Alcoholic personality types as identified by MMPI and MCMI profiles

The medical model of alcoholism has long been the accepted view of alcoholic dependence and addiction. This perspective has been the most prominent in both research and treatment. However, multidimensional models of alcoholism have more recently gained acceptance and credibility, and now frequently serve as guiding concepts in research and treatment. These notions suggest that alcoholism involves many different types rather than a single syndrome. The present descriptive study was designed to explore a multidimensional concept of alcoholism for an in-patient alcohol treatment population through the use of two different self-report personality measures, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI). The results indicated that distinct and different personality types or clusters existed within this population. The five personality types found were: personality trait disturbance, borderline personality disorder, normal personality, situational disturbance, and antisocial personality. Treatment recommendations were made for each of these alcoholic types. Since members of the five groups differed widely in personality it was proposed that treatment for each group should differ. Additional recommendations for future research were also made

Emerson Garfield Neighborhood Beautification

The purpose of this neighborhood action plan is to enhance the aesthetic appeal, cohesion, and overall safety of the Emerson-Garfield neighborhood -- creating an environment that community members are proud to live in, and where parents can safely raise their children. An enhancement of appearances will work towards the fostering of a classy, family friendly, and local identity. These improvements will promote collaboration among community members, strengthening the neighborhood’s appeal, and implementing needed changes

"Det er vitenskapelig bevist at miljø er viktig" - En kvalitativ studie av hvordan ungdomsskoleelever bygger opp argumenter

Argumentasjon og kritisk tenkning trekkes frem som to viktige begreper i den nye læreplanen. Dette er en av årsakene til at jeg i denne masteroppgaven har ønsket å studere hvordan elever bygger opp argumenter. Den overordnede problemstillingen for oppgaven har vært «Hva kjennetegner ungdomsskoleelevers oppbygning av argumenter?», og jeg har tatt utgangspunkt i elevgrupper fra ungdomsskolen som forbereder seg til en debatt. Datamaterialet er samlet inn i forbindelse med prosjektet ARGUMENT, som har som formål å la elevene arbeide utforskende med fokus på kritisk tenkning og argumentasjon rundt samfunnsaktuelle tema. I denne oppgaven har jeg studert hvordan elever strukturer sine argumenter, og hvilke faktatyper de bruker som begrunnelser for argumentene de bygger. Analysen av elevsamtalene viser at argumentene inneholder en grunnleggende struktur med påstand og belegg. I flere tilfeller må videre begrunnelser antas ment på bakgrunn av elevenes samtaler og antatte forkunnskaper. Resultatene fra denne oppgaven tyder på at det ikke er en tydelig sammenheng mellom faktatype brukt som begrunnelse i elevenes argument, og hvor godt argumentene struktureres. Man ser imidlertid en sammenheng mellom valgte faktatype og hvor grundig elevene diskuterer tema før argumentet godkjennes. Argumenter begrunnet i vitenskapelige fakta krever mer diskusjon av elevene. Elevene klarer å hente ut nok informasjon fra vitenskapelige kilder til å bygge grunnleggende strukturerte argumenter, men resultatene fra denne studien tyder på at de har problemer med å bearbeide denne informasjonen slik at de kan bruke den som videre begrunnelser for argumentene sine. På bakgrunn av denne oppgavens resultater foreslås det at man i større grad må legge til rette for at elevene får trening i å tolke og bearbeide vitenskapelig informasjon. Videre foreslås det at elevene trenger mer kunnskap om hvordan man strukturerer gode vitenskapelige argumenter.Masteroppgave i kjemiKJEM399KMAMN-KJE

Trace fossils from the Upper Member of the Duolbagáisá Formation (Cambrian Series 2-Miaolingian), northern Norway, with the first diverse Cambrian record of Halimedides

Source at https://njg.geologi.no/vol-101-200/details/30/2356-2356.html.New information is provided on trace fossils from the Cambrian Series 2 toNew information is provided on trace fossils from the Cambrian Series 2 toMiaolingian in the Upper Member of the Duolbagáisá Formation of northern Norway. This includes the first rich Cambrian material of Halimedides, a tracefossil with more or less regularly spaced swellings of different shapesconnected by a median string. It is known principally from Mesozoic andyounger deep-sea deposits, with a scarce Paleozoic record, making this one ofthe oldest occurrences of this ichnogenus. Other trace fossils occurring with Halimedides include the rare Bergaueria sucta, Palaeophycus imbricatus and Cruziana tenella. Psammichnites gigas and Syringomorpha nilssoni aredocumented photographically for the first time from this unit. The trace fossilassociation shows general similarity with that of the slightly older MickwitziaSandstone Member of southern Sweden and suggests a broad distribution oflate early Cambrian trace-fossil producers across Baltica

