scholarly journals Israel Facing COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Raphael Cohen-Almagor
Keyword(s):  
Public Policies ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
Close Cooperation ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
Effective Reaction

This paper considers Israel’s response to the challenges raised by the Covid-19 pandemic with a specific focus on the invoked public policies and the related political, economic and legal concerns. I first provide some background information. Then, I outline the keys for the initial success in confronting the coronavirus pandemic. Three factors contributed to the initial Israeli success, namely: the government’s swift and effective reaction to the pandemic; the close cooperation and coordination between the organisations that were mobilised to counter the pandemic, and the effective implementation of governmental policies. However, mistakes were made during the second wave of the pandemic.

Guideline for radioimmunotherapy of rituximab relapsed or refractory CD20+ follicular B-cell nonHodgkin´s lymphoma

2004 ◽  
Vol 43 (05) ◽  
pp. 171-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Behr ◽  
F. Grünwald ◽  
W. H. Knapp ◽  
L. Trümper ◽  
C. von Schilling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Medical Physics ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Background Information ◽  
After Care ◽  
Complete Treatment ◽  
Close Cooperation ◽  
Work Up

Summary:This guideline is a prerequisite for the quality management in the treatment of non-Hodgkin-lymphomas using radioimmunotherapy. It is based on an interdisciplinary consensus and contains background information and definitions as well as specified indications and detailed contraindications of treatment. Essential topics are the requirements for institutions performing the therapy. For instance, presence of an expert for medical physics, intense cooperation with all colleagues committed to treatment of lymphomas, and a certificate of instruction in radiochemical labelling and quality control are required. Furthermore, it is specified which patient data have to be available prior to performance of therapy and how the treatment has to be carried out technically. Here, quality control and documentation of labelling are of greatest importance. After treatment, clinical quality control is mandatory (work-up of therapy data and follow-up of patients). Essential elements of follow-up are specified in detail. The complete treatment inclusive after-care has to be realised in close cooperation with those colleagues (haematology-oncology) who propose, in general, radioimmunotherapy under consideration of the development of the disease.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Selected Factors Affecting Heating Costs of Schools in Selected Balkan Countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-84
Author(s):  
David Koppitz ◽  
Milan Půček ◽  
František Ochrana ◽  
Michal Plaček
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
School Facilities ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Balkan Countries ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract The paper aims to carry out a comparative analysis of heating of school facilities under the administration of municipalities in Macedonia, Moldova and Kosovo and to test the factors that affect the heating costs of school facilities. For a definition of the theoretical fundament parts of the theory of fiscal federalism are used. Subsequently five hypotheses are put forward that are verified using the method of benchmarking. The theoretical conclusions and recommendations may be used for a more effective implementation of public policies within the surveyed countries.

scholarly journals Estudos recentes sobre a rede urbana brasileira: diferenças e complementaridades

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Alessandra D’Ávila Vieira ◽  
Liliane Janine Nizzola ◽  
Luana Miranda Esper Kallas ◽  
Manuelita Falcão Brito ◽  
Benny Schvasberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Urban Network ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Social Management ◽  
National Urban Policy

A classificação da rede urbana brasileira é importante ferramenta de gestão governamental, econômica e social, pois possibilita um direcionamento mais acertado de investimentos urbanos. Partindo-se da análise de três estudos recentes que elaboraram classificações para a Rede Urbana – o primeiro, Configuração Atual e Tendências da Rede Urbana, desenvolvido pelo Instituto de Pesquisas Aplicadas juntamente com o Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; o segundo, Política Nacional de Desenvolvimento Regional, do Ministério da Integração Nacional, e o terceiro, Tipologia das Cidades Brasileiras, elaborado pelo Observatório das Metrópoles, – percebe-se a permeabilidade e complementaridade entre eles, as grandes contribuições trazidas e o desafio que é produzir uma classificação condizente com a diversidade das cidades brasileiras. Destaca-se ainda como as diferentes leituras da rede urbana incorporam-se às políticas públicas, sendo os estudos realizados parte do processo de construção da política urbana nacional. Assim, acredita-se que grandes desafios foram vencidos. Palavras-chave: cidades; desenvolvimento urbano; gestão governamental; políticas públicas; rede urbana brasileira. Abstract: The Brazilian urban network classification is an important tool of political, economic and social management, since it allows a more accurate direction for urban investments. Analyzing three recent studies that have developed ratings for Urban Network – Configuração Atual e Tendências da Rede Urbana, developed by Instituto de Pesquisas Aplicadas and Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; Política Nacional de Desenvolvimento Regional, by Ministério da Integração Nacional, and, Tipologia das Cidades Brasileiras, by Observatório das Metrópoles – we can detect the permeability and complementarity between them, their contributions of them and the challenge to produce a consistent classification with the diversity of Brazilian cities. We highlight how the different interpretations of the urban network are incorporated into public policies, showing that the studies are part of the construction of a national urban policy. In this way, we believe that major challenges have been overcome. Keywords: cities; urban development; public management; public policies; brazilian urban network.

