Innovative Outstanding Weatherization Assistance News, October 2004, Vol.2, no.4

Quarterly newsletter from the Division of Cimmunity Action Agenices, part of the Department of Human Rights.

Innovative Outstanding Weatherization Assistance News, October 2004, Vol.2, no.4

Quarterly newsletter from the Division of Cimmunity Action Agenices, part of the Department of Human Rights.

Innovative Outstanding Weatherization Assistance News, January 2005, Vol.3, no.1

Quarterly newsletter from the Division of Cimmunity Action Agenices, part of the Department of Human Rights.

Innovative Outstanding Weatherization Assistance News, April 2005, Vol.3, no.2

Quarterly newsletter from the Division of Cimmunity Action Agenices, part of the Department of Human Rights.

Innovative Outstanding Weatherization Assistance News, January 2006, Vol.4, no.1

Quarterly newsletter from the Division of Cimmunity Action Agenices, part of the Department of Human Rights.

Innovative Outstanding Weatherization Assistance News, July 2005, Vol.3, no.3

Quarterly newsletter from the Division of Cimmunity Action Agenices, part of the Department of Human Rights.

Innovative Outstanding Weatherization Assistance News, October 2005, Vol.3, no.4

Quarterly newsletter from the Division of Cimmunity Action Agenices, part of the Department of Human Rights.

Prime Property Institutions for a Subprime Era: Exploring Innovative Models of Residential Development and Finance

This paper breaks new ground toward contractual and institutional innovation in models of homeownership, equity building, and mortgage enforcement. Inspired by recent developments in the affordable housing sector and in other types of public financing schemes, this paper suggests extending institutional and financial strategies such as timeand place-based division of property rights, conditional subsidies, and credit mediation to alleviate the systemic risks of mortgage foreclosure. Alongside a for-profit shared equity scheme that would be led by local governments, we also outline a private market shared equity model, one of bootstrapping home buying with purchase options.

An easy functional capacity evaluation in chronic low back pain

Lifting is said to be on of the major risk factors for the onset of low back pain, several different measures has been developed to study this. Several programs are available in order to measure these components, or to determine the ability of an individual to perform a certain job or to discover if the job creates dangerous positions for the worker. In these different fields reliable and valid instruments exist but they are costly and time spending. We present a simplified functional capacity measuring that we use daily in practise. Method: 280 patients have been evaluated on this base. The majority was referred to multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment. The patients had recurrent back problems for months or years. Inclusion criteria were between 18 and 64 years, currently of work, no work compensation. Exclusion criteria were chronic low back pain with a specific cause. They followed a one-hour evaluation test as a functional capacity evaluation at the end of the multidisciplinary treatment period, it was compared to the PILE-test done at the beginning and at the end. Results: We included 280 subjects: 160 men and 120 women. Mean age 43.6 by the women and 44 years by the men. We studied the caring foot-hip, hip-shoulder, 5 m carrying, pushing and tiring and the global weight carried during the test. We found this global value to be 696 kg by men and 422 kg by women suffering from chronic lumbar pain. The increase in this value had a clear incidence on a greater work ability, as had a decrease. Conclusions: We were able to develop a lifting capacity program that is easy to reproduce and not expensive, giving us the possibility to have an idea on how to reorient the patients according to their work place and their capacities. We could also have an information of work performance and power consumption. It should be more tested and compared to standard capacity in the healthy population.

Moçambique e Cabo Verde “Through Innovative Contributions

“TIC-Through Innovative Contributions” é uma acção matricial que se pretende inovadora ao tecer um cruzamento entre a educação e a formação, a utilização e o acesso às TIC, as aspirações dos ODM e o empowerment das suas audiências-alvo, conjugados na perspectiva de redução da Pobreza em localidades específicas de Moçambique e Cabo Verde. A noção de matriz concorre igualmente neste projecto para a articulação entre o sujeito de/em cada país visado, pressupondo que os resultados de um sejam condicionados pelas concretizações do outro, numa acepção intercultural dos objectos presente e reclamado. Assumindo as TIC como área compulsória e transversal de acção, reconhece como áreas temáticas: HIV/SIDA, Higiene e Segurança Alimentar, Igualdade de Género e Empreendedorismo. Resulta de uma parceria entre o Instituto Piaget português, coordenador, e as Universidades Piaget de Moçambique e Cabo Verde, através de financiamento FED (EuropeAid via grupo ACP).

Innovative Outstanding Weatherization Assistance News, January, 2006, Vol.4, no.1

This is a quarterly newsletter for the Iowa Weatherization Program. The purpose of the newsletter is to share with you information on all aspects of the program as well as spotlight a couple of agencies in each issue. We will provide information on upcoming events, training schedules, monitoring schedules and general news about the program. There will be a section of questions we have received from you and the answers provided.

Innovative Outstanding Weatherization Assistance News, January, 2003, Vol.1, no.1

This is what we hope will be a quarterly newsletter for the Iowa Weatherization Program. The purpose of the newsletter is to share with you information on all aspects of the program as well as spotlight a couple of agencies in each issue. We will provide information on upcoming events, training schedules, monitoring schedules and general news about the program. There will be a section of questions we have received from you and the answers provided.

Innovative Outstanding Weatherization Assistance News, April, 2003, Vol.1, no.2

This is what we hope will be a quarterly newsletter for the Iowa Weatherization Program. The purpose of the newsletter is to share with you information on all aspects of the program as well as spotlight a couple of agencies in each issue. We will provide information on upcoming events, training schedules, monitoring schedules and general news about the program. There will be a section of questions we have received from you and the answers provided.

Innovative Outstanding Weatherization Assistance News, July, 2003, Vol.1, no.3

This is what we hope will be a quarterly newsletter for the Iowa Weatherization Program. The purpose of the newsletter is to share with you information on all aspects of the program as well as spotlight a couple of agencies in each issue. We will provide information on upcoming events, training schedules, monitoring schedules and general news about the program. There will be a section of questions we have received from you and the answers provided.