Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / Canine herpesvirus type 1 (CHV-1) is associated with reproductive disorders and neonatal mortality. CHV-1 is widely distributed and is considered enzootic in the dog population. Occurrence of infection in the country is unknown, and thus the real need for additional prevention measures, such as vaccination, is unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the presence of antibodies against CHV-1 in serum samples of domestic and sheltered dogs of different regions from Rio Grande do Sul state. For this, 914 serum samples from domestic dogs from Santa Maria (332 dogs obtained from Hospital Veterinário Universitário - HVU / UFSM and 381 from in the anti-rabies vaccination campaign), a veterinary clinical laboratory in Porto Alegre (n=43) and 158 from shelters dogs of Passo Fundo (n=98) and Cachoeira do Sul (n=60). Serum samples were tested by virus-neutralization test (VN) for CHV-1 antibodies. Neutralizing antibodies against CHV-1 in titers equal or higher than 4 were detected in 66,9% (612/914) of the samples. Among household dogs, 79,5% (264/332) from HVU/UFSM and 57.2% (218/381) from the vaccination campaign. Among the samples collected in the clinical laboratory in Porto Alegre, 41.8% (18/43) had antibodies to CHV-1. Among the sheltered dogs, 72.4% (71/98) of samples from Passo Fundo and 68.3% (41/60) from Cachoeira do Sul had antibody to CHV-1. The antibody titers ranged among the groups, but many samples had titers higher than 128. Since there are no commercial vaccines against CHV-1 in Brazil, the presence of neutralizing antibodies indicates the circulation of CHV-1 in the investigated population. Based on these findings, control measures, prevention, immunization and the need for a correct diagnosis should be considered. / O herpesvírus canino tipo 1 (CHV-1) está associado a desordens reprodutivas e mortalidade neonatal em cães. O CHV-1 tem distribuição mundial e é considerado enzoótico na população canina, no entanto, a frequência da infecção no país ainda é desconhecida, e assim, se desconhece a real necessidade de medidas adicionais de prevenção, como a vacinação. Com isso, o objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar a presença de anticorpos contra o CHV-1 em amostras de soro de cães domiciliados e de abrigos em diferentes cidades do Rio Grande do Sul. Para isso, foram testadas 914 amostras de soro de cães domiciliados de Santa Maria (332 amostras obtidas do Hospital Veterinário Universitário - HVU/UFSM e 381 obtidas durante a campanha de vacinação antirrábica de 2015), de um laboratório clínico veterinário de Porto Alegre (n=43) e 158 de cães de abrigos dos municípios de Passo Fundo (n=98) e Cachoeira do Sul (n=60). Estas amostras de soro foram testadas pela técnica de soroneutralização (SN) para anticorpos contra o CHV-1. Anticorpos neutralizantes contra o CHV-1, em títulos iguais ou superiores a 4, foram detectados em 66,9% (612/914) das amostras. Entre os cães domiciliados de Santa Maria, 79,5% (264/332) provenientes do HVU/UFSM e 57,2% (218/381) das obtidas durante a campanha de vacinação antirrábica de Santa Maria foram positivas. Das amostras coletadas no laboratório clínico em Porto Alegre, 41,8% (18/43) foram positivas para anticorpos para CHV-1. Entre os cães de abrigo, 72,4% (71/98) das amostras coletadas em Passo Fundo e 68,3% (41/60) das amostras do abrigo de Cachoeira do Sul foram sorologicamente positivas para CHV-1. Os títulos de anticorpos entre os grupos foram variáveis, mas a maioria dos animais positivos possuía títulos acima de 128. Como não existem vacinas comerciais contra o CHV-1 no Brasil, a presença de anticorpos neutralizantes indica a circulação do CHV-1 na população canina das cidades estudadas. Com base nesses achados, medidas de controle, prevenção, imunização e a necessidade de um correto diagnóstico devem ser consideradas contra o CHV-1 em cães no sul do Brasil.

Using the methodology and criteria put forth by the Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center (part of the Justice Research and Statistics Association, Washington D.C.), an assessment for evaluation of the Metropolitan Ministries "Uplift UTM" Program was conducted using review of data previously collected by Metropolitan Ministries, examination of documents provided by the organization, participant observation, and interviews with Metropolitan Ministry staff. This assessment reveals that there are significant problems in several areas that must be addressed before their program can be formally evaluated; including data collection and organization, outcomes measures, client selection standards, and how the program is portrayed as opposed to how it is actually run. Preliminary analysis of the collected data suggests that there are no relationships between demographic information such as education, employability, or other factors, and successfully completing their program. Further analysis suggests that other factors related to rules, guidelines, and unpopular restrictions are related to the low success rate they have experienced. Based upon a literature review of successful programs, suggestions for improving the outcomes of Uplift UTM are provided.

