scholarly journals Meningococcal Surveillance Australia Reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica M Lahra ◽  
Masoud Shoushtari ◽  
Sanghamitra Ray
Keyword(s):  
Additional Data ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Nucleic Acid Amplification ◽  
Surveillance Programme ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sterile Site ◽  
Full Analysis ◽  
Culture Positive ◽  
Made In

The reference laboratories of the National Neisseria Network, Australia report laboratory data on invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) cases confirmed by laboratory testing using culture- and non-culture-based techniques for the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme. Culture-positive cases, where Neisseria meningitidis is grown from a normally sterile site or skin lesions, and non-culture-based diagnoses (nucleic acid amplification testing), are defined as IMD by the Public Health Laboratory Network definitions. Data contained in quarterly reports are restricted to a description of the numbers of cases by jurisdiction and serogroup, where known. Some minor corrections to data in Table 1 may be made in subsequent reports if additional data are received. A full analysis of laboratory-confirmed cases of IMD in each calendar year is contained in the AMSP annual report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence.

scholarly journals Meningococcal Surveillance Australia Reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica M Lahra ◽  
Masoud Shoushtari ◽  
Tiffany R Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Additional Data ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Nucleic Acid Amplification ◽  
Surveillance Programme ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sterile Site ◽  
Full Analysis ◽  
Culture Positive ◽  
Made In

The reference laboratories of the National Neisseria Network, Australia, report laboratory data on invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) cases confirmed by laboratory testing using culture- and non-culture-based techniques for the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme. Culture-positive cases, where Neisseria meningitidis is grown from a normally sterile site or from skin lesions, and non-culture-based diagnoses (nucleic acid amplification testing), are defined as IMD by the Public Health Laboratory Network definitions. Data contained in quarterly reports are restricted to a description of the numbers of cases by jurisdiction and serogroup, where known. Some minor corrections to data in Table 1 may be made in subsequent reports if additional data are received. A full analysis of laboratory-confirmed cases of IMD in each calendar year is contained in the AMSP annual report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence.

England, Ireland, and Rome, 1847-1848

1989 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 259-277
Author(s):  
Donal A. Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
British Government ◽  
Catholic Priests ◽  
The Public ◽  
Northern District ◽  
Catholic Religion ◽  
Pius Ix ◽  
Public Papers ◽  
Made In

In the spring of 1848 a number of respected English vicars-general, William Bernard Ullathorne of the Western District, John Briggs of the Northern District, and Thomas Brown of Wales decided that one of them, together with Fr Luigi Gentili, the Rosminian missioner, should proceed immediately to Rome. Their object would be to support, by personal intervention with Pius IX, a memorial drawn up by Briggs, signed by twenty Irish and three or four bishops in Great Britain, which was solemnly presented to the Pope by Thomas Grant, President of the English College in Rome. This memorial ran: we most... solemnly declare to Your Holiness that British Diplomacy has everywhere been exerted to the injury of our Holy Religion. We read in the public Papers that Lord Minto is friendly received... by Your Holiness At this very time, however,... the first Minister of the British Government, the Son in Law of Lord Minto is publicly manifesting in England, together with his fellow Ministers, his marked opposition to the Catholic Religion and the Catholic Church. Another cause of our serious alarm is the very general hostile and calumnious outcry now made in both houses of our Parliament and throughout Protestant England against the Catholic Priests of Ireland, falsely charging them with being the abettors of the horrible crime of murder whilst as true Pastors they are striving t o . . . console their... perishing people and like good shepherds are in the midst of pestilence giving their lives for their flocks.

Closing Remarks

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S367) ◽  
pp. 515-517
Author(s):  
Debra Meloy Elmegreen
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Astronomy Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Many ◽  
Collaborative Efforts ◽  
Made In

AbstractThis symposium has highlighted key first steps made in addressing many goals of the IAU Strategic Plan for 2020–2030. Presentations on initiatives regarding education, with applications to development, outreach, equity, inclusion, big data, and heritage, are briefly summarized here. The many projects underway for the public, for students, for teachers, and for astronomers doing astronomy education research provide a foundation for future collaborative efforts, both regionally and globally.

THE PEDIATRICIAN AND THE PUBLIC

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1955 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-487
Author(s):  
John A. Askin ◽  
Kurt Glaser
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
World War I ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Jewish People ◽  
Jewish State ◽  
World War ◽  
The Public ◽  
Short Period ◽  
State Of Israel ◽  
Made In

IN SPITE of a short period of sovereignty— less than 7 years—the State of Israel is playing an important role in matters pertaining not only to the Middle East but, in some respects, in matters of importance to the whole world. In medicine the advances in Israel have been no less striking than the progress made in other fields. It is felt that the pediatricians of our country might be interested to learn about Israel's medical status, particularly pertaining to pediatrics. Palestine, of which the present Israel is a part, was in Old Testament times known as Canaan or Philistia because of the tribes which lived there. Palestine was the home of the Jewish people from the time Joshua conquered the land, about 1400 B.C., until the Romans destroyed the Jewish State in the year 70 A.D. Around 630 A.D. the country came under Moslem power. From 1516 to the end of World War I Palestine was a part of the Turkish Empire. In 1917, the British Government issued the famous Balfour Declaration which promised the Jews of the world that they could build a national homeland in Palestine. The League of Nations made the land a British mandate in 1920. From then until World War II Palestine was at several occasions plunged into violent civil war between the Jews and the Arabs. After World War II in 1947 Great Britain announced a decision to give up the Mandate.

