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The Pain Descriptor System: Diagnostic specificity and predictive validity
No full textThis item is available only to currently enrolled UTSA students, faculty or staff. To download, navigate to Log In in the top right-hand corner of this screen, then select Log in with my UTSA ID.Pain is a subjective, multidimensional experience influenced by several different factors. The measurement of pain can be used for diagnosis and evaluation of treatments. The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ; Melzack, 1975) is the most widely used pain instrument; however, has several issues and is in a continued process of further refinement. One such attempt is the 36-word Pain Descriptor System (PDS; Fernandez, 2008) that overcomes some of the problems associated with the MPQ and offers practical utility in pain clinics. The current study aimed to test two hypotheses in a sample of 60 chronic pain patients: (1) the ability of the PDS scores to predicting disability as measured by the Pain Disability Questionnaire (PDQ; Anagnostis, Gatchel, & Mayer, 2004), and (2) the ability of the PDS to discriminating among three pain diagnoses -- musculoskeletal pain, arthritic pain, and neuropathic pain. The results indicated that negative affect is a significant predictor of psychosocial disability, and is even more crucial in contributing to disability than the physical sensation or the intensity of pain. The results also suggested that there is a unique constellation of words that discriminated the neuropathic pain group from the musculoskeletal and the arthritic pain group. These findings have important implications in the study of pain and disability. Further research using other samples of pain syndromes would provide additional information regarding the diagnostic utility of the PDS.Psycholog
Costs and benefits of debt and debt service reduction
No full textThe author evaluates the costs and benefits of debt and debt service reduction (DDSR) from the point of view of five countries that have concluded Brady deals: Costa Rica, Mexico, the Philippines, Uruguay, and Venezuela. He concludes that, contrary to widely held views, commercial banks have probably benefited from the operations. Commercial bank participation in DDSR is voluntary, so direct financial savings to the country are probably negative at present values. The benefit from DDSR is not that debt is bought at"bargain prices"at the expense of commercial banks. It appears difficult to justify a DDSR operation on purely financial grounds. A more realistic way to look at a DDSR operation is to view it as a"project"that involves a certain financial cost. The return on such a project is how the DDSR operation improves the macroeconomy, or contributes to development. The main purpose of DDSR is to establish a more efficient arrangement between debtor countries and commercial banks, leading to improved conditions for development. A DDSR operation that does not help development is costly and should not be undertaken. The impact of DDSR on development is usually measured by the increase in the growth rate of GDP, but it is too soon to measure that for these five countries. A suitable alternative is to look at the change in investment patterns. A strong policy framework is needed if debt and debt service reduction are to significantly improve development. In Mexico and, to a lesser extent, Venezuela, improved and sustained strong adjustment policies have generated the greatest development benefits. Gains have been less in smaller countries where policies were not as supportive. The author concludes that for a country to benefit from DDSR, it needs significant indirect benefits (such as increased domestic and foreign savings). Direct benefits are likely to be negative because of the commercial banks'financial gains and because DDSR operations are frontloaded. DDSR operations cannot be justified solely by direct benefits and savings in cash flow.Strategic Debt Management,Banks&Banking Reform,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Financial Intermediation
Correction to: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in Child and Adolescent Psychology: a Narrative Review (Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, (2021), 8, 3, (95-109), 10.1007/s40501-021-00244-0)
No full textThe original publication of this article contained mistakes and the author would like to correct them. There is an error in the affiliation of author Isabel Fernandez. Isabel Fernandez is not affiliated to Catholic University. She is only affiliated to “Centro di Ricerca e Studi in Psicotraumatologia (C.R.S.P.), Milan, Italy.” The original article has been corrected
Youthhood
No full textTESTING-GROUND issue 03, Youthhood, examines worlds through youthful eyes, makes evident young ambitions, and questions how we can better empower young people to design cities, landscapes, and a planet that works for them. The issue includes contributions from: Carmel Keren, Jude Daniel Smith, Claire Edwards, Kazeem Kuteyi, Emmanuel Adarkwah, Reza Nik, Dan Cui, Kristofer Cullum-Fernandez, Fida Sassi, Simeon Shtebunaev, Daze Aghaji, Averill Dimabuyu, Sarri Elfaitouri, Rebecca McDonald-Balfour, and Ed Wall.