Thesis (Ph. D. (Social Work)) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / In South Africa, shelters that accommodate survivors of domestic violence also adopted the Skills Development Programme with the intention of empowering survivors to be financially self-reliant. In shelters the Skills Development Programme is rendered for a period of six months depending on the stay of the survivors. Despite the provision of the Programme, which has been identified as intervention strategies towards poverty alleviation, it is evident that the level of skills training provided does not conform to the identified skills shortage in the economy. Sometimes it is due to limited time which the training had provided.The programme is not sustainable, and as a result, there is a high beneficiary turnover. Furthermore, resources of training beneficiaries to be independent are limited. Monitoring and evaluation is also poor. This programme is acknowledged to be expensive. The graduation from this programme does not mean success for the survivors. Instead, it results in the participants going back to poverty status and be dependent on government resources to make a living post-institutionalisation. This study titled “An evaluation of the effectiveness of Skills Development Programmes in the shelters accommodating survivors of domestic violence in Gauteng Province, Tshwane Region” evaluated the effectiveness of the said programme. It has adopted a qualitative approach which was evaluative in nature, guided by the Stages of Change Model (Trans-theoretical Model) underpinned by Theory of Reasoned Action. The participants consisted of three (3) different sets. They were survivors (individuals) of domestic violence from the shelters, shelter managers and a focus group made out of those individual survivors. Five (5) survivors of domestic violence and five (5) shelter managers were interviewed on a face to face basis. Semi-structured interviews were employed to collect data. This was followed by a focus group discussion. Multiple sources provided verification and trustworthiness while complementing similar data. As a result, more comprehensive data was obtained. During the data analysis process, different themes emerged. These were presented in the form of a report. It was evident that the Skills Development Programme presented in the shelters is not effective to help survivors of domestic violence to be financially self-reliant. However, there is a potential in the programme if it can be well resourced. / The National and Provincial Department of Social Development

"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Occupational Therapy Department College of Allied Health and Nursing Nova Southeastern University December 2004."

For many years, inflatable structures and membrane enclosed structures have proved useful for a variety of purposes, such as athletic pavilions, exhibition spaces, coliseums, and kiosks. More recently, structures that combine highly pressurized inflatable arch members with light fabric membrane coverings have been considered for use as a variation of such structural systems. The United States Army has begun to investigate pressurized arch-supported membrane shelters that would be large, lightweight, and easily erected in a short amount of time. These shelters are proposed for a variety of purposes, including aircraft hangars, vehicle maintenance shelters, and medical aid stations. The specific contribution of this study was the creation and testing of scale models to obtain a better understanding of how these structures behave under wind and snow loading conditions. Three models were constructed, one at a scale of 1:100 and two at a scale of 1:50. The 1:100 scale model represented a proposed prototypical structure 200 ft long, 75 ft wide, and 50 ft tall, with multiple arches. Of the 1:50 scale models, one model represented a structure with the same dimensions as the 1:100 scale model and the other represented a single arch from one of the proposed prototypical structures. Both of the full structural models were wind and snow load tested. The single arch model was tested under full and partial snow loading. Data from the testing were collected, tabulated, and evaluated. The experimental results are discussed, conclusions are drawn, and recommendations for further research are presented. / Master of Science

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Involvement of Czech Republic to the Europe-wide network of pilgrimage routes, which are leading to Santiago de Compostela. Bring back the tradition of traveling through the physical and mental landscape. Form of the path and its meaning as a part of the whole, but also on one’s own, independently, with its own beginning and destination. Presentation of unique landscape and human values and their mutuall blending and influencing in the course of history

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The centuries-old neocolonial relationship between the United States and Latin America is marked by acts of silencing, either directly in the hands of U.S. foreign affairs organizations or by proxy governments economically supported by the United States. These attempts to de-memorialize the atrocities of the past consolidate the power dynamic between the inheritors of colonial rule, and those who were colonized. U.S. interventionist policies––borne of corporate interests, the safeguarding of capitalism, and a skewed sense of national security––have created mass and enduring violence in Latin America, resulting in waves of migration north, where the journeys of the displaced are often denied, erased, and forgotten. This thesis began as an exploration of the U.S -Mexico border wall, understanding it as a flagship banner of propaganda, and has developed into the analysis of a state of surveillance across the Mexican territory. By analyzing and interpreting migratory paths through the states of Chiapas, Guanajuato and Chihuahua, the thesis centers, validates, and upholds the multiplicity and variability of the phenomenon of migration. This proposal takes a critical stance towards the current state of refuge and safety throughout Mexico for migrants. Currently, humanitarian efforts deny the permanence of human mobility in the Americas by only affording provisional housing. Focusing on migration by foot, the thesis envisions a network of hyper-visible, and thus invisible, spaces of shelter that are permanent and rely on communal action in defiance of xenophobic laws. Nested within an already existing network of community chapels and working within the language of contemporary vernacular architecture, the spaces of shelter provide respite, information, as well as legal and medical services, and dismantle centralized approaches to humanitarian aid. Their existence as permanent structures memorialize migration, signify resistance, and attempt to provide dignity and power to those migrating through the Mexican territory towards a promised land.

As the number of cases of the COVID-19 virus spread across the world in the beginning of 2020, governments decided to take measures to stop the spread of the virus. These measures limited individual’s freedom of movement and soon thereafter, the number of domestic violence cases increased. While the increase in domestic violence has almost interchangeably been linked to the enforcement of lockdowns, statistics have indicated an increase in domestic violence in Sweden as well whereas they never enforced any lockdowns. The aim of this thesis is thus to explore this issue further by interviewing staff at women’s shelters and support services in Sweden to examine how they perceive how the pandemic has impacted the situation of men’s violence against women (as most cases of domestic violence is a matter of a man abusing a woman), their organizations, and their relationship with the women. The theoretical lens of shared trauma has been used to explore how the relationship between the organizations and the women have been affected as they navigate through the shared traumatic reality of the pandemic. The analytical tool used in this study is by a thematic analysis, whereas 7 themes were located: (1) Change in the level of support, (2) Change in the level of violence, (3) The role of the media and public perception, (4) Economic uncertainty and vulnerability, (5) Governmental directives, (6) Sharing a traumatic experience, and (7) Posttraumatic growth. The study concludes that the pandemic has impacted the women’s shelters and support services in this study quite a lot, both in negative and positive terms. Whilst the study indicates an increased level of men’s violence against women, the organizations have on the other hand been forced by the pandemic to develop their organizational structure to reach the women who have been isolated in their homes, and thus improved a lot of tools to support these women in the future.