A gestão da informação em organizações não governamentais (ONG) : um estudo multi-casos em ONGs ambientais financiadas pela Agência dos Estados Unidos para Desenvolvimento Internacional

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ciência da Informação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação, 2013.O presente estudo foi direcionado a analisar o gerenciamento da informação em ONGs ambientais em conformidade com as normas da Agência dos Estados Unidos para Desenvolvimento Internacional – USAID. A metodologia embasou-se em um estudo multi-casos com variáveis de natureza qualitativa, a fim de levantar dados primários que pudessem identificar o fluxo informacional, as principais dificuldades na recuperação da informação, e as fontes de informações que atendem as demandas dos executores e financiadores de projetos ambientais. A revisão de dados secundários foi realizada a fim de contrastá-la com a realidade encontrada e os modelos teóricos de gestão da informação. ______________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTThe present study is aimed to analyze the information managment of environmental NGOs according the rules of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The methodology was based on a multi-case study with qualitative variables in order to collect data that can identify the information flow, the main difficulties in information retrieval, and information’s sources that meet the demands of funders and implementers of environmental projects. The review of secondary data was performed in order to contrast the reality and the theoretical models of information management

Assessing the reliability of ecotoxicological studies : an overview of current needs and approaches

In general, reliable studies are well designed and well performed, and enough details on study design and performance are reported to assess the study. For hazard and risk assessment in various legal frameworks, many different types of ecotoxicity studies need to be evaluated for reliability. These studies vary in study design, methodology, quality, and level of detail reported (e.g., reviews, peer-reviewed research papers, or industry-sponsored studies documented under Good Laboratory Practice [GLP] guidelines). Regulators have the responsibility to make sound and verifiable decisions and should evaluate each study for reliability in accordance with scientific principles regardless of whether they were conducted in accordance with GLP and/or standardized methods. Thus, a systematic and transparent approach is needed to evaluate studies for reliability. In this paper, 8 different methods for reliability assessment were compared using a number of attributes: categorical versus numerical scoring methods, use of exclusion and critical criteria, weighting of criteria, whether methods are tested with case studies, domain of applicability, bias toward GLP studies, incorporation of standard guidelines in the evaluation method, number of criteria used, type of criteria considered, and availability of guidance material. Finally, some considerations are given on how to choose a suitable method for assessing reliability of ecotoxicity studies. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2017;13:640-651. (c) 2016 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC

Interprofessional communication: There's no "I" in team!

Background: The Joint Commission reports communication errors as a leading cause of sentinel events in the U.S. Breakdown in communication across various health fields has been attributed to a lack of teamwork amongst healthcare professionals. Undergraduate health science students rarely have opportunities to work with other disciplines; this lack of opportunity is related to a lack of teamwork. To foster interprofessional teamwork, in 2017, an interprofessional case study event was conducted with undergraduate nursing, nutrition, childlife, social work, and OT/PT students at Tennessee Technological University.Purpose: The purpose of this quantitative, one group (n=130) pre/post test research study was to determine the effects of undergraduate interprofessional educational opportunities on students’ perceptions of interprofessional teamwork.Methods: The case study event consisted of nursing, nutrition, childlife, social work, and OT/PT students at Tennessee Technological University. We gathered data using the SPICE-R2 Instrument to gather quantitative data regarding students’ perceptions of interprofessional team-based practice. The self-report survey was administered before and after the interprofessional case study event to compare pre-event and post-event scores. Our results support statistically significant improvement in students’ perceptions of teamwork.Conclusion: These results indicate the interprofessional case study event helped students realize that interdisciplinary teamwork improved their collaboration and view of teamwork. This increase in communication may decrease the amount of future sentinel events, creating a safer healthcare environment for patients. Due to the statistically significant improvement in students’ perceptions of teamwork, we recommend these events be included in health science students’ educations semesterly

Comércio internacional de carne bovina: características institucionais que envolvem Brasil e Rússia

