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A Lecture by Bernard Walsh
No full textA lecture that enables an audience to think about what a difference might be between a talk and a lecture. Using Descartes statement: "I think, therefore I am" Bernard Walsh, throughout the course of his own enquiry (a thinking out-loud) as to what he might be or as to what he might become through another person's thoughts about his being whatever it is they might think he is or he is not
The Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire: the Italian version
No full textSilvana Rocchi,1 Claudio Ghidelli,2 Roberto Burro,3 Michele Vitacca,4 Simonetta Scalvini,5 Anna Maria Della Vedova,6 Gianmarco Roselli,7 Jean-Pierre Ramponi,8 Giorgio Bertolotti9 1Psychology Service, ICS Maugeri Spa SB, Institute of Lumezzane, 2Psychological Counselling Service, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, 3Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, 4Respiratory Rehabilitation Division, 5Cardiac Rehabilitation Division, ICS Maugeri Spa SB, Institute of Lumezzane, 6Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, 7Department of Mental Health, Spedali Civili, 8ICS Maugeri Spa SB, Institute of Lumezzane, Brescia, 9Psychology Unit, ICS Maugeri Spa SB, Institute of Tradate, Varese, Italy Background: Resilience focuses on strength under stress, in the context of adversity. Walsh’s theoretical model identifies relational processes that allow families to tackle and overcome critical situations, dividing them into three domains of family function. The aim of this study was to assess resilience in families of patients with a chronic disease by adapting and validating the Italian version of the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire (Walsh-IT). Patients and methods: An Italian adult sample of 421 participants (patients and relatives) was collected with the aim to assess the reliability and validity of the Walsh-IT. Concurrent validity was carried out by comparing this instrument with the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale III (FACES III) administered at the same time as the Walsh-IT. Results: Reliability showed high correlation between repeated measurements. The alpha coefficient was 0.946. Both parallel analysis and minimum average partial criteria suggested that the best number of domains is equal to 3, explaining 50.4% of the total variance. Based on the results obtained from the Rasch analysis, items 10, 11, 16, 22, and 23 have been removed resulting in a short-form questionnaire (Walsh-IT-R) of 26 items with three domains: shared beliefs and support (SBS, α=0.928); family organization and interaction (FOI, α=0.863); and utilization of social resources (USR, α=0.567). The total score of the Walsh-IT-R was strongly correlated with the total score of FACES III Real Family Scale (r=0.68; p<0.0001). Conclusion: Results support that the Walsh-IT-R is a valid instrument for the assessment of family resilience in Italy when contending with the challenges of chronic disease. It could be used in pre- and post-assessment in practice effectiveness research, offering a profile of family resilience processes at the start and end of interventions and follow-up. Keywords: family resilience, chronic illness, assessment, Rasch model, family functionin
Lithophane leeae Walsh 2009, sp. n.
No full textLithophane leeae Walsh, sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 0C3824FD-E817-4FA0-9A40-488521E6013B Figs. 1, 2 Type material. Holotype female. (Fig.1): USA, Arizona, Cochise County, Chiricahua Mountains, Onion Saddle, 7700', 14 June 2007. B. Walsh leg. Presently in the private collection of Bruce Walsh, to be deposited in the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity. DNA sequence in the BOLD Barcode of life data system (Ratnasingham and Hebert 2007). Etymology. Known from a singularly unique female festooned in pink, this species is named after the author’s wife, Lee Fulmer. Diagnosis. While superficially similar to L. atara (Smith) (Fig. 3) in maculation, Lithophane leeae is the largest known species in the genus Lithophane. Although Lithophane leeae keys out to L. atara in the key of Troubridge and Lafontaine (2003), it clearly differs from L. atara in being a significantly larger species (forewing length 25 mm vs. 18-20 mm), with more extensive and brighter pink on the dorsal surface of the hindwing (Fig. 1) and on both wings on the ventral surface (Fig. 2). While the male is presently undescribed, male specimens should be easily recognized once found given the distinct appearance and barcode of L. leeae. Description. Female (male: unknown). A large species with extensive pink suffusion on the dorsal hind wing and both wings on the ventral surface. Dorsal surface – forewing ground color gray brown, with a large reniform spot almost touching the orbicular spot. There is a deep zigzag in antemedial (am) and postmedial (pm) lines into median area fold where am and pm lines are connected by a thick black dash. Similar but thinner dashes occur from medial dash to subterminal (st) line, from lower margin of reniform spot to st line, and at wing base. Subterminal line deeply zigzagged. Basal two-thirds of hindwing heavily suffused with pink, with a light brown on outer third. Discal lunule prominent and brown. Ventral surface – ground color heavily suffused with pink on basal two-thirds of both fore- and hindwing. Reniform spot and discal lunule dark brown and prominent. Abdomen – pink lateral tufts of hair at distal end. Differs from L. atara in its much larger size (25.0 versus 18.0 mm forewing length in L. atara) and extensive bright pink suffusion on dorsal hindwing and very extensive pink suffusion on fore- and hindwings ventrally. Biology and Distribution. The only known specimen was collected in mid-June at 7700’ elevation in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona. Attracted to mercury-vapor lights. Based on its phylogenetic position and biology of other Lithophanae, L. leeae is most likely a pine-feeder and probably hibernates as an adult, flying in early spring.Published as part of Walsh, J., 2009, Lithophane leeae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae), a striking new species from southeastern Arizona, pp. 21-26 in ZooKeys 9 (9) on pages 22-24, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.9.184, http://zenodo.org/record/57644
