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The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda is a key part of the international, continental and regional programme for … attaining sustainable and durable peace. Conflict and post-conflict situations have a different impact on women, men, boys and … girls. During conflicts, women and children are more vulnerable to sexual violence and exploitation, displacement, a change …
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Increasing the participation of women and minorities in clinical trials is a challenge for the healthcare industry. The … lack of diversity in clinical trials prevents the tailoring of healthcare interventions specifically for women and … research process to increase the recruitment of women and minorities in clinical trials. An overview of clinical trials, the …
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For many men and women across the world, distance education has improved access to higher education. Distance education … could potentially help bridge the gap that divides the East and the West. A group of highly motivated young men and women … and women then were asked to participate in an online survey that aimed at comparing their perception of online education …
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In this article, the authors examine the distribution of the stock returns for the acquiring firm and the corresponding market index. They find that significant non-normal distributions exist in a large number of acquiring firms. The authors use two robust regressions to examine the reliability...
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(Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). It has been found that KSA enjoys high level of knowledge society enablement …
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Management literature is replete with cases of companies that use competitive strategies in the markets in which they operate. However, organizational success often depends on other variables, such as political action, which has been neglected in more detailed studies in strategy literature in...
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involving 231 respondents working in information technology teams in Brazil. The analysis identified four profiles, namely …
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compare them with the Brazilian CIO perceptions about his/her own competencies. The work concludes that in Brazil there is …
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, Mexico and Brazil. Extending the Fisher model, the aim is to determine whether or not these markets have failed to keep pace …
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Abstract Compared to the rest of the world, farmers in Brazil rely relatively little on tenant contracts. In … underutilized land negotiate land rental contracts with the landless.? In Brazil, this avenue for advancement has been hurt by a … reluctance of owners to rent in areas experiencing land conflict. The lack of rentals is an important issue because Brazil is …
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