220 research outputs found
De ontwikkeling van een integratiekaart
No full textOn the basis of data provided by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the WODC is currently developing an instrument that can measure the progress of groups of immigrants in various social areas. This intrument can serve as an aid in the evaluation of the current and future policy. Index Summary IntroductionIntegration: starting points of the current policyStarting points for the Integration MonitorThe acquisition of knowledge and skillsWork and benefitsChanges in the labour market participation levels of all newcomers in 1999: 36,826 persons monitored over the course of timeContacts between the allochtohonous and the autochthonous populationDiscussion: towards enhanced monitoring of integrationLiterature AppendicesDeze haalbaarbaarheidsstudie van de ‘Integratiekaart’ - een nieuw meetinstrument dat de ontwikkelingsgang van migranten in ons land in beeld zal brengen - is door het WODC ontwikkeld in samenwerking met het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS). Om de huidige en toekomstige beleidsinspanningen op het terrein van integratie te kunnen toetsen, is inzicht in de processen en mechanismen die integratie bevorderen of juist belemmeren onmisbaar. Het WODC en het CBS spelen in op deze behoefte met de Integratiekaart, waarin het proces van integratie centraal staat. De rapportage zal op gezette tijden worden herhaald, zodat gesignaleerd kan worden waar de voortgang van integratie lijkt te stagneren, maar ook waar deze relatief snel plaatsvindt. De Integratiekaart richt zich thans op de prestaties in het onderwijs, werk en uitkeringen en de contacten tussen etnische minderheden en de autochtone bevolking. Nieuw is dat niet alleen gekeken gaat worden naar de positie van de Turken, Marokkanen, Antillianen en Surinamers, maar ook naar de kleinere herkomstpopulaties. Bovendien worden groepen nieuwkomers door de tijd gevolgd. De Integratiekaart zal de komende tijd verder worden ontwikkeld. Er is ook een Engelse vertaling van dit rapport verschenen: The development of an integration monitor of first and second generation immigrants in the Netherlands (Cahiers 2004-9a). Deze is ook aanklikbaar in het rechterframe. INHOUD: 1. Inleiding 2. Integratie: uitgangspunten van het huidige bestel 3. Uitgangspunten bij de Intergratiekaart 4. Het verwerven van kennis en vaardigheden 5. Werk en uitkeringen 6. Veranderingen van de arbeidsmarktparticipatie van alle nieuwkomers uit 1999: 36826 personen door de tijd gevolgd 7. Contacten tussen allochtonen en autochtonen 8. Discussie: naar een rijkere monitoring van integrati
Hersenen, gedrag & middelengebruik: Een literatuurstudie naar de relatie tussen middelengebruik en geweld in het kader van straftoemeting [Brain, behaviour, and substance abuse: A literature review of the relation between substance abuse and agressive behaviour in determining a criminal sentence]
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121879.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)Middelengebruik is door Kamerlid Marcouch in 2011 voorgesteld als strafverzwarend element bij geweldsmisdrijven. Minister van Veiligheid en Justitie Opstelten is de wetgevingsprocedure voor dit voorstel gestart en verwacht inwerkingtreding in 2013. Het onderhavige voorstel is gebaseerd op de veronderstelling dat middelengebruik een ontremmend effect heeft, waardoor de kans op agressief gedrag toeneemt. Om deze veronderstelling te toetsen is effect op hersenen en gedrag van de zes meest gebruikte middelen in Nederland onderzocht door middel van een literatuurstudie. Uit deze studie blijkt dat het gebruik van alcohol, cocaïne en speed een verhoogde kans op agressie tot gevolg kan hebben. Deze relatie is echter afhankelijk van vele andere factoren, zoals geslacht, herkomst, agressieve karaktertrekken en provocatie. De individuele verschillen die invloed hebben op de relatie tussen agressie en middelengebruik leiden ertoe dat algemene regels over het effect van middelengebruik op agressie niet vast te stellen zijn. Het wetsvoorstel is derhalve gebaseerd op een onjuiste veronderstelling over de effecten van middelen.8 p
Longitudinal evidence of the impact of normal thyroid stimulating hormone variations on cognitive functioning in very old age
No full textThe purpose of this study was to examine longitudinal associations among thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels and cognitive performance. Data collected at the first three assessment times, approximately 3 years apart, are reported for the survivors (n=45) from a previously published cross-sectional study. Participants were aged 75–93 years at baseline, and data reported were collected in the Kungsholmen Project, a longitudinal project investigating aging and dementia. Analyses revealed that although declining verbal fluency and visuospatial abilities were accompanied by simultaneously declining TSH levels, the pattern of cross-sectional and longitudinal results are interpreted such that declining TSH levels may have caused episodic memory deficits later on. These results were obtained in the examination of 6-year but not 3-year change, and after removal of the cognitive variation associated with depressive mood symptoms
