POLÍTICAS PARA A EDUCAÇÃO SUPERIOR NO BRASIL: DESELITIZAÇÃO E DESPRIVATIZAÇÃO by Dilvo I. Ristoff

“…La premiere, se croit publique, grande et gratuite; Ia deuxieme, se croit de I'élite, petite et fondée sur I'idée de Ia chaire; Ia troisieme, ne pense que de faire usage de Ia chose publique pour devenir chaque fois plus proche du privé pour garantir le gain, le profit.…”
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‘Safety is about partnership’: Safety through the lens of patients and caregivers by Kerry Kuluski, Maaike Asselbergs, Ross Baker, Katharina (Kathy) Kovacs Burns, Frances Bruno, Marianne Saragosa, Anne MacLaurin, Virginia Flintoft, Lianne Jeffs

“…Patient or Public Contributions An advisory group guided the research and was co‐chaired by a patient partner. Members of the advisory group spanned patient and caregiver organizations and health sectors across Canada and included three patient partners and leaders who work closely with patients and caregivers in their day‐to‐day work. …”
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Effect of Terminology Used to Describe Medical Oncologists on Perceptions of Radiation Oncologists as Equal Partners in Cancer Care by Malcolm D. Mattes, MD, Zachary White, II, MS, Daniel W. Golden, MD, MHPE, Neha Vapiwala, MD, Joseph M. Herman, MD, MS, MSHCM, FACR, Trevor J. Royce, MD, MS, MPH

“…Methods and Materials: An electronic survey was sent to chairs and program directors at all 94 academic radiation oncology departments in the United States. …”
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First water safety plan approach applied to a Dental Clinic complex: identification of new risk factors associated with Legionella and P. aeruginosa contamination, using a novel sa... by Federica Marino, Marta Mazzotta, Maria Rosaria Pascale, Carlo Derelitto, Luna Girolamini, Sandra Cristino

“…According to a water safety plan approach, the main goal is to preserve the health of dentists, dental staff and patients.The aim of this study is to develop a DUWLs water safety plan that is able to support correct and effective maintenance and disinfection procedures.Three different water systems serve 60 dental chairs: (i) water that comes directly from municipal water (Type A), (ii) water supplied by municipal water and water bottles (Type B) and (iii) water supplied only via water bottles (Type C). …”
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Setting priorities for knowledge translation of Cochrane reviews for health equity: Evidence for Equity by Peter Tugwell, Jennifer Petkovic, Vivian Welch, Jennifer Vincent, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Rachel Churchill, Don deSavigny, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Tomas Pantoja

“…A systematic search of Cochrane reviews was conducted for each area to identify equity-relevant interventions with a meaningful impact. Panel chairs developed a rating sheet which was used by all panels to rank the importance of these interventions by: 1) Ease of Implementation; 2) Health System Requirements; 3)Universality/Generalizability/Share of Burden; and 4) Impact on Inequities/Effect on equity. …”
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Long-term treatment options for postmenopausal osteoporosis: results of recent clinical studies of Denosumab by Zhanna E. Belaya, John P. Bilezikian, Olga B. Ershova, Olga M. Lesnyak, Larisa A. Marchenkova, Svetlana S. Rodionova, Liudmila Y. Rozhinskaya, Natalia V. Toroptsova, Svetlana V. Yureneva

“…This topic was also discussed on Russian Osteoporosis Association (ROA) expert meeting in Saint Petersburg on 24 may 2018, chaired by ROA president, professor Olga Lesnyak and Columbia University professor, J.P. …”
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Trials within trials? Researcher, funder and ethical perspectives on the practicality and acceptability of nesting trials of recruitment methods in existing primary care trials by Delaney Brendan, Wallace Paul, Ward Elaine, Bower Peter, Graffy Jonathan, Kinmonth Ann-Louise, Collier David, Miller Julia

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Telephone interviews were undertaken with four groups of stakeholders (funders, principal investigators, trial managers and ethics committee chairs) to explore their views on the practicality and acceptability of undertaking nested trials of recruitment methods. …”
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Entretien avec Pascale Kramer by Ursula Bähler, Jean-Philippe Coen, Pascale Kramer

“…Artiste invitée de la Chaire de littérature et culture française de l’École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich, Pascale Kramer a donné à l’automne 2019 un cours intitulé « Cheminement autodidacte en écriture ». …”
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Prevalence Rate of Postural Damages, Disorders and Anomalies Among Computer Users by Arvin Fathi

“…Risk factors such as not using suitable chairs, incorrect way of sitting, and lack of movement (i.e. inactivity during work) were of great significance. …”
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The needs and experiences of critically ill patients and family members in intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Malaysia: a qualitative study by E-Li Leong, Chii-Chii Chew, Ju-Ying Ang, Sharon-Linus Lojikip, Philip-Rajan Devesahayam, Kit-Weng Foong

