The effectiveness of a program based on symbolic communication in reducing challenging behaviors and improving social interaction among individuals with autism spectrum disorder who have intellectual disability in Jordan

The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a program based on symbolic communication in reducing challenging behaviors and improving social interaction among among individuals with autism spectrum disorder who have intellectual disability in Jordan. The sample of the study consisteded of (8) participants between (8-15) years, at Autism Specialized Center for Autism in Amman. To achieve the aim of the study, the scale challenging behavior, scale of social interaction, and the training program, were constructed. The validity and reliability of the tools were verified. The results indicated that there were statistically significant differences in the scores of the participants in the pre and post applications of the Challenge Behavior Scale, and the differences came in favor of the post-test. The results also showed that there were statistically significant differences in the scores of the participants in the pre and post-test of the social interaction scale, and the differences came in favor of the post measurement. The study ended with recommendations related to the results

Witte Museum Evaluation Summary

Kronkosky Charitable Foundation Evaluation Summary: Witte Museum, San Antonio, TXThe Operations grant of $125,000 in December 2014 provided crucial operational support and helped the Witte Museum maintain a positive operational budget during the first year of renovation and construction on the New Witte phase of the campus expansion plan, including the renovation of the Kathleen and Curtis Gunn Gallery, the demolition of the main building and initial construction on the future Mays Family Center for exhibitions and special events. At the same time, the Witte's leadership made major leaps in capital campaign fundraising for the New Witte, a$65 million expansion, with more than $20 million raised during FY2015

Constitutional Law - Fifth Amendment - Double Jeopardy Clause

The United States Supreme Court held that when relevant conduct is used to increase an accused\u27s sentence and the resulting sentence falls within the range specified by Congress, the resulting sentence is for the crime of conviction only, and the Government may subsequently prosecute the accused for the same conduct. Witte v. United States, 115 S. Ct. 2199 (1995)

[Rezension zu:] Witte, Markus; Alkier, Stefan (Hrsg.): Die Griechen und der Vordere Orient. Beiträge zum Kultur- und Religionskontakt zwischen Griechenland und dem Vorderen Orient im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr.. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2003. ISBN: 3-525-53048-X; X, 135 S.

Rezension des Werkes: Titel: Die Griechen und der Vordere Orient. Beiträge zum Kultur- und Religionskontakt zwischen Griechenland und dem Vorderen Orient im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Reihe: Orbis biblicus et orientalis 191 Herausgeber: Witte, Markus; Alkier, Stefan Ort: Göttingen Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Jahr: 2003 ISBN: 3-525-53048-X Umfang/Preis: X, 135 S.; € 38,90 Der Band "Die Griechen und der Vordere Orient" geht aus einem interdisziplinären Symposion hervor, welches die Projektgruppe "Altorientalisch-hellenistische Religionsgeschichte" der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main im April 2002 abgehalten hat (S. VII). Vier der Vorträge sind hier abgedruckt und von den Herausgebern, Markus Witte und Stefan Alkier, im Vorwort hilfreicherweise kurz zusammenfasst. ..

Random Matrix Theory and the Sixth Painlev\'e Equation

A feature of certain ensembles of random matrices is that the corresponding measure is invariant under conjugation by unitary matrices. Study of such ensembles realised by matrices with Gaussian entries leads to statistical quantities related to the eigenspectrum, such as the distribution of the largest eigenvalue, which can be expressed as multidimensional integrals or equivalently as determinants. These distributions are well known to be $\tau$-functions for Painlev\'e systems, allowing for the former to be characterised as the solution of certain nonlinear equations. We consider the random matrix ensembles for which the nonlinear equation is the $\sigma$ form of \PVI. Known results are reviewed, as is their implication by way of series expansions for the distributions. New results are given for the boundary conditions in the neighbourhood of the fixed singularities at $t=0,1,\infty$ of $\sigma$\PVI displayed by a generalisation of the generating function for the distributions. The structure of these expansions is related to Jimbo's general expansions for the $\tau$-function of $\sigma$\PVI in the neighbourhood of its fixed singularities, and this theory is itself put in its context of the linear isomonodromy problem relating to \PVI.Comment: Dedicated to the centenary of the publication of the Painlev\'e VI equation in the Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris by Richard Fuchs in 190

Between Liberalism and Theocracy

Our symposium conveners have focused us on “the relationship between liberalism and Christianity and their influence on American constitutionalism.” My objective is to complicate the relationship and reorient the influence. The focus of my inquiry is the liberty of conscience and its implications for the relationship between church and state. By approaching these issues through the lens of political theology (as distinct from either political or constitutional theory), hope to show that some of the most significant embodiments of conscience in the American colonies can neither be squared with an individualistic liberalism (as some on the left are prone to do) nor appropriated in the service of arguments that collapse the distinction between church and state (as some on the right are prone to do).I have in mind the political practices of Roger Williams and William Penn. Both are important figures in American political thought, both were known to many of the Founders, and both have drawn increased attention in recent scholarship. Both were also deeply theological thinkers—and their political practices cannot be given sense outside of the theological narratives within which those practices arose. My engagement with Williams and Penn is not confined to their arguments. Both men lived out their political practices in an era much different than our own. For this reason, identifying the theological context of Williams and Penn is only a first step. An equally important objective of this essay is to frame the ongoing relevance of their contributions. To this end, I link the theological politics of Williams and Penn to two contemporary theologians, John Howard Yoder and Stanley Hauerwas. I then suggest a way to connect the theological insights of Yoder and Hauerwas back to Williams and Penn through the work of constitutional scholar H. Jefferson Powell. This essay sketches these connections as a roadmap to future work. It is offered as an opening round of what I hope will evolve into an extended discussion about the contribution of these five theological thinkers to our understanding of religious freedom and the intersection of theology, political theory, and law