Modernised Policy Making? Investigating the Development of the 2009 Migration Impact Fund by Formosa, Paul J.

“…Overall, the case study findings confirm the predominant conclusions about New Labour’s efforts to modernise policy making (see for example Massey & Pyper, 2005; Newman, 2005). …”
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Assessing the applicability of student-based brand equity constructs in university institution preference in Ghana by Effah, Ebenezer Asare

“…The prevalence of reputation, image, graduate employability and perceived institutional service quality in the research findings has implications for policy in the university sector. …”
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The Effect of the Move More Pack on the Physical Activity of Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Randomized Waiting List Control Trial with Process Evaluation by Webb, Justin, Fife-Schaw, Chris, Ogden, Jane, Foster, Jo

“…Conclusions: This study’s findings will identify if the proposed low-cost broad reach intervention improves physical activity, self-efficacy, and the HRQOL of cancer survivors. …”
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A low cost, sustainable, locally delivered intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding practices in rural Bangladeshi women by Haque Rema, Sanjida

“…It is likely that the better infant growth and illness resulted from improved breastfeeding practice. These findings suggest that the training of local TBAs could lead to a low cost and sustainable way to promote exclusive breastfeeding practices in rural Bangladeshi women which feasibly could be extended across the country.…”
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Becoming 'NEET': an exploration of marginalised young people’s trajectories and experiences by Rajah, Heera

“…Bourdieu’s concepts consisting of capital, field and habitus formed the theoretical framework. The findings indicate that, for this diverse NEET group, ‘family’ and ‘school’ were major influences and, for some of them, ‘family’ referred to their wider, extended family. …”
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Modelling enablers of efficiency and sustainability of health care: a m-TISM approach by Sindhwani, Rahul, Kumar, Rajender, Behl, Abhishek, Singh, Punj, Kumar, Anil, Gupta, Tanmay

“…Further, the MICMAC analysis on the identified enabler is performed to categorize the identified enablers in the different clusters based on their driving power and dependence. Findings: The research tries to envisage the importance of the healthcare sector and its contribution towards national development. …”
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Radicalisation and deradicalisation in Nigeria: an analysis of what works and what doesn't by Daniya, Nasir Abubakar

“…Interviews, including focus group and questionnaires were the core primary data collection mechanisms used. Findings shows that although there is limited progress and positive effects after introducing the two interventions, major causes of problems that led to further escalation of violence in the two regions recently include corruption, poverty, illiteracy, and ignorance of religious teachings. …”
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Bastide city territory: landscape infrastructure design, Monpazier, France by Pritchard, Lucy

“…At a more immediate scale and time, a raked topography is designed along the comb closest to the bastide, hosting test sites for inhabitation, and finally finding a way to characterise the terrain vague north of the bastide. …”
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Social structural and cultural determinants in the formation and operation of small enterprise in the UK, with particular reference to the economy of East London and its Asian comm... by Nabi, Md. Nurun

“…Future, comparative studies of minority communities in other British cities and further afield in North America, may yield findings concerning the links between ethnicity and enterprise.…”
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IFRS meets the realities of a post-communist Balkan State by Alexander, David, Carungu, Jonida, Vignini, Stefania

“…Subsequently, a critical semantic analysis and an in-depth investigation on the level of translation of the accounting concepts, with an explicit focus on SoF treatment, is performed. Findings: The exposition, analysis and results are fully consistent with our theoretical framework, “social Darwinism”. …”
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The relation between emotional eating and perceived stress among students in tertiary education in Oman: a single-center study by Al Shidhani, Asma, Al Samani, Asma, Al Malki, Tahani, Al Shukaili, Bashair, Al Toubi, Aseel, Fai Chan, Moon, Al Harthi, Lara, Al Sibani, Nasser, Al Saadoon, Muna, Cucchi, Angie, Al Adawi, Samir

“…More studies on this discrepant finding are warranted.…”
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Cybervictimization of adults with long-term conditions: cross-sectional study by Alhaboby, Zhraa A., Barnes, James, Evans, Hala, Short, Emma

