Teoloogiatudengite meditsiiniteemalised oratsioonid Tartu Academia Gustavianas / Kaarina Rein

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Rein, Kaarina

2010-01-01

Tartu ülikooli esimese meditsiiniprofessori Johannes Belowi professuurist Academia Gustavianas (1632-1642) ning sel ajal peetud kahest interdistsiplinaarsest oratsioonist meditsiini ja teoloogia vallas, mis on esimesteks meditsiinialasteks töödeks Academia Gustavianas

Fatores de risco cardiovascular e consumo alimentar em cadetes da Academia da Força Aérea Brasileira

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Fernanda Elisabete Hilgenberg

2016-04-01

Full Text Available Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é investigar a prevalência de fatores de risco cardiovascular e inadequações de consumo alimentar em cadetes da Academia da Força Aérea Brasileira e a associação com sexo e ano de formação. Estudo transversal com 166 cadetes da Academia da Força Aérea Brasileira, em Pirassununga – SP, entre junho e dezembro de 2013. Foram avaliadas medidas antropométricas, parâmetros bioquímicos e clínicos, nível de atividade física, tabagismo e consumo alimentar. Testes de Qui-Quadrado de Pearson ou Exato de Fisher foram utilizados. A prevalência de excesso de peso (IMC >25,0 kg/m2 foi de 29,7% nos homens e de 16,7% nas mulheres. Hipertensão arterial foi prevalente em 15,2% dos homens. Verificou-se hipercolesterolemia em 50,7% dos cadetes; 24,3% apresentaram valores elevados de lipoproteína de baixa densidade e, 11,2%, lipoproteína de alta densidade baixa. Houve associação entre tempo de permanência na Academia e lipoproteína de alta densidade baixa. Observou-se consumo elevado de gorduras saturadas (87,2% e de colesterol (42,7%. A ingestão inadequada de fibras foi verificada em 92,7% da amostra. Observou-se considerável prevalência de fatores de risco cardiovascular entre os cadetes, principalmente hipercolesterolemia e consumo alimentar inadequado.

Knowledge translation in tri-sectoral collaborations: An exploration of perceptions of academia, industry and healthcare collaborations in innovation adoption.

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Ii, Suzanne Sayuri; Fitzgerald, Louise; Morys-Carter, Megan M; Davie, Natasha L; Barker, Richard

2018-02-01

With the aging population and increase in chronic disease conditions, innovation to transform treatment pathways and service delivery will be necessary. The innovation adoption process however, can take 15 years before widespread adoption occurs in most healthcare systems. Current UK government policies to increase the facilitation of innovation adoption are under way. The aim of this study is to explore perceptions of tri-sectoral collaborations in the healthcare sector. The data in the study are drawn from a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2015 of professionals in academia, industry and the healthcare sectors in England, focusing on Diabetes care. Academia and healthcare respondents had the least work experience outside of their sectors compared to the industry respondents. Healthcare and academia respondents rated the industry sector less trustworthy, unethical, having different goals and less understanding of the other sectors. Industry respondents had a more positive perspective towards potential collaborators. The results from the study demonstrate greater potential challenges to tri-sectoral collaborations and the government's knowledge translation policy, due to pre-conceived notions and lack of understanding of other sectors. The purely structural approach of establishing government mandated translational networks may be insufficient without active attempts to improve collaborative relationships. Mechanisms to facilitate trust building and collaboration are proposed. Crown Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Co-Authorship and Collaboration in Academia

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Henriksen, Dorte

Researchers’ status in academia is primarily determined by reputation. This reputation is applied in hiring, promotion and funding decisions, as well as performance evaluations (Weingart, 2005). Perhaps, one of the single most important factors for establishing a reputation is authorship, ideally...... of an article publish in a high-ranking journal. The journal article is often an essential part of bibliometric based research assessment, and we use the article features (citations, references, authors, publishers etc.) to multiple kinds of analysis. The growing tendency in academia to demand and use...

Gender inequality in Russian Academia: dynamics, insights, and explanations

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Irina Gewinner

2016-12-01

Full Text Available Whereas Europe currently pursues reform and transformation of academia in the context of New Public Management, Russia seeks to regulate the processes of modernization of the latter one, thus addressing its excellence and effectiveness. In both cases, the processes underlying social change in academia impact on female scholars’ occupational advancement. By doing so, they contribute to reproduction of existing gender inequalities and certainly create new ones. Russia stands in front of the paradoxical situation: while women represent a majority of (scientific staff in academia, they face persistent discriminatory experiences on the part of their colleagues – both male and female (Sillaste, 2004; Pushkareva, 2014. Still, our knowledge on gender disparities and discrimination in academia is only scarce and needs extensive investigation. This paper aims at reducing the existing gap by analysing gender inequalities from a dynamic approach.

SMEs and their co-operation with academia.

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Antoine, Jean Michel; Strömqvist, Mats

2005-01-01

Co-operation between SMEs and Academia can be a win-win situation when each partner understands the constraints of the other. SMEs are often leaders in innovation; therefore more ready to share interest in research. They are flexible and dynamic. They need a short feed-back to sustain their co-operation. Academia is often more long-term oriented and more question- than answer-oriented. A code of conduct can ease the relationship because it can anticipate the potential problems.

Actos de la Academia Nacional de Medicina

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Facultad de Medicina Revista

1942-09-01

Full Text Available En la tarde del 20 de agosto celebró la Academia Nacional de Medicina sesión solemne para honrar la memoria del Profesor Eméritus de Patología General de la Facultad de Medicina, presidente que fué de la Academia, doctor Julio Manrique. Presidió el acto solemnísimo el Profesor Eméritus doctor José María Montoya. Hubo una selecta y nutrida concurrencia de damas y caballeros, invitados especialmente a la sesión. Hizo elogio del académico fallecido, el doctor Manuel Antonio Rueda Vargas, académico de número. La Academia resolvió, de conformidad con el artículo 6° de los reglamentos, designar para ocupar el sillón del lamentado profesor Manrique, al doctor Marco A. Iriarte, Profesor-Decano de la Facultad de Medicina.

A polícia corrupta e violenta: os dilemas civilizatórios nas práticas policiais

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Antonio dos Santos Pinheiro

2013-08-01

Full Text Available No Brasil, a transição do estado de exceção para o estado democrático de direito contribuiu para mudanças significativas na concepção de policiamento. Entre outras mudanças, destacam-se: o controle externo da Corregedoria de polícia na investigação e punição aos "maus policiais"; a participação das polícias e da população nos conselhos comunitários, em busca de melhorias para os problemas relacionados à segurança; a preocupação, por parte dos policiais com um tratamento diferenciado aos cidadãos nas abordagens e aos que procuram as delegacias para prestarem queixas; o investimento na formação intelectual nas Academias de Polícias; as exigências para que o governo brasileiro obedeça aos acordos internacionais que estabelecem o fim da tortura como método de investigação. Esse processo encontrou, porém, alguns obstáculos e resistências. Neste artigo, resultado de uma pesquisa realizada entre os anos de 1999 e 2007, na Corregedoria Unificada de Polícias, em Fortaleza/Ceará, apresento algumas denúncias envolvendo policiais militares e civis em atos criminosos tipificados como transgressões disciplinares. Como conclusão da pesquisa, argumento que, por conta da ausência de diálogo e de regras pacíficas entre policiais e civis, a violência policial tem comprometido as expectativas do processo civilizador, que se exerce pelo fortalecimento do monopólio legítimo sobre o uso da força física.

Measuring successful knowledge sharing among academia through social media

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Ghazali, Saadiah; Sulaiman, Nor Intan Saniah; Zabidi, Nerda Zura; Omar, Mohd Faizal; Alias, Rose Alinda

2015-12-01

This paper aims to study the influence of social media on knowledge sharing among academia. Previously, many researches have been done to explore the importance emergence of social media for public use, but there are still limited studies on how this technological advancement affects the academia. For this study, Facebook is chosen as one of the online social networking tools as the medium of knowledge sharing. To begin with, this study is started with the identification of factors that encourage the academia to share their knowledge through social media. These factors are then categorized based on Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). After this knowledge has successfully shared, the level of successful knowledge sharing through Facebook is modeled using Fuzzy Logic. Fuzzy inputs for this study are the number of like, comment and share. Findings from this study indeed showed that there are many reasons encouraging academia to utilize social media for their work. Besides, this paper contributes new knowledge to fuzzy logic application as it is the first known research in measuring Facebook engagement for knowledge sharing purposes. In conclusion although there exist some barriers and limitations with the use of social media, academia are showing a positive shift in the application of these tools for work.

78 FR 74129 - National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology

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2013-12-10

... for Environmental Policy and Technology AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice... Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad range of environmental policy, technology, and management issues. NACEPT members represent academia...

Constructions of Success in Academia: An Early Career Perspective

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Sutherland, Kathryn A.

2017-01-01

Expectations around success in academia vary, and early career academics often receive conflicting messages about what they should concentrate on to achieve promotion or tenure. Taking a social constructionist approach, this paper considers the constructs of objective and subjective career success in academia and shares the perspectives of early…

Bridging the Gap: Pracademics in Foreign Policy

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Murphy, Ann Marie; Fulda, Andreas

2011-01-01

In his seminal work "Bridging the Gap: Theory and Practice in Foreign Policy", Alexander George (1993) lamented the great divide between academia and the foreign policymaking community, arguing that greater interaction between scholars and policymakers would produce better policy. We share George's belief that scholars and practitioners each have…

To be a Feminist in (Tourism) Academia

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Munar, Ana Maria

2017-01-01

This study explores what it means to be a feminist in (tourism) academia. Different understandings of feminist identity and their ethical and political dimensions are examined using the method of the vignette. This technique is applied as an autoethnographic and narrative tool that facilitates...... the exploration of feminism from multiple viewpoints. Three characters, SherylAna, Gloria-Ana, and Gaga-Ana, are presented, drawing inspiration from the literature and my own life experiences, research and activism in tourism academia. These narratives are followed by a discussion on multiple ways of doing...

II ENCUENTRO DE ACADEMIAS REGIONALES Y DE CAPÍTULOS DE LA ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA

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2009-12-01

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An analysis of male cultural hegemony in senior management in UK academia

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Barbara Bagilhole

2016-12-01

Full Text Available This article examines how academia in the UK is created and perpetuated by men for men. It is based on three of the author’s research projects whose findings indicate patterns of discrimination in UK Higher Education (HE institutes. The research projects collected both qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative research involved in-depth semi-structured interviews with 80 academics, both women and men at all levels in the UK academic hierarchy. The quantitative research was undertaken via a website survey of the profiles of senior managers in UK HE institutes. The hypothesis is explored that an important mechanism for the continued narrow male-dominated senior management of HE is the disjuncture between formal and informal processes around university promotion. On the one hand, while transparent formal processes seek to locate promotions policies within Equal Opportunity (EO legislation, other important informal processes are opaque, if not invisible, e.g. definitions of merit, and ways of fostering career development. Rather, these latter rely on particular forms of self-promotion, promotion by certain influential others, and subjective interpretation of policies in a way that tends to marginalise women. It is argued that male cultural hegemony, in replicating itself, perpetuates structures and practices that are insular and designed to primarily benefit a narrow group of men in senior management. These tend to be predominantly, from the disciplines in the physical sciences or engineering where men predominate. It argues that women need to challenge these structures and processes to make universities more compatible with the aspirations of women in academia and to make them more successful institutionally.

Academia Meets Industry.

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Schäfer, Christian; Paprotka, Tobias; Heitzer, Ellen; Eccleston, Mark; Noe, Johannes; Holdenrieder, Stefan; Diehl, Frank; Thierry, Alain

2016-01-01

Researchers working in industrial laboratories as well as in academic laboratories discussed topics related to the use of extracellular nucleic acids in different fields. These included areas like non-invasive prenatal diagnosis, the application of different methods for the analysis and characterization of patients with benign and malignant diseases and technical aspects associated with extracellular nucleic acids. In addition, the possibilities and chances for a cooperation of researchers working in different worlds, i.e. academia and industry, were discussed.

EXAME PRÉ-PARTICIPAÇÃO ESPORTIVA E O PAR-Q, EM PRATICANTES DE ACADEMIAS

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Ingryd Maturo Andreazzi

Full Text Available RESUMO Introdução: O Brasil tem o maior número de academias do mundo (cerca de 20 mil e aproximadamente de 3,6 milhões de brasileiros praticam atividade física nesses locais. Torna-se necessária uma padronização da triagem de praticantes de academia a fim de reduzir ao máximo o risco de morte súbita e outras morbidades associadas ao exercício físico. Objetivo: Comparar o Questionário de Prontidão para Atividade Física (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire, PAR-Q com o exame físico pré-participação esportiva na detecção de risco à saúde em praticantes de academia. Métodos: Estudo transversal, realizado nas cidades de São Bernardo do Campo e Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brasil. Foram avaliados 50 indivíduos, de ambos os sexos, entre 18 e 35 anos que iniciariam atividades físicas. Realizou-se anamnese, exame físico geral e ortopédico, teste de flexibilidade e o PAR-Q. As variáveis quantitativas foram analisadas pela média, desvio padrão e porcentagens. A comparação das variáveis contínuas com distribuição normal foi feita pelo teste t e a comparação das variáveis qualitativas, pelo teste do qui-quadrado ou teste exato de Fisher. Fixou-se em 5% a hipótese de nulidade. Resultados: O PAR-Q foi positivo em 20% dos entrevistados, assemelhando-se aos dados da anamnese, em que 28% relataram alguma doença. O questionário teve associação positiva em indivíduos que faziam uso de medicação (p = 0,001, história familiar de hipertensão arterial sistêmica (p = 0,001 e antecedentes de cirurgia (p = 0,03. Os participantes com PAR-Q positivo tiveram os maiores valores de índice de massa corpórea, pressão arterial sistólica e diastólica, mas a diferença não foi estatisticamente significante. O PAR-Q não foi capaz detectar morbidades clínicas como: asma (8%, dislipidemia (4%, hipotireoidismo (2%, tabagismo (8% e cirurgias prévias (40%. O exame abdominal e cardiopulmonar estava alterado em quatro

Panorama de las Academias frente al Siglo XXI

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Zoilo Cuellar Montoya

1996-12-01

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Academia Nacional de Medicina de Colombia.

Como representante de 106 años ininterrumpidos de servicio a la medicina, de dedicación incondicional a los pacientes, quiero ser portador de un mensaje de unidad y de fraternidad para el cuerpo médico de Colombia y de la América Latina, condiciones que en la Academia Nacional de Medicina de Colombia consideramos imperativas para adecuar nuestras instituciones a los caleidoscópicos cambios del ejercicio de nuestra profesión, en los albores del siglo XXI, del tercer milenio.

Quiero transmitirles las experiencias y las conclusiones emanadas, tanto de los diferentes foros que hemos tenido en Santa Fe de Bogotá como del 1 Encuentro Nacional de Academias de Medicina de Colombia, realizado en esta ciudad en marzo pasado. Cuando se inauguró dicho Encuentro nuestro Presidente, el Académico Gilberto Rueda Pérez, anotaba “La ciencia y la tecnología modernas reclaman para el futuro, más que nunca, la presencia directiva de la Academia, pero no de una Academia quieta, que descansa complacida en pretéritas épocas de oro, improductiva, órgano asesor a quien nadie consulta, sino de una Academia viva, dinámica, agresiva, capaz de aportar a través de su gran acerbo de inteligencia, de conocimientos y de experiencia y de su enorme poder de liderazgo, todo aquello que el cuerpo médico nacional espera de ella para el siglo XXI “.

Años atrás, cuando se perfilaba el nombramiento de un nuevo Ministro de Salud, la Academia dirigió una carta al Presidente de la República que fue desatendida totalmente. En dicha carta la Academia le solicitaba que escogiera a un médico para que se encargara de la cartera de salud, por años en manos de administradores y economistas, con detrimento de los programas nacionales de salud y de las campañas contra los principales flagelos nosológicos de nuestra patria. La respuesta fue el

Tapping into Industry and Academia

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Markus, Arjan; Rosenkopf, Lori

This paper studies how different boundary-spanning mechanisms concurrently impact firm innovation. We specifically examine how inbound mobility and R&D collaboration interact when firms use these mechanisms to tap into two distinct knowledge domains: industry and academia. To examine the impacts...

Academia Nacional de Medicina. Proposición

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Academia Nacional de Medicina

1996-01-01

La Academia Nacional de Medicina de Colombia registra con profundo pesar la desaparición del ilustre médico doctor Julio Araújo Cuéllar, Miembro Honorario de nuestra Institución, a la que sirvió con gran competencia por más de 40 años y en la que ocupó cargos directivos de alta responsabilidad, tales como Tesorero (1961-1962), Secretario (1971-1973); Miembro de la Comisión de Pediatría para la celebración del centenario de la Academia Nacional de Medicina de Colombia (1973) y Miembro...

A Reforma Pedreira na Academia de Belas Artes (1854-1857 e a constituição do espaço social do artista

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Letícia Coelho Squeff

Full Text Available Manuel Araújo Porto Alegre (1808-1879 teve atuação fundamental nas instituições culturais do Segundo Reinado, tendo sido pintor, crítico de arte, jornalista e poeta, entre outras atividades. Como diretor da Academia Imperial de Belas Artes, o pintor promoveu a maior reforma que a instituição sofreu durante o Império. Parte da chamada Reforma Pedreira (1854-1857, as introduzidas por Porto Alegre buscavam adaptar a instituição aos progressos técnicos de meados do século XIX, e fazer da corte imperial, o Rio de Janeiro, uma cidade sintonizada com a "civilização". É com este objetivo que o pintor faz da técnica um dos temas centrais de sua administração. Neste artigo, tendo como objeto a intervenção de Araújo Porto Alegre na Aiba, pretendemos refletir como as inovações introduzidas na Academia contribuíram para a constituição de um novo espaço social para o artista do Império.

Entrepreneurship and Gender Equality in Academia – a Complex Combination in Practice

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Britt-Inger Keisu

2015-03-01

Full Text Available This article takes as its starting point two current trends in academia – the promotion of academic entrepreneurship and innovation and the promotion of gender equality – and discusses how different gender equality perspectives are interwoven, or not, into academia’s transformation processes towards entrepreneurial universities. On the basis of an analysis of 26 interviews conducted with personnel at two Swedish universities, the article investigates how concepts of academic entrepreneurship and innovation on the one hand and gender equality on the other hand are constructed and filled with meaning as well as how they are entangled and what effects are produced by this way of thinking and acting. Our analysis reveals tensions between the two policy goals, together with tensions within each goal. An overall conclusion is that articulations and ways of speaking about the policy goal of academic entrepreneurship and innovation were to some extent interwoven with the policy goal of gender equality, especially in the broader perspectives on academic entrepreneurship. However, the articulations of strategies and practice of the two policy goals essentially ran parallel, and were not entangled with one another. This is because strategies or substantial initiatives for merging gender equality into the agenda of academic entrepreneurship and innovation were lacking.

Career Development of Women in Academia: Traversing the Leaky Pipeline

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Gasser, Courtney E.; Shaffer, Katharine S.

2014-01-01

Women's experiences in academia are laden with a fundamental set of issues pertaining to gender inequalities. A model reflecting women's career development and experiences around their academic pipeline (or career in academia) is presented. This model further conveys a new perspective on the experiences of women academicians before, during and…

Los premios de la Academia

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Cesar Augusto Pantoja

1990-12-01

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El profesor Mario Camacho Pinto, Coordinador de la Comisión de Biblioteca y Publicaciones, en grado óptimo, pionero de la Neurocirugía docente en la Universidad, nos invita a ocupar el editorial para dar aviso sobre los concursos, directa o indirectamente encomendados a la Corporación.

De igual manera, son notorias las solicitudes de numerosos médicos de Bogotá y de fuera de la capital. Atentos a conocer las opciones ofrecidas por Concursos y Premios con sus dotaciones y valías, dignas del alto honor que representan las contribuciones de significación que se hacen a la medicina nacional.

La presencia de la institución en los eventos de esta clase, tiene como principal objeto la elevación del trabajo médico-científico, eso es lo que los premios persiguen y los jurados imponen en los veredictos.

La elevación constante del libro médico y del artículo científico que se promueve con agilidad por las publicaciones de las revistas y en su eminente posición el libro médico es, de igual modo, postura institucional impuesta por la ley, que encomienda la docencia médica y la encamina al servicio de la población de nuestra patria.

El deber tiene que ser compartido por todo el cuerpo médico que rodea a la Academia y la tiene como su vocero.

Las insignias de la buena medicina que prospera entre nosotros, -justo es reconocerlo–, se encuentran en las buenas cualidades que podamos demostrar en el libro médico y en los artículos de las revistas. Para el público lector no existe otro empeño de muestra y forma. Es la razón por la cual la Comisión de Biblioteca y Publicaciones de la Academia Nacional de Medicina, que coordina Camacho Pinto con denodado esfuerzo, nos ha indicado la campaña para hacer mención de los premios como a continuación se presentan.

Así aparecen: el Concurso Nacional de Obras Médicas Academia Nacional de Medicina-Salvat Editores Colombiana, que cumple ya 12 años de

Job-Sharing Couples in Academia: Administrative Policies and Practices.

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Mikitka, Kathleen Faith

1984-01-01

Examined existing administrative policies and procedures for academic job sharing for married couples in a survey of 12 institutions and 16 administrators. Results suggested growing consideration of job sharing by academic employers and pointed out advantages such as attracting high-quality faculty and extending faculty resources. (JAC)

Women in Academia: Work-Related Stresses.

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Keim, Jeanmarie; Erickson, Chris

1998-01-01

Highlights some of the more common stressors and difficulties faced by women in academia, particularly those of junior rank, in the areas of teaching, scholarship, and service, and outlines effective strategies, including plans for institutions, for overcoming barriers. (SLD)

Factors influencing early stage healthcare-academia partnerships.

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Uvhagen, Håkan; von Knorring, Mia; Hasson, Henna; Øvretveit, John; Hansson, Johan

2018-02-12

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore factors influencing early implementation and intermediate outcomes of a healthcare-academia partnership in a primary healthcare setting. Design/methodology/approach The Academic Primary Healthcare Network (APHN) initiative was launched in 2011 in Stockholm County, Sweden and included 201 primary healthcare centres. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2013-2014 with all coordinating managers ( n=8) and coordinators ( n=4). A strategic change model framework was used to collect and analyse data. Findings Several factors were identified to aid early implementation: assignment and guidelines that allowed flexibility; supportive management; dedicated staff; facilities that enabled APHN actions to be integrated into healthcare practice; and positive experiences from research and educational activities. Implementation was hindered by: discrepancies between objectives and resources; underspecified guidelines that trigger passivity; limited research and educational activities; a conflicting non-supportive reimbursement system; limited planning; and organisational fragmentation. Intermediate outcomes revealed that various actions, informed by the APHN assignment, were launched in all APHNs. Practical implications The findings can be rendered applicable by preparing stakeholders in healthcare services to optimise early implementation of healthcare-academia partnerships. Originality/value This study increases understanding of interactions between factors that influence early stage partnerships between healthcare services and academia in primary healthcare settings.

Creating a collaborative partnership between academia and service.

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Haas, Barbara K; Deardorff, Kathleen U; Klotz, Linda; Baker, Bruce; Coleman, Jean; DeWitt, Anne

2002-12-01

This article discusses how the experience of instituting preceptored clinical experiences throughout an undergraduate baccalaureate nursing curriculum resulted in a partnership between academia and service. The collaboration between academia and service built on the strengths of each institution to reach a common goal. Integration of the preceptor clinical model is unique in that implementation occurs in the second semester of a four-semester curriculum. Advantages and disadvantages to the model for students, preceptors, and faculty are presented. Unanticipated benefits to both institutions and ideas to help other programs and facilities develop a collaborative partnership for the education of baccalaureate nursing students are provided.

Simultaneous Estimation of Hydrochlorothiazide, Hydralazine Hydrochloride, and Reserpine Using PCA, NAS, and NAS-PCA.

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Sharma, Chetan; Badyal, Pragya Nand; Rawal, Ravindra K

2015-01-01

In this study, new and feasible UV-visible spectrophotometric and multivariate spectrophotometric methods were described for the simultaneous determination of hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), hydralazine hydrochloride (H.HCl), and reserpine (RES) in combined pharmaceutical tablets. Methanol was used as a solvent for analysis and the whole UV region was scanned from 200-400 nm. The resolution was obtained by using multivariate methods such as the net analyte signal method (NAS), principal component analysis (PCA), and net analyte signal-principal component analysis (NAS-PCA) applied to the UV spectra of the mixture. The results obtained from all of the three methods were compared. NAS-PCA showed a lot of resolved data as compared to NAS and PCA. Thus, the NAS-PCA technique is a combination of NAS and PCA methods which is advantageous to obtain the information from overlapping results.

Academia Non Grata korraldas piketi / Tiiu Leis

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Leis, Tiiu

1998-01-01

Kunstikooli Academia Non Grata korraldatud piketist 'Jõuluvale' Pärnu linnavalitsuse ees nõudmaks linnavalitsuse antava rahasumma suurendamist. Kommentaarid rektor Reiu Tüürilt, aselinnapealt Peeter Oravalt, linnapea Vello Järvesalult.

Better infrastructure: industry-academia partnerships--a marriage of convenience?

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Abraham, Edward

2009-01-01

The successful design and completion of clinical trials often requires participation of both industry and academia. Although there may be differing priorities for academic and industry participants, both bring important insights and resources to the clinical trial effort. Although industry generally is primarily responsible for preclinical development and funding of the study and academia for patient recruitment and participation in the data safety monitoring board and clinical coordinating center, there are also a number of important areas, including protocol design, data analysis, and manuscript preparation where both academia and industry can supply important insights. Inherent tensions may exist in the academic-industry relationship, including important issues relating to conflict of interest for both academic and industry participants. Nevertheless, the academic-industry partnership, if appropriately organized, can perform in a synergistic fashion, allowing exploration of novel therapies, elucidation of important mechanisms, and greater understanding of critical illness through using combined approaches that generate insights unable to be provided by either partner alone.

UAS in the NAS: Survey Responses by ATC, Manned Aircraft Pilots, and UAS Pilots

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Comstock, James R., Jr.; McAdaragh, Raymon; Ghatas, Rania W.; Burdette, Daniel W.; Trujillo, Anna C.

2014-01-01

NASA currently is working with industry and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish future requirements for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) flying in the National Airspace System (NAS). To work these issues NASA has established a multi-center "UAS Integration in the NAS" project. In order to establish Ground Control Station requirements for UAS, the perspective of each of the major players in NAS operations was desired. Three on-line surveys were administered that focused on Air Traffic Controllers (ATC), pilots of manned aircraft, and pilots of UAS. Follow-up telephone interviews were conducted with some survey respondents. The survey questions addressed UAS control, navigation, and communications from the perspective of small and large unmanned aircraft. Questions also addressed issues of UAS equipage, especially with regard to sense and avoid capabilities. From the civilian ATC and military ATC perspectives, of particular interest are how mixed operations (manned / UAS) have worked in the past and the role of aircraft equipage. Knowledge gained from this information is expected to assist the NASA UAS Integration in the NAS project in directing research foci thus assisting the FAA in the development of rules, regulations, and policies related to UAS in the NAS.

Lipoproteínas: metabolismo y lipoproteínas aterogénicas

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Carlos Carvajal

2014-01-01

Los lípidos viajan en sangre en diferentes partículas conteniendo lípidos y proteínas llamadas lipoproteínas. Hay cuatro clases de lipoproteínas en sangre: quilomicrones, VLDL, LDL y HDL. Los quilomicrones transportan triglicéridos (TAG) a tejidos vitales (corazón, musculo esquelético y tejido adiposo). El hígado secreta VLDL que redistribuye TAG al tejido adiposo, corazón y músculo esquelético. LDL transporta colesterol hacia las células y HDL remueve colesterol de las células de vuelta al h...

Comentario al libro: ACADEMIA MUTISIANA

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2012-04-01

Full Text Available Por tercera vez en un quinquenio ocupo este podio para ocuparme de uno de los libros del grupo de inmunogenética (o de anti-inmunohistoria, diría yo de la Universidad Javeriana, esta vez enriquecido con la presencia del P. Ortiz Valdivieso, orquídeologo y mutisiólogo y del Dr. Uribe Angel notable historiador educativo, y presentado admirablemente por el P. Durán Casas, Vicerrector Académico de la Universidad Javeriana. En el prólogo, citando desde Sarton y Ziman en los 70s. hasta Mauro Torres en el 2011 afirmo que, aunque suene extraño, parece como si las Academias florecieran entre las guerras. Tal sucedió con la de Platón, “la máxima institución de enseñanza superior surgida en el mundo”, -al decir de Sartonenmarcada desde las guerras del Peloponeso, hasta el final de la dominación espartana de Atenas en el siglo IV antes de Cristo. Según dichos autores, las Academias han simbolizado una manera de continuar la vida espiritual entre uno y otro conflicto.

"Academia de Comercio"

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Jesús R. Sandoval

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I.O. En el pizarrón dice Academia de Comercio para Señoritas y ahi están ellas con distintas edades y distintas sabidurías. Llaman la atención los escritorios quiza los más comodos que se han fabricado para la mecanografía. El teclado que aparece al fondo informa que usaban solamente letras mayúculas; que no había línea espacial para los números; que es inglés porque no hay eñes ni acentos y que si estaba colocado al frente de las muchachas es porque ellas aprendían en teclado ciego....

Collaborative research among academia, business, and government

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SETAC is a tripartite organization comprised chiefly of three sectors: academia, government, and industry. Collaborative connections within and among these sectors provide the basis for scientific structural integrity. Such interactions generally foster scientific integrity, tra...

Breve Historia de la Academia Nacional de Medicina

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Puede decirse que la Academia Nacional de Medicina es, sin lugar a dudas, la institución médica de funcionamiento continuo más antigua de Colombia. Nacida como Sociedad de Medicina y Ciencias Naturales en enero de 1873 por iniciativa de los Dres. Manuel Plata Azuero, Nicolás Osorio, Evaristo García, Leoncio Barreto y Abraham Aparicio, se dedicó a estudiar los principales problemas de salud del país que eran, por ese entonces, el saneamiento ambiental (aguas y excretas, las epidemias de enfermedades transmisibles, la lepra, los principios activos de las plantas medicinales vernáculas y las nuevas tendencias de la anatomía, la bacteriología, la fisiología, la medicina interna y la cirugía que en esos momentos sufrían transformaciones radicales en Europa y en todo el mundo.

Elevada a la categoría de Academia Nacional de Medicina por la Ley 71 de 1890 emanada del Congreso de la República y sancionada por el Presidente Carlos Holguín, fue calificada al mismo tiempo de asesora del Gobierno nacional en materias de salud, papel que le fuera ratificado, casi 90 años más tarde, por la Ley 02 de 1979. Desde entonces ha venido trabajando efectiva pero discretamente, reuniendo las figuras más importantes que ha tenido la medicina nacional en el último siglo: ellas y sus contribuciones pueden verse citadas en la “Cronología histórica” que ha publicado la Revista “Medicina”, órgano de la Academia, en sus entregas Nos. 24 (Enero de 1991 Y 27 (Septiembre de 1991.

Desde su fundación hasta la década de los años 40 ‘s la Academia llenó el vacío que dejaba la falta de existencia normativa de un Ministerio de Salud encargándose, bien de manera directa, bien por iniciativas emanadas del Gobierno nacional, de abordar los principales problemas de salud en Colombia: la mejoría física, presupuestal e intelectual de los hospitales públicos y la fundación de nuevas instituciones, la creación y puesta en marcha de

Too Many PhD Graduates or Too Few Academic Job Openings: The Basic Reproductive Number R0 in Academia.

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Larson, Richard C; Ghaffarzadegan, Navid; Xue, Yi

2014-01-01

The academic job market has become increasingly competitive for PhD graduates. In this note, we ask the basic question of 'Are we producing more PhDs than needed?' We take a systems approach and offer a 'birth rate' perspective: professors graduate PhDs who later become professors themselves, an analogue to how a population grows. We show that the reproduction rate in academia is very high. For example, in engineering, a professor in the US graduates 7.8 new PhDs during his/her whole career on average, and only one of these graduates can replace the professor's position. This implies that in a steady state, only 12.8% of PhD graduates can attain academic positions in the USA. The key insight is that the system in many places is saturated, far beyond capacity to absorb new PhDs in academia at the rates that they are being produced. Based on the analysis, we discuss policy implications.

Mentorship in nursing academia: a systematic review protocol.

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Nowell, Lorelli; White, Deborah E; Mrklas, Kelly; Norris, Jill M

2015-02-21

Mentorship is perceived as vital to attracting, training, and retaining nursing faculty members and to maintaining high-quality education programs. While there is emerging evidence to support the value of mentorship in academic medicine, the extant state of the evidence for mentorship in nursing academia has not been established. We describe a protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review to critically appraise the evidence for mentorship in nursing academia. Studies examining the effectiveness of mentorship interventions with nursing faculty who teach in registered nursing education programs will be included. Mentee, mentor, and nursing education institutional outcomes will be explored. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method studies will be eligible for inclusion, without restrictions on publication status, year of publication, or language. We will search electronic databases (for example, MEDLINE, CINAHL, ERIC) and gray literature (for example, conference proceedings, key journals, relevant organizational websites) for relevant citations. Using pilot-tested screening and data extraction forms, two reviewers will independently review the studies in three steps: (1) abstract/title screening, (2) full-text screening of accepted studies, and (3) data extraction of accepted studies. Studies will be aggregated for meta-synthesis (qualitative) and meta-analysis (quantitative), should the data permit. This study is the first systematic review of existing global evidence for mentorship in nursing academia. It will help identify key evidence gaps and inform the development and implementation of mentorship interventions. The mentorship outcomes that result from this review could be used to guide the practice of mentorship to increase positive outcomes for nursing faculty and the students they teach and ultimately effect improvements for the patients they care for. This review will also identify key considerations for future research on mentorship in nursing academia

UAS-NAS Stakeholder Feedback Report

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Randall, Debra; Murphy, Jim; Grindle, Laurie

2016-01-01

The need to fly UAS in the NAS to perform missions of vital importance to national security and defense, emergency management, science, and to enable commercial applications has been continually increasing over the past few years. To address this need, the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Integrated Aviation Systems Program (IASP) formulated and funded the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration in the National Airspace System (NAS) Project (hereafter referred to as UAS-NAS Project) from 2011 to 2016. The UAS-NAS Project identified the following need statement: The UAS community needs routine access to the global airspace for all classes of UAS. The Project identified the following goal: To provide research findings to reduce technical barriers associated with integrating UAS into the NAS utilizing integrated system level tests in a relevant environment. This report provides a summary of the collaborations between the UAS-NAS Project and its primary stakeholders and how the Project applied and incorporated the feedback.

Formal analysis of XACML policies using SMT

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Turkmen, F.; den Hartog, J.; Ranise, S.; Zannone, N.

2017-01-01

The eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) has attracted significant attention from both industry and academia, and has become the de facto standard for the specification of access control policies. However, its XML-based verbose syntax and rich set of constructs make the authoring of

Academia Non Grata Pärnus / Heie Treier

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Treier, Heie, 1963-

1999-01-01

1998. a. oktoobris Pärnus tegevust alustanud alternatiivsest kunstikoolist Academia Non Grata, mille asutasid Al Paldrok, Reiu Tüür ja Margus Tiitsmaa, toetajaiks Ülo Vooglaid, Leonhard Lapin, Raul Meel. Koolimajast, õpetajaskonna koosseisust, õppekavast, Pärnu performance'i koolkonnast. Loetletud kooli esinemised.

Noticias de la Academia 1990

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Victoria Rodriguez

1991-03-01

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La Academia Nacional de Medicina en la actualidad Nacional

Recomendación ante la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente, para ser incorporada en el contexto de la Constitución Nacional (Título III. “Toda persona tendrá derecho a la protección de la Salud”. Se presentó por iniciativa del Académico Alberto Hernández Sáenz. Aprobada por los señores miembros de la Academia. Fué sustentada ante la Mesa de Trabajo de AEXMUN en varias sesiones y finalmente aprobada por la Comisión de Expertos convocados por la Presidencia de la República, logrando ser incorporada en el Temario Oficial para la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente.

Liderazgo en salud: motor del cambio

Es uno de los medios para lograr el cambio, insistió el Académico Hernández Sáenz. En él es fundamental el papel de la Academia Nacional de Medicina.

Dinámica actividad Academia en 1990

Sesiones: Se realizaron 15 sesiones ordinarias, 13 sesiones solemnes.

Homenajes: a la memoria de los académicos Gonzalo Esguerra Gómez, Carlos Trujillo Gutiérrez y Bernardo Samper Sordo. La Academia lamenta la desaparición de los inolvidables académicos Fernando Shoonewolf Laurentino Muñoz y Camilo Uribe González

Condecoración: el Gobierno Nacional impuso la Medalla al Mérito Asistencial “Jorge Bcjarano” al Académico Mario Camacho Pinto.

Distinción: El Hospital Universitario de “La Samaritana” nombró Profesor Emérito ad-honorem de Medicina Interna y Gastroenterología al Académico Alberto Albornoz Plata.

Los Premios Salvat y RhonePoulenc: se adjudicaron en sesiones solemnes.

Temas: de Patología Social y Nutrición, fueron tratados por los Académicos Laurentino Muñoz (q.e.p.d., José Francisco Socarrás, Jorge Camacho Gamba y por invitación, los doctores

Strengthening the relationship between industry and academia

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Jackson, K.J.; Medford, M.O.

1991-01-01

Both industry and academia recognize that there are potential benefits in developing a partnership. Interaction between industry and academia is necessary if students are to be given the skills that are most critical to industry. These more appropriately educated students will then be able to make a greater and more immediate contribution once in the work force. This interaction can continue throughout the employee's career by providing opportunities for lifelong learning through training - both technical training to prevent obsolescence and training to broaden or add to employee skills (e.g., management or quality training). Local universities and colleges in the Tennessee River Valley provide help with curriculum development and provide expertise and the latest information and techniques that are lacking within the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for training and broadening employees. Two examples are provided of current programs designed to address industrial demands for education

Keeping the Devil Away from Miss Jones: Censorship in Academia, 1976-1980.

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Woods, L. B.; And Others

Information on censorship in academia in the United States is presented, based on censorship cases reported in the "Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom" from 1976 to 1981. Cases occurring in academia accounted for 63 of the more than 800 cases reported. The states and institutions in which the censorship attacks occurred are identified, along with…

Monitoring gender remuneration inequalities in academia using ...

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... age, research output and qualifications are related to remuneration. The CVA biplots show narrowing, widening and constant gender remuneration gaps in diffferent faculties. Keywords: alpha-bag, academia, biplot, canonical variate analysis, gender inequality, multivariate, wage gap. ORiON Vol. 24 (1) 2008: pp. 49-73 ...

Job sharing for women pharmacists in academia.

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Rogers, Kelly C; Finks, Shannon W

2009-11-12

The pharmacist shortage, increasing numbers of female pharmacy graduates, more pharmacy schools requiring faculty members, and a lower percentage of female faculty in academia are reasons to develop unique arrangements for female academic pharmacists who wish to work part-time. Job sharing is an example of a flexible alternative work arrangement that can be successful for academic pharmacists who wish to continue in a part-time capacity. Such partnerships have worked for other professionals but have not been widely adopted in pharmacy academia. Job sharing can benefit the employer through retention of experienced employees who collectively offer a wider range of skills than a single employee. Benefits to the employee include balanced work and family lives with the ability to maintain their knowledge and skills by remaining in the workforce. We discuss the additional benefits of job-sharing as well as our experience in a non-tenure track job-sharing position at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy.

The connection between academia and industry.

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Singh, Ajai; Singh, Shakuntala

2005-03-01

The growing commercialization of research with its effect on the ethical conduct of researchers, and the advancement of scientific knowledge with its effect on the welfare or otherwise of patients, are areas of pressing concern today and need a serious, thorough study. Biomedical research, and its forward march, is becoming increasingly dependent on industry-academia proximity, both commercial and geographic. A realization of the commercial value of academic biomedical research coupled with its rapid and efficient utilization by industry is the major propelling force here. A number of well-intentioned writers in the field look to the whole development with optimism. But this partnership is a double-edged sword, for it carries with it the potential of an exciting future as much as the prospect of misappropriation and malevolence. Moreover, such partnerships have sometimes eroded public trust in the research enterprise itself.Connected to the growing clout of industry in institutions is concern about thecommercialization of research and resolving the 'patient or product' loyalty.There is ambivalence about industry funding and influence in academia, and a consequent 'approach-avoidance' conflict. If academia has to provide the patients and research talent, industry necessarily has to provide the finances and other facilities based on it. This is an invariable and essential agreement between the two parties that they can walk out of only at their own peril. The profound ethical concerns that industry funded research has brought center-stage need a close look, especially as they impact patients, research subjects, public trust, marketability of products, and research and professional credibility.How can the intermediate goal of industry (patient welfare) serve the purpose of the final goal of academia is the basic struggle for conscientious research institutions /associations. And how best the goal of maximizing profits can be best served, albeit suitably camouflaged as

Industry-funded dermatologic research within academia in the United States: fiscal and ethical considerations.

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Blank, I H

1992-03-01

Private-sector funding of biomedical research within academia may come from industry, foundations, the dermatologists themselves, and the public at large. Industry-funding is of benefit to both academia and industry. Industry may fund clinical and basic research and product testing. Industry is more willing to fund product testing and clinical research than basic research. Funds for dermatologic research may be obtained from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, soaps, and detergents. Questions of academic freedom arise when research is funded by industry. The results of academic research are in the public domain; the results of intramural industry research are often proprietary, i.e., "trade secrets." When there is industry funding within academia, any restraints on publication should be held to a minimum and be temporary. Publication should occur in a timely fashion, although recognizing the need for delayed publication if the results concern patentable material. When there is a consultantship, pre-arranged terms of agreement may restrict communication. Patents usually are held by the investigator's institution. The funding company may be granted world-wide, royalty-bearing licenses. Conflicts of interest may arise during any research endeavor; this warrants close attention when the research is industry funded. Stock ownership, speaker fees, blind contracts, etc., should be avoided. In any communication, funding agreements should be stated. Indirect costs are a "necessary evil." There are non-research expenditures associated with all research projects for which the institution is justified in requesting compensation. Indirect costs must have definite connections to a project. As industrial funding of research within academia increases, various facets of the academia-industry relationship are receiving increasing attention. Several aspects of conflicts of interest and indirect costs must yet be resolved. When faced openly and directly, all of these

Monitoring gender remuneration inequalities in academia using ...

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alpha-bag, academia, biplot, canonical variate analysis, gender inequality, multivariate, .... decreased by 0.3% annually in the USA, 0.8% in Canada, Australia and New .... the University must provide competitive remuneration for staff with ..... on or off. In practice, differences between males and females can thus easily be ...

Working Towards Open and Inclusive Support of Mental Health in Academia

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Black, T. E.

2017-12-01

Mental health issues among academics have historically been dismissed as being inherent to the academic culture. While this culture is starting to shift toward more open recognition of these issues, progress toward addressing them lags. I will share a graduate student-focused perspective on some causes and effects of mental health issues in academia, and offer some actionable ideas for improvement. The stereotypical graduate school experience is conducive to the development of mental health issues. Financial stresses, balancing research, teaching, and degree commitments, and managing significant non-academic life events can be detrimental to student health without an adequate system of support. The limited recognition of and support for mental health issues in academia comes at great cost not only to individual health, but to the scientific community. Who do we exclude when we do not fully support individuals with mental health concerns? There are many anecdotes of scientists leaving academia for the sake of their mental health; it is plausible that many, anticipating potential mental health concerns or the factors that drive them, do not pursue academia at all. How can we support those in academia who experience mental health concerns? We can start by ensuring that everyone in our community has access to appropriate resources. This may look like providing new community members with clear information about the mental health services and resources that are available to the community, or advocating for better resources where they are lacking. It is important, however, to address the potential causes of mental health issues as well as the symptoms. While exact factors depend strongly on individuals, we should work to establish more flexible community standards and protocols that can accommodate the various life circumstances that we may encounter. Such actions would help to drive a broader culture shift toward recognizing and destigmatizing mental health issues.

Choosing academia versus private practice: factors affecting oral maxillofacial surgery residents' career choices.

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Lanzon, Jesse; Edwards, Sean P; Inglehart, Marita R

2012-07-01

This study explored how residents who intend to enter private practice versus academic careers differ in their background and educational characteristics, engagement in different professional activities, professional values, and satisfaction. Survey data were collected from 257 residents in oral and maxillofacial surgery programs in the United States. The responses of the respondents who planned a career in private practice (65%) and who considered academia (35%) were compared with χ(2) and independent-sample t tests. Residents who considered academia were more likely to be women (29% vs 8%; P career compared with residents interested in private practice. Future clinicians placed a higher value on having manageable hours and more time performing outpatient procedures than future educators. These findings showed, first, that the characteristics at the beginning of residency programs that are likely to indicate an increased interest in academic careers are being a woman, from a non-European American background, and having an interest in research. Second, once residents are admitted, different types of surgeries and different types of professional activities tend to appeal to residents who want to practice in private practice settings versus work in academia. Third, residents interested in academia have a relatively lower level of satisfaction compared with residents interested in practicing outside of academia. Copyright © 2012 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Gender Inequality in Academia: Evidences from Nigeria

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Ogbogu, Christiana O.

2011-01-01

Universities and other institutions of higher education in Nigeria see themselves as liberal and open-minded. They support social movements that encourage principles of democracy and social justice, yet their mode of governance is male dominated and patriarchal. This study, therefore, identified the causes of gender inequality in academia and the…

Leadership in Architectural Research: Between Academia and the Profession

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Hazem Rashed-Ali

2012-10-01

Full Text Available Recent decades have witnessed a notable expansion of architectural research activities, with respect to both subject and methodology. This expansion can be mostly credited to an increase in government and private funding of primarily academic research initiatives. More recently, however, a noticeable increase in research activities within the architectural profession makes it possible to argue that it is the profession itself that is now taking leadership in the development of contemporary research agendas. This growing significance of architectural research, in both academia and the profession,is ultimately a response to the diverse challenges facing the profession; most notably, the issue of environmental sustainability, but also including the rapid pace of technological change, the increase ddiversity of users, and the growing complexity of architectural projects. Engaging research is an essential factor in facing these challenges as well as taking full advantage of the opportunities they offer. For this research to be most effective, however, a greater perspective and a clearer definition of its role and the goals it can aspire to, in both academia and the profession, are needed; and most importantly, the question becomes, how do we foster a more integrated research culture between academia and the profession?

Unlocking Women's Leadership Potential: A Curricular Example for Developing Female Leaders in Academia

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Knipfer, Kristin; Shaughnessy, Brooke; Hentschel, Tanja; Schmid, Ellen

2017-01-01

Women in academia face unique challenges when it comes to advancing to professorship. Using latest research about gender and academic leadership, we present a training curriculum that is sensitive to the unique demands of women in and aspiring to leadership positions in academia. The context-specific and evidence-based approach and a focus on…

View from... Group IV Photonics: Industry meets academia

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Pile, David

2012-12-01

Silicon photonics and devices based on group IV elements are overcoming the tough economic downturns that have rocked industry over the past 12 years. Cross fertilization between academia and industry may lead to new devices that are both innovative and profitable.

The IT Advantage Assessment Model: Applying an Expanded Value Chain Model to Academia

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Turner, Walter L.; Stylianou, Antonis C.

2004-01-01

Academia faces an uncertain future as the 21st century unfolds. New demands, discerning students, increased competition from non-traditional competitors are just a few of the forces demanding a response. The use of information technology (IT) in academia has not kept pace with its use in industry. What has been lacking is a model for the strategic…

Academia in the 21st century. An analysis of trends and perspectives in higher education and research

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de Boer, Harry F.; Huisman, Jeroen; Klemperer, A.M.; van der Meulen, Barend; Neave, Guy; Theisens, H.C.; van der Wende, Marijk

2002-01-01

What are world wide the main trends that will or should have an impact on the future of academia? What is expected from academia by different stakeholders in the years to come? These and related questions are addressed in CHEPS¿s report ¿Academia in the 21st century. An analysis of trends and

The End of Academia?: From "Cogito Ergo Sum" to "Consumo Ergo Sum" Germany and Malaysia in Comparison

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Lim, Kim-Hui,; Har, Wai-Mun

2008-01-01

The lack of academic and thinking culture is getting more worried and becomes a major challenge to our academia society this 21st century. Few directions that move academia from "cogito ergo sum" to "consumo ergo sum" are actually leading us to "the end of academia". Those directions are: (1) the death of dialectic;…

Perfil dos idosos usuários das academias ao ar livre para a terceira idade

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2017-03-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Descrever o perfil dos idosos usuários das academias ao ar livre para a terceira idade de Fortaleza,Ceará. Métodos: Estudo transversal, envolvendo uma amostra de 374 idosos com idade maior ou igual a 60 anos, realizado entre os meses de outubro de 2015 e abril de 2016, nas academias ao ar livre para a terceira idade em Fortaleza, Ceará. Aplicou-se um questionário contendo questões sobre dados sociodemográficos, condições de saúde e hábitos de vida autorrelatados, e sobre a utilização dos equipamentos. Mensurou-se o peso e a altura para a obtenção do índice de massa corporal (IMC. Resultados: A maioria dos entrevistados era mulher (56,7%, n=212 e com faixa etária entre 60 e 69 anos (66,8%, n=250. As principais condições de saúde autorrelatadas foram hipertensão (40,9%, n=153, colesterol alto (32,4%, n=121 e osteoartrite (26,2%, n=98. Entre os hábitos de vida, o consumo de bebida alcoólica (31,6%, n=118 foi o mais relatado. Verificou-se que 42,8% (n=160 encontrava-se com excesso de peso. A maioria utilizava os equipamentos há mais de um ano (68,2%, n=255, até 30 minutos por dia (49,5%, n=185, cinco ou mais dias durante a semana (51%, n=191, tendo em grande parte percebido melhora na saúde (93,6%, n=350. Conclusão: Os idosos apresentaram um perfil jovem e ativo, cujas condições de saúde de maior prevalência podem ser facilmente manejadas com a prática de atividade física, e apresentam características semelhantes independentemente da situação econômica em que se encontram inseridos.

The connection between academia and industry

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Ajai R. Singh; Shakuntala A. Singh

2005-01-01

The growing commercialization of research with its effect on the ethical conduct of researchers, and the advancement of scientific knowledge with its effect on the welfare or otherwise of patients, are areas of pressing concern today and need a serious, thorough study. Biomedical research, and its forward march, is becoming increasingly dependent on industry-academia proximity, both commercial and geographic. A realization of the commercial value of academic biomedical research coupled with i...

Academia-Industry Nexus Management

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Sergej Gricar

2016-12-01

Full Text Available The aim of this study is to discuss the importance of co-operation and separation between academia and industry. The academiaindustry partnership is a feasible factor that affects innovations with students’ transition to the job market. The empirical material was collected and analysed on the basis of data gathered by Slovene Human Resources Development and Scholarship Fund. The data applies to several academic-industry network projects founded by the aforementioned organisation. The case study of the survey outlines four project cases conducted by Faculty of Business, Management and Informatics. The results reveal exercises to exchange expertise and experience, helping the industry to become more competitive whilst offering students better employability and career prospects.

Discurso pronunciado por el Dr. Efraim Otero Ruiz, Presidente de la Academia Nacional de Medicina

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Efraim Otero Ruiz

1991-01-01

Durante la celebración del Centenario de la Ley Organica de la Academia, Bogota, Noviembre 22 de 1990.

Senores académicos, señoras, señores:

Nuevamente nos reunimos aquí, en este noble recinto de la Academia Colombiana de la Lengua, esta vez para conmemorar, en fecha y hora casi exactas, los cien años de la promulgación de la ley organica que tiene existencia legal a nuestra Academia. Y digo existen...

Raul Meel ja Academia Non Grata Riias / Ants Juske

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Juske, Ants, 1956-2016

1999-01-01

Läti Väliskunsti Muuseumis Riias on avatud Raul Meele isiknäitus 'Aknad ja maastikud'. Lisaks näidatakse tuleetenduse 'Arkaadia mäel' dokumentatsiooni. Näituse avamisel Pärnu Academia Non Grata performance

Academia-industry symbiosis in organic chemistry.

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Michaudel, Quentin; Ishihara, Yoshihiro; Baran, Phil S

2015-03-17

Collaboration between academia and industry is a growing phenomenon within the chemistry community. These sectors have long held strong ties since academia traditionally trains the future scientists of the corporate world, but the recent drastic decrease of public funding is motivating the academic world to seek more private grants. This concept of industrial "sponsoring" is not new, and in the past, some companies granted substantial amounts of money per annum to various academic institutions in exchange for prime access to all their scientific discoveries and inventions. However, academic and industrial interests were not always aligned, and therefore the investment has become increasingly difficult to justify from industry's point of view. With fluctuating macroeconomic factors, this type of unrestricted grant has become more rare and has been largely replaced by smaller and more focused partnerships. In our view, forging a partnership with industry can be a golden opportunity for both parties and can represent a true symbiosis. This type of project-specific collaboration is engendered by industry's desire to access very specific academic expertise that is required for the development of new technologies at the forefront of science. Since financial pressures do not allow companies to spend the time to acquire this expertise and even less to explore fundamental research, partnering with an academic laboratory whose research is related to the problem gives them a viable alternative. From an academic standpoint, it represents the perfect occasion to apply "pure science" research concepts to solve problems that benefit humanity. Moreover, it offers a unique opportunity for students to face challenges from the "real world" at an early stage of their career. Although not every problem in industry can be solved by research developments in academia, we argue that there is significant scientific overlap between these two seemingly disparate groups, thereby presenting an

Gender Equality in Academia: A Critical Reflection

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Winchester, Hilary P. M.; Browning, Lynette

2015-01-01

Gender equality in academia has been monitored in Australia for the past three decades so it is timely to reflect on what progress has been made, what works, and what challenges remain. When data were first published on the gender composition of staff in Australian universities in the mid-1980s women comprised 20 per cent of academic staff and…

The meaning of being a nurse educator and nurse educators' attraction to academia: A phenomenological study.

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Laurencelle, Francine L; Scanlan, Judith M; Brett, Anne Liners

2016-04-01

The nursing faculty shortage affects the number of nurse graduates. Understanding the meaning of being a nurse educator and what attracts nurses with graduate degrees to academia, are important considerations in addressing the recruitment and retention of faculty. The aim of this study was to explore the meaning of being a nurse educator and how nurse educators' understand their attraction to academia. The sample population included 15 nurse educators with a master's or doctoral degree, currently teaching in an undergraduate or graduate nursing program in a western Canadian city. Data were collected through 15 face-to-face semi-structured interviews using an interview guide. The meaning of being a nurse educator and how nurse educators understand their attraction to academia illustrates, from the perspective of the participants, how they give meaning to being a nurse educator and how they understand their attraction to academia. Six subthemes emerged: (1) opportunities, (2) wanting to teach, (3) seeing students learn, (4) contributing to the profession, (5) the unattractive, and (6) flexibility. The faculty shortage is a complex issue, one that will persist into the foreseeable future. Understanding how nurse educators experience academia and how the meaning of these experiences attract them to academia, will facilitate the development of creative strategies to recruit and retain qualified nurse educators. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Knowledge Exchange between Academia and the Third Sector

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Murdock, Alex; Shariff, Razia; Wilding, Karl

2013-01-01

This paper considers the different approaches to undertake knowledge exchange between academia and the third sector from three practitioner perspectives. London South Bank University (LSBU), as part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) Social Enterprise Capacity Building Cluster (CBC), has been…

Noticias de la Academia

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Alberto Hernández Saenz

1991-09-01

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El primer trimestre de 1.991, fué de particular interés para la Academia, por la presentación de originales e interesantes contribuciones al acervo médico nacional.

Temas: sobre Farmacología en Barranquilla, tratado por los Académicos Antonio Reales Orozco y José Francisco Socarrás; el Académico Enrique Núñez Olarte en sesión conjunta con la Sociedad Colombiana de Historia de la Medicina expuso la ponencia sobre El Dolor en la Historia de la Medicina la cual fue comentada por el doctor Enrique Osorio Fonseca; en foro abierto el Académico Guillermo Sánchez Medina, el doctor Egón Lichtemberger y el periodista Gustavo Castro Caicedo expusieron sobre los Aspectos Médico-Legales de la Violencia en Colombia; el Académico Alberto Albornoz-Plata disertó sobre Geofagia Masiva Imperiosa con comentarios del Académico Gonzalo López Escobar; en Simposio sobre Climaterio la Academia escuchó a los Académicos Alfredo Jácome Roca, Roberto Jaramillo Uricoechea, Fernando Sánchez Torres y por invitación al doctor William Onatra ; en sesión cultural se presentó el doctor Gustavo Vargas Martínez con su trabajo sobre Cartografía Hispánica Precolombina; el Académico Alfonso Latiff Conde para su ingreso a la Academia como Miembro Correspondiente presentó su estudio sobre Factores de Pronóstico en los Tumores del Riñón con comentarios del Académico Jorge Cavelier Gaviria.

