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In response to the growing national concerns about staff recruitment and turnover within the child welfare workforce, (GAO, 2003), Maryland has made a commitment to assess its current child welfare workforce situation. Recognizing the importance of this issue to the provision of quality care to children and their families, the Maryland state legislature passed House Bill 799/Senate Bill 792 (Child Welfare Accountability Act, 2006) mandating that the Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR) commission a twelve-month study on child welfare workforce recruitment and retention to be carried out by the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Researchers in conjunction with DHR advisory members and experts in the field of child welfare research conducted a mixed-method study to better understand the current child welfare workforce situation. Data was collected to describe the child welfare workforce, to guide actionable recommendations for change, and to create baseline data for evaluating the success of any future change strategies implemented by DHR. ; This study was completed for (and in collaboration with) the Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR), Social Services Administration (SSA) through a contract with the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Social Work. The Maryland State Legislature mandated this study in HB 799, The Child Welfare Accountability Act of 2006. Funds for this study were provided by the Maryland Department of Human Resources, Social Services Administration. ; Full Text

Background: Major challenges are being experienced in medical education in sub-Saharan African Universities. These include emigration of faculty, infrequent curriculum review, inadequate training in medical education, poor investments in infrastructure and lack of faculty development programs. The USA government committed funding to improve the quality of medical education and research capacity in sub-Saharan Africa through the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI).Objectives: This article describes the implementation of faculty development at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences (UZCHS), a recipient of a MEPI award.Methods: Data sources included annual surveys and reports of UZCHS MEPI activities, exit evaluation reports of faculty development workshops; results of a survey conducted in 2015 at the end of the MEPI grant. Questionnaires were developed based on the MEPI Zimbabwe evaluation plan and logic model. Surveys were administered to faculty members, postgraduate and undergraduate students. Qualitative data was collected through in-depth key informer interviews of stakeholder.Findings: Different faculty development activities were implemented such as workshops, exchange visits, visiting professors program, advanced leadership training and curriculum development. The implementation of the activities brought positive developments to the college as confirmed by faculty and students. The majority of faculty interviewed (96%) confirmed that faculty development programs were very helpful in enhancing their expertise and skills. A similar number, i.e. 96%, also reported satisfaction with the training.Conclusions: We have described how the implementation of faculty development programs at the UZCHS contributed to the improvement of medical education at the College. The short term and long-term benefits of faculty development have been analyzed. Various forms of faculty development programs were described. Limitations of this analysis were the inability to collect data on students' performance and the demonstration of changes in teaching performance.

The essays in this edited volume are the product of a seminar and conference at Georgetown University. In different ways, each contribution addresses the complex nature of the relationship between democracy and trust and helps to define the issues and questions involved in this relationship. The contributors address the topic from a variety of perspectives, some primarily theoretical and others combining theory and statistical analysis. As editor and contributing author, Mark Warren provides an effective framework for the diverse set of contributions that comprise the volume and develops a typology of theories of trust and democracy.

This study examines how the perceptions of cultural values impact the consumer behaviour of employees at the University of Technology. Cultural values play a significant role in people's lives, influencing their behaviour and decision-making processes, including their choices in speciality products. Cultural norms and values influence consumption patterns, as culture shapes individuals' wants and behaviours. Different consumers are influenced by their own cultural backgrounds, resulting in variations in consumption patterns. Factors such as age, lifestyle, values, and norms contribute to cultural differences in consumer behaviour. Cultures that prioritize youth tend to embrace liberalism and individualism, which can lead to high productivity in the workplace and increased consumer spending. The study adopts a quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional approach. Data will be collected using a self-administered questionnaire from 300 staff members at the University of Technology. The respondents will be selected using a probability sampling technique called stratified sampling. The collected data will be analyzed using a structural equation model. The findings of this study will contribute to the existing literature on cultural values and consumer behaviour. Additionally, the study aims to develop a cultural values and consumer behaviour model specifically for speciality products.

This book offers a brief sketch of events in chronological sequence that mark the rise of the science of pathology in Malta over the past three hundred years. This development cannot be adequately appreciated without a backward glance over a stretch of time when morbid anatomy and clinical medicine were still interpreted in terms of the ancient theory of the four humours - blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile - according to which an imbalance of these humours was considered to be the root cause of disease. In fact it was not until after 1858 when Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902), Professor of Pathology at Wursburg University, brought out his concept of Cellular Pathology that the humoral theory was abandoned. In fact Virchow pointed out that the cell was the centre of all bodily activity and changes and ultimately the seat of disease. Going through these pages the reader will note the great impact that European medical literature and advances have exercised on the development of pathology in Malta. This is to be expected as Malta, in its central geographical location in the Mediterranean at the southernmost point of Europe has, since ancient times, been a hub in the main stream of the political, maritime, cultural and medical evolution of that continent. ; peer-reviewed

The presiding judge's order is that special procedure that we have to observe in cases where the prompt action of justice is needed, being, therefore, a very useful proceeding means, that might be used, in practice, by people for whom the passing of time necessary for following all the bureaucratic procedures and observing all the proceeding discipline of common law is vital, this because their life is subject to a real and imminent risk. We are referring, specifically, to those patients with incurable diseases, oncological, for whom the appropriate efficient medical treatments are extremely expensive and who, beyond the difficult fight with the disease, must fight the "system", from which they do not get favorable, rapid responses as they were supposed to, so to not come to a tragic ending. Within this analysis context, we are interested in following the manner in which the courts invested with presiding judge's order exercised in circumstances like this, have assessed the fulfilment of the special conditions of admissibility for this procedural tool.

"Reprinted by permission from Airpower Journal (Maxwell AFB, Ala.: Air University Press, Fall 1988), 52-69.". ; "December 1989". ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 11-12). ; Mode of access: Internet.