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Private and civic organisations as providers of public services in municipalities

Studia Regionalne i Lokalne, 2018
The following article presents the results of a study investigating employment of private and non-governmental organisations in Polish municipalities as providers of versatile public services and the resulting nature of the relationship among the latter.
Eugeniusz Wojciechowski, Aldona Podgórniak-Krzykacz, Jacek Chądzyński   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An efficiency analysis of basic service provision in South African local government (2006/7 to 2008/9)

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2012
The South African local government sector has undergone changes in the post-apartheid era as policy makers have sought to improve basic services provided to disadvantaged local communities.
Gert van der Westhuizen, Brian Dollery, Bligh Grant   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survival Outcomes and Complications Among Canadian Children With Retinoblastoma: A Population‐Based Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common pediatric ocular cancer, yet population‐based data on survival and risk factors remain limited. This study aimed to describe survival in a large national RB cohort and identify predictors of death and complications.
Samuel Sassine, Ofélie Trudeau‐Ferrin, Caroline Laverdière, Patrick Hamel, Rosanne Superstein, Bénédicte Koukoui, Carole Provost, Paul C. Nathan, Vijay Ramaswamy, Furqan Shaikh, Brenda Gallie, Ashwin Mallipatna, Stephanie Kletke, Helen Dimaras, Hallie Coltin   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait, R. Al‐Saadi, A. Lopez‐Cortes, K. Dzhuma, M. Oostveen, J. Brok, S. Irtan, M. Weeks, J. Bate, S. Baker, R. Williams, M. Powis, D. Saunders, O. Olsen, T. Watson, S. Shelmerdine, S. Vaidya, L. Howell, C. Duncan, G. M. Vujanic, C. Stiller, G. P. Balchin, T. Chowdhury, K. Pritchard‐Jones   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping the Knowledge Base for the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Resources Management: A Bibliometric Study

SAGE Open
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into organizational processes presents both opportunities and challenges for human resource management (HRM), yet a systematic understanding of its scholarly development remains limited.
John William Kasubi, Lazaro A. Kisumbe, Wakara I. Nyabakora   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Assessing the Energy Crisis in South Africa: The Socio-Economic Implication and Challenges Ahead [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This paper examined the socio-economic implications caused by the current energy crisis South Africa is facing. Although the crisis is not at its worst stage when compared to other countries in Africa, there are still challenges ahead if the crisis at ...
Kazeem Oyedele Lamidi , Lusanda Beauty Juta   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Local self-government or local co-governance?

Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government, 2010
The article discusses “local self-government”, a core concept in a charter of the Council of Europe, and departs from a debate in the Norwegian Parliament about constitutional protection of local self-government. Newly, such a change was voted down, and this serves as an opportunity to question the idea about local self-government in a time when there ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Feasibility and Safety of High‐Dose Proton Re‐Irradiation in Recurrent Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors: A Single‐Institution Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song, Jonathan Baron, Carlos Chavez Perez, Sidharth Ramesh, Jane Minturn, Kavita A. Desai, Amish C. Shah, Jean M. Belasco, Kristina A. Cole, Michael J. Fisher, Phillip B. Storm, Peter M. Madsen, Goldie Kurtz, Robert A. Lustig, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Michael J. LaRiviere   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Competition, Cooperation, and Local Government [PDF]

, 2006
Inspired by the best-selling "Reinventing Government", governments at all levels have decentralized programs and services and introduced market-based competition into operations.
Mildred Warner
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