Employment problems of twenty-eight psychiatric patients: a study of twenty-eight patients referred to social service from the Psychosomatic Clinic of the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders in Adults and Insecure Attachment

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and disorders in adults and lack of secure childhood attachment. An additional hypothesis was that obsessive-compulsive individuals would most closely fit an avoidant pattern of adult attachment. A group of obsessive-compulsive adults, a group of adults with other emotional symptoms, and a normal group of adults representing the general population were measured using the Maudsley Obsessional-Compulsive Inventory, the Parental Bonding Instrument, the Attachment Style Questionnaire and Bartholomew’s Four-Group Model of Attachment. Results did not confirm a relationship between insecure childhood attachment and obsessive-compulsiveness. However, obsessive-compulsive subjects were found to be fearful avoidant, while normal subjects were found to be secure. Subjects in the middle group did not fit a specific attachment pattern. Possible explanations for the outcomes, limitations of the present study, and implications for further research were presented

Physiological And Growth Responses Of Macoma Balthica (mollusca:pelecypoda) To Environmental And Genetic Factors, With Emphasis On A Hudson Bay Population Near Churchill

Growth rate of most intertidal organisms generally declines in an upshore direction. However, Macoma balthica from 1.0m above mean low water (MLW) grew faster than those from MLW in Churchill (Hudson Bay). This anomaly was the focus of this study. The first objective was to determine if this phenomenon is widespread or localised. Results showed that the Churchill phenomenon was not present along the St. Lawrence River and the Bay of Fundy and was confined to sites along the coast of Hudson Bay east of Churchill to Cape Henrietta Marie on James Bay.;The second objective was to examine the effects of biotic and abiotic environmental factors on the growth rate and physiological responses of the Churchill clams. High tide Macoma were more heavily parasitized and grew faster than low tide ones and crawlers (more parasitized) grew faster than the buried (less parasitized) clams. Parasitic castration resulting in enhanced growth could be an explanation for these observations.;Results from transplant studies showed that Macoma transplanted from MLW to 1.0m above MLW grew at a rate similar to that of the high tide residents , indicating that the phenomenon is probably influenced by local environmental conditions at the two tide levels rather than by genotypic differences. No positive correlation was detected between growth rate and degree of heterozygosity (scored for the enzymes PGM, PGI, MDH and LAP) in the clams from either tide level.;The Q{dollar}\sb{lcub}10{rcub}{dollar} of Macoma from both tide levels was 1.5, indicating a moderately temperature-dependent metabolism. Weight-standardized oxygen uptake was inversely related to the size of Macoma. Low tide Macoma consumed more oxygen than high tide clams. This implies that high tide clams have greater metabolic efficiency: this energy saved may be used to further enhance their growth.;Contrary to expectations, low tide clams were able to withstand cold stress better than high tide clams in the laboratory. Low tide Macoma burrowed deeper into the substratum than high tide ones. Higher temperatures experienced near the surface of the substratum and at the high intertidal region could be associated with the faster growth rate of the high tide Macoma

Talent Development for Integration Web 3.0/NFT/SDG into UNSDGs

Sustainable Development mindset with servant leadership has been mentioned in past studies for transformations. Under covid-19, there is a need for new way of committed organizations to provide professional services, for example, business related training services with United Nations sustainable development goals (UNSDGs) and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance). Moreover, digital art related business services may be a future area for the education sector too. It is time to explore attitudes, skills and values needed for a professional business servant leader to re-design workflow with transformations and services with innovations for driving economic growth

Using the case method for an undergraduate IS subject: Encouraging participation in culturally mixed classes

This paper reports on work in progress on an investigation of the role of IS in achieving the goals of stakeholders in the hospital system. The investigation has two parts. The first part, now completed, is reported on briefly before the ongoing second part is introduced. The work is founded on theoretical concepts of ‘strategy’ and how relevant those concepts are to the hospital context and to those hospital stakeholders with a commitment to better health outcomes

Strategies For Mass Customization

Mass customization allows firms to produce only things their customers want (or produce after they have orders in hand). This approach, make-to-order, brings many benefits to firms in terms of cost and profit because of lower inventory levels, maximum sales, elimination of material waste, flexible production and, most of all, customer satisfaction. However, mass customization may not be the panacea for all organizations. While some companies are very successful with mass customization, others are not.  This paper illustrates that mass customization strategies depend on an understanding of the conditions in each industry

Strategies For Mass Customization

Mass customization allows firms to produce only things their customers want (or produce after they have orders in hand). This approach, make-to-order, brings many benefits to firms in terms of cost and profit because of lower inventory levels, maximum sales, elimination of material waste, flexible production and, most of all, customer satisfaction. However, mass customization may not be the panacea for all organizations. While some companies are very successful with mass customization, others are not.  This paper illustrates that mass customization strategies depend on an understanding of the conditions in each industry

A Systematic Search for Molecular Outflows Toward Candidate Low-Luminosity Protostars and Very Low Luminosity Objects

We present a systematic single-dish search for molecular outflows toward a sample of 9 candidate low-luminosity protostars and 30 candidate Very Low Luminosity Objects (VeLLOs; L_int < 0.1 L_sun). The sources are identified using data from the Spitzer Space Telescope catalogued by Dunham et al. toward nearby (D < 400 pc) star forming regions. Each object was observed in 12CO and 13CO J = 2-1 simultaneously using the sideband separating ALMA Band-6 prototype receiver on the Heinrich Hertz Telescope at 30 arcsecond resolution. Using 5-point grid maps we identify five new potential outflow candidates and make on-the-fly maps of the regions surrounding sources in the dense cores B59, L1148, L1228, and L1165. Of these new outflow candidates, only the map of B59 shows a candidate blue outflow lobe associated with a source in our survey. We also present larger and more sensitive maps of the previously detected L673-7 and the L1251-A IRS4 outflows and analyze their properties in comparison to other outflows from VeLLOs. The accretion luminosities derived from the outflow properties of the VeLLOs with detected CO outflows are higher than the observed internal luminosity of the protostars, indicating that these sources likely had higher accretion rates in the past. The known L1251-A IRS3 outflow is detected but not remapped. We do not detect clear, unconfused signatures of red and blue molecular wings toward the other 31 sources in the survey indicating that large-scale, distinct outflows are rare toward this sample of candidate protostars. Several potential outflows are confused with kinematic structure in the surrounding core and cloud. Interferometric imaging is needed to disentangle large-scale molecular cloud kinematics from these potentially weak protostellar outflows.Comment: 42 pages, 19 figures, Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journa