Libros: “Derechos del Enfermo Mental” y “Educación Integral- el mejor comportamiento para la salud -“, del Académico Gustavo Cristo Saldivia. Llevaron la palabra los Académicos Ernesto Plata Rueda y Fernando Sánchez Torres.

Homenajes: a la memoria del Profesor Carlos Esguerra.

Congresos: El doctor Juan Bernal, Presidente del VIII Congreso Latinoam ericano de Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual y Sida, anuncia su realización en Santiago de Chile del 1 – 4 de

Academia Grata hõlvab maikuu jooksul Eesti...

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3.-9. V Academia Grata maali- ja kunstiajaloo workshop Muhu Tamse baasis; 5.-29. V näeb Türi kultuurimajas rühmituse FLY projekte; 7. V esinevad Tartu lastekunstikooli galeriis tegevuskunstiööl Mari Sobolev ja Taave Tuutma; 10.-22. V Draakoni galeriis Marliis Newsome'i näitus "Ameerika unelm"; 11.-22. V Deco galeriis Chintis Lundgreni näitus "Punane kuup"

The Academia We Have and the One We Want

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Munar, Ana Maria; Khoo-Lattimore, Catheryn; Chambers, Donna

2017-01-01

This concluding essay challenges the tendency in academia to consider feminist epistemologies and gender equality as peripheral when instead they are central to the flourishing of tourism scholarship. We analyse pervasive misconceptions about gender in higher education and present an alternative...

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Redaccion Veterinaria.org

2007-01-01

El slogan de la Academia Journals Database, base de datos y directorio bibliográfico es “La difusión de conocimientos científicos de calidad controlada” por lo que es una satisfacción para REDVET que se nos valore por esta institución como una revista de calidad.

The Academia 3.0 program and the evaluation of the teaching staff in Soci-ology from the impact indexes of the journals

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María José Rubio Martín

2017-06-01

Full Text Available This article analyzes the main differences between the Academia 2.0 and Academia 3.0 programs, after its publication in November 2016. We take the category of senior lecturer in the field of research in Sociology as a reference point. One of the highlights is the centrality acquired by the research activity and the incorporation, as a mandatory criterion, of articles published in journals indexed in the first quartiles the Journal Citation Reports for the evaluation of the category of senior lecturer and university professors. The aim is to show the academic and policy implications of these changes. For this, an analysis is carried out in which the new requirements for the accreditation of teachers with a broader context are related. On the one hand, in this context, the origin and scope of the evaluation agencies and the indexing system of academic journals are considered. On the other, their connection with quantification logics, the devaluation of the teaching function, and the neoliberal character of these reforms in the university context are also given consideration.

130 años, Presencia de la Academia.

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Efraím Otero Ruiz

2003-09-01

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El mes de agosto conmemora la Academia Nacional de Medicina, en ceremonia especial, sus 130 años de fundada. Efectivamente, el 3 de enero de 1873 se reunieron en Bogotá, en casa del Dr. Abraham Aparicio los fundadores, doctores Manuel Plata Azuero, Nicolás Osorio, Liborio Zerda, Leoncio Barreto, Evaristo García y el dueño de casa para crear una sociedad “para el estudio y adelanto de las ciencias médicas y naturales”, teniendo como objetivo adicional “el de solidarizar al cuerpo médico y darle unidad al ejercicio profesional, en Bogotá y después en el resto del país”.

Como Presidente y Secretario se eligieron al Dr. Plata Azuero y al Dr. Aparicio, encargando al Dr. Zerda la elaboración del proyecto de reglamento. En la segunda reunión, que declaró formalmente establecida la Sociedad de Medicina y Ciencias Naturales, concurrieron además los doctores Julio A. Corredor, Samuel Fajardo, Proto Gómez, Andrés María Pardo, Bernardino Medina, Policarpo Pizarro, Pío Rengifo, Rafael Rocha Castilla, Federico Rivas, Joaquín Sarmiento y Antonio Ospina como médicos, asistiendo como naturalista el Sr. Francisco Montoya.

Adoptaron el reglamento elaborado por el Dr. Zerda y continuaron reuniéndose mensualmente; en julio 2 de 1873 apareció el primer número de la Revista Médica (hoy “Medicina” que, con algunas interrupciones, continuaría publicándose hasta nuestros días.

Diecisiete años después, en noviembre de 1890, el presidente Carlos Holguín sancionó la Ley 71 de 1890 en que se creaba, con base en la antigua Sociedad, la Academia Nacional de Medicina, cuyo primer Presidente fue el Dr. José María Buendía.

La Academia fue formalmente instalada por el Presidente Holguín en Abril de 1891 y desde entonces ha venido sesionando en forma ininterrumpida por más de un siglo, cumpliendo la función asesora en materias de salud que le fuera otorgada desde su creación y le fuera ratificada por la

Una Academia de Medicina Proactiva, Actuante e Innovadora.

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Zoilo Cuéllar-Montoya

2005-03-01

Varias son las labores que desarrolla hoy nuestra Corporación frente a la realidad nacional de la salud y del ejercicio profesional en el sector. En primer lugar, en lo que tiene que ver con dicho ejercicio, abrió el debate público sobre la Ley 100 de 1993 al radicar, en el mes de marzo de 2004, el primer proyecto de modificación de licha Ley, con todo el apoyo parlamentario del Senador Germán Vargas Lleras. Tras los pasos del proyecto 180 de la legislatura que terminaba en junio de ese año, se radicaron en la Comisión Séptima de dicha Corporación 4 proyectos más los cuales, al retirarse temporalmente de la Comisión, para salvarlos, de acuerdo con los procedimientos y la mecánica de los Cuerpos Colegiados, se convirtieron en 14 proyectos radicados en dicha Comisión al iniciarse la legislatura actual de cuya supuesta acumulación, a nuestro pesar, aprobó esa Comisión, casi a pupitrazo limpio, una ponencia, la 052, de clara iniciativa gubernamental, que no incluía sino, si acaso, medio artículo de nuestro proyecto: la Academia, ya para ese entonces, había realizado en su seno varias reuniones con senadores relacionados con el tema y había tenido múltiples reuniones de su comisión de salud y de sus asesores externos en dicha legislación. Hoy, en las plenarias del Senado, con el apoyo incondicional de Vargas Lleras y Cambio Radical y la importantísima actividad de varios sectores altamente interesados, tales como las secretarías de salud de los más importantes departamentos del país, se ha transformado el nuevo proyecto en algo que ya se acerca a las necesidades de nuestra Patria, del ejercicio de nuestra profesión y de todas aquellas profesiones y actividades que incluye el sector. Para lograr sus objetivos, la Academia se ha desplazado a las sedes de varios de sus capítulos y lo ha hecho al menos con dos de las Academias regionales, algunas veces en más de una oportunidad. En segundo lugar, en lo que atañe al proyecto de ley sobre

Technological entrepreneurship : technology transfer from academia to new firms

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Prodan, I.

2007-01-01

This doctoral dissertation aims to do the following: 1. Develop the conceptual model of technological entrepreneurship 2. Position technology transfer from academia to new firms in a newly developed conceptual model of technological entrepreneurship 3. Develop the model of technology transfer from

WhatsApp Messaging: Achievements and Success in Academia

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Nitza, Davidivitch; Roman, Yavich

2016-01-01

In recent years, there has been a significant rise in the use of technological means in general and in academic teaching in particular. Many programs have been developed that include computer-assisted teaching, as well as online courses at educational institutions. The current study focuses on WhatsApp messaging and its use in academia. Studies…

A Study on the Role of Web Technology in Enhancing Research Pursuance among University Academia

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Hussain, Irshad; Durrani, Muhammad Ismail

2012-01-01

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of web technologies in promoting research pursuance among university teachers, examine the use of web technologies by university teachers in conducting research and identify the problems of university academia in using web technologies for research. The study was delimited to academia of social…

Boundary Crossing Issues Between Academia, Business and Government

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Kay Fielden

2005-12-01

Full Text Available In this paper issues arising from crossing boundaries between the three worlds of academia, business and government in performing informatics research are explored. In particular the issues arising for informatics researchers in conducting case studies in business are explored following the qualitative research phases set out by Denzin and Lincoln (2000. Habermas (1996 provides a philosophical and structural framework on which to base this exploration. Informatics case study research is selected to deconstruct because it is the most common qualitative method chosen by informatics researchers. The framework developed in this paper is one attempt to address Hirschheim and Klein's (2003 claim that the field of information systems is a 'fragmented adhocracy' in which disconnects exist between researchers and practitioners in business, researchers and government, researchers and the rest of academia and also within the ever growing context in which informatics research takes place. Such a framework provides a navigation aid for dealing with the complex issues associated with dilemmas, disconnect and distortions that may arise in undertaking case study research.

Strategic Knowledge Collaboration between Danish Business and Chinese Academia

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Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen

2013-01-01

Full Text Available Building an innovative, knowledge-based economy is crucial for the future of China, for ensuring sustainable growth. External academic relations are central to creating this innovative economy. Sino-American academic relations through brain circulation, entrepreneurship and investments have especially received research interest. The possibilities for business from a small open Scandinavian economy to build high-level relationships with Chinese academia have not been studied. This article examines the motives of a range of Danish businesses for engaging with Chinese academia and the outcomes of such engagement. Such collaboration contributes to expected areas as innovation, science and technology, research and development, and absorptive capacity in China. However, this collaboration also builds high-level networks and reputations in China for - in this case - Denmark and Danish business. This finding is overlooked in the traditional literature on innovation in China, but it is clear when including an International Relations perspective on transnational relations.

Digital innovation through partnership between nature conservation organisations and academia: a qualitative impact assessment.

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Galán-Díaz, Carlos; Edwards, Peter; Nelson, John D; van der Wal, René

2015-11-01

Nature conservation organisations increasingly turn to new digital technologies to help deliver conservation objectives. This has led to collaborative forms of working with academia to spearhead digital innovation. Through in-depth interviews with three UK research-council-funded case studies, we show that by working with academics conservation organisations can receive positive and negative impacts, some of which cut across their operations. Positive impacts include new ways of engaging with audiences, improved data workflows, financial benefits, capacity building and the necessary digital infrastructure to help them influence policy. Negative impacts include the time and resources required to learn new skills and sustain new technologies, managing different organisational objectives and shifts in working practices as a result of the new technologies. Most importantly, collaboration with academics was shown to bring the opportunity of a profound change in perspectives on technologies with benefits to the partner organisations and individuals therein.

Discurso, Palabras del señor Presidente de la Academia Nacional de Medicina

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Gilberto Rueda Pérez

1998-12-01

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Señora Ministra de Salud Doctora María Teresa Forero de Saade, Señor Doctor Jaime Posada Díaz, Presidente del Colegio Máximo de las Academias – Director de la Academia Colombiana de la Lengua, Señor Doctor Roberto de Zubiría Vicepresidente de la Academia Nacional de Medicina, Señor Doctor Hernando Groot Liévano Secretario Perpetuo de la Academia, Señor Doctor Zoilo Cuéllar-Montoya Secretario General de la Academia, Señor Doctor Gonzalo López Escobar Tesorero de la Academia, Señor Doctor José Félix Patiño Presidente Electo de la Academia Nacional de Medicina, Señores Miembros de la Junta Directiva entrante Señores Miembros de la familia del Doctor Patiño Restrepo, Señores Académicos Señoras y Señores invitados.

Hace cerca de cuatro años recibí de ustedes Señores Académicos el mandato mas trascendental e importante en la vida de un médico: la Presidencia de la Academia Nacional de Medicina, distinción y categoria ésta que por grandiosa, por espléndida y por inmerecida en mi caso, produce en la mente y en la conciencia de quien la recibe poderoso impacto que lo deslumbra y que lo ubica en su pequeñez, en su humildad en su incapacidad para afrontar tamaño desafío y ponderosa y delicada misión.

Pero simultáneamente lo estimula y lo impulsa en su poder de superación y su deseo de servir, a acometer la tarea y a fijarse metas que, aunque puedan parecer inalcanzables, tracen el derrotero que con teson y con firmeza y con decisión haya de recorrer, para alcanzarlas o al menos aproximarse a ellas.

Tiene consigo la fuerza impulsora y estimulante de la confianza depositada en el por sus pares al escogerlo. Puede apoyarse cual en bastón sólido y equilibrante, en el discernimiento, en la solidez y en la experiencia acumulada en la Academia a través de los años y en la colaboración y sabio consejo de quienes han de acompañarlo en la Junta Directiva durante su período estatutario.

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Engaging academia to advance the science and practice of environmental public health tracking.

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Strosnider, Heather; Zhou, Ying; Balluz, Lina; Qualters, Judith

2014-10-01

Public health agencies at the federal, state, and local level are responsible for implementing actions and policies that address health problems related to environmental hazards. These actions and policies can be informed by integrating or linking data on health, exposure, hazards, and population. The mission of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention׳s National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (Tracking Program) is to provide information from a nationwide network of integrated health, environmental hazard, and exposure data that drives actions to improve the health of communities. The Tracking Program and federal, state, and local partners collect, integrate, analyze, and disseminate data and information to inform environmental public health actions. However, many challenges exist regarding the availability and quality of data, the application of appropriate methods and tools to link data, and the state of the science needed to link and analyze health and environmental data. The Tracking Program has collaborated with academia to address key challenges in these areas. The collaboration has improved our understanding of the uses and limitations of available data and methods, expanded the use of existing data and methods, and increased our knowledge about the connections between health and environment. Valuable working relationships have been forged in this process, and together we have identified opportunities and improvements for future collaborations to further advance the science and practice of environmental public health tracking. Published by Elsevier Inc.

A Win-Win-Win Proposition -- Academia and Industry Working Together for Students

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Cogswell, J.

2011-12-01

Both Academia and Industry have a vested interest in building a pipeline of students who are attracted to geoscience as a discipline; who invest in a solid academic geoscience foundation and who move on to fulfilling professional careers. Global society needs geoscientists to find the energy that drives our economic well-being, responsibly and safely; and to solve today's complex environmental concerns. The US Oil and Gas Industry directly employed around 17,300 geologists in 2008(1). As with the rest of the geoscience community, our industry is dealing with a bi-modal age distribution in our workforce, with many eligible to retire in the next five years. Academia and Industry have an urgent, collective, challenge to attract the best and brightest students to study geoscience and to bring promising graduates onboard and up to speed as quickly as possible ExxonMobil accomplishes this rapid acclimation to our industry by focusing on high quality on-boarding, mentoring, and training, as well as diversity in early career assignments. We have implemented a one week on-boarding workshop for our new hires that provides them with comprehensive industry as well as Corporate cultural and infrastructure information. We ensure that our new hires have dedicated mentors who are passionate about petroleum geology, passionate about the petroleum business, and passionate about teaching the next generation of "oil finders." Our new hires attend several "flagship" schools in their first 5 years, which are designed to provide the technical expertise needed in today's petroleum business. Finally, our global operations allow us to provide a rich diversity of early assignments, which enables our early career geoscientists to develop an appreciation of the breadth of our business. There is no sub-discipline of geoscience that is more or less successful transitioning into our business from Academia. The key, which we rely on Academia to provide, is a strong grounding in the fundamentals of

Lie. kū́nas

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Simas Karaliūnas

2011-12-01

Full Text Available LIТН. kū́nas “BODY”SummaryThe cognates of Lith. kū́nas “body” and Latv. kûnis (kи̃пе, kũņа “body; chrysalis; caterpil­lar of a butterfly; bee pupae” are supposed to be Lith. kūпа “carrion”, pa-kū́nė “sore, furuncle; upper lamella, a layer under the roots”, Latv. kипа “wart, excrescence”, kunis “bottom of a sheaf” and others. Lith. kū́nas, kūпа may represent substantivized forms of the adjective Latv. kûns“round, obese, stout”, while Latv. kûnis, kũņа, kūne seem to be derivatives of the suffixes *-o-*-ā-, *-ē-.

Rethinking the Relationship Between Academia and Industry: Qualitative Case Studies of MIT and Stanford.

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Zhu, Fengliang; Hawk, Soaring

2016-10-01

As knowledge has become more closely tied to economic development, the interrelationship between academia and industry has become stronger. The result has been the emergence of what Slaughter and Leslie call academic capitalism. Inevitably, tensions between academia and industry arise; however, universities such as MIT and Stanford with long traditions of industry interaction have been able to achieve a balance between academic and market values. This paper describes the strategies adopted by MIT and Stanford to achieve this balance. The results indicate that implicit culture is a stronger determinant of balance than are explicit rules. Finally, the author proposes a concept of balance to reconsider the relationship between academia and industry: today's universities, particularly those with strengths in engineering and management, are both symbiotic and interdependent with industry. A reasonable attitude toward the university-industry relationship is that of balance rather than strict separation. Universities can thus establish effective mechanisms to reach a balance between conflicting values.

Reflections on Academia from a Perspective of Time(s) [article

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Sabelis, I.H.J.

2015-01-01

The slogan "Academia on Sale”1 includes addressing managerialism, the decline of autonomy and the deterioration of the organisational climate, as well as how to maintain commitment and engagement, love for teaching, and how to revive our enthusiasm, maintain solidarity among the disciplines, and

Numerical aerodynamic simulation (NAS)

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Peterson, V.L.; Ballhaus, W.F. Jr.; Bailey, F.R.

1984-01-01

The Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation (NAS) Program is designed to provide a leading-edge computational capability to the aerospace community. It was recognized early in the program that, in addition to more advanced computers, the entire computational process ranging from problem formulation to publication of results needed to be improved to realize the full impact of computational aerodynamics. Therefore, the NAS Program has been structured to focus on the development of a complete system that can be upgraded periodically with minimum impact on the user and on the inventory of applications software. The implementation phase of the program is now under way. It is based upon nearly 8 yr of study and should culminate in an initial operational capability before 1986. The objective of this paper is fivefold: 1) to discuss the factors motivating the NAS program, 2) to provide a history of the activity, 3) to describe each of the elements of the processing-system network, 4) to outline the proposed allocation of time to users of the facility, and 5) to describe some of the candidate problems being considered for the first benchmark codes

Functional Requirements Document for HALE UAS Operations in the NAS: Step 1. Version 3

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2006-01-01

The purpose of this Functional Requirements Document (FRD) is to compile the functional requirements needed to achieve the Access 5 Vision of "operating High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) routinely, safely, and reliably in the national airspace system (NAS)" for Step 1. These functional requirements could support the development of a minimum set of policies, procedures and standards by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and various standards organizations. It is envisioned that this comprehensive body of work will enable the FAA to establish and approve regulations to govern safe operation of UAS in the NAS on a routine or daily "file and fly" basis. The approach used to derive the functional requirements found within this FRD was to decompose the operational requirements and objectives identified within the Access 5 Concept of Operations (CONOPS) into the functions needed to routinely and safely operate a HALE UAS in the NAS. As a result, four major functional areas evolved to enable routine and safe UAS operations for an on-demand basis in the NAS. These four major functions are: Aviate, Navigate, Communicate, and Avoid Hazards. All of the functional requirements within this document can be directly traceable to one of these four major functions. Some functions, however, are traceable to several, or even all, of these four major functions. These cross-cutting functional requirements support the "Command / Control: function as well as the "Manage Contingencies" function. The requirements associated to these high-level functions and all of their supporting low-level functions are addressed in subsequent sections of this document.

Policy issues in modern cartography

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Taylor, DRF

1998-01-01

Policy Issues in Modern Cartography contains the views of national mapping agencies, legal scholars, the library community, the private sector and academia on these and many other important issues. The book begins with perspectives from national mapping agencies in Britain, Canada and the United States followed by a survey of the situation in Asia. The next three chapters deal primarily with legal issues such as copyright and intellectual property from both North American and European perspectives. Chapter 8 presents an important perspective on the key issues by a representative of the privat

The academia we have and the one we want: on the centrality of gender equality

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Munar, A. M.; Khoo-Lattimore, C.; Chambers, D.; Biran, Avital

2017-01-01

This concluding essay challenges the tendency in academia to consider feminist epistemologies and gender equality as peripheral when instead they are central to the flourishing of tourism scholarship. We analyze pervasive misconceptions about gender in higher education and present an alternative way of doing academia based on dissent and critical engagement; commitment to democratic practices that allow for different points of view to be shared and accepted as trustworthy; engagement with val...

Academia Nacional de Medicina. Proposición

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Academia Nacional de Medicina

1996-08-01

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La Academia Nacional de Medicina de Colombia registra con profundo pesar la desaparición del ilustre médico doctor Julio Araújo Cuéllar, Miembro Honorario de nuestra Institución, a la que sirvió con gran competencia por más de 40 años y en la que ocupó cargos directivos de alta responsabilidad, tales como Tesorero (1961-1962, Secretario (1971-1973; Miembro de la Comisión de Pediatría para la celebración del centenario de la Academia Nacional de Medicina de Colombia (1973 y Miembro fundador de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Academias Nacionales de Medicina.

Recordar en este luctuoso momento todo lo que el doctor Araújo significó para Colombia tomaría mucho espacio. Empero se debe mencionar que se graduó en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional el 27 de noviembre de 1933, y que completó su formación en Pediatría, en Baltimore, en el Hospital de la Universidad de Johns Hopkins, y en Boston, en el Hospital General de Massachusetts.

Prestó sus servicios a numerosas instituciones, por ejemplo a la Salacuna “Gota de Leche” (Protección Infantil Municipal, al Instituto de Protección Infantil de la Beneficencia para Niños Desamparados, al Hospital de “La Misericordia “, al Hogar Clínica “San Rafael“, al Instituto de Seguros Sociales y a la Casa de la Madre y el Niño. En el Hospital Infantil “Lorencita Villegas de Santos” cumplió una larga y brillante tarea; fundó allí el Servicio de Vacunación y por muchos años fue fuente de apoyo y consuelo para la infancia enferma y maestro insuperable de muchas generaciones de pediatras.

Se destacó como profesor de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional en las cátedras de histología y de pediatría y como profesor de la Escuela Normal Superior y de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Javeriana.

A la docencia unió igualmente sus dotes de investigador acucioso. Estudió diferentes aspectos de la patolog

Women leadership barriers in healthcare, academia and business

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Kalaitzi, S.; Czabanowska, K.; Fowler-Davis, S.; Brand, H.

2017-01-01

Purpose\\ud \\ud \\ud \\ud This paper maps the barriers to women leadership across healthcare, academia and business, and identifies barriers prevalence across sectors. A Barriers Thematic Map (BTM), with quantitative logic, and a prevalence chart have been developed, with the aim to uncover inequalities and provide orientation to develop inclusion and equal opportunity strategies within different work environments.\\ud \\ud \\ud \\ud \\ud Design/methodology/approach\\ud \\ud \\ud A systematic literature...

(Gold) Open Access en la Academia: ¿De qué tipo de acceso hablamos?

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Rivera, Barbara

2018-01-01

Esta presentación se realizó en el marco del panel "Ciencia Abierta dentro y fuera de la academia" en el encuentro TECNOx 3.0 Tecnologías libres para América Latina.Se produjo una interesante discusión en un panel (de mujeres) debido a que todas sus integrantes tenían un rol diverso en la comunicación de la ciencia. Personalmente, mi presentación se enfocó en las consecuencias de la economía del open access en la academia.

"Good Girls": Emphasised Femininity as Cloning Culture in Academia

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Mattsson, Tina

2015-01-01

Gender inequality in academia might be understood as an effect of the belief of a contradiction between woman and science, which make it difficult for women to appropriate the right to author and authorise acts of knowing and thinking in science. In relation to this concern, the aim of this article is to explore how a group of successful women…

Bridging the Gap in Knowledge Transfer between Academia and Practitioners

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Gera, Rajat

2012-01-01

Purpose: The paper intends to identify the causes or gaps in transfer of managerial knowledge between academia and practitioners and to develop a framework that overcomes the gaps through knowledge management, information technology and human resource practices. The paper aims to suggest a strategic approach based on the knowledge transfer cycle.…

The Importance of Physical Fitness in Academia | Olu | Lwati: A ...

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Fitness activities include warm-up and cool-down activities. When these activities are properly done it does not only enhances one's health, alertness, but also promote the mental emotional, physical social and spiritual well-being of an academia. It brings about all round development of other body e.g. agility, strength, ...

Igualdade de oportunidades nas Forças Armadas. O papel das políticas de integraçâo de género

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Helena Carreiras

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Neste artigo discute-se o impacto de políticas organizacionais sobre a construção de igualdade de oportunidades e integração de género nas Forças Armadas. Após uma apresentação de dados empíricos que permitem a caracterização global dos factores condicionantes e da situação das mulheres militares nas democracias ocidentais, analisa-se o papel das políticas organizacionais na promoção da igualdade de oportunidades e integração de género nas Forças Armadas. Conclui-se que nem sempre políticas destinadas a promover a igualdade formal terão idênticos efeitos em termos de integração social, e que as políticas parecem ser condição necessária, mas não suficiente para assegurar maiores níveis de equidade entre sexos no universo militar. In this article, the impact of the organizational policies on the construction of the equality of opportunity and integration of the gender in the Armed Forces is discussed. After a presentation of the empirical data that allow the global characterization of the determining factors and the situation of the military women in Western democracies, the paper of the organizational policies in the promotion of the equality of opportunity and gender integration in the Armed Forces is analyzed. The conclusion is that not always the policies destined to promote the formal equality will have identical effects in terms of social integration, and that the policies seem to be a necessary condition, but not enough to assure greater levels of equality between sexes in the military universe.

Interaction enablers, drivers and barriers of collaborative innovation projects between small firms and academia

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Filip, Diane; Hansen, Bettina Dencker; Frølunde, Thea Thorsgaard

2016-01-01

drivers, and main barriers. Our three major findings relate to the phases of a structured program, elements of collaborative innovation projects, and the facilitation of interaction at two levels, i.e. meta-level and micro-level, by two types of brokers. The operator of the regional program facilitates...... types of brokers acting at two different levels have proven to be useful in overcoming some of the classical barriers firms face when interacting with academia. Essentially, the gap between the world of business and the world of academia has been mitigated by the structured and formalized interactions...

The bridge from cold facts and hot rhetoric to rational climate policy

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O'Keefe, W.F.

2001-01-01

The scientific community must expand its role in the political debate over climate change if we are to have wise and smart policies. The current debate is characterized by a cacaphony of competing scientific claims, scare tactics and propaganda. Scientists, particularly those in academia, are badly needed to uphold the principles of scientific inquiry and standards of evidence, upon which rational public policy depends. They should weigh into the conflict heavily, when the bounds of -rational analysis are exceeded. The acid test of analytical rigor must remain a first principle

The bridge from cold facts and hot rhetoric to rational climate policy

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O'Keefe, W.F.

2001-01-01

The scientific community must expand its role in the political debate over climate change if we are to have wise and smart policies. The current debate is characterized by a cacaphony of competing scientific claims, scare tactics and propaganda. Scientists, particularly those in academia, are badly needed to uphold the principles of scientific inquiry and standards of evidence, upon which rational public policy depends. They should weigh into the conflict heavily, when the bounds of rational analysis are exceeded. The acid test of analytical rigor must remain a first principle

The bridge from cold facts and hot rhetoric to rational climate policy

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O' Keefe, W.F. [American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L St., NW, 20005 Washington, DC (United States)

2001-06-01

The scientific community must expand its role in the political debate over climate change if we are to have wise and smart policies. The current debate is characterized by a cacaphony of competing scientific claims, scare tactics and propaganda. Scientists, particularly those in academia, are badly needed to uphold the principles of scientific inquiry and standards of evidence, upon which rational public policy depends. They should weigh into the conflict heavily, when the bounds of -rational analysis are exceeded. The acid test of analytical rigor must remain a first principle.

The bridge from cold facts and hot rhetoric to rational climate policy

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O' Keefe, W.F. [American Petroleum Institute, 1220 L St., NW, 20005 Washington, DC (United States)

2001-06-01

The scientific community must expand its role in the political debate over climate change if we are to have wise and smart policies. The current debate is characterized by a cacaphony of competing scientific claims, scare tactics and propaganda. Scientists, particularly those in academia, are badly needed to uphold the principles of scientific inquiry and standards of evidence, upon which rational public policy depends. They should weigh into the conflict heavily, when the bounds of rational analysis are exceeded. The acid test of analytical rigor must remain a first principle.

Annabela Rita, Fernando Cristóvão (e ds., Daniela Marcheschi (Prefácio. Fabricar a Inovação – O Processo Criativo em Questão nas Ciências, nas Letras e nas Artes

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Luísa Marinho Antunes

2017-06-01

Full Text Available Recensione del volume Annabela Rita e Fernando Cristóvão (eds. Fabricar a Inovação – O Processo Criativo em Questão nas Ciências, nas Letras e nas Artes, coord. Prefácio Daniela Marcheschi. Lisboa: Gradiva, 2016. Stampa (pp.396 seguita dalla versione italiana della Prefazione.

Las teorías de Pasteur y la Academia de Medicina de Medellín

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Tiberio Alvarez Echeverri

1996-01-01

En este artículo se hace un recuento de cómo en la Academia de Medicina de Medellín se debatieron muy tempranamente (1888) los conceptos etiológicos propuestos por Pasteur y sus desarrollos prácticos como la antisepsia y la asepsia; se convirtió así la Academia, pese al aislamiento en que vivía la ciudad, en un foro científico de avanzada en el campo médico.

Las teorías de Pasteur y la Academia de Medicina de Medellín

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Tiberio Alvarez Echeverri

1996-01-01

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En este artículo se hace un recuento de cómo en la Academia de Medicina de Medellín se debatieron muy tempranamente (1888 los conceptos etiológicos propuestos por Pasteur y sus desarrollos prácticos como la antisepsia y la asepsia; se convirtió así la Academia, pese al aislamiento en que vivía la ciudad, en un foro científico de avanzada en el campo médico.

Congomania in Academia. Recent Historical Research on the Belgian Colonial Past

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S.E. Kiangu

2011-01-01

Full Text Available The Congo has recently been the subject of much academic research. This article discusses the major trends and developments. It primarily focuses on the Congo crisis of 1960, which was commemorated in 2010 and has been inquired into by many historians, including American, British and Russian ones. A comparison of their conclusions reveals that Flanders has largely come to terms with its colonial past, but that the French-speaking community has a more problematic memory. Belgian academia, by contrast, has left the old controversies about Leopold II and Lumumba behind and embarked on the path of new imperial history. It approaches the Congolese past from new angles and with new paradigms, such as reciprocity, science, exhibition, representation, etc. Congolese academia suffers from the economic problems of the country, but has managed to produce a number of studies, focusing mainly on regions, religion, and resistance. Strikingly, Congolese historians have little criticism of the colonial era.

Entre a academia e o activismo: Sociologia, estudos queer e movimento LGBT em Portugal

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Ana Cristina Santos

2012-10-01

Full Text Available Este ensaio centra-se no carácter diverso e complementar da relação entre academia e movimentos sociais, moldando um constructo analítico-social cujas implicações para os estudos queer continuam em grande medida por teorizar. Tal teorização, creio, poderá conduzir a uma nova aplicação da investigação-acção, desta feita centrada nos hífenes que nos permitem articular, em dialéctica, saberes construídos nos quotidianos da academia e do activismo LGBT. Com efeito, ciência e militância, quando cooperantes horizontais – resistindo à tentação de paternalismo, futurismo ou canibalização, por parte da academia, ou de acomodação, aburguesamento ou cedência, por parte dos movimentos sociais –, podem constituir pedras fundamentais nesse constructo ancorado em reconhecimentos recíprocos e capacitantes, em que nenhuma forma de saber se constitui como única ou dominante e da qual resulte, enfim, um novo campo de saber que designo por estudos queer públicos.

O USO DE ESTEROIDES ANABOLIZANTES ANDRÔGENICOS POR PRATICANTES DE MUSCULAÇÃO EM ACADEMIAS EM SÃO JOSÉ DOS PINHAIS (PR

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Camila Regina Trindade Mattano

2012-01-01

Full Text Available Os esteroides anabólicos androgênicos (EAAs são hormônios que compreendem a testosterona e seus derivados, utilizadas há muitos anos com finalidades terapêuticas. Porém o uso não médico tem se disseminado entre jovens em busca do corpo perfeito, sendo considerado problema de saúde pública no Brasil. Este estudo objetivou realizar uma pesquisa sobre os índices de utilização de EAAs por praticantes de musculação em duas academias do município de SãoJosé dos Pinhais (PR, utilizando um questionário estruturado para ser respondido voluntária e anonimamente.Participaram desta pesquisa 233 indivíduos, sendo que destes, 14% (33/233confirmaram ser usuários ou ex-usuários de EAAs, predominando indivíduos do sexo masculino (81%. Cerca de 30% utilizam mais de um EAA e os mais usados foram o estanozolol (27% e o decanoato de nandrolona (21%. Observou-se que a grande maioria dos usuários compra ilegalmente, sem orientação médica e uma pequena parcela compra estas substâncias diretamente nas farmácias, com ou sem prescrição. Em geral, os indivíduos usuários têm noção dos riscos e efeitos adversos e, mais da metade (55% relataram efeitos colaterais devido ao uso,sendo os mais freqüentes as alterações nas características comportamentais e endocrinológicas. O presente trabalho demonstrou o uso de EAAs por praticantes de musculação e mostra a importância e a necessidade de adoção de ações preventivas e educativas junto aos indivíduos usuários de EAAs.

Pharma and Academia: What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate.

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Birnbaum, Morris J

2016-09-13

In recent years, there has been substantial interest in the potential value of collaboration between academia and the pharmaceutical industry. In this Crosstalk, I discuss obstacles to these relationships being optimally productive. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Bringing the National Security Agency into the Classroom: Ethical Reflections on Academia-Intelligence Agency Partnerships.

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Kampe, Christopher; Reid, Gwendolynne; Jones, Paul; S, Colleen; S, Sean; Vogel, Kathleen M

2018-01-09

Academia-intelligence agency collaborations are on the rise for a variety of reasons. These can take many forms, one of which is in the classroom, using students to stand in for intelligence analysts. Classrooms, however, are ethically complex spaces, with students considered vulnerable populations, and become even more complex when layering multiple goals, activities, tools, and stakeholders over those traditionally present. This does not necessarily mean one must shy away from academia-intelligence agency partnerships in classrooms, but that these must be conducted carefully and reflexively. This paper hopes to contribute to this conversation by describing one purposeful classroom encounter that occurred between a professor, students, and intelligence practitioners in the fall of 2015 at North Carolina State University: an experiment conducted as part of a graduate-level political science class that involved students working with a prototype analytic technology, a type of participatory sensing/self-tracking device, developed by the National Security Agency. This experiment opened up the following questions that this paper will explore: What social, ethical, and pedagogical considerations arise with the deployment of a prototype intelligence technology in the college classroom, and how can they be addressed? How can academia-intelligence agency collaboration in the classroom be conducted in ways that provide benefits to all parties, while minimizing disruptions and negative consequences? This paper will discuss the experimental findings in the context of ethical perspectives involved in values in design and participatory/self-tracking data practices, and discuss lessons learned for the ethics of future academia-intelligence agency partnerships in the classroom.

Refugees, Migrants, Visitors and Internally Displaced Persons: Investigating Acculturation in Academia

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Rowe, Nicholas; Martin, Rose; Knox, Sarah; Mabingo, Alfdaniels

2016-01-01

What is the boundary of the academic space, and who can belong within it? The migration of skilled practitioners into Academia from other workplaces brings with it the opportunity to expand the understandings and functions of higher education. Similar to processes of geographic/political migration, the acculturation resulting from this…

Nueva Sede para la Academia

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Mario Camacho Pinto

1994-06-01

, confortablemente amoblada.

6. Auditorio funcional de moderno corte inclinado, semicircular, con 106 sillas plegables, sufragadas por cuotas voluntarias de académicos, en el plan ”Venta de Sillas”, más la última dotación audiovisual consistente en:

a Videograbadora de doble cassette.

b Proyector de diapositivas con dos lentes Zoom, Dispositivo Beta y VHS.

c Telón importado automático y panorámico.

d Doble pantalla de TV. con soportes móviles incrustados.

e Mesa directiva con sus sillas compañeras y podio para conferenciante.

f Micrófono inalámbrico con filtro para ruidos y linterna láser.

7. Entapetado total de los pisos en varios colores.
8. Oficinas amplias con Presidencia señorial. secretarías, auxiliares y fotocopiadora.

9. Biblioteca centralizada en tres salas con estantería en madera a todo lo alto y ancho de sus muros, lista para sistematización, en proceso de instalación de terminal de computador y banco de datos.

10. Hemeroteca con adquisición de mueble especial rodante y servicio de bibliografía de actualización, suministrado por cortesía de Iladiba y su Director Académico Jorge Maldonado.

11. Se competó la colección de la Pinacoteca de Académicos Fundadores, ex presidentes, Académicos dignos de nuestra admiración y respeto reorganizada con imagenología pintada a. mano.

12. Alojamiento amplio y cómodo para servidores.

13. Refacción total de la antigua sede.

14. Su arrendamiento para renta de la Academia ya contratado.

15. Organización interior de funcionamiento de la nueva sede, con autorización de alquilar sus instalaciones para eventos de carácter científico.

16. Innumerables gestiones para conseguir benefactores cuyo número en la actualidad llega a 22.

17. Realización de eventos científicos, dentro y fuera del recinto de la Academia, académicos unos, otros para beneficio económico.

18. Gestiones ante el Gobierno

DISCURSO DE POSESIÓN COMO PRESIDENTE DE LA ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA PERIODO 2016 A 2018

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Herman Esguerra Villamizar

2016-04-01

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En verdad hoy me acompañan un gran contento, una enorme satisfacción y un ánimo del espíritu increíble. Este hecho, el de posesionarme como nuevo presidente de la Academia Nacional de Medicina, es quizá uno de los honores más grandes que como médico he recibido en mi vida profesional y de académico. Hay un gran deseo en mí de lograr objetivos, cumplir responsabilidades y realizar servicios. Ustedes honorables académicos, han creído en mí y han depositado en mi persona el liderazgo y conducción de nuestra academia para los próximos dos años. Muchas gracias por ese honor que me confieren.

Siempre hubo en mí, desde el estudiante de medicina, luego como médico rural, médico general, médico especialista en Medicina Interna y médico oncólogo clínico y de trasplante de médula ósea, el propósito de ser un médico “superior” (aún no sabría decir qué significado tiene este adjetivo. Pero aún a este tiempo, día a día siento la necesidad de planear, proyectar, realizar y servir como médico a mis pacientes, a mi comunidad, a las instituciones en que me muevo, a mi academia y a mi país.

Inicié mi recorrido como médico oncólogo clínico en el Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, allí promoví y participé en la creación, organización y desarrollo de la especialidad de Oncología Clínica.

Me adentré en el concepto de la integralidad en el manejo del paciente con cáncer y en la necesidad de educación médica en cáncer. Fundé servicios de Oncología en el Hospital Central de la Policía Nacional y en la Clínica Santa Rosa, de Cajanal, el primer servicio de carácter privado de Oncología en Bogotá hace 30 años: El Servicio de Oncología de la Clínica de Marly. Luego Radioterapia Oncología Marly S.A – Instituto de Oncología y la Asociación Colombiana de Enfermos de Cáncer. También participé en la creación del Banco Nacional de Medicamentos para el Cáncer y el primer servicio y

Review and discussion: e-learning for academia and industry

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Chang, Victor

2016-01-01

This paper presents a high level review and discussion about e-learning and proposes the use of interactive learning as a recommended method for staff training in industry and academia. Interactive learning is focused on the integrated e-learning and face-to-face learning to ensure that the process of learning can stimulate learners’ interests, report their progress and have tutors to provide their feedback and guide learners to the expected targets. Learning activities and varieties have bee...

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1993-04-01

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Con elegante reunión íntima, para la cual vinieron del exterior todos sus hijos y en la que tomaron parte distinguidos académicos, celebró su octogésimo cumpleaños el secretario de la Corporación, Académico de Número Mario Camacho Pinto, el día 18 de diciembre de 1992.

El profesor Camacho Pinto, médico de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y especializado en Neurocirugía en los Estados Unidos bajo la dirección de personalidades tan ilustres como Foster Kennedy, William Scarfy Lester Mount, regresó a Colombia en 1944 para traer la entonces novedosa especialidad, de la cual es pionero en nuestro país pues fue el primero que tuvo servicio en el Hospital de San Juan de Dios, la Hortúa de Bogotá y que fue designado docente en su Alma Mater.

La Academia se une complacida a los parabienes que, con motivo de sus ochenta fructíferos años, ha recibido el señor Secretario...

Barriers to Women Leaders in Academia: Tales from Science and Technology

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Howe-Walsh, Liza; Turnbull, Sarah

2016-01-01

There is growing concern regarding the lack of women in senior positions in science and technology (ST) in United Kingdom (UK) universities. Previous research has enhanced our understanding of the challenges women in academia face to progress their careers. In contrast, relatively little is known as to why so few women reach leadership positions…

Neither the State nor the Grass Roots: Language Maintenance and the Discourse of the Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua.

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Marr, Tim

1999-01-01

Describes the Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, a Peruvian institution ostensibly dedicated to maintaining Quechua. Data from writings by and about the Academia and from administrator interviews suggest that the institution shows signs of an ambivalent and potentially conflictive attitude toward the Peruvian state and Quechua speakers, and this…

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Carlos Lleras Restrepo

1988-08-01

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Oración institucional pronunciada por el expresidente de la República doctor Carlos Lleras Restrepo.

Esta Academia me ha conferido el honor de pronunciar hoy, cuando el doctor Jorge Cavelier Gaviria toma posesión del cargo de presidente, la “Oración institucional” que tradicionalmente acompaña el relevo en la dirección de esta institución ilustre.

Llega a la presidencia de la Academia el doctor Cavelier con méritos que justifican ampliamente esa designación. Sus estudios en el campo de la urología, con la introducción de nuevas técnicas quirúrgicas, y los referentes al cáncer de la próstata han mostrado su capacidad de investigador y de su consagración y competencia en la organización de la asistencia médica ha dado pruebas como jefe de servicio y luego director científico del hospital de “La Samaritana”, en cuya creación participó de manera decisiva su ilustre padre, como miembro de la directiva del Fondo Nacional Hospitalario y como director de la Clínica Marly, desde hace varios años.

No puedo menos de recordar con emoción que entre quienes han precedido al doctor Cavelier Gaviria en la presidencia de esta Academia figura Federico Lleras Acosta. El3 de septiembre de 1936, día en que el presidente Alfonso López Pumarejo condecoró con la Cruz de Boyacá a esta Corporación, mi padre sucedió en su presidencia al doctor Rafael Ucrós, al completar 26 años de haber participado en sus trabajos como muy activo miembro. Las memorias dirigidas a ella sobre la inspección de las carnes, el carbón sintomático, la fiebre puerperal, la tuberculosis, el agua en Bogotá, la fiebre bubónica y las investigaciones sobre lepra en las cuales trabajaba entonces, con heroica tenacidad, merecieron de parte del presidente López Pumarejo palabras de reconocimiento que para mí son inolvidables. El doctor Jorge

High electron mobility in Ga(In)NAs films grown by molecular beam epitaxy

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Miyashita, Naoya; Ahsan, Nazmul; Monirul Islam, Muhammad; Okada, Yoshitaka; Inagaki, Makoto; Yamaguchi, Masafumi

2012-01-01

We report the highest mobility values above 2000 cm 2 /Vs in Si doped GaNAs film grown by molecular beam epitaxy. To understand the feature of the origin which limits the electron mobility in GaNAs, temperature dependences of mobility were measured for high mobility GaNAs and referential low mobility GaInNAs. Temperature dependent mobility for high mobility GaNAs is similar to the GaAs case, while that for low mobility GaInNAs shows large decrease in lower temperature region. The electron mobility of high quality GaNAs can be explained by intrinsic limiting factor of random alloy scattering and extrinsic factor of ionized impurity scattering.

Interacciones de las proteínas disulfuro isomerasa y de choque térmico Hsc70 con proteínas estructurales recombinantes purificadas de rotavirus

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Luz Y. Moreno

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Introducción. La entrada de rotavirus a las células parece estar mediado por interacciones secuenciales entre las proteínas estructurales virales y algunas moléculas de la superficie celular. Sin embargo, los mecanismos por los cuales el rotavirus infecta la célula diana aún no se comprenden bien. Existe alguna evidencia que muestra que las proteínas estructurales de rotavirus VP5* y VP8* interactúan con algunas moléculas de la superficie celular. La disponibilidad de las proteínas estructurales de rotavirus recombinantes en cantidad suficiente se ha convertido en un aspecto importante para la identificación de las interacciones específicas de los receptores virus-célula durante los eventos tempranos del proceso infeccioso. Objetivo. El propósito del presente trabajo es realizar un análisis de las interacciones entre las proteínas estructurales de rotavirus recombinante VP5*, VP8* y VP6, y las proteínas celulares Hsc70 y PDI utilizando sus versiones recombinantes purificadas. Materiales y métodos. Las proteínas recombinantes de rotavirus VP5* y VP8* y las proteínas recombinantes celulares Hsc70 y PDI se expresaron en E. coli BL21 (DE3, mientras que VP6 se expresó en células MA104 con virus vaccinia recombinante transfectada. La interacción entre el rotavirus y las proteínas celulares se estudió mediante ELISA, co-inmunoprecipitación y SDS-PAGE/ Western. Resultados. Las condiciones óptimas para la expresión de proteínas recombinantes se determinaron y se generaron anticuerpos contra ellas. Los resultados sugirieron que las proteínas virales rVP5* y rVP6 interactúan con Hsc70 y PDI in vitro. También se encontró que éstas proteínas virales recombinantes interactúan con Hsc70 en las balsas lipídicas (“Rafts” en un cultivo celular. El tratamiento de las células, ya sea con DLP o rVP6 produjo significativamente la inhibición de la infección por rotavirus. Conclusión. Los resultados permiten concluir que r

Reflections on the No-Uterus Rule: Pregnancy, Academia, and Feminist Pedagogy

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Shope, Janet Hinson

2005-01-01

This essay relays the author's own pregnancy story to illustrate how academia traditionally reinforces the mind/body dualism by adhering to the no-uterus rule: a gender blind, antibody approach that treats persons as if they do not occupy a body in time and space. Her experience reveals the problems disembodied approaches to knowledge pose for…

Elías Zerolo (1848-1900 y la labor de la Real Academia Española

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Javier Medina López

2007-12-01

Full Text Available For the first time, opinions about topics related to the Spanish language made by erudite Elías Zerolo (1849-1900 are analysed in an essay. Zerolo is the author of La lengua, la Academia y los académicos, published originally in Paris, in1889. In this work Elías Zerolo speaks about the unity of the language, the importance of American and Spanish idiomatic varieties and criticizes Academia (its Dictionary and its Grammar for not always picking up the most recent usages and meanings of late 19th century Spanish. He concludes that the academic model, though important as it is, must not be the only one and cannot be established as a general norm for the Spanish language. Furthermore, he states that Academia should bear in mind opinions and works by American writers. Regarding lexicon it is also convenient to consider other vocabularies. Thus, in the final part of his work, Elías Zerolo thinks that voices coming from the Canary Isles ought to be included in the academic Diccionario.

Protein crystallography and drug discovery: recollections of knowledge exchange between academia and industry

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Tom L. Blundell

2017-07-01

Full Text Available The development of structure-guided drug discovery is a story of knowledge exchange where new ideas originate from all parts of the research ecosystem. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin obtained insulin from Boots Pure Drug Company in the 1930s and insulin crystallization was optimized in the company Novo in the 1950s, allowing the structure to be determined at Oxford University. The structure of renin was developed in academia, on this occasion in London, in response to a need to develop antihypertensives in pharma. The idea of a dimeric aspartic protease came from an international academic team and was discovered in HIV; it eventually led to new HIV antivirals being developed in industry. Structure-guided fragment-based discovery was developed in large pharma and biotechs, but has been exploited in academia for the development of new inhibitors targeting protein–protein interactions and also antimicrobials to combat mycobacterial infections such as tuberculosis. These observations provide a strong argument against the so-called `linear model', where ideas flow only in one direction from academic institutions to industry. Structure-guided drug discovery is a story of applications of protein crystallography and knowledge exhange between academia and industry that has led to new drug approvals for cancer and other common medical conditions by the Food and Drug Administration in the USA, as well as hope for the treatment of rare genetic diseases and infectious diseases that are a particular challenge in the developing world.

Protein crystallography and drug discovery: recollections of knowledge exchange between academia and industry.

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Blundell, Tom L

2017-07-01

The development of structure-guided drug discovery is a story of knowledge exchange where new ideas originate from all parts of the research ecosystem. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin obtained insulin from Boots Pure Drug Company in the 1930s and insulin crystallization was optimized in the company Novo in the 1950s, allowing the structure to be determined at Oxford University. The structure of renin was developed in academia, on this occasion in London, in response to a need to develop antihypertensives in pharma. The idea of a dimeric aspartic protease came from an international academic team and was discovered in HIV; it eventually led to new HIV antivirals being developed in industry. Structure-guided fragment-based discovery was developed in large pharma and biotechs, but has been exploited in academia for the development of new inhibitors targeting protein-protein interactions and also antimicrobials to combat mycobacterial infections such as tuberculosis. These observations provide a strong argument against the so-called 'linear model', where ideas flow only in one direction from academic institutions to industry. Structure-guided drug discovery is a story of applications of protein crystallography and knowledge exhange between academia and industry that has led to new drug approvals for cancer and other common medical conditions by the Food and Drug Administration in the USA, as well as hope for the treatment of rare genetic diseases and infectious diseases that are a particular challenge in the developing world.

Iranian academia: evolution after revolution and plagiarism as a disorder.

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Ghazinoory, Sepehr; Ghazinoori, Soroush; Azadegan-Mehr, Mandana

2011-06-01

Recently, a few of scientific journals raise serious questions about scientific ethics and moral judgment of some of the Iranian government's senior executives in their papers. Plagiarism, under any circumstances is not justified, and we do not intend to justify it in this note. However, we find it useful in understanding why otherwise respected, responsible individuals may engage in plagiarism by terse review of the history Iranian academia.

From academia to industry: The story of Google DeepMind

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Legg, Shane

2014-01-01

Shane Legg left academia to cofound DeepMind Technologies in 2010, along with Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman. Their vision was to bring together cutting edge machine learning and systems neuroscience in order to create artificial agents with general intelligence. Following investments from a number of famous technology entrepreneurs, including Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, they assembled a team of world class researchers with backgrounds in systems neuroscience, deep learning, reinforcement...

Shanghai institute of nuclear research, academia sinica annual report 1991

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1992-01-01

The Annual Report is a comprehensive review of achievements made by Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research (SINR), Academia Sinica in 1991, Which concerns nuclear physics (theories, experimentation, and application), nuclear chemistry (radiochemistry, radiopharmaceuticals, labelled compounds, analytical chemistry), radiation chemistry, accelerator physics and technology, nuclear detectors, computer application and maintenance, laboratory engineering, radiation protection and waste treatment. The maintenance, reconstruction and operation of its major facilities are also described

Does Productivity Decline after Promotion? The Case of French Academia

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Sabatier, Mareva

2012-01-01

International audience; The present research examined the effect of promotion decisions on ex-post productivity in French academia. As, once promotion decisions are known, most external incentives vanish for promoted candidates, their productivity was expected to decrease. This hypothesis was tested by using an original dataset and matching methods to evaluate the impact of promotion on publication scores. The robustness of the matching estimates was tested using sensitivity analysis. The res...

Notas sobre o fantasma nas toxicomanias

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Full Text Available O presente artigo foi apresentado na Jornada Clínica da Associação Psicanalítica de Porto Alegre - "A direção da cura nas toxicomanias: o sujeito em questão em outubro de 2003. Através da discussão de um caso clínico, busca evidenciar a importância da relação existente entre a fantasmática do sujeito e a escolha do objeto nas toxicomanias. Aborda ainda a toxicomania como sintoma da contemporaneidade, bem como traços da estética que a compõe.

A Collaboratively-Derived Science-Policy Research Agenda

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Sutherland, William J.; Bellingan, Laura; Bellingham, Jim R.; Blackstock, Jason J.; Bloomfield, Robert M.; Bravo, Michael; Cadman, Victoria M.; Cleevely, David D.; Clements, Andy; Cohen, Anthony S.; Cope, David R.; Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Devecchi, Cristina; Anadon, Laura Diaz; Denegri, Simon; Doubleday, Robert; Dusic, Nicholas R.; Evans, Robert J.; Feng, Wai Y.; Godfray, H. Charles J.; Harris, Paul; Hartley, Sue E.; Hester, Alison J.; Holmes, John; Hughes, Alan; Hulme, Mike; Irwin, Colin; Jennings, Richard C.; Kass, Gary S.; Littlejohns, Peter; Marteau, Theresa M.; McKee, Glenn; Millstone, Erik P.; Nuttall, William J.; Owens, Susan; Parker, Miles M.; Pearson, Sarah; Petts, Judith; Ploszek, Richard; Pullin, Andrew S.; Reid, Graeme; Richards, Keith S.; Robinson, John G.; Shaxson, Louise; Sierra, Leonor; Smith, Beck G.; Spiegelhalter, David J.; Stilgoe, Jack; Stirling, Andy; Tyler, Christopher P.; Winickoff, David E.; Zimmern, Ron L.

2012-01-01

The need for policy makers to understand science and for scientists to understand policy processes is widely recognised. However, the science-policy relationship is sometimes difficult and occasionally dysfunctional; it is also increasingly visible, because it must deal with contentious issues, or itself becomes a matter of public controversy, or both. We suggest that identifying key unanswered questions on the relationship between science and policy will catalyse and focus research in this field. To identify these questions, a collaborative procedure was employed with 52 participants selected to cover a wide range of experience in both science and policy, including people from government, non-governmental organisations, academia and industry. These participants consulted with colleagues and submitted 239 questions. An initial round of voting was followed by a workshop in which 40 of the most important questions were identified by further discussion and voting. The resulting list includes questions about the effectiveness of science-based decision-making structures; the nature and legitimacy of expertise; the consequences of changes such as increasing transparency; choices among different sources of evidence; the implications of new means of characterising and representing uncertainties; and ways in which policy and political processes affect what counts as authoritative evidence. We expect this exercise to identify important theoretical questions and to help improve the mutual understanding and effectiveness of those working at the interface of science and policy. PMID:22427809

Talent Management in Academia: The Effect of Discipline and Context on Recruitment

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Paisey, Catriona; Paisey, Nicholas J.

2018-01-01

Although talent management is widely discussed in large for-profit organisations and multinationals, it has been little discussed in relation to higher education. This paper examines one aspect of talent management, recruitment, in academia in accounting, in two different countries, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland. It frames the study around…

Evidence-based policy learning: the case of the research excellence indicat

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Hardeman, S.; Vertesy, D.

2016-07-01

Excellence is arguably the single most important concept in academia today, especially when it comes to science policy making. At the same time, however, excellence leads to a great amount of discomfort, leading some to plea for an overall rejection of the concept. The discomfort with excellence reaches its heights whenever proposals are made for measuring it. Yet, especially given the period of professionalization science policy making finds itself in, these same metrics are frequently called upon to legitimate policy interventions. Excellence and its measurement, it seems therefore, is something we can neither life with nor without. This paper offers some middle ground in the debate on excellence and its measurement for science policy purposes. Using the case of the European Commission’s Research Excellence Indicator as an example, we show how the development and use of indicators offers an opportunity for learning in science policy making. Ultimately, therefore, we show how and in what ways measuring excellence can contribute to evidence-based science policy learning in practice. (Author)

Institucionalizar la escritura del pasado. La Academia Paraguaya de la Historia (1937-1965

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Brezzo, Liliana M.

2016-06-01

Full Text Available This article analyzes the process of foundation and institutional life of the Paraguayan Academy of History (formerly Paraguayan Institute of Historical Research as a way to account for the development of writing in Paraguay’s History in the twentieth century. Attempt to distinguish the conditioning factors on the practice of History and examine the role of the Academy in the process of institutionalization of the discipline.Este artículo analiza el proceso de fundación de la Academia Paraguaya de la Historia (antes Instituto Paraguayo de Investigaciones Históricas y su vida institucional como vía para dar cuenta del desarrollo de la escritura de la historia en Paraguay en el siglo XX. Pretende distinguir los condicionantes en la práctica de la historia y examinar el rol de la Academia en el proceso de institucionalización de la disciplina.

HEPTech Academia – Industry Matching Event on Control Systems for Accelerators and Detectors

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2013-01-01

The HEPTech AIME (Academia – Industry Matching Event) on Controls for accelerators and detectors will take place from 2 to 3 December in Athens, Greece.   The HEPTech network invites you to Demokritos NCSR to participate in an event that aims to bring together Academia and Industry to share ideas and potential applications of Controls Technology. The event will provide an overview of current Controls Systems for large scale projects including the LHC, the CMS and ATLAS detectors, medical accelerator facilities and contributions from companies active in these fields. CERN Computer Centre. The programme will also address some of the challenges faced by future High Energy Physics projects in the controls area and provide a glimpse into the future requirements of research infrastructures such as the European Spallation Source (ESS), and the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI), while exploring different possible approaches to the commercialisation of controls technology. The event ...

A SMART NAS Toolkit for Optimality Metrics Overlay, Phase I

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration — The innovation proposed is a plug-and-play module for NASA's proposed SMART NAS (Shadow Mode Assessment using Realistic Technologies for the NAS) system that...

