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The archetype of the self underlies the ego-complex at its root and source in the unconscious. None of these assigns to the self the role that I feel to be so essential in the syndrome. SP 50-52 sp In regard to the method of study of these processes of the archaic, unconscious psyche in psychosis, I find myself baffled as to how to set up anything like a scientific approach to the material. In this hypothesis the model is easy to visualize but difficult to understand in terms of experience; the self is seen in this case as the center of the total psychic organism, and the ego is subsumed within this totality as the center of the field of consciousness only, that is, of contents accessible to consciousness; between the two are the autonomous complexes, which are groupings of contents not accessible to ego-consciousness (Figure 1). Reconstitutive process in the psychopathology of the self1: The following paper by J.W. Perry is published with permission from the Annals of the New York Academy of the Sciences where it was first published in January 1962. The imagery I refer to is a whole class of symbolic representations of centrality and organization, of order and highest authority; I hope to demonstrate that in these we see representations of the self and processes that transform or reorganize the self in the unconscious psyche. [Extracted from the article]

In this paper five members of the "Community Psychoanalytic Track and Consortium" (CPT&C) in San Francisco, California, each holding different positionalities and functioning in different roles, come together in dialog with the shared aim to bring themselves and their readers inside the CPT&C. This writing project recapitulates principles of the CPT&C's vision itself: to form polyvocal groups with the shared task of supporting each other in our various roles, and members of community mental health organizations in their work and lives. From that effort new forms of psychoanalytic learning and work are generated; in this instance the process translates into a new writing form. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Accurately evaluating the response capability of electric vehicles (EVs) is very important for an EV aggregator (EVA) to formulate reasonable bidding strategies in ancillary service markets. Most of the methods proposed in the existing literature only evaluate EVs' temporal response capability while ignoring their spatial distribution. In addition, the evaluation results provided by the existing methods are typically deterministic, which fails to characterize the uncertainty of EV trip. The above two issues pose high risk of economic loss for the EVA. To this end, a probabilistic evaluation method of spatial‐temporal response capability for EVA is proposed in this paper. The gravity model is adopted to calculate a spatial transfer probability matrix describing EV owners' trip characteristics between different areas at each time in a region which is divided into several different areas according to the evaluation requirements. Then, the trip chains of EVs are modelled based on the spatial transfer probability matrix, and the states of charge (SOCs) of EVs are tracked in the process. The spatial‐temporal response capability of EVA is evaluated based on charging–discharging states and states of charge of EVs, and the probabilistic evaluation results of response capability are obtained by multiple Monte Carlo simulations. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified on a real dataset from San Francisco, CA, USA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

John Weir Perry's influence on the understanding of the psychotic process through his research in San Francisco between 1950 and 1981 was groundbreaking, because it both verified and expanded upon C.G. Jung's research at the Burghölzli Hospital in Switzerland in the early 1900's. The author explores both the brilliance of Perry's contribution as a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst and also shows the flawed human, who, with his rare sensitivity to the psychotic process, devoted his life work to the schizophrenic population and their often ill-fated search for meaning. She tells how his creative engagement with the analytic processes of Self discovery eventually led to analytic boundary violations, which ultimately resulted in his indefinite suspension from membership in his local Jungian community. Further, this paper describes her reflections on the innovative work that influenced both the treatment of this population, as well as educating candidates in analytical training to be receptive to and cognizant of psychotic affects and imagery. The archetypal field of the psychotic process, its influence on the development of analytical psychology relative to the psychotic process, and one man's impact on the analytic community are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Bears are a large global community of big and hairy gay, bisexual and queer (GBQ) men. Little sustained empirical scholarship has investigated Bears' lives and communities, and none from within geography. Three geographic lenses are used to demonstrate the significance of a geographic approach to Bears. First, rural and urban imaginaries are entwined with Bear masculinities and ideals of 'real men'. However a geographically specific North American working class rural imaginary is particularly important. Second, the global trajectory of Bear begins in 1980s San Francisco and has since spread worldwide. The idea that Bear is fundamentally an American phenomenon is challenged by evidence of global variation in Bear identities, communities, and spaces. Third, the material and aesthetic production of Bear spaces relates to Bear masculinities and bodies, particularly fat bodies. Regarding more ephemeral Bear events, the 'Bearing' of space (including queer space) may provide a means of understanding these. The paper argues first that geography is crucial for understanding Bears and second that geographers of masculinities, sexualities, and fatness/bodies could productively engage with Bear identities, communities, and spaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Breathing lessons – development of a custom motorized façade For a Confidential Tech Client's new corporate headquarters in San Francisco's Mission Bay district, SHoP Architects designed a semi‐conditioned atrium space inside the external glazed envelope known as "the commons". To ventilate this space, the facade specialist Josef Gartner developed a glazing system featuring motorized bi‐fold units. These operable window units, 3.0 m wide by 4.4 m tall, are computer‐controlled in conjunction with operable skylights to maintain comfortable temperatures in the atrium and significantly reduce the need for mechanical ventilation. This paper describes the engineering and design development of this dynamic facade. A number of kinematic options were studied, resulting in the final configuration whereby window operation is guided in the visible upper and lower rails. In the upper rails, the self‐weight is resolved via newly developed double vertical hybrid rollers. The necessary lateral stability is provided by scissor arms mounted on both sides at the top and bottom, which prevent the window from moving sideways on one side over the entire opening stroke. All components, especially the chain drives and a synchronized linear locking drive, are integrated and concealed in the central mullion. A complete opening takes approx. 155 s. Safety strips integrated circumferentially in the frame protect the device, while closing, from objects that are accidentally left in the window rebate and will switch off the device automatically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the results of experimental work on the strength and durability performances of self‐compacting mortars (SCMs) manufactured from silica fume (SF) and fly ash (FA) were presented. The cement was partially replaced with 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25% of FA and 5, 10, and 15% of SF as binary mixes. Also, ternary mixtures were prepared by the incorporation of FA and SF at different replacement dosages by weight. In total, 14 different combinations of mixes were studied at the ages of 7, 28, and 180 days. Prismatic samples of size 40 × 40 × 160 mm3 were produced and exposed to water curing to observe mechanical behavior of SCMs. The mechanical properties of SCMs were examined by the tests of compressive strength and flexural strength. Sorptivity, porosity, water absorption, and density were also measured. To evaluate fresh properties of SCMs, mini slump flow diameter and mini V‐funnel flow time tests were conducted. The results of the study reveal that increase in the dosage of FA increases SCMs flow but also reduce segregation resistance. The enhancement in flexural strength is the best in the binary mixes of SF10 and in binary mixes of FA. Ten percent replacement of FA shows the best flexural strength performance with a value of 10.21 MPa at the age of 180 days. Compressive and flexural strengths of mortars containing SF and FA reached up to about 86.14 and 10.50 MPa, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MgO‐based binders have been widely studied for decades. Recently, the MgO–SiO2–H2O system was developed as a novel construction material, however, its reaction mechanism remains unclear. This paper investigated the reaction products and kinetics of MgO/silica fume (SF) pastes with MgO calcinated at different temperatures. The results indicate that MgO presented larger grain size after calcination at higher temperature. Mg(OH)2 and magnesium silicate hydrate (M–S–H) gel were formed when using MgO calcined at 850, 950, and 1050°C. However, only M–S–H gel was formed when using MgO calcined at 1450°C. The reaction kinetics of MgO could be described using α = 1 − e−k*t. The reaction rate of MgO increased with decreasing calcination temperature, increasing SF dosage, and the addition of sodium hexametaphosphate. Only M–S–H gel was formed when the reaction rate of MgO was below the demarcation line (about 0.250 × 10−6 s−1), and the corresponding demarcation area was around 14 days. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

