Implementing the PAWS model of capacity building in Nigeria by Nyananso G. Ekanem, Rebecca E. Scott

“…Partners for Water and Sanitation (PAWS) is one of few programmes that has taken the less attractive “capacity building only” approach towards intervention in the water and sanitation sector in Africa, and the challenges and lessons from the programme in Nigeria are remarkable. …”
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Implementing the PAWS Model of capacity building in South Africa by Amina O. Ismail, Rebecca E. Scott

“…Partners for Water and Sanitation (PAWS) is a trisector capacity building programme that supports the development of capacity for improved water and sanitation services in three African countries. …”
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A tri-sector programme of capacity building in Ethiopia: the PAWS model by Melkamu Jaleta, Rebecca E. Scott

“…Partners for Water and Sanitation (PAWS) is a DFIDfunded partnership of public, private and government organizations who come together to offer capacity building support to water and sanitation institutions in Ethiopia, Nigeria and South Africa. …”
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Cultural influences on perception of disability and disabled people: A comparison of opinions from students in the United Kingdom (UK) Pakistan (PAK) about a generic wheelchair using a semantic differential scale by Salman Asghar, George Torrens, Robert G. Harland

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RAW DATASET _Cultural influences on perception of disability and disabled people: A comparison of opinions from students in the United Kingdom (UK) and Pakistan (PAK) about a generic wheelchair, using a semantic differential scale. by Salman Asghar, George Torrens, Robert G. Harland

“….; personal and demographics, first SD scale (PAK), second SD scale and personal evaluation. The response data was invaded into those spreadsheets and basic descriptive statistical tests were performed in this raw dataset. …”
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Questionnaire and Outcomes _ Cultural influences on perception of disability and disabled people: A comparison of opinions from students in the United Kingdom (UK) and Pakistan (PAK) about a generic wheelchair, using a semantic differential scale. by Salman Asghar, George Torrens, Robert G. Harland

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Co-crosslinked blends of fluorosilicone elastomer and vinylidenefluoride polymers by Soun-Hie Pak

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A comparative study of business information provision on the world wide web in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan by Jeremy K.F. Pak

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Community managed, self financed rural sanitation program of Sri-Lanka by P.K.W. De Silva

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CBO Federation for the sustainability of rural water supply by P.K.W. De Silva

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A knowledge-based system approach for recognition of machining features by A.K.W. Chan, Keith Case

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Process planning by recognizing and learning machining features by A.K.W. Chan, Keith Case

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Vision-based monitoring of site safety compliance based on worker re-identification and personal protective equipment classification by Jack CP Cheng, Peter Kok-Yiu Wong, Han Luo, Mingzhu Wang, Pak Him Leung

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Clinical and biomechanical outcome of minimal invasive and open repair of the Achilles tendon by Alexander Pak-Hin Chan, Yue-Yan Chan, Daniel Fong, Pamela Yuet-Kam Wong, Hoi-Yan Lam, Chun-Kwong Lo, Patrick Shu-Hang Yung, Kwai-Yau Fung, Kai-Ming Chan

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A cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce sedentary behavior and promote physical activity and health of 8-9 year olds: The Transform-Us! Study by Jo Salmon, Lauren Arundell, Clare Hume, Helen Brown, Kylie Hesketh, David W. Dunstan, Robin M. Daly, Natalie Pearson, Ester Cerin, Marj Moodie, Lauren Sheppard, Kylie Ball, Sarah Bagley, Mai Chin A Paw, David Crawford

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Recommendations for reporting ion mobility mass spectrometry measurements by Valerie Gabelica, Alexandre A. Shvartsburg, Carlos Afonso, Perdita Barran, Justin L.P. Benesch, Christian Bleiholder, Michael T. Bowers, Aivett Bilbao, Matthew F. Bush, J. Larry Campbell, Iain D.G. Campuzano, Tim Causon, Brian H. Clowers, Colin Creaser, Edwin De Pauw, Johann Far, Francisco Fernandez-Lima, John C. Fjeldsted, Kevin Giles, Michael Groessl, Christopher J. Hogan, Stephan Hann, Hugh I. Kim, Ruwan T. Kurulugama, Jody C. May, John A. McLean, Kevin Pagel, Keith Richardson, Mark E. Ridgeway, Frederic Rosu, Frank Sobott, Konstantinos Thalassinos, Stephen J. Valentine, Thomas Wyttenbach

