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The rabies virus propagates through several epidemiological cycles, which makes it difficult to control and predict. Thus, this study was structured with the aim of establishing the geospatial characterization of bat shelters in different semi-arid mesoregions of the state of Paraíba, Northeastern region of Brazil. Data provided by the Secretaria de Estado do Desenvolvimento da Agropecuária e da Pesca da Paraíba (SEDAP-PB), from 2007 to 2015 and data from digital platforms were used. The geographic representation was produced using the software QGIS 2.16.0 - Nodebo. To verify virus circulation sites, buffers were plotted within a 10-km radius from the registered shelters and rabies incidence sites in the state. A registry of 93 shelters in the period between 2007 and 2015 were distributed in 22 municipalities and 15 microregions. All mesoregions were represented, though 47.31% of the bat shelters were located in Agreste Paraibano. Of the total registered shelters, 66 (71%) are classified as artificial, and 27 (29%) as natural. The underreporting of rabies occurrences reveals the need to improve the registration of hematophagous bat shelters, specifically those for the D. rotundus species.

This article examines issues that have emerged in the Trump national security system and its process of information analysis and deliberation during its first year and one half in office. It was troubled from the start, and it especially experienced a problematic transition period. It then faced the resignation of its initial National Security Council (NSC) advisor, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, less than a month after Trump was inaugurated. This article explores how Flynn's eventual replacement, Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster, confronted a challenging task in restoring order and in appointing new personnel. He also increasingly faced White House criticism of his performance as NSC advisor as well as numerous reports that his days in the post were numbered (which indeed proved to be the case). On March 22, 2018, President Trump announced that John Bolton would replace McMaster. Bolton quickly moved in changing key personnel and in putting his own imprint on the post. Throughout, the national security process was overshadowed by a president who lacked foreign policy experience and whose decision‐making patterns and practices were often problematic.

Considerando a crescente relevância do papel estratégico da perspectiva experiencial para as organizações, este artigo investiga o conceito de experiência de consumo sob a ótica das consumidoras de moda plus size. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, na qual foram realizadas 22 entrevistas em profundidade. Os resultados foram analisados utilizando análise de conteúdo temática, resultando em cinco categorias temáticas: experiência pré-consumo, experiência de compra, experiência com o produto, experiência com a moda plus size e consequências da experiência de consumo. Dentre os principais achados, destacam-se a urgência de adequação da oferta de itens do vestuário condizentes com as necessidades físicas e psicológicas deste público, a influência das atitudes dos vendedores e da ambientação dos estabelecimentos comerciais, o fortalecimento da moda plus size e os impactos na autoestima e aceitação que a experiência de consumo proporciona às mulheres acima do peso. Como resultado central, a identificação de cinco dimensões da experiência de consumo para o segmento de moda plus size configura um ponto de partida útil para a realização de futuras investigações e para o avanço teórico-empírico sobre o tema.

À peine septuagénaire, le comité d'entreprise disparaît à la suite d'une ordonnance du 22 septembre 2017 portant nouvelle organisation du dialogue social et économique dans l'entreprise. Par sa naissance, la personne juridique comité d'entreprise a consacré l'existence d'un collectif de salariés aux intérêts propres, formant une composante à part entière de l'entreprise. Avec lui, l'entreprise est devenue une réalité irréductible à la seule personne de l'employeur. Après une période de plein épanouissement juridique, le comité d'entreprise a été mis sous contrôle avant d'être supprimé par le législateur au profit d'une nouvelle instance : le comité social et économique. Ce dernier comité se présente comme l'héritier du premier ayant absorbé les autres instances élues, les délégués du personnel (DP) et le comité d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail (CHSCT). Cette succession est technique et patrimoniale. Autre chose est la transmission du sens de la représentation des salariés qui, de référée à l'entreprise comprise comme une réalité économique et sociale, (re)devient la chose du seul employeur dont le processus décisionnel doit ménager une place formelle au dialogue.

O objetivo do trabalho foi mapear as relações de cooperação entre hostels, entendidos como empresas de hospedagem de pequeno porte, e as vantagens resultantes destas ações. A pesquisa realizou um levantamento de dados primários a partir de questionários estruturados junto a 22 gerentes e/ou proprietários de empreendimentos nos bairros de Copacabana e Ipanema, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. A análise de dados, de caráter quantitativo, aplicou ferramental estatístico descritivo e medidas de associação. Os resultados indicaram que poucas ações de cooperação eram realizadas pelos empreendimentos. A principal ação identificada foi a indicação de outros hostels quando o do respondente estava sem vagas. As vantagens percebidas em cooperar foram pouco expressivas. Nenhuma associação entre porte, tempo de atuação, localização e tipo de gestão foi encontrada com as ações de cooperação realizadas e seus resultados. A principal dificuldade para cooperar identificada foi a falta de interesse por parte dos empreendimentos, revelando indícios de que existe um menor interesse em estabelecer ações conjuntas quando as empresas reconhecem uma situação conjuntural favorável para elas.

