... Following the suggestions of scientific literature on the advantages ofthe compactness, reliability, ease of use and affordability ofthe 980 nm Diode Lasers, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of ... are reduced [17,18] The lasers normally adopted offer the enormous advantage of being conveyed in a fibre, which serves as the working tip at the end ofthe handpiece The use of flexible, length-adjustable ... intelligent machines" can replace "the brain and hand, skill and experience" ofthe specialist The aim of this study was to verify the reliability and efficacy of one of these compact portable diode...
... Whyte) summarized the recommendations which appear as the final report in the series [12] The remainder of this summary encapsulates key points from the plenary and state- of- the- science presentations ... postacute care: state- of- the- science A review Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007, 88(11):1526-1534 Gage B: Overview ofthe CMS patient assessment tool development study StateoftheScience Symposium ... M: The uniform post-acute assessment tool: systematically evaluating the quality of measurement evidence Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2007, 88:1505-1512 Ottenbacher K, Graham JE: Thestateofthe science: ...
... stressed the importance of accurately annotating the genomic sequences in such collections, which should include data that allow the temporal and spatial patterns ofthe expression ofthe genes ... Lamesch of Marc Vidal’s group (DanaFarber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA) The first version ofthe database was based on an early release ofthe genome sequence (Wormbase WS9), and since then there ... difficult to rule these out), the principal cause is probably related to the low overall coverage of interactions: that is, if a single study sampled one fifth ofthe ‘true’ network, the expected...
... points of view On the other hand, if the importance ofthe whole subset of criteria is larger than the sum ofthe importances of its members, then we observe a synergy between criteria, the evaluations ... Partial profile of action 242 Partial profiles and partial broken lines of Partial frequencies of 243 Determination of a relation between the two alternatives on the basis ofthe values of global ... consideration ofthe aims and ofthe role of MCDA We share this conviction with most MCDA researchers Bernard Roy discusses these “pre-theoretical” assumptions of MCDA and gives an overview ofthe field...
... Every year, our Stateofthe World’s Mothers report reminds us ofthe inextricable link between the well-being of mothers and their children More than 90 years of experience on the ground have ... family meals, they are the primary family caregivers and they often eat last and least Given any small amount of resources, they often spend them on the health and well-being of their families, and ... commemoration of Mother’s Day, Save the Children is publishing its thirteenth annual Stateofthe World’s Mothers report The focus is on the 171 million children globally who not have the opportunity...
... constitutes a central feature ofthe report The voices of adolescents offering their own perspectives on thestateof their world permeate the entire report The complexities of defining adolescence ... place in the collection of health data, driven by the child survival revolution ofthe 1980s, the 1990 World Summit for Children, the Convention on the Rights ofthe Child and the push for the MDGs ... confine themselves to legal protection Much ofthe sexual violence experienced by adolescent girls is at the hands of their male partner and may not therefore come to the notice ofthe police or other...
... allowed us to extend the debate on thestateofthe nation well beyond the academy The success ofStateofthe Nation is in large measure due to the commitment and effort of its editors and in ... movements: the failed transition to democratic parties A review ofthestateof South Africa’s democracy is incomplete without a critical analysis ofthestateofthe liberation movements other than the ... global activism ofthe Mbeki era has been underpinned by the belief that the international front was one ofthe key pillars ofthe struggle that led to the defeat ofthe apartheid regime in...
... for mothers and children that safeguards and promotes their rights The second chapter ofTheStateofthe World’s Children 2009 explores the fundamentals ofthe supportive environment and the ways ... way of strengthening health systems The World Health Organization launched the World Health Report 2008, which also addressed the theme of primary health care, on the eve ofthe conference The ... future editions ofTheStateofthe World’s Children Underweight children under five, 2007 Rest ofthe world: 10 million (7%) Primary-school-age children out of school, 2007 Rest ofthe world: 12...
... advance thestateof all the world’s children Children’s rights in urban settings 15 The Convention on the Rights ofthe Child The Convention on the Rights ofthe Child, adopted in 1989, was the ... One ofthe targets of MDG – to ensure environmental sustainability – focuses specifically on improving the lives of at least 100 million ofthe 14 THESTATEOFTHE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2012 A mother ... from the 1924 Geneva Declaration ofthe Rights ofthe Child, the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1959 Declaration ofthe Rights ofthe Child The Convention applies to every...
