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Le Rapport Rowell-Sirois et les Assurances
No full textEn avril 1938, nous avons reproduit le texte d’un mémoire
présenté par Life Insurance Officers Association à la Commission Rowell-Sirois,
au sujet des pouvoirs respectifs des gouvernements provinciaux
et fédéral en matière d’assurances. C’est avec plaisir que nous communiquons
au lecteur les conclusions du Rapport, dont le sort vient,
momentanément tout au moins, d’être rendu si précaire par la fin précipitée
de la Conférence interprovinciale. On y trouvera un texte intéressant
quant au fond, sinon quant à la forme. – A
Dix ans de concertation régionale au Québec : le cas de l’Estrie
No full textL’abondance et la qualité des services sociaux placent l’Estrie dans une situation privilégiée par rapport à d’autres régions du Québec. Retraçant l’histoire d’un effort de concertation entre les établissements scolaires de la région et plus particulièrement de leurs services d’éducation des adultes, cet article tente de saisir les multiples aspects de cette expérience.Christiane Sirois se garde de toute généralisation à partir d’un projet unique et localisé comme fer de lance mais elle ne se limite pas pour autant à une simple description des faits, elle convie à une réflexion touchant la raison d’être de la concertation, ses acteurs, ses modèles, ses conditions clés et son avenir.In terms of the quantity and quality of social services, the Eastern Townships constitute an advantaged region in Quebec. This article discusses the most striking characteristics of a process of consultation and cooperation undertaken by the adult education departments of the various schools in the region over the last ten years.Although the author is careful not to generalize on the basis of this experience, she does go beyond a simple description of what has been done and attempts to provide a basis for further reflexion. In particular, she looks at the actors involved, their operating procedures, key conditions which favour success and possibilities for the future.La abundancia y la calidad de los servicios sociales sitúan l'Estrie en una situación privilegiada en relación a las otras regiones del Québec. Estudiando la historia de un esfuerzo de concertación entres los establecimientos escolares de la región y más particularmente de sus servicios de educación de adultos, el artículo busca el comprender los múltiples aspectos de esta experiencia.La autora evita toda generalización a partir de un proyecto único y de carácter innovador, sin limitarse sin embargo a una simple descripción de hechos, e invitando a una reflexión respecto a la razón de ser de esta coordinación, a sus actores, sus modelos, sus condiciones y su futuro
Attirer et retenir les futurs enseignants et enseignantes dans les programmes de formation initiale : le cas d’une région éloignée du Québec
No full textCertaines régions du Québec sont particulièrement touchées par les difficultés liées à l’attraction, au recrutement et à la rétention du personnel enseignant, notamment l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Plusieurs causes peuvent expliquer cette pénurie, dont une diminution de la clientèle étudiante observée partout au Québec entre 2015 et 2019 dans les programmes de formation à l’éducation préscolaire et à l’enseignement primaire et secondaire. C’est dans ce contexte qu’a émergé un projet de recherche visant notamment à déterminer les facteurs susceptibles d’attirer et de retenir les futurs enseignantes et enseignants dans les programmes de formation à l’enseignement. Pour documenter ce phénomène, nous avons mobilisé deux cadres de référence : les déterminants du choix de carrière dans la profession enseignante et les variables susceptibles d’influencer l’abandon ou la persévérance dans les études universitaires. Un questionnaire ciblant les étudiantes et étudiants du cégep et de l’université a permis de recueillir des données sur les éléments susceptibles d’influencer leur décision de s’inscrire en formation initiale; des entrevues réalisées avec différentes personnes impliquées dans la formation du futur personnel enseignant permettent de mieux comprendre les motivations des étudiantes et étudiants à choisir ce domaine d’études, mais également les difficultés qu’ils éprouvent et ce qui les incite à poursuivre leur formation.Certain regions of Quebec are particularly affected by problems related to attracting, recruiting and retaining teachers, notably Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Several causes may explain this shortage, including a decrease in the student population observed throughout Quebec between 2015 and 2019 in preschool, elementary and secondary education training programs. In this context, a research project emerged that was aimed in particular at determining the factors likely to attract and retain future teachers in education training programs. To document this phenomenon, we used two frames of reference: determinants of career choice in the teaching profession, and the variables likely to influence abandoning or persevering with their university studies. A questionnaire targeting CEGEP and university students made it possible to collect data on the elements likely to influence their decision to enrol in initial training; interviews conducted with various