Le discours juridique dans la " société du risque ": Regard réflexif sur l'évolution de l'assurance et du principe de précaution en droit

Cette recherche propose une analyse critique du droit applicable à deux dimensions de la gestion des risques : l’indemnisation des dommages au moyen de l’assurance et la prévention des risques au moyen du principe de précaution. Dans une perspective interdisciplinaire, l’interaction du droit avec les rationalités politique, économique, scientifique et sociale est soulignée par l’opposition de deux théories : la Société du risque d’Ulrich Beck et la Société assurantielle de François Ewald. L’argumentation révèle les différentes significations de la limite de l’assurance privée en droit et les discours dissonants quant aux stratégies juridiques utilisées face aux risques. Le mémoire fournit ainsi des balises essentielles à la réflexion juridique critique. L’originalité de l’angle d’analyse, qui tient compte de l’évolution du droit en lien avec la modification de la rationalité politique survenue au XIXe siècle avec l’industrialisation des sociétés occidentales, permet d’enrichir l’épistémologie juridique. Il en découle entre autres une réflexion au sujet de l’évolution des conceptions théoriques du droit et de son rôle social escompté.

SMEs Attitudes to “Information Assurance” and Consequences for the Digital Single Market

It is now generally accepted that cyber crime represents a big threat to organisations, and that they need to take appropriate action to protect their valuable information assets. However, current research shows that, although small businesses understand that they are potentially vulnerable, many are still not taking sufficient action to counteract the threat. Last year, the authors sought, through a more generalised but categorised attitudinal study, to explore the reasons why smaller SMEs in particular were reluctant to engage with accepted principles for protecting their data. The results showed that SMEs understood many of the issues. They were prepared to spend more but were particularly suspicious about spending on information assurance. The authors’ current research again focuses on SME attitudes but this time the survey asks only questions directly relating to information assurance and the standards available, in an attempt to try to understand exactly what is causing them to shy away from getting the badge or certificate that would demonstrate to customers and business partners that they take cyber security seriously. As with last year’s study, the results and analysis provide useful pointers towards the broader business environment changes that might cause SMEs to be more interested in working towards an appropriate cyber security standard.

Réforme de l'assurance emploi de 2012 et mobilité des travailleurs saisonniers vers les emplois permanents

Le régime d’assurance emploi canadien a connu plusieurs réformes dont la dernière en date est celle de 2012 considérée comme l’une des plus contraignantes. Les travailleurs saisonniers seraient une des catégories de travailleurs les plus touchés par la réforme au regard des nouvelles conditions du régime et de la fréquence de recours de ces travailleurs aux prestations. Dans ce mémoire, nous utilisons un modèle de régression par la méthode des différences en différences afin de simuler l’effet positif de cette réforme sur la mobilité des travailleurs saisonniers vers les emplois permanents. Les résultats obtenus suggèrent que cette politique publique a un effet positif sur la mobilité des travailleurs saisonniers vers les emplois permanents même si cet impact semble être faible étant donné la courte période de l’étude.

Implementing the European quality assurance in vocational education and training (EQAVET) at national level: Some insights from the PEN Leonardo project

EQAVET, the quality assurance tool in vocational and educational training, was developed in response to the need for a supply of a trained workforce for labour market needs. Implementation of EQAVET at national level, however, remains a challenge. The research reported here focused on the implementation of QA processes by VET providers in 4 countries: Malta, Italy, Turkey, and Sweden. Data was collected through a questionnaire with 62 VET providers. Responses showed that there is an overall commitment to quality. There is, however, little knowledge of EQAVET across the countries, with the exception of Malta. None the less, all VET providers have implemented some aspects of EQAVET, even if not always intentionally. The situation is, however, far from EQAVET being fully implemented. Reflections are made on whether the EQAVET model specifically or qualification assurance principles assurances should be promoted across Europe. (DIPF/Orig.)