Rebecca McDonald-Balfour (Author), Jude Daniel Smith (Author), Daze Aghaji (Author), Carmel Keran (Author), Alexis Liu (Author), Dan Cui (Author), Kristofer Cullum-Fernandez (Author), Fida Sassi (Author), Averill Dimabuyu (Author), Ed
Recollections of endearment
No full textI am interested in exploring this space of memory through the process of painting and installation. My memory of growing up with the Mexican culture is the lens I use to approach my body of work. I am seeking to create an experiential space through the artwork that has the potential to visually transcend language, culture, and religion. The cultural and religious elements from private and public memorials, shrines, and altars are incorporated into the work. I fuse my interests in the visual exploration with the subjective space of memory, culture and influences from contemporary art. Also, I have used the persuasion of contemporary artists such as Jacqueline Humphries, Charline Von Heyl, Beatriz Milhazes, and Pepon Osorio as an underlying inspiration for much of my work.M.F.A.Includes summaryIncludes bibliographical references (p. 25-26)by Leticia Fernandez Luevano
Título: Da creaçao et composiçao do homem
No full textCopia digital : Google BooksMención de edición precede a "e hum prologo em que conta a vida do author"Sign.: [calderón]\p4\s, 2[calderón]\p8\s, a-e\p8\s, 2a-2e\p8\s, 2f\p2\s, [ ]\p1\s, A\p7\s, B-D\p8\s, E\p4\sPortada con escudo xilográficoCada una de las dos comedias con portada propia, Em Lisboa: Impressa com todas as licenças necessarias por Vicente Aluarez, 1615Los cantos "Da creaçao et composiçao do homem" con portada propia, Em Lisboa: por Pedro Crasbeeck, 1615Port. con esc. xilCada una de las dos comedias con port. propia, Em Lisboa: Impressa com todas as licenças necessarias por Vicente Aluarez, 1615Los cantos "Da creaçao et composiçao do homem" con port. propia, Em Lisboa: por Pedro Crasbeeck, 1615Contiene con portada y paginación propias: Comedia does enfatrioens ; Comedia de Filodemo ; Los cantos "Da creaçao et composiçao do home
The anger parameters scale and the anger expressions scale: a psychometric study
No full textThe author has granted permission for their work to be available to the general public.This study was designed to examine the concurrent validity, internal consistency, and retest reliability of two newly developed anger assessment instruments, the Anger Parameters Scale (APS) and the Anger Expressions Scale (AES). With regard to concurrent validity, the APS was evaluated against a widely used standard, the second edition of the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2). Internal consistency for the APS and the AES was measured with Cronbach's alpha. With regard to retest reliability, temporal stability of the APS and AES was examined over a one week interval. Finally, a secondary objective was to analyze relationships between anger scores and sociodemographic variables (Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Race, and Education Level). Results revealed that subscales of the APS and AES were concurrently valid with comparable subscales of the STAXI, and both the APS and AES had significant temporal stability. In keeping with the bulk of previous research, no significant differences in anger emerged as a function of the sociodemographic variables. In conclusion, the new generation of instruments (APS and AES) builds upon the foundations laid down in the STAXI-2 by achieving convergent validity on similar scales and also by expanding the scope of anger parameters and expression styles assessed. The new instruments are also temporally reliable as measures of anger. Further research could examine longer periods of stability as well as sensitivity to change, in addition to validating the APS and AES against actual behavior in naturalistic settings.Psycholog
L’ÉCRITURE DE L’ITALIE CHEZ DOMINIQUE FERNANDEZ : SACRALISATION D’UN ESPACE PROFANE
No full textItaly in the Writings of Dominique Fernandez: The Sacralization of a Profane Space. For Dominique Fernandez, writing about Italy is associated with a quest for original androgyny. The Italian space supports a return to a primitive existence. Synonymous with freedom and sexual undifferentiation, it allows us to find prelapsarian paradise, where the boundaries between the sexes did not exist. Mircea Eliade’s works follow the same logic. Indeed, the author studies the nostalgia for the origins which incites man to discover the mythical primordial era sanctified by the gods. Hence, this article blends the historical-religious endeavor with the literary approach which, though unable to go back in time, keeps repeating it indefinitely, thanks to the demiurgic power of the writer.
REZUMAT. Italia în scrierile lui Dominique Fernandez: sacralizarea unui spațiu profan. În scrierile lui Dominique Fernandez, Italia este indisociabilă de căutarea androginiei originare. Spațiul italian favorizează, după el, întoarcerea la starea primitivă a existenței. Sinonim al libertății și al nediferențierii sexuale, el permite regăsirea paradisului pierdut dinaintea căderii în păcat, în care limitele între sexe nu există încă. Operele lui Mircea Eliade se înscriu în această logică. Scriitorul studiază « nostalgia originilor » care hrănește, la ființa umană, aspirația de a regăsi timpul mitic și primordial sacralizat de zei. Acest articol împletește un demers istorico-religios cu unul literar, care din cauză că nu poate reveni în timp, încearcă la infinit să-l repete grație puterii demiurgice a scriitorului.
Cuvinte-cheie: Italia, spațiu sacru, spațiu profan, paradis pierdut, scriitur
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