Synthesis and structure of <i>trans</i>-1,2,3- tris(3-thenoyl)cyclopropane

The title cyclopropane derivative, C18H12O3S3, was synthesized and its structure investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic methods. This structure analysis addresses the problem of spontaneously resolved helical stereoisomerism. The temperature-dependent 1H NMR spectrum shows a relevant barrier to rotation about the CO-thiophene bonds, with ∆G423 -~ 89 (21) kJ mo1-1

Can Doctors Maintain Good Character? An Examination of Physician Lives

Can doctors maintain good character? This paper shifts the focus from patient care to ethical considerations that bear on the physician and impact her as a person. By decentering patient care, the paper highlights certain factors that habituate a particular way of reasoning that is not conducive to inculcating good character. Such factors include, standards of professionalism, being influenced by external monitors, and emphasis on adherence to guidelines. While such factors may benefit patients, they often adversely affect the character of physicians

Self-Directed Learning Readiness of Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) Students

One of the goals of nursing programs is to prepare students to be self-directed learners and assist them to meet the challenges in today\u27s healthcare environment. Self direction is critical for lifelong learning, and it is imperative that nurses continue their education in order to provide high quality and competent care to patients. Students enter nursing programs with learning styles already established. Nursing faculty presuppose that the learning environment will be mutually respected, collaborative, and supportive. A clash between student learning styles and faculty teaching styles can have a great impact on the ultimate success of the student. This study focused on the self directed learning (SDL} readiness of baccalaureate of science in nursing (BSN) students. A convenience sample of BSN students in designated classes participated in a paper/pencil survey that measured self-directed learning readiness. The statistical analysis of the questionnaire which was completed by sixty nursing students, ten from each semester level, sophomore, junior and senior, found that age was the leading factor in self directed learning. Results identified the level of student readiness for SDL and assisted faculty to identify teaching methods that could be incorporated into the curriculum to more effectively meet the students\u27 learning needs

Ontology and Formal Semantics - Integration Overdue

In this note we suggest that difficulties encountered in natural language semantics are, for the most part, due to the use of mere symbol manipulation systems that are devoid of any content. In such systems, where there is hardly any link with our common-sense view of the world, and it is quite difficult to envision how one can formally account for the considerable amount of content that is often implicit, but almost never explicitly stated in our everyday discourse. \ud The solution, in our opinion, is a compositional semantics grounded in an ontology that reflects our commonsense view of the world and the way we talk about it in ordinary language. In the compositional logic we envision there are ontological (or first-intension) concepts, and logical (or second-intension) concepts, and where the ontological concepts include not only Davidsonian events, but other abstract objects as well (e.g., states, processes, properties, activities, attributes, etc.) \ud It will be demonstrated here that in such a framework, a number of challenges in the semantics of natural language (e.g., metonymy, intensionality, metaphor, etc.) can be properly and uniformly addressed.\u

A Note on Ontology and Ordinary Language

We argue for a compositional semantics grounded in a strongly typed ontology that reflects our commonsense view of the world and the way we talk about it. Assuming such a structure we show that the semantics of various natural language phenomena may become nearly trivial

Accountability and Intervening Agency: An Asymmetry between Upstream and Downstream Actors

Suppose someone (P1) does something that is wrongful only in virtue of the risk that it will enable another person (P2) to commit a wrongdoing. Suppose further that P1’s conduct does indeed turn out to enable P2’s wrongdoing. The resulting wrong is agentially mediated: P1 is an enabling agent and P2 is an intervening agent. Whereas the literature on intervening agency focuses on whether P2’s status as an intervening agent makes P1’s conduct less bad, I turn this issue on its head by investigating whether P1’s status as an enabling agent makes P2’s conduct more bad. I argue that it does: P2 wrongs not just the victims of ϕ but P1 as well, by acting in a way that wrongfully makes P1 accountable for ϕ. This has serious implications for compensatory and defensive liability in cases of agentially mediated wrongs

GAMELAN PAKURMATAN SEBAGAI UNSUR RITUAL BUDAYA JAWA YANG LUGAS DAN MEMPESOAN

Abstract: Gamelan Pakurmatan is a specific gamelan music ensemble of Javanese people, especially in Surakarta and Jogyakarta. The ensemble is played to welcome invited guests in a ceremony. According to palace tradition, playing the music to welcome the birth of king’s child is not uncommon. Recently, the function of the music expands; the ensemble is not only found in palace but also in massive areas around common people. As the traditional art training centre of the archipelago, especially Java, ISI Surakarta art institure has four ensembles of gamelan pakurmatan. The physical form is relatively huge, but the repertoire is simple without complicated interlocking figuration, the piece is pain. Rbab,Gendr instruments, and vocal arts are not employed. The mallet is big, which requires extra stamina to play the music especially in playing the sekaten piece. At this time Gamelan Pakuratan is part of ISI Surakarta’s academic curicullum. The ensemble is often empliyed in collaboration to produce new musical composition or dance accompaniment by several komposers in and around ISI Surakarta