scholarly journals Sweat Equity: Student scholarships in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Universities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Soar ◽  
Lucy C Stewart ◽  
Sylvia Nissen ◽  
Sereana Naepi ◽  
Tara McAllister
Keyword(s):  
Average Length ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Living Wage ◽  
Full Time ◽  
The Public ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Public Benefits ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The Status ◽  
Insight Into

This paper responds to calls from past and present students to increase the value of postgraduate scholarships in Aotearoa New Zealand. Here we provide context for understanding the scholarship landscape in Aotearoa, including how scholarships are understood in relation to dominant neoliberal framings of higher education and persistent inequities within the sector. We present data which provides insight into the current inequities in Summer, Masters and PhD scholarship values. The average value of PhD scholarships has remained stagnant between 2011 and 2019 resulting in the average being $11,238 less than the Living Wage in 2019. We show that the average length of time full-time PhD students take to complete their doctorates exceeds the three-year tenure of scholarships. We argue the status-quo of low scholarships, supplemented by postgraduate ‘sweat’, excludes people from participating in postgraduate education, preventing them and their communities from realising the public benefits that such an education can produce. We suggest that these inadequacies could be addressed through 1) raising Summer, Masters and PhD scholarships to the living wage; 2) extending tenure of PhD scholarships; and 3) reinstating the postgraduate student allowance.

scholarly journals Internações, óbitos e custos hospitalares pelas intercorrências dialíticas

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edison Vitório de Souza Júnior ◽  
Sarah Rodrigues Silva ◽  
Poliana Souza Lapa ◽  
Mariana Alves Soledade de Jesus ◽  
Michele Silva dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Kidney Diseases ◽  
Average Length ◽  
Hospital Costs ◽  
Renal Dialysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Average Length Of Stay ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Dialysis Complications

Objetivo: descrever as internações, óbitos e custos hospitalares pelas intercorrências dialíticas em pacientes renais crônicos no Nordeste. Método: trata-se de um estudo quantitativo, descritivo e ecológico, voltado para a análise de dados do Sistema de Informações Hospitalares, organizados em frequências absolutas e relativas, a partir de tabelas construídas no software Excel. Resultados: notificaram-se 14.052 internações e 987 óbitos no Nordeste. Gerou-se, como consequência, um custo superior a R$ 19,6 milhões aos cofres públicos, com um valor médio de internação de R$ 1.543,09 e uma média de permanência de 9,1 dias. Destacaram-se os Estados de Alagoas, com a prevalência das internações (38,2%), e Bahia, em relação aos óbitos (40%), custos hospitalares (61,4%), média de permanência (14,4 dias) e valor médio de internação (R$ 2.794,42). Conclusão: aponta-se que as internações e óbitos pelas intercorrências dialíticas constituem um importante problema na Nefrologia, causando prejuízos diretos aos recursos financeiros públicos, especialmente, nos Estados da Bahia e Alagoas, por evidenciarem a maioria dos casos. Descritores: Saúde Pública; Nefrologia; Nefropatias; Diálise Peritoneal; Diálise Renal; Custos de Cuidados de Saúde.Abstract Objective: to describe hospitalizations, deaths and hospital costs due to dialysis complications in chronic renal patients in the Northeast. Method: this is a quantitative, descriptive and ecological study, focused on the analysis of data from the Hospital Information System, organized in absolute and relative frequencies, using tables built using Excel software. Results: 14,052 hospitalizations and 987 deaths were reported in the Northeast. As a result, the public coffers cost over R $ 19.6 million, with an average hospitalization value of R $ 1,543.09 and an average length of stay of 9.1 days. The states of Alagoas stood out, with the prevalence of hospitalizations (38.2%), and Bahia, in relation to deaths (40%), hospital costs (61.4%), average length of stay (14.4 days) and average value of hospitalization (R $ 2,794.42). Conclusion: it is pointed out that hospitalizations and deaths due to dialysis complications are an important problem in Nephrology, causing direct damage to public financial resources, especially in the states of Bahia and Alagoas, as they show the majority of cases. Descriptors:  Public Health; Nephrology; Kidney Diseases; Peritoneal Dialysis; Renal Dialysis; Health Care Costs. Resumen Objetivo: describir las hospitalizaciones, muertes y costos hospitalarios por las intercurrencias dialíticas en pacientes renales crónicos en el noreste. Método: se trata de un estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo y ecológico, destinado a analizar los datos del Sistema de Informaciones del Hospital, organizado en frecuencias absolutas y relativas, a partir de tablas construidas en el software Excel. Resultados: se reportaron 14.052 hospitalizaciones y 987 muertes en el noreste. Se generó como resultado de eso, un costo en exceso de R $ 19,6 millones para el gobierno, una hospitalización con costo promedio de R$1,543.09 y una estadía promedio de 9.1 días. Entre los estados, Alagoas tuvo una mayor prevalencia de hospitalizaciones (38,2%) y Bahía en las muertes (40%), costos hospitalarios (61,4%), duración media de la estancia (14,4 días) y media hospitalización (R $ 2.794,42). Conclusión: se observa que las hospitalizaciones y muertes debidas a las intercurrencias dialíticas se constituyen un problema importante en la nefrología, lo que implica directamente en los cofres públicos, especialmente en los Estados de Bahía y Alagoas, como evidencia de una mayor prevalencia de casos. Descriptores: Salud Pública; Nefrología; Enfermedades Renales; Diálisis Peritoneal; Diálisis Renal; Costos de la Atención en Salud. Descriptores: Salud Pública; Nefrología; Enfermedades Renales; Diálisis Peritoneal; Diálisis Renal; Costos de la Atención en Salud.  

