BACKGROUND: Powerful public-private partnerships (PPPs) can only be established if the partners are able to deal with complexity. Such partnerships may serve to stimulate local community and economic development. Thus, it may maximise the effectiveness of local groups and resources in meeting the needs for rebuilding a community through a partnership representative of the public and private sectors. A problem that exists in South Africa, is the uneven distribution of population ratios dependent on public and private sector health care service delivery, in relation to the proportion of pharmaceutical service providers in the different sectors. OBJECTIVE: The main objectives of this qualitative research investigation were to examine the prospects for PPP development in the pharmaceutical sector of South Africa as well as to explore the possibilities of a proposition for a proposed generic public-private partnership model to be managed and used in the pharmaceutical sector of South Africa. METHOD: The study comprises of the exploration of the research questions by means of a qualitative research design. The study design implicated a balance between the in-depth literature study and a qualitative research process. The researcher employed a grounded theory approach to collect and analyse the data. Data collection represented the identifiable role players and opinion formulators in the South African health care sector. By following a combination of the various qualitative sampling methods and techniques, a total of 38 (n=38) interviews were conducted. The data collected from the interviewees and from the literature study were integrated and analysed by making use of computer assisted data analysis. SETTING: The researcher selected interviewees from the South African health care sector. The interviews included role players in the pharmaceutical sector in both the public and private sectors. The interviewees further represented eight different spheres of the pharmaceutical setting in South Africa. KEY FINDINGS: The investigation identified a range of prospects for PPP development in South Africa and these were reported in terms of views, expectations and scope for success. The management elements for developing and sustaining joint ventures between the public and private sectors were identified and a proposition was formulated in theory to serve as a proposed generic PPP model (PGM) in the pharmaceutical sector for the South African health care milieu. CONCLUSION The exploratory qualitative investigation surfaced the various facets of the complexity of PPPs. The investigation concluded that several barriers, such as competition and market entry disparities between the macro and micro level pharmaceutical entities, which impede PPP development, affected the prospects for PPP development in South Africa. The South African legislation, South African Treasury guidelines, regulations and the views of the SA Competition Commission need transformation to accommodate both the micro and macro level pharmaceutical service providers in the formation of PPPs. Capacity building within the sphere of pharmaceutical service delivery to the bigger population of South Africa may become sustainable on removal of these barriers. A series of recommendations were presented and several critical issues in need of supplementary research, have been identified. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Pharmacy Practice))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning marks the tenth anniversary of the Bradford riot of Saturday 7 to Sunday 8 July 2001. The day began with a peaceful demonstration against a banned Far Right march but ended in one of the most violent examples of unrest in Britain for 20 years. More than 320 police officers were injured as they battled rioters who hurled missiles and petrol bombs, pushed burning cars towards them and torched buildings. Criminal acts of looting characterised the final hours. Riot damages amounted to GBP7.5 million. In the aftermath, nearly 300 arrests took place and nearly 200 were charged with riot leading to prison sentences of four years or more. Images of the riot, and of a smaller disturbance which followed on one of its traditionally 'white' estates, have haunted Bradford ever since. Nine years later, in August 2010, Bradford faced another Far Right provocation. The English Defence League came in force to demonstrate against Bradford's Muslim population. Bradford braced itself. However this time, Asian lads mostly stayed off the streets and the police worked with the council, communities and local activists to keep order against the threat of violence. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning traces Bradford's journey over the decade, beginning with the voices of rioters, police and others interviewed after the 2001 riot and ending with those of former rioters, citizens, police and politicians following the EDL protest. The authors argue that while 2001 reflected a collective failure of Bradford District to address a social legacy of industrial decline in a multicultural context, 2010 revealed how leadership from above combined with leadership from below restored its confidence and opened up possibilities for a new era in Bradford's history and prospects. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is written by two authors from the University's renowned Department of Peace Studies who balance research with an active commitment to peace, economic regeneration and social justice in Bradford.

