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POLICIAIS MILITARES NOS LEGISLATIVOS ESTADUAIS: PRODUÇÃO LEGISLATIVA, TEMAS E INTERESSES CORPORATIVOS
Authors: Souza Elias Ariel de
Published: December 2020

A partir da legislatura de 2015 a 2018, com foco no conjunto das proposições legislativas, decidimos observar o universo dos deputados estaduais egressos das polícias militares no Brasil no sentido de verificar se os interesses corporativos das instituições policiais militares impactam no que propõem.  Recorremos à base de dados do TSE e às bases de dados de recursos humanos das próprias Polícias Militares. Constatamos que o volume de proposições legislativas tende a diminuir na medida em que passa a legislatura; que no universo das proposições o tema homenagens corresponde a 23%, o tema administração pública 16,2 % e o tema social 14,3%; os interesses corporativos das policiais militares no Brasil representam em percentual cumulativo apenas 11,6 % entre outros achados. Não obstante os achados, aspectos detalhados do comportamento parlamentar de policiais militares permanecem abertos à discussão teórica.
THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING POLICY IN THE BRAZILIAN FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE BODY: THE PATH OF CORPORATE EDUCATION IN THE MODERNIZATION NARRATIVE OF THE PARLIAMENT
Authors: Melo William Maximiliano Carvalho de , Coelho Fernando De Souza
Published: December 2020

After the Brazilian redemocratization in 1986, the legislative institutions began a changing process derived from the assimilation of new constitutional competencies and the increasing pressure of interest groups in the development of a broad scope of public policies. The need to prepare a new legislative bureaucracy to deal with a panoply of new themes led to the creation of training centers. They began to be consolidated in broader models of corporate education, such as the Training Center from the Chamber of Deputies (CEFOR) and the Brazilian Legislative Institute (ILB) from the Federal Senate. These initial models influenced the development and diffusion of professional training policies to other legislative organizations. This paper presents an analysis of the corporate education trajectory in the National Congress to explore ‘how have professional training policies been developed in the Federal Legislative Branch?’Institutional documents, interviews, and political speeches were used as data sources to analyze the two organizations paths. As its outcome, the paper synthesizes some historical elements of the vocational training policy in both legislative organizations. In short, it contributes to encourage a research agenda in the cross area of public administration and corporate education, in the peculiar context of the Legislative Branch.
DISSERTAÇÕES DE MESTRADO DEFENDIDAS EM 2019 NO MESTRADO PROFISSIONAL EM PODER LEGISLATIVO
Authors: Poder Legislativo Mestrado Profissional em
Published: December 2020

Apresentação das dissertações de mestrado defendidas no ano de 2019 no Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Poder Legislativo.
CAUSAS E CONSEQUÊNCIAS DA CRIAÇÃO DE ENTIDADES AUTÔNOMAS
Authors: Buta Bernardo Oliveira
Published: December 2020

A estrutura do Estado brasileiro conta com uma crescente criação de entes autônomos, o que inclui Ministérios Públicos, Defensorias Públicas, Tribunais de Contas, bem como a possibilidade de autonomia de diversos outros órgãos. O presente ensaio teórico lança proposições com o objetivo de jogar luz sobre as seguintes questões: por quais motivos os legisladores constituintes criam entes autônomos, independentes da estrutura de qualquer dos três poderes, alheios ao controle legislativo ou popular? Quais seriam as consequências da criação de tais entes? As respostas, em forma de proposições, abrangem a insegurança dos atores políticos quanto a situações futuras, o desempenho das políticas públicas, bem como a elevação dos custos de mudança de políticas e instituições.
ANÁLISE DA REDE DE PRODUÇÃO DE CONHECIMENTO SOBRE A INICIATIVA E-DEMOCRACIA
Authors: Freitas Christiana , Sampaio Rafael Cardoso , Machado Henrique , Sampaio Ricardo , Borges Tiago , Alison Murilo Brum , Marioto Djiovanni Jonas França
Published: December 2020

O artigo visa à análise de produções acadêmicas que analisaram a iniciativa e-Democracia, da Câmara dos Deputados, de 2009 a 2017. Foram aplicadas três metodologias de análise, nomeadamente: análise de conteúdo para identificação de autores, instituições e áreas de conhecimento; análise léxica de resumos e palavras-chave através do software IRaMuTeQ e análise de redes das referências bibliográficas dos materiais. Os resultados indicam que esse subcampo apresenta algumas diferenças em relação à área de internet e política (I&P) no Brasil, especialmente no que tange a instituições e áreas de atuação, porém a rede de cocitações revela que autores-chave da grande área de I&P também são centrais aqui. Conclui-se que esta subárea apresenta particularidades em relação ao campo, como a entrada de novas instituições e áreas de conhecimento. Contudo são mantidas as principais linhas de pesquisa e autores da grande área de internet e política.
NEOINSTITUCIONALISMO, COMPORTAMENTO PARLAMENTAR E INTERPRETAÇÃO CONSTITUCIONAL
Authors: Sena Livia Dos Santos
Published: December 2020

