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Currently, formal legal mechanisms are not widely used by data stewards who collect, use, and share community-generated environmental data. There are often barriers to their application: since these tools are still emerging and newly used in this space, there are not many case studies to learn from, or tools to spur collaboration. It can be costly to hire legal support, and without examples of existing proofs of concept, it can be difficult to justify the financial cost. Yet the applications of legal mechanisms could be hugely beneficial for projects using and sharing community-generated environmental data. These legal mechanisms and tools can support safer and easier sharing of data, which in turn, could support movement toward advocacy, research, or sensemaking goals.This list is designed to facilitate the start of conversations between stakeholders in any community science or data project about the use of legal mechanisms to support environmental data sharing. This list is also designed for data projects who want to reflect on if and how to use legal mechanisms to support data sharing and management.

This guide, funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, draws on interviews with 17 leaders in philanthropy to elevate caregiving as an essential and emerging public health issue. Alongside funders, policymakers, advocates, and those in other sectors (including technology and entertainment) are stepping up to promote the development and execution of caregiving strategies that improve quality of life for millions of Americans who need help to meet their health and social needs.Caregiving is a vitally important national issue with a great many cross-cutting touchpoints. With this report, we want to encourage funders, particularly those who may not consider themselves focused on caregiving, to become more involved.

In this Do No Harm Guide: Crafting Equitable Data Narratives, we discuss how data practitioners can reframe their work at every stage of data collection. After soliciting essays in early 2023, we worked with authors to refine their ideas and create a cohesive final product. This guide contains 12 essays divided into three parts.The first part deals with the framing decisions data practitioners must make. The authors tackle how to define rural areas, what kinds of studies are considered rigorous, who is given the opportunity to lead studies, and which groups avoid detection and analysis altogether.The second part deals with the data collection process, specifically how the framing of survey questions, research designs, and community-engaged methods can potentially harm people and communities. The authors tackle how to support high school students experiencing homelessness, collect data on transgender people, work with immigrant communities in trauma-informed ways, and engage collaboratively with women experiencing homelessness.The third part deals with the presentation of data, specifically how researchers can thoughtfully showcase their findings in ways that do not perpetuate harm or render groups invisible. The authors tackle using inclusive language when writing about gender data, framing community-based data analysis with positive language, adding contextual language to convey the full nuance of data analysis, and designing diverse anthropographics for visualizations.Â

This guide, funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, draws on interviews with 17 leaders in philanthropy to elevate caregiving as an essential and emerging public health issue. Alongside funders, policymakers, advocates, and those in other sectors (including technology and entertainment) are stepping up to promote the development and execution of caregiving strategies that improve quality of life for millions of Americans who need help to meet their health and social needs.Caregiving is a vitally important national issue with a great many cross-cutting touchpoints. With this report, we want to encourage funders, particularly those who may not consider themselves focused on caregiving, to become more involved.

Trust-Based Philanthropy (TBP): What is it and how can collective giving groups bestpractice it?At its roots TBP is about advancing equity, shifting power, and building mutually accountable relationships. It seeks to demonstrate humility and collaboration in all aspects of the giving process.TBP is most often associated with grantmaking practices; however, committing meaningfully to TBP means going deeper than how we give. This resource will equip giving circle leaders with tools to go beyond grantmaking and infuse trust and the values of trust-based philanthropy into your culture, structures, practices, and leadership.Â

The typical local election official in the United States is a white woman who is older than 50, earns more than $40,000, does not have a college degree, and is less likely today than in the past to have extensive experience in election administration. She is responsible for protecting her jurisdiction's elections from a growing list of security challenges, from well-funded authoritarian regimes to conspiracy theorists, and is also continuously being asked to take on additional responsibilities in her role, often with little or no additional funding. Election officials have always been public administrators and logisticians, but after the 2000 presidential election, they were expected to be communication specialists and legal analysts. After the 2016 presidential election, they were expected to be cybersecurity experts, and during the 2020 campaign, they were even looked to for public health guidance. Now, it's 2024, and it appears they are expected to provide expertise on artificial intelligence too.As the 2024 US presidential cycle hits its stride, election officials face a new technological challenge amid declining public confidence in their work: artificial intelligence (AI). Trust in the US political system today is alarmingly low. Almost a third of the US electorate still falsely believes the 2020 presidential election was stolen, a belief rooted in disinformation and arguments that have no evidence to support them. The prevalence of AI technologies magnifies the challenges for maintaining trust in election integrity and democratic governance, the success of which depends on numerous dedicated actors who contribute to the health and vibrancy of democratic life—poll workers, election officials, political campaigns, the media, and the voting public. This handbook is directed specifically at election officials, who shoulder an enormous burden on behalf of the American people. Our objective is to relieve some of the burden when it comes to navigating AI in t

