Evaluation of Human Resource Efficiency Components in Northwood Care Employees Based on the ACHIEVE Model

The evaluation at Northwood Care, using the ACHIEVE model, aims to determine what factors make employees efficient. This model assesses seven key elements: Ability, Clarity, Help, Incentive, Evaluation, Validity, and Environment. Managers use it to identify and address performance issues affecting employee efficiency. The evaluation is crucial because employees are a significant driver of organizational […]

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The Politics of Drafting Decisions in International Organizations

Those who draft resolutions and treaties in international organizations (IOs) can significantly influence their content and acceptance. It is therefore puzzling that not all states are interested in drafting, so-called “pen-holding”. Veto powers Russia and China barely draft any United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, and in the African Union (AU), international bureaucrats or independent […]

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Knowledge Architectures: Mapping Virtual Processes of Digital-Musical Heritagization in Formal and Grassroots Jewish Communities in Montreal

This project is an interdisciplinary investigation of the music in online communities or digitally-oriented aspects in Jewish institutions and groups based in Montreal and the surrounding area. This project fully supports the intern’s career growth by stimulating a rich inquiry into the diversity of the intangible heritage of Jewish Montreal; in so doing it is […]

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Exploring the Methods and Mechanisms of Prosocial Development in Middle Childhood

Prosocial behaviors (i.e., acts that benefit others) appear early in human development and are associated with numerous positive developmental outcomes. Despite decades of research, the mechanisms underlying childhood prosociality remain relatively unclear. To further the field of prosocial development, an international and multi-institutional collaboration led by three prominent prosocial behavior researchers (Kristen Dunfield, Markus Paulus, […]

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Les voix de l’ordre. Une histoire des dispositifs d’alerte et de communication utilisés dans la police de Trois-Rivières au Québec (XIXe-XXe siècles)

L’objectif de ce projet de recherche en histoire est d’étudier l’évolution des systèmes d’alerte et de communication employés au sein du service de police de Trois-Rivières et d’analyser plus particulièrement les conséquences sur l’exercice de la sécurité publique de l’installation des téléphones d’alarme à partir des années 1920. L’hypothèse poursuivie est que cet aménagement technologique […]

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Adaptation of a training program for healthcare practitioners to improve their competency in promoting health behaviour change for Colombia

Non-communicable diseases account for 70% of all deaths worldwide and are primarily attributed to health risk behaviours, including insufficient physical activity, low quality diets, and smoking. Despite widespread awareness of these, 43% of Colombians lead sedentary lifestyles, 28% fail to eat enough fruits and vegetables, and 12% smoke, underscoring the need for interventions aimed at […]

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Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy

This project focuses on the ways in which ancient thinkers conceptualized the notions of “body”, “soul” and their relationships, as well as the receptions these concepts had in classical, modern and contemporary posterity. This will allow studying the physical and mental dimension of the explanations produced by ancient thinkers for the phenomenon of life, mind, […]

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Cairo’s Public Space Problem: A Historical Overview

“Cairo’s Public Space Problem: A Historical Overview” aims to study the development and de-development of urban sites allowing the free gathering of Egyptians from different classes during the first half of the twentieth century. It explores the different forces at play–local and global, popular and state–in determining the shape of Cairo’s public squares, parks, and […]

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