The quality of doctoral education in South Africa: A question of significance by Jonathan D. Jansen

“…This article seeks to advance thinking about how significance in doctoral research can be attained against the background of this national study, and its concerns, about quality PhDs. …”
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<b>Abordagem <i>sense-making</i> na ciência da informação: uma breve contextualização</b> by Marcio Gonçalves

“…Metodologia <b>Abstract</b> This article seeks to clarify the definitions of the methodology of Making Sense Approach, coined by Brenda Dervin, and highlight the possibilities of its use in Information Science from the service of national studies that have used this methodology as a means to achieve their goals. …”
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Curriculum in the Claws of Autonomy Against Centralism in Turkey: Issues and Suggestions by Nilay T. Bümen

“…When the relevant international and national studies is evaluated together, success-oriented curriculum have focused on national exams, in which teachers are expected to fully implement the programs, their autonomy is highly limited, and as a result, how and why the curriculum are adapted fade into background. …”
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Potential risk factors for diabetes mellitus type 1 by K. G. Korneva, L. G. Strongin, K. Yu. Nazarova, V. E. Zagainov

“…Retrospective and prospective clinical foreign and national studies were included. PubMed, Medline and eLibrary were searched. …”
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The quality of doctoral education in South Africa: A question of significance by Jonathan D. Jansen

“…This article seeks to advance thinking about how significance in doctoral research can be attained against the background of this national study, and its concerns, about quality PhDs. …”
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I criteri di valutazione della desiderabilità sociale delle occupazioni by Laura Arosio, Susanna De Luca

“…We use qualitative and quantitative data from the recent national study «The social evaluation of occupations in Italy».The process of evaluating occupations has a multidimensional nature. …”
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The Gender Gap in UK Academic Economics 1996-2018: Progress, Stagnation and Retreat by Victoria Bateman, Erin Hengel

“…First, the percentage of female UK nationals studying economics is low and falling over time. …”
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Evaluation of physical activity among adults with diabetes mellitus from Sri Lanka. by Ranasinghe, D, Ranasinghe, P, Jayawardena, R, Matthews, DR, Katulanda, P

“…Data were collected as part of a wider cross-sectional national study on diabetes in Sri Lanka. PA during the past week was assessed using the short version of the IPAQ. …”

Exclusion from school in Scotland and across the UK: Contrasts and questions by McCluskey, G, Cole, T, Daniels, H, Thompson, I, Tawell, A

“…This article draws on findings from the first cross‐national study of school exclusion in the four jurisdictions of the UK. …”

Digital Mapping of Agricultural Soil Organic Carbon Using Soil Forming Factors: A Review of Current Efforts at the Regional and National Scales by Yushu Xia, Kevin McSweeney, Michelle M. Wander

“…After identifying 79 regional (&gt; 10,000 km2) and national studies that attempted to estimate SOC, we evaluated model performances with reference to soil sampling depth, number of predictors, grid-distance, and spatial extent. …”
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Components of Camp Experiences for Positive Youth Development by Karla A. Henderson

“…We describe these program components related to positive youth development based on a large scale national study of ACA (American Camp Association) accredited camps that included independent, religiously affiliated, government, and not-for-profit organizations. …”
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Depressive symptoms in postpartum women at Family Health Units by Synara Barbosa de Melo, Rhayza Rhavênia Rodrigues Jordão, Fernanda Jorge Guimarães, Jaqueline Galdino Albuquerque Perrelli, Amaury Cantilino, Everton Botelho Sougey

“…Conclusions: although the percentage of women with postpartum depression scores is lower than values found in other national studies, the early identification of these mothers in FHU is imperative, given the harmful repercussions that depression can cause in women, as well as in physical and psychic development of the baby.…”
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Protocol for a study on vicarious resilience in service providers for victims and survivors of violence by Alyssa Ferns, Benjamin S. Roebuck, Diana McGlinchey, Patricia L. Sattler, Hannah Scott, Kyle D. Killian, Theresia Bedard, Amy Boileau, Connor Tague, Katherine Thompson

“…Few national studies examine victim service providers (VSPs), the important work that they do, and the resources and strategies contributing to their wellness at work. …”
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Soft-Tissue Sarcomas in Adults in Ecuador in the Period 2010–2020 by Xavier Sánchez, Andrés Moreno Roca, Ruth Jimbo-Sotomayor, Luciana Armijos Acurio, Alfredo Viloria Cestari

“…The morbidity and mortality caused by these tumors have not changed in the last decade. National studies are needed to determine the prevalence of this illness and study intervention to lower mortality.…”
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The Impact of Accrual Accounting on the Public Sector Management. An Exploratory Study for Romania by Adela DEACONU, Cristina Silvia NISTOR, Crina FILIP

“…<p>This research is intended to supplement comparative national studies, which represent a challenge to accounting history for the last decades, explaining the Romanian public accounting practices in their local and time-specific context, taking into question the case of the entities owned by the government. …”
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Changing the Rules: Institutions, Party Systems, and the Frequency of Constitutional Amendments in Africa by Christian B. Jensen, Michelle Kuenzi, Jonathan-Georges Mehanna

“…This is an important question that has never been addressed in a systematic cross-national study of Africa's emerging democracies. Using the Comparative Constitutions Project dataset and our own original dataset for veto players and party systems, we examine the influence of veto players and party system characteristics on the frequency of constitutional amendments in the electoral periods between 1990 and 2020 in forty-one African countries. …”
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Energy Efficiency of Kazakhstan Enterprises: Unexpected Findings by Yelena Petrenko, Igor Denisov, Gaukhar Koshebayeva, Valeriy Biryukov

“…The aim of the research was to study the energy efficiency of the production and services in Kazakhstan based on materials of the large-scale national study on the estimation of production and transaction costs by these methodologies. …”
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PHRASEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF APHORISTICS by Korolkova, A.V., Tishina, A.E.

“…Aphorisms, being units of a higher level, judgments, reflect both the conceptual picture of the world of an individual author of aphorisms and the conceptual picture of the world of the whole nation. Studying aphoristics in diachrony within the framework of the phraseological system of the language, it is possible to structure the linguistic and conceptual picture of the world of an ethnic group in dynamics.…”
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Prevalence of suicide attempt and associations with deliberate self-harm, mental health problems, drug misuse and traumatic experiences - a cross sectional survey of the Norwegian... by TK Grimholt, T. Bonsaksen, T. Heir, I. Schou Bredal, L. Skogstad, Ø Ekeberg

“…There was a higher proportion of welfare recipients and more deliberate self-harm, mental health problems, drug misuse and traumas in the SA group compared to NSA. Conclusion This national study confirms the association between suicide attempt and deliberate self-harm, mental health problems, drug misuse and traumas.…”
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Protocol for a study on vicarious resilience in service providers for victims and survivors of violence. by Alyssa Ferns, Benjamin S Roebuck, Diana McGlinchey, Patricia L Sattler, Hannah Scott, Kyle D Killian, Theresia Bedard, Amy Boileau, Connor Tague, Katherine Thompson

“…Few national studies examine victim service providers (VSPs), the important work that they do, and the resources and strategies contributing to their wellness at work. …”
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