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This open access book is a collection of 12 case studies capturing decades of experience improving health care and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Each case study is written by healthcare managers and providers who have implemented health improvement projects using quality improvement methodology, with analysis from global health experts on the practical application of improvement methods. The book shows how frontline providers in health and social services can identify gaps in care, propose changes to address those gaps, and test the effectiveness of their changes in order to improve health processes and outcomes. The chapters feature cases that provide real-life examples of the challenges, solutions, and benefits of improving healthcare quality and clearly demonstrate for readers what quality improvement looks like in practice: Addressing Behavior Change in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health with Quality Improvement and Collaborative Learning Methods in Guatemala Haiti’s National HIV Quality Management Program and the Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record to Drive Improvement in Patient Care Scaling Up a Quality Improvement Initiative: Lessons from Chamba District, India Promoting Rational Use of Antibiotics in the Kyrgyz Republic Strengthening Services for Most Vulnerable Children through Quality Improvement Approaches in a Community Setting: The Case of Bagamoyo District, Tanzania Improving HIV Counselling and Testing in Tuberculosis Service Delivery in Ukraine: Profile of a Pilot Quality Improvement Team and Its Scale‐Up Journey Improving Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Case Book will find an engaged audience among healthcare providers and administrators implementing and managing improvement projects at Ministries of Health in low- to middle-income countries. The book also aims to be a useful reference for government donor agencies, their implementing partners, and other high-level decision makers, and can be used as a course text in schools of public health, public policy, medicine, and development. ACKNOWLEDGMENT: This work was conducted under the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, USAID Award No. AID-OAA-A-12-00101, which is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). DISCLAIMER: The contents of this book are the sole responsibility of the Editor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Presents real-life case studies, from all levels of the healthcare system and addressing a wide range of health topics, to teach readers about using quality improvement methodology to strengthen health care in lower- and middle-income countries Teaches readers about the process of designing improvement efforts, choosing priorities, carrying out activities, understanding results, building health worker capacity to improve care, engaging leadership, and applying lessons learned from improvement to spread and scale-up initiatives Provides rich detail on how improvement work is applied in practice rather than focusing on methodologies and theory Includes expert commentaries and analysis to guide the reader in understanding results on key issues and themes in designing, supporting, and scaling up improvement Open access

"An absence limit for upper secondary school in Norway was introduced in 2016. The objective was to get more students to attend school more regularly. There were considerable protests at the time – especially from the students – and now five years on, the question is: Has the absence limit helped? Has attendance increased? And if so, at what cost? The Absence Limit in Upper Secondary School. Viewpoints, Outcomes and Experiences presents the results of a comprehensive evaluation of the new ordinance from three perspectives: the students’, the schools’, and their support networks’. The book starts with the main characters – the students – and then looks at the schools, and finally at the various support persons in students’ lives. Three questions structure the book: To what extent has absenteeism among different groups of students been reduced as a result of the absence limit? From a practical standpoint, how is the absence limit enforced by school administrators and teachers? And how do doctors and other support persons follow up students with high absenteeism? This book is relevant for teachers, school administrators, students, politicians, researchers, and anyone interested in Norwegian educational policy. "

Mit dem Nachdruck soll aufmerksam gemacht werden auf die Bedeutung der Grammatik von V. G. Belinskij, der der Russistik viel eher als Literaturkritiker denn durch seine meist Rezensionsbeiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft und zur Beschreibung der russischen Sprache bekannt ist. Seine Osnovanija russkoj grammatiki, die in Band II des Polnoe sobranie sočinenij, M. 1953, aufgenommen sind, sind als ein wichtiges und zentrales grammatisches Werk in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jhs. nur unzureichend registriert worden, sicher weil die Namen von Vostokov und Greč dem Sprachwissenschaftler weit besser vertraut sind. Teilw. In kyrillischer Schrift.