Poverty PhDs: Funds of Knowledge, Poverty, and Professional Identity in Academia

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Cutri, Ramona Maile; Manning, Jill Michelle; Chun, Marc

2011-01-01

In contrast to the common deficit approach, this self-study explores the relationship between the funds of knowledge possessed by people of poverty and their development of professional identity in academia. All three authors have moved beyond conditions of financial poverty, but all find that the mental conditions of poverty persist. We conclude…

Deal-Making and Rule-Breaking: Behind the Facade of Equity in Academia

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Kjeldal, Sue-Ellen; Rindfleish, Jennifer; Sheridan, Alison

2005-01-01

A glass ceiling for women still exists in academia after two decades of equal employment opportunity (EEO) legislation in Australia. There are complex factors that when combined make gender inequity in the higher education sector highly resistant to change. Using personal histories as a reflexive device, the paper makes explicit the embedded male…

Informe de Actividades de la Academia Segundo Semestre 2005.

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Alfredo Jácome Roca

2005-10-01

• El 22 de septiembre de 2005 la Asociación- Sociedad Médico-Quirúrgica del Atlántico otorgó al Académico Efraím Otero-Ruiz su máxima condecoración (Diploma y Medalla “David Castro Senior” “por su eximia trayectoria profesional, científica, humana y de servicio a la Asociación”. La ceremonia fue presidida por el Académico Jaime Castro Blanco, Presidente de la Sociedad y del Capítulo del Atlántico de la Academia Nacional de Medicina....

Sumario del discurso inaugural del Capítulo del Tolima de la Academia Nacional de Medicina.

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Juan Jacobo Muñoz Delgado

1993-08-01

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Una nueva época

Por una feliz circunstancia iniciamos hoy, en esta nobilísima ciudad de lbagué, una nueva época de la Academia Nacional de Medicina.

La directiva actual, poco tiempo después de su elección, buscó la manera de hacer realidad el que esta Academia fuera una institución de carácter nacional, de que fuera, como lo manda la Ley, "el organismo consultor y asesor del Gobierno Nacional" de que ayudara a lograr una buena orientación legal y administrativa, y a que fuera el gran ente promotor de la salud colombiana en todos sus aspectos.

La Academia decidió crear una sección dedicada a establecer capítulos departamentales, coordinados, dirigidos y orientados a finalidades patrióticas de salud. Con todos nuestros colegas de Colombia, mostrar la importancia de la Salud Pública y lo que ella significa para nuestro desarrollo. De tal dependencia hemos encargado en buena hora a nuestro ilustre ex-presidente doctor Pablo Gómez Martínez.

LAS PROTEÍNAS DESORDENADAS Y SU FUNCIÓN: UNA NUEVA FORMA DE VER LA ESTRUCTURA DE LAS PROTEÍNAS Y LA RESPUESTA DE LAS PLANTAS AL ESTRÉS

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César Luis Cuevas-Velázquez; Alejandra A. Covarrubias-Robles

2011-01-01

El dogma que relaciona la función de una proteína con una estructura tridimensional definida ha sido desafiado durante los últimos años por el descubrimiento y caracterización de las proteínas conocidas como proteínas no estructuradas o desordenadas. Estas proteínas poseen una elevada flexibilidad estructural la cual les permite adoptar estructuras diferentes y, por tanto, reconocer ligandos diversos conservando la especificidad en el reconocimiento de los mismos. A las proteínas de este tipo...

Academia Cuauhtli: (Re)Locating the Spiritual, if Crooked, Path to Social Justice

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Valenzuela, Angela

2017-01-01

This essay doubles as a critique of the brutal violence visited upon the immigrant community in Austin, Texas, in the wake of Donald Trump's presidency, and a deeply personal account related to the establishment of Academia Cuauhtli, a language and culture revitalization project in Austin, Texas. It narrates our origins as a community-anchored,…

O planejamento do "Recreio nas Férias" na cidade Paulista de Americana Planning for the program "leisure during the school break" ("Recreio nas Férias" in the brazilian city of Americana, state of São Paulo

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Nayara Torre de Almeida

2012-06-01

Full Text Available O presente artigo constitui um relato de experiência do processo de planejamento e implementação do projeto "Recreio nas Férias" em um dos núcleos do Programa Segundo Tempo, localizado no bairro Vila Jones na cidade Paulista de Americana. O Projeto "Recreio nas Férias" é uma iniciativa do Ministério do Esporte, implantada em 2009 com o objetivo de, no período de férias escolares, oferecer às crianças e adolescentes participantes do programa, opções de esporte e lazer (e.g., atividades lúdicas, esportivas, artísticas, culturais, sociais e turísticas que "preencham o seu tempo livre de forma prazerosa e ao mesmo tempo construtiva" (BRASIL, 2010. Confrontando tais objetivos com os estudos mais atuais no campo do lazer é possível perceber que, no campo das políticas públicas, ainda permanece a visão histórica que tende a tratar o lazer como ocupação do tempo ocioso, principalmente quando se trata das propostas voltadas às classes populares. Isso fica evidente na preocupação explícita de "preencher o tempo livre", enfatizando seu caráter ocupacional. Nesse sentido, tecemos algumas aproximações com estudos de Silva (2003, 2008 e Marcellino (1995, 2001, 2008 compreendendo o lazer como uma das possibilidades de vivência do lúdico e construção da cidadania, ou seja, buscando responder a seguinte questão: pode o lazer assumir outro papel, senão este "ocupacional" historicamente observado nas políticas de esporte e lazer voltadas às classes populares?This study reports the planning and the implementation of the program "Recreio nas Férias" in one of the centers of the program "Second Half" ("Programa Segundo Tempo", located in Vila Jones in the Brazilian city of Americana, State of São Paulo. The program "Leisure During the School Break" ("Recreio nas Férias" is a project of the Ministry of Sports, lounged in 2009. The aim was, during the school break, to provide children and adolescents with sports and leisure

The impact of work-life balance on intention to stay in academia: Results from a national survey of pharmacy faculty.

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Lindfelt, Tristan; Ip, Eric J; Gomez, Alejandra; Barnett, Mitchell J

2018-04-01

Border-Crossing theory suggests work-life balance and career satisfaction are inter-related and disappointment in work-life balance may predict changes in one's career path. Application of this theory to health profession faculty is plausible but has not been fully explored. The purpose of this study is to examine factors related to reported career change intention among United States pharmacy school faculty and to determine if Border-Crossing theory fits these observations. Results from a national web-based survey administered via Qualtrics ® to American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) members were utilized. Bivariate analyses were conducted to compare differences among faculty stating an intention to stay or leave academia. A logistic multivariate model was used to determine if work-life balance remains significant when controlling for other variables and if survey results support the Border-Crossing theory. Nearly all (seven hundred of 811 responders, or 86.3%) stated a desire to stay in academia. Faculty with higher work-life balance were more likely to report an intent to remain in academia. Male, older, full-professor and non-pharmacy practice faculty (social or administrative science, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry and others) were more likely to state an intention to remain in academia relative to their counterparts. Lower stress, as measured by the validated Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) scores, was seen among faculty stating a desire to remain in academia. Work-life balance remained significantly inversely related to career change intention after controlling for all other factors. A significant factor related to pharmacy faculty's stated intention to remain in academia was work-life balance. Other factors such as gender, age, rank, stress level and department may also play a role. These results support the application of the Border-Crossing theory in health profession faculty and may provide pharmacy school administrators and stakeholders

Pronunciamiento Oficial de la Academia Nacional de Medicina Frente Al Tratado de Libre Comercio.

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Zoilo Cuéllar-Montoya

2005-09-01

Mientras que para los Estados Unidos esto no representa más de cuatrocientos millones de dólares, para el pueblo colombiano, el impacto económico de dicha determinación, como lo han demostrado varios estudios de reconocida seriedad, sería demoledor, tanto que la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS aconseja, a los países pobres, desconocer las patentes de medicamentos: la Academia considera que la propiedad intelectual se debe respetar, a ultranza, pero que se deben mantener los términos de tiempo en un nivel racional, contrapropuesta original de Colombia. No entiendo cómo, si el Ministro Botero tenía ya trazado el camino «político» mencionado, pudo considerar en un momento dado que la Academia sería «su aliado» en semejante despropósito...

The Italian University Habilitation and the Challenge of Increasing the Representation of Women in Academia

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Marco Pautasso

2015-03-01

Full Text Available Increasing the representation of women in academia is a priority challenge in higher education policy. This study uses data from the Italian University habilitation competition in 2012 to test whether this national, standardized and quantitative assessment of researchers contributed to improving the situation. The proportion of female applications (on the whole about 36% was in many fields higher than the reported proportion of female University professors (27%, 2010, but lower than the proportion of female researchers (2010 in Italy (45% and 51% for researchers with and without a permanent position, respectively. There was still a gap between the proportion of female applications at the associate (on average 39% and full professor level (29%. A similar gap was also present between scientific disciplines and the humanities. Average success rates of female applications (41.2% were on the whole lower than those of male applications (43.9%, but in most fields these differences were not significant. Overall, it is generally much lower proportion of female applications rather than their lower success rate that perpetuates the low proportion of female academics in Italy. More effort is needed to support female researchers in choosing and pursuing an academic career.

The role of academia and industry in nurturing women in physics in Kenya

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Nyamwandha, Cecilia A.; Kasina, Angeline; Muthui, Zipporah W.; Awuor, Emily; Baki, Paul

2015-12-01

The authors look at some of the primary initiatives taken by the government, academia, and industry to nurture the goals and dreams of Kenyan women physicists. They discuss key transformative lines of progress as evidenced by statistics, and the enabling environments and platforms upon which these were made possible.

Productivity in Academia: An Assessment of Causal Linkages between Output and Outcome Indicators

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Wamala, Robert; Ssembatya, Vincent A.

2015-01-01

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate causal linkages between output and outcome indicators of productivity in academia. Design/methodology/approach: The duration of teaching service and the number of graduate students supervised to completion were adopted as output indicators of productivity. Equivalent outcome indicators were the…

First-principle natural band alignment of GaN / dilute-As GaNAs alloy

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Chee-Keong Tan

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Density functional theory (DFT calculations with the local density approximation (LDA functional are employed to investigate the band alignment of dilute-As GaNAs alloys with respect to the GaN alloy. Conduction and valence band positions of dilute-As GaNAs alloy with respect to the GaN alloy on an absolute energy scale are determined from the combination of bulk and surface DFT calculations. The resulting GaN / GaNAs conduction to valence band offset ratio is found as approximately 5:95. Our theoretical finding is in good agreement with experimental observation, indicating the upward movements of valence band at low-As content dilute-As GaNAs are mainly responsible for the drastic reduction of the GaN energy band gap. In addition, type-I band alignment of GaN / GaNAs is suggested as a reasonable approach for future device implementation with dilute-As GaNAs quantum well, and possible type-II quantum well active region can be formed by using InGaN / dilute-As GaNAs heterostructure.

Auto-Suggest Capability via Machine Learning in SMART NAS, Phase I

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration — We build machine learning capabilities that enables the Shadow Mode Assessment using Realistic Technologies for the NAS (SMART NAS) system to synthesize, optimize,...

Challenging homophobia in schools: policies and programs for safe school climates Desafiando a homofobia nas escolas: políticas e programas para climas escolares seguros

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Stephen T. Russell

2011-04-01

Full Text Available In the United States there has been growing public and scientific attention to homophobia in schools. A well-established body of research documents persistent and pervasive bullying, harassment and lack of safety at schools towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT students. This work makes clear that contemporary school and youth cultures are characterized by rigid gender and sexuality norms (including homophobia and expectations regarding masculinity, femininity, and heterosexuality; the well-being of students who do not conform to or who challenge these norms is often undermined. In recent years there has been a shift from consideration of the plight of individual students to the acknowledgement that the school context or climate must be better understood in order to prevent bias-motivated bullying and promote school safety and student well-being. During the last decade a number of studies have identified specific education policies, programs, and practices that promote safe school climates. In this article I review what is known about policies and programs that promote safety for LGBT as well as heterosexual students in schools. A growing body of work indicates that the following strategies are associated with safer school climates for LGBT students: enumerated school nondiscrimination and anti-bullying policies; teacher intervention when harassment takes place; availability of information and support about LGBT concerns for students; the presence of school-based support groups or clubs (often called "gay-straight alliances"; and curricular inclusion of LGBT people and issues. In the context of this research, I discuss several key issues for consideration by educators, policy-makers, and scholars.A homofobia nas escolas tem sido foco crescente de atenção científica e do público nos Estados Unidos da América. Um corpo bem estabelecido de pesquisa documenta o bullying, assédio e falta de segurança na escola para estudantes l

Mixed methods systematic review exploring mentorship outcomes in nursing academia.

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Nowell, Lorelli; Norris, Jill M; Mrklas, Kelly; White, Deborah E

2017-03-01

The aim of this study was to report on a mixed methods systematic review that critically examines the evidence for mentorship in nursing academia. Nursing education institutions globally have issued calls for mentorship. There is emerging evidence to support the value of mentorship in other disciplines, but the extant state of the evidence in nursing academia is not known. A comprehensive review of the evidence is required. A mixed methods systematic review. Five databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, ERIC, PsycINFO) were searched using an a priori search strategy from inception to 2 November 2015 to identify quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies. Grey literature searches were also conducted in electronic databases (ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, Index to Theses) and mentorship conference proceedings and by hand searching the reference lists of eligible studies. Study quality was assessed prior to inclusion using standardized critical appraisal instruments from the Joanna Briggs Institute. A convergent qualitative synthesis design was used where results from qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies were transformed into qualitative findings. Mentorship outcomes were mapped to a theory-informed framework. Thirty-four studies were included in this review, from the 3001 records initially retrieved. In general, mentorship had a positive impact on behavioural, career, attitudinal, relational and motivational outcomes; however, the methodological quality of studies was weak. This review can inform the objectives of mentorship interventions and contribute to a more rigorous approach to studies that assess mentorship outcomes. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Regulatory perspective on NAS recommendations for Yucca Mountain standards

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Brocoum, S.J.; Nesbit, S.P.; Duguid, J.A.; Lugo, M.A.; Krishna, P.M.

1996-01-01

This paper provides a regulatory perspective from the viewpoint of the potential licensee, the US Department of Energy (DOE), on the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report on Yucca Mountain standards published in August 1995. The DOE agrees with some aspects of the NAS report; however, the DOE has serious concerns with the ability to implement some of the recommendations in a reasonable manner

Electromagnetic separation of stable isotopes at the Institute of Atomic Energy, Academia Sinica

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Hua, M.; Li, G.; Su, S.; Mao, N.; Lu, H.

1981-01-01

For almost 20 years the Institute of Atomic Energy, Academia Sinica has been separating stable isotopes of the elements by electromagnetic separators and supplying these materials to research work in many fields of our country. In this article we shall attempt to outline the growth of the effort and describe the present situation. (orig.)

UAS-NAS Flight Test Series 3: Test Environment Report

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Hoang, Ty; Murphy, Jim; Otto, Neil

2016-01-01

The desire and ability to fly Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS) is of increasing urgency. The application of unmanned aircraft to perform national security, defense, scientific, and emergency management are driving the critical need for less restrictive access by UAS to the NAS. UAS represent a new capability that will provide a variety of services in the government (public) and commercial (civil) aviation sectors. The growth of this potential industry has not yet been realized due to the lack of a common understanding of what is required to safely operate UAS in the NAS. NASA's UAS Integration in the NAS Project is conducting research in the areas of Separation Assurance/Sense and Avoid Interoperability (SSI), Human Systems Integration (HSI), and Communications (Comm), and Certification to support reducing the barriers of UAS access to the NAS. This research is broken into two research themes namely, UAS Integration and Test Infrastructure. UAS Integration focuses on airspace integration procedures and performance standards to enable UAS integration in the air transportation system, covering Detect and Avoid (DAA) performance standards, command and control performance standards, and human systems integration. The focus of Test Infrastructure is to enable development and validation of airspace integration procedures and performance standards, including integrated test and evaluation. In support of the integrated test and evaluation efforts, the Project will develop an adaptable, scalable, and schedulable relevant test environment capable of evaluating concepts and technologies for unmanned aircraft systems to safely operate in the NAS. To accomplish this task, the Project is conducting a series of human-in-the-loop (HITL) and flight test activities that integrate key concepts, technologies and/or procedures in a relevant air traffic environment. Each of the integrated events will build on the technical achievements, fidelity, and

Barriers to women leaders in academia:tales from science and technology

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Howe-Walsh, Liza; Turnbull, Sarah

2016-01-01

There is growing concern regarding the lack of women in senior positions in science and technology (ST) in United Kingdom (UK) universities. Previous research has enhanced our understanding of the challenges women in academia face to progress their careers. In contrast, relatively little is known as to why so few women reach leadership positions in ST. This article reports on research to examine women’s experiences regarding the perceived barriers to leadership in ST faculties in UK universit...

CONHECIMENTO SOBRE NUTRIÇÃO E CONSUMO DE SUPLEMENTOS EM ACADEMIAS DE GINÁSTICA DE JUIZ DE FORA, BRASIL

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Lopes, Fernanda Gargiulo; Mendes, Larissa Loures; Binoti, Mirella Lima; Oliveira, Natália Pereira de; Percegoni, Nathércia

2015-01-01

Introdução O consumo de suplementos alimentares tem ganhado destaque entre desportistas. Contudo, mudanças nos hábitos alimentares são menos expressivas nesta população. Objetivo Verificar o uso de suplementos alimentares e o conhecimento sobre princípios básicos de nutrição de desportistas frequentadores de academias da cidade de Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil. Métodos Estudo transversal, em 19 academias selecionadas por sorteio. A amostra totalizou 348 indivíduos maiores de 18 anos, de ambos os...

Las academias literarias áureas en torno a la narrativa corta de Alonso Jerónimo de Salas Barbadillo

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Laura Yadira Munguía Ochoa

2018-06-01

El trabajo presenta un análisis histórico y temático de las obras en las que Salas Barbadillo habla de las academias, identificando las características y sucesos acaecidos en estas reuniones de escritores que sirven de sustento para sus novelas. Asimismo, se realizó una valoración de la narrativa de Barbadillo como una inspiración para la formación de academias, tanto del Siglo de Oro como en siglos posteriores, tomando en cuenta como punto esencial su organización, temáticas y formato.

RESENHA: FREDEL, Karla Maria. Arqueologia de Gênero nas cidades de Pelotas - RS - Brasil e Habana Vieja - Habana - Cuba / século XIX. Erechim, RS: Habilis Press, 2015, 214 p.

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Juan Manuel Cano Sanchiz

2016-11-01

Full Text Available Arqueologia de Gênero nas cidades de Pelotas - RS - Brasil e Habana Vieja - Habana - Cuba / século XIX es la publicación de la Tesis Doctoral homónima de Karla Ma Fredel, defendida en el Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas de la Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP, en octubre de 2012. La tesis se desarrolló bajo la orientación del profesor Dr. Pedro Paulo A. Funari (Laboratório de Arqueologia Pública, NEPAM/UNICAMP y la co-orientación de los profesores Dra. Lourdes Domínguez (Oficina del Historiador de La Habana; Academia de la Historia de Cuba y Dr. Lúcio Menezes Ferreira (Laboratório Multidisciplinar de Pesquisa Arqueológica, UFPel. Todos ellos han contribuido a esta nueva obra con sendos prólogo (Domínguez, prefacio (Funari y presentación (Ferreira.

LAS PROTEÍNAS DESORDENADAS Y SU FUNCIÓN: UNA NUEVA FORMA DE VER LA ESTRUCTURA DE LAS PROTEÍNAS Y LA RESPUESTA DE LAS PLANTAS AL ESTRÉS

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César Luis Cuevas-Velázquez

2011-01-01

Full Text Available El dogma que relaciona la función de una proteína con una estructura tridimensional definida ha sido desafiado durante los últimos años por el descubrimiento y caracterización de las proteínas conocidas como proteínas no estructuradas o desordenadas. Estas proteínas poseen una elevada flexibilidad estructural la cual les permite adoptar estructuras diferentes y, por tanto, reconocer ligandos diversos conservando la especificidad en el reconocimiento de los mismos. A las proteínas de este tipo, altamente hidrofílicas y que se acumulan ante condiciones de déficit hídrico (sequía, salinidad, congelamiento se les ha denominado hidrofilinas. En plantas, las hidrofilinas mejor caracterizadas son las proteínas LEA (del inglés Late Embryogenesis Abundant que se acumulan abundantemente en la semilla seca y en tejidos vegetativos cuando las plantas se exponen a condiciones de limitación de agua. Evidencia reciente ha demostrado que las proteínas LEA se requieren para que las plantas toleren y se adapten a condiciones de baja disponibilidad de agua. Esta revisión describe los datos más relevantes que asocian las características fisicoquímicas de estas proteínas con su flexibilidad estructural y cómo se afecta ésta por las condiciones ambientales; así como, aquéllos relacionados con sus posibles funciones en la célula vegetal ante situaciones de limitación de agua.

Archaeological investigations at the former building of Academia Gustaviana (Jaani Street 8) in Tartu / Andres Tvauri

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2004-01-01

Kaevamised näitasid, et 1582. aastal krundi enda valdusesse saanud Andreas Orzehowski on lasknud seal paiknenud hoone lammutada ning ehitanud uue maja, milles hiljem tegutses Tartu Ülikooli eellane Academia Gustaviana

Leadership in research across academia and practice

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John McRae

2012-10-01

Full Text Available Transcript of a keynote address delivered by John McRae at the 2009 ARCC Architectural Research Conference at the University of Texas San Antonio.I value very much the award and I certainly have truly enjoyed the time and the meeting these couple of days has been extremely stimulating. We were talking several of us ahead of time about the rigor and the intensity with which the programs are being presentedin each of the meetings. We really, I think, have the group here that’s going to be serving us well for thefuture.I want to also say today, in expressing my appreciation for this award, that the list of past awardees is stellarand includes several colleagues and personal friends towhom I owe a debt in my professional development and am grateful for the opportunity to address the conference and hope that my remarks with be of even a small benefit to our collective efforts to strengthen research across academia and practice. I started my career in both academia and practice in 1967, little more than the 30 years you were so gracious to give me, in Gainesville and at the University of Florida. Over this span of the last 42 years I have sought to develop my own research and creative work agenda and, through administrative roles, have made an effort to foster the research of colleagues when I could. So what was it like in the late 60’s and early70’s? Some of you may recall. In the interest of full disclosure, I have included a few images of my research work during my early years as a faculty member at the University of Florida. And so, here is another shot of our research team. Some of you may remember the Chicago 7. This is the rainbow 9 and, in fact, aside from myself, whom you will recognize, there are several other people there who are today in positions helping to lead this nation. That is kind of hard to imagine but there they are.

Gender and Prestige in Swedish Academia: Exploring Senior Management in Universities and University Colleges

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Peterson, Helen

2017-01-01

This article highlights the multifaceted character of the Swedish higher education sector and investigates senior academic management positions from a gender perspective using theories about an academic prestige economy and academic capitalism. The focus is on an aspect often overseen in research on Swedish academia: the distinction between…

Priorities for technology development and policy to reduce the risk from radioactive materials

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Duggan, Ruth Ann

2010-01-01

The Standing Committee on International Security of Radioactive and Nuclear Materials in the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division conducted its fourth annual workshop in February 2010 on Reducing the Risk from Radioactive and Nuclear Materials. This workshop examined new technologies in real-time tracking of radioactive materials, new risks and policy issues in transportation security, the best practices and challenges found in addressing illicit radioactive materials trafficking, industry leadership in reducing proliferation risk, and verification of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Article VI. Technology gaps, policy gaps, and prioritization for addressing the identified gaps were discussed. Participants included academia, policy makers, radioactive materials users, physical security and safeguards specialists, and vendors of radioactive sources and transportation services. This paper summarizes the results of this workshop with the recommendations and calls to action for the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) membership community.

Discurso pronunciado por el Dr. Efraim Otero Ruiz, Presidente de la Academia Nacional de Medicina

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Efraim Otero Ruiz

1991-03-01

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Durante la celebración del Centenario de la Ley Organica de la Academia, Bogota, Noviembre 22 de 1990.

Senores académicos, señoras, señores:

Nuevamente nos reunimos aquí, en este noble recinto de la Academia Colombiana de la Lengua, esta vez para conmemorar, en fecha y hora casi exactas, los cien años de la promulgación de la ley organica que tiene existencia legal a nuestra Academia. Y digo existencia legal, porque ella ya existía en el espiritu y en las realizaciones de ese puñado de medicos bogotanos de finales del siglo XIX que, encabezados y guiados por Manuel Plata Azuero, Leoncio Barreto, Nicolas Osorio y Abraham Aparicio, entre otros, se habían congregado 18 años atras para fundar la Sociedad de Medicina y Ciencias Naturales que ahora, por decisión soberana del Congreso de la Republica,se tornaba en Academia Nacional de Medicina, el 22 de Noviembre de 1890.

Es una fecha memorable, que nos obliga a mirar retrospectiva y prospectivamente y a preguntarnos que somos y que representamos nosotros, académicos, en el contexto de un siglo de existencia. Porque no podemos contentamos solamente con vivir de las glorias del pasado y decir que nos adueñamos, apenas, de un legado que otras generaciones, quizas mas objetivas y mas ambiciosas, construyeron pedazo a pedazo para nosotros. No. Este es un momenta que nos impele a un examen de conciencia y, sobre todo, a reflexionar sobre el papel que nuestra clase médica directiva viene ejerciendo y tendra que ejercer, ineluctablemente, en los destinos de la salud de Colombia.

¿Por que razón? Porque vivimos espocialmente un momento de cambio. Cambio que seguramente experimentaron y sintieron tambien los fundadores de nuestra Academia cuando, en las postrimerías del siglo XIX, se dieron cuenta de que, mientras en el mundo operaba a toda marcha la revolución industrial y se vislumbraba en el horizonte la caída de los imperios y de las

UAS-NAS Integrated Human in the Loop: Test Environment Report

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Murphy, Jim; Otto, Neil; Jovic, Srba

2015-01-01

The desire and ability to fly Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS) is of increasing urgency. The application of unmanned aircraft to perform national security, defense, scientific, and emergency management are driving the critical need for less restrictive access by UAS to the NAS. UAS represent a new capability that will provide a variety of services in the government (public) and commercial (civil) aviation sectors. The growth of this potential industry has not yet been realized due to the lack of a common understanding of what is required to safely operate UAS in the NAS. NASA's UAS Integration in the NAS Project is conducting research in the areas of Separation Assurance/Sense and Avoid Interoperability (SSI), Human Systems Integration (HSI), and Communication to support reducing the barriers of UAS access to the NAS. This research was broken into two research themes namely, UAS Integration and Test Infrastructure. UAS Integration focuses on airspace integration procedures and performance standards to enable UAS integration in the air transportation system, covering Sense and Avoid (SAA) performance standards, command and control performance standards, and human systems integration. The focus of the Test Infrastructure theme was to enable development and validation of airspace integration procedures and performance standards, including the execution of integrated test and evaluation. In support of the integrated test and evaluation efforts, the Project developed an adaptable, scalable, and schedulable relevant test environment incorporating live, virtual, and constructive elements capable of validating concepts and technologies for unmanned aircraft systems to safely operate in the NAS. To accomplish this task, the Project planned to conduct three integrated events: a Human-in-the-Loop simulation and two Flight Test series that integrated key concepts, technologies and/or procedures in a relevant air traffic environment. Each of

O percurso do intelectual: da esfera pública à academia

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Gizelle Kaminski Corso

2010-07-01

Full Text Available Neste texto abordo questões acerca da figura do intelectual e da sua trajetória da esfera pública à academia. Procuro, também, ensaiar uma imagem de sua situação hoje, como se dá sua intervenção e de que forma age e reage em comparação ao mito fundador do intelectual moderno, representado pelo autor Émile Zola. Para elaborar tal percurso, percorro conceituações de Antonio Gramsci, Stephane Mallarmé, Jean-François Lyotard, Eric Hoffer, Eduardo Portella e Alfonso Sastre.

Positioning women's and children's health in African union policy-making: a policy analysis

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Toure Kadidiatou

2012-02-01

looking at investments and impact. AU policies related to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health also use fewer policy frames than do AU policies related to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Conclusion We suggest that more effective prioritization of women's and children's health in African Union policies would be supported by widening the range of policy frames used (notably health and economic and strengthening the evidence base of all policy frames used. In addition, we suggest it would be beneficial if the partner groups advocating for women's and children's health were multi-stakeholder, and included, for instance, health care professionals, regional institutions, parliamentarians, the media, academia, NGOs, development partners and the public and private sectors.

Positioning women's and children's health in African union policy-making: a policy analysis.

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Toure, Kadidiatou; Sankore, Rotimi; Kuruvilla, Shyama; Scolaro, Elisa; Bustreo, Flavia; Osotimehin, Babatunde

2012-02-16

to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health also use fewer policy frames than do AU policies related to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. We suggest that more effective prioritization of women's and children's health in African Union policies would be supported by widening the range of policy frames used (notably health and economic) and strengthening the evidence base of all policy frames used. In addition, we suggest it would be beneficial if the partner groups advocating for women's and children's health were multi-stakeholder, and included, for instance, health care professionals, regional institutions, parliamentarians, the media, academia, NGOs, development partners and the public and private sectors.

NOAA & Academia Partnership Building Conference. Highlights (3rd, Washington, DC, November 14-15, 2001).

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In November 2001 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) hosted the third NOAA and Academia Partnership to evaluate, maintain, and expand on efforts to optimize NOAA-university cooperation. Close partnership between the NOAA and U.S. universities has produced many benefits for the U.S. economy and the environment. Based on the…

Technology Transfer: A Case Study of Programs and Practices at NASA, DOD, DOC, and Academia

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Blood, John R.

2009-01-01

Technology transfer is vital to humanity. It spurs innovation, promotes commerce, and provides technology-based goods and services. Technology transfer is also highly complex and interdependent in nature. This interdependence is exemplified principally by the various technology transfer interactions between government, industry, and academia. …

Sexual discrimination in academia. Implications for dental hygiene faculty.

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Shuman, D; Tolle, S L

1989-02-01

Despite anti-discriminatory legislation, academic women in the 1980s have not achieved equality, and continue to face diverse problems advancing in an academic system based on a patriarchal paradigm. The purpose of this paper is to provide dental hygiene faculty with insight, awareness, and understanding into four major problem areas that influence women's academic success: values and attitudes learned through socialization; blocks to administrative positions; the male locus of decision making; and double standards of performance evaluation. Additionally, examples of solutions to these problems are discussed in three categories: individual, internal to the university, and external to the university; in an effort to better prepare women in dental hygiene education to succeed in academia despite discriminatory practices.

Collaborative Computer Graphics Product Development between Academia and Government: A Dynamic Model

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Fowler, Deborah R.; Kostis, Helen-Nicole

2016-01-01

Collaborations and partnerships between academia and government agencies are common, especially when it comes to research and development in the fields of science, engineering and technology. However, collaboration between a government agency and an art school is rather atypical. This paper presents the Collaborative Student Project, which aims to explore the following challenge: The ideation, development and realization of education and public outreach products for NASAs upcoming ICESat-2 mission in collaboration with art students.

Mitigating pharmaceutical waste exposures: policy and program considerations.

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Amster, Eric D

2016-01-01

Pharmaceutical disposal and the environmental fate of medication metabolites directly impacts the public's health in two significant ways: accidental medication ingestion of pharmaceuticals that were not disposed of properly results in inadvertent toxicity; and environmental health consequences of pharmaceuticals that were inappropriately disposed and which contaminate municipal water supply. In reviewing the effectiveness of medication disposal policy globally, it is crucial to not only determine which policies are effective but also to assess why they are effective. By assessing the root causes for a specific policy's effectiveness it can be determined if those successes could be translated to another country with a different health care system, unique culture and divergent policy ecosystem. Any intervention regarding pharmaceutical disposal would require a multifaceted approach beyond raising awareness and coordinating pharmaceutical disposal on a national level. While consumer participation is important, effective primary prevention would also include research on drug development that is designed to biodegrade in the environment as opposed to medications that persist and accumulate in the natural environment even when properly disposed. Countries that lack a nationalized disposal policy should leverage the resources and infrastructure already in place in the national health care system to implement a unified policy to address medication disposal in the short-term. In tandem, efforts should be made to recruit the biotechnology sector in high-tech and academia to develop new technologies in medication design and water filtration to decrease exposures in the long-term.

Design Principles for Fragment Libraries: Maximizing the Value of Learnings from Pharma Fragment-Based Drug Discovery (FBDD) Programs for Use in Academia.

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Keserű, György M; Erlanson, Daniel A; Ferenczy, György G; Hann, Michael M; Murray, Christopher W; Pickett, Stephen D

2016-09-22

Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) is well suited for discovering both drug leads and chemical probes of protein function; it can cover broad swaths of chemical space and allows the use of creative chemistry. FBDD is widely implemented for lead discovery in industry but is sometimes used less systematically in academia. Design principles and implementation approaches for fragment libraries are continually evolving, and the lack of up-to-date guidance may prevent more effective application of FBDD in academia. This Perspective explores many of the theoretical, practical, and strategic considerations that occur within FBDD programs, including the optimal size, complexity, physicochemical profile, and shape profile of fragments in FBDD libraries, as well as compound storage, evaluation, and screening technologies. This compilation of industry experience in FBDD will hopefully be useful for those pursuing FBDD in academia.

Leadership, Diversity and Succession Planning in Academia. Research & Occasional Papers Series: CSHE 8.10

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Gonzalez, Cristina

2010-01-01

Although academia is becoming more like business in many respects--not all of them positive--it has not borrowed one of the best attributes of business culture: its tradition of developing leadership through succession planning. As a result, much talent is underutilized. This includes, most prominently, that of women and minorities, who tend not…

Toolkit for US colleges/schools of pharmacy to prepare learners for careers in academia.

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Haines, Seena L; Summa, Maria A; Peeters, Michael J; Dy-Boarman, Eliza A; Boyle, Jaclyn A; Clifford, Kalin M; Willson, Megan N

2017-09-01

The objective of this article is to provide an academic toolkit for use by colleges/schools of pharmacy to prepare student pharmacists/residents for academic careers. Through the American Association of Colleges of Pharmac (AACP) Section of Pharmacy Practice, the Student Resident Engagement Task Force (SRETF) collated teaching materials used by colleges/schools of pharmacy from a previously reported national survey. The SRETF developed a toolkit for student pharmacists/residents interested in academic pharmacy. Eighteen institutions provided materials; five provided materials describing didactic coursework; over fifteen provided materials for an academia-focused Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE), while one provided materials for an APPE teaching-research elective. SRETF members created a syllabus template and sample lesson plan by integrating submitted resources. Submissions still needed to complete the toolkit include examples of curricular tracks and certificate programs. Pharmacy faculty vacancies still exist in pharmacy education. Engaging student pharmacists/residents about academia pillars of teaching, scholarship and service is critical for the future success of the academy. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Gianluigi Zenti, President, Academia Barilla SpA - The Changing Consumer: Demanding but Predictable

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Hartl, Jochen

2006-01-01

It is crucial to understand and predict consumers' behaviour to meet future consumer demands. This report contributes to the discussion by giving an insight into consumers' behaviour from the perspective of Gianluigi Zenti, executive director of Academia Barilla. It is discussed how consumers' choice has changed in particular with regard to Italian food in the US and how Barilla has responded to that challenge.

Finnish policy approach and measures for the promotion of sustainability in contaminated land management.

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Reinikainen, Jussi; Sorvari, Jaana; Tikkanen, Sarianne

2016-12-15

The importance of sustainability considerations in contaminated land management (CLM) is highlighted in policy frameworks all around the world. It means that while the reduction of risks to human health and the environment remains the main goal of CLM, a variety of other environmental factors as well as economic and social aspects have an increasing role in decision making. The success of finding the right balance between these considerations and incorporating them in the risk management approach defines the overall sustainability of the outcome. Although the concept and principles of sustainable CLM are already widely accepted, they have not been fully realized in national procedures. According to several studies this often results from the lack of explicit policy measures. A sound policy framework in conjunction with functional policy instruments is therefore a prerequisite for the attainment of sustainable practices. In Finland, the environmental administration along with other key stakeholder groups, including regional authorities, landowners, consultants, industries, research institutes and academia, has developed a national strategy and associated policy measures in order to promote sustainable CLM. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

The Efficacy of Social Media Technologies in Academia: A Pedagogical Bliss or Digital Fad?

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Kivunja, Charles

2015-01-01

Efficacy of a teaching strategy technically refers to the ability of that strategy to produce a desired or intended learning outcomes. To date, there is little information on the efficacy of social media technologies in academia and it is likely to be some time before their effectiveness is proven. It is therefore legitimate to ask the question,…

Voices of Family Therapy Doctoral Students of Color: Aspirations and Factors Influencing Careers in Academia

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Miller, John K.; Stone, Dana J.

2011-01-01

The authors examined factors influencing career aspirations of doctoral students of color in family therapy doctoral programs across the country, with a special focus on careers in the professoriate. Qualitative interviews were conducted with students at varying levels of degree completion. Respondents discussed barriers to careers in academia as…

Shanghai institute of nuclear research, academia sinica annual report (1993-1994)

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1996-01-01

This report is a comprehensive review of achievements made by Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research (SINR), Academia Sinica in the period of 1993-1994, which concerns nuclear physics (theories, experimentation, and application), nuclear chemistry (radiochemistry, radiopharmaceuticals, labelled compounds, analytical chemistry), radiation chemistry, nuclear detectors, development and industrialization of nuclear techniques. The maintenance, reconstruction and operation of its major facilities are also described. There are keywords in each paper. In addition, a series of lists concerning awarded scientific technologies, scientific exchanges, scientific publications, academic activities and etc, is also included in the appendix

Analysis of the policy effects of downstream Feed-In Tariff on China’s solar photovoltaic industry

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Wang, Hongwei; Zheng, Shilin; Zhang, Yanhua; Zhang, Kai

2016-01-01

The Chinese government initiated the Feed-In Tariff (“FIT”) policy for downstream power generation in August 2013. The effectiveness of the downstream FIT policy has attracted the attention of academia and government. Using the quarterly data of listed solar PV companies between 2009 and 2015, this paper provides an empirical analysis regarding the effects of the downstream FIT policy. We find that (1) the FIT policy has significantly enhanced the inventory turnover of listed PV firms and improved their profitability; (2) the FIT policy has significant effects on the inventory turnover of midstream companies and mixed industry-chain companies mainly engaged in downstream operations; (3) FIT policy is more favorable towards increasing the inventory turnover of private enterprises. Our results indicate that the FIT policy can have substantial effects on the sustainable development of China's solar photovoltaic industry. - Highlights: •The article focuses on the analysis of the effect of downstream FIT policy. •We test how FIT policy affects overcapacity and profitability of solar PV companies. •We find FIT policy significantly solved the overcapacity of China’s solar PV industry. •We find FIT policy improved profitability of listed solar PV companies. •FIT policy can’t be played alone and should be combined with taxation and R&D policy.

Low temperature grown GaNAsSb: A promising material for photoconductive switch application

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Tan, K. H.; Yoon, S. F.; Wicaksono, S.; Loke, W. K.; Li, D. S. [School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 (Singapore); Saadsaoud, N.; Tripon-Canseliet, C. [Laboratoire d' Electronique et Electromagnétisme, Pierre and Marie Curie University, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris (France); Lampin, J. F.; Decoster, D. [Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN), UMR CNRS 8520, Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, BP 60069, 59652 Villeneuve d' Ascq Cedex (France); Chazelas, J. [Thales Airborne Systems, 2 Avenue Gay Lussac, 78852 Elancourt (France)

2013-09-09

We report a photoconductive switch using low temperature grown GaNAsSb as the active material. The GaNAsSb layer was grown at 200 °C by molecular beam epitaxy in conjunction with a radio frequency plasma-assisted nitrogen source and a valved antimony cracker source. The low temperature growth of the GaNAsSb layer increased the dark resistivity of the switch and shortened the carrier lifetime. The switch exhibited a dark resistivity of 10{sup 7} Ω cm, a photo-absorption of up to 2.1 μm, and a carrier lifetime of ∼1.3 ps. These results strongly support the suitability of low temperature grown GaNAsSb in the photoconductive switch application.

UAS Integration in the NAS: Detect and Avoid

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Shively, Jay

2018-01-01

This presentation will cover the structure of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) integration into the national airspace system (NAS) project (UAS-NAS Project). The talk also details the motivation of the project to help develop standards for a detect-and-avoid (DAA) system, which is required in order to comply with requirements in manned aviation to see-and-avoid other traffic so as to maintain well clear. The presentation covers accomplishments reached by the project in Phase 1 of the research, and touches on the work to be done in Phase 2. The discussion ends with examples of the display work developed as a result of the Phase 1 research.

"Sempre tivemos mulheres nos cantos e nas cordas": uma pesquisa sobre o lugar feminino nas corporações musicais

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Mayara Pacheco Coelho

2014-04-01

Full Text Available O presente artigo insere-se em projeto de pesquisa-intervenção sobre a música e suas articulações identitárias nas corporações musicais da região dos Campos das Vertentes, em especial São João del-Rei e cidades vizinhas. Nessa região, a música tem papel significativo na formação da identidade cultural dos cidadãos e na história dos municípios. O recorte atual apresenta uma investigação sobre determinações de gênero, visando conhecer como se dá a participação de musicistas nas bandas e orquestras da região. Para tanto, utilizou-se a análise arqueológica do discurso, a fim de contrapor falas de musicistas às falas de músicos das corporações e, também, às falas masculinas presentes na filosofia e ao discurso utópico sobre a mulher. Observou-se que as diferenças de gênero tradicionais conservam-se encobertas no cotidiano das corporações musicais. Entretanto, observou-se também que as musicistas começam a ser reconhecidas nas corporações e, sobretudo, reconhecem-se como capazes de, nelas, alçarem voos.

Development of GaInNAsSb alloys: Growth, band structure, optical properties and applications

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Harris, James S. Jr.; Kudrawiec, R.; Yuen, H.B.; Bank, S.R.; Bae, H.P.; Wistey, M.A.; Jackrel, D.; Pickett, E.R.; Sarmiento, T.; Goddard, L.L.; Lordi, V.; Gugov, T.

2007-01-01

In the past few years, GaInNAsSb has been found to be a potentially superior material to both GaInNAs and InGaAsP for communications wavelength laser applications. It has been observed that due to the surfactant role of antimony during epitaxy, higher quality material can be grown over the entire 1.2-1.6 μm range on GaAs substrates. In addition, it has been discovered that antimony in GaInNAsSb also works as a constituent that significantly modifies the valence band. These findings motivated a systematic study of GaInNAsSb alloys with widely varying compositions. Our recent progress in growth and materials development of GaInNAsSb alloys and our fabrication of 1.5-1.6 μm lasers are discussed in this paper. We review our recent studies of the conduction band offset in (Ga,In) (N,As,Sb)/GaAs quantum wells and discuss the growth challenges of GaInNAsSb alloys. Finally, we report record setting long wavelength edge emitting lasers and the first monolithic VCSELs operating at 1.5 μm based on GaInNAsSb QWs grown on GaAs. Successful development of GaInNAsSb alloys for lasers has led to a much broader range of potential applications for this material including: solar cells, electroabsorption modulators, saturable absorbers and far infrared optoelectronic devices and these are also briefly discussed in this paper. (copyright 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim) (orig.)

Development of GaInNAsSb alloys: Growth, band structure, optical properties and applications

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Harris, James S. Jr.; Kudrawiec, R.; Yuen, H.B.; Bank, S.R.; Bae, H.P.; Wistey, M.A.; Jackrel, D.; Pickett, E.R.; Sarmiento, T.; Goddard, L.L.; Lordi, V.; Gugov, T. [Solid State and Photonics Laboratory, Stanford University, CIS-X 328, Via Ortega, Stanford, California 94305-4075 (United States)

2007-08-15

In the past few years, GaInNAsSb has been found to be a potentially superior material to both GaInNAs and InGaAsP for communications wavelength laser applications. It has been observed that due to the surfactant role of antimony during epitaxy, higher quality material can be grown over the entire 1.2-1.6 {mu}m range on GaAs substrates. In addition, it has been discovered that antimony in GaInNAsSb also works as a constituent that significantly modifies the valence band. These findings motivated a systematic study of GaInNAsSb alloys with widely varying compositions. Our recent progress in growth and materials development of GaInNAsSb alloys and our fabrication of 1.5-1.6 {mu}m lasers are discussed in this paper. We review our recent studies of the conduction band offset in (Ga,In) (N,As,Sb)/GaAs quantum wells and discuss the growth challenges of GaInNAsSb alloys. Finally, we report record setting long wavelength edge emitting lasers and the first monolithic VCSELs operating at 1.5 {mu}m based on GaInNAsSb QWs grown on GaAs. Successful development of GaInNAsSb alloys for lasers has led to a much broader range of potential applications for this material including: solar cells, electroabsorption modulators, saturable absorbers and far infrared optoelectronic devices and these are also briefly discussed in this paper. (copyright 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim) (orig.)

Palabras para tomar posesión de la Presidencia de la Academia Nacional de Medicina

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Juan Jacobo Muñoz

1992-09-01

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Debo confesar que nunca pensé alcanzar el altísimo honor de la Presidencia de la Academia Nacional de Medicina. Estaba por encima de mis capacidades y solo la generosa disposición de ustedes pudo concederme esta distinción, ajena a mis deseos.

Por ello, debo dar mis rendidas gracias, manifestar el inmenso reconocimiento que me embarga y considerar que se me han impuesto obligaciones y deberes permanentes de servicio y de gratitud con la Academia y con Colombia.

Esta Institución y nuestra Patria tienen compromisos mutuos incancelables. Fue creada en 1890 por la Ley 71 y nació con los más nobles objetivos. En su creación se buscaba impulsar el progreso de la salud, para que esta Institución sea “una activa interventora en la presentación y discusión de los problemas públicos en los campos de la salud y de la educación médica y sea su obligación legal cooperar en la pronta y adecuada solución de ellos “.

Los miembros de la Academia, bien escogidos entre lo mejor de Colombia, de la mayor altura intelectual y moral, serán siempre la guía de la salud de la República.

Dentro de este ámbito, creado por las altísimas virtudes patrióticas de los fundadores, la Academia tiene que ser el órgano estimulante de las labores sanitarias, tiene que dar su opinión libre y justa en ellas, tiene que orientar las políticas de salud y educación médica, sin ninguna motivación distinta a los dictados de su propia conciencia en relación con el pueblo
y con la Patria.

Llegamos al fin de este siglo dentro de una severa confusión moral y en un pavoroso caos institucional. Trataremos de analizar someramente la parte que nos compete en la profesión médica.

En primer lugar, venimos de aprobar una Constitución cuyas luces de Ley fundamental, nos iluminarán por muchos años. Las autorizadas opiniones de la Academia, que por diversos caminos llegaron a la Constituyente, no fueron tenidas en cuenta

[Methods in neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS): results of a nationwide survey in Austria].

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Bauchinger, S; Sapetschnig, I; Danda, M; Sommer, C; Resch, B; Urlesberger, B; Raith, W

2015-08-01

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) occurs in neonates whose mothers have taken addictive drugs or were under substitution therapy during pregnancy. Incidence numbers of NAS are on the rise globally, even in Austria NAS is not rare anymore. The aim of our survey was to reveal the status quo of dealing with NAS in Austria. A questionnaire was sent to 20 neonatology departments all over Austria, items included questions on scoring, therapy, breast-feeding and follow-up procedures. The response rate was 95%, of which 94.7% had written guidelines concerning NAS. The median number of children being treated per year for NAS was 4. Finnegan scoring system is used in 100% of the responding departments. Morphine is being used most often, in opiate abuse (100%) as well as in multiple substance abuse (44.4%). The most frequent forms of morphine preparation are morphine and diluted tincture of opium. Frequency as well as dosage of medication vary broadly. 61.1% of the departments supported breast-feeding, regulations concerned participation in a substitution programme and general contraindications (HIV, HCV, HBV). Our results revealed that there is a big west-east gradient in patients being treated per year. NAS is not a rare entity anymore in Austria (up to 50 cases per year in Vienna). Our survey showed that most neonatology departments in Austria treat their patients following written guidelines. Although all of them base these guidelines on international recommendations there is no national consensus. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.

Marketingová strategie pro vzdělávací program Honors Academia

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Šanová, Hana

2017-01-01

Diploma thesis deals with educational program of Honors Academia. The aim of the thesis is to set the marketing strategy of the program and to recommend suitable communication channels for marketing communication. The theoretical part deals with the marketing for education and services, with strategic management, namely with marketing strategy, tactics and analysis of internal and external environment. The pratical part consists of secondary research, one qualitative research, focus group, an...

Palabras del Señor Académico Don Jaime Posada Díaz. Director de la Academia Colombiana de la Lengua y Presidente del Colegio Máximo de las Academias

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Victoria Rodriguez

1998-08-01

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Señora Ministra de Salud, doctora María Teresa Forero de Saade; señor Presidente, doctor Gilberto Rueda Pérez; señor Presidente de la Corporación, doctor José Félix Patiño; señores miembros salientes y electos de las Mesas Directivas; señores Presidentes de las Academias y Sociedades que integran el Colegio Máximo; señores Exministros de Estado, miembros del Cuerpo Diplomático; señor Presidente de la Cruz Roja Nacional, doctor Guillermo Rueda Montaña; señores Académicos y Rectores Universitarios, señores profesores, amigos todos:

En razón de la trascendencia de la convocatoria de esta noche y dada la presencia de los miembros de la Junta Directiva, el Colegio Máximo de las Academias ha resuelto que la jornada de esta noche sea la primera reunión plenaria del Colegio en el trimestre inicial de 1998.

Se posesionan hoy el Presidente y la nueva Junta Directiva de la Academia Nacional de Medicina integrada por los doctores José Félix Patiño Restrepo, Presidente; Juan Mendoza-Vega, Vicepresidente; Hernando Groot Liévano, Secretario Perpetuo; Joaquín Silva Silva, Secretario General y Hernando Forero Caballero, Tesorero.

En representación del Colegio Máximo de las Academias Colombianas, les doy una cordial y merecida bienvenida y felicito a la Academia Nacional de Medicina por el afortunado escogimiento.

Simultáneamente me corresponde agradecer al Presidente y a la Junta que terminan, y que en anteriores ocasiones fueron reelegidos, agradecer la activa y provechosa colaboración que prestaron a las tareas del Colegio Máximo los doctores Gilberto Rueda Pérez, Presidente, Roberto de Zubiría, Vicepresidente; Hernando Groot, Secretario Perpetuo; Zoilo Cuéllar, Secretario y Gonzalo López, Tesorero, merecen la gratitud por la buena voluntad creativa que mostraron en todo momento.

Al doctor Gilberto Rueda Pérez le correspondió una gestión de altísimas responsabilidades, no sólo en la �

Prevalência do uso de suplementos nutricionais entre praticantes de atividade física em academias de Belo Horizonte: Fatores associados

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Janaina Lavalli Goston

2008-01-01

O hábito de praticar atividades físicas consolidou-se em boa parte da população, no último decênio, especialmente, dentro das academias. Paralelamente cresceu o mercado dos suplementos nutricionais seja por motivos estéticos ou para melhorar algum aspecto do desempenho físico. A literatura científica tem mostrado que os atletas consomem estes produtos em alta escala. Contudo, pouco se conhece sobre sua utilização por freqüentadores de academias. Nesse sentido, o objetivo deste trabalho foi id...

The role of human capital and collaboration with academia for innovation in hospitality sector: the case of Mugla

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Ummuhan Gökovalı

2012-03-01

Full Text Available The relevance of human capital and collaboration with academia for innovation in the hospitality sector has never been denied, but the empirical evidence for this link is inadequate as far as Turkey is concerned. This paper intends to contribute to the knowledge in this area by employingself generated survey data for the province of Mugla, which is one of the most attractive holiday destinations in Turkey. The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of human capital and collaboration with academia on innovation performance of hospitality firms. The results of the survey data and empirical investigation of logit and probit econometric models indicate that these factors are indeed conducive factors for the innovation performance of hospitality firms

Da formação ao ensino: um ponto cego nas políticas de pós-graduação From education to teaching: a blind spot in post-graduation policies

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Pedro Goergen

2013-03-01

Full Text Available No presente ensaio, o autor reflete sobre a crise da educação superior frente aos novos desafios decorrentes das transformações epistêmicas e sociais, ocorridas nas últimas décadas. O eixo condutor é a passagem do caráter formativo ao informativo da educação superior e, neste contexto, a imposição da lógica utilitarista e eficientista como paradigma de qualidade. Diante da crescente supremacia do pensamento operacional, da globalização e das políticas econômicas neoliberais, pergunta-se qual o espaço que resta para políticas de Estado e garantias de autonomia da educação superior dominada pelos imperativos do mercado.In this essay, the author reflects on the crisis of higher education in face of the new challenges derived from epistemic and social transformations which occurred during the last decades. The conducting axis is the passage from a formative to an informative character of higher education and, in this context, the imposition of an utilitarianist and efficientist logic as a quality paradigm. In face of the growing supremacy of operational thinking, of globalization and neoliberal economic policies, one wonders how much room remains for State policies and for guaranties of higher education autonomy in an educational system dominated by market demands.

Estabilidad de emulsiones preparadas con proteínas de sueros de soja

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Jorge Wagner

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Por precipitación con acetona en frio, se obtuvieron muestras de proteínas aisladas de dos sueros de soja, el suero SS proveniente de la obtención de aislados de soja y el suero de tofu ST. A partir del SS y del mismo suero previamente liofilizado y calentado (SSLC se obtuvieron las proteínas denominadas PSS y PSSLC, respectivamente; a partir de ST se preparó la muestra PST. El objetivo del trabajo fue analizar la estabilidad de emulsiones o/w preparadas con las proteínas de sueros de soja en forma comparativa con un aislado de soja nativo (ASN. Las emulsiones se prepararon por homogeneización de dispersiones proteicas (0,1–1,0 % p/v en buffer fosfato 10 mM pH 7 y aceite de girasol (Φmásico=0,33, empleando un Ultraturrax T-25. La estabilidad fue evaluada por medida del aceite separado, distribución de tamaño de partículas (por difracción láser y los grados de cremado y coalescencia evaluados a través de perfiles de BackScattering. Se observó que en todas las concentraciones ensayadas las emulsiones preparadas con proteínas aisladas (por precipitación con acetona en frío de suero de tofu tratado térmicamente (PST tenían una estabilidad comparable a la de emulsiones preparadas con ASN. Se halló una estabilidad menor en emulsiones con proteínas nativas de suero de soja (PSS obtenido en laboratorio no tratado térmicamente. Las proteínas obtenidas de este suero liofilizado y calentado (PSSLC exhibieron una mejor capacidad emulsionante. Los resultados mostraron que las proteínas de sueros de soja presentan buenas propiedades emulsionantes y estabilizantes dependientes del grado de desnaturalización y glicosilación alcanzado.

Gendered Career Productivity and Success in Academia in Indonesia's Islamic Higher Education Institutions

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Kholis, Nur

2012-01-01

Career advancement in Indonesian academia is nationally regulated. It, theoretically, provides equal opportunities for men and women to be productive and successful. The purpose of this study is to analyze gender effects on academic career productivity and success. Seven-hundred and fifty questionnaires were distributed randomly to eight Islamic Higher Education Institutions in seven provinces, from which 220 (Men = 57.7%, and Women = 42.3%) respondents returned the questionnaires with an ana...

Prevention of childhood obesity and food policies in Latin America: from research to practice.

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Pérez-Escamilla, R; Lutter, C K; Rabadan-Diehl, C; Rubinstein, A; Calvillo, A; Corvalán, C; Batis, C; Jacoby, E; Vorkoper, S; Kline, L; Ewart-Pierce, E; Rivera, J A

2017-07-01

Addressing childhood obesity in Latin America requires a package of multisectoral, evidence-based policies that enable environments conducive to healthy lifestyles. Identify and examine key elements to translating research into effective obesity policies in Latin America. We examined obesity prevention policies through case studies developed with an expert in the specific policy. Policies were selected based on their level of implementation, visibility and potential impact to reduce childhood obesity. They include: (i) excise taxes on sugar sweetened beverages and energy-dense foods; (ii) front-of-package food label legislation; (iii) trans fatty acids removal from processed foods; and (iv) Ciclovías recreativas or 'open streets'. Case studies were coded to identify components that explained successful implementation and sustainability using the Complex Adaptive Health Systems framework. The analysis identified key elements for effective and sustainable policy, including evidence justifying policy; evidence-based advocacy by civil society; political will; and legislation and skillful negotiations across government, academia, the private sector and civil society. Scientific evidence and evaluation played an important role in achieving tipping points for policies' launch and sustain effective implementation. Well-coordinated, intersectoral partnerships are needed to successfully implement evidence-based anti-obesity policies. Prospective policy research may be useful for advancing knowledge translation. © 2017 The Authors. Obesity Reviews published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of World Obesity.

Inside the Ivory Tower: Narratives of Women of Colour Surviving and Thriving in British Academia

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Gabriel, Deborah, Ed.; Tate, Shirley Anne, Ed.