Social Work and Public Social Services Practice: A Status Report

1996 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Gibelman ◽  
Philip H. Schervish
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Status Report ◽  
The Public ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
The Social

The authors review the current status of the social work labor force within the public sector by means of an analysis of the National Association of Social Workers member data base for 1988 and 1991, with additional data drawn from a 1993 member survey. Changes in the proportion and composition of the public social services labor force are documented, including education, experience, gender, and ethnicity. The decreasing professional social work labor force within public social services is discussed within the context of the realities of public social services practice and social work's historic place within this sector. The authors encourage debate about the implications of these trends, focusing on whether social work should influence labor-force trends or be influenced by them.

Rooting Evaluation Guidelines in Relational Ethics: Lessons From Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 404-419
Author(s):  
Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa ◽  
Tara Polzer Ngwato
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Relational Ethics ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Evaluation Standards ◽  
The Public ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Ethical Clearance ◽  
Made In

As global discussions of evaluation standards become more contextually nuanced, culturally responsive conceptions of ethics have not been sufficiently discussed. In academic social research, ethical clearance processes have been designed to protect vulnerable people from harm related to participation in a research project. This article expands the ambit of ethical protection thinking and proposes a relational ethics approach for evaluation practitioners. This centers an analysis of power relations among and within all the different stakeholder groups in order to establish, in a context-specific manner, which stakeholders are vulnerable and in need of protection. The approach also contextualizes the nature of “the public good,” as part of an ethical consideration of interest trade-offs during evaluations. The discussion is informed by our experiences in African contexts and speaks to the “Made in Africa” research agenda but is also relevant to other global contexts where alternatives to “developed country” ontological assumptions about the roles of researchers and participations and the nature of vulnerability are being reconsidered.

Making the future by using the future: A study on influencing privacy protection rules through anticipatory storylines

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 984-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Minkkinen
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Privacy Protection ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
The Future ◽  
Market Liberalisation ◽  
Discourse Coalitions ◽  
Made In

This article investigates how futures of privacy protection are made in Europe. The public consultation phase of the European Union’s data protection reform is analysed as a case of making the future by using the future, that is, influencing institutional change through anticipatory storylines. A qualitative analysis of consultation responses is conducted, and two discourse coalitions are identified. The industry coalition promotes market liberalisation to allow the digital future to emerge. The civil society coalition, in turn, argues for rescuing privacy with strict rules. The article suggests that plausibility in relation to the discursive and extra-discursive environment is crucial for the success of storylines. The second storyline was relatively successful because it was more plausible in light of the trend of legalism and the predominant future-oriented narrative of privacy in danger. The ‘anticipatory institutionalism’ approach opens novel perspectives concerning actors’ future-oriented projects in relation to historical processes.

Comparable Worth: The Problematic Politicization of a Public Personnel Issue

1987 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent S. Steel ◽  
Nicholas P. Lovrich
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Comparable Worth ◽  
Employee Behavior ◽  
Pay Equity ◽  
Equity Issue ◽  
The Public ◽  
Federal Workforce ◽  
Made In

The issue of comparable worth arose as a result of the discovery of serious gender inequities in the operation of the compensation system of Washington State government. Subsequent developments elsewhere have further added to the salience of the pay equity issue. In the context of this highly charged political context, what attitudes toward pay and compensation do women in the public service tend to hold? On the basis of employee surveys conducted in both the State of Washington and among the U.S. federal workforce, findings are reported that suggest that women are less likely to be dissatisfied with their pay than men. The implications of these findings are discussed, both with respect to the future politicization of the comparable worth issue and the proper assumptions to be made in conceptualizing the motivational basis of public employee behavior.

scholarly journals Mistakes in the fiscal policy in Spain before the crisis

2013 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 577-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Ferreiro ◽  
Carmen Gómez ◽  
Felipe Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Public Expenditures ◽  
The Public ◽  
Made In

The paper analyses the mistakes made in the management of the fiscal policy in Spain before the crisis. The authors argue that the low size of the public expenditures, the adoption of a procyclical expansionary fiscal policy the years before the crisis, and the lack of a correct coordination between the Spanish fiscal policy and the ECB?s monetary policy, are key elements to understand the depth and length of the economic crisis and the current high fiscal imbalances in Spain.

scholarly journals FORCE MAJEURE DISRUPTIONS OF TOURIST SERVICES BY THE TOUR OPERATOR "JOIN UP!" IN 2018

2019 ◽  
pp. 69-87
Author(s):  
Mikhailо Yosypovych Rutynskyi ◽  
Ksenia Volodymyrivna Skrypayi
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
Force Majeure ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Tour Operator ◽  
Made In

The purpose. The urgency of the presented scientific work is that the study of risks and force majeure disruptions of tourist services by the tourist operator "Join Up!" Will prevent their further occurrence. The object of research is the travel company "Join Up!". The purpose of the study: to investigate the reasons for the failure of service programs and the dynamics of the number of victims, to analyze the public resonance and the consequences of the failure of the programs and to make a prediction of the image losses of the tour operator "Join Up!" іn 2018 and 2019. Methods. The research uses the method of sociological research, methods of comparison, analysis and synthesis, the method of grouping, generalization, statistical processing of output data. Results. The essence of force majeure circumstances is characterized; analyzed the main risks of tourist activity and disruptions to the programs of service of tour operator "Join Up!" that took place in 2018. Scientific novelty. The reasons of disruption of service programs and dynamics of the number of suffered people were investigated; the public resonance has been analyzed and the consequences of failure of service programs have been assessed; the forecast of the image losses of the tour operator "Join Up!" is made in 2018 and 2019. Practical significance. The specific recommendations for restoring the lost trust of the victims and potential clients of the "Join Up!" Company are offered.

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