873 resultados para Needs Assessment Program Development


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El giro que el sistema internacional dio tras los atentados perpetrados el 11 de septiembre de 2001 fue de enorme importancia para la poltica exterior de Irn y su posicionamiento en el sistema internacional. En efecto, la lucha guerra contra el terrorismo que Estados Unidos inici y que finalmente desembocara en las incursiones armadas a Afganistn e Irak -ambos pases limtrofes de Irn, en 2001 y 2003 respectivamente, as como la inclusin de Irn por parte de la administracin Bush en 2002 como parte del denominado Eje del mal, generaron en el imaginario iran una idea de amenaza internacional y por lo mismo, la necesidad de hacerse fuerte con el fin de mantener su integridad territorial y gubernamental. As pues, una compleja situacin econmica y social sumada a una fuerte coalicin del partido conservador iran -uno de los ms fuertes del pas, soportado por el Ayatol Al Jamenei, autoridad suprema de la nueva Repblica, un nuevo lder de corte conservador, llegara a la presidencia: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, un lder controversial y problemtico que desde su primera campaa presidencial en 2002 defendera el derecho de la Repblica a desarrollar armas nucleares para fines pacficos. El verdadero inconveniente surge cuando occidente, en cabeza de los Estados Unidos en compaa de algunas potencias europeas como lo son Alemania, Francia y Gran Bretaa, duda sobre esta ltima afirmacin. Esta investigacin pretende profundizar cada uno de los elementos anteriormente mencionados as como establecer la forma en la cual China y Rusia pases que ven de forma diferenciada el manejo de arsenal nuclear, logran configurarse y acreditar este desafo ante la comunidad internacional.

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Esta monografa se interroga sobre los factores que, en el caso del Programa de Desarrollo y Paz del Magdalena Medio (PDPMM), llevaron a la emergencia de una forma de diplomacia paralela. Dicho anlisis se har tomando como referencia el periodo de formulacin y entrada en vigencia del Plan Colombia. Los propsitos particulares de este trabajo son los siguientes. En primer lugar, caracterizar al Programa de Desarrollo y Paz teniendo en cuenta el contexto nacional y regional en el cual emerge esta iniciativa, con el objeto de explicar por qu esta tiene desde el comienzo una conexin muy fuerte con el mbito internacional. En segundo lugar, analizar las posiciones del programa frente al Plan Colombia y explicar de qu manera y por qu razones en un momento especfico sus dirigentes decidieron lanzar una iniciativa de diplomacia paralela, tratando as de contrarrestar los efectos negativos que le traera al Magdalena Medio la entrada en vigencia del Plan Colombia.

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En el ao 2011 la humanidad alcanz la poblacin de 7.000 millones de personas, sin embargo, hay una creciente preocupacin ya que ms del 50% de la humanidad se encuentra en una situacin de pobreza. Quienes se encuentran dentro de esta situacin, carecen de una calidad de vida por no tener cubiertas sus necesidades bsicas y contar con un bajo nivel de ingresos, el cual no le permite acceder a productos y/o servicios para alcanzar una mejor condicin de vida. Esta situacin de pobreza en la cual vive ms de la mitad de la poblacin mundial, hace un llamado para analizar la oportunidad de incursionar en este mercado, a travs de iniciativas empresariales donde estas personas, sean incluidas como productores, proveedores, distribuidores o como consumidores, contando con un comercio justo entre las partes que consolide una relacin gana-gana, entre la empresa y sus colaboradores. En este trabajo de grado se tratarn los siguientes temas: base de la pirmide, necesidades bsicas y Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio; como apertura a las condiciones sociales en las cuales operan los Negocios Inclusivos, para concluir con un caso de estudio de la empresa Factoria Quinoa y su impacto social, econmico y ambiental como un ejemplo de cmo se puede utilizar mecanismos de mercado para solucionar problemas sociales.

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Antecedentes: Cada vez es mayor la relevancia que se da al papel del residente como docente, no solo por su importancia en la formacin de estudiantes, internos y otros miembros del equipo de salud, sino por su deber en la instruccin del paciente y su familia. A pesar de ello, el rol del residente como docente no se encuentra plenamente definido en nuestro medio. Objetivo: Caracterizar el rol de los residentes de Medicina Interna de la Universidad el Rosario en la Fundacin Cardioinfantil como docentes. Mtodos: Estudio cualitativo a partir de observaciones en escenarios de enseanza y entrevistas semiestructuradas a 44 participantes distribuidos en grupos focales Resultados: Los residentes asumen un rol docente en diversos escenarios educativos con estudiantes, internos, residentes y docentes. Reconocen que no tienen la preparacin necesaria para asumir esta responsabilidad ni funciones establecidas para tal fin. A pesar de esto, utilizan diferentes estrategias para ensear y se sienten motivados para hacerlo. Conclusiones: El rol del residente como docente en el servicio de Medicina Interna en la Fundacin Cardioinfantil es fundamental para la formacin de los futuros mdicos y especialistas segn la percepcin que tienen los grupos focales. Los encuentros pedaggicos estn enmarcados por la disponibilidad de tiempo y dependen de caractersticas personales del residente, conocimiento disciplinar y formacin para ensear. Se considera que se debe apoyar ms el entrenamiento en docencia de los residentes, avanzar en la formalizacin de las funciones docentes de los mismos y generar sistemas de evaluacin de este proceso de enseanza y aprendizaje.

