native rendition - European Commission
... Very little national statistical and economic information was provided by the EU
Member States as regards the professions of optician and optometrist and the sector to
which these professions belong. Statistics on those professions and activities were also
difficult to find at the European level bec ...
Nurse Practitioner Diagnostic Reasoning
... convergent parallel design to explore nurse practitioner diagnostic
reasoning and compare it to that of registrars. Methods included a
complex case scenario using think aloud protocol to determine diagnostic
abilities, including identifying correct diagnoses, problems and actions; a
previously valid ...
Innovation Without the Word
... Third, the neglect of Ogburn may be due to the absence in Ogburn’s writings of the term
innovation (see Appendix 1), a term that was just beginning to appear in the academic
literature of the 20th century. However, as it would be a mistake to study an object or
concept (innovation) in construction o ...
happiness in nations - Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
... witnessed an ever increasing stream of suggestions for social reform; piece-meal revisions as well
as all-embracing blueprints for a radically New Society. Much of that thought has now crystallized
in current political ideologies and practices.
Early thought about the Good Society was very much pre- ...
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg Zentrum für
... This dissertation is the result of the input and inspiration of many people that have
crossed my path in the past three years. First I would like to thank the Heidelberger
Akademie der Wissenschaften and the WIN-Kolleg for their interest in my project the past
three years. Without their funding and ...
The Social Organisation of Science as a Question for
... Reading philosophy of science writings of roughly the last twenty-five years one may be
struck by something of a new theme emerging alongside the more traditional topics. The
arguments within this trend may have remarkable differences in scope, object of application
and the ultimate aim and may show ...
Measuring the impact of ICT for development
... This paper explores why measuring the impacts of ICT for development is important – and why it is
statistically challenging. Measuring impacts in any field is difficult, but for ICT there are added
complications because of its diversity and rapidly changing nature. A number of impact areas are
ident ...
Reviewing Theories of Adolescent Substance Use: Organizing
... Although these two theories were developed as models of behavior in general and not as models of ESU in particular, they have
been applied successfully to understanding the causes of ESU.
Theory of reasoned action. According to Ajzen and Fishbein's (1980) TRA, ESU is determined exclusively by an ado ...
Successful Stroke Support Groups
... guilty about their feelings toward the survivor, who is
taking so much of their time and energy. Individual
family members may have to adjust how they feel
about themselves and others as responsibilities shift
and family relationships change.
...
Individualism and Freedom
... society in which many cultures are embraced, in which people are respected
for their cultural identity, in which both the state and the members of its ethnic and national majority (if there is one) go out of their way to tolerate and
accommodate practices that are quite different from their own.
Jer ...
The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited
... be confined to the provincial news and views of their close friends. This
deprivation will not only insulate them from the latest ideas and
fashions but may put them in a disadvantaged position in the labor
market, where advancement can depend, as I have documented elsewhere (1974), on knowing about ...
Working Papers Migration Theory Quo Vadis? Paper 100, November 2014
... a single theory’. Yet the probably sensible observation that a single, all-explaining universal migration
theory will never arise (and this seems to hold for social theory in general) has unfortunately coincided
with a strong tendency to abandon theorising altogether. Complexity, however, can never ...
Working Papers Migration Theory
... a single theory’. Yet the probably sensible observation that a single, all-explaining universal migration
theory will never arise (and this seems to hold for social theory in general) has unfortunately coincided
with a strong tendency to abandon theorising altogether. Complexity, however, ...
after essentially contested concepts - JYX front page
... published in 1956. Since then his theory has received rather broad attention from
philosophers and social scientists of surprisingly dissimilar positions. The main point of
the theory of essentially contested concepts is, as the title implies, that there are disputes
about certain political or socia ...
DIFFE/ RENCES INEQUA/ LITIES
... increasingly ambivalent potential. They could have extraordinary transformative power, capable
of challenging the past. At the same time however, they run the risk of violent implosion. The
well-established global presence of terrorism reinforces this awareness.
In this difficult environment, we hav ...
Innovation Systems - CTA Publishing
... WECARD; innovation platforms in the CGIAR/FARA SSA-CP; the WUR CoS-SIS post-graduate
training programme in West Africa; the CTA ASTI system capacity building programme
throughout the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and; DFID’s RIU programme.
In 2016, the G20 Tropical Agricultural Plat ...
Review of registration standards and guidelines
... subject to consultation and changing the standard could involve a cost for practitioners and
employers in understanding the differences between the old and new standards.
27. The Board has however identified the opportunity to clarify the language and structure of the
standard. The benefits of the p ...
- University of Salford Institutional Repository
... their own father' (1955:9). To which must be added: the aim of
this thesis is not to pursue a paternity suit nor to query
Goffinan's wisdom, but to explore the points of contact between
their respective socioloqies in order to consider some
implications of viewing Goffman through Sinmelian spectacle ...
Grounded and Normative Dimensions of National Pride
... database which included data from 45993 respondents from 36 countries and regions. The survey
participants estimated their overall level of national pride by responding to the direct one-item
question and, separately, they estimated pride of each of ten specific achievements of their
countries in va ...
Income Inequality and Poverty During the Transition from Planned to
... of the transition relatively well. But in some other countries, the quality of
surveys has not improved, and their reliability may have deteriorated as circumstances changed. For example, while the surveys may have once offered
a more or less accurate picture of households employed in the state sect ...
the carnival in the biggest brazilian city - UNIV-PERP
... social practices and subjective representations that
permeate all regions of the city. For this purpose, it was
necessary to explore the relative characteristics of the
territories demarcated by the Sambistas2, as well as the
interactions taking place within these territories.
Important to note is t ...
AAPB`s Ethical Principles
... Biofeedback is a physiologically based learning tool to help people recognize how their
physiologies are functioning under various circumstances. They can use this information
to learn how to control those aspects that are not functioning optimally.
With proper training, biofeedback can be used by ...
the First National Hepatitis B Strategy
... health system, reshaping existing policies and programs or extending
them where possible. These funding arrangements are provided jointly
by the Commonwealth and the states and territories under the National
Healthcare Agreement, which is a Schedule to the Council of Australian
Governments Intergove ...
Community development
The United Nations defines Community development as ""a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems."" It is a broad term given to the practices of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of communities, typically aiming to build stronger and more resilient local communities.Community development seeks to empower individuals and groups of people with the skills they need to effect change within their communities. These skills are often created through the formation of large social groups working for a common agenda. Community developers must understand both how to work with individuals and how to affect communities' positions within the context of larger social institutions.Community development as a term has taken off widely in anglophone countries i.e. the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand and other countries in the Commonwealth. It is also used in some countries in eastern Europe with active community development associations in Hungary and Romania. The Community Development Journal, published by Oxford University Press, since 1966 has aimed to be the major forum for research and dissemination of international community development theory and practice.Community development approaches are recognised internationally. These methods and approaches have been acknowledged as significant for local social, economic, cultural, environmental and political development by such organisations as the UN, WHO, OECD, World Bank, Council of Europe and EU.