Mega Sporting Event Legacy : A Multifaceted Concept

L'héritage d'un grand événement sportif peut être perçu de multiples façons. On peut le voir comme positif ou négatif, tangible ou intangible, territorial ou personnel, intentionnel ou non, global ou local, à court ou long terme, lié au sport ou non, et aussi selon la perspective de ses différentes parties prenantes. En fait, il est bien plus approprié d'employer le terme d'héritages au pluriel qu'au singulier. Cet article donne une vue d'ensemble d'un concept souvent utilisé mais rarement défini - celui d'héritage (legacy en anglais) - en utilisant des exemples provenant des Jeux olympiques et des Jeux du Commonwealth, deux des plus grands événements sportifs multisports régulièrement organisés. Il conclue que l'héritage est pour l'essentiel un rêve à poursuivre plutôt qu'une certitude à atteindre pour ce qui concerne les grands événements sportifs.

Good agreements between self and clinician-collected specimens for the detection of human papillomavirus in Brazilian patients

Women infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) are at a higher risk of developing cervical lesions. In the current study, self and clinician-collected vaginal and cervical samples from women were processed to detect HPV DNA using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with PGMY09/11 primers. HPV genotypes were determined using type-specific PCR. HPV DNA detection showed good concordance between self and clinician-collected samples (84.6%; kappa = 0.72). HPV infection was found in 30% women and genotyping was more concordant among high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) than low-risk HPV (HR-HPV). HPV16 was the most frequently detected among the HR-HPV types. LR-HPV was detected at a higher frequency in self-collected; however, HR-HPV types were more frequently identified in clinician-collected samples than in self-collected samples. HPV infections of multiple types were detected in 20.5% of clinician-collected samples and 15.5% of self-collected samples. In this study, we demonstrated that the HPV DNA detection rate in self-collected samples has good agreement with that of clinician-collected samples. Self-collected sampling, as a primary prevention strategy in countries with few resources, could be effective for identifying cases of HR-HPV, being more acceptable. The use of this method would enhance the coverage of screening programs for cervical cancer.

The application of Fick's law to evaluate the period of stay of mega-olivines in alkaline lavas

The integration of the differential equation of the second law of Fick applied to the diffusion of chemical elements in a semi-infinite solid made it easier to estimate the time of stay of olivine mega-cristals in contact with the host lava The results of this research show the existence of two groups of olivine. The first remained in contact with the magmatic liquid during 19 to 22 days, while the second remained so during only 5 to 9 days. This distinction is correlative to that based on the qualitative observation.

Report Letter for Iowa State University of Science and Technologies various bond and note agreements, September 29, 2006

State University Audit Report - Report Letter

On the role of retaliation in trade agreements

This paper analyzes the role of retaliation in trade agreements. It shows that, in the presenceof private information, retaliation can always be used to increase the welfare derived from suchagreements by the participating governments. In particular, it is shown that retaliation is anecessary feature of any efficient equilibrium.We argue that retaliation would not be necessary if governments could resort to internationaltransfers or export subsidies to compensate for terms-of-trade externalities. Within the currentworld trading system, though, in which transfers are seldom observed whereas export subsidiesare prohibited, the use of the remaining trade instruments in a retaliatory fashion might beoptimal. The model is used to interpret the retaliatory use of antidumping observed in the lastdecades, and the proliferation of these measures relative to other trade remedies.

Recrutamento e Seleção de Recursos Humanos pelas Pequenas e Médias Empresas em Cabo Verde: O Caso da Mega Saúde Lda

Este trabalho que se intitula “Recrutamento e Seleção de Recursos Humanos pelas Pequenas e Médias Empresas em Cabo Verde: o Caso da Mega Saúde Lda”, enquadra-se no âmbito do curso de Licenciatura em Economia e Gestão, variante Administração e Controlo Financeiro. As organizações e as Pequenas e Médias Empresas (PME´s) têm vindo a passar por diversas mudanças, a vários níveis. A nova configuração do mercado requer que as PME´s venham a alterar seu posicionamento e adotar estratégias adequadas o que passa pela gestão com destaque para os recursos humanos, sendo assim o processo de recrutamento e seleção do pessoal. Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar o processo de recrutamento e seleção de recursos humanos pela Mega Saúde Lda, de forma a inteirar-se desse processo e identificar os principais constrangimentos e sugerir sugestões que contribuam para uma melhor adequação a esse respeito. Para a realização deste trabalho, utilizou-se a metodologia com enfoque qualitativo e de caráter exploratório. Assim, aplicou-se entrevistas aplicados aos trabalhadores da Mega Saúde Lda, ao grupo focal das Pequenas e Médias Empresas, e em pesquisa documentais, nomeadamente os relatórios de contas da empresa em estudo, dados do Instituto Nacional de Estatística de Cabo Verde (INE), bem como outros documentos sobre o assunto e consultas aos profissionais da área. Ainda, fez-se a análise SWOT da empresa objeto desse estudo. Com a realização deste trabalho concluiu-se que a Mega Saúde Lda, recorre-se sobretudo ao processo direto de recrutamento e seleção do pessoal tendo, na maioria das vezes, por base a confiança técnica e profissional, bem como na amizade. Entretanto, para os serviços de manutenção e de contabilidade fez-se a admissão dos técnicos com base em análise curricular dos candidatos. A empresa deve fazer o recrutamento misto dos técnicos, tendo em consideração as disponibilidades internas e as necessidades da empresa, de forma dar resposta as exigências do mercado e alcançar os objetivos, num ambiente de negócios cada vez mais concorrencial.

Optimized MEGA-SPECIAL for in vivo glutamine detection in the rat brain at 14.1 T.

Glutamine has multiple roles in brain metabolism and its concentration can be altered in various pathological conditions. An accurate knowledge of its concentration is therefore highly desirable to monitor and study several brain disorders in vivo. However, in recent years, several MRS studies have reported conflicting glutamine concentrations in the human brain. A recent hypothesis for explaining these discrepancies is that a short T2 component of the glutamine signal may impact on its quantification at long echo times. The present study therefore aimed to investigate the impact of acquisition parameters on the quantified glutamine concentration using two different acquisition techniques, SPECIAL at ultra-short echo time and MEGA-SPECIAL at moderate echo time. For this purpose, MEGA-SPECIAL was optimized for the first time for glutamine detection. Based on the very good agreement of the glutamine concentration obtained between the two measurements, it was concluded that no impact of a short T2 component of the glutamine signal was detected.

Report on a review of State employee grievance processes, settlement agreements entered into by the State and payments made during the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2014

Report on a review of State employee grievance processes, settlement agreements entered into by the State and payments made during the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2014