The term Patent Gold Leaf refers to the light tissue backing on which the leaf is mounted. The tissue allows you to easily lift each sheet from the book and place it more precisely to the area to be gilded. The tackiness from the gold size will pull the leaf off the tissue backing and secure it to your design. A gilders tip is not necessary with patent gold leaf.
District Management Area. In South Africa, District Management Area (DMA) was the name given to areas within a district municipality that did not fall within any local municipality, and received municipal services directly from the district.
School-based management decentralizes control from the central district office to individual schools as a way to give school constituents -- principals, teachers, parents, and community members -- more control over what happens in schools. Often SBM is adopted for the purpose of school improvement.