Jean Monnet, le père de l’Europe, un inconnu ? Des historiens européens et d’Amérique, spécialistes de l’Europe, ont rassemblé leurs connaissances acquises dans les archives de Jean Monnet et dans celles de leurs pays ou glanées dans les entretiens avec les témoins, pour faire un bilan sans complaisance de Jean Monnet. Ce volume ne fournira pas une biographie ronde et lisse mais plutôt des interprétations parfois contradictoires de la personnalité et de l’œuvre de Monnet, de l’inspirateur selon l’apostrophe fameuse du général de Gaulle. L’espace considéré est celui du siècle : depuis le premier engagement public de Monnet pendant la Grande Guerre jusqu’à la période du Comité d’Action pour les Etats-Unis d’Europe des années 1960 et 1970. La multiplicité des formes de l’action de Monnet révèle l’extraordinaire pouvoir de persuasion et de transformation de cet homme, issu du vieux terroir français des Charentes, mais embrassant aussi les lointains horizons de l’Atlantique. En ces temps d’hésitations internationales, de mondialisation redoutée, Monnet a poursuivi une idée simple, mais forte : la Paix et l’union des Européens. Le rapprochement entre la France et l’Allemagne en constituait la pierre angulaire. Dépasser les vieux antagonismes, fusionner les souverainetés, donner une identité à l’Europe, telle était son ambition. Ce livre d’histoire explique comment Monnet a su utiliser les grands événements du XXe siècle en travaillant avec les plus éminents responsables politiques pour réaliser, en partie, ces objectifs.

The Internet is a critical part of the societal infrastructure in the Nordic region – giving rise to increasing concerns about the growing power of global tech corporations that supply the foundation for the region’s evermore digitalised welfare states. Yet, we lack empirical evidence for understanding, discussing, and ultimately regulating the changing power structures surrounding Internet-based communication. Presenting a novel framework for analysing and comparing the four largest Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden – this book provides nuanced insights into what we think we know about digital power and control. Identifying the main gateways into contemporary digital societies, we follow the constant flows of data – from the individual user connecting to a network operator that then passes the data on through local, terrestrial networks, Internet exchange points, and submarine cable routes, to the servers of a given website and app that in turn send the requested data back and collect a wide range of metadata in the process. This allows us to identify the key market actors and regulatory arrangements that shape the evolution of digital communication systems. What we find is a significant historical shift in the ways basic communication resources are organised and controlled in welfare states. Alongside the rapid digitalisation of Nordic societies, new gatekeepers have entered the stage while former ones have stepped into the background, established regulatory frameworks have lost their previous efficacy, and commercial forms of governance have taken over. Yet, we also find that the four countries – that are so often described as a homogeneous whole – have followed different institutional and infrastructural paths on their way to digitalisation, resulting in different degrees of disruption, globalisation, and state involvement.

Gastronomie, food tech, santé, big data et génétique sont, entre autres, au menu de cet Essentiel entièrement inédit. Les chercheurs réunis ici nous éclairent sur les comportements alimentaires et les nouvelles pratiques ou tendances qui façonnent, à travers le monde, l’alimentation de demain. Depuis quelques années, l’alimentation est un objet de controverses... La communication est devenue cruciale pour comprendre les crises alimentaires (scandales sanitaires, OGM, avaries dans la distribution ou la restauration). Le mécanisme est partout le même : pléthorique et contradictoire, l’information circule à la vitesse de la lumière, elle se déforme, affole ou séduit les mangeurs. Les individus, notamment les « millennials », sont pris entre renoncement et pratiques alternatives, nourris par une défiance croissante envers l’industrie agroalimentaire. Ces médiations mettent les chercheurs au défi de comprendre comment les consommateurs construisent leurs systèmes de confiance et réinventent la façon dont nous mangerons demain.

This volume elaborates on the EU report A Human Security Doctrine for Europe, adding an engaging discussion of international legal consequences and operational demands in the European Union's quest for domestic security. Introducing the concept of "Human Security from Below," the editors highlight how people in war-torn countries have no choice but to create their own security arrangements. But such structures, surprisingly, are not unique to war zones, the contributors reveal-human security initiatives from below occur in even the most stable Western countries. Arguing that human security as a concept only makes sense if it covers both foreign and domestic policy concerns, The Viability of Human Security offers concise insights on this largely neglected topic.