Find the implementation guide in:Arabic:Â https://wings.issuelab.org/resource/international-philanthropy-commitment-on-climate-change-dlyl-ltnfythy.htmlEnglish: https://wings.issuelab.org/resource/implementation-guide-philanthropyforclimate.htmlIndonesian:Â https://wings.issuelab.org/resource/international-philanthropy-commitment-on-climate-change-panduan-pelaksanaan-indonesian-bahasa.htmlItalian: https://wings.issuelab.org/resource/international-philanthropy-commitment-on-climate-change-guida-pratica-di-attuazione.htmlPortuguese:Â https://wings.issuelab.org/resource/international-philanthropy-commitment-on-climate-change-guia-de-implementacao.htmlSpanish:Â https://wings.issuelab.org/resource/international-philanthropy-commitment-on-climate-change-guia-de-implementacion.html

The aim of this project was to educate young adults--particularly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin--about urban revitalization and urban renewal in their own community. Milwaukee has historically been subject to disinvestment and urban decay for the last few decades. Due to this, our group decided to hone in one of the most important voices of tomorrow: teenagers and young adults. Our Instagram campaign dissects our research in a more digestible format. Furthermore, it allows us to give community members useful information about urban revitalization, Milwaukee's history, and even local ways to get involved.

The electronic educational and methodical complex consists of four sections. The theoretical section presents the materials of the lecture course. The practical section presents a plan of seminar classes and methodological recommendations for guided independent work of students. The knowledge control section offers questions for the exam and test tasks. The auxiliary section presents the curriculum for the discipline “Philosophy”, a list of basic and additional literature. The complex can be used to organize and control controlled independent work of students.

In 2024, more people will be living in a state with a voter ID law than ever before in our nation's history.Voter ID laws undermine and distort democracy. And with ID laws passing at unprecedented rates across the country, it's going to take all hands on deck to fight back. In this consequential election year, it's no exaggeration to say that effective voter ID education and assistance could make all the difference in tight elections nationwide.This toolkit gives an overview of how VoteRiders can help voters access trusted ID information and individualized help. Our ID-focused tools and services – all of which are free – help our partner organizations address voter ID issues in whatever way makes most sense for them and the communities they serve.

At C40 we have observed that limited awareness or understanding of the need for equity perspectives in climate policy and programmes amongst city residents, local partners and national leaders can undermine cities' efforts to develop ambitious climate plans and strategies. Similarly, limited engagement and understanding of citizens' everyday needs and preoccupations can generate a disconnection between city climate action and citizens' priorities. To implement inclusive climate action that leaves no one behind, cities must garner political and public support. Strategic communication can help cities secure this support.Building on C40's experience supporting cities to implement Inclusive Climate Action (ICA) programmes and policies hand-in-hand with communities, and the first-ever C40 ICA Communications Training delivered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 11th – 12th March 2024 with African cities, this Toolkit has been developed with communications experts as a repository of resources, strategies and tools to support cities to communicate their ICA work effectively.It provides insights into community engagement as a foundational principle of ICA communications, strategies to develop communications plans, approaches for developing key messages, building communications channels, audience analysis, guidance for storytelling and media engagement, and measuring the effectiveness of city ICA communications. It also includes templates cities can adapt and tailor to their local context and the needs of their communities and media context.

Co-evolution and adaptation between viruses and humans are often portrayed as a zero-sum biological arms race. Viruses enter host cells equipped with an array of mechanisms to evade the host defense responses and replicate. The rapid rate of mutation of viruses permits evolution of various methodologies for infection, which in turn drive development of non-specific but highly effective host mechanisms to restrict infection. This class will discuss the varied solutions each side has developed as a means for survival. We will use examples drawn from human disease-causing pathogens that contribute seriously to the global health burden, including HIV, influenza and dengue virus. Primary research papers will be discussed to help students learn to pose scientific questions and design and conduct experiments to answer the questions and critically interpret data. This course is one of many Advanced Undergraduate Seminars offered by the Biology Department at MIT. These seminars are tailored for students with an interest in using primary research literature to discuss and learn about current biological research in a highly interactive setting. Many instructors of the Advanced Undergraduate Seminars are postdoctoral scientists with a strong interest in teaching.

