A Typology of Identity-Related Crime

Identification is ever more important in the online world, and identity-related crime is a growing problem related to this. This new category of crime is not restricted to high-profile instances of identity 'theft' or identity fraud; it is wide-ranging and complex, ranging from identity deletion to unlawful identity creation and identity 'theft'. Commonly accepted definitions are lacking, thus blurring available statistics, and policies to combat this new crime are piecemeal at best. To assess the real nature and magnitude of identity-related crime, and to be able to discuss how it can be combated, identity-related crime should be understood in all its aspects. As a first key step, this article introduces a typology of identity-related crime, consisting of conceptual, technical and legal categories, that can be used as a comprehensive framework for future research, countermeasures and policies related to identity related crime.

Executive Order Number Fifty, January 1983

Proclaim that state agenices shall have certain responsibilities to insure orderly procurement of professional services.

Intraclass reliability of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale in the Brazilian version

This study had as its objective to analyze the intraclass reliability of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS), in the Brazilian version, in preterm and term infants. It was a methodological study, conducted from November 2009 to April 2010, with 50 children receiving care in two public institutions in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Children were grouped according to gestational age as preterm and term, and evaluated by three evaluators in the communication laboratory of a public institution or at home. The intraclass correlation indices for the categories prone, supine, sitting and standing ranged from 0.553 to 0.952; most remained above 0.800, except for the standing category of the third evaluator, in which the index was 0.553. As for the total score and percentile, rates ranged from 0.843 to 0.954. The scale proved to be a reliable instrument for assessing gross motor performance of Brazilian children, particularly in Ceará, regardless of gestational age at birth.

Contribuição dos factores motivacionais para a satisfação no trabalho

A motivação é vista, desde meados do Século XX, como o principal factor de satisfação no trabalho, de aumento da produtividade e de melhoria da qualidade dos produtos e serviços. Na conclusão de um curso conducente ao Mestrado em Gestão Global, interessou-nos abordar o valor humano da organização, cujo componente importante é o nível de satisfação das pessoas no trabalho, obtido da avaliação a um leque de variáveis independentes, relacionadas com duas coisas – o conteúdo do trabalho e o contexto do trabalho. O objectivo da presente dissertação é identificar em que medida as variáveis do meio envolvente do trabalho contribui para a satisfação no trabalho. Inspirados na Teoria dos dois Factores (Herzberg, 1959 e 1982) e na Teoria da Avaliação Cognitiva (Deci, 1971), pretendemos justapor a satisfação das pessoas à diferentes variáveis particulares que formam dois subsistemas – o intrínseco ou motivador, que inclui a aprendizagem, as emoções, o trabalho em si, a realização e o reconhecimento; e o extrínseco ou higiénico, que inclui o salário, a supervisão e as condições físicas. Além de uma incursão à literatura especializada, realizamos dois inquéritos em empresas cabo-verdianas, um em Outubro de 2003 e outro em Outubro de 2007, que nos permitiram determinar índices específicos e gerais de satisfação no trabalho, fazer correlações e análises comparativas. Concluímos que as pessoas estão razoavelmente satisfeitas no trabalho, dão mais ênfase aos factores do conteúdo que aos factores do contexto do trabalho, mas a fonte de satisfação varia de categoria por categoria. Work motivation is viewed, since middle of the 20th Century, as a main factor of job satisfaction, also for increasing of productivity and quality of goods and services. By the ending of a Master’s Programme in Global Management, we was moved by a great interest to research and report about the organization human values, important component of which is the people’s satisfaction level in work conditions, obtained through an evaluation of a great number of independent variables, related to two items – work content and work context. The main objective of the present dissertation is to identify in which measure the job environmental variables contribute to work satisfaction. Inspired into the Two Factors Theory (Herzberg, 1959, 1982) and into The Cognitive Evaluation Theory (Deci, 1971), we intent to relate people satisfaction to different particular variables, which perform two subsystems – intrinsic or motivator, that includes learning, emotions, work itself, achievement and recognition and; extrinsic or hygienic, that includes salary, supervision and work physical conditions. Besides a specialized literature review, we took up two separated inquiries within capeverdian companies, the first conducted in October, 2003, and the second in October, 2007, which allowed specifics and general job satisfaction indexes, correlations and comparative analysis. We concluded that people are fair satisfied on job, and give more emphasis on work content factors, than on work context factors, but the source of satisfaction is different category by category.

Risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents: a integrative review

Objective: To identify the risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents. Method: An integrative review was conducted in four databases with publications from 2007 to 2013. The terms Adolescent and Mental Health were used to search adequate articles as DeCs/MeSH bases. Results: Publications were found in different journals in different fields of knowledge and the quantitative research was the most frequent. The mental health issues were categorized as individual factors; drug related factors, school factors, family factors, social factors and STDs/Aids related factors. The most addressed category was individual factors, with 23 publications. Conclusion: The integrative review allowed to point important questions to be addressed in preventive actions by the health professional, including the nurse, to create a space that works with risk conditioning factors in adolescents for mental health aggravation.


