The fund had been in discussions with opposition as well as governing parties, and Mr. Franks said there was "broad political support for the main issues in the program".
Student perspectives of the central issues in the program are influenced by the incorporation of students from across the region, where recent experiences with democratic governance have been extremely challenging and dramatically different.
To ensure the validity of accepted data, NCCR processes the data carefully according to the national criteria issued in the program protocol.
Of course, there are other considerations regarding response styles, particularly those that are culture (country) specific, as pointed out by a reviewer of this paper (see Buckley, 2009, for an example exploration of this issue in the PISA program).
It was the perfect finale, touching (however obliquely) on nearly all the musical issues explored in the program.
Towards the end of spring semester, some severe bureaucratic hiccups prompted long and intense discussions of the racial, class, and gender issues inherent in the program itself.
The issue of continuation in the program or dismissal is subsequently decided upon by majority vote of the applicable Area Committee.
However after training, 62% (55/89) represented their organization at congresses, meetings and seminars, and 59% proposed some changes in the organization's policies, in accordance with issues treated in the programs ("I asked my organization to act with more transparency in case of conflicts of interest", "I ask my association to invest more in education and training").
It is difficult to measure the influence of popular culture on medical students and the general public, yet this study demonstrates that students are not only very high consumers of popular television images of medical worlds but also highly attuned to the potential relevance to their studies as measured by their awareness of the ethical and medical issues portrayed in the programs.
This wasn't an issue in the more balanced Program B. Each piece was distinct from the others in look, style, idiom and intent.