... tools Conditions for mothers and their children they need to break the cycle of poverty and in the bottom countries are grim On average, improve the quality of life for themselves, woman in 30 ... for the children, good for the families, and good for the environment Most Americans would help a hungry or sick child in front of them Tragically, the fact that we cannot see the faces ofthe ... addressing the needs of others both at home and abroad The percentage of population giving money is defined as the proportion ofthe public that had, in the month prior to the survey, given financial...
... allowed us to extend the debate on thestateofthe nation well beyond the academy The success ofStateofthe Nation is in large measure due to the commitment and effort of its editors and in ... movements: the failed transition to democratic parties A review ofthestateof South Africa’s democracy is incomplete without a critical analysis ofthestateofthe liberation movements other than the ... global activism ofthe Mbeki era has been underpinned by the belief that the international front was one ofthe key pillars ofthe struggle that led to the defeat ofthe apartheid regime in...
... the leadership ofthe ANC rejected the report for what it incorrectly saw as the equation ofthe crime of apartheid with some ofthe human rights abuses conducted in the course ofthe liberation ... weakness ofthe labour movement Our assessment ofthestateofthe nation has to be holistic, capturing both the advances made and the setbacks experienced But if our assessment ofthestateofthe nation ... position sees the new state as having arisen out ofthe ashes ofthe old, defeated state; 1 a second suggests that the post-apartheid state has been constructed on the foundations ofthe previous...
... 2004 a year of not just the customary one but of two presidential speeches on TheStateofthe Nation’ The first was delivered on February at the beginning ofthe last session ofthe outgoing ... over the state, and renovating an economy which had been run down by decades of apartheid At the beginning ofthe second decade, there are indications that there is a shift towards the taking of ... Ntsebeza Thestateof corruption and accountability 86 Sam Sole Thestateofthe public service 112 Vino Naidoo Part II: Society Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Introduction 137 Thestate of...
... the change of power in 1994 Chapter (The stateofthe people) is a summary of South Africans’ evaluation of their state both in terms of their personal situation and that ofthe people they identify ... Coloureds, 42% ofthe Asians, and no less than 78% ofthe Whites In the year 2000 these figures changed substantially to 20.5% ofthe Blacks, 39% ofthe Coloureds, 62% ofthe Asians and 85% ofthe Whites ... reconciliation On the other hand, the even-handedness ofthe TRC’s final report may well have strengthened perceptions ofthe government’s impartiality among white citizens, especially in the light of the...
... 2004 a year of not just the customary one but of two presidential speeches on TheStateofthe Nation’ The first was delivered on February at the beginning ofthe last session ofthe outgoing ... over the state, and renovating an economy which had been run down by decades of apartheid At the beginning ofthe second decade, there are indications that there is a shift towards the taking of ... Ntsebeza Thestateof corruption and accountability 86 Sam Sole Thestateofthe public service 112 Vino Naidoo Part II: Society Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Introduction 137 Thestate of...
... ofthe Department of Sociology ofthe University ofthe Witwatersrand Theirs has been a huge effort, although Stateofthe Nation has evidently become more a labour of love than a burden ofthe ... reflected upon the decline ofthe ‘Washington Consensus’, the ideas which had set the stage for the reduction ofthe role ofthestate in the ‘development thinking’ of global bodies such as the International ... at the conceptualisation ofthe notion of poverty in the post-apartheid era We then turn to one ofthe more contentious of current issues, that of land restitution as a means of redressing the...
... the competition to other parts ofthe country in the future Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za The success ofStateofthe Nation is in large measure due to the commitment and effort ofthe ... considers the future of South African politics by focusing on thestateofthe ANC whose ‘health’, the author argues, is ‘crucial for thestateofthe nation’ Butler presents one ofthe most comprehensive ... in the ANC, the future ofthe tripartite alliance (of the ANC, the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions), the future of coalition politics, the role of...