2017-01-01

This book is centred on the perspectives, experiences and career trajectories of women of colour in British academia. It reveals a space dominated by whiteness and patriarchy, in which women of colour must develop strategies for survival and success. The contributors explore how their experiences are shaped by race and gender and how racism…

Proteínas: redefiniendo algunos conceptos

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Juan Camilo Calderon Vélez

2006-04-01

Full Text Available El conocimiento sobre las estructuras primarias, secundarias y terciarias de las proteínas crece cada día; la terminología y su adecuado uso, incluso para los conocedores, pueden resultar confusos. Se propone en esta comunicación una forma sencilla y práctica de abordar el tema.

Applications Performance on NAS Intel Paragon XP/S - 15#

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Saini, Subhash; Simon, Horst D.; Copper, D. M. (Technical Monitor)

1994-01-01

The Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation (NAS) Systems Division received an Intel Touchstone Sigma prototype model Paragon XP/S- 15 in February, 1993. The i860 XP microprocessor with an integrated floating point unit and operating in dual -instruction mode gives peak performance of 75 million floating point operations (NIFLOPS) per second for 64 bit floating point arithmetic. It is used in the Paragon XP/S-15 which has been installed at NAS, NASA Ames Research Center. The NAS Paragon has 208 nodes and its peak performance is 15.6 GFLOPS. Here, we will report on early experience using the Paragon XP/S- 15. We have tested its performance using both kernels and applications of interest to NAS. We have measured the performance of BLAS 1, 2 and 3 both assembly-coded and Fortran coded on NAS Paragon XP/S- 15. Furthermore, we have investigated the performance of a single node one-dimensional FFT, a distributed two-dimensional FFT and a distributed three-dimensional FFT Finally, we measured the performance of NAS Parallel Benchmarks (NPB) on the Paragon and compare it with the performance obtained on other highly parallel machines, such as CM-5, CRAY T3D, IBM SP I, etc. In particular, we investigated the following issues, which can strongly affect the performance of the Paragon: a. Impact of the operating system: Intel currently uses as a default an operating system OSF/1 AD from the Open Software Foundation. The paging of Open Software Foundation (OSF) server at 22 MB to make more memory available for the application degrades the performance. We found that when the limit of 26 NIB per node out of 32 MB available is reached, the application is paged out of main memory using virtual memory. When the application starts paging, the performance is considerably reduced. We found that dynamic memory allocation can help applications performance under certain circumstances. b. Impact of data cache on the i860/XP: We measured the performance of the BLAS both assembly coded and Fortran

Tetovēšanas tradīcija Ķīnas vēsturē

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Zolotarjova, Anastasija

2012-01-01

Šī bakalaura darba nosaukums ir „Tetovēšanas tradīcija Ķīnas vēsturē”. Tetovēšanas tradīcijai ir sena vēsture. Ķīnas teritoriju apdzīvojošās tautas jau kopš senatnes izmantoja tetovēšanu dažādiem nolūkiem – kā aizsargu no ļaunajiem gariem, kā dekoru, kā soda veidu, kā atpazīšanas zīmi un zvēresta nodošanai. Izpētītas arī mūsdienu Ķīnas mazākumtautību tetovēšanas tradīcijas. Darba mērķis ir seno Ķīnas tautu un mūsdienu Ķīnas mazākumtautību tradīciju un tetovēšanas iemeslu izpēte, kā arī i...

Factors that impact interdisciplinary natural science research collaboration in academia

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Maglaughlin, Kelly L.; Sonnenwald, Diane H.

2005-01-01

to provide a more comprehensive understanding of interdisciplinary scientific research collaboration within the natural sciences in academia. Data analysis confirmed factors previously identified in various literatures and yielded new factors. A total of twenty factors were identified, and classified......Interdisciplinary collaboration occurs when people with different educational and research backgrounds bring complementary skills to bear on a problem or task. The strength of interdisciplinary scientific research collaboration is its capacity to bring together diverse scientific knowledge...... to address complex problems and questions. However, interdisciplinary scientific research can be difficult to initiate and sustain. We do not yet fully understand factors that impact interdisciplinary scientific research collaboration. This study synthesizes empirical data from two empirical studies...

Invalidez por dor nas costas entre segurados da Previdência Social do Brasil

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Ney Meziat Filho

2011-06-01

Full Text Available OBJETIVO: Descrever as aposentadorias por invalidez decorrente de dor nas costas. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo com dados do Sistema Único de Informações de Benefícios e dos Anuários Estatísticos da Previdência Social em 2007. A taxa de incidência de dor nas costas como causa das aposentadorias por invalidez foi calculada segundo as variáveis idade e sexo, nos estados. Os dias de trabalho perdidos por invalidez decorrente de dor nas costas foram calculados segundo atividade profissional. RESULTADOS: A dor nas costas idiopática foi a primeira causa de invalidez entre as aposentadorias previdenciárias e acidentárias. A maioria dos beneficiários residia em área urbana e era comerciário. A taxa de incidência de dor nas costas como causa das aposentadorias por invalidez no Brasil foi de 29,96 por 100.000 contribuintes. Esse valor foi mais elevado entre os homens e entre as pessoas mais velhas. Rondônia exibiu taxa quatro vezes superior ao esperado (RT = 4,05 e a segunda maior taxa, referente à Bahia, foi de aproximadamente duas vezes o esperado (RT = 2,07. Os comerciários foram responsáveis por 96,9% dos dias perdidos por invalidez. CONCLUSÕES: A dor nas costas foi uma importante causa de invalidez em 2007, sobretudo entre comerciários, com grandes diferenças entre os estados.

O USO DO TWITTER NAS ELEIÇÕES PRESIDENCIAIS NO BRASIL EM 2010

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MARCOS FRANCISCO SOARES FERREIRA

2012-01-01

O presente trabalho de dissertação de mestrado tem como objeto de estudo O uso do Twitter nas eleições presidenciais de 2010. Apresenta como objetivos principais: 1) Analisar o Twitter como ferramenta de comunicação nas eleições. 2) Identificar o uso do Twitter pelos três principais candidatos a presidência da república no Brasil nas eleições presidenciais em 2010. Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória, que sistematiza dados empíricos coletados diretamente do Twitter dos candidatos pesquisado...

Instalación Fotovoltaica Aislada para una Academia de Inglés

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MARQUÉS MUÑOZ, ENRIQUE

2017-01-01

El objetivo de este trabajo final de grado, consiste en la elaboración de una instalación fotovoltaica aislada de una academia de inglés situada en la localidad valenciana de Masarrochos. Para ello, por mediación de contacto con el director del establecimiento y las facturas del último año facilitadas por el mismo, se ha podido determinar mediante la previsión de cargas una distribución aproximada de los consumos durante el ciclo anual. Marqués Muñoz, E. (2017). Instalaci...

Deficiencia combinada de proteínas c y s

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Yaneth Zamora-González

Full Text Available Las trombofilias son un grupo de enfermedades que favorecen la formación de trombosis, tanto arteriales como venosas, que han sido asociadas con diferentes complicaciones durante el embarazo, como: aborto recurrente, preclampsia, crecimiento intrauterino retardado y muerte fetal intraútero, entre otras. La deficiencia congénita o adquirida de proteínas de la coagulación, como las proteínas C y S, se asocia con eventos trombóticos antes de los 30 o 40 años. La trombosis venosa profunda es considerada la manifestación clínica más frecuente, aunque también puede verse asociada con enfermedad cerebro vascular, pérdidas recurrentes de embarazos y otros estados isquémicos. En la actualidad, las enfermedades trombóticas constituyen una de las primeras causas de fallecimiento en el mundo; la morbimortalidad anual por trombosis, ya sea arterial o venosa, es de aproximadamente dos millones de personas. Presentamos un caso con antecedentes de pérdidas recurrentes de embarazos y trombosis venosa profunda en miembros inferiores con deficiencia combinada de proteínas C y S.

Japānas populārās kultūras ietekme uz jauniešiem

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Leščenko, Jekaterina

2016-01-01

Šī darba nosaukums ir “Japānas populārās kultūras ietekme uz jauniešiem”. Ir zināms, ka pēdējos gados Japānas populāra kultūra iegūst arvien vairāk popularitātes visā pasaulē. Gandrīz katrā valstī var atrast kaut ko, kas ir saistīts ar Japānas populāro kultūru. Mūzika, drāmas, anime un manga ir bieži sastopami un zināmi Japānas populārās kultūras objekti. Tā kā Japānas populārā kultūra ir tik izplatīta, ir jābūt kādam popularitātes iemeslam. Pirmkārt, Japānas populārā kultūra ir pilnīgi atš...

Examining Workplace Ostracism Experiences in Academia: Understanding How Differences in the Faculty Ranks Influence Inclusive Climates on Campus.

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Zimmerman, Carla A; Carter-Sowell, Adrienne R; Xu, Xiaohong

2016-01-01

Research on the retention of women in academia has focused on challenges, including a "chilly climate," devaluation, and incivility. The unique consequences of workplace ostracism - being ignored and excluded by others in an organizational setting - require focus on this experience as another interpersonal challenge for women in academia. The purpose of this study is to examine differences in the faculty experiences and outcomes of workplace ostracism, and to determine if these experiences are affected significantly by the gender composition of an employee's specific department. Participants were recruited at two time points to complete campus climate surveys that were distributed to faculty at a large, public, research university. We examined the number of reported ostracism experiences (Study 1) and perceived information sharing (Study 2) among male and female university faculty. The findings indicated that female faculty members perceived more workplace ostracism than male faculty members. Analyses of department gender ratios suggested that the proportion of women in the department did not reduce the amount of workplace ostracism experienced by women. No gender differences were found in perceived information sharing. However, we found that Faculty of Color, both men and women, reported more frequent information exclusion than White faculty. These results have important implications for theoretical and practical understandings of workplace demography and suggest that it is necessary to look at subtle, ambiguous forms of discrimination in order to increase retention of faculty from underrepresented groups in academia.

Examining Workplace Ostracism Experiences in Academia: Understanding How Differences in the Faculty Ranks Influence Inclusive Climates on Campus

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Carla A. Zimmerman

2016-05-01

Full Text Available Research on the retention of women in academia has focused on challenges, including a chilly climate, devaluation, and incivility. The unique consequences of workplace ostracism – being ignored and excluded by others in an organizational setting – require focus on this experience as another interpersonal challenge for women in academia. The purpose of this study is to examine differences in the faculty experiences and outcomes of workplace ostracism, and to determine if these experiences are affected significantly by the gender composition of an employee’s specific department. Participants were recruited at two time points to complete campus climate surveys that were distributed to faculty at a large, public, research university. We examined the number of reported ostracism experiences (Study 1 and perceived information sharing (Study 2 among male and female university faculty. The findings indicated that female faculty members perceived more workplace ostracism than male faculty members. Analyses of department gender ratios suggested that the proportion of women in the department did not reduce the amount of workplace ostracism experienced by women. No gender differences were found in perceived information sharing. However, we found that Faculty of Color, both men and women, reported more frequent information exclusion than White faculty. These results have important implications for theoretical and practical understandings of workplace demography and suggest that it is necessary to look at subtle, ambiguous forms of discrimination in order to increase retention of faculty from underrepresented groups in academia.

Examining Workplace Ostracism Experiences in Academia: Understanding How Differences in the Faculty Ranks Influence Inclusive Climates on Campus

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Zimmerman, Carla A.; Carter-Sowell, Adrienne R.; Xu, Xiaohong

2016-01-01

Research on the retention of women in academia has focused on challenges, including a “chilly climate,” devaluation, and incivility. The unique consequences of workplace ostracism – being ignored and excluded by others in an organizational setting – require focus on this experience as another interpersonal challenge for women in academia. The purpose of this study is to examine differences in the faculty experiences and outcomes of workplace ostracism, and to determine if these experiences are affected significantly by the gender composition of an employee’s specific department. Participants were recruited at two time points to complete campus climate surveys that were distributed to faculty at a large, public, research university. We examined the number of reported ostracism experiences (Study 1) and perceived information sharing (Study 2) among male and female university faculty. The findings indicated that female faculty members perceived more workplace ostracism than male faculty members. Analyses of department gender ratios suggested that the proportion of women in the department did not reduce the amount of workplace ostracism experienced by women. No gender differences were found in perceived information sharing. However, we found that Faculty of Color, both men and women, reported more frequent information exclusion than White faculty. These results have important implications for theoretical and practical understandings of workplace demography and suggest that it is necessary to look at subtle, ambiguous forms of discrimination in order to increase retention of faculty from underrepresented groups in academia. PMID:27303322

Transforming Academia and Theorizing Spaces for Latinx in Higher Education: "Voces Perdidas" and "Voces De Poder"

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Salinas, Cristobal, Jr.

2017-01-01

The concepts of "voces perdias" and "voces de poder" are used as a symbolic representations and reflections of oppression and power in academia. Seventy-four percent of scholarship across the world is published in English. The author argues the importance of publishing in Spanish as form of liberatory practice to provide a…

From industry to academia: Benefits of integrating a professional project management standard into (geo)science research

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Cristini, Luisa

2017-04-01

Scientific and technological research carried out within universities and public research institutions often involves large collaborations across several countries. Despite the considerable budget (typically millions of Euros), the high expectations (high impact scientific findings, new technological developments and links with policy makers, industry and civil society) and the length of the project over several years, these international projects often rely heavily on the personal skills of the management team (project coordinator, project manager, principal investigators) without a structured, transferable framework. While this approach has become an established practice, it's not ideal and can jeopardise the success of the entire effort with consequences ranging from schedule delays, loss of templates/systems, financial charges and ultimately project failure. In this presentation I will show the advantages of integrating a globally recognised standard for professional project management, such as the PMP® by the Project Management Institute, into academic research. I will cover the project management knowledge areas (integration management, scope management, time management, cost management, quality management, human resources management, risk management, procurement management, and stakeholder management) and the processes within these throughout the phases of the project lifetime (project initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closure). I will show how application of standardised, transferable procedures, developed within the business & administration sector, can benefit academia and more generally scientific research.

Upgrades to the Probabilistic NAS Platform Air Traffic Simulation Software

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Hunter, George; Boisvert, Benjamin

2013-01-01

This document is the final report for the project entitled "Upgrades to the Probabilistic NAS Platform Air Traffic Simulation Software." This report consists of 17 sections which document the results of the several subtasks of this effort. The Probabilistic NAS Platform (PNP) is an air operations simulation platform developed and maintained by the Saab Sensis Corporation. The improvements made to the PNP simulation include the following: an airborne distributed separation assurance capability, a required time of arrival assignment and conformance capability, and a tactical and strategic weather avoidance capability.

Barriers to knowledge production, knowledge translation, and urban health policy change: ideological, economic, and political considerations.

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Muntaner, Carles; Chung, Haejoo; Murphy, Kelly; Ng, Edwin

2012-12-01

In this paper, we consider social forces that affect the processes of both knowledge production and knowledge translation in relation to urban health research. First, we briefly review our conceptual model, derived from a social-conflict framework, to outline how unequal power relations and health inequalities are causally linked. Second, we critically discuss ideological, political, and economic barriers that exist within academia that affect knowledge production related to urban health and health inequalities. Third, we broaden the scope of our analysis to examine how the ideological, political, and economic environment beyond the academy creates barriers to health equity policy making. We conclude with some key questions about the role that knowledge translation can possibly play in light of these constraints on research and policy for urban health.

Is gender mainstreaming helping women scientists? Evidences from research policies in Spain

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Alba Alonso

2016-12-01

Full Text Available Literature has repeatedly shown that gender mainstreaming is far from being transformative and smoothly introduced. It is rather a contested strategy, leading to steady impacts on changing routines and gendering policy outcomes. However, research policies have appeared to be one of the issues areas where a gender perspective has been introduced. This is the case for Spanish research policies, which have been assessed to promote the inclusion of women in the R&D system. This article explores these emerging shifts in order to explore the problem for women in science and the solutions proposed to solve it. In addition, it seeks to examine whether these measures can potentially help women to get an equal position in science or whether they are addressing the wrong targets. To do so, this work draws on a survey of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers carried out in Spain, covering 350 respondents. It captures the necessities, wills and obstacles for women scientists, and while doing that, it allows us to assess whether gender mainstreaming is likely to be effective for bringing more women to the academia.

A Visão da Academia e do Mercado de Trabalho sobre o Ensino da Auditoria

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Jhonatan Hoff

2017-01-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar a percepção do ensino de auditoria sob o enfoque da academia e do mercado de trabalho, com base na avaliação da importância dada por profissionais e docentes aos principais aspectos conceituais e normativos da área de auditoria. Para alcançar o objetivo proposto, coletou-se a percepção dos docentes responsáveis pela disciplina de auditoria e dos auditores atuantes no mercado de trabalho por meio de um questionário estruturado na forma de uma escala Likert. A amostra da pesquisa compreendeu todas as universidades federais e estaduais que possuem e curso de Ciências Contábeis e todas as empresas de auditoria cadastradas no banco de dados da Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM. As respostas obtidas foram tratadas por meio dos testes não paramétricos de Mann-Whitney e a Correlação de Spearman. Os resultados demonstram, que em, aproximadamente, 75% dos assuntos levantados neste trabalho, a academia tende a corresponder à expectativa que o mercado possui acerca da importância dada a tais conteúdos dentro da disciplina de auditoria. As principais diferenças encontradas dizem respeito a assuntos relacionados ao Assurance Service, Auditoria de Entidades sem Fins Lucrativos, Auditoria de Órgãos Governamentais, Controle de Qualidade e Auditoria de Sistemas de Informação, os quais não recebem a ênfase dentro da academia, de acordo com a perspectiva do mercado. Os resultados aqui apresentados podem ser utilizados para que os professores avaliem a disposição dos conteúdos abordados dentro da disciplina, considerando a relevância atribuída pelo mercado.

Improved performance in GaInNAs solar cells by hydrogen passivation

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Fukuda, M.; Whiteside, V. R.; Keay, J. C.; Meleco, A.; Sellers, I. R.; Hossain, K.; Golding, T. D.; Leroux, M.; Al Khalfioui, M.

2015-01-01

The effect of UV-activated hydrogenation on the performance of GaInNAs solar cells is presented. A proof-of-principle investigation was performed on non-optimum GaInNAs cells, which allowed a clearer investigation of the role of passivation on the intrinsic nitrogen-related defects in these materials. Upon optimized hydrogenation of GaInNAs, a significant reduction in the presence of defect and impurity based luminescence is observed as compared to that of unpassivated reference material. This improvement in the optical properties is directly transferred to an improved performance in solar cell operation, with a more than two-fold improvement in the external quantum efficiency and short circuit current density upon hydrogenation. Temperature dependent photovoltaic measurements indicate a strong contribution of carrier localization and detrapping processes, with non-radiative processes dominating in the reference materials, and evidence for additional strong radiative losses in the hydrogenated solar cells

Música: uma imgagem sonora nas comunidades eclesiais de base

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Roberto Barroso da Rocha

2012-01-01

Esta dissertação tem o propósito de analisar a função social da música nas CEBs (Comunidades Eclesiais de Base), que possui bases bíblicas e está presente nos dias atuais. A primeira parte trata da função social da música na Bíblia chegando até os dias atuais com uma breve narrativa da história da música ocidental. A segunda parte aborda a música nas CEBs e a Teologia da Libertação como parte importante do contexto musical, onde os ideais da Teologia de Libertação são divulgados pela música; ...

The external energy policy of the European Union

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Lesourne, J.; Keppler, Jan Horst; Goetz, Roland; Van der Linde, Coby

2008-01-01

This third monograph of the Ifri program on European Governance and Geopolitics of Energy is devoted to the program's first annual conference on the 'External Energy Policy of the European Union'. The conference took place from January 31 to February 1, 2008, at the Palais Egmont, in Brussels, Belgium. Representatives of the European Commission, national governments, academia, and industry examined the European perspectives on the highly topical issue of external energy policy and assessed their relative prospects. The purpose of the conference was to take stock of current policies and to develop perspectives for the future. This monograph comprises five chapters: - A background paper prepared by Jacques Lesourne. A version of this document was given to the speakers prior the conference. It provided a set of questions that were designed to orient their reflection. - Three background papers that introduced some of the questions to be addressed during the three sessions. These papers were written by Jan Horst Keppler, professor at Universite Paris-Dauphine and Senior Research Associate at the Ifri Energy Program; Roland Goetz, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin; and Coby van der Linde, Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP). - An assessment of the main points raised during the exchanges among the conference participants and an evaluation of the European Union's external energy policy written by J. Lesourne

The external energy policy of the European Union

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Lesourne, J.; Keppler, Jan Horst; Goetz, Roland; Van der Linde, Coby

2008-07-01

This third monograph of the Ifri program on European Governance and Geopolitics of Energy is devoted to the program's first annual conference on the 'External Energy Policy of the European Union'. The conference took place from January 31 to February 1, 2008, at the Palais Egmont, in Brussels, Belgium. Representatives of the European Commission, national governments, academia, and industry examined the European perspectives on the highly topical issue of external energy policy and assessed their relative prospects. The purpose of the conference was to take stock of current policies and to develop perspectives for the future. This monograph comprises five chapters: - A background paper prepared by Jacques Lesourne. A version of this document was given to the speakers prior the conference. It provided a set of questions that were designed to orient their reflection. - Three background papers that introduced some of the questions to be addressed during the three sessions. These papers were written by Jan Horst Keppler, professor at Universite Paris-Dauphine and Senior Research Associate at the Ifri Energy Program; Roland Goetz, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin; and Coby van der Linde, Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP). - An assessment of the main points raised during the exchanges among the conference participants and an evaluation of the European Union's external energy policy written by J. Lesourne

Operational implications and proposed infrastructure changes for NAS integration of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA)

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2014-12-01

The intent of this report is to provide (1) an initial assessment of National Airspace System (NAS) infrastructure affected by continuing development and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems into the NAS, and (2) a description of process challenge...

Relational-Cultural Theory as a Framework for Mentoring in Academia: Toward Diversity and Growth-Fostering Collaborative Scholarly Relationships

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Lewis, Consuella; Olshansky, Ellen

2016-01-01

Mentoring in academia that encourages collaboration and interpersonal relationships is important in helping newer faculty members attain success. Developing such programs is challenging within our prevailing academic context that rewards competition and individually delineated success. We propose that Relational Cultural Theory, a feminist…

English – the new Latin of academia? Danish universities as a case

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Mortensen, Janus; Haberland, Hartmut

2012-01-01

In recent discussions about the increased use of English at European universities, English is often referred to as the ‘new Latin’. The current article puts this comparison to the test by presenting a critical historical overview of the use of Latin, Danish, English and other languages at Danish...... universities from 1479 to the present day. The article argues that the current use of English in Danish academia cannot, despite some apparent similarities, be compared to the use of Latin at earlier stages of Danish university history. Most importantly, the article argues that the motivation for using English...

Elementos de Análisis Cualitativo y Cuantitativo en Proteínas del Gluten de Trigo

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Díaz Dellavalle, Paola; Dalla Rizza, Marco; Vázquez, Daniel; Castro, Marina

2006-01-01

La calidad del trigo para pan (Triticum aestivum L.) depende de la calidad y cantidad de las proteínas del gluten -gluteninas y gliadinas- las cuales constituyen 10 a 14% de las proteínas del grano. Varios parámetros cuantitativos, como el contenido total de proteínas de la harina, el contenido de proteínas poliméricas presentes en el grano y la proporción de gluteninas y gliadinas, están relacionados a la calidad panadera. En este trabajo se presenta la caracterización de las gluteninas de a...

Identificación de proteínas de cubierta y de membrana en merozoitos de Plasmodium falciparum

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Enid Rivadeneira

1987-06-01

Full Text Available Se identificaron proteínas que se desprenden fácilmente del merozoíto (probablemente proteinas de cubierta y proteínas intrínsecas de la membrana por el fraccionamiento de parásitos marcados endógenamente y purificados. La marcación continua durante todo el ciclo aseguró la identificación de las proteínas independientemente de su tiempo de síntesis. Este método permitió detectar proteínas de membrana, independientemente de su suceptibilidad a la digestión enzimática o a la marcación exógena. Se identificaron 4 proteínas de 100, 75, 50 y 45 KD que probablemente son constituyentes de la cubierta del merozoíto. En la fracción de membranas, solubles en detergente, se detectan 6 proteínas principales de 225, 86, 82, 75, 72 y 40 KD y 4 proteínas menores de 200, 69, 45 y 43 KD. Este trabajo es una contribución a la caracterización de la superficie del merozoíto de Plasmodium falciparum.

Effect of antimony on the deep-level traps in GaInNAsSb thin films

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Islam, Muhammad Monirul, E-mail: islam.monir.ke@u.tsukuba.ac.jp; Miyashita, Naoya; Ahsan, Nazmul; Okada, Yoshitaka [Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro ku, Tokyo 153-8904 (Japan); Sakurai, Takeaki; Akimoto, Katsuhiro [Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573 (Japan)

2014-09-15

Admittance spectroscopy has been performed to investigate the effect of antimony (Sb) on GaInNAs material in relation to the deep-level defects in this material. Two electron traps, E1 and E2 at an energy level 0.12 and 0.41 eV below the conduction band (E{sub C}), respectively, were found in undoped GaInNAs. Bias-voltage dependent admittance confirmed that E1 is an interface-type defect being spatially localized at the GaInNAs/GaAs interface, while E2 is a bulk-type defect located around mid-gap of GaInNAs layer. Introduction of Sb improved the material quality which was evident from the reduction of both the interface and bulk-type defects.

Preferences on policy options for ensuring the financial sustainability of health care services in the future: results of a stakeholder survey.

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Tordrup, David; Angelis, Aris; Kanavos, Panos

2013-12-01

Universal access to health care in most western European countries has been a given for many decades; however, macroeconomic developments and increased pressure on health care budgets could mean the status quo cannot be maintained. As populations age, a declining proportion of economically active citizens are being required to support a larger burden of health and social care, while increasing availability of novel technologies for extending and improving life continues to push health care costs upwards. With health expenditure continuing to rise as a proportion of national income, concerns are raised about the current and future financial sustainability of Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) health care systems. Against this backdrop, a discussion about options to fund health care in the future, including whether to raise additional health care finance (and the ways to do so), reallocate resources and/or ration services becomes very pertinent. This study elicits preferences among a group of key stakeholders (payers, providers, government, academia and health-related industry) on the issue of health care financial sustainability and the future funding of health care services, with a view to understanding the different degrees of acceptability between policy interventions and future funding options as well as their feasibility. We invited 842 individuals from academia, other research organisations (eg. think tanks), national health services, providers, health insurance organisations, government representatives and health-related industry and related advisory stakeholders to participate in an online survey collecting preferences on a variety of revenue-generating mechanisms and cost/demand reducing policies. Respondents represented the 28 EU member states as well as Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Australia, Russian Federation, Canada and New Zealand. We received 494 responses to our survey from all stakeholder groups. Across all groups, the

Examination of Frameworks for Safe Integration of Intelligent Small UAS into the NAS

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Logan, Michael J.

2012-01-01

This paper discusses a proposed framework for the safe integration of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS). The paper briefly examines the potential uses of sUAS to build an understanding of the location and frequency of potential future flight operations based on the future applications of the sUAS systems. The paper then examines the types of systems that would be required to meet the application-level demand to determine "classes" of platforms and operations. A framework for categorization of the "intelligence" level of the UAS is postulated for purposes of NAS integration. Finally, constraints on the intelligent systems are postulated to ensure their ease of integration into the NAS.

Documents assignment to archival fonds in research institutions of the NAS of Ukraine

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Sichova O.

2015-01-01

Full Text Available The article analyzes the main aspects of the assignment of the records of research institutions of the NAS of Ukraine to archival fonds, in particular, the records assignment to archival fonds according to certain characteristics, archival fonds creation in accordance with the scientific principles of provenance, continuity and archival fond integrity. Shown are the features of the internal systematization of the documents of research institutions of the NAS of Ukraine, caused by the specifics of the institutions functions. Illustrated are the examples of institutional archival fonds acquiring names and the conditions leading to their renaming. Analyzed is the procedure of a chronological scope fixation of a research institution of the NAS of Ukraine archival fond

Patina????o: uma alternativa nas aulas de educa????o f??sica

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Pardo, Cindya Katerine

2016-01-01

Introdu????o: A patina????o ?? sem duvida um fen??meno social. Nas crian??as, apresenta-se como um jogo motivante, de vertigem, produz sensa????es de domina????o do medo de cair e da velocidade. Desenvolve v??rios aspectos psicomotores que s??o trabalhados nas aulas de educa????o f??sica. Objetivo: Apresentar e incluir a patina????o no ambiente escolar, no ensino fundamental, como uma alternativa para as aulas de Educa????o F??sica. Materiais e M??todos: Foi realizada uma revis??o bibliogr??f...

Depósito legal nas bibliotecas portuguesas

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Fiolhais, Carlos

2007-01-01

O modelo de depósito legal nas bibliotecas portuguesas é questionado face às dificuldades financeiras e de vária ordem com que as mesmas se deparam, defende-se uma racionalização do depósito legal e uma tomada de posição pela Biblioteca Nacional entidade gestora do sistema.

First-principles study on structure stabilities of α-S and Na-S battery systems

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Momida, Hiroyoshi; Oguchi, Tamio

2014-03-01

To understand microscopic mechanisms of charge and discharge reactions in Na-S batteries, there has been increasing needs to study fundamental atomic and electronic structures of elemental S as well as that of Na-S phases. The most stable form of S is known to be an orthorhombic α-S crystal at ambient temperature and pressure, and α-S consists of puckered S8 rings which crystallize in space group Fddd . In this study, the crystal structure of α-S is examined by using first-principles calculations with and without the van der Waals interaction corrections of Grimme's method, and results clearly show that the van der Waals interactions between the S8 rings have crucial roles on cohesion of α-S. We also study structure stabilities of Na2S, NaS, NaS2, and Na2S5 phases with reported crystal structures. Using calculated total energies of the crystal structure models, we estimate discharge voltages assuming discharge reactions from 2Na+ xS -->Na2Sx, and discharge reactions in Na/S battery systems are discussed by comparing with experimental results. This work was partially supported by Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB) of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), Japan.

Investment of palliative medicine in bridging the gap with academia: a call to action.

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Moroni, M; Bolognesi, D; Muciarelli, P A; Abernethy, A P; Biasco, G

2011-03-01

Palliative care and palliative medicine define a relatively new medical discipline that has arisen in response to the need for better approaches to caring for people with advanced life-limiting illnesses. For professional, managerial and cultural reasons, it has evolved largely outside of academic structures. As the discipline has matured, its needs for education, training, intellectual discourse, evidence development and new science have become more apparent. Traditional academia remains sceptical about the role of palliative medicine, and bastions of palliative medicine expertise in universities have been slow to develop. Yet the engagement of the academic sector in palliative medicine has distinct benefits: (1) promoting the exploration of the culture, humanities and science of the discipline; (2) generating evidence to support practice; (3) creating a legion of educators to train a palliative medicine workforce and to inform clinical colleagues of the role of palliative medicine; and (4) providing order and direction to the discipline's development. A roadmap leading to better engagement between palliative medicine and academia is needed. Examples of developments that could help bridge the two domains include: standardisation of terminology and clarification of boundaries of influence; focus on high-quality research that will generate robust evidence to support clinical decision-making; and clear definition of outcomes, with measures that are understandable across medical disciplines. Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Imagens da prática profissional em academias de ginástica na cidade do Rio de Janeiro

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Carlos Alberto de Andrade Coelho Filho

2010-05-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste estudo é fornecer subsídios aos cursos de educação física, aproximando a formação profissional do campo de atuação em academias de ginástica. Através da análise de discurso, descrevemos e interpretamos a maneira como o profissional apresenta a si mesmo e a sua prática às outras pessoas, os meios pelos quais dirige e regula a impressão que formam a seu respeito e as atividades que pode ou não realizar. Os resultados confirmam que a prática do profissional de ginástica em academia vive momentos de tensão e impasse, o que implica a urgência de reformular a formação para essa prática nos cursos de graduação e de pós-graduação em educação física

Influência de Marx nas músicas de John Lennon

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Roseli Coutinho dos Santos Nunes

2014-11-01

Full Text Available Apresenta a influência do filósofo Karl Marx nas músicas abertamente políticas Revolution (1968, Working Class Hero (1970 e Power to the People (1971, cuja principal força criativa na composição e gravação foi John Lennon, o beatle mais envolvido com a teoria marxista. Apresenta a influência do modo de pensar marxista nos muitos trabalhos dos Beatles: mudar o modo que as pessoas pensam acerca do mundo para criar um mundo melhor e mais justo e, nas últimas obras, atrair a atenção para a desigualdade entre as classes sociais.

Managing urban stormwater for urban sustainability: Barriers and policy solutions for green infrastructure application.

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Dhakal, Krishna P; Chevalier, Lizette R

2017-12-01

Green infrastructure (GI) revitalizes vegetation and soil, restores hydro-ecological processes destroyed by traditional urbanization, and naturally manages stormwater on-site, offering numerous sustainability benefits. However, despite being sustainable and despite being the object of unrelenting expert advocacy for more than two decades, GI implementation remains slow. On the other hand, the practice of traditional gray infrastructure, which is known to have significant adverse impacts on the environment, is still ubiquitous in urban areas throughout the world. This relationship between knowledge and practice seems unaccountable, which has not yet received adequate attention from academia, policy makers, or research communities. We deal with this problem in this paper. The specific objective of the paper is to explore the barriers to GI, and suggest policies that can both overcome these barriers and expedite implementation. By surveying the status of implementation in 10 US cities and assessing the relevant city, state and federal policies, we identified 29 barriers and grouped them into 5 categories. The findings show that most of the barriers stem from cognitive limitations and socio-institutional arrangements. Accordingly, we suggest 33 policies, also grouped into 5 categories, which span from conducting public education and awareness programs to changing policies and governance structures. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

A Non-Parametric Delphi Approach to Foster Innovation Policy Debate in Spain

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Juan Carlos Salazar-Elena

2016-05-01

Full Text Available The aim of this paper is to identify some changes needed in Spain’s innovation policy to fill the gap between its innovation results and those of other European countries in lieu of sustainable leadership. To do this we apply the Delphi methodology to experts from academia, business, and government. To overcome the shortcomings of traditional descriptive methods, we develop an inferential analysis by following a non-parametric bootstrap method which enables us to identify important changes that should be implemented. Particularly interesting is the support found for improving the interconnections among the relevant agents of the innovation system (instead of focusing exclusively in the provision of knowledge and technological inputs through R and D activities, or the support found for “soft” policy instruments aimed at providing a homogeneous framework to assess the innovation capabilities of firms (e.g., for funding purposes. Attention to potential innovators among small and medium enterprises (SMEs and traditional industries is particularly encouraged by experts.

Alteração nas frações das proteínas miofibrilares e maciez do músculo Longissimus de bovinos no período post mortem

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Santos,Gilmara Bruschi; Ramos,Paulo Roberto Rodrigues; Spim,Jeison Solano

2014-01-01

Objetivou-se com o estudo identificar por eletroforese as mudanças nas frações das proteínas musculares durante período postmortem de bovinos de diferentes grupos genéticos e analisar a maciez da carne em amostras resfriadas por 24 horas (não maturadas) e maturadas por 7 dias. Foram utilizadas amostras do musculo Longissimus de quarenta e oito bovinos pertencentes a 4 grupos genéticos: 12 Nelore; 12 cruzados ½ Nelore ½ Aberdeen-Angus x Brahman; 12 Brangus; 12 cruzados ½ nelore ½ Aberdeen-Angu...

The Managerial Turn in Higher Education? On the Interplay of Organizational and Occupational Change in German Academia

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Krücken, Georg; Blümel, Albrecht; Kloke, Katharina

2013-01-01

The managerial turn in academia is currently broadly discussed. Based on empirical data gathered from a sample that includes all German universities, we can give a broad and fine-grained account of this turn. What we can clearly see is that whole new categories of administrative management positions have been created over the last years.…

Discurso de Clausura de la Reunión de Academias Iberoamericanas de Medicina

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Gilberto Rueda Pérez

1997-12-01

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Señor Presidente
Señores Miembros de la Mesa Directiva
Señores Académicos Iberoamericanos,
Portugueses y de las Reales
Academias Españolas de Distrito

Señoras y Señores:

El haber sido designado para dirigiros la palabra, distinguidos colegas Académicos, en representación de la Academia Nacional de Medicina de Colombia, constituye para mí inmenso honor, que agradezco en nombre de mi patria y de mis colegas Académicos en esta sesión de clausura del certamen que con éxito culmina hoy en
Madrid.

Quiero ante todo expresar en nombre de todos vosotros el agradecimiento a las autoridades que hicieron posible este maravilloso Encuentro, particularmente al:

• Señor Presidente de la Real Academia Nacional de Medicina de España DI. Hipólito Durán Sacristán.
• Señor Presidente Honorario D. José Botella Llusiá
• Señora Ministra de Educación y Cultura
• Señora Presidente del Instituto de España
• Señor Presidente de Alanam, D. Rodrigo Fierro Benítez

Y agradecer muy especialmente el amable y grato gesto de la Realeza Española al enaltecer el certamen con la presencia en el Acto Inaugural de su Alteza la Infanta Da Margarita, en compañía de su esposo el doctor D. Carlos Zurita, Duque de Soria, distinguido colega como su ilustre padre el doctor D. Carlos Zurita González-
Vidalte, quien ha dedicado su fructífera vida a la lucha frontal contra la TBC en España y en el mundo.

Asimismo a todas aquellas personas que en una u otra forma, con tanta amabilidad y cortesía nos han tratado durante esta breve pero inolvidable visita a la tierra y nación que nos complacemos en llamar en América como Madre Patria.

Quisiera referirme al concepto de la Academia, en lo que tiene que ver con la evolución del conocimiento humano a través de

Transparent collaboration between industry and academia can serve unmet patient need and contribute to reproductive public health.

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D'Hooghe, Thomas

2017-08-01

The pharmaceutical and device industry has greatly contributed to diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in reproductive medicine in a very highly regulated environment, ensuring that development and manufacturing follow the highest standards. In spite of these achievements, collaboration between industry and physicians/academia is often presented in a negative context. However, today more than ever, partnership between industry and academia is needed to shorten the timeline between innovation and application, and to achieve faster access to better diagnostics, drugs and devices for the benefit of patients and society, based on complementary knowledge, skills and expertise. Such partnerships can include joined preclinical/clinical and post-marketing research and development, joint intellectual property, and joint revenue. In Europe, the transparency of this collaboration between pharmaceutical industry and medical doctors has been made possible by the Compliance and Disclosure Policy published by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), which represents the major pharmaceutical companies operating in Europe, and includes as members some but not all companies active in infertility and women's health. Under the EFPIA Disclosure Code of conduct, companies need to disclose transfers of value including amounts, activity type and the names of the recipient Health Care Professionals and Organizations. EFPIA member companies have also implemented very strict internal quality control processes and procedures in the design, statistical analysis, reporting, publication and communication of clinical research, according to Good Clinical Practice and other regulations, and are regularly inspected by competent authorities such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or European Medicines Agency (EMA) for all trials used in marketing authorization applications. The risk of scientific bias exists not only in the pharmaceutical industry but

Vigorexia e níveis de dependência de exercício em frequentadores de academias e fisiculturistas

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Patrícia Tatiana Soler

2013-10-01

Full Text Available INTRODUÇÃO: Atualmente, a aparência é sinônimo de sucesso, saúde e determinação. De modo que a sociedade moderna oprima os indivíduos a seguir padrões estereotipados de beleza. E como herança dessa sociedade capitalista e egoísta surgem os transtornos psíquicos da aparência e as dependências psíquicas a eles associadas. OBJETIVOS: i comparar os níveis de vigorexia e de dependência ao exercício entre frequentadores de academias e fisiculturistas; ii relacionar as variáveis de prática de exercício físico (tempo de prática, frequência semanal e duração por sessão com as dimensões de frequência de vigorexia e de dependência ao exercício; e, iii comparar os níveis de vigorexia segundo grupos de dependência ao exercício (dependentes ou em risco, não dependente sintomático e não dependente assintomático. MÉTODOS: A amostra foi constituída por 151 frequentadores de academia (27,66 ± 6,54 anos e 27,56 ± 5,03 de IMC e 25 fisiculturistas (30,80 ± 5,54 anos e 26,72 ± 4,24 de IMC, todos do sexo masculino. Os participantes responderam à Escala de Dependência ao Exercício e ao Inventário de Dismorfia Muscular. A análise estatística envolveu procedimentos de análise descritiva, normalidade univariada, comparativa e correlacional. RESULTADOS: Os principais resultados evidenciaram: i não existir diferenças entre frequentadores de academias e fisiculturistas quanto aos níveis de vigorexia e de dependência ao exercício; ii que a duração da sessão de treino se correlaciona positivamente com a maioria das dimensões da dependência ao exercício; e, iii que o grupo classificado como dependente ou em risco revela níveis médios superiores de vigorexia. CONCLUSÃO: Por fim, constatou-se que tanto nos fisiculturistas como nos frequentadores de academias, quanto maior o nível de vigorexia, maior o nível de dependência ao exercício, sendo essa correlação maior em fisiculturistas.

Evaluation of the Policy of the Creative Industry for Urban Development

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Yu-Yun Liu

2017-06-01

Full Text Available Culture, an intellectual capital of a city, is accumulated through the intellect and wisdom of the government, citizens, businesses and other organizations. Cities regardless of their size are seeking their own distinguishing features and positions. By combining culture and creativity to improve international visibility, cities can develop new potentials, create job opportunities and boost economic growth. Therefore, cultural and creative industries have become the core industries that cities worldwide actively seek to develop; furthermore, various city governments have unanimously agreed that the creative industry will effectively improve urban economic competitiveness. This study investigated how the creative industry improved urban competitiveness, developed relevant assessment indexes and formulated policies for developing the creative industry. First, the fuzzy Delphi method was adopted to determine the indexes for assessing the creative industry’s positive influence on urban competitiveness. Subsequently, the analytic hierarchy process and the analytic network process were integrated to establish a model for assessing city-based creative industry development policies. City governments seeking to promote such policies can refer to this model. Finally, an importance-performance analysis was performed to investigate the satisfaction for policies related to creative industries, providing a reference for governments to promote pertinent policies. The results of this study indicated that the indexes of innovation capability, industrial cooperation, innovation incubation and industry-government-academia integration are crucial bases for cities to develop the creative industry. In addition, the policies of industrial R&D and clustering, talent training and industrial consulting and expanding industrial and marketing channels and networks can be adopted to enhance creative industry development.

Ubiquity and diversity of heterotrophic bacterial nasA genes in diverse marine environments.

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Full Text Available Nitrate uptake by heterotrophic bacteria plays an important role in marine N cycling. However, few studies have investigated the diversity of environmental nitrate assimilating bacteria (NAB. In this study, the diversity and biogeographical distribution of NAB in several global oceans and particularly in the western Pacific marginal seas were investigated using both cultivation and culture-independent molecular approaches. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA and nasA (encoding the large subunit of the assimilatory nitrate reductase gene sequences indicated that the cultivable NAB in South China Sea belonged to the α-Proteobacteria, γ-Proteobacteria and CFB (Cytophaga-Flavobacteria-Bacteroides bacterial groups. In all the environmental samples of the present study, α-Proteobacteria, γ-Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes were found to be the dominant nasA-harboring bacteria. Almost all of the α-Proteobacteria OTUs were classified into three Roseobacter-like groups (I to III. Clone library analysis revealed previously underestimated nasA diversity; e.g. the nasA gene sequences affiliated with β-Proteobacteria, ε-Proteobacteria and Lentisphaerae were observed in the field investigation for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. The geographical and vertical distributions of seawater nasA-harboring bacteria indicated that NAB were highly diverse and ubiquitously distributed in the studied marginal seas and world oceans. Niche adaptation and separation and/or limited dispersal might mediate the NAB composition and community structure in different water bodies. In the shallow-water Kueishantao hydrothermal vent environment, chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria were the primary NAB, indicating a unique nitrate-assimilating community in this extreme environment. In the coastal water of the East China Sea, the relative abundance of Alteromonas and Roseobacter-like nasA gene sequences responded closely to algal blooms, indicating

Lipoproteínas remanentes aterogénicas en humanos

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Regina Wikinski

2010-08-01

Full Text Available La lipoproteínas remanentes (RLPs son el producto de la lipólisis de los triglicéridos transportados por las lipoproteínas de baja densidad (VLDL de origen hepático e intestinal y de los quilomicrones intestinales. Dicha lipólisis es catalizada por la lipoproteína lipasa y se produce en pasos sucesivos, de manera que los productos son heterogéneos. Su concentración plasmática en ayunas es pequeña en pacientes normolipémicos y aumenta en el estado post-prandial. Las alteraciones genéticas en subtipos de su componente Apo-E aumentan notablemente su concentración plasmática y producen el fenotipo de disbetalipoproteinemia. Se las considera aterogénicas porque injurian el endotelio, sufren estrés oxidativo, son captadas por los macrófagos en el subendotelio vascular y generan las células espumosas que son precursoras de ateromas. Su origen metabólico, como productos de varios tipos de lipoproteínas, explican su estructura heterogénea, sus concentraciones plasmáticas variables y las dificultades metodológicas que dificultan su inclusión en el perfil lipoproteico como parte de los estudios epidemiológicos. Los últimos avances en los estudios metabólicos y la actualización de su papel clínico, justifican una revisión de los conocimientos actuales.

Investigations of the Optical Properties of GaNAs Alloys by First-Principle.

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Borovac, Damir; Tan, Chee-Keong; Tansu, Nelson

2017-12-11

We present a Density Functional Theory (DFT) analysis of the optical properties of dilute-As GaN 1-x As x alloys with arsenic (As) content ranging from 0% up to 12.5%. The real and imaginary parts of the dielectric function are investigated, and the results are compared to experimental and theoretical values for GaN. The analysis extends to present the complex refractive index and the normal-incidence reflectivity. The refractive index difference between GaN and GaNAs alloys can be engineered to be up to ~0.35 in the visible regime by inserting relatively low amounts of As-content into the GaN system. Thus, the analysis elucidates on the birefringence of the dilute-As GaNAs alloys and comparison to other experimentally characterized III-nitride systems is drawn. Our findings indicate the potential of GaNAs alloys for III-nitride based waveguide and photonic circuit design applications.

A novel approach to enhance food safety: industry-academia-government partnership for applied research.

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Osterholm, Michael T; Ostrowsky, Julie; Farrar, Jeff A; Gravani, Robert B; Tauxe, Robert V; Buchanan, Robert L; Hedberg, Craig W

2009-07-01

An independent collaborative approach was developed for stimulating research on high-priority food safety issues. The Fresh Express Produce Safety Research Initiative was launched in 2007 with $2 million in unrestricted funds from industry and independent direction and oversight from a scientific advisory panel consisting of nationally recognized food safety experts from academia and government agencies. The program had two main objectives: (i) to fund rigorous, innovative, and multidisciplinary research addressing the safety of lettuce, spinach, and other leafy greens and (ii) to share research findings as widely and quickly as possible to support the development of advanced safeguards within the fresh-cut produce industry. Sixty-five proposals were submitted in response to a publicly announced request for proposals and were competitively evaluated. Nine research projects were funded to examine underlying factors involved in Escherichia coli O157:H7 contamination of lettuce, spinach, and other leafy greens and potential strategies for preventing the spread of foodborne pathogens. Results of the studies, published in the Journal of Food Protection, help to identify promising directions for future research into potential sources and entry points of contamination and specific factors associated with harvesting, processing, transporting, and storing produce that allow contaminants to persist and proliferate. The program provides a model for leveraging the strengths of industry, academia, and government to address high-priority issues quickly and directly through applied research. This model can be productively extended to other pathogens and other leafy and nonleafy produce.

Padrões de refluxo nas veias safenas em homens com insuficiência venosa crônica

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Carlos Alberto Engelhorn

Full Text Available Resumo Contexto A insuficiência venosa crônica (IVCr é frequente e predomina nas mulheres, mas ainda há poucas informações sobre o refluxo nas veias safenas na população masculina. Objetivos Identificar os diferentes padrões de refluxo nas veias safenas magnas (VSMs e parvas (VSPs em homens, correlacionando esses dados com a apresentação clínica conforme a classificação Clínica, Etiológica, Anatômica e Fisiopatológica (CEAP. Métodos Foram avaliados 369 membros inferiores de 207 homens pela ultrassonografia vascular (UV com diagnóstico clínico de IVCr primária. As variáveis analisadas foram a classificação CEAP, o padrão de refluxo nas VSMs e VSPs e a correlação entre os dois. Resultados Nos 369 membros avaliados, 72,9% das VSMs apresentaram refluxo com predominância do padrão segmentar (33,8%. Nas VSPs, 16% dos membros inferiores analisados apresentaram refluxo, sendo o mais frequente o padrão distal (33,9%. Dos membros classificados como C4, C5 e C6, 100% apresentaram refluxo na VSM com predominância do refluxo proximal (25,64%, e 38,46% apresentaram refluxo na VSP com equivalência entre os padrões distal e proximal (33,3%. Refluxo na junção safeno-femoral (JSF foi detectado em 7,1% dos membros nas classes C0 e C1, 35,6% nas classes C2 e C3, e 64,1% nas classes C4 a C6. Conclusões O padrão de refluxo segmentar é predominante na VSM, e o padrão de refluxo distal é predominante na VSP. A ocorrência de refluxo na JSF é maior em pacientes com IVCr mais avançada.

Publication Patterns and Output of Women in Academia: A Case Study of the South-South Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria

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O. O. Obinyan

2013-12-01

Full Text Available This paper analyses the publication patterns and output of women in academia in the South-South Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria, based on an exploratory study from the gender perspective. In collecting data for the study, 200 copies of a questionnaire were distributed to female academics, randomly selected from four universities. Their responses were analysed and findings presented using tables and simple percentages. The study revealed that female publication output is very low. 98% of the respondents reported to have between 1 to 5 papers. Attendance at conferences was also reported to be low as the majority (80.5% have attended 1-10 times in the last three years. There exists a gender inequality among academia as the majority (66% of the respondents strongly agreed to gender devaluation and 61% to issues of female appointment. Other factors that were reported to have effect on their publication patterns are work overload, inadequate resources, lack of time, and lack of collaboration with other colleagues.

Detecção de proteínas imunorreativas de Rickettsia sp. cepa Mata Atlântica

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Caroline S. Oliveira

Full Text Available RESUMO: A Febre Maculosa Brasileira (FMB é uma doença infecciosa, transmitida por carrapatos ao homem. Uma nova riquetsiose humana foi descrita como causadora de Febre Maculosa no Estado de São Paulo, sendo denominada de Rickettsia sp. cepa Mata Atlântica. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo detectar e identificar proteínas com potencial de estimular o sistema imune de hospedeiro mamífero, desta nova cepa descrita. Para tanto, foi realizado a extração proteica total de Rickettsia sp. cepa Mata Atlântica. As proteínas extraídas foram fracionadas por eletroforese. As bandas proteicas foram transferidas para membranas de nitrocelulose por migração elétrica e submetidas à técnica de Western-blot, para detecção proteica. Ao todo sete proteínas imunorreativas foram detectadas. Duas proteínas apresentaram maior abundancia, com peso molecular, de 200 e 130 kDa respectivamente. Através da comparação de mapas proteômicos existentes e pelo peso molecular que estas proteínas apresentaram, sugere-se que as duas proteínas detectadas representem rOmpA (200 kDa e rOmpB (130 kDa. As demais proteínas detectadas apresentaram menor ocorrência e peso molecular inferior a 78 kDa, podendo representar membros da família de antígenos de superfície celular (Sca - Surface cell antigen. As proteínas detectadas poderão servir como base de estudo na elaboração de métodos diagnósticos sensíveis e específicos, no desenvolvimento de vacinas, além de possibilitarem novos estudos para terapias mais eficazes.

[Introduction of neuroethics: out of clinic, beyond academia in human brain research].

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Fukushi, Tamami; Sakura, Osamu

2008-11-01

Higher cognitive function in human brain is one of well-developed fields of neuroscience research in the 21st century. Especially functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and near infrared recording system have brought so many non-clinical researchers whose background is such as cognitive psychology, economics, politics, pedagogy, and so on, to the human brain mapping study. Authors have introduced the ethical issues related to incidental findings during the fMRI recording for non-clinical purpose, which is a typical problem derived from such expanded human brain research under non clinical condition, that is, neuroethics. In the present article we would introduce neuroethical issues in contexts of "out of clinic" and "beyond academia".

AFSPC Innovation and Science and Technology Outreach to Industry and Academia

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Sanchez, Merri J.; Dills, Anthony N.; Chandler, Faith

2016-01-01

The U.S. Air Force is taking a strategic approach to ensuring that we are at the cutting edge of science and technology. This includes fostering game-changing approaches and technologies that are balanced with operational needs. The security of the Nation requires a constant pursuit of science, technical agility, and a rapid adoption of innovation. This includes pursuits of game-changing technologies and domains that perhaps we cannot even imagine today. This paper highlights the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) collaboration and outreach to other government agencies, military and national laboratories, industry, and academia on long term science and technology challenges. In particular we discuss the development of the AFSPC Long Term Science and Technology Challenges that include both space and cyberspace operations within a multi-domain environment and the subsequent Innovation Summits.

Academia Brasileira de Especialistas e Enfermagem – ABESE – A construção de um espaço de poder (2000–2001

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Flávia de Araújo Carreiro

2007-04-01

Full Text Available O objeto deste estudo é o processo de criação da Academia Brasileira de Especialistas em Enfermagem – ABESE, fundada em 2000, na cidade de São Paulo, que, em minha visão, tem no seu processo de geração, organização e implementação, a concretude de um processo de especialização ocorrido nas Ciências Médicas, e refletido na Enfermagem. Identificar as circunstâncias de criação da ABESE, e examinar seu(s significado(s, além de discutir as perspectivas futuras dentro do processo de profissionalização da Enfermagem foram os objetivos do estudo. Este teve como fundamentação teórica, a multireferencialidade, e como metodologia, a pesquisa histórica. Os conceitos de Pierre Bourdieu sobre habitus, capital e poder simbólico somado ao pensamento de Michel Foucault sobre o valor do discurso, foram selecionados e aplicados ao estudo, que conclui que o processo de especialização pelo qual a enfermagem passou, aponta para uma reatualização do habitus do enfermeiro, o qual estará baseado em uma prática dominada pela tecnologia. Ao estudá-lo, observei que a Enfermagem, representada pela ABESE, ensaia os primeiros passos para conseguir o mesmo resultado que as Ciências Médicas obtiveram no que se refere às conseqüências positivas sobre o reconhecimento social e critério de competência. Representante forte de um paradigma político-econômico vigente, o estado de São Paulo impulsiona mudanças na prática profissional, e sendo assim, a ABESE, enquanto forma de organização política, é uma estratégia de afirmação e legitimação de um grupo que busca produzir valor social fora dos modelos tradicionais de legitimação, centrados na academia. A partir de ações concretas da ABESE, contestei a trajetória do movimento de valorização da Enfermagem especializada, nascido, não por acaso, neste estado. A reflexão sobre as trajetórias das sociedades de especialistas indicou que acima das cisões ou acordos havidos na

Perspectives on the Past, Present, and Future in Computer-Related Areas as They Impact Academia, Business, and Other Areas

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Snyder, Robin M.

2017-01-01

The author has attended and presented at most ASCUE meetings since 1994, and has worked professionally in research and development, industry, military, government, business, and private and public academia--moving between computer science, software engineering, and business fields at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and even running…

Walking between academia and industry to find successful solutions to biomedical challenges: an interview with Geoffrey Smith.

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Smith, Geoffrey; Cagan, Ross

2015-10-01

Geoffrey W. Smith is currently the Managing Director of Mars Ventures. He actually started his studies with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Doctorate in Law but then, in part by chance and in part by following in his family footsteps, he stepped into the healthcare and biotech field. Since then, he has successfully contributed to the birth of a number of healthcare companies and has also held academic positions at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and at The Rockefeller University in New York, teaching about the interface between science and business. During 2014 he served as Senior Editor on Disease Models & Mechanisms, bringing to the editorial team his valuable experience in drug development and discovery. In this interview, Geoff talks to Ross Cagan, Editor-in-Chief of Disease Models & Mechanisms, about how he developed his incredibly varied career, sharing his views about industry, academia and science publishing, and discussing how academia and industry can fruitfully meet to advance bioscience, train the scientists and stakeholders of the future, and drive the successful discovery of new therapeutics to treat human disease. © 2015. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.

La resistencia a las innovaciones. Informe de la academia de profesores de primera educación (1838

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Federico GÓMEZ-R. DE CASTRO

2010-03-01

Full Text Available RESUMEN: 1837. La recién restituida Dirección General de Estudios elabora un informe sobre la enseñanza gratuita de las primeras letras en la Corte. Está en quiebra el principio de la gratuidad y alienta un criterio economista de sacar el rendimiento óptimo a las inversiones. Se subordinan organización y métodos a estos supuestos económicos. Y sobre ello se cantan las excelencias del método de enseñanza mutua, el viejo y querido juguete de constitucionalistas, liberales, aristócratas y militares. Detrás está en marcha el proceso de centralización de enseñanza pública. No obstante, con buenos modales democráticos —dinamos hoy— la Dirección General de Estudios presenta el resultado de su encuesta al Ayuntamiento constitucional de la Corte el día 13 de septiembre. El Ayuntamiento constitucional solicita un contrainforme de la Academia Literaria de Profesores de Primera Educación. El contrainforme está listo y se remite el día 4 de enero de 1838 firmado por el secretario de la Academia, Alejandro Palomino.

