Working Women & the Food Secretariat

[Excerpt] Today, huge companies spanning the face of the earth are mounting a global challenge to the living standards and dignity of working people. While it may be expensive and difficult to build a genuine international labor movement, particularly one that is democratic and accords women full participation, this era requires exactly that. The international trade secretariats (ITSs) are excellent vehicles for the labor movement to do this work. It is important that more unionists and activists know about the ITSs, and that international action be better integrated strategically into domestic organizing and bargaining. This will help ITSs realize even more of their potential for linking unions around the world in common struggles, and this also helps national unions achieve their immediate goals. This article describes one of the most active ITSs in North America — the International Union of Food and Allied Workers\u27 Associations (IUF) — paying particular attention to the IUF\u27s emphasis on the problems of women workers

Determination of low-level radioactivity in water

Issued as Progress report and Final report, Project no. B-20

Towards the design of a super-language of ALGOL 68 for the Standard Prelude (Excerpt)

The problems concerning SIZETY definitions in an Unabridged Machine-Independent Standard Prelude for ALGOL 68 are examined and tentative solutions are given

The Relationship between Undergraduates\u27 Rape Empathy and their Self-Reported Likelihood of Raping, Sexual Experiences, and Demographics

The present study explored the need for empathy-based rape prevention programs on college campuses by investigating the following research question: What is the relationship between undergraduates’ empathy for rape victims and their self-reported likelihood of raping, the gender of the rape victim, their past sexual experiences, and their demographics? The design of the present study was a cross-sectional, quantitative study in which participants completed an online questionnaire. The present study found that participants at low risk of forcing sex empathized more with rape victims than those at high risk for forcing sex; however, there was not a significant difference between participants who were at low risk and those at high risk of raping with regard to their rape empathy. Additionally, the results suggest that undergraduates may empathize more with rape victims of their own gender. Furthermore, as the severity of participants’ sexual perpetration experiences increased, their empathy for rape victims decreased significantly; however, there was not a significant relationship between participants’ sexual victimization experiences and their rape empathy. Finally, the present study found that female participants empathize more with rape victims than male participants; however, there were not many statistically significant differences between the other demographic groups on their rape empathy. Future social work research should continue exploring undergraduates’ rape empathy. Additionally, future social work practice should incorporate rape prevention programs that focus on increasing participants’ empathy for both male and female rape victims, as the results of this study and of other studies suggest that men and women may empathize more with rape victims of their own gender

The Relationship between Undergraduates\u27 Rape Empathy and their Self-Reported Likelihood of Raping, Sexual Experiences, and Demographics

The present study explored the need for empathy-based rape prevention programs on college campuses by investigating the following research question: What is the relationship between undergraduates’ empathy for rape victims and their self-reported likelihood of raping, the gender of the rape victim, their past sexual experiences, and their demographics? The design of the present study was a cross-sectional, quantitative study in which participants completed an online questionnaire. The present study found that participants at low risk of forcing sex empathized more with rape victims than those at high risk for forcing sex; however, there was not a significant difference between participants who were at low risk and those at high risk of raping with regard to their rape empathy. Additionally, the results suggest that undergraduates may empathize more with rape victims of their own gender. Furthermore, as the severity of participants’ sexual perpetration experiences increased, their empathy for rape victims decreased significantly; however, there was not a significant relationship between participants’ sexual victimization experiences and their rape empathy. Finally, the present study found that female participants empathize more with rape victims than male participants; however, there were not many statistically significant differences between the other demographic groups on their rape empathy. Future social work research should continue exploring undergraduates’ rape empathy. Additionally, future social work practice should incorporate rape prevention programs that focus on increasing participants’ empathy for both male and female rape victims, as the results of this study and of other studies suggest that men and women may empathize more with rape victims of their own gender

Periodic Optimal Control, Dissipativity and MPC

Recent research has established the importance of (strict) dissipativity for proving stability of economic MPC in the case of an optimal steady state. In many cases, though, steady-state operation is not economically optimal and periodic operation of the system yields a better performance. In this technical note, we propose ways of extending the notion of (strict) dissipativity for periodic systems. We prove that optimal P-periodic operation and MPC stability directly follow, similarly to the steady-state case, which can be seen as a special case of the proposed framework. Finally, we illustrate the theoretical results with several simple examples

The proteasome and the degradation of oxidized proteins: Part II – protein oxidation and proteasomal degradation

AbstractHere, we review the role of oxidative protein modification as a signal for recognition and degradation of proteins. It was clearly demonstrated that the ATP- and ubiquitin-independent 20S proteasome is playing a key role in the selective removal of oxidized proteins. Furthermore, the current knowledge of the substrate susceptibility on the degradation of oxidized proteins and the role of the immunoproteasome will be highlighted