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THE CHOICE OF A SURVIVING SIBLING AS âSCAPEGOATâ IN SOME CASES OF MATERNAL BEREAVEMENTâA CASE REPORT
â This paper presents a description of a pathological variation of the mourning process in mothers who have suffered a narcissistically damaging psychological or actual loss of a child. A surviving sibling chosen as a displacement object for the mother's sense of guilt and self-hatred. The parent-child estrangement continues for years after the trauma with an extremity and severity that often necessitates court intervention. A case illustration is presented and a concluding suggestion that counseling by available professionals at the time of the bereavement would be both economical and effective in forestalling this variety of pathological family scapegoating.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73748/1/j.1469-7610.1975.tb00367.x.pd
Scheme for generating entangled states of two field modes in a cavity
This paper considers a two-level atom interacting with two cavity modes with
equal frequencies. Applying a unitary transformation, the system reduces to the
analytically solvable Jaynes-Cummings model. For some particular field states,
coherent and squeezed states, the transformation between the two bare basis's,
related by the unitary transformation, becomes particularly simple. It is shown
how to generate, the highly non-classical, entangled coherent states of the two
modes, both in the zero and large detuning cases. An advantage with the zero
detuning case is that the preparation is deterministic and no atomic
measurement is needed. For the large detuning situation a measurement is
required, leaving the field in either of two orthogonal entangled coherent
states.Comment: Accepted in J. Mod. Opt.; 12 pages; Replaced with revised version.
Extended discussion of experimental realizations, earlier studies in the
field and on the frequency dependence in the adiabatic eliminatio
Proton dripline studies at ISOLDE: Ar and C
In this contribution examples of the application of new technologies to disentangle the mechanism of -delayed multiparticle emission are given. In particular the mechanism of 2p-emission from Ar has been resolved and proved to be sequential, a preview of C-decay data is discussed
Dwelling, house and home: towards a home-led perspective on dementia care
âHomeâ is well known from everyday experience, plays a crucial role in all kinds of narratives about human life, but is hardly ever systematically dealt with in the philosophy of medicine and health care. The notion of home is ambiguous, is often used in a metaphorical way, and is closely related to concepts such as house and dwelling. In this paper the phenomenon of home is explored by means of some phenomenological writings of Heidegger, Bollnow, Bachelard and Levinas. Common in their views is that being at home and dwelling mean something more fundamental than an activity we do along with other activities, such as working and travelling. Dwelling, building a house and being at home are fundamental aspects of human existence. Being human is dwelling. While exploring the relevance of this phenomenological perspective for medical theory and practice, the focus is on the care of people suffering from dementia
Genetic variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from 14 equine granulocytic anaplasmosis cases
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Equine Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (EGA) is caused by <it>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</it>, a tick-transmitted, obligate intracellular bacterium. In Europe, it is transmitted by <it>Ixodes ricinus</it>. A large number of genetic variants of <it>A. phagocytophilum </it>circulate in nature and have been found in ticks and different animals. Attempts have been made to assign certain genetic variants to certain host species or pathologies, but have not been successful so far. The purpose of this study was to investigate the causing agent <it>A. phagocytophilum </it>of 14 cases of EGA in naturally infected horses with molecular methods on the basis of 4 partial genes (<it>16S rRNA</it>, <it>groEL</it>, <it>msp2</it>, and <it>msp4</it>).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>All DNA extracts of EDTA-blood samples of the horses gave bands of the correct nucleotide size in all four genotyping PCRs. Sequence analysis revealed 4 different variants in the partial <it>16S rRNA</it>, <it>groEL </it>gene and <it>msp2 </it>genes, and 3 in the <it>msp4 </it>gene. One <it>16S rRNA </it>gene variant involved in 11 of the 14 cases was identical to the "prototype" variant causing disease in humans in the amplified part [GenBank: <ext-link ext-link-id="U02521" ext-link-type="gen">U02521</ext-link>]. Phylogenetic analysis revealed as expected for the <it>groEL </it>gene that sequences from horses clustered separately from roe deer. Sequences of the partial <it>msp2 </it>gene from this study formed a separate cluster from ruminant variants in Europe and from all US variants.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The results show that more than one variant of <it>A. phagocytophilum </it>seems to be involved in EGA in Germany. The comparative genetic analysis of the variants involved points towards different natural cycles in the epidemiology of <it>A. phagocytophilum</it>, possibly involving different reservoir hosts or host adaptation, rather than a strict species separation.</p
A inserção do Brasil no mercado mundial de alumĂnio: incorporando contribuiçÔes da Ecologia PolĂtica para a SaĂșde Coletiva
O presente artigo discute a inserção do Brasil no mercado mundial de alumĂnio a partir dos referenciais teĂłricos da ecologia polĂtica, da economia polĂtica do territĂłrio e da saĂșde coletiva. A conjuntura contemporĂąnea da economia mundial tem sido pautada pela desregulamentação e liberalização, caracterĂsticos do ideĂĄrio neoliberal propalado pelas naçÔes centrais. A maior participação do Brasil nesse mercado tem sido realizada a partir do aumento da produção e exportação de commodities agrĂĄrias e metĂĄlicas, como o alumĂnio. Nesse sentido, a partir dos paradigmas da ecologia polĂtica, o texto propĂ”e uma anĂĄlise das consequĂȘncias socioambientais, assim como sobre novas territorialidades que se produzem e reproduzem dentro de uma lĂłgica econĂŽmica que privilegia as naçÔes centrais. Do mesmo modo, procura-se compreender os dilemas da saĂșde coletiva sob uma perspectiva holĂstica e integradora na qual se articula aos modelos de desenvolvimento econĂŽmico. Percebe-se que a produção e exportação de alumĂnio primĂĄrio, apesar de apresentar um valor agregado maior, esconde um conjunto difuso de impactos que afetam o ambiente e a saĂșde coletiva
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