Walking between academia and industry to find successful solutions to biomedical challenges: an interview with Geoffrey Smith

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2015-10-01

Full Text Available Geoffrey W. Smith is currently the Managing Director of Mars Ventures. He actually started his studies with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Doctorate in Law but then, in part by chance and in part by following in his family footsteps, he stepped into the healthcare and biotech field. Since then, he has successfully contributed to the birth of a number of healthcare companies and has also held academic positions at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and at The Rockefeller University in New York, teaching about the interface between science and business. During 2014 he served as Senior Editor on Disease Models & Mechanisms, bringing to the editorial team his valuable experience in drug development and discovery. In this interview, Geoff talks to Ross Cagan, Editor-in-Chief of Disease Models & Mechanisms, about how he developed his incredibly varied career, sharing his views about industry, academia and science publishing, and discussing how academia and industry can fruitfully meet to advance bioscience, train the scientists and stakeholders of the future, and drive the successful discovery of new therapeutics to treat human disease.

Sport psychological associations role to create growth and stimulate networking in sports, federations and academia - experiences from Sweden and Denmark

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Becker-Larsen, Astrid; Edvardsson, Arne

skills. Much has happened over the past 25 years since the Danish Society of Sport Psychology (DIFO;1992) and the Swedish Sports Psychological Association (SIPF; 2000) founded. When talking to experts in the field and looking at what is reported in media there have been a significant growing interest...... and networkning in sports, federations and academia. Metod/Method Board members from DIFO and SIPF have been invited to participate in this symposium. To initate discussion the participants have been given the assignment to answer the 3 open questions regarding their association: “What have you done in the past...... of SIPF or DIFO. The association’s goals are to promote and develop sports psychology research, teaching and applied practice by gathering experiences from different practitioners (e.g., academia, federations and sports). Therfore, it is in both assocations intrest to come togheter and discuss the past...

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration in the National Airspace System (NAS) Project FY17 Annual Review

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Sakahara, Robert; Hackenberg, Davis; Johnson, William

2017-01-01

This presentation was presented to the Integrated Aviation Systems Program at the FY17 Annual Review of the UAS-NAS project. The presentation captures the overview of the work completed by the UAS-NAS project and its subprojects.

Knowledge and perceptions of family leave policies among female faculty in academic medicine.

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Gunn, Christine M; Freund, Karen M; Kaplan, Samantha A; Raj, Anita; Carr, Phyllis L

2014-01-01

The purpose of this research was to examine the knowledge and perceptions of family leave policies and practices among senior leaders including American Association of Medical College members of the Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) to identify perceived barriers to career success and satisfaction among female faculty. In 2011 and 2012, GWIMS representatives and senior leaders at 24 medical schools were invited to participate in an interview about faculty perceptions of gender equity and overall institutional climate. An inductive, thematic analysis of the qualitative data was conducted to identify themes represented in participant responses. The research team read and reviewed institutional family leave policies for concordance with key informant descriptions. There were 22 GWIMS representatives and senior leaders in the final sample. Participants were all female; 18 (82%) were full professors with the remainder being associate professors. Compared with publicly available policies at each institution, the knowledge of nine participants was consistent with policies, was discrepant for six, with the remaining seven acknowledging a lack of knowledge of policies. Four major themes were identified from the interview data: 1) Framing family leave as a personal issue undermines its effect on female faculty success; 2) poor communication of policies impairs access and affects organizational climate; 3) discrepancies in leave implementation disadvantage certain faculty in terms of time and pay; and 4) leave policies are valued and directly related to academic productivity. Family leave policies are an important aspect of faculty satisfaction and academic success, yet policy awareness among senior leaders is lacking. Further organizational support is needed to promote equitable policy creation and implementation to support women in medical academia. Copyright © 2014 Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

A QUESTÃO DA MOBILIDADE URBANA NAS METRÓPOLES BRASILEIRAS

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Valéria Pero

2015-12-01

Full Text Available RESUMO O tempo de deslocamento de casa ao trabalho tem se elevado substancialmente nas regiões metropolitanas brasileiras durante a última década. Esse fenômeno tem implicações fortes sobre o bem-estar dos indivíduos, porém as consequências desse problema não se distribuem uniformemente entre a população. O presente trabalho visa contribuir para o debate sobre a questão da mobilidade urbana nas metrópoles brasileiras analisando a evolução do tempo de deslocamento entre 1992 e 2013 e suas diferenças de acordo com características do trabalhador, como sexo, cor e renda per capita , e do posto de trabalho. Verifica-se que o aumento do tempo médio de deslocamento ocorreu a partir de 2003, caracterizando uma questão particularmente importante para as metrópoles brasileiras no terceiro milênio. Os trabalhadores com maiores tempos médios de deslocamento residem nas regiões metropolitanas do Rio de Janeiro e de São Paulo. Entretanto, as maiores taxas de crescimento ocorreram nas metrópoles do Pará, Salvador e Recife, sugerindo a necessidade de melhor direcionamento e planejamento de políticas públicas na mobilidade urbana. Considerando as diferenças socioeconômicas, destaca-se que os mais pobres e os mais ricos (extremos da distribuição de renda tendem a apresentar tempos de deslocamento menores do que os trabalhadores de famílias de renda média. Esse padrão se mantém ao longo do tempo, com aumento do tempo médio de deslocamento entre os mais pobres, mostrando uma face da desigualdade. Porém, o maior aumento ocorreu entre os mais ricos, colocando a questão da mobilidade urbana para além dos problemas de exclusão social.

SUSTENTABILIDADE NAS CONSTRUÇÕES

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Gabriela Siqueira Manhães

2014-11-01

Full Text Available O processo da área da construção civil é bastante heterogêneo, contemplando diferentes âmbitos de organização produtiva e de formas de comercialização de seus produtos finais, as construções. Nas construções, a complexidade e a indispensabilidade de planejamento e gerenciamento são agravadas pela crescente busca do mercado por maior qualidade em seu desenvolvimento e melhor desempenho do produto final. Isso pode não direcionar a comunicação entre os agentes envolvidos e racionalizar a construção e a edificação, mas também mostrar alternativas inteligentes e sustentáveis que respondam à necessidade de minimização dos impactos ambientais. A discussão que envolve os conceitos de construções inteligentes e sustentáveis, apesar de ser vista no meio acadêmico, parece ainda não encerrada e engloba os diferentes níveis de organização do indivíduo e dasociedade. O presente estudo tem como objetivo discutir o uso desses conceitos no processo construtivo e em seu resultado final, com a finalidade de identificar possíveis relações entre os mesmos e as suas contribuições no contexto da sustentabilidade da construção civil. Observou-se que as inovações tecnológicas dispostas nas várias etapas do processo (construção até o produto final, geraram soluções sustentáveis que deixam sua contribuição para amenizar os impactos no meio ambiente. O trabalho contribui para uma reflexão sobre conceitos de sustentabilidade dentro de uma visão mais integral para a arquitetura, abordando o processo e o produto da produção da arquitetura.

Tacit knowledge in academia: a proposed model and measurement scale.

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Leonard, Nancy; Insch, Gary S

2005-11-01

The authors propose a multidimensional model of tacit knowledge and develop a measure of tacit knowledge in academia. They discuss the theory and extant literature on tacit knowledge and propose a 6-factor model. Experiment 1 is a replication of a recent study of academic tacit knowledge using the scale developed and administered at an Israeli university (A. Somech & R. Bogler, 1999). The results of the replication differed from those found in the original study. For Experiment 2, the authors developed a domain-specific measure of academic tacit knowledge, the Academic Tacit Knowledge Scale (ATKS), and used this measure to explore the multidimensionality of tacit knowledge proposed in the model. The results of an exploratory factor analysis (n=142) followed by a confirmatory factor analysis (n=286) are reported. The sample for both experiments was 428 undergraduate students enrolled at a large public university in the eastern United States. Results indicated that a 5-factor model of academic tacit knowledge provided a strong fit for the data.

Food for thought? Potential conflicts of interest in academic experts advising government and charities on dietary policies.

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Newton, Alex; Lloyd-Williams, Ffion; Bromley, Helen; Capewell, Simon

2016-08-05

A conflict of interest (CoI) can occur between public duty and private interest, in which a public official's private-capacity interest could improperly influence the performance of their official duties and responsibilities. The most tangible and commonly considered CoI are financial. However, CoI can also arise due to other types of influence including interpersonal relationships, career progression, or ideology. CoI thus exist in academia, business, government and non-governmental organisations. However, public knowledge of CoI is currently limited due to a lack of information. The mechanisms of managing potential conflicts of interest also remain unclear due to a lack of guidelines. We therefore examined the independence of academic experts and how well potential CoI are identified and addressed in four government and non-governmental organisations in the UK responsible for the development of food policy. Policy analysis. We developed an analytical framework to explore CoI in high-level UK food policy advice, using four case studies. Two government policy-making bodies: Department of Health 'Obesity Review Group' (ORG), 'Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition' (SACN) and two charities: 'Action on Sugar' (AoS), & 'Heart of Mersey' (HoM). Information was obtained from publicly available sources and declarations. We developed a five point ordinal scale based upon the ideology of the Nolan Principles of Public Life. Group members were individually categorised on the ordinal ConScale from "0", (complete independence from the food and drink industry) to "4", (employed by the food and drink industry or a representative organisation). CoI involving various industries have long been evident in policy making, academia and clinical practice. Suggested approaches for managing CoI could be categorised as "deny", "describe", or "diminish". Declared CoI were common in the ORG and SACN. 4 out of 28 ORG members were direct industry employees. In SACN 11 out of 17 members

Food for thought? Potential conflicts of interest in academic experts advising government and charities on dietary policies

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Alex Newton

2016-08-01

Full Text Available Abstract Background A conflict of interest (CoI can occur between public duty and private interest, in which a public official’s private-capacity interest could improperly influence the performance of their official duties and responsibilities. The most tangible and commonly considered CoI are financial. However, CoI can also arise due to other types of influence including interpersonal relationships, career progression, or ideology. CoI thus exist in academia, business, government and non-governmental organisations. However, public knowledge of CoI is currently limited due to a lack of information. The mechanisms of managing potential conflicts of interest also remain unclear due to a lack of guidelines. We therefore examined the independence of academic experts and how well potential CoI are identified and addressed in four government and non-governmental organisations in the UK responsible for the development of food policy. Methods Policy analysis. We developed an analytical framework to explore CoI in high-level UK food policy advice, using four case studies. Two government policy-making bodies: Department of Health ‘Obesity Review Group’ (ORG, ‘Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition’ (SACN and two charities: ‘Action on Sugar’ (AoS, & ‘Heart of Mersey’ (HoM. Information was obtained from publicly available sources and declarations. We developed a five point ordinal scale based upon the ideology of the Nolan Principles of Public Life. Group members were individually categorised on the ordinal ConScale from “0”, (complete independence from the food and drink industry to “4”, (employed by the food and drink industry or a representative organisation. Results CoI involving various industries have long been evident in policy making, academia and clinical practice. Suggested approaches for managing CoI could be categorised as “deny”, “describe”, or “diminish”. Declared CoI were common in the ORG and SACN

Applications Performance Under MPL and MPI on NAS IBM SP2

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Saini, Subhash; Simon, Horst D.; Lasinski, T. A. (Technical Monitor)

1994-01-01

On July 5, 1994, an IBM Scalable POWER parallel System (IBM SP2) with 64 nodes, was installed at the Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation (NAS) Facility Each node of NAS IBM SP2 is a "wide node" consisting of a RISC 6000/590 workstation module with a clock of 66.5 MHz which can perform four floating point operations per clock with a peak performance of 266 Mflop/s. By the end of 1994, 64 nodes of IBM SP2 will be upgraded to 160 nodes with a peak performance of 42.5 Gflop/s. An overview of the IBM SP2 hardware is presented. The basic understanding of architectural details of RS 6000/590 will help application scientists the porting, optimizing, and tuning of codes from other machines such as the CRAY C90 and the Paragon to the NAS SP2. Optimization techniques such as quad-word loading, effective utilization of two floating point units, and data cache optimization of RS 6000/590 is illustrated, with examples giving performance gains at each optimization step. The conversion of codes using Intel's message passing library NX to codes using native Message Passing Library (MPL) and the Message Passing Interface (NMI) library available on the IBM SP2 is illustrated. In particular, we will present the performance of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) kernel from NAS Parallel Benchmarks (NPB) under MPL and MPI. We have also optimized some of Fortran BLAS 2 and BLAS 3 routines, e.g., the optimized Fortran DAXPY runs at 175 Mflop/s and optimized Fortran DGEMM runs at 230 Mflop/s per node. The performance of the NPB (Class B) on the IBM SP2 is compared with the CRAY C90, Intel Paragon, TMC CM-5E, and the CRAY T3D.

An Integrated Gate Turnaround Management Concept Leveraging Big Data Analytics for NAS Performance Improvements

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Chung, William W.; Ingram, Carla D.; Ahlquist, Douglas Kurt; Chachad, Girish H.

2016-01-01

"Gate Turnaround" plays a key role in the National Air Space (NAS) gate-to-gate performance by receiving aircraft when they reach their destination airport, and delivering aircraft into the NAS upon departing from the gate and subsequent takeoff. The time spent at the gate in meeting the planned departure time is influenced by many factors and often with considerable uncertainties. Uncertainties such as weather, early or late arrivals, disembarking and boarding passengers, unloading/reloading cargo, aircraft logistics/maintenance services and ground handling, traffic in ramp and movement areas for taxi-in and taxi-out, and departure queue management for takeoff are likely encountered on the daily basis. The Integrated Gate Turnaround Management (IGTM) concept is leveraging relevant historical data to support optimization of the gate operations, which include arrival, at the gate, departure based on constraints (e.g., available gates at the arrival, ground crew and equipment for the gate turnaround, and over capacity demand upon departure), and collaborative decision-making. The IGTM concept provides effective information services and decision tools to the stakeholders, such as airline dispatchers, gate agents, airport operators, ramp controllers, and air traffic control (ATC) traffic managers and ground controllers to mitigate uncertainties arising from both nominal and off-nominal airport gate operations. IGTM will provide NAS stakeholders customized decision making tools through a User Interface (UI) by leveraging historical data (Big Data), net-enabled Air Traffic Management (ATM) live data, and analytics according to dependencies among NAS parameters for the stakeholders to manage and optimize the NAS performance in the gate turnaround domain. The application will give stakeholders predictable results based on the past and current NAS performance according to selected decision trees through the UI. The predictable results are generated based on analysis of the

Lipoproteínas e inflamação na esclerose múltipla

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Cascais, Maria João Coelho Melo

2010-01-01

Preâmbulo Os processos inflamatórios induzem alterações marcadas do metabolismo das lipoproteínas plasmáticas e estas, por sua vez, regulam as reacções imunitárias. Dadas as muitas relações existentes entre imunidade inata e adquirida e o metabolismo das lipoproteínas, investigámos neste trabalho a sua possível relevância para a compreensão da Esclerose Múltipla (EM), uma doença neuroinflamatória e neurodegenrativa do Sistema Nervoso Central (SNC). Como será evidente ao l...

Policies for healthy and sustainable edible oil consumption: a stakeholder analysis for Thailand.

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Shankar, Bhavani; Thaiprasert, Nalitra; Gheewala, Shabbir; Smith, Richard

2017-04-01

Palm oil is a cheap and versatile edible oil in widespread use as a food ingredient that has been linked to negative health and environmental outcomes. The current study aimed to understand the prospects for future health-focused policy development to limit food use of palm oil and promote a greater diversity of oils in Thailand's food system. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with a range of stakeholders. The interviews probed views on the economic, health and environmental dimensions of the issue, the prospects for health-focused policy development and the policy development process. Transcripts were analysed using a health policy analytical framework. Thailand. Stakeholders from a range of ministries, regulatory agencies, the private sector, non-governmental organizations and academia. There are several impediments to the emergence of strong regulation, including the primacy of economic considerations in setting policy, doubt and misperception about health implications and a complex regulatory environment with little space for health-related considerations. At the same time, some sections of the food industry producing food for domestic consumption are substituting palm with other oils on the basis of consumer health perceptions. Strong regulation to curb the growth of palm oil is unlikely to emerge soon. However, a long-term strategy can be envisaged that relies on greater policy support for other indigenous oils, strategic rebalancing towards the use of palm oil for biofuels and oleochemicals, and harnessing Thailand's food technology capabilities to promote substitution in food production in favour of oils with healthier fatty acid composition.

A história do ensino de física no Brasil n o século XIX: as academias militares e o colégio Pedro II

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Beneti, Alysson Cristiano [UNESP

2014-01-01

The objective of this study is to set a historical notation on the teaching of Physics in Brazil focusing three teaching institutions. The research problem is expressed by the subject: which were the characteristics of the teaching of Physics in the Real Academia de Artilharia, Fortificação e Desenho (from 1792 to 1810), Academia Real Militar (from 1810 to 1822) and in Colégio Pedro II (from 1838 to 1839)? The goal of the historical documents analysis is confronted with historical narratives ...

Benefits of a Unified LaSRS++ Simulation for NAS-Wide and High-Fidelity Modeling

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Glaab, Patricia; Madden, Michael

2014-01-01

The LaSRS++ high-fidelity vehicle simulation was extended in 2012 to support a NAS-wide simulation mode. Since the initial proof-of-concept, the LaSRS++ NAS-wide simulation is maturing into a research-ready tool. A primary benefit of this new capability is the consolidation of the two modeling paradigms under a single framework to save cost, facilitate iterative concept testing between the two tools, and to promote communication and model sharing between user communities at Langley. Specific benefits of each type of modeling are discussed along with the expected benefits of the unified framework. Current capability details of the LaSRS++ NAS-wide simulations are provided, including the visualization tool, live data interface, trajectory generators, terminal routing for arrivals and departures, maneuvering, re-routing, navigation, winds, and turbulence. The plan for future development is also described.

Frequency of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS and type of the narcotic substance in neonates born from drug addicted mothers

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Fatemeh Nayeri

2015-02-01

Full Text Available Abstract Background and objective: NAS is a combination of signs and symptoms that due to physical and mental dependency, develops in neonates born from drug addicted mothers. The onset of NAS varies in accordance with the type, amount, frequency and duration of substance used. Because of diverse and unclear pattern of substance abuse in Iranian addicted pregnant mothers in comparison with western countries, this multi-center study has been designed to evaluate NAS in neonates born from drug addicted mothers. Material and method: A cross sectional study was carried out on newborns of narcotic addicted mothers during the first six months of 2008. The newborn’s status and clinical signs were checked by physical examination and scored by the Finnegan scoring system. Results: In this study 100 neonates born from narcotic addicted mothers were examined; the most used narcotic was crack (36%. 60% of neonates showed signs of NAS. The most prevalent signs of NAS were increased muscle tonicity (60%/7, irritability (59%/6 and increased moro reflex (51%/8. Neonates born from crack abusers, in comparison with other drugs, were significantly at risk of NAS (100% vs.87%, p

American Indian Studies as an Academic Discipline

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Kidwell, Clara Sue

2011-01-01

When American Indian/Native American studies (AI/NAS) programs began to emerge in the halls of academia during the late 1960s and early 1970s, some who served as faculty and staff questioned whether they would be one-generation phenomena. Would the programs survive, would they continue to draw students, and could they make an impact on…

Qualidade de vida e Satisfação com o trabalho de profissionais de Educação Física atuantes em academias da cidade de Pelotas-RS

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Bevilacqua, Lidiane Amanda

2013-01-01

Atuando como centros de voltados à prática de exercícios físicos, as academias sofreram uma serie de transformações ao longo do tempo, intensificado a partir da década de 1970, quando o culto a forma ganhou dimensões representativas na sociedade. Com o crescimento do número de academias aumentou o interesse em verificar as condições de trabalho e aspectos relacionados à saúde e qualidade de vida dos profissionais que atuam nesses serviços. A qualidade de vida dos profissionais pode ser influe...

Comparison of 250 MHz R10K Origin 2000 and 400 MHz Origin 2000 Using NAS Parallel Benchmarks

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Turney, Raymond D.; Thigpen, William W. (Technical Monitor)

2001-01-01

This report describes results of benchmark tests on Steger, a 250 MHz Origin 2000 system with R10K processors, currently installed at the NASA Ames National Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility. For comparison purposes, the tests were also run on Lomax, a 400 MHz Origin 2000 with R12K processors. The BT, LU, and SP application benchmarks in the NAS Parallel Benchmark Suite and the kernel benchmark FT were chosen to measure system performance. Having been written to measure performance on Computational Fluid Dynamics applications, these benchmarks are assumed appropriate to represent the NAS workload. Since the NAS runs both message passing (MPI) and shared-memory, compiler directive type codes, both MPI and OpenMP versions of the benchmarks were used. The MPI versions used were the latest official release of the NAS Parallel Benchmarks, version 2.3. The OpenMP versions used were PBN3b2, a beta version that is in the process of being released. NPB 2.3 and PBN3b2 are technically different benchmarks, and NPB results are not directly comparable to PBN results.

The power of the university in public administration. participation of national university of Colombia campus Manizales, in building public policy for the region

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Germán Albeiro Castaño Duque

2016-11-01

Full Text Available The current research aims to investigate the power of the University and its contribution to the public administration through participation in public policy. It examines what has been the role of academia in taking clear and decisive way finding solutions to the problems of communities and how extension programs have influenced the action of the state to lay the foundation of social development. The research methodology is approached from a casual type qualitative perspective, which aims to demonstrate the contribution and participation of the National University of Colombia Campus Manizales in the construction of public policies in its geographical influence area and the coordination with communities immersed in those territories. It is intended that this case study be as an input to generate parameters for the participation of universities in building public policies that contribute to addressing the needs and questions of citizens.

The dilemma of inclusivity in the globalization of academia

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Castano Rodriguez, Carolina

2015-12-01

This paper extends the conversation started by Mariona Espinet, Mercè Izquierdo, Clara Garcia-Pujol; Ludovic Morge and Isabel Martins and Susana de Souza regarding the diverse issues faced by the internationalisation of science education journals. I use my own experience as an early career researcher coming from an underrepresented culture and language within academia to expand on these issues. I focus on the issues which I have experienced the most: the disconnection between university research and school practice and the struggles with the unspoken power structures. As I delve into my experience, I argue that we are failing to ask the right questions to create a science education community that is inclusive of diverse views and multicultural perspectives. We need to rethink how we can avoid colonisation of school teachers, as Isabel and Susana describe, but also the colonisation of those academics and teachers who are from non-English speaking cultures. I urge us to carry more debates such as the one initiated by these three authors, exposing and debating about the different power structures within science education so that we can progress in empowering all those voices that have been silenced.

An examination of envy and jealousy in nursing academia.

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Cleary, Michelle; Walter, Garry; Halcomb, Elizabeth; Lopez, Violeta

2016-07-01

To discuss envy and jealousy and how their positive and negative aspects among nurse academics affect the workplace. In nursing academia, jealousy and envy are common emotions, engendered by demands for high productivity, intense competition for limited resources, preferences for particular assignments and opportunities for promotions. When these feelings are moderate and part of everyday rivalry, competition and ambition benefit the organisation. However, jealousy and envy can have serious consequences including damaged relationships and communication, and the undermining of colleagues' performance. Strategies are recommended to provide opportunities for self-reflection and consideration of how the workplace affects nursing academics' wellbeing and professional performance. Jealousy and envy can be damaging emotions in the workplace. The embittered, hostile person can undermine and damage relationships, disrupt teams and communication, and undermine organisational performance. Discussing the positive and negative effects of envy and jealousy provides an opportunity for nursing academics to self-reflect and to consider others and their own personal and professional performance. Understanding how jealousy and envy impact on the work environment, workplace relationships and individual/team performance is important especially for early career and seasoned nursing academics alike.

Consumo de suplementos nutricionais por praticantes de exercícios físicos em academias Use of nutritional supplements by subjects enrolled in physical fitness programs

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Luciene Pereira da Rocha

1998-06-01

Full Text Available Este trabalho teve por objetivo verificar o consumo de suplementos em indivíduos praticantes de exercícios físicos em academias de Niterói e São Gonçalo (RJ. O grupo de estudo (GE constituiu-se de 160 indivíduos (10 por academia, selecionados ao acaso e que responderam a um questionário. As academias foram escolhidas de acordo com a localização e receptividade para a realização do levantamento. Verificou-se que 51 indivíduos (32% faziam uso de algum tipo de suplemento e 109 não (68%. O grupo de usuários de suplementos compunha-se por indivíduos entre 20 e 30 anos, sendo 35 do sexo masculino e 16 do feminino; 17 praticantes de musculação, 15 de ginástica, 10 de várias modalidades e 9 de ginástica e musculação. Vinte oito pessoas usavam um tipo de suplemento e 23 mais de um, sendo que dois indivíduos usavam seis tipos diferentes. Os praticantes de musculação usavam preferentemente aminoácidos e proteínas, além de produtos de composição mista, bem como "energéticos" e "estimulantes". Os praticantes de ginástica usavam mais suplementos deste último tipo, além de vitaminas e minerais. Os praticantes de ginástica associada à musculação e várias modalidades usavam praticamente todos os tipos de suplemento. A maioria dos usuários consumia suplementos diariamente (82,3% sendo a dose variada, muitos relatando o uso recomendado no rótulo. Trinta e dois participantes relataram que receberam orientação para o consumo dos suplementos. As autoras discutem os resultados encontrados e apresentam uma breve revisão sobre os efeitos do uso de suplementos para a melhoria da saúde ou do desempenho físico.This is a survey on the use of nutritional supplements by subjects enrolled in physical fitness schools in Niterói and São Gonçalo (RJ. The study group had 160 subjects (10 for school, selected at random, who answered a questionnaire. Schools were chosen occording to localization and receptivity to answering the

Os dossiês da REF: além das fronteiras entre academia e militância REF's dossiers: crossing the border between research and politics

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Sônia Weidner Maluf

2004-12-01

Full Text Available Este artigo, apresentado originalmente no Encontro da REDEFEM em outubro de 2002, discute os Dossiês publicados desde o surgimento da Revista Estudos Feministas até o presente momento, fazendo um levantamento e uma breve descrição de cada um deles. Os Dossiês constituem uma seção da REF e se dedicam à abertura de um espaço de diálogo entre a produção acadêmica e intelectual e a militância, o ativismo e as políticas feministas. Os textos podem assumir diversos formatos além de artigos ou de ensaios acadêmicos. No final deste artigo, é feita uma breve análise do lugar dos dossiês nas fricções entre academia e militância, buscando ir além das dicotomias entre ação e reflexão ou teoria e prática.This article analyzes the Dossiers of Revista Estudos Feministas. This section is published since the appearance of the journal on 1992. We describe each one of the 24 dossiers published until now and analyze it main characteristics. The main objective of the Dossiers is to establish a dialogue between the feminist academic discussions and the feminist activism and politics. They are open to different styles of text beyond the academic paper. In the end of the article we analyze the place of the dossiers in the discussions about the tensions between academy and activism, trying to go beyond the dichotomies between action and reflection or between theory and practice.

Policy Options for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Application in Healthcare; a Prospective View: Final Report (D5).

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van Oranje-Nassau, Constantijn; Schindler, Helen Rebecca; Vilamovska, Anna-Marie; Botterman, Maarten

2012-01-01

This article reviews the state of play of European markets and applications of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in healthcare in Europe. Based on the current situation the study presents three scenarios for 2020, to describe futures in which the technology and health care sectors develop in different ways. The scenarios were discussed in expert workshops to derive issues that need to be addressed by future policies of the European Union and other stakeholders. The market assessment is based on a review of literature and an analysis of proprietary market data. The information on the state of RFID applications in Health in Europe summarises the results of a literature review, an online Delphi survey, expert interviews and seven cases studies in Europe and the US. The policy analysis is based on the outcomes of a scenario gaming workshop with experts from academia, industry, healthcare providers, policymakers and representatives of patient organisations.

PROPRIEDADES FUNCIONAIS DAS PROTEÍNAS DE AMÊNDOAS DA MUNGUBA (Pachira aquatica Aubl.

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BERNADETE DE LOURDES DE ARAÚJO SILVA

2015-03-01

Full Text Available RESUMO A semente da munguba (Pachira aquatica Aubl. contém amêndoas que exibem um conteúdo excelente de óleo e um percentualsignificativo em proteínas. Propositou-se determinar algumas propriedades funcionais das proteínas de amêndoas damunguba com o objetivo de instituir sua utilização na indústria de alimentos. O teor lipídico foi de 46,62%, o proteico de 13,75% e na forma de torta apresentou um índice de 28,27% de proteínas. Obtiveram-se doisisolados proteicos, o IP 2,0 e o IP 10,0, decorrentes de duas condições de pH (2,0 e 10,0. Na obtenção dos isolados proteicos, os índices em proteínas extraídas foram de 38,52% para o IP 2,0 e 82,06% para o IP 10,0. Os índices de proteínas recuperadas através da precipitação isoelétrica foram de 23,35% para o IP 2,0 e de 70,94%para o IP 10,0, em pH 5,0. As propriedades funcionais exibiram solubilidade mínima em pH 5,0, no pontoisoelétrico (pI, sendo mais elevada em pH ácido e alcalino do pI. As melhores capacidades de absorçãode água e de óleo exibidas foram para o IP 10,0. As propriedades emulsificantes foram dependentes do pH para os dois isolados, e o IP 10,0 indicou melhores resultados. As propriedades funcionais estudadas permitem o emprego dos isolados proteicos em produtos alimentícios que requerem alta solubilidade, tais como os produtos de panificação, massas em geral, sopas desidratadas e molhos, produtos que exigem desempenho na absorção do óleo, como as carnes simuladas, e em produtos que requerem poderes emulsificantes.

Biología molecular de las proteínas accesorias del Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana tipo 1 (VIH-1

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Guillermo Cervantes Acosta

2005-01-01

Full Text Available El Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana tipo 1 (VIH-1 es un retrovirus complejo que codifica 15 distintas proteínas. Algunas de estas proteínas no son esenciales para la replicación viral. No obstante estas proteínas accesorias participan en diferentes estadios del ciclo viral, incluyendo la regulación de la replicación, la infectividad y la salida viral. Los mecanismos por los cuales estas proteínas accesorias orientan ciertos eventos virales y celulares y su interacción con proteínas celulares se ha convertido en un tópico muy importante en investigación. Esta revisión expone entonces cómo la conformación estructural de las proteínas accesorias del VIH, Nef, Vpr, Vif y Vpu está relacionada con sus fenotipos putativos. Finalmente, nuestros resultados de previos estudios serán también presentados y discutidos a la luz de recientes desarrollos en el área.

Meeting of Experts on NASA's Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Integration in the National Airspace Systems (NAS) Project

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Wolfe, Jean; Bauer, Jeff; Bixby, C.J.; Lauderdale, Todd; Shively, Jay; Griner, James; Hayhurst, Kelly

2010-01-01

Topics discussed include: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Integrated Systems Research Program (ISRP) and UAS Integration in the NAS Project; UAS Integration into the NAS Project; Separation Assurance and Collision Avoidance; Pilot Aircraft Interface Objectives/Rationale; Communication; Certification; and Integrated Tests and Evaluations.

Should Iceland engage in policy dialogue with developing countries?

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Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson

2007-12-01

Full Text Available This article provides a brief overview of the current status of Icelandic development cooperation, bilaterally and multilaterally, and argues that it is time for Iceland to become more engaged in policy dialogue with developing countries on issues related to public sector reform and economic policy. Iceland should also in the authors view take more advantages of the extensive knowledge that Icelandic experts possess, and the experience they have gained, both in Iceland and internationally. Iceland should be more active in offering exerts in the public service, in the academia, as well as in the private sector to provide policy advise and technical assistance to developing countries that are implementing complex economic and public sector reforms. A number of those exerts have also gained considerable international experience in implementing policy reform programs. The article then discusses two cases: (i the case of Latvia where Iceland rushed to recognize its independence, but did little to assist the country in the post independence period, and (ii, the case of Vietnam where a country like Iceland could provide valuable assistance to a country that is achieving remarkable progress in poverty reduction, implementing important public sector reforms and creating a better business environment for foreign investors. This article is based on the authors experience as chairman of the Board of the Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA and as Special Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Iceland from 1995 to 1999, and as World Bank specialist at the Bank’s Head Quarters in Washington DC from 1990 to 1995, in Latvia from 1999 to 2003 and in Vietnam from 2003 to 2006.

Dois caras numa garagem: o cinema alternativo dos fãs de Guerra nas Estrelas

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Tietzmann, Roberto

2003-01-01

Full Text Available A série de filmes Guerra nas Estrelas faz parte do imaginário popular de uma forma desproporcional em relação às centenas de filmes lançados anualmente pela indústria audiovisual. Isso encontra eco nas bilheterias dos filmes da série e na fidelidade dos fâs ao universo de fantasia criado por George Lucas.

CONTROLE GERENCIAL: UMA ANÁLISE NAS EMPRESAS CONTÁBEIS DA CIDADE DE CAICÓ/RN.

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Hugo Azevedo Rangel de Morais

2016-07-01

Full Text Available O controle gerencial de uma empresa é necessário para um eficiente desenvolvimento interno. Com as mudanças constantes das legislações e a evolução da tecnologia de informação nas empresas contábeis, é essencial o controle gerencial eficiente, através dele será possível identificar como está a vida da empresa no seu dia a dia. Neste trabalho é mostrada a importância do controle gerencial para as empresas contábeis, situada na cidade de Caicó/RN, demonstrando a sua importância para auxiliar nas tomadas de decisões. O presente estudo tem como objetivo geral de analisar se nas empresas contábeis da cidade de Caicó existe um controle gerencial que os auxiliem nas tomadas de decisões, verificando se existem a prestação de serviço de contabilidade gerencial e analisando a importância do controle gerencial para os empresários. A contextualização do tema trata-se de pesquisas bibliográficas. A metodologia desenvolvida na pesquisa é classificada como descritiva, do ponto de vista de sua natureza é uma pesquisa aplicada, tendo uma abordagem qualitativa por ter caráter exploratório, já no que se refere aos procedimentos técnicos trata-se de um levantamento. Observou que os empresários tem conhecimento em relação à importância do controle gerencial, a maioria coloca em pratica obtendo uma boa classificação dos controles com confiabilidade para auxiliar nas tomadas de decisões, foi detectado que a maioria das empresas faz um planejamento dos objetivos a serem controlados.

Emprego dos gangliosidos do cortex cerebral nas neuropatias perifericas

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James Pitagoras De Mattos

1981-12-01

Full Text Available Os autores registram a experiência pessoal com o emprego de gangliosídios do cortex cerebral nas neuropatias periféricas. O ensaio clínico e eletromiográfico revelou-se eficaz em 30 dos 40 casos tratados. Enfatizam os melhores resultados em casos de paralisias faciais periféricas.

Sustainability Science: Sustainable Energy for Mobility and Its Use in Policy Making

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Fabio Orecchini

2011-10-01

Full Text Available Since the 1980s sustainability has clearly become the challenge of the 21st century. In a process toward a sustainable society it is crucial that different stakeholders start collaboration and exchange ideas with technicians and academics. To finalize the policy decisions on important issues such as energy sustainability, collaboration between policy makers, academia and the private sector is important. This work intends to give Italian policy makers concrete advice and solutions to develop energy systems for mobility. The analysis proceeds from the context of Sustainability Science, a new science, which has emerged as one of the most important disciplines of international scientific research. Using a new approach, trans-disciplinary and integrated, this research is oriented to study and understand the complexity of the interactions between economy, society and nature. This broad approach permits proposing concrete solutions to complex problems locally and globally. We propose a scheme of definition of Sustainability Energy, defining five pillars of reference, and we redefine the energy systems for mobility in the context of Sustainability Science. In this paper, we start from the idea that we are living in a crucial passage, we are moving from the era of petroleum to the era of energy vectors. Energy systems, including mobility, should be redefined within this new approach.

Prevention and control of food safety risks: the role of governments, food producers, marketers, and academia.

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Lupien, John R

2007-01-01

Food systems are rapidly changing as world population grows, increasing urbanization occurs, consumer tastes and preferences change and differ in various countries and cultures, large scale food production increases, and food imports and exports grow in volume and value. Consumers in all countries have become more insistent that foods available in the marketplace are of good quality and safe, and do not pose risks to them and their families. Publicity about food risk problems and related risks, including chemical and microbiological contamination of foods, mad-cow disease, avian flu, industrial chemical contamination all have made consumers and policy makers more aware of the need of the control of food safety risk factors in all countries. To discuss changes in food systems, and in consumer expectations, that have placed additional stress on the need for better control of food safety risks. Food producers, processors, and marketers have additional food law and regulations to meet; government agencies must increase monitoring and enforcement of adequate food quality and safety legislation and coordinate efforts between agriculture, health, trade, justice and customs agencies; and academia must take action to strengthen the education of competent food legislation administrators, inspectorate, and laboratory personnel for work in government and industry, including related food and food safety research . Both Government and the food industry must assure that adequate control programs are in place to control the quality and safety of all foods, raw or processed, throughout the food chain from production to final consumption. This includes appropriate laboratory facilities to perform necessary analysis of foods for risk and quality factors, and to carry out a wide range of food science, toxicological and related research.

A educação ambiental e as políticas educacionais: um estudo nas escolas públicas de Teresópolis (RJ Environmental education and education policies: a study in public schools of Teresópolis (RJ

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Rodrigo de Azevedo C. Lamosa

2011-08-01

Full Text Available Este artigo tem como objeto a inserção da educação ambiental (EA nas escolas públicas, utilizando como estudo de caso a rede municipal de Teresópolis (RJ. A EA crítica é o referencial teórico adotado, o qual permitiu compreender esse processo no ensino formal, em suas relações com as políticas públicas educacionais federais e municipais. No aspecto metodológico, a pesquisa foi desenvolvida inicialmente por meio da análise da Política Nacional de Educação Ambiental (PNEA e dos documentos oficiais da educação da cidade. Em um segundo momento, priorizou-se o estudo dos projetos oficiais de EA da Secretaria Municipal de Educação e a pesquisa realizada diretamente nas escolas por meio da aplicação de um questionário construído com base em modelo utilizado pelo Ministério da Educação (MEC em sua pesquisa "O que fazem as escolas que dizem que fazem educação ambiental?", realizada em 2006. Ao término do estudo, mesmo considerando a pertinência das iniciativas de professores e alunos no cotidiano escolar, as quais materializam práticas relevantes, foi possível concluir que questões fundamentais - currículo (diretrizes, arranjo e conteúdo, reorganização da carga horária docente (gestão escolar e formação inicial e continuada de professores - ainda precisam ser contempladas pelas políticas públicas a fim do efetivo enraizamento da EA no contexto escolar.This article has as its object the insertion of environmental education (EE in public schools, using as a case study the municipal school system of Teresópolis (RJ. Critical EE is the theoretical framework adopted, allowing the understanding of this process in formal education in its relations with federal and municipal public education policies. In methodological terms, the research was developed initially through the analysis of the National Policy for Environmental Education (PNEA and of official EE documents for that town. At a second moment, the focus

A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DA ACADEMIA PARA MOBILIDADE URBANA SUSTENTÁVEL POR MEIO DO PROGRAMA DE EXTENSÃO UNIVERSITÁRIA DA UFPR – CICLOVIDA

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Silvana Nakamori

2016-06-01

Full Text Available Congestionamentos, acidentes de trânsito e poluição são alguns problemas resultantes de uma cultura de mobilidade que prioriza o transporte individual por meio do automóvel e o resultado dessa prioridade é a deteriorização da qualidade de vida urbana. A fim de tentar reverter esse panorama surge na UFPR o Programa de Extensão Universitária Ciclovida, acreditando que a Academia tem a obrigação de estar na vanguarda das transformações que a sociedade necessita, pois através da pesquisa, ensino e extensão visa-se à formação de uma cultura de mobilidade urbana saudável e sustentável, pelo do uso da bicicleta como um dos meios de transporte. O objetivo deste artigo é demonstrar as contribuições da academia para a mobilidade urbana sustentável focando no Programa Ciclovida e a metodologia utilizada foi à pesquisa documental, sendo também uma pesquisa aplicada, qualitativa, exploratória, descritiva e bibliográfica. Dentre os resultados está à descrição do Programa e o Desafio Intermodal (anos de 2007 a 2013, demonstrando que a Academia pode sim contribuir com a mobilidade urbana. Palavras chaves: Mobilidade Urbana Sustentável. Extensão Universitária. Bicicleta.

Estado e controle nas prisões

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Batista, Analía Soria

2009-01-01

Este artigo analisa o problema da produção do controle e da ordem em prisões brasileiras, utilizando as perspectivas histórica e sociológica, e levanta a hipóteses de que, no Brasil, convivem duas modalidades de construção da ordem e do controle nas prisões. Uma delas, minoritária, baseia-se na prerrogativa do Estado na gestão do dia a dia prisional. A outra é relativa à negociação da pacificação do presídio entre o Estado e as lideranças dos presos. Embora, no primeiro caso, a prerrogativa d...

UAS Integration in the NAS Project: Integrated Test and Evaluation (IT&E) Flight Test 3. Revision E

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Marston, Michael

2015-01-01

The desire and ability to fly Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS) is of increasing urgency. The application of unmanned aircraft to perform national security, defense, scientific, and emergency management are driving the critical need for less restrictive access by UAS to the NAS. UAS represent a new capability that will provide a variety of services in the government (public) and commercial (civil) aviation sectors. The growth of this potential industry has not yet been realized due to the lack of a common understanding of what is required to safely operate UAS in the NAS. NASA's UAS Integration into the NAS Project is conducting research in the areas of Separation Assurance/Sense and Avoid Interoperability, Human Systems Integration (HSI), and Communication to support reducing the barriers of UAS access to the NAS. This research is broken into two research themes namely, UAS Integration and Test Infrastructure. UAS Integration focuses on airspace integration procedures and performance standards to enable UAS integration in the air transportation system, covering Sense and Avoid (SAA) performance standards, command and control performance standards, and human systems integration. The focus of Test Infrastructure is to enable development and validation of airspace integration procedures and performance standards, including the integrated test and evaluation. In support of the integrated test and evaluation efforts, the Project will develop an adaptable, scalable, and schedulable relevant test environment capable of evaluating concepts and technologies for unmanned aircraft systems to safely operate in the NAS. To accomplish this task, the Project will conduct a series of Human-in-the-Loop and Flight Test activities that integrate key concepts, technologies and/or procedures in a relevant air traffic environment. Each of the integrated events will build on the technical achievements, fidelity and complexity of the previous tests and

Influencia del pH en la estabilidad de emulsiones elaboradas con proteínas de salvado de arroz

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Laura Maldonado

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Si bien las proteínas de origen animal en muchas instancias pueden tener mejores características funcionales que las proteínas de origen vegetal, el incremento de su costo puede favorecer al uso expansivo de las fitoproteínas como reemplazo. Una de las fuentes de proteínas de origen vegetal es el salvado de arroz, que se obtiene como subproducto en el proceso de pulido del arroz integral (Oryza santiva L para producir el arroz blanco. Se estudió los procesos de cremado, floculación y coalescencia de emulsiones preparadas con proteínas del salvado de arroz a pH 6,0 y 8,0. La obtención de las proteínas del salvado de arroz se realizó en un medio alcalino, partiendo de salvado de arroz desengrasado. El proceso de desestabilización de las emulsiones se analizó a partir de los datos obtenidos por el método de retrodispersión de luz mediante un equipo Turbiscan 2000; en el caso del cremado los datos fueron ajustados a una cinética bifásica con una componente de segundo orden (hiperbólica y otra con un comportamiento sigmoidal. Las emulsiones preparadas a pH 8 presentaron una mayor estabilidad frente al cremado, mientras que los procesos de floculación y coalescencia no fueron influenciados por los distintos valores de pH.

Managing the integration and harmonization of national airspace for unmanned and manned systems

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Mumm, Hans

This dissertation examines the leadership challenge created by the requirement to integrate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the national airspace system (NAS). The lack of UAV-related federal rules and regulations is a primary factor prolonging this integration. This effort focuses primarily on the leadership portion of the solution and not the technological requirements. The research explores an adaptation of the complexity theory that offers a potential leadership framework for the government, industry, and academia to use for achieving the full integration of UAVs into the NAS. Due to the large number of stakeholders and the multitude of interrelated issues, a complexity-theory-leadership methodology was created and examined as a potential way to help the FAA accelerate their rule-making efforts. This dissertation focuses on United States UAV issues. The United States is one of the leaders in the unmanned systems arena, to include the first significant use of recoverable autonomous weaponized systems in combat. Issues such as airspace, airworthiness, social issues, privacy issues, regulations, and the lack of policies, procedures, or governance are universal for all countries that are active in this technology area. This qualitative dissertation makes use of the grounded theory methodology as it combines a literature review and research along with interviews with subject matter experts, and information gained from attending UAV related gatherings/discussions. The investigation uncovered significant FAA process impediments as well as some possible break through concepts that could work well with the complexity-theory-leadership methodology. Keywords: Complexity theory, leadership, change management, UAV, unmanned aerial vehicle, National Airspace, NAS, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration.

Premios Academia Nacional de Medicina deColombia – LABORATORIOS ABBOTT 2011

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2011-10-01

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La Academia Nacional de Medicina con la colaboración de Laboratorios Abbott otorgó en noviembre de 2011 la quinta versión del Premio a las Ciencias Médicas, uno en las áreas de ciencias médicas y experimentales y otro en el área de ciencias clínicas. Presentamos aquí algunas notas sobre los trabajos ganadores y los que obtuvieron menciones honoríficas

El Premio en el área de las Ciencias Básicas lo obtuvieron Carlos Vélez Pardo y Marlene Jiménez del Río, profesores del Grupo de Neurociencias de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Antioquia en Medellín. El trabajo ganador se tituló: “MECANISMOS MOLECULARES DE PÉRDIDA NEURONAL Y DE CITOPROTECCIÓN EN MODE-LOS IN VITRO E IN VIVO DE LA ENFERMEDAD DE ALZHEIMER Y PARKINSON” [1,2].

Policies for including disabled people in education. obstacles and facilitating factors for their implementation: Bucaramanga, 2010

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Claudia P. Serrano R

2011-07-01

Full Text Available Objective: to explore the factors enabling or hindering the implementation of inclusive education policies for the disabled population of Bucaramanga. Methodology: a descriptive study, involving representatives from governmental agencies (EG, members of the faculty boards of educational institutions (DIE and guardians of disabled individuals (APSD. Physical, social, and political obstacles and facilitating factors that could potentially determine the implementation of these policies were analyzed. Data was collected through interviews. Results: there was a total of 2, 32, and 34 participants from the EG, DIE, and APSD groups respectively. Identified obstacles included: lack of strategies to support educational institutions, poor or limited teacher training, high tuition fees, and negative attitude towards disability. The facilitating factors included: availability of places, inclusion of this issue in the political agenda, and desire of the disabled individuals’ families to provide them with education. Discussion: These findings provide useful information for further research on this issue and show how action has been taken, as well as how urgent it is to establish a direct relationship between academia and the public sector to propose strategies for assessing and modifying these policies.

Producción de proteínas recombinantes de Plasmodium falciparum en Escherichia coli

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Ángela Patricia Guerra

2016-04-01

Conclusión. El uso de cepas de E. coli genéticamente modificadas fue fundamental para alcanzar altos niveles de expresión de las cuatro proteínas recombinantes evaluadas y permitió obtener dos de ellas en forma soluble. La estrategia utilizada permitió expresar cuatro proteínas recombinantes de P. falciparum en cantidad suficiente para inmunizar ratones y producir anticuerpos policlonales y, además, conservar proteína pura y soluble de dos de ellas para ensayos futuros.

Contactless electroreflectance and photoluminescence of InAs quantum dots with GaInNAs barriers grown on GaAs substrate

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Motyka, M.; Kudrawiec, R.; Misiewicz, J.; Pucicki, D.; Tlaczala, M.; Fischer, M.; Marquardt, B.; Forchel, A.

2007-01-01

InAs quantum dots (QDs) with GaInNAs barriers grown on (001) GaAs substrate by molecular beam epitaxy have been studied by contactless electroreflectance (CER) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopies. It has been observed that the overgrowth of self-organized InAs QDs with GaInNAs layers effectively tunes the QD emission to the 1.3 μm spectral region. In case of PL spectra only one peak related to QD emission has been observed. In the case of CER spectra, in addition to a CER feature corresponding to the QD ground state, a rich spectrum of CER resonances related to optical transitions in InAs/GaInNAs/GaAs QW has been observed. It has been concluded that the application of GaInNAs instead InGaAs leads to better control of emission wavelength from InAs QDs since strains in GaInNAs can be tuned from compressive to tensile. (copyright 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim) (orig.)

Gender in Science without Numbers: From academia to work-life balance. Main Results of Case Studies

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Maria Thanopoulou; Joanna Tsiganou

2016-01-01

The present volume titled «Gender in Science without Numbers: from academia to work-life balance» refers to the qualitative research undertaken by the National Centre for Social Research, in the context of a project on «Work-life balance in the context of changing families and labour market in Greece». This project has been part of the European Area’s Financial Mechanism WORLBAL, with code EEA GR07/3939. The volume includes short reviews of the main results of case studies focusing on the w...

Informe sobre bartonellosis: presentado a la academia nacional de medicina, el 23 de mayo de 1939

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Franco F., Roberto; Almanzar V., Pedro José

2012-01-01

La Comision nombrada hace poco más de un mes para estudiar el trabajo preliminar del Académico doctor Patiño Camargo, sobre Bartonellosis en Colombia, aspira con el presente informe, no solo a cumplir Ia determinación del Presidente de la Academia Nacional de Medicina, sino a satisfacer el plausible deseo del autor -claramente expresado- de someter a discusión el estudio en referencia. Convencidos estamos de que encuadra en el espíritu de esta Corporación, la discusión serena de tópicos cient...

Homenaje a Hernando Martinez Rueda y su "Memorial a la Academia"

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Fernando Serpa Florez

1994-12-01

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Hernando Martínez Rueda fue un médico que sobresalió por su extraordinario talento. Hijo del doctor Pompilio Martínez ex-presidente de la Academia (1926-1928, primo hermano de otro ex presidente de nuestra corporación, el doctor Guillermo Rueda Montaña (1975-1977, padre de Gonzalo Martínez Sanmartín también médico y cuñado de los Académicos Humberto Rosselli y Carlos Sanmartín Barberi, unió su carrera con la que brilló por su dominio científico, a diferentes actividades humanísticas, como la docencia, en el Departamento de Ciencias de la Universidad de los Andes, la lingüística (hablaba numerosos idiomas y su biógrafo, Abelardo Forero Benavides recuerda que, en seis meses, aprendió el ruso y el árabe. Intervino en política, circunstancialmente, como suplente en el Senado de Laureano Gómez.

Como escritor publicó ingeniosas poesías “A la manera de…”, en buena hora editadas en un volumen que lleva ese título, por el Banco de la República, en 1980.

El Académico Efraím Otero Ruiz, también Ex- Presidente (1990-1992 le dedicó sus “sonetos jocosos” -que próximamente serán publicados en forma de libro–. El soneto se originó en el regalo que le hiciera el Académico Roselli Quijano del libro publicado por el Banco de la República y en algunos documentos y narraciones que sobre el nunca bien lamentado Martínez Rueda (o “Martinón”, como le decían sus allegados más cercanos le fueron dados por el Académico Sanmartín. Dice el soneto:

Martinón: si te hubiese conocido
vivo el brillo lustral de tus magines,
rodeado de Rosellis, Sanmartines,
y todo lo notable que ha vivido,

cuánto hubiera gozado haberte oído
despotricar de tántos malandrines,
menguarle al dictador sus espolines
y hasta a Gaitán su pródiga libido …

Pero te oí ya precozmente muerto.
Tu colección la recibí de Humberto
y el elogio final tal vez de Carlos �

Measuring scientific impact beyond academia: An assessment of existing impact metrics and proposed improvements.

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Ravenscroft, James; Liakata, Maria; Clare, Amanda; Duma, Daniel

2017-01-01

How does scientific research affect the world around us? Being able to answer this question is of great importance in order to appropriately channel efforts and resources in science. The impact by scientists in academia is currently measured by citation based metrics such as h-index, i-index and citation counts. These academic metrics aim to represent the dissemination of knowledge among scientists rather than the impact of the research on the wider world. In this work we are interested in measuring scientific impact beyond academia, on the economy, society, health and legislation (comprehensive impact). Indeed scientists are asked to demonstrate evidence of such comprehensive impact by authoring case studies in the context of the Research Excellence Framework (REF). We first investigate the extent to which existing citation based metrics can be indicative of comprehensive impact. We have collected all recent REF impact case studies from 2014 and we have linked these to papers in citation networks that we constructed and derived from CiteSeerX, arXiv and PubMed Central using a number of text processing and information retrieval techniques. We have demonstrated that existing citation-based metrics for impact measurement do not correlate well with REF impact results. We also consider metrics of online attention surrounding scientific works, such as those provided by the Altmetric API. We argue that in order to be able to evaluate wider non-academic impact we need to mine information from a much wider set of resources, including social media posts, press releases, news articles and political debates stemming from academic work. We also provide our data as a free and reusable collection for further analysis, including the PubMed citation network and the correspondence between REF case studies, grant applications and the academic literature.

Measuring scientific impact beyond academia: An assessment of existing impact metrics and proposed improvements.

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James Ravenscroft

Full Text Available How does scientific research affect the world around us? Being able to answer this question is of great importance in order to appropriately channel efforts and resources in science. The impact by scientists in academia is currently measured by citation based metrics such as h-index, i-index and citation counts. These academic metrics aim to represent the dissemination of knowledge among scientists rather than the impact of the research on the wider world. In this work we are interested in measuring scientific impact beyond academia, on the economy, society, health and legislation (comprehensive impact. Indeed scientists are asked to demonstrate evidence of such comprehensive impact by authoring case studies in the context of the Research Excellence Framework (REF. We first investigate the extent to which existing citation based metrics can be indicative of comprehensive impact. We have collected all recent REF impact case studies from 2014 and we have linked these to papers in citation networks that we constructed and derived from CiteSeerX, arXiv and PubMed Central using a number of text processing and information retrieval techniques. We have demonstrated that existing citation-based metrics for impact measurement do not correlate well with REF impact results. We also consider metrics of online attention surrounding scientific works, such as those provided by the Altmetric API. We argue that in order to be able to evaluate wider non-academic impact we need to mine information from a much wider set of resources, including social media posts, press releases, news articles and political debates stemming from academic work. We also provide our data as a free and reusable collection for further analysis, including the PubMed citation network and the correspondence between REF case studies, grant applications and the academic literature.

Analysing pseudoephedrine/methamphetamine policy options in Australia using multi-criteria decision modelling.

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Manning, Matthew; Wong, Gabriel T W; Ransley, Janet; Smith, Christine

2016-06-01

In this paper we capture and synthesize the unique knowledge of experts so that choices regarding policy measures to address methamphetamine consumption and dependency in Australia can be strengthened. We examine perceptions of the: (1) influence of underlying factors that impact on the methamphetamine problem; (2) importance of various models of intervention that have the potential to affect the success of policies; and (3) efficacy of alternative pseudoephedrine policy options. We adopt a multi-criteria decision model to unpack factors that affect decisions made by experts and examine potential variations on weight/preference among groups. Seventy experts from five groups (i.e. academia (18.6%), government and policy (27.1%), health (18.6%), pharmaceutical (17.1%) and police (18.6%)) in Australia participated in the survey. Social characteristics are considered the most important underlying factor, prevention the most effective strategy and Project STOP the most preferred policy option with respect to reducing methamphetamine consumption and dependency in Australia. One-way repeated ANOVAs indicate a statistically significant difference with regards to the influence of underlying factors (F(2.3, 144.5)=11.256, pmethamphetamine consumption and dependency. Most experts support the use of preventative mechanisms to inhibit drug initiation and delayed drug uptake. Compared to other policies, Project STOP (which aims to disrupt the initial diversion of pseudoephedrine) appears to be a more preferable preventative mechanism to control the production and subsequent sale and use of methamphetamine. This regulatory civil law lever engages third parties in controlling drug-related crime. The literature supports third-party partnerships as it engages experts who have knowledge and expertise with respect to prevention and harm minimization. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Péptidos bioactivos en proteínas de reserva

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Millán, F.

2000-10-01

Full Text Available A review on the bioactive peptides described so far in storage proteins, mainly milk proteins, has been carried out. Bioactive peptides are small amino acid sequences inactives in the native protein, but that can be liberated after hydrolysis of these proteins and exert different functions. Among the main one are bioactive peptides with opioid activity, antagonistic opioid, immunomodulatory, antithrombotic, ion transporting or antihypertensive. The possible presence of these peptides in other protein source, mainly oilseed plants and their possible use is discussed.Se ha realizado una revisión de los péptidos bioactivos descr itos hasta e l momento en proteínas de reserva, principalmente de la leche. Los péptidos bioactivos son pequeñas secuencias aminoacidícas inactivas dentro de la proteína, pero que pueden ser liberados tras la hidrólisis de estas proteínas y ejercer diversas funciones. Entre los más abundantes destacan los péptidos con actividad opioide, opioide antagonista, antitrombótica, inmunomoduladora, transportadora de iones o hipotensora. Se discute la posible presencia de estos péptidos en otras fuentes proteicas, principalmente plantas oleaginosas y su posible aprovechamiento.

