355 research outputs found
Creative Women in Advertising Agencies: Why So Few âBabes in Boylandâ?
Purpose â The purpose of this paper is to explore reasons why there are so few women in creative departments of advertising agencies and to discuss what impact that might have on the work environment of those creative departments and advertising messages they create.
Design/methodology/approach â Provides a review of published research and plus opinions of professionals who cover the advertising industry or work in agency creative departments. Personal observations from the authorsâ time working in the advertising industry are also included.
Findings â Themes gleaned from the literature look at the gender gap, the creative department of advertising agencies as an âold-boys network,â reasons why women leave creative jobs, and why advertising targeting women as consumers is so bad.
Practical implications â Women opt out of advertising agencies for any number of reasons â more than just having babies. Keeping womenâs voices in creative departments would give a better balance to the messages agencies create.
Originality/value â Changing creative departments to be more accommodating and flexible to womenâs needs might not only make them better for women, but also better for men and for families. In addition, the messages from those creative departments may be more compelling to consumers
Reticent Resolve: The Poetry of Manuel A. Viray
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In spite of significant work in literary criticism, prose fiction, and poetry, Manuel A . Viray has a low profile in Philippine letters. If we are asked to name prominent Filipino poets, we are likely to think of Villa , Demetillo, and Angeles; we are unlikely to think of Viray. If we are to list notable prose writers, the list may be headed by Joaquin, Santos, and Linda Casper, not Viray. If we specify widely-known critics, perhaps Leonard Casper, Hosillos, and Bernad come immediately to mind; Viray probably will not. 1 Yet Viray has produced work worthy of comparison with these more visible writers
Guiding neutral atoms around curves with lithographically patterned current-carrying wires
Laser-cooled neutral atoms from a low-velocity atomic source are guided via a
magnetic field generated between two parallel wires on a glass substrate. The
atoms bend around three curves, each with a 15-cm radius of curvature, while
traveling along a 10-cm-long track. A maximum flux of 2*10^6 atoms/sec is
achieved with a current density of 3*10^4 A/cm^2 in the
100x100-micrometer-cross-section wires. The kinetic energy of the guided atoms
in one transverse dimension is measured to be 42 microKelvin.Comment: 9 page
A Comparison of Stimulus Set Size on Tact Training for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Previous studies on skill acquisition have taught targets in stimulus sets composed of different numbers of stimuli. Although the rationale for selection of a stimulus set size is not clear, the number of target stimuli trained within a set is a treatment decision for which there is limited empirical support. The current investigation compared the efficiency of tact training in 4 stimulus set sizes, each of which included 12 stimuli grouped into (a) 4 sets of 3 stimuli, (b) 3 sets of 4 stimuli, (c) 2 sets of 6 stimuli, and (d) 1 set of 12 stimuli. Results of all 4 participants with autism spectrum disorder show tact training with larger (i.e., 6 and 12) stimulus set sizes was more efficient than training with smaller (i.e., 3 and 4) stimulus set sizes
Comparing Skill Acquisition Under Varying Onsets of Differential Reinforcement: A Preliminary Analysis
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect of implementing differential reinforcement at different times relative to the onset of teaching new skills to learners with autism spectrum disorder. Specifically, we first determined the most efficient differential reinforcement arrangement for each participant. Using the most efficient arrangement, we evaluated if differential reinforcement from the immediate onset, early onset, or late onset is the most efficient for learners to acquire a new skill. Three children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who have a history of receiving intervention based on the principles of applied behavior analysis participated in this study. The immediate onset of differential reinforcement resulted in the most efficient instruction in 6 of 7 comparisons. The results are discussed in light of previous studies and suggestions for future research are provided
An Evaluation of Parent Preference for Prompting Procedures
Parent participation in intervention can enhance intervention efficacy and promote generalization of skills across settings. Thus, parents should be trained to implement behavioral interventions. The purpose of the current investigation was to evaluate parent preference for and acceptability of 3 commonly used prompting procedures. We trained parents of children with disabilities to use 3 empirically validated prompting strategies (i.e., leastâtoâmost, mostâtoâleast, and a progressiveâprompt delay). Once the parent reached the mastery criteria with each prompting procedure, we evaluated his/her preference for each of the procedures using a concurrentâchains arrangement. We also measured treatment acceptability of all procedures throughout the study. All participants met the mastery criteria for each of the prompting procedures and showed a preference for leastâtoâmost prompting. Results suggest parents\u27 acceptability of procedures prior to training were different than posttraining/postâchild practice. In addition, acceptability rating scores obtained at the end of the investigation corresponded to preference of intervention during the concurrentâchains arrangement. The results demonstrate the benefits of objective measures for studying preference for behavioral, skillâacquisition procedures
The science of choice: an introduction
Introduction In October 2015, around 30 scholars convened at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock to discuss: (a) how individuals and families make decisions about marriage, child-birth, migration, retirement, and other transitions in the life course; and (b) how these decision processes can be operationalized in demographic models. The workshop was organized by the Scientific Panel on Microsimulation and Agent-Based Modelling con- vened by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and by MPIDR. The report of this âScience of choiceâ workshop and the papers presented are available from the workshopâs website (see IUSSP 2015). The five papers included in this Supplement are revised versions of papers presented at the workshop in Rostock
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