Is Human Development Multidimensional?

Stiglitz's Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (CMEPSP) argued that well-being is multidimensional and identified eight distinct dimensions. Conventional linear techniques confirm that a large number of dimensions are needed to describe development. In contrast, a new non-linear technique that we introduce from chaos theory shows that a smaller number of dimensions are needed to span the development space. From the analysis, variables representing the Health, Education, Inequality and Individual Rights areas of life quality would provide a broad picture of development, whereas income per capita adds little extra information.

General Practice after the Introduction of the QOF

While the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is reported to improve performance, its impact on some aspects of organisations need to be explored given the increased reliance on such schemes. Organisational culture can be seen as providing a sense of common values, belief, and norms, which may act as guidelines for behaviour in organisational settings. This research employs a competing value framework depictures different types of culture based on specific focuses and processes. The study is based on interviews with 2 GP practices in the north of England involving 19 participants. Healthcare professionals were aware that there is a dominant value held and shared strongly among members of the organisations-to provide high quality patient-centred services. This study found that while clan culture is still strong in both practices, changes occured in respondents' culture after the implementation of the QOF.

A predatory patchwork:membrane and surface structures of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

Predatory Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus bacteria are remarkable in that they attach to, penetrate and digest other Gram-negative bacteria, living and replicating within them until all resources are exhausted, when they escape the prey ghost to invade fresh prey. Remarkable remodeling of both predator and prey cell occurs during this process to allow the Bdellovibrio to exploit the intracellular niche they have worked so hard to enter, keeping the prey "bdelloplast" intact until the end of predatory growth. If one views motile non-predatory bacteria in a light microscope, one is immediately struck by how rare it is for bacteria to collide. This highlights how the cell surface of Bdellovibrio must be specialized and adapted to allow productive collisions and further to allow entry into the prey periplasm and subsequent secretion of hydrolytic enzymes to digest it. Bdellovibrio can, however, also be made to grow artificially without prey; thus, they have a large genome containing both predatory genes and genes for saprophytic heterotrophic growth. Thus, the membrane and outer surface layers are a patchwork of proteins encompassing not only those that have a sole purpose in heterotrophic growth but also many more that are specialized or employed to attach to, enter, remodel, kill and ultimately digest prey cells. There is much that is as yet not understood, but molecular genetic and post-genomic approaches to microbial physiology have enhanced the pioneering biochemical work of four decades ago in characterizing some of the key events and surface protein requirements for prey attack.

Impact of Residual Transmit RF Impairments on Training-Based MIMO Systems

Radio-frequency (RF) impairments, which intimately exist in wireless communication systems, can severely limit the performance of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Although we can resort to compensation schemes to mitigate some of these impairments, a certain amount of residual impairments always persists. In this paper, we consider a training-based point-to-point MIMO system with residual transmit RF impairments (RTRI) using spatial multiplexing transmission. Specifically, we derive a new linear channel estimator for the proposed model, and show that RTRI create an estimation error floor in the high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime. Moreover, we derive closed-form expressions for the signal-to-noise-plus-interference ratio (SINR) distributions, along with analytical expressions for the ergodic achievable rates of zero-forcing, maximum ratio combining, and minimum mean-squared error receivers, respectively. In addition, we optimize the ergodic achievable rates with respect to the training sequence length and demonstrate that finite dimensional systems with RTRI generally require more training at high SNRs than those with ideal hardware. Finally, we extend our analysis to large-scale MIMO configurations, and derive deterministic equivalents of the ergodic achievable rates. It is shown that, by deploying large receive antenna arrays, the extra training requirements due to RTRI can be eliminated. In fact, with a sufficiently large number of receive antennas, systems with RTRI may even need less training than systems with ideal hardware.

Cognition, metacognition and patient safety

This article explores the factors that contribute to patient safety incidents. It highlights the importance of human factors in influencing the clinician's performance. Rather than focusing on clinical skills, the article explores the range of non-technical skills which are seen to each contribute to patient safety, including: communication, teamworking, leadership, active followership, situational awareness, decision-making, assertiveness, and workload management. It asks how cognitive processes can influence safe decision-making.