The view of teachers on bullying and implications for nursing

Objective: To understand school bullying from the perspective of teachers and reflect about the possible actions of the health area when coping with it. The guidelines of the School Health Program of the Ministries of Health and Education were used to reach that purpose. Method: A qualitative study carried out with teachers of a public school in Minas Gerais. Focus groups were used to collect data and the empirical material was decoded from thematic analysis of content, resulting in an analytical category: conceptions and experiences of teachers on bullying. Results: Specific perceptions about the phenomenon and the use of ineffective intervention resources were identified. In the interpretive plan were problematized the health and nursing contributions with resizing the interventions and the continuing training process of teachers. Conclusion: The results point to the construction of intersectoral practices for coping with bullying.


Higher education in nursing: the faculty work process in different institutional contexts

Objective To analyze the characteristics of faculty work in nursing higher education. Method An exploratory qualitative study with a theoretical-methodological framework of dialectical and historical materialism. The faculty work process was adopted as the analytical category, grounded on conceptions of work and professionalism. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 faculty members from three higher education institutions in the city of São Paulo, classified according to the typology of institutional contexts. Results The faculty members at these higher education institutions are a heterogeneous group, under different working conditions. Intensification and precarious conditions of the faculty work is common to all three contexts, although there are important distinctions in the practices related to teaching, research and extension. Conclusion Faculty professionalization can be the starting point for analyzing and coping with such a distinct reality of faculty work and practice.


Use of patients’ classification instruments: analysis of the brazilian production of knowledge

Objective To analyze the production of scientific knowledge about the use of patients’ classification instruments in care and management practice in Brazil. Method Integrative literature review with databases search in: Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System on-line (MEDLINE), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and SCOPUS, between January 2002 through December 2013. Results 1,194 studies were found, 31 met the inclusion criteria. We observed a higher number of studies in the category care plans and workload (n=15), followed by the category evaluation of psychometric properties (n=14). Conclusion Brazilian knowledge production has not yet investigated some purposes of using instruments for classifying patients in professional nursing practice. The identification of unexplored areas can guide future research on the topic.


Violence as a research object and intervention in the health field: an analysis from the production of the Research Group on Gender, Health and Nursingi

The study aimed to describe how violence is revealed in the production of the Research Group on Gender, Health and Nursing. This is a historical research of qualitative approach, which evaluated the production of the Research Group, through content analysis. The results show gender as a central category in determining violence and health practices. This aspect determines limitations on professional practices of coping, such as the invisibility of the problem. The female autonomy, the use of alcohol and drugs and social vulnerability play an important relation with the phenomenon and the bond is revealed as potentiality of health practices to address the problem. Conclusion: The gender perspective in nursing research is an innovative field and counter-hegemonic, a possibility to assume a meaning of praxis by transforming potential of understanding and modes of intervention in the phenomenon of gender violence.

Primary Care Sensitive Hospitalization: users detect flaws on the access to services

The aim of this study is to analyze and understand the reasons for the occurrence of sensitive hospitalizations in accordance with users. Qualitative study conducted with users who were admitted to Pedreira General Hospital, in São Paulo. The data was collected through semi structured interviews and thereafter, transcribed and processed in the electronic program Alceste. When analyzing the content, the access was seized fundamentally as an empirical category, bringing up problems that later deserved, from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, a specific Program to improve the quality and access to primary care. The hierarchical and pyramidal organization shape from the health system in the city of São Paulo can be one of the important aspects for the access matter and established as an important restricting factor in the primary care role in reducing or even preventing the occurrence of these hospitalizations.

A Adopção, pela primeira vez – Constrangimentos Encontrados na Adopção n óptica Financeira

