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[Public Health Specialist] Short list of key terms in a research

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:56:00 +0000

Key Terms

concept
A word picture or mental idea of a phenomenon.
conceptual framework
A background or foundation for a study; a less well-developed structure than a theoretical framework; concepts are related in a logical manner by the researcher.
conceptual model
Symbolic presentation of concepts and the relationships between these concepts.
construct
A highly abstract phenomenon that cannot be directly observed but must be inferred by certain concrete or less abstract indicators of the phenomenon.
deductive reasoning
A reasoning process that proceeds from the general to the specific, from theory to empirical data.
empirical generalization
A summary statement about the occurrence of phenomena that is based on empirical data from a number of different research studies.
grand theories
Theories that are concerned with a broad range of phenomena in the environment or in the experiences of humans.
inductive reasoning
A reasoning process that proceeds from the specific to the general, from empirical data to theory.
middle-range theories
Theories that have a narrow focus; they are concerned with only a small area of the environment or of human experiences.
model
A symbolic representation of some phenomenon or phenomena.
proposition
A statement or assertion of the relationship between concepts.
theoretical framework
A study framework based on propositional statements from a theory.
theory
A set of related statements that describes or explains phenomena in a systematic way.

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[Public Health] Psychic Vietnam

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:06:00 +0000

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[Vietnam Public Health] Parapsychology - Talking with, seeing, hearing people...

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:23:00 +0000

Hop mat Trung tam nghien cuu tiem nang con nguoi

P1: Ong Han Thuy Vu

P2: Thieu tuong Chu Phat

P3: Giao su Tran Phuong - Phan Thi Bich Hang

P4: Giao su Tran Van Ha

e=cm2+ lamda

Phan Thi Bich Hang noi chuyen tai chua Phat Quang

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[Vietnam Public Health] Chitika Premium

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:26:00 +0000

Just another money making scheme within Chitika.

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[Vietnam Public Health] NeoBux - the good day is coming!

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:48:00 +0000

This program allows you to click ads and earn money! Go now!

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Digital Cameras

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:53:00 +0000

[Vietnam Public Health] Talking with the dead: Finding missing soldiers in Vi...

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[Vietnam Public Health] How to judge a public health graduate?

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:55:00 +0000

At the end of a master course, you are happy that, finally, you've got the degree.

How do you know how much have you learnt?

Some friends told me they forgot almost everything. It's funny, but true.

It is sensible to think right the way of a reviewing plan. The plan should base on knowledge and skills that a graduate in public health should have acquired. As you have spent many months to study public health, it should be fairly easy to review all the stuffs. Think about spending the summer right after the course for reviewing purpose. Don't relax too soon, and you will be well paid off.

Each program has their own 'point of view' to judge a public health graduate. Look at your own program to build your review criteria.

Here is the view from the Masters of Public Health at University of Essex:

A. Knowledge and Understanding

A1 : Advanced understanding of key concepts related to public health protection and promotion
A2 : Knowledge of how to monitor and control the populations' health
A3 : Knowledge of the relationships between relevant academic theories and practice of public health
A4 : Knowledge of how to critically appraise the public health evidence base and practice
A5 : Advanced understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods
A6 : Understanding of how to conduct original research including relevant ethical and legal issues
A7 : How to reflect upon ones own professional practice

B. Intellectual / cognitive skills

B1 : Systematically gather and critically review evidence
B2 : Translate research evidence into practical activities in treatment and service management (evidence-based practice)
B3 : Interpret and implement relevant policy statements
B4 : Plan, undertake and report an independent research project to a high professional and ethical standard
B5 : Write well-structured and well-argued essays

C. Practical skills

C1 : Perform advanced and systematic search for information relevant to specific topics
C2 : Produce a research proposal to a professional standard and submit an application to an ethics committee
C3 : Carry out, with supervision, health research to a high professional standard
C4 : Process and analyse data using a software package (e.g. SPSS or WinMAX)
C5 : Plan and present their work in an appropriate manner

