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Democratic boundaries in the US and Europe: inequality, localization and voluntarism in social welfare
No full textRecent global changes have had a pronounced effect on the nature of social welfare. Ageing populations, increased immigration and mobility, changes in technology and communication, increased inequality, voluntarism and decentralization all create new conditions and new risks. Most advanced industrial countries have experienced changes in the nature of the welfare state. There has been a general shift away from the state as the sole provider of welfare and an interest in other kinds of welfare providers and forms of governance, as exemplified in the ëdisorganized welfare mixí (see Altman and Shore, chapter 6 for a discussion of this term). Civil society and private actors have become more central to welfare provision. For some, such changes constitute a radical ëcrisis of the welfare stateí (Jessop, 1999), while others claim that changes are regime-specific. Either way, such changes raise questions about how social welfare is being reformed and reshaped, and what the implications of such reforms might be for conceptions of democracy and citizenship. Our aim in this chapter is to examine three of these trends which have emerged in recent years and are contributing to important changes in the way both social welfare and democratic decision making over its form and content interact
Oral History Interview with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, December 20, 1989
No full textInterview with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, a holocaust survivor from Memel (Klaipeda), Lithuania. Altman discusses growing up in the Jewish community of Memel, education, events in Germany before the war, the Soviet invasion, fleeing to Kaunas, the German invasion and relocation to the ghetto and life there, the separation of the able-bodied and the weak by the SS, evacuations of the ghetto, escaping to live with a non-Jewish family, working their farm, returning to Kaunas after the return of the Soviets, and reuniting with her father
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Oral History Interview with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, December 20, 1989
No full textInterview with Brigitte Friedmann Altman, a holocaust survivor from Memel (Klaipeda), Lithuania. Altman discusses growing up in the Jewish community of Memel, education, events in Germany before the war, the Soviet invasion, fleeing to Kaunas, the German invasion and relocation to the ghetto and life there, the separation of the able-bodied and the weak by the SS, evacuations of the ghetto, escaping to live with a non-Jewish family, working their farm, returning to Kaunas after the return of the Soviets, and reuniting with her father
Marriage record of Harrison, Samuel G. and Altman, Mamie R.
No full textMarriage license for Samuel G. Harrison and Mamie R. Altman. Joseph F. Bell was the officiant
CONSORT for Reporting Randomized Controlled Trials in Journal and Conference Abstracts: Explanation and Elaboration
No full textBACKGROUND: Clear, transparent, and sufficiently detailed abstracts of conferences and journal articles related to randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are important, because readers often base their assessment of a trial solely on information in the abstract. Here, we extend the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) Statement to develop a minimum list of essential items, which authors should consider when reporting the results of a RCT in any journal or conference abstract. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We generated a list of items from existing quality assessment tools and empirical evidence. A three-round, modified-Delphi process was used to select items. In all, 109 participants were invited to participate in an electronic survey; the response rate was 61%. Survey results were presented at a meeting of the CONSORT Group in Montebello, Canada, January 2007, involving 26 participants, including clinical trialists, statisticians, epidemiologists, and biomedical editors. Checklist items were discussed for eligibility into the final checklist. The checklist was then revised to ensure that it reflected discussions held during and subsequent to the meeting. CONSORT for Abstracts recommends that abstracts relating to RCTs have a structured format. Items should include details of trial objectives; trial design (e.g., method of allocation, blinding/masking); trial participants (i.e., description, numbers randomized, and number analyzed); interventions intended for each randomized group and their impact on primary efficacy outcomes and harms; trial conclusions; trial registration name and number; and source of funding. We recommend the checklist be used in conjunction with this explanatory document, which includes examples of good reporting, rationale, and evidence, when available, for the inclusion of each item. CONCLUSIONS: CONSORT for Abstracts aims to improve reporting of abstracts of RCTs published in journal articles and conference proceedings. It will help authors of abstracts of these trials provide the detail and clarity needed by readers wishing to assess a trial's validity and the applicability of its results.Sally Hopewell, Mike Clarke, David Moher, Elizabeth Wager, Philippa Middleton, Douglas G. Altman, Kenneth F. Schulz, and the CONSORT Grou
Posthumous publications_Doug Altman
No full textAssessing the posthumous publications of Douglas G Altman and discussing the need for guidelines for including the names of authors who have died on research publication
Posthumous publications_Doug Altman
No full textAssessing the posthumous publications of Douglas G Altman and discussing the need for guidelines for including the names of authors who have died on research publication
Engaging Indigenous economy: a selected annotated bibliography of Jon Altman’s writings 1979‒2014
No full textThis annotated bibliography aims to summarise many of the themes to which Jon Altman, foundation director of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, has dedicated his career to date.
