Work Of Committee Research Articles

Overview of Brazilian Legal Developments Related to Racism

The authors, in a brief description, address the issue of racism in Brazil, from its origins to contemporary forms of manifestation. The Brazilian Supreme Court’s understanding of the issue is mentioned. The court has been responsible for broadening the institutional concept of racism into a more sociological scope, which has been determinant in the recent criminalization of homophobic acts. The text also addresses normative aspects, including Brazilian affirmative action laws, regional conventions and measures taken which reflect international influence, specifically with regard to the work of the UN Human Rights Committee.

Leading Change in Academic Pharmacy: Report of the 2018-2019 AACP Academic Affairs Committee

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe Committee was charged with the responsibility for examining the need for change in pharmacy education and the models of leadership that would enable that change to occur across the academy. They also examined the question of faculty wellbeing in a time of change and made several recommendations and suggestions regarding both charges. Building upon the work of the previous Academic Affairs Committee, the 2018-19 AAC encourages the academy to implement new curricular models supporting personalized learning that creates engaged and lifelong learners. This will require transformational leadership and substantial investments in faculty development and new assessment strategies and resources. Recognizing that the magnitude of the recommended change will produce new stress on faculty, the committee identified the need for much additional work on student, faculty and leaders' wellbeing, noting the limited amount of empirical evidence on pharmacy related to stress and resilience. That said, if faculty and administrators are not able to address personal and community wellbeing, their ability to support their students' wellbeing will be compromised.

Sexual Abuse, a Royal Commission, and the Australian Church

The sexual abuse crisis and subsequent Royal Commission investigation raised important ecclesiological and ecclesial issues for the Australian Catholic Church. This article provides background to the work of the Commission and explores four issues: the seal of the confessional; the notion of ontological change in ordination; the place of women in the church; and the authority of bishops. While no direct theological resolution of these is possible, these issues have been raised with pressing urgency.

Issues of the Modern Constitutional Process: The Moral Foundations of Public Authority (in the Aspect of Legal Guarantees of Democracy)

Since mid-2015, the constitutional process has intensified in Ukraine, which has begun the work of the new Constitutional Commission. At present, constitutional reform is ongoing in Ukraine, which is being implemented in three priority areas, which include ‘point changes’ to the Constitution of Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to analyze the relationship of moral principles of organization and implementation of state power with the realization of democracy. The moral and legal aspect of the newest stage of the constitutional democratic development of Ukrainian statehood, in particular, in the context of European integration of Ukraine, is analyzed. The crucial role of the constitutional and legal provision of morality in the activity of the state for the constitutional development of Ukraine is substantiated. The relationship between the principle of integrity of the public service and the constitutional foundations of the people's power is determined. The importance of constitutional and legal consolidation of the requirements of public integrity for the establishment in Ukraine and its development as a rule of law has been proven.

Provider Scheduling to Maximize Patient Access.

We describe and demonstrate an efficient method for assigning clinic days to urology providers in academic and large urology group practices given their numerous scheduling constraints including evaluation and management visits, office or operating room procedures/surgeries, teaching, trainee mentorship, committee work and outreach activities. We propose an integer programming model for scheduling providers for clinic shifts in order to maximize patient access to appointments considering the aforementioned scheduling constraints. We present results for a case study with an academic urology clinic and lessons learned from implementing the model generated schedule. The integer programming model produced a feasible schedule that was implemented after pairwise and 3-way switches among attending providers to account for preferences. The optimized schedule had reduced variability in the number of providers scheduled per shift (standard deviation 1.409 vs 0.999, p=0.01). While other confounding factors are possible we noted a significant increase in the number of encounters after implementing changes from the model (1,370 vs 1,196 encounters, p=0.011). Optimization models offer an efficient and transferable method of generating a clinic template for providers that takes into account other clinical and academic responsibilities, and can increase the number of appointments for patients. Optimization of schedules may be performed periodically to address changes in providers or provider constraints.

