Rethinking the Oedipus Complex

SON AND FATHER: BEFORE AND BEYOND THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX Peter Bios, Ph.D. Free Press, New York, 1985 $27.95 186 page

Ruth and Work

Introduction to the Book of Ruth Tragedy strikes the family of Ruth and Naomi (Ruth 1:1-22) God’s blessing is the source of human productivity (Ruth 2:1-4) God bestows his blessing of productivity through human labor (Ruth 2:5-7) Receiving God’s blessing of productivity means respecting co-workers (Ruth 2:8-16) God calls people to provide opportunities for the poor to work productively (Ruth 2:17-23) God’s law calls people of means to provide economic opportunities for the poor (Ruth 2:17-23) God leads individuals to provide economic opportunities for the poor and vulnerable (Ruth 2:17-23) God’s blessing is redoubled when people work according to his ways (Ruth 3:1-4:18) God works through human ingenuity (Ruth 3:1-18) God works through legal processes (Ruth 4:1-12) God works through the fruitfulness of childbearing (Ruth 4:13-18) Conclusions about the Book of Rut

Labor Law, Industrial Relations and Employee Choice: The State of the Workplace in the 1990s: Hearings of the Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations, 1993-94

Block, Beck and Kruger present detailed examples from the testimony given during the Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations (commonly called the Dunlop Commission) national and regional hearings. The Commission, by hearing from a wide range of stakeholders, sought to define the state of industrial relations and labor law in the U.S. during the 1990s. Because the Commission\u27s final reports were concerned with policy matters, they only briefly summarized the testimony. This volume draws deeply from the testimony, citing many examples that clearly illustrate the wide variety of relationships between workers and management today. In addition, it shows how the interpretation of labor law has changed over the decades.https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/1072/thumbnail.jp

Auxiliary Frequency Parametric Excitation of Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers

The apparatus introduces a second adjustable resonant point in a QMS at a frequency that is close to a multiple of the fundamental frequency by adjusting driving point impedance characteristics of the QMS. The apparatus measures the first and second resonant point of the QMS to account for changes in the operational characteristics of the QMS

The role of old-growth forests in frequent-fire landscapes

Classic ecological concepts and forestry language regarding old growth are not well suited to frequent-fire landscapes. In frequent-fire, old-growth landscapes, there is a symbiotic relationship between the trees, the understory graminoids, and fire that results in a healthy ecosystem. Patches of old growth interspersed with younger growth and open, grassy areas provide a wide variety of habitats for animals, and have a higher level of biodiversity. Fire suppression is detrimental to these forests, and eventually destroys all old growth. The reintroduction of fire into degraded frequent-fire, old-growth forests, accompanied by appropriate thinning, can restore a balance to these ecosystems. Several areas require further research and study: 1) the ability of the understory to respond to restoration treatments, 2) the rate of ecosystem recovery following wildfires whose level of severity is beyond the historic or natural range of variation, 3) the effects of climate change, and 4) the role of the microbial community. In addition, it is important to recognize that much of our knowledge about these old-growth systems comes from a few frequent-fire forest types