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A dissertação compreendeu dois estudos sobre jovens dos 16 aos 25 anos em situação de reclusão em Maputo, Moçambique. O Estudo 1 foi documental e descreveu as características biossociodemográficas dos jovens. O Estudo 2 integrou seis participantes e investigou as motivações do comportamento infractor e as perspectivas após o cumprimento da pena. No Estudo 1 foram analisadas informações de 172 “Certidões de Sentença e Liquidação da Pena” arquivadas entre 2009 a 2011 em três penitenciárias. Usou-se o delineamento quantitativo, com base em estatísticas descritivas e testes estatísticos. Constatou-se que maior parte dos jovens era do sexo masculino. Os jovens praticaram em grande escala crimes contra a propriedade, com destaque para os homens. A prevalência de mulheres verificou-se nos crimes contra a integridade física e a saúde das pessoas. Registou-se um aumento do número de jovens condenados à medida que se progredia nas faixas etárias. Parte significativa dos jovens cumpriu penas correccionais, era condenada pela primeira vez, não tinha ocupação ou trabalhava no sector informal, e provinha dos bairros suburbanos da cidade de Maputo. O Estudo 2 foi qualitativo e analisou o conteúdo das entrevistas de seis jovens reclusos. Destes, quatro eram do sexo masculino e duas do sexo feminino. Os resultados indicaram que o cometimento dos crimes esteve relacionado à satisfação de necessidades básicas de sobrevivência no contexto das limitações socioeconómicas e afectivas vividas no momento. Os jovens mostraram interesse em reintegrarem-se à sociedade e desenvolverem projectos pessoais. Estes resultados sugerem a necessidade de implementação de programas estruturados de acompanhamento psicossocial no período posterior ao cumprimento da pena. / The dissertation consisted of two studies on youth 16 to 25 years in reclusion situation in Maputo, Mozambique.The Study 1 was documentary and described the biosociodemographic characteristics of these youth. In the Study 2 participated six youth and it was investigated the reasons for their delinquent behavior and their prospects after serving the sentence. In the Study 1 were analyzed information from 172 "Certificates of Award and Liquidation of Penalty" filed between 2009 to 2011 in three prisons. It was utilized the quantitative design, based on descriptive statistics and statistical tests. It was found that most youth were male. The crimes against property were committed in large scale, especially by male. The prevalence of women was found in crimes against physical integrity and health of people. It was observed that the number of youth offenders increased as they progressed in the age. Furthermore, significant proportion of youth fulfilled correctional sentences, were convicted for the first time, had no occupation or worked in the informal sector, and came from the suburban neighborhoods of Maputo. The Study 2 was qualitative and analyzed the content of the interviews of six incarcerated youth. Of these, four were male and two female. The results indicated that the committing of the crimes was related to meeting basic survival needs in the context of socioeconomic and emotional limitations experienced in the moment . The youths showed an interest in reintegrate into society and to develop personal projects. These results suggest the need for implementation of structured psychosocial programs for those people after release from prison.

The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 guarantees the authors intellectual property (art. 5, item XXVII), and determine that all property should have social function (art. 5, item XXIII). Thus, the social function of property is a constitutional principle, according to which the individual owner's prerogatives regarding the exercise of the property must be harmonized with the public interest by ensuring the development of the potential of citizens and the welfare of all. Within this context, this work is to research online intellectual property and its role in technological development, proposing to analyze the general aspects of the social function of intellectual property and its prospects. For the general objective of this research was reached, it was necessary, as specific objectives develop a history about the general aspects of social function in intellectual property and its prospects; analyze national and international frameworks applied by Brazilian law; and present and analyze cases of application of the inventive intellectual property. This work presents a hypothesis on the regulatory system, currently in force in the country, if the inventive intellectual property, in addition to meeting the individual interests of the inventor, fulfills its social function, that is, what the legal basis that sustains the social function of intellectual property, using the inventive technology. For this, systematically, this work was divided into topics, establishing as the methodological way of problem approach to qualitative research interpretative, inductive and historical, using as method the procedure of indirect documentary technique and the amount resulting from the measurement of level of perception and expectation, beyond the exploratory methods and descriptive by obtaining responses by direct contact with respondents who use the inventive technology of intellectual property and also the direct documentary research technique, with the questionnaire data collection tool with application SERVQUAL. Thus, with the achievement of the objectives achieved as a result the qualitative observation in the face of the social function of intellectual property, fulfilling to the fulfillment of the social function of property. / A Carta Magna brasileira