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New Century (new + century)
Selected AbstractsTheriology at the Turn of a New Century.MAMMAL REVIEW, Issue 2 200347 (Suppl. 1), Acta Theriologica No abstract is available for this article. [source] Wanted: Statesmanship for the New CenturyNEW PERSPECTIVES QUARTERLY, Issue 3 2001Oscar Arias No abstract is available for this article. [source] Psychogeriatrics in the New Century,Issues and Challenge ,PSYCHOGERIATRICS, Issue 3 2001Kazuo Hasegawa Abstract: Many huge changes have taken place in our own field of psychogeriatrics and psychogeriatric care at the beginning of the new century. The speed of these changes has been extremely rapid, and increasingly difficult problems have emerged. We, thus, must at this juncture gather together our collective wisdom, devise an appropriate approach to the new century, and aggressively tackle those areas that need to be addressed. While predicting the future is by no means an easy task, I would like to discuss the following three points: educational issues, research activities and the psychogeriatric service. I sincerely pray for the future of our psychogeriatric society with a famous religious philosopher Dr. Reinhold Neibuhr "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the coursjge to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." [source] Early America in a New Century: Decline, Disorder, and the State of Early American HistoryTHE JOURNAL OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Issue 4 2005Brendan McConville [source] Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations for a New CenturyANALYSES OF SOCIAL ISSUES & PUBLIC POLICY, Issue 1 2009Phillip L. Hammack First page of article [source] Organizing Flexibility: The Flexible Firm in a New CenturyBRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Issue 4 2001Arne L. Kalleberg Research on organizational flexibility should examine the linkages between numerical and functional flexibility. Unfortunately, studies of each type of flexibility generally neglect the other. Moreover, the most popular conception of the interplay between these two forms of flexibility , the core,periphery model , is incomplete in important ways. I discuss evidence and limitations of the core,periphery model of the flexible firm, and outline some promising attempts to conceptualize how organizations may combine functional and numerical flexibility. I focus mainly on the USA and the UK, though I also review evidence and issues involved in cross-national differences in organizational flexibility. [source] New century, new challenges for community based medical educationMEDICAL EDUCATION, Issue 1 2003Jillian Morrison No abstract is available for this article. [source] Rendering the World Unsafe: ,Vulnerability' as Western DiscourseDISASTERS, Issue 1 2001Gregory Bankoff Disasters seem destined to be major issues of academic enquiry in the new century if for no other reason than that they are inseparably linked to questions of environmental conservation, resource depletion and migration patterns in an increasingly globalised world. Unfortunately, inadequate attention has been directed at considering the historical roots of the discursive framework within which hazard is generally presented, and how that might reflect particular cultural values to do with the way in which certain regions or zones of the world are usually imagined. This paper argues that tropicality, development and vulnerability form part of one and the same essentialising and generalising cultural discourse that denigrates large regions of world as disease-ridden, poverty-stricken and disaster-prone. [source] Reflections on nursing in a new centuryINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE, Issue 1 2001Dr Astrid Heiberg No abstract is available for this article. [source] The question of rent: the emerging urban housing crisis in the new centuryINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, Issue 4 2004Michael Turk The emergence of a new housing crisis in the United States for low-income renter households at the outset of the twenty-first century can be traced to an increasing lack of affordability, where the average cost of housing as a portion of income has risen steadily over the last half-century. In turn, this rise in housing costs can be attributed to a growing and dramatic shortage of low-cost rental housing. Ultimately, the evocation of homeownership as the embodiment of the ,American Dream' has made renting the ,stepchild' of housing options, and this has had hidden, but nonetheless deleterious effects upon US cities, which remain major concentrations of rental housing and financially-strapped tenants. Aux Etats-Unis, on peut imputer la nouvelle crise du logement du début du vingt-et-unième siècle touchant les ménages locataires à faibles revenus à une impossibilité croissante d'accessibilité financière, la part du coût moyen d'un logement dans le revenu ayant progressé constamment au cours du demi-siècle précédent. Par ailleurs, cette élévation des coûts du logement peut être attribuée à une pénurie accrue et dramatique de l'habitat à loyer modéré. Enfin, évoquer l'accession à la propriété comme incarnation du ,Rêve américain' a