Search results for "Regional"

The (controversial) role of the UNESCO WHL Management Plans in promoting sustainable tourism development

2012

This paper investigates the relationship between tourism and planning in UNESCO World Heritage List (WHL) sites. It concentrates on the relation between Management Plans (MPs) and other (local and regional) planning instruments and policies able to influence the promotion of sustainable and responsible development. This is explored through an examination of two important tourist locations in Sicily: Agrigento (the Valley of the Temples) and the Aeolian Islands, which have both been recognized as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. The analysis of these case studies will point out the challenge of integrating different management and planning regimes. The paper shows how supranational policies o…

Factors Influencing Lower Secondary School Pupils’ Success in Programming Projects in Scratch

2020

In the Czech Republic, a radical change in the school curriculum is planned. Through a new, compulsory subject of “Informatics and ICT”, the aim is to develop digital literacy across all school subjects, and computational thinking. Computational thinking will be implemented in the curriculum of pre-primary, primary, lower and upper secondary schools, and in teacher education at all faculties of education in the Czech Republic. To ensure readiness for the implementation of the new subject, it has been necessary to prepare and develop a set of learning materials for pupils and teaching guidelines for teachers. These textbooks focus on robotics, programming (Scratch, Python), and theoretical c…

Islands of vulnerability and resilience: Manufactured stereotypes?

2018

This paper interrogates the aspects of islandness labelled ‘vulnerability’ and ‘resilience’ through analysing the concepts’ definitions from a development perspective. The investigation is conducted through the lens of four assumed islandness aspects: boundedness, smallness, isolation, and littorality. Discussion examines how and why core concepts of vulnerability and resilience have emerged from island studies, demonstrating how these two aspects of islandness are socially and culturally constructed, can influence development approaches taken, and are enhanced by island geographies. Drawing on insights from island geographies around the world, while comparing island and non-island perspect…

A KULTURÁLIS GRAVITÁCIÓ MODELLJÉNEK BEMUTATÁSA

2017

Egy olyan kulturális modell a tanulmány tárgya, amely az úgynevezett határon túli magyar irodalmak kulturális helyzetét leíró eddigi gondolatrendszerekkel ellentétben nem a közve- títői szerepre és a kölcsönös függésre helyezi a hangsúlyt, hanem épp az önálló működés feltételeit taglalja. A kulturális gravitáció nem titkoltan a természettudományok felől érke- zik a kultúratudomány területére. Jelen szöveg a vajdasági magyar irodalom kulturális kapcsolatainak újraértelmezésére koncentrál, s arra keresi a választ, hogy abban az össze- tett kapcsolatrendszerben, amelyben helyet foglal, milyen feltételekkel tudja megőrizni kulturális önállóságát. A kulturális gravitáció modelljének értelmezését…

From Solid Spaces To Liquid Spaces: New Ecologies of Musical Practices.

2019

Purpose: In recent years, the interest in creating new educational spaces has increased substantially, aiming to influence the methods of learning of our students and to adopt new educational strategies. This article highlights the importance of the atmosphere when remodeling musical practices. Methodologically, when transforming a space, we do not only have to improve the physical architectures but also the pedagogical ones, as well as keeping the practices consistent with these changes. The MUSICLAB CR-209 'Sound laboratory' have been built in Valencia (Spain). This is a hybrid space designed especially for collaborative projects -teachers, artists, students and researchers- in which soun…

Kampania wyborcza w prasie regionalnej na przykładzie "Nowej Trybuny Opolskiej"

2016

Perioperative management of patients with suspected or severe infection with SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus programmed for the implementation of electronic d…

2020

At the end of 2019, a series of patients affected by lung infection of initially unknown aetiology with clinical presentations very similar to viral pneumonia were registered in China. Sequencing analysis of samples from the lower respiratory tract identified a new type of virus from the family Coronaviridae called SARS-CoV-2 as the causative agent of the outbreak; the agent responsible for the disease that was renamed COVID-19.1 Since then, millions of cases have been identified around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) initially declared the infection to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and later classed it as a pandemic.2, 3 The vast majority of coronavi…

Lumbar and thoracic sympathetic radiofrequency lesioning in complex regional pain syndrome.

2006

Reduced serum protease activity in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: The impact of angiotensin-converting enzyme and carboxypeptidases.

2021

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) occurs in about 2% of patients after fracture of the limbs. In an earlier clinical study with 102 probands we have shown that the serum protease network in CRPS might be less effective. Based on these results we hypothesized that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and carboxypeptidase N (CPN) activity contribute to the differences of labeled bradykinin (DBK) degradation by patients' sera. Details of the enzymatic processes remained however unclear. The contributions of ACE and CPN in the serum degradation of DBK were studied using specific inhibitors. CPN1-ELISA was performed in serum. It was confirmed that the majority of DBK was degraded by ACE and C…

EFSUMB Guidelines 2011: Comment on Emergent Indications and Visions

2012

The focus of this article is the emergent and potential indications of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Emergent applications of CEUS techniques include extravascular and intracavitary contrast-enhanced ultrasound, quantitative assessment of microvascular circulation for tumor response assessment, and tumor characterization using dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (DCE-US). Potential indications for microbubble agents include novel molecular imaging and drug and gene delivery techniques, which have been successfully tested in animal models. "Comments and Illustrations of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) Non-Liver Guidelines 2011" whi…