Os hospitais são organizações saudáveis? Qualidade de vida no trabalho hospitalar no norte e no sul da Europa

Adotando uma perspetiva de género, este artigo analisa o conceito de “organização saudável” através do estudo da “agenda dual” das organizações de prestação de cuidados de saúde. Com base no projeto europeu “Quality of Life in a Changing Europe”, que privilegiou uma abordagem multi-method, são analisados dados de um inquérito aplicado em hospitais públicos de oito países europeus (Alemanha, Bulgária, Finlândia, Holanda, Hungria, Portugal, Reino Unido e Suécia) e apresentados dois estudos de caso: um hospital público universitário na Suécia e outro em Portugal. Os resultados do estudo demonstram que as perceções sobre o que é uma organização saudável se desenvolvem em torno das noções de apoio social, satisfação com a vida, compromisso com o trabalho e conciliação do trabalho com a vida pessoal e familiar, verificando-se diferenciações de género nas variações destas perceções entre profissionais de saúde. As políticas organizacionais, as trajetórias profissionais e os recursos existentes ao nível dos agregados domésticos estão diretamente relacionados com as variações encontradas.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

World radiocommunication conference 12 : implications for the spectrum eco-system

Spectrum allocation is once more a key issue facing the global telecommunications industry. Largely overlooked in current debates, however, is the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC). Decisions taken by WRC shape the future roadmap of the telecommunications industry, not least because it has the ability to shape the global spectrum allocation framework. In the debates of WRC-12 it is possible to identify three main issues: enhancement of the international spectrum regulatory framework, regulatory measures required to introduce Cognitive Radio Systems (CRS) technologies; and, additional spectrum allocation to mobile service. WRC-12 eventually decided not to change the current international radio regulations with regard to the first two issues and agreed to the third issue. The main implications of WRC-12 on the spectrum ecosystem are that most of actors are not in support of the concept of spectrum flexibility associated with trading and that the concept of spectrum open access is not under consideration. This is explained by the observation that spectrum trading and spectrum commons weaken state control over spectrum and challenge the main principles and norms of the international spectrum management regime. In addition, the mobile allocation issue has shown the lack of conformity with the main rules of the regime: regional spectrum allocation in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) three regions, and the resistance to the slow decision making procedures. In conclusion, while the rules and decision-making procedures of the international spectrum management regime were challenged in the WRC-12, the main principles and norms are still accepted by the majority of countries

Bunch shape measurement of CW heavy-ion beam.

An accurate bunch shape measurement is one of the most important tasks during the fine tuning of multicavity accelerators. A device for the measurement of bunch time structure of cw heavy-ion beams with time resolution {approx}20 picoseconds was developed, constructed and commissioned at ATLAS which is a 50 MV superconducting heavy-ion linac. The Bunch Shape Monitor (BSM) is based on the analysis of secondary electrons produced by a primary beam hitting a tungsten wire to which a potential of -10 kV is applied. In a BSM the longitudinal distribution of charge of the primary beam is coherently transformed into a spatial distribution of low energy secondary electrons through transverse rf modulation. The distribution of secondary electrons is detected by a chevron MCP coupled to a phosphor screen. The signal image on the screen is measured by use of a CCD camera connected to a PC. This BSM analyzes cw beams rather than pulsed beams studied by a previous device [1]. Design features of the BSM and the beam measurement results are reported