The Secret Testimony of the Peel Commission (Part I): Underbelly of Empire

The Peel Commission (1936–37) was the first British commission of inquiry to recommend the partition of Palestine into two states. The commissioners made their recommendation after listening to several weeks of testimony, delivered in both public and secret sessions. The transcripts of the public testimony were published soon afterward, but the secret testimony transcripts were only released by the United Kingdom's National Archives in March 2017. Divided into two parts, this article closely examines the secret testimony. Part I discusses how the secret testimony deepens our understanding of key themes in Mandate history, including: the structural exclusion of the Palestinians from the Mandate state, the place of development projects in that structural exclusion, the different roles played by British anti-Semitism and anti-Arab racism, and the importance of the procedural aspects of committee work for understanding the mechanics of British governance. Part II extends this analysis by focusing on what the secret testimony reveals about how the Peel Commission came to recommend partition.

‘Best practice as a governing practice: producing best practice in a European Commission working group.’

ABSTRACT This paper argues that best practice is a powerful form of governing practice in education policy whose distinctiveness remains conceptually neglected in comparison to the burgeoning literature on governing by numbers. Moreover, the paper identifies how the practice of generating best practice knowledge remains under-explored and under-conceptualised: we know surprisingly little about how best practices come into being in international policymaking contexts. The paper seeks to address these two gaps by examining the production of best practice in the European education policy space through the Open Method of Coordination. Drawing on in-depth observation, interview, and document data the paper uses political discourse theory to analyse the frontstage and backstage interactions involved in generating best practices for governing school systems in a Working Group coordinated by the European Commission. Analysis identifies three dominant logics which underpin the production of best practice and reveals how these logics work to confine to the backstage of meetings specific practices which threaten to call into question the credibility of best practice. The paper highlights how best practice works as a distinctive form of governing practice which deserves further consideration in debates relating to the role of knowledge in transnational education governance.

The Work of the Central Statistical Committee in 1917-1918

The activity of state statistics throughout the revolutionary period of 1917 is uncharted territory in the history of Russian statistics. Using documents from the State Archive of the Russian Federation, the authors examined for the first time the last year of the Central Statistical Committee. Unlike other state structures of the previous government, it was not dissolved after the events of October 1917 and continued to operate after the Soviet government moved to Moscow. The article contains information on the first «Soviet» Head of the Central Statistical Committee of the Commissariat of Internal Affairs V.A. Algasov and outlines the work of Professor M.A. Sirinov, who was offered a position of the Head of the Central Statistical Committee by the People’s Commissar of Internal Affairs G.I. Petrovsky. Archive records helped establish the fact that both the authorities of the Central Statistical Committee and some statisticians came up with an idea of founding a new statistical service based on the Central Statistical Committee and gubernia (provincial) statistics. The authors revealed the role of V.V. Stepanov in relocating the Library of the Central Statistical Committee to Moscow. The article describes the clash of opinions that preceded the establishment of the Soviet state statistics, to be specific the inauguration of the RSFSR Central Statistical Board, which was envisaged to be an independent body, not subordinate to any agency, to ensure the independence of the country’s statistical service.

Commentary on International Experience Opportunities for Athletic Training Students: A Perspective from the National Athletic Trainers' Association International Committee

ContextInternational experiences (eg, study abroad, international service projects) have many benefits, including increasing cultural sensitivity, that can enhance athletic training student development. However, international experiences directly related to athletic training may be limited or hard to identify.ObjectiveTo outline current and upcoming resources available through the work of the National Athletic Trainers' Association International Committee (IC) related to athletic training international experience opportunities.BackgroundThe IC collaborated with the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education to ask about international experiences available in accredited programs in the 2016–2017 annual report.SynthesisData were analyzed from all accredited programs (N = 410).ResultsData indicated that athletic training–specific international experiences are available at a lower rate (0%–10.6% of programs) than general university-sponsored international experiences (15.4%–84.4% of programs). Information on athletic training student and faculty involvement is limited; at least 1 student participated in 39.5% to 61.5% of programs, and at least 1 faculty member participated in 15.4% to 23.4% of programs.Recommendation(s)Future research should identify and describe current international experience opportunities, as well as identify strengths, challenges, and priorities for developing and expanding international opportunities for athletic training students.Conclusion(s)With the globalization of athletic training, emphasis on providing culturally competent care, and undergraduate opportunities created by the degree transition, it seems an opportune time to encourage international experiences for athletic training students. Current and future IC resources aim to provide guidance to students and faculty interested in international experiences.

