Birth registration is a fundamental key in ensuring several essential rights of the child; including the right to a name and a nationality, the right to education and health care, and protection from abuse and exploitation among others. The United Nation’s Convention on the Right of the Child establishes that the child shall be registered immediately after birth and have the right to a name and a nationality. A total of 22 % of the Dominican children under the age of five are lacking an official proof of their existence within the Dominican society and in the world. A Minor Field study was conducted during a period of two months in 2009 with the aim of clarifying what obstacles to birth registration exist in the South-western part of the Dominican Republic. This clarification will contribute to a wider understanding of the causes to non-registration and the birth registration process in the country. Semi-structured interviews have been conducted with parents to unregistered children, civil registry officials and other relevant actors in the Dominican society. The findings of the study present a wide range of obstacles to birth registration and it is clear that the reasons behind non-registration in this region are numerous, complex and often inter-related. According to most parents, officials and other informants the main obstacle to birth registration was found to be the parents’ lack of a Dominican identification card, a cédula. The lack of awareness about the importance of being registered and neglect by the parents were two other significant barriers to birth registration. The Minor Field Study was conducted with the support of the child rights organisation Plan International - República Dominicana. / Registro de nacimiento es una de las claves más importantes para asegurar los derechos fundamentales del niño; derecho a un nombre y una nacionalidad, derecho a la educación, derecho a servicio de salud, protección contra el abuso y la explotación entre otras cosas. La Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño establece que el niño será inscripto inmediatamente después de su nacimiento y tendrá derecho a un nombre y una nacionalidad. Un total de 22 % de los niños Dominicanos menores de cinco años de edad carece de una prueba oficial de su existencia dentro de la sociedad Dominicana y en el mundo. Un estudio de campo (Minor Field Study) fue realizado durante un período de dos meses en 2009 con el objetivo de aclarar cuáles son los obstáculos para el registro de nacimiento en la parte Sur-occidental de la República Dominicana. Esta aclaración contribuirá a una mayor comprensión de las causas de la no inscripción y el proceso de inscripción de nacimientos en el país. Entrevistas semi-estructuradas fueron realizadas con padres de niños sin registrar, oficiales del Estado civil y otros actores en la sociedad Dominicana. Los resultados de este estudio presentan varios obstáculos para la inscripción de nacimiento y es evidente que las razones de la no inscripción en esta región son numerosas, complejas e interrelacionadas. Según la mayoría de los padres, oficiales del Estado civil y otros informantes el principal obstáculo para el registro de nacimientos se encontró en la falta de cédula de los padres, un problema que muchas veces pasa de una generación a otra. La falta de conciencia sobre la importancia de estar registrado y la negligencia de los padres fueron otros dos obstáculos importantes para el registro de nacimientos. El estudio fue realizado con el apoyo de la organización non gubernamental Plan International- República Dominicana.

檢視現今戶政機關的生態吾人當可發現戶政人員的流動性高，無法留任優秀之人才，此間接地影響了為民服務的品質與效率。若能藉由瞭解戶政人員對工作生活品質的知覺為何，進而瞭解其與組織承諾的關聯性，並採取相關的管理作為，必能強化戶政機關人力資源運用的效能。為求創造高品質的服務態度，以順應顧客導向的潮流，打造充滿活力與競爭力的戶政機關，故進行本研究。 本研究係以臺北市政府所屬各區戶政事務所之在職人員為問卷調查對象。除應用文獻探討法，建構本研究架構與研究假設，並採用問卷調查法，以內容包含工作生活品質量表、組織承諾量表與戶政人員基本資料等三部分之問卷為研究工具，採普查方式實施問卷測試，問卷總共發出679份，實際回收542份，問卷回收率為80％，有效問卷為480份。分別以描述性統計分析、t檢定、單因子變異數分析、雙因子變異數分析、皮爾森積差相關、多元逐步迴歸分析等方法，敘寫分析結果與結果驗證，據以提出結論與建議。 本研究發現，在工作生活品質方面：以「人際關係及參與感」、「工作內容及尊榮感」等構面的知覺滿意度最高；在組織承諾方面：以「努力承諾」構面的程度最高；在個人屬性方面：對於工作生活品質的滿意度與組織承諾的程度上，男性均高於女性；已婚者均高於未婚者；薦任職務編制者均高於委任職務編制者；行政人員均高於後線業務人員及櫃檯服務人員；主管人員均高於非主管人員。工作生活品質及其「人際關係及參與感」、「公平性」、「工作內容及尊榮感」、「工作環境」、「俸給福利」等五個構面均與組織承諾有顯著相關性。對於組織承諾的預測方面，一般而言，以「工作內容及尊榮感」的預測力最佳，其次依序為「工作環境」、「人際關係及參與感」及「俸給福利」。 戶政人員的工作生活品質確實會影響其對組織之承諾，且工作生活品質滿足感與組織承諾呈正向關係，即工作生活品質滿足感愈高者，其組織承諾亦愈高。因此，建議戶政機關採取適當的管理作為，藉由提升工作生活品質知覺程度，使戶政人員認為在戶政機關服務是一項正確選擇，值得為戶政機關付出心力，且以身為戶政人員的一份子為榮，願意繼續留在戶政機關服務。 / Examining the environment of today’s household registration office, we concluded that the turnover of household registration officers has effects on quality and efficiency of the civil service indirectly. If we can understand household registration officers’ perception of the quality of working life, we will be able to comprehend its connection to organizational commitment and take relevant management actions so as to strengthen the human resources efficiency of household registration office. For creating high quality service attitude to customers and following the customer-oriented trend, the purpose of this study is to establish a dynamic and competitive household registration office. The subjects of the study were employees in every household registration offices of Taipei City Government. Besides using literature review to construct research framework and hypotheses, this study adopted survey techniques as a research tool with questionnaire that contained scales of quality of working life and organizational commitment, and basic information of