Cytogenetic studies in Melipona are scarce with only 24 species analyzed cytogenetically. Of these, six species had the rDNA sites physically mapped and characterized by Fluorescent in situ Hybridization (fish). The aim of this study was to perform karyotype analyzes on Melipona species from different regions of Brazil, with a greater sampling representative of the Amazonian fauna and using conventional, fluorochrome staining and FISH with heterologous rDNA probes. The predominant chromosome number was 2n = 18, however, the subspecies M. seminigra abunensis and M. s. pernigra showed 2n = 22 chromosomes. The karyotypes were symmetrical, however M. bicolor, M. quadrifasciata, M. flavolineata, M. fuscopilosa, M. nebulosa presented the first pair heteromorphic in length. CMA3+ blocks also exhibited heteromorphism of size and in almost all cases coincided with rDNA sites, except for M. crinita and M. nebulosa, which presented additional non-coincident CMA3+ blocks. The CMA/ rDNA sites were terminal and interstitial in species with high heterochromatic content, and pericentromeric in those species with low heterochromatic content. In addition to pointing out cytogenetic features of cytotaxonomic importance, the reorganization of the genome in Melipona is discussed.

En el Perú y en el mundo se observa gran evolución científica, tecnológica, de conocimientos, de acumulación de capitales, etc. frente a una cada vez mayor desigualdad, caída en la proporción de las remuneraciones respecto el ingreso, se eluden impuestos en paraísos fiscales, reemplazo del recurso humano por el tecnológico, etc. y se estiman pensiones generalmente pequeñas, acentuando la desigualdad, pensando que en el Perú por ejemplo, una persona de 65 años vivirá 45 años más hasta los 110 años.Se propone mejorar la pensión, al interrelacionar los conceptos de modelo y equilibrio actuarial con la esperanza de vida al momento de adquirir derecho, logrando mayor representatividad. La edad más probable del fallecimiento la estima la esperanza de vida, definida como el número de años que en promedio aún le faltan vivir a la persona según su edad y sexo al cese o adquirir derecho, con resultados de hasta más del 25%, pues con las tablas vigentes una persona varón o mujer de 65 años vivirá más probablemente 17 ó 22 años más y no 45 años más.

This article examines how the public organizational materiality of local health houses forms the social interaction of citizens with the health house, each other and the professionals. The establishment of local health houses provides a unique opportunity to study the importance of an organization's physical framework for the encounter between citizens and the public. The article is based on 22 citizen interviews and on-site observations of physical frameworks, organization of service and social interactions in 19 health houses. We show how the organization of receptions, the use of information objects and the interior design of health houses affect the citizens' social interaction in the health houses and their expectations to the meeting with the public in a concrete physical context. We find that the "locally based health services" invite citizens to more or less ritualized behavior depending on the physical and organizational framework. The article is based on a database and observation data, which are relatively rare in political science and public administration studies, and contributes to revitalizing the relatively limited micro-sociological literature of the importance of physical frameworks for public organization and management.

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- Sentencia 117/2017, de 19 de octubre de 2017 (BOE de 16 de noviembre). Ponente: González-Trevijano Sánchez (Recurso de inconstitucionalidad).- Sentencia 101/2017, de 20 de julio de 2017 (BOE de 11 de agosto de 2017).- Sentencia 103/2017, de 6 de septiembre de 2017 (BOE de 13 de octubre).- Sentencia 103/2017, de 6 de septiembre de 2017 (BOE de 22 de septiembre).- Sentencia 107/2017, de 21 de septiembre de 2017 (BOE 13 de octubre).- Sentencia 113/2017, de 16 de octubre de 2017 (BOE 24 de octubre de 2017). Cuestión prejudicial de validez de normas forales fiscales 1346-2017. Planteada por la Sala de lo Contencioso-Administrativo del Tribunal Superior de Justicia del País Vasco, en relación con el artículo 29.2 de la Norma Foral 6/2006, de 29 de diciembre, reguladora del impuesto sobre la renta de las personas físicas del territorio histórico de Bizkaia.- Sentencia 118/2017, de 19 de octubre de 2017 (BOE de 16 de noviembre).- Sentencia 134/2017, de 16 de noviembre de 2017 (BOE de 20 de diciembre).

AbstractDespite recognition that person‐centered care is a critical component to providing high quality family planning services, there lacks consensus on how to operationalize and measure it. This paper describes the development and validation of a person‐centered family planning (PCFP) scale in India and Kenya. Cross‐sectional data were collected from 522 women in Kenya and 225 women in India who visited a health facility providing family planning services. Psychometric analyses, including exploratory factor analysis, were employed to assess the validity and reliability of the PCFP scale. Separate scales were developed for India and Kenya due to context‐specific items. We assessed criterion validity by examining the association between PCFP and global measures of quality and satisfaction with family planning care. The analysis resulted in a multidimensional PCFP scale, including 20 items in Kenya and 22 items in India. Through iterative factor analysis, two subscales were identified for both countries: "autonomy, respectful care, and communication" and "health facility environment." This scale may be used to evaluate quality improvement interventions and experiences of women globally to support women in achieving their reproductive health goals.

Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a lifelong developmental disorder that affects children and results in deficit in social interaction, communication and display of unusual pattern of behavior. Though caregiving is a normal parental duty, providing intensive care to a child with long-term problem is burdensome and impacts both physical and mental health of caregivers. The aim of this study was to obtain a picture of burden among caregivers raising children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study to assess the burden of caregiving among sixty one parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, using purposive sampling technique. The burden perceived by caregivers was assessed using standard tool Zarit Burden Interview-22.Results: Average burden score was 41.49±12.25 which indicates that caregivers experienced moderate to severe range of burden. Level of education, anxiety and depression was found to be significantly associated with burden of caregiving.Conclusions: The study concluded that the burden of caregiving is most remarkably associated with emotional status and social life of the caregivers.

Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a lifelong developmental disorder that affects children and results in deficit in social interaction, communication and display of unusual pattern of behavior. Though caregiving is a normal parental duty, providing intensive care to a child with long-term problem is burdensome and impacts both physical and mental health of caregivers. The aim of this study was to obtain a picture of burden among caregivers raising children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study to assess the burden of caregiving among sixty one parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, using purposive sampling technique. The burden perceived by caregivers was assessed using standard tool Zarit Burden Interview-22.Results: Average burden score was 41.49±12.25 which indicates that caregivers experienced moderate to severe range of burden. Level of education, anxiety and depression was found to be significantly associated with burden of caregiving.Conclusions: The study concluded that the burden of caregiving is most remarkably associated with emotional status and social life of the caregivers.Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD); caregiver burden; Nepal; zarit burden Interview.

Este artículo es producto de un trabajo de investigación donde se relaciona los factores de competitividad, la tasa de cambio y la capacidad de crecimiento sostenible del sector calzado de Cúcuta en el periodo 2009-2013. A nivel metodológico se desarrolló como un estudio descriptivo exploratorio, documental y de campo, se utilizó la técnica de encuestas y el juicio de expertos. La población estuvo conformada por veintidós (22) empresas y se efectuó un censo debido al pequeño tamaño de la población. Se evaluaron los factores internos de competitividad y se utilizó el modelo de Higgins para analizar la capacidad de crecimientosostenible. Los factores de competitividad muestran amplio espacio de mejora en el sector, por su parte la tasa de crecimiento sostenible está por debajo de la tasa de crecimiento de ventas del sector calzado en Cúcuta, siendo así se recurre al apalancamiento con recursos externos y a la optimización de la política de dividendos para mejorar el índice de crecimiento intrínseco.
Palabras Clave: competitividad,crecimiento intrínseco,crecimiento sostenible,sector calzado,tasa de cambio

Autor prikazuje rezultate ankete provedene u tri grada kanadske pokrajine Québec (Montreal, Québec, Sherbrook). Cilj je bio utvrditi osnovne karakteristike jezičnog ponašanja hrvatskih iseljenika u sredini koja je od nedavno (1977) de iure jednojezična a de facto već dva stoljeća dvojezična (pogotovo Montréal). Anketa (27 pitanja) obuhvatila je 59 ispitanika raznih dobi i zanimanja, svi pripadnici prve generacije osim 5 djece od 10-15 godina koji pripadaju drugoj generaciji. Svi ispitanici govore hrvatski ali ih 10 uopće ne govori, a 6 slabo francuski. Na radnom mjesto 35 ih govori francuski, najčešće u kombinaciji s engleskim koji je u 12 slučajeva jedini jezik posla. U obitelji 22 ispitanika govore samo hrvatski, 4 samo engleski, 1 samo francuski, ostalo je višejezično. U 13 od ukupno 17 anketiranih obitelji djeca govore hrvatski (od toga su 3 mješovita braka) a u 4 obitelji (sve mješoviti brakovi) ga ne govore. Vrlo česta trojezičnost (Montréal) ne pogoduje očuvanju materinskog jezika, što će posebno doći do izražaja u drugoj generaciji. Tu pojavu trebat će pažljivo pratiti i sistematski istražiti.

Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir a relação cidade/universidade a partir do processo de expansão e interiorização das instituições públicas de ensino superior no estado do Ceará. O desenvolvimento deste trabalho apoiou-se na pesquisa de base qualitativa, privilegiando abordagens narrativas sobre as trajetórias docentes, investigando o modo como os mesmos percebem e mantêm relações com o local de trabalho. Foram realizadas entrevistas com diretores de centros e com 49 docentes (27 do gênero masculino e 22 do gênero feminino) em todos os campi onde existem cursos presenciais de Instituições de Ensino Superior Públicas - IESP (estadual e/ou federal) no Ceará. A partir do material produzido foi possível constatar que existem inúmeras dificuldades de reconhecimento e pertencimento do/a docente com seu local de trabalho, que a análise da interiorização do ensino superior deve ser realizada, também, considerando aspectos subjetivos dos sujeitos que as constituem, que as dificuldades estruturais das cidades e o modo como o/a docente percebe, senti e se identifica com estas cidades pode resvalar sobre as condições e organização do trabalho por ele/a desenvolvido.