Crossman and Beyond: House of Commons Select Committees in the 1960s

AbstractAssessments of the work and impact of house of commons investigatory select committees during the 1960s usually centre on the success or otherwise of the new ‘specialist’ committees established in the second half of the decade. This article uses both quantitative and qualitative evidence to give a more rounded picture, including both new and existing committees. It concludes that 1960s select committees were more popular, active and influential than has previously been appreciated. It also argues that there has been an overvaluation of the role of the Labour cabinet minister, Richard Crossman, in promoting and establishing these committees, and that support for committee work on both front benches and back benches was rather more widespread and substantial than has been assumed. In particular, the article contends that Harold Wilson's role in advancing the work of select committees has been underestimated.

Vertigo, a Driver's Licence with and without Permission to Drive: Are the Current Guidelines Justified?

This article critically discusses the current assessment guidelines valid since 2014 which must be applied to determine the driving aptitude of patients with dizziness and balance disorders (in the official document called "disorders of the sense of balance"). With all due respect for the meticulous work of the expert commission who established the guidelines - the likes of which are not known anywhere else - we consider their revision imperative. On the basis of our many years of experience in the German Center for Dizziness and Balance Disorders of the LMU Munich it is our opinion that these restrictions are too strict and the required dizziness-free intervals are too long.The guidelines now stipulate the following for drivers with a group 1 driving licence ("private"):1) Patients with Meniere's disease (attacks without prodromes) must have had no attacks for 2 years before it is possible to drive a car again.2) Patients with vestibular migraine without prodromes must not have had any attacks for 3 years.The following stipulations hold for drivers with a group 1 and group 2 driving licence ("professional driver"):3) Patients with bilateral vestibulopathy as a rule are considered to have a driving disability, likewise4) Patients with central vestibular forms of vertigo, e. g., oculomotor disorders like downbeat and upbeat nystagmus syndromes are also as a rule regarded as having a driving disability.5) Patients with functional (psychogenic) forms of dizziness (e. g., phobic postural vertigo) who have a group 1 driving licence are considered to have a driving disability if dizziness occurs while driving. Those with a group 2 driving licence are in general considered to have a driving disability. However, many patients with episodic or chronic dizziness have such minor symptoms that their driving fitness is not relevantly impaired or if they do have an attack, they are able to stop driving in a controlled manner. In contrast, the restrictions on other illnesses that are accompanied by attack-like disorders of cognition and consciousness like the epilepsies are less strict. Depending on the type of attack or its trigger, the attack-free interval for such patients with a group 1 driving licence amounts to 3 months up to 1 year, although they clearly are not fit to drive during an attack.

Recommended key performance indicators for operational management of wind turbines

Operational managers of wind turbines usually monitor a big fleet of turbines and thus need highly condensed information to identify underperforming turbines and to prioritize their work. Key performance indicators (KPIs) are a solid and frequently used tool for this purpose. However, the KPIs used in the wind industry are not unified to date, which makes comparison in the industry difficult. Further, comprehensive standards on a set of KPIs for the wind industry are missing. This article identifies and recommends KPIs and provides detailed definitions to make KPIs comparable and to enable benchmarking. The starting point of this work is an industry survey with 28 participants intended to identify commonly used KPIs, collect various possible definitions, and prioritize them. Out of a total of 50 KPIs, we discuss in a next step 33 selected KPIs on performance, maintenance, and reliability in detail and recommend definitions, most of which are based on international standards. As a result, operators can easily use these recommendations to base their system of KPIs. By using this unified set of KPIs, operators can be well-prepared to conduct industrywide comparisons and benchmarks. The survey and this article will also serve as a basis for committee work of the FGW e.V. to develop a corresponding technical guideline.