Os efeitos da globalização da economia, a graduação de Cabo Verde à categoria de país de desenvolvimento médio, a entrada para a OMC, a parceria especial com a União Europeia, são acontecimentos verificados num passado próximo que vieram trazer novas exigências ao país em diversos domínios. A preparação das contas e o relato da informação pode ser considerada uma delas. De facto, o normativo contabilístico existente até então, assente num Plano Oficial de Contabilidade (PNC) aprovado por diploma legislativo datada de 1984 já não respondia a todas as necessidades de informação nos domínios da contabilidade, fiscalidade e financeira. O trabalho assenta sobretudo na adopção do SNCRF – Sistema de Normalização Contabilística e de Relato Financeiro. O objectivo é analisar o processo de adopção pela primeira vez deste sistema e os impactos que esta adopção teve na posição financeira nas empresas. Foi feito um estudo de caso para ilustrar este processo. Descrevemos como foi adoptado o SNCRF, fizemos uma apreciação a essa adopção e sugerimos melhoria que deveria ser introduzidas para que os resultados do processo incorporassem a quase totalidade dos procedimentos instituídos nos diversos documentos normativos e legais. Ao trabalho foi dado uma dimensão prática consubstanciada num estudo de caso que serviu para ilustrar o processo de transição. O estudo foi abordado numa perspectiva apreciativa tendo sido inventariadas as situações que deveriam ser salvaguardas (de acordo com o novo normativo e imperativos legais) no processo de transição / conversão e que não foram feitas. Demonstrou-se ainda (através da análise da posição financeira da entidade), que o processo de adopção implicou algumas alterações na estrutura financeira e no valor do capital próprio. A conclusão que se chegou indica que o processo não terá sido tão linear como se desejaria apesar de em, substancia, os principais requisitos terem sido cumpridos. The effects of globalization of its economy, the upgrading of Cape Verde to the category of medium development country, the entry to WTO, the special partnership with European Union, are recent events that brought new demands to the country in several areas. . Preparation of the accounts and information report are included in these new requirements. In fact, the accounting standards till then in force, based on an Official Chart of Accounts (PNC) in force after a law of 1984, didn’t meet the requirements on accounting, fiscal and financial information. This work is basically on the adoption of the new SNCRF – System of Accounting Standardization and Financial Reporting. Our aim is to review the initial adoption process of such system and the impacts this adoption has caused to the financial position of enterprises. A case study is included to illustrate this process. We describe how the SNCRF was adopted; we made an analysis of this adoption and suggested improvements to be introduced in such way that the results of the process include most of the procedures established by law. A practical dimension was attached to this work, through a case study illustrating the transition process. The study adopted an analytical approach, listing the situations that should have been (according to the new standards and legal prescriptions) but were not prevented during the transition / conversion process. The study shows (by the analysis of the financial statements of the studied entity) that the adoption process implied some changes to the financial structure and to the owners’ equity value). One arrives to the conclusion that the process was not as linear as one would expect, although essentially the main requirements were accomplished.

Iowa NAPIS (National Aging Program Information System) Activity Report State Fiscal Year 2004

INAPIS (National Aging Program Information System) Activity Report collects and reports service/performance data and related program management information to the federal and state government. This report shows the number of older Iowans who receive services and the number of units by service category from Title III funding of the Older Americans Act, the Administration on Aging (AoA) and limited state general fund dollars. Additionally, it shows the number of persons served by individual services and total "unduplicated" client count across all services. In other words, if you add the total number of clients from all services it is higher than the actual number of persons served across all services, because some people need and receive more than one service.

Development of premature children: caregivers' understanding according to the Bioecological Theory

Abstract OBJECTIVE Understanding the conceptions of premature children caregivers on child development and associated factors. METHOD An exploratory-descriptive qualitative study of 12 families with children under three years of age. Interviews were submitted to thematic content analysis, systematized into the categories of Bioecological Theory of Human Development: Process, Person, Context and Time, and in the Functional Development category. RESULTS There are concerns about impairment in the current and future development of a Person/child defined as fragile as a result of premature birth (Time dimension), minimized by the scope of observable competencies such as motor skills. The Context, especially family and health services, and Proximal Processes, described as one-way caregiver interactions, are considered determinants of development. Functional Development is considered a natural consequence and result of education. The support network is crucial, supporting or limiting care. CONCLUSION Concerns about the development mobilize caregivers to stimulate the premature child/person and requests family and healthcare assistance.

The use of the Nursing Activities Score in clinical settings: an integrative review

ABSTRACT Objective analyze how studies have approached the results obtained from the application of the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) based on Donabedian’s model of healthcare organization and delivery. Method CINAHL and PubMed databases were searched for papers published between 2003 and March 2015. Results 36 articles that met the inclusion criteria were reviewed and double-coded by three independent coders and analyzed based on the three elements of Donabedian’s health care quality framework: structure, process and outcome. The most frequently addressed, but not always tested, variables were those that fell into the structure category. Conclusion variables that fell into the process category were used less frequently. Beside NAS, the most frequently used variables in the outcome category were mortality and length of stay. However, no study used a quality framework for healthcare or NAS to evaluate costs, and it is recommended that further research should explore this approach.

Health risk behaviors in adolescents with chronic conditions

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the frequency of risk behaviors and to measure the extent of co-occurrence of these behaviors in chronically ill and healthy adolescents. METHODS: Data were drawn from the 2002 Swiss Multicenter Adolescent Survey on Health database, a nationally representative survey of 7548 adolescents in postmandatory school aged 16 to 20 years. There were 760 subjects who reported a chronic illness and/or a disability. The comparison group consisted of 6493 subjects who answered negatively to both questions. We defined 8 risk behaviors: daily smoking, alcohol misuse, current cannabis use, current use of any other illegal drug, early sexual debut, eating disorder, violent acts, and antisocial acts. We analyzed each behavior and the sum of behaviors, controlling for age, gender, academic track, parents' education level, depression, and health status. Results are given as adjusted odds ratios using the comparison group as the reference category. RESULTS: Youth with a chronic condition were more likely to smoke daily, to be current cannabis users, and to have performed violent or antisocial acts. Youth with a chronic condition were also more likely to report 3 or >or=4 risk behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that having a chronic condition carries additional risks for engaging in health risk behaviors and emphasize the importance of health risk screening and preventive counseling for young people in general and among those suffering from chronic conditions in particular.