scholarly journals Corporation Income Tax and Administrative Costs of the Public Sector

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-173
Author(s):  
Břetislav Andrlík
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Tax System ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Costs ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Conversion Coefficients

This contribution examines the issues of measurement of corporate income tax effectiveness in the circumstances of the Czech Republic, referred to as the tax on income of legal persons. The tax on income of legal persons represents a significant part of the public budget revenue, with the volume of collection of CZK 128,002 million in 2012. The theoretical basis for this contribution is the principle of tax system effectiveness, which is one of the principles characterizing a good tax system and is related to costs inherent in a tax system. The contribution defines two existing types of costs expended on the collection of taxes, i. e. administrative costs (direct or indirect) and in theory describes excessive tax burden. In this contribution we shall focus on the measurement of direct administrative costs. The measurement of effectiveness of corporation income tax is performed with the use of the full-time equivalent (FTE) method, which is based on the classification of revenue authorities’ staff according to their jobs and on the determination of conversion coefficients in order to identify costs related to the collection of a particular tax.A separate part of the article deals with measurement of administrative costs performed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on the timeline ranging from year 2009 to 2011. The author of this article performed his own measurements concerning the direct administrative costs related to the collection of tax on income of legal persons in the Czech Republic. Results achieved in the respective monitored years are lower by the average (in the Czech Republic 2 percentage) of ca 1.66 percentage points in relation to the average value of direct administrative costs of the Czech tax system.

An ‘absolute right to do anything’: Protest policing in NSW's last decade of a full-time riot squad

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina White
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Public Order ◽  
Full Time ◽  
The Public ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Protest Policing ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Political Protests ◽  
The Status

This article evaluates the way in which the New South Wales Public Order and Riot Squad has been used to police political protests. The use of force, strategic arrests and protection of business interests can be seen across local protests, as well as larger international events. It is argued that the shift towards paramilitary policing is having profound impacts on the policing of protests at all levels. The Public Order and Riot Squad does not just target the risk that it was designed to combat (extreme riots) and the risk which is often thought to be its justification (counter-terrorism). The article also considers the statutory framework for authorising protests, arguing that it is not just police tactics that support the status quo, but also the supposedly neutral method of evaluating public safety.

