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New Professionals on tap? The human resource challenges in developing a new generation of municipal and local government managers in Nova Scotia

open access: yesCommonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2010
Canadian governments are facing significant human resource management challenges due to pending retirements, projected labour market shortages and the workplace expectations of New Professionals.
Andrew Molloy, David Johnson
doaj   +1 more source

Constructing a knowledge graph for open government data: the case of Nova Scotia disease datasets

open access: yesJournal of Biomedical Semantics, 2023
The majority of available datasets in open government data are statistical. They are widely published by various governments to be used by the public and data consumers.
Enayat Rajabi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sense of Community Narratives in Colombian Masters Swimming

open access: yesJournal of Community Psychology, Volume 54, Issue 5, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examined Sense of Community (SOC) in Colombian Masters swimming, interrogating the nature of collective SOC experiences within adult sport and how they shaped psychological outcomes from community. Thirty field observations, three focus groups, and seven individual interviews were used to collect data from 17 swimmers (40‐68 years ...
Catalina Belalcazar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alternate Level of Care Patients in Canada: a Scoping Review

open access: yesCanadian Geriatrics Journal
Background There has been increasing concern over the growing number of Alternate Level of Care (ALC) patients in Canada who must wait in hospitals for more appropriate settings to meet their needs.
Mariano Maisonnave   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring atitudes towards immigrants in Cape Town, South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Earlier studies conducted in South Africa suggest that negative attitudes towards immigrants are widespread and driven by resource strain, issues around national identity, and the process of ‘othering’.
Murambiwa, Rutendo
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Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Early Wheat Early Growth in Response to Wood‐ and Crab Shell‐Derived Biochar Amended With Cow Urine or Seaweed Extract

open access: yesJournal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Biochar provides multiple agronomic benefits, including carbon sequestration and reduced nutrient leaching. This study evaluated the effects of wood‐ and crab shell‐based biochar, enriched with cow urine or liquid seaweed extract, on soil nitrogen (N) dynamics and early spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) growth. Three experiments were conducted:
Tim Morcom   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

American State Gun Law Strength and State Resident Differences in Neuroticism Levels

open access: yesJournal of Social and Political Psychology, 2016
Relations between state gun law strength and state-aggregated levels of Republican leaning, gun ownership, and resident Big Five neuroticism (based on 619,397 residents nationally) were determined in a state-level analysis of the 50 American states using
Stewart J. H. McCann, Chantelle Zawila
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Temporal Passage in a Fragmented World

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 192-198, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Fragmentalism is a relatively recent and striking addition to the debate between tensed and tenseless theories of time. First introduced by Fine in “Tense and Reality,” it presents a rare instance of both a theoretically intriguing and novel theory of time.
Kyley Ewing
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a strategic approach to social responsiveness at the University of Cape Town South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Collaborative community-engaged scholarship has roots in many parts of the world, and engaged practitioners and researchers are increasingly finding each other and sharing resources globally.
McMillan, Jenice   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The polypharmacy reduction potential of cinnamic acids and some related compounds in pre- and post-onset management of type 2 diabetes mellitus

open access: yesEndocrine Regulations, 2020
Objectives. This review assesses the polypharmacy reduction potential of cinnamic acids (CAs) and some related compounds in managing three or more of the cluster of seven, pre- and post-type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)-related features (central obesity ...
Barre Douglas Edward   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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