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Public – private partnership : A critical discussion

Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2015
Public-private partnerships have long been highly valued in Western welfare states, and the valuation of such cooperation has become even stronger in light of last year’s economic turbulence, particularly with voluntary non-profit organizations (VNPOs ...
Johans Tveit Sandvin, Frode Bjørgo, Gunn Strand Hutchinson, Per Olav Johansen   +3 more
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The McCance Brain Care Score and Mortality: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Population‐Based Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between the McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) and mortality in the general population. Methods We conducted a prospective, population‐based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank. Participants with complete data enabling calculation of BCS and full mortality information were included ...
Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Li
wiley   +1 more source

Empowerment through engagement: assessing the female university students’ involvement in volunteering activities [PDF]

Southeast Asia
Purpose – This study aims to identify how the involvement of female university students in volunteer organisations is contributing to their self-empowerment in Bangladesh.
Md. Ariful Islam Rubel, Maruf Hasan Rumi, Md. Abujafar Ripon   +2 more
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Analysing public service outsourcing: the value of a regulatory perspective [PDF]

, 2016
This article draws on findings from two longitudinal case studies of voluntary organisations engaged in delivering social care services via purchaser – provider relations with local authorities.
Arthur R, Bercusson B, Braithwaite J, Buchanan J, Care Quality Commission, Cavalier S, Crouch C, Davies S, Home Office, Office for the Third Sector, Pennycook M, Polanyi K, Pollit C, Rubery J, Treasury HM   +14 more
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Reduced Muscular Carnosine in Proximal Myotonic Myopathy—A Pilot 1H‐MRS Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (proximal myotonic myopathy, PROMM) is a progressive multisystem disorder with muscular symptoms (proximal weakness, pain, myotonia) and systemic manifestations such as diabetes mellitus, cataracts, and cardiac arrhythmias.
Alexander Gussew, Maryam Kargaran, Maik Rothe, Andreas Deistung, Dietrich Stoevesandt, Walter A. Wohlgemuth, David Strube, Thomas Kendzierski, Anna Katharina Kölsch, Maurits Gerhard Abraham Heuschen, Markus Otto, Alexander Mensch   +11 more
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Discovery and Targeted Proteomic Studies Reveal Striatal Markers Validated for Huntington's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Clinical trials for Huntington's disease (HD) enrolling persons before clinical motor diagnosis (CMD) lack validated biomarkers. This study aimed to conduct an unbiased discovery analysis and a targeted examination of proteomic biomarkers scrutinized by clinical validation. Methods Cerebrospinal fluid was obtained from PREDICT‐HD and
Daniel Chelsky, Cara Joyce, H. Jeremy Bockholt, Paul A. Rudnick, William H. Adams, Fiona McAllister, Justin W. Smock, Michael A. Newton, Jane S. Paulsen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable funding for the Welsh rural voluntary sector: issues of networks, legitimacy and power

, 2009
Although the global economic downturn lends urgency to issues of financial sustainability in the voluntary sector, the issue is not new. There is an emerging consensus that voluntary organisations need to pursue financial sustainability through trading ...
Mordaunt, Jill, Reid, Kristen
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Effects of Biological Sex and Age on Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers—A Retrospective Observational Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is a key diagnostic tool for neurological diseases. To date, only a few studies have investigated in larger cohorts the effect of age and biological sex on diagnostic markers extracted from CSF. Methods For this retrospective observational study, 4163 CSF findings (2012–2020) were evaluated.
Isabel‐Sophie Hafer, Simon Faissner, Ralf Gold, Aiden Haghikia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Changing Face of The Family in Ireland: Parenting Issues [PDF]

, 2004
This report examines family policy in Ireland, highlighting the substantial amount of service activity which are currently supporting families and, at the same time, the general awareness that significant gaps exist in services. Consequently, Mckeown and
Kieran McKeown, Madeleine Clarke
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Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Maps Early Axonal Loss and a Unique Progressive Signal in Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To delineate specific in vivo white matter pathology in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) using diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) and define its clinical relevance. Methods DSI was performed on 42 NIID patients and 38 matched controls.
Kaiyan Jiang, Yixiu Pei, Xiaobao Hu, Ying Xiong, Fang Wang, Yanyan Yu, Min Zhu, Dandan Tan, Meihong Zhou, Daojun Hong, Fuqing Zhou   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source