O comportamento parlamentar é tema pouco explorado pelos juristas no Brasil. Comumente referido como objeto da ciência política, a teoria constitucional brasileira pouco se preocupou em analisar sua relação com a interpretação constitucional realizada no dia-a-dia da política ordinária. A partir de uma leitura interdisciplinar, com base no método exploratório, o estudo pretende expor o paradigma teórico do neoinstitucionalismo da escolha racional, que figura como aspecto central da teoria do comportamento parlamentar, valendo-se da sua contribuição para avaliar o impacto das instituições na interpretação constitucional legislativa. Conclui, ao final, que faltam estudos jurídicos que considerem as implicações institucionais na interpretação da Constituição.
Perfil Clínico Epidemiológico da Covid-19 no Brasil e no Distrito Federal
Authors: Fátima Ramos Marques Mariana , Andrade Cacho Tatiana , Menezes Pawlak Pedroso Gabriela , Santos Filgueira Elismar , De Souza Prata Ilanna , Valguda Renato
Published: December 2020

A infecção por SARS-CoV-2, também conhecida como Covid-19 (coronavirusdisease 2019), atinge cada vez mais a população brasileira. A escassez de artigos que compilam dados epidemiológicos sobre como o Brasil e, mais especificamente, o Distrito Federal está lidando com a pandemia, afeta diretamente na elaboração de políticas públicas. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo caracterizar e analisar o perfil epidemiológico daCovid-19 no Brasil e no Distrito Federal a partir da produção científica nacional e internacional. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura, baseada na análise de artigos científicos e de dados epidemiológicos presentes em documentos governamentais, no período de 1º de janeiro a 30 de abril de 2020. Foram incluídos 13 estudos, sendo quatro artigos e nove documentos governamentais. Os artigos foram pesquisados nas bases de dados Pubmed, Medline/LILACS (BVS). Já os documentos governamentais foram obtidos em sites oficiais do Ministério da Saúde e seus parceiros. Os quatro artigos incluídos trazem informações epidemiológicas que, em sua maioria, analisam um período curto sobre a situação do Covid-19 no Brasil, incluindo dados sobre hospitalização e leitos de UTI. Já as informações coletadas nos documentos governamentais estão atualizadas até o primeiro quadriênio de 2020.
Gestão informada por evidências no Estado de Goiás
Authors: Vieira Luciana , Rodrigues de Almeida Lima Alessandra , Lopes Dourado Péricles
Published: December 2020

A gestão informada por evidências científicas é uma forma estruturada e transparente de subsidiar a tomada de decisões políticas, e tem o objetivo de garantir que as decisões estejam fundamentadas na melhor evidência científica disponível. Com a pandemia da Covid-19, a gestão informada por evidências científicas, tornou-se mais perceptível para a população e mais relevante aos gestores e governantes. O presente artigo tem o objetivo de descrever a estruturação do Núcleo de Evidência no âmbito da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de Goiás.
Remoção parcial de odontoma complexo de grandes dimensões em mandíbula
Authors: Batista Sandre Lorena , De Oliveira Amaral Toledo Lara , Maurienn Pinheiro de Franco2 Érika , Saraiva de Paula Daniel , Gonzaga Tavares Marconi
Published: December 2020

Odontoma é um tumor odontogênico benigno de origem mista (epitelial e mesenquimal). É subdividido em dois grupos: complexo e composto. Sem predileção para sexo, frequentemente são detectados nas duas primeiras décadas de vida por meio de exames de rotina ou por alteração na dentição. Geralmente são assintomáticos e de crescimento lento, podendo ocasionalmente atingir tamanhos consideráveis, causando expansão das corticais ósseas. O tratamento para os odontomas é sua excisão cirúrgica, com prognóstico favorável, sendo raros os casos recidivantes. O objetivo deste relato é apresentar o caso de uma paciente do sexo feminino, 32 anos, que procurou o serviço de Cirurgia e Traumatologia Bucomaxilofacial do Hospital Regional de Santa Maria para avaliação de lesão em mandíbula revelada em exame radiográfico de rotina. Ao exame físico, observou-se aumento de volume em região de ângulo mandibular e em fundo de vestíbulo mandibular direito. O exame de imagem revelou uma lesão hiperdensa localizada na região dos dentes 48 e 47, com abaulamento das corticais ósseas vestibular e lingual, e dente 47 incluso associado. A hipótese diagnóstica foi de odontoma complexo. A paciente foi submetida a uma biópsia incisional, e a análise histopatológica confirmou a hipótese diagnóstica. Prosseguiu-se com a remoção parcial da lesão sob anestesia geral, sendo deixada a porção inferior em contato com a base mandibular. O diagnóstico final foi de odontoma complexo. Após um ano, a paciente vem sendo acompanhada, sem sinais de recidiva da lesão. A remoção parcial de odontoma complexo de grandes dimensões mostrou-se uma alternativa efetiva, evitando complicações decorrentes da sua remoção total.
Local Residents’ Perception about Potential Components of Community Based Tourism in Chamoli District of Garhwal Himalaya
Authors: Sharma Visha , Rudola Anita
Published: December 2020

