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CHASS ? the next steps: Discussion paper
No full textA paper by Professor Stuart Cunningham, President of the Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, highlighting the issues to be discussed during HASS in the Capital, is now available from the CHASS website. At the meeting on 3 September, speakers and member breakout groups will respond to the paper\u27s topics and raise new issues they see as relevant to the role and future of CHASS. The outcomes of the event will establish the foundations to guide CHASS into its next phase of development
Letter from Chass Britton
No full textLetter concerning return of ordnance and ordnance stores by Utah Agricultural College
Mapping Census data from CHASS
No full textThis 90 minute session will cover data discovery and extraction via the CHASS Census Analyzer and basic GIS visualization. We will highlight the added value features of using CHASS compared to Statistics Canada Census Profiles. We will provide an overview of the steps involved in visualizing Census data in ArcGIS, including data elements and major processes. This session will also feature a critical discussion on visualizing Census data in GIS software, focusing on the technical expertise required to produce usable visualizations as well as the responsibility (and credit) for producing visualizations
CANSIM II à CHASS: Présentation et Démonstration
No full textCette présentation décrit l'accès à et les fonctionnalités de CANSIM II (système canadien d'information socioéconomique) à CHASS
Strengthening District Health Systems and HIV Service Delivery Outcomes in Mozambique: Findings from the CHASS-SMT Project
No full textIntroduction : While there is growing consensus within the global health community on the importance of health systems strengthening (HSS) to improving service delivery and health outcomes, evidence linking HSS interventions to such outcomes is only beginning to emerge. This study sought to examine the relationships between the District Approach intervention in Mozambique and HIV service delivery outcomes, as well as the relationship between strengthened district health systems and HIV service delivery outcomes. Intervention : The Clinical HIV/AIDS Services Strengthening Project in Sofala, Manica, and Tete provinces (CHASS-SMT) designed the District Approach to address key weaknesses that lead to underperformance of districts on HIV service delivery: low managerial capacity; scarcity of resources; and sub-optimal systems and processes. District Approach interventions included the Graduation Path, district sub-agreements, and clinical tutoring. The goal of the Graduation Path was to improve the capacity of districts to manage systemic functions (planning, information systems, human resources, financing, supply and logistics) and services functions (health programs, laboratory, community mobilization). The Graduation Path included a periodic, quantitative assessment of district management capacity based on process indicators. Methods : CHASS-SMT implemented the District Approach differently among the 36 districts in Sofala, Manica, and Tete: twelve high-priority districts (HPDs) received the full package, including the Graduation Path, and the remaining 24 non-priority districts (NPDs) received a less intensive form of the District Approach, which did not include the Graduation Path. We used the Graduation Path scores to measure changes in district management capacity, and six facility-level HIV services indicators to measure service delivery outcomes: three quality indicators and three access indicators. We used both bivariate (mean comparison) and multivariate
Strengthening District Health Systems and HIV Service Delivery Outcomes in Mozambique: Findings from the CHASS-SMT Project
No full textIntroduction : While there is growing consensus within the global health community on the importance of health systems strengthening (HSS) to improving service delivery and health outcomes, evidence linking HSS interventions to such outcomes is only beginning to emerge. This study sought to examine the relationships between the District Approach intervention in Mozambique and HIV service delivery outcomes, as well as the relationship between strengthened district health systems and HIV service delivery outcomes. Intervention : The Clinical HIV/AIDS Services Strengthening Project in Sofala, Manica, and Tete provinces (CHASS-SMT) designed the District Approach to address key weaknesses that lead to underperformance of districts on HIV service delivery: low managerial capacity; scarcity of resources; and sub-optimal systems and processes. District Approach interventions included the Graduation Path, district sub-agreements, and clinical tutoring. The goal of the Graduation Path was to improve the capacity of districts to manage systemic functions (planning, information systems, human resources, financing, supply and logistics) and services functions (health programs, laboratory, community mobilization). The Graduation Path included a periodic, quantitative assessment of district management capacity based on process indicators. Methods : CHASS-SMT implemented the District Approach differently among the 36 districts in Sofala, Manica, and Tete: twelve high-priority districts (HPDs) received the full package, including the Graduation Path, and the remaining 24 non-priority districts (NPDs) received a less intensive form of the District Approach, which did not include the Graduation Path. We used the Graduation Path scores to measure changes in district management capacity, and six facility-level HIV services indicators to measure service delivery outcomes: three quality indicators and three access indicators. We used both bivariate (mean comparison) and multivariate
Theoretical Insights into the Structure of the Aminotris(Methylenephosphonic Acid) (ATMP) Anion: A Possible Partner for Conducting Ionic Media
No full textWe present a computational characterisation of Aminotris(methylenephosphonic acid) (ATMP) and its potential use as an anionic partner for conductive ionic liquids (ILs). We argue that for an IL to be a good candidate for a conducting medium, two conditions must be fulfilled: (i) the charge must be transported by light carriers; and (ii) the system must maintain a high degree of ionisation. The result trends presented herein show that there are molecular ion combinations that do comply with these two criteria, regardless of the specific system used. ATMP is a symmetric molecule with a total of six protons. In the bulk phase, breaking the symmetry of the fully protonated state and creating singly and doubly charged anions induces proton transfer mechanisms. To demonstrate this, we used molecular dynamics (MD) simulations employing a variable topology approach based on the reasonably reliable semiempirical density functional tight binding (DFTB) evaluation of the atomic forces. We show that, by choosing common and economical starting compounds, we can devise a viable prototype for a highly conductive medium where charge transfer is achieved by proton motion
Theoretical insights into the structure of the aminotris(methylenephosphonic acid) (ATMP) anion: A possible partner for conducting ionic media
No full textWe present a computational characterisation of Aminotris(methylenephosphonic acid) (ATMP) and its potential use as an anionic partner for conductive ionic liquids (ILs). We argue that for an IL to be a good candidate for a conducting medium, two conditions must be fulfilled: (i) the charge must be transported by light carriers; and (ii) the system must maintain a high degree of ionisation. The result trends presented herein show that there are molecular ion combinations that do comply with these two criteria, regardless of the specific system used. ATMP is a symmetric molecule with a total of six protons. In the bulk phase, breaking the symmetry of the fully protonated state and creating singly and doubly charged anions induces proton transfer mechanisms. To demonstrate this, we used molecular dynamics (MD) simulations employing a variable topology approach based on the reasonably reliable semiempirical density functional tight binding (DFTB) evaluation of the atomic forces. We show that, by choosing common and economical starting compounds, we can devise a viable prototype for a highly conductive medium where charge transfer is achieved by proton motion
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