Motivasi dan kepuasan kerja pegawai puskesmas BLUD dan non-BLUD Kabupaten Semarang

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Aswindar Adhi Gumilang ◽  
Tri Pitara Mahanggoro ◽  
Qurrotul Aini
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
P Value ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Demand For Health ◽  
Public Demand

The public demand for health service professionalism and transparent financial management made some Puskesmas in Semarang regency changed the status of public health center to BLUD. The implementation of Puskesmas BLUD and non-BLUD requires resources that it can work well in order to meet the expectations of the community. The aim of this study is to know the difference of work motivation and job satisfaction of employees in Puskesmas BLUD and non-BLUD. Method of this research is a comparative descriptive with a quantitative approach. The object of this research are work motivation and job satisfaction of employees in Puskesmas BLUD and non-BLUD Semarang regency. This Research showed that Sig value. (P-value) work motivation variable was 0.019 smaller than α value (0.05). It showed that there was a difference of work motivation of employees in Puskemas BLUD and non-BLUD. Sig value (P-value) variable of job satisfaction was 0.020 smaller than α value (0.05). It showed that there was a difference of job satisfaction of BLUD and non-BLUD. The average of non-BLUD employees motivation were 76.59 smaller than the average of BLUD employees were 78.25. The average of job satisfaction of BLUD employees were 129.20 bigger than the average of non-BLUD employee were 124.26. Job satisfaction of employees in Puskesmas BLUD was higher than non-BLUD employees.

A famine in Surat in 1631 and Dodos on Mauritius: a long lost manuscript rediscovered

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Winters ◽  
J. P. Hume ◽  
M. Leenstra
Keyword(s):  
English Translation ◽  
East India Company ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Dutch East India Company ◽  
The Status ◽  
Insight Into

In 1887 Dutch archivist A. J. Servaas van Rooijen published a transcript of a hand-written copy of an anonymous missive or letter, dated 1631, about a horrific famine and epidemic in Surat, India, and also an important description of the fauna of Mauritius. The missive may have been written by a lawyer acting on behalf of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). It not only gives details about the famine, but also provides a unique insight into the status of endemic and introduced Mauritius species, at a time when the island was mostly uninhabited and used only as a replenishment station by visiting ships. Reports from this period are very rare. Unfortunately, Servaas van Rooijen failed to mention the location of the missive, so its whereabouts remained unknown; as a result, it has only been available as a secondary source. Our recent rediscovery of the original hand-written copy provides details about the events that took place in Surat and Mauritius in 1631–1632. A full English translation of the missive is appended.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COURT AS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY OF A JUDGE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav Skoromnyy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Court Cases ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modern System ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Law ◽  
Conceptual Foundations

The article reveals the conceptual foundations of the social responsibility of the court as an important prerequisite for the legal responsibility of a judge. It has been established that the problem of court and judge liability is regulated by the following international and Ukrainian documents, such as: 1) European Charter on the Law «On the Status of Judges» adopted by the Council of Europe; 2) The Law of Ukraine «On the Judicial System and the Status of Judges»; 3) the Constitution of Ukraine; 4) The Code of Judicial Ethics, approved by the Decision of the XI (regular) Congress of Judges of Ukraine; 5) Recommendation CM/Rec (2010) 12 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Council of Europe to member states regarding judges: independence, efficiency and responsibilities; 6) Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct. The results of a survey conducted by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Razumkov Center, the Council of Judges of Ukraine and the Center for Judicial Studios with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation based on the «Monitoring of the State of Independence of Judges in Ukraine – 2012» as part of the study of the level of trust in the modern system were considered and analyzed, justice, judges and courts. It is determined that a judge has both a legal and a moral duty to impartially, independently, in a timely manner and comprehensively consider court cases and make fair judicial decisions, administering justice on the basis of legislative norms. Based on the study of the practice of litigation, it has been proven that judges must skillfully operate with various instruments of protection from public influence. It has been established that in order to ensure the protection of judges from the public, it is necessary to create special units that will function as part of judicial self-government bodies. It was proposed that the Council of Judges of Ukraine, which acts as the highest body of judicial self- government in our state (in Ukraine), legislate the provision on ensuring the protection of the procedural independence of judges.

