750 research outputs found
Serviciile sociale în România - stare de fapt și provocări. servicii de locuire socială, Editura Pro Universitaria, București, 2017, Manuela Sofia Stănculescu (coord.), Monica Marin, Bianca Buligescu, Georgiana Blaj (Neculau): Stănculescu, Manuela Sofia (ed), Marin, Monica, Buligescu, Bianca, Blaj (Neculau), Georgiana (authors), Social Services in Romania - Current status and challenges: social housing services, Pro Universitaria, Bucuresti, 2017, 108 p., ISBN: 978-606-26-0855-2
No full textThis book review is about the publication coordinated by Stănculescu, Manuela Sofia and authored by Marin, Monica, Buligescu, Bianca and Blaj (Neculau), Georgiana, Serviciile sociale în România - Stare de fapt şi provocări. Servicii de locuire socială [Social Services in Romania – Current Status and Challenges, Social Housing Services], published at Pro Universitaria in 2017. The review identifies and shortly discusses the key issues highlighted by the book and indicates main aspects that could be improved in this study. The book points out a series of fundamental challenges for various types of social policy, like the problem of shared responsibilities and lack of coordination at central level, insufficient funding, the issue of responsibilities poorly implemented at local level, and the problem of the current insufficient and low quality stock of social housing. Steps forward in this book could be brought about by taking a closer look at the relevant practices at European level and by integrating a stronger echo of the needs of potential beneficiaries of social housing in Romania
Conferinţa Internaţională de Ştiinţe Sociale (ICSS), Bucureşti, 19-20 septembrie 2014: International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS), Bucharest, 19-20 September 2014
No full textAtypical Employment for Young Graduates:Does it represent a Stepping Stone or a Trap?
No full textThe main aim of the current paper is to investigate to what extent atypical employment is a stepping stone for a career. Using a rich retrospective dataset on graduates across 13 European Union countries, REFLEX 2005/2006, the paper tests five hypotheses concerning atypical employment. The main hypothesis tested is whether having a first flexible job increases the chances of being trapped in a secondary labour market as predicted by the labour market segmentation theory. The paper finds that having a first atypical job increases the likelihood of having an atypical job five years later, having a PhD and a self employment first job increases the likelihood of having an atypical job five years later. If the firm faces strong competition or the firm is at the forefront of innovation that decreases the relative risk to have an atypical job, however, if the firm faces uncertain demand that increases the odds to have an atypical job five years later. More innovative firms or firms facing strong competition have personnel policies to retain their highly skilled workers, whereas firms facing uncertain demand use atypical contracts as a buffer. Changing sectors increases the chances of being in an atypical job five years later
Comments on Adina Mihǎilescu, The Minimum Cost of Living, an Instrument in Social Policy, Romanian Academy Publishing House, Bucharest, 2014, 107 p.
No full textThe aim of the article is to discuss poverty estimates based on the minimum income that different household types would need to acquire the minimum consumption basket. The article reviews Adina Mihăilescu’s book presenting her main results: the minimum wage and the minimum pension are not set high enough to lift people out of poverty, the unemployment benefit and the minimum income guaranteed do not cover the basic costs of living, having more children increases the risk of poverty, since children’s allowance does not offset the cost
Bianca Garavelli studiosa e scrittrice
No full textBianca Garavelli (Vigevano, 1958-2021) was a highly regarded figure in the literary world, both on the critical and creative side. Author of important critical studies on Dante and of a successful commentary on the Commediam (begun under the supervision of Maria Corti but then continued independently), as well as critic and reviewer for newspapers and periodicals, Garavelli also wrote and published poems, novels and short stories. This article offers an exhaustive bio-bibliographical profile of Bianca Garavelli, whose literary work in various fields is reconstructed and critically examined
Let´s (watch me) play : which factors relate to Let´s Play addiction?
No full textAuthor Bianca Haun, BScZusammenfassungen in englischer SpracheMasterarbeit Universität Linz 201
Atypical Employment for Young Graduates:Does it represent a Stepping Stone or a Trap?