Chamoli district is the land of various natural and cultural tourism spots and well known for Badrinath (one from the four Dhams) heritage, craft and tremendous natural beauty. Chamoli has the possession on various snow-capped lofty mountain peaks which attracts the tourists and endow with natural splendor. Visitors can get pleasure from culture, customs, costumes, cuisines, dialects and music in the form of community-based tourism as Chamoli is blessed with tremendous culture. This study assesses the perception of local residents about potential components to develop community-based tourism (CBT) in Chamoli district. The qualitative and quantitative technique has been used to collect the data. The results found that perception of communities, for the fact of traditions, uniqueness, and handling of tourism products is a bit negative but overall perception is positive that is very helpful and important to develop as well as enhance CBT in Chamoli district.
Understanding the Context for Agricultural Technical, Vocational, Education and Training in Haiti
Authors: Calixte Christelle , Roberts Grady , Bunch J. C.
Published: December 2020

Agricultural activities in developing countries are critical for the future of the world’s food security. These countries have the lowest agricultural productivity and dissemination of agricultural technologies are often insufficient. Extension has a vital role in improving agricultural productivity. The Caribbean country of Haiti is one such case. In Haiti, agricultural technicians perform much of the extension field work. Agricultural technicians often have a diploma earned at a Technical, Vocational, Education and Training (TVET) school. However, not much is known about Haitian TVET schools, as little research has been conducted. This study explored the context for Haitian agricultural TVET. Individual interviews with four school directors and three teachers per school (12 total), as well as a student focus group in each school allowed to identify the ambiguous cultural value of agricultural TVET in Haiti. Results identified the cultural disregard for TVET through its stakeholders’ contempt for this sector as well as the government’s failure to support it appropriately. However, it was also found that TVET added value to the agricultural system both for its inherent qualities, and because of the reputation, competitiveness it creates for the graduates through the schools’ curricula, INFP recognition, and the networking experiences it facilitates notably with internships.

Keywords: TVET, Haitian, agriculture
The dual-field-of-view polarization lidar technique: a new concept in monitoring aerosol effects in liquid-water clouds – theoretical framework
Authors: Jimenez Cristofer , Ansmann Albert , Engelmann Ronny , Donovan David , Malinka Aleksey , Schmidt Jörg , Seifert Patric , Wandinger Ulla
Published: December 2020

Abstract. In a series of two articles, a novel, robust, and practicable lidar approach is presented that allows us to derive microphysical properties of liquid-water clouds (cloud extinction coefficient, droplet effective radius, liquid-water content, cloud droplet number concentration) at a height of 50–100 m above the cloud base. The temporal resolution of the observations is on the order of 30–120 s. Together with the aerosol information (aerosol extinction coefficients, cloud condensation nucleus concentration) below the cloud layer, obtained with the same lidar, in-depth aerosol–cloud interaction studies can be performed. The theoretical background and the methodology of the new cloud lidar technique is outlined in this article (Part 1), and measurement applications are presented in a companion publication (Part 2) (Jimenez et al., 2020a). The novel cloud retrieval technique is based on lidar observations of the volume linear depolarization ratio at two different receiver fields of view (FOVs). Extensive simulations of lidar returns in the multiple scattering regime were conducted to investigate the capabilities of a dual-FOV polarization lidar to measure cloud properties and to quantify the information content in the measured depolarization features regarding the basic retrieval parameters (cloud extinction coefficient, droplet effective radius). Key simulation results and the overall data analysis scheme developed to obtain the aerosol and cloud products are presented.
Mineral element stocks in the Yedoma domain: a first assessment in
ice-rich permafrost regions
Authors: Monhonval Arthur , Opfergelt Sophie , Mauclet Elisabeth , Pereira Benoît , Vandeuren Aubry , Grosse Guido , Schirrmeister Lutz , Fuchs Matthias , Kuhry Peter , Strauss Jens
Published: December 2020

Abstract. With permafrost thaw, significant amounts of organic carbon (OC) previously stored in frozen deposits are unlocked and become potentially available for microbial mineralization. This is particularly the case in ice-rich regions such as the Yedoma domain. Excess ground ice degradation exposes deep sediments and their OC stocks, but also mineral elements, to biogeochemical processes. Interactions of mineral elements and OC play a crucial role for OC stabilization and the fate of OC upon thaw, and thus regulate carbon dioxide and methane emissions. In addition, some mineral elements are limiting nutrients for plant growth or microbial metabolic activity. A large ongoing effort is to quantify OC stocks and their lability in permafrost regions, but the influence of mineral elements on the fate of OC or on biogeochemical nutrient cycles has received less attention. The reason is that there is a gap of knowledge on the mineral element content in permafrost regions. Here, we use a portable X-ray fluorescence device (pXRF) to provide (i) the first large-scale Yedoma domain Mineral Concentrations Assessment (YMCA) dataset (https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.922724; Monhonval et al., in review), and (ii) estimates of mineral element stocks in never thawed (since deposition) ice-rich Yedoma permafrost and previously thawed and partly refrozen Alas deposits. The pXRF method for mineral element quantification is non-destructive and offers a complement to the classical dissolution and measurement by optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) in solution. This allowed a mineral element concentration (Si, Al, Fe, Ca, K, Ti, Mn, Zn, Sr and Zr) assessment on 1292 sediment samples from the Yedoma domain with lower analytical effort and affordable costs relative to the classical ICP-OES method. pXRF measured concentrations were calibrated using standard alkaline fusion and ICP-OES measurements on a subset of 144 samples (R2 from 0.725 to 0.996). The results highlight that (i) the most abundant mineral element in the Yedoma domain is Si (2739 ± 986 Gt) followed by Al, Fe, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Zr, Sr, and Zn, and that (ii) Al and Fe (598 ± 213 and 288 ± 104 Gt) are present in the same order of magnitude than OC (327–466 Gt).
Technical note: Evaluation of a low-cost evaporation protection method for portable water samplers
Authors: von Freyberg Jana , Knapp Julia L. A. , Rücker Andrea , Studer Bjørn , Kirchner James W.
Published: December 2020