The Value of Full Scale Prototype Data - Testing Oyster 800 at EMEC, Orkney

This paper demonstrates the unparalleled value of full scale data which has been acquired from ocean trials of Aquamarine Power’s Oyster 800 Wave Energy Converter (WEC) at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney, Scotland.
High quality prototype and wave data were simultaneously recorded in over 750 distinct sea states (comprising different wave height, wave period and tidal height combinations) and include periods of operation where the hydraulic Power Take-Off (PTO) system was both pressurised (damped operation) and de-pressurised (undamped operation).
A detailed model-prototype correlation procedure is presented where the full scale prototype behaviour is compared to predictions from both experimental and numerical modelling techniques via a high temporal resolution wave-by-wave reconstruction. This unquestionably provides the definitive verification of the capabilities of such research techniques and facilitates a robust and meaningful uncertainty analysis to be performed on their outputs.
The importance of a good data capture methodology, both in terms of handling and accuracy is also presented. The techniques and procedures implemented by Aquamarine Power for real-time data management are discussed, including lessons learned on the instrumentation and infrastructure required to collect high-value data.

A investigação-acção e a mudança no Movimento da Escola Moderna : um estudo de caso

Tese de mestrado, Ciências da Educação (Formação de Professores), Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Educação, 2010

Traduzir Cesário Verde - Cesário Verde intraduzível

It is main goal of this article to stimulate the debate and reflection on Translation Studies. Based on Cesário Verde‘s poem O Sentimento dum Ocidental (1880) we will discuss the effectiveness and applicability of poetry translation. Since the beginning of the XX century Cesário Verde and his work have been studied on an international range. We may therefore make reference to outnumbered translations of his poems in English, French, German, Italian, and Czech. Poetry translation raises however several difficulties which may affect the comprehension, interpretation and analysis not only of this author but also of his texts. In this manner we will naturally confront as well some of the most relevant items for Translation Studies, namely: Translation purposes and criteria; Translation necessity, possibility and usefulness. We invite you thus to observe the rich and complex Poetry-Translation relation within the analysis of one Cesário‘s poem in Italian, English, German and French.

L'Écho de Paris

1892/05/08 (Numéro 2911).

Recueil de lettres et de pièces originales, et de copies de pièces indiquées comme telles dans le dépouillement qui suit.