de 1988 garante aos autores a propriedade intelectual (art. 5º, inciso XXVII), além de determinar que toda propriedade deve ter função social (art. 5º, inciso XXIII). Sendo assim, a função social da propriedade é um princípio constitucional, segundo qual as prerrogativas individuais do proprietário quanto ao exercício sobre à propriedade deve ser harmonizado com o interesse público, garantindo o desenvolvimento das potencialidades dos cidadãos e o bem-estar de todos. Dentro deste contexto, este trabalho tem como linha de pesquisa a propriedade intelectual e seu papel no desenvolvimento tecnológico, propondo analisar os aspectos gerais da função social da propriedade intelectual e suas perspectivas. Para que o objetivo geral desta pesquisa fosse alcançado, fez-se necessário, como objetivos específicos elaborar um histórico acerca dos aspectos gerais da função social na propriedade intelectual e suas perspectivas; analisar os marcos nacionais e internacionais aplicados pelo ordenamento jurídico brasileiro; bem como apresentar e analisar casos de aplicação da propriedade intelectual inventiva. Assim, este trabalho apresenta como hipótese diante do ordenamento normativo, atualmente vigente no País, se a propriedade intelectual inventiva, além de atender os interesses individuais do inventor, cumpre sua função social, ou seja, qual a base jurídica que sustenta a função social da propriedade intelectual, no uso da tecnologia inventiva. Para isto, sistematicamente, este trabalho foi dividido em tópicos, estabelecendo quanto à forma metodológica de abordagem do problema à pesquisa qualitativa de natureza interpretativa, indutiva e histórica, utilizando-se como método o procedimento da técnica documental indireta e o quantitativo decorrente da mensuração do nível de percepção e expectativa, além dos métodos exploratório e descritivo pela obtenção de respostas mediante contato direto com entrevistados que se utilizam da tecnologia inventiva da propriedade intelectual e também da técnica de pesquisa documental direta, tendo como ferramenta de coleta de dados questionário com aplicação da escala SERVQUAL. Assim, com a concretização dos objetivos obteve como resultados o caráter qualitativo em face da observação da função social com a propriedade intelectual, concretizando-se o cumprimento da função social da propriedade.

A dissertação compreendeu dois estudos sobre jovens dos 16 aos 25 anos em situação de reclusão em Maputo, Moçambique. O Estudo 1 foi documental e descreveu as características biossociodemográficas dos jovens. O Estudo 2 integrou seis participantes e investigou as motivações do comportamento infractor e as perspectivas após o cumprimento da pena. No Estudo 1 foram analisadas informações de 172 “Certidões de Sentença e Liquidação da Pena” arquivadas entre 2009 a 2011 em três penitenciárias. Usou-se o delineamento quantitativo, com base em estatísticas descritivas e testes estatísticos. Constatou-se que maior parte dos jovens era do sexo masculino. Os jovens praticaram em grande escala crimes contra a propriedade, com destaque para os homens. A prevalência de mulheres verificou-se nos crimes contra a integridade física e a saúde das pessoas. Registou-se um aumento do número de jovens condenados à medida que se progredia nas faixas etárias. Parte significativa dos jovens cumpriu penas correccionais, era condenada pela primeira vez, não tinha ocupação ou trabalhava no sector informal, e provinha dos bairros suburbanos da cidade de Maputo. O Estudo 2 foi qualitativo e analisou o conteúdo das entrevistas de seis jovens reclusos. Destes, quatro eram do sexo masculino e duas do sexo feminino. Os resultados indicaram que o cometimento dos crimes esteve relacionado à satisfação de necessidades básicas de sobrevivência no contexto das limitações socioeconómicas e afectivas vividas no momento. Os jovens mostraram interesse em reintegrarem-se à sociedade e desenvolverem projectos pessoais. Estes resultados sugerem a necessidade de implementação de programas estruturados de acompanhamento psicossocial no período posterior ao cumprimento da pena. / The dissertation consisted of two studies on youth 16 to 25 years in reclusion situation in Maputo, Mozambique.The Study 1 was documentary and described the biosociodemographic characteristics of these youth. In the Study 2 participated six youth and it was investigated the reasons for their delinquent behavior and their prospects after serving the sentence. In the Study 1 were analyzed information from 172 "Certificates of Award and Liquidation of Penalty" filed between 2009 to 2011 in three prisons. It was utilized the quantitative design, based on descriptive statistics and statistical tests. It was found that most youth were male. The crimes against property were committed in large scale, especially by male. The prevalence of women was found in crimes against physical integrity and health of people. It was observed that the number of youth offenders increased as they progressed in the age. Furthermore, significant proportion of youth fulfilled correctional sentences, were convicted for the first time, had no occupation or worked in the informal sector, and came from the suburban neighborhoods of Maputo. The Study 2 was qualitative and analyzed the content of the interviews of six incarcerated youth. Of these, four were male and two female. The results indicated that the committing of the crimes was related to meeting basic survival needs in the context of socioeconomic and emotional limitations experienced in the moment . The youths showed an interest in reintegrate into society and to develop personal projects. These results suggest the need for implementation of structured psychosocial programs for those people after release from prison.

