Structural change and productivity growth 20 years later: old problems, new opportunities. Summary

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Costumbrismo, hispanismo e caráter nacional em Las mujeres españolas, portuguesas y americanas: imagens, textos e política nos anos 1870

Pós-graduação em História - FCLAS

Cidades, regiões e redes: estudo teórico-metodológico sobre suas relações no contexto contemporâneo

Pós-graduação em Geografia - FCT

A feasibility study for the provision of electronic healthcare tools and services in areas of Greece, Cyprus and Italy

Background Through this paper, we present the initial steps for the creation of an integrated platform for the provision of a series of eHealth tools and services to both citizens and travelers in isolated areas of thesoutheast Mediterranean, and on board ships travelling across it. The platform was created through an INTERREG IIIB ARCHIMED project called INTERMED. Methods The support of primary healthcare, home care and the continuous education of physicians are the three major issues that the proposed platform is trying to facilitate. The proposed system is based on state-of-the-art telemedicine systems and is able to provide the following healthcare services: i) Telecollaboration and teleconsultation services between remotely located healthcare providers, ii) telemedicine services in emergencies, iii) home telecare services for "at risk" citizens such as the elderly and patients with chronic diseases, and iv) eLearning services for the continuous training through seminars of both healthcare personnel (physicians, nurses etc) and persons supporting "at risk" citizens. These systems support data transmission over simple phone lines, internet connections, integrated services digital network/digital subscriber lines, satellite links, mobile networks (GPRS/3G), and wireless local area networks. The data corresponds, among others, to voice, vital biosignals, still medical images, video, and data used by eLearning applications. The proposed platform comprises several systems, each supporting different services. These were integrated using a common data storage and exchange scheme in order to achieve system interoperability in terms of software, language and national characteristics. Results The platform has been installed and evaluated in different rural and urban sites in Greece, Cyprus and Italy. The evaluation was mainly related to technical issues and user satisfaction. The selected sites are, among others, rural health centers, ambulances, homes of "at-risk" citizens, and a ferry. Conclusions The results proved the functionality and utilization of the platform in various rural places in Greece, Cyprus and Italy. However, further actions are needed to enable the local healthcare systems and the different population groups to be familiarized with, and use in their everyday lives, mature technological solutions for the provision of healthcare services.

España no existe; conferencia leida en un cafe de Madrid, ante una veintena de amigos, el 25 de julio de 1920.

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The war for man's soul,

Andreas Dorpalen assisted in editing the English and translating the German part of the manuscript. cf. p. [vii]

Are we a stupid people? By one of them.

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Know your enemy,

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Americans and the Britons,

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Der englische Volkscharakter,

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Zur Charakerisierung der Engländer,

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Von Waterloo bis Antwerpen,

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Behind the Japanese mask /

"First printing."

Conventional cant, its results and remedy,

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Heroes, villains, and fools; the changing American character.

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