O Capítulo Español de la Sociedad de Educación de IEEE (CESEI) nasceu há mais de dois anos sob a liderança de Manuel Castro Gil com uma clara vocação de serviço; tanto para os seus membros, como para os profesores de ensino técnico em Espanha, como para a sociedade em geral. A chave do êxito que perseguimos nesta aventura radica-se, a meu ver, em conseguir reunir o potencial e prestígio da IEEE...

Course Description: This course is derived from the textbook by Andrew A. Guccione, PT, PhD, DPT, FAPTA, Rita A. Wong, PT, EdD, and Dale Avers, PT, DPT, PhD ©2012. Geriatric Physical Therapy offers a comprehensive presentation of geriatric physical therapy science and practice. Thoroughly revised and updated, editors Andrew Guccione, Rita Wong, and Dale Avers and their contributors provide curr...

Ildar R. Gabitov, Robert Indik, Natalia M. Litchinitser, Andrei I. Maimistov, Vladimir M. Shalaev, Joshua E. Soneson : Mathematics Department, University of Arizona, 617 N. Santa Rita Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA : Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA : Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, 525 East Universit...

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita showed the vulnerability of coastal communities and how human activities that caused deterioration of the Mississippi Deltaic Plain (MDP) exacerbated this vulnerability. The MDP formed by dynamic interactions between river and coast at various temporal and spatial scales, and human activity has reduced these interactions at all scales. Restoration efforts aim to re-e...

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed an entire beloved city and shattered a large part of the US Gulf Coast. Unlike the destruction of 9/11, it is difficult to say at the time of this writing whether or not this region will ever be fully restored. In light of these and other man-made and natural disasters, the world needs to revisit its approach to disaster planning and preparedness to insure ...

Experiences from recent emergencies, such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, have shown that current emergency preparedness plans are inadequate to address the unique issues of special needs populations. This article shares details about a toolkit meant to assist state and local public health agencies improve their emergency preparedness activities. It distills the most relevant strategies, practi...

Louisiana was struck by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, and by Hurricane Rita on September 24, 2005. The two hurricanes caused unprecedented damage from wind and storm surge to the Louisiana Gulf Coast region, and levee breaks resulted in flooding of large residential areas in and around New Orleans. With the flooding, an immediate public health concern was the potential for outbreaks of ...

This prospective study examined the pathways by which religious involvement affected the post-disaster psychological functioning of women who survived Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The participants were 386 low-income, predominantly Black, single mothers. The women were enrolled in the study before the hurricane, providing a rare opportunity to document changes in mental health from before to af...

Q: In what ways are the models similar to and/or different from each other? A: »Each of the models advocates ac knowledging and honoring the diver sity among individuals • Most models urge that teachers adapt instruction to the ways in which individuals, rather than groups, learn Some believe in 'matching" to learn ing style characteristics all the time; others believe in matching some of the t...