individuals involved in training future teachers allowed us to better understand the motivations of students to choose this field of study, but also the difficulties they experienced and what motivated them to continue their training.Ciertas regiones de Quebec han sido particularmente afectadas por las dificultades relacionadas con la atracción, la contratación y la retención del personal docente, muy particularmente, la Abitibi-Temiscamingue. Varias razones pueden explicar esta escasez, entre ellas una disminución de la clientela estudiante que se ha observado en todo Quebec entre 2015 y 2019, en los programas de formación para la educación preescolar y la enseñanza primaria y secundaria. Es en este contexto que surge un proyecto de investigación netamente dirigido hacia la determinación de factores susceptibles de atraer y retener a los futuros docentes en los programas de formación para la enseñanza. Para documentar dicho fenómeno, hemos empleado dos cuadros de referencia: los determinantes de la elección de carrera en la profesión docente y las variables susceptibles de influir el abandono o la perseverancia en los estudios universitarios. Un cuestionario dirigido a los estudiantes de preparatoria y de la universidad permitió recoger datos sobre los elementos susceptibles de influir en su decisión de inscribirse en formación inicial; las entrevistas realizadas con las diferentes personas implicadas en la formación del futuro personal docente permiten comprender más cabalmente las motivaciones de los estudiantes en la elección de ese campo de estudios
Study of Neutral Current DIS events at very high x and Q2 with the ZEUS detector at HERA. Observation of Events at Very High Q2 in ep Collisions at HERA with the H1 detector
No full textby Ulrich KATZ / Universit de Bonn Study of Neutral Current DIS events at very high x and Q2 with the ZEUS detector at HERA. Using 20.1 pb-1 of e+p data collected with the ZEUS detector at HERA, we have studied deep- inelastic scattering e+p® e+x for Q2>5000GeV2. Two events are observed for Q2>35000GeV2, where 0.145 ± 0.013 events are expected (Poisson probability 0.0096). Four events are observed for x>0.55 and y>0.25, where 0.91 ± 0.08 events are expected (Poisson probability 0.014). The selected five events at high x and high Q2 are particularly interesting because they occur in an unexplored kinematic region. and Yves SIROIS / Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, CNRS-IN2P3 Observation of Events at Very High Q2 in ep Collisions at HERA with the H1 detector. Recent H1 Measurements of ep scattering with Q2 up to 35000 GeV2 are compared with the expectation of the standard deep-inelastic model of lepton-nucleon scattering (DIS). For Q2 > 15000 GeV2, Nobs = 12 neutral current candidate events are observed where the expectation is NDIS = 4.71 ± 0.76 events. In the same Q2 range, Nobs = 4 charged current candidates are observed where the expectation is Ndis = 1.77 ± 0.87 events. The probability P (N ³ Nobs) that the DIS model signal N fluctuates to N ³ Nobs in a random set of experiments is 6 x 10-3 for neutral current and 0.14 for charged current. The difference in the observed and expected number of Neutral Current events is mostly due to events at large masses M = Ö xs in which the positron is backscattered at large y = Q2/M2. In a mass window of 25 GeV width with a central value of 200 GeV and for y > 0.4, 7 events are observed where 0.95 ± 0.18 events are expected. For this and other choices of mass windows and y thresholds, the probability to observe an excess as large as the measured one anywhere in the mass range investigated is of order 1A talk on Neutral Current DIS event
Economic evaluations of interventions to optimize medication use in older adults with polypharmacy and multimorbidity: A systematic review
No full textPurpose: To conduct a systematic review of the economic impact of interventions intended at optimizing medication use in older adults with multimorbidity and polypharmacy. Methods: We searched Ovid-Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Ageline, Cochrane, and Web of Science, for articles published between 2004 and 2020 that studied older adults with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy. The intervention studied had to be aimed at optimizing medication use and present results on costs. Results: Out of 3,871 studies identified by the search strategy, eleven studies were included. The interventions involved different provider types, with a majority described as a multidisciplinary team involving a pharmacist and a general practitioner, in the decision-making process. Interventions were generally associated with a reduction in medication expenditure. The benefits of the intervention in terms of clinical outcomes remain limited. Five studies were cost-benefit analyses, which had a net benefit that was either null or positive. Cost-utility and cost-effectiveness analyses resulted in incremental cost-effectiveness ratios that were generally within the willingness-to-pay thresholds of the countries in which the studies were conducted. However, the quality of the studies was generally low. Omission of key cost elements of economic evaluations, including intervention cost and payer perspective, limited interpretability. Conclusion: Interventions to optimize medication use may provide benefits that outweigh their implementation costs, but the evidence remains limited. There is a need to identify and address barriers to the scaling-up of such interventions, starting with the current incentive structures for pharmacists, physicians, and patients
