Efficacy of emotion-focused parenting programs for children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms : a randomized clinical study

Objective Emotion-Focused Skills Training (EFST) is a 12-week parental program based on Emotion-Focused Therapy, developed to improve children and adolescents' mental health problems. Methods In a randomized clinical dismantling study, including parents of 236 children and adolescents (ages 6–13, Mage 8.9, 60.6% boys, 95.8% Caucasian) with externalizing and/or internalizing problems within clinical range, we examined the efficacy of two versions of EFST: one experiential condition (n = 120) involving emotionally evocative techniques and two-chair interventions, and one psychoeducational only condition (n = 116) involving didactic teaching of emotion skills. Both groups received a 2-day group training and 6 hours of individual supervision. Outcomes were parent- and teacher-reported symptoms at baseline, posttreatment, and 4-, 8-, and 12-month follow-up. Analyses were conducted using multilevel growth curve modeling and Bayesian post hoc analysis. Results EFST showed efficacy in reducing parent-reported externalizing (b = −1.72, p .05, d = 0.2) symptoms. Multilevel analyses showed nonsignificant differences between conditions (all p's > .05), although a Bayesian longitudinal sensitivity analysis indicated a better outcome for the experiential condition. Conclusion EFST showed efficacy in symptom reduction for children and adolescents with internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Outcomes were maintained over 12 months for both conditions, supporting EFST as a transdiagnostic parental approach for early intervention

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Norwegian cultural heritage management is based on a developed and strict legislation. The administration is placed under the Ministry of Environment and the different categories of cultural heritage are handled by a professional staff with different academic backgrounds, relevant to the categories. The ideology of cultural heritage management has changed through time and the present motto is “Vern gjennom bruk” (Protection through use).The legislation, the categories linked to different academic disciplines, the motto and the influence of the demands derived from a modern lifestyle add up to an interesting contrast in the handling of buildings. Priority is given to buildings in a relatively stable condition of decay, called archaeological sites, and to buildings with a potential for use in a modern context after reconstruction, called architectural monuments.Buildings between these two categories, especially those that are in a state of dynamic decay, are in general ignored or destroyed. This paper discusses the resources we overlook by this policy and practice of management. The author argues that an exposure of the process of dynamic decay has a potential for a deeper understanding of both history and cultural heritage

Kulturminneplanen i Øksnes kommune. Alt handler om lokal forankring

Kulturminneplanen for Øksnes kommune i Nordland ivaretar fleire hensyn: Et sjølstendig handlingsrom for egne prioriteringer, prioriteringer som er forankret i temaer som har preget kommunens fortid gjennom førhistorisk og historisk tid og planen har fleire grep for å forankre kulturminneforvaltning og kulturminnevern i lokalmiljøet. Planen støter også på utfordringer med kulturminner som har status som «uavklart»

Kulturminneplanen i Øksnes kommune. Alt handler om lokal forankring

Kulturminneplanen for Øksnes kommune i Nordland ivaretar fleire hensyn: Et sjølstendig handlingsrom for egne prioriteringer, prioriteringer som er forankret i temaer som har preget kommunens fortid gjennom førhistorisk og historisk tid og planen har fleire grep for å forankre kulturminneforvaltning og kulturminnevern i lokalmiljøet. Planen støter også på utfordringer med kulturminner som har status som «uavklart»

MultiPaths Revisited - A novel approach using OpenFlow-enabled devices

This thesis presents novel approaches enhancing the performance of computer networks using multipaths. Our enhancements take the form of congestion-aware routing protocols. We present three protocols called MultiRoute, Step-Route, and finally PathRoute. Each of these protocols leverage both local and remote congestion statistics and build different representations (or views) of the network congestion by using an innovative representation of congestion for router-router links. These congestion statistics are then distributed via an aggregation protocol to other routers in the network. For many years, multipath routing protocols have only been used in simple situations, such as Link Aggregation and/or networks where paths of equal cost (and therefore equal delay) exist. But, paths of unequal costs are often discarded to the benefit of shortest path only routing because it is known that paths of unequal length present different delays and therefore cause out of order packets which cause catastrophic network performances. Further, multipaths become highly beneficial when alternative paths are selected based on the network congestion. But, no realistic solution has been proposed for congestion-aware multipath networks. We present in this thesis a method which selects alternative paths based on network congestion and completely avoids the issue of out of order packets by grouping packets into flows and binding them to a single path for a limited duration. The implementation of these protocols relies heavily on OpenFlow and NOX. OpenFlow enables network researchers to control the behavior of their network equipment by specifying rules in the routers flow table. NOX provides a simple Application Programming Interface (API) to program a routers flow table. Therefore by using OpenFlow and NOX, we are able to define new routing protocols like the ones which we will present in this thesis. We show in this thesis that grouping packets together, while not optimal, still provides a significant increase in network performance. More precisely we show that our protocols can, in some cases, achieve up to N times the throughput of Shortest Path (SP), where N is the number of distinct paths of identical throughput from source to destination. We also show that our protocols provide more predictable throughput than simple hash-based routing algorithms. %extend this with steproute and pathroute results. Todays networks provide more and more connections between any source-destination pair. Most of these connections remain idle until some failure occurs. Using the protocols proposed in this thesis, networks could leverage the added bandwidth provided by these currently idle connections. Therefore, we could increase the overall performance of current networks without replacing the existing hardware