Transatlantic spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wild birds from Europe to North America in 2021
No full textHighly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses of the A/Goose/Guangdong/1/1996 lineage (GsGd), which threaten the health of poultry, wildlife and humans, are spreading across Asia, Europe, Africa and North America but are currently absent from South America and Oceania. In December 2021, H5N1 HPAI viruses were detected in poultry and a free-living gull in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Our phylogenetic analysis showed that these viruses were most closely related to HPAI GsGd viruses circulating in northwestern Europe in spring 2021. Our analysis of wild bird migration suggested that these viruses may have been carried across the Atlantic via Iceland, Greenland/Arctic or pelagic routes. The here documented incursion of HPAI GsGd viruses into North America raises concern for further virus spread across the Americas by wild bird migration.Horizon 2020 Framework Programme DeltafluHorizon 2020 Framework Programme VEOGerman Federal Ministry of Education and Research ‘PREPMEDVET’UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)devolved Scottish and Welsh governmentsEmergency Funding of the Canadian Food Inspection and Environment and Climate Change Canada to YBFederal funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNational Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Service
De ontwikkeling van een integratiekaart
No full textOn the basis of data provided by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the WODC is currently developing an instrument that can measure the progress of groups of immigrants in various social areas. This intrument can serve as an aid in the evaluation of the current and future policy. Index Summary IntroductionIntegration: starting points of the current policyStarting points for the Integration MonitorThe acquisition of knowledge and skillsWork and benefitsChanges in the labour market participation levels of all newcomers in 1999: 36,826 persons monitored over the course of timeContacts between the allochtohonous and the autochthonous populationDiscussion: towards enhanced monitoring of integrationLiterature Appendice
Långsiktiga trender i förekomst, fenologi och morfometri för småsnäppor Calidris minuta på höstflyttning vid Ottenby 1946–2020
No full textTHE LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta is an Arctic wader species that migrates through the Baltic Sea region towards wintering areas in North and West Africa and the Mediterranean region. We use a 75-year trapping series, comprising 4,791 Little Stints on autumn migration, from Ottenby Bird Observatory in Sweden to illustrate long-term trends in abundance, phenology, and morphometrics. Numbers of trapped juveniles dropped from median 31 (mean 74) in 1946–1999 to median 1.5 (mean 3.5) birds in 2000–2020, while the number of adults was generally low and without trends. Rolling window analyses showed that the drop in juveniles started around 1984, and from 1993 onward the median never exceeded seven juveniles/year (25%-quantile: 0–1; 75%-quantile: 4–55). Moreover, adult birds advanced their passage on average 0.48 days per year, passing 26 days earlier in 2020 than in 1946. Earlier migration of adults and decreased numbers of juveniles suggest low reproductive output in recent decades. Morphometric data of recaptured birds show that Little Stints on stopover at Ottenby gain fuel at a speed close to the theoretical maximum, strongly indicating that the conditions at the trapping site remain favourable for foraging waders
Integrating sex-specific habitat use for conservation using habitat suitability models
No full textDivergent habitat utilization and niche partitioning can cause high degrees of ecological specialization even in generalist species. For example, sex‐specific specialization results in differential habitat use, which, if neglected in monitoring studies, can lead to biased estimates of population sizes. However, many widely used methods of population monitoring such as bioacoustical surveys of echolocating bats cannot take such demographic differences into account, due to methodological limitations. Here, we use ecological niche factor analysis (ENFA) to derive habitat suitability maps (HSMs) of male and female parti‐coloured bat Vespertilio murinus using previously published radio‐tracking data. The ENFA revealed that males and females were highly specialized and ecologically segregated. Accordingly, we found that significantly more high‐quality habitats were available for males than for females, with no spatial overlap between sexes. The HSMs allowed us to estimate the skew in the distribution of the sexes in space. Our approach provides a way to estimate intra‐species spatial segregation and consequently generate a more accurate prediction of effective population size and niche requirements of vulnerable species. This study also highlights the importance of making geographic and environmental data, as well as animal occurrence and movement data publicly available for the benefit of conservation efforts.</p
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