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Effect of Client Variables on Client Perceptions of a Therapist
The relationship between socially oriented client characteristics and facilitative therapist variables on client perceptions of the therapeutic relationship (CPTR) was investigated. Subjects were75 undergraduate students who answered a pretherapy questionnaire to measure the socially oriented client variables trusting, warmth, dominance (16PF), sex role orientation (Bem Sex Role Inventory), wanted and expressed inclusion, control, and affection (FIRO-B). Subjects were blocked on trusting and expressed affection and randomly assigned to a warm or neutral therapist condition where they saw a counselor for one fifty minute session. CPTR was measured using the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory, Counselor Rating Form, Therapist Rating Scales and Global Warmth Rating. Results indicated that subjects perceived a difference in the warm and neutral therapist conditions. And there was a significant interaction between the client variables of trusting and therapist condition. In addition, a significant interaction between the client variables of trusting and expressed affection was found. Additional correlational analysis indicated that certain other client variables are also related to CPTR
Pulsed laser deposition growth of Fe3O4 on IIIâV semiconductors for spin injection
We report on the growth of thin layers of Fe3O4 on GaAs and InAs by pulsed laser deposition. It is found that Fe3O4 grows epitaxially on InAs at a temperature of 350 °C. X-ray photoelecton spectroscopy (XPS) studies of the interface show little if any interface reaction resulting in a clean epitaxial interface. In contrast, Fe3O4 grows in columnar fashion on GaAs, oriented with respect to the growth direction but with random orientation in the plane of the substrate. In this case XPS analysis showed much more evidence of interface reactions, which may contribute to the random-in-plane growth
The Effect of Wearing an Obese Body Suit on Snack Food Consumption and Alcohol Consumption
A previous study showed that wearing an obese body suit results in increased snack food consumption. The aim of this study was to explore mechanisms that may explain the effect that wearing an obese body suit has on snack food consumption. We examined two potential explanations; that the psychosocial experience of being overweight resulted in stereotype consistent behaviour (overeating) or in impairments to self-control. Ninety-four women participated in a laboratory study in which they were asked to wear an obese body suit or control clothing in a public setting, before being given access to snack food and alcohol. Clothing condition had no effect on snack food or alcohol consumption. It is possible that the presence of alcohol in the taste test removed the previously observed effect of the obese body suit on snack food consumption
Dynamics of Fractal Solids
We describe the fractal solid by a special continuous medium model. We
propose to describe the fractal solid by a fractional continuous model, where
all characteristics and fields are defined everywhere in the volume but they
follow some generalized equations which are derived by using integrals of
fractional order. The order of fractional integral can be equal to the fractal
mass dimension of the solid. Fractional integrals are considered as an
approximation of integrals on fractals. We suggest the approach to compute the
moments of inertia for fractal solids. The dynamics of fractal solids are
described by the usual Euler's equations. The possible experimental test of the
continuous medium model for fractal solids is considered.Comment: 12 pages, LaTe
Autonomous agile teams: Challenges and future directions for research
According to the principles articulated in the agile manifesto, motivated and
empowered software developers relying on technical excellence and simple
designs, create business value by delivering working software to users at
regular short intervals. These principles have spawned many practices. At the
core of these practices is the idea of autonomous, self-managing, or
self-organizing teams whose members work at a pace that sustains their
creativity and productivity. This article summarizes the main challenges faced
when implementing autonomous teams and the topics and research questions that
future research should address
The fundamental plane of evolving red nuggets
We present an exploration of the mass structure of a sample of 12 strongly
lensed massive, compact early-type galaxies at redshifts to provide
further possible evidence for their inside-out growth. We obtain new ESI/Keck
spectroscopy and infer the kinematics of both lens and source galaxies, and
combine these with existing photometry to construct (a) the fundamental plane
(FP) of the source galaxies and (b) physical models for their dark and luminous
mass structure. We find their FP to be tilted towards the virial plane relative
to the local FP, and attribute this to their unusual compactness, which causes
their kinematics to be totally dominated by the stellar mass as opposed to
their dark matter; that their FP is nevertheless still inconsistent with the