“…In non-clinical spaces, family members expressed a need for more chairs in the waiting area. Participants expressed the need for call bells as well as patients’ negative perceptions of medical equipment alarms in the ICU when it pertained to monitoring technology. …”
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The lived experience of patients with obesity at a metropolitan public health setting by Fiona M. Pazsa, Catherine M. Said, Kimberley J. Haines, Eloise Silburn, Melina Shackell, Danielle Hitch

“…Items which are low cost, such as appropriately sized chairs and gowns, as well facilitators to independent mobility such as electric wheelchairs are suggested to improve both experience and care outcomes. …”
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The Influence of Parametric Design Tools on Increasing Creativity in the Furniture Design Process by Shalaw Hamza Hamad, Husein Ali Husein

“…A survey prepared and distributed among 30 architects who had experience in furniture design to assess the creativity level of each furniture which contained three categories (chairs, shelves, and built-in furniture). The participants were 22 males and 8 females. …”
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Defender el liberalismo con piedras y tanques: Mario Vargas Llosa y la Fundación Internacional para la Libertad by Stéphane Boisard, María Julia Giménez

“…Understanding that the term right-wing encompasses broad and diverse actors, this article focuses on the defenders of liberalism, and in particular on Mario Vargas Llosa and the Fundación Internacional para la Libertad, the think tank network he has chaired since 2002. In this paper, we concede that the current right-wing ideology is part of a historical process that has a key milestone during the 1980s, with Thatcherism, Reaganism and the neoliberal program and philosophy that were implemented in Latin American at that time. …”
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Suitability of a Programme for Improving Interprofessional Primary Care Team Meetings by Jerôme Jean Jacques van Dongen, Marloes Amantia van Bokhoven, Wilhelmus Nicolaas Marie Goossens, Ramon Daniëls, Trudy van der Weijden, Anna Beurskens

“…Most progress was perceived regarding structure and organization. Chairs perceived increased awareness of person-centredness and team processes. …”
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Life expectancy and active life expectancy by disability status in older U.S. adults. by Haomiao Jia, Erica I Lubetkin

“…Participants' disability status was assessed based on the following six activities of daily living (ADL): bathing, dressing, eating, getting in or out of chairs, walking, and using the toilet. The multi-state models were used to estimate life expectancy, ALE, and DFLE by participants' baseline disability status and age.…”
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Infrastructure of pharmacies of the primary health care in the Brazilian Unified Health System: Analysis of PNAUM – Services data by Silvana Nair Leite, Fernanda Manzini, Juliana Álvares, Augusto Afonso Guerra Junior, Ediná Alves Costa, Francisco de Assis Acurcio, Ione Aquemi Guibu, Karen Sarmento Costa, Margô Gomes de Oliveira Karnikowski, Orlando Mário Soeiro, Mareni Rocha Farias

“…About 80.2% units had waiting rooms with chairs for patients, 31.8% of them had dispensing areas inferior to 5m2, while in 46.2% these areas were superior to 10m2. …”
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Promoting Anti-Racism in Clinical Practice: Lessons Learned in the Process of Removing the Race Coefficient from the Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Algorithm

“…Methods: Multiple key interested parties representing department chairs, hospital leaders, researchers, legal experts, and clinical pathologists were convened. …”
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An Interview with APPLE Lecture Speaker Professor Alister Cumming by Rongchan Lin, Yuna Seong, Catherine Box

“…For the past five years he has chaired the TOEFL Committee of Examiners at Educational Testing Service in Princeton. …”
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Manifesto on small airway involvement and management in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an Interasma (Global Asthma Association - GAA) and World Allergy Organizat... by F. Braido, N. Scichilone, F. Lavorini, O.S. Usmani, L. Dubuske, L.P. Boulet, R. Mosges, C. Nunes, M. Sanchez-Borges, I.J. Ansotegui, M. Ebisawa, F. Levi-Schaffer, L.J. Rosenwasser, J. Bousquet, T. Zuberbier, G. Walter Canonica

“…Evidence that enables us to identify, assess, and access the small airways in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has led INTERASMA (Global Asthma Association) and WAO to take a position on the role of the small airways in these diseases.Starting from an extensive literature review, both organizations developed, discussed, and approved the manifesto, which was subsequently approved and endorsed by the chairs of ARIA and GA2LEN. The manifesto describes the evidence gathered to date and defines and proposes issues on small airway involvement and management in asthma and COPD with the aim of challenging assumptions, fostering commitment, and bringing about change.The small airways (defined as those with an internal diameter <2 mm) are involved in the pathogenesis of asthma and COPD and are the major determinant of airflow obstruction in these diseases. …”
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Types of psychosocial job demands and adverse events due to dental mismanagement: a cross sectional study by Ono Hiroshi, Kawakami Norito, Umehara Katsura, Tsutsumi Akizumi

“…Other than the indices, male gender, younger age, practice alone, many dental chairs (five or more), and many patients (30 or more per day) were the risks. …”
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