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Human Resource Development in Multinational Organisations: Introductory Forward to Special Issue
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Human rights and foreign investment
(2015-03-27)This study details the mechanisms of a neoliberal ideology operative in the current international approach to foreign direct investment (FDI). It charts an increasing dependency on FDI within the process of international ... -
The Human Rights Triangle: Transnational Corporations, International Human Law and Regional Cooperation in the Context of Development
(2013-01-29)Following World War II, the allied powers sought to improve global financial stability and ensure that basic rights were codified and protected at the international level. The UN Charter and the Bretton Woods agreements ... -
Human trafficking and China: Past and present
(2014-06)The idea of human trafficking as a new and distinct problem, a modern form of slavery that entraps individuals without agency in their own countries and abroad, is a common perception that has popularised the usage of the ... -
Hurling Alone? How social capital failed to save the Irish from cardiovascular disease in the United States
(American Public Health Association, 2004-03-18)Objectives: We performed a historical review of cardiovascular risk profiles of Irish immigrants to the United States, 1850-1970, in regard to lifestyle, socioeconomic circumstances, and social capital. Methods: We ... -
Hyaluronic acid based hydrogels attenuate inflammatory receptors and neurotrophins in interleukin-1 beta induced inflammation model of nucleus pulposus cells
(American Chemical Society, 2015-04-14)Inflammation plays an important role in symptomatic intervertebral disc degeneration and is associated with the production of neurotrophins in sensitizing innervation into the disc. The use of high molecular weight (HMw) ... -
A Hybrid Framework for Querying Linked Data Dynamically
(2012-09-28)As of today, the Web has evolved to become the largest collection of information made available by mankind. Researchers and developers are continuously working on transforming this loosely connected data collection into ... -
A hybrid method for rating prediction using linked data features and text reviews
(CEUR-WS.org, 2016)This paper describes our entry for the Linked Data Mining Challenge 2016, which poses the problem of classifying music albums as good or bad by mining Linked Data. The original labels are assigned according to aggregated ... -
Hybrid video-frame pre-processing architecture for HD-video
(IEEE, 2011)As imaging devices begin to support full frame rate video at 720p and higher resolutions image processing algorithms which operate on full image frames become severely challenged due to both the processing costs of operating ... -
Hydrolysis, methanogenesis and bioprocess performance during low-temperature anaerobic digestion of dilute wastewater
(2015-04-28)Anaerobic digestion (AD) technologies represent sustainable and appropriate systems for the treatment of organic wastewaters. Lettinga et al (1987) stated, "A satisfactory application to raw domestic sewage would represent ... -
Hyperbranched PEGmethacrylate linear pDMAEMA block copolymer as an efficient non-viral gene delivery vector
(Elsevier, 2012-06-02)A unique hyperbranched polymeric system with a linear poly-2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (pDMAEMA) block and a hyperbranched polyethylene glycol methyl ether methacrylate (PEGMEMA) and ethylene dimethacrylate (EGDMA) ... -
HyperCuP Lightweight Implementation: A Universal Solution for Making Application Distributed
(2006)Contemporary applications need an efficient solution for communication to implement robust information retrieval mechanisms and fault tolerant networks. Apart from implementing a robust, scalable communication protocol the ... -
Hyperelastic and viscoelastic properties of brain tissue in tension
(ASME, 2012)Mechanical characterization of brain tissue at high loading velocities is particularly important for modelling Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). During severe impact conditions, brain tissue experiences a mixture of compression, ... -
Hypermedia systems development practice: a survey
(IEEE, 2005)Are hypermedia projects guided and controlled by ad hoc, ¿quick & dirty¿ techniques? This survey shows that talk of a ¿crisis¿ is largely unfounded. -
Hypermedia systems development: a comparative study of software engineers and graphic designers
(AIS, 2003)Hypermedia systems development is, in many regards, different from ¿conventional¿ systems development, chief amongst these differences being its multidisciplinary nature. Foremost amongst the roles in hypermedia development ... -
Hypertextualized Virtual Environments: Dual-Mode User Interface Design
(2011-06-03)This thesis develops a novel strategy for accessing Hypertextualized Virtual Environments (HiVEs), integrated information spaces where symbolic (hypertext) and visual (3D graphics) data are simultaneously available and ... -
Hypertonic saline reduces inflammation and enhances the resolution of oleic acid induced acute lung injury
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2008-07-08)Background: Hypertonic saline (HTS) reduces the severity of lung injury in ischemia-reperfusion, endotoxin-induced and ventilation-induced lung injury. However, the potential for HTS to modulate the resolution of lung ... -
Hypoxia activates the PTHrP – Zfp521 – MEF2C pathway to attenuate hypertrophy in mesenchymal stem cell derived cartilage
(2016-04-22)The treatment of cartilage defects remains an unmet medical need as the current treatment options are currently sub-optimal as the most common treatment options; microfracture and autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) ... -
"I Do Repent and Yet I Do Despair": Beckettian and Faustian allusions in Conor McPherson's the Seafarer and Mark O'Rowe's Terminus
(Routledge, 2012)In a press interview in April 2007, Conor McPherson correctly anticipated the imminent conclusion of the ‘Celtic Tiger’ period – the decade-long economic boom that had transformed Ireland into one of the world’s richest ...