6 research outputs found
Cement concrete and concrete-polymer composites: Two merging worlds. A report from 11th ICPIC Congress in Berlin, 2004
No full textThe search for durable and sustainable construction materials inspires the developments in the world of cement concrete, as well as in the world of concrete-polymer composites. Both worlds recognize, strive for and accept each other's contribution to the synergetic effects that are realized by the combination of classical building materials and polymers. A better knowledge of materials behaviour, especially in the field of admixtures, and a better understanding of curing processes allowed the development of highly performing mineral or modified mineral concretes, mortars and grouts. CPC-science becomes an invaluable element in the development of sustainable construction materials. ICPIC brings together practitioners and scientists, dealing with concrete-polymer composites in all industrial fields, but with emphasis on construction industry. The 11th International ICPIC Congress took place in Berlin, 2-4th June 2004. New trends and evolutions have been presented and discussed. The highlights of the Congress, and the synergies for the construction world that emerge from this congress on polymers in concrete in combination with cement concrete, are presented. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Migrant and refugee populations: A public health and policy perspective on a continuing global crisis
No full textThe 2015-2017 global migratory crisis saw unprecedented numbers of people on the move and tremendous diversity in terms of age, gender and medical requirements. This article focuses on key emerging public health issues around migrant populations and their interactions with host populations. Basic needs and rights of migrants and refugees are not always respected in regard to article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 23 of the Refugee Convention. These are populations with varying degrees of vulnerability and needs in terms of protection, security, rights, and access to healthcare. Their health status, initially conditioned by the situation at the point of origin, is often jeopardised by adverse conditions along migratory paths and in intermediate and final destination countries. Due to their condition, forcibly displaced migrants and refugees face a triple burden of non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases, and mental health issues. There are specific challenges regarding chronic infectious and neglected tropical diseases, for which awareness in host countries is imperative. Health risks in terms of susceptibility to, and dissemination of, infectious diseases are not unidirectional. The response, including the humanitarian effort, whose aim is to guarantee access to basic needs (food, water and sanitation, healthcare), is gripped with numerous challenges. Evaluation of current policy shows insufficiency regarding the provision of basic needs to migrant populations, even in the countries that do the most. Governments around the world need to rise to the occasion and adopt policies that guarantee universal health coverage, for migrants and refugees, as well as host populations, in accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. An expert consultation was carried out in the form of a pre-conference workshop during the 4th International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 20 June 2017, the United Nations World Refugee Day. © 2018 The Author(s)
Migrant and refugee populations: a public health and policy perspective on a continuing global crisis.
No full textThe 2015-2017 global migratory crisis saw unprecedented numbers of people on the move and tremendous diversity in terms of age, gender and medical requirements. This article focuses on key emerging public health issues around migrant populations and their interactions with host populations. Basic needs and rights of migrants and refugees are not always respected in regard to article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 23 of the Refugee Convention. These are populations with varying degrees of vulnerability and needs in terms of protection, security, rights, and access to healthcare. Their health status, initially conditioned by the situation at the point of origin, is often jeopardised by adverse conditions along migratory paths and in intermediate and final destination countries. Due to their condition, forcibly displaced migrants and refugees face a triple burden of non-communicable diseases, infectious diseases, and mental health issues. There are specific challenges regarding chronic infectious and neglected tropical diseases, for which awareness in host countries is imperative. Health risks in terms of susceptibility to, and dissemination of, infectious diseases are not unidirectional. The response, including the humanitarian effort, whose aim is to guarantee access to basic needs (food, water and sanitation, healthcare), is gripped with numerous challenges. Evaluation of current policy shows insufficiency regarding the provision of basic needs to migrant populations, even in the countries that do the most. Governments around the world need to rise to the occasion and adopt policies that guarantee universal health coverage, for migrants and refugees, as well as host populations, in accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. An expert consultation was carried out in the form of a pre-conference workshop during the 4th International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 20 June 2017, the United Nations World Refugee Day
Materials and techniques of Art Nouveau architecture in Italy and Portugal: a first insight for an European route to consistent restoration
No full textThe results of the investigations on building materials and techniques of Casa Major Pessoa, a typical Art
Nouveau construction in Aveiro (Portugal), and two coeval Art Nouveau buildings in Bologna (Italy) are presented
as a methodological contribution to the restoration of this kind of buildings. This is the first step to
ascertain the existence of a common thread between local materials, technologies and architecture in European
countries at the same period. A holistic approach was adopted: materials were investigated along with
architectural, structural and technological features, in order to achieve a first insight into the Art Nouveau
architecture in Europe in particular for its consistent restoration without loss of historical memory
The question of desirability : how is education a risk
No full textGert Biesta defende que a educação consiste em apresentar às crianças um caminho que vai daquilo que elas querem até àquilo que é bom que elas queiram, oferecendo-lhes as condições para que passem do primeiro ao segundo. Esta passagem de um reino de desejos individuais para o reino do desejável constitui, para o autor, uma "existência des-centralizada". Uma vez que existe uma dimensão normativa inegável nesta perspetiva, pareceu-nos relevante procurar os valores e princípios que a orientam.
Na sua conferência no ICPIC, G. Biesta refere-se ao conceito levianasiano de responsabilidade, identificando os desejos individuais (das crianças) com um modo de existência egológico. No seu livro de 2014, The beautiful risk of education, o autor menciona o conceito de sabedoria educacional (dos adultos), a partir de uma perspetiva aristotélica. Em ambas as leituras, Biesta concede privilégios normativos aos adultos, afirmando que, num ambiente educativo, estes têm a responsabilidade de ser educadores e não “aprendentes” (learners).
A partir deste contexto, questionamos a afirmação da educação como um risco. Uma vez que, segundo o autor, os professores e educadores têm ao seu dispor padrões normativos de avaliação pelos quais devem orientar as suas práticas, bem como os comportamentos dos alunos (seja a responsabilidade diante do Outro, seja a capacidade de produzir bons juízos), como se poderá ainda falar da educação como risco?
Terminamos o nosso comentário procurando significados mais profundos para o conceito de risco em educação.ABSTRACT: Gert Biesta claims that education involves introducing young people to a pathway from what they want to what it is good for them to want, offering the conditions for children to cross from the former to the latter. This shift from a realm of individual desires to the realm of the desirable constitutes a “de-centered existence”. Since there is an undeniable normative dimension in this view, it seemed important to search for the guiding values or principles that frames it.
In his ICPIC talk, G. Biesta refers to the Levinasian concept of responsibility, identifying individual desires (children’s desires) with the egological way of existence. In his 2014’s book, The beautiful risk of education, Biesta mentions the concept of educational wisdom (educators’ wisdom), through an Aristotelian standpoint. In either perspective, the author grants normative privileges to adults, claiming that, in an educational environment, adults have the responsibility to be educators and not learners.
We follow from here to question Biesta’s statement of education as a risk, since if there are evaluative standards according to which educators can orient their practices, as well as students behaviors (either the responsibility in face of the Other or the ability to make good and wise judgments), how can one still talk about a risk in education? We end up our commentary by looking for deeper meanings for the concept of risk in education.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
