>Magister Scientiae - MSc / The growing size of raw data and the lack of internet communication technology to keep up with that growth is introducing unique challenges to academic researchers. This is especially true for those residing in rural areas or countries with sub-par telecommunication infrastructure. In this project I investigate the usefulness of cloud computing technology, data analysis workflow languages and portable computation for institutions that generate data. I introduce the concept of a software solution that could be used to simplify the way that researchers execute their analysis on data sets at remote sources, rather than having to move the data. The scope of this project involved conceptualising and designing a software system to simplify the use of a cloud environment as well as implementing a working prototype of said software for the OpenStack cloud computing platform. I conclude that it is possible to improve the performance of research pipelines by removing the need for researchers to have operating system or cloud computing knowledge and that utilising technologies such as this can ease the burden of moving data.

In industrialized countries, mobility represents one of the most important sources of CO2 emissions. Most research on promoting sustainable, climate-friendly modes of transportation has focused on urban areas. Rural areas-although characterized by high dependency on individual car ownership and usage-have received less attention. This article explores the potential role of rural employers in supporting sustainable alternatives to commuting by (single-occupied) motorized vehicles among their employees. We conduct a collective case study that considers five employers located in Eastern Austria (Burgenland), drawing from multiple data sources including structured surveys, expert interviews, focus groups, and site visits. Our analysis shows that employers have little incentive to implement measures that foster sustainable mobility among their employees. On the one hand, the costs accruing to employers for implementing such measures tend to exceed the corresponding benefits by a significant margin (unlike in urban areas where significant cost reductions can arise for employers). On the other hand, also employees generally exhibit little demand for such measures. We conclude that both from a societal and a business perspective, it is not efficient to promote sustainable mobility in rural areas via employers.

Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2015-05-25T14:30:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 LucineideMedeiros.pdf: 2444732 bytes, checksum: ec183a895b297f1cb600cb7278d4cc1c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-25T14:30:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LucineideMedeiros.pdf: 2444732 bytes, checksum: ec183a895b297f1cb600cb7278d4cc1c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-12 / FORD - Programa Internacional de Bolsas de Pós-Graduação da Fundação Ford / A parceria entre o MST e o Estado na promoção da Educação do Campo é o foco neste trabalho. Desde a perspectiva da participação popular, tendo em vista a transformação social, analisamos a parceria entre o MST e o Estado na promoção da Educação do Campo, realizada no âmbito do PRONERA. O objetivo central consiste em identificar seu significado no contexto amplo das parcerias que marcam, na atualidade, a relação entre Estado e sociedade na promoção das políticas sociais, buscando, ao mesmo tempo, perceber suas repercussões no MST, em vista de sua importância estratégica nas lutas sociais anticapitalistas. Partimos da compreensão de que a parceria na Educação do Campo tem uma potência diferenciada, formada no processo histórico que a constitui e na práxis dos seus sujeitos. Tal potência lhe favorece inscrever, no espaço institucional do Estado, o conflito que determina a Educação do Campo, o MST e o PRONERA. Por isso, entendemos que se trata de um espaço pedagógico potencialmente promotor de sujeitos e de práxis social subversiva à ordem dominante, cuja realização se relaciona diretamente ao posicionamento contra-hegemônico de tais sujeitos nas relações sociais. A obtenção dos dados foi guiada pelos princípios da pesquisa participante, considerando, especialmente, os aportes de Orlando Fals Borda, Carlos Brandão e Danilo Streck. A observação participante, análise documental e entrevistas foram as principais estratégias utilizadas. A epistemologia dialética fundamentou a construção analítica, cuja dinâmica implicou a articulação entre processo histórico, realidade atual e experiência, tendo em vista a apreensão do ser social a partir do processo de totalização das relações sociais. Nesse sentido, tomamos como ângulo de análise duas experiências de parceria em cursos formais de Educação do Campo, realizadas no Piauí, envolvendo o MST e a Secretaria de Educação do Estado. Na mediação teórica, destacamos a teoria do Estado ampliado em Gramsci, mediante os aportes de Ilse, Scherer-Warren, Glória Gohn e Alfonso Torres, que, situados no contexto latinoamericano, ajudam a dialogar com as teorias clássicas, especialmente a norteamericana e a européia. No campo da educação, Paulo Freire, Carlos Brandão, Marco Raúl Mejía, Conceição Paludo e Afonso Scocuglia são alguns dos autores que auxiliam na análise desde o movimento da educação popular. No que tange especificamente à Educação do Campo e seu movimento, tomamos como referências principais a produção da articulação nacional “Por uma Educação do Campo” e autores como Roseli Caldart, Mônica Molina e Bernardo Mançano. Ao final, concluímos que a potência da parceria na Educação do Campo, promovida pelo PRONERA, tem assegurado conquistas políticas e intelectuais importantes à luta do MST e a promoção de campo como lugar de possibilidades. No entanto, continuar avançando nessa direção exige sua superação, tendo em vista o objetivo da realização da Educação do Campo como política pública, sob a responsabilidade do Estado, e o horizonte estratégico da luta do MST pela transformação social. Tal superação implica a conservação dessas conquistas como patrimônio das lutas populares e, especialmente, dos povos do campo. / The focus of this dissertation is the partnership between the Movement of the Landless Rural Workers (MST) and the state in the promotion of education in rural areas. From the perspective of popular participation and aimingat social transformation, the author analyzes the partnership between the MST and the state in the promotion of education in rural areas within the framework of PRONERA. Hermain goal is to identify its significance in the broad context of the present partnerships between the state and society in the promotion of social policies and, atthe same time, to discuss the repercussion of the partnership in the MST given the latter’s strategic importance in the anti-capitalist social struggles. Her starting point is the understanding that the partnership in education in rural areas has a unique power forged in the historical process that constitutes it and in the praxis of its subjects. This power enables it to inscribe in the institutional space of the state the conflict that determines education in rural areas, the MST and PRONERA. For this reason the author sees it as a pedagogical space that potentially promotes subjects and a social praxis that subverts the dominant order and is directly related to the counter-hegemonic position of those subjects in social relations. The data were gathered under the guidance of the principles of participatory research, particularly the contributions made by Orlando Fals Borda, Carlos Brandão and Danilo Streck. The main research strategies consisted of participatory observation, analysis of documents and interviews. The dialectical epistemology served as the foundation for the analytical construction, whose dynamics implied an articulation between the historical process, present reality and experience, with a view to apprehend the social being on the basis of the totalizing of social relations. In this sense the author analyzes two experiences of partnership in formal education courses in rural areas held in the state of Piauí involving the MST and the state’s Department of Education. In the theoretical mediation she highlights Gramsci’s theory of the extended state through the contributions made by Ilse Schrer-Warren, Glória Gohn and Alfonso Torres, which, situated in the Latin American context, help her to dialogue with the classical theories, particularly the North American and the European theories. In the field of education, Paulo Freire, Carlos Brandão, Marco Raúl Mejía, Conceição Paludo and Afonso Scocuglia are some of the authors used for the analysis from the point of view of popular education. As far as the education in rural areas and its movement are concerned, the author focuses on the production of the national networking called “For an Education in Rural Areas” and on authors such as Roseli Caldart, Mônica Molina and Bernardo Mançano. She concludes that the power of the partnership in education in rural areas promoted by PRONERA has guaranteed political and intellectual achievements that are important for the struggle of the MST and the promotion of rural areas as places of possibilities. However, the further advance in this direction demands its overcoming, since thegoal is to implement education in rural areas as a public policy, under the responsibility of the state and the strategic horizon of the MST’s struggle for social transformation. Such overcoming implies the preservation of those achievements as an inheritance of the popular struggles, particularly of the rural population.

Thesis (MPA.) --University of Limpopo, 2018 / Despite the adoption of democratic electoral procedures and the establishment of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in post-apartheid South Africa, the strategies for providing voter education in rural areas of the country have not been adequate in terms of creating awareness about democracy and enabling rural citizens to mJlke rational choice during elections (Sadie, Patel, & Baldry 2016:6). It is for this reason that this study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of voter education strategies in one of the rural communities in Greater Giyani Municipality, in Limpopo province. This study adopted qualitative exploratory research design. The target groups were the local IEC voter educators and community members. Data was collected using one to one individual interviews, observation and literature review. The results of the study show that the IEC used various strategies to promote voter education. However, the dominant use of media was discredited by the community because of the language barrier, lack of ownership, one-way communication, unaffordability and low level of literacy. It was also found that voter education is not provided continuously as stated in IEC documents while shortage of IEC voter educators and limiting education periods pose other challenges. The study also revealed poor voter education coverage to special groups such as the disabled or the marginalised groups due to lack of capacity to teach them. These findings show that voter education is not as effective as it should be. The study therefore recommends that strategies for voter education be strengthened, especially in rural communities where people live in poverty and poor socio-economic conditions. It is further recommended that the IEC revises voter education strategies and uses those that will benefit more people, such as face to face and home visits, so that people feel free to ask questions. Furthermore, the community recommended that the IEC teaches community stakeholders, who will in turn cascade the information down to community members. The reason for this is that people are likely to feel free to communicate and to ask question because the educators will be known to them. The study further recommends that the IEC improves its staff complement to curb the existing shortage of human power. Further, research on evaluating the knowledge of voters on voting matters will be of outmost importance.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in African-American (AA) women and is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States among AA women ages 40 to 55 years of age. The 5-year breast cancer survival rates for AA women (78%) are lower than are those of Caucasian women (90%). The purpose of this project was to describe the benefits and barriers toward screening mammograms for breast cancer in AA women living in the Southside Health District in Virginia. The subscales of The Champion's Mammography Beliefs and Attitudes Questionnaire (MBAQ, 1999), which is based on the health belief model variables of perceived benefits and barriers, guided this project. A convenience sampling of AA women (n = 112) from 10 different churches in Brunswick and Mecklenburg County, Virginia completed Champion's MBAQ after participating in an educational program based on the Susan G. Komen's breast self-awareness messages. Descriptive analyzes revealed that 54% of the participants either agreed or strongly agreed with the perceived benefits to getting a screening mammogram, whereas 7% either agreed or strongly agreed with the perceived barriers to getting a screening mammogram. The results of this project are consistent with the literature and support the idea that it is imperative to educate AA women about screening mammograms in places where they socialize. This project contributed to social change in nursing practice by enhancing the awareness among AA women that early screening mammograms save lives.