Abstract
\u27Engaging Indigenous Economy: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Jon Altman’s Writings 1979–2014\u27 is published in conjunction with the conference ‘Engaging Indigenous economy: Debating diverse approaches’, convened at the Australian National University, 4–5 September 2014. The publication and conference coincide with Jon Altman’s retirement from the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), where he was foundation director from 1990 to 2010. The annotated bibliography aims to summarise many of the themes to which Altman has dedicated his career to date, and is designed to be a navigational tool for paper presenters, conference delegates and others wishing to engage with Altman’s work.
The bibliography was written in conversation with Jon Altman and is structured around the six conference themes selected by conveners Kirrily Jordan, Tim Rowse and Will Sanders to reflect Altman’s writings: comparative modern hunter–gatherer studies; economic hybridity and alternate development; employment and labour markets; land rights and native title; sustainable land-based indigenous livelihoods; and neoliberalism or the return of the guardian state?
The bibliography has its basis in an earlier publication, The Hybrid Economy Topic Guide, prepared by Susie Russell as an element of the Australian Research Council Discovery project ‘Hybrid economic futures for remote Indigenous Australia: Linking poverty reduction and natural resource management’. In looking to update this topic guide in early 2014, a decision was made to considerably extend its coverage to encompass a far wider selection of Altman’s published research.
Given the breadth of Altman’s research over a long career, it has not been possible to include all of his published work; however, the bibliography covers a large proportion of his written contribution. Classification of works according to the conference themes has required judgments, as many publications could be allocated to more than one theme. The authors have sought to address the challenge of some inevitable arbitrary judgment by developing a set of keywords for each annotated item
Analisis Financial Distress Menggunakan Rasio pada Model Altman (Z-Score), Springate (S-Score), Grover (G-Score) Pada Perusahaan Manufaktur
No full textOne of the manufacturing companies, namely PT. Tri Banyan Tirta has closed and is no longer operating due to the global crisis and a decrease in orders, this has made PT. Tri Banyan Tirta suffered losses. The aims of this research is to determine the financial ratios in the Altman Z-Score, Springate S-Score, Grover G-Score models that can predict financial distress in manufacturing companies. The population in this study are manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange. The sampling method used a purposive sampling method, there were 151 companies with a total sample of 276 that met the criteria. The analysis technique used is logistic regression technique using SPSS 26. The results of this research show that: 1) The ratio in the Altman Z-Score model that can predict financial distress is the ratio of Earnings before interest and taxes to Total assets; 2) The ratios in the Grover G-Score model cannot predict; 3) The ratio in the Springate S-Score model that can predict financial distress is the ratio of Earnings before interest and taxes to Total assets; 4) The Altman model has an accuracy rate of 69.6%, the Grover model 68.5%, the Springate model 68.1%. So it can be concluded that the Altman model is the best predictive model in predicting financial distress for manufacturing companies listed on the IDX 2021-2022.
Keywords : Financial distress, Altman Z-Score, Springate S-Score, and Grover G-Scor
Combining estimates of interest in prognostic modelling studies after multiple imputation: current practice and guidelines
No full textBackground: Multiple imputation (MI) provides an effective approach to handle missing covariate
data within prognostic modelling studies, as it can properly account for the missing data
uncertainty. The multiply imputed datasets are each analysed using standard prognostic modelling
techniques to obtain the estimates of interest. The estimates from each imputed dataset are then
combined into one overall estimate and variance, incorporating both the within and between
imputation variability. Rubin's rules for combining these multiply imputed estimates are based on
asymptotic theory. The resulting combined estimates may be more accurate if the posterior
distribution of the population parameter of interest is better approximated by the normal
distribution. However, the normality assumption may not be appropriate for all the parameters of
interest when analysing prognostic modelling studies, such as predicted survival probabilities and
model performance measures.
Methods: Guidelines for combining the estimates of interest when analysing prognostic modelling
studies are provided. A literature review is performed to identify current practice for combining
such estimates in prognostic modelling studies.
Results: Methods for combining all reported estimates after MI were not well reported in the
current literature. Rubin's rules without applying any transformations were the standard approach
used, when any method was stated.
Conclusion: The proposed simple guidelines for combining estimates after MI may lead to a wider
and more appropriate use of MI in future prognostic modelling studies
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