fait de la location le ,parent pauvre' des possibilités de logement, ce qui a eu des effets latents, quoique néfastes, sur les grandes villes américaines, lesquelles restent des concentrations dominantes de logements locatifs et d'occupants désargentés. [source] Ageing and the changing role of the family and the community: An African perspectiveINTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY REVIEW, Issue 1 2002Nana Araba Apt Global ageing, the major social issue of the twenty-first century, will have greater social repercussions for developing countries. The fastest increase of older persons in terms of ratio in relation to younger people is happening in developing countries, and in Africa segregation of older people in rural areas will become manifest. While beneficial changes for women have accompanied modernization in many of the developing countries, the situation of older women appears to be particularly precarious. Social changes brought about by modernization are also profoundly affecting the traditional systems of care for older people. Even though most older people requiring care are still looked after within the informal structures of the family, this can no longer be taken for granted as we move into the new century. This paper critically reviews social protection systems and the resource constraints which characterize developing countries and warns against blind development of social security systems based on those of the industrialized countries. The paper argues for the design of intergenerational support back into mainstream social relations so that older persons are not marginalized and put at risk through social protection programmes which reinforce physical vulnerability stereotypes and stress welfare needs over and above older people's social and economic contributions to society [source] Journal of Internal Medicine and the new centuryJOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, Issue S741 2001G. Holm No abstract is available for this article. [source] The nurse executive: challenges for the 21st centuryJOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT, Issue 1 2000BAPPSCI(NSQ), DEPAPPSCI, M. Fedoruk MHA Aim The aim of this paper is to examine the challenges facing the nurse executive in the 21st century by questioning the traditional attributions of leadership to the nurse executive role. Background Historically, the leadership role in nursing has been assumed by the nurse executive. The predominantly female character of nursing, however, has ensured that demonstrations of leadership amongst nurses have been infrequent and compatible with prevailing male-defined ideologies. Examples of this include career restructuring and educational reforms in Australia. Findings This paper found that the apparent lack of leadership in nursing was able to be traced back to early management theories which categorized leadership as a function of management. Conclusions If nurses are to assume leadership positions in the health care system of the 21st century, nurse leaders will have to let go of traditional managerial practices and behaviours. In the emerging health care system of the new century, nurse executive practices will focus on achieving change rather than predictability in organizational outcomes. [source] Review article: From gastrin to gastro-oesophageal reflux disease , a century of acid suppressionALIMENTARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS, Issue 6 2006P. MALFERTHEINER Summary To commemorate Edkins' discovery of gastrin in 1905, we review a century of progress in the physiology and pathobiology of gastrin and acid secretion especially as it pertains to clinical aspects of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Although initially ignored, Edkins' observations eventually led to the enthusiastic investigation of gastrin and acid regulation in peptic ulcer disease, culminating in important therapeutic advances in the management of acid peptic disease. Following the improved understanding of gastric secretory physiology, and the development of acid suppressants with increasing efficacy, the use of surgical intervention for peptic ulcer disease was almost eliminated. Surgery became obsolete with the discovery of Helicobacter pylori. Three other advances are also influencing modern practice: the gastrotoxicity of aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs is now increasingly appreciated, the role of endoscopy in the diagnosis and therapy of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and the use of intravenous acid-suppressive agents. The major issue for the future resides within the epidemic of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. How to diagnose, categorize and treat this condition and how to identify and prevent neoplasia, are the challenges of the new century. [source] Securing water for people, crops, and ecosystems: New mindset and new prioritiesNATURAL RESOURCES FORUM, Issue 2 2003Sandra L Postel A fundamentally new approach to water and human development will be needed during this new century if we are to secure sufficient freshwater to meet the needs of some 9 billion people while at the same time protecting the critical ecosystem services upon