Municipal governments rely heavily on the sharing of data between departments as a means to provide high-quality and timely service to its citizens. Common tasks such as parcel renovations require the involvement of multiple departments such as Building, Planning, Zoning, Assessment and Tax to achieve the ultimate goals. However, the software applications used to support the work of these depar...

This article analyzes the logic behind human resources management in primary health care from the perspective of municipal health systems administrators in Brazil, rethinking the decentralization process based on mediation between Federal government guidelines and the health services' daily practice. This was a cross-sectional study using a semi-structured questionnaire applied to municipal hea...

The research findings fill a gap in the body of knowledge by presenting an effective way to evaluate the significance of on-site environmental impacts of municipal engineering works prior to the construction stage. First, 42 on-site environmental impacts of municipal engineering works were identified by means of a process-oriented approach. Then, 46 indicators and their corresponding significan...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between "waiting time to onset of municipal rehabilitation", "length of municipal rehabilitation" and the attained level of function four months after the hip fracture. METHODS Among a consecutive series of 156 patients, the 116 patients who were recommended a municipal rehabilitation sequence after discharge were included. Th...

This paper presents findings and research directions of an in-progress study examining the factors affecting successful community municipal portal diffusion. Several community municipal portal sites in the Province of Ontario, Canada are being investigated via questionnaires sent to portal administrators at six portal sites, and web surveys completed by 1,753 end-users at five of these six site...

Introduction (aim) Nigeria currently has one of the highest HIV and AIDS epidemic burden worldwide. Prevalence among key populations is currently, 34.1% (brothel-based sex workers), 21.95 (non-brothel-based), 37.6% (MSMs) and 9.3% for IDUs respectively. A huge gaps exists in the national response to key populations as a result of socio-cultural barriers and unfavorable political and legislative...

ABSTRACT There have not been many studies to evaluate the tenets of international investment law from a feminist perspective. Thus, study perspective is only desirable but also necessary understand position women in this regime. To fill gap, article presents an analysis normative and structural frameworks standpoint. This finds that are under-represented framework law, barely touches upon issue...

Current Indonesian municipal law obliges the use of language in transaction activities, Memory Understanding and other agreements. The choice a contract between subject international commercial transactions becomes an essential tool to reach consensus on common intention. This, too, could become triggering factor conflict parties. This study discussed legal implications possibility using foreig...

Abstract This paper aims to analyze the inclusive and democratic effects of municipal cultural incentives law in Cataguases, Minas Gerais, fundamentally considering promotion citizenship identity preservation based on production. Data were collected through non-structured interviews with Cataguases producers analyzed according a Marxist notion discourse. Our findings revealed that approved purp...

In Japan, the development and financing of infrastructure are traditionally dominated by the public sector. Learning from the failures of so called ‘‘third sector’’ projects in the 1970s and 1980s as well as based on experience from the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in other countries, Japan introduced a PFI Promotion Law in 1999 to enhance private participation in the provision of infrastru...