Students’ mental models of references in Python

This paper reports on a study exploring students’ understanding of references and reference assignments. Students in an introductory programming course in Python were interviewed with respect to what happens during execution of reference assignment statements and function calls involving references. Previous research on Java hasidentified two types of mental models related to reference assignment, which in this paper is referred to as the “Copy value model” and the “Copy reference model”.An important result in this paper is that each of these models can be divided into two sub-models, giving a total of four different models where only one of them is valid. In addition, we have identified three types of mental models related to references in function calls. This gives valuable insight into students’ thinking, which can then be addressed by teachers both in class and in formative assessments. Furthermore, students in two introductory courses were asked to participate in a survey with multiple choice questions asking the students to identify the correct results of executing code examples involving references. The patterns of answers were analyzed based on the mental models identified in interviews. It was found that the identified mental models explained the most common patterns in the student responses

Fauna analyses of a possible electrical cable corridor in the Hardanger fjord

In relation to a possible cable pathway on the sea floor through the inner half of the Hardanger fjord, the Institute for Marine Research has carried out ROV inspections of the benthic faunal communities along 17 selected bottom transects. The surveyed area was restricted to the inner half of the Hardanger fjord – from Sima to Norheimsund in the period 9–29 November 2010. The deep horizontal seabed along the midline of the investigated part of the fjord was dominated by the crustacean Munida sp and its borrow, the sea cucumbers Bathyplotes sp and Stichopous sp, sea-pens, and the echiuran Bonellia sp. The steep walls along the sides of the investigated fjord were populated with less abundant but still relatively frequently-occurring taxa such the sea star Brisingia sp, the large bivalve Acesta sp, and several species of sponges. Though any local recovery time is unknown, we do not consider these populations to be threatened by the possible cable-laying activities. These are not listed in the Norwegian redlist and are not considered as threatened by the OSPAR Convention. However, in the outer part of the investigated area (transects named Kvamsøy cliff wall and Øystese), the vulnerable corals Lophelia pertusa and Anthomastus grandiflorus (redlisted) and Primnoa sp were observed. To avoid threatening impacts to these groups of corals, we therefore recommend using video monitoring during any cable-laying activities

Fauna analyses of a possible electrical cable corridor in the Hardanger fjord

In relation to a possible cable pathway on the sea floor through the inner half of the Hardanger fjord, the Institute for Marine Research has carried out ROV inspections of the benthic faunal communities along 17 selected bottom transects. The surveyed area was restricted to the inner half of the Hardanger fjord – from Sima to Norheimsund in the period 9–29 November 2010. The deep horizontal seabed along the midline of the investigated part of the fjord was dominated by the crustacean Munida sp and its borrow, the sea cucumbers Bathyplotes sp and Stichopous sp, sea-pens, and the echiuran Bonellia sp. The steep walls along the sides of the investigated fjord were populated with less abundant but still relatively frequently-occurring taxa such the sea star Brisingia sp, the large bivalve Acesta sp, and several species of sponges. Though any local recovery time is unknown, we do not consider these populations to be threatened by the possible cable-laying activities. These are not listed in the Norwegian redlist and are not considered as threatened by the OSPAR Convention. However, in the outer part of the investigated area (transects named Kvamsøy cliff wall and Øystese), the vulnerable corals Lophelia pertusa and Anthomastus grandiflorus (redlisted) and Primnoa sp were observed. To avoid threatening impacts to these groups of corals, we therefore recommend using video monitoring during any cable-laying activities

Optimizations of Pt/SiC and W/Si multilayers for the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array

The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, NuSTAR, is a NASA funded Small Explorer Mission, SMEX, scheduled for launch in mid 2011. The spacecraft will fly two co-aligned conical approximation Wolter-I optics with a focal length of 10 meters. The mirrors will be deposited with Pt/SiC and W/Si multilayers to provide a broad band reflectivity from 6 keV up to 78.4 keV. To optimize the mirror coating we use a Figure of Merit procedure developed for gazing incidence optics, which averages the effective area over the energy range, and combines an energy weighting function with an angular weighting function to control the shape of the desired effective area. The NuSTAR multilayers are depth graded with a power-law, d_i = a/(b + i)^c, and we optimize over the total number of bi-layers, N, c, and the maximum bi-layer thickness, d_(max). The result is a 10 mirror group design optimized for a flat even energy response both on and off-axis