D. Key skills

D1 : Able to write clearly and effectively; able to communicate effectively verbally in a group; able to summarise and communicate complex findings to others; able to communicate with professional and lay audiences appropriately
D2 : Use of Internet; use of word processing packages; use of spreadsheets and statistics packages; use of presentation packages; use of data analysis software
D3 : Ability to read and interpret tables of data and statistics; ability to use statistics to analyse data; familiarity with packages for handling and analysing data
D4 : Able to choose the appropriate method of enquiry in order to address a range of practical and theoretical problems. This includes review and use of appropriate past literature, consulting appropriate experts, or designing an appropriate piece of research work.
D5 : Able to work in a team with others to agree and work towards goals; able to work successfully with other disciplines; able to practice reflectively and facilitate this in others
D6 : Able to learn from feedback and respond appropriately and effectively to supervision and guidance; able to work pragmatically to meet deadlines; able to critically evaluate own performance and to practice reflectively

If you answers are 'yes' to all of the above issues, you are really really ready to take a well-paid position. Many employers would like to 'buy' you with a good price.

Well, you don't need to be 'yes' to all the issues, but consider either review or practice the perceived 'weak' knowledge/skills in order to get better job.

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Posted By Kingdragon to Vietnam Public Health on 4/07/2008 06:45:00 PM

[Vietnam Public Health] Xem phim online - Phim online - Download phim - Phim ...

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:22:00 +0000

Phim tình c?m, hài, Hàn Qu?c

B?n tình ca mùa dông

Chuy?n tình Harvard

Chuy?n tình Paris

Hoàn châu cách cách 1

Hoàn châu cách cách 2

Tân dòng sông ly bi?t

Ngôi nhà h?nh phúc

Mùi ngò gai (phim Vi?t nam - vào nhanh qua muingogai.net )

Tuy?t nhi?t d?i (phim Vi?t nam)

Ván c? Tình yêu (phim Vi?t nam - Hà ki?u Anh)

Âm thanh c?a s?c màu(Lâm Tâm Nhu)

Bà m? ch?ng gay g?t (phim vui)

Phim (ti?ng Anh) nên xem

Film Title Short story Link

The Doomsday English, will the world end in 2012, December 21? Watch "2012 Doomsday" Movie

The core English, a group of scientists try to fix the earth's core in order to save millions of lives. How can they do it? Watch "The Core" Movie

War A new film by Jet Li Watch "War" Movie

Phim Ti?ng Vi?t l?ng ti?ng

Cu?c h?n nghi?t ngã - the healing spririt
Tình yêu và cu?c d?i
Rob-B-Hood
Sát Th?
Le Cyclo
K? gi?t mu?n (Jet Lee Lý Liên Ki?t)
Nh?t �ao Khuynh Thành

Sáu tráng si

Vui cu?i
Tom và Jerry
Hãy d?i d?y!
Bán Khoai Lang
Lên �?i
L? Lem Internet
Gi?t Ngu?i Cu?p Rang

Nam Quy?n B?c Cu?c

B?o Liên �ang
B?n Tình Ca Mùa �ông
?o ?nh th?n trâm
Luu Tinh H? �i?p Ki?m

Khi dàn ông có b?u

Quán tr? Tân Long Môn

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Posted By Kingdragon to Vietnam Public Health on 4/07/2008 02:22:00 AM

[Vietnam Public Health] Public Health guides

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:10:00 +0000

This website has hundreds of good public health guides. Public Health Library & Informatics serves the information needs of Michigan's public health practice community. Librarians are available to help with information gathering tasks such as program and policy planning, research, and grant writing. All members of the practice community are invited to visit the library. Most University of Michigan electronic resources, including databases and electronic journals, are available for you to use from PHLI computers. You are also welcome to use our book and journal collection in the library. Copiers are available for your use. http://www.sph.umich.edu/phli/culp/community.html

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[Vietnam Public Health] Differences between qualitative and quantitative appr...

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:43:00 +0000

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[Vietnam Public Health] Qualitative Analysis with Nvivo 7

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:33:00 +0000

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[Vietnam Public Health] Qualitative Analysis with Atlasti in One Hour

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:30:00 +0000

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[Vietnam Public Health] 4/04/2008 04:05:00 PM

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:06:00 +0000

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[Vietnam Public Health] Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards, deadline 30/04/2008

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:04:00 +0000

Session 2008/09

What are the Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards?

The Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards are a national initiative to bring outstanding students from Brazil, China, India, Hong Kong, Russia, South Africa and the developing world to the UK to study for PhD degrees in top-rated research environments. The Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards are open to top-quality science, engineering, medicine, social sciences and technology students. More information on the background to the Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate awards has been made available by the Research Councils on: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/hodgkin/ Further details about the application criteria for the University of Leeds and the possible areas of study at Leeds are detailed below.

The Awards are jointly funded by the UK Research Councils and industrial partners. For those starting in Session 2008/09, the scheme will pay overseas rate fees and a maintenance stipend for a maximum period of 3 years (£12,940 a year for Session 2008/09). Funding beyond the first 12 months is subject to continued satisfactory progress.

To be eligible, you must hold a very good first degree (the equivalent of a UK first class honours degree*) from a prestigious institution. You must also meet the University's English language requirements which are IELTS band score 6.0 (with not less than 5.5 in listening and reading and not less than 5.0 in speaking and writing) or paper based TOEFL 550 (with 4.0 on the Test of Written English TWE) or computer based TOEFL 220 (with an essay rating of 4.0) or internet based TOEFL iBT 83 (with not less than 18 in listening, not less than 20 in reading and speaking and not less than 21 in writing). The requirements may be higher in some disciplines. For some subjects, you may also need the equivalent of a UK Master's degree in a relevant subject.

* Please note that a lower-rated first degree together with the subsequent acquisition of a masters level degree will not normally be accepted at the equivalent of a UK first class honours degree.

The Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards are intended to support new PhD students, and the majority of students applying for DHPA funding are expected not to have started their PhD studies. However, it is recognised that some students may have commenced their PhD studies with the intention of applying for Scholarships and funding for the start of the following session. Applicants who have already commenced PhD studies are eligible to apply for an award under the Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award Scheme provided that they did not commence PhD study before 1 October 2007.

The closing date for the following awards is 30 April 2008.

One award is provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (www.epsrc.ac.uk) and Jaguar and is available in the Institute for Transport Studies in the broad area of 'driver distraction/vehicle automation/human-machine interface'.

One award is provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (www.epsrc.ac.uk) and Morganite Electrical Carbon Limited and is available in the School of Process, Environmental & Materials Engineering (Institute for Materials Research) in the broad area of 'carbon nanomaterials for achievement of high conductivity thermal interfacing'.

One award is provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (www.epsrc.ac.uk) and GlaxoSmithKline and is available in the Department of Colour Science in the broad area of 'preparation, characterisation and delivery of internasal pharmaceutical products designed for high throughput assembly'.

One award is provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (www.epsrc.ac.uk) and Shell Global Solutions (UK) and is available in the School of Mechanical Engineering in the broad area of 'factors affecting combustion of sustainable engine fuels'.

One award is provided by the Medical Research Council (www.mrc.ac.uk) and Heart Research UK and is available in the School of Mechanical Engineering in the broad area of 'developing a novel real time computational model of heart failure to be used to test heart assist devices'.

One award is provided by the Economic and Social Research Council (www.esrc.ac.uk) and 1Spatial and is available in the Leeds University Business School in the broad area of 'interoperability and information sharing during major incidents: planning for the London Olympics'.

The Scheme is not open to UK or EU students or those eligible to pay UK rated fees. Only students from certain countries are eligible to apply. A full list of all the eligible countries is available on the Office of Science and Technology website at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/35/9/2488552.pdf - please check this list to see if you are eligible.

Please contact us on scholarships@leeds.ac.uk if you are not sure if you are eligible to apply.

How do I apply for a Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award at Leeds?

If you would like to apply for a Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award to start at Leeds in October 2008, you should apply on the University of Leeds Dorothy Hodgkin application form.

The application form is available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rds/postgraduate_scholarships/dhpa-forms.html

The deadline for applications for the above Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards is 30 April 2008 . If you are a new applicant for study at Leeds you must also have applied to the University for a place on the PhD programme that you wish to study before applying to the competition. Information on the Schools and Departments at the University of Leeds is accessible from the following web page (but first please consult the list of Schools and Departments at Leeds that are eligible to recruit students for DHPA Scholarships - see above): http://www.leeds.ac.uk/students/postgraduates.htm - To see the list of Schools click the COURSEFINDER link and then click SUBJECT GUIDE to access the list of subjects covered by the Schools at the University. Then click for further information on each School. The application form to study for a research degree is also accessible from this web page.