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Harmonising data on the correlates of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in young people: Methods and lessons learnt from the International Children's Accelerometry database... by Andrew J. Atkin, Stuart J.H. Biddle, S.T. Broyles, Mai Chin A Paw, Ulf Ekelund, Dale Esliger, Bjorge Hansen, Susi Kriemler, Jardena J. Puder, Lauren Sherar, Esther M.F. van Sluijs, Lars Bo Andersen, Sigmund Anderssen, Greet Cardon, Rachel Davey, Pedro Hallal, Kathleen F. Janz, Niels Moller, Lynn Molloy, Angie S. Page, R. Pate, John J. Reilly, Jo Salmon, Luis B. Sardinha, Anna Timperio

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Targeting exercise interventions to patients with cancer in need: An individual patient data meta-analysis by Laurien M. Buffart, Maike G. Sweegers, Anne M. May, Mai Chin A Paw, Jonna K. van Vulpen, Robert U. Newton, Daniel A. Galvao, Neil K. Aaronson, Martijn M. Stuiver, Paul B. Jacobsen, Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw, Karen Steindorf, Melinda L. Irwin, Sandi Hayes, Kathleen A. Griffith, Alejandro Lucia, Fernando Herrero-Roman, Ilse Mesters, Ellen van Weert, Hans Knoop, Martine M. Goedendorp, Nanette Mutrie, Amanda Daley, Alex McConnachie, Martin Bohus, Lene Thorsen, Karl-Heinz Schulz, Camille E. Short, Erica L. James, Ronald C. Plotnikoff, Gill Arbane, Martina E. Schmidt, Karin Potthoff, Marc van Beurden, Hester S. Oldenburg, Gabe S. Sonke, Wim H. van Harten, Rachel Garrod, Kathryn H. Schmitz, Kerri M. Winters-Stone, Miranda J. Velthuis, Dennis R. Taaffe, Willem van Mechelen, Marie Jose Kersten, Frans Nollet, Jennifer Wenzel, Joachim Wiskemann, Johannes Brug, Kerry S. Courneya

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Analysis of two pairing-based three-party password authenticated key exchange protocols by Raphael C.-W. Phan, Wei-Chuen Yau, Bok-Min Goi

“…Password-Authenticated Key Exchange (PAKE) protocols allow parties to share secret keys in an authentic manner based on an easily memorizable password. …”
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Financial sustainability of the water sector in the Sultanate of Oman by Ali Abdullah Mohamed Al-Shueili

“…Two stages of qualitative and quantitative data collection methods were adopted in order to answer the research question. 22 semi-structured interviews were conducted with PAEW key staff and other relevant parties outside PAEW. 610 quantitative surveys were returned from a total of 1600 PAEW customers to get their views about the role of the customer and his expectations of PAEW in order to increase the chance of financial sustainability. …”
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A multi-organ nucleus segmentation challenge by Neeraj Kumar, Ruchika Verma, Deepak Anand, Yanning Zhou, Omer Fahri Onder, Efstratios Tsougenis, Hao Chen, Pheng-Ann Heng, Jiahui Li, Zhiqiang Hu, Yunzhi Wang, Navid Alemi Koohbanani, Mostafa Jahanifar, Neda Zamani Tajeddin, Ali Gooya, Nasir Rajpoot, Xuhua Ren, Sihang Zhou, Qian Wang, Dinggang Shen, Cheng-Kun Yang, Chi-Hung Weng, Wei-Hsiang Yu, Chao-Yuan Yeh, Shuang Yang, Shuoyu Xu, Pak Hei Yeung, Peng Sun, Amirreza Mahbod, Gerald Schaefer, Isabella Ellinger, Rupert Ecker, Orjan Smedby, Chunliang Wang, Benjamin Chidester, That-Vinh Ton, Minh-Triet Tran, Jian Ma, Minh N Do, Simon Graham, Quoc Dang Vu, Jin Tae Kwak, Akshaykumar Gunda, Raviteja Chunduri, Corey Hu, Xiaoyang Zhou, Dariush Lotfi, Reza Safdari, Antanas Kascenas, Alison O'Neil, Dennis Eschweiler, Johannes Stegmaier, Yanping Cui, Baocai Yin, Kailin Chen, Xinmei Tian, Philipp Gruening, Erhardt Barth, Elad Arbel, Itay Remer, Amir Ben-Dor, Ekaterina Sirazitdinova, Matthias Kohl, Stefan Braunewell, Yuexiang Li, Xinpeng Xie, Linlin Shen, Jun Ma, Krishanu Das Baksi, Mohammad Azam Khan, Jaegul Choo, Adrian Colomer, Valery Naranjo, Linmin Pei, Khan M Iftekharuddin, Kaushiki Roy, Debotosh Bhattacharjee, Anibal Pedraza, Maria Gloria Bueno, Sabarinathan Devanathan, Saravanan Radhakrishnan, Praveen Koduganty, Zihan Wu, Guanyu Cai, Xiaojie Liu, Yuqin Wang, Amit Sethi

