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Workforce Development in the South West Voluntary and Community Sectors:Skill Shortages Study [PDF]

, 2006
The Voluntary Sector National Training Organisation, now the National  Workforce Development Hub, describes the Voluntary and Community  Sector  as  diverse  and  covering  a  variety  of  different  organisations.
Beer, Julian, Bryant, Lyn, Henderson, Holly E., Inman, Alex, Screeton, John, Strickland, Melanie, Symmonds, Bethany, Ware, Laurance   +7 more
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Diabetes‐induced vascular calcification is associated with low pyrophosphate and its oral supplementation prevents calcification in diabetic mice

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Induction of diabetes in three different mouse strains uniformly resulted in an increase in TNAP activity and a reduction in pyrophosphate (PPi) in the circulation. Inhibition of TNAP restored plasma PPi. Diabetes‐induced calcification in the media layer of the aorta was detected only in the Abcc6−/− strain, which is predisposed to ectopic ...
Krisztina Fülöp, Eszter Kozák, Natália Tőkési, Lilian Kocsis, Anikó Kelemen, Zsuzsanna Geszti, Adriána Kutás, Mariann Harangi, Ágnes Diószegi, Zsolt Rapi, József Balla, Olivier Le Saux, András Váradi, Viola Pomozi   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘I don’t know what I’m doing. How about you?’: Discourse and identity in practitioners dealing with the survivors of childhood sexual abuse. [PDF]

, 2007
This research is based on interviews conducted with a voluntary group of health practitioners who care for the adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse in one area of Scotland.
Randall, Julian
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Impact of a senior research thesis on students' perceptions of scientific inquiry in distinct student populations

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This study addressed how a senior research thesis is perceived by undergraduate students. It assessed students' perception of research skills, epistemological beliefs, and career goals in Biochemistry (science) and BDC (science‐business) students. Completing a thesis improved confidence in research skills, resilience, scientific identity, closed gender‐
Celeste Suart, Haley L. Zubyk, Michelle Ogrodnik, Caitlin E. Mullarkey, Felicia Vulcu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex Work in Public Administration: Creating a Welcoming Environment

Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration
From both a policy and a social service perspective, sex workers interact with and are impacted by public administration. This study asks how public administration can be more supportive of sex workers within public policy and social services.
Seth J. Meyer
doaj   +1 more source

Extending pension coverage: Tax versus non-tax incentives [PDF]

ACTA VŠFS, 2018
This paper compares the design, cost and e?ectiveness of three voluntary approaches for increasing pension coverage. The frst facilitates plan features designed to attract workers. The second provides tax and other fnancial incentives.
Joanna Rutecka-Gora, Jaroslav Vostatek, John A. Turner   +2 more
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The : The Legacy of the Korean Developmental State in the KoreaAID Project in Ethiopia [PDF]

International Journal of Korean History
KoreaAID, the new international development initiative of the South Korean government, was launched in Ethiopia in 2016 during the Park, Geun-Hye administration.
Young Su Park
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Facilitating access to voluntary and community services for patients with psychosocial problems: a before-after evaluation [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Patients with psychosocial problems may benefit from a variety of community, educational, recreational and voluntary sector resources, but GPs often under-refer to these through lack of knowledge and time.
Buszewicz, M, Cape, J, Grayer, J, Leibowitz, J, Orpwood, L   +4 more
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Navigating new norms: a systematic review of factors for the development of effective digital tools in higher education

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What factors make for an effective digital learning tool in Higher Education? This systematic review identifies elements of a digital tool that published examples reveal to be features of an engaging and impactful digital tool. A systematic literature search yielded 25 research papers for analysis.
Akmal Arzeman, Jessica Haines, Connie Pritchard, Stephen Rutherford, Nigel Francis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Search Capital [PDF]

We construct a simple equilibrium search model in which workers accumulate information about previously met employment contacts. We term the latter search capital. Here search capital (partially) insures workers against adverse shocks. The model provides
Carlos Carrillo-Tudela, Eric Smith
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