We all know that calculus courses such as 18.01 Single Variable Calculus and 18.02 Multivariable Calculus cover univariate and vector calculus, respectively. Modern applications such as machine learning require the next big step, matrix calculus. This class covers a coherent approach to matrix calculus showing techniques that allow you to think of a matrix holistically (not just as an array of scalars), compute derivatives of important matrix factorizations, and really understand forward and reverse modes of differentiation. We will discuss adjoint methods, custom Jacobian matrix vector products, and how modern automatic differentiation is more computer science than mathematics in that it is neither symbolic nor based on finite differences.

En esta unidad, vamos a adentrarnos en las cuestiones relacionadas con el trabajo y el paro en el modo de producción capitalista y con el papel que desempeña el Estado a través de las políticas de empleo. Para ello, mostraremos las diferencias básicas entre las distintas teorías del valor para explicar a continuación los mimbres fundamentales de la teoría del valor trabajo, que es la que, a nuestro juicio, ofrece una perspectiva analítica más potente para comprender la naturaleza del régimen del salariado, la explotación, la acumulación de capital y el desempleo. A partir de estas bases, profundizaremos en el concepto de productividad y sus contradicciones bajo la lógica del capitalismo. Entre ellas, la relativa al paro y al trabajo precario, cuestiones centrales que analizamos desde las dos visiones ortodoxas convencionales —neoclásica y keynesiana— y criticamos desde el marxismo, como principal paradigma heterodoxo crítico. En la última parte, estudiaremos las políticas de empleo que el Estado pone en marcha, sus fundamentos teóricos y sus principales efectos.

En esta unidad, vamos a continuar con el estudio del trabajo en el modo de producción capitalista. Para ello, profundizaremos en el análisis del salario, variable esencial que no sólo representa la expresión monetaria del valor de la fuerza de trabajo, sino que muestra con claridad algunas de las mayores contradicciones de la dinámica de acumulación para la clase trabajadora. Veremos conceptos como los de salario directo, indirecto y diferido, salario nominal y real, coste laboral unitario, salario relativo y coeficiente salarial. Y también veremos los factores determinantes de la oferta y la demanda de fuerza de trabajo, palancas esenciales para comprender la evolución del salario y su relación con el valor de la fuerza de trabajo. A partir del análisis de la relación entre el salario relativo, la productividad y la tasa de plusvalor, reflexionaremos acerca de la tendencia estructural que el salario presenta bajo el régimen de acumulación capitalista. También prestaremos atención a las políticas de rentas implementadas por los Estados destinadas a influir sobre los salarios. Y, por último, nos aproximaremos a la curva de Phillips con el objetivo de criticar su hipotética validez como herramienta explicativa del comportamiento del desempleo y la inflación.

Material docente de la asignatura de Consulta Digital en Salud, optativa para los grados en Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Este material quiere ser una introducción a la consulta digital sanitaria, describiendo las principales características de la salud digital, de los actores implicados en ella (e-Paciente y e-Sanitario) y presentando todas aquellas nuevas tecnologías relacionadas con entornos digitales que toman parte de este campo emergente de la salud., Teaching material for the subject of Digital Health Consultation, an elective for the Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Podiatry degrees at the Complutense University of Madrid. This material aims to be an introduction to digital healthcare consultation, describing the main characteristics of digital health, the actors involved in it (e-Patient and e-Healthcare professional), and presenting all the new technologies related to digital environments that are part of this emerging field of health.

Physical Therapy in central nervous system (SNC) disease is performed to avoid abnormal muscle tone and posture, to treat muscle and joint deformities, and to reduce motor and sensory disorders. Bobath Concept (BC) is the most widespread and is clinically accepted for targeting the CNS and the neuromuscular system. BC tries to ‘teaches’ the brain to improve motor performance skills and achieve ‘as near normal function as possible’. We describe the generalities of this neurological physiotherapy method.

En esta novena unidad, vamos a adentrarnos en el análisis de un elemento fundamental en la macroeconomía general y, sobre todo, en el ámbito de las relaciones económicas internacionales: las divisas y el sistema monetario internacional. En primer lugar, explicaremos los conceptos básicos necesarios para comprender la naturaleza de las divisas y de los mercados de divisas. Además, veremos con cierto detalle el papel del dólar estadounidense como moneda mundial y los debates que existen acerca de su supuesta pérdida de hegemonía. En segundo lugar, introduciremos la siempre compleja cuestión de los tipos de cambio. Para ello, comenzaremos por aclarar ciertos conceptos técnicos necesarios, como la diferencia entre tipos de cambio directos e indirectos, spot y forward, nominales y reales, apreciación y depreciación, revaluación y devaluación, etc. A continuación, diferenciaremos los dos niveles de determinación de los tipos de cambio: un primer nivel de carácter estructural, donde la clave se encuentra en las productividades relativas de las respectivas economías nacionales, y un segundo nivel de índole coyuntural (el más habitual en los textos convencionales), en el que las variables macroeconómicas (balanza comercial, tipos de interés, inflación y evolución de los salarios), la especulación y la intervención de los bancos centrales sirven como elementos explicativos. En tercer y último lugar, entraremos en la definición y el estudio del sistema monetario internacional. Con ese objetivo, empezaremos por diferenciar sistema monetario nacional, régimen cambiario y sistema monetario internacional. A continuación, identificaremos las diferencias esenciales en el funcionamiento de los regímenes de tipos de cambio flotantes, fijos e intervenidos, con sus modalidades concretas. Para ello, nos fijaremos en sus respectivos objetivos, sus mecanismos de ajuste de la balanza de pagos y las consecuencias que tienen para la clase trabajadora. En este punto, y por razones de extensión

