Thesis (M.A.)--Acadia University, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (B. S.)--University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse, 2008. / Also available online. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 16-17).

Theses (M.S.)--Marshall University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Includes abstract. Document formatted into pages: contains iv, 45 pages including illustrations. Bibliography: p. 25-26.

This two-phase grant proposal utilizes a group waitlist and single subjects multiple baseline design to evaluate In the Classroom with Brain Injury for Educators, which is a digitally applied online professional development series that can be used to increase knowledge, skills, and awareness of educators to provide effective school-based supports for students with brain injuries using cognitive behavior change theories. Phase 1 evaluates the series employing a group waitlist design with a delayed posttest. Phase 2 utilizes a single subjects multiple baseline design study to analyze student behavioral outcomes related to the intervention and change in teacher behavior. This project has impactful implications. The evaluation of the In the Classroom with Brain Injury for Educators series will establish an evidence base in support of the professional development series and fill the void that exists in available evidence based resources for educators working with students who have brain injuries. In addition, this evaluation has the potential to improve the school experience for both students with brain injury and their teachers by providing evidence that In the Classroom with Brain Injury for Educators is a professional development series that improves teacher and student behavioral outcomes.

The main aim of this diploma thesis was to analyze the procedures for tender of grant applications, the evaluation of the possibility of their acquisition and to determine the process of gaining grants from accounting point of view. This work captured comprehensive process of gaining grants for the chosen company. Specific calls for proposals were selected and the projects´ grants were composed. Each individual project was evaluated according to the supplied criteria.

Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS) / Over the last decade, there has been a marked convergence in thinking regarding the importance of social cash transfers in poverty alleviation. As such, most governments especially in the developing world have began embracing the idea of rolling out various social cash transfers programmes in a bid to address poverty, social exclusion and vulnerability. This study which is predominantly centred on the LEAP social grant programme in Ghana aims at assessing the impact of the programme in alleviating household poverty in rural Ghana, specifically in the Tolon-Kumbungu district of the Northern region. Through a combination of both qualitative and quantitative strategies, the study focuses on unravelling in how far the programme has contributed to improving the livelihoods and general welfare of beneficiary households in the case study area. Using data from structured household questionnaires, focus group discussions and in-depth interviews conducted in two rural communities (Dingoni and Woribogu), the study establishes that the LEAP social grant has a significant positive impact on food consumption, frequency of utilization of healthcare facilities and the school enrolment rate for children aged 6-13 years in beneficiary households. However, although hypothesised, no significant impact is observed in relation to the incidence of child labour in the household. Thus, in line with Rawls’ theory of justice, the researcher argues that the LEAP social grant programme is a very useful mechanism for promoting social justice in the Ghanaian society. Despite its successes, the study also uncovers that, the insufficient nature of the cash transfer, irregular payment periods, lack of access to complimentary services and lack of transparency and accountability on the part of payment officials are some key challenges confronting the programme from the perspective of beneficiaries, whilst limited staff capacity, the non availability of training opportunities for staff, inadequate logistical support and no motivation for programme staff and voluntary structures also constitute some key challenges from the institutional perspective. In all, the study recommends that government increases the cash amount and pay transfers regularly, link beneficiaries to existing complimentary services in the district, recruit more staff and provide in-service training opportunities for them, strictly monitor compliance to LEAP conditionalities and ensure transparency and accountability in the payment of transfers to beneficiaries.