household registration officers. With the method of general census, 679 copies of questionnaire were mailed; after retrieving 542 copies, we had a return rate of 80% with effective questionnaires of 480 copies. Descriptive statistics analysis, t- test, one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, Pearson’s product-moment correlation and multiple stepwise regression analysis were used for analyzing the data, verifying the results and consequently addressing the conclusions and suggestions. This study found that employees perceived the most satisfaction in the aspects of “interpersonal relationship and participation” and “job description and sense of honor” in quality of working life; and exhibited the highest level in the aspect of “hard-working promises” in organizational commitment. As to personal attributes: for the satisfaction of quality of working life and the level of organizational commitment, males were higher than females; married were higher than unmarried; the ones with recommended appointment position were higher than with ordinary appointment position; administrative staffs were higher than duty executives and staffs at counters; managers were higher than non-management personnel. There are significant correlation among organizational commitment, quality of working life and five aspects of “interpersonal relationship and participation”, “fairness”, “job description and sense of honor”, “work environment”, “wage and benefits”. As to the projection of organizational commitment in general, “job description and sense of honor” ranks the first, followed with “work environment”, “interpersonal relationship and participation” and “wage and benefits”. Quality of working life for household registration officers indeed has effects on their organizational commitment; and moreover, there is positive correlation between quality of working life and organizational commitment, that is, the more they are satisfied with quality of working life, the more they make commitment to the organization. Thus, we recommend that the household registration office shall adopt appropriate management actions by promoting the perception of quality of working life to convince the household registration officers that their decision to work here is a wise one; to encourage them it is worthy of devoting time and energy on the job; to assure them it is a privilege as part of the household registration officers and finally keep and retain them in the household registration office.

Les atlases d'anatomie informatisé jouent un rôle important dans l'analyse d'images médicales. Cependant un atlas se réfère généralement à une image standard ou une moyenne d'image aussi appelé template, qui probablement représente bien d'une population observée, il ne suffit pas pour caractériser la population observée en détail. Un template doit être apprises conjointement avec la variabilité géométrique des formes représentées dans les observations. Ces deux quantités seront par la suite former l'atlas de la population correspondante. La variabilité géométrique est modélisée comme des déformations du template de sorte qu'il s'adapte aux observations. Dans la première partie du travail, nous fournissons un nouveau modèle statistique générative basée sur des templates déformables denses qui représente plusieurs types de tissus observés dans les images médicales. Notre atlas contient à la fois une estimation des templates probabiliste de chaque tissu (appelée classes) et la métrique de déformation. Nous utilisons un algorithme stochastique pour l'estimation de l'atlas probabilistes donné un ensemble de données. Cet atlas est ensuite utilisé pour la méthode de segmentation basée sur l'atlas pour segmenter les nouvelles images. Expériences sont montrées sur les images T1 du cerveau. Les analyses traditionnelles d'imagerie de résonance magnétique fonctionnelle utilisent peu d'informations anatomies. Le recalage des images vers un template est basé sur l'anatomie individuelle et ne tient pas compte des informations fonctionnelles, donc les activations détectées ne se limitent pas à la matière grise. Dans la deuxième partie du travail, on propose un modèle statistique pour estimer un atlas probabiliste de l'IRM fonctionnelle et T1 qui résume à la fois des informations anatomies et fonctionnelles et la variabilité géométrique de la population. Le recalage et la segmentation sont effectuées conjointement pendant l'estimation de l'atlas et l'activité fonctionnelle est limitée à la matière grise, augmenter la précision de l'atlas. Inférer l'abondance des protéines de l'intensité de peptides est l'étape clé dans la protéomique quantitative. La conclusion est nécessairement plus précis quand de nombreux peptides sont pris en compte pour une protéine donnée. Pourtant, l'information apportée par les peptides partagées par différentes protéines est souvent jeté. Dans la troisième partie du travail, nous proposons un système statistique basée sur une modèle hiérarchique à inclure cette information. Notre méthodologie, basée sur une analyse simultanée de tous les peptides quantifiés, gère les erreurs biologiques et techniques ainsi que l'effet des peptides. En outre, nous proposons une mise en œuvre pratique adapté à l'analyse de grandes bases de données. Par rapport à une méthode basée sur l'analyse d'une protéine à la fois (ce qui ne comprend pas les peptides partagés), notre méthodologie s'est révélée être beaucoup plus fiable pour estimer l'abondance de protéines et de tester les changements d'abondance.

