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Pragmatic Case Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology
No full textTo unify or not to unify applied psychology: that is the question. In this article we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question—from a comprehensive, positivist, “top-down,” deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 60s, to a postmodern no since then. A rationale and proposal for a limited, “bottom-up,” inductive yes in applied psychology is then presented, employing a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. This paradigm is labeled “pragmatic psychology” and, its specific use of case studies, the “Pragmatic Case Study Method” (“PCS Method”). We call for the creation of peer-reviewed journal-databases of pragmatic case studies as a foundational source of unifying applied knowledge in our discipline. As one example, the potential of the PCS Method for unifying different angles of theoretical regard is illustrated in an area of applied psychology, psychotherapy, via the case of Mrs. B. The article then turns to the broader historical and epistemological arguments for the unifying nature of the PCS Method in both applied and basic psychology.Peer reviewe
Histoire de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale (1992-1997) (04). Conférence de Daniel Cordier (1) - face B
No full textSéminaire organisé et enregistré par l'IHTP (Paris), entre 1992 et 1997 ; sous la direction de Jean-Pierre Azéma et Dominique Veillon. Conférence de Daniel Cordier
Place and its relations in late twentieth century cultural theory and British fiction
Get PDFThe dissertation presents a descriptive analysis of aspects of British fictional
writing prefaced by a comparative analysis of cultural theory concerned with
questions of place and socio-spatial relations-The general aim is to show how
both the theory and the fiction negotiate elements of a relational poetics and
politics of place in the context of negatively homogenizing tendencies in socioeconomic
developments during the last thirty years of the twentieth century. In
the first part, the writers of cultural theory are divided into three preliminary
areas, covering primarily Marxist, post-structuralist and environmentalist
approaches to questions of place and its relations. The second and third
parts then provide more detailed consideration of novels by Raymond Williams
and lain Sinclair which have so far not been accorded substantial critical
attention. The aim is to show how their approaches in the novels considered
converge with aspects of the theory discussed in the opening part of the
dissertation. In all cases, the writers are presented as producing 'partial
mappings'. These are seen as offering perspectives of sufficient scope to
provide effective criticism of, and possible alternatives to, negative and
disorientating aspects of social relations affected by tendencies in capital
accumulation which might be seen as endangering elements of social justice and
equality, cultural heterogeneity, and ecological viability. The first part includes
consideration of the poet Charles Olson and a related aim is to suggest how
novels such as those by Williams and Sinclair might provide a significant
complement to both theory and modem epic poetry in relation to questions of
place
Ethnic identity, political identity and ethnic conflict: simulating the effect of congruence between the two identities on ethnic violence and conflict
Get PDFThis thesis outlines and presents an alternative hypothetical process to the emergence of ethnic conflict. Ethnic conflicts, rather than being dependent upon pre-existing 'ancient hatreds', are instead the result of a congruence between ethnic and political identity which grants individuals the ability to use ethnicity to identify and eliminate political threats. This hypothesis is formed by the examination of three case studies of ethnic conflict: Lebanon, Northern Ireland and Croatia. This hypothesis is then formalised and tested using an agent based simulation in which agent interactions are dependent upon ethnic and political identity and the congruence between the two. As predicted there was a strong positive correlation between how accurately ethnic identity reflected political identity and the level of ethnically motivated violence in the simulation, although the relationship was not linear. Furthermore the effect of a shift in congruence was found to be roughly comparable to the effect of initialising agents with a moderate level of pre-existing ethnic antagonism
Outlines of school management, containing lectures on school necessaries, school organization, study ... By Prof. Daniel B. Williams ... With an introductory sketch of the author by D. Webster Davis ...
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Key to the genera of the Cerambycidae of western North America
No full textJames R. LaBonte, Joshua B. Dunlap, Daniel R. Clark, Thomas E. Valente, Joshua J. Vlach, Oregon Department of Agriculture.Title from PDF cover (viewed on October 20, 2021).Covers OCLC #1277514227 and OCLC #1226522396.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Supporting Data for “Why So Slow? Mechanistic Insights from Studies of a Poor Catalyst for Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone”
No full textThese files contain data along with associated output from instrumentation supporting all results reported in Stasiw, D. E.; Mandal, M.; Neisen, B. D.; Mitchell, L. A.; Cramer, C. J.; Tolman, W. B. Why so slow? Mechanistic insights from studies of a poor catalyst for polymerization of ε-caprolactone. Inorg. Chem., 2016, 56, 725–728. Polymerization of ε-caprolactone (CL) using an aluminum alkoxide catalyst (1) designed to prevent unproductive trans binding was monitored at 110 °C in toluene-d8 by 1H NMR and the concentration versus time data fit to a first-order rate expression. A comparison of t1/2 for 1 to values for many other aluminum alkyl and alkoxide complexes shows much lower activity of 1 toward polymerization of CL. Density functional theory calculations were used to understand the basis for the slow kinetics. The optimized geometry of the ligand framework of 1 was found indeed to make CL trans binding difficult: no trans-bound intermediate could be identified as a local minimum. Nor were local minima for cis-bound precomplexes found, suggesting a concerted coordination–insertion for polymer initiation and propagation. The sluggish performance of 1 is attributed to a high-framework distortion energy required to deform the “resting” ligand geometry to that providing optimal catalysis in the corresponding transition-state structure geometry, thus suggesting a need to incorporate ligand flexibility in the design of efficient polymerization catalysts..
Corresponding author for experimental data is William B. Tolman ([email protected]).
Corresponding author for computational data is Christopher J. Cramer ([email protected]).Funding for this project was provided by the Center for Sustainable Polymers at the University of Minnesota, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported Center for Chemical Innovation (Grant CHE-1413862). The X-ray diffraction experiments were performed using a crystal diffractometer acquired through NSF-MRI Award CHE-1229400. The authors acknowledge the MSI at the University of Minnesota for providing resources that contributed to the research results.Tolman, William, B; Cramer, Christopher, J; Stasiw, Daniel E; Mandal, Mukunda; Neisen, Benjamin D; Mitchell, Lauren A. (2017). Supporting Data for “Why So Slow? Mechanistic Insights from Studies of a Poor Catalyst for Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone”. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.13020/D6F60H
Assessing the effects of chloride deicer applications on groundwater near the Siskiyou Pass, southwestern Oregon, July 2018-February 2021
Get PDFby Stephen B. Gingerich, Daniel R. Wise, and Adam J. Stonewall ; prepared in cooperation with Oregon Department of Transportation.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-35).Mode of access: Internet from the State Library of Oregon U.S. Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Measurement of the Xi(-)(b) and Omega(-)(b) baryon lifetimes
Get PDFUsing a data sample of pp collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1, the Ξ−b and Ω−b baryons are reconstructed in the Ξ−b → J/ψΞ− and Ω−b → J/ψΩ− decay modes and their lifetimes measured to be
τ(Ξ−b) = 1.55+0.10−0.09 (stat) ± 0.03 (syst) ps,
τ(Ω−b) = 1.54+0.26−0.21 (stat) ± 0.05 (syst) ps.
These are the most precise determinations to date. Both measurements are in good agreement with previous experimental results and with theoretical predictions
Transmission de l'Etat Colonial (07) - face B
No full textSéminaire enregistré au Centre de recherches africaines (Paris), entre 1997 et 2000 ; sous la direction de Daniel Rivet et de Jean-Pierre Chrétien
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