CARSON, John Samuel, The measure of merit. Talents, intelligence and inequality in the French and American Republics, 1750-1940, Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2006.

Compte-rendu paru dans la Revue internationale de politique comparée, vol. 16, n° 2, p. 345-348.International audienceJohn Carson est professeur d'histoire moderne à l'Université du Michigan. Dans son dernier ouvrage, The Measure of Merit, issu de ses travaux de recherche doctoraux et postdoctoraux, il pose la question de l'intelligence et de sa mesure comme science de différenciation des êtres humains. Comment cette création de la différence s'inscrit-elle dans un régime républicain ? Mieux, dans deux républiques, française et américaine, qui ont chacune proclamé l'égalité

The Art of Deception

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The impact of narrative storytelling on cognitive re-composition in individuals struggling with eating disorders.

Externalization is the separation of the person from the problem. This narrative based research used a mixed method research design conducted with 16 participants. Participants engaged in writing stories from an externalized perspective of the eating disorder. Relevant themes emerged from the externalized writing process. Themes included: self concept, family/social relationships, eating disorder character, allies to eating disorder, deification of eating disorder, sexuality, inner strength, and voice of eating disorder. Although quantitative analysis did not yield significant results, qualitative findings yielded information that may facilitate understanding and psychological treatment of persons struggling with eating disorders

The Earth Fell From Under Because The Tree Was Cut

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REVIEWING HOME EDUCATION LITERATURE: DOES IT MATTER WHERE WE LEARN?

The last 20 years has seen a global increase in studies investigating various aspects of Home Education (HE) and the physical location of learning in relation to schooling; the physical location of learning outside of schooling remains under researched. This paper provides a review of some, but not all, of the existing literature, leading us to see where there are potentially gaps in the research as well as gaps in the opportunities for creative methodologies. The review starts with Home Education within the context of Scottish/UK education history and policy. It should be noted that at present there are very few differences between Scottish Home Education Policy and that from Westminster. Then we move to the exploration into Education Capital and how Bourdieu’s theories and ideas may or may not apply in the Home Education context. Firstly, this review finds that there is a very limited body of research that is specifically concerned with the voice of the home-educated children, who experience and live learning, in alternative provision; secondly this review notes the limited number of studies concerned with just what education means, to home educating families, or the value they place upon education in spaces outside of schools. It cannot be assumed that because a family have chosen to home educate, that the decision was entirely ideological. Very briefly, due to the recent lockdown of March 2020 onwards, a small amount of research is included following Covid-19 and the nationwide Home Education of most of the children in the UK. Strikingly, and despite how new this research is, the value of education within the home is still missing from core topics as is for the most part, the coproduction of data with the children’s voices at the heart of Home Education research. Article visualizations

Saildrone Baja Field Campaign: A Comparison of Surface Meteorology with GEOS Products

The Saildrone Baja field campaign was an international effort to collect measurements across the air-sea interface for a 62-day period between April 11-June 11, 2018. The field campaign was executed using a saildrone, an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) carrying a comprehensive suite of instruments to measure meteorological, ocean surface, and subsurface data. We use these data to validate near-surface meteorology and ocean surface temperature fields in theGlobal Earth Observing System (GEOS). This is the first study using Saildrone data to validate GEOS products. As these USV platforms become more prevalent, they could be used to improve model representation of the air-sea interface variables

Addressing Hydrocephaly in Viet Nam: A Plausible Prevention and Intervention Medical Support Program Proposal

Families affected by hydrocephalus in Viet Nam have few options for sustainable treatment for a myriad of reasons, primarily centering on barriers to care prevalent to minority, underserved, and economically disadvantaged populations. High morbidity and abandonment rates often result from these circumstances. An interdisciplinary examination of the factors contributing to causal concerns reveals unique cultural considerations, language and literacy barriers, ethnic and geographic differences, as well as economic and governmental issues greatly impacting patient outcome for this condition. The author contends that a program that addresses sociological concerns, along with the medical treatment of the patient, proffers the opportunity for improved outcomes of the hydrocephaly population in Viet Nam

THE CALIFORNIA HEALTHY YOUTH ACT: A POLICY ANALYSIS ON CALIFORNIA\u27S COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION MANDATE

Background: The California Healthy Youth Act is the policy that mandates California public schools to implement comprehensive sex education in middle and high school. Since its enactment in 2016, sexually transmitted infections have reached its highest rates with young people accounting for half of all new cases. Likewise, teen dating violence and sexual violence (including sex trafficking) continue to burden adolescents, especially among minorities. Policy enhancements are recommended to bridge the gaps in implementation to ensure compliance and sustainability of the policy. Methods: A policy analysis was conducted using Bardach’s 8-fold path and a SWOT analysis. Data was gathered through existing qualitative literature and news articles, and secondary data collected by government agencies. Results: Results demonstrated that lack of funding was a major contribution for the absence of implementation in the classroom. To address the financial need and increase the proportion of schools that implement the education, additional accountability is recommended to improve the mandate block grant. This will increase the likelihood of implementation and provide sustainable outcomes. Conclusion: It is a child’s basic right to learn about sexual health and the means of protection from adverse sexual health outcomes. The California Healthy Youth Act is a major step forward in ameliorating the disproportionately high rates of sexual health outcomes among adolescent minorities. Implementation is a challenge, but with federal funding and adequate accountability, this education can teach adolescents how to build healthy relationships and feel empowered to take charge of their sexual health throughout their lifetime

Defining production units for research: an experience in Upper Volta

Chlorine and sulfur are of paramount importance for supporting the transport and deposition of ore metals at magmatic– hydrothermal systems such as the Coroccohuayco Fe–Cu–Au porphyry–skarn deposit, Peru. Here, we used recent parti- tioning models to determine the Cl and S concentration of the melts from the Coroccohuayco magmatic suite using apatite and amphibole chemical analyses. The pre-mineralization gabbrodiorite complex hosts S-poor apatite, while the syn- and post-ore dacitic porphyries host S-rich apatite. Our apatite data on the Coroccohuayco magmatic suite are consistent with an increasing oxygen fugacity (from the gabbrodiorite complex to the porphyries) causing the dominant sulfur species to shift from S2− to S6+ at upper crustal pressure where the magmas were emplaced. We suggest that this change in sulfur specia- tion could have favored S degassing, rather than its sequestration in magmatic sulfides. Using available partitioning models for apatite from the porphyries, pre-degassing S melt concentration was 20–200 ppm. Estimates of absolute magmatic Cl concentrations using amphibole and apatite gave highly contrasting results. Cl melt concentrations obtained from apatite (0.60 wt% for the gabbrodiorite complex; 0.2–0.3 wt% for the porphyries) seems much more reasonable than those obtained from amphibole which are very low (0.37 wt% for the gabbrodiorite complex; 0.10 wt% for the porphyries). In turn, rela- tive variations of the Cl melt concentrations obtained from amphibole during magma cooling are compatible with previous petrological constraints on the Coroccohuayco magmatic suite. This confirms that the gabbrodioritic magma was initially fluid undersaturated upon emplacement, and that magmatic fluid exsolution of the gabbrodiorite and the pluton rooting the porphyry stocks and dikes were emplaced and degassed at 100–200 MPa. Finally, mass balance constraints on S, Cu and Cl were used to estimate the minimum volume of magma required to form the Coroccohuayco deposit. These three estimates are remarkably consistent among each other (ca. 100 km3) and suggest that the Cl melt concentration is at least as critical as that of Cu and S to form an economic mineralization