A dissertação compreendeu dois estudos sobre jovens dos 16 aos 25 anos em situação de reclusão em Maputo, Moçambique. O Estudo 1 foi documental e descreveu as características biossociodemográficas dos jovens. O Estudo 2 integrou seis participantes e investigou as motivações do comportamento infractor e as perspectivas após o cumprimento da pena. No Estudo 1 foram analisadas informações de 172 “Certidões de Sentença e Liquidação da Pena” arquivadas entre 2009 a 2011 em três penitenciárias. Usou-se o delineamento quantitativo, com base em estatísticas descritivas e testes estatísticos. Constatou-se que maior parte dos jovens era do sexo masculino. Os jovens praticaram em grande escala crimes contra a propriedade, com destaque para os homens. A prevalência de mulheres verificou-se nos crimes contra a integridade física e a saúde das pessoas. Registou-se um aumento do número de jovens condenados à medida que se progredia nas faixas etárias. Parte significativa dos jovens cumpriu penas correccionais, era condenada pela primeira vez, não tinha ocupação ou trabalhava no sector informal, e provinha dos bairros suburbanos da cidade de Maputo. O Estudo 2 foi qualitativo e analisou o conteúdo das entrevistas de seis jovens reclusos. Destes, quatro eram do sexo masculino e duas do sexo feminino. Os resultados indicaram que o cometimento dos crimes esteve relacionado à satisfação de necessidades básicas de sobrevivência no contexto das limitações socioeconómicas e afectivas vividas no momento. Os jovens mostraram interesse em reintegrarem-se à sociedade e desenvolverem projectos pessoais. Estes resultados sugerem a necessidade de implementação de programas estruturados de acompanhamento psicossocial no período posterior ao cumprimento da pena. / The dissertation consisted of two studies on youth 16 to 25 years in reclusion situation in Maputo, Mozambique.The Study 1 was documentary and described the biosociodemographic characteristics of these youth. In the Study 2 participated six youth and it was investigated the reasons for their delinquent behavior and their prospects after serving the sentence. In the Study 1 were analyzed information from 172 "Certificates of Award and Liquidation of Penalty" filed between 2009 to 2011 in three prisons. It was utilized the quantitative design, based on descriptive statistics and statistical tests. It was found that most youth were male. The crimes against property were committed in large scale, especially by male. The prevalence of women was found in crimes against physical integrity and health of people. It was observed that the number of youth offenders increased as they progressed in the age. Furthermore, significant proportion of youth fulfilled correctional sentences, were convicted for the first time, had no occupation or worked in the informal sector, and came from the suburban neighborhoods of Maputo. The Study 2 was qualitative and analyzed the content of the interviews of six incarcerated youth. Of these, four were male and two female. The results indicated that the committing of the crimes was related to meeting basic survival needs in the context of socioeconomic and emotional limitations experienced in the moment . The youths showed an interest in reintegrate into society and to develop personal projects. These results suggest the need for implementation of structured psychosocial programs for those people after release from prison.

