Visualising process and placemaking : upgrading shack urbanity in the Eastern Cape, South Africa by Thompson, Kirsten Jeske

“…The thesis comes to rest on four key findings: First, tenure security and ownership of place built through participatory processes are significant positive forces. …”
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Stakeholder viewpoints on embedding employability in Higher Education by Conroy, Dom

“…Interview data was transcribed verbatim and subjected to an interpretivist type of Thematic Analysis (TA). Findings. Analyses are presented in two main sections; one concerning RQ1 (broader understandings/ definitions of employability) and one concerning RQ2 (focused on viewpoints of embedding employability in UK HEI curricula). …”
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Strategies and public policy models of effective human capital, talents and workforce development : an investigation into the effectiveness of different scholarship programmes in t... by Barhama Al Afifi, Zayed Hassan

“…Some results suggested that the scholarships offered by different ministries and departments will enable the transfer of skills and knowledge not only to individual award holders, but also to employers and relevant institutions. Finally, the main findings of the study lead to a number of recommendations to better support not only the integration of scholars in their workplaces but also the achievement of effective workforce plan to achieve the objective of Emiratisation Scheme and strategic vision on this important field of study which has been acknowledged at all UAE governmental levels.…”
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First-principles density functional theory based electronic structure calculations of some zinc-oxide and zinc-sulphide polymorphs by Shabbir, Saira

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Atmospheric PM2.5 and particle number concentration in semi-urban industrial-residential airshed by Dahari, Nadhira

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Prevalence and seasonal variation of severe childhood protein calorie malnutrition in Khartoum : implication for brain function by Ahmed, Zahra

“…Lastly, Lack of an address system limited follow-up with some patients. Overall, the findings have important implications for research policy and programme efforts towards improved growth monitoring and designing of interventions to mitigate protein calorie malnutrition and its determinants.…”
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Improved characterisation of measures of fatness and metabolic risks in older adolescents and young adults in the South Asian population in the UK by Moqueem, Erum

“…In conclusion, this study provides a range of assessment tools in the form of SA specific reference centile charts for children, adolescents and young adults in the UK and are the first set of reference centile charts for anthropometric measurements and body composition in this population group. The findings indicate that the pattern of body composition and anthropometry differs in the SA population compared to their UK Caucasian counterparts. …”
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Analysis and forecasting of asset quality, risk management and financial stability for the Greek banking system by Kanellopoulos, Konstantinos

“…Chapter 7 contains the application of Cox models and decision trees, the estimation procedure, parameters, model fit, estimation results and empirical findings. Chapter 8 provides an evaluation and applicability of models as well as the implications for further research. …”
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Pouteria Campechiana pulp ethanol-water extract as a bioactive ingredient for topical delivery of oil-in-water nanoemulsion by Che Marzuki, Nur Haziqah

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The influence of dietary fatty acids and antioxidant micronutrients on plasma, red blood cell and platelet fatty acids in healthy men and women by Neville, Marita

“…In addition, gender comparisons of micronutrient densities demonstrated higher copper, magnesium, iron and vitamin E densities in the women's' diets, indicating more balanced nutritional intakes. Despite these findings no differences were found in plasma micronutrient levels (copper, iron, magnesium, retinol and alpha-tocopherol) between the men and women. …”
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Clinical and biochemical effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on patients with homozygous sickle cell disease by Daak, Ahmed A.

“…The patients treated with high-DHA n-3 fatty acids had reduced total white blood cell, integrin and lactate dehydrogenase. These findings suggest that the beneficial action of n-3 fatty acids is mediated through reduction of inflammation and adhesion. …”
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Football fandom, glocalisation and the ‘Man United in Pidgin’ Twitter community: a study of the glocal village created through the social media practices of a Twitter account dedic... by Mbassi Elong, Wally Shannon

“…This thesis concludes that this account enables its founder to create a sense of belonging to a Nigerian and West African imagined cyber community within his online community and an environment similar to Football Viewing Centres, thereby creating virtual stadiums that entertain, inform, and foster socialisation. This thesis’ findings contribute to discovering how football is covered and followed on social-networking sites in Nigeria and West Africa. …”
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“British English is much more prestigious, everybody knows that!”: reproducing and resisting hegemonic language ideologies in Chilean English teacher education by Pérez Andrade, Gonzalo

“…Using Irvine and Gal’s (2009) framework of linguistic differentiation – iconisation, fractal recursivity and erasure – as an interpretive tool in the analysis of the interview data, I investigated the extent to which and how language ideologies regarding English operate in a group of Chilean ELT programmes. Findings from this study revealed the existence and promotion of opposing language ideologies that coexist within and across the teacher education programmes under scrutiny. …”
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Performance and modeling of volcanic ash and limestone powder waste binary blended alkali activated mortar by Adewumi, Adeshina Adewale

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Static mixer application in enhancing biogranules treatment through hydrodynamic shear force in sequencing batch reactor by Sulaiman, Suryati

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Nutritional intake, body composition, plasma lipids and fat-soluble vitamins, red blood cell fatty acid profile and behaviour of Omani school children by Al-Ghannami, Samia S.

“…This study also indicates that ADHD is relatively common among Omani school children; additional studies are needed to assess the generalisability of these findings. Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in Omani school children, but can be mitigated with omega-3 fatty acid supplementation. …”
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Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce restrictive practices in adult mental health inpatient settings: the COMPARE systematic mapping review by Baker, John, Berzins, Kathryn, Canvin, Krysia, Benson, Iris, Kellar, Ian, Wright, Judy, Rodriguez Lopez, Rocio, Duxbury, Joy, Kendall, Tim, Stewart, Duncan

“…Limitations Many interventions were poorly described and might have contained additional behaviour change techniques that were not detected. The finding that the evidence was weak restricted the study’s scope for examining behaviour change technique effectiveness. …”
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In-vivo and in-vitro study of mechanism of action of 4 hydroxyisoleucine as an amino acid derived from fenugreek seed with anti-diabetic and properties by Limaki, Hamidreza Khalatbari

“…These results demonstrate that 4-hydroxyisoleucine has significant anti-diabetic activities in type 1 diabetes as well as previously studied type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance model that are independent of insulin. The findings suggest the potential of 4HO-Ile as an adjunct to diabetes treatment and for type 1 as well as type 2 diabetes. …”
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