Toolbox to Address Safety and Operations on School Grounds and Public Streets Adjacent to Elementary and Middle Schools in Iowa, August 2006

This study identified transportation safety issues at existing Iowa school sites through on-site observations, traffic data collection, and through interviews with schools, law enforcement, and traffic engineers. Frequently observed problems, such as crossing at unmarked crosswalks, unloading and loading students on the street side, inattentive student safety patrols, and illegal parking, were documented and solutions were recommended for implementation. The results of the study also conclude that regular communications between school officials, traffic engineers, law enforcement, parents, and school transportation personnel are all critical to promoting safe operations within school zones.

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.


Perry Community School District, Independent Auditor's Reports, Basic Financial Statements and Supplementary Information, Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs, June 30, 2006

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INVESTIMENTOS HOTELEIROS EM CABO VERDE: O CASO DO RIU HOTELS & RESORTS

O presente trabalho tem como objectivo, o estudo de caso sobre investimento hoteleiro em Cabo Verde, no qual avaliaremos os investimentos com base no método Discount Cash Flow (DCF), bem como a metodologia de opções reais. O estudo centra-se nos investimentos realizados pelo grupo RIU Hotels and Resorts, grande grupo hoteleiro com presença internacional, que tem investido continuadamente com grande sucesso em Cabo Verde. Assim, sendo, para além de uma descrição e enquadramento do sector hoteleiro na Ilha de Sal, este estudo foca-se igualmente na análise dos vários projectos concretizados pelo grupo RIU. Este trabalho está estruturado em cinco capítulos para além de incluir a presente introdução e a conclusão. Os dois métodos de avaliação apresentados neste trabalho são ambos fundamentais para avaliação de investimentos, mas apesar de o método mais tradicional, o DCF ser bem aceite, a abordagem de opções reais é igualmente uma mais-valia na análise de projectos continuados, complexos e bem identificados num determinado sector – neste caso o sector hoteleiro. Na avaliação de sector hoteleiro, o método de DCF isoladamente pode não ser o mais apropriado ao estar algo limitado no tratamento da flexibilidade para modificar as decisões ao longo do tempo. Em investimentos estratégicos, cujo valor depende crucialmente da evolução de variáveis-chave, a metodologia de opções reais permite mais facilmente analisar em que medida a flexibilidade de um projecto pode trazer valor a um cenário-base. Palavras-

PORTELA um modelo na difusão da periferia: estudo do desenvolvimento da urbanização da Portela da autoria do arquitecto Fernando Silva

A Urbanização da Portela (1960-1979) da autoria do arquitecto Fernando Silva (1914- 1983) tornou-se um paradigma no contexto da criação urbanística das periferias dos anos 60, do século XX, em Portugal. A carência habitacional que existia na época proporcionou a dinamização de um plano apoiado na interpretação da Carta de Atenas (1933) e numa Cultura Arquitectónica Moderna. Possibilitou através de uma resposta rápida e eficaz dar solução às urgências habitacionais existentes devido ao êxodo rural - sinal do progresso de uma expansão industrial - ao fim da Guerra Colonial (1961-1974) e à chegada das comunidades que viviam nas ex-colónias. O modelo adoptado na Portela, com base essencialmente racionalista, tomou como base a criação de uma zona central definida por um parque urbano e uma zona comercial e de serviços. Os edifícios destinados a habitação foram colocados segundo as directrizes da Carta de Atenas, seguindo também o paradigma de reprodução socialista, como se praticava nos países da Europa Oriental. A unidade do conjunto foi sempre um princípio fundamental para a concretização do projecto e levou o arquitecto a seguir o seu desenvolvimento com enorme cuidado. Foi criado um Regulamento da Urbanização que pretendia garantir que os diversos construtores seguissem as qualidades funcionais, técnicas e estéticas do conjunto, garantindo assim a continuidade de uma linguagem arquitectónica.

Nursing Supervision: Studying the “Case” of the phenomenon of interorganizational articulation Nursing School and Hospital

The history of this research found a suitable ethos not only by the route of the researcher, but also by the current public policies of modernization and reform that are capable of regulating and transforming the educational and health systems, as well as their professional groups. The reflection meantime developed had raised a clear perception of the organizational change processes by which they interfered with the interorganizational coordination between School of Nursing and Hospital, where internship supervision would be the main protagonist, supported by the meanings that intervening actors have assigned to them. In this context, the search for explicit epistemological and methodological choices leads to look more attentively at the problem, ascertaining it, taking into account the organizational dimensions. In this regard, the choice of a case study was related to the fact that the method allowed to answer the purpose of knowing and understanding the interorganizational coordination phenomenon between School of Nursing and Hospital, namely through the supervision of internships.

Spirometry reference equations for central European populations from school age to old age.

BACKGROUND: Spirometry reference values are important for the interpretation of spirometry results. Reference values should be updated regularly, derived from a population as similar to the population for which they are to be used and span across all ages. Such spirometry reference equations are currently lacking for central European populations. OBJECTIVE: To develop spirometry reference equations for central European populations between 8 and 90 years of age. MATERIALS: We used data collected between January 1993 and December 2010 from a central European population. The data was modelled using "Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale and Shape" (GAMLSS). RESULTS: The spirometry reference equations were derived from 118'891 individuals consisting of 60'624 (51%) females and 58'267 (49%) males. Altogether, there were 18'211 (15.3%) children under the age of 18 years. CONCLUSION: We developed spirometry reference equations for a central European population between 8 and 90 years of age that can be implemented in a wide range of clinical settings.

Special investigation of the Washington Community School District for the period June 1, 2003 through October 31, 2006

Special investigation of the Washington Community School District for the period June 1, 2003 through October 31, 2006

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