"Suspended lives": Institutional challenges towards refugees' self-determination

Four years have passed since asylum applications in Europe reached their peak. From that moment onwards, there’s been a consistent remission of the influx. In 2018 requests dropped to nearly half of those in 2015. While numbers might contribute to political rhetorics claiming that the so-called European refugee crisis has come to an end, the critical scenarios are far from being over. On one hand, it has revealed the frailty of the EU’s humanitarian and democratic values. Specially in those countries where populist nationalism is on the rise, promoting xenophobic attitudes. On the other, asylum seekers and refugees are still facing big challenges related to integration and participation in social life. The inefficiency of organizations in providing support, has showed the limitations of highly bureaucratized systems in responding to the demands of increasingly complex and pluralistic societies. In other words, the forces of social acceleration (Rosa, 2010) and rapid social change are overrunning institutional responsiveness, while creating conditions for alienation. Drawing from the results of 14 semi-structured interviews to asylum seekers and refugees, and one focus group with 12 stakeholders, this paper will focus on experiences of integration and participation in Portuguese society, highlighting the (missing) nexus, between agency and structural factors, that determine the subjects’ autonomy. This study is part of a greater body of research within the framework of the PandPAS project, backed by the EU’s AMIF, which objective is to develop improved processes of welcoming and first integration.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Framework for the collection of good practices regarding the welcoming and integration of refugees and migrants

The present document is the framework of one specificactivity of the PandPAS projectPre and Post-Arrival Schemes to facilitate inclusion and prevent xenophobia and radicalization. The framework has been drafted by CIES, ISCTE-IUL, with the goal of supporting the collection and analysis of good practices regarding refugees welcoming and integrationbyall partners of the PandPAS procect.The PandPASproject focuses onpost-arrival support for the integration of asylum seekers, and migrants.Itaims at producing tools for pre departure activities and pilot experiences for the social inclusion and active participation of migrants in hosting territories.Thisdocument starts with the description of the project activityin which the collection was carried out. It continues with the definition of a good practice andthe criteria to choose a good practice regarding the welcoming and integration of refugees and migrants. The process of collecting the good practices is also described. In the last section of the document is provided the template to fill-in regardingeach good practice.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

“Welcome!”: collection of good practices already existing for refugees’ welcoming and first inclusion

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Emission line taxonomy and the nature of AGN-looking galaxies in the SDSS

Massive spectroscopic surveys like the SDSS have revolutionized the way we study AGN and their relations to the galaxies they live in. A first step in any such study is to define samples of different types of AGN on the basis of emission line ratios. This deceivingly simple step involves decisions on which classification scheme to use and data quality censorship. Galaxies with weak emission lines are often left aside or dealt with separately because one cannot fully classify them onto the standard Star-Forming, Seyfert of LINER categories. This contribution summarizes alternative classification schemes which include this very numerous population. We then study how star-formation histories and physical properties of the hosts vary from class to class, and present compelling evidence that the emission lines in the majority of LINER-like systems in the SDSS are not powered by black-hole accretion. The data are fully consistent with them being galaxies whose old stars provide all the ionizing power needed to explain their line ratios and luminosities. Such retired galaxies deserve a place in the emission line taxonomy.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 267, Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxie

National case study: Portugal

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Stories of young dropouts: a social survey of success and failure

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Nearly coeval intermediate-age Milky Way star clusters at very different dynamics evolutionary stages

We report astrophysical properties of 12 Milky Way open clusters located beyond a 2 kpc circle around the Sun by using deep optical photometry. We estimated their age and metallicities on the basis of a maximum likelihood approach using astrometric members determined from Gaia DR2 data. The studied clusters turned out to be of intermediate-age (0.8-4.0 Gyr), with metallicities spanning the range [Fe/H] ∼ −0.5-+0.1 dex, and distributed within the general observed trend of the Milky Way disc radial and perpendicular metallicity gradients. As far as we are aware, these are the first metal abundance estimates derived for these clusters so far. From the constructed stellar density radial profiles and cluster mass functions we obtained a variety of structural and internal dynamics evolution parameters. They show that while the innermost cluster regions would seem to be mainly shaped according to the respective internal dynamics evolutionary stages, the outermost ones would seem to be slightly more sensitive to the Milky Way tidal field. The nearly coeval studied clusters are experiencing different levels of two-body relaxation following star evaporation; those at more advanced stages being more compact objects. Likewise, we found that the more important the Milky way tides, the larger the Jacobi volume occupied by the clusters, irrespective of their actual sizes and internal dynamics evolutionary stages.Fil: Piatti, Andres Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Angelo, Mateus S.. Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Dias, Wilton S.. Universidade Federal de Itajuba; Brasi

Optimasi Kualitas Citra Radiografi Abdomen Berdasarkan Body Mass Index dan Tegangan Tabung pada Computed Radiography

Background: Computed Radiography is a modality of radiographic processing that has wide-exposure latitude. So that in radiographic examination with CR modality is less concerned with the accuracy of the exposure factor especially in the use of tube voltage that can affect the image quality. Image quality determines the accuracy of diagnosis of an illness. Abdominal examination is often done in the radiological installation of Hospital, with different patient conditions especially in Body Mass Index the use of tube voltages tends to vary so as to affect the quality of radiograph and received dose PatientsMethods: This type of research is analytical observational research with cross sectional research draft. Samples in research amounted to 108 distributed in each group of Body mass Index (underweight, normal, overweight) respectively 36 samples. Each body mass index group sample is taken from the use of tube voltages that are often used in RS 75 kV, 80kV, 85 kV and 90 kV respectively as much as 9. Assessments include the value of the exposure index, Noise and anatomical information. Statistical data analysis with Spearman test and univariat.Result: There is a significant connection between the use of cylinder voltage with an index exposure, noise and anatomical imageryConclusion : Optimised tube voltage for Body Mass index Under 75 kV, normal BMI 80 kV and BMI over 85 k