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[Vietnam Public Health] Postgraduate scholarships in UK - a list of websites

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:53:00 +0000

Websites provide scholarships information in UK

http://www.acu.ac.uk
http://www.chevening.com
http://www.dfid.gov.uk
http://www.dsc.org.uk
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/studentsupport
http://www.fulbright.co.uk
http://www.prospects.csu.ac.uk
http://www.scholarhip-search.org.uk
http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/ors
http://www.ukcosa.org.uk/funding/index.htm

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[Vietnam Public Health] How does your supervisor judge you?

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:37:00 +0000

Have you ever asked yourselves how your supervisor/academic advisor judge you?

Each supervisor has her/his own way to help you overcome a thesis writing task or a similar task. In many times, they suddenly ask you some questions that make you become aware of new, normally very interesting, things.

In order to ask the 'right' questions, they have some criteria to judge your ability, your learning progress.

But what if you can't find, or are not given a supervisor? How do you know that you are really learning?

There are some tips in psychology that I think very helpful. These are what supervisors talk with each other about their students' progress.

Signs of Student’s Critical Thinking:

A. Affective (Emotional) Strategies

B. Cognitive Strategies - Macro-Abilities

C. Cognitive Strategies - Micro-Skills

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Posted By Kingdragon to Vietnam Public Health on 4/02/2008 02:37:00 AM

[Vietnam Public Health] Scientists discover more genes linked to diabetes

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:25:00 +0000

An international team of scientists has identified six new genes associated with type 2 diabetes, raising to 16 the total number of genes found to be implicated in diabetes. Intriguingly, one of the newly identified genes has also been shown to play a role in the development of prostate cancer.
'None of the genes we have found was previously on the radar screen of diabetes researchers,' commented Professor Mark McCarthy of the University of Oxford in the UK. 'Each of these genes therefore provides new clues to the processes that go wrong when diabetes develops, and each provides an opportunity for the generation of new approaches for treating or preventing this condition.'
Over 200 million people around the world suffer from type 2 diabetes, which is characterised by a breakdown in the systems which control blood sugar levels, leading to abnormally high levels of glucose in the blood. Exposure to high levels of glucose over many years is damaging to our vital organs, and in many countries type 2 diabetes is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke as well as blindness, kidney failure and amputations not related to accidents.
It most commonly affects overweight, sedentary people over the age of 40, although recent years have seen growing numbers of younger people developing the disease.
In this latest study, over 90 researchers from more than 40 centres in Europe and the US analysed genetic data from some 70,000 people in the hunt for small differences in the genetic code which could make some people more susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes than others. The work, which was partly funded by the EU, is published online in the journal Nature Genetics.
In total the scientists were able to identify six genetic variants associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The findings support previous research which suggests that a major element in the development of type 2 diabetes is a failure to regulate the number of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.
'These new variants, along with other recent genetic findings, provide a window into disease causation that may be our best hope for the next generation of therapeutics,' said Francis S Collins, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute in the US. 'By pinpointing particular pathways involved in diabetes risk, these discoveries can empower new approaches to understanding environmental influences and to the development of new, more precisely targeted drugs.'
The researchers underline the fact that each of these genes only increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by a small amount, and although their combined effects may be stronger, it is likely to be some time before genetic testing can be used to give predictions of disease risk in individual patients.
'Once we more fully understand the large numbers of genes now implicated in diabetes risk, it might become possible to identify people at particularly high risk before the disease takes root,' explained Professor David Altshuler of the Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US. 'However, until we have evidence that using such information results in better health outcomes, widespread genetic testing would be premature.'
One surprise thrown up by the results was the finding that one of the genes found to be implicated in diabetes, JAZF1, has also been shown to play a role in prostate cancer. In fact JAZF1 is the second gene to be linked to both diseases; earlier research revealed that a single variant of a gene called HNF1B is associated with an increased risk of diabetes but a decreased risk of prostate cancer. In the case of JAZF1, the diabetes and prostate cancer variants are found in different parts of the gene and there is no known relationship between them.
'Genetic studies of this kind are revealing new and unsuspected connections between diseases,' said Dr Eleftheria Zeggini of the University of Oxford. 'This is now the second example of a gene which affects both type 2 diabetes and prostate cancer. We don't yet know what the connections are, but this has important implications for the future design of drugs for these conditions.'
EU support for the research came from the EU-funded EURODIA ('Functional genomics of pancreatic beta cells and of tissues involved in control of the endocrine pancreas for prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes') and EUGENE2 ('European network on functional genomics of type 2 diabetes'), both of which are financed through the 'Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health' thematic area of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).

