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Digitizing Discretionary Practices in Public Service Provision: An Empirical Study of Public Service Workers’ Attitudes [PDF]

, 2019
Public service workers have traditionally enjoyed a wide freedom to make decisions about clients. With the increased use of ICT in public service provision, discretionary practices are influenced or replaced by computerized routines, known as digital ...
Peter André Busch, Eikebrokk, Tom Roar, Busch, Peter André, Tom Roar Eikebrokk   +3 more
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The unstudied effects of wording and answer formats in the analysis of impartiality in public service provision. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Martín JC, Moreira P, Román C.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Depolarizing Leak in Sodium Bicarbonate Cotransporter NBCe1 Causes Brain Edema

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives SLC4A4 encodes electrogenic sodium bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1, prominently expressed in kidney and brain. Recessive loss‐of‐function variants in SLC4A4 cause proximal renal tubular acidosis, no brain edema. In the brain, NBCe1 is expressed by astrocytes, where it regulates pH and mediates astrocyte volume changes.
Quinty Bisseling, Mark D. Parker, Sven Kerst, Richard A. Pasternack, Jacob Tondreau, Marjolein Breur, Gemma M. van Rooijen‐van Leeuwen, Davide Tonduti, Ettore Salsano, Alejandra Darling, Joanna A. E. van Wijk, Susanna Törnroth‐Horsefield, Marianna Bugiani, Petra J. W. Pouwels, Quinten Waisfisz, Marjo S. van der Knaap, Rogier Min   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Co-production, new public governance and third sector social services in Europe

Ciências Sociais Unisinos, 2011
Many countries in Europe are searching for new ways to engage citizens and involve the third sector in the provision and governance of social services in order to meet major demographical, political and economic challenges facing the welfare state in the
Victor Pestoff
doaj  

Strengthening keratoconus management systems in South African public sector facilities

African Vision and Eye Health
Background: Provision of comprehensive eye care remains a challenge in low to medium income countries including South Africa. The recent surge of keratoconus (KC) is exacerbating this challenge especially in terms of the need for specialised equipment ...
Pheagane M.W. Nkoana, Khathutshelo P. Mashige, Vanessa R. Moodley   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

CSF Monoamine Metabolites and Cognitive Trajectory in Early Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Imaging and postmortem studies indicate that abnormalities in monoaminergic neurotransmission contribute to cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, it remains uncertain if cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) monoamine metabolites can serve as biomarkers of cognitive decline in early PD.
Jing‐Yu Shao, Rong Li, Yu‐Xiang Jiao, Kai Ma, Hong‐Qi Yang, Zheng‐Yu Sun, Jie‐Wen Zhang, Shuai Chen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality and Public Transport Service Contracts [PDF]

Public authorities and transport operators are both involved in the provision of public transport services. There is a contrast between the social goals of the former and the private ones of the latter.
Valerio Gatta, Edoardo Marcucci
core  

Seven steps to mapping health service provision: lessons learned from mapping services for adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the UK

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background ADHD affects some individuals throughout their lifespan, yet service provision for adults in the United Kingdom (UK) is patchy. Current methods for mapping health service provision are resource intensive, do not map specialist ADHD teams ...
Anna Price, Astrid Janssens, Susan Dunn-Morua, Helen Eke, Philip Asherson, Tony Lloyd, Tamsin Ford   +6 more
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Elevated Connectivity During Language Processing Is Associated With Cognitive Performance in SeLECTS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Self‐Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) is associated with language impairments despite seizures originating in the motor cortex, suggesting aberrant cross‐network interactions. Here we tested whether functional connectivity in SeLECTS during language tasks predicts language performance.
Wendy Qi, Katharine Lee, Kerry C. Nix, Miguel Menchaca, Xiwei Shé, Lorelei Santa Maria, Wei Wu, Zihuai He, Fiona M. Baumer   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

PUBLIC WAGE BILL, DEBT CONSTRAINTS, AND SERVICE DELIVERY COMPETITION FOR LIMITED PUBLIC FUNDS: SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT

Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences
The National Treasury, together with the Provincial Treasurers, are the custodians of public finances and they are responsible for budgeting for the national and provincial government departments.
Xolani Thusi, Nokukhanya N. Jili
doaj   +1 more source