<p>Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 1994. Spikblad saknas</p>

Anhand von Praxisbeispielen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz wird dargestellt, wie sich ehrenamtlich initiierte Tourismusprojekte bei steigender Nachfrage in wirtschaftlich arbeitende Unternehmen überführen lassen. Neben einer ausführlichen Beschreibung der möglichen Rechts- und Organisationsformen enthält die Studie eine Liste von Indikatoren, die die Notwendigkeit einer Umstrukturierung anzeigen, einen Praxisleitfaden für die erforderlichen Schritte und eine Zusammenstellung der Erfolgsfaktoren.

Die Ländliche Neuordnung ist ein wichtiges Instrument der Integrierten Ländlichen Entwicklung. Die Broschüre vermittelt anhand praktischer Beispiele einen Überblick über die vielfältigen Aufgaben und Möglichkeiten der Ländlichen Neuordnung. Sie ist in sechs Themenbereiche gegliedert: Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Natur- und Umweltschutz, Hochwasserschutz, Infrastrukturmaßnahmen, Bodenordnung und Bodenmanagement sowie Minderung von Bergbaufolgen. Beschrieben werden Verfahren in Sachsen, bei denen es gelungen ist, die Interessen der Grundstückseigentümer, der Landwirte, der Gemeinden und der Behörden zu berücksichtigen, Nutzungskonflikte zu entflechten und Eigentumsstrukturen den neuen Erfordernissen anzupassen.

Abstract Many studies about medial outcomes in rural areas or medial resource deficient areas have been published, but few discuss outcomes in areas deficient in oral medical resources. The program, improving underserved dental health care resources, has been implemented for near ten years, but no study explores the business models in different areas that are underserved dental health care resources. The purpose of this study is to compare different models of operating the program ¡§improving underserved dental health care resources¡¨. As to the business model, the program ¡§improving underserved dental health care resources¡¨ is executed in two main models. One is execution in fixed sites. The advantage of this model is high stability. Dentals can plan and set the equipments that they need to use. The other is medical tour. The advantage of this model is high flexibility, which let dentals can provide services as far as possible for patients in medial resource deficient areas. Finally, based on the research findings, this study proposes some suggestions, including that to use the medical-tour model as the major business to implement the program, to carefully assess the site for exestuation need, to consider the financial support on equipments (especially the dental mobile medical vehicle ), to strengthen local infrastructure investment is prior to plunge into health care resources, and so on. Keywords: Remote area, Health care delivery, No-dentist Rural Areas

Abstract: I studien undersöks hur myndighetspersoner upplever att samverkan fungerar, samt vad det finns för likheter samt skillnader på samverkan i Uppsala respektive Östersunds kommun. Dessa aktörer är betydelsefulla i arbetet med våldsutsatta kvinnor, därför är det en viktig förutsättning att ta tillvara varandras kompetenser för en god samverkan. Ämnet våld i nära relationer är fortfarande nytt för socialtjänsten, vilket gör att det finns bristande kunskap i arbetet för våldsutsatta kvinnor. Detta är en kvalitativ studie som är grundad på semistrukturerade intervjuer, respondenterna till undersökningen arbetar på socialtjänsten och kvinnofridsverksamheter. Resultatet i studien kan sammanfattas med att samverkan mellan verksamheterna och organisationerna är nödvändiga och att samarbetet leder till bättre insatser samt förutsättningar i arbetet med våldsutsatta kvinnor. Resultatet visar att samverkan inte fungerar optimalt då ansvarsfördelningen kan bli otydlig ibland samt att det behövs vissa förutsättningar som gemensamma mål, samsyn och resurser för en god samverkan. / <p>141007</p>