Suchergebnisse

Labours of Love unearths an issue that is still stigmatized in some areas of the country. Through conversations with adoptive parents, adoptees, and birthparents who reveal their inmost feelings, the reader will gain a new understanding of the joy and complexity of adoption

Despite three decades of research, the field of quantum computation has yet to build a quantum computer that can perform a task beyond the capability of any classical computer – an event known as computational supremacy. Yet this multi-billion dollar research industry persists in its efforts to construct such a machine. Based on the counter-intuitive principles of quantum physics, these devices are fundamentally different from the computers we know. It is theorised that large-scale quantum computers will have the ability to perform some remarkably powerful computations, even if the extent of their capabilities remains disputed. One application, however, the factoring of large numbers into their constituent primes, has already been demonstrated using Shor's quantum algorithm. This capability has far reaching implications for cybersecurity as it poses an unprecedented threat to the public key encryption that forms an important component of the security of all digital communications. This paper outlines the nature of the threat that quantum computation is believed to pose to digital communications and investigates how this emerging technology, coupled with the threat of Adversarial Artificial Intelligence, may result in large technology companies gaining unacceptable political leverage; and it proposes measures that might be implemented to mitigate this eventuality.

The care and education of children below school age is an area of intense public debate and the subject of considerable policy innovation in Western democracies. Child care raises complex philosophical and policy issues ranging from broad questions about the relative responsibilities of state, market and family to technical aspects of policy design such as the interaction of child care subsidies with income support, family payments and taxation. Across the developed world, countries are finding new ways to address the growing need for child care, with market‐based solutions looming large in several countries. This paper analyses Commonwealth policy towards long day care in Australia since the early 1990s. It explores the shift towards market‐based, for‐profit care for children below school age, especially the growth of publicly listed child care corporations. In allowing a single corporation to assume a dominant position in the provision of long day care, Australia has embarked on a vast experiment in the care of children, unparalleled in other countries.

The policies that shape early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Australia are formulated within overlapping national and international contexts. Globalisation, the development of international law and the spread of electronic communication technologies all play a role in the rapid diffusion of ideas and practices to the broader policy community surrounding ECEC internationally. In recent decades ECEC has grown as a component of the in-kind service provision of all Western welfare states (Meyers & Gornick 2003). Women's rising labour force participation and government policies mandating 'workfare' rather than 'welfare' are important reasons for this. So, too, are ideas about the significance of the early years for the intellectual, social and emotional development of children. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), ' … the education and care of young children is shifting from the private to the public domain, with much attention to the complementary roles of family and early childhood education and care institutions in young children's early development and learning' (OECD 2000, p. 9). This chapter provides an overview of the domestic ('home') and international ('away') contexts surrounding Australian child care and early education policy. The broad argument is that there is a lack of fit between the emerging international agenda around ECEC which is increasingly child-focused and the Australian Government's adult-centred, instrumentalist approach to ECEC which sees it as a service linked primarily to supporting workforce participation. The chapter begins with an overview of international developments and moves on to discuss the domestic policy framework established by the Coalition government since 1996.

The influence of feminist groups & the Labour Party on Australia's current child care policy is investigated. An overview of the central features of Australia's present-day welfare system is presented, emphasizing the system's child care provisions. An additional overview of the present-day child care system's origins is then provided, indicating the significant role that both government policymakers & feminist child care activists had on the system's formation. It is argued that the emergence of corporatist political structures within the nation's trade unions & the Labour Party's growing concern with women's status augmented the state's concern with child care during the 1980s. The subsequent expansion of the nation's child care system during the early 1990s, primarily caused by the establishment of commercial providers, is then discussed. Although the Howard administration prioritized augmenting parents' choice in child care programs, it is stated that such initiatives enacted by the conservative regime actually reduced gender equality. It is concluded that the emergence of neoliberalist thought in Australian politics is damaging attempts to realize class & gender equity. 1 Table, 46 References. J. W. Parker

The influence of feminist groups & the Labour Party on Australia's current child care policy is investigated. An overview of the central features of Australia's present-day welfare system is presented, emphasizing the system's child care provisions. An additional overview of the present-day child care system's origins is then provided, indicating the significant role that both government policymakers & feminist child care activists had on the system's formation. It is argued that the emergence of corporatist political structures within the nation's trade unions & the Labour Party's growing concern with women's status augmented the state's concern with child care during the 1980s. The subsequent expansion of the nation's child care system during the early 1990s, primarily caused by the establishment of commercial providers, is then discussed. Although the Howard administration prioritized augmenting parents' choice in child care programs, it is stated that such initiatives enacted by the conservative regime actually reduced gender equality. It is concluded that the emergence of neoliberalist thought in Australian politics is damaging attempts to realize class & gender equity. 1 Table, 46 References. J. W. Parker

The shared governance structure is a nursing practice model which is a hallmark of engaging the front line team into the role of leading practice excellence. The main principles of shared governance include ownership, accountability, empowerment, team building, leadership, innovation, autonomy, and practice equity. Combining these key shared governance principles with formal models can drive sustainable action planning for improvement. This article offers an exemplar describing how we improved shared governance in a community hospital setting. After evaluating findings from a gap analysis, we incorporated guiding frameworks such as the A3 action planning process; the Plan, Do, Check, Act cycle; and Lean methodologies to increase nursing engagement in the shared governance process. Clinical nurses and interdisciplinary teams developed action plans for quality and patient satisfaction improvements. We describe specific improvements to our process, offer examples of our improved outcomes, and discuss essential shared governance factors that were critical to our successes.