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Journal articles on the topic "Last Post Fund of Canada"
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Majkic-Singh, Nada. "The role of evidence-based laboratory medicine in health service." Jugoslovenska medicinska biohemija 21, no. 3 (2002): 245–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/jmh0203245m.
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Evidence-based laboratory medicine (EBLM) is the use of the current best evidence of the utility of laboratory tests in making decisions about the care of individual patients. This practice means integrating laboratory and clinical experience with the last available external evidence from systematic research. It means that the definition of EBLM focuses on two key elements: experience and evidence from systematic research. Although the term evidence-based medicine (EBM) was created in Canada at Mc Master University by a group lad by Dr Gard Guyatt, there are various claims as to the origin of its practice. Regardless of its origins, many factors have come together over the past 30 years to drive the movement to EBM. One factor is those individual physicians, faced with numerous medical informations; the second factor is the global phenomenon of increasing health care costs and third is that patients who have generally more education, want the best in diagnostics and therapies. It means that evidence-based medicine has been driven by the need to cape with information overload, by costcontrol, and by public impatient for the best in diagnostics and treatment. Clinical guidelines care maps, and outcome measures are quality improvement tools for the appropriateness, efficiency and effectiveness of health services. Laboratory professionals must direct more effort to demonstrating the impact of laboratory tests on a greater variety of clinical outcomes. Evidence-based laboratory medicine aims to advise clinical diagnosis and management of disease through systematic researching and disseminating generalisible new knowledge that meets the standard of critical review on clinically effective practice of laboratory investigations. In laboratory medicine, the use of tests increases; new tests are constantly introduced, but "old" tests are seldom removed from the repertoire. This, together with limited public funds for the health care should underline the challenge for laboratory professionals to provide evidence for the utility of different tests. This practice means integrating laboratory and clinical experience with the best available external evidence from systematic research therefore, it is important that advice given by laboratory medicine professionals are sound and based on evidence in the pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phases of the diagnostic process. This paper provides an insight into the rationale, methodology and the phases of the EBLM.
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Urbach, David R. "Improving access to health services in Canada." Healthcare Management Forum 31, no. 6 (September 20, 2018): 256–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0840470418776995.
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The Commonwealth Fund 2017 report ranked Canada’s healthcare system low in access to care and last among all 11 counties studied in terms of timeliness of care. While long wait times for certain elective surgical procedures appear to be emblematic of Canadian Medicare, they are not inevitable. Wait times could be improved by focusing on public awareness and measurement of wait times and improving the appropriateness, efficiency (eg, with implementation of single-entry models for surgical referrals and greater use of ambulatory surgery), and productivity of surgical care (eg, by activity-based funding for surgical procedures and by reducing the cost of perioperative care). Ideas on how physician leaders can build on recent accomplishments are provided.
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Payette, Serge, Louise Filion, and Ann Delwaide. "Spatially explicit fire-climate history of the boreal forest-tundra (Eastern Canada) over the last 2000 years." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 363, no. 1501 (November 28, 2007): 2299–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2007.2201.
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Across the boreal forest, fire is the main disturbance factor and driver of ecosystem changes. In this study, we reconstructed a long-term, spatially explicit fire history of a forest-tundra region in northeastern Canada. We hypothesized that current occupation of similar topographic and edaphic sites by tundra and forest was the consequence of cumulative regression with time of forest cover due to compounding fire and climate disturbances. All fires were mapped and dated per 100 year intervals over the last 2000 years using several fire dating techniques. Past fire occurrences and post-fire regeneration at the northern forest limit indicate 70% reduction of forest cover since 1800 yr BP and nearly complete cessation of forest regeneration since 900 yr BP. Regression of forest cover was particularly important between 1500s–1700s and possibly since 900 yr BP. Although fire frequency was very low over the last 100 years, each fire event was followed by drastic removal of spruce cover. Contrary to widespread belief of northward boreal forest expansion due to recent warming, lack of post-fire recovery during the last centuries, in comparison with active tree regeneration more than 1000 years ago, indicates that the current climate does not favour such expansion.
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Das, R. P., and K. K. Shukla. "Living Pattern of VRS Opted Employees – A Study." Paradigm 2, no. 1 (July 1998): 64–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971890719980109.