Abstract. Automated field sampling of streamwater or precipitation for subsequent analysis of stable water isotopes (2H and 18O) is often conducted with off-the-shelf automated samplers. However, when water samples are stored in the field for days and weeks in open bottles inside autosamplers, their isotopic signatures can be altered by evaporative fractionation and vapor mixing. We therefore designed an evaporation protection method which modifies autosampler bottles using a syringe housing and silicone tube, and we tested whether this method reduces evaporative fractionation and vapor mixing in water samples stored for up to 24 d in 6712 full-size portable samplers (Teledyne ISCO, Lincoln, USA). Laboratory and field tests under different temperature and humidity conditions showed that water samples in bottles with evaporation protection were far less altered by evaporative fractionation and vapor mixing than samples in conventional open bottles. Our design is a cost-efficient approach to upgrade the 1 L sample bottles of the ISCO autosamplers, allowing secure water sample collection in warm and dry environments. Our design can be readily adapted (e.g., by using a different syringe size) to fit the bottles used by many other field autosamplers.
Serious Games for Stroke Telerehabilitation of Upper Limb - A Review for Future Research
Authors: Amorim Paula , Sousa Santos Beatriz , Dias Paulo , Silva Samuel , Martins Henrique
Published: December 2020

Maintaining appropriate home rehabilitation programs after stroke, with proper adherence and remote monitoring is a challenging task.  Virtual reality (VR) - based serious games could be a strategy used in telerehabilitation (TR) to engage patients in an enjoyable and therapeutic approach. The aim of this review was to analyze the background and quality of clinical research on this matter to guide future research. The review was based on research material obtained from PubMed and Cochrane up to April 2020 using the PRISMA approach.  The use of VR serious games has shown evidence of efficacy on upper limb TR after stroke, but the evidence strength is still low due to a limited number of randomized controlled trials (RCT), a small number of participants involved, and heterogeneous samples. Although this is a promising strategy to complement conventional rehabilitation, further investigation is needed to strengthen the evidence of effectiveness and support the dissemination of the developed solutions.
Telehealth and Home Health Occupational Therapy: Clients’ Perceived Satisfaction With and Perception of Occupational Performance
Authors: Zahoransky Missi A. , Lape Jennifer E.
Published: December 2020

Home health care agencies are restructuring service delivery models to address quality of care and client satisfaction while containing costs. New regulatory changes and the public health emergency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic brought immediate need for alternative care models. Telehealth has been recognized as a feasible means to provide health care. This quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study examined the feasibility of performing occupational therapy telehealth visits as adjunct to on-site visits for homebound clients (N=9). The OASIS data collection set, Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, and a survey were used to collect data. This combination of visits resulted in clinically and statistically significant improvements in client perception of performance and satisfaction. Findings showed that participants felt this visit model met their needs and they would recommend to others. Results of this study warrant a larger study involving physical therapy and speech language pathology disciplines.
Telehealth for the Provision of Occupational Therapy: Reflections on Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Dahl-Popolizio Sue , Carpenter Heidi , Coronado Melissa , Popolizio Nicholas J. , Swanson Connor
Published: December 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, healthcare professionals worldwide abruptly shifted from an in-person to a telehealth service delivery model. Many did so without advanced training or preparation. This cross-sectional study explored how occupational therapy practitioners (OTPs) used telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether they found it to be an effective service delivery model that should be a permanent option for providing occupational therapy services. An online survey was disseminated; it included Likert scale questions, multiple option questions, and open-ended questions regarding telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 230 respondents, 176 (77%) support telehealth as a substitute for in-person services; 179 (78%) support telehealth as a permanent option for occupational therapy service delivery. This information lends support to the uninterrupted use of telehealth by OTPs when government emergency orders in response to COVID-19 expire.
Veteran and Provider Satisfaction with a Home-Based Telerehabilitation Assessment for Wheelchair Seating and Mobility
Authors: Ott Kaila K. , Schein Richard M. , Saptono Andi , Dicianno Brad E , Schmeler Mark R.
Published: December 2020

