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Contemporary social services departments are characterized by the sepa ration of services to adults from those to children and families. Professional disquiet about the gulf between adult mental health and child-care services has led to demands for more communication and col laboration between sectors and also at the interface with health-provider agencies. However, in the current climate, this is not necessarily a progres sive move. For many women the prospect of involvement with both child- care and mental health services may prove to be something of a poisoned chalice, holding little hope of improved and more relevant services, but promising only increasing levels of coercion, censure and surveillance.

The article outlines the theoretical approaches to the study of the transformation of the forms of interaction between government and firms under the influence of the evolution of the productive forces and relations of production, depending on the mechanism for the coordination of economic activity, the level of competition and the dominant form of ownership. Substantiated, that partnerships between government and firms are a natural result of the transformation of these relations in the post-industrial economy. ; В статье изложены теоретические подходы к исследованию трансформации форм взаимодействия государства и фирм под воздействием эволюции производительных сил и производственных отношений в зависимости от механизма координации хозяйственной деятельности, уровня конкурентной среды и господствующей формы собственности. Обосновано, что партнёрские отношения между государством и фирмами являются закономерным результатом трансформации этих отношений в условиях постиндустриальной экономики.

This article aims to analyse the strategies that jazz musicians in Barcelona adopt to develop their artistic careers. It focuses on studying three main areas that influ-ence the construction of their artistic-professional strategies: a) the administrative dimension, characterized mainly by management and promotion tasks; b) the artistic-creative dimension, which includes the construction of artistic identity and the creation of works of art; and c) the social dimension within the collective, which groups together strategies related to the dynamics of cooperation and col-laboration between the circle of musicians. The applied methodology came from a qualitative perspective, and the main research methods were semi-structured inter-views conducted with active professional musicians in Barcelona and from partic-ipant observation.

This study is focused on a cosmopolitan group of both famous and less famous radical intellectuals from both sides of the Atlantic—some of them of popular origin and self-educated—all linked by relations of personal friendship or at least col- laboration or contiguity: Thomas Paine, Joel Barlow, Nicolas de Bonneville, John Oswald, Joseph Ritson. The analysis of the language strategies they used to attempt a democratization of the universal communication that had been until then kept among the educated members of the Republic of letters—in particular insofar as the high tradition of the critique of revealed religion was concerned, considered here as an absolutely crucial point—centers on the themes of political etymology and of confidence in the performative energy of decoded words.

The main challenge for a sustainability transition is to scale up successful solutions. Upscaling requires coali-tions of public, private, and civil society actors who align their motivations. Pathways to upscaling may involveleveraging a dominant player's market power, integrating successful initiatives into public policy, or reinforcinggovernment-led change withprivate efforts. Various actors agreeto collaborate to take advantageoftheir com-plementary capabilities, e.g., government policies facilitate private action, market incentives reward progres-sive actors while government sanctions punish laggards, actors take up different tasks of the policy cycle, andlarge players absorb and disseminate pioneer efforts. To achieve durable impacts, the upscaling of solutions toreach sustainability must continually maintain a balance of incentives among key actors. We identify generallessons for successful upscaling that provide insights on the importance of motivating actors, designing col-laborations for lasting success, and incorporating concerns of developing countries.

The main challenge for a sustainability transition is to scale up successful solutions. Upscaling requires coali-tions of public, private, and civil society actors who align their motivations. Pathways to upscaling may involveleveraging a dominant player's market power, integrating successful initiatives into public policy, or reinforcinggovernment-led change withprivate efforts. Various actors agreeto collaborate to take advantageoftheir com-plementary capabilities, e.g., government policies facilitate private action, market incentives reward progres-sive actors while government sanctions punish laggards, actors take up different tasks of the policy cycle, andlarge players absorb and disseminate pioneer efforts. To achieve durable impacts, the upscaling of solutions toreach sustainability must continually maintain a balance of incentives among key actors. We identify generallessons for successful upscaling that provide insights on the importance of motivating actors, designing col-laborations for lasting success, and incorporating concerns of developing countries.

The article examines the possibility and challenges of redressing graduate unemployment through parent-employer collaboration that revolves around of remuneration of pre-service em-ployment. The paper used a qualitative research design involving a review of grey literature from published articles and reports on theories and challenges of global, regional and Uganda's youth unemployment, particularly graduate unemployment and the strategies being applied to mitigate it. Paper findings show the potential for adopting the proposal, given the benefits it is likely to generate for parents, fresh graduates, employers and the government. The proposed arrangement equips fresh graduates with practical working experience which enhanc-es job prospects; employer obtains value added from fresh graduate services at lower cost, and an opportunity to recruit the graduate as a permanent employee; the parent enjoys reduced cost incurred on spending on endless search for jobs by students. Both the government and society benefit through lower social costs due to reduced time graduates spend unemployed as well as greater contribution realized from their work. Findings make significant contribution to knowledge and practice on alleviating graduate unemployment, through parent-employer col-laboration that generates benefits for parents, fresh graduates, employers and the government