The objects of the South African Pharmacy Council in terms of the Pharmacy Act, 1974 (5311974) as amended are, inter alia, "to uphold and safeguard the rights of the general public to universally acceptable standards of pharmacy practice in both the private and the public sector" as well as "to establish, develop, maintain and control universally acceptable standards of practice of the various categories of persons required to be registered.. ." One of the major difficulties health care providers worldwide are faced with is how to maintain a proper balance between the trio goals of health care, namely adequate access, high quality and acceptable costs (Li, 2003:192-193). Relatively little is known about such problems as do exist for patients regarding access to pharmaceutical services (Doucette et al., 1999:1268). Two main objectives were identified for this study, namely to investigate the demographic profile of community and institutional pharmacies registered with the South African Pharmacy Council; and to determine the standard of pharmaceutical services provided by these pharmacies. Inspection results of community and institutional pharmacies were obtained from the South African Pharmacy Council and extracted for the time period 1 January 2004 to 31 May 2005. To determine the demographic and geographic profile of these pharmacies, data of the Register of Pharmacies of the South African Pharmacy Council for August 2003, 2004 and 2005 were merged with the Census data of South Africa of 2001. It was found that the total number of pharmacies in both the public and private sectors increased with 2.1% (n=68) from August 2003 to August 2005. Public and private pharmacies that provided services directly to patients increased with 6.3% (n=33) and 1.3% (n=35) from August 2003 to 2005. It was found that the Gauteng province was the best provided with registered pharmacies in South Africa, as only 0.06% (n=5 783) of the population did not have any registered pharmacy available on municipality level. It was also revealed that the majority of inspections were carried out in Gauteng, whilst this province accounts for only 19.7% of the total population of South Africa. During the study period a total of 1178 community pharmacy inspections were carried out in 1103 community pharmacies (one or more inspections per pharmacy) representing 43% (n=2 550) of the total number of community pharmacies registered with the South African Pharmacy Council during May 2005. Nationally community pharmacies achieved a score of 92.27 (+ 6.65 per cent) for compliance with Good Pharmacy Practice guidelines. The lowest compliance score (73.34 + 27.49 per cent) was obtained for the availability of written standard operating procedures and the highest was for the promotion of public health (99.02 + 6.30 per cent). No practical significant differences (dc0.8) were found between the overall compliance scores obtained by community pharmacies of the different provinces. The highest compliance score was obtained by community pharmacies in the Free State (93.09 + 4.90 per cent), followed by Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu Natal, Limpopo, Northern Cape, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the North West. A total of 343 institutional pharmacy inspections (one or more inspections per pharmacy) were carried out in public and state subsidised institutions (n=245), private institutions (n=90) and mine hospitals (n=5). These pharmacies represented 46% of the total number of institutional pharmacies registered with the South African Pharmacy Council during May 2005. Nationally all institutional pharmacies (both private and public) achieved a score of 92.49 + 8.33 per cent for compliance with Good Pharmacy Practice guidelines for all above-mentioned aspects. Nationally public and state subsidised institutional pharmacies obtained a lower compliance score (91.02 + 9.08 per cent) than private institutional pharmacies (96.39 + 3.91 per cent). Lastly, a grading system was developed that was based on the results obtained through this study, in order to quantify the standard of pharmaceutical services provided by pharmacies in South Africa. / Thesis (M.Pharm. (Pharmacy Practice))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Background: Little Canadian research exists which examines equitable access to public pharmaceutical insurance. In order to better understand issues related to access to publicly funded, universal prescription drug insurance in Canada, my thesis examines participation with (and therefore access to) the Fair PharmaCare program in BC. Specifically, my thesis: 1) describes methodologies that can be used to create area-level cultural variables for use with BC administrative data; and 2) studies the impact of household and area-level factors, particularly area-level cultural factors, on non-senior households’ registration for Fair PharmaCare in 2003. I hypothesized that the process of registration may act as a barrier to participation with Fair PharmaCare, particularly for households belonging to various