "INDEXING" OFFICIALS TO "INDEXING" THE PUBLIC: KUWAITI NEWSPAPERS AGENDA BUILDING, NEWS INDEXING AND TWITTER USE IN KARAMAT WATAN PROTESTS, 2012
… Kuwaiti newspapers and qualitative in-depth interviews with Kuwaiti journalists. The content analysis results show that Kuwaiti newspapers indexed more public views than official views in their coverage of the Karamat Watan protests and the number of non-official sources is larger than the number …
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Public Opinion and the Introduction of Congressional Environmental Legislation, 1973-2002
This study examines the relationship between public opinion about the environment and the introduction of congressional legislation on environmental issues. Using public opinion data gathered by the General Social Survey from 1977 to 2002, this work examines correlations between how the public …
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Environmental politics in a polarized America : public mood and policy consequences
… enforcement; describe and assess changing public attitudes about environmental protection; and deeply explore local perceptions of an important type of environmental disruption: energy infrastructure. I begin by exploring the public basis for environmental protection. In paper one, I …
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Examining Differences in Stress Symptoms Based on Sexual Orientation
… indicated homosexuals reported higher levels of public and self-stigma and lower public regard than heterosexuals. Additionally, higher self-stigma and lower private regard about sexual orientation were related to increased stress. Finally, gays and lesbians reported lower private regard and …
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IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF URBAN DECLINE ON COUPLED HUMAN AND WATER SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS
… viability of retooling alternatives, and the public views towards these infrastructure systems and retooling alternatives.
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An examination of the relationship between public participation in constitution making processes and the objective to write a democratic constitution : the case of Zimbabwe's 2010-13 constitution making exercise
… constitution making processes must be based on public participation. An assumption is often made that public participation in constitution making processes will lead to the creation of a legitimate and democratic constitution. With reference to the Zimbabwe 2013 constitution making process, this …
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Risk, social trust and knowledge: public perceptions of gene technology in Britain
… brief foreword, chapters two and three present reviews of research on risk perception and on public attitudes towards gene technology in Britain. I argue that public perceptions of risk in relation to new and controversial technologies might be characterised more simply as a special case of social …
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Poor, black and female : an analysis of South African print media framing of people living with HIV/AIDS
… coverage of HIV/AIDS issues influences how the public views the epidemic and people living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs). This dissertation investigates how two key lwge circulation English ianguage newspapers in South Africa frame PWAs. The research examines both the content of selected print media, …
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Characterization and Application of Peanut Root Extracts
… use in this application. Unfortunately, the public views synthetic additives in a negative light and the current natural antioxidants have been unable to match the protection afforded by the synthetic antioxidants. The search for underutilized and natural antioxidants has led scientists to …
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What makes a passenger ship a legend: The future of the concept of legend in the passenger shipping industry
… the market each year, ships must capture the public imagination in order to compete. Over the years the ships that have done this have become legends. This study investigates the qualities necessary for a passenger ship to be identified as a legendary ship and asks how companies make their …
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Meritocracy: A Socio-Educational Policy Conundrum Transversing Selected Works of James Bryant Conant
… the select and elect groups are not relegated to public service as it is hoped; most wind up in the private for profit sector." (Lemann, 1999).</p> <p>Interlacing the meritocracy discourse is the juxtaposition of power both private and public. Views on the roles of elites and experts in a …
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Creating healthier populations: an assessment of the use of data on social determinants of health to inform decision-making in eight countries
… (3-D Commission). The dissertation assessed public views of what matters for health, the degree of incorporation of SDoH in Covid-19 decision-making, and the mental health consequences of SDoH disruptions in diverse contexts using multiple data sources. METHODS: An online survey collected …
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Making Bureaucracy Accountable: Three Essays on Bureaucratic Accountability in China
… lower-level government tends to result in fewer public sector employees (PSEs) being disciplined. My analysis further points out that local protectionism might play a role. Second, given the rising salience of government accountability in the past two decades in China, I examine how the …
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Implications of a Multidimensional Model of Ideology for Political Psychology
… their winner’s policy proposals by measuring the public will, but it is obvious that they cannot completely do so. Yet this is exactly how we build and conceive of our modern democracies, believing that electoral representation will “refine and enlarge the public views” (Madison, 1787). Theorists …
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Accelerating the delivery of climate targets: Technology and behaviour in the road to net zero
… best to achieve urgent mitigation. It focuses on public policy as a lever for decarbonisation; governments' cross-sectoral influence authority to enforce give them unique power to accelerate change. Research is undertaken in three parts. The first part considers the political economy of slow …