Large-Scale Controlled-Condition Experiment to Evaluate Light Weight Deflectometers for Modulus Determination and Compaction Quality Assurance of Unbound Pavement Materials

Compaction control using lightweight deflectometers (LWD) is currently being evaluated in several states and countries and fully implemented for pavement construction quality assurance (QA) by a few. Broader implementation has been hampered by the lack of a widely recognized standard for interpreting the load and deflection data obtained during construction QA testing. More specifically, reliable and practical procedures are required for relating these measurements to the fundamental material property—modulus—used in pavement design. This study presents a unique set of data and analyses for three different LWDs on a large-scale controlled-condition experiment. Three 4.5x4.5 m2 test pits were designed and constructed at target moisture and density conditions simulating acceptable and unacceptable construction quality. LWD testing was performed on the constructed layers along with static plate loading testing, conventional nuclear gauge moisture-density testing, and non-nuclear gravimetric and volumetric water content measurements. Additional material was collected for routine and exploratory tests in the laboratory. These included grain size distributions, soil classification, moisture-density relations, resilient modulus testing at optimum and field conditions, and an advanced experiment of LWD testing on top of the Proctor compaction mold. This unique large-scale controlled-condition experiment provides an excellent high quality resource of data that can be used by future researchers to find a rigorous, theoretically sound, and straightforward technique for standardizing LWD determination of modulus and construction QA for unbound pavement materials.

Assurance qualité en dissection virtuelle des faisceaux de la matière blanche par tractographie

Ce mémoire est divisé en quatre chapitres. D’abord, une introduction initie le lecteur au domaine des neurosciences. Ensuite, le chapitre 1 décrit les étapes de la dissection virtuelle par tractographie, à partir du phénomène physique de la diffusion jusqu’aux mesures statistiques des structures de la matière blanche. Le chapitre 2 présentera une nouvelle méthode d’assurance qualité, basée sur l’analyse volumique des faisceaux de la matière blanche, la contribution principale de ce mémoire. Finalement, la conclusion contient une discussion des problématiques non résolues ainsi que des perspectives d’avenir pour la tractographie.

Controlled Vocabulary Enhancement through Crowdsourcing: Project Andvari, Micropasts, and Public Quality Assurance

Proceedings paper published by Society of American Archivists. Presented at conference in 2015 in Cleveland, OH (http://www2.archivists.org/proceedings/research-forum/2015/agenda#papers). Published by SAA in 2016.

Continuous Quality Assurance and Optimisation in Cloud-Based Virtual Enterprises

Part 18: Optimization in Collaborative Networks

Economies d'echelle et rantabilité dand l'industrie de l' assurance: l'exemple portugais.

Doutoramento em Gestão.

In vitro-in vivo Pharmacokinetic correlation model for quality assurance of antiretroviral drugs

Introduction: The In vitro-in vivo pharmacokinetic correlation models (IVIVC) are a fundamental part of the drug discovery and development process. The ability to accurately predict the in vivo pharmacokinetic profile of a drug based on in vitro observations can have several applications during a successful development process. Objective: To develop a comprehensive model to predict the in vivo absorption of antiretroviral drugs based on permeability studies, in vitro and in vivo solubility and demonstrate its correlation with the pharmacokinetic profile in humans. Methods: Analytical tools to test the biopharmaceutical properties of stavudine, lamivudine y zidovudine were developed. The kinetics of dissolution, permeability in caco-2 cells and pharmacokinetics of absorption in rabbits and healthy volunteers were evaluated. Results: The cumulative areas under the curve (AUC) obtained in the permeability study with Caco-2 cells, the dissolution study and the pharmacokinetics in rabbits correlated with the cumulative AUC values in humans. These results demonstrated a direct relation between in vitro data and absorption, both in humans and in the in vivo model. Conclusions: The analytical methods and procedures applied to the development of an IVIVC model showed a strong correlation among themselves. These IVIVC models are proposed as alternative and cost/effective methods to evaluate the biopharmaceutical properties that determine the bioavailability of a drug and their application includes the development process, quality assurance, bioequivalence studies and pharmacosurveillance.