The objective of this project was to measure Veteran and provider satisfaction with a home-based telerehabilitation assessment for wheelchair seating and mobility. Forty-three Veterans were seen remotely at their place of residence by a provider, using a VA Video Connect synchronous videoconferencing system. Veteran and provider satisfaction were collected using the Telerehabilitation Questionnaire (TRQ). Mean individual TRQ scores for both Veterans and providers were significantly higher than the scale midpoint of 3.5. Veterans had higher scores than providers for five individual items on the TRQ. Higher scores by Veterans on the technology and quality and clarity of the video and audio likely correspond to the differences in environmental settings in which the visit occurred for the Veteran compared with the provider. High satisfaction scores with the telerehabilitation assessments are likely attributed to the positive working relationship between the provider and the rehabilitation technician, who provided in-person technical support to the Veteran in the home during the wheeled mobility evaluation. Overall, the results indicate a high level of Veteran and provider satisfaction using telerehabilitation for wheelchair seating and mobility evaluations.
In gesprek met dr. Amalia Campos Delgado
Authors: van der Woude Maartje
Published: December 2020

In gesprek met dr. Amalia Campos Delgado

In this episode of ‘In conversation with’ we are interviewing dr. Amalia Campos Delgado about her research on migration and border control in Mexico.
A Comparison of Two Gelatin Consolidants for the Preservation of Thermally Altered Skeletal Remains
Authors: Bishop Natalie , Christensen Angi
Published: December 2020

A recent study (Topoleski & Christensen 2019) found that applying a food-grade gelatin solution to thermally altered skeletal remains resulted in significantly better structural preservation (reduced fragmentation) during recovery and transport compared to untreated controls. Here we expand upon this research and test whether a technical-grade gelatin would result in even better skeletal evidence preservation. Results show that bones treated with both the food-grade and technical-grade gelatins were better preserved (i.e., had less fragmentation) than untreated controls. Application of the technical-grade gelatin, however, did not result in significantly better preservation than the food-grade gelatin, and is less accessible, more expensive, and more difficult to prepare. Food-grade gelatin is therefore recommended, but other types of gelatins can be equally effective.
The Role and Function of Taxation for Sustainable Economic Recovery Post-COVID-19
Authors: Lind Yvette
Published: December 2020

Papers attributable to this special issue are a result of the discussions held at the conference “Sustainable Taxation—Global Challenges and Legal Solutions” organized at the University College of Gävle (Sweden) in April 2019. Despite the papers having been written before the ongoing pandemic, the content of them is now more topical than ever as individual states will, beside the apparent health crisis, struggle with not only financial recovery but also tangible inequality within society. As is discussed next in Prof. Buchanan’s editorial, intergenerational justiceis a highly plausible way of moving forward and promoting greater equality not only within tax systems but also within the society in general. Buchanan´s utilization of the U.S. example provides us with highly relevant and thought-proving insights.
Cosmopolitan Rights, Global Tax Justice, and the Morality of Cooperation
Authors: Garbarino Carlo
Published: December 2020

This Article addresses two related first-order questions about morality that enable us to discern solutions that address second-order questions in the specific policy context of regulation of tax competition and BEPS: (1) what kind of justice conception has sufficient normative support to undergird regulation attempts of this global phenomenon to ensure cosmopolitan tax rights? (the global tax justice question); and (2) what are the pre-conditions of effective cooperation, not based on immediate self-interest, that eschew a market-based approach to tax competition, enabling background conditions for the morality of multilateral cooperation? (the morality of cooperation question). The Article addresses the global tax justice question by discussing the Rawlsian premises to the concept of tax justice and its developments within the internationalist approach; the Article then shifts the focus on the cosmopolitan challenge to Rawls, which introduces, atleast theoretically, the possibility of fundamental rights of global tax justice to then draw conclusions about three available normative options for the governance of tax competition and BEPS, which can be derived from the previous analysis. The Article then addresses the morality of cooperation question by examining current literature about non-self-interested cooperation, extending this analysis to the social sanctioning of tax competition, and concludes by proposing a broad first-order framework for second-order policy decisions.
Older Emergency Department Patients: Does Baseline Care Status Matter?
Authors: Mowbray Fabrice Immanuel , Aryal Komal , Mercier Eric , Heckman George , Costa Andrew P.
Published: December 2020

Background

Little is known about the prognostic differences between older emergency department (ED) patients who present with different formal support requirements in the community. We set out to describe and compare the patient profiles and patterns of health service use among three older ED cohorts: home care clients, nursing home residents and those receiving no formal support.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of the Canadian cohort from the interRAI multinational ED study. Data were collected using interRAI ED contact assessment on patients 75 years of age and older (n = 2,274), in eight ED sites across Canada. A series of descriptive statistics were reported. Adjusted as­sociations were determined using logistic regression.

Results

Older adults receiving no formal support services were most stable. However, they were most likely to be hospitalized. Older home care clients were most likely to report depressive symptoms and distressed caregivers. They also had the great­est odds of frequent ED visitation post-discharge (OR=1.9; 95% CI=1.39–2.59). Older adults transferred from a nursing home were the frailest but had the lowest odds of hospital admission (OR=0.14; 95% CI=0.09–0.23).