Studying development in the 21(st) century
No full textIn this response, we consider four main issues arising from the commentaries to the target article. These include further details of the theory of interactive specialization, the relationship between neuroconstructivism and selectionism, the implications of neuroconstructivism for the notion of representation, and the role of genetics in theories of development. We conclude by stressing the importance of multidisciplinary approaches in the future study of cognitive development and by identifying the directions in which neuroconstructivism can expand in the Twenty-first Century
Precis of neuroconstructivism: how the brain constructs cognition
No full textNeuroconstructivism: How the Brain Constructs Cognition proposes a unifying framework for the study of cognitive development that brings together (1) constructivism (which views development as the progressive elaboration of increasingly complex structures), (2) cognitive neuroscience (which aims to understand the neural mechanisms underlying behavior), and (3) computational modeling (which proposes formal and explicit specifications of information processing). The guiding principle of our approach is context dependence, within and (in contrast to Marr [1982]) between levels of organization. We propose that three mechanisms guide the emergence of representations: competition, cooperation, and chronotopy; which themselves allow for two central processes: proactivity and progressive specialization. We suggest that the main outcome of development is partial representations, distributed across distinct functional circuits. This framework is derived by examining development at the level of single neurons, brain systems, and whole organisms. We use the terms encellment, embrainment, and embodiment to describe the higher-level contextual influences that act at each of these levels of organization. To illustrate these mechanisms in operation we provide case studies in early visual perception, infant habituation, phonological development, and object representations in infancy. Three further case studies are concerned with interactions between levels of explanation: social development, atypical development and within that, developmental dyslexia. We conclude that cognitive development arises from a dynamic, contextual change in embodied neural structures leading to partial representations across multiple brain regions and timescales, in response to proactively specified physical and social environment
Identification of Actinobacillus suis genes essential for the colonization of the upper respiratory tract of swine
No full textActinobacillus suis has emerged as an important opportunistic pathogen of high-health-status swine. A colonization challenge method was developed, and using PCR-based signature-tagged transposon mutagenesis, 13 genes belonging to 9 different functional classes were identified that were necessary for A. suis colonization of the upper respiratory tract of swine.Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaOntario Ministry of Agriculture and Foo
Introduction aux mémoires sur le renouvellement de la politique culturelle du Québec (2016)
No full textEn ouverture du dossier spécial de la revue Archives, l’auteure présente les consultations publiques tenues en 2016 par le ministère de la Culture et des Communications (MCC) sur le renouvellement de la politique culturelle québécoise. Les mémoires publiés par la revue, celui de l’Association des archivistes du Québec (AAQ), celui des associations d’archives religieuses – le Comité des archives du Conseil du patrimoine religieux du Québec (CPRQ), Regroupement des archivistes religieux du Québec (RAR) et la Table de concertation des archives religieuses de la région de Montréal (TCARM) – ainsi que celui de l’Église catholique de Québec, témoignent de la mobilisation du milieu en faveur des archives lors de ces consultations. Malgré cela, les archives sont peu présentes dans le projet de nouvelle politique du MCC. L’auteure appelle les archivistes à l’action pour redonner aux archives leur importance dans la culture.Introducing the special section of the Archives journal, the author presents the public consultations held in 2016 by the Ministry of Culture and Communications (MCC) on the renewal of Québec’s cultural policy. The memoirs published by the journal, the one of the Association des archivistes du Québec (AAQ), the one of religious archives associations – the Comité des archives du Conseil du patrimoine religieux du Québec (CPRQ), the Regroupement des archivistes religieux du Québec (RAR) and the Table de concertation des archives religieuses de la région de Montréal (TCARM) – as well as the one of the Église catholique de Québec, shows the mobilization in favor of the archives. In spite of this, the archives are not very present in the MCC’s new policy project. The author calls archivists to action to restore the importance of archives in culture
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