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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"the turnaround"”.
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A Case Study Of: Leadership Practices of the Turnaround Principal
When George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation in 2002, each state sought to individually address the challenges of higher standards and more stringent accountability measures. While NCLB and state accountability programs are clear about the student performance results that …
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The Implications of the Turnaround Process on a Rural Kentucky High School: Teacher Perspectives
… dissertation is a phenomenological study of the effects of the turnaround process on a high school in rural central Kentucky. Data used for this study include interviews with teachers and archival materials such as school reports cards. Across Kentucky some forty-one schools have been …
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Turnaround-Management in KMU und die Rolle der Führungskräfte, unter der Berücksichtigung möglicher Branchenunterschiede im industriellen Werkzeugbau
This thesis investigates the turnaround-management in SME-companies, focused on tool-making companies, in special consideration of the role and influence of the management during this critical situation of a company. SME-companies take’s an important role of the economic, as economic unit and also …
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Exploring strategic turnaround in English Local Authorities
This thesis explores the nature of strategic turnaround in English local authorities during the period of Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) between 2002 and 2008. This period was unique in that it allowed the comparative performance of local authorities and their management practices using …
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The Impact of Airport Size on Service Continuity and Operational Performance
This dissertation looks at the relationship between airport size (e.g. small, medium, large) and air service continuity and operational performance. It consists of three studies, each written in journal format. The first study analyzes the markets served pre- and post-recession while focusing on …
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Urine Chemistry Bench Workflow Change to Improve Turnaround Time and Prevent Repetitive Injuries as a Unit Based Team Project
… workflow issues due to workload increase in the urine chemistry bench and short staffing due to unscheduled absences caused turnaround delays of the reflexed Urine Protein Creatinine ratio and an increase in repetitive injuries. A Unit-Based Team project was proposed to address the turnaround …
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Data-aware workflow scheduling in heterogeneous distributed systems
… scientific workflows will significantly increase the turnaround time of the whole workflow. It is almost impossible to make an optimal or approximate optimal scheduling for the end-to-end workflow without considering the intermediate data movement. In order to reduce the complexity of the …
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The Effects Of An Education Recovery Team On Teacher Professional Practices, Collective Teacher Efficacy And Student Achievement In Persistently Low Achieving Schools
<p>This paper is an exploration of the daily work of education recovery teams in turnaround schools in eastern Kentucky. Data used for this analysis were collected from the Kentucky Department of Education. Data from the identified persistently low achieving schools was compared to pre and …
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A Petri Net framework for the representation and analysis of aircraft turnaround operations
Aircraft turnaround operations is a key determinant of both airline and airport performance. Airlines incur both direct and indirect costs from poor on-time departure performance, particularly when these delays propagate through an airline's schedule and additional resources have to be utilized for …
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Predicting corporate turnaround of listed companies in South Africa
Corporate turnaround, in comparison to financial distress, is not substantially researched either internationally or locally in South Africa. This study attempts to explore this area of research by developing models that identify financially distressed companies with a potential for turnaround. …
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Phase planes in the universe : chaotic cyclic universes and kicking Chameleons
This thesis consists of two main sections: chaotic cyclic cosmology and Chameleon gravity in the early universe. Both sections invoke a phase plane analysis as their commonality. The first explores a cyclic model, proposed by Ellis et al, that is in keeping with current observations. No exotic nor …
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Leading turnaround : the experiences of successful elementary leaders in Missouri turnaround schools
This paper explores the experiences of leaders who have successfully navigated the Comprehensive School Improvement (CSI) process. Over the last two decades, the federal government has implemented several programs aimed at turning around low-performing K-12 schools. These programs have largely been …
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Real-Time Computed Tomography-based Medical Diagnosis Using Deep Learning
… medical diagnosis to generate accurate images of the body's internal organs. However, cancer risk is associated with high X-ray dose CT scans, limiting its applicability in medical diagnosis and telemedicine applications. CT scans acquired at low X-ray dose generate low-quality images with noise …
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School Improvement and Reform: A Study of Student-Related Factors in Priority School Turnaround Efforts
The purpose of this study was to investigate turnaround reform by identifying student factors from the perspective of successful turnaround leaders in Virginia that hinder or aid the process and the supports in place to address learning issues. It was determined, through a literature review, that …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Efficacy and Use of Data to Inform Instruction in Two Turnaround Middle Schools
… meet state-specified proficiency standards for the schools to be rated as making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The longer a school fails to make AYP, the more severe are the corrective actions that must be undertaken. </p> <p>This study looks at two turnaround middle schools in the western …
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Detection of Genetic Thrombophilia (Fa V Leiden & PT20210 mutation) using GeneXpert Technology with IQCP Implementation
… a thrombotic event. It is crucial to determine these gene variants to prevent a possible episode of thromboembolism. With the current PCR method, it involves individual processing of DNA isolation, amplification, and detection using three (3) different instruments resulting to an increased …
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A review of human identification methods used at Salt River Mortuary, South Africa
… many bodies remain unidentified in South Africa. The South African legislation provides a guideline for human identification processes to be followed at forensic mortuaries, particularly surrounding the timeframes of various scientific analyses to be completed. However, it is unknown whether this …
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Creditor rights, entrepreneurship, and productivity
The first essay, Creditor Rights and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Fraudulent Transfer Law, examines entrepreneurship following the adoption of modern-day fraudulent transfer laws in the United States. These laws remove the burden of proof from creditors attempting to claw back funds that were …
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Judicial management in Botswana : is it time for change?
… integral part of society whose existence impacts the country's economy and community as a whole, thus, the previous global financial crisis has highlighted the need for countries to have effective mechanisms to support and encourage corporate rescue. This is important because companies that …
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