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Church asylum, or sanctuary, is a practice to support, counsel and give shelter to refugees who are threatened with deportation to inhumane living conditions, torture or even death.
Birgit Neufert
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Fuzzy logic expert system for evaluating the activity of university teachers
Assessing the performance of academics at different levels is increasingly difficult to achieve using traditional methods based mainly on numerical scores in evaluating teaching and research activity.
V. Florin Popescu, M. Sorin Pistol
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SummaryRates of involuntary admission are increasing in England. Personality disorder should be excluded as a criterion for involuntary admission; stronger restraint reduction programmes should be instigated; and involuntary care should be based on treating illness (something we can do) and not on predicting violence (something we cannot).Declaration ...
Brendan D. Kelly, Jane Gilhooley
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Background: Studies have shown that individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) exhibit a high prevalence of obesity and poor-quality diet. The population of individuals with ID include athletes that participate in Special Olympics.
Kaneen Gomez-Hixson+2 more
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Forecasting asylum-related migration flows with machine learning and data at scale
The sudden and unexpected migration flows that reached Europe during the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015–2016 left governments unprepared, exposing significant shortcomings in the field of migration forecasting. Forecasting asylum-related migration is
Marcello Carammia+2 more
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In 1982, Raymond Smullyan published an article, "The Asylum of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether," that consists of a series of puzzles. These were later reprinted in the anthology, "The Lady or The Tiger? and Other Logic Puzzles." The last puzzle, which describes the asylum alluded to in the title, was designed to be especially difficult. With the help
Jeremy Avigad+4 more
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Integration in the Shadow of Austerity—Refugees in Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, a post-industrial city in the North East of England, has long been committed to hosting refugees. Although the city has suffered drastic cuts in government funding and faces high levels of deprivation, Newcastle declared itself a ...
Matthias Flug, Jason Hussein
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Translation of Heribert Prantl, "Asyl," in Das neue Deutschland. Von Migration und Vielfalt, ed. Özkan Ezli and Gisela Staupe (Konstanz: Konstanz University Press, 2014).
Prantl, Heribert, Orich, Annika
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El Decreto Ejecutivo 1182, "Reglamento para aplicación en Ecuador del derecho de refugio", entró en vigencia el 30 de mayo de 2012, cambiando la normativa interna para el reconocimiento y ejercicio de la condición de refugiado en el Ecuador.
Daniela Ubidia Vásquez
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