Community health workers: The critical link to sustainable, healthy societies in low-resource settings---A model for the Baylor Shoulder to Shoulder Foundation

Community health workers (CHWs) can serve as a bridge between healthcare providers and communities to positively impact social determinants of health and, thus, the overall health of the population. The potential to effect lasting change is particularly significant within resource-poor settings with limited access to formally trained health care providers such as the small, rural village of Santa Ana Intibucá, Honduras and surrounding areas—located on the geographically and politically isolated border of Honduras and El Salvador. The Baylor Shoulder to Shoulder Foundation (BSTS) works in conjunction with Santa Ana's volunteer health committee to bring a health brigade that has provided health care and public health projects to the area at least twice a year since 2001. They have also hired a full-time Honduran physician, a Honduran in-country administrative director, and built a clinic; yet, no community health worker program exists. This CHW program model is the response to a clear need for a CHW program within the area served by BSTS and presents a CHW program model specific to Santa Ana Intibucá and surrounding areas to be implemented by BSTS. Methods used to develop this model include reviewing the literature for recommendations from leading authorities as well as successfully implemented CHW programs in comparable regions. This information was incorporated into existing knowledge and materials currently being used in the area. Using the CHW model proposed here, each brigade, in conjunction with the communities served, can help develop new modules to respond to the specific health priorities of the region at that time, incorporating consistent modes of contact with the local physician and the CHWs to provide refresher courses, training in new topics of interest, and to be reminded of the importance of community health workers' role as the critical link to healthy societies. With cooperation, effort, and support, the brigade can continue to help integrate a sustainable CHW system in which communities may be able to maximize the care they receive while also learning to care for their own health and the future of their communities.^

La concepción pragmática de la verdad. Diálogo entre William James y Bertrand Russell

Fil: Di Berardino, María Aurelia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

La teoría emotivista de los valores de Bertrand Russell

Los asuntos éticos constituyeron una de las preocupaciones fundamentales de Bertrand Russell a lo largo de su vida. Luego de un pasar por un período caracterizado por una visión objetivista e intuicionista de los valores,Russell fue uno de los primeros en desarrollar una teoría emotivista de los valores. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar esta teoría a la vez que examinar los fundamentos en que se sostiene y mostrar sus implicancias.

La teoría emotivista de los valores de Bertrand Russell

Los asuntos éticos constituyeron una de las preocupaciones fundamentales de Bertrand Russell a lo largo de su vida. Luego de un pasar por un período caracterizado por una visión objetivista e intuicionista de los valores,Russell fue uno de los primeros en desarrollar una teoría emotivista de los valores. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar esta teoría a la vez que examinar los fundamentos en que se sostiene y mostrar sus implicancias.

The shift of paradigm in the organizations like foundation of the style of ethical leadership

La presente investigación tiene por objeto analizar el cambio de paradigma en las organizaciones como fundamento del liderazgo ético desde una realidad postmoderna a fin de detectar la necesidad de un liderazgo ético en las organizaciones donde los líderes sean formadores de valores a través del modelaje directivo; es un estilo de liderazgo en el que la visión ética, sistémica e integradora son unas de las principales aptitudes que el líder ético ha de poner en la práctica. Se han desarrollado teorías de liderazgo centradas no tanto en los rasgos o comportamientos de los líderes, sino en la relación entre líder y sus seguidores

La concepción pragmática de la verdad. Diálogo entre William James y Bertrand Russell

Fil: Di Berardino, María Aurelia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

La teoría emotivista de los valores de Bertrand Russell

Los asuntos éticos constituyeron una de las preocupaciones fundamentales de Bertrand Russell a lo largo de su vida. Luego de un pasar por un período caracterizado por una visión objetivista e intuicionista de los valores,Russell fue uno de los primeros en desarrollar una teoría emotivista de los valores. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar esta teoría a la vez que examinar los fundamentos en que se sostiene y mostrar sus implicancias.

Heterogeneity in polyadenylation cleavage sites in mammalian mRNA sequences: implications for SAGE analysis

The analysis of a human thyroid serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) library shows the presence of an abundant SAGE tag corresponding to the mRNA of thyroglobulin (TG). Additional, less abundant tags are present that can not be linked to any other known gene, but show considerable homology to the wild-type TG tag. To determine whether these tags represent TG mRNA molecules with alternative cleavage, 3′-RACE clones were sequenced. The results show that the three putative TG SAGE tags can be attributed to TG transcripts and reflect the use of alternative polyadenylation cleavage sites downstream of a single polyadenylation signal in vivo. By screening more than 300 000 sequences corresponding to human, mouse and rat transcripts for this phenomenon we show that a considerable percentage of mRNA transcripts (44% human, 22% mouse and 22% rat) show cleavage site heterogeneity. When analyzing SAGE-generated expression data, this phenomenon should be considered, since, according to our calculations, 2.8% of human transcripts show two or more different SAGE tags corresponding to a single gene because of alternative cleavage site selection. Both experimental and in silico data show that the selection of the specific cleavage site for poly(A) addition using a given polyadenylation signal is more variable than was previously thought.

The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Dale A. Russell.

v.3:no.7(1970)

A new species of Globidens from South Dakota, and a review of globidentine mosasaurs / Dale A. Russell --.

v.33:no.13(1975)

S. P. Russell's order for Sloop Cyrus Sails, 1798 March 26

Brief note from Samuel Russell to Treasurer Ebenezer Storer requesting delivery of the sloop's mainsail and jibb to the new owner.