No full textThe main aim of the current paper is to investigate to what extent atypical employment is a stepping stone for a career. Using a rich retrospective dataset on graduates across 13 European Union countries, REFLEX 2005/2006, the paper tests five hypotheses concerning atypical employment. The main hypothesis tested is whether having a first flexible job increases the chances of being trapped in a secondary labour market as predicted by the labour market segmentation theory. The paper finds that having a first atypical job increases the likelihood of having an atypical job five years later, having a PhD and a self employment first job increases the likelihood of having an atypical job five years later. If the firm faces strong competition or the firm is at the forefront of innovation that decreases the relative risk to have an atypical job, however, if the firm faces uncertain demand that increases the odds to have an atypical job five years later. More innovative firms or firms facing strong competition have personnel policies to retain their highly skilled workers, whereas firms facing uncertain demand use atypical contracts as a buffer. Changing sectors increases the chances of being in an atypical job five years later
Impactul politicii de acordare a ajutorului social pentru asigurarea venitului minim garantat asupra reducerii sărăciei în România: The impact of the guaranteed minimum income on reducing poverty in Romania
No full textThe means-tested social benefits provided in Romania are guaranteed minimum income, family support allowance, and heating aid. In this paper, we focus on the allocation of the guaranteed minimum income and their impact on the beneficiaries. Using data from Family Household Budget Survey 2016 we describe the profile of the beneficiaries, and we analyze the extent to which guaranteed minimum income beneficiaries continue to be in situations such as severe material deprivation, and relative poverty after social transfers. The results show that most beneficiaries are in severe material deprivation, with more than half of them deprived of food and new clothes. Also, the guaranteed minimum income manages to lift only 2% out of relative monetary poverty
A combined intervention for executive deficits and anxiety in Parkinson's patients: a case study
No full textParkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder most commonly associated with motor symptomatology, yet often presenting with deficits in attention, executive functioning (EF; e.g., planning, mental flexibility, complex attention), anxiety, and depression, with debilitating effects on patients’ quality of life. Current interventions, including pharmacological and surgical methods show efficacy in motor symptom management, yet produce equivocal results in addressing non-motor dysfunction. The goal of this paper was to describe and investigate the efficacy and patient acceptance of a nonpharmacological intervention for treatment of executive dysfunction (ED) and anxiety in PD, in the context of a case study (the case of Mr. K). Brain and Mind Fitness Program (BMFP) is a short-term intervention, consisting of a combination of cognitive remediation and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). BMFP was demonstrated to be fully acceptable to Mr. K, based on ratings of 4 feasibility dimensions (fatigue, effort, progress, and enjoyment). The program also proved to be efficacious in alleviating Mr. K’s anxiety and depression symptoms, with benefits extending over the treatment period. BMFP, elsewhere shown to be an effective cognitive re-training of EF in PD patients, exhibited limited gains in the case of Mr. K., possibly due to his relatively intact cognitive abilities at baseline. Despite its limitations, the case of Mr. K presents a novel approach to treatment of PD non-motor symptoms and a learning opportunity for researchers and clinicians interested in expanding their knowledge across disciplines.Psy. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Bianca R. Georgesc
Abordări conceptuale și metodologii de măsurare a calității vieții. O analiză descriptivă
No full textThe main objective of this paper is to describe the logic of the conceptual approaches regarding the quality of life, and to identify the main dimensions and measurable indicators of quality of life. The identification of the main conceptualizations of quality of life is an essential step, in the context in which quality of life is often ambiguous or has multiple meanings. Although often used as an umbrella term which encompasses many aspects of human life, we aim to describe the logic of the integrative approaches regarding well-being/ quality of life. The identification of the main dimensions and measurable indicators of quality of life with a brief description of those, will serve to operationalize a list of life quality dimensions.Principalele obiective ale acestei lucrări sunt de a descrie logica abordărilor conceptuale privind calitatea vieții și de a identifica principalele dimensiuni, respectiv indicatori măsurabili ai calității vieții. Analiza principalelor conceptualizări ale calității vieții reprezintă un pas esențial, în contextul în care utilizarea conceptului de calitatea vieții este adesea ambiguă sau cel puțin cu sensuri multiple. Deși utilizat adesea ca un termen-umbrelă care înglobează mai multe aspecte ale vieții umane, ne propunem să descriem logica abordărilor integrative privind calitatea vieții. Identificarea principalelor dimensiuni și indicatorii măsurabili ai calității vieții, cu o descriere pe scurt a acestora, va servi la operaționalizarea unei liste de dimensiuni a calității vieții
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