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In the last one decade, the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) has emerged as the situational compulsion for the basic survival of industrial organisations in India. As a result, thousands of workers are losing their jobs and overnight becoming rootless socially, psychologically and economically. There are instances in which after opting VRS, some people have been murdered by their children due to refusal to give the VRS fund, some have been driven out from homes, and some have died being ill treated, and uncared by their children and family members. The paper based on a survey of VRS opted employees discusses the issues like: (i) Why people opt VRS?; (ii) How they utilised their VRS fund?; (iii) How they find their decision to opt VRS? and (iv) How they are spending their post VRS living and accordingly suggestions have been made both to overcome the problems.
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Nadler, Michael. "Performance vs prospectus = transparency in German closed-ended real estate funds?" Journal of Property Investment & Finance 36, no. 2 (March 5, 2018): 158–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpif-11-2016-0084.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to close the transparency gap by comparing ex ante and ex post performance disclosure, thus providing important conclusions regarding the transparency of this important German market segment. Design/methodology/approach Closed-ended real estate funds (CEREFs) are one of the biggest segments of unlisted private equity funds in Germany. CEREFs have a central “profitability promise” that is based on ex ante forecasts given in the prospectus. Typically, equity is tied to these investments for up to 20-30 years, leaving investors highly insecure whether their expectations will be fulfilled and fund managers actually achieve prospected performances ex post. Findings The performance variance analysis of all German CEREFs outstanding during the global financial crisis reveals that prospect-performance disclosures as well as prospect-performance variances cause substantial problems in Germany due to overestimation biases of many fund managers. Research limitations/implications As typical for the recent scholarly debate, also the past disclosure practice in Germany prohibits a long-term performance analysis, unless researchers apply instruments of modern investment analysis like comprehensive financial plans (“Visualisation of Financial Implications)”. Practical implications The transparency developments in CEREF-reporting of the last decade deliver precise recommendations regarding the internal and external performance variance analysis, risk-profiles and stress tests for the future fund management. Social implications The introduced methodology would increase transparency in the segment of CEREF and, thus, improve investor protection. Since private households in Germany mainly acquire these funds, this is a contribution to sustainability in private asset management. Originality/value The paper develops a new methodological framework for performance measurement of unlisted funds. It then assesses for the first time the impact of transparency and trust on fund performances by applying a performance variance analysis.
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Smith, Peter A., William F. Dryden, Canio Polosa, and Vladimir I. Skok. "The Physiology, Pharmacology, and Biophysics of Ganglionic Transmission." Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 70, S1 (May 15, 1992): S2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/y92-236.
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Over the last 20 years there has been a marked increase in the understanding of the biophysical properties of neurones in autonomic ganglia. During the same time period, there have been advances in immunohistochemistry which have shown that the autonomic ganglia are rich sources of a variety of neuroactive peptides and monoamines. Although physiological studies have underlined the role of enteric and prevertebral ganglia in the control of peristalsis and micturition, very little is known about the physiological role of many of the other autonomic ganglia.The objective of the International Brain Research Organization satellite symposium held in Edmonton, Alberta, during August 1991, was to bring together the biophysicists, morphologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists to evaluate the current status of our understanding of the autonomic ganglia. Posters and four sessions of invited talks were presented over a three-day period. The papers that appear in this issue detail the content of some of these talks.The organizers gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, the Medical Research Council of Canada, Astra Pharma Inc., the University of Alberta Conference Fund, Nordic Laboratories, Merck Frosst Canada, Axon Instruments, Novopharm Ltd., Bio-Méga Inc., Chembiomed, Newport Instruments, the City of Edmonton, Charles River Canada, and Mandel Scientific.
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Makar, Vitaliy. "125 years since the beginning of Ukrainian Immigration to Canada." Історико-політичні проблеми сучасного світу, no. 33-34 (August 25, 2017): 13–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.31861/mhpi2016.33-34.13-25.
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According to the Canadian Customs records that preserved in the archives on September 9, 1891 well-known Ukrainian Calician Ivan Pylypiv and Wasyl Yelynyak came to Canada. Following them hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians immigrated to the new land, as Canada was called by those who got there. The author investigates the immigration waves of the Ukrainians to Canada: before World War I; between Wars; after World War II; and after collapsing of the Soviet Union. Also, the Cana- dian researches talking about one more wave of the Ukrainian immigration to Canada – from the begining of 80th last century from Poland.
