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Leaving an Abusive Partner: An Empirical Review of Predictors, the Process of Leaving, and Psychological Well-Being
Four facets of leaving an abusive relationship are reviewed: (a) factors related to
initially leaving an abusive partner; (b) the process of leaving an abusive relationship;
(c) the psychological well-being of survivors after leaving; and (d) the predictors
of this well-being. The conceptual and methodological limitations of studies in
each of these areas are presented. Consistently found predictors of leaving include
both material and psychological factors. Because battered women typically undergo
several shifts in their thinking about the abuse before leaving permanently,
research on leaving as a process is highlighted. Astress-process framework is used
to explain the seemingly paradoxical finding that some women just out of the abusive
relationship may have greater psychological difficulties than those who are
still in it. For those experiencing the most stress, psychological health can worsen
over time. Researchers and practitioners need to pay more attention to the plight of
women who have left abusive partners.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/90017/1/Anderson-DK-Saunders-DG-2003 Leaving an Abusive Partner TVA.pd
Operating experience with four 200 kW Mod-0A wind turbine generators
The windpowered generator, Mod-0A, and its advantages and disadvantages, particularly as it affects reliability, are discussed. The machine performance with regard to power availability and power output is discussed
Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction in Sri Lanka: What Methodology?
Research methodology is the procedural framework within which the research is conducted. This includes the overall
approach to a problem that could be put into practice in a research process, from the theoretical underpinning to the
collection and analysis of data. Choice of methodology depends on the primary drivers: topic to be researched and the
specific research questions. Hence, methodological perspectives of managing stakeholder expectations of PDHR context
are composed of research philosophies, research strategy, research design, and research techniques. This research belonged
to social constructivism or interpretivism within a philosophical continuum. The nature of the study was more toward
subjectivism where human behavior favored voluntary stance. Ontological, methodological, epistemological, and axiological
positioning carried the characteristics of idealism, ideographic, anti-positivism, and value laden, respectively. Data collection
comprises two phases, preliminary and secondary. Exploratory interviews with construction experts in the United Kingdom
and Sri Lanka were carried out to refine the interview questions and identify the case studies. Case study interviews during
the secondary phase took place in Sri Lanka. Data collected at the preliminary stage were used to assess the attributes of
power, legitimacy/proximity, and urgency of stakeholders to the project using Stakeholder Circleâą software. Moreover,
the data collected at secondary phase via case studies will be analyzed with NVivo 8. This article aims to discuss these
methodological underpinnings in detail applied in a post-disaster housing reconstruction context in Sri Lanka
The IRAS 1-Jy Survey of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies: I. The sample and Luminosity Function
A complete flux-limited sample of 118 ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIGs)
has been identified from the IRAS Faint Source Catalog (FSC). The selection
criteria were a 60 micron flux density greater than 1 Jy in a region of the sky
delta > -40 deg, |b| > 30 deg. All sources were subsequently reprocessed using
coadded IRAS maps in order to obtain the best available flux estimates in all
four IRAS wavelength bands. The maximum observed infrared luminosity is L_ir =
10^{12.90} L_{sun}, and the maximum redshift is z = 0.268. The luminosity
function for ULIGs over the decade luminosity range L_ir = 10^{12} - 10^{13}
L_{sun} can be approximated by a power law Phi (L) ~= L^{-2.35} Mpc^{-3}
mag^{-1}. In the local Universe z < 0.1, the space density of ULIGs appears to
be comparable to or slightly larger than that of optically selected QSOs at
comparable bolometric luminosities. A maximum likelihood test suggests strong
evolution for our sample; assuming density evolution proportional to
(1+z)^{alpha} we find alpha = 7.6+/-3.2. Examination of the two-point
correlation function shows a barely significant level of clustering, xi (r) =
1.6 +/- 1.2, on size scales r ~= 22 h^{-1} Mpc.Comment: 18 pages of text, 10 pages of figures 1 to 6, 6 pages of tables 1 to
3, ApJS accepte
Integration of Action and Language Knowledge: A Roadmap for Developmental Robotics
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The Correlation Between Galaxy HI Linewidths and K' Luminosities
The relationship between galaxy luminosities and rotation rates is studied
with total luminosities in the K' band. Extinction problems are essentially
eliminated at this band centered at 2.1 micron. A template luminosity-linewidth
relation is derived based on 65 galaxies drawn from two magnitude-limited
cluster samples. The zero-point is determined using 4 galaxies with accurately
known distances. The calibration is applied to give the distance to the Pisces
Cluster (60 Mpc) at a redshift in the CMB frame of 4771 km/s. The resultant
value of the Hubble Constant is 81 km/s/Mpc. The largest sources of uncertainty
arises from the small number of zero-point calibrators at this time at K' and
present application to only one cluster.Comment: 13 pages including 5 figures and 2 tables. Accepted for publication
in Astrophysical Journa
'Sing Every Day': An evaluation of a VOCES8 Foundation school-based singing project in Hackney, London 2019