Marketing Responsible Drinking Effectively to Young Adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Colby Doyle ◽  
Matthew Gaudet ◽  
Dominic Lay ◽  
Amber McLeod ◽  
Robert Schaeffer
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
Major Question ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Third ◽  
Current Consumption ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Vague Quantifiers ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Alberta Health

The primary goal of this research is to identify and examine the components of responsible drinking advertisements. We will examine industry and government related advertisements as we try to understand one of our major questions: does the source influence the validity of the message? The next group of major questions that we will be looking to answer is how are the vague quantifiers used in responsible drinking campaigns interpreted by the public?  How many drinks do people consider “too much?” What does “drink responsibly” really mean? The third major question is whether or not an individual’s current consumption patterns of alcohol have any effect on how individuals assess responsible drinking campaigns. Our qualitative research has indicated that social influences can be strongly related with drinking patterns; this will be further examined in our quantitative research. Also, we will be looking into some of the psychology behind industry and government sponsored advertisements as well as gathering and interpreting information from a sample of our target demographic. Our target demographic consists of both male and females between the ages 18-24. Our literature review and qualitative analysis gave us good insight into some of the potential answers to our questions. We will use these potential answers from our previous research to guide us as we attempt to conduct conclusive research based on a sample data of 169 individuals. Our findings will aid us in developing conclusions and recommendations for Alberta Health Services.

Women and Agency in Bankim’s Rajmohan’s Wife and Tagore’s The Home and The World

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manju Dhariwal ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
The Self ◽  
Indian English ◽  
Colonial India ◽  
English Novel ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Status Of Women

Written almost half a century apart, Rajmohan’s Wife (1864) and The Home and the World (1916) can be read as women centric texts written in colonial India. The plot of both the texts is set in Bengal, the cultural and political centre of colonial India. Rajmohan’s Wife, arguably the first Indian English novel, is one of the first novels to realistically represent ‘Woman’ in the nineteenth century. Set in a newly emerging society of India, it provides an insight into the status of women, their susceptibility and dependence on men. The Home and the World, written at the height of Swadeshi movement in Bengal, presents its woman protagonist in a much progressive space. The paper closely examines these two texts and argues that women enact their agency in relational spaces which leads to the process of their ‘becoming’. The paper analyses this journey of the progress of the self, which starts with Matangini and culminates in Bimala. The paper concludes that women’s journey to emancipation is symbolic of the journey of the nation to independence.

What Can Economists Contribute to the Common Good Tradition?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Yuengert
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Common Pool Resources ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Provision ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Insight Into

Although most economists are skeptical of or puzzled by the Catholic concept of the common good, a rejection of the economic approach as inimical to the common good would be hasty and counterproductive. Economic analysis can enrich the common good tradition in four ways. First, economics embodies a deep respect for economic agency and for the effects of policy and institutions on individual agents. Second, economics offers a rich literature on the nature of unplanned order and how it might be shaped by policy. Third, economics offers insight into the public and private provision of various kinds of goods (private, public, common pool resources). Fourth, recent work on the development and logic of institutions and norms emphasizes sustainability rooted in the good of the individual.

Komunistki

2020 ◽  
pp. 671-692
Author(s):  
Aga Skrodzka
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Visual Memory ◽  
Women's Movement ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Commons ◽  
Communist Past ◽  
Status Of Women

This article argues for the importance of preserving the visual memory of female communist agency in today’s Poland, at the time when the nation’s relationship to its communist past is being forcefully rearticulated with the help of the controversial Decommunization Act, which affects the public space of the commons. The wholesale criminalization of communism by the ruling conservative forces spurred a wave of historical and symbolic revisions that undermine the legacy of the communist women’s movement, contributing to the continued erosion of women’s rights in Poland. By looking at recent cinema and its treatment of female communists as well as the newly published accounts of the communist women’s movement provided by feminist historians and sociologists, the project sheds light on current cultural debates that address the status of women in postcommunist Poland and the role of leftist legacy in such debates.

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