Conclusion

We demonstrated the importance of inquiring about commu­nity-based formal support services and provide data to support decision-making in the ED.
Socially Responsible HRM Reporting in Russia: A Modern Practice Embedded in the Past?
Authors: Sahakiants Ihar , Festing Marion
Published: December 2020

Based on an analysis of CSR/sustainability reports published by Russian companies, we analyse the determinants of socially responsible human resource management (SRHRM) disclosure in Russia. By considering the historical development and contextual specifics of the country, we concentrate on the path dependence perspective. The results of our study not only confirm the expected relationship between the reported founding history before the fall of the Soviet Union and the disclosure of information about social benefits provided to employees, but also deliver evidence that company size is a relevant predictor of SRHRM reporting in Russia. Thus, this study confirms both the path-dependent nature of organisational practices in this country, as disclosed in company reports, and the importance of factors in line with those identified in developed industrialised countries.
The entrepreneurial university and academics’ engagement in industry interactions
Authors: Kalar Barbara
Published: December 2020

Based on the results from four samples of academics from four different European countries, this study reveals why some universities are more successful than others in terms of creating and keeping their links with industry. It suggests that it is just not enough to create an entrepreneurial environment within the university based on university-level regulations, but it is essential that academics perceive and accept the encouragement for entrepreneurial behaviour as well as recognise the benefits of technology and knowledge transfer activities.
Micro Nano Manufacturing Methods for Chemical, Gas and Bio Sensors, Water Purification and Energy Technologies
Authors: Adeleke Akande Amos , Timothy Adeleye Aderemi , Abdul Adenle Abraham , Wakufwa Mwakikunga Bonex
Published: December 2020

This chapter reports on the various methods of fabricating and manufacturing micro and nano sensor, membrane and energy devices. Firstly, the characteristic often sought after by scientists and engineers for effective and efficient performance of these technologies were thoroughly discussed in details together with the characterization techniques for evaluating them. Several state-of-the-art fabricating techniques for sensor devices, water and medical based-membranes, solar cells and batteries were also discussed.
Integral monitoring of high-rise buildings while minimizing the number of sensors
Authors: Mixajlovna Tolmacheva , Nikolaevich Plotnikov , Yurievich Ivanov , Yurievich Amelin
Published: December 2020

Considered current issues of automatic monitoring of high-rise buildings. A review of currently implemented monitoring methods is given. An analytical study of the effect of the ratio of the rigidity of the vertical and horizontal structural elements of buildings of various structural systems on the deformation of the vertical axis of the building was performed. The basis of the research is the solution of the differential equation of the elastic vertical axis of the building. By finding the extrema of the deformation function of the vertical axis, critical points of control of its angles of rotation are determined. As a result of the study, it was concluded that it is advisable to minimize the number of control points, with limited control at certain critical points. The position of the control points dividing the vertical axis of the building through ¼ of its length at the corners of the perimeter of the floors has been determined. It is shown that minimization is necessary due to difficulties in processing and analyzing big data (Big Data). As a result of the traditional manual calculation with the accepted design methods, it was found that the box-barrel structural system has the greatest deformations, the frame-link frame with the stiffness core has the smallest deformations, and outriggers do not always allow to radically increase the building stiffness. Studies were conducted on computer models of the same types of buildings, which confirmed this dependence. However, here the maximum rigidity was shown by the cross-wall model. This testifies to the features of modeling buildings in various ways and confirms once again the need to monitor not only high-rise buildings, but all non-standard ones. It is concluded that it is necessary to accumulate data on the deformations of buildings using automatic monitoring methods. It is shown that information on the technical condition of the building is complemented by information on the longitudinal deformations of vertical structures - columns, stiffness cores, measured by tensiometers on concrete, as well as dynamic stiffness, determined by the natural oscillation frequency of accelerometers. The principle of sensor grouping and the need to use integrated, integrated monitoring are shown.
Use of the Zoom in the Analysis of a Curve
Authors: Montaner F. Rubio
Published: December 2020

This article shows how teachers can use the computer with their students to research more thoroughly a suggested theme in the secondary school curriculum, the study and drawing of plane curves.
The Indirect Method
Authors: Roberti Joseph V.
Published: December 2020

Indirect proofs become increasingly important as a student progresses in the study of mathematics. Yet textbooks for high school or first-year college students give indirect proofs only token attention. They are almost universally deficient in treating this topic or providing a variety of problems suitable for this level.
Multiplicative Squares: Magic and Special
Authors: Schwartzman Steven
Published: December 2020

Much has been written about magic squares. A magic square is a square array of distinct numbers with the property that the sum of the numbers in each row, column, and diagonal is the same. (I will use the generic term line to stand for row, column, or diagonal.) Figure 1 shows a 3 × 3 magic square whose magic sum is 6. (The references cited at the end of this article provide a good introduction to traditional magic squares and some of the uses to which they have been put in the classroom.)
The Shortest Route
Authors: Archer J. Andrew
Published: December 2020

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (1980) has recommended that problem solving be the focus of school mathematics in the 1980s. Teachers need to create a classroom environment that encourages students to enhance their powers of inquiry and observation, to develop their ability to discover patterns and relationships, and to become more adept in estimating solutions and casting hypotheses, Examples need to be found that will enable students to explore data, to define problems through the formulation of appropriate questions, and to use mathematical knowledge and skills to test hypotheses and draw conclusions.
Two Views of Oz
Authors: Pancari John , Pace John P.
Published: December 2020

