The revision of the Posting of Workers Directive and the freedom to provide services in EU: towards a dead end? by Sónia de Carvalho

“…The analysis of the amendments introduced by the Directive (EU) 2018/957 will demonstrate that, despite creating a favourable legislative framework for fair competitive conditions between national undertakings and the undertakings that post workers, may compromise the delicate balance between the protection of workers and the freedom to provide services.…”
Get full text

Human Resource Management, Employee Participation and European Works Councils: The Case of Pharmaceutical Industry in Greece by Eleni Triantafillidou, Theodore Koutroukis

“…According to the 2009/38/EC Directive, a European Workers’ Council (EWC) is established in all undertakings and all community-scale groups of undertakings for the purpose of informing and consulting employees. …”
Get full text

Incentive schemes for treasury dealers in Singapore - policies, practices and effectiveness. by Chiang, Benjamin Wing Wai., Lee, Wen Long., Yong, Siew Fung.

“…The purpose of this research undertaking is to evaluate the effectiveness of incentive schemes in Singapore. …”
Get full text

How to get started with a systematic review in epidemiology: an introductory guide for early career researchers. by Denison, H, Dodds, R, Ntani, G, Cooper, R, Cooper, C, Sayer, A, Baird, J

“…For the individual, undertaking a systematic review is also a great opportunity to improve skills in critical appraisal and in synthesising evidence.…”

R&D; in developing countries: what should governments do? by Neary, J

“…This avoids the need for governments to pick winners, is less prone to capture, and dilutes the strategic disincentive to undertake R&D; with unappropriable spillovers.…”

A study on the effect of psychological empowerment towards organizational commitment in Polytechnic Kota Kinabalu, Sabah by Neswati Arjikal

“…While the second one is the theory of organizational commitment being conceptualized by Allen and Meyer (1991) undertakings three elements of commitments namely affective, continuance and normative. …”
Get full text

Factors predicting environment friendly consumer behavior: reducing plastic consumption in Oman by Al Salmi, Hilal, Ali, Asan, Sh. Ahmed, Fauziah

“…The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have placed a collective burden on countries around the globe to undertake measures to safeguard the planet by starting with their own territories and water bodies. …”

Revealing votum separatum from the philosophical and legal viewpoint by Paweł Mazur

“…The author attempts to show how undertaking this conventional act develops rationality, criticism or judge’s virtues. …”
Get full text

Piggyback Technique—A Safe Way of Performing Rib Biopsy by Rajesh Botchu, Neha Nischal, Bhuvan Botchu, Karthikeyan P. Iyengar

“…A spectrum of bone biopsy techniques are available to undertake Rib Bone biopsy and yield a histological specimen. …”
Get full text

The Cultural: Trans-disciplinary Looks in Plastic and Visual Arts Environment by Liliana Cortés Garzón

“…The article carries out an approach to some theoretical positions that draw near cultural studies, cultural history and its relationship with plastic and visual arts, in the historiographical analysis of contemporary thinkers that undertake trans-disciplinary looks, to elaborate new theories that sustain index research in plastic and visual arts.…”
Get full text

Towards understanding the Paleocean by Wunsch, Carl Isaac

“…A main inference is that too often the paleo literature aims to rationalize why a particular hypothesis remains appropriate, rather than undertaking to deliberately test that hypothesis.…”
Get full text
Get full text

NHS implementation of the SARAH exercise programme for people with Rheumatoid arthritis via an online training programme (iSARAH) by Williamson, E, Srikesavan, C, Heine, P, Eldridge, L, Adams, J, Lamb, S

“…We have developed an online training programme (iSARAH) for therapists to aid implementation of the SARAH programme into clinical practice. We are undertaking a service evaluation of implementation. …”

Legal protection and empowerment of vulnerable adults in Serbia by Kovaček-Stanić Gordana B., Samardžić Sandra O.

“…It is proposed that court in the decision on limitation of 'transactional' ('contractual') capacity should determine the legal operations that a person partially deprived of capacity may not undertake independently. The Draft Law on Amendments to Family Act adds the legal acts to legal operations which the person deprived of capacity may undertake. …”
Get full text

Barriers and enablers to locally-led clinical trial conduct in low and middle income countries: strategies for developing locally sustainable health research capacity by Franzen, S

“…A conceptual framework explaining the antecedents and consequences of locally-led trial undertaking in LAMICS is presented. This identifies the following factors as important for supporting locally-led trial undertaking: awareness and appreciation for health research and clinical trials; motivation to conduct clinical trials; availability of human resources with trial knowledge and technical skills; research leadership capabilities; ability to form collaborations, effective teams and acquire resources; trial management dedicated to sustainable capacity development and producing useful research; and system-wide prioritisation of health research. …”

Corporate risk-taking and national governance quality: Empirical evidence from MENA emerging markets by Hamza Almustafa, Ploypailin Kijkasiwat, Ammar Jreisat, Somar Al-Mohamad, Audil Rashid Khaki

“…The results suggest that countries with better national governance systems tend to incentivize businesses to undertake risky activities and projects, particularly due to low levels of government predation and efficient resource allocation. …”
Get full text

Occurrence and patterns of fin whale songs reveal alternative migration strategies in Svalbard Islands, Norway by E. Papale, M. Pelagatti, G. Pedrazzi, G. Buscaino

“…The occurrence of songs indicated that certain individuals did not undertake the migratory journey through the southern breeding grounds, possibly using the area for mating purposes. …”
Get full text

Physical activity as an element of the work-life balance concept on the example of university employees by Edyta Bombiak, Stanisław Szarek

“…At the same time, more than half of the respondents do not implement the basic recommendation of the World Health Organization, which recommends undertaking at least 150 minutes of physical activity a week. …”
Get full text

Error analysis in academic writing: a case of international postgraduate students in Malaysia by Amiri, Fatemeh, Puteh, Marlia

“…This paper examines the different types of writing errors performed by 16 international postgraduate students undertaking an intensive English course at a public university in Malaysia. …”
Get full text

Exploring the relevance of qualitative research synthesis to higher education research and practice by Claire Major, Maggi Savin-Baden

“…It examines seven key texts that undertake synthesis in this field and compares essential features and elements across studies. …”
Get full text

Scrotal phalloplasty: A novel surgical technique for aphallia during infancy and childhood by pre-anal anterior coronal approach by Minu Bajpai

“…This would not cause any hindrance while undertaking any of the other established procedures later on after puberty.…”
Get full text