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Social work: critical theory and practice
No full textThis is a text which is organised with a reflective approach to social work. The discussion and description of theories and practices is interspersed with exercises, which serve to engage the reader in an interactive thinking process. Author is from Deakin University
Theorizing from practice: towards an inclusive approach for social work research
No full textPractitioner researchers often experience difficulties in understanding and using the plethora of approaches to the ways in which practice can be theorized, and mistakenly feel they must be committed to one main approach. In this article I argue that an inclusive approach to the many different methods is crucial to social work. I develop this approach by describing, in broad terms, the major different approaches to theorizing and the methods associated with this. I begin by relating an inclusive approach to the changes in knowledge-making becoming recognized with postmodernism. I then develop an inclusive approach by examining three major areas: what theory is; how it is generated; and who it should be generated by. I end by arguing that an inclusive approach best fits the range of practice which social workers wish to research, but that it must include research of the 'tacit' knowledge of practitioners. <br/
Rozhovor Britských listů 5: Fandím Rusům, fandím USA. Vždy nekriticky = [Britské listy interview 5: I support Russia, I support the United States: always uncritically]
No full textA debate of Jan Čulík and Bohumil Kartous about ideological stereotypes which are currently a major problem in Czech society. This Britské listy Interview was broadcast on the Czech cable TV station Regionální televize from 15th May, 2015
Rozhovor Britských listů 8: Dluhové otroctví ve společnosti blahobytu = [Britské listy interview 8: debt slavery in a society of luxury]
No full textJan Čulík interviews former prisoner, builder Petr Bukal, who is homeless and lives on the streets in the Czech city of Brno. Mr. Bukal explains that although he has served his prison sentence, the terms of his release are such that he will never escape punishment and will always have to be homeless. This Britské listy Interview was broadcast on the Czech cable TV station Regionální televize from 5th June, 2015
An assessment of the impact of possible CAP reform scenarios on Romanian agriculture
Full text linkUsing a simplified model, with key-variable the prices of two different possible scenarios of CAP reform after 2013 (moderate and radical), this paper present a comparison between the price effects of implementation of each reform scenario at 2015 horizon on Romanian agriculture. This short analysis shows that, under the presented hypotheses, the net welfare effect, due to the price changes, for the selected products, is positive in both reform scenarios, yet greater in the case of the radical reform. Integrated in the large context of Romanian development, it seems that the influence of CAP reform upon agriculture and rural areas will be most likely a gradual one: an interpenetration between the two scenarios is foreseeable, starting with the moderate reform that will dominate the period around 2013, the reform measures acquiring a more radical character afterwards.CAP reform, Romania, welfare effects, Agricultural and Food Policy,
Prevalence and clinical picture of celiac disease in Turner syndrome
No full textPrevalence and clinical picture of celiac disease in Turner syndrome.
Bonamico M1, Pasquino AM, Mariani P, Danesi HM, Culasso F, Mazzanti L, Petri A, Bona G; Italian Society Of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology (SIGEP); Italian Study Group for Turner Syndrom (ISGTS).
Author information 1Department of Pediatrics, University of Rome La Sapienza, 00161 Roma, Italy.
Abstract
A multicenter study of Turner syndrome (TS) patients was carried out to estimate the prevalence of celiac disease (CD) and to detect clinical characteristics and laboratory data of affected patients. Three hundred eighty-nine girls with TS were screened by IgA antigliadin antibodies and/or antiendomysial antibodies. Intestinal biopsy was offered to positive cases. CD was diagnosed in 25 patients. In celiac subjects, anemia, anorexia, and delayed growth (with respect to Italian TS curves) were frequently present; whereas distended abdomen, chronic diarrhea, constipation, and vomiting occurred more rarely. In addition, low serum iron levels, hemoglobinemia, and high values of aminotransferases were observed. Ten patients showed classic CD, 8 showed atypical symptoms, and 7 showed a silent CD. In 11 symptomatic patients, the diagnosis of CD was made at the onset of symptoms, whereas 7 of them showed a median delay of 79 months in diagnosis. Other autoimmune disorders were observed in 40% of the patients. Our study confirms the high prevalence (6.4%) of CD in a large series of TS patients. Moreover, the subclinical picture in 60% of the cases, the diagnostic delay, and the incidence of other autoimmune disorders suggest that routine screening of CD in TS is indicated
Rozhovor Britských listů 219. O podvodném systému soukromého vysokého školství [Britské listy Interview 219. Discussing the fraudulent system of private universities in the Czech Republic]
No full textCzech documentary film makers Zuzana Piussi and Vít Janeček have just completed their new documentary, made for Czech public service television, Univerzity a svoboda (The Universities and Freedom). In this interview, Jan Čulík and Zuzana Piussi discuss the main issues dealt with in this documentary, the relentless managerialisation of the universities, a problem which seems to afflict primarily US and UK universities, and the impact of the managerial approach on the system of private universities which arose in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia after 1989 and which basically boils down to seeling fraudulent degrees for large student feels. The interview includes clips from the documentary Univerzity a svoboda, which was premiered in Prague on 21st May, 2019. The interview was broadcast on the Czech cable TV station Regionalnitelevize.cz from 17th May 2019
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