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The aim of the present study was to investigate teachers' views on the priorities of effective school management. The possible variability of teachers' views in relation to age and work experience was also investigated. For this purpose, research was carried out in Secondary Public and Private Education schools of Ioannina, the capital city and the largest in the Epirus Prefecture, North-West part of Greece. Over 300 questionnaires were distributed to 32 Secondary Education Schools and 165 completed questionnaires were collected (return rate 54.99%). Teachers were asked to indicate their views on the priorities which should be set for effective School Management. Teachers pointed as most important priorities team work and collaboration with the Principal and their pupils (56%) whereas as least selected priority (24.4%) they pointed their participation in helping pupils to get a job. Compared to Public Schools, teachers working in Private Schools gave increased priority in: pupils' performance, raising teachers' aspirations for their pupils, teachers' job satisfaction, team work, collaboration with the Principal, parental involvement-collaboration between teachers and parents and school environment. The results indicate a significant variability on teachers' age and work experience regarding their priorities for effective school management. This variability highlights the importance of focusing on teachers' attitudes for a successful implementation of effective human resources and school management.

Under many electoral systems, voters can choose between candidates, and, under some systems, between candidates of the same party — a situation that makes it possible for candidates to seek a personal vote. Studies of some countries have shown how personal voting is apparent in the success of particular types of candidates, notably incumbents, but there is little systematic study of personal motives among the electors themselves. The single transferable vote system (STV) used in Ireland certainly allows electors to choose between candidates as well as parties and therefore is seen as providing a strong incentive for candidates to seek personal votes. While aggregate evidence from election results has pointed to the primary importance of party, survey data have suggested that close to a majority of voters are primarily candidate-centred. In this article, an extensive set of instruments contained in the 2002 Irish election study is used to explore the extent to which voters decide on candidate-centred factors as opposed to party-centred factors. It is shown that a substantial minority decide on the basis of candidate factors, and typical models of Irish electoral behaviour have not accommodated the heterogeneity that results from this mix of motives. However, direct questions about motives probably underestimate the extent of party-centred voting.

Declines in biodiversity have caused concern because of ethical and aesthetic reasons, but also because of the consequences for the goods and services provided by natural ecosystems. Consequently, ecologists have focused for decades on testing the idea that systems with more species are more stable. The results, however, have been complex and inconsistent. In particular, it is still unclear whether high stability in species-rich communities is due to the number of species per se (species richness) or to the increased likelihood of including particular species or functional types (species composition). In this thesis, I evaluated the contribution of species richness and species identity to the stability of marine hard-bottom communities. Combining observational and manipulative experimental methods, I conducted three field studies in intertidal and shallow subtidal habitats of Helgoland Island, NE Atlantic. First, I conducted an observational study to test whether intertidal communities containing many species are more stable (i.e. do vary less over time) than communities containing fewer species. Species covers were estimated every 6 months for 24 months and an index of stability was calculated for total community cover across time (S = mean SD-1). Second, I conducted a synthetic-assemblage experimentin which I increased the diversity of field-grown sessile suspension-feeding invertebratesto determinate whether assemblages containing several functional groups consume a greater fraction of resources than is caught by any of the functional types grown alone...

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Political parties in Kosovo, in daily agendas, in the framework of electoral activities or activities outside the official electoral campaign have a highly committed program dedication related to law and order. But, the role of political parties in enhancing the capacity of the rule of law can be understood if we first analyze carefully the mechanisms that enable the democratic function of political parties. Political parties in Kosovo lack a genuine control mechanism, a control which could be effective from the moment when the interest of a certain group to register their activity as a subject – political party appears. The control of political parties' activities, the existing mechanisms to control this activity, the organization and elections or the internal electoral process, are some of the concerns that continue to be part of political parties in Kosovo. These are also as a consequence of a non-adequate orientation that can be understood as an additional concern for the political life in the country. Concretely, the organization of political parties with a highlighted presence of the national element, the funding of political parties and the lack of a constitutional prerogative for the Constitutional Court to be able to interpret the constitutionality of statutes and the activity of political parties, are the main topics that will be treated in this paper. By using reports from various organizations that have assisted in the democratization of political parties in Kosovo such as NDI, USAID etc., this paper will offer a real situation of the organization of political parties in Kosovo, their dedication towards democratization and it will also offer some concrete suggestions about how can we improve the role of political parties for a higher level of law and order.

General Statement: A Law School was first established in Richmond College in 1870. In 1890 the family of the late Mr. T, C. Williams, who had been a devoted and useful trustee, donated $25,000 as the nucleus of an endowment for the Law School. In recognition of this gift, the name of the School was changed to THE T. C. WILLIAMS SCHOOL OF LAW. At various times the School has received further generous gifts from members of the family of Mr. Williams. The largest of these gifts came through a bequest from Mr. T. C. Williams, Jr., who like his father, was long a trustee of Richmond College, and for twenty years was the efficient chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board. As a result of these several benefactions the endowment of the School of Law now amounts to $281,700.00. The Law building and lot are valued at $125,000 and the equipment at $50,000. The T. C. Williams School of Law is an integral part of the University of Richmond. The degrees in law are conferred by the corporation of the University of Richmond. ; https://scholarship.richmond.edu/law-catalogues/1031/thumbnail.jpg

AbstractAlthough fair trial guarantees have always been recognised as constituting an integral aspect of international arbitral proceedings, this has largely been viewed through the lens of civil procedure rather than as a matter of public law and human rights. This state of affairs has further been compounded by the confidential nature of arbitration and the relative scarcity of set aside (annulment) proceedings before the courts of the seat of arbitration on the grounds of unequal treatment, and before human rights bodies such as the European Court of Human Rights. Moreover, it has always been difficult to reconcile contractual freedom and the advantages offered by arbitration with equal treatment and fair trial claims. This article demonstrates the existence of a set of general principles concerning the meaning and content of equal treatment, which are consistent with its commercial (and civil procedure) and human rights dimensions. The basis of this conclusion is Article 18 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, as consistently interpreted and adapted by local laws and judgments, arbitral statutes and determinations by the European Court of Human Rights.