The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 guarantees the authors intellectual property (art. 5, item XXVII), and determine that all property should have social function (art. 5, item XXIII). Thus, the social function of property is a constitutional principle, according to which the individual owner's prerogatives regarding the exercise of the property must be harmonized with the public interest by ensuring the development of the potential of citizens and the welfare of all. Within this context, this work is to research online intellectual property and its role in technological development, proposing to analyze the general aspects of the social function of intellectual property and its prospects. For the general objective of this research was reached, it was necessary, as specific objectives develop a history about the general aspects of social function in intellectual property and its prospects; analyze national and international frameworks applied by Brazilian law; and present and analyze cases of application of the inventive intellectual property. This work presents a hypothesis on the regulatory system, currently in force in the country, if the inventive intellectual property, in addition to meeting the individual interests of the inventor, fulfills its social function, that is, what the legal basis that sustains the social function of intellectual property, using the inventive technology. For this, systematically, this work was divided into topics, establishing as the methodological way of problem approach to qualitative research interpretative, inductive and historical, using as method the procedure of indirect documentary technique and the amount resulting from the measurement of level of perception and expectation, beyond the exploratory methods and descriptive by obtaining responses by direct contact with respondents who use the inventive technology of intellectual property and also the direct documentary research technique, with the questionnaire data collection tool with application SERVQUAL. Thus, with the achievement of the objectives achieved as a result the qualitative observation in the face of the social function of intellectual property, fulfilling to the fulfillment of the social function of property. / A Carta Magna brasileira de 1988 garante aos autores a propriedade intelectual (art. 5º, inciso XXVII), além de determinar que toda propriedade deve ter função social (art. 5º, inciso XXIII). Sendo assim, a função social da propriedade é um princípio constitucional, segundo qual as prerrogativas individuais do proprietário quanto ao exercício sobre à propriedade deve ser harmonizado com o interesse público, garantindo o desenvolvimento das potencialidades dos cidadãos e o bem-estar de todos. Dentro deste contexto, este trabalho tem como linha de pesquisa a propriedade intelectual e seu papel no desenvolvimento tecnológico, propondo analisar os aspectos gerais da função social da propriedade intelectual e suas perspectivas. Para que o objetivo geral desta pesquisa fosse alcançado, fez-se necessário, como objetivos específicos elaborar um histórico acerca dos aspectos gerais da função social na propriedade intelectual e suas perspectivas; analisar os marcos nacionais e internacionais aplicados pelo ordenamento jurídico brasileiro; bem como apresentar e analisar casos de aplicação da propriedade intelectual inventiva. Assim, este trabalho apresenta como hipótese diante do ordenamento normativo, atualmente vigente no País, se a propriedade intelectual inventiva, além de atender os interesses individuais do inventor, cumpre sua função social, ou seja, qual a base jurídica que sustenta a função social da propriedade intelectual, no uso da tecnologia inventiva. Para isto, sistematicamente, este trabalho foi dividido em tópicos, estabelecendo quanto à forma metodológica de abordagem do problema à pesquisa qualitativa de natureza interpretativa, indutiva e histórica, utilizando-se como método o procedimento da técnica documental indireta e o quantitativo decorrente da mensuração do nível de percepção e expectativa, além dos métodos exploratório e descritivo pela obtenção de respostas mediante contato direto com entrevistados que se utilizam da tecnologia inventiva da propriedade intelectual e também da técnica de pesquisa documental direta, tendo como ferramenta de coleta de dados questionário com aplicação da escala SERVQUAL. Assim, com a concretização dos objetivos obteve como resultados o caráter qualitativo em face da observação da função social com a propriedade intelectual, concretizando-se o cumprimento da função social da propriedade.