The Federal safety net for commercial banks: pt. II

Deposit insurance ; Bank supervision ; Bank failures ; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ; Risk

The Federal safety net for commercial banks: pt. I

Lenders of last resort ; Bank failures ; Bank supervision ; Banks and banking, Central ; Risk

Observing different faiths, learning about ourselves : practice with inter-married Muslims and Christians

The present article offers practitioners initial ideas for work with clients in mixed-faith relationships. Based on local, empirical research that investigated Muslim-Christian marriages, six patterns of adaptation to a mixed-faith marriage are outlined. In addition, from a practice-oriented review of the data, four questions are identified that can be used by practitioners to clarify their thinking and practice focus. Increasingly technical, these reference questions are: (i) how is the public-private divide being understood and managed; (ii) how is identity and selfhood being practiced; (iii) how may practitioners position themselves with respect to asymmetries related to gender; and (iv) should religious differences be reframed? Rather than practitioners seeking to be experts on the other, the belief animating the current contribution is that work with diverse clients offers workers a mirror upon which we practitioners can better observe our own outlines. In contrast with the pursuit of imperial generalisations, the authors of the present study commend the benefits of reflectively denaturalising our own positions.<br /

PMC18 HEALTH UTILITIES INDEX (HUI) ON-LINE QUESTIONNAIRE SYSTEM: CRITERION VALIDITY OF MULTI- AND SINGLE-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY SCORES

Data aproximada de realització del reportatgeAguilera, Josep Mari

Survival and development of Amblypelta nitida Stål, A. l. lutescens Distant (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and the egg parasitoid, Anastatus sp. (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) at constant rearing temperatures

The effects of constant rearing temperatures on the development and survival of Amblypelta nitida, Amblypelta lutescens lutescens (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and their egg parasitoid, Anastatus sp. (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), were studied in the laboratory. Amblypelta nitida and A. l. lutescens survival and development were studied at 10,15, 20, 25,30 and 35 degrees C. The development rate of both species increased linearly with increasing temperature but insects only developed to adults at 20, 25 and 30 degrees C; at these temperatures, mean development times for A. nitida were 87, 64 and 29 days and forA. l. lutescens they were 93, 65 and 31 days respectively. No eggs of either species hatched at 10 degrees C and only A l. lutescens eggs hatched at 35 degrees C At all temperatures at which insects developed beyond the first instar, mortality rates were highest in the second instar for both species. Lower developmental threshold temperatures to complete development were 15.9 degrees C and 17.1 degrees C for A. nitida and A. l. lutescens respectively; A. nitida required 421 degree-days and A.l. lutescens required 404 degree-days to complete development. Anastatus sp. completed development at all six study temperatures and development times decreased from 54 days at 17.5 degrees C to 16 days at 30 degrees C; similarly Anastatus sp, survival increased with increasing temperature. The lower developmental threshold temperature and degree-days required for Anastatus sp. to complete development were 15.0 degrees C and 234 degree-days respectively. Results are discussed with respect to the different geographical distributions of A. nitida and A. l. lutescens and likely interactions with Anastatus sp. (C) 2016 Korean Society of Applied Entomology, Taiwan Entomological Society and Malaysian Plant Protection Society. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Building Management Responsibilities for Access Services

Access Services staff, especially those in circulation, often act as the conduit for space management and library building maintenance. Overseeing the evolving physical aspects of a library can encompass a variety of challenges. The access services department possesses a unique perspective from its frontline service point and can oversee certain facility-related issues within a library operation

Time-limited home-care reablement services for maintaining and improving the functional independence of older adults

Background: Reablement, also known as restorative care, is one possible approach to home-care services for older adults at risk of functional decline. Unlike traditional home-care services, reablement is frequently time-limited (usually six to 12 weeks) and aims to maximise independence by offering an intensive multidisciplinary, person-centred and goal-directed intervention. Objectives: To assess the effects of time-limited home-care reablement services (up to 12 weeks) for maintaining and improving the functional independence of older adults (aged 65 years or more) when compared to usual home-care or wait-list control group. Search methods: We searched the following databases with no language restrictions during April to June 2015: the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL); MEDLINE (OvidSP); Embase (OvidSP); PsycINFO (OvidSP); ERIC; Sociological Abstracts; ProQuest Dissertations and Theses; CINAHL (EBSCOhost); SIGLE (OpenGrey); AgeLine and Social Care Online. We also searched the reference lists of relevant studies and reviews as well as contacting authors in the field. Selection criteria: We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs), cluster randomised or quasi-randomised trials of time-limited reablement services for older adults (aged 65 years or more) delivered in their home; and incorporated a usual home-care or wait-list control group. Data collection and analysis: Two authors independently assessed studies for inclusion, extracted data, assessed the risk of bias of individual studies and considered quality of the evidence using GRADE. We contacted study authors for additional information where needed. Main results: Two studies, comparing reablement with usual home-care services with 811 participants, met our eligibility criteria for inclusion; we also identified three potentially eligible studies, but findings were not yet available. One included study was conducted in Western Australia with 750 participants (mean age 82.29 years). The second study was conducted in Norway (61 participants; mean age 79 years). We are very uncertain as to the effects of reablement compared with usual care as the evidence was of very low quality for all of the outcomes reported. The main findings were as follows. Functional status: very low quality evidence suggested that reablement may be slightly more effective than usual care in improving function at nine to 12 months (lower scores reflect greater independence; standardised mean difference (SMD) -0.30; 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.53 to -0.06; 2 studies with 249 participants). Adverse events: reablement may make little or no difference to mortality at 12 months' follow-up (RR 0.97; 95% CI 0.74 to 1.29; 2 studies with 811 participants) or rates of unplanned hospital admission at 24 months (RR 0.94; 95% CI 0.85 to 1.03; 1 study with 750 participants). The very low quality evidence also means we are uncertain whether reablement may influence quality of life (SMD -0.23; 95% CI -0.48 to 0.02; 2 trials with 249 participants) or living arrangements (RR 0.92, 95% CI 0.62 to 1.34; 1 study with 750 participants) at time points up to 12 months. People receiving reablement may be slightly less likely to have been approved for a higher level of personal care than people receiving usual care over the 24 months' follow-up (RR 0.87; 95% CI 0.77 to 0.98; 1 trial, 750 participants). Similarly, although there may be a small reduction in total aggregated home and healthcare costs over the 24-month follow-up (reablement: AUD 19,888; usual care: AUD 22,757; 1 trial with 750 participants), we are uncertain about the size and importance of these effects as the results were based on very low quality evidence. Neither study reported user satisfaction with the service. Authors' conclusions: There is considerable uncertainty regarding the effects of reablement as the evidence was of very low quality according to our GRADE ratings. Therefore, the effectiveness of reablement services cannot be supported or refuted until more robust evidence becomes available. There is an urgent need for high quality trials across different health and social care systems due to the increasingly high profile of reablement services in policy and practice in several countries