A influência do ciclo menstrual na flexibilidade em praticantes de ginástica de academia La influencia del ciclo menstrual sobre la flexibilidad en practicantes de gimnasia de academia The influence of the menstrual cycle on the flexibility in practitioners of gymnastics at fitness centers

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Solange Mattos Melegario

2006-06-01

Full Text Available Este estudo teve por objetivo investigar se existem diferenças no grau de flexibilidade nas fases do ciclo menstrual de mulheres adultas jovens praticantes de ginástica de academia. A amostra intencional foi composta de 20 mulheres, com idade de 18 a 35 anos (25,8 ± 6,06, com o ciclo menstrual regular (28 até 32 dias e que não faziam uso de anticoncepcional oral. Dados referentes ao ciclo menstrual e atividade física habitual foram obtidos através da aplicação de um questionário. A flexibilidade foi aferida através da goniometria, utilizando-se oito movimentos, em três fases do ciclo menstrual. Os sujeitos foram submetidos a um teste hormonal, em que foram verificadas as taxas de estrona, estradiol e progesterona. O tratamento estatístico foi feito através de análise descritiva e inferencial (teste de Kolmogorov-Smirnov e ANOVA. Os resultados encontrados demonstraram que não houve diferença significativa (p Este estudio ha tenido por objetivo investigar si existen diferencias en el grado de flexibilidad en las fases del ciclo menstrual de mujeres adultas jóvenes practicantes de gimnasia de academia. La muestra intencional fue compuesta de 20 mujeres, con edades entre 18 a 35 años (25,8 ± 6,06, con ciclo menstrual regular (28 a 32 días y que no hacían uso de anticonceptivo oral. Datos referentes al ciclo menstrual y actividad física habitual fueron obtenidos a través de una encuesta. La flexibilidad fue medida a través de la goniometría, utilizándose ocho movimientos, en tres fases del ciclo menstrual. Los individuos fueron sometidos a un test hormonal, en donde se verificaron la tasa de estrona, estradiol y progesterona. El tratamiento estadístico fue hecho a través del análisis descriptivo y de inferencia (test de Kolmogorov-Smirnov y ANOVA. Los resultados encontrados mostraron que no hubo diferencia significativa (p This study aims to verify if there are differences in the degree of flexibility in the phases of

La arquitectura teatral a través de las pruebas de pensado en la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

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Juana María Balsalobre García

1998-01-01

Full Text Available La importancia histórica de la Academia y su influencia, en cuanto al hecho arquitectónico, se halla en la labor de la Comisión de Arquitectura. Ésta junta desempeñó la línea motriz del pensamiento académico. En resumen, el cuerpo de esta investigación se basa en el estudio de tres proyectos de teatros censurados por dicha Comisión. El interés de los planos y de los manuscritos es significativo, porque por un lado proporcionan documentación inédita en la actualidad, sobre tres teatros proyectados en España, por el otro encierran el juicio de valor que motivaron en la Academia. En tal contexto cabe señalar la postura abierta de la Academia, pues no se trataba de defender una curva para la planta de la sala, sino más bien la derivada de resolver el conjunto arquitectónico adecuadamente a su función.Thanks to its Architect Commission the Real Academy of San Fernando was basic to the ulterior development of the academic thought. The main object of the investigation is based on the study of the three theatre projects censored by that Commission. The significance of the plans and manuscripts is important because they show documentation unknown nowadays about the theatres planned in Spain in the Nineteenth Century and because they contain the architectural ideas of the Academy. We must point out the advanced ideas of the Academy in this context because it tried to resolve the architectural group appropriately to its function.

Self-assembled GaInNAs/GaAsN quantum dot lasers: solid source molecular beam epitaxy growth and high-temperature operation

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Yoon SF

2006-01-01

Full Text Available AbstractSelf-assembled GaInNAs quantum dots (QDs were grown on GaAs (001 substrate using solid-source molecular-beam epitaxy (SSMBE equipped with a radio-frequency nitrogen plasma source. The GaInNAs QD growth characteristics were extensively investigated using atomic-force microscopy (AFM, photoluminescence (PL, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM measurements. Self-assembled GaInNAs/GaAsN single layer QD lasers grown using SSMBE have been fabricated and characterized. The laser worked under continuous wave (CW operation at room temperature (RT with emission wavelength of 1175.86 nm. Temperature-dependent measurements have been carried out on the GaInNAs QD lasers. The lowest obtained threshold current density in this work is ∼1.05 kA/cm2from a GaInNAs QD laser (50 × 1,700 µm2 at 10 °C. High-temperature operation up to 65 °C was demonstrated from an unbonded GaInNAs QD laser (50 × 1,060 µm2, with high characteristic temperature of 79.4 K in the temperature range of 10–60 °C.

Voluntariado e Trabalho Intelectual: Um Diálogo com as Refugiadas Sírias na Turquia; Voluntariado y Trabajo Intelectual: Un Diálogo con las Refugiadas Sirias en Turquía; Volunteering and Intellectual Work: A Dialogue with Syrian Refugees in Turkey

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Gabriela Cavalheiro Cavalheiro

2017-07-01

Full Text Available Resumo: Depois de alguns meses em contato direto com refugiadas sírias na Turquia, este ensaio pretende resumir, de forma breve e objetiva, alguns pensamentos ou conclusões – temporários ou não – sobre estes meses de convívio e trabalho conjunto. Escrito sob a perspectiva de uma acadêmica versada nas teorias de gênero e na crítica feminista, nele coloco em diálogo algumas reflexões teóricas e práticas sobre os efeitos e o impacto do trabalho intelectual na prática do cotidiano. Palavras-chaves: Voluntariado, Gênero, Militância, Academia, Teoria.   Resumen: Después de algunos meses en contacto directo con refugiadas sirias en Turquía, este ensayo pretende resumir, de forma breve y objetiva, algunos pensamientos o conclusiones-temporales o no- sobre estos meses de convivencia y trabajo conjunto. Escrito bajo la perspectiva de una académica versada en las teorías de género y en la crítica feminista, en él coloco en diálogo algunas reflexiones teóricas y prácticas sobre los efectos y el impacto del trabajo intelectual en la práctica de lo cotidiano. Palabras clave: Voluntariado, Género, Militancia, Academia, Teoría.   Abstract: This essay is a short response to my experience in the field, working with Syrian refugees in Turkey. My aim is to put together, in a rather informative way, theory and practice within gender studies feminist criticism in how gender policies actually target women in conflict contexts. More than a record of experiences in the field, this essay is an intellectual exercise and a space for contemplation. Keywords: Humanitarianism, Gender, Militancy, Academia, Theory.

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Szewczyk, Roman

2017-01-01

Developments in the connected fields of solid state physics, bioengineering, mechatronics and nanometrology have had a profound effect on the emergence of modern technologies and their influence on our lives. In all of these fields, understanding and improving the basic underlying materials is of crucial importance for the development of systems and applications. The International Conference Inter-Academia 2016 has successfully married these fields and become a regular feature in the conference calendar. It consisted of seven thematic areas in the field of material science, nanotechnology, biotechnology, plasma physics, metrology, robotics, sensors and devices. The book Recent Global Research and Education: Technological Challenges is intended for use in academic, government and industry R&D departments, as an indispensable reference tool for the years to come. Also, we hope that the volume can serve the world community as the definitive reference source in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. T...

Expresión diferencial de proteínas en Leishmania (Viannia panamensis asociadas con mecanismos de resistencia a antimoniato de meglumina

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Ronald Guillermo Peláez

2012-05-01

Full Text Available Introducción. Los mecanismos de resistencia al antimonio pentavalente conocidos hasta el momento,se han descrito ampliamente en cepas del subgénero Leishmania, pero poco se sabe sobre lasproteínas involucradas en los mecanismos de resistencia presentes en cepas del subgénero Viannia,como Leishmania panamensis. Objetivo. Identificar proteínas diferencialmente expresadas entre las cepas de L. panamensis(UA140, sensible y resistente al antimonio pentavalente, y analizar el posible papel de estas proteínasen mecanismos de resistencia. Materiales y métodos. Las proteínas de las cepas, sensible y resistente al antimonio pentavalente, secompararon usando electroforesis bidimensional. Las proteínas con aumento de la expresión fueronaisladas e identificadas por espectrometría de masas mediante MALDI-TOF/TOF (Matrix AssistedLaser Desorption Ionization/Time of Flight. La expresión del ARNm de cinco de estas proteínas secuantificó mediante PCR en tiempo real. Resultados. Los geles bidimensionales de las cepas sensible y resistente detectaron 532±39 y 541±43manchas proteicas. Se encontraron 10 manchas con aumento de la expresión en la cepa resistente,identificadas como proteínas de choque térmico (Hsp60 mitocondrial, Hsp70 mitocondrial y citosólica,isomerasa de disulfuro, proteasa de cisteína, enolasa, factor de elongación 5-α, la subunidad 5-α delproteasoma y dos proteínas hipotéticas nombradas como Sp(2 y Sp(25. Conclusión. Este es el primer estudio llevado a cabo con una cepa resistente al antimonio pentavalenteen L. panamensis, en el cual se han identificado proteínas que están relacionadas con el mecanismode resistencia del parásito frente al medicamento, abriendo el camino para futuros estudios de estasproteínas como blancos terapéuticos.   doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v32i3.392

A pedagogia nas malhas de discursos legais

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Jociane Rosa de Macedo Costa

2002-01-01

Esta dissertação se ocupa de discursos da legislação educacional brasileira e documentos correlatos de uma formação particular (em que aconteceram mudanças significativas na sociedade e na cultura)  a pedagogia. Seu objetivo é mostrar como esses discursos, ao prescreverem sobre a formação da pedagoga, produzem uma pedagogia que se constitui como prática de governo. Trata-se de uma pedagogia específica, fabricada nas malhas dos discursos legais e colocada a serviço da nação para a produção de...

A review of four decades of research in organisational career psychology by academia in South Africa

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Dries Schreuder

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Orientation: Career research in organisations has increased in importance since the 1970s, which heralded new directions for organisational career research and practice both globally and nationally. Research purpose: The study critically reviewed trends in organisational career psychology research in South Africa from 1970 to 2011 in terms of global and present national challenges that require empirical investigation in the contemporary South African world of work context. Motivation for the study: The increasingly complex contexts, in which people have been pursuing their careers since the catalytic 1970s, demand the continuous generation and development of knowledge for the benefit of the discipline and practice of careers. Research design, approach and method: A broad systematic review was carried out to analyse documented academia research (N = 110 on careers from 1970 to 2011, which was published in six accredited South African scientific journals. Main findings: Much of the research addressed issues pertaining to career theory and concepts, the world of work and career assessment and technology. Career development, professional issues and organisational career interventions in the multi-cultural South African context appear to be under-researched. Practical/managerial implications: The insight derived from the findings can be employed by academia and researchers, in this field, to plan future research initiatives that will contribute to the profession and practice of career guidance and counselling in the contemporary workplace. Contribution/value-add: The findings provide preliminary insight that adds to the body of knowledge concerned with career studies in the South African organisational context.

A review of four decades of research in organisational career psychology by academia in South Africa

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Dries Schreuder

2012-02-01

Full Text Available Orientation: Career research in organisations has increased in importance since the 1970s, which heralded new directions for organisational career research and practice both globally and nationally. Research purpose: The study critically reviewed trends in organisational career psychology research in South Africa from 1970 to 2011 in terms of global and present national challenges that require empirical investigation in the contemporary South African world of work context.Motivation for the study: The increasingly complex contexts, in which people have been pursuing their careers since the catalytic 1970s, demand the continuous generation and development of knowledge for the benefit of the discipline and practice of careers.Research design, approach and method: A broad systematic review was carried out to analyse documented academia research (N = 110 on careers from 1970 to 2011, which was published in six accredited South African scientific journals.Main findings: Much of the research addressed issues pertaining to career theory and concepts, the world of work and career assessment and technology. Career development, professional issues and organisational career interventions in the multi-cultural South African context appear to be under-researched.Practical/managerial implications: The insight derived from the findings can be employed by academia and researchers, in this field, to plan future research initiatives that will contribute to the profession and practice of career guidance and counselling in the contemporary workplace.Contribution/value-add: The findings provide preliminary insight that adds to the body of knowledge concerned with career studies in the South African organisational context.

Las proteínas alergénicas: un novedoso blanco para el desarrollo de estudios en proteomica funcional

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Elkin Navarro

2008-01-01

Full Text Available En la patogénesis de las enfermedades alérgicas están involucrados el ambiente, la carga genética y la inmunocompetencia del individuo. Continuamente nuestro sistema inmune está expuesto a numerosas proteínas, sin embargo, solo unas pocas inducen una respuesta inmune alérgica. El potencial intrínsico de una proteína alergénica para inducir sensibilización solo se manifiesta en individuos susceptibles, genéticamente condicionados a presentar respuestas atópicas. Muchas de estas proteínas alergénicas comparten alguna homología en su secuencia de aminoácidos. Estos alérgenos poseen un amplio rango de características moleculares, ninguna de las cuales es única solo para estas proteínas alergénicas. A pesar de esto, algunas de estas características son más comunes entre algunos alérgenos que con otras proteínas. Se ha demostrado que algunas proteínas con actividad enzimática inducen reacciones alérgicas y que esta propiedad biológica está asociada con su actividad catalítica. En la presente revisión se describen las principales características moleculares de las proteínas alergénicas, y se hace énfasis en la cistein proteasas de los ácaros intradomiciliarios, en razón a que ellas son un factor de riesgo en el desarrollo de una respuesta inmune alérgica en individuos susceptibles y se constituyen en factores desencadenantes de respuestas inflamatorias en la fisiopatología de las enfermedades alérgicas respiratorias.

The CAS-NAS forum for new leaders in space science

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Smith, David H.

The space science community is thoroughly international, with numerous nations now capable of launching scientific payloads into space either independently or in concert with others. As such, it is important for national space-science advisory groups to engage with like-minded groups in other spacefaring nations. The Space Studies Board of the US National Academy of Sciences' (NAS') National Research Council has provided scientific and technical advice to NASA for more than 50 years. Over this period, the Board has developed important multilateral and bilateral partnerships with space scientists around the world. The primary multilateral partner is COSPAR, for which the Board serves as the US national committee. The Board's primary bilateral relationship is with the European Science Foundation’s European Space Science Committee. Burgeoning Chinese space activities have resulted in several attempts in the past decade to open a dialogue between the Board and space scientists in China. On each occasion, the external political environment was not conducive to success. The most recent efforts to engage the Chinese space researchers began in 2011 and have proved particularly successful. Although NASA is currently prohibited from engaging in bilateral activities with China, the Board has established a fruitful dialogue with its counterpart in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). A joint NAS-CAS activity, the Forum for New Leaders in Space Science, has been established to provide opportunities for a highly select group of young space scientists from China and the United States to discuss their research activities in an intimate and collegial environment at meetings to be held in both nations. The presentation will describe the current state of US-China space relations, discuss the goals of the joint NAS-CAS undertaking and report on the activities at the May, 2014, Forum in Beijing and the planning for the November, 2014, Forum in Irvine, California.

Multitasking in academia: Effective combinations of research, education and public outreach illustrated by a volcanic ash warning system

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Bye, B. L.; Plag, H.

2011-12-01

Science permeates our society. Its role and its perceived importance evolves with time. Scientists today are highly specialized, yet society demands they master a variety of skills requiring not only a number of different competencies but also a broad mindset. Scientists are subjected to a meritocracy in terms of having to produce scientific papers. Peer-reviewed scientific publications used to be sufficient to meet the various laws and regulations with respect to dissemination of scientific results. This has dramatically changed; both expressed directly through public voices (such as in the climate change discourses), but also by politicians and policy makers. In some countries research funding now comes with specific requirements concerning public outreach that go way beyond peer-reviewed publications and presentation at scientific conferences. Science policies encourage multidisciplinary cooperation and scientific questions themselves often cannot be answered without knowledge and information from several scientific areas. Scientists increasingly need to communicate knowledge and results in more general terms as well as educating future generations. A huge challenge lies in developing the knowledge, human capacity and mindset that will allow an individual academician to contribute to education, communicate across scientific fields and sectors in multidisciplinary cross sectoral cooperations and also reach out to the general public while succeeding within the scientific meritocracy. We demonstrate how research, education and communication within and outside academia can effectively be combined through a presentation of the International Airways Volcano Watch that encompasses an operational volcanic ash warning system for the aviation industry. This presentation will show the role of science throughout the information flow, from basic science to the pilots' decision-making. Furthermore, it will illustrate how one can connect specific scientific topics to societal

Flujo y concentración de proteínas en saliva total humana

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BANDERAS-TARABAY JOSÉ ANTONIO

1997-01-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Determinar los promedios de flujo salival y la concentración de proteínas totales en una población joven del Estado de México. Material y métodos. Se seleccionaron 120 sujetos a quienes se les colectó saliva total humana (STH no estimulada y estimulada, la cual se analizó por medio de gravimetría y espectrofotometría (LV/LU; se calcularon medidas de tendencia central y de dispersión; posteriormente, se correlacionaron estos datos con los índices CPOD y CPITN. Resultados. Los sujetos estudiados mostraron un promedio de flujo salival (ml/min ± DE en STH no estimulada de 0.397±.26, y en STH estimulada, de 0.973±.53. El promedio en la concentración de proteínas (mg/ml ± DE fue de 1.374±.45 en STH no estimulada y de 1.526±.44 en STH estimulada. Las mujeres presentaron un menor porcentaje de flujo salival y mayor concentración de proteínas. No se observaron correlaciones entre el flujo y la concentración de proteínas totales y el CPOD y CPITN; sin embargo, sí las hubo con otras variables. Conclusiones. Estos hallazgos podrían estar asociados con el grado de nutrición, las características genéticas y los niveles de salud bucal en nuestra población. El presente estudio representa la fase inicial de la creación de una base de datos en sialoquímica, cuya meta será identificar los parámetros que indiquen el riesgo de enfermedades sistémicas o bucodentales.

Trabalhadores publicos nas administrações regionais e subprefeituras : uma categoria ameaçada

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João Petrucio Medeiros da Silva

2005-01-01

Resumo: A política neoliberal e o processo de racionalização, decorrentes da política de reforma do Estado implementada a partir da década de 90, produziram fortes impactos na organização e nas relações de trabalho no setor público, sobretudo, na categoria dos servidores públicos municipais, em particular, os ajudantes de serviços gerais da Prefeitura Municipal de Campinas que prestam serviços nas Administrações Regionais e Subprefeituras. O processo de privatização, desregulamentação e f...

Saúde e meio ambiente nas cidades: os desafios da saúde ambiental

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Nelson Gouveia

1999-02-01

Full Text Available Dentro de alguns poucos anos, nosso planeta contará com mais habitantes em áreas urbanas do que em áreas rurais. A urbanização desenfreada, sem mecanismos regulatórios e de controle, típica dos países periféricos, trouxe consigo enormes repercussões na saúde da população. Problemas como a insuficiência dos serviços básicos de saneamento, coleta e destinação adequada do lixo e condições precárias de moradia, tradicionalmente relacionados com a pobreza e o subdesenvolvimento, somam-se agora à poluição química e física do ar, da água e da terra, problemas ambientais antes considerados "modernos". Novamente, é sobre as populações mais carentes que recai a maior parte dos efeitos negativos da urbanização, gerando uma situação de extrema desigualdade e iniqüidade ambiental e em saúde. Para reverter esse quadro é preciso que haja uma reincorporação das questões do meio ambiente nas políticas de saúde, e a integração dos objetivos da saúde ambiental numa ampla estratégia de desenvolvimento sustentável. Uma abordagem mais integrada, com mecanismos intersetoriais que possibilitem um diálogo amplo entre as partes, trará enormes benefícios na conquista de melhores condições de vida nas cidades. A saúde ambiental hoje tem o desafio de promover uma melhor qualidade de vida e saúde nas cidades e a oportunidade de enfrentar o absurdo quadro de exclusão social, sob a perspectiva da eqüidade.In a matter of few years there will be more urban than rural dwellers worldwide. The rapid urbanisation lacking adequate control and regulatory mechanisms typical of developing countries, brought along huge effects to the health of the population Environmental problems traditionally related to poverty and underdevelopment such as insufficient provision of sanitation services, waste collection and disposal, and precarious housing conditions, are now added to environmental problems considered of "modern life" such as the

The temperature dependence of atomic incorporation characteristics in growing GaInNAs films

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Li, Jingling; Gao, Fangliang; Wen, Lei; Zhou, Shizhong; Zhang, Shuguang; Li, Guoqiang

2015-01-01

We have systematically studied the temperature dependence of incorporation characteristics of nitrogen (N) and indium (In) in growing GaInNAs films. With the implementation of Monte-Carlo simulation, the low N adsorption energy (−0.10 eV) is demonstrated. To understand the atomic incorporation mechanism, temperature dependence of interactions between Group-III and V elements are subsequently discussed. We find that the In incorporation behaviors rather than that of N are more sensitive to the T g , which can be experimentally verified by exploring the compositional modulation and structural changes of the GaInNAs films by means of high-resolution X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope, and secondary ion mass spectroscopy

Tutoria nas aulas de Educação Física inclusiva: uma revisão sistemática

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Juliana Aparecida de Paula Schuller

2016-09-01

Full Text Available Para que as aulas de educação física sejam efetivamente inclusivas, uma estratégia que vem sendo adotada por profissionais da área é a tutoria. Objetivo: realizou-se uma revisão sistemática da literatura sobre os efeitos da tutoria na inclusão de alunos com deficiência nas aulas de educação física. Método: foi realizada uma busca de artigos nas bases Periódico da Capes e Web of Knowledge, com os termos: “Peer Tutoring e “Physical Education”. Foram incluídos artigos que tivessem a tutoria como estratégia usada na inclusão de alunos com deficiência nas aulas de educação física, selecionando quatro artigos. Resultados: verificou-se que a inclusão de alunos com deficiência nas aulas de educação física pode não ser bem-sucedida, caso não haja uma assistência complementar oferecida aos alunos com deficiência nas atividades desenvolvidas. Considerações finais: o uso da tutoria de pares por tutores de mesma idade das pessoas com deficiência mostra-se uma valiosa estratégia para a inclusão, pois esta favorece positivamente interações entre os alunos.

Scientific and technical support of the operation and development of nuclear technologies by institutes of the NAS of Ukraine

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Neklyudov, Yi.M.; Volobujev, O.V.

2011-01-01

The significant role of NAS of Ukraine in the development and implementation of innovations in the field of nuclear and radiation technologies and the significant contribution of NAS of Ukraine in the solution of current problems of nuclear and radiation technologies is shown.

A participação dos pais nas pesquisas sobre o bullying escolar

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Juliane Callegaro Borsa

Full Text Available O bullying é um problema comum na interação de pares e pode implicar em diferentes prejuízos ao longo do desenvolvimento das crianças vítimas e agressoras. Pesquisas recentes indicam alta frequência da prática do bullying nas escolas brasileiras, porém ainda são escassos os estudos que compreendam este fenômeno a partir de uma perspectiva multifatorial. O presente artigo tem por objetivo apresentar o conceito do bullying e mostrar a importância de considerar as variáveis do contexto familiar para sua compreensão. Destaca-se a necessidade de incluir os pais das crianças como participantes nas pesquisas empíricas sobre o bullying escolar e a importância da sua participação tanto na avaliação como na prevenção deste problema. Por fim, discute-se a inclusão dos pais nas estratégias de intervenção diante do bullying, com vista à redução dos fatores de risco presentes no ambiente familiar e dos seus prejuízos para o desenvolvimento socioemocional das crianças.

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration in the National Airspace System (NAS) Project KDP-C Review

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Grindle, Laurie; Sakahara, Robert; Hackenberg, Davis; Johnson, William

2017-01-01

The topics discussed are the UAS-NAS project life-cycle and ARMD thrust flow down, as well as the UAS environments and how we operate in those environments. NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA, is leading a project designed to help integrate unmanned air vehicles into the world around us. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System project, or UAS in the NAS, will contribute capabilities designed to reduce technical barriers related to safety and operational challenges associated with enabling routine UAS access to the NAS. The project falls under the Integrated Systems Research Program office managed at NASA Headquarters by the agency's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. NASA's four aeronautics research centers - Armstrong, Ames Research Center, Langley Research Center, and Glenn Research Center - are part of the technology development project. With the use and diversity of unmanned aircraft growing rapidly, new uses for these vehicles are constantly being considered. Unmanned aircraft promise new ways of increasing efficiency, reducing costs, enhancing safety and saving lives 460265main_ED10-0132-16_full.jpg Unmanned aircraft systems such as NASA's Global Hawks (above) and Predator B named Ikhana (below), along with numerous other unmanned aircraft systems large and small, are the prime focus of the UAS in the NAS effort to integrate them into the national airspace. Credits: NASA Photos 710580main_ED07-0243-37_full.jpg The UAS in the NAS project envisions performance-based routine access to all segments of the national airspace for all unmanned aircraft system classes, once all safety-related and technical barriers are overcome. The project will provide critical data to such key stakeholders and customers as the Federal Aviation Administration and RTCA Special Committee 203 (formerly the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics) by conducting integrated, relevant system-level tests to adequately address

Theoretical studies of optical gain tuning by hydrostatic pressure in GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells

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Gladysiewicz, M.; Wartak, M. S.; Kudrawiec, R.

2014-01-01

In order to describe theoretically the tuning of the optical gain by hydrostatic pressure in GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells (QWs), the optical gain calculations within kp approach were developed and applied for N-containing and N-free QWs. The electronic band structure and the optical gain for GaInNAs/GaAs QW were calculated within the 10-band kp model which takes into account the interaction of electron levels in the QW with the nitrogen resonant level in GaInNAs. It has been shown that this interaction increases with the hydrostatic pressure and as a result the optical gain for GaInNAs/GaAs QW decreases by about 40% and 80% for transverse electric and transverse magnetic modes, respectively, for the hydrostatic pressure change from 0 to 40 kilobars. Such an effect is not observed for N-free QWs where the dispersion of electron and hole energies remains unchanged with the hydrostatic pressure. This is due to the fact that the conduction and valence band potentials in GaInAs/GaAs QW scale linearly with the hydrostatic pressure

Gender Equality from a European Perspective: Myth and Reality.

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Salinas, Patricia C; Bagni, Claudia

2017-11-15

In the past 50 years, significant progress in women's equality has been made worldwide. Western countries, particularly European countries, have implemented initiatives to attain a more gender-balanced workforce with the introduction of family friendly policies, by trying to narrow the gender pay gap and by promoting women's career progression. In academia, however, fewer women reach top leadership positions than those in the political arena. These findings suggest that academia needs to carefully evaluate why these new policies have not been very effective. In this NeuroView, we report on the progress made in higher education, the shortcomings, and how new initiatives hold great promise for improving gender equality in academia around the globe. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

The use of net analyte signal (NAS) in near infrared spectroscopy pharmaceutical applications: interpretability and figures of merit.

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Sarraguça, Mafalda Cruz; Lopes, João Almeida

2009-05-29

Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been extensively used as an analytical method for quality control of solid dosage forms for the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceutical formulations can be extremely complex, containing typically one or more active product ingredients (API) and various excipients, yielding very complex near infrared (NIR) spectra. The NIR spectra interpretability can be improved using the concept of net analyte signal (NAS). NAS is defined as the part of the spectrum unique to the analyte of interest. The objective of this work was to compare two different methods to estimate the API's NAS vector of different pharmaceutical formulations. The main difference between the methods is the knowledge of API free formulations NIR spectra. The comparison between the two methods was assessed in a qualitative and quantitative way. Results showed that both methods produced good results in terms of the similarity between the NAS vector and the pure API spectrum, as well as in the ability to predict the API concentration of unknown samples. Moreover, figures of merit such as sensitivity, selectivity, and limit of detection were estimated in a straightforward manner.

Concepts of Integration for UAS Operations in the NAS

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Consiglio, Maria C.; Chamberlain, James P.; Munoz, Cesar A.; Hoffler, Keith D.

2012-01-01

One of the major challenges facing the integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS) is the lack of an onboard pilot that can comply with the legal requirement identified in the US Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that pilots see and avoid other aircraft. UAS will be expected to demonstrate the means to perform the function of see and avoid while preserving the safety level of the airspace and the efficiency of the air traffic system. This paper introduces a Sense and Avoid (SAA) concept for integration of UAS into the NAS that is currently being developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and identifies areas that require additional experimental evaluation to further inform various elements of the concept. The concept design rests on interoperability principles that take into account both the Air Traffic Control (ATC) environment as well as existing systems such as the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). Specifically, the concept addresses the determination of well clear values that are large enough to avoid issuance of TCAS corrective Resolution Advisories, undue concern by pilots of proximate aircraft and issuance of controller traffic alerts. The concept also addresses appropriate declaration times for projected losses of well clear conditions and maneuvers to regain well clear separation.

Entre gueixas e samurais: a imigração japonesa nas revistas ilustradas (1897-1945)

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Marcia Yumi Takeuchi

2009-01-01

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar os debates em torno da imigração japonesa nas revistas ilustradas brasileiras publicadas nas cidades de São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro, e na documentação diplomática, tendo em vista a difusão do antiniponismo na sociedade brasileira entre os anos 1897 e 1945. Buscarei comprovar, a partir da análise das charges e caricaturas publicadas nessas revistas, sejam de cunho literário ou irreverente (cômico), que a iconografia exerceu papel fundamental na construçã...

Signaling mechanism of corporate payout policy: A case of Indian firms

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Sadaf Anwar

2017-11-01

Full Text Available Historically, cash dividends are the most important form of payout policy; however, they have been losing popularity relative to share repurchases. This paper examines the signaling effect of the payout decisions namely, cash dividends and share repurchases by BSE 500 index companies. It attempts to uncover the underlying forces behind the firm’s choices of payout policy in the Indian context. Using the standard ‘Event Standard Methodology’, a strong case of positive signaling is reported in case of repurchase announcements vis-a-vis cash dividend announcements. It is observed that cash dividends are not perceived by investors as positive signals as they prefer their earnings to be retained by the companies for growth prospects. In case of share repurchases, the existence of undervaluation, signaling and wealth transfer hypotheses is reported, consistent with the fact the share repurchases are welcomed by the Indian companies. The results would provide insights into the economics of the choice between cash dividends versus share repurchases as payout mechanism adopted by the sample companies. The findings would also be useful to the academia as well as industry in understanding the payout practice and the extent to which the Indian managers use the assumptions, models and decision rules regarding payout.

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): Transitioning Methadone Treated Infants From An Inpatient to an Outpatient Setting

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Backes, Carl H.; Backes, Carl R.; Gardner, Debra; Nankervis, Craig A.; Giannone, Peter J.; Cordero, Leandro

2013-01-01

Background Each year in the US approximately 50,000 neonates receive inpatient pharmacotherapy for the treatment of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Objective To compare the safety and efficacy of a traditional inpatient only approach with a combined inpatient and outpatient methadone treatment program. Design/Methods Retrospective review (2007-9). Infants were born to mothers maintained on methadone or buprenorphine in an antenatal substance abuse program. All infants received methadone for NAS treatment as inpatient. Methadone weaning for the traditional group (75 pts) was inpatient while the combined group (46 pts) was outpatient. Results Infants in the traditional and combined groups were similar in demographics, obstetrical risk factors, birth weight, GA and the incidence of prematurity (34 & 31%). Hospital stay was shorter in the combined than in the traditional group (13 vs 25d; p < 0.01). Although the duration of treatment was longer for infants in the combined group (37 vs 21d, p<0.01), the cumulative methadone dose was similar (3.6 vs 3.1mg/kg, p 0.42). Follow-up: Information was available for 80% of infants in the traditional and 100% of infants in the combined group. All infants in the combined group were seen ≤ 72 hours from hospital discharge. Breast feeding was more common among infants in the combined group (24 vs. 8% p<0.05). Following discharge there were no differences between the two groups in hospital readmissions for NAS. Prematurity (<37w GA) was the only predictor for hospital readmission for NAS in both groups (p 0.02, OR 5). Average hospital cost for each infant in the combined group was $13,817 less than in the traditional group. Conclusions A combined inpatient and outpatient methadone treatment in the management of NAS decreases hospital stay and substantially reduces cost. Additional studies are needed to evaluate the potential long term benefits of the combined approach on infants and their families. PMID:21852772

GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO NAS ORGANIZAÇÕES OU DO DESCONHECIMENTO DA REALIDADE ORGANIZACIONAL?

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Fladimir F. dos Santos

2005-12-01

Full Text Available Este artigo discute a validade dos propósitos da gestão do conhecimento como ferramenta de intervenção organizacional, descrevendo alguns paradoxos existentes entre a sua teoria e prática nas organizações. Argumenta-se que seus propósitos originais de criação, difusão e incorporação de um novo conhecimento na organização estão dando lugar a uma abordagem que não condiz com a realidade das organizações. Faz-se também uma leitura da evolução das teorias administrativas para elucidar como esse novo paradigma da administração está sendo abordado nas empresas. Propõe-se que se trata de uma reificação da máxima taylorista, cujos propósitos originais estão se convertendo em mais um instrumento de manipulação humana nas empresas. Ao final, em substituição ao modelo gerencial vigente, é proposto um processo de gestão baseado em valores.

Ensinar e aprender geografia com/nas redes sociais

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Élida Pasini Tonetto

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Este estudo trata de refletir sobre as potencialidades/operacionalidades das práticas pedagógicas da Geografia na apropriação das redes sociais online. Para isso, analisamos possíveis potencialidades oferecidas pelas redes sociais online para a Geografia e como podem ser operacionalizadas nas práticas pedagógicas com as redes sociais online seu ensino e, também, pensar como elas podem contribuir para ensinar e aprender com mais significância Geografia. Os fios teóricos da pesquisa estão tramados no entendimento de aprendizagem online para emaranhar os conceitos de espaço e ciberespaço, transitando por dois locais fundamentais: o da escola e o das redes. A abordagem metodológica é construída nas trilhas das pesquisas pós-críticas em educação, onde o Facebook é o lócus para analisar as novas formas de comunicar que subjetivam os sujeitos e engendram novos formatos de ensinagem. Os resultados apontam diferentes potencialidades e operacionalidades das redes sociais online, mas que não representam apenas o uso da técnica em sala de aula, mas sim como parte da agenda de busca pela construção de processos de aprendizagens significativos em Geografia, através das redes sociais, que representam uma forma contemporânea de comunicar/interagir presente no cotidiano dos alunos.

Os direitos fundamentais da personalidade como instrumento para atingir a dignidade da pessoa humana nas relações de trabalho

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Sanvito, Paulo Celso

2011-01-01

Esse trabalho aborda os direitos fundamentais, sociais e da personalidade, e sua atuação nas relações privadas, com maior enfoque nas laborais, com o intuito de verificar a possibilidade de sua incidência nas relações trabalhistas, superando um direito do trabalho exclusivamente econômico-financeiro, visando a prevalência da dignidade da pessoa humana, exatamente através dos direitos fundamentais. Através de uma abordagem dialética, analisando por meio de raciocínios, como o indutivo, dedu...

Propaganda negativa nas eleições presidenciais brasileiras

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Borba, Felipe

2015-01-01

ResumoEste artigo tem como propósito investigar a propaganda negativa nas eleições presidenciais brasileiras. Tema de extrema relevância tendo em vista que a literatura recente vem sugerindo que o tom das campanhas tem consequências importantes para a decisão do voto, a participação política e o nível de informação dos eleitores. Entretanto, a maior parte desses estudos foi realizada para entender a realidade política dos Estados Unidos. No Brasil, apesar do crescente interesse pelos efeitos ...

Pensamento estratégico nas organizações

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Kich, Juliane Ines Di Francesco

2015-01-01

Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Sócio-Econômico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Florianópolis, 2015. A presente tese propõe um modelo que subsidia o desenvolvimento do pensamento estratégico nas organizações. Tem como objetivo maior responder a seguinte pergunta de pesquisa: Quais são os atributos que formam o conceito do pensamento estratégico, e quais são os elementos organizacionais que desenvolvem tais atributos nos membros de uma organiza...

National guidelines for high-cost drugs in Brazil: achievements and constraints of an innovative national evidence-based public health policy.

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Picon, Paulo D; Beltrame, Alberto; Banta, David

2013-04-01

The translation of best evidence into practice has become an important purpose of policy making in health care. In Brazil, a country of continental dimensions with widespread regional and social inequalities, the dissemination and use of the best-evidence in policy making is a critical issue for the healthcare system. The main purpose of this study is to describe an evidence-based public health policy with special emphasis on guidelines creation for high-cost medicines. We also describe how that strategy was diffused to the judiciary system and to other parts of the healthcare system. We present an 11-year follow-up of a national project for creating and updating guidelines for high-cost medicines in Brazil. A total of 109 national guidelines were published (new or updated versions) for 66 selected diseases, the first such effort in Brazilian history. The project influenced the Brazilian legislature, which has recently established a Federal Law requiring national guidelines for any new technology listed for payment by the Brazilian public healthcare system. We were able to involve many different stakeholders in a partnership between academia and policy makers, which made possible the widespread dissemination of the clinical practice guidelines. Problems and constraints were also encountered. This evolving public health strategy might be useful for other developing countries.

Temporal Planning and Management Decision under Risk and Uncertainty.

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1987-12-02

scheduled for Guadalajara, Mexico at the annual meeting of Academia Nacional de Ingenieria de Mexico, September 22-24, 1987, also at Belgrade...Policy Analysis, Proceedings. XE Congreso de la Academia Nacional de Ingenieria , Saltillo, Mexico, September 23-26, 1986. (CCS 535) "S lLfs tvxI1__d4

High-temperature operation of self-assembled GaInNAs/GaAsN quantum-dot lasers grown by solid-source molecular-beam epitaxy

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Liu, C.Y.; Yoon, S.F.; Sun, Z.Z.; Yew, K.C.

2006-01-01

Self-assembled GaInNAs/GaAsN single layer quantum-dot (QD) lasers grown using solid-source molecular-beam epitaxy have been fabricated and characterized. Temperature-dependent measurements have been carried out on the GaInNAs QD lasers. The lowest obtained threshold current density in this work is ∼1.05 kA/cm 2 from a GaInNAs QD laser (50x1700 μm 2 ) at 10 deg. C. High-temperature operation up to 65 deg. C was also demonstrated from an unbonded GaInNAs QD laser (50x1060 μm 2 ), with high characteristic temperature of 79.4 K in the temperature range of 10-60 deg. C

Is research keeping up with changes in landscape policy? A review of the literature.

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Conrad, Elisabeth; Christie, Mike; Fazey, Ioan

2011-09-01

Several innovative directions for landscape policy development and implementation have emerged over recent years. These include: (i) an expansion of scope to include all landscape aspects and landscape types, (ii) an increased emphasis on public participation, (iii) a focus on designing measures appropriate for different contexts and scales, and (iv) encouraging support for capacity-building. In this paper, we evaluate the extent to which these policy directions are reflected in the practice of academic landscape research. We evaluate all research papers published in three leading landscape journals over six years, as well as published research papers relating directly to the European Landscape Convention. The latter, which was adopted in 2000, establishes a framework for landscape protection, planning and management in Europe and is to date the only international legal instrument of its kind. Results indicate that whilst policy innovations do not appear to be a major stimulus for academic research, studies nevertheless address a range of landscape aspects, types and scales (albeit with a slight bias towards bio-physical landscape aspects). However, geographical representativeness of research is weak and dominated by the United States and northern/western Europe, and research capacity likewise appears to be unevenly distributed. Landscape research is also limited in the extent to which it involves stakeholders or develops innovative methods for doing so, notwithstanding that this remains a key challenge for policy-makers. Results point to the potential for landscape research to address areas (topical and geographical) which have received little attention to date, as well as suggesting mutual benefits of stronger links between policy and academia. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration in the National Airspace System (NAS) Project - Systems Integration and Operationalization (SIO) Demonstration

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Swieringa, Kurt

2018-01-01

The UAS-NAS Project hosted a Systems Integration Operationalization (SIO) Industry Day for the SIO Request for Information (RFI) on November 30, 2017 in San Diego, California. This presentation is being presented to the same group as a follow up regarding the progress that the UAS-NAS project has made on the SIO RFI. The presentation will be virtual with a teleconference

Proteínas del huésped incorporadas en el Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana tipo 1 (VIH-1

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Dayane Canedo de León

2008-01-01

Full Text Available El Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana (VIH, como la mayoría de los virus envueltos, toma esta estructura cuando abandona la célula infectada. El virus adquiere durante este proceso, junto con fragmentos de la membrana de la célula huésped, proteínas derivadas de la membrana celular como parte integral de la envoltura madura. Estos componentes de la envoltura viral derivados del huésped pueden ejercer algunos efectos en el ciclo de vida del virus, en la interacción virus-célula, especialmente en la respuesta del huésped a sus propias proteínas incorporadas por el virus y, finalmente, en la patogénesis de la enfermedad inducida por el virus. El rol de estas proteínas ha recibido cada día más atención, específicamente en la importancia que puedan tener en el proceso infeccioso viral y en le desarrollo del Síndrome de la Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida (SIDA. El objetivo de este artículo es hacer una revisión de las proteínas del huésped que son incorporadas por el VIH, haciendo énfasis en el rol potencial de estas proteínas en la patogénesis del SIDA.

The SULSA Assay Development Fund: accelerating translation of new biology from academia to pharma.

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McElroy, Stuart P; Jones, Philip S; Barrault, Denise V

2017-02-01

With industry increasingly sourcing preclinical drug discovery projects from academia it is important that new academic discoveries are enabled through translation with HTS-ready assays. However, many scientifically interesting, novel molecular targets lack associated high-quality, robust assays suitable for hit finding and development. To bridge this gap, the Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (SULSA) established a fund to develop assays to meet quality criteria such as those of the European Lead Factory. A diverse project portfolio was quickly assembled, and a review of the learnings and successful outcomes showed this fund as a new highly cost-effective model for leveraging significant follow-on resources, training early-career scientists and establishing a culture of translational drug discovery in the academic community. Copyright © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

How can ergonomic practitioners learn to practice a macro-ergonomic framework developed in academia?

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Broberg, Ole; Seim, Rikke; Andersen, Vibeke

2009-01-01

How can a macro-ergonomic framework developed in academia be “transferred” to ergonomic practitioners and become a new work practice? The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon experiences from an interactive research program in which this transferral was tested by two consecutive approaches......” with the researchers and other practitioners; 3) paying attention to the organizational settings of the ergonomic practitioner to make sure that a new work practice is implemented in the organization and not only by a single practitioner....... and interpretation of results when applying the new concept to a real case in a company; 2) the concept is introduced to practitioners, after which they try to practice the concept in a normal consultancy situation, and afterwards have the opportunity to reflect upon their experiences in a “learning space...

National systems of innovation: determinants and industrial policy measures, empirical evidence for OECD; Sistemas nacionales de innovacion: determinantes y acciones de politica industrial. Evidencia empirica para la OCDE

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Hervas, J. L.; Rojas, R.; Sempere, F.; Albors, J.

2012-11-01

The paper presents an attempt to tackle the main gaps in the national innovation systems (NIS) literature: the problem specifying the boundaries of the NIS and the lack of connection between theory and empirics. For this purpose, the paper uses 55 countries as sample and constructs an NIS index based on a factor analysis of 28 variables. Empirical evidence shows that a firm's strategies, technology infrastructure, government governance, education and linkages are the main components of the NIS. The implications are important for policy-makers and the academia. (Author) 49 refs.

Promoting interdisciplinary project-based learning to build the skill sets for research and development of medical devices in academia.

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Krishnan, Shankar

2013-01-01

The worldwide need for rapid expansion and diversification of medical devices and the corresponding requirements in industry pose arduous challenges for educators to train undergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) students. Preparing BME students for working in the research and development (R&D) in medical device industry is not easily accomplished by adopting traditional pedagogical methods. Even with the inclusion of the design and development elements in capstone projects, medical device industry may be still experience a gap in fulfilling their needs in R&D. This paper proposes a new model based on interdisciplinary project-based learning (IDPBL) to address the requirements of building the necessary skill sets in academia for carrying out R&D in medical device industry. The proposed model incorporates IDPBL modules distributed in a stepwise fashion through the four years of a typical BME program. The proposed model involves buy-in and collaboration from faculty as well as students. The implementation of the proposed design in an undergraduate BME program is still in process. However, a variant of the proposed IDPBL method has been attempted at a limited scale at the postgraduate level and has shown some success. Extrapolating the previous results, the adoption of the IDPBL to BME training seems to suggest promising outcomes. Despite numerous implementation challenges, with continued efforts, the proposed IDPBL will be valuable n academia for skill sets building for medical device R&D.

Regulación de la degradación intracelular de proteínas por glucosa.

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MORUNO MANCHON, JOSE FELIX

2014-01-01

La supervivencia celular frente a los cambios ambientales requiere el mantenimiento de un equilibrio dinámico entre la síntesis y la degradación de proteínas. La degradación de proteínas, además de regular diferentes procesos celulares, tiene como función principal la eliminación de productos que no son útiles para la célula en determinadas situaciones o cuya acumulación puede ser tóxica. Los productos de esta degradación, es decir los aminoácidos, son reutilizados para la síntesis de nuevas ...

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Humphries, F.

1995-06-22

This conference covers four main topics: (1) Southeastern Labor Market and its Impact on Corporate/Industry Development; (2) New Issues for Science and Technology in the Year 2000 and Beyond; (3) The Role of Academia in Developing the Labor Force of the Southeast; and (4) K-12 Education: Challenges for the 21st Century.

Lesões na dança: estudo transversal híbrido em academias da cidade de Bauru-SP

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Lia Geraldo Grego

1999-04-01

Full Text Available As atividades físicas praticadas pelos bailarinos predispõem-nos à ocorrência de inúmeros agravos. A busca por informações sobre as lesões dessa modalidade permitiu constatar, em nosso meio, escassez de investigações sobre o assunto. Nesse sentido, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi apontar as principais lesões da dança, visando descrever sua distribuição e caracterização a partir de nossa realidade, bem como sugerir medidas preventivas para os agravos de maior ocorrência. Para tanto, realizou-se estudo com 122 bailarinas na faixa etária de 8 a 30 anos, alocadas nas academias de dança da cidade de Bauru. Em sua maioria, eram membros do corpo de baile (42% ou estudantes (45%, com 3 a 11 anos de prática (73%, alunas de balé clássico (84% e jazz (66% e participavam de 4 a 8 aulas semanais (70%, com duração de 60 a 120 minutos (89%. O procedimento para coleta de dados foi o inquérito de morbidade referida para obtenção de informações sobre os agravos ocorridos no período de um ano. A apresentação dos resultados deu-se sob a forma de estatística descritiva, com distribuições de freqüência absoluta, relativa, corrigida e razão de lesões. Em termos analíticos foram utilizados testes não paramétricos de Wilcoxon, Spearman e Kruskal-Wallis, para p < 0,05. Os resultados apontaram 53,27% das respondentes com freqüências entre 1 e 6 lesões agudas, que aumentam com a idade, concentram-se no plano tegumentar (79,46% e estão associadas a variáveis como a idade em que começou a dançar e com o uso de sapatilha de ponta; 97,48% são agravos de membros inferiores, com predominância de calos (47,03% e bolhas (28,56% nos pés. O balé clássico foi o estilo responsável pela maior parte das lesões; as mais experientes e as estudantes foram as mais afetadas e o uso da sapatilha de ponta implicou risco elevado para ocorrência dos agravos observados nos pés.

The Reflection of Quantum Aesthetics in Algis Mickūnas Cosmic Philosophy

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Auridas Gajauskas

2011-04-01

Full Text Available Quantum Aesthetics phenomenon was formed in Spain, at the end of the twentieth centure. The paper analyzes this movement in the context of Algis Mickūnas phenomenological cosmic philosophy. Movement initiator is a Spanish novelist Gregorio Morales. The study is divided into two parts: the first part presents aesthetic principles of the quantum, relationship between new aesthetics and theories of quantum mechanics, physics and other sciences. The paper also examines the similarities of quantum aesthetics and New Age movements. The second part presents cosmic - phenomenological reflection of quantum theory of beauty. Mickūnas philosophical position combines theory of "eternal recurrence", "the bodily nature of consciousness", "the cosmic dance", theory of "dynamic fields" and quantum approach to aesthetics and the Universe. Summa Summarum he writes that "the conception of quantum aesthetics is involved in the composition of the rhythmic, cyclical and mood dimensioned and tensed world". 

Toracotomia minimamente invasiva nas intervenções cirúrgicas valvares

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PEREIRA Marcelo Balestro

1998-01-01

Full Text Available Introdução: é tema atual a realização de procedimentos cirúrgicos por minitoracotomias que, inicialmente utilizadas para operações de revascularização do miocárdio, têm sido também propostas como acesso às operações valvares. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar resultados da minitoracotomia em relação à técnica tradicional nas intervenções valvares, em estudo prospectivo. Casuística e métodos: entre novembro de 1996 e fevereiro de 1998, dois grupos, 8 pacientes operados por minitoracotomia (Grupo 1 e 8 controles (Grupo 2 equiparáveis nas variáveis sexo, idade, peso/altura, classe funcional pré-operatória, doença de base e operação proposta, foram submetidos a reparo ou troca valvar aórtica ou mitral. Os pacientes do Grupo 1 foram operados através de incisão paraesternal direita de até 8 cm, com circulação extracorpórea (CEC estabelecida através de canulação arterial e venosa femorais e os do Grupo 2 (controles por esternotomia mediana. Ambos os grupos foram acompanhados até a alta hospitalar. Resultados: Os parâmetros avaliados no trans-operatório e pós-operatório, bem como a análise estatística constam nas Tabelas 1 e 2. Não ocorreram óbitos imediatos. Duas complicações foram registradas: um infarto per-operatório e um acidente vascular cerebral no Grupo 2. Conclusão: os resultados parciais permitem inferir que a abordagem através de pequenas toracotomias é factível sem aumento na morbimortalidade, do tempo cirúrgico ou da estadia hospitalar. Possíveis vantagens objetivas de um método em relação a outro, exceto o aspecto estético, não estão evidentes até esta etapa do estudo.

UAS Integration in the NAS Project: Flight Test 3 Data Analysis of JADEM-Autoresolver Detect and Avoid System

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Gong, Chester; Wu, Minghong G.; Santiago, Confesor

2016-01-01

The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System project, or UAS Integration in the NAS, aims to reduce technical barriers related to safety and operational challenges associated with enabling routine UAS access to the NAS. The UAS Integration in the NAS Project conducted a flight test activity, referred to as Flight Test 3 (FT3), involving several Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) research prototype systems between June 15, 2015 and August 12, 2015 at the Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC). This report documents the flight testing and analysis results for the NASA Ames-developed JADEM-Autoresolver DAA system, referred to as 'Autoresolver' herein. Four flight test days (June 17, 18, 22, and July 22) were dedicated to Autoresolver testing. The objectives of this test were as follows: 1. Validate CPA prediction accuracy and detect-and-avoid (DAA, formerly known as self-separation) alerting logic in realistic flight conditions. 2. Validate DAA trajectory model including maneuvers. 3. Evaluate TCAS/DAA interoperability. 4. Inform final Minimum Operating Performance Standards (MOPS). Flight test scenarios were designed to collect data to directly address the objectives 1-3. Objective 4, inform final MOPS, was a general objective applicable to the UAS in the NAS project as a whole, of which flight test is a subset. This report presents analysis results completed in support of the UAS in the NAS project FT3 data review conducted on October 20, 2015. Due to time constraints and, to a lesser extent, TCAS data collection issues, objective 3 was not evaluated in this analysis.

Entre la academia y el mercado Between academy and market. Universities in the capitalism context based in knowledge

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Montserrat Galceran Huguet

2013-01-01

En el presente texto exploro la crítica a la Universidad- Academia contenida en los análisis de los sociólogos Pierre Bourdieu y Jean Claude Passeron, así como los análisis, también críticos de la Universidad-Empresa formulados por Stanley Aronowitz y los investigadores del llamado capitalismo académico. Pongo en relación estas críticas con los movimientos estudiantiles y profesionales de los años 70. Asimismo las  utilizo para problematizar el actual proceso de ...

Innovation and participation for healthy public policy: the first National Health Assembly in Thailand.

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Rasanathan, Kumanan; Posayanonda, Tipicha; Birmingham, Maureen; Tangcharoensathien, Viroj

2012-03-01

This paper aims to describe and disseminate the process and initial outcomes of the first National Health Assembly (NHA) in Thailand, as an innovative example of health policy making. The first NHA, held in December 2008 in Bangkok, brought together over 1500 people from government agencies, academia, civil society, health professionals and the private sector to discuss key health issues and produce resolutions to guide policy making. It adapted the approach used at the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization. Findings are derived from a literature review, document analysis, and the views and experiences of the authors, two of whom contributed to the organization of the NHA and two of whom were invited external observers. Fourteen agenda items were discussed and resolutions passed. Potential early impacts on policy making have included an increase in the 2010 public budget for Thailand's universal health coverage scheme as total public expenditure has decreased; cabinet endorsement of proposed Strategies for Universal Access to Medicines for Thai People; and establishment of National Commissions on Health Impact Assessment and Trade and Health. The NHA was successful in bringing together various actors and sectors involved in the social production of health, including groups often marginalized in policy making. It provides an innovative model of how governments may be able to increase public participation and intersectoral collaboration that could be adapted in other contexts. Significant challenges remain in ensuring full participation of interested groups and in implementing, and monitoring the impact of, the resolutions passed. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Identification of key factors of academia in the process of linking in the triple helix of innovation model in Mexico, a state of the art matrix

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Idalia Estefania Ponce Jaramillo

2016-01-01

Full Text Available Introducción: La innovación es reconocida como una actividad esencial para aumentar la competitividad de un país Etzkowitz define el modelo de la triple hélice para el proceso de innovación en el cual se describe la relación entre la interacción industria-academia-gobierno en una institución, región o país. En las últimas dos décadas México ha adoptado gradualmente un enfoque tecnológico, mediante el cambio y la implementación de políticas tecnológicas, que incluyen la transformación del a industria, el gobierno y la academia. Una de las mayores dificultades ha sido la implementación de esas políticas dentro de las instituciones académicas debido a su organización y estructura. Método: Se usó la metodología de matrix del estado del arte (SAM con el objetivo de colectar, compilar y analizar la literatura disponible sobre el tema de innovación y triple hélice en México. La selección de la literatura se realizó buscando artículos de revistar científicas, libros, conferencias relacionadas con el modelo de la triple hélice, en bases de datos digitales y libros impresos en México. Posteriormente se codificaron los artículos encontrados y usando diagramas de afinidad (matrices y se clasificaron en tres tipos de factores: internos, estructurales y ambientales. Resultados: El principal objetivo de la academia en México es la educación, la cual carece de una visión innovadora. Esto tiene como consecuencia que a pesar de los esfuerzos para lograr la vinculación, el número de proyectos de vinculación entre la academia y la industria sea mínimo. Conclusión: En los últimos 20 años ha habido un incremento en el número de investigaciones sobre el modelo de la triple hélice de la innovación en México, debido a la desarticulación de los actores en México. Los investigadores han estudiado la situación y descrito las áreas de oportunidad, experiencias y mejores prácticas, con la finalidad de compartir, trasmitir

27 January 2011 - Mitglieder des Stiftungsrates Academia Engelberg, Switzerland in CMS surface and underground experimental area with Head of International Relations F. Pauss and ETHZ/CMS Physicist G. Dissertori.

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Michael Hoch

2011-01-01

27 January 2011 - Mitglieder des Stiftungsrates Academia Engelberg, Switzerland in CMS surface and underground experimental area with Head of International Relations F. Pauss and ETHZ/CMS Physicist G. Dissertori.

Estado Confusional Agudo nas Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos

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Santos, L; Alcântara, J

1996-01-01

As alterações do comportamento frequentemente observadas em doentes internados nas unidades de cuidados intensivos (UCI), podem ser adequadamente designadas, na maioria das vezes, por estado confusional agudo, o qual se caracteriza por: flutuação do estado de vigília, distúrbio do ciclo vigília-sono, défice de atenção e concentração, desorganização do pensamento, manifestado entre outras formas por discurso incoerente, distúrbios da percepção sob a forma de ilusões e/ou alucinações, desorient...

Refração atmosferica nas medidas Doppler

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Oliveira, Leonardo Castro de

1990-01-01

Orientador: Jose Bittencourt de Andrade Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Parana. Setor de Tecnologia Resumo: Esta dissertação tem por objetivo realizar investigações referentes à refração atmosférica nas medidas Doppler. São considerados quatro modelos para correção troposférica, e o modelo de duas frequências para a correção da refração ionosférica . São também testados de diferentes fontes de dados meteorológicos. Todos os testes são feitos utilizando-se o programa GEO...

Improving Knowledge, Awareness, and Use of Flexible Career Policies through an Accelerator Intervention at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

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Villablanca, Amparo C.; Beckett, Laurel; Nettiksimmons, Jasmine; Howell, Lydia P.

