The role of the social worker in the rehabilitation of patients from mental hospitals who have been treated with chlorpromazine.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston Universit

The role of the social worker in the rehabilitation of patients from mental hospitals who have been treated with chlorpromazine.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston Universit

Social Science and Social Welfare: Toward a Society for the Solution of Social Problems

Excerpt from the full-text article: Do existing social work texts contribute to a student\u27s recognition of professional values and issues and of the implicit ideological bases for these? The following study contends that they do not, and that their failures are quite similar to those found by Mills in his examination social pathology texts. Our concern today with social science and social welfare policy is in keeping with the purposes and conceptions of the founders of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. In those early days these men and women were idealists- -they were reformists, but they also found themselves in an acute state of embarrassment. As humanitarians, idealists and reformists on the one hand, they were concerned about improving the conditions of society to make life more livable for all the people in the society. On the other hand, they were scientists-even though social scientists and they felt a mandate from their profession and their disciplines to eschew social reforms

Black Families and National Policy

Excerpt from the full-text article: The family is both a source of society and a product of society. As a source of society the family produces individuals, values and a set of behaviors we call socialization which helps to build institutions which constitute the fabric of the larger society. As a product of society the family is highly influenced, conditioned and to a great extent determined by the forces which emanate from the institutional fabric of the larger society. Thus, what a family is, is to some extent determined by, influenced by, defined by the larger context of the society in which families function. Thus, the family is not an independent unit of society and it is not primarily a causative factor in society. It is, as sociologists term it, highly interdependent with the other aspects of society. In Black Families in White America, we have described this conception as a social systems approach to the study of childhood and family life. It calls attention to the total network of social reality within which families are structured and within which they function

The Sociology of Knowledge of William J. Wilson: Placing The Truly Disadvantaged in its Sociohistorical Context

In this paper I will do the following: first, set forth an introductory statement designed to place Wilson\u27s work in some philosophical-theoretical perspective; then, I will identify and describe what I consider to be three distinct, yet overlapping, phases or central themes in Wilson\u27s work; third, I will discuss how he treats Black families and discuss some features of his policy recommendations

Connecting the Dots: Choosing an Appropriate Terrestrial Laser Scanning Hardware and Software System to Document Three Early 20th Century Buildings on the Campus of Texas A&M University

The use of three-dimensional laser scanning systems in creating high quality documentation of cultural heritage sites and structures in the form of point cloud data sets has become common practice in recent decades as the technology has advanced. As with many other technologies users often make the assumption that the newest, or latest, model is always best suited for the job at hand. Utilizing three historic buildings from the early 20th century that are located on the main campus of Texas A&M University this study questions that assumption by conducting a comparative analysis of data sets collected by three terrestrial laser scanning hardware systems that have been released in recent years by a single manufacturer (FARO Technologies) with the objective of determining if there are significant observable differences in the resulting point cloud data sets when all of the data sets are processed and registered by the same software program (FARO SCENE 2018.0.0.648). Through the visual assessment of each point cloud in the study, the analysis of empirical data in the form of registration reports provided by the software, and calculated differences of selected measurements within the point cloud data, this study indicates that there is no significant difference in the consistency of the resulting point cloud data sets based on the age and model of the hardware system being utilized in collecting the data as long as the data sets are processed using a recent version of an appropriate software program

Terrestrial Laser Scanning Survey of Hockley Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas: Project Report I

The following is a report on the terrestrial laser scanning survey of the Hockley Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas, conducted by the Center for Heritage Conservation at Texas A&M University on March 15th, 2019, for Everett Fly Associates

Terrestrial Laser Scanning Survey of Hockley Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Historic Preservation Symposium at Texas A&M University, February 15, 2020

The following is a report on the terrestrial laser scanning survey of the Hockley Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas, conducted by the Center for Heritage Conservation at Texas A&M University on March 15th, 2019, for Everett Fly Associates. The primary objectives were 1) to document the current condition of the historic cemetery; 2) to create a detailed plan and digital model of the surface terrain that might be useful in identifying mounds or depressions representing below ground features, such as burials; 3) to prepare a detailed plan and digital model that could be combined with data from future geophysical survey work, such as ground penetrating radar

Alcatraz Island, Scanning and Modeling: Procedural Report

The Center for Heritage Conservation (CHC) from Texas A&M University (TAMU) conducted laser scanning studies at Alcatraz Island from 2011 to 2016. Survey consisted of two techniques: total station survey and 3D laser scanning. The survey produced raw scan data, which was processed into a 3D point cloud. From the point cloud, E57 and ASCII formats of the laser scans were exported. This point cloud data was then used to modify an existing Revit model into a more accurate preliminary BIM model, from which a BIM-ready model can be built