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T18:10:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAO_PERICLES CARVALHO DINIZ.pdf: 2196773 bytes, checksum: 378a301e8b6471cd0a8614d6a8f8e3d8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-30 / The aim of this study is to show the nature of the Petrobrás investment proposed to Maranhão, present prospects and qualify socioeconomic impacts that have formed since 2010, from the project of installing an oil refinery in the city of Bacabeira, located north of the State. The Premium I refinery project has been contained in the strategic planning of the Company since 2009, included in the Business Plan 2009-2012 and replicated in subsequent plans. The investment characteristics signaled for another national economic enclave in the mining industry / oil refining, as has occurred in other locations where such investments have settled and produced in local negative externalities outweigh the benefits, materialized in socio-economic impacts, including environmental. The technical and political discourse of presentation of the project laimed a regional development opportunity with great benefits to the local, as more than twenty-five thousand jobs would be produced. Enclave investments are main feature little integration with the location environment without backward linkages, and their social relations of production are enclosed in the project, because they require reduced manpower, high expertise not normally found in small municipalities of that State. In addition, its production is directed out, with a vocation for export. All this makes immanence of economic enclave a strategic tool of the capitalist system accumulation structure, with strong appeal to the concentration. The contradiction of evelopment based on investments occurs when the production of wealth does not generate income for the local or occurs disproportionately in such a way that stand out negative externalities, which aggravates underdevelopment environment in which the enclave is installed. The Premium refinery project I promised the municipality of Bacabeira never matured in the planning of Petrobrás investor, but has caused various socio-economic impacts in the locality.. / O objetivo desse trabalho é evidenciar a natureza do investimento da Petrobrás proposto para o Maranhão, apresentar perspectivas e qualificar impactos socioeconômicos que se formaram desde 2010, a partir do projeto de instalação de uma refinaria de petróleo no município de Bacabeira, situado ao norte do Estado. O projeto da refinaria Premium I constava no planejamento estratégico da Petrobrás desde o ano de 2009, incluído no Plano de Negócios 2009-2012 e replicado nos planos subsequentes. As características do investimento sinalizavam para mais um enclave econômico nacional do setor de mineração/refino de petróleo, tal como já ocorrera em outras localidades nas quais investimentos dessa natureza se instalaram e produziram nos locais externalidades negativas superiores aos benefícios, materializadas em impactos socioeconômicos, inclusive ambientais. O discurso técnico-político de apresentação do projeto afirmava uma oportunidade de desenvolvimento regional, com grandes vantagens para o local, pois seriam produzidos mais de vinte e cinco mil empregos. Investimentos enclavistas têm como característica principal pouca integração com o ambiente de localização, sem encadeamentos para trás, e suas relações sociais de produção são enclausuradas no empreendimento, porque exigem mão de obra reduzida, de alta especialização, normalmente não encontrada em municípios de pequeno porte maranhenses. Além disso, sua produção tem direção para fora, com vocação para a exportação. Toda essa imanência faz do enclave econômico um instrumento estratégico da estrutura de acumulação do sistema capitalista, com forte apelo para a concentração. A contradição do desenvolvimento via investimentos ocorre quando a produção de riqueza não gera renda para o local ou ocorre de forma desproporcional, de tal forma que se sobressaem externalidades negativas, o que agrava o ambiente de subdesenvolvimento no qual o enclave se instala. O projeto da refinaria Premium I, prometida ao município de Bacabeira, nunca amadureceu no planejamento da investidora Petrobrás, mas causou vários impactos socioeconômicos na localidade.

The purpose of the study was to find out and analysis the factors that can influence people's choice to mobile network service. Based on our research, we can give some practical advice to consumer and telecom companies.To achieve the purpose of the study we design a questionnaire and send it to our friends in Shanghai and Jinan China. The questionnaire was built around some questions about which factors can influence people’s choice and the importance of each factor.The study was performed with a quantitative research approach. We found five factors that affect users to choose different mobile networks, respectively usefulness, ease of use, price, speed and enjoyment. And in this paper we also proposed five hypotheses to test the relationship between these factors and gender. This provides us the theoretical basis to our research. The factors were included in our questionnaire, so the questionnaire gives the research some basic data. We analyze the data through the processional software SPSS.We have analyzed every aspect of our questionnaire. We put the data together and make visual figures. The figures make people easily understand the questions. Also these data help us understand the phenomena clearly and make a contribution to our study.Based on the findings, the research could be validated with a data analysis which gave grounds for the conclusion part.