Contact person:

For more information, please visit:
http://www.nature.com/naturegenetics
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk

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[Vietnam Public Health] More than 500 were killed by US Soldiers...

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:55:00 +0000

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[Vietnam Public Health] Selected Sociology departments in United Kingdom

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:00:00 +0000

Dept of Social Statistics, Univ of Southampton, UK
Dept of Social Statistics, Univ of Southampton. Site contains details of teaching - Degrees in Population Studies and Economics with Actuarial Studies - and research programmes.
http://www.socstats.soton.ac.uk

Lancaster University
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/sociology/

London School of Economics
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/sociology/

Manchester Metropolitan University
http://www.sociology.mmu.ac.uk/

The Open University
Details of research and courses in the sociology discipline at the UK's Open University
http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/sociology/

The School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent
Departmental Website: Information of Courses, Staff, Research in Sociology at Kent. Online papers.
http://www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/

University of Bradford
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/socsci/

University of Cambridge
http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/UGProspectus/Courses/SocPolSci.html

University of Durham
http://www.dur.ac.uk/Sociology/

University of Edinburgh
http://www.ed.ac.uk/~sociol/

University of Essex
Information about courses, research, staff and activities of the Deprtment of Sociology, University of Essex.
http://www.essex.ac.uk/sociology/index.htm

University of Exeter
http://www.ex.ac.uk/shipss/sociology/

University of Leeds
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/sociology/sociolog.htm

University of Liverpool
Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work Studies, The University of Liverpool
http://www.liv.ac.uk/sspsw/

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Posted By Kingdragon to Vietnam Public Health on 3/27/2008 11:00:00 PM

[Vietnam Public Health] SEARCA Master and PhD Scholarships, annual deadline 1...

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:32:00 +0000

PhD Research Scholarship

About the Scholarship

Launched in November 2005, the SEARCA PhD Research Scholarship provides financial support to a limited number of qualified PhD students whose researches are relevant to the priority thrusts of SEARCA.

This scholarship program aims to:

Provide PhD students the opportunity to use the resources and facilities available at SEARCA and its network of universities for their research;

Produce quality research papers for publication; and

Enable them to work with SEARCA's R&D personnel on mutually identified areas of concerns/interests in agriculture and rural development.

Eligibility for the Grant

Any graduate student who is a citizen of any SEAMEO member country and pursuing a PhD in agriculture or related sciences from any university in the world is eligible to apply for the scholarship.

The applicant must have already completed his/her course work with an approved dissertation proposal and is ready to conduct the dissertation research.

The applicant’s research must focus on any of SEARCA’s priority thrusts under the broad themes of natural resource management and promotion of agricultural competitiveness.

Application Requirements

The application requirements are:

Filled out Application Form (see below);

Letter of application for the research scholarship;

Recommendation letter from the Dean of Graduate School of the university where the student is pursuing his/her degree program;

Dissertation research outline/proposal approved by the Advisory Committee and Dean of Graduate School;

Budgetary requirement for the entire research duly attested and recommended by the major adviser and Dean of Graduate School;

Certified transcript of academic records for all courses taken at the PhD level;

Curriculum vitae;

Letter from the student certifying that he/she is not receiving any other research grant from any other institution. If partial funding has been obtained from other sources, a certification from the funding agency indicating the amount of grant and the items in the research that are covered by the grant; and

Research timetable indicating the activities involved in the research, the expected date of defense and expected date of seminar paper presentation.

