Putting Humans First?

In Putting Humans First: Why We Are Nature\u27s Favorite, Tibor Machan argues against moral perspectives that require taking animals\u27 interests seriously. He attempts to defend the status quo regarding routine, harmful uses of animals for food, fashion and experimentation. Graham and Nobis argue that Machan\u27s work fails to resist pro-animal moral conclusions that are supported by a wide range of contemporary ethical arguments

A User-Centered Approach to Addressing Issues of Discoverability and Access

eResource access problems challenge electronic resources librari- ans and frustrate users. Challenges of using library systems can include information overload, links that do not work properly, incorrect metadata, and questionable relevance to search results. Nate Hosburgh, Electronic Resources Librarian at Montana State University, gave a presentation titled “A User-Centered Approach to Addressing Issues of Discoverability and Access” at the Mississippi State University Libraries’ eResource & Emerging Technologies Summit held in the Mitchell Memorial Library on August 2, 2013. Hosburgh spoke of lessons he and his team learned about troubleshooting eResources and his team’s approach to issues of discoverability and access

Crying in Psychotherapy: The Perspective of Therapists and Clients

Eighteen U.S.-based doctoral students in counseling or clinical psychology were interviewed by phone regarding experiences of crying in therapy. Specifically, they described crying as therapists with their clients, as clients with their therapists, and experiences when their therapists cried in the participants’ therapy. Data were analyzed using consensual qualitative research. When crying with their clients, therapists expressed concern about the appropriateness/impact of crying, cried only briefly and because they felt an empathic connection with their clients, thought that the crying strengthened the relationship, discussed the event with their supervisor, and wished they had discussed the event more fully with clients. Crying as clients was triggered by discussing distressing personal events, was accompanied by a mixture of emotions regarding the tears, consisted of substantial crying to express pain or sadness, and led to multiple benefits (enhanced therapy relationship, deeper therapy, and insight). When their therapists cried, the crying was brief, was triggered by discussions of termination, arose from therapists’ empathic connection with participants, and strengthened the therapy relationship. Implications for research, training, and practice are presented

UKCA Chemistry and Aerosol Tutorials at vn10.4 using Rose & Cylc

Tutorials covering how to use the United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols Composition-Climate Model at Unified Model version 10.

UKCA Chemistry and Aerosol Tutorials for UM8.4

Tutorials covering how to use the United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols Composition-Climate Model at Unified Model version 8.

What makes Hume an External World Skeptic?

What would it take for Hume to be an external world skeptic? Is Hume\u27s position on knowledge sufficient to force him to deny that we can acquire knowledge of (non-logical) propositions about the external world? After all, Hume is extremely restrictive about what can be known because he requires knowledge to be immune to error. In this paper, I will argue that if Hume were a skeptic, then he must also deny a particular kind of view about what is immediately present to the mind. I will argue that direct realisms—views that maintain that mind-independent (i.e. ontologically distinct) things are immediately present to the mind—combine with Hume\u27s position on knowledge to entail the negation of skepticism. So, despite his position on knowledge, Hume could still consistently reject skepticism, if he were to endorse direct realism

Campanile Time Server: Chronologic Support for the S.E.R.F.

The Campanile Time Server was created as a way to create a high-reliability, accurate time source for the James S. Markiewicz Solar Energy Research Facility at Valparaiso University. Prior methods were not consistent or reliable enough for research use and for proper function of the facility. This project seeks to fix that by designing a software suite that leverages existing time information in a form compatible with the operational considerations of the facility. This software utilizes Go and Python, in files that connect to produce informative outputs on a display. These languages were chosen for their superior library support in web and GPIO interfacing. The project requirements necessitated a suitably robust case containing multiple Raspberry Pis that can interface with the software suite and provide failover redundancy. The group chose Raspberry Pis due to the global supply chain limiting hardware options. Additionally, other products did not have the variety of hardware accessories. The software components include a conversion script from clock time to solar time, scripts to parse data from the hardware devices, and a basic website to display time in the facility. The program files were complemented with unit test files to ensure valid results and continuous integration using Jenkins. The project proceeded with an Agile Development Method, as the team met regularly with their customer to discuss progress and receive feedback

Treatment Outcomes of Treatment-Naïve Hepatitis C Patients co-infected with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational cohorts

Co-infection with Hepatitis C (HCV) and HIV is common and HIV accelerates hepatic disease progression due to HCV. However, access to HCV treatment is limited and success rates are generally poor