The paper introduces three patterns for use by university managers and lecturers for creating of Master of Science (MSc) program in engineering and science faculties, developing entrepreneurial skills: • TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION (TEI) CURRICULA – provide a valuable and computational set of courses to guarantee the competence of graduate students in the turbulent environment; •...

China's urbanization over the last twenty years has been a success. Since 1990, China's cities have grown by 380 million people, while per capita urban GDP has grown five times. China's leaders have recently called for a structural adjustment to China's growth model. This adjustment is needed if China's cities are to surmount two intertwined challenges: the scale of China's urbanization, and wi...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and the association with the Breastfeeding-Friendly Primary Care Unit Initiative. METHODS Cross-sectional study, whose data source were research on feeding behaviors in the first year of life conducted in the vaccination campaigns of 2003 and 2006, at the municipality of Barra Mansa, RJ, Southeastern Brazil. For the purposes of th...

As organizations recognize their knowledge as a source of competitive advantage, they are increasingly investing in Knowledge Management (KM) initiatives in an attempt to realize both firmand operationallevel benefits. However, many KM initiatives fail to yield the desired outcomes due to our lack of understanding of the antecedents to successful KM. Prior studies have established that organiza...

• “Evolution of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Between 2002 and 2009” by Bruce Ettinger, MD, Sharon M. Wang, PharmD, MS, R. Scott Leslie, MPH, et al. • “A Decade of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Prescribing in the United States: LongTerm Effects of the WHI” by Amy Steinkellner, PharmD, Shannon Denison, MA, Sandra Eldridge, PharmD, et al. • “Hormone Therapy Prescribing Trends in the Decade Afte...

the focus on public policy and health equity is discussed in reference to the current global health policy discussion on universal health coverage (uhc). this initiative has strong commitment from the leadership of the international organizations involved, but a lack of policy clarity outside of the health financing component may limit the initiative’s impact on health inequity. in order to add...

strengthening the health workforce and universal health coverage (uhc) are among key targets in the heathrelated sustainable development goals (sdgs) to be committed by the united nations (un) member states in september 2015. the health workforce, the backbone of health systems, contributes to functioning delivery systems. equitable distribution of functioning services is indispensable to achie...

Modelling and simulation (M&S) have gradually become irreplaceable tools in the field of Nuclear Science Technology (NS&T), including nuclear energy systems. This is partly due to growing computational resources advances science difficulties finance, build license new experimental facilities. However, utilization M&S for research development (R&D) education training (E&T) ap...

The development and use of variational principles for various problems in atomic physics by Larry Spruch and his collaborators over the last forty years is reviewed and a roadmap provided for their publications. Typeset using REVTEX 1