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Autonomy and Accountability in Standards-Based Reform
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2001 In this article we discuss the effects of one urban school district's efforts to increase the autonomy and accountability of schools and teams of teachers through a standards-based reform known as team- based schooling. Team-based schooling is designed to devolve decision-making authority down to the school level by increasing teachers' autonomy to
Watson, Susan, Supovitz, Jonathan A
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) show promise for treating immune‐related disorders through immunomodulation and tissue regeneration. This review gives a brief overview of current clinical approval of MSC therapies. It also discussed how bioengineering, including genetic modification, biomaterial delivery, extracellular vesicles, and iPSC‐derived MSCs,
Sichen Yang +6 more
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Superfund: Extent to Which Most Reforms Have Improved the Program Is Unknown [PDF]
, 2000 A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund program administrative reforms, focusing on the: (1) reforms ...
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Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014 AbstractThe main objective of this paper is to confirm or rule out the hypothesis that the concepts of normalization, harmonization and convergence of accounting can be understood as a single process steps. Accounting reform in Romania is an evolutionary process that has started to standardize at national level, passing through the euro-harmonization ...
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Harnessing Phase Separation for the Development of High‐Performance Hydrogels
Advanced Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Hydrogels are indispensable for the development of next‐generation bioelectronics, soft robotics, and biomedical devices, where their mechanical properties determine performance and reliability. Among strategies to enhance hydrogel mechanics, phase separation enables controlled heterogeneity resulting in gel networks that are reinforced by ...
Yue Shao +3 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Cross‐disciplinary endeavors are blossoming across the broad chemical sciences. This perspective provides a glimpse into the rewarding interdisciplinary journey taken by the Charles Loh research group in pioneering the σ‐hole based catalytic glycosylation strategy.
Charles C. J. Loh
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, 2011 Public sector reforms have been said to be particularly influenced by specific national traditions and political cultures. An increasing number of studies deal with the phenomenon of homogeneity and convergence of reforms (for example, Brunsson, 1989;
LIGUORI, MARIANNUNZIATA +2 more
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Bound Water as a Reinforcing Element for Ultra‐Strong Polyacrylamide
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Rather than acting as a conventional plasticizer, bound water serves as a reinforcing element in polyacrylamide by constructing strong PAM–water–PAM hydrogen‐bond networks. This water‐mediated architecture delivers ultra‐high mechanical strength and exceptional flame resistance, redefining the role of water in polymer reinforcement.
Sirawit Pruksawan +10 more
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Assessing Accrual Accounting Reform in Greek Public Hospitals: An Empirical Investigation [PDF]
During the last decades, several countries worldwide have introduced financial management reforms, as an important part of the New Public Management (NPM) initiative at one or more levels of government sector, by either replacing or transforming their ...
Vasiliou, Dimitrios +2 more
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United Nations: Progress of Procurement Reforms [PDF]
, 1999 A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the United Nations Secretariat's efforts to reform its procurement process, focusing on: (1) the types
United States. General Accounting Office.
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