A Novel Approach in Determining Changes in Consumptive Use

2008 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Addressing Water Challenges Facing the State and Regio

Development of Interential Sensors for Real-time Quality Control of Water-level Data for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network

2010 S.C. Water Resources Conferences - Science and Policy Challenges for a Sustainable Futur

Data Mining to Predict Climate and Groundwater Use Impacts on the Hydrology of Central Florida

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Managemen

The Quality National Award in the Sanitation and the Universal Sanitation in Brazil - PRÊMIO NACIONAL DE QUALIDADE NO SANEAMENTO E A universalização do saneamento NO BRASIL

O PNQS – Premio Nacional da Qualidade em Saneamento, da Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental (ABES) e Associação Interamericana de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental (AIDIS), é considerado uma importante ferramenta de benchmarking na gestão dos serviços de saneamento do Brasil, para melhoria das práticas do setor. Desde 2001, o PNQS ado- tou o diagnóstico do desempenho das operadoras com base em indicadores. Esses indicadores adotados podem ser empregados para visualizar o compromisso das operadoras com a univer- salização. Este fato foi verificado ao analisar os indicadores à luz dos fatores relevantes da prática do setor de saneamento visando à universalização e, especificamente, o atendimento das popu- lações vulneráveis. Verificou-se que 39 dos 79 indicadores existentes permitem avaliar as ações no sentido da universalização, embora exista um desequilíbrio na distribuição desses indicadores entre as dimensões e critérios utilizados

PRÊMIO NACIONAL DE QUALIDADE NO SANEAMENTO E A UNIVERSALIZAÇÃO DO SANEAMENTO NO BRASIL

O PNQS – Premio Nacional da Qualidade em Saneamento da Associação Brasileira deEngenharia Sanitária - ABES e Associação Interamericana de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental - AIDS é considerado uma importante ferramenta de benchmarking na gestão dosserviços de saneamento do Brasil para melhoria das práticas do setor. Desde 2001, o PNQS adotou o diagnóstico do desempenho das operadoras com base em indicadores. Essesindicadores adotados podem ser empregados também para visualizar o compromisso das operadoras com a universalização. Este fato foi verificado ao analisar os indicadores à luz dosfatores relevantes da prática do setor de saneamento visando à universalização e, especificamente, o atendimento das populações vulneráveis. Verificou-se que 39 dos 79 indicadores existentes permitem avaliar as ações no sentido da universalização, embora exista um desequilíbrio na distribuição desses indicadores entre as dimensões e critérios utilizados

Addressing US Youth Violence and Central American Migration through Fortifying Children, Families, and Educators in Central America: A Collaborative Approach to the Development and Testing of a Youth Violence Preventive Intervention

Youth violence is a pressing problem in the United States (US) with multiple contributors. Some violence involving US youth can be linked to a larger global epidemic of youth violence in Latin America and in Central America, specifically. Hemispheric histories of violence fueled by a century of US resource extraction and intervention, and other factors such as internal economic and political strain, contribute to present-day migration from Central America to the US. Addressing the intricate problems of US youth violence and migration requires multi-systemic prevention programs to address youth violence in families, schools, and communities in Central America. One such example is Miles de Manos (MdM; “Thousands of Hands”). MdM is intended to target risk and protective factors related to migration from Central America to the US. It is a multi-modal, culturally-specified and community-based violence prevention intervention for elementary-school aged children, their families, and children’s teachers and school staff. Data collected during pilot trials indicate promise in terms of MdM increasing positive teacher and parent behaviors that promote prosocial behaviors and reduce problem behaviors in youth. Outcomes due to MdM for youth, parents and other caregivers, and teachers are currently being examined in a randomized controlled trial in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Addressing US Youth Violence and Central American Migration through Fortifying Children, Families, and Educators in Central America: A Collaborative Approach to the Development and Testing of a Youth Violence Preventive Intervention

15 pagesYouth violence is a pressing problem in the United States (US) with multiple contributors. Some violence involving US youth can be linked to a larger global epidemic of youth violence in Latin America and in Central America, specifically. Hemispheric histories of violence fueled by a century of US resource extraction and intervention, and other factors such as internal economic and political strain, contribute to present-day migration from Central America to the US. Addressing the intricate problems of US youth violence and migration requires multi-systemic prevention programs to address youth violence in families, schools, and communities in Central America. One such example is Miles de Manos (MdM; “Thousands of Hands”). MdM is intended to target risk and protective factors related to migration from Central America to the US. It is a multi-modal, culturally-specified and community- based violence prevention intervention for elementary-school aged children, their families, and children’s teachers and school staff. Data collected during pilot trials indicate promise in terms of MdM increasing positive teacher and parent behaviors that promote prosocial behaviors and reduce problem behaviors in youth. Outcomes due to MdM for youth, parents and other caregivers, and teachers are currently being examined in a randomized controlled trial in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Complement-Mediated Virus Infectivity Neutralisation by HLA Antibodies Is Associated with Sterilising Immunity to SIV Challenge in the Macaque Model for HIV/AIDS.

Sterilising immunity is a desired outcome for vaccination against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and has been observed in the macaque model using inactivated simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). This protection was attributed to antibodies specific for cell proteins including human leucocyte antigens (HLA) class I and II incorporated into virions during vaccine and challenge virus preparation. We show here, using HLA bead arrays, that vaccinated macaques protected from virus challenge had higher serum antibody reactivity compared with non-protected animals. Moreover, reactivity was shown to be directed against HLA framework determinants. Previous studies failed to correlate serum antibody mediated virus neutralisation with protection and were confounded by cytotoxic effects. Using a virus entry assay based on TZM-bl cells we now report that, in the presence of complement, serum antibody titres that neutralise virus infectivity were higher in protected animals. We propose that complement-augmented virus neutralisation is a key factor in inducing sterilising immunity and may be difficult to achieve with HIV/SIV Env-based vaccines. Understanding how to overcome the apparent block of inactivated SIV vaccines to elicit anti-envelope protein antibodies that effectively engage the complement system could enable novel anti-HIV antibody vaccines that induce potent, virolytic serological response to be developed