The article examines the possibility and challenges of redressing graduate unemployment through parent-employer collaboration that revolves around of remuneration of pre-service em-ployment. The paper used a qualitative research design involving a review of grey literature from published articles and reports on theories and challenges of global, regional and Uganda's youth unemployment, particularly graduate unemployment and the strategies being applied to mitigate it. Paper findings show the potential for adopting the proposal, given the benefits it is likely to generate for parents, fresh graduates, employers and the government. The proposed arrangement equips fresh graduates with practical working experience which enhanc-es job prospects; employer obtains value added from fresh graduate services at lower cost, and an opportunity to recruit the graduate as a permanent employee; the parent enjoys reduced cost incurred on spending on endless search for jobs by students. Both the government and society benefit through lower social costs due to reduced time graduates spend unemployed as well as greater contribution realized from their work. Findings make significant contribution to knowledge and practice on alleviating graduate unemployment, through parent-employer col-laboration that generates benefits for parents, fresh graduates, employers and the government

Informacinės komunikacinės technologijos sparčiai vystosi ir tobulėja. Debesų kompiuterija (Cloud Computing) yra dar viena naujovė, sparčiai pradėjusi plisti XXI a. pradžioje. Debesų kompiuterija – tai galimybė naudotis kompiuterine ir programine įranga internete ir mokėti tik už tai, kiek teikiama paslauga buvo pasinaudota. Debesų kompiuterijos paslaugos pirmiausia buvo orientuotos į verslą. Šio straipsnio tikslas – apžvelgti debesų technologijas ir jų teikiamas galimybes akademinei bendruomenei – studijoms, mokslui, bendradarbiavimui ir mokslinei komunikacijai. Analizuojamos trijų korporacijų siūlomos paslaugos, kreipiant dėmesį į paslaugų įvairovę, galimybes rengti projektus, konferencijas etc., technologijos saugumą, mobilumą ir paslaugų kainą. Tyrimo išvadose pabrėžiama, kad debesų kompiuterija yra patraukli mokslui ir studijoms. Debesį galima panaudoti studijoms, moksliniam darbui, bendradarbiavimui ir mokslinėje komunikacijoje, tik svarbu pasirinkti poreikius tenkinantį atitinkamą debesį.Pagrindiniai žodžiai: debesų technologijos, debesų kompiuterija, viešas ir privatus debesis, virtualus privatus tinklas, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, virtualizacijos procesai, duomenų centrai, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Web Apps, Zoho debesis, Google Apps studijoms, mokslo komunikacija.Cloud Computing: The job, co-operation and communication Does Cloud Meet the Needs of Students and Scholars?Angelė Pečeliūnaitė
SummaryThe information and communication technologies are rapidly evolving and progressing. Cloud computing is one of the innovations that began rapidly spreading from the beginning of the 21st century. The article summarizes the cloud computing paradigm, an introduction to cloud computing platforms, the cloud service offered by the cloud providers, and highlights the attractive features of this technology. The collaboration and communication methods in the cloud are discussed. The cloud computing services were primarily focused on business. The aim of the article is an overview of the cloud technologies and opportunities for the academic community – in studies, research, col-laboration and scientific communication.Delic divides research into three significant periods: empirical, theoretical, and experimental/simulation (Delic et al., 2010, p. 3). This article falls within the third study phase: an experimen-tal study comparing the services of three selected cloud providers. We analyze the cloud services of Zoho Web Apps, Microsoft Web Apps and Google Apps for Education according to the selected five categories (information gathered from web sites and company experts speaking): education in a variety of services offered working with documents and projects, scientific communication and col-laboration, data protection, mobility and price.The results have shown that cloud services are attractive to the educational community. The largest variety of service diversity and performance improvements are offered by the Microsoft and Zoho clouds on the SaaS and PaaS platforms. Zoho is a leader of these cloud services. The most attractive environment for scientific communication and collaboration (including mobility) is the Microsoft cloud. Data protection takes care of all service providers: SLA of 99.9% guarantee. Zoho uses web encryption for 256-bit SSL, and Microsoft 128-bit SSL / TSL. Google Apps for Education is in many ways behind the above-mentioned corporations, while Google's cloud services are offered to meet students' needs; services are provided free of charge.The investigation was conducted in December 1–15, 2010.

