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Legislative strengthening meets party support in international assistance: a closer relationship? [PDF]

, 2009
Recent reports recommend that international efforts to help strengthen legislatures in emerging democracies should work more closely with support for building stronger political parties and competitive party systems.
Burnell, Peter J.
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Axial Compression Behavior of Wall-like Reinforced Concrete Columns Retrofitted Using Different FRP Schemes

Buildings, 2022
Experimental and numerical investigations on the retrofitting of half-scale wall-like reinforced concrete (RC) columns were conducted. The axial compressive behavior of the control un-strengthened wall-like RC column (having a section aspect ratio of ...
Husain Abbas, S. M. Ibrahim, Naif Al-Hazmi, Hussein Elsanadedy, Tarek Almusallam, Yousef Al-Salloum   +5 more
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Impact of health research capacity strengthening in low- and middle-income countries: the case of WHO/TDR programmes. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND\ud \ud Measuring the impact of capacity strengthening support is a priority for the international development community. Several frameworks exist for monitoring and evaluating funding results and modalities.
Axel Hoffmann, Fabio Zicker, Rumisha Susan, Ogundahunsi, Olumide, Christian Nsanzabana, Marcel Tanner, Rumisha, Susan, Happiness Minja, Zicker Fabio, Maure, Christine, Minja, Happiness, Pascal Launois, Christine Maure, Hoffmann, Axel, Minja Happiness, Nsanzabana, Christian, Launois, Pascal, Tanner, Marcel, Maure Christine, Susan Rumisha, Ogundahunsi Olumide, Olumide Ogundahunsi, Tanner Marcel, Nsanzabana Christian, Launois Pascal, Zicker, Fabio, Hoffmann Axel   +26 more
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Impact of hand hygiene intervention: a comparative study in health care facilities in Dodoma region, Tanzania using WHO methodology

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Background Compliance with guidelines on hand hygiene (HH) is pivotal to prevent and control health-care associated infections and contributes to mitigating antimicrobial resistance.
Karin Wiedenmayer, Vicky-Sidney Msamba, Fiona Chilunda, James Charles Kiologwe, Jeremiah Seni   +4 more
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Strengthening Neighbourhood Substitution [PDF]

, 2020
Domain reduction is an essential tool for solving the constraint satisfaction problem (CSP). In the binary CSP, neighbourhood substitution consists in eliminating a value if there exists another value which can be substituted for it in each constraint.
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Thinking differently: lessons learned by international public health specialists while supporting the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response system in Pakistan

BMJ Global Health, 2020
Internationally supported activities to build public health capacity and improve compliance with International Health Regulations (2005) so that countries are better able to ‘prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response to the ...
Christopher Cartwright, Anne Wilson
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Global health initiative investments and health systems strengthening : a content analysis of global fund investments [PDF]

, 2013
Millions of dollars are invested annually under the umbrella of national health systems strengthening. Global health initiatives provide funding for low- and middle-income countries through disease-oriented programmes while maintaining that the ...
Atun, Rifat, George Shakarishvili, de Savigny, Don, Warren, Ashley E., Kaspar Wyss, Ashley E Warren, Rifat Atun, Don de Savigny, Warren, Ashley E, Wyss, Kaspar, Shakarishvili, George   +10 more
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Performance of FRP-Upgraded RC One-Way Ribbed Slabs with an Opening in Flexure Zone

Buildings, 2023
Reinforced concrete (RC) one-way ribbed slabs serve as a prevalent flooring solution in the Middle East. In this region, the occurrence of openings within these slabs is frequent, particularly when making modifications to existing buildings.
Amjad Al Kallas, Hussein Elsanadedy, Husain Abbas, Tarek Almusallam, Yousef Al-Salloum   +4 more
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The Effect of Electrolytic-Plasma Hardening Time on the Microstructure, Hardness, and Corrosion Behavior of Medium-Carbon Steel

Crystals
This study investigates the effect of electrolytic-plasma hardening time on the microstructure formation, hardness distribution, and corrosion behavior of grade 45 structural steel.
Yeldos Mukhametov, Aibek Shynarbek, Bauyrzhan Rakhadilov, Ainur Zhassulan, Nadir Ibragimov, Kuanysh Ormanbekov, Nurlat Kadyrbolat   +6 more
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Strengthening capacity to apply health research evidence in policy making: experience from four countries [PDF]

, 2016
Increasing the use of evidence in policy making means strengthening capacity on both the supply and demand sides of evidence production. However, little experience of strengthening the capacity of policy makers in low- and middle- income countries has ...
K Aulakh, B, Whitworth, J, Jadeja, Nidhee, Barge, S, Hawkes, Sarah, Ghaffar, Abdul, Anwar, Iqbal, Jimenez, Michelle, Odubanjo, M Oladoyin, Jadeja, N, Ghaffar, A, Anwar, I, Jimenez, M, Hawkes, S, Shukla, A, Shukla, Abhay, Odubanjo, MO, K Aulakh, Bhupinder, Buse, K, Buse, Kent, Barge, Sandhya, Whitworth, Jimmy   +21 more
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