Application deadlines are 1 April and 1 September.

Applications should be addressed to:

Dr. Editha C. Cedicol
Manager
Graduate Scholarship Department
SEARCA, Los Baños 4031 Laguna, Philippines

Download
SEARCA PhD Research Scholarship application form.
PhD Research Scholarship Invitation for Applications for SY 2007-08.

SEARCA :: Graduate Scholarship :: Regular MS/PhD Scholarships :: PhD Research Scholarship

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[Vietnam Public Health] 3/26/2008 11:43:00 PM

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:43:00 +0000

Vietnam Public Health on 3/26/2008 11:43:00 PM

[Vietnam Public Health] Fertility transitions in developing countries: Progre...

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:26:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that two new working papers (2007, No. 7 and 8) have just been posted online. The abstracts and links to the full text of the papers are provided below. Please feel free to share these working papers with interested colleagues or to suggest names to be added to our email notification list.

The working paper series is now part of the Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program. This is one of the three programs in the restructuring of the Population Council that is described on the Council website (www.popcouncil.org). Through the Poverty, Gender, and Youth program, Population Council staff members seek to understand the social dimensions of poverty, the determinants and consequences of gender inequality, the disparities that arise during adolescence, and the critical elements of a successful transition to adulthood in developing countries. Program activities also include developing and evaluating innovative programs--especially those related to empowerment, health, education, and livelihoods--to address the needs of the poor, women and youth in particular. Program staff also continue the Council’s long-standing tradition of providing demographic analysis of the links between population growth and development at the macro and micro levels.

For information on papers in the PGY series and the predecessor Policy Research Division series, including those that are available for downloading in PDF format, see www.popcouncil.org/publications/wp/index.html.

Fertility transitions paper is here

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Posted By Kingdragon to Vietnam Public Health on 3/25/2008 05:26:00 PM

[Vietnam Public Health] 2 PhD Positions in Legal Science at Lund University, ...

noreply@blogger.com (Galaxy) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:06:00 +0000

Lund University invites applications for:

2 Research Student Positions in Legal Science at the Department of Law
starting 1 September 2008 (or on a date mutually agreed upon).

The Faculty of Law is one of the areas of education and research at Lund University
and operates through an integrated departmental and faculty structure. The faculty has
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Posted By Kingdragon to Vietnam Public Health on 3/25/2008 05:06:00 PM

[Vietnam Public Health] PhD scholarships at Aarhus University, deadline 13/Ma...

