“Did ‘Step-Up’ help in stepping up?” Transition programmes as a factor to improve student academic performance by Nina Rossouw

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Great Britain in the Commonwealth of Nations by N. A. Stepanova

“…Having emerged at the end of the XIX c. as an informal association of Britain and dominions within the British Empire it has developed into an independent institute that includes almost all former British territories. …”
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Strategic human resources management practices are key to small, medium and micro enterprises effectiveness in South Africa by Jealous Sungwa

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The Tensions between Ukuthwasa and Labour Laws in South Africa: A Human Rights-Based Approach by Stewart Lee Kugara, Melisa Mutsa Chawaremera

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A bibliometric analysis of the effects of electronic waste on the environment by M. Maphosa, V. Maphosa

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The ECB’s Evolving Mandate and High Independence: An Undemocratic Mix by Anna-Lena Högenauer, Joana Mendes

“…The ECB’s activities during the eurozone crisis, new debates on the ECB’s role in supporting political goals like the fight against climate change, and its participation in geopolitical stand-offs have overcome the fiction of a technocratic role that can be allocated to an independent institution with few constraints to democracy. …”
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Examining the Prospects of Consociational Power-Sharing as a Conflict Resolution Strategy in South Sudan by Israel Nyaburi Nyadera, Michael Otieno Kisaka

“…We elucidate on the barriers and suggest in broad strokes the need for strong independent institutions and vibrant civil society amongst others. …”
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Study of the Abolition of the State Civil Apparatus Commission After the Revision of the State Civil Apparatus Law from the Perspective of Fiqh Siyasah by Inda Dzil Arsyi Makiin, Eti Karini, Mirah Satria Alamsyah

“…Law No. 1 of 2014 concerning ASN (State Civil Appratus) regulates the establishment of an independent institution called the State Civil Apparatus Commission (SCAC). …”
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Logistic Stewardship: Supporting Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs Based on Antibiotics Goods Flow by Bianca Leistner, Dominic Rauschning, Ralf Matthias Hagen, Franziska Srečec, Nico Tom Mutters, Ruth Weppler, Christina Mutschnik, Manuel Döhla

“…In Germany, the reporting of hospital antibiotics consumption to an independent institution is only voluntary. Although a high level of willingness to improve can be assumed in the case of participation, the median consumptions of reporting hospitals change only slightly. …”
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I.G. Tyulin Scientific Library by M. V. Reshetnikova

“…Scientific Library MGIMO opened to readers in 1944 became the basis for her book fund of the Faculty of International Relations, Moscow State University on the basis of which was created by an independent institution - Institute of International Relations (MGIMO in the future). …”
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Master’s Student 3++: Portrait and New Requests by I. N. Burkova

“…It has become an independent institution of higher education with its own goals, objectives, resources and, most importantly, with its own contingent. …”
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The genesis of restrictions and special requirements established during public service by O. Yu. Salmanova, Yu. I. Shovkun

“…The legal provision of public service during the Cossack era is characterized by the formation of public service as a separate independent institution, especially since 1918, when a number of requirements and restrictions were formulated for public servants, namely: age, residence, citizenship, competence, qualifications. …”
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Helping people with psychosis with a low-cost intervention DIALOG+: protocol for the economic evaluation in a randomised control trial in India and Pakistan by Victoria Jane Bird, Sara Evans-Lacko, Lakshmi Venkatraman, Padmavati Ramachandran, Ashar Muhammad Malik, Renata Peppl, Sana Zehra Zehra Sajun, Onaiza Qureshi, Krishna Priya, Hufsa Sarwar

“…The economic evaluation will support efforts to scale up low-cost healthcare interventions such as DIALOG+ to rural and unserved areas, which is otherwise challenging in the resource-constrained health systems in many LMICs.Conclusion The evidence on the cost-effectiveness of DIALOG+ will contribute to efforts to improve community-based care and the quality of life for millions of people suffering from mental health problems in India and Pakistan who experience psychosis.Ethics and dissemination This study is approved by the Queen Mary Ethics of Research Committee (UK), Institutional Ethics Committee of SCARF (India), IRD’s Independent Institutional Review Board (IRD_IRB_2021_01_005) (Pakistan), Karawan-e-Hayat Management Committee (Institutional Approval) (Pakistan), Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Research Committee (NO.F.2-81/2021-GENL/60224/JPMC) (Pakistan), Aga Khan’s Ethics Research Committee (2021-5933-17533) (Pakistan) and National Bio-Ethics Committee, Pakistan (Ref: No.4–87/NBC-774/22/2037 Date: 17 May 2022).The findings of this research will be widely disseminated through research publications and engagement with the communities and the healthcare providers in the public and not-for-profit sectors.Trial registration number ISRCTN13022816.…”
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