Guideline for radioimmunotherapy of CD20+ follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (06) ◽  
pp. 215-220
Author(s):  
F. Grünwald ◽  
W. H. Knapp ◽  
L. Trümper ◽  
C. v. Schilling ◽  
M. Dreyling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Medical Physics ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Background Information ◽  
After Care ◽  
Complete Treatment ◽  
First Remission ◽  
Close Cooperation ◽  
Work Up

SummaryThis guideline is a prerequisite for the quality management in the treatment of non-Hodgkon-lymphomas in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after rituximab therapy and as consolidation therapy after first remission following CHOP like treatment using radioimmunotherapy. It is based on an interdisciplinary consensus and contains background information and definitions as well as specified indications and detailed contraindications of treatment. Essential topics are the requirements for institutions performing the therapy. For instance, presence of an expert for medical physics, intense cooperation with all colleagues committed to treatment of lymphomas, and a certificate of instruction in radiochemical labelling and quality control are required. Furthermore, it is specified which patient data have to be available prior to performance of therapy and how treatment has to be carried out technically. Here, quality control and documentation of labelling are of great importance. After treatment, clinical quality control is mandatory (work-up of therapy data and followup of patients). Essential elements of follow-up are specified in detail. The complete treatment inclusive after-care has to be realised in close cooperation with those colleagues (hemato-oncologists) who propose, in general, radioimmunotherapy under consideration of the development of the disease.

Gestion de la Réserve de Biosphère de Yangambi en République Démocratique du Congo à l’épreuve des dynamiques d’installation des villages et campements (1939–2015)

Anthropos ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-416
Author(s):  
Justin Kyale Koy ◽  
Alphonse Maindo Monga Ngonga ◽  
David Andrew Wardell
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Demographic Pressure ◽  
Return Migrants ◽  
République Démocratique Du Congo ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Religious Nature ◽  
The Impact

This study analyzes the factors of installation of villages and encampments around the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve (DRC) and the impact of this issue on its management. Among the factors that determine this phenomenon, the study revealed those of a political, economic, social, and religious nature. Logical consequences are a reduced distance between the reserve and the villages, demographic pressure, exploitation of natural resources by migrants, and questioning of any initiative to return migrants to their sites of origin. The integration of this phenomenon into public policies could contribute to the protection of this reserve.

scholarly journals Disabled Children and Work: An Overview of a Neglected Topic with a Specific Focus on Ghana

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Wickenden
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
Research Questions

This paper provides an overview of issues related to disabled children and work. This is a very unexplored topic and the literature is scant, so the paper first provides an overview of some key relevant background information on: disability globally and in Ghana, disability and employment, disabled children and relevant human rights approaches – the UNCRC and UNCRPD. Next examples of research on disabled children and work are presented and lastly some suggested hypotheses and possible research questions are proposed.

scholarly journals Public policy processes in the Pacific islands: A study of policy initiation, formulation and implementation in Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Samoa and regional inter-governmental organisations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Muliagatele Ausiamanaia Potoae Roberts Aiafi
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Island Countries