This paper aims to describe the characteristics of the institutional environment that surrounds the meat trade with Brazilian main importer, Russia. The research uses in reference the New Institutional Economics and the Theory of Industrial Organization to discuss the data collected through literature review and semi-structured interviews conducted in three stages in October 2009 and answered by agents of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Brazil, characterizing a descriptive qualitative study. The results show that changes in the institutional environment of Russian market has enabled an increase in Brazilian exports. This fact is related with the difficulty of the Russian importers in obtain products with the quality requested for their rules to their traditional European providers that had problems of food safety and offer decrease. The Russian market has enormous volume force as well as instability traces in the institutional environment, primarily related to quotas and their taxes, it creates the need of public authorities and associations of private interest of both countries develop the bases for a more stable environment business.O presente trabalho tem por objetivo descrever as características do ambiente institucional que envolve o comércio de carne bovina brasileira com o seu principal importador, a Rússia. A pesquisa usa com referencia a Nova Economia Institucional e a Teoria da Organização Industrial para discutir os dados levantados por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica e entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizadas em três etapas no mês de outubro de 2009 e respondida por agentes do Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento – MAPA, caracterizando assim um estudo qualitativo-descritivo. Os resultados mostram que mudanças no ambiente institucional no mercado russo possibilitaram um grande incremento das exportações brasileiras. Este fato está relacionado à dificuldade dos importadores russos em conseguir produto com qualidade exigida pelas suas normas junto aos seus tradicionais fornecedores europeus que tiveram problemas de segurança alimentar e queda na oferta. O mercado russo apresenta enorme vigor, e traços de instabilidade no ambiente institucional pelo ponto de vista do fornecimento brasileiro, sobretudo relacionado às cotas e suas taxações, isto gera a necessidade das autoridades públicas e associações de interesse privado dos dois países desenvolvam bases para um ambiente de negócios mais estável

Aberrant miR-29 is a predictive feature of severe phenotypes in pediatric Crohn’s disease

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Data Recovery Investigations: Murvaul Creek Site (41PN175), Panola County, Texas

This report summarizes the archeological findings of the 2011 data recovery investigations at the Murvaul Creek site, 41PN175, in far northeastern Texas in Panola County. The site is located along Farm-to-Market Road (FM) 10 approximately 1 mile north of Gary, Texas (Figure 1). Geo-Marine, Inc. (GMI), performed this work under contract to the Texas Department of Transportation, Environmental Affairs Division (TxDOT ENV) under the Texas Antiquities Permit Number 5879 (Work Authorization [WA] 579 06 SA005; WA 590 08 SA005; CSJ:1222-01-014; Geo-Marine project numbers 22005.00.06 and 22005.00.09). The fieldwork for this project was conducted in advance of the planned widening of FM 10 that was to replace three bridges and a culvert over Murvaul Creek with a larger structure and shift the road approximately 26 meters (m; 85 feet [ft]) to the east. Since the planned improvements of FM 10 would result in the loss of information at the Murvaul Creek site—a site that was recommended eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and for designation as a State Antiquities Landmark (SAL; formerly State Archeological Landmark)—the current data recovery investigations were initiated. The data recovery investigations were conducted between February 7, 2011, and April 3, 2011. During this period, the fieldwork was conducted in several stages: site clearing, geophysical survey, 50-x-50-centimeter (cm) excavations, block excavations, and mechanical site scraping. With the exception of the site clearing stage, the results of each of the fieldwork stages are reviewed individually in this report. The investigations resulted in the documentation of numerous features that appeared to have been the remains of a small Middle-to-Late Caddo settlement or farmstead situated on the edge of an interfluve south of the Murvaul Creek floodplain. Additionally, materials pertaining to the Archaic period were documented across the site. Although the site has been intensively studied within the TxDOT right-of-way (ROW), both the current investigations and previous work were limited to the ROW (cf. Cliff and Perttula 2002). Hence, the site is very likely larger than has been adequately documented

The SLUGGS Survey: Calcium Triplet-based Spectroscopic Metallicities for Over 900 Globular Clusters

