39 research outputs found

    Insights into embedded policy paradigms and Kazakhstan's future trajectory

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    This chapter delineates the lessons from the book by linking the conclusions from different chapters and highlighting the implications for Kazakhstan’s future policy and governance in the light of the ambitious Kazakhstan-2050 strategy that has been on the nation’s agenda since its adoption in 2012. The chapter identifies four themes that were reiterated by the authors throughout the book. The overarching theme is sustainability of Kazakhstan’s development as the future of some sectors does not appear to be resting on policies that are best suited to meeting the challenges of the twenty-first century. The other themes may be summarised as calls to ensure advancement in four areas: economic restructuring, participatory governance, intersectoral thinking in policymaking, and policy integration, rather than fragmentation. This concluding chapter discusses each of these themes in detail and draws the learning points for adjustments in policy and governance

    ¿Qué es el grupoanálisis?

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    En este trabajo exponemos las características de lo que para nosotros es el grupoanálisis, diferenciándolo de otras formas de psicoterapia de grupo. Es el resultado de nuestros años de experiencia y aprendizaje. Explicamos también los criterios formativos emanados de la European Group Analytic Training Institutions Network (EGATIN), que son los que se siguen en los cursos formativos de los que formamos parte

    Geographic Visualization in Archaeology

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    Archaeologists are often considered frontrunners in employing spatial approaches within the social sciences and humanities, including geospatial technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS) that are now routinely used in archaeology. Since the late 1980s, GIS has mainly been used to support data collection and management as well as spatial analysis and modeling. While fruitful, these efforts have arguably neglected the potential contribution of advanced visualization methods to the generation of broader archaeological knowledge. This paper reviews the use of GIS in archaeology from a geographic visualization (geovisual) perspective and examines how these methods can broaden the scope of archaeological research in an era of more user-friendly cyber-infrastructures. Like most computational databases, GIS do not easily support temporal data. This limitation is particularly problematic in archaeology because processes and events are best understood in space and time. To deal with such shortcomings in existing tools, archaeologists often end up having to reduce the diversity and complexity of archaeological phenomena. Recent developments in geographic visualization begin to address some of these issues, and are pertinent in the globalized world as archaeologists amass vast new bodies of geo-referenced information and work towards integrating them with traditional archaeological data. Greater effort in developing geovisualization and geovisual analytics appropriate for archaeological data can create opportunities to visualize, navigate and assess different sources of information within the larger archaeological community, thus enhancing possibilities for collaborative research and new forms of critical inquiry

    Importancia de la vigilancia epidemiológica en el control de las infecciones asociadas a la atención en salud

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    Antecedentes: Las infecciones asociadas a la Atención en salud (IAAS) son un flagelo que azota a las instituciones prestadoras de servicio de salud a escala Mundial, se considera uno de los mayores problemas para la seguridad del paciente, afectando directamente la calidad en la prestación de servicios. Objetivo: Profundizar en los principales aspectos epidemiológicos de la IAAS,  los factores de riesgo relacionados, el impacto que tiene este problema a nivel mundial y local y la importancia de un programa de vigilancia epidemiológica hospitalaria como una de las medidas para su prevención y control.   Metodología: El presente documento es el resultado de una revisión bibliográfica de artículos científicos consultados en bases de datos Pubmed, Scielo, Proquest, Ovid, Google Académico, de los últimos 10 años, publicados en español y en inglés. Para la selección de la bibliografía se consideró el siguiente grupo de palabras claves: infección Asociada a la atención de la salud; infección intrahospitalaria; control de infecciones, vigilancia epidemiológica, sistema nacional de vigilancia hospitalaria. Conclusión: Con la revisión actual se evidenció que la prevalencia de IAAS se mantiene a través de los años, e incluso ha aumentado en instituciones de nivel intermedio de atención en salud, resaltando la importancia de incrementar las unidades notificadoras de IAAS y resistencia bacteriana, así como la creación de programas de vigilancia epidemiológica o Sistema Nacional de información de estos eventos de manera  más eficiente, considerándose un componente clave de cualquier sistema de salud para mejorar los indicadores de la calidad en los servicios prestados en beneficio del paciente. La Vigilancia Epidemiológica es importante no solo por contribuir de manera significativa en el control y prevención de las IAAS sino para determinar los pasos a seguir en el momento de registrar y difundir debidamente, a las autoridades encargadas del análisis de dicha problemática en sus diferentes esferas de acción, apoyando de esta manera la toma de decisiones, la ejecución y evaluación de dichas enfermedades.Background: The infections associated to the Attention in health (IAAS) they are an I lash that it whips to the institutions prestored of service of health to World scale, it is considered one of the biggest problems for patient safety, directly affecting the quality in the provision of services. Objective: To deepen the knowledge in the main aspects of the IAAS, analysis of the factors of risk, mechanisms of prevention and the importance of the hospital epidemic surveillance as one of the measures for their control.  Methodology: The present document is the result of a bibliographical revision of scientific articles consulted in the databases PubMed, Scielo, ProQuest, Ovid, Academic Google, of the last 10 years, published in Spanish and in English. For the selection of the bibliography it was considered the following group of key words: infection Associated to the attention of the health; infection intrahospital; control of infections, epidemic surveillance, national system of hospital surveillance. Conclusion: With the current review it was shown that the prevalence of IAAS is maintained over the years, and has even increased in intermediate level health care institutions, highlighting the importance of increasing the reporting units of IAAS and bacterial resistance, as well as the creation of epidemiological surveillance programs or a more efficient National Information System for these events, considered a key component of any health system to improve the indicators of quality in the services provided for the benefit of the patient. The Epidemiological Surveillance is important not only for contributing in a significant way in the control and prevention of the IAAS, but also in determining the steps to be taken at the time of registering and disseminating, to the authorities in charge of the analysis of said problem in its different spheres of activity. action, supporting in this way the decision making, execution and evaluation of these diseases

    Enhanced data envelopment analysis for sustainability assessment: a novel methodology and application to electricity technologies

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    AbstractQuantifying the level of sustainability attained by a system is a challenging task due to the need to consider a wide range of economic, environmental and social aspects simultaneously. This work explores the application of data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the sustainability ‘efficiency’ of a system. We propose an enhanced DEA methodology that uses the concept of ‘order of efficiency’ to compare and rank alternatives according to the extent to which they adhere to sustainability principles. The capabilities of the proposed approach are illustrated through a sustainability assessment of different technologies for electricity generation in United Kingdom. In addition to screening the alternatives based on sustainability principles, enhanced DEA provides improvement targets for the least sustainable alternatives that, if achieved, would make them more sustainable. The enhanced DEA shows clearly the ultimate distance to sustainability, helping industry and policy makers to improve the efficiency of technologies, products and policies
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