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Winning the Marathon: A Reconsideration of the Development Effects of Neo-Classical Trade Practices

This paper focuses on the trading policies of developed nations, specifically import quotas, and their positive and negative effects on developing countries. We hope to show that the case is not as polar as was once believed and instead focus on how the current literature suggests that the real effects of free-trade are shrouded in nuance and circumstance. Our starting point will be an analysis of the fashionable neo-liberal trade theory and its impact on development, making special reference to the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA). We will then turn our attention to the shortcomings of the neo-liberal approach, and provide a critique of it with the aim of shedding some light on the true nature of quotas and their contemporary cousins: Voluntary Export Restraints (VERs). Finally, we will examine whether or not developing nations are merely predetermined pawns in the game of globalized trade or if they can take an active role in increasing and maximizing their trade position. Editor\u27s Note: Figures are missing from this article. We apologize for the inconvenience

Introduction to the Medical-Legal Partnership Symposium Issue

Since the first medical-legal partnership (MLP) opened in 1993 at the Boston Medical Center, MLPs have increasingly become integrated into community health centers around the United States. And MLPs are in the business of growth: more than 300 MLPs are currently operating in the United States, and 59 percent of those are fewer than five years old. MLPs are collaborations between physicians and civil attorneys in which the attorneys are integrated into the health care team, and work with the patient to address civil legal needs that impact the social determinants of a patient\u27s health

Decreasing Polypharmacy in a Long-Term Care Setting with the Use of the STOPP Tool

Polypharmacy is the use of five or more medications. Polypharmacy in older adults can increase fall risk, decrease quality of life, increase adverse reactions and cause a more rapid decline in cognitive function. A literature review revealed that there is benefit to a reduced number of medications taken in the older adult population. This quality improvement project was completed at a long-term care facility in Central Minnesota. The STOPP tool was implemented with the leadership team at the facility which included the Director of Nursing, nursing manager, the PIPP Grant team and the staff development nurse. The project provided education on the use of the Screening Tool of Older People’s Prescriptions (STOPP) with the goal of lowering the overall number of medications that were prescribed to residents in the facility. This screening tool assisted staff in determining unnecessary medications prescribed and aided in conversations with nursing staff and providers to help them determine which medications could be discontinued. The STOPP tool will be used by the leadership staff upon new resident admission to help determine the presence of unnecessary medications that will be reviewed by the provider to be considered for discontinuation

THE COMPLETE STORY: A POPULATION‐ BASED PERSPECTIVE ON SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AND EDUCATIONAL TESTING

All children born in Manitoba in 1984 were tracked for 18 years to assess their grade‐ 12 performance on a provincial examination according to a student’s socio‐economic status. The proportion of youths in families receiving social assistance judged to have passed their language arts exam dropped from 80 per cent to 12 per cent, depending on whether one counts only those in the cohort who took the test on time in 2002 or all youths born in 1984 who should have taken the test in 2002. Getting better data on performance and doing something about the discrepancies should become a Canadian priority. Key words: educational opportunity, exam performance, socio‐economic status, testing, longitudinal studies Tous les enfants nés au Manitoba en 1984 ont été suivis sur une période de 18 ans en vue d’évaluer leur rendement en 12e année lors d’un examen provincial, tenant compte de leur statut socioéconomique. La proportion de jeunes issus des familles recevant de l’aide sociale et considérés comme ayant réussi leur examen au plan des compétences linguistiques passe de 80 % à 12 %, selon que l’on compte seulement ceux qui, dans la cohorte, ont subi l’examen à temps en 2002 ou tous les jeunes nés en 1984 qui auraient dû subir l’examen. En matière d’égalité des chances, la performance du système scolaire actuel au Canada laisse à désirer. Mots clés: possibilités éducatives, résultats d’examen, statut socioéconomique, analyse longitudinale.

Severe Brain Injury, Disability, and the Law: Achieving Justice for a Marginalized Population

Thousands of persons with severe brain injury who are minimally conscious or locked in are wrongly treated as if they are unconscious. Such individuals are unable to advocate for themselves and are typically segregated from society in hospitals or nursing homes. As a result, they constitute a class of persons who often lack access to adequate medical care, rehabilitation, and assistive devices that could aid them in communication and recovery. While this problem is often approached from a medical or scientific point of view, here we frame it as a legal issue amenable to legal remedies. This Article comprehensively explores and analyzes sources of federal, state, and international human rights law that can be leveraged- both in traditional and novel ways-to improve the lives and protect the rights of persons with severe brain injury. We argue that state laws may be the most promising basis for legal action to ameliorate the clinical marginalization and societal neglect faced by persons with severe brain injury, and to promote their recovery and reintegration into their communities

The occurrence and characterization of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli in organic pigs and their outdoor environment

The occurrence and species distribution of thermophilic Campylobacter was investigated in organic outdoor pigs. An increased exposure of outdoor pigs to C. jejuni from the environment may cause a shift from a normal dominance of C. coli to more C. jejuni, which may imply a concern of reduced food safety. Bacteriological methods for determination of Campylobacter excretion level were combined with colony-blot hybridization and real-time PCR for specific detection of C. jejuni in pigs. Campylobacter was isolated from pigs (n = 47), paddock environment (n = 126) and wildlife (n = 44), identified to species by real-time PCR and sub-typed by serotyping (Penner) and pulse-field gel electrophorsis (PFGE) genotyping. All pigs excreted Campylobacter (103–107 CFU g1 faeces) from the age of 8–13-weeks old. C. jejuni was found in 29% of pigs in three consecutive trials and always in minority to C. coli (0.3–46%). C. jejuni and C. coli were isolated from 10% and 29% of the environmental samples, respectively, while crow-birds and rats harboured C. jejuni. Individual pigs hosted several strains (up to nine serotypes). The paddock environment was contaminated with C. coli serotypes similar to pig isolates, while most of the C. jejuni serotypes differed. C. jejuni isolates of different origin comprised few similar serotypes, just one identical genotype was common between pigs, environment and birds. In conclusion, the occurrence of C. jejuni varied considerably between the three groups of outdoor pigs. Furthermore, transfer of C. jejuni to the outdoor pigs from the nearby environment was not predominant according to the subtype dissimilarities of the obtained isolates