culturally defined communities. Methods: Dissemination area (DA) level census data were obtained from Statistics Canada to create dichotomous, ecological variables which capture the collective ethnic composition, English language capacity and immigration status of residents within each DA. In turn, these variables were employed in multivariate, logistic regression analyses, which also included household-level measures of demographics, enabling resources and health status as well as area-level measures of income and health care resources. The outcome of interest was registration for Fair PharmaCare. Findings: Controlling for area-level income and health care resources, household-level demographics, enabling resources and health status, as well as area-level cultural factors, influenced households’ likelihood of registration for Fair PharmaCare. Households belonging to DAs with a high concentration of individuals reporting a Chinese or Punjabi ethnic background, or DAs that were ethnically homogeneous, regardless of the ethnic background, were more likely to register. In contrast households belonging to DAs consisting of a high concentration of recent immigrants or individuals belonging to ethnic minority groups that are underrepresented in BC were less likely to register. Conclusions: Considering the policy context surrounding the implementation of Fair PharmaCare, the findings from my thesis suggest that specific subpopulations within BC may face difficulties with the registration process, thereby reducing their participation in the program. Government interventions however, appear to have improved registration amongst other subpopulations. Consideration should be given to interventions that may reduce inequities in participation amongst other subgroups.

Nusikaltimai padaryti panaudojant šaunamuosius ginklus dėl savo pobūdžio ir pavojingumo dažnai sukelia didelį atgarsį visuomenėje. Šių nusikaltimų efektyvesniam išaiškinimui, tyrimo versijų patikrinimui yra būtina operatyvi informacija, kuri yra kaupiama vienoje iš kriminalistinės registracijos sistemos specializuotų įskaitų rūšių – kriminalistinėse kulkų ir tūtelių kolekcijose. Esant nedidelėms kolekcijoms, rankiniu būdu atlikti ginklų, kulkų ir tūtelių patikrinimai pilnai patenkindavo tyrėjų poreikius. Tačiau didėjant kulkų ir tūtelių kolekcijų apimtims, patikrinimų pagal šias kolekcijas skaičiui, legaliai laikomų ginklų skaičiui rankiniu būdu atliekami patikrinimai pagal dideles kulkų ir tūtelių kolekcijas tapo ilgai trunkantys ir tuo pačiu nepakankamai efektyvūs. Vienas iš šios problemos sprendimo būdų yra automatizuotų balistinių identifikacinių sistemų diegimas. Pasaulyje automatizuotos balistinės identifikavimo sistemos buvo pradėtos diegti 1991 metais, o Lietuvoje ji naudojama nuo 2003 metų. Šiame magistro baigiamajame darbe yra apžvelgiama kriminalistinės registracijos sistema ir jos reikšmė nusikaltimų tyrimui. Analizuojama šaunamojo ginklo identifikavimo samprata, šaunamųjų ginklų paliekami pėdsakai ant kulkų ir tūtelių, jų susidarymo mechanizmas, charakteristikos ir identifikacinė reikšmė. Nagrinėjamos automatizuotos balistinės identifikacinės sistemos „DRUGFIRE®“, „IBIS®“, „TAIS“, „EVOFINDER®“, „ARSENAL“, jų paskirtis, veikimo principai, sandara bei galimybės... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Crimes committed by the use of firearms by its nature and danger often lead to repercussions in society. Expeditiously handled information, which is stored in one of specialised registers of a forensic registration system – in forensic collections of bullets and shells, is essential for more effective detection of crimes as well as for verification of hypotesis during investigations. Until such collections were not big, manually performed checks of weapons, bullets and shells fully satisfied the needs of investigators. However, the increase in the extent of bullets and shells collections and in the number of checks in these collections led to prolonged and not sufficiently effective manually performed checks of legally held weapons. One of the ways of dealing with this problem is installation of automated ballistic identification systems. Worldwide automated ballistic identification systems were started being installed in 1991, whereas in Lithuania it has been used since 2003. The system of forensic registration and its importance for crime investigation is reviewed in this graduate study. The concept of firearm identification as well as firearms traces left on bullets and tubes also the mechanism of its formation, characteristics and identification value are analyzed. The automated ballistic identification systems „DRUGFIRE®", "IBIS®", "TAIS", "EVOFINDER®“, „ARSENAL“, their objectives, principles of operation, structures and their potential are analyzed. The bullets and... [to full text]

