Of Cherries, Fudge, and Onions: Science and Its Courtroom Perversion

The thesis of this article is that the Supreme Court decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.\u27s focus on the scientific method, however rigorously applied, invites certain classes of abuses. There are instances in which evidence can be made to look more scientific by a process that in fact and substance makes is utterly unscientific

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: Contemporary Literature Overview

This article reviews the literature from the 3 years since the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health\u27s (ICF\u27s) endorsement, focusing on those articles that discuss (a) what the ICF means and how it can be used; (b) the general utility of the ICF for specific fields, such as nursing, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and audiology; (c) examples of applications for classification in particular disorders, such as chronic health conditions, neuromusculoskeletal conditions, cognitive disorders, mental disorders, sensory disorders, and primary and secondary conditions in children; (d) uses of the ICF to recode prior work across multiple surveys and across country coding schemes on disability-related national survey items; and (e) governmental uses of the ICF in the United States and selected countries abroad. Future directions needed to effectively implement the ICF across rehabilitation policy, research, and practice are discussed. Our review suggests that the actual application of the ICF is as yet somewhat limited because the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsement is so recent; the earliest references using the ICF correspond with the WHO\u27s 2001 endorsement. Standardized application of the ICF in North America has yet to be realized in anticipation of the release of the clinical implementation manual (see Reed et al., 2005); thus, it is not surprising to find limited research on clinical implementation of the ICF. From our review of the literature and of unpublished reports, it seems clear that the ICF is being used in a preliminary fashion to inform conceptual frameworks in research and for recoding data from other health classifications. Recently completed and ongoing research has undoubtedly not yet been published

Stacking of Uninsured Motorist Coverage

El presente trabajo de análisis situacional desarrollado que lleva como título: “ANALISIS DESCRIPTIVO – COMPARATIVO DEL FENOMENO EL NIÑO Y SU IMPACTO SOCIO-ECONOMICO EN EL SECTOR PESQUERO DE LA REGION DE ICA DESDE EL AÑO 1972 HASTA EL 2015¨ tiene como propósito conocer en qué medida la evolución del fenómeno del niño durante los últimos eventos dados en nuestro país, y de qué, forma se puede lograr el desarrollo sostenible y poder lograr el equilibrio económico-social en la región de Ica y por ende prevenir los impactos originados como consecuencia de la llegada del FENOMENO EL NIÑO periódicamente a nuestra Región. Considerando que las instituciones gubernamentales y las no gubernamentales, están encargadas de prevenir y mitigar los fenómenos naturales los que arrasan con infraestructuras, pérdidas de vidas humanas, inundaciones, sequías, calentamiento de aguas de las costas marinas, alteración del medio ambiente, por todo esto es necesario estar alertas con la presencia de los fenómenos El niño y realizar los análisis que nos permitan comparar el comportamiento del fenómeno del niño y poder prevenir los daños que ocasiona cada vez que se produce. Uno de los sectores más afectados por el fenómeno ¨El niño¨, es el sector pesquero, ya que, con el calentamiento de aguas, origina la migración de las especies marinas propias de nuestro mar, así como la llegada de otras especies provenientes de aguas más cálidas que las nuestras, lo que ocasiona pérdidas económicas de la población que vive de la explotación de los recursos marinos. Este trabajo nos permitirá tener información y como fue el comportamiento de todos los eventos naturales ocurridos en el país y conseguir la prevención de dichos desastres, con lo que lograríamos reducir el impacto ambiental y una mejor calidad de vida de la población de nuestra región

How what type of news you watch can influence how you reactto a scandal in a presidential primary.

Despite the 2016 election being more than a year away the presidential primary season appears to be in full swing, especially for the Republican Party, with its plethora of candidates. With the possibility of a scandal breaking for at least one candidate before the primary a seeming near certainty, it’s useful to examine why voters react to scandals in the way that they do. David A. M. Peterson and Beth Miller Vonnahme investigate the scandal around allegations of sexual harassment in 2012 that ended Herman Cain’s bid for the nomination. They find that those who watched network news declined the most in their assessment of Cain after the scandal, and cable news watchers, the least

Sexual Attraction Toward Clients, Use of Supervision, and Prior Training: A Qualitative Study of Predoctoral Psychology Interns

Interviews were conducted with 13 predoctoral psychology interns about an experience of sexual attraction toward a client, use of supervision to address the sexual attraction, and prior training regarding sexual attraction. Results indicated that sexual attraction to clients consisted of physical and interpersonal aspects. Therapists believed they were more invested and attentive than usual to clients to whom they were sexually attracted, and they indicated that sexual attraction created distance, distraction, and loss of objectivity. In terms of supervision, only half of the participants disclosed their sexual attraction to supervisors, and supervisors seldom initiated the discussion. Furthermore, trainees found it helpful when supervisors normalized the sexual attraction and provided the opportunity to explore feelings in supervision. Finally, trainees believed their training programs did not adequately address therapist sexual attraction