Helen Julia Mason Walsh account of the outbreak of the Nez Perce War, 1877
No full textHelen Julia Mason Walsh, an early settler on the Salmon River in Idaho, describes Nez Perce hostilities in the White Bird Canyon in the summer of 1877. She recounts fleeing with her brother, Harry Mason, and the family of William Osborn, only to be attacked and captured at the Osborn cabin on White Bird Creek. Helen Walsh writes of the deaths of Harry Mason and William Osborn, and how she and Elizabeth Osborn and their children were captured, then released by the Nez Perce. Walsh describes her surprise at being treated well by the Indians. The account concludes with Helen eventually being reunited with her husband in Lewiston, Idaho, and later, telling her story to General Oliver Otis Howard.In the spring of 1877, the Nez Perce were ordered to move to a new reservation in Idaho under threat of force from the U.S. government. Chief Joseph agreed at first, but after members of his tribe attacked a group of settlers in the area of the Salmon River to seek revenge for the 1875 murder of a Nez Perce, hostilities ensued at the Battle of White Bird Canyon on June 17, 1877. The battle was won by the Nez Perce. However, Chief Joseph eventually surrendered, attempting to retreat to Canada with his followers over 1500 miles through Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Along the way they fought several battles with the pursuing U.S. Army. Chief Joseph surrendered on October 5, 1877, after which he stated his famous quote "Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.
Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera
No full textIn this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship
Letter Written by James Walsh to the Bryant College Service Club Dated June 21, 1943
No full text[Transcription begins]Somewhere In AfricaMondayJune 21, 1943
Dear Friends:
I wish, at this time, to thank you for the Christmas gift of cigarettes which I received on June 14, and also for the cigarettes I received on June 16.
My cigarettes had been mailed to me early enough before Christmas but because I left the U. S. early in December, I did not receive them until now. The fact is that I did receive them and I know that you wish to be kept informed when and where people are receiving your packages.
At present I am stationed at a desert post in Africa and I don’t mind it too much as things are not bad. We have been getting cigarettes regularly and more inexpensively than they can be obtained in the U. S. The reason I mention this is that their [sic] may be fellows on your mailing list who cannot purchase cigarettes where they are stationed and I feel that they are more entitled to free smokes than I am.
I would enjoy receiving issues of “On the Campus” because you could just put that into an envelope and send it over. All of our mail has been coming air mail in about ten days.
In closing I wish to thank you again for remembering me and sending me cigarettes.
SincerelyJimmy Walsh[Transcription ends
Performance estimation of walsh coded CDMA system with multiuser interference
No full textIn this paper, the performance of a Walsh coded CDMA system is estimated by optimal conditional Importance Sampling where multiuser interference is considered. The equations used to compute the conditional error probability for a given multiuser interference are derived. The results show the proposed method is much more efficient than the Monte Carlo simulation method
Investigating prediction in financial and business news articles
No full textThis chapter reports some results of an ongoing study of the modal auxiliaries in prediction, based on a corpus of financial and business news articles from The Economist. predictions were found to be of varying degrees of specificity, determining different patterns of modal usage, and to serve different textual and pragmatic functions
REPLY TO LOOMIS, WALSH, AND McKEAN
No full textIn commenting on my article "… The Opportunity Cost of the Redwood National Park" (Walker 1984), Loomis, Walsh, and McKean (1984) argue that I gave inadequate consideration to concepts of option, existence, and bequest values for wilderness areas. I am familiar with these concepts, and I believe I gave them the attention they deserve. Copyright 1984 Western Economic Association International.
Thomas Walsh, Primary Education in Ireland, 1897-1990. Curriculum and Context. Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien: Peter Lang 2012 (466 S.) [Rezension]
No full textRezension von: Thomas Walsh, Primary Education in Ireland, 1897-1990. Curriculum and Context. Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien: Peter Lang 2012 (466 S.; ISBN 978-3-0343-0751-2
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