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Beliefs About the Prevalence of Dissociative Identity Disorder, Sexual Abuse, and Ritual Abuse Among Religious and Nonreligious Therapists
Four hundred ninety-seven Christian therapists and 100 membe.rs of the American Psychological Association returned questionnaires indicating the prevalence of dissociative identity disorder (DID) . sexual abuse, and ritual abuse in their clinical practices. There was a low rate of diagnosing DID and ritual abuse among all respondents. Christian pSychologists were slightly more likely to diagnose ritual abuse than other psychologists, but they were no more likely to diagnose DID or sexual abuse. No differences were observed in diagnosing ritual abuse or DID between Christian psychologists, other licensed Christian therapists, non licensed Christian therapists, and lay counselors. Licensed Christian therapists who are not psychologists reported a greater prevalence of sexual abuse among their clients than nonlicensed Christian therapists and lay counselors. Implications for clinical practice are discussed
King-Devick at far
Distant saccidic eye movements were evaluated utilizing the King-Devick Test modified for far. The time and number of errors were measured for 104 subjects under identical testing conditions. The subjects ranged in age from six to eleven years old. Norms were determined for each age group and the results indicated a difference between each group, with the most significant change between age seven and eight years. With these norms, early diagnosis of eye movement problems can be obtained and dealt with prior to a child\u27s difficulties with school work. A variety of other data was recorded and the results will be discussed
The Open Navigation Surface Project
Many hydrographic and oceanographic agencies have moved or are moving towards gridded bathymetric products. However, there is no accepted format to allow these grids to be exchanged while maintaining data and metadata integrity. This paper describes the Open Navigation Surface (ONS) Project, which aims to fill this gap. The ONS Project is an open-source software project designed to provide a freely available, portable source-code library to encapsulate gridded bathymetric surfaces with associated uncertainty values. The data file format is called a Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG). The BAG is developed and maintained by the ONS Working Group (ONSWG), and the source code is available via the ONS websit
Wintering Bald Eagle Count Trends in the Conterminous United States, 1986-2010
We analyzed counts from the annual Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey to examine state, regional, and national trends in counts of wintering Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) within the conterminous 48 United States from 1986 to 2010. Using hierarchical mixed model methods, we report trends in counts from 11 729 surveys along 844 routes in 44 states. Nationwide Bald Eagle counts increased 0.6% per yr over the 25-yr period, compared to an estimate of 1.9% per yr from 1986 to 2000. Trend estimates for Bald Eagles were significant (P †0.05) and positive in the northeastern and northwestern U.S. (3.9% and 1.1%, respectively), while trend estimates for Bald Eagles were negative (P †0.05) in the southwestern U.S. (-2.2%). After accounting for potential biases resulting from temporal and regional differences in surveys, we believe trends reflect post-DDT recovery and subsequent early effects of density-dependent population regulation
Development that works, March 31, 2011
This repository item contains a single issue of the Pardee Conference Series, On March 31, 2011, more than 100 people participated in a conference titled
âDevelopment That Works,â sponsored by Boston Universityâs Frederick S.
Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future in collaboration with the
BU Global Development program. In the pages that follow, four essays written
by Boston University graduate students capture the salient points and overarching
themes from the four sessions, each of which featured presentations by
outstanding scholars and practitioners working in the field of development. The
conference agenda and speakersâ biographies are included following the essays.The theme and the title of the conferenceââDevelopment That Worksââstemmed from the conference organizersâ desire to explore, from a groundlevel perspective, what programs, policies, and practices have been shownâor appear to have the potentialâto achieve sustained, long-term advances in
development in various parts of the world. The intent was not to simply showcase
âsuccess stories,â but rather to explore the larger concepts and opportunities
that have resulted in development that is meaningful and sustainable
over time. The presentations and discussions focused on critical assessments
of why and how some programs take hold, and what can be learned from
them. From the influence of global economic structures to innovative private sector
programs and the need to evaluate development programs at the
âgranularâ level, the expert panelists provided well-informed and often provocative
perspectives on what is and isnât working in development programs
today, and what could work better in the future
Development and exploitation of a novel mutant androgen receptor modelling strategy to identify new targets for advanced prostate cancer therapy
The persistence of androgen receptor (AR) signalling in castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) highlights the unmet clinical need for the development of more effective AR targeting therapies. A key mechanism of therapy-resistance is by selection of AR mutations that convert anti-androgens to agonists enabling the retention of androgenic signalling in CRPC. To improve our understanding of these receptors in advanced disease we developed a physiologically-relevant model to analyse the global functionality of AR mutants in CRPC. Using the bicalutamide-activated ARW741L/C mutation as proof of concept, we demonstrate that this mutant confers an androgenic-like signalling programme and growth promoting phenotype in the presence of bicalutamide. Transcriptomic profiling of ARW741L highlighted key genes markedly up-regulated by the mutant receptor, including TIPARP, RASD1 and SGK1. Importantly, SGK1 expression was found to be highly expressed in the KUCaP xenograft model and a CRPC patient biopsy sample both of which express the bicalutamide-activated receptor mutant. Using an SGK1 inhibitor, ARW741L transcriptional and growth promoting activity was reduced indicating that exploiting functional distinctions between receptor isoforms in our model may provide new and effective therapies for CRPC patients
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Reactor Physics Scoping and Characterization Study on Implementation of TRIGA Fuel in the Advanced Test Reactor
The Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) is conducting
scoping studies for the conversion of its fuel from a
highly enriched uranium (HEU) composition to a low-enriched
uranium (LEU) composition, through the
Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors
Program, within the Global Threat Reduction Initiative.