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El objetivo de este trabajo es contribuir a identificar el efecto de las remesas que envan los emigrantes a sus comunidades de origen en Mxico. Del mismo modo, se estudia el efecto que la participacin de la mujer tiene en este proceso. La fuente de informacin es el Consejo Nacional de Poblacin de Mxico CONAPO y contiene variables a nivel estatal y municipal para el ao 2000. La base de datos contiene ndices de desarrollo humano, intensidad migratoria y remesas para los 2443 municipios mexicanos. La evidencia emprica sugiere que las remesas tienen un impacto positivo sobre los niveles de desarrollo de las comunidades receptoras. No obstante, la relacin entre remesas y desarrollo es no lineal. Adicionalmente, se en contr que el efecto positivo que tienen las remesas sobre el desarrollo es ms alto cuando la cabeza de familia de los hogares receptores es mujer.

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Neste percurso sinuoso de longas privaes e acontecimentos, esta investigao s foi possvel graas colaborao franca e estreita de vrias pessoas, algumas delas ausentes, mas que em muito contriburam para o sucesso deste estudo, o nosso profundo reconhecimento e sincero agradecimento. Ao Professor Doutor Manuel Jacinto de Ascenso Jardim, que foi uma pessoa sempre disponvel e cuja orientao suprema de conhecimento neste estudo, que por vezes se tornou penoso, mas que atravs da sua sabedoria e experincia, levou-nos a bom porto, por mares claros, lcidos e objectivos, o nosso muito obrigado. Aos empresrios, gestores e aos docentes convidados, que contriburam decisivamente para a investigao, colaborando na entrevista do estudo, que foram pessoas que pelas suas vivncias deram o carcter construtivo e enriquecedor, sem eles, isto no seria o mesmo, a todos eles, o nosso agradecimento muito profundo. Ao ISLA.GAIA e a todos os Docentes que de uma forma directa ou indirecta foram incansveis na procura de opinies, sugestes e solues, que pudessem de alguma forma contribuir para o bom encaminhamento do nosso propsito de estudo, no esquecendo os colaboradores no docentes desta instituio que sempre tiveram uma palavra de encorajamento, o nosso muito obrigado a todos. A Todos os colegas e aos colegas que se tornaram amigos, pela empatia, comunho, temperana se tornaram pessoas importantes, no s este ano, neste caminho solitrio, mas incluindo todos aqueles que pela perseverana e sem dvida, muita partilha, fazem parte desta meta alcanada, o nosso sincero e sentido obrigado. Aos nossos amigos que nos deram o alento e a fora para que nunca perdssemos o norte, estando sempre atentos aos nossos passos, o nosso muito obrigado a todos. Aos nossos familiares um agradecimento muito especial pelo incansvel apoio, disponibilidade e compreenso quando privados da nossa presena, muito particularmente nossa famlia nuclear, que sempre nos incentivou e viveu mais de perto todas as nossas dvidas e angustias estando sempre do nosso lado, o nosso muito particular obrigado.

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Na fbrica da EPAL, em Vale da Pedra, o risco de queda em altura no acesso vertical a espaos confinados, foi avaliado como sendo aceitvel mediante a adoo de medidas de controlo que no existiam, ou que no eram adequadas, ou ainda que no eram utilizadas. Para responder a este problema, foi concebido, desenvolvido e ensaiado um inovador dispositivo porttil anti-queda. Este previne a queda no acesso entre o pavimento e os primeiros degraus de aberturas verticais conducentes a espaos confinados. Alm da funo preventiva, tambm pode fazer parte da proteo anti-queda, como ponto de ancoragem dos equipamentos de proteo contra quedas. Os ensaios realizados revelaram que, em comparao com as alternativas pr-fabricadas disponveis, esta soluo mais adequada para prevenir quedas, por se adaptar a mltiplas configuraes de acesso, com um dispositivo relativamente leve, fcil de transportar e de aplicar, estvel e resistente. / In EPAL factory in Vale da Pedra, the risk of falling from a height in the vertical access to confined spaces, was evaluated as being acceptable by the adoption of control measures that did not exist, or were not suitable, or were not used. To respond to this problem, an innovative portable anti-falling device was designed, developed and tested. This prevents falling in access between the ground and the first steps of vertical openings leading to confined spaces. In addition to the preventive function, it can also be part of the fall-arrest protection, as anchor point of fall protection equipment. The tests revealed that, in comparison with the prefabricated alternatives available, this solution is best suited to prevent falls, due to its adaptability to multiple access settings, with a relatively light device, easy to carry and to use, stable and resistant.