Although the colour distribution of globular clusters in massive galaxies is well known to be bimodal, the spectroscopic metallicity distribution has been measured in only a few galaxies. After redefining the calcium triplet index-metallicity relation, we use our relation to derive the metallicity of 903 globular clusters in 11 early-type galaxies. This is the largest sample of spectroscopic globular cluster metallicities yet assembled. We compare these metallicities with those derived from Lick indices finding good agreement. In 6 of the 8 galaxies with sufficient numbers of high quality spectra we find bimodality in the spectroscopic metallicity distribution. Our results imply that most massive early-type galaxies have bimodal metallicity, as well as colour, distributions. This bimodality suggests that most massive galaxies early-type galaxies experienced two periods of star formation.Comment: 23 pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS. For more information about the SLUGGS Survey please see http://sluggs.swin.edu.a

UNBOUND

This adjective - ex-traor-di-nary, describes the creative talents of our graduating Fashion Design class of 2009. Their accomplishments are a true celebration of the three years of passion, hard work, and dedication of our student designers. It is our hope that family, friends and the fashion industry will enjoy the creative endeavours of the next generation of Canadian fashion talent from the Fashion design program at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario.https://first.fanshawec.ca/famd_design_fashiondesign_unbound/1006/thumbnail.jp

UNBOUND

As part of the graduating class of Fanshawe College\u27s Fashion Design program, we are leaving the comfort of our cocoon to transform ourselves into full-fledged designers. Our aspirations have developed, and our goals have become clear. Reaching the heights of new age fashion is now possible with the wings that have been provided to us through the articulate direction and constant devotion of our advisors. With all of the help and guidance that our professors have given us, we are now able to go into the industry with confidence. The creativity within the Unbound show is a reflection of the intellect, devotion, passion and strong will that our designer\u27s possess. We have collected ourselves as individuals and have successfully pulled together in a collaborative effort to attain excellence and success in tonight\u27s Unbound fashion gala. - Graduating Class of 2009https://first.fanshawec.ca/famd_design_fashiondesign_unbound/1005/thumbnail.jp

Assessment of worm control practices recommended by equine veterinarians in Australia

This study aimed to assess Australian veterinarians’ knowledge, perceptions and treatment strategies for worm control in horses with an online questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised 64 questions covering various aspects of: (i) veterinary practice; (ii) the veterinarian’s knowledge of gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) and the importance of parasites in different age groups of horses; (iii) the diagnosis and control of worms; (iv) anthelmintics and anthelmintic resistance (AR); (v) grazing management; and (vi) the means of communication and the discussion between veterinarians and their clients regarding worm control. Following a pilot survey, a link for the questionnaire survey was sent to all (n = 1,148) registered members of Equine Veterinarians Australia in April 2020. The response rate for the questionnaire was 10% (118 of 1,148). The findings of this study illustrate veterinarians’ good understanding of aspects of equine parasites, including control. However, respondents mainly recommended frequent, interval-based prophylactic deworming in young horses, and only 40% (96 of 239) diagnosed GIN infections based on faecal egg count (FEC) results in all age groups of horses. Furthermore, only 27% (88 of 330) of the respondents made deworming decisions based on FECs. Most of the respondents recommended macrocyclic lactones (MLs) for all age groups of horses (71%, 481 of 677), and the most frequently used method to calculate the dose of anthelmintics was by estimating the weight of animals visually (53%, 63 of 118). Although the majority of respondents (97%, 115 of 118) perceived AR to be a critical issue in managing worms in horses, 58% (67 of 118) of them were unaware of the status of AR on their clients’ properties. Forty-two percent (50 of 118) of the respondents perceived the presence of AR in worms, including pinworms (16%), strongylins (15%), species of Draschia and Habronema (6%), Strongyloides westeri (2%) and tapeworms (1%). Twenty-seven percent (32 of 118) of the respondents rarely discussed equine worm control practices with their clients. This study provides insights into the perception and worm control practices recommended by Australian veterinarians to manage equine parasites. The findings highlight the importance of continued education and awareness of AR, and the use of non-chemical methods as well as consideration of the legislation of prescription-only use of anthelmintics based on FECs to achieve sustainable control of GINs in Australian horses