Political Leaders’ Experiences of Local Council, Board and Committee Work and Its Challenges in Finland

The relationship between political leaders and public administrators is a layered and multi-dimensional phenomenon influenced by both organizational characteristics and personal qualities and skills. Continuous reforms of local government structures lead to changes in the interaction between these key actors. The purpose of this article is to investigate if different interaction patterns of political leaders influence how they perceive their duties as political leaders. The empirical data was collected by a questionnaire from political leaders in six local government organizations in Finland. The political leaders were then grouped into three using factor analysis and k-means clustering according to their interaction styles in their positions in the strategic level decision-making. The further analysis utilized contingency tables. The results suggest that the three groups among the political leaders think and act in different ways. The differences are not based on political opinions, but on attitudes towards the decision-making process and the political leaders’ modus operandi. There are also differences what the political leaders find most difficult in their duties. These groups form one more layer in modern local government decision-making. Recognizing the different patterns of interaction may help us to better understand the dynamics of strategic management in the local government.

Creating the ACRL research agenda for scholarly communication: A move towards more equitable, open systems

ACRL considers the transition to more open and equitable systems of scholarship to be a core part of its Plan for Excellence. To meet this ambitious goal, the association’s Research and Scholarly Environment Committee (ReSEC) designs projects and work to meet a series of objectives. In the past, ACRL has seen the development of a research agenda as one way to successfully engage the community in its strategic efforts. Research agendas review an area of engagement, highlight work currently underway, and identify areas that require additional research to move the field forward.

УДОСКОНАЛЕННЯ КОРПОРАТИВНОГО УПРАВЛІННЯ КОМПАНІЯМИ, ЯКІ ПЕРЕБУВАЮТЬ У ФІНАНСОВО-ЕКОНОМІЧНІЙ КРИЗІ

Вважаємо, що ступінь тяжкості фінансово-економічної кризи компанії повинен діагностуватися на підставі зміни основних показників, що характеризують інтереси мажоритарних власників. Вважаємо, що в разі діагностики фінансово-економічної кризи компанії (особливо середнього і важкого ступенів тяжкості) доцільно змінити систему її корпоративного управління. Водночас необхідно включати в її органи кредиторів, що дозволить залучити їх до процесу відновлення платоспроможності компанії.

A Means to an End and an End in Itself: Select Committee Membership, Parliamentary Roles and Parliamentary Careers, 1979–Present

AbstractCommittees are important vehicles for parliamentary careers both as means to a (ministerial) end and as an end in themselves. This article explores the relationship between select committee membership and parliamentary career by analysing committee membership and frontbench appointments for the 2130 Members of Parliament (MPs) first elected since 1979. We focus on two of Donald Searing’s four informal backbench roles—Policy Advocates and Parliament Men and Women—and three of the four formal leadership roles—Whips, Junior Ministers and Ministers. The membership patterns of select committees suggest that MPs approach this aspect of their parliamentary work in different ways concomitant with the roles of Generalist and Specialist Policy Advocates and Good House of Commons Men and Women. The membership patterns also suggest that different groups of MPs—by party, gender and ethnicity—often (choose or are forced to) approach committee work in different ways. We also find membership of some committees is more strongly associated with leadership roles than others.

Standardize, Engage, and Collaborate: An Initiative to Reduce Community Acquired Central Line Blood Stream Infections Across the Continuum of Care

Background: Community acquired blood stream infections (CA-CLABSI) are a major source of morbidity and mortality for pediatric patients. Many organizations discharge pediatric patients to home health agencies to care for central lines. To reduce the incidence of CA-CLABSIs requires a concentrated effort between hospitals and home health agencies. It is important for home health agencies to be accountable for the care and maintenance they provide to patients with central lines. Local Problem: At a large children's hospital, CA-CLABSI metrics and collaboration with home health agencies to reduce CACLABSI events lacked organizational standardization. Methods: An organizational committee was formed to establish standards of care for CA-CLABSI follow-up and reduction. Results: As a result of the committee's work, several best practices resulted including the creation of a CA-CLABSI resource booklet; a screening tool to identify contributing risks associated with a CA-CLABSI, and increased awareness of CA-CLABSIs. Since implementation of these best practices, the organization has seen a 30% reduction in the number of CA-CLABSIs. Standardization of CA-CLABSI efforts and proactive surveillance of central line care may lead to decreases in the number of CA-CLABSI events. Collaboration between service lines may identify siloed best practices that can be implemented organizationally that may have a large impact.