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Thomas Hardy in Korea: the reception of his works and his place in the development of its literature by Agnita M. Tennant

“…In the context of the literary development of the country, the works of three authors, Kim Dong-in, Pak Hwa-song and Pak Kyong-ni, are examined and compared with those of Hardy, and the conclusion is reached that Hardy has been a significant influence in the formation of modern Korean Literature.…”
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Falling off the bandwagon? Exploring the challenges to sustained digital engagement by older people by Leela Damodaran, Wendy Olphert, J. Sandhu

“…Quantitative data were analysed using PASW including bivariate and multivariate analyses. …”
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Understanding coach learning in disability sport: a Bourdieusian analysis by Robert C. Townsend

“…The purpose of this research was to answer longstanding calls to explore the learning and development of coaches in disability sport (DePauw, 1986; Reid & Prupas, 1998). We know very little about coaches in disability sport and although there exists a growing body of work that has explored coach learning, there is an absence of in-depth sociological research on disability coaching and coach education. …”
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Anthropogenic pollution of the Lusushwana River at Matsapha, and prospects for its control: Kingdom of Swaziland (eSwatini) by Phindile Mhlanga

“…Statistical analysis of the data using PASW Statistics and Microsoft Excel led to the various findings from the research. …”
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The influence of social context on the perception of assistive technology: using a semantic differential scale to compare young adults’ views from the United Kingdom and Pakistan by Salman Asghar, George Torrens, Hassan Iftikhar, Ruth Welsh, Robert G. Harland

“…The paper explores, from a cultural viewpoint, the overall understanding of disability internationally.Method: A Semantic Differential (SD) scale was used to obtain views on the image of an attendant wheelchair from nine hundred and ninety-one (991) young adults from the United Kingdom (UK) and Pakistan (PAK), reflecting the individualist and collectivist societies, respectively. …”
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A feasibility study of an in-the-wild experimental public access WiFi network by Arjuna Sathiaseelan, Richard Mortier, Murray Goulden, Christian Greiffenhagen, Milena Radenkovic, Jon Crowcroft, Derek McAuley

“…In this paper we report on a study of one such approach, PAWS, that seeks to understand the technical and social constraints of providing Internet access, free at the point of use, by sharing existing broadband subscribers' connections. …”
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Providing security for wireless community networks by Milena Radenkovic, Murray Goulden, Derek McAuley, Richard Mortier, Heidi Howard, Jon Crowcroft, Christian Greiffenhagen

“…This paper describes a new Internet access paradigm based on Lowest Cost Denominator Networking - the Public Access WiFi Service (PAWS) - that utilises the unused capacity of home broadband connections and provides users who are unable to afford paying for the service with Less-than-Best-Effort access to these resources. …”
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Wild interdisciplinarity: Ethnography and computer science by Murray Goulden, Christian Greiffenhagen, Jon Crowcroft, Derek McAuley, Richard Mortier, Milena Radenkovic, Arjuna Sathiaseelan

“…Public Access Wi-Fi Service (PAWS) was a project funded by an 'in-the-wild' research programme, involving the study of digital technologies within a marginalised community, with the goal of addressing digital exclusion. …”
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