According 2011 Canadian census of population and the counts of the last years there are more then one million and three hundred of thousands persons that recognized themselves of Ukrainian descend. The author charaterizes the peligious, cultural, national and political life of Ukrainians in Canada. The main role in this paper is dedicated to Ukrainians role for Canadian political life, their involvement into local, provicial and federal governmental structure.
Keywords: Post-communist countries of CEE, theoretical and methodological approaches, political transformation
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McBride, Stephen. "Quiet Constitutionalism in Canada: The International Political Economy of Domestic Institutional Change." Canadian Journal of Political Science 36, no. 2 (June 2003): 251–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008423903778603.
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The idea that Canada is experiencing a "post-constitutional" era is misleading because it is based only on lack of changes to the formal codified constitution. Through an examination of international economic agreements, considered as untraditional mechanisms having a constitutional effect, a case is made that Canada's constitution has undergone significant, but little noticed, change over the last decade. Using Stephen Krasner's typology of sovereignty, it is shown that several aspects of Canada's sovereignty have been diminished. The effect is that the balance between liberalism and democracy in Canada's liberal democratic polity has been altered, to the detriment of the democratic component.
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Bérubé, Marc-André, Benoit Durand, Daniel Vézina, and Benoit Fournier. "Alkali-aggregate reactivity in Québec (Canada)." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 27, no. 2 (April 1, 2000): 226–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l99-076.
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In the province of Québec, due to the particular geology and the historic use of high-alkali cements, a large number of concrete structures are affected by alkali-silica reactivity (ASR). Consequently, tremendous effort was made in this province during the last 20 years on (1) the determination in the laboratory (testing methods) as well as in the field (inspection of structures) of the potential alkali-aggregate reactivity (AAR) of concrete aggregates, (2) the prevention of AAR in new structures, and (3) the management of existing structures affected by this problem. For new structures, the most popular measure used in Québec in the presence of potentially reactive aggregates consists of limiting the alkali contribution by the cement to 3 kg/m3 of concrete (Na2Oeq). Also, blended silica fume cements were used on many occasions against ASR; ternary cements containing fly ash and silica fume, which proved in the laboratory to be effective against ASR, are presently available. As concerns the existing structures affected by ASR, many of them were repaired using various techniques ranging from the simple application of a penetrating sealer to the application of post-constraints or slot cutting.Key words: aggregate, alkali-aggregate reaction, cement, concrete, diagnosis, management, preventive measures, prognosis, Québec, testing.
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Williams, James W., and Stefan Treffers. "Investing in crime prevention after the crisis: Social impact bonds, the value of (re) offending and the new ‘culture of crime control’." British Journal of Criminology 61, no. 5 (March 8, 2021): 1300–1315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab003.
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Abstract A recurring theme of criminal justice reform in the years following the financial crisis of 2008 has been the costs of incarceration and the effort to reduce correctional populations. This paper examines one aspect of this post-crisis landscape: the social impact bond (SIB). First piloted in Peterborough prison in 2010, SIBs use private investment to fund social programs with governments paying a return if these programs are successful. Drawing from research on SIBs in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, the paper explores this effort to turn (re)offending into an investment, its challenges and how SIBs reveal a financial ‘style of reasoning’ that is re-shaping the ‘culture of crime control’ with critical implications for providers, programs and participants.
Books on the topic "Last Post Fund of Canada"
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Durflinger, Serge Marc. Lest we forget: A history of the Last Post Fund, 1909-1999. Montreal: Last Post Fund, 2000.
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GOVERNMENT, US. The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement : tariff schedule of the United States. Ottawa: External Affairs Canada, 1987.
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The "Last Post" Imperial Naval and Military Contingency Fund: Roll of honour. [Montréal?: s.n., 1997.
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Brief history and official reports of the Last Post Imperial Naval and Military Contingency Fund during its first five years of existence to date. [Montréal: s.n., 1995.
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Fisher, R. Michael. "Post-Adult Education Alternatives in 45 Years of Learning/Teaching." In Integral Theory and Transdisciplinary Action Research in Education, 339–56. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5873-6.ch015.