2013-01-01

The challenges of balancing a career and family life disproportionately affect women in academic health sciences and medicine, contributing to their slower career advancement and/or their attrition from academia. In this article, the authors first describe their experiences at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine developing and implementing an innovative accelerator intervention designed to promote faculty work-life balance by improving knowledge, awareness, and access to comprehensive flexible career policies. They then summarize the results of two faculty surveys--one conducted before the implementation of their intervention and the second conducted one year into their three-year intervention--designed to assess faculty’s use and intention to use the flexible career policies, their awareness of available options, barriers to their use of the policies, and their career satisfaction. The authors found that the intervention significantly increased awareness of the policies and attendance at related educational activities, improved attitudes toward the policies, and decreased perceived barriers to use. These results however were most pronounced for female faculty and faculty under the age of 50. The authors next discuss areas for future research on faculty use of flexible career policies and offer recommendations for other institutions of higher education, not just those in academic medicine, interested in implementing a similar intervention. They conclude that having flexible career policies alone is not enough to stem the attrition of female faculty. Such policies must be fully integrated into an institution’s culture such that faculty are both aware of them and willing to use them. PMID:23619063

Improving knowledge, awareness, and use of flexible career policies through an accelerator intervention at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine.

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Villablanca, Amparo C; Beckett, Laurel; Nettiksimmons, Jasmine; Howell, Lydia P

2013-06-01

The challenges of balancing a career and family life disproportionately affect women in academic health sciences and medicine, contributing to their slower career advancement and/or their attrition from academia. In this article, the authors first describe their experiences at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine developing and implementing an innovative accelerator intervention designed to promote faculty work-life balance by improving knowledge, awareness, and access to comprehensive flexible career policies. They then summarize the results of two faculty surveys--one conducted before the implementation of their intervention and the second conducted one year into their three-year intervention--designed to assess faculty's use and intention to use the flexible career policies, their awareness of available options, barriers to their use of the policies, and their career satisfaction. The authors found that the intervention significantly increased awareness of the policies and attendance at related educational activities, improved attitudes toward the policies, and decreased perceived barriers to use. These results, however, were most pronounced for female faculty and faculty under the age of 50. The authors next discuss areas for future research on faculty use of flexible career policies and offer recommendations for other institutions of higher education--not just those in academic medicine--interested in implementing a similar intervention. They conclude that having flexible career policies alone is not enough to stem the attrition of female faculty. Such policies must be fully integrated into an institution's culture such that faculty are both aware of them and willing to use them.

Predicción computacional de estructura terciaria de las proteínas humanas Hsp27, αB-cristalina y HspB8

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Homero Saenz-Suárez

2011-03-01

Full Text Available Objetivo. Realizar predicciones computacionales de estructura de las proteínas humanas Hsp27, αB cristalina y HspB8. Materiales y métodos. La predicción de la estructura secundaria se obtuvo mediante un consenso de los programas de predicción secundaria GOR 4,nnPred,Sspro, APSSP2, JPredict, Porter, Prof, SOPMA, HNN y Psi-Pred. Los modelos de estructura terciaria se elaboraron a partir de fragmentos homólogos de proteínas con estructura terciaria conocida que fueron obtenidos por múltiples alineamientos. Empleando la secuencia primaria se obtuvieron perfiles de antigenicidad de las proteínas nativas y fueron analizados los perfiles de hidrofobicidad, polaridad, flexibilidad, accesibilidad tanto de las proteínas nativas como de las mutadas. Resultados. Las predicciones de estructura secundaria y terciariade las proteínas estudiadas muestran que en los tres casos, más del 65% son regiones en coil, 20-25% en hoja plegada y menos del 10% en alfa hélice. Los análisis de estructura primaria muestran que al menos uno de los perfiles estudiados, en cada mutación está alterado. Conclusiones. Los análisis comparativos de estructura sugieren que las mutaciones afectan la solubilidad de las proteínas mutadas y con ello su función como chaperonas moleculares

NASA UAS Integration into the NAS Project: Human Systems Integration

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Shively, Jay

2016-01-01

This presentation provides an overview of the work the Human Systems Integration (HSI) sub-project has done on detect and avoid (DAA) displays while working on the UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) Integration into the NAS project. The most recent simulation on DAA interoperability with Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) is discussed in the most detail. The relationship of the work to the larger UAS community and next steps are also detailed.

Speculation, philosophy and the end of religion: Save the name 'God' and the folly of this name as the queen of the sciences or the jester of academia

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Johann-Albrecht Meylahn

2014-01-01

Full Text Available In this article, Meillassoux and Laruelle were brought into conversation with Derrida concerning contingency, temporality, non-philosophy and God. The conversation between Derrida and Meillassoux focused on their respective views on trace and radical contingency, which opened towards reflections on God as either divinology (Meillassoux or the endless desertification of language (Derrida, thus saving the name �God� and keeping the name safe. One cannot think this desertification of language, �God�, without a reflection on khōra. This opened a conversational space with Laruelle�s non-philosophy. One of the major criticisms against Laruelle is that his non-philosophy has no worth in terms of the extra-philosophical (ethical, political or juridical and the same could be said with regards to khōra and, specifically, Derrida�s interpretation of khōra. Therefore Derrida�s interpretation of khōra with its �unilateral� relation to logos, the giving and receiving of khōra without giving and receiving anything and thus remaining indifferent, were brought into conversation with Laruelle�s unilateral duality. This unilateral duality, although indifferent to philosophy, makes all the difference to logos and thus to philosophy. The question is: what place is given to khōra and/or non-philosophy within academia? Derrida�s God can be interpreted as a kind of autodeconstructive divine violence or holy folly. What place is given to divine violence or holy folly within academia? What is the relation of non-philosophy to philosophy? Is it the non-foundational foundation that remains totally indifferent to philosophy as it does not engage in a dialectical relationship with philosophy and yet it is the theory or science of philosophy? Can academia afford to �give place� to this holy folly, this non-philosophy, this khōratic theo-logic, but on the other hand, can it afford not to �give place� to the queen and/or jester of academia?

El estudio de las armas en el siglo XVIII: La Real Academia de la Historia y el hallazgo de una espada renacentista en Peñafiel

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Soler del Campo, Álvaro

2001-12-01

Full Text Available In 1751 the king Fernando VI ordered to the Real Academia de la Historia a report on the fortuitous finding of a renaissance sword in Peñafiel (Valladolid. This report allows an approach to arms studies in the eighteenth century, when legendary arguments coexisted with a modern reasoning personalized by Ignacio de Luzán. It is also important an enclosed drawing as its accurate record.

En 1751 el rey Fernando VI solicitó a la Real Academia de la Historia un informe sobre el hallazgo fortuito de una espada renacentista en Peñafiel (Valladolid. Este informe permite aproximarnos al estudio de las armas durante el siglo XVIII, en el que las explicaciones legendarias conviven con planteamientos modernos personalizados por Ignacio de Luzán. Destaca igualmente por la incorporación de una detallada documentación gráfica de dicha espada.

Valores humanos nas organiza??es: rela??o com a s?ndrome de Burnout e o engajamento laboral

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Coelho, Gabriel Lins de Holanda

2014-01-01

Por muitas d?cadas as pesquisas nas organiza??es focaram nos aspectos negativos ocasionados nos trabalhadores, tendo a s?ndrome de burnout como principal expoente. Nos ?ltimos anos, com a expans?o da Psicologia Positiva, o interesse pelos aspectos positivos aumentou e resultou no estudo do engajamento laboral, considerado a ant?tese do burnout e essencial para a maximiza??o do material humano nas organiza??es. Contudo, para a implementa??o de um ambiente que seja prop?cio estimular o engajame...

Only an integrated approach across academia, enterprise, governments, and global agencies can tackle the public health impact of climate change

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Stordalen, Gunhild A.; Rocklöv, Joacim; Nilsson, Maria; Byass, Peter

2013-01-01

Background Despite considerable global attention to the issues of climate change, relatively little priority has been given to the likely effects on human health of current and future changes in the global climate. We identify three major societal determinants that influence the impact of climate change on human health, namely the application of scholarship and knowledge; economic and commercial considerations; and actions of governments and global agencies. Discussion The three major areas are each discussed in terms of the ways in which they facilitate and frustrate attempts to protect human health from the effects of climate change. Academia still pays very little attention to the effects of climate on health in poorer countries. Enterprise is starting to recognise that healthy commerce depends on healthy people, and so climate change presents long-term threats if it compromises health. Governments and international agencies are very active, but often face immovable vested interests in other sectors. Overall, there tends to be too little interaction between the three areas, and this means that potential synergies and co-benefits are not always realised. Conclusion More attention from academia, enterprise, and international agencies needs to be given to the potential threats the climate change presents to human health. However, there needs to also be much closer collaboration between all three areas in order to capitalise on possible synergies that can be achieved between them. PMID:23653920

Empolgação com Copa freia protestos nas redes sociais no Brasil e no mundo

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Zarko, Raphael

2014-01-01

Depois da Copa das Confederações de 2013 serem marcadas pelas manifestações contrárias à realização e gastos excessivos para o Mundial do Brasil – tanto nas ruas quanto na internet -, a impressão de que houve uma queda nos protestos da Copa do Mundo do Brasil se confirma com uma ampla pesquisa nas redes sociais. Em monitoramento de mais de 11 milhões de mensagens de Twitter no Brasil e no mundo, o número de menções a protestos é de apenas 17 mil – percentualmente, significa dizer que apenas 0...

Estudos estruturais de proteínas de Leptospira interrogans sorovar Copenhageni potencialmente localizadas no envelope celular

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Priscila Oliveira de Giuseppe

2010-01-01

Resumo: Leptospira interrogans é uma bactéria espiroqueta que causa a leptospirose, uma zoonose de distribuição mundial que afeta mais de 500.000 pessoas anualmente. Pouco se sabe sobre a biologia de leptospiras, o que dificulta a elaboração de novas estratégias de prevenção e de tratamento contra a doença. Cerca de 60 % dos genes de L. interrogans codifica proteínas que não apresentam similaridade de sequência significativa com proteínas de função conhecida. Como a estrutura cristalográfica ...

Wishing away Plagiarism in Scientific Publications! Will it work? A situational analysis of Plagiarism policy of journals in PubMed.

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Debnath, Jyotindu; Cariappa, M P

2018-04-01

Plagiarism remains a scourge for the modern academia. There are inconsistencies in the plagiarism policy scientific journals. The aims of this study was to analyze types of published articles on 'Plagiarism' available on PubMed over last two decades against a backdrop of the plagiarism policy of the journals publishing such articles. A literature search on PubMed (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed) was made using the search term "plagiarism" from 01 January 1997 till 29 March 17. All publications having 'plagiarism' in the title formed the study group. The following were noted: types of articles published, ethical and plagiarism policy of the journal as available in the Instructions to authors and or in the journal home page. A total of 582 publications from 320 journals were studied. Editorials (165, 28.3%) and Letters to the Editor (159, 27.3%) formed the bulk. Research articles (56, 9.6%), Review articles (51, 8.7%) and Commentaries (47, 8%) formed the remainder. Detailed ethical guidelines were present in 221 (69%). Outline ethical guidelines only were present in 15 (4.7%) journals. 49 (15.3%) journals did not have any ethical guidelines. Detailed description of the policy on plagiarism was found in 80 (25%) journals. Only an outline description was found in 29 (9%) journals while a plagiarism policy/statement was totally absent in 176 (55%) journals. There is a need to have a well defined plagiarism policy/statement for all scholarly journals easily visible on their home pages on the internet and also in their Instructions to Authors.

Designing and implementing science-based methane policies

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George, F.

2017-12-01

The phenomenal growth in shale gas production across the U.S. has significantly improved the energy security and economic prospects of the country. Natural gas is a "versatile" fuel that has application in every major end-use sector of the economy, both as a fuel and a feedstock. Natural gas has also played a significant role in reducing CO2 emissions from the power sector by displacing more carbon intensive fossil fuels. However, emissions of natural gas (predominantly methane) from the wellhead to the burner tip can erode this environmental benefit. Preserving the many benefits of America's natural gas resources requires smart, science-based policies to optimize the energy delivery efficiency of the natural gas supply chain and ensure that natural gas remains a key pillar in our transition to a low-carbon economy. Southwestern Energy (SWN) is the third largest natural gas producer in the United States. Over the last several years, SWN has participated in a number of scientific studies with regulatory agencies, academia and non-governmental entities that have led to over a dozen peer-reviewed papers on methane emissions from oil and gas operations. This presentation will review how our participation in these studies has informed our internal policies and procedures, as well as our external programs, including the ONE Future coalition (ONE Future). In particular, the presentation will highlight the impact of such studies on our Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) program, designing new methane research and on the ONE Future initiatives - all with the focus of improving the delivery efficiency of oil and gas operations. Our experience supports continued research in the detection and mitigation of methane emissions, with emphasis on longer duration characterization of methane emissions from oil and gas facilities and further development of cost-effective methane detection and mitigation techniques. We conclude from our scientific and operational experiences that a

Practicum projects of value: a successful strategic partnership between nurse executives and master's level academia.

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Hahn, Joyce A

2010-01-01

The opportunity exists for academia and the nursing executive community to collaboratively create cultures of excellence. One university formed relationships of collaborative synergy with nurse executives to provide practicum experiences of value for both the graduate nursing administration students and the health care facilities. The strategic preceptor partnerships offer graduate students the invaluable opportunity to experience the in-depth, real world perspective of nursing administration resulting in the enrichment of their academic scholarship. A final practicum work project is designed collaboratively with the preceptor and completed by the end of the second practicum semester. The resulting practicum project is an example of a mutually rewarding experience for the graduate nursing administration student and the preceptor. The collaborative synergistic model is a win-win situation for the university and the health care facility.

Factores determinantes de la rotación de personal en instructores que trabajan en una academia de artes marciales

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Ruíz Quintero, David

2016-01-01

Reconocer las principales razones de deserción de ex instructores de una academia de artes marciales ubicada en Medellín, Colombia, la cual se encuentra actualmente afectada por un alto índice de rotación de personal -- Se busca identificar los factores que incidieron en la decisión de retiro, las estrategias que la institución pudo haber implementado para retener al personal, evaluar las consecuencias de la decisión de retiro en términos de pérdida y ganancia e identificar posibles síntomas ...

Social exclusion in academia through biases in methodological quality evaluation: On the situation of women in science and philosophy.

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Leuschner, Anna

2015-12-01

Empirical studies show that academia is socially exclusive. I argue that this social exclusion works, at least partly, through the systematic methodological disqualification of contributions from members of underrepresented social groups. As methodological quality criteria are underdetermined their interpretation and weighting can be biased with relation to gender, race, social background, etc. Such biased quality evaluation can take place on a local or global level. The current situation of women in academic philosophy illuminates this. I conclude that only mechanical solutions can effectively change the situation. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

O Jornalismo nas Rádios Comunitárias

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Rosembach, Cilto José

2006-01-01

O presente estudo analisa o jornalismo nas rádios comunitárias a partir do paradigma da comunicação popular, alternativa e da contextualização histórica das rádios comunitárias no Brasil. A programação jornalística de duas rádios comunitárias no Estado de São Paulo é analisada a partir do referencial teórico que elucida a comunicação popular e prioriza os conceitos de jornalismo popular. São analisadas a Rádio Cantareira FM 107,5, de Vila Isabel, distrito de Brasilândia, São...

Prevalência e fatores associados ao doping cosmético entre frequentadores de academias

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Jhonatan Lima-Oliveira

2015-05-01

Full Text Available Introdução: O crescente culto ao corpo na sociedade atual tem levado diversos frequentadores de academia à prática sistemática de injetar óleos por via intramuscular, procedimento denominado doping cosmético. Assim, o presente estudo teve como objetivo verificar a prevalência de doping cosmético na região do Vale do São Francisco, buscando estabelecer os perfis sociodemográfico e clínico desse grupo de indivíduos. Relato de caso: Trata-se de um estudo retrospectivo e documental, com análise dos registros de 346 frequentadores de academias de ginástica, dos quais sete relataram utilização de doping cosmético. Destes registros, foram coletados dados sociodemográficos, cineantropométricos, hemodinâmicos, história patológica pessoal e familiar pregressa e de consumo de drogas lícitas e ilícitas. A prevalência de doping cosmético foi 2,0% (IC95% 0,8–4,1, e a maioria dos usuários são adultos jovens com segundo grau completo, trabalhadores de classe média, sendo considerados ativos com baixo percentual de gordura. Eles utilizam suplementos alimentares, esteroides anabolizantes e outras drogas ilícitas. Conclusão: Os achados contribuem na determinação do perfil dessa população, demonstrando que os usuários de doping cosmético são adultos jovens preocupados com a estética corporal. As características sociodemográficas encontradas diferem de estudos prévios quanto ao nível de escolaridade, renda e ocupação. Nesse sentido, ações voltadas para a conscientização dessa população quanto aos riscos e perigos da utilização do doping cosmético devem ser apoiadas o mais breve possível.

Assessment of the effectiveness of European air quality policies and measures. Final report on Task 3.3. Survey to access successes and failures of the EU Air Quality Policies

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2004-01-01

The main objective of Task 3.3 of the title project was to survey the views of European policy makers and other stakeholders directly involved in air quality policy development and implementation on the successes and failures of the present European air quality policies. The survey also included several decisionmakers from the USA, Japan and Switzerland to learn about these countries' experiences with specific air quality policies. A list of approximately 90 people to be surveyed during the project was developed. The list included representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament, national-level representatives from the Member States, including those designated by the CAFE Steering Group, along with representatives of local authorities, NGOs, industry and academia. The survey was conducted through a questionnaire and follow-up interviews. The questionnaire consists of four major parts. Part 1 includes questions about the impact of EU legislation on air quality. Part 2 is designed to learn about stakeholder opinions on the adequacy of Community-level measures with respect to air quality protection. Part 3 asks for opinions about various measures used in Community-level legislation on air quality as well as ideas for new or modified measures that could be effective in achieving better air quality in the EU. Part 4 includes questions about stakeholder involvement and transparency and was designed to assist with the implementation of Task 3.4 (on public participation and transparency) of the project. The analysis of responses for this part of the questionnaire is presented in the parallel Report for Task 3.4. The final version of the questionnaire used to interview European stakeholders is attached as Appendix II. For the decision-makers from the USA, Switzerland, and Japan a separate questionnaire was developed, and is attached as Appendix III. In all, the team received 49 responses from the 90 enquiries.

Vector para la coexpresión de varias proteínas heterólogas en cantidades equimolares

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Daròs Arnau, José Antonio; Bedoya, Leonor; Martínez, Fernando

2010-01-01

[ES] La invención se refiere a un vector de expresión basado en la secuencia nucleotídica del genoma de un Potyvirus, preferiblemente del virus del grabado del tabaco, que alberga una secuencia nucleotídica que codifica para al menos una proteína heteróloga, preferiblemente para dos y más preferiblemente para tres proteínas heterologas. Las proteínas heterologas se expresan, en la célula transfectada con este vector, como parte de la poliproteína viral y se encuentran flanqueadas por...

GENDERED CAREER PRODUCTIVITY AND SUCCESS IN ACADEMIA IN INDONESIA’S ISLAMIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

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Nur Kholis

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Career advancement in Indonesian academia is nationally regulated. It, theoretically, provides equal opportunities for men and women to be productive and successful. The purpose of this study is to analyze gender effects on academic career productivity and success. Seven-hundred and fifty questionnaires were distributed randomly to eight Islamic Higher Education Institutions in seven provinces, from which 220 (Men = 57.7%, and Women = 42.3% respondents returned the questionnaires with an analyzable quality. Descriptive and multivariate analyses are employed for analyzing and presenting the results. The paper argues that women in Islamic Higher Education Institutions are less productive in terms of publications, hold lower academic rank and leadership positions, and earn significantly less than men. It further argues that Islamic Higher Education Institutions should provide specific empowerment for women by, for example, providing support for their continuing education, professional development, and career opportunities.

Individualized Sex Equality in Transforming Finnish Academia

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Lätti, Johanna

2017-01-01

This article examines the equality agenda in the context of Finnish university reform in the 21st century. In Finland, the academic regime went through an organizational transformation after the Universities Act in 2009. However, little attention has been paid to the questions of sex or equality. Since the policy influences on equality in…

High-Power 1180-nm GaInNAs DBR Laser Diodes

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Aho, Antti T.; Viheriala, Jukka; Korpijarvi, Ville-Markus

2017-01-01

We report high-power 1180-nm GaInNAs distributed Bragg reflector laser diodes with and without a tapered amplifying section. The untapered and tapered components reached room temperature output powers of 655 mW and 4.04 W, respectively. The diodes exhibited narrow linewidth emission with side...... and better carrier confinement compared with traditional GaInAs quantum wells. The development opens new opportunities for the power scaling of frequency-doubled lasers with emission at yellow-orange wavelengths....

Studies of quantum levels in GaInNAs single quantum wells

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Shirakata, Sho; Kondow, Masahiko; Kitatani, Takeshi

2006-01-01

Spectroscopic studies have been carried out on the quantum levels in GaInNAs/GaAs single quantum wells (SQWs). Photoluminescence (PL), PL excitation (PLE), photoreflectance (PR), and high-density-excited PL (HDE-PL) were measured on high quality GaInNAs SQWs, Ga 0.65 In 0.35 N 0.01 As 0.99 /GaAs (well thickness: l z =10 nm) and Ga 0.65 In 0.35 N 0.005 As 0.995 /GaAs (l z =3∝10 nm), grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. For Ga 0.65 In 0.35 N 0.01 As 0.99 /GaAs (l z =10 nm), PL at 8 K exhibited a peak at 1.07 eV due to the exciton-related transition between quantum levels of ground states (e1-hh1). Both PR and PLE exhibited three transitions (1.17, 1.20 and 1.32 eV), and the former two transitions were assigned to as either of e1-lh1 and e2-hh2 transitions, while the transition at 1.32 eV was assigned to as the e2-lh2 transition. For HDE-PL, a new PL peak was observed at about 1.2 eV, and it was assigned to the unresolved e1-lh1 and e2-hh2 transitions. Similar optical measurements have been done on the Ga 0.65 In 0.35 N 0.005 As 0.995 /GaAs with various l z (3∝10 nm). Dependence of optical spectra and energies of quantum levels on l z have been studied. It has been found that HDE-PL in combination with PLE is a good tool for the study of the quantum level of GaInNAs SQW. (copyright 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim) (Abstract Copyright [2006], Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)

Las proteínas del plasma seminal incrementan la viabilidad espermática post-descongelación del semen de toros Sanmartinero

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Fabián Rueda A.; Tatiana Garcés P.; Rocío Herrera L.; Luis Arbeláez R.; Miguel Peña J.; Henry Velásquez P.; Aureliano Hernández V.; Jaime Cardozo C.

2013-01-01

Objetivo. El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar el efecto de la adición de proteínas del plasma seminal sobre el porcentaje de espermatozoides bovinos viables post-descongelación. Materiales y métodos. Los espermatozoides se congelaron usando dos medios (citrato-fructosa-yema y Bioxcell®) y la obtención de proteínas de plasma seminal de bajo peso molecular se realizó por medio de cromatografía líquida de baja presión. Las proteínas de interés eluyeron en las fracciones 21-25 y se sometieron...

Las proteínas del plasma seminal incrementan la viabilidad espermática post-descongelación del semen de toros Sanmartinero

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Rueda A, Fabián; Garcés P, Tatiana; Herrera L, Rocío; Arbeláez R, Luis; Peña J, Miguel; Velásquez P, Henry; Hernández V, Aureliano; Hernández V, Aureliano; Cardozo C, Jaime

2013-01-01

RESUMENObjetivo. El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar el efecto de la adición de proteínas del plasma seminal sobre el porcentaje de espermatozoides bovinos viables post-descongelación. Materiales y métodos. Los espermatozoides se congelaron usando dos medios (citrato-fructosa-yema y Bioxcell®) y la obtención de proteínas de plasma seminal de bajo peso molecular se realizó por medio de cromatografía líquida de baja presión. Las proteínas de interés eluyeron en las fracciones 21-25 y se som...

PARTICIPAÇÕES FEMININAS NA VIDA PÚBLICA E NAS ATIVIDADES DA DOMUS ROMANA: TESTEMUNHOS EPIGRÁFICOS ENTRE SURRENTUM, STABIAE E NUCERIA

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Maricí Martins Magalhães

2014-10-01

Full Text Available O papel significativo da mulher casada de grau equestre na sociedade Romana, bem como a presença feminina de famílias senatoriais e imperiais nas municipalidades de Nuceria, Stabiae e Surrentum: suas honras e influência política, sua interação com a administração local e seus próprios negócios. O engajamento de tais mulheres nas atividades e na administração familiar, e nas atividades domésticas de seus próprios escravos e escravas. Alguns testemunhos epigráficos e arqueológicos.

Análisis del perfil de expresión de proteínas del organismo halotolerante Tistlia consotensis bajo diferentes condiciones de salinidad

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Carolina Rubiano-Labrador

2016-12-01

Full Text Available En su hábitat natural, Tistlia consotensis, una bacteria halotolerante aislada de un manantial salino colombiano, está expuesta a variaciones continuas en la osmolaridad necesitando por lo tanto una respuesta efectiva frente a cambios en la salinidad. Para determinar el perfil de expresión de proteínas de T. consotensis bajo diferentes salinidades (0, 5 y 40 g·l-1 NaCl se utilizó la técnica de electroforesis bidimensional (2-DE para analizar el cambio de expresión de sus proteínas en respuesta al estrés osmótico. De acuerdo a los resultados obtenidos, se identificaron 56 manchas proteicas con cambios significativos de expresión. En ausencia de NaCl, 22 manchas se sobre-expresaron y 5 se sub-expresaron mientras que a 40 g·l-1 de NaCl seis manchas se sub-expresaron. El análisis de los perfiles de expresión de proteínas de T. consotensis permitió determinar que esta bacteria halotolerante responde a los cambios de salinidad del medio expresando un perfil diferencial de proteínas, donde a mayor salinidad disminuye el número e intensidad de proteínas expresadas. Además, se detectaron proteínas que probablemente confieren a T. consotensis la capacidad de adaptación a condiciones cambiantes de salinidad.

48 CFR 852.236-82 - Payments under fixed-price construction contracts (without NAS).

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2010-10-01

... manner; or (iv) Failure to comply in good faith with approved subcontracting plans, certifications, or... under other provisions of the contract or in accordance with the general law and regulations regarding... construction contracts (without NAS). 852.236-82 Section 852.236-82 Federal Acquisition Regulations System...

NAS Decadal Review Town Hall

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is seeking community input for a study on the future of materials research (MR). Frontiers of Materials Research: A Decadal Survey will look at defining the frontiers of materials research ranging from traditional materials science and engineering to condensed matter physics. Please join members of the study committee for a town hall to discuss future directions for materials research in the United States in the context of worldwide efforts. In particular, input on the following topics will be of great value: progress, achievements, and principal changes in the R&D landscape over the past decade; identification of key MR areas that have major scientific gaps or offer promising investment opportunities from 2020-2030; and the challenges that MR may face over the next decade and how those challenges might be addressed. This study was requested by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. The National Academies will issue a report in 2018 that will offer guidance to federal agencies that support materials research, science policymakers, and researchers in materials research and other adjoining fields. Learn more about the study at http://nas.edu/materials.

JK E A REINVENÇÃO DO COTIDIANO NAS NARRATIVAS JORNALÍSTICAS BRASILEIRAS

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Renato de Almeida Vieira e Silva

2014-03-01

Full Text Available Qual a importância dos discursos para a construção da imagem presidencial nas narrativas jornalísticas, num determinado contexto histórico, sendo essa construção de sentidos capaz inclusive de ressignificar o cotidiano de um país , ativar o imaginário e transcender àquele período de governo tornando-se mitológica até para os presidentes que vieram em sucessão? Esse trabalho se propõe a analisar essas hipóteses de produção simbólica e de sentidos encontradas nos discursos do presidente JK, publicados em algumas das principais revistas brasileiras entre 1956 e 1960, representadas por O Cruzeiro e Manchete, contemporizando com algumas citações veiculadas nas revistas Época, Veja e Isto É, em fases mais recentes. Para esse intento serão utilizados conceitos de autores como Bourdieu, Barthes, Orlandi, Heller, Motta, Eliade e Girardet.

Como tem se dado a atuação do assistente social nas empresas privadas?

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Stephania Lani de Lacerda Reis Gavioli de Abreu

2016-05-01

Full Text Available O presente artigo tem como objetivo apresentar como vem se dando a atuação do assistente social nas empresas privadas. O estudo foi realizado por meio de uma pesquisa qualitativa, mediante entrevistas com profissionais da área, através de roteiro semi-estruturado, em seis empresas privadas. Como principais resultados observou-se que a atuação do assistente social nas empresas privadas é marcada por diversos antagonismos, no entanto, acredita-se ser possível direcionar seu trabalho para os interesses dos trabalhadores em paralelo aos interesses de lucratividade do capital, realizando-os por meio de estratégias articuladas ao projeto ético-político do Serviço Social.

Interação de proteínas Cry1 e Vip3A de Bacillus thuringiensis para controle de lepidópteros-praga

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Paula Cristina Brunini Crialesi-Legori

2014-02-01

Full Text Available O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a suscetibilidade das lagartas Anticarsia gemmatalis (Lepidoptera: Erebidae e Chrysodeixis includens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae às proteínas Cry1 e Vip3A, bem como determinar se há a interação entre essas proteínas no controle das duas espécies. Bioensaios com as proteínas isoladas e em combinações foram realizados, e as concentrações letais CL50 e CL90 foram estimadas para cada condição. As proteínas Cry1Aa, Cry1Ac e Vip3Af foram as mais efetivas no controle de A. gemmatalis, enquanto Cry1Ac, Vip3Aa e Vip3Af foram mais efetivas no de C. includens. As proteínas Cry1Ac e Cry1Ca causaram maior inibição do desenvolvimento das larvas sobreviventes à CL50, em ambas as espécies. Combinações entre Vip3A e Cry1 apresentam efeito sinérgico no controle das espécies e a combinação Vip3Aa+Cry1Ea destaca-se no controle de A. gemmatalis e C. includens. Essas proteínas combinadas são promissoras na construção de plantas piramidadas, para o controle simultâneo das pragas.

EXTRAÇÃO E QUANTIFICAÇÃO DAS CLOROFILAS A E B NAS FOLHAS DA XANTHOSOMA SAGITTIFOLIUM

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Gabriela Coelho Couceiro; Yara Barbosa Bustamante; Janicy Arantes Carvalho; Diego Pachelli Teixeira; Patrícia Marcondes dos Santos; Milton Beltrame Junior; Andreza Ribeiro Simioni

2017-01-01

A planta Xanthosoma sagittifolium (taioba) é uma hortaliça que pode suprir muitas necessidades, sendo uma fonte de proteínas, cálcio, ferro, vitamina C e outros nutrientes. As clorofilas são os pigmentos mais abundantes nas plantas e possuem vários benefícios à saúde. Sendo assim, foi analisada a presença das clorofilas na espécie Xanthosoma sagittifolium devido ao seu papel na alimentação e seus benefícios à saúde. A concentração das clorofilas a e b foram determinadas por espectrofotometria...

Evidencia de la eficacia de la suplementación con proteínas en el rendimiento deportivo

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Carrascal Quemada, César

2014-01-01

La suplementación con proteínas resulta una pieza clave en el deporte. Se ha demotrado que tanto en deportes de fuerza como en resistencia supone una ayuda ergogénica eficaz que ayuda a mejorar la fuerza y la velocidad y acorta los tiempos de recuperación. Además se ha evidenciado que es necesario respetar una serie de tiempos (timing) para tomar la suplementación que dependerán del deporte y sus objetivos. Las proteínas tienen efecto sinérgicos con otros productos entre los que destacan los ...

Vector para la coexpresión de varias proteínas heterólogas en cantidades equimolares

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Daròs Arnau, José Antonio; Bedoya, Leonor; Martínez, Fernando

2010-01-01

La invención se refiere a un vector de expresión basado en la secuencia nucleotídica del genoma de un Potyvirus, preferiblemente del virus del grabado del tabaco, que alberga una secuencia nucleotídica que codifica para al menos una proteína heteróloga, preferiblemente para dos y más preferiblemente para tres proteínas heterólogas. Las proteínas heterólogas se expresan, en la célula transfectada con este vector, como parte de la poliproteína viral y se encuentran flanq...

A Liderança Emocional nas Organizações

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Antonholi, Aparecida Iembo

2013-01-01

 RESUMO A liderança, por muitos anos, foi estudada como traços de personalidade e  como a capacidade de influenciar pessoas. Este artigo aborda conceitos tradicionais e enfatiza as novas estratégias para a prática da liderança nas organizações, usando a inteligência emocional como ferramenta para aumentar a capacidade de gerenciamento das emoções e sentimentos. A competência social, de autoconsciência, de autogestão e de administração de relacionamentos são competências da inteligência emocio...

Vigorexia e níveis de dependência de exercício em frequentadores de academias e fisiculturistas

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Soler,Patrícia Tatiana; Fernandes,Helder Miguel; Damasceno,Vinicius Oliveira; Novaes,Jefferson Silva

2013-01-01

INTRODUÇÃO: Atualmente, a aparência é sinônimo de sucesso, saúde e determinação. De modo que a sociedade moderna oprima os indivíduos a seguir padrões estereotipados de beleza. E como herança dessa sociedade capitalista e egoísta surgem os transtornos psíquicos da aparência e as dependências psíquicas a eles associadas. OBJETIVOS: i) comparar os níveis de vigorexia e de dependência ao exercício entre frequentadores de academias e fisiculturistas; ii) relacionar as variáveis de prática de exer...

Teste intradérmico com proteínas recombinantes de Mycobacterium bovis como antígenos em Cavia porcellus

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Elaine S.P. Melo

2014-10-01

Full Text Available O teste intradérmico para o diagnóstico da tuberculose bovina utiliza derivados proteicos purificados (PPD de Mycobacterium bovis que são capazes de induzir reações de hipersensibilidade em animais infectados. No entanto, apresenta baixa especificidade devido à ocorrência de reações cruzadas com outras micobactérias. Neste sentido, o objetivo desse trabalho foi produzir proteínas recombinantes (ESAT-6, PE13, PE5 e ESX-1 de Mycobacterium bovis e avaliá-las como antígenos em teste intradérmico utilizando Cavia porcellus como modelo, e verificar se as condições empregadas na purificação (nativa ou desnaturante interferem no desempenho antigênico dessas proteínas. As proteínas foram testadas em Cavia porcellus previamente sensibilizados com cepa M. bovis AN5 inativada, individualmente (160 µg ou combinadas na forma de um coquetel (40 µg cada. O coquetel de proteínas induziu reações de hipersensibilidade nos animais sensibilizados significativamente superiores (p=0,002 as observadas nos animais não sensibilizados, possibilitando diferenciação. No entanto, as proteínas isoladamente não foram capazes de promover essa diferenciação. As condições de solubilização e purificação influenciaram o desempenho antigênico da proteína ESAT-6, pois, quando produzida em condição desnaturante desencadeou reações inespecíficas nos animais não sensibilizados, enquanto que aquela produzida em condições nativas e aplicada em concentrações de 6, 12, 24 e 48µg induziu reações significativas apenas nos animais sensibilizados, confirmando o seu potencial como antígeno.

Comportamento proativo nas organizações: o efeito dos valores pessoais

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Meiry Kamia

Full Text Available O comportamento proativo é definido como um conjunto de comportamentos extrapapel em que o trabalhador busca espontaneamente mudanças no seu ambiente de trabalho, soluciona e antecipa-se aos problemas, visando a metas de longo prazo que beneficiam a organização. Este estudo teve por objetivo investigar a relação entre os valores pessoais e o comportamento proativo nas organizações. Foram utilizados como instrumentos de medida o Personal Values Questionnaire e a Escala de Comportamento Proativo nas Organizações, ambos já validados para o Brasil. Após a eliminação dos casos extremos, a amostra ficou constituída por 325 funcionários de diferentes organizações. A análise de regressão linear revelou que os valores predizem significativamente os comportamentos proativos, apontando uma relação positiva do tipo motivacional estimulação (B= 0,205, p<0,01 e universalismo/benevolência (B=0,302, p<0,01 com proatividade, e negativa com o tipo motivacional tradição (B= -0,189, p<0,01, de acordo com o previsto pelo referencial teórico. As implicações para os estudos na área são discutidas.

Toxicidade e capacidade de ligação de proteínas Cry1 a receptores intestinais de Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae

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Isis Sebastião

2015-11-01

Full Text Available Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a toxicidade e a capacidade de ligação das proteínas Cry1Aa, Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac e Cry1Ca, de Bacillus thuringiensis, a receptores intestinais de Helicoverpa armigera. Realizou-se análise de ligação das proteínas ativadas às vesículas de membrana da microvilosidade apical (VMMA do intestino médio deH. armigera, além de ensaios de competição heteróloga para avaliar sua capacidade de ligação. Cry1Ac destacou-se como a proteína mais tóxica, seguida por Cry1Ab e Cry1Aa. A proteína Cry1Ca não foi tóxica às lagartas e, portanto, não foi possível determinar os seus parâmetros de toxicidade CL50 e CL90. As proteínas Cry1Aa, Cry1Ab e Cry1Ac são capazes de se ligar a um mesmo receptor nas membranas intestinais, o que aumenta o risco do desenvolvimento de resistência cruzada. Portanto, a utilização conjunta dessas proteínas deve ser evitada.

Ensayos cristalográficos de complejos de ADN con proteínas HMG-box y fármacos

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Gomez Jimenez, Fabiola Alejandra

2016-01-01

Las HMGB son proteínas nucleares que presentan el motivo “HMG-box”, con el que se unen al surco estrecho del ADN. Producen cambios estructurales en el mismo y están implicadas en diferentes enfermedades por lo que el estudio estructural de dichas proteínas unidas a ADN es de importancia en el desarrollo de estrategias terapéuticas. Por otra parte, los compuestos derivados de difenilo bisimidazolinio también se unen al surco estrecho del ADN, específicamente en zonas ricas en AT...

IGF-I, leptina, insulina e proteínas associadas à qualidade do plasma seminal: ação local

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Fernando Andrade Souza

2010-12-01

Full Text Available É possível que a expressividade de alguns elementos do plasma seminal dos bovinos, como proteínas e hormônios, possa servir como marcadores para sêmende alta ou baixa fertilidade. Vários estudos têm demonstrado a associação de proteínas do plasma seminalcom a fertilidade de touros. Dentre as mais estudadas, destacam-se aquelas com afinidade à heparina, que exercem importantes papéis na capacitaçãoespermática e na reação acrossômica. Alguns fatoresendócrinos e/ou locais, podem estar associados à expressividadee/ou função destas proteínas, auxiliandonas condições espermáticas favoráveis à fecundação. Dentre estes, destacam-se a insulina, a leptina e o fatorde crescimento semelhante à insulina do tipo I. Assim sendo, evidenciam diferenças entre animais,estando associados à estrutura e as condições metabólicasda célula espermática, auxiliando na determinação da qualidade do plasma seminal. Desta maneira,o estudo das proteínas do plasma seminal associadoà condição metabólica destes hormônios, presentesneste meio, pode servir como importante parâmetrode avaliação da condição reprodutiva do macho.

78 FR 12951 - TRICARE; Elimination of the Non-Availability Statement (NAS) Requirement for Non-Emergency...

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... an annual effect of $100 million or more on the national economy or which would have other... maternity services, the ASD(HA) may require an NAS prior to TRICARE cost-sharing for additional services...

Procedimiento para la obtención de levaduras vínicas superproductoras de manoproteínas mediante tecnologías no recombinantes

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Barcenilla Moraleda, José María; González Ramos, Daniel; Tabera, Laura; González García, Ramón

2008-01-01

Procedimiento para la obtención de levaduras vínicas superproductoras de manoproteínas mediante tecnologías no recombinantes. Procedimiento para obtener cepas de levaduras superproductoras de manoproteínas mediante la selección de mutantes resistentes a la toxina K9, cepas obtenibles por dicho procedimiento y usos.

PREMIO NACIONAL A LA INVESTIGACIÓN EN CIENCIAS MÉDICAS. Academia Nacional de Medicina, Laboratorios Abbott

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Gustavo Malagón Londoño

2009-12-01

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A Biblioteca da Real Academia dos Guardas-Marinha: a constituição e organização de um acervo especializado mediada pela formação profissional do oficialato militar-

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Carlos André Lopes da Silva

2014-07-01

Full Text Available Em 1802, era criada uma biblioteca para prover lentes e alunos da Real Academia dos Guardas-Marinha, instituição militar de ensino que formava o oficialato empregado na Marinha portuguesa, de saberes diversos relacionados com a atividade de uma marinha de guerra. Com a vinda daquela Academia junto com a Corte, a Biblioteca dos Guardas-Marinha tornou-se a primeira biblioteca pública a funcionar no Rio de Janeiro. Contudo, é a organização temática estabelecida pelo seu primeiro diretor que demonstra o entrelaçamento entre conteúdos científicos e artes mecânicas na formação profissional do oficialato militar-naval no período joanino.

De la tesis doctoral de Tiselius a la proteómica: setenta y cinco años de electroforesis de proteínas

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Fernández Santarén, Juan

2004-02-01

Full Text Available El término «proteoma» se utilizó por primera vez en 1995 para describir las proteínas codificadas por un genoma. De forma involuntaria el proteoma se ha ido transformando en «proteomica», un conjunto de técnicas al que se ha elevado al rango de disciplina científica. ¿Qué es la proteomica? En esencia es el estudio, a gran escala, de la composición y propiedades de las proteínas que integran un sistema biológico. Su ejecución práctica se basa fundamentalmente en dos pilares. En primer lugar la separación de las mezclas complejas de proteínas, proceso que habitualmente se lleva a cabo mediante electroforesis bidimensional y en segundo lugar la identificación de las proteínas separadas para lo que actualmente se recurre a la espectrometría de masas.…

Caracterización de las proteínas totales de tres ecotipos de maca (Lepidium peruvianum G. Chacón, mediante electroforesis unidimensional y bidimensional

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Mario Monteghirfo

2007-12-01

Full Text Available Objetivo: Caracterizar las proteínas solubles que se encuentran en la raíz del Lepidium peruvianum G. Chacón, maca, mediante electroforesis unidimensional y electroforesis bidimensional. Diseño: Estudio de tipo observacional y transversal. Lugar: Centro de Investigación de Bioquímica y Nutrición Alberto Guzmán Barrón. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú. Materiales: Raíces de Lepidium peruvianum G. Chacón ‘maca’ de los ecotipos blanco, amarillo y morado, procedentes de Junín que fueron obtenidas a través de la Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú. Métodos: La extracción de las proteínas totales solubles se realizó con una solución antioxidante, seguida de electroforesis unidimensional y bidimensional para su caracterización. Principales medidas de resultados: Número de proteínas solubles, peso molecular de las proteínas y puntos isoelectricos de las proteínas más abundantes. Resultados: El análisis electroforético unidimensional mostró predominio de 2 proteínas (72% de las proteínas solubles totales. Una de 22,5 kDa, denominada en el presente trabajo ‘macatina’ (51% de la proteína total; la otra de 17,0 kDa (21% de la proteína soluble total. El mapa electroforético bidimensional mostró que tanto la ‘macatina’ como la proteína de 17,0 kDa son básicas y presentan 3 isómeros de carga que se distribuyen en un rango de punto isoeléctrico (pI de 7,1 a 8,2. Conclusiones: Las proteínas solubles mostraron un patrón electroforético complejo, siendo la macatina la proteína más abundante.

Academia pedagógica en Linz – Austria

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Riepl, F.

1977-10-01

Full Text Available This structure organizes in three levals the various functions related to the academy such as classrooms, conference rooms, chapel, gymnasiums, music rooms and a cafeteria. In the distribution, a concentrated-circulation scheme in a broad central vestibule, near the accesses and the stair wells, has been adopted for the purpose of avoiding extensive corridors and hallways and achieving comfortable and well-defined circulation appropriate for an intensive operation. Natural lighting is one of the needs given prime attention by the solution adopted and is obtained by means of large side Windows on the perimeter and slanted roofs and skylights in the interior. The combination of the inclined glass panels with the dynamic movement of the roofs gives the whole a distinct architectural personality which can be appreciated both from the inside and in the exterior volumes.Esta construcción organiza en tres niveles las diversas funciones relacionadas con la Academia, tales como: salas de clase y de conferencias, capilla, gimnasios, salas de música y una cafetería. En la distribución se ha adoptado un esquema de circulación concentrada en un amplio vestíbulo central, próximo a los accesos y a las cajas de escalera, con el propósito de evitar extensos corredores y pasillos, y procurar una circulación cómoda y bien definida, apta para un funcionamiento intensivo. La iluminación natural es una de las necesidades que la solución adoptada atiende en primer término, obteniéndose mediante ventanales laterales en el perímetro y cubiertas inclinadas y lucernarios en el interior. La combinación de los paneles inclinados de cristal con el movimiento dinámico de las cubiertas otorga al conjunto una marcada personalidad arquitectónica, apreciable tanto desde el interior como en los volúmenes exteriores.

Remotely Operated Aircraft (ROA) Impact on the National Airspace System (NAS) Work Package: Automation Impacts of ROA's in the NAS

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2005-01-01

The purpose of this document is to analyze the impact of Remotely Operated Aircraft (ROA) operations on current and planned Air Traffic Control (ATC) automation systems in the En Route, Terminal, and Traffic Flow Management domains. The operational aspects of ROA flight, while similar, are not entirely identical to their manned counterparts and may not have been considered within the time-horizons of the automation tools. This analysis was performed to determine if flight characteristics of ROAs would be compatible with current and future NAS automation tools. Improvements to existing systems / processes are recommended that would give Air Traffic Controllers an indication that a particular aircraft is an ROA and modifications to IFR flight plan processing algorithms and / or designation of airspace where an ROA will be operating for long periods of time.

Qualidade de ensino e gênero nas políticas educacionais contemporâneas na América Latina Educational quality and gender in contemporary educational policies in Latin America

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Nelly P. Stromquist

2007-04-01

que desenvolvam personalidades positivas e seguras, tanto nas meninas como nos meninos.This article examines the concept of educational quality in the context of major global and regional policies proposed by international financial agencies such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, world-wide agreements such as those envisioned by Education for All and the Millennium Development goals, and global civil society as the World Social Forum and the World Education Forum. Content analysis of the discourse of these distinct and influential groups reveals that quality is defined and measured exclusively in cognitive terms and reduced to two basic skills: math and reading. Quality, therefore, is dissociated from processes of social change to which education should be a key contributor. Major global policies such as Education for All and the Millennium Development Goals do not consider the importance of inserting gender awareness in the provision of an education of high quality and their objectives see gender only as it relates to equal access to school by girls and boys. It is argued that leaving the treatment of gender out of the curriculum and failing to retrain teachers to recognize gender issues in the everyday practices of the school and classroom contributes to the persistence of values and practices that reaffirm arbitrary and asymmetric distinctions between women and men. The author proposes that from a feminist perspective quality must go well beyond access to include equal treatment of girls and boys in the classroom; a curriculum content that depolarizes gender identities' knowledge that affects people's lives such as sex education, domestic violence, and citizenship; and school practices to develop assertive and confident personalities in girls as well as in boys.

Estruturas de poder nas redes de financiamento político nas eleições de 2010 no Brasil

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Rodrigo Rossi Horochovski

2016-04-01

Full Text Available Resumo Este artigo analisa os 299.968 relacionamentos estabelecidos entre os 251.665 doadores e/ou receptores de recursos financeiros legais abrangidos pelas prestações de contas das campanhas nas eleições de 2010 no Brasil, englobando todos os candidatos e partidos. Aplica-se aos dados do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE a metodologia de análise de redes sociais e tratamentos estatísticos complementares para a exploração da topologia das sub-redes (componentes e dos cálculos de centralidade dos atores – candidatos, agentes partidários e financiadores privados. Os resultados expõem a alta conectividade e assimetria da rede de financiamento eleitoral no Brasil e mostram que o posicionamento dos atores em estratos da rede é determinante para o desempenho tanto de candidatos quanto de financiadores, revelando, de uma forma inédita, uma elite no poder político-eleitoral brasileiro.

A regra de ouro e a ética nas organizações

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Hermano Roberto Thiry-Cherques

Full Text Available Este artigo examina o princípio da regra de ouro e questiona a sua ampla aplicação nas organizações. O texto resume a trajetória da regra na história do pensamento filosófico e, a partir da crítica de Kant, apresenta argumentos que expõem a sua fragilidade lógica.

Alergia às Proteínas do Leite de Vaca: Uma Nova Era

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Filipe Benito Garcia

2016-01-01

lhe atualmente uma dieta livre. Esta estratégia terapêutica mostra-se revolucionária por permitir modificar a história natural da alergia às proteínas do leite de vaca grave e persistente, com impacto muito positivo na qualidade de vida dos doentes e da sua família.

Open innovation

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Bogers, Marcel; Chesbrough, Henry; Moedas, Carlos

2018-01-01

Open innovation is now a widely used concept in academia, business, and policy making. This article describes the state of open innovation at the intersection of research, practice, and policy. It discusses some key trends (e.g., digital transformation), challenges (e.g., uncertainty...

EFICIÊNCIA DO USO DE SISTEMAS ESPECIALISTAS NAS ÁREAS DA SAÚDE

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Gabriel Oliveira Tomedi

2017-02-01

Full Text Available O Sistema Especialista é uma das técnicas da Inteligência Artificial voltada para o auxílio de profissionais de determinado domínio. Em outras palavras, são definidos como programas computacionais que buscam resolver problemas de um determinado campo do conhecimento da mesma maneira que um especialista. Diante disto, o objetivo do estudo visa realizar um levantamento bibliográfico sobre a eficácia do emprego desses sistemas nas áreas da saúde. Para isto foram levantados estudos dos últimos doze anos, nas bases de dados SciELO, Google Acadêmico. Pode-se observar, com o presente estudo de revisão, foram relatados uma maior precisão para os diagnósticos, menor tempo de atendimento, melhoria no desempenho do profissional e um fácil acesso a informações. Com base nestes relatos, pode-se concluir que a utilização de sistemas Especialistas é efetivo, pois melhorou diversos aspectos nessas áreas.

Progress and Challenges for Implementation of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Policy on Biotechnology and Biosafety

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Waithaka, Michael; Belay, Getachew; Kyotalimye, Miriam; Karembu, Margaret

2015-01-01

In 2001, the Meeting of the COMESA Ministers of Agriculture raised concerns that proliferation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) could impact significantly on trade and food security in the region. This triggered studies on a regional approach to biotechnology and biosafety policy in Eastern and Southern Africa. The studies and stakeholder consultations revealed that farm incomes would increase if they switched from conventional varieties of cotton and maize to genetically modified (GM) counterparts. Commercial risks associated with exports to GM sensitive destinations, e.g., EU were negligible. Intra-regional trade would be affected since exports of GM sensitive commodities, such as maize, cotton, and soya bean, mainly go to other African countries. These findings justified the need to consider a regional approach to biosafety and led to the drafting of a regional policy in 2009. The draft policies were discussed in regional and national workshops between 2010 and 2012 for wider ownership. The workshops involved key stakeholders including ministries of agriculture, trade, environment, national biosafety focal points, biosafety competent authorities, academia, seed traders, millers, the media, food relief agencies, the industry, civil society, competent authorities, and political opinion leaders. The COMESA Council of Ministers in February 2014 adopted the COMESA policy on biotechnology and biosafety that takes into account the sovereign right of each member state. Key provisions of the policy include recognition of the benefits and risks associated with GMOs; establishment of a regional-level biosafety risk-assessment system; national-level final decision, and capacity building assistance to member states. The policies are the first regional effort in Africa to develop a coordinated mechanism for handling biosafety issues related to GMO use. A regional approach to biotechnology and biosafety is expected to foster inter-country cooperation through the

Progress and Challenges for Implementation of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Policy on Biotechnology and Biosafety.

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Waithaka, Michael; Belay, Getachew; Kyotalimye, Miriam; Karembu, Margaret

2015-01-01

In 2001, the Meeting of the COMESA Ministers of Agriculture raised concerns that proliferation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) could impact significantly on trade and food security in the region. This triggered studies on a regional approach to biotechnology and biosafety policy in Eastern and Southern Africa. The studies and stakeholder consultations revealed that farm incomes would increase if they switched from conventional varieties of cotton and maize to genetically modified (GM) counterparts. Commercial risks associated with exports to GM sensitive destinations, e.g., EU were negligible. Intra-regional trade would be affected since exports of GM sensitive commodities, such as maize, cotton, and soya bean, mainly go to other African countries. These findings justified the need to consider a regional approach to biosafety and led to the drafting of a regional policy in 2009. The draft policies were discussed in regional and national workshops between 2010 and 2012 for wider ownership. The workshops involved key stakeholders including ministries of agriculture, trade, environment, national biosafety focal points, biosafety competent authorities, academia, seed traders, millers, the media, food relief agencies, the industry, civil society, competent authorities, and political opinion leaders. The COMESA Council of Ministers in February 2014 adopted the COMESA policy on biotechnology and biosafety that takes into account the sovereign right of each member state. Key provisions of the policy include recognition of the benefits and risks associated with GMOs; establishment of a regional-level biosafety risk-assessment system; national-level final decision, and capacity building assistance to member states. The policies are the first regional effort in Africa to develop a coordinated mechanism for handling biosafety issues related to GMO use. A regional approach to biotechnology and biosafety is expected to foster inter-country cooperation through the

Euphorbiaceae Juss: espécies ocorrentes nas restingas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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Arline Souza de Oliveira

1989-01-01

Full Text Available O presente trabalho relaciona as espécies da família Euphorbiaceae Juss. encontradas nas restingas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. As coletas foram realizadas no período de 1983 a 1988 em vários trechos do litoral fluminense, nas diferentes faixas de vegetação. Além da listagem contendo 31 espécies de 16 gêneros, aborda-se também a forma biológica (porte destes taxa, para uma melhor compreensão desta famflia na composição florística das restingas.This work presents a list of the species of the Euphorbiaceae Juss., which are signalled for the sandy coastal plains - restinga - of the Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The life-forms of the taxa are registred.

Desenvolvimento sustentável como uma forma de mitigar o impacto negativo da globalização nas comunidades locais

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Bonder, Cintia

2003-01-01

Full Text Available Este artigo tem por objetivo mostrar alguns impactos da globalização nas comunidades locais e como o desenvolvimento sustentável pode trabalhar estes impactos. Para tanto, apresenta alguns conceitos de globalização e suas correntes de pensamento; trata de discutir o desenvolvimento sustentável e a globalização; e por fim, discute o impacto da globalização nas comunidades locais e como minimizá-los

Nas dobras do legal e do ilegal: Ilegalismos e jogos de poder nas tramas da cidade

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Vera da Silva Telles

2009-07-01

Full Text Available Este artigo discute as relações redefinidas entre o informal, o ilegal e o ilícito que acompanham as formas contemporâneas de produção e circulação de riquezas. Interroga-se o modo como essas redefinições afetam ordenamentos sociais e jogos de poder em três categorias encontradas na cidade de São Paulo: os ilegalismos difusos inscritos nas “mobilidades laterais” do trabalhador urbano; os ilegalismos que passam pelos circuitos do comercio informal no centro nervoso da economia urbana da cidade; e a periferia paulista onde todos esses fios se enredam em torno do varejo da droga. This article discusses the redefined relationships between the informal, the illegal and the illicit which follow contemporary forms of production and circulation of wealth. The paper explores how these redefinitions affect social orders and power struggles in relation to three situations in Sao Paulo: the illegalisms diffused from “lateral mobility” of the urban worker; the illegalisms of informal commerce in the nerve centre of the urban economy; and the poor São Paulo outskirts where all these strands intertwine around drug dealing.

Transtorno alimentar e variáveis comportamentais relacionadas ao excercício físico em academia de ginástica

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Weis, Andréia

2013-01-01

Resumo: O objetivo do estudo foi analisar variáveis comportamentais relacionadas ao exercício físico (compromisso ao exercício físico, modalidades praticadas, objetivos para prática e características de treinamento) em pessoas com transtorno alimentar frenquentadoras de uma academia de ginástica de Balneário Camboriú - SC. Participaram da pesquisa 239 indivíduos, sendo 139 mulheres (32,2, ±11,0 anos) e 100 homens (31,4, ±13,1 anos). Os sujeitos responderam o Teste de Atitudes Alimentares (EAT...

Latvijas kā medicīnas tūrisma galamērķa konkurētspēju ietekmējošie faktori

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Sidorenko, Anna

2012-01-01

Bakalaura darba temats ir «Latvijas kā medicīnas tūrisma galamērķa konkurētspēju ietekmējošie faktori». Ņemot vērā starptautisko pieredzi, medicīnas pakalpojumu sniegšana ārvalstniekiem var nodrošināt papildus ienākumu avotu nacionālajai ekonomikai. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir identificēt un izpētīt faktorus, kas ietekmē Latvijas kā medicīnas tūrisma galamērķa konkurētspēju un izstrādāt priekšlikumus medicīnas pakalpojumu sniedzējiem un valsts pārvaldes institūcijām ar nolūku veicināt Latvij...

Konkurētspējas analīze medicīnas tūrisma attīstībai Latvijā.