virial plane implies that both the stellar and dark structure of early-type
galaxies is non-homologous. We also find the intrinsic scatter of their FP to
be comparable to the local value, indicating that variations in the stellar
mass structure outweight variations in the dark halo in the central regions of
early-type galaxies. Finally, we show that inference on the dark halo structure
-- and, in turn, the underlying physics -- is sensitive to assumptions about
the stellar initial mass function (IMF), but that physically-motivated
assumptions about the IMF imply haloes with sub-NFW inner density slopes, and
may present further evidence for the inside-out growth of compact early-type
galaxies via minor mergers and accretion.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables; submitted to MNRA
Weyl Quantization of Fractional Derivatives
The quantum analogs of the derivatives with respect to coordinates q_k and
momenta p_k are commutators with operators P_k and $Q_k. We consider quantum
analogs of fractional Riemann-Liouville and Liouville derivatives. To obtain
the quantum analogs of fractional Riemann-Liouville derivatives, which are
defined on a finite interval of the real axis, we use a representation of these
derivatives for analytic functions. To define a quantum analog of the
fractional Liouville derivative, which is defined on the real axis, we can use
the representation of the Weyl quantization by the Fourier transformation.Comment: 9 pages, LaTe
Bur Buttercup, Ranunculus testiculatus, New to Eastern Canada
Bur Buttercup (Ranunculus testiculatus) is newly reported for eastern Canada based on two collections from campgrounds in southern Ontario. This vernal, annual, Eurasian weed is widespread in western North America and is expanding its range in the east; it should be expected elsewhere in eastern Canada. Bur Buttercup is known to be toxic to livestock
Child Care and Work Challenges for Maineâs Parents of Children with Special Needs
Research by the authors with parents, child care providers, and other service providers found that parents of children with special needs face particular challenges trying to maintain stable employment while balancing work and family. These parents have more difficulty finding and keeping child care for children with special needs, and there is a lack of coordination of therapy with child care programs. Since the study was completed, Maine has taken several steps to begin to address these issue
The spatial and temporal variability of Mn speciation in the coastal Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2020. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 125(1),(2020): e2019JC015167, doi:10.1029/2019JC015167.Manganese (Mn) is distributed widely throughout the global ocean, where it cycles between three oxidation states that each play important biogeochemical roles. The speciation of Mn in seawater was previously operationally defined on filtration, with soluble Mn presumed to be Mn(II) and solidâphase Mn as Mn(III/IV) oxides. Recent findings of abundant soluble Mn(III) complexes (Mn(III)âL) highlights the need to reexamine the redox cycling of Mn, as these complexes can donate or accept electrons. To better understand the complex cycling of Mn in coastal waters, the distribution of Mn species at four Northwest Atlantic sites with different characteristics was examined. Diurnal influences on Mn speciation were investigated within a productive site. At all sites, Mn(III)âL complexes dominated, particularly in surface waters, and Mn oxides were low in abundance in surface waters but high in bottom waters. Despite intrasite similarities, Mn speciation was highly variable between our stations, emphasizing the diverse processes that impact Mn redox. Diel Mn measurements revealed that the cycling of Mn is also highly variable over time, even on time scales as short as hours. We observed a change of over 100 nM total Mn over 17 hrs and find that speciation changed drastically. These changes could include contributions from biological, lightâmediated, and/or abiotic mechanisms but more likely point to the importance of lateral mixing at coastal sites. This exploration demonstrates the spatial and temporal variability of the Mn redox cycle and indicates that single timepoint vertical profiling is not sufficient when describing the geochemistry of dynamic coastal systems.This work was funded by grants from the Chemical Oceanography program of the National Science Foundation (OCEâ1355720 to CMH and CHL). VĂ©ronique Oldham thanks Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for the receipt of the WHOI Postdoctoral Scholarship. Thanks also to Kevin Sutherland, Jen Karolweski, Gabriella Farfan, Kalina Grabb, Kaitlin Bowman, Alison Agather, and Lindsey Starr for the shipboard sampling assistance, as well as the captain and crew of the R/V Endeavor who made the sampling for this research possible. All data presented in the manuscript are available through the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCOâDMO) under Project 756930 at the following link (https://www.bcoâdmo.org/project/756930).2020-06-2
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