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The Department of Language and Business Communication at the Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, invites applications for 1-3 PhD scholarships. The successful candidates will be expected to take up appointment by 1 August 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The Department of Language and Business Communication is a large department which is primarily engaged in business-oriented humanities education and research. Our research focuses on various aspects of business language and communication, including corporate communication and LSP text production, reception and translation. In addition, the department is involved in the teaching of ASB programmes in business language (English, German, Spanish and French), corporate communication, and European studies.
For a complete overview of the department’s research and teaching areas, please see the department website: http://www.asb.dk/isek.
We invite applications for projects on language and/or communication in business contexts.
The projects must focus on either
1) the use of English, German, Spanish or French in technical, legal, economic or other business contexts, possibly as contrasted with Danish, or
2) corporate communication, preferably as used in one of the geographical areas in which one of the languages mentioned is spoken and possibly as contrasted with Danish.
We are particularly interested in projects within the area of English language and communication for business or other specialised purposes. An area of special interest to the department is technical English. Therefore projects to be based on English-language data will be given priority.
As regards projects to be based on German-language data, we are interested in proposals within corporate communication; and as regards projects envisaging the use of French data, we are especially interested in proposals on the use of French in technical or economic contexts.
In any case, the proposed projects must be compatible with the research profile of one of the following research groups/centres at the department:
• Knowledge Communication: www.asb.dk/knowledge
• Translation & Interpreting: www.asb.dk/translation
• Corporate Communication: www.asb.dk/corpcom
Please click the English flag for an English version of the research group websites.
The department is interested in ambitious applicants who will contribute to the further development of the academic and social environment of the department through innovative research and personal commitment.
Applicants must have a Master’s degree in English, German, Spanish or French, depending on the language involved in the proposed project.
In line with the priority we give to projects based on English-language data, we will give priority to candidates with a Master’s degree in English, preferably in English for special purposes.
More information about being a doctoral student at our department is available at: http://www.asb.dk/about/departments/isek/forskning/phd.aspx.
? A PhD student in Denmark must complete an individually planned PhD course programme within the relevant research group/centre and conduct a research project under the supervision of experienced senior researchers.
? The PhD student is also expected, as part of the programme, to spend some time (up to six months), with coverage of travel and accommodation expenses, at another – often foreign – research institution. During the programme, the PhD student is further expected to gain teaching experience within the subject area as well as experience with other forms of dissemination of research results.
? ASB also finances participation in relevant PhD courses and scientific conferences.
? In addition, it is expected that PhD students participate in and contribute to the other activities of the department.
Conditions of employment
A PhD scholarship has a duration of three years. Graduates and students expecting to complete their study programme in the near future may apply for the scholarships. The employment is covered by a national collective agreement.
The applicant’s research potential will be the determining factor for a positive academic assessment. Exam results will also be assessed. For further information on admission criteria and ASB’s PhD programme, please go to: http://www.asb.dk/research/phd.aspx
Application
The application must be submitted on a special application form which can be downloaded from: http://www.hha.dk/sekr/fuu/anskemaeng.doc or requested from Kirsten Hedegaard Fynsk,
tel. +45 8948 6567, email: PhD@asb.dk.
The following material must be submitted:
• Application form (scholarship no.544-0115)
• Project description (max. 5 pages), including the expected theoretical and methodological approach.
• Graduate diploma (including a list of all grades)
• CV
• Other material, if any (e.g. publications), which should be taken into account in the assessment
The application and attachments must be submitted in sets (without binding) in five copies by ordinary mail to Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Management Office, Fuglesangs Allé 4, 8210 Aarhus V, Denmark, Attn.: Kirsten Fynsk Hedegaard, or via e-mail to PhD@asb.dk.
Contact information
If you have any questions about the scholarship or other technical or administrative queries, please feel free to contact Henrik Scriver, deputy head, tel. +45 8948 6560, email: hsc@asb.dk.
? Depending on the nature of the research project, questions about the preparation of the project description may be directed to one of the following directors of research:
• Head of the ASB Research Group for Knowledge Communication, Associate Professor Peter Kastberg, pk@asb.dk
• Head of the ASB Research Group for Translation and Interpreting, Associate Professor Karen Korning Zethsen, kkz@asb.dk
• Director of the ASB Centre for Corporate Communication, Professor Finn Frandsen, ff@asb.dk.
? General questions about the projects or the Department's research may be directed to Head of Department Helle V. Dam, hd@asb.dk.
Deadline for application
Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 12:00 noon.
The applications will subsequently be assessed by an expert assessment committee, and applicants will receive the committee’s assessment of their own approximately one month after the expiry of the deadline for application.
Candidates who, according to the expert assessment committee, are qualified for a scholarship may be invited for an interview.
The assessment of the application comprises an overall assessment of the applicant's qualifications. Particular weight is attached to the project proposal, the grades obtained by the applicant in the study programme, and to whether the applicant, during the study programme or in another manner, has displayed special skills in writing major papers, e.g. a thesis.
Aarhus School of Business is part of University of Aarhus. It currently has 480 permanent employees, including 240 researchers. ASB holds the international EQUIS accreditation awarded by the EFMD (European Foundation of Management Development).
Researchers at ASB cover most fields of research in management, economics, business communication and law. ASB has developed a large international network in these fields.
More than 7,000 students are enrolled at the university. Study programmes include six-semester bachelor programmes, four-semester master’s programmes and three-year full-time PhD programmes as well as part-time MBA and diploma courses.
The scientific staff of the Department of Language and Business Communication includes almost 50 researchers of whom 6 are full professors. There are also a number of PhD students and research assistants.
Further information about Aarhus School of Business can be found at: www.asb.dk
University of Aarhus: www.au.dk

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Posted By Kingdragon to Vietnam Public Health on 3/24/2008 09:25:00 AM

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