scholarly journals Plant-Based Vaccine for Livestock: Key Points to Unleash Platform Translation in Developing Countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-179
Author(s):  
María Sol Pérez Aguirreburualde ◽  
Silvana Petruccelli ◽  
Fernando Bravo Almonacid ◽  
Andrés Wigdorovitz
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Platform Translation

ICT Challenges and Opportunities for Institutionalizing Democracy in Ghana

2009 ◽  
pp. 115-133
Author(s):  
Joseph Ofori-Dankwa ◽  
Connie Ofori-Dankwa
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Free Market ◽  
African Continent ◽  
Market System ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Revolution

Several African countries have begun to introduce and implement Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policies. In the context of such developing countries, it is important to assess the nature of research focus on the ongoing ICT revolution and its potential to stimulate institutionalization of democracy in Africa. This chapter reviews and integrates literature by scholars focusing on ICT in Africa in general and more specifically on Ghana. The authors incorporate several key points in their discussion. First, they provide a summary of ICT trends and policies in Ghana and their emphasis on helping to institutionalize democracy and its related free market system. Next, they provide a description of some of the major challenges to institutionalizing democracy that scholars writing about ICT in Ghana have identified. In addition, the authors discuss several opportunities for enhancing democracy that scholars writing about ICT in Ghana have highlighted. Finally, they make a few general recommendations for mitigating the potential problems and enhancing the opportunities of the ICT revolution for Ghana as well as the entire African continent.

The Changing Nature of Information Behavior and the Information Environment

2016 ◽  
pp. 2187-2201
Author(s):  
Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Nature Of Information ◽  
Gulf States ◽  
Future Viability

This chapter examines the changing nature of the information environment and its implications for Library and Information Science (LIS), with a focus on developing countries in general and the Arab Gulf states in particular. Drawing on key findings from previous LIS literature, it explores what is needed to ensure the future viability of the profession in the GCC region so that it can help underpin social and economic development in these states. Examples of successful practice in LIS innovation from other parts of the developing world are included to demonstrate some possible approaches and the chapter concludes by summarizing some key points for consideration by LIS education specialists, library managers, and policymakers in the Gulf States.

The Changing Nature of Information Behavior and the Information Environment

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Nature Of Information ◽  
Gulf States ◽  
Future Viability

This chapter examines the changing nature of the information environment and its implications for Library and Information Science (LIS), with a focus on developing countries in general and the Arab Gulf states in particular. Drawing on key findings from previous LIS literature, it explores what is needed to ensure the future viability of the profession in the GCC region so that it can help underpin social and economic development in these states. Examples of successful practice in LIS innovation from other parts of the developing world are included to demonstrate some possible approaches and the chapter concludes by summarizing some key points for consideration by LIS education specialists, library managers, and policymakers in the Gulf States.

Improving acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) outcome in developing countries through networking, results of the International Consortium on APL

Blood ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 121 (11) ◽  
pp. 1935-1943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo M. Rego ◽  
Haesook T. Kim ◽  
Guillermo J. Ruiz-Argüelles ◽  
Maria Soledad Undurraga ◽  
Maria del Rosario Uriarte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia ◽  
Promyelocytic Leukemia ◽  
Early Mortality ◽  
International Consortium ◽  
Clinical Network ◽  
Key Points

Key Points For patients in developing countries with APL, a clinical network of institutions made it possible to reduce significantly the early mortality and improve the OS.

Time matters: A retrospective study of cancer care in a Brazilian public university hospital.

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e18171-e18171
Author(s):  
Camila Brambilla Souza ◽  
José Tristão Neto ◽  
Tiago Costa de Padua ◽  
Hakaru Tadokoro ◽  
Michelle Almeida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Primary Tumor ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Medical Oncology ◽  
Public University ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Key Points

e18171 Background: The perception of symptoms, diagnosys, access to a cancer care institute and the first-line of therapy are milestones of cancer care. The success of an oncological treatment is directly relatable to these key-points and the time gaps between them. Growing research in developing countries points out the challenges of offering quality of care in this setting as social, cultural, economic and political factors are deeply intertwined. The objective of this study is to identify the key-points of cancer care, the time gaps between them and the time-related end-points of patients refered to a medical oncology department of a public university hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, in the period of one year. Methods: This is a observational retrospective study based on review of medical records of all cancer patients refered to the medical oncology department of a public university hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, from 01/01/17 to 12/31/17. The analysis was performed in January 2019. The data collected comprises the age at diagnosys, gender, primary tumor site, stage (AJCC 7th ed. staging system), onset of symptons, date of hystopathological diagnosys, the first therapeutic modality and when it was offered, intention of care (curative or palliative), outcomes and the following time-relations: symptoms-dyagnosis (SD), dyagnosis-treatment (DT) and symptoms-treatment (ST). Results: From 358 profiles, 275 were included. The average age at diagnosys was 58,7 years (15-88 years). Men were 147 (53,4%) and 128 (46,5%) were women. The most common primary tumor sites were gastrointestinal tract 22,9%, head and neck 20,3%, cutaneous melanoma 17,8% and genitourinary tract 16%. 160 (58,1%) patients were diagnosed at advanced/metastatic stages (III/IV). The median time-relations were: 5,5 months for SD; 2 months for DT and 8 months for ST. The first treatment offered was surgery at 63,2% of cases, radiotherapy 17,8%, systemic therapy 16,7% (endocrine therapy, targeted therapy or chemotherapy) or palliative care 1,8%. The intention of the initial treatment: 76,3% were curative and 23,2% palliative. At time of analysis, 63,6% of patients were alive, 19,2% deceased and 16,7% of unknown outcome. Conclusions: Our data endorses prevalent findings of developing countries epidemiological studies: late diagnosys, non-curative treatments and poor outcomes. Known causes are desfavorable social-economic conditions, symptom neglection, ineffective cancer screening and deficiency of public cancer care networks. We emphasize time goals as important quality indexes to guide new solutions.

Autism and Neurodiversity: Addressing Concerns and Offering Implications for the School-Based Speech-Language Pathologist

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Laura S. DeThorne ◽  
Kelly Searsmith
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Individualized Education Program ◽  
Institutional Constraints ◽  
Individualized Education ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
Eligibility Determination ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
School Based ◽  
Key Points ◽  
C Center

Purpose The purpose of this article is to address some common concerns associated with the neurodiversity paradigm and to offer related implications for service provision to school-age autistic students. In particular, we highlight the need to (a) view first-person autistic perspectives as an integral component of evidence-based practice, (b) use the individualized education plan as a means to actively address environmental contributions to communicative competence, and (c) center intervention around respect for autistic sociality and self-expression. We support these points with cross-disciplinary scholarship and writings from autistic individuals. Conclusions We recognize that school-based speech-language pathologists are bound by institutional constraints, such as eligibility determination and Individualized Education Program processes that are not inherently consistent with the neurodiversity paradigm. Consequently, we offer examples for implementing the neurodiversity paradigm while working within these existing structures. In sum, this article addresses key points of tension related to the neurodiversity paradigm in a way that we hope will directly translate into improved service provision for autistic students. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.13345727

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