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Role of community health workers in addressing dementia: A global perspective
No full textThe current increase in dementia prevalence suggests a need for public health intervention. While prevention is crucial, lack of awareness, limited access to healthcare system and shortage of health workforce are significant shortcomings. Therefore, adopting a process that increases utilization of community health workers (CHWs) is a promising strategy. This review synthesizes existing research on roles of CHWs in dementia related services to improve dementia care. PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, CABI Global Health, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Library were searched for specific keywords. A cited reference search and reference list search were also conducted. Among the ten eligible articles, six cross-sectional, two pre-post, one longitudinal and one qualitative study were found. Four broad aspects emerged as potential roles of CHWs. Four studies focused on screening for dementia, two on screening for HIV-associated dementia (HIV-D), three on dementia education and one on advance care planning (ACP) conversations. The dementia education intervention was conducted among the underrepresented and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Nine of the ten studies (90%) found the CHWs to be efficient in performing the interventions. The CHWs were trained and results were evaluated. CHWs were influential in bridging the community and the healthcare system and addressed dementia through cost effective approaches. Their engagement in multiple wide-ranging programs in future may help to prevent, screen and manage dementia.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2022-05-01The student, Rifat Alam, accepted the attached license on 2020-05-13 at 13:19.The student, Rifat Alam, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2020-05-13 at 13:45.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2020-05-13 at 15:03.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #15383 on 2020-08-25 at 17:44:27Made available in DSpace on 2020-08-27T00:51:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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A study on strengthening of reinforced concrete frames using precast concrete panels
No full textThis study describes the effectiveness of the behavior resulting from strengthening infill walls in existing reinforced concrete frame systems with low resistance against earthquake effects using precast concrete panels. In this study, a strengthening method that can be applied without building occupants having to leave the building was investigated. For this purpose, six 1/2 scale, two-story and single span test specimens with brick infill walls and low earthquake resistance, which have common errors seen in existing reinforced concrete buildings, were generated. The first of test frames with equivalent properties was tested as the reference specimen under reversible repeatable lateral loads. Others were tested after high-strength concrete panels produced in different geometric shapes were strengthened by bonding them onto existing frame infill walls. Brick infill walls strengthened using concrete panels were modeled as shell elements by SAP2000 software package and the accuracy of experimental studies were compared with analytical results. Experimental and analytical studies demonstrated that the reinforcement method significantly improved properties, such as resistance to lateral loads, energy dissipation capacity, of brick infill reinforced concrete frames.S.U.-BAPSelcuk University [13701617]This study was supported financially by S.U.-BAP (13701617). This study was prepared by using PhD thesis of Arife Akin. The author also thank Dr. Rifat Sezer for his valuable help
Investigation of precast new diagonal concrete panels in strengthened the infilled reinforced concrete frames
No full textMajor part of the structural stock in Turkey doesn't have sufficient endurance, rigidity and ductility against possible large earthquakes. Strengthening of structures against earthquakes always appears on the agenda and structures are being strengthened by using different techniques. In this context, cast in place reinforced concrete shear walls is a highly effective and reliable method for improving the system behavior. However, construction work takes long time in this method, so the structure is required to be emptied before the practice. For this reason, it is required to develop the strengthening methods which facilitates lives of people and which is economic and effective in terms of structure. The principle of the technique recommended in this study is to convert plastered hollow brick walls of the structure to shear walls equivalent to reinforced concretes (RC) by strengthening them with high-strength precast new diagonal concrete panels. For this purpose, a reinforced concrete frame, which is 1/3 scaled, low-strengthened against earthquake, has two-story and single span unreinforced brick infilling wall, has been produced with failures frequently seen especially in concrete buildings of our country as reference sample. Moreover, strengthening three reinforced concrete infilled frame wall having same features with reference sample by new diagonal concrete panels which are precast, high strengths in different shapes used for the first time in the literature, their behaviors under reversible-repeatable horizontal loading simulating earthquake effect have been tested. Results of the experiment have been compared with the analytic study and it has been observed that applied technique has increased the energy dissipation capacity of test elements and improved the earthquake behaviors.S.U. OYP [2014-OYP-104]; TUBITAK-3001 [215M375]This study was supported financially by S.U. OYP (2014-OYP-104) and TUBITAK-3001 (215M375). This study was prepared by using Ph. D. thesis of Ceyhun AKSOYLU. The author also thanks Dr. Rifat Sezer and Dr. Nail Kara
Impact behavior of sandwich composites with S2-glass/epoxy and PVC foam under low velocity loading
No full textThe purpose of this research is to examine the absorbed energy, resistance to impact load of sandwich composite, and power exercised by impactor, experimentally. Therefore, low velocity impact tests were performed at three different energy levels for two distinct noses on sandwich composite with a PVC core and varying amounts of S2-glass layers. The vacuum-assisted resin infusion method (VARIM) was used to manufacture sandwich composites. S2-glass fabric with an areal density of 190 gm-2 and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) core material with a thickness of 10 mm were utilized. For every face sheet material, three distinct layer numbers of S2-glass fabrics were used. It is seen that composites exposed to flat impactors absorb considerably more energy than hemispherical ones
Irréformable Russie
No full textAnalysing the Gorbachev / Yeltsin era, the author addresses a fundamental question : why is it that in Russia liberalising social and economic reforms always fail ? There are several answers to this question :
1 . The reformer(s) fail to take into account the hopes and aspirations of the people themselves.