which the human economy depends. Signs of unsustainable water use , including falling water tables, shrinking lakes, and the drying up of rivers and streams , are widespread and spreading. In many regions, greater modification and appropriation of freshwater systems for human purposes will yield greater costs than benefits and create the risk of irreversible losses of species and ecosystem services. A new mindset is needed to guide water use and management in this new century, one that views the human water economy as a subset of nature's water economy. Living within nature's limits will require that societies satisfy the basic needs of people and ecosystems before non-essential water demands are met. It will require on the order of a doubling of water productivity. And it will require stronger institutions to encourage equitable sharing of water to alleviate tensions within and between countries. [source] Psychogeriatrics in the New Century,Issues and Challenge ,PSYCHOGERIATRICS, Issue 3 2001Kazuo Hasegawa Abstract: Many huge changes have taken place in our own field of psychogeriatrics and psychogeriatric care at the beginning of the new century. The speed of these changes has been extremely rapid, and increasingly difficult problems have emerged. We, thus, must at this juncture gather together our collective wisdom, devise an appropriate approach to the new century, and aggressively tackle those areas that need to be addressed. While predicting the future is by no means an easy task, I would like to discuss the following three points: educational issues, research activities and the psychogeriatric service. I sincerely pray for the future of our psychogeriatric society with a famous religious philosopher Dr. Reinhold Neibuhr "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the coursjge to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." [source] Cancer statistics, 2000: A benchmark for the new century,CA: A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS, Issue 1 2000Dr. Gerald L. Woolam MD No abstract is available for this article. [source] Young people in Britain at the beginning of a new centuryCHILDREN & SOCIETY, Issue 4 2000John Coleman The intention of this review article is to consider some of the major social changes that have had an impact on adolescents during the latter part of the last century, and to suggest ways in which the behaviour and development of young people in the present century will alter in response to such a change. It is argued that alteration in the labour market and in family composition and structure will have particular effects on young people in the coming years. The article also considers race, gender, sexuality, mental health and social exclusion. The review concludes with some tentative predictions concerning the attitudes and likely behaviours of young people in the twenty first century. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Physician professionalism for a new centuryCLINICAL ANATOMY, Issue 5 2006James W. Holsinger Jr. Abstract During the past 50 years, physicians have become increasingly dissatisfied with certain aspects of their profession. Dissatisfaction has intensified with the advent of managed care in the late 20th century, the medical liability crisis, and the growing divergence between the professional and personal expectations placed upon physicians and their practical ability to meet these expectations. These and other factors have encroached on physician autonomy, the formerly ascendant professional value within medicine. As the underlying values and practical realities of the broader American health care system have changed, the professional values and practices of physicians have failed to adapt correspondingly, resulting in a "professionalism gap" that contributes to physician dissatisfaction. To improve the outlook and efficacy of modern American physicians, the profession must adopt a new values framework that conforms to today's health care system. This means foregoing the 20th century's preferred "independent physician" model in favor of a new professional structure based on teamwork and collaboration. Convincing established physicians to embrace such a model will be difficult, but opportunities exist for significant progress among a new generation of physicians accustomed to the realities of managed care, flexible practice models, and health information technology. The teaching of clinical anatomy, given its incorporation of student collaboration at the earliest stages of medical education, offers a prime opportunity to introduce this generation to a reinvigorated code of professionalism that should reduce physician dissatisfaction and benefit society. Clin. Anat. 19:473,479, 2006. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] Can we make hospitals and the community baby friendly?ACTA PAEDIATRICA, Issue 6 2003CW Binns There is an increasing trend in midwifery towards shorter hospitalization, and in a world where 24,48 h will be the norm, the challenge for the baby-friendly hospital in the new century will be to establish community support services for all mothers and to make all of our hospitals and communities "Baby and breastfeeding friendly". [source] | |||||||||||||||||||