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Policy Networks and Policy Entrepreneurship in the EU: Explaining Structural Policy Change in Pharmaceutical Innovation Incentives and Health Technology Assessment

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Policy process research has excelled in explaining structural policy change within national settings, but extensions and applications to the EU level have long proven challenging for scholars. Given that the EU is currently experiencing its longest period of Treaty stability since the 1980s—having evolved into a sui generis political system ...
Vassilis Karokis‐Mavrikos
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual socialisation in Life Orientation manuals versus popular music: Responsibilisation versus pleasure, tension and complexity

open access: yesPerspectives in Education, 2015
This paper compares two forms of sexual socialisation to which learners are exposed: the sexuality education components of the Life Orientation (LO) manuals and the lyrical content and videos of popular songs.
Catriona Macleod   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Ultrasonographic Prevalence and Factors Predicting Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis: Is There a Correlation between the Grade of Diastolic Dysfunction and the Grade of Liver Disease?

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2012
Presence of cardiac dysfunction has been associated with an unfavorable prognosis in patients with liver cirrhosis. In the present study, 92 consecutive, newly-diagnosed patients with liver cirrhosis were prospectively evaluated. Liver disease was graded
Vasilios Papastergiou   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scanning afocal laser velocimeter projection lens system [PDF]

open access: yes, 1982
A method and apparatus for projecting and focusing parallel laser light beams from a laser doppler velocimeter on a target area are described. The system includes three lenses. Two lenses work together as a fixed afocal lens combination.
Rhodes, D. B.
core   +1 more source

Are Mental Health Symptoms of Parents of Young People Accessing Treatment for Eating Disorders Associated With Accommodating and Enabling Behaviours?

open access: yesEuropean Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parental and family factors influence treatment outcomes of adolescents with eating disorders (EDs), particularly in family‐based interventions. However, little is known about how parental mental health is associated with well‐established factors that influence treatment outcomes.
Daniel Wilson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Capabilities perspective on education quality: Implications for foundation phase teacher education programme design

open access: yesPerspectives in Education, 2014
While governments and communities across the globe are faced with the challenge of providing their citizens with good-quality education, there is lack of consensus on how education quality should be defined.
Jean Baxen, Yvonne Nsubugu, Liz Botha
doaj   +3 more sources

Equivariant evaluation subgroups and Rhodes groups

open access: yes, 2006
In this paper, we define equivariant evaluation subgroups of the higher Rhodes groups and study their relations with Gottlieb-Fox groups.Comment: 13 ...
Golasinski, Marek   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Clevis joint for deployable space structures [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
This invention relates generally to pin clevis joints, and more particularly, to zero play pin clevis joints for connecting structural members of a deployable space structure. A joint includes a pin, a tang, and a shackle.
Rhodes, Marvin D.
core   +1 more source

Patient and public involvement in randomized trials of lifestyle intervention among pregnant women with obesity: An umbrella review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Obesity increases the risk of obstetric and neonatal complications, and adherence to lifestyle interventions during pregnancy presents a challenge. Patient and public involvement (PPI) in trials may foster a more patient‐centered approach, potentially improving compliance with intervention and follow up.
Elisabeth Garcia Vilaplana   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optical scanner [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
An optical scanner that sequentially focuses optical energy (light) at selected points in space is described. The essential component is a scanning wheel including several glass windows with each window having a different thickness.
Rhodes, D. B.
core   +1 more source

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