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ECO Experts’ consensus on establishing renal cancer healthcare quality measures in Spain.
2020
220 Background: The ECO Foundation (Excellence and Quality in Oncology) proposes to establish a set of healthcare quality measures (including indicators and standards) for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of renal cancer in Spain which all healthcare professionals involved can assume, being suitable for implementation in the continuous improvement process of our healthcare system. Methods: a) International literature review on the quality of healthcare in renal cancer; b) multidisciplinary driving group (9 oncologists with expertise in renal cancer plus 2 methodologists) to identify and choose possible quality measures to be applied in Spain; c) global evaluation of the relevance of …
Non-clinical needs of cancer patients in Spain under different perspectives: A comparative study.
2019
e18266 Background: Patients with cancer and their caregivers express unmet needs beyond the clinical approach to cancer. The ECO Foundation (Quality and Excellence in Oncology) and the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) have promoted a qualitative research study with the objective to compare the perceptions of newly diagnosed and 2-3 years after diagnosis cancer patients, caregivers, oncologists, nurses and social workers in relation to a set of non-clinical needs expressed by cancer patients and caregivers, and to obtain concrete and feasible proposals for improvement aimed at satisfying these needs. Methods: A multidisciplinary group of experts developed a questionnaire containing…
Publication Data Integration as a Tool for Excellence-Based Research Analysis at the University of Latvia
2017
The evaluation of research results can be carried out with different purposes aligned with strategic goals of an institution, for example, to decide upon distribution of research funding or to recruit or promote employees of an institution involved in research. Whereas quantitative measures such as number of scientific papers or number of scientific staff are commonly used for such evaluation, the strategy of the institution can be set to achieve ambitious scientific goals. Therefore, a question arises as to how more quality oriented aspects of the research outcomes should be measured. To supply an appropriate dataset for evaluation of both types of metrics, a suitable framework should be p…
Transitions in Individual Vocational Education Pathways: Challenges and Collaborative Solutions
2012
This chapter draws upon some of the main results of two Finnish nationwide case studies on how common efforts of education providers and organizations’ personnel support VET (vocational education and training) students along their individual learning paths. The first study concerns best practices to prevent early leaving, and the second was a Finnish national pilot programme to assist uncertain students who have somewhat weak prerequisites to enter vocational education. Some excellent solutions are presented, but special challenges for the learner, organization and staff are also revealed. The solutions for excellence promote practices, strategies and structures that support students’ trans…
Exceptional sign changes of the nonlocal spin Seebeck effect in antiferromagnetic hematite
2021
A.R. and M.K. acknowledge support from the Graduate School of Excellence Materials Science in Mainz (DFG/GSC 266). A.R. and M.K. also acknowledge support from both MaHoJeRo (DAAD Spintronics network, Projects No. 57334897 and No. 57524834) and SPIN+X (DFG SFB TRR 173, No. 268565370 Projects No. A01 and No. B02) and KAUST (Project No. OSR-2019-CRG8-4048.2). This work was supported by the Max Planck Graduate Center with the Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz (MPGC). A.R., R.L., M.E., U.N., and M.K. acknowledge support from the DFG Project No. 423441604. R.L. acknowledges the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement FAST…
Sociologie de l'école : 6ème édition
2022
Cette 6eédition, totalement réactualisée, d’un manuel devenu « la » référence sur le monde de l’école, des élèves et des enseignants, explore le domaine de manière systématique et objective, et sous des aspects divers : place de l’école dans la société (politiques scolaires, inégalités de carrière, enjeux de la réussite scolaire, évolution des analyses théoriques), mais aussi acteurs et pratiques (profession enseignante, programmes, pratiques éducatives des familles, métiers d’élève).L’ouvrage propose ainsi de nombreux éléments sur les effets des politiques éducatives, la construction et les effets de ségrégation scolaire, ou encore les changements introduits par le renouvellement des ensei…
Deep Networks for Collaboration Analytics : Promoting Automatic Analysis of Face-to-Face Interaction in the Context of Inquiry-Based Learning
2021
Scholars have applied automatic content analysis to study computer-mediated communication in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). Since CSCL also takes place in face-to-face interactions, we studied the automatic coding accuracy of manually transcribed face-to-face communication. We conducted our study in an authentic higher-education physics context where computer-supported collaborative inquiry-based learning (CSCIL) is a popular pedagogical approach. Since learners’ needs for support in CSCIL vary in the different inquiry phases (orientation, conceptualization, investigation, conclusion, and discussion), we studied, first, how the coding accuracy of five computational models…
Socio-Cultural Power Dynamics and Coping Functions: A Narrative Case Report of a Female Paralympian
2012
Purpose: This case study explores the lived experiences of an elite female Paralympic powerlifting athlete. The focus is on restrictions and coping responses employed to manage the daily hassles within the cultural and ethnic requirements for achieving athletic excellence. Methods: With an unstructured interview, the narrative was acquired which ranged to a total of 75 minutes (approx) and 20 single spaced pages. The data was analyzed using Foucauldian discourse analysis in conjuncture to feminist poststructuralist theory. Results: The results highlight the issues relating to femininity, culture and ethnicity with regard to athletic career. The analysis elicits extracts from the narrative t…
Do microfinance rating assessments make sense? An analysis of the drivers of the MFI ratings
2011
Rating assessments of microfinance institutions are claimed to measure a combination of creditworthiness, trustworthiness and excellence in microfinance. Using a global dataset covering reports from 324 microfinance institutions, this study suggests that these ratings are mainly driven by size, profitability, and risk. The ratings do not seem to capture the double bottom-line objective of microfinance institutions, as our analyses are unable to prove any statistical relationship between microfinance ratings and the social objectives of these institutions. Moreover, the association between operational efficiency and microfinance ratings appears weak. Although there are some minor differences…
El oficio de la resistencia. <i>Salvem</i> y <i>Viu al Cabanyal</i> como formas de contención del urbanismo neoliberal
2014
This article puts the spotlight on the resistance being displayed in the face of the expropriation and gentrification process currently affecting Valencia’s Cabanyal district (Spain). El Cabanyal is a district that has been left to the whim of town planners wielding megaproject/events cloaked in high-sounding rhetoric proclaiming excellence and competiveness. Specifically, we shall be looking closely at « Salvem el Cabanyal » as a response to the execution of the new Town Planning Plan, and « Viu al Cabanyal » as a means of putting a halt to progressive degradation. Salvem , a platform comprising several different entities, enjoys the support of an array of political, academic and social gr…