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Citizenship [PDF]

, 2010
The turn of the century has witnessed the beginning of a new era in international politics. What are the implications for citizenship, an institution that, like few others, defines who we are and how we organise political life?
Hertie School of Governance
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NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel, Patricia Pastura, Joshua P. Scallan, Timothy D. Le Cras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Governing partnerships [PDF]

, 2010
Public private partnerships (PPPs) are instruments of the public interest, yet bodies that actively engage private actors. As a result, questions of governance are particularly important.
Skelcher, Chris
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Innovative procurement policies for small, medium and micro enterprises empowerment and sustainable socio-economic growth in South Africa’s construction sector

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
Background: Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in the public sector construction are constrained by limited access to large-scale contracts, insufficient capital, and skills development barriers, this mostly being a result of traditional ...
Nonjabulo Ndlovu, Henry Wissink, Nyashadzashe Chiwawa   +2 more
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motivations of farmers to participate in collective agri-environmental schemes: the case of Dutch agricultural collectives

Ecosystems and People, 2021
Collective agri-environmental schemes are designed to improve the spatial coordination and targeting of agri-environmental measures. However, policymakers must craft these programs carefully to motivate farmers to participate.
Rena Barghusen, Claudia Sattler, Lisa Deijl, Carleen Weebers, Bettina Matzdorf   +4 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synthesis report: Third International Conference on Corporate Governance in Emerging Market [PDF]

, 2011
The Third International Conference on Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets is one in a series of academic events organized by the Emerging Markets Corporate Governance Network (EMCGN).
Ararat, Melsa, Claessens, Stijn, Yurtoglu, Burcin B., Yurtoğlu, Burçin B.   +3 more
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Corporate governance compliance and disclosure in the banking sector: using data from Japan [PDF]

, 2010
Using regression model this study investigates which characteristics of a bank is associated with the extent of corporate governance disclosure in Japan.
Pran Krishansing Boolaky, Kim Thomas, R Adams, Cw &, P Avery, V Beattie, A Belkaoui, G Benton, P K Boolaky, P K Boolaky, Ca &, R E Boyatis, Bryman, S Buzby, G Caprio, J P Charkham, Coakes, D V Cohen, T E Cooke, T E Cooke, De Andres, S Dinc, Ll &, A Field, M Gibbins, G Hofstede, R W Holthausen, T &, G &, D Kaufmann, G Kirkpatrick, A Y Lee, P D Leedy, R Levine, H Li-Ying, J R Macey, D Malone, M &, C &, R N Morck, D P Morgan, Hidemasa Morikawa, Y Nagano, T Okazaki, S &, J &, B A Rutherford, J &, M A Shadur, P Sheard, A Shleifer, S Stemler, V Tauringana, T Usui, R Verrechia, R Wallace, Watts, T &, T Yoshikawa   +58 more
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The Fate (Outcome) of Clinically Apparent Single Lesion and Oligofocal Nephroblastomatosis Treated According to SIOP/GPOH Protocols for Wilms Tumor

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The management of clinically apparent single lesions or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis, a facultative precursor of nephroblastoma, remains debated. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 37 patients with clinically apparent single or oligofocal nephroblastomatosis (two to three lesions per kidney) among 2347 patients registered between
Nils Welter, Jens‐Peter Schenk, Jenny Wegert, Manfred Gessler, Leo Kager, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Marina Müller, Jean‐Michel Wolff, Joerg Fuchs, Steven W. Warmann, Clemens‐Magnus Meier, Jochen Hubertus, Christian Rübe, Christian Vokuhl, Patrick Melchior, Lena Tschirner, Norbert Graf, Rhoikos Furtwängler   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source