The paper reports on a research evaluation of a six-month specialist singing project âSing Every Dayâ that was undertaken with young disadvantaged inner-city 6yo children in the London Borough of Hackney. A team of professional singers from the London-based VOCES8 Foundation visited two classes in each of two Primary schools to provide focused mentoring to generalist (non-music specialist) class teachers. Children from two identically aged classes in a neighbouring school acted as controls. The mentoring embraced a specially designed programme of singing and vocal activities across two school terms. This was undertaken in each classroom with the staff and their Year 1 children numbering N=121 in total. An independent evaluation of the impact of the project included both musical and other-than-musical measures of childrenâs development. In particular, in addition to an assessment of participant childrenâs singing behaviours at the start and at end of the project, other assessments included measures of possible changes in childrenâs reading development and in aspects of Executive Functions. Overall, the implications from the data are that the mentored classroom-based singing activities resulted in significant improvements in childrenâs singing, as well as positive changes in reading and aspects of Executive Function related to inhibition and phonological working memory â the latter being closely correlated to changes in the same childrenâs reading scores. Although there is previous research literature reporting positive links separately between music, singing, reading and aspects of Executive Functions, this small-scale study is one of the first to explore these three aspects collectively. As such, the current data suggest that more detailed research would be useful, both in seeking possible replication of the findings with a larger group of participants and also to understand the mechanisms of such possible linkage in terms of both basic research and also its implications for music pedagogy
Mid-Infrared Emission from E+A Galaxies in the Coma Cluster
We have used ISO to observe at 12m seven E+A galaxies plus an additional
emission line galaxy, all in the Coma cluster. E+A galaxies lacking narrow
emission lines have 2.2m to 12m flux density ratios or limits similar
to old stellar populations (typical of early-type galaxies). Only galaxies with
emission lines have enhanced 12m flux density. Excess 12m emission is
therefore correlated with the presence of on-going star formation or an active
galactic nucleus (AGN).
By comparing the current star formation rates with previous rates estimated
from the Balmer absorption features, we divide the galaxies into two groups:
those for which star formation has declined significantly following a dramatic
peak 1 Gyr ago; and those with a significant level of ongoing star
formation or/and an AGN. There is no strong difference in the spatial
distribution on the sky between these two groups. However, the first group has
systemic velocities above the mean cluster value and the second group below
that value. This suggests that the two groups differ kinematically.
Based on surveys of the Coma cluster in the radio, the IRAS sources, and
galaxies detected in H emission, we sum the far infrared luminosity
function of galaxies in the cluster. We find that star formation in late type
galaxies is probably the dominant component of the Coma cluster far infrared
luminosity. The presence of significant emission from intracluster dust is not
yet firmly established. The member galaxies also account for most of the far
infrared output from nearby rich clusters in general.Comment: AAS Latex, accepted for publication in Ap
âSing Every Dayâ: The wider benefits of a school-based singing project with disadvantaged children
The paper reports on a research evaluation of a six-month specialist singing project âSing Every Dayâ that was undertaken with young disadvantaged inner-city 6yo children in the London Borough of Hackney. A team of professional singers from the London-based VOCES8 Foundation visited two classes in each of two Primary schools to provide focused mentoring to generalist (non-music specialist) class teachers. Children from two identically aged classes in a neighbouring school acted as controls. The mentoring embraced a specially designed programme of singing and vocal activities across two school terms. This was undertaken in each classroom with the staff and their Year 1 children numbering N=121 in total. An independent evaluation of the impact of the project included both musical and other-than-musical measures of childrenâs development. In particular, in addition to an assessment of participant childrenâs singing behaviours at the start and at end of the project, other assessments included measures of possible changes in childrenâs reading development and in aspects of Executive Functions. Overall, the implications from the data are that the mentored classroom-based singing activities resulted in significant improvements in childrenâs singing, as well as positive changes in reading and aspects of Executive Function related to inhibition and phonological working memory â the latter being closely correlated to changes in the same childrenâs reading scores. Although there is previous research literature reporting positive links separately between music, singing, reading and aspects of Executive Functions, this small-scale study is one of the first to explore these three aspects collectively. As such, the current data suggest that more detailed research would be useful, both in seeking possible replication of the findings with a larger group of participants and also to understand the mechanisms of such possible linkage in terms of both basic research and also its implications for music pedagogy
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