2. They have no faith in society's creative ability. Hopeless dreamers and ardent idealists, they have, generation after generation (Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Alexander II, Lenin, Gorbachev, Yeltsin / Gaidar) either been unaware of, or chosen to ignore, their people. They have posed as saviours, deserving, as they saw it, of the people's eternal gratitude. The frequently catastrophic results of their reforms force them (or their successor) to throw the reform movement violently into reverse.
3. In terms of the State's presence in the daily lives of its citizens, Russia belongs more to Asia than to Europe. This is a State that has grown too big, owns vast tracts of land, has huge industrial interests, and innovates in many areas. Its leaders very quickly realised that as the free market developed, so their power would wither away.
4. The Russian mentality (its values and behaviours) is imbued with the collecti- vist, "solidarity" ethic, as shown by the results of a study carried out in Novosibirsk in 1997. The Orthodox Church and its anti-free market stance is a further problem. As a result, the author is highly sceptical as to the prospects for the emergence of a market economy and democracy in Russia. "In our country", he pessimistically concludes, "the market economy is the end, and the means of achieving this end is to make people suffer."Gousseïnov Rifat, Daniaud Élise, Jobert Véronique, Comte Philippe. Irréformable Russie. In: Revue Russe n°38, 2012. La perestroïka de Gorbatchev : piteuse déconfiture ou réussite historique ? pp. 11-24
El Kitāb al-Išārāt ilā Ma‘rifat al-Ziyārāt de Abū Bakr al-Harawī (m. 1215): Entre el viaje espiritual, la autobiografía y la literatura de ‘ağā’ib (I)
No full textAbu Bakr al-Harawī (12th-13th centuries), ascetic, counsellor and diplomat at the service of Saladin, among other major personalities of his time, is the author of Kitāb al-Išārāt ilā Ma`rifat al-Zirayāt. This work is an exceptional pilgrim's guide, together with an extensive catalogue of burial grounds and shrines of considerable importance in the Muslim world. It also mentions and describes Christian and Jewish holy places.Abū Bakr al-Harawī (siglos XII-XIII), asceta, consejero y diplomático al servicio de Saladino, entre otros importantes personajes de su tiempo, fue autor de la obra Kitāb al-Išārāt ilā Ma`rifat al-Ziyarāt, una guía excepcional de peregrinación, amplio catálogo de tumbas y santuarios vinculados a oratorios venerados, lugares de devoción, de cultos populares, sepulturas de santos o místicos del islam, del cristianismo y judaísmo
Ḍawʼ al-sârî li-maʻrifat ḫabar Tamîm al-Dârî = (On Tamim al-Dari and his waqf in Hebron) : critical edition, annotated translation and introduction
No full textThe present book investigates three short late Mamluk treatises about land properties (waqf) in the Palestinian city of Hebron, which the prophet Muhammad granted to Tamīm al-Darī. The treatise entitled Ḍawʾ al-sārī li-maʿrifat ḫabar Tamīm al-Dārī by al-Maqrīzī (d. 845/1442) is the core of the book. It is edited here for the first time on the sole basis of the copy corrected by the author. A facsimile of the manuscript is also provided at the end of the book. In order to illuminate the discourse on property rights and donation that prevailed in the Mamluk period and al-Maqrīzī?s position, two additional treatises dealing with the same issue are included. The first is al-Ǧawāb al-ǧalīl ʿan ḥukm balad al-Ḫalīl by Ibn Ḥaǧar al-ʿAsqalānī (d. 852/1448). The second is al-Faḍl al-ʿamīm fī iqṭāʿ Tamīm by al-Suyūṭī (911/1505). The three texts are fully translated and annotated and preceded by a thorough introduction
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