Clinical supervision for counsellors in areas of armed conflict

This article describes clinical supervision of counsellors as a structured process that encompasses emotional support, education and monitoring of professional performance. It is based on the experiences of the authors while supervising counsellors with limited professional education in areas of armed conflict

Keteneffecten Japan ook bij overstromingsrampen in Nederland te verwachten

De gevolgen van de tsunami in Japan hebben zich uitgestrekt tot ver buiten het getroffen gebied en troffen kerncentrales en de nationale energievoorziening en economie. Ook bij een watersnood en andere grote rampen in Nederland zijn zulke keteneffecten te verwachten, bij voorbeeld in de Rotterdamse haven en bij chemische installaties in binnen- en buitendijkse gebieden.Hydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience

Hindcast tidal inlet of Ameland storms: January and March 2007

During the storm season from October 2006 untill April 2007 several severe storms occurred at the North Sea. Three storm periods are selected to study the realiability of the SWAN wave model by means of a hindcast. The objective of this hindcast is to gain insight into the performance of the SWAN model, especially under storm conditions for the Hydraulic Boundary Conditions with particular emphasis upon the strengths and weaknesses of the model. The three selected stormperiods (11 and 12 January 2007, 17 and 18 January 2007 and 17 and 18 March 2007) can be described as regular western storms with wind directions varying from the southwest to the northwest and with moderate waterlevels. For these storm periods, measurements from twelve locations using the measurement network at the Tidal inlet of Ameland are used. At the start of this study, the measured wave conditions are validated agian by a consistency check. In order to prevent a selection of spurious measurements for the comparison of measured and modelled waves, all suspicious measurements are excluded from the hindcast selection. The selection of hindcasting moments is based on three different hypotheses. These hypotheses were formulated using the expected behaviour of SWAN during wind growth at shallow water, current conditions and triad interactions. In totally 31 moments are simulated (representing one third of the storms) with the current version of SWAN. The analysis of the differences between the modelled and measured wave parameters and wave spectra shows that for typical Wadden Sea conditions (wind growth over shallow water) SWAN seriously underestimates the significant wave heights. The wave period is well simulated by SWAN. The largest underestimation is observed at the buoy locations at the shallow locations. In the table below the averaged deviation (sigma factor) of SWAN in relation to the measurements is given for different areas.SB

Ports and Waterways Design videos -Planning and Design of Port Water Areas

Video material for a masters level course on functional design and capacity planning of the various elements of ports and waterways, such as terminals and locks. The learning in this series of videos is essential for planning and designing the overall system

THROMBOMODULIN IS A COFACTOR FOR THROMBIN DEGRADATION OF RECOMBINANT SINGLE-CHAIN UROKINASE PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR INVITRO AND IN A PERFUSED RABBIT HEART MODEL

Thrombin cleaves single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator (scu-PA) to a two-chain derivative (tcu-PA) fibrinolytically inactive. This reaction was accelerated in vitro by purified rabbit lung thrombomodulin in equimolar complex with thrombin. Polyclonal antibodies to rabbit thrombomodulin prevented this effect. We also observed that heparin and other sulfated polysaccharides had an accelerating effect on thrombin cleavage of recombinant scu-PA. Their effect was concentration-dependent and then reversed at high levels. The effect of heparin and heparan sulfate was independent and synergic with respect to thrombomodulin. All observations except the effect of heparin, could be confirmed in a Langendorff isolated rabbit heart model. From competition experiments carried out with scu-PA derivatives and mutants, we postulate that the amino-terminal sequence of rscu-PA, containing the epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like and the kringle domains is involved in the cofactor effect of thrombomodulin on scu-PA inactivation by thrombin. We conclude that a regulatory mechanism of scu-PA inactivation is present at the cell surface

Ports and Waterways Design videos -Functional Design of Marinas

Video material for a masters level course on functional design and capacity planning of the various elements of ports and waterways, such as terminals and locks. The learning in this series of videos is essential for planning and designing the overall system