Collaboration with the Nazi occupier during WWII has always been a topic of dissent between French-speakers (FS) and Dutch-speakers (DS) in Bel- gium. According to a popular myth coined after the war and often narrated in the media and literature, collabo- ration was widespread in Flanders, whereas Walloons bravely resisted, although historical reality is much more nuanced. These representations regularly resur- face in political debates surrounding the Belgian linguis- tic conflict. Demands for amnesty addressed by national- ist Flemish parties are a case in point. A questionnaire survey (N = 521; 315 FS and 206 DS) showed that col- laboration was represented negatively and was morally condemned in both groups. However, DS expressed more Support for Amnesty (SA) than FS. This effect of Linguistic Group (LG) on SA was mediated by judgment of morality of collaboration, and this mediation was moderated by identification with the LG. Interestingly, SA was predicted by judgments of morality of DS, but not of FS, collaborators, in both groups, as if francophone collaboration was deemed irrelevant. Results suggest that differences between DS and FS in political positiontaking regarding the granting of amnesty are partly due to differences in representations of collaboration, and to different perspectives towards the same historical rep- resentation. The myth is both shared and disputed. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/published

From a vantage point fifteen to twenty years after a number of scholars labeled the intergovernmental climate of the mid/late 1990s as "collaborative federalism," this article re-assess the appropriateness of this label. Looking particularly at social policy, we consider the process of col- laboration itself, both in terms of the institutions and forums where the federal and provincial partners to the collabora- tion met (have initial attempts to grow the apparatus of intergovernmental negotiations had lasting effects), and in terms of the culture and relationships involved (have prov- inces and the federal government negotiated in ways that place the two orders of government on equal footing, or have they reverted to a hierarchical relationship). The article also considers whether provincial and federal governments pro- duced collaborative policy outcomes, given their pledges to do so, as elaborated in a series of intergovernmental agree- ments. We find that the "collaborative" of collaborative federalism comes to look quite thin, particularly compared to the definition of collaboration advanced by scholars a decade ago. We conclude with some brief reflections on what the lack of collaboration in collaborative federalism means for the broader taxonomic question of how we understand the intergovernmental relations of these years, and suggest that a more accurate descriptor might be the unraveling of competitive federalism.

The project 'Social inclusion through segregation?' that is presented in this final report has been conducted by Liya Kalinnikova Magnusson, associate professor at the University of Gävle, in col-laboration with Jeremias (Jerry) Rosenqvist Aulin, professor emeritus at Malmö University and guest professor at the University of Gävle. The project has been supported financially by The Swe-dish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (Stiftelsen för internationalisering av högre utbildning och forskning) (STINT-project No. IB2018-8090). The Swedish society and school system have for many years taken a leading position on integration and inclusion in school. In spite of this politically supported ambition, a decrease in inclusive prac-tices has been discerned over the last ten-fifteen years, e.g. with new student groups appearing in former inclusive schools (Blom, 2004; Heimdahl-Mattson, 2007). This tendency can be seen in other Nordic countries too.In order to deepen our knowledge about this phenomenon, a comparison with its development in other countries, where segregation in education has been more or less the rule, seems reasonable. The ambition of this project has been to investigate the status of inclusion in the former Soviet Union states of Ukraine and Moldova, compare it with the status in Sweden and suggest a research platform for further studies in this field in cooperation with the Faculty of Correctional Pedagogy and Psy-chology at National Pedagogical University named after M. Dragomanov (Ukraine), the Faculty of Special Psycho-pedagogy at the State Pedagogical University named after I. Creanga (Moldova) and the Academy of Education and Economics at the University of Gävle (Sweden). The guiding re-search question for the study has been: Can we reach social inclusion in life through segregation in school?

This research would not have been achieved without the selfless col-laboration of the INMA-Granada boys and families who took part in the study. Vicente Mustieles, Alicia Olivas-Martinez and Shereen Cynthia D'Cruz were under contract within the HBM4EU project. Additionally, we acknowledge the Biomedical Research Networking Center-CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud Publica (CIBERESP) , and the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) (FIS-PI16/01820, FIS-PI16/01858, FIS-PI17/01526, and FIS-PI20/01568) . The authors also thank the ISCIII and "Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional" (ISCIII/FEDER) for the Miguel Servet Type I Program granted to C. Freire (grant no. MS16/00085) , the Sara Borrell postdoctoral research contract granted to F. Vela-Soria (grant no. CD17/00212) , and the Spanish Ministry of Education for the predoctoral fellowships (FPU) granted to A. Rodriguez-Carrillo (FPU 16/03011) and to I. Reina-Perez (FPU 17/01848) . Dr. JP Arrebola is under contract within the Ramon y Cajal Program (RYC-2016-20155, from Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad, Spain) . The authors also ac-knowledge the contribution of the Pediatric Unit of San Cecilio University Hospital of Granada (recruitment and clinical evaluation) , Marina Molina (field work and biospecimen processing) , Raquel Quesada and Beatriz Suarez (chemical exposure data) and Mario Murcia (data curation) , as well as the Human Genotyping Laboratory at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, CeGen-PRB3, which is sup-ported by grant no. PT17/0019, of the PE I + D + i 2013-2016, funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) and ERDF. This article will be part of the doctoral thesis developed by Andrea Rodriguez-Carrillo in the context of the "Clinical Medicine and Public Health Program" of the University of Granada (Spain) . ; This study was supported in part by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program HBM4EU [Grant Agreement No. 733032], Biomedical Research Networking Center-CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública ...