Liberal Interpretations of Social Justice for Social Work

Social justice has been called a defining value for social work (Wakefield, 1988). For clinical social workers this link has been seen as tenuous. Current interpretations of the meaning of social justice for social work trace their roots to John Rawls and his treatise “A theory of justice”. Rawls’s political theory is a liberal one aimed at the “basic structure of society” and how certain primary goods are distributed so as to respect the basic worth and dignity of all people. This article examines Rawls’s justice as fairness and contrasts it with a modern liberal feminist interpretation provided by Nussbaum. Nussbaum’s “capability approach” rejects the notion of justice as the distribution of resources and instead advances a claim for justice that secures for each individual the opportunity to function in a “truly human” way. She articulates a universal list of human capabilities that all societies and governments must embrace in their pursuit of social justice. The implications of a liberal perspective on social justice for social work and particularly clinical work are explored

Isotopic and textural evidence for diagenetic fluid mixing in the South Brae oilfield, North Sea

Reservoirs of South Brae Oilfield comprise a 1540m sequence of Upper Jurassic submarine fan sandstones and conglomerates. The diagentic history of the reservoir between 3684 and 4202m was studied using petrographic, geochemical, fluid inclusion thermometry and isotope techniques in core samples from 5 wells. This enabled interpretation of the processes involved in the supply of ions for authigenic mineral growth and allowed the paragenetic sequence and associated porefluid movements to be related to the burial and tectonic history. The earliest diagenetic phase was calcite cementation, which formed concretionary bodies 0.8-4m diameter during shallow burial. These concretions were precipitated from a meteoric fluid 18O= -7%0 SMOW), which flushed through the reservoir during shallow burial, displacing the depositional marine porefluid and causing aggressive dissolution of detrital shell debris, plagioclase (supplying Ca) and K-feldspar. Oxygen isotope values record precipitation at temperatures between 15o and 70oC at depths of 0.3 to 2.3 km. 13C and 87Sr/86Sr ratios record increasing thermal decarboxylation and silicate disolution. No significant diagenetic clays are present, so Al has been lost to the system. This was followed by quartz cementation. Oxygen isotope and fluid inclusion data suggest that the greatest volume of quartz was precipiated at temperatures between 70o and 110o (2.3 to 3.7km), from a layered porewater. Our model suggests that warm, isotopically modified, compaction-driven, basinal waters (18O= + 4 %0 ) overlay cooler meteoric derived waters (18O= -4%0 ). Cementation occurred from 55 to 20Ma and may be related to periods of overpressure release. Silica was supplied locally by presssure solution and possibly from mudrocks. A late dissolution event has enhanced porosity by up to 8%, due to dissolution of diagenetic calcite and K-feldspar, particularly in the upper reservoir zones. This seocndary porosity formation was probably due to the movement of basinal fluids, compacted from the interdigitating Kimmeridge Clay and drained out of the basin laterally through the reservoir. Subsequently, minor amounts of illite, kaolinite, calcite, dolomite and pyrite have further reduced the porosity of South Brae to 3-19%. The oilwater contact has no poroperm effect. From 2Ma, the reservoir sealed and became overpressured by 900psi halting fluid movement through the oilfield, and permitting final hydrocarbon accumulation to occur

The fishing industry of colonial Massachusetts, 1620-1660

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston Universit

Fear or Love: Examining Stockholm Syndrome in the Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping case

Imagine being taken from your home, family, friends and the entire life you once knew by a stranger. Now becoming the victim of constant violent and brutal assaults both physical and sexual. During this you are being denied proper sanitation, shelter, food and water by this person. Next imagine caring for this very same person to the extent that when you have an ability to escape and leave you chose not to do so. Does this sound insane? But that is the very essence of Stockholm syndrome. In this thesis I will examine the psychological phenomenon of Stockholm syndrome and how it applies to the kidnapping case of Elizabeth Smart

Review of \u3cem\u3eInside Story: How Narratives Drive Mass Harm.\u3c/em\u3e Lois Presser

Lois Presser, Inside Story: How Narratives Drive Mass Harm. University of California Press (2018), 200 pages, $85 (hardcover),$29.95 (paperback)

Impact of Probiotics on Black Soldier Fly Larvae Transmission of Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunistic pathogen which can cause a variety of infections, especially in immunocompromised individuals. It has recently been found that black soldier flies can act as carriers for S. maltophilia (Callegari et al., 2020). I have investigated how probiotics impact their vector capabilities. Black soldier fly larvae have been fed substrate spiked with S. maltophilia. After several days of feeding, the larvae were investigated by PCR and plating (Sveensson-Stadler et al., 2011). Two groups of larvae were fed with potatoes infected with S. maltophilia. Persistence of S. maltophilia was determined using PCR by taking samples from days 0, 3 and 6. This research could clarify the role that black soldier flies play in potentially reducing this public health threat

Relation client et réseaux sociaux : postures et images du client

International audienceThis article analyze one or several postures of the customer in the relation that he maintains with the company through the various canals, in particular, the social networks. By posture, it is necessary to understand the self-presentation, in the management of the discourses and the uses. This posture is shaped by the company but also by the technological environment; it is the result of an interactive process, it is co-built