El Museo del prado en Madrid, España. es uno de los más importantes del mundo y uno de los más visitados. Exhibe la Colección Real española. El edificio fue diseñado por Juan de Villanueva en 1785 en estilo neoclásico. Hay obras de maestros españoles y europeos de los siglos XV al XIX. Con este manual, pretendemos acercarle didácticamente a las principales obras del Museo del Prado, para que las entienda y las disfrute, y que le gusten tanto, que vuelva pronto. ¿Cómo vamos a lograrlo? Mediante el análisis de cada obra mediante un método iconológico en tres fases de comprensión: - Primaria, preiconográfica o percepción natural de la obra sin saber nada de ella: ¿qué podemos ver? - Secundaria, iconográfica o convencional, que pretende detectar sus elementos figurativos y su significado histórico: ¿qué significa? - Terciaria, iconológica o intrínseca, o interpretación histórica, social y cultural de la obra: ¿por qué es importante? Es decir, pasamos de lo perceptible o visible a lo imperceptible o invisible. Así, cada cuadro se convierte en un descubrimiento, que podrá revelarle lo apreciable, pero también, lo inapreciable, lo oculto a primera vista. Le deseamos una excelente visita y que vuelva pronto.

En esta décima y última unidad, vamos a introducirnos en el análisis de uno de los fenómenos más controvertidos y, al mismo tiempo, recurrentes del capitalismo: las crisis. En primer lugar, aclararemos la diferencia esencial que hay entre las crisis —en plural, como episodios de destrucción de capital funcionales para la reanudación de la actividad económica— y la crisis —en singular, como contradicción característica del modo de producción capitalista consistente en la tendencia a la caída de la tasa de ganancia—. Para ello, nos detendremos a contemplar los fundamentos de las distintas visiones que tienen los paradigmas económicos rivales sobre estas cuestiones, diferenciando para ello entre clásicos, neoclásicos, keynesianos, heterodoxos y marxistas. Esta distinción se basa en varios criterios interpretativos sencillos que proponemos para una mejor comprensión de la cuestión. Finalmente, veremos qué posibles soluciones plantean los diferentes enfoques ante las crisis sobre la base de sus propuestas de política económica basada en la actuación del Estado y en la estructura de las relaciones sociales de producción.

En esta unidad, vamos a introducirnos en algunas de las complejidades que caracterizan al dinero y su funcionamiento en el modo de producción capitalista. Para ello, nos detendremos en algunos de sus elementos esenciales y recorreremos las teorías monetarias más relevantes para comprender las diferencias que existen entre ellas: la cuantitativo-monetarista, la keynesiana y la marxista. A partir de esas diferencias, veremos las distintas explicaciones que el pensamiento económico ha dado al fenómeno de la inflación capitalista. A continuación, analizaremos la institución que en las formaciones socioeconómicas capitalistas actuales se encarga de la gestión del dinero y del control de la inflación: el banco central. Después, entraremos en el estudio de la política monetaria con cierto detalle para ver las metas finales que tienen los bancos centrales, los objetivos intermedios que permiten alcanzarlas, las variables operativas sobre las que tratan de influir y los instrumentos monetarios que manejan para ello. A lo largo de la exposición, iremos ofreciendo una visión crítica de los planteamientos y usos más habituales de política monetaria con el fin de evidenciar sus incongruencias teóricas, sus servidumbres de clase y su incapacidad para cumplir cabalmente con sus obligaciones.

The "Wimee Wonders Caregiver Toolkit" is a resource designed to help caregivers, educators, and parents enhance children's learning, especially focused on connecting stories to everyday life. The toolkit integrates research-based approaches to child development, social-emotional learning, and equity. It helps caregivers provide meaningful, holistic educational experiences tailored to the unique needs of children.