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An outstretched hand: connection and affiliation in 'Crossing the river'
Neuro-electronic technology in medicine and beyond
This dissertation looks at the technology and social issues involved with interfacing electronics directly to the human nervous system, in particular the methods for both reading and stimulating nerves. The development and use of cochlea implants is discussed, and is compared with recent developments in artificial vision. The final sections consider a future for non-medicinal applications of neuro-electronic technology. Social attitudes towards use for both medicinal and non-medicinal purposes are discussed, and the viability of use in the latter case assessed
Preliminary frameworks and models for telework maturity within organisations
This paper is a preliminary step to assess the feasibility of telework for any given organisation. We posit two qualitative frames of telework to define the additional, digital referential platforms that exist with regard to work today: abstraction and conceptualisation. To communicate research within this field we utilise a language taxonomy derived out of a review of the relevant literature. Furthermore, we
propose a transformer model to serve as a means to i) interpret quantitative aspects of telework such as metrics and KPIs and ii) inform stakeholder decisions with regard to appropriate telework configurations for their respective company
Where has all the psychology gone? A critical review of evidence-based psychological practice in correctional settings
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) represents the gold standard for effective clinical psychological practice. In this review, we examine ways in which EBP tenets are being neglected by correctional psychologists worldwide. We examine three key aspects of EBP currently being neglected: (a) individualized and flexible client focus, (b) the therapeutic alliance, and (c) psychological expertise. We also highlight two highly related issues responsible for correctional psychologists' neglect of EBP. The first relates to policy makers' and correctional psychologists' overreliance on the RiskâNeedâResponsivity Model to guide correctional practice. We argue that the narrow focus and implementation of this model has resulted in a severe identity problem for correctional psychologists that has severely exacerbated the dual relationship problem. That is, the tension psychologists experience as a result of engaging in psychological practice while also obliging the risk and security policies of correctional systems. The second issue concerns psychologists' response to the dual relationship problem. In short, psychology, as a discipline appears to have acquiesced to the dual-relationship problem. In our view, this constitutes a âcrisisâ for the discipline of correctional psychology. We offer several recommendations for injecting EBP back into correctional psychology for the individual, psychology as a discipline, and correctional policy makers
South Carolina in a Globalized Economy: How We Got Here and Where We Go Next
International Relations/Trade,
The Theory of SNOM: A Novel Approach
In this paper we consider the application of electromagnetic theory to the
analysis of the Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope (SNOM) in order to
predict experimentally observable quantities such as the transmission or
reflection coefficients for a particular tip-surface configuration. In
particular we present the first application of a transfer matrix based
calculation to this challenging problem by using an adaptive co-ordinate
transformation to accurately model the shape of the SNOM tip.
We also investigate the possibility of increasing the transmitted light
through the SNOM tip by introducing a metal wire into the centre of the tip.
This converts the tip into a co-axial cable. We show that, in principle, this
can dramatically improve the transmission characteristics without having a
detrimental effect on the resolution.Comment: 19 pages, 11 figures. To be published in the Journal of Modern Optic
An empirical model for protostellar collapse
We propose a new analytic model for the initial conditions of protostellar
collapse in relatively isolated regions of star formation. The model is
non-magnetic, and is based on a Plummer-like radial density profile as its
initial condition. It fits: the observed density profiles of pre-stellar cores
and Class 0 protostars; recent observations in pre-stellar cores of roughly
constant contraction velocities over a wide range of radii; and the lifetimes
and accretion rates derived for Class 0 and Class I protostars. However, the
model is very simple, having in effect only 2 free parameters, and so should
provide a useful framework for interpreting observations of pre-stellar cores
and protostars, and for calculations of radiation transport and time-dependent
chemistry. As an example, we model the pre-stellar core L1544.Comment: To appear in Astrophysical Journal, Jan 20th, 2001. 18 pages incl. 3
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On the real zeroes of the Hurwitz zeta-function and Bernoulli polynomials
The behaviour of real zeroes of the Hurwitz zeta function is investigated. It is
shown that has no real zeroes in the region for large negative
. In the region the zeroes are
asymptotically located at the lines with integer . If
is the number of real zeroes of with given then
As a corollary we have a
simple proof of Inkeri's result that the number of real roots of the classical
Bernoulli polynomials for large is asymptotically equal to
.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figure
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