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The author critically examines the directional trends that education has gone through in the last 45 years of his teaching and learning experiences, primarily in Alberta, Canada (1972-2017). He argues that, formerly, Alberta was at the leading edge of positive progressive change, before neoliberal ideology invaded Education. Through use of autoethnographic reflection and sociocultural and political contextualization of his educational experiences, the author elaborates the necessity of adopting a holistic-integral alternative path to research and teaching outside of institutionalized mainstream education systems. His emphasis on the affective domain, for example the importance of fear in education, is accompanied by his applications of developmental notions of “post-adult,” transdisciplinary, and integral theoretical work. The purpose of the chapter is to demonstrate, through his own life, a model of potential guidance for teachers, who are questioning how best to negotiate their own careers within the challenges of 21st century neoliberalism and cascading global crises.
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Fisher, R. Michael. "Post-Adult Education Alternatives in 45 Years of Learning/Teaching." In Research Anthology on Adult Education and the Development of Lifelong Learners, 121–38. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8598-6.ch006.
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The author critically examines the directional trends that education has gone through in the last 45 years of his teaching and learning experiences, primarily in Alberta, Canada (1972-2017). He argues that, formerly, Alberta was at the leading edge of positive progressive change, before neoliberal ideology invaded Education. Through use of autoethnographic reflection and sociocultural and political contextualization of his educational experiences, the author elaborates the necessity of adopting a holistic-integral alternative path to research and teaching outside of institutionalized mainstream education systems. His emphasis on the affective domain, for example the importance of fear in education, is accompanied by his applications of developmental notions of “post-adult,” transdisciplinary, and integral theoretical work. The purpose of the chapter is to demonstrate, through his own life, a model of potential guidance for teachers, who are questioning how best to negotiate their own careers within the challenges of 21st century neoliberalism and cascading global crises.
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Hernández, Gleider. "20. International economic law." In International Law, 525–50. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/he/9780198748830.003.0020.
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This concluding chapter discusses international economic law. When discussing ‘international economic law’ one is addressing the international regimes that regulate international trade, investment, and economic development. The multilateral and bilateral treaties in these areas have become the focal point for the global economy today. International economic law developed rapidly since the end of the Second World War, when the 1944 Bretton Woods Accords established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank), placing financial institutions at the heart of the post-war settlement. Meanwhile, the law on international trade grew around the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT), but today centres on the World Trade Organization in Geneva. International investment law has no equivalent overarching institution, but rather exists as a dense web of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) which have emerged in the last three decades.
Conference papers on the topic "Last Post Fund of Canada"
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Lang, Gerhard, and Diana Pfeff. "Direct Pipe® as Alternative to HDD in Permeable Soil Conditions." In 2014 10th International Pipeline Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2014-33049.
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This paper provides an overview of the multiple case histories of the Direct Pipe technology in the US and overseas, including a 42″/48″ casing pipe installation by Michels Directional Crossings. Thereby illustrating the benefits for the owner, engineer and contractor in comparison to HDD in permeable soil conditions. The Direct Pipe method has been first used in 2007 at the Rhine river crossing in Worms, Germany. Since then, more than 18 crossings have been installed in Europe and the US with great success. The longest installation so far had a total length of 4,600ft (1,400m) and a pipeline diameter of 48″. The peak performance during that installation was 756ft (232m) per day (24hrs). The first installation in the US was in August 2010, crossing HI 70 in Florida. In 2011 the first 42″ system has been used at a project in Corning, NY by Michels Directional Crossings, for the installation of a casing pipe for a 24″ HDD crossing. Laney Directional Drilling followed in early 2013 with the first 48″ Direct Pipe system being operated in North America at the Aquashicola crossing for Williams Pipelines in Monroe county, Pennsylvania. August 2013 Direct Pipe made its debut in Canada at the Beaver River Crossing for Inter Pipeline Fund north of Bonnyville, Alberta. The largest pipeline currently installed is a 56″ steel pipe in Preston, England with a total length of 2,820ft, serving as casing pipe for a post installed 36″ potable water pipeline (HDPE). The combination of the well established Microtunneling technique with the Pipe Thruster technology makes it ideal for difficult (permeable) soil conditions which pose a certain risk for frack-outs using the HDD method.