For years seemingly too numerous to count, children and adults have been joyfully entertained by the annual broadcast of The Wizard of Oz. Who cannot nostalgically recall Judy Garland's rendition of “Somewhere over the Rainbow”; the magnificent transition from the black and white of Kansas to the brilliant array of colors in Oz; and, of course, the tearful parting of Dorothy and her friends, especially the Scarecrow, whom she would “miss most of all”?
Applications: The Exponential-Decay Law Applied to Medical Dosages
Authors: Armstrong Gerald M. , Midgley Calvin P.
Published: December 2020

Many drugs are used up by the human body at rates described in terms of exponential decay. Two simple exponential formulas are given in this article. One describes how a therapeutic level of a drug is achieved in terms of its half-life and other parameters. The other describes how this level is maintained.
Studying Decimal Fractions with Microcomputers
Authors: Meyer Ruth Ann , Riley James E.
Published: December 2020

The introduction of microcomputers into classrooms is heralded as a great advance in mathematics education. This observation is true, of course, only as long as students use these machines to stimulate their mathematical thinking by observing, conjecturing, testing, proving, and generalizing mathematical ideas. Turning on computers certainly does not authorize students to turn off their brains.
Microcomputer-Assisted Mathematics: Lessons Learned While Approximating PI
Authors: Beamer James E.
Published: December 2020

The authors of “But Why Does C = πd?” (Ott, Sommers, and Creamer 1983) do an excellent job of convincing the reader of the invariant ratio of the perimeter to the diameter of a regular polygon.
Spheres in a Cone; or, Proving the Conic Sections
Authors: Atkinson David
Published: December 2020

Anyone who has taught the conic sections has no doubt used a model of a right circular cone that comes apart to demonstrate the elliptical, parabolic, and hyperbolic cross sections obtained when the cone is cut by a plane at various angles. This result is believable but certainly not intuitively obvious, yet it is almost never proved. In fact many of us who teach the conic sections have never seen a proof of this result.
Applications: Charting a Classroom Cold Epidemic
Authors: Folio Catherine
Published: December 2020

Graph or network theory has its traditional applications in such diverse areas as communications, routing and queuing, transportation, environmental network webbing, and PERT (Performance Evaluation and Review Technique) in business and government, It can also be used to trace the spread of information, rumors, and disease in search of an original source. An exercise in the latter was offered to a group of seventh graders taking a mathematics enrichment section in a local community college. It proved both diverse and entertaining.
Not Every “One” Can Be “Perfect”
Authors: Pethtel R. D.
Published: December 2020

For centuries, students of mathematics have studied the set of positive integers. Among those integers having received considerable interest are the ones classed as perfect, abundant, and deficient. Prom the comments in the following two paragraphs, it seems rather “hard to be perfect”; thus we shall investigate abundant and deficient numbers.
Finding the Area of Regular Polygons
Authors: Waters William M.
Published: December 2020

The ability to see beyond a given problem and find relationships suggested by the original problem and its extensions or modifications is needed by both teachers and students of mathematics. This ability is difficult to teach, but exposure to examples of such activities provides practice in “thinking mathematics.” This article illustrates one such example.
Iteration of an Interesting Function
Authors: Mara Patrick S.
Published: December 2020

In the November 1981 issue of Scientific American. Douglas Hofstadter described a problem that could be understood and partially solved by most high school calculus students but was sufficiently open-ended to encourage independent research. The problem could be used to help students understand such mathematical topics as functional notation, composition of functions, the solving of systems of equations, and the derivative.
Soundoff: Coaching for Standardized Tests: Efficacy and Ethics
Authors: George Pamela
Published: December 2020

With the increasing use of standardized tests in the schools and the pressures on educators to improve the standing of classes, schools, and districts, a new defensive strategy has emerged for improving standardized test scores—coaching for the tests. The popular use of the term coaching means training students for specific types of questions and information required by a specific standardized test. This kind of training has become widespread in classrooms and among students nationwide.
Teaching Modeling and Axiomatization with Boolean Algebra
Authors: De Villiers Michael D.
Published: December 2020

Traditionally, Boolean algebra is largely taught in connection with computer programming courses, logic, or set theory. Since Boolean algebra arose from George Boole's application of algebraic principles to the study of logic in 1854, this approach would seem natural.
Applications: Exploring Baseball Data
Authors: Olson Alton T.
Published: December 2020

I have always been intrigued by the wealth of statistical information that baseball generates. Lately 1 have found that the techniques of exploratory data analysis (EDA) are quite useful in interpreting such information.
Integer-sided Triangles and the SSA Ambiguity
Authors: Glicksman Abraham M.
Published: December 2020

The problem of determining integer-sided triangles that contain a 60-degree angle was mentioned by R. G. Dearborn (1985), In this article I shall derive some general formulas for resolving this problem; these include Dearborn's result as a special case and have several further ramifications, including a connection with the well-known “SSA ambiguity” in elementary plane geometry.
Stuck? Don't Give Up! Subgoal-Generation Strategies in Problem Solving
Authors: Jensen Robert J.
Published: December 2020

