Redefining the Sociological Paradigm: Emile Durkheim and the Scientific Study of Morality

Whereas Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) has long been envisioned as a structuralist, quantitative, and positivist sociologist, some materials that Durkheim produced in the later stages of his career—namely, Moral Education (1961 [1902-1903]), The Evolution of Educational Thought (1977 [1904-1905]), The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1915 [1912]), and Pragmatism and Sociology (1983 [1913-1914]) attest to a very different conception of sociology—one with particular relevance to the study of human knowing, acting, and interchange. Although scarcely known in the social sciences, Emile Durkheim’s (1993 [1887]) “La Science Positive de la Morale en Allemagne” [“The Scientific Study of Morality in Germany”] is an exceptionally important statement for establishing the base of much of Durkheim’s subsequent social thought and for comprehending the field of sociology more generally. This includes the structuralist-pragmatist divide and the more distinctively humanist approach to the study of community life that Durkheim most visibly develops later (1961 [1902-1903]; 1977 [1904-1905]; 1915 [1912]; 1983 [1913-1914]) in his career

History of the Chemical Engineering Department: 1899-1969

Prepared for the centennial of The Ohio State University

Evidence for a possible life-cycle association between Syracosphaera protrudens (heterococcolithophore) and Syracosphaera pulchra HOL pirus -type (holococcolithophore)

Abstract. An apparently unambiguous combination coccosphere from the Eastern Mediterranean (Aegean Sea, Greece) is documented involving Syracosphaera protrudens Okada & McIntyre, 1977 and Syracosphaera pulchra Lohmann, 1902 HOL pirus-type. This finding is difficult to interpret in terms of the current understanding of Syracosphaera taxonomy and adds evidence to the hypothesis of a distinctly complex Syracosphaera pulchra life cycle

New taxa and records of Gnorimoschema Busck and Gobipalpa Povolný from Palaearctic Asia (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)¹

New taxa: Gnorimoschema jalavai sp. n. from the Altai Mountains, G. mikkolai sp. n. from the Upper Kolyma River, and G. epithymellum kirgisicum ssp. n. from Kirgisia. The previously unknown female of Gobipalpa inexpectata Povolný, 1973 is described. New distributional records: Gobipalpa inexpectata and Gnorimoschema epithymellum (Staudinger, 1857) from Kirgisia, Gnorimoschema antiquum montanum Povolny, 1966, from Kazakhstan, Gnorimoschema nordlandicolellum (Strand, 1902), from Kirgisia and Irkutsk, and Gnorimoschema herbichi kamchaticum Povolný, 1977 from the Anadyr valley in the Chukchi area in Northeastern Siberia (northernmost record of Gnorimoschemini)

Cuadro interno de la enfermedad. Valoraciones en la práctica clínica

The present work aims to call the attention of health professionals about the usefulness of the internal profile of the disease which includes the approach of some necessary psychosocial aspects in the comprehensive assessment of any patient, taking the contributions from Alexander Romanovich Lúria (July 16 1902-1977, neuro-psychologist and Russian doctor), which maintains its validity in contemporary medicine.El presente trabajo pretende llamar la atención de los profesionales del sector salud sobre la utilidad de la categoría cuadro interno de la enfermedad que incluye el abordaje de algunos aspectos psicosociales necesarios en la valoración integral de cualquier paciente, tomando como referentes los aportes de Alexander Románovich Lúria (16de julio de 1902 - 1977 neuropsicólogo y médico ruso), lo cual mantiene  su vigencia en la medicina contemporánea

The Thomisidae and Philodromidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador)

Two new species of Thomisidae are described (Mecaphesa reddelli sp. nov. and Tmarus galapagosensis sp. nov.). Of a third species, Mecaphesa inclusa (Banks, 1902), three colour variations are described. Tmarus specimens previously listed from the islands have always erroneously been called T. stolzmanni Keyserling, 1880. The Philodromidae are mentioned for the first time for the archipelago and are represented by two new species: Apollophanes fitzroyi sp. nov. and Apollophanes (?) lonesomegeorgei sp. nov

The pupillary response of cephalopods

This paper provides the first detailed description of the time courses of light-evoked pupillary constriction for two species of cephalopods, Sepia officinalis (a cuttlefish) and Eledone cirrhosa (an octopus). The responses are much faster than hitherto reported, full contraction in Sepia taking less than 1 s, indicating it is among the most rapid pupillary responses in the animal kingdom. We also describe the dependence of the degree of pupil constriction on the level of ambient illumination and show considerable variability between animals. Furthermore, both Sepia and Eledone lack a consensual light-evoked pupil response. Pupil dilation following darkness in Sepia is shown to be very variable, often occurring within a second but at other times taking considerably longer. This may be the result of extensive light-independent variations in pupil diameter in low levels of illumination