Contient : 1 Lettre de « LOYS » XI à « Du Boischage,... Escript au Plessis du Parc, le XVIIe jour de decembre » ; 2 Lettre de « LOYS » XI à « Du Boschaige,... Escript à Bouay, le XIme jour de decembre, heure de midi » ; 3 Lettre de « LOYS » XI à « Du Bochage,... Escript au Plessis du Parc, le XIIIe jour de novembre » ; 4 « Declaration du roy LOUIS unziesme en faveur du legat, cardinal St Pierre in Vincula, portant pouvoir audit legat d'exercer ses facultez, quoyque ledit legat ne luy en ait demandé sa permission, comme il est de coustume, et sans qu'il soit tiré à consequence » ; 5 Lettres du roi « LOYS » XI, accordant « tout le droit de dixme qui pouvait « compecter et appartenir » audit roi « à cause des mines du mur de Barres », à « Ymbert de Batarnay, escuier, seigneur Du Bouchage,... Donné au Plessis du Parc lez Tours, le Xme jour de novembre, l'an de grace mil CCCC. soixante seize » ; 6 Lettre de « POLHAIM » à « Du Bouchaige,... Escript à Bruges, le VIIme jour de janvier l'an IIII. XX. » ; 7 Etats de payement de diverses pensions, 1475 ; 8 « Copia de una lettra mandata per lo gram maestro de Rodi a la Signoria. Datum Rabes, in la provincia de Jocolosi, die octavo mensis januarii » ; 9 Lettre de « PIERRE DE ROHAN » à son « compere Du Bouchaige,... Paris, le XIIIIe jour de juing » ; 10 « Les plus necessaires Ediffices qui sont requis à estre faiz pour le present, soubz le bon plaisir et vouloir du roy nostre sire, en la place du Mont Saint Michel » ; 11 « Double du mandement » de LOUIS XI, « pour servir d'acquit vallable aux receveurs ordinaire et des aides en Berry... Donné à Arras, le XIe jour d'avril, l'an de grace mil CCCC. soixante dix huit » ; 12 Lettre de « G. AURE, abbé du Mont St Michiel », à Ymbert de Batarnay, seigneur Du Bouchage ; 13 Minute de lettres de LOUIS XI en faveur de « Jaques Alart,... collecteur et receveur de la table de la Bulle à Parpignen » ; 14 Lettre de « AYMAR DE POYTIERS » à « Du Bouchaige,... Escript à Amboyse, le XXVme jour de jung » ; 15 Lettre de « JEHAN DE R. » à « Du Botchage,... Escript à Mysillac, le penultime jour d'octobre » ; 16 Lettre de PIERRE VIII DE RANCHICOURT, « evesque d'Arras », à « Du Bouschage,... Escript à Paris, ce Xe de jenvier » ; 17 Lettre de JEAN BOUCHARD, « evesque d'Avrenches », à « l'archevesque de Vienne... Escript au Mans, ce XXVe jour de juing » ; 18 Lettre en italien de « BERTUTIUS GABRIEL, miles, orator venetus... domino de Bozaglia, Christianissime Majestatis Francorum consiliario... Scripto a Paris, a di XVIIII mazo 1480 » ; 19 Lettre en italien de « BERTUZI GABRIEL, cavallier, ambassador veneto... domino de Bozaglia, Christianissime Majestatis Francorum consiliario. Scripto a Corbelli, a di VI. mazo 1480 » ; 20 Copie d'une sentence des « commissaires et generaulx des monnoyes », demandant l'élargissement de « Pierre Barrillet de Xaincoins,... prisonnier en la Conciergerie du palais à Paris, pour raison de certains crimes et maleffices à lui imposez, touchant la fabrifficacion des monnoyes... Fait en la chambre des monnoyes... le cinqme jour d'aoust, l'an mil IIII.C.LXXIX » ; 21 Lettre de LOUIS XI, ordonnant la main levée sur les biens meubles et immeubles de « Jehan de Xaincoins,... Donné à La Mote d'Egry, le XXVIIIe jour de juillet, l'an de grace mil CCCC. quatre vings » ; 22 Lettre de « Frere JEHAN, serviteur de [l'] eglise de Saint Pol... au roy » Louis XI. « De Tours, le XXe jour de fevrier » ; 23 Lettre des « chappelains, lez tresorier et chappitre de Lusarches... au roy » Louis XI. « Escript à Lusarches, le VIIIme jour de juing » ; 24 Lettre de « FALCON,... au roy » Louis XI. « Escript en vostre cité d'Aix, le XXVme de decembre » ; 25 Trois Formules de serments ; 26 Lettre de « MATTRON, POLHAIM, JO. DE EYNNATTEN, doctor... à... l'evesque d'Arby et Du Bouchaige,... Escript à Bois le Duc, le XXIIIe jour de may, l'an IIII.XX. et ung » ; 27 Lettre de « WOLFGANUS DE POLHAIM,... domino de Buschage,... Datum Arras, in Natiffitate Domini » ; 28 Lettre adressée à « DU BOUSAJE » par son « bon et loial cousin... Escript à Espyneul, le XXVIe d'avril » ; 29 Lettre de « JEHANNE DE CHALON » à « Du Bochage,... Escript à Saint Rambert, le XVIIe jour d'avril » ; 30 Placet pour « Pierre de Roquebertin » ; 31 Lettre en espagnol du « doctor DE VILLALO » au roi Louis XI ; 32 « Le Rolle de la crue de trente honmes de gens de guere du chasteaust de Montmeylhan » ; 33 Lettre de « HUGUE DE CHALON » à « Du Bouchaige,... Escript à Noseroy, le IIIIe jour de juillet » ; 34 Placet présenté au roi relativement aux « abuz et exaccions qui ont esté faictes ou pays d'Angolmoys » ; 35 Reconnaissance de munitions de guerre, donnée par « Estienne de Poysieu,... Onné... le XIe jour de may, l'an mil IIII.C.LXXV » ; 36 Lettre de « PHELIPPE DE GIENES » à « Du Bouchage,... Escript à Franchise, le XVIe jour de novembre » ; 37 Lettre de « GLAUDE DE MOLINS,... à monseigneur d'Alby et à monseigneur Du Bouchaige,... et à maistre Jacques Couctier,... Escript à Amboise, ce merquedi XXIe jour de juing » ; 38 Lettre de « FRANÇOYSE DE DINAN » et « JEHAN DE R... » à « Du Bouchage,... Escript à Nantes, le XVIIe jour de decembre » ; 39 État des lances que « Denis Le Breton,... a eu charge de paier... le premier jour de janvier [M]CCCC.LXXVIII » ; 40 Lettre de « DE BRION,... à Du Bochage,... Escript à Valance, ce XVIIIe de decembre » ; 41 Copie d'une lettre de « LOYS » XI au seigneur « de La Rochefoucault,... Donné à Namur, le XXIIIme jour d'octobre » ; 42 Mémoire sur le sieur « La Mouche » ; 43 Lettre relative à l'arrivée d'envoyés du duc d'Autriche, datée de « Boloigne, le XXVIe jour de septembre » ; 44 Placet pour « Thierry de Baexen » ; 45 Saisie, au nom du roi, de l'«abbaye de la caza Dieu et prieuré de Saint Mont », par « Anthoine de Chasteauneuf,... seneschal de Beaucayre, et Estienne Pasqual,... Le XVIIe jour d'avril mil IIII.C.LXXIX »

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