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Kadincovs, Artūrs

2013-01-01

Maģistra darba tēma ir „Konkurētspējas analīze medicīnas tūrisma attīstībai Latvijā”. Medicīnas tūrisms mūsdienās ir eksporta pakalpojums ar augstu pievienoto vērtību, kurš pozitīva scenārija rezultātā nes lielus ienākumus uzņēmējdarbības videi un valsts ekonomikai un rada labi apmaksātu speciālistu pieprasījumu. Pēc autora domām, medicīnas tūrisma attīstībai Latvijā ir perspektīvs scenārijs, jo Latvijai ir visss nepieciešamais, gan kvalificēts darbaspēks, gan resursi, turklāt pietiekoši ...

Políticas públicas para o livro, leitura, literatura e biblioteca no Brasil = Public Policies for the Book, Reading, Literature and Library in Brazil = Public Policies for the Book, Reading, Literature and Library in Brazil

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Antonio Deusivam de Oliveira

2015-06-01

Full Text Available Este artigo trata de uma descrição das políticas públicas para o livro, leitura, literatura e biblioteca no Brasil, a partir da criação do Instituto Nacional do Livro em 1937 até a criação do Plano Nacional do Livro e Leitura em 2006. Tem como objetivos, por meio de pesquisa de natureza exploratória e documental, apresentar a importância da atuação do Estado nas políticas públicas sociais e nas políticas para o livro, leitura, literatura e biblioteca; e discutir a importância dessas políticas para o desenvolvimento de uma população leitora no Brasil a partir de uma relação entre leitura e cidadania. Ao final espera-se mostrar a importância de políticas públicas para essas áreas a fim de contribuir na formação cidadã da população brasileira = This article deals with a description of public policies for the book, reading, literature and library in Brazil, from the creation of the National Book Institute in 1937 until the creation of the National Plan of the Book and Reading in 2006. It aims, through exploratory nature and documentary research, to present the importance of the State action in social policies and policies for the book, reading, literature and library; and it discusses the importance of these policies for the development of a reading population in Brazil from a relationship between reading and citizenship. At the end, it is expected to show the importance of public policies for these areas in order to contribute to the civic education of the population = Este artículo se trata de una descripción de las políticas públicas para el libro, la lectura, la literatura y la biblioteca en Brasil, desde la fundación del Instituto Nacional do Livro en 1937 hasta la creación del Plano Nacional do Livro e Leitura en 2006. Tiene como objetivo, mediante una investigación exploratória y documental, presentar la importância del rol del Estado en estas áreas y discutir la relevancia de estas políticas para el

Propriedades fisiológicas-funcionais das proteínas do soro de leite Physiological-functional properties of milk whey proteins

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Valdemiro Carlos Sgarbieri

2004-12-01

Full Text Available O presente artigo coloca em destaque as propriedades multifuncionais das proteínas presentes no soro de leite bovino, a começar pelo colostro que contém essas proteínas em concentrações muito elevadas e que tem por função garantir a proteção e a imunidade dos recém-nascidos. Essas mesmas proteínas continuam no leite, porém em concentrações bastante reduzidas. A utilização dessas proteínas nas formas de concentrados e isolados protéicos evidenciam propriedades muito favoráveis à saúde no sentido de diminuir o risco de doenças infecciosas e também as consideradas crônicas e/ou degenerativas. Enfatizou-se as propriedades das proteínas do soro de leite e de peptídios delas resultantes no estímulo ao sistema imunológico, na proteção contra microrganismos patogênicos e contra alguns tipos de vírus como o HIV e o vírus da hepatite C, na proteção contra vários tipos de câncer, particularmente de cólon, na proteção da mucosa gástrica contra agressão por agentes ulcerogênicos, evidenciou-se várias linhas de ação protetora das proteínas de soro contra agentes condicionadores de problemas cardiovasculares. Com base em várias propriedades funcionais das proteínas do soro de leite, discutiu-se a vantagem e os benefícios de seu uso como suplemento alimentar para atletas e esportistas em geral. Os possíveis benefícios de vários fatores de crescimento celular, presentes no soro de leite também foram discutidos.This article emphasizes the multifunctional properties of the bovine milk whey proteins, starting with the colostrum where these proteins occur in high concentrations and are reputed as responsible for the protection and passive immunization of the newborn babies. The same proteins found in colostrum in high concentrations are found in milk although at much lower concentrations. The utilization of the milk whey proteins in the form of concentrates or isolates has been found to be highly beneficial to

Time-resolved photoluminescence of Ga(NAsP) multiple quantum wells grown on Si substrate: Effects of rapid thermal annealing

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Woscholski, R., E-mail: ronja.woscholski@physik.uni-marburg.de; Shakfa, M.K.; Gies, S.; Wiemer, M.; Rahimi-Iman, A.; Zimprich, M.; Reinhard, S.; Jandieri, K.; Baranovskii, S.D.; Heimbrodt, W.; Volz, K.; Stolz, W.; Koch, M.

2016-08-31

Time-resolved photoluminescence (TR-PL) spectroscopy has been used to study the impact of rapid thermal annealing (RTA) on the optical properties and carrier dynamics in Ga(NAsP) multiple quantum well heterostructures (MQWHs) grown on silicon substrates. TR-PL measurements reveal an enhancement in the PL efficiency when the RTA temperature is increased up to 925 °C. Then, the PL intensity dramatically decreases with the annealing temperature. This behavior is explained by the variation of the disorder degree in the studied structures. The analysis of the low-temperature emission-energy-dependent PL decay time enables us to characterize the disorder in the Ga(NAsP) MQWHs. The theoretically extracted energy-scales of disorder confirm the experimental observations. - Highlights: • Ga(NAsP) multiple quantum well heterostructures (MQWHs) grown on silicon substrates • Impact of rapid thermal annealing on the optical properties and carrier dynamics • Time resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy was applied. • PL transients became continuously faster with increasing annealing temperature. • Enhancement in the PL efficiency with increasing annealing temperature up to 925 °C.

Time-resolved photoluminescence of Ga(NAsP) multiple quantum wells grown on Si substrate: Effects of rapid thermal annealing

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Woscholski, R.; Shakfa, M.K.; Gies, S.; Wiemer, M.; Rahimi-Iman, A.; Zimprich, M.; Reinhard, S.; Jandieri, K.; Baranovskii, S.D.; Heimbrodt, W.; Volz, K.; Stolz, W.; Koch, M.

2016-01-01

Time-resolved photoluminescence (TR-PL) spectroscopy has been used to study the impact of rapid thermal annealing (RTA) on the optical properties and carrier dynamics in Ga(NAsP) multiple quantum well heterostructures (MQWHs) grown on silicon substrates. TR-PL measurements reveal an enhancement in the PL efficiency when the RTA temperature is increased up to 925 °C. Then, the PL intensity dramatically decreases with the annealing temperature. This behavior is explained by the variation of the disorder degree in the studied structures. The analysis of the low-temperature emission-energy-dependent PL decay time enables us to characterize the disorder in the Ga(NAsP) MQWHs. The theoretically extracted energy-scales of disorder confirm the experimental observations. - Highlights: • Ga(NAsP) multiple quantum well heterostructures (MQWHs) grown on silicon substrates • Impact of rapid thermal annealing on the optical properties and carrier dynamics • Time resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy was applied. • PL transients became continuously faster with increasing annealing temperature. • Enhancement in the PL efficiency with increasing annealing temperature up to 925 °C

Identification of nitrogen- and host-related deep-level traps in n-type GaNAs and their evolution upon annealing

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Gelczuk, Ł.; Kudrawiec, R.; Henini, M.

2014-01-01

Deep level traps in as-grown and annealed n-GaNAs layers (doped with Si) of various nitrogen concentrations (N = 0.2%, 0.4%, 0.8%, and 1.2%) were investigated by deep level transient spectroscopy. In addition, optical properties of GaNAs layers were studied by photoluminescence and contactless electroreflectance. The identification of N- and host-related traps has been performed on the basis of band gap diagram [Kudrawiec, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 082109 (2012)], which assumes that the activation energy of electron traps of the same microscopic nature decreases with the rise of nitrogen concentration in accordance with the N-related shift of the conduction band towards trap levels. The application of this diagram has allowed to investigate the evolution of donor traps in GaNAs upon annealing. In general, it was observed that the concentration of N- and host-related traps decreases after annealing and PL improves very significantly. However, it was also observed that some traps are generated due to annealing. It explains why the annealing conditions have to be carefully optimized for this material system.

Os sentidos de compreensão nas teorias de Weber e Habermas

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José Geraldo A. B. Poker

2013-01-01

Full Text Available Partindo do pressuposto de que a teoria social elaborada por Habermas em muito se assemelha àquela construída por M. Weber, procedeu-se a um estudo comparativo com a intenção de identificar as formas pelas quais Weber e Habermas elaboraram o conceito de compreensão, ao mesmo tempo em que e o elegeram, cada um a seu modo, como instrumento metodológico adequado às dificuldades da produção de conhecimento científico nas Ciências Sociais. Tanto para Weber, como para Habermas, o conhecimento nas Ciências Sociais não consegue escapar das influências diretas da subjetividade do cientista, como também não é capaz de se proteger das contingências histórico-culturais aos quais inevitavelmente toda ação humana está vinculada. Por isso, fundamentados em suas próprias razões, tanto Weber quanto Habermas apontam a compreensão como a forma possível de conhecimento, o que implica a renúncia às pretensões explicativas e à produção de teorias gerais de fundamentação última, que são típicas das ciências convencionais.

Enteropatía perdedora de proteínas en pacientes con corazón univentricular

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Alfredo Naranjo Ugalde

Full Text Available Introducción: la enteropatía perdedora de proteínas puede aparecer en la evolución de los pacientes con corazón univentricular que sobreviven a la derivación cavopulmonar total. Una vez que se diagnostica, la mortalidad es alta. Objetivo: identificar los posibles factores de riesgo de esta complicación. Métodos: se realizó un estudio de cohorte prospectivo de la evolución en 74 pacientes con derivación cavopulmonar total, intervenidos en el Cardiocentro Pediátrico "William Soler", desde enero de 1992 hasta enero de 2011. Resultados: el tiempo promedio de evolución fue de 8 años. Sufrió enteropatía perdedora de proteínas 8,1 % de los pacientes. Se presentó con mayor frecuencia en los operados con la técnica intratrial, en los operados con más de 6 años de edad, y en quienes sufrieron derrames pleurales persistentes en el posoperatorio inmediato. Se encontró relación significativa entre la enteropatía y la disfunción ventricular posoperatoria, con RR= 11,45 (IC: 95 %: 2,37 a 55,16. El análisis multivariado identificó a la disfunción ventricular como factor de riesgo. Conclusión: la detección de disfunción ventricular en la evolución del paciente con derivación cavopulmonar debe orientar el tratamiento, en aras de evitar la aparición de enteropatía perdedora de proteínas.

CLUSIACEAE LINDL. E HYPERICACEAE JUSS. NAS RESTINGAS DO ESTADO DO PARÁ, AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL, BRASIL

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Thiago Teixeira de Oliveira

2015-12-01

Full Text Available O estudo teve como objetivo o tratamento florístico-taxonômico de Clusiaceae e Hypericaceae para as restingas do Estado do Pará. O material foi obtido nos acervos dos Herbários do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MG, Embrapa Amazônia Oriental (IAN e coletas realizadas na praia do Crispim, Marapanim-PA. As descrições das espécies foram fundamentadas nas características morfológicas e em suas respectivas variações para a flora, foi elaborada uma chave para identificação das mesmas. As famílias encontram-se representadas por quatro táxons, onde Clusiaceae é composta por Clusia fockeana Miq., C. hoffmannseggiana Schltdl., e C. panapanari (Aubl. Choisy., e Hypericaceae apenas por Vismia guianensis (Aubl. Choisy. C. panapanari apresenta-se restrita à formação de mata de restinga. C. hoffmannseggiana e V. guianensis apresentaram distribuição mais ampla nas restingas paraenses. No levantamento feito na coleção nos herbários, constatou-se que coletas, das famílias nas restingas paraenses, ainda são escassas e o esforço de coletas poderá trazer mais informações sobre período de floração e frutificação, além de um provável incremento de novos registros para a área de estudo. Palavras-chave: Cebola brava, Litoral paraense, Taxonomia. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18561/2179-5746/biotaamazonia.v5n4p15-21

New developments in Indian space policies and programmes—The next five years

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Sridhara Murthi, K. R.; Bhaskaranarayana, A.; Madhusudana, H. N.

2010-02-01

Over past four decades Indian space programme has systematically acquired capabilities in space technologies and implemented its programmes with a high level of focus on societal applications. It is developed into a multi-dimensional programme where its strategy is directed towards diverse stake holders and actors such as government, users and beneficiaries including general public, industrial suppliers as well as customers, academia and other space agencies/international organisations. Over the next five years, the Indian space programme has charted an ambitious set of policies and programmes that aim to enhance impacts on society. The major task is to enlarge and diversify the services delivered to a large section of population affected by income, connectivity and digital divides. While efficacy of application of space based systems have been proven in several fields such as tele-education, water resources management, improving productivity of land and out reaching quality health services and others, the crux of the problem is to evolve sustainable and scalable delivery mechanisms on a very large scale and extending over large geographical areas. Essentially the problem shifts from being predominately a technology problem to one of a composite of economic, cultural and social problems. Tackling such problems would need renewal of policies relating to commercial as well as public service systems. Major programmatic initiatives are planned in the next five years involving new and upgraded technologies to expand services from space to fill the gaps and to improve economic efficiency. Thrust is also given to science and exploration mission beyond Chandrayaan-1 and some initial steps for the participation in human space flight. This paper discusses the policy and strategy perspectives of the programmes planned by Indian Space Research Organisation over next five years.

Investigation of the role of N on the optical efficiency of InGaNAs nanostructures for usage on the optoelectronic industry and optical telecommunication

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Hamid Haratizadeh

2007-12-01

Full Text Available   Recently, the quaternary InGaAsN alloy system has attracted a great deal of attention due to its potential application in devices such as next generation multi-junction solar cells and optoelectronic devices for example laser diodes for optical communications in IR region. In this paper, we have investigated the role of nitrogen on the improvement of optical efficiency in InGaNAs nanostructures by photoluminescence spectroscopy. These characterizations are because of variation of InGaNAs band structure due to existence of nitrogen, and could be explained by using band anticrossing model which is a result of interaction between the extended conduction band of the InGaAs matrix (EM and the nitrogen-related localized level (EN. The band-gap of InGaNAs is very sensitive to the nitrogen content, so it has decreased by increasing of nitrogen content. Therefore accessibility to emission light wavelength at IR region is controllable. Moreover, nitrogen has created the potential fluctuations in the InGaNAs so it is the cause of trap centers that leads to localized excitons. Thus the probability of exciton recombination has increased and improved optical efficiency of these structures. But in other cases, nitrogen has made fluctuations especially in the common surface of the well and barrier in InGaNAs quantum structures so they increase non-radiative recombination.

Regulación de las metalotioneínas durante el estrés y la inflamación, y su influencia durante la respuesta inflamatoria

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Carrasco Trancoso, Javier

2000-01-01

Regulación de las metalotioneínas durante el estrés y la inflamación, y su influencia durante la respuesta inflamatoria. Las metalotioneínas (MTs) son unas proteínas de bajo peso molecular (6-7 kDa) con capacidad para ligar metales pesados como el Zn y el Cu. En los roedores existen cuatro isoformas diferentes denominadas MT-I, -II, -III y IV. Las MT-I y MT-II se expresan prácticamente en todos los tejidos del organismo y son inducibles por metales pesados, agentes oxidantes, hormonas, la inf...

Tradição acadêmica no Brasil e formação do homo academicus: o caso da Academia Brasileira de Letras

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Silva, Maurício

2008-01-01

Full Text Available O presente artigo analisa o contexto cultural do pró-modernismo brasileiro, destacando o processo de canonização do autor pela historiografia literária e revela outros aspectos estéticos e literários da Literatura Brasileira. Além disso, este artigo analisa as possíveis relações entre autores pré-modernistas e a Academia Brasileira de Letras, durante a passagem do século XIX para o XX

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration in the National Airspace System (NAS) Project: KDP-A for Phase 2 Minimum Operational Performance Standards

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Grindle, Laurie; Hackenberg, Davis L.

2016-01-01

UAS Integration in the NAS Project has: a) Developed Technical Challenges that are crucial to UAS integration, aligned with NASA's Strategic Plan and Thrusts, and support FAA standards development. b) Demonstrated rigorous project management processes through the execution of previous phases. c) Defined Partnership Plans. d) Established path to KDP-C. Request approval of Technical Challenges, execution of partnerships and plans, and execution of near-term FY17 activities. There is an increasing need to fly UAS in the NAS to perform missions of vital importance to National Security and Defense, Emergency Management, and Science. There is also an emerging need to enable commercial applications such as cargo transport (e.g. FedEx). Unencumbered NAS Access for Civil/Commercial UAS. Provide research findings, utilizing simulation and flight tests, to support the development and validation of DAA and C2 technologies necessary for integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the National Airspace System.

Exploración de las capacidades de la academia costarricense en Relaciones Internacionales para la creación de una estrategia de poder inteligente aplicada a la política exterior

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Luis Diego Salas Ocampo

2016-06-01

Full Text Available Este trabajo explora la factibilidad de que la academia costarricense donde se imparte Relaciones Internacionales y el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto genere inputs de conocimiento que se traduzcan en outputs de política exterior en el subsistema Centroamérica. Los informantes son personal coordinador de carreras de universidades públicas y privadas, personal académico y el Señor Canciller de la República. Si se desea iniciar una acción en esta línea, debe comenzarse con el tema de medio ambiente, mejorarse los criterios de pertinencia y relevancia de los procesos de investigación académica, y dar un salto cualitativo a la investigación aplicada. Deberá administrarse, también, el hecho de que la academia costarricense en Relaciones Internacionales no tiene experiencia en la formación de think tank.

A PERCEPÇÃO DA GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO NAS EMPRESAS EXPORTADORAS DA AMREC

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Julio Cesar Zilli

2014-06-01

Full Text Available Com a globalização e a era da tecnologia as empresas estão cada vez mais se utilizando do capital intelectual, que trata diretamente do conhecimento e habilidades exercitadas pelos seus colaboradores, para atuar nas atividades relacionadas ao mercado interno ou internacional. Diante do exposto, o presente estudo tem como objetivo identificar a percepção dos gestores de comércio exterior perante a Gestão do Conhecimento (GC nas empresas exportadoras da Associação dos Municípios da Região Carbonífera (AMREC. Quanto aos fins à pesquisa enquadrou-se como descritiva e quanto aos meios de investigação foi classificada como bibliográfica e de campo. A amostra foi composta por 10 empresas exportadoras que mantiveram relacionamento comercial com o mercado externo no período de janeiro a dezembro de 2012. Para a coleta de dados utilizou-se um questionário com abordagem quantitativa para conhecer a percepção dos gestores de comercio exterior em relação à identificação, criação, armazenagem, compartilhamento e utilização da Gestão do Conhecimento. Percebe-se uma sinergia desfavorável por parte dos gestores e da organização ao acompanhamento e implantação da prática de GC. Algumas barreiras como motivação e compartilhamento, relações interpessoais, apoio da estrutura e cultura organizacional estão presentes nas empresas. Para o desenvolvimento das atividades voltadas ao mercado internacional essas barreiras devem ser trabalhadas em conjunto, resultando no emprego benéfico das cinco dimensões da GC: identificação, criação, armazenagem, compartilhamento e utilização.

Coeficiente de transferência de carga nas fundações de silos verticais cilíndricos

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Marivone Z. Fank

2015-09-01

Full Text Available RESUMOO dimensionamento das estruturas armazenadoras de grãos carece de uma norma brasileira que prescreva sobre seus projetos e ações; contudo, existem muitas lacunas no estado atual do conhecimento sendo imprescindíveis pesquisas adicionais sobre o tema. Com o objetivo de determinar a distribuição das cargas nas fundações dos silos foram instrumentadas, por meio de células de carga, quatro estacas localizadas sob o anel de um silo protótipo. O experimento ocorreu durante o período de agosto a dezembro de 2009 em Palotina, PR. As leituras das células foram realizadas por sistema automático de aquisição de dados durante o carregamento de grãos de milho e, a partir dos resultados, pode-se destacar um coeficiente de transferência médio de 0,30 para o anel até o carregamento de 44% do silo, a partir do qual ocorreu um incremento na taxa de transferência. As cargas máximas atuantes nas estacas instrumentadas foram de 800, 845, 520 e 600 kN, correspondentes a coeficientes de transferência de 0,48; 0,51; 0,31 e 0,36, respectivamente. Assim, o coeficiente regionalmente adotado de 0,30 para o dimensionamento das fundações do anel está subestimado fazendo-se necessária uma análise mais criteriosa nas taxas de transferência.

Análise in sílico de proteínas relacionadas a sementes e identificação de microssatélites através da bioinformática

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MENEGHELLO, Geri Eduardo

2007-01-01

Dentre os principais componentes de reserva de uma semente destacam-se os carboidratos, os lipídeos e as proteínas. Além da função nutritiva, as proteínas têm diversas funções importantes nas sementes, sendo integrantes da biologia molecular da planta. O conhecimento detalhado das proteínas possibilita que sejam adotadas estratégias de melhoramento genético visando aumento de produção, resistência a patógenos, etc... Avanços na biologia molecular, genômica e proteômica impulsio...

Progress and Challenges for the Implementation of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA Policy on Biotechnology and Biosafety

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Michael eWaithaka

2015-07-01

Full Text Available In 2001, the Meeting of the COMESA Ministers of Agriculture raised concerns that proliferation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs could impact significantly on trade and food security in the region. This triggered studies on a regional approach to biotechnology and biosafety policy in Eastern and Southern Africa. The studies and stakeholder consultations revealed that farm incomes would increase if they switched from conventional varieties of cotton and maize to GM counterparts. Commercial risks associated with exports to GM sensitive destinations e.g., EU were negligible. Intra-regional trade would be affected since exports of GM sensitive commodities such as maize, cotton and soya bean mainly go to other African countries. These findings justified the need to consider a regional approach to biosafety and led to the drafting of a regional policy in 2009. The draft policies were discussed in regional and national workshops between 2010 and 2012 for wider ownership. The workshops involved key stakeholders including ministries of agriculture, trade, environment, national biosafety focal points, biosafety competent authorities, academia, seed traders, millers, the media, food relief agencies, the industry, civil society, competent authorities and political opinion leaders. The COMESA Council of Ministers in February 2014 adopted the COMESA policy on biotechnology and biosafety that takes into account the sovereign right of each member state. Key provisions of the policy include: recognition both to the benefits and risks associated with GMOs; establishment of regional-level biosafety risk assessment system; national level final decision, and capacity building assistance to member states. The policies are the first regional effort in Africa to develop a coordinated mechanism for handling biosafety issues related to GMO use. Regional approach to biosafety is expected to foster inter-country cooperation through the sharing of knowledge, expertise

Gerenciamento de custos para tomada de decisão - estudo em academia de musculação e ginástica

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Góes, Dhiandra Amabille Simões

2014-01-01

Artigo – Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso apresentado à Fundação Universidade Federal de Rondônia – UNIR – Câmpus Prof. Francisco Gonçalves Quiles como requisito parcial para a obtenção do grau em Bacharel em Ciências Contábeis. Orientadora Profa. Me. Liliane Maria Nery Andrade o presente artigo apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa de campo, exploratória e aplicada realizada em uma academia de ginástica localizada no município de Cacoal - RO. O objetivo da pesquisa foi identificar a deman...

Pronunciamiento de la Academia frente a la Ley 100 de 1993

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José Felix Patiño Restrepo

2000-04-01

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A los 10 meses de iniciado el estudio, en febrero de 1999, la Academia publicó el correspondiente informe bajo el título “Ley 100 de 1993: Reforma y Crisis de la Salud. Impacto de la Reforma de la Seguridad Social en Salud sobre la Medicina como Profesión y como Ciencia”, que fue ampliamente divulgado. En esta publicación se hicieron recomendaciones muy precisas tendientes a corregir los graves defectos en la ejecución y puesta en práctica de la Ley 100 que han causado tan honda crisis en el sector de la salud, una crisis realmente sin antecedentes en la historia de Colombia, y que ha afectado principalmente a los hospitales públicos y al sector más desprotegido de la población.

La Academia registra con perplejidad que esta crisis haya ocurrido cuando, precisamente como consecuencia de lo establecido por la misma Ley 100, existe una abundancia de recursos destinada al sector, también sin precedentes en la historia del país.

Por todo ello, la nación entera se pregunta ¿qué se han hecho, a dónde han ido los recursos?

Un factor causal de lo que bien puede ser un sobrecogedor despilfarro de dineros públicos, es haber iniciado la operación de la Ley 100 sin una adecuada infraestructura de información, prácticamente sin mecanismos de control y bajo la concepción de crear una nueva industria, la industria de la salud.

Se puede afirmar que buena parte de los recursos destinados a la atención de la salud en Colombia, muy superiores a los disponibles antes de la Ley 100, no se invierten en atención, como consecuencia del considerable consumo en costos y utilidades de la intermediación.

Se esperaba que el poder del mercado produjera la contención de costos; esto significaría que sólo podrían contenerse reduciendo el ingreso de los proveedores, Instituciones Prestadoras de Salud (IPS y de los profesionales de la salud. Como dice Theodore R., Marmor, profesor de la School of Management de Yale

Enhancement of photoluminescence from GaInNAsSb quantum wells upon annealing: improvement of material quality and carrier collection by the quantum well

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Baranowski, M; Kudrawiec, R; Latkowska, M; Syperek, M; Misiewicz, J; Sarmiento, T; Harris, J S

2013-01-01

In this study we apply time resolved photoluminescence and contactless electroreflectance to study the carrier collection efficiency of a GaInNAsSb/GaAs quantum well (QW). We show that the enhancement of photoluminescence from GaInNAsSb quantum wells annealed at different temperatures originates not only from (i) the improvement of the optical quality of the GaInNAsSb material (i.e., removal of point defects, which are the source of nonradiative recombination) but it is also affected by (ii) the improvement of carrier collection by the QW region. The total PL efficiency is the product of these two factors, for which the optimal annealing temperatures are found to be ∼700 °C and ∼760 °C, respectively, whereas the optimal annealing temperature for the integrated PL intensity is found to be between the two temperatures and equals ∼720 °C. We connect the variation of the carrier collection efficiency with the modification of the band bending conditions in the investigated structure due to the Fermi level shift in the GaInNAsSb layer after annealing.

O ensino de literatura brasileira nas escolas: uma ferramenta para a mudança social

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Gustavo Zambrano

2015-08-01

Full Text Available Esse trabalho tem como objetivo realizar um detalhamento aprofundado das tensões externas que comprometem a educação no Brasil. Essas tensões dizem respeito ao golpe militar que inibiu melhorias no setor educacional, ao estudo exclusivo nas escolas de obras consideradas canônicas e ao estudo conteudista de literatura exigido pelos exames vestibulares. Esse é um debate importante, pois o ensino atual de literatura nas escolas impede a formação de estudantes capazes de analisar e interpretar um texto literário e de compreender o contexto histórico e sociológico de um país. Iremos, portanto, detalhar esses problemas e apresentaremos como o ensino de literatura brasileira pode ser importante para a percepção por parte dos alunos dos problemas sociais e consequentemente criar estudantes críticos. Palavras-Chave: mudança social, cânone, vestibular, ensino de literatura brasileira

Mudanças nas trajetórias de vida e identidades de mulheres na contemporaneidade

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Carolina de Campos Borges

2013-03-01

Full Text Available Este artigo apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa realizada no Rio de Janeiro e discute mudanças nas trajetórias de vida de mulheres das classes médias nas últimas décadas. Foram entrevistadas sobre seus projetos de vida dez mulheres pertencentes a duas gerações. Todas as entrevistas foram gravadas e transcritas na íntegra. Os textos resultantes das transcrições foram submetidos a uma análise de discurso. O estudo indicou que o aprofundamento do individualismo na vida social contemporânea vem alterando os projetos de vida dos indivíduos. As trajetórias de vida das mulheres são hoje menos padronizadas; trabalho, profissão e independência financeira são temas que têm ganhado relevância nos seus projetos. Nesse contexto, a identidade feminina é cada vez menos influenciada pelos papéis familiares tradicionais.

Formação humana e competências: o debate nas diretrizes curriculares de psicologia

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Vinicius Cesca de Lima

2014-12-01

Full Text Available O artigo analisa as perspectivas de formação humana e de desenvolvimento de competências identificadas nas Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais para os Cursos de Graduação em Psicologia. A partir da crítica aos processos modernos de formação humana, realizada pela Teoria Crítica da Sociedade, analisamos sua institucionalização em práticas escolares, incluindo a pedagogia por competências, e mais especificamente na educação universitária. Por fim, discutimos essas questões na formação de psicólogos. Confrontando as propostas de formação para a emancipação e de formação para o desenvolvimento de competências, apontamos, a partir da matriz pautada nas Diretrizes Curriculares, que a formação em psicologia representa um processo contraditório que evidencia um projeto em disputa.

Emulsiones alimentarias aceite-en-agua estabilizadas con proteínas de atún

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Ruiz-Márquez, D.

2010-12-01

Full Text Available This work is focused on the development of o/w salad dressing-type emulsions stabilized by tuna proteins. The influence of protein conservation methods after the extraction process (freezing or liofilization on the rheological properties and microstructure of these emulsions was analyzed. Processing variables during emulsification were also evaluated. Stable emulsions with adequate rheological and microstructural characteristics were prepared using 70% oil and 0.50% tuna proteins. From the experimental results obtained, we may conclude that emulsion rheological properties are not significantly affected by the protein conservation method selected. On the contrary, an increase in homogenization speed favours an increase in the values of the linear viscoelastic functions. Less significant is the fact that as agitation speed increases further, mean droplet size steadily decreases.

El presente trabajo se ha centrado en el desarrollo de emulsiones alimentarias aceite-en-agua estabilizadas con proteínas de atún. Específicamente, se ha analizado la influencia del método de conservación de las proteínas aisladas (liofilización, congelación y de las condiciones de procesado seleccionadas sobre el comportamiento reológico y la microestructura de dichas emulsiones. Se han preparado emulsiones aceite en agua (con un contenido del 70% en peso de aceite estabilizadas con proteínas de atún. La concentración de emulsionante usada ha sido 0,50% en peso. El comportamiento reológico de estas emulsiones no depende significativamente del método de conservación de la proteína empleado. Por otra parte, un aumento de la velocidad de agitación durante el proceso de manufactura de la emulsión da lugar a una disminución continua del tamaño medio de gota y a un aumento de las funciones viscoelásticas dinámicas, menos significativo a medida que aumenta dicha velocidad de agitación.

Lampião da esquina: lutas feministas nas páginas do "Jornal Gay", luzes em tempos sombrios (Brasil, 1978-1981)

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Silva, Daniel Henrique de Oliveira

2016-01-01

Quais as representações do feminino construídas e veiculadas nas páginas de um jornal escrito por editores gays? Tal questionamento orienta uma pesquisa que busca entender como homossexuais masculinos, sujeitos inferiorizados e estigmatizados socialmente, deram visibilidade para outro grupo marginalizado, nesse caso as mulheres, nas páginas de um jornal considerado marginal, o Lampião da Esquina, que surgiu em 1978, anos finais da ditadura civil – militar. Nessa pesquisa, buscou-se contextual...

New Ways of Delivering Marine Scientific Evidence for Policy Needs in the UK

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Dorrington, T.

2016-12-01

The UK Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) is responsible for safeguarding the natural environment, supporting a world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. This includes the marine environment which makes a significant contribution to the economy of the UK through fisheries, aquaculture, transport, leisure and recreation, energy (including renewable), coastal tourism, and naval defence. The overall vision for the Defra marine programme is to therefore achieve clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas. In order to attain this it is essential that the decisions that government makes can be justified and that these decisions use the best available evidence and allow for any uncertainty. However, reductions across the budgets of departments such as Defra means that new ways of delivering evidence for policy needs must be sought. To do this we must consider marine monitoring efficiencies including the use of novel technologies, more integrated monitoring programmes, and greater collaboration with the research councils, industry, and academia. We must also seek to leverage other sources of funding from the European Union and other international partners. This presentation will address the main policy drivers (e.g. EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive) and future needs of the marine programme, the Defra Evidence Action Plan (EAP), and how we plan to use new avenues of gaining high quality marine scientific evidence in an era of declining budgets.

Arte ou artefato? Agência e significado nas artes indígenas

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Els Lagrou

2016-11-01

Um outro aspecto interessante, que sobressai nas duas contribuições, é a inter-relação entre a Antropologia da arte e Antropologia das coisas ou objetos. Pensar práticas e objetos artísticos sob a perspectiva antropológica significa desvendar relações sociais e intencionalidades neles condensados ou por eles transmitidos – ponto que, coincidentemente, está presente em outras seções desse número da Proa, inclusive na Galeria

Efectos adversos de la acumulación renal de hemoproteínas. Nuevas herramientas terapéuticas

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Melania Guerrero-Hue

2018-01-01

Full Text Available La hemoglobina y la mioglobina son hemoproteínas que juegan un papel fundamental en el organismo ya que participan en el transporte de oxígeno. Sin embargo, debido a su estructura química, estas moléculas pueden ejercer efectos deletéreos cuando se liberan al torrente sanguíneo de forma masiva, como sucede en determinadas condiciones patológicas asociadas a rabdomiólisis o hemólisis intravascular. Una vez en el plasma, estas hemoproteínas se pueden filtrar y acumular en el riñón, donde resultan citotóxicas, principalmente para el epitelio tubular, e inducen fracaso renal agudo y enfermedad renal crónica. En la presente revisión analizaremos los distintos contextos patológicos que provocan la acumulación renal de estas hemoproteínas, su relación con la pérdida de función renal a corto y largo plazo, los mecanismos fisiopatólogicos responsables de sus efectos adversos y los sistemas de defensa que contrarrestan tales acciones. Por último, describiremos los distintos tratamientos utilizados actualmente y mostraremos nuevas opciones terapéuticas basadas en la identificación de nuevas dianas celulares y moleculares, prestando especial atención a los diversos ensayos clínicos que se encuentran en marcha en la actualidad.

[Inventive activity of the Department of Metabolism Regulation of the Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of NAS of Ukraine].

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Danilova, V M; Vynogradova, R P; Chernysh, I G; Petrenko, T M

2016-01-01

The article is devoted to the inventive activity of the Department of Metabolism Regulation of the Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of NAS of Ukraine in the context of the history of its inception, development and the research activities of its founder, academician of NAS of Ukraine M. F. Guly as well as his students and followers. It briefly tells about practical achievements of M. F. Guly which were as significant, immense and diverse as his scientific accomplishments. The paper analyses in detail the practical results of scientific research of his students and followers aimed to solve practical problems of medicine, food-processing, agriculture, and which are essentially a continuation of the ideas and projects of M. F. Guly.

As proteínas HBP/SOUL : sobre-expressão, purificação e estudo de mutantes

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Aveiro, Susana Seabra

2009-01-01

O objectivo deste trabalho consistiu na optimização da purificação das proteínas HBP/SOUL que ligam ao grupo Hemo, bem como o estudo da interacção destas proteínas, e seus variantes, com grupos tetrapirrólicos. Na optimização do processo de purificação, a lise celular foi uma das etapas estudadas, comparando-se a eficácia da lise celular através do uso de sonicação e alta pressão. Esta avaliação foi feita por comparação dos géis SDS-PAGE obtidos a partir dos extractos celulares. Para além ...

Lion king or Aslan: a tale from Narnia!

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Battista, Renaldo

2011-01-01

In the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, Aslan the all-powerful but benevolent lion does not need to have his tail twisted; rather, he twists tails to create convergence and harmony in his dream world. In this issue's lead article, "Twisting the Lion's Tail: Collaborative Health Policy Making in British Columbia," the authors discuss the problems regarding better coordination of health services research, knowledge translation and policy making. The roles of academia, health authorities and government are presently unclear, with leadership differences, power discrepancies, conflicting agendas, lag times and systemic structural complexity. Exploring these issues in British Columbia, Lindstrom, MacLeod and Levy advocate a change in perspective from practice gaps to bridging knowledge boundaries. Recommendations include networking of academia, action research and strengthening of relationships between stakeholders. However, a key cohesive element seems missing. Health technology assessment (HTA) is a formidable, dynamic driving force. With over 20 years' experience in HTA, Canada has a number of world-class innovative agencies federally and provincially that actively involve academia to generate evidence for informed policy making. Increased use of evidence-based medicine in research and the clinic may be achieved by augmenting HTA's scientific capacity through the creation of pan-Canadian exchange forums and by boosting the demand for knowledge translation.

Strengthening vaccination policies in Latin America: an evidence-based approach.

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Tapia-Conyer, Roberto; Betancourt-Cravioto, Miguel; Saucedo-Martínez, Rodrigo; Motta-Murguía, Lourdes; Gallardo-Rincón, Héctor

2013-08-20

Despite many successes in the region, Latin American vaccination policies have significant shortcomings, and further work is needed to maintain progress and prepare for the introduction of newly available vaccines. In order to address the challenges facing Latin America, the Commission for the Future of Vaccines in Latin America (COFVAL) has made recommendations for strengthening evidence-based policy-making and reducing regional inequalities in immunisation. We have conducted a comprehensive literature review to assess the feasibility of these recommendations. Standardisation of performance indicators for disease burden, vaccine coverage, epidemiological surveillance and national health resourcing can ensure comparability of the data used to assess vaccination programmes, allowing deeper analysis of how best to provide services. Regional vaccination reference schemes, as used in Europe, can be used to develop best practice models for vaccine introduction and scheduling. Successful models exist for the continuous training of vaccination providers and decision-makers, with a new Latin American diploma aiming to contribute to the successful implementation of vaccination programmes. Permanent, independent vaccine advisory committees, based on the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), could facilitate the uptake of new vaccines and support evidence-based decision-making in the administration of national immunisation programmes. Innovative financing mechanisms for the purchase of new vaccines, such as advance market commitments and cost front-loading, have shown potential for improving vaccine coverage. A common regulatory framework for vaccine approval is needed to accelerate delivery and pool human, technological and scientific resources in the region. Finally, public-private partnerships between industry, government, academia and non-profit sectors could provide new investment to stimulate vaccine development in the region, reducing prices in the

Research on imaging, sensing, and characterization of cells at Research Center for Applied Sciences (RCAS), Academia Sinica

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Tsai, Hui-Chen; Chang, Chun-Fang; Chen, Bi-Chang; Cheng, Ji-Yen; Chu, Chih-Wei; Han, Hsieh-Cheng; Hatanaka, Koji; Hsieh, Tung-Han; Lee, Chau-Hwang; Lin, Jung-Hsin; Tung, Yi-Chung; Wei, Pei-Kuen; Yang, Fu-Liang; Tsai, Din Ping

2015-12-01

Development of imaging, sensing, and characterization of cells at Research Center for Applied Sciences (RCAS) of Academia Sinica in Taiwan is progressing rapidly. The research on advanced lattice light sheet microscopy for temporal visualization of cells in three dimensions at sub-cellular resolution shows novel imaging results. Label-free observation on filopodial dynamics provides a convenient assay on cancer cell motility. The newly-developed software enables us to track the movement of two types of particles through different channels and reconstruct the co-localized tracks. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) for detecting urinary microRNA for diagnosis of acute kidney injury demonstrates excellent sensitivity. A fully automated and integrated portable reader was constructed as a home-based surveillance system for post-operation hepatocellular carcinoma. New microfluidic cell culture devices for fast and accurate characterizations prove various diagnosis capabilities.

Relações federativas no Programa Academia da Saúde: estudo de dois municípios paulistas

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Paulo Henrique dos Santos Mota

Full Text Available O objetivo é a análise das relações federativas na implementação do Programa Academia da Saúde em municípios do estado de São Paulo. Realizado estudo de caso com análise documental e entrevistas semiestruturadas; utilizou-se o referencial teórico do ciclo da política. Observou-se indução direta do Ministério da Saúde no município por meio da normalização, dos interesses políticos e do incentivo financeiro. A participação dos estados é burocrática e restrita à Comissão Intergestora Bipartite. Municípios são financeiramente dependentes para implementação. Não se observa possibilidade concreta de adaptação às realidades locais.

A Fine Balance: Women in Science Navigating Academia - Indian ...

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2013-07-26

Jul 26, 2013 ... pursuit of science by women can be effective. • Important policy ... sensitivity and effective addressing of .... Make the workplace “life-friendly” by having proactive ... h di it. d t h suppress or reduce such diversity need to change.

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration in the National Airspace System (NAS) Project FY16 Annual Review

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Grindle, Laurie; Hackenberg, Davis

2016-01-01

This presentation gives insight into the research activities and efforts being executed in order to integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system. This briefing is to inform others of the UAS-NAS FY16 progress and future directions.

Multivariate control charts based on net analyte signal (NAS) and Raman spectroscopy for quality control of carbamazepine

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Raman spectroscopy and control charts based on the net analyte signal (NAS) were applied to polymorphic characterization of carbamazepine. Carbamazepine presents four polymorphic forms: I-IV (dihydrate). X-ray powder diffraction was used as a reference technique. The control charts were built generating three charts: the NAS chart that corresponds to the analyte of interest (form III in this case), the interference chart that corresponds to the contribution of other compounds in the sample and the residual chart that corresponds to nonsystematic variations. For each chart, statistical limits were developed using samples within the quality specifications. It was possible to identify the different polymorphic forms of carbamazepine present in pharmaceutical formulations. Thus, an alternative method for the quality monitoring of the carbamazepine polymorphic forms after the crystallization process is presented.

Multivariate control charts based on net analyte signal (NAS) and Raman spectroscopy for quality control of carbamazepine

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Rocha, Werickson Fortunato de Carvalho; Poppi, Ronei Jesus

2011-01-01

Raman spectroscopy and control charts based on the net analyte signal (NAS) were applied to polymorphic characterization of carbamazepine. Carbamazepine presents four polymorphic forms: I-IV (dihydrate). X-ray powder diffraction was used as a reference technique. The control charts were built generating three charts: the NAS chart that corresponds to the analyte of interest (form III in this case), the interference chart that corresponds to the contribution of other compounds in the sample and the residual chart that corresponds to nonsystematic variations. For each chart, statistical limits were developed using samples within the quality specifications. It was possible to identify the different polymorphic forms of carbamazepine present in pharmaceutical formulations. Thus, an alternative method for the quality monitoring of the carbamazepine polymorphic forms after the crystallization process is presented.

JUVENTUDE E EDUCAÇÃO NAS PRISÕES: DEMANDAS, DIREITOS E INCLUSÃO. YOUTH AND EDUCATION IN PRISONS: DEMANDS, RIGHTS AND INCLUSION

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Eliane Ribeiro Andrade

2013-05-01

Full Text Available O artigo discute a situação e os direitos educacionais dos jovens privados de liberdade no Brasil, bem como os desafios para a legitimação do direito à educação nas prisões, tendo por base duas pesquisas realizadas pela Linha de Políticas Públicas do Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO. A primeira é uma análise das demandas apresentadas na II Conferência Nacional de Juventude, ocorrida em Brasília, em dezembro de 2011, e a segunda, realizada em 2010, refere-se ao perfil dos estudantes do ProJovem Prisional no estado do Rio de Janeiro e no Acre. As trajetórias educacionais dos jovens, cotejadas com seu potencial conjunto de demandas em educação, explicitam o imenso desafio de integrar ações e construir um novo olhar sobre esses atores, na condição de jovens sujeitos de direitos. Nesse contexto, distintas configurações de políticas vêm buscando se estabelecer: por um lado, uma nova geração de programas de apoio; por outro, a necessidade de se responder às demandas desses sujeitos, trazendo-os à condição de interlocutores nas decisões que lhes dizem respeito, a fim de romper a invisibilidade a que vêm sendo historicamente submetidos.This article discusses the situation and educational rights of youths deprived of freedom in Brazil, as well as the challenges to the legitimacy of the right for education in prisons, based on two surveys conducted by the Public Policy Studies Research Area of the Postgraduate Program in Education of UNIRIO (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. The first is an analysis of demands presented in the National Youth Conference, held in Brasilia in December 2011, and the second, held in 2010, refers to the profile of the students of ProJovem Program in Prison in the States of Rio de Janeiro and Acre. Educational trajectories of youths, compared with their potential set of demands in education, clarifies the

Los Seminarios de Proyección a la Comunidad. Una Nueva Dimensión de la Academia de Medicina

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Alberto Hernandez Saenz

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En el mes de junio próximo pasado, por iniciativa de los profesores académicos Juan Jacobo Muñoz y José Francisco Socarrás, la Academia Nacional de Medicina inició los Seminarios de Proyección a la Comunidad, que en forma regular se realiza dos sábados al mes.

Es la primera vez, desde su fundación en 1873, en que la ANM proyecta un plan tan ambicioso de servir a la comunidad, por medio de seminarios con el objetivo de presentar temas de palpitante interés nacional para la sociedad, la familia y la población de mayor riesgo, primordialmente los adolescentes.

Los seminarios están dirigidos a padres de familia, a los hijos adolescentes, a enfermeras, voluntarios, estudiantes de medicina, psicólogos, profesores y a profesionales del área de educación, salud y desarrollo social. Tanto la asistencia como la participación que se registraron indican el altísimo interés por los temas presentados y la preocupación que existe por ampliar el conocimiento en las materias tratadas.

Un comité de tres expertos académicos nombrados por el Presidente de la Academia, diseñó la planeación tanto sobre los temas y su secuencia, como sobre los ponentes y las normas. Lo anterior, realizado con unidad de criterio, permitió establecer una estructura definida y clara de los seminarios y aseguró el éxito de los mismos.

Se estableció un reglamento con las normas, procedimientos y metodología de trabajo. El coordinador de los seminarios, Académico Alberto Hernández Sáenz, dirige la aplicación de la metodología. En reuniones previas revisa con los ponentes el contenido del tema, establece sesiones de trabajo para coordinar la presentación, apreciar el lenguaje, para que éste sea de un nivel accesible a los no médicos. El tiempo de presentación de los ponentes es de media hora cada uno y luego al terminar él se abre la mesa redonda con la participación de los asistentes. Las preguntas se hacen por escrito y se

Effects of growth rate on structural property and adatom migration behaviors for growth of GaInNAs/GaAs (001) by molecular beam epitaxy

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Li, Jingling; Gao, Peng; Zhang, Shuguang; Wen, Lei; Gao, Fangliang; Li, Guoqiang

2018-03-01

We have investigated the structural properties and the growth mode of GaInNAs films prepared at different growth rates (Rg) by molecular beam epitaxy. The crystalline structure is studied by high resolution X-ray diffraction, and the evolution of GaInNAs film surface morphologies is studied by atomic force microscopy. It is found that both the crystallinity and the surface roughness are improved by increasing Rg, and the change in the growth mode is attributed to the adatom migration behaviors particularly for In atoms, which is verified by elemental analysis. In addition, we have presented some theoretical calculation results related to the N adsorption energy to show the unique N migration behavior, which is instructive to interpret the growth mechanism of GaInNAs films.

POSSIBILIDADES DO DESENVOLVIMENTO DO TURISMO ÉTNICO NAS COMUNIDADES QUILOMBOLAS DE DIAMANTINA/MG: OPORTUNIDADES E DESAFIOS

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Elcione Luciana da Silva

2016-04-01

Full Text Available O conceito do turismo étnico vem se desenvolvendo nas últimas décadas e envolve a valorização cultural e possibilidade de promover diversas experiências e inter-relações entre visitantes e comunidades quilombolas. Este artigo versa sobre as comunidades quilombolas (Mata dos Crioulos, Vargem do Inhaí e Quartel de Indaiá – Diamantina/MG, que vêm sofrendo conflitos e pressões de ordem territorial, o que dificulta ainda mais a manutenção da cultura local. O objetivo desta pesquisa é sugerir o desenvolvimento do turismo étnico nas mesmas como forma de desenvolvimento local e valorização do patrimônio cultural material e imaterial. Para alcançar o resultado da pesquisa foram utilizadas referências bibliográficas e documentais. Palavra-chaves: Turismo étnico; comunidades quilombolas; conflitos ambientais e territoriais.

Marcas no corpo, cansaço e experiência: nuances do envelhecer como professor de Educação Física

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Sílvia Maria Agatti Lüdorf

2013-09-01

Full Text Available Este trabalho objetivou compreender e interpretar os significados que os professores de Educação Física atribuem ao corpo e envelhecimento, e investigar como tais representações influenciariam sua prática profissional. Participaram da investigação, de natureza qualitativa, 43 professores de escolas e academias de ginástica com cerca de trinta anos de formação. Os dados foram tratados mediante análise de conteúdo. O envelhecimento do professor propicia maturidade, experiência e confiança no trabalho, mas o corpo físico parece desprender-se do sujeito, repercutindo em sentimentos contraditórios relacionados ao envelhecimento. Nas academias, há certo ajuste ao contexto da visibilidade, pois são valorizadas as potencialidades e as marcas de saúde impressas no corpo. Já o desgaste e o cansaço são particularmente sentidos pelos professores atuantes em escola.

[Darius Staliūnas. Making Russians : meaning and practice of russification in Lithuania and Belarus after 1863

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Woodworth, Bradley D., 1963-

2011-01-01

Arvustus: Darius Staliūnas. Making Russians. Meaning and practice of russification in Lithuania and Belarus after 1863. On the boundary of two worlds: identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltica, 11. (Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2007)

Sharing tools and best practice in Global Sensitivity Analysis within academia and with industry

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Wagener, T.; Pianosi, F.; Noacco, V.; Sarrazin, F.

2017-12-01

We have spent years trying to improve the use of global sensitivity analysis (GSA) in earth and environmental modelling. Our efforts included (1) the development of tools that provide easy access to widely used GSA methods, (2) the definition of workflows so that best practice is shared in an accessible way, and (3) the development of algorithms to close gaps in available GSA methods (such as moment independent strategies) and to make GSA applications more robust (such as convergence criteria). These elements have been combined in our GSA Toolbox, called SAFE (www.safetoolbox.info), which has up to now been adopted by over 1000 (largely) academic users worldwide. However, despite growing uptake in academic circles and across a wide range of application areas, transfer to industry applications has been difficult. Initial market research regarding opportunities and barriers for uptake revealed a large potential market, but also highlighted a significant lack of knowledge regarding state-of-the-art methods and their potential value for end-users. We will present examples and discuss our experience so far in trying to overcome these problems and move beyond academia in distributing GSA tools and expertise.

The language of racism. Textual testimonies of Jewish-Arab hostility in the Israeli Academia

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Tamar Heger

2015-02-01

Full Text Available The persistent Jewish Arab conflict is present in every aspect of life in Israeli society and its echoes penetrate the everyday reality of higher educational institutions. Feelings of mutual hostility among Arab and Jewish students, faculty and administration are common experiences on Israeli campuses. This article analyzes two textual expressions of this mutual resentment which were circulated in 2011 in Tel Hai College, Israel. One of the texts was produced by Muslim Arab student association and the other by a Zionist Jewish organization. Both groups are present on every campus in Israel. Despite the significant difference of the political location occupied by each organization in the Israeli power structure, we argue that these texts share similar attitudes to the conflict and parallel operational strategies. The paper demonstrates the attempts by these texts to encourage the mutual hostility between Jews and Arabs by employing racist and violent discourse. The article tries to explain the silence of the college administration and faculty in the face of these racist acts, subsequently outlining a vision of a responsible academia which will banish any acts of racism.

[Nurturing clinician investigators is the best way to promote innovative drug development from academia].

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Fukuhara, Shunichi; Sakushima, Ken; Nishimura, Masaharu

2012-03-01

Clinical research in Japan is still lacking in quality and quantity, and that situation is worsening. One important cause of those problems is the dearth of clinician-investigators. A recent change in the system for post-graduate clinical training affected the career paths of medical residents and reduced the number of young doctors who enter graduate school. Even those who are interested in clinical research now have incentives to avoid graduate school. In Japan, 19th-century biological absolutism is still the dominant paradigm in the medical-research community. Science for public health in the 21st century will benefit from a probabilistic paradigm, which can help to restore an appropriate balance between basic sciences and clinical research. Research done by clinician-investigators should be based on clinical questions that arise in medical practice. That research includes investigation of disease and practice, exploration of associations between causes and outcomes, evaluation of diagnostic tests, and studies of the efficacy of treatments and prevention strategies. We emphasize the importance of nurturing clinician-investigators for the development of clinical research in Japan. This may not be the fastest way to promote innovative drug development from academia, but it is certainly the best.

O ensino e a experiência nas narrativas de professores de Inglês

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Annallena de Souza Guedes

2016-09-01

Full Text Available Resumo: Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar três narrativas de professores de Inglês em exercício, através das quais são reveladas experiências que dizem respeito ao processo de ensinar Inglês em contextos de instituições públicas no Brasil. Pautado no conceito de experiência (MICCOLI, 2010, buscamos compreender quais experiências emergem dessas narrativas e como elas influenciam na prática de ensino dos professores. Ademais, intentamos analisar como os professores de Inglês se veem e quais desafios ele enfrentam nos seus contextos de trabalho. Os resultados desse estudo mostraram que, apesar de todas as experiências de dificuldades e indisciplina reveladas nas narrativas, duas delas parecem ainda encontrar motivação e esperança quanto à sua profissão. Além disso, percebemos que o modo como os professores veem sua realidade, seus alunos e seu trabalho são importantes para caracterizar sua prática profissional. Assim, acreditamos que o contexto e as experiências retratados nas narrativas podem ser caminhos que direcionem as ações desses professores em sala de aula e, consequentemente, possibilitem reflexões e mudanças no seu papel como educador. 

Uma outra ideia da Índia. As literaturas nas línguas Bhashas

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Cielo Griselda Festino

2013-04-01

Full Text Available http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2013v1n31p103 O objetivo deste artigo é discutir as narrativas indianas nas línguas bhashas, as línguas vernáculas do subcontinente indiano a través de uma política e poética da tradução que da voz e visibilidade a culturas que, de outro modo, estariam restringidas às diversas culturas onde são produzidas. Dessa maneira, não só as literaturas do “front yard”, ou seja as narrativas indianas escritas na língua inglesa da diáspora ganham visibilidade, mas também as narrativas escritas do “backyard” nas línguas vernáculas  da Índia. Nesse processo, o termo “vernáculo” ganha um novo significado no sentido que o que é realmente “vernacularizado” é a língua  inglesa porque se torna um veículo por meio do que as literaturas bhasha tornam-se conhecidas. Para ilustrar esse processo o artigo traz uma análise do conto “Thayyaal” escrito na língua Tamil, do sul da Índia.

Inventive activity of the Department of Metabolism Regulation of the Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of NAS of Ukraine

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V. M. Danilova

2016-12-01

Full Text Available The article is devoted to the inventive activity of the Department of Metabolism Regulation of the Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of NAS of Ukraine in the context of the history of its inception, development and the research activities of its founder, academician of NAS of Ukraine M. F. Guly as well as his students and followers. It briefly tells about practical achievements of M. F. Guly which were as significant, immense and diverse as his scientific accomplishments. The paper analyses in detail the practical results of scientific research of his students and followers aimed to solve practical problems of medicine, food-processing, agriculture, and which are essentially a continuation of the ideas and projects of M. F. Guly.

Proteinograma sérico, com ênfase em proteínas de fase aguda, de bovinos sadios e bovinos portadores de enfermidade aguda de ocorrência natural

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Simplício,K.M.M.G.; Sousa,F.C.; Fagliari,J.J.; Silva,P.C.

2013-01-01

Nas últimas décadas, as proteínas de fase aguda (PFAs) tornaram-se biomarcadores de escolha em medicina humana para identificação e monitoração de doenças. Não há razão para imaginar que tais pesquisas clínicas não sejam igualmente úteis na medicina veterinária. Com o objetivo de verificar a importância das PFAs como biomarcadores de doenças inflamatórias em bovinos, determinou-se o proteinograma sérico, por meio da técnica de eletroforese SDS-PAGE, com interesse especial nas PFAs. Foram util...

Relações Internacionais e mídia - doi:10.5102/uri.v6i1.836

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Raquel Boing Marinucci

2009-09-01

Full Text Available O ensaio aponta e discute possíveis razões para a ausência de estudos abordando o papel da mídia nas Relações Internacionais. A autora mostra que a teoria internacionalista, em grande parte, vê na mídia uma coadjuvante, como instrumento de persuasão. O relativo silêncio da academia é quebrado pela corrente crítica, especialmente através do modelo de propaganda de Noam Chomsky. Ao final, são sugeridas leituras para os interessados em conhecer o enfoque.

Síndrome do impostor e auto-eficácia de minorias sociais: alunos de contabilidade e administração

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Patricia Andréa Victorio Camargo de Matos

2014-01-01

O Brasil é comumente associado ao país da diversidade. Seja ela de cunho cultural, histórico, racial ou social, fato é que a diversidade existe em larga extensão no país, inclusive nos meios acadêmicos. Na academia, tal como na sociedade, a inserção de indivíduos diferentes desemboca no estranhamento e nas atitudes preconceituosas. Este preconceito, por sua vez, influencia o desempenho acadêmico do estudante, pois a literatura revela que quanto maiores o preconceito e a discriminação do corpo...