<p>This thesis examines the manner in which public policies are initiated, formulated and implemented in Pacific island countries and regional organisations, and determines the factors which are most critical for their effective implementation. It employs narrative inquiry and grounded theory approaches, supported by the computer software Nvivo, to data collection and analysis of case studies from Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, and key regional inter-governmental organisations. 128 semi-structured interviews were drawn from ten policy cases (three for each of the Pacific island countries and one from the Region’s Pacific Plan), together with a general narrative of the policy environment spread across all four contexts. A social constructionism worldview allows for the grounding of the research and its findings for both subject and context of the study. Participant voices are utilised as rich descriptions of policy processes, triangulation provided by documentary analyses and participant observation.   Motivating this inquiry was my observation of the lack of visibly significant improvements in service delivery in Samoa and other Pacific island countries. These perceptions echoed criticisms in the literature about the slow improvement of development performance across the region despite high levels of foreign aid. Yet, such assessments often lack a solid understanding about the actual processes of public policy in the Pacific islands. Prevailing theories of public policy have remained largely westernised, and lenses to development primarily ethnocentric.  Accordingly, this study’s findings shed light on the strengths and limitations of current public policy and development scholarships evident from Pacific public policy experiences. There are five key findings: First, policy processes have remained heavily top-down, shaped significantly by political and external interests, and where society has been the neglected element. In essence, the genesis of public policy has been insufficiently rooted in the context, problems and needs to which policies have been directed. This constitutes a significant democratic and development deficit that must be addressed in ongoing public policy development. Second, the use of evidence-based policy has been limited. While existing formal policies were often those transferred from elsewhere, and which do not fit well in the receiving context and culture, the practices were ad hoc, driven by various ideological or social constructions. Third, the success of policy and its implementation depends on mutually reinforcing factors of policy culture and stakeholder support, capability, implementation modality and leadership. These factors are critical for ensuring that participation, partnership, ownership, understanding and learning are built into policy processes. Fourth, the integration of these elements into ongoing public policy development of Pacific island countries and the region requires a fundamental shift of focus about the role of society, particularly the adaptive capability of indigenous systems to legitimise notions of public policy in state-society relationships. Fifth, following a meta-analysis and synthesis of the four (country) case studies, the overall findings are conceptualised into a (explanatory) model of public policy. This model is a heuristic one that could be used when thinking about adopting and designing public policies in the Pacific islands capable of effective implementation. The model could be applied to non-Pacific small island developing states.  Finally, the model provides a framework for discussing the normative implications of this study’s findings for public policy and development theory, practice and needed future research, and yielded five broad recommendations for future improvement: (1) the centrality of context; (2) societal needs incorporated into the public policy space; (3) focus on the political dimensions of further reforms; (4) international support that is more appreciative of context; and (5) needed changes to the way in which we think about development public policy.</p>

scholarly journals Neo-Colonialist critique of Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Kincaid's A Small Place: A Comparative Postcolonial Study

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (II) ◽  
pp. 191-197
Author(s):  
Arshad Nawaz ◽  
Ahmad Ali ◽  
Kalsoom Saddique
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Jamaica Kincaid ◽  
Asian Continent ◽  
Indigenous Cultures ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
The People ◽  
Postcolonial Study ◽  
Political Economic

With a specific focus on two different novels from different continents, the study analyzes the current American neocolonialist hegemonic behavior, which is causing developing countries to remain in a doldrum. The data is based upon the comparative analysis of selected textual paragraphs taken from Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Kincaid's A Small Place. Both Mohsin Hamid and Jamaica Kincaid assert that due to the American neo-colonialist regime, indigenous cultures of so many countries of the African and Asian continent have suffered a lot. Theoretical insights for this research have been drawn from Kwame Nkrumah's concept of neo-colonialism. Nkrumah defined neocolonialism as the exploitation of former colonial subjects by European conquerors for political, economic, cultural, ideological, and military gain. The research concludes that although with the inception of the United Nations Organization the colonialism has formally come to an end still the American neo-colonial supremacy is disturbing the people of once colonized countries through various economic, political, and ideological maneuverings.

KVLTER than KVLT: ‘True (Norwegian) black metal’ and the satanic politics of Bataillean ‘authenticity’

Popular Music ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (03) ◽  
pp. 518-537
Author(s):  
Eva Bujalka
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Death Of God ◽  
Black Metal ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
Theories Of Religion ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Second Wave

AbstractAlthough there has recently been significant work published on the relationship between twentieth-century French (anti-)philosopher Georges Bataille's theories of religion and violence, and the sound and politics of black metal, little has been done to address Bataille's and black metal's shared concern with the problem of ‘authenticity’. Their concern, determined by their complicity with ‘evil’, is centred on a critique of modernity. I will read, with a specific focus on the second wave of Norwegian black metal, black metal's connivance with evil through Bataille's notion of authentic literature. Although two very different mediums – literature and music – Bataille's concept is applicable to a reading of black metal because of his invocation of evil and the Luciferian in his interpretation of authenticity. Bataille argues that authentic literature is necessarily diabolical because of the Nietzschean form of sovereignty that the author momentarily attains at the conception of the modern world – that is, in the wake of the death of God. The authenticity that Bataille and black metal seek is therefore bound up both with godlessness and the satanic.

Syria’s Economic History

2017 ◽  
pp. 407-426
Author(s):  
Linda Matar
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Class Formation ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
History Of ◽  
Political Economic

This chapter provides a reading of the economic history of Syria before the 2011 uprising with a specific focus on the investment practices that had intensified inequality and the objective undercurrents for the war in Syria. In tackling this issue, the chapter adopts a political-economic approach, which relies on unraveling the history of class formation and the way that resources within the country were managed after Syria’s independence. It concludes that the particular social class responsible for investment, the principal facet of resource allocation in a developing country, was plagued with short-sighted avarice that progressively deprived and immiserated the Syrian working population.

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