“…This paper reports the findings of the quantitative phase of a mixed methods study in the United Kingdom. …”
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Studio South: co-creating architecture education through residencies in Calabria [Conference paper] by Denicke-Polcher, Sandra, Adamo, Rita

“…At the same time, they have themselves become subjects in an action-research in which their activities and responses have created the data for pedagogical and cross-cultural findings. Secondly, the paper identifies new hybrid roles and collaborative relationships that bridge academic and lived worlds and presents how this immersive pedagogy blurs the boundaries between learning and living. …”
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Low magnetic field exposure alters prostate cancer cell properties by Lange, Sigrun, Inal, Jameel, Kraev, Igor, Dart, Dafydd Alwyn, Uysal-Onganer, Pinar

“…In addition, 4 h LMF exposure significantly induced cellular invasion of PC3 cells. Overall, our findings suggest that changes in magnetic field exposures modulate EV-mediated and miR-regulatory processes in PCa metastasis, providing a basis for exploring novel therapeutic strategies.…”
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Finite impulse response optimizers for solving optimization problems by Ab Rahman, Tasiransurini

“…However, SAFIRO can be regarded as the best algorithm with the highest ranking of Friedman and the highest number of best performances in solving the CEC 2014 benchmark suite. Findings show that the concept of UFIR filter is a good inspiration for metaheuristic algorithm. …”
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Palm oil shell aggregate as cool pavement by replacing fine aggregate by Mohd Anuar, Mohd Aliff

“…Statistical analysis showed the ANOVA mean surface temperature indicates a significant reduction of pavement surface temperature due to increased amount of POSA as fine aggregate replacement. Overall finding concludes that P10, P20, P30, P40 and P50 as having a good potential to be used as cool material for paving based on its thermal performance on trafficked road. …”
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Analysis of various rapid prototyping techniques for investment casting by Marwah, Omar Mohd Faizan

“…Based on the results of analysis of variance (ANOVA), it was found that layer thickness (LT) and road width (RW) for FDM, LT and shell value core (SVC) for 3DP and part orientation (PO) for MJM were significant parameters affecting the DA. Findings also showed that LT, PO, air gap (AG) and RW for FDM, PO and part position (PP) for MJM, LT and SVC for 3DP significantly affect the part SR. …”
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Teaching Arabic Language To Science Based Students At the International Islamic University Malaysia, Through: Book “Miftah Al-Arabiyyah” by Usop, Mohd Puzhi, Haggag, Hassan

“…Questionnaires were distributed to them once they teaching and learning processes were completed within specific time. Findings have shown that the overall result of the new syllabus is moderate. …”
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Scalable transdiagnostic early assessment of mental health (STREAM): a study protocol by Williams, Elin H., Thompson, Nicholas M., McCray, Gareth, Crespo-Llado, Maria M., Bhavnani, Supriya, Gajria, Diksha, Mukherjee, Debarati, Del Bianco, Teresa, Lockwood-Estrin, Georgia, Mason, Luke, Ngoma, Vukiwe, Namathanga, Chisomo, Nkhata, Richard, Bennie, Allan, Ranjan, Alok, Kawelama, Ulemu, Midha, Naina, Singh, Anindita, Mpakiza, Innocent, Gautam, Akshat, Gulati, Sheffali, Johnson, Mark, Lancaster, Gillian, Belmonte, Matthew K., Jones, Emily, Patel, Vikram, Chandran, Sharat, Mbale, Emmie, Divan, Gauri, Gladstone, Melissa, Chakrabarti, Bhismadev

“…The study adheres to Good Clinical Practice standards and the ethical guidelines of the 6th (2008) Declaration of Helsinki. Findings from STREAM will be disseminated to participating families, healthcare professionals, policymakers, educators and researchers, at local, national and international levels through meetings, academic journals and conferences.…”
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Role of the frequency of secondary serrated teeth in chatter formation during turning of carbon steel AISI 1040 and stainless steel by Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Nashron, F. R., Zubaire, W. W. D.

“…However Smith [11] and Smith and Tobias [12] suggested that the findings by Doi and Kato [8] and later by Tashlickii [10] found a force phase lag only because the frequency of fluctuations was low. …”
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