Scholarship in Neuroscience Nursing.

Scholarship is a hallmark of all professions and includes research and practice scholarship. Building the science for practice and care is a major responsibility of each profession. The purpose of this article is to define clinical science as it applies to neuroscience nursing as well as to establish the foundation for the work of the Clinical Science Committee of the American Association of Neuroscience Nursing. Research scholars conduct investigations for discovery of new knowledge. Practice scholars develop clinical knowledge through clinical practice and experience and an inquiring mindset that questions why and how certain methods or processes contribute to the achievement of certain outcomes; they look for better ways to improve processes of care and practice that will achieve optimal evidence-based outcomes. Scholarship in both research and practice domains is critical to the advancement of neuroscience nursing. Many opportunities exist for neuroscience nurses to contribute to clinical science.

VICTIMS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL REPRESSION AND SUBJECTS OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY CRIMES IN THE TERRITORY OF UKRAINE (1918–1922 AD)

The article examines the relation between the Bolshevik political doctrine and the activity of the extraordinary commissions in theUkrainian SSR in 1918-1922. The forms and methods of combating counterrevolutionary crimes are shown. The mechanism of implementation of the “red terror” policy in the context of the struggle with counterrevolution was explored. The legal basis for the work of extraordinary commissions on repression is analyzed. Compared the legalization of responsibility forcounter-revolutionary crimes and the practice of its application. The article analyzes the class affiliation, the social status of victims ofextrajudicial repressions by extraordinary commissions. Compares the experience of the Jacobin terror during the French Revolution and the Bolshevik “red terror” policy. The author presentsstatistical data on the number of victims of repression, their social status, class membership both during the Jacobin dictatorshipin France and during the implementation of the “red terror” policy in Ukraine. The author mentions information from archival sources about the activities of extraordinary commissions and their repression. The normative basis of the policy of “red terror”, a special legislation that was active in this field is explored. The author in the articlepresents assessments of the activities of the Bolshevik bodies of state security in Ukraine from the side of real eyewitnesses, participantsin those events, party figures, and publicists of those times. The provisions of secret documents that aimed at manually managing the policy of “red terror” were set forth. The author presentsa series of statistical data on the performance of state security bodies in Ukraine. The genesis of the development of criminal-law policyin the field of struggle with counterrevolutionary crimes was explored. The article analyzes the provisions of the Criminal Code of the USSR in 1922, which concern the establishment of criminal responsibilityfor counter-revolutionary crimes. Significant differences of the current criminal law in the field of crimes against the nationalsecurity of Ukraine and the Bolshevik criminal legislation regarding the fight against state crimes were revealed.

AAAAI Mast Cell Disorders Committee Work Group Report: Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) diagnosis and management

Our current recommendations for diagnosing and treating primary mast cell (MC) activation syndrome make use of the latest studies and consensus guidelines for clinically recognizing systemic anaphylaxis in real time, regardless of whether allergen-triggered or other pathways are involved; our current understanding of the biomarkers secreted by activated MCs that best discriminate this disorder from other conditions; and the therapeutic drugs that might selectively affect those mediators or MCs themselves.Finding familial or somatic mutations of genes that cause MCs to be hyperactivatable would extend our diagnostic tools and potentially indicate new therapeutic interventions, targeting either the mutated gene product or the associated molecular pathway. In conclusion, we trust that the clinical, laboratory, and therapeutic criteria for primary MC activation syndromes described herein will provide clinicians with practical criteria of sufficient sensitivity and specificity to diagnose most cases without overdiagnosing the disorder in patients who likely have other conditions.