These studies have considered a wide variety of LEU
plate-type fuels to replace the current HEU fuel.
Continuing to investigate potential alternatives to the
present HEU fuel form, this study presents a preliminary
reactor physics scoping and feasibility analysis of
TRIGA fuel within the current ATR fuel element
envelope and compares it to the functional requirements
delineated by the Naval Reactors Program, which
includes > 4.8 x 10Âč⎠fissions/s·gâ»Âč of ÂČÂłâ”U in test
positions, a fastâtoâthermal neutron flux ratio that has a
< 5% deviation from its current value, a desired steady
cycle power within the corner lobes, and an operational
cycle length of 56 days at 120 MW. Other design
parameters outside those put forth by the Naval
Reactors Program that are investigated herein include
axial and radial power profiles, effective delayed
neutron fraction, and mean neutron generation time.
The result of this study demonstrates potential promise
for implementation of TRIGA fuel in the ATR from a
reactor physics perspective; discussion of observations
and limitations are provided herein.Keywords: Core design, Reactor physics, Advanced Test ReactorKeywords: Core design, Reactor physics, Advanced Test Reacto
The Open Navigation Surface Project
Many hydrographic and oceanographic agencies have moved or are moving towards gridded bathymetric products. However, there is no accepted format to allow these grids to be exchanged while maintaining data and metadata integrity. This paper describes the Open Navigation Surface (ONS) Project, which aims to fill this gap. The ONS Project is an open-source software project designed to provide a freely available, portable source-code library to encapsulate gridded bathymetric surfaces with associated uncertainty values. The data file format is called a Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG). The BAG is developed and maintained by the ONS Working Group (ONSWG), and the source code is available via the ONS website.Muchas agencies hidrogrĂąficas y oceanogrĂąficas se han orientado o se estĂąn orientando hacia los productos batimĂ©tricos cuadriculados. Sin embargo, no existe un formato aceptado para que estas cuadricuias sean intercambiadas manteniendo la integridad de los datos y los meta datos. Este articulo describe el Proyecto « Superficie de NavegaciĂŽn Abierta » (ONS) cuyo objeto es cubrir este vacio. El proyecto ONS es un proyecto de software de fuente abierta disehado para proveer una biblioteca portĂątil de cĂŽdigo fuente de libre disponibilidad para encapsular superficies batimĂ©tricas cuadriculadas con sus valores de incertidumbre asociados. El formato de archivo de datos es llamado Cuadricula BatimĂ©trica Tributada (BAG). El BAG es desarrollado y mantenido por el Grupo de Trabajo ONS (ONSWG), y el cĂŽdigo fuente es disponible a travĂ©s de sitio web de ONS.De nombreuses agences hydrographiques et ocĂ©anographiques se sont orientĂ©es ou s âorientent actuellement vers les produits bathymĂ©triques quadrillĂ©s. Toutefois, il n'existe pas de format acceptĂ© qui permette Ă ces quadrillages d'ĂȘtre Ă©changĂ©s tout en conservant lâintĂ©gritĂ© des donnĂ©es et des mĂ©tadonnĂ©es. Le prĂ©sent article dĂ©crit le projet ONS (Open Navigation Surface) qui vise Ă combler cette lacune. Le projet ONS est un projet de logiciel libre conçu pour fournir une bibliothĂšque portable de code source Ă libre disponibilitĂ© devant encapsuler des surfaces bathymĂ©triques maillĂ©es avec des valeurs d'incertitude associĂ©es. Le format du fichier des donnĂ©es est appelĂ© Carroyage bathymĂ©trique attribuĂ© (BAG). Le BAG est dĂ©veloppĂ© est tenu Ă jour par le groupe de travail ONS et le code source est disponible sur le site Web ONS
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