Les révoltes et les mouvements rébellionnaires touchent toute l’Europe à l’époque moderne et leur médiatisation est très intense tant la circulation des rumeurs et des informations à leurs propos en amplifie l’écho.De l’Angleterre à la Russie, en passant par le royaume de France, l’Espagne, le Saint-Empire ou l’Ukraine et à partir de sources publiques ou privées, journalistiques ou diplomatiques, l’ouvrage met en évidence des connexions entre les événements ici relatés et des effets de miroir entre les espaces. L’étude croisée des regards étrangers permet d’apporter de nouveaux éclairages sur les épisodes analysés et l’attention portée aux écrits qui les relayent de dresser un tableau des canaux de l’information structurant cette première scène de la presse européenne. À travers la lecture de ces mises en récit, ce sont aussi les processus de mémorialisation de ces révoltes qui sont mis en lumière.

The Special Issue "In Vitro and In Vivo Models of Colorectal Cancer for Clinical Application", edited by Marta Baiocchi and Ann Zeuner for Cancers, collects original research papers and reviews, depicting the current state and the perspectives of CRC models for preclinical and translational research. Original research papers published in this issue focus on some of the hottest topics in CRC research, such as circulating tumor cells, epigenetic regulation of stemness states, new therapeutic targets, molecular CRC classification and experimental CRC models such as organoids and PDXs. Additionally, four reviews on CRC stem cells, immunotherapy and drug discovery provide an updated viewpoint on key topics linking benchtop to bedside research in CRC.

The 3D analysis of human movement aims to objectively and quantitatively assess motor functions and alterations. It is a valuable method for sport scientists, coaches, and clinicians to evaluate sport performance, common movements, and alterations. The feasibility of 3D analysis is increasing because it can be adopted both in a laboratory setting or directly in the field, in static or dynamic conditions, and for physiological or pathological movements. This evaluation technique can be adopted for many people, including children, adolescents, adults, and older people, whether they are sedentary or athletes and whether they are healthy or motor-impaired people.

Despite having been written at different times and being characterised by a great variety of subject and a multiplicity of approach, the essays of Gabriele Mazzitelli gathered here all appear to have been triggered by a precise and organic project of exploration. In fact what pervades them all is his love of the book, seen on the one hand as an unrepeatable and magnificent object produced by individual genius and the cultural legacy, and on the other as a medium of knowledge, an intellectual and spiritual bond. The book beloved of Mazzitelli is that of the rich and variegated Slav cultural tradition. It is the Russian book first and foremost, but not only, and not in the abstract dimension of the erudite bibliographic citation, but in the lively, shifting and at times perishable dimension of the library, seen as a living site of encounter and study. The life of the Slav book in Italy depends upon its full accessibility and its complete valorisation. The studies in this volume represent a crucial passage towards the full realisation of this goal.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. In light of the many significant recent changes to the global order, The Unmaking of Special Rights explores an often-forgotten aspect of this arrangement: special rights for developing countries. This book analyzes when and how special rights for developing countries have evolved in the context of global power shifts.

Dès l’origine, une des ambitions fondamentales et fondatrices de la sémiotique a été d’appréhender et de décrire l’unicité du sens à travers la diversité des langages, en postulant que, loin d’être cantonné en un lieu, le sens circule « transversalement », pour ainsi dire, et sans privilège d’un de ses modes d’expression. Les articles de ce volume soumettent les « sémioses » à de nouvelles interrogations où elles sont autant de « chemins de traverse » entre l’expérience sensible, les langages et les pratiques effectives du sens en situation. La première partie de l’ouvrage suit trois directions de la transversalité : foyer de formation (dans la sémiotisation de l’esthésie à travers le concept d’instance), modélisation (dans les formes d’intégration ou de parcours), extension de la saisie (approche transversale du sens vécu comme interaction). La deuxième partie vise le foyer sensible du sens dans sa relation avec la pratique esthétique. La troisième partie s’attache au concept d’instance, avec ses trois positions : « expression », « horizon » et « effectuation ». La quatrième partie étudie la transversalité à hauteur des situations elles-mêmes en étendant le champ de pertinence de la sémiotique à la réalité socio-sémiotique des significations. Au passage, les auteurs revisitent, voire redéfinissent des notions et concepts aussi apparemment simples et aussi sémiotiquement subtils que « parcours », « intégration », « ajustement », « cohésion », « catégorie », « instance », « instanciation », « esthésie », « immanence », et, au premier chef, « transversalité ».