La inversión extranjera directa en América del Norte: intersecciones del libre comercio

Este trabajo analiza las experiencias de Canadá, México y Estados Unidos con la inversión extranjera directa. Si bien la perspectiva de un acuerdo sobre el Tratado de Libre Comercio para América del Norte motiva este tipo de estudio comparativo, existen también varios paralelos insospechados entre los casos de México y Canadá, no sólo por los efectos que causa en ellos su vecino común, sino también por la importancia de las materias primas en la estructura de producción de estos países.

U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue, Phase VIII Report

This report is the product of collaboration between the Naval Postgraduate School, Center on Contemporary Conflict and the Defense Threat Reduction AgencyThe eighth annual session of the U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue on strategic nuclear issues was held in Oahu, Hawaii, from June 8 to 10, 2014. The dialogue is a Track 1.5 meeting; it is formally unofficial but includes a mix of government and academic participants. The dialogue is organized by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Pacific Forum CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) and funded by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering WMD (PASCC) at NPS. For the third time, this meeting was also supported by a Chinese co-host, the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA). This “non-governmental” association, with close ties to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and People’s Liberation Army (PLA), helped improve the level and quality of participants and secure support for discussing certain topics

A check list to aid patient/carer memory recall within the medical appointment: an action design research journey

The main nexus of communication between the patient/carer and the doctor is the medical appointment. The primary aim of which is arriving at a correct decision/diagnosis via information elicited from the patient/carer by the doctor. This bi-directional conversation regarding the patients’ medical history (termed the elicitation phase), necessitates the retrieval of data from the patients/carers long-term declarative memory. Unfortunately, recollection for medical history, like other modes of autobiographical memory, tends to be defective, incomplete, and erroneous. Additionally, the ability of the patient/carer to recall (at a later date) what has occurred within the elucidation/explanatory phase of a medical appointment is also quite problematic. Such memory recall/information retrieval issues give rise to numerous pernicious effects, more especially, for the patient. Taking an Action Design Research approach, the artefact designed, built, and evaluated to address the problem of poor memory recall is a pretotype (a paper-based prototype) in the form of a check list. The researcher in this study, a 48-year Cystic Fibrosis patient (who has experienced the problem of poor memory recall within his own medical appointments), decided to embark on a quest to ameliorate or remedy the problem. His practice inspired investigation became driven by the following motivation: How might we augment Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patient/carer memory recall/ information retrieval within the elicitation phase and elucidation phase of the medical appointment? Rigorous evaluation by CF patients, carers and respiratory clinicians’ points to the artefact’s validity and shows its contribution to practice, by facilitating the capture of specific CF related data collection before and during a medical appointment, enhancing a CF patients/carers ability to recall key clinical data within and after the medical appointment. Giving rise to reduced stress levels and an increased sense of empowerment for CF patients/carers within the medical appointment. Moreover, the designed check list is a new discursive template that facilitates a new patient-led approach to tackling and understanding the problem of flawed memory recall within the medical appointments. This study contributes to knowledge research by providing a representative set of 10 design principles for the design of a check list for use by patients/carers to aid memory recall. The most novel of which is the unpacking of long-term declarative memory into its components, where the check list design actually maps to “aid” the memory type drawn upon by the patient/carer within the medical appointment. The result being more effective memory recall/information retrieval. In addition, two conceptual models emerged: 1) a model of information retrieval/memory recall within the elicitation phase of the medical appointment, augmenting our comprehension of this phase of the medical encounter for all stakeholders; and 2) a visualisation/model of reflection within the context of the ADR, which depicts the stages of exploration required to genuinely advance our understanding of a problem, dissecting viewpoints further, gaining deeper insights into phenomena, and developing our problem definitions. As part of the ADR journey the check list (artefact) has been professionally produced in the form of a booklet, which has been adopted and distributed by CF Ireland to all CF patients/carers in Ireland. Furthermore, the NHS began distributing the booklet in early 2020, starting with the Royal London Children’s Hospital. Since then, it has gone to several countries across the world for review/evaluation by their relevant CF bodies

The 1930s Depression in Latin America: A macro analysis

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Heterogeneous protein distribution during rapid and equilibrium freezing

University of Minnesota Master of Science thesis. April 2013. Major: Mechanical Engineering. Advisor: Alptekin Aksan. 1 computer file (PDF); vii, 93 pages.Interactions between proteins and ice were studied in situ using FTIR and confocal Raman microspectroscopy under equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions over a range of temperatures. During quasi-equilibrium freezing of aqueous solutions of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and bovine serum albumin, preferential exclusion of albumin and/or DMSO was observed. It was hypothesized that the albumin may be adsorbed onto the ice interface or entrapped in the ice phase. To investigate protein-ice interactions during freezing under non-equilibrium conditions, confocal Raman microspectroscopy was used to map the distribution of albumin and the cryoprotective agent trehalose. Microheterogeneity was found in the composition of the freeze-concentrated liquid phase that indicated that albumin was preferentially distributed near or at the boundary of the ice phase. The observed microheterogeneity did not occur under all freezing protocols, which suggests that the technique developed here could be used to develop freezing protocols that would reduce harmful protein-ice interactions

Employment in nineteenth century Indian textiles

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A CHECK LIST DESIGNED TO IMPROVE MEMORY RECALL AMONGST CF PATIENTS

When a Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patient/carer meets a doctor, it is the responsibility of the patient/carer to recall their medical history. Often the information imparted by the patient/carer is inaccurate due to their inability to remember their medical history accurately. Coupled with this, patients/carers often leave medical encounters unable to remember the information that has been imparted to them. These memory issues can seriously impede the doctor’s ability to correctly diagnose and treat a CF patient and the patient’s ability to adhere to the doctors’ recommendations. This paper explores: “The Memory Recall of mild to moderate Cystic Fibrosis(CF) patients/carers in routine doctor’s appointments and the impacts a simple artefact can have on memory recall, stress and empowerment”. Using Design Science Research, the artefact designed, built and evaluated to address the problem is a pretotype (a paper-based prototype) in the form of a Check List. Rigorous evaluation by CF patients, carers and respiratory clinicians’ points to the artefact’s validity and shows its contribution to memory recall, a reduction in stress, and an increase in empowerment for both CF patients and carers. The insights gained from this research will be an essential precursor to the creation of an effective digital solution