Le présent texte a pour sujet la Base de données nationale d'inscription, système d'inscription obligatoire depuis quelques mois pour l'ensemble des firmes de courtage et des représentants en valeurs mobilières au Canada, à l'exception de ceux et celles qui n'exercent leurs activités qu'en territoire québécois. La question de la protection des renseignements personnels compris dans cette base de données y est analysée en portant une attention particulière à la pluralité des régimes de protection qui évolue au Canada. En effet, différentes règles s'appliquent selon que l'on est en présence d'un organisme public ou une entreprise du secteur privé et selon que la « transaction» est intraprovinciale ou extraprovinciale. La Base de données nationale d'inscription remplace dorénavant la procédure d'inscription sur support papier. Les documents issus de ce système informatique possèdent des caractéristiques propres et certaines règles doivent être respectées afin de leurs conférer la même valeur juridique que les documents papier. Finalement, la compilation de l'information dans cette gigantesque base de données serait futile s'il n'était pas possible d'accéder aux renseignements qui y sont contenus. Une fois les différents types d'accès définis, une comparaison sera faite avec certains systèmes d'inscription en ligne américains. La technologie bouleverse nos habitudes dans tous les secteurs de l'économie. Les finances ne sont pas en reste. Avec la Base de données nationale d'inscription, c'est tout le système d'inscription de l'industrie canadienne des valeurs mobilières qui prend un sérieux coup de jeune. Et il était temps ... / The subject of the present text concems the National Registration Database, a recent mandatory registration system designated for all brokerage firms and investment advisors across Canada, with the exception of those who exercise their activities exclusively in Quebec. The matter of protection of personal information included in this database is analyzed with an emphasis on the existence of multiple laws evolving in Canada. In fact, different mIes apply whether you are in the presence of a public body or an enterprise of the private sector and whether the "transaction" is concluded within or out of the province. The National Registration Database replaces the previous paper format registration procedure. The documents produced by this computerized system have their own particularities and certain mIes must be respected in order to maintain a legal value equal to the priOf format. Finally, the compiling of information found in this enormous database would be useless if it was not possible to access its information. Once the different types of access are determined, a comparison will be done with existing American online registration systems. It is obvious that technology has had a tremendous impact on the economy. Of course, the financial industry is affected. With the National Registration Database, the whole Canadian securities registration system has had a total makeover. It was about time... / "Mémoire présenté à la Faculté des études supérieures en vue de l'obtention du grade de Maître en droit (LL.M.)"

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Numerous land reform policy instruments and initiatives that have been implemented since the beginning of the 1990's are mediating the on-going battle between formal land tenure systems and informal customary land tenure arrangements. The policy instruments and initiatives seek to establish a delicate balance that will suit the diverse needs of the population of South Africa with respect to land. The enormity of this task is evident when one is faced with the reality that South Africa has the third highest Gini index (a measure of inequality in the distribution of land) in the world. The Eastern Cape Province is one of the poorest provinces in South Africa, and has been affected most by the land segregationist and homeland policies of previous colonial and apartheid regimes. It is not only the unequal distribution of land, but also the vast array of insecure tenure arrangements that have had a detrimental effect on the development and empowerment of communities resident on communal land. This research analyses one initiative that intends to strengthen the security of tenure of existing occupants of communal land in the remote rural areas of the Eastern Cape Province. The research critically appraises the Administrative Area Boundary Project of the Department of Land Affairs (that aims to identify and complete the formal surveys of all administrative area boundaries in the Eastern Cape) in the light of the intentions of the Communal Land Rights Act (No. 11 of 2004) (CLaRA), and highlights the challenges in formalising the informal tenure arrangements of occupants of communal land. The different aspects of the Administrative Area Boundary Project (both office work and field work) were evaluated in order to determine not only its feasibility, but also its impact as an effective instrument of land reform in its endeavour to provide secure land rights to millions of South Africans residing in former homeland areas. To this end, both desktop and case study methodologies were used in order to collect and analyse the research data. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2006.