Adaption of space station technology for lunar operations

Space Station Freedom technology will have the potential for numerous applications in an early lunar base program. The benefits of utilizing station technology in such a fashion include reduced development and facility costs for lunar base systems, shorter schedules, and verification of such technology through space station experience. This paper presents an assessment of opportunities for using station technology in a lunar base program, particularly in the lander/ascent vehicles and surface modules

Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Enforcement: Legal Issues

This report begins by discussing the sources of federal power to regulate immigration and, particularly, the allocation of power between Congress and the President in this area. It next addresses the constitutional and other foundations for the doctrine of prosecutorial discretion, as well as the potential ways in which prosecutorial discretion may be exercised in the immigration context. It concludes by addressing potential constitutional, statutory, and administrative constraints upon the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. The report does not address other aspects of discretion in immigration law, such as the discretion exercised by immigration officers in granting benefits (e.g., asylum), or by immigration judges in non-enforcement contexts (e.g., cancellation of removal)

Left seat command or leadership flight, leadership training and research at North Central Airlines

The need for flight leadership training for flight deck crewmembers is addressed. A management grid is also described which provides a quantitative management language against which any number of management behaviors can be measured

The body of Chinese medicine and contemporary practice

University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.Chinese medicine is changing rapidly in response to scientific advances and technologies, and the biomedicalisation of its traditional practices has become a global trend. Australia seems likely to follow this trend for many reasons, not the least of which is a lack of access to traditional sources. The thesis argues that, to the extent that biomedicalisation by-passes Chinese medicine‘s traditional concepts and frameworks, it disrupts diagnostic reasoning and alters the clinician’s therapeutic options. The argument assumes that Chinese medicine’s traditional conceptions are the basis of its therapeutic reasoning and decision making, that traditional conceptions guide successful clinical practice, and that contemporary clinicians understand them. However, the odds against today’s English speaking clinicians understanding the Chinese medical tradition are high. Access to premodern primary sources is problematic for non-Chinese speakers, and Chinese medicine texts in English have removed the historical and cultural contexts and meanings of traditional concepts to ‘scientise’ their content. Conversely, historical and anthropological research into Chinese medicine investigates precisely this kind of contextual information, but without reference to its clinical relevance. Rather than preserve the distinction between academic and clinical research, the thesis adopts a multidisciplinary approach to some of the issues facing Chinese medicine in Australia and the West. The significance of the study is threefold. First, it uses a broad range of English-language research and scholarship to re-imagine the traditional Chinese medical body. Second, its restoration of traditional perspectives draws out the internal intelligibility of premodern concepts and methods, and their relevance for contemporary clinical decision-making. Finally, its multidisciplinary and synthetic approach connects the interests of academic scholarship and clinical practice, and reinstates the traditional connections between Chinese medicine‘s conceptual frameworks and its clinical methods. The thesis argues that it is possible for contemporary Westerners to maintain Chinese medicine’s intelligibility as a system of medical practice. The decision to do so requires the careful restoration of traditional terms and concepts, and of the medical gaze that privileges the living body’s functional systems and activities. The restoration and re-imagining of Chinese medicine‘s traditional perspectives and methods connects contemporary Chinese medicine students and professionals to the complexity of this distinctive medical system. Our ability to recognise and understand the traditional Chinese medical body has ramifications for guiding diagnosis and therapeutic decisions, and fundamentally changes the clinical encounter. While the thesis focuses on the reception and practice of Chinese medicine in contemporary Australia, I hope the issues and topics discussed will prove relevant for English speaking Chinese medicine professionals, educators, students and users in other parts of the world. Many of the topics and materials will be of interest to healthcare providers and users generally, and to anyone with an interest in socio-cultural, philosophical and clinical constructions of the body, health, illness and medical practice

Chinese Medicine History and Contemporary Practice in the West

In the health care professions today, research guides best clinical practice. Yet, the methodological constraints required by the two main branches of research into Chinese medicine—bio-scientific and socio-historical—rarely assist Chinese medicine students, practitioners, or clinical researchers with treatment and practice issues. A great deal of bio-scientific research assumes that it must be possible to utilise and test Chinese medicine from within a biomedical framework. However, by isolating therapeutic techniques and substances and standardising treatment protocols, bio-scientific research removes Chinese medicine’s inbuilt flexibility and responsiveness to clinical instances and changes. While researchers in the historical and social sciences can reveal the sophisticated discourses built around Chinese medicine’s distinctive approach to knowing the world and the body–person, they normally do not discuss the implications of their work for contemporary clinical practice. The paper advocates a synthetic approach using multidisciplinary sources within and adjacent to the field of Chinese medicine. Multidisciplinary researchers contest the simplified and biomedicalised version of Chinese medicine generally available in English speaking countries today. They can assist English speakers to approach Chinese medicine’s traditional perspectives, demonstrate their relevance for contemporary clinical practice and help restore the traditional connectedness between Chinese medicine’s theoretical concepts and its treatment methods

El potencial de la teoría cognitiva en la enseñanza de la contabilidad y auditoría

El artículo examina la asimilación de dos conceptos contables complejos: la imagen fiel (TFV) y el valor razonable (FV) en una muestra de estudiantes de Contabilidad Financiera. El objetivo es evaluar la opinión de los estudiantes sobre TFV y FV durante su educación y detectar si las percepciones cambian con su nivel académico y madurez. La metodología utilizada es una encuesta de opinión. Las respuestas obtenidas muestran que los estudiantes consideran que la TFV es un concepto superior a otros principios contables. Además, en el estudio se observa que las respuestas de los estudiantes dependen del nivel académico y la madurez. Por último, se considera que los postulados que establece la teoría cognitiva podrían servir a los instructores en materia de contabilidad y organismos reguladores para mejorar el proceso de aprendizaje así como la calidad de la información financiera.This paper examines the understanding of two complex accounting concepts: true and fair view (TFV) and fair value (FV) by students in Financial Accounting. The correct assimilation of these concepts is assessed as to whether there are differences in concept perception due to academic level and maturity. We use a survey to examine the perception and assimilation of the TFV and FV. The evidence suggests that accounting students consider that TFV is a superior accounting concept over other accounting principles. Additionally, the study identifies a pattern of change depending on the academic level and maturity of the participants. On discovering differences, a proposal is made to use the Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) by standard setters and instructors in accounting and auditing to improve the learning process and the quality of financial information.Ministerio de Innovación y Ciencia DER2009-09539 ECO2010-17463 ECO2010-21627 DER2012-33367 DER2015-67918PConsejería de Educacion y Ciencia Castilla-La Mancha POII10-0134-5011Universidad de Alcalá CCG20014/HUM-03

Alien Registration- Garvey, Dorothy M. (Portland, Cumberland County)

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