The Carboniferous-Permian Grant Group of the Canning Basin, Western Australia, was deposited during the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age. This study utilises extensive seismic and well data to improve understanding of the controls on depositional style and architecture of the Grant Group. The study is based on 12 2D seismic surveys acquired between 1981 and 1990 on the Crossland Platform, Barbwire Terrace and Fitzroy Trough, and a newly acquired 3D seismic data on the Lennard Shelf, integrated with data from 66 exploration/appraisal wells. Particular focus has been on the structural evolution of the Canning Basin and its influence on Grant group deposition, the complex morphology of the Base Grant unconformity, and recognition of evidence for glacial environments from seismic and well data. Previous workers subdivided the Grant Group into the lower Reeves Formation and upper Grant Group. In this study the Reeves Formation is interpreted to be clearly a separate stratigraphic unit, defined as a syn-rift sequence restricted to the Fitzroy Trough. It records a growth of more than 1870 m toward the Fenton Fault. Movement along the Devonian-Carboniferous extensional faults is interpreted to have ceased prior to the deposition of the Grant Group. An angular unconformity observed at the base of the Reeves Formation is interpreted to be evidence for the middle Carboniferous Meda Transpressional Movement. Two large compressional anticlines underlying the Reeves Formation can be associated with a left-lateral bend in the Fenton Fault. The transpressional movement is interpreted to be characterised by a dominant dextral strike-slip movement. The event separates two major extensional phases of the Devonian-Carboniferous faults, the Devonian-Lower Carboniferous Pillara Extension and the Upper Carboniferous Point Moody Extension. The overlying Grant Group was deposited during a post-rift sag phase. Minor displacement of the Grant Group, associated with some faults, is the result of the later reactivation caused by the Triassic-Jurassic Transpressional Movement. The cessation of faulting prior to the Grant Group deposition supports the interpretation that the extensive diamictites observed throughout the Canning Basin are most-likely glacial in origin and not related to faulting. The base Grant Group Unconformity is observed to be a complex surface that develops as a result of a variety of processes, including faulting, salt dissolution and glacial erosion. Localised thickening of the older Worral Formation produces discrete topographic highs that dominate the Broome-Crossland Platform. They are interpreted to have formed initially as local depressions associated with subsurface dissolution of underlying Mallowa Salt. This resulted in deposition of a thickened Worral at these locations. Later partial dissolution of salt at the margins of these structures occurred prior to the Grant Group deposition, evident from reflector onlap onto these so called “Worral Sombreros” within the lower most part of the Grant Group. Later complete removal of salt, resulted in post depositional deformation of the Grant. The Grant Group can be divided into a number of formations, that have been correlated and mapped throughout the study area and their seismic facies interpreted to improve understanding of the depositional environments and evolution. The basal Betty Formation (≈80-500 m) consists predominantly of sandstone with thick intervals of diamictite and conglomerate and minor mudstone. Seismic interpretation in this study, together with integrated well analysis, supports previous studies that suggest it was deposited during repeated cycles of glacial advance and retreat. At least four cycles can be defined from this study, based on recognition of major erosional surfaces on the Lennard Shelf. The Winifred Formation (≈25-110 m) is mudstone dominated interval with minor sandstones, deposited during a major deglaciation. The Carolyn Formation (≈60-450 m) consists of massive and cross-bedded sandstones with thin intervals of mudstone. This study has recognised for the first time two probable glacial intervals restricted to the Lennard Shelf and Fitzroy Trough during deposition of Carolyn Formation. Detailed mapping has identified NW-SE to N-S oriented channels and palaeo-valleys systems, interpreted based on their character, to be formed sub-glacially by melt water. This extends the glacial influence in the basin to the end of the Grant group and these results provide valuable data on the influence of structural evolution and ice sheet dynamic and distribution within the Canning Basin. New information on the depositional architecture of the Grant Group also improves understanding of the potential for reservoir development with a section that has proven hydrocarbon potential.

The aim of my thesis is prepare the firm Servis elektro, Roudnice nad Labem to introduce and certificate Quality management system according to norm ISO 9001. Since costs to get certification are for a small firm too high, I try to my thesis complete of information, by means of which I realize all of conditions for get grant from program Development for year 2009. In addition I will occupy with what kind of way is possible to get other financial resources of grant from program Development to certification according to norm ISO 9001. These possibilities I try to compare between them with morecriterionel variant evaluation. Purpose of whole thesis is achieving more competitive advantage of firm Servis elektro, which resides in Roudnice nad Labem.

The theoretical part focuses on financing options from theatres from public sources. It deals with resources from the budget of Municipality of the City of Prague, as well as the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. This list is then transferred to the practical part, which deals with the use of these options in Prague's Archa Theatre, which has long maintained the highest rating among theatres in Prague and top position among alternative theatres in the country. The work does not aim to assess the effectiveness of the current grant system or criticize the system of financing culture in the country. The aim is to create a list of potential funding sources for a theatre from public budgets and assess the effectiveness of the acquisition of these resources to the Archa Theatre. The work also deals with the management of Archa compared with the Municipal Theatre Jablonec nad Nisou.

The study investigates to what extent would the introduction of the Basic Income Grant (BIG) address poverty in South Africa. The BIG, which was recommended by a government led Taylor Committee of Inquiry into a Comprehensive System of Social Security for South Africa in 2002, is recommended as one of the most likely strategies through which the high poverty levels could be mitigated. Exponents of the BIG argue that this far reaching policy is desperately needed to rid South Africa’s communities of poverty. However, critics argue that the introduction of the BIG would be unaffordable, unsustainable and would increase dependency on the state. The study presents three case studies. The first case study gives an overview of poverty in South Africa. It asserts that an estimated 15.4 million people are still living in poverty. The second case study provides a general idea of the current social protection system. It examines how the current system has performed its function of addressing poverty. The third case study examines the possibility of introducing the BIG in South Africa and considers the arguments presented by its proponents as well as its critics. The study further evaluates the different options which could be utilised to finance the implementation of the basic income grant. The potential impact of the grant is scrutinised, and specific attention is focused on its possible social and economic impact. The impact of the current government anti-poverty programmes to alleviate income, asset and human capital poverty is considered briefly. The study concludes that the current social security programmes are reasonable as a supplement to the anti-poverty initiatives; however because of the continuing inequality in our country it also accepts that the social security system needs to be improved in order to close the existing gaps. Copyright / Dissertation (MAdmin)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) / unrestricted