Why do students have such difficulty with problems that require a multi-step approach to a solution? Clearly, some of the difficulty lies in the increased likelihood of computational errors creeping into the solution as the actual number of operations performed increases, but more often the real difficulty is not computational errors but the logic of the overall solution plan.
Riemann's Rearrangement Theorem
Authors: Galanor Stewart
Published: December 2020

Since that ancient time when Zeno first sent Achilles chasing after the tortoise, infinite series have been a source of wonder and amusement because they can be manipulated to appear to contradict our understanding of numbers and nature. Zeno's paradoxes still intrigue and baffle us even though the fallacies in his arguments have long since been identified.
Graph, Guess, and Compute
Authors: Haigh William E.
Published: December 2020

The collecting of data, the organizing and presenting of data, and the drawing of inferences and predicting from data are all necessary skills in today's statistical world. In the article “Plotting and Predicting from Pairs” (Shulte and Swift 1984), the authors emphasize that using data to make inferences and predictions is a skill that is seldom treated in conventional mathematics courses,.
Problem Solving: The Third Dimension in Mathematics Teaching
Authors: Gadanidis George
Published: December 2020

A witty Frenchman once said, “All generaliza tions are fa lse, including this one.” What follows is a discussion of a generalized model of mathematics teaching and its relation to problem solving. I find this model useful because it supplies a framework for problem solving in a regular classroom setting
On Pigeons and Problems
Authors: Long Calvin T.
Published: December 2020

If six people are in a room prove that at least three of them are mutual acquaintances or at least three are mutual strangers
Linear Measurement versus Square Measurement; or, Why the Queen Used Two Pi R
Authors: Maxfield Margaret W.
Published: December 2020

One of the shakiest real-estate deals in history came about when, according to ancient legend, Queen Dido's brother Pygmalion killed Dido's husband for his wealth and Dido fled to Africa. She contracted to buy just the land she could mark with an ox hide. Since that did not appear to be much land, she was able to get a low price. However, the seller reckoned on area and Dido proceeded to use a perimeter. According to the story in Vergil's Aeneid (see, e.g., Collier's Encyclopedia [1980] under “Dido”), she worked the ox hide into a fine, supple leather and pared off the thinnest strips possible. Then she “marked” so much land by enclosing it in a rawhide perimeter that it later became the city of Carthage
Which Method Is Best?
Authors: Barbeau Edward J.
Published: December 2020

We teach students many techniques. But do we encourage them to reflect on the ways in which a mathematical task might be performed? In grading solutions, I have the impression that many students have no sense of significance and fail to exploit factors that would abbreviate the work and evade complicated manipulations
Arithmetricks
Authors: Byrkit Donald R.
Published: December 2020

Sometimes, in my classes at the university, I ask, “Now what is half of this number?” Almost invariably ten or fifteen students will reach for their calculators; almost equally likely is that several of them will get the wrong answer! Calculators have taken their rightful place in nearly every mathematics classroom in colleges and high schools across the country, yet in the process many students seem no longer to know how to perform simple calculations reasonably and accurately without a calculator. What is even more disturbing is the fact that they often are unable to discern when the answer provided by the calculator is incorrect
With Everything in Order
Authors: Francis Richard L.
Published: December 2020

Though the letters that make up a word are always in some select order, rarely it seems do they appear in alphabetical order. Words such as best, know. empty, or almost do have this feature, however, and can be described fittingly as “climbing” words. It might be noted that the only climbing whole-number name in the English language is the word forty. Even though the word forty would be climbing, the numeral 40 would not be. Rather simply, a counting number is considered “climbing” when the digits in its decimal representation are in ascending order. Accordingly, 348 is a climbing number. The student will have little difficulty in finding many more, somewhat of a departure from the more challenging task of finding climbing words
Program Variables Exposed
Authors: Flaherty Terry
Published: December 2020

A great deal has been said about the distinction between teal arithmetic and the floating-point simulation (significant digits with an exponent) performed on a computer. See, for example, Forsythe (1970). The following incident, which occurred in my introductory computing class, exposed a fundamental difference between mathematics and computer science that can be understood without broaching the rather intricate subject of arithmetic algorithms and representation methods
Computers and the Rational-Root Theorem
Authors: O'Donnell William J.
Published: December 2020

Two recent articles in the Mathematics Teacher have described methods of finding the roots of polynomials by use of the computer (Kimberling 1985a, 1985b). Of the two methods presented, the half interval search is more acceptable to students, since it does not require a knowledge of the calculus. Both techniques approximate roots to a high degree of accuracy, but neither of these techniques supplies exact rational roots. Students who use these methods a re often concerned to find that a root of 0.5 may be approximated as 0.499999 or that a root of 3 is approximated as 2.99999. The question arises as to whether or not these rational roots can be found on the computer and printed as rational numbers. Using a topic that many of my students study in second-year algebra, the rational-root theorem, it is possible to write the desired program. A complete program listing is shown in program 1