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Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease involving progressive motor, cognitive and behavioural decline, leading to death approximately 20 years after motor onset. The disease is characterised pathologically by an early and progressive striatal neuronal cell loss and atrophy, which has provided the rationale for first clinical trials of neural repair using fetal striatal cell transplantation. Between 2000 and 2003, the 'NEST-UK' consortium carried out bilateral striatal transplants of human fetal striatal tissue in five HD patients. This paper describes the long-term follow up over a 3-10-year postoperative period of the patients, grafted and non-grafted, recruited to this cohort using the 'Core assessment program for intracerebral transplantations-HD' assessment protocol. No significant differences were found over time between the patients, grafted and non-grafted, on any subscore of the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale, nor on the Mini Mental State Examination. There was a trend towards a slowing of progression on some timed motor tasks in four of the five patients with transplants, but overall, the trial showed no significant benefit of striatal allografts in comparison with a reference cohort of patients without grafts. Importantly, no significant adverse or placebo effects were seen. Notably, the raclopride positron emission tomography (PET) signal in individuals with transplants, indicated that there was no obvious surviving striatal graft tissue. This study concludes that fetal striatal allografting in HD is safe. While no sustained functional benefit was seen, we conclude that this may relate to the small amount of tissue that was grafted in this safety study compared with other reports of more successful transplants in patients with HD.

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One quarter of children and young people (CYP) experience anxiety and/or depression before adulthood, but treatment is sometimes unavailable or inadequate. Self-help interventions may have a role in augmenting treatment and this work aimed to systematically review the evidence for computerised anxiety and depression interventions in CYP aged 525 years old. Databases were searched for randomised controlled trials and 27 studies were identified. For young people (1225 years) with risk of diagnosed anxiety disorders or depression, computerised CBT (cCBT) had positive effects for symptoms of anxiety (SMD 0.77, 95% CI 1.45 to 0.09, k = 6, N = 220) and depression (SMD 0.62, 95% CI 1.13 to 0.11, k = 7, N = 279). In a general population study of young people, there were small positive effects for anxiety (SMD 0.15, 95% CI 0.26 to 0.03; N = 1273) and depression (SMD 0.15, 95% CI 0.26 to 0.03; N = 1280). There was uncertainty around the effectiveness of cCBT in children (511 years). Evidence for other computerised interventions was sparse and inconclusive. Computerised CBT has potential for treating and preventing anxiety and depression in clinical and general populations of young people. Further program development and research is required to extend its use and establish its benefit in children.

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Video exposure monitoring (VEM) is a group of methods used for occupational hygiene studies. The method is based on a combined use of video recordings with measurements taken with real-time monitoring instruments. A commonly used name for VEM is PIMEX. Since PIMEX initially was invented in the mid 1980’s have the method been implemented and developed in a number of countries. With the aim to give an updated picture of how VEM methods are used and to investigate needs for further development have a number of workshops been organised in Finland, UK, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria. Field studies have also been made with the aim to study to what extent the PIMEX method can improve workers motivation to actively take part in actions aimed at workplace improvements.The results from the workshops illustrates clearly that there is an impressive amount of experiences and ideas for the use of VEM within the network of the groups participating in the workshops. The sharing of these experiences between the groups, as well as dissemination of it to wider groups is, however, limited. The field studies made together with a number of welders indicate that their motivation to take part in workplace improvements is improved after the PIMEX intervention. The results are however not totally conclusive and further studies focusing on motivation are called for.It is recommended that strategies for VEM, for interventions in single workplaces, as well as for exposure categorisation and production of training material are further developed. It is also recommended to conduct a research project with the intention of evaluating the effects of the use of VEM as well as to disseminate knowledge about the potential of VEM to occupational hygiene experts and others who may benefit from its use.

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This article presents the data-rich findings of an experiment with enlisting patron-driven/demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) of ebooks in two ways. The first experiment entailed comparison of DDA eBook usage against newly ordered hardcopy materials circulation, both overall and ebook vs. print usage within the same subject areas. Secondly, this study experimented with DDA ebooks as a backup plan for unfunded requests left over at the end of the fiscal year.

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This article presents data-rich findings of a comprehensive follow-up study on the patron-driven/demand-driven ebook acquisitions (DDA) plan chronicled in two prior articles from the DDA ebook plan's October 2011 inception. Into the third fiscal year, print vs. ebook usage preferences have begun to emerge, and the results broken out by discipline are presented.

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This article presents the data-rich findings of an experiment with enlisting patron-driven/demand-driven acquisitions (DDA) of ebooks in two ways. The first experiment entailed comparison of DDA eBook usage against newly ordered hardcopy materials circulation, both overall and ebook vs. print usage within the same subject areas. Secondly, this study experimented with DDA ebooks as a backup plan for unfunded requests left over at the end of the fiscal year.

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This article describes analyzing Interlibrary Loan data to help inform collection management decision and offers guidance for formulating policies for discerning borrowed titles indicative of gaps in the library from special-interest pursuits beyond the scope of the university curriculum.

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During the Spring Semester 2014 at Winthrop University an E-book survey was administered to Winthrop faculty, staff, and students. The objectives of the survey were (1) to inform the patrons that the library does have e-books available to them, (2) to ascertain if they have used any of the e-books for their research, (3) to determine which format, print or e-book, is their primary preference and (4) which format do they think is most important as part of the permanent library collection. The results, including comments from the faculty, staff and students, were compiled and are presented in this paper.