San Francisco is engaged in a redevelopment project that could bring millions in investment and community benefits to a starved neighborhood-and yet the project is embedded in an urban development process that is displacing residents. In trying to unsettle these contradictions, this paper achieves two aims. First, I unearth a little known history of redevelopment activism that frames debate around the current project. Second, I use this history to argue for a reframing of the language of race. To wit: although the social construction of race and racism is well established, race is still deeply understood in everyday life as natural. This paper offers a theoretical fusing of race and class, 'race-class', to help us think race through a vital constructionist lens. Race-class makes present the economic dynamics of racial formation, and foregrounds that race is a core process of urban political economy. Race-class works both 'top-down' and 'ground-up.' While it is a vehicle for capital's exploitation of people and place, race-class also emerges as a mode of power for racialized working-class residents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper advances the concept of 'waste formations' as a way of thinking together processes of race, space, and waste in brownfield redevelopment projects. Defined as formerly industrial and contaminated properties, in the 1990s brownfields emerged as the grounds for new forms of urbanization and an emerging environmental remediation industry. Through their redevelopment, the twentieth century's urban wastelands-environmentally degraded, economically divested, and often racially marked-have become sites of investment, resignification, and value formation. The concept of waste formations provides a critical framework on the ways these socio-ecological transformations rework twentieth century urban inequalities-in particular, the articulation of waste and toxic waste-and the ways they produce new geographies of environmental injustice through the displacement of toxic waste to newly waste-able spaces. This paper develops an analytic of waste formations and applies it to the process of brownfield redevelopment at the Hunters Point Shipyard in southeast San Francisco. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The San Francisco Bay Area in California is undergoing a technology-driven wave of growth arguably more thoroughgoing than the first 'dot-com' bubble, fueling hypertrophic gentrification and tales of a deeply class-divided, 'Blade Runner kind of society'. While Silicon Valley is still the industry's employment center, San Francisco is seeing faster tech firm growth, and is transforming its downtown to become more 'livable' and promoting public space as key to innovation. In this context, this paper offers a reading of urban public space not just as a consumption amenity but also as the 'shop floor' of a labor process that goes beyond the walls of the firm to mobilize the social itself in the production of privately appropriated value. With innovation now the watchword of gentrification, the stakes of this shift oscillate between the total commodification of urban vitality and the recognition of the social process of value production itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Utilizing a bricolage of interactionist cultural studies, ethnic foodways, and situational analysis this paper examines how Latino immigrants, representing six countries and multiple preimmigration class positions, come to perform Latinidad through the lay health practice of comiendo bien (eating well). Comiendo bien was examined through participant observation of 15 families living in San Francisco and 27 key informant interviews. Comiendo bien is a performance that exists through the convergence of multiple identity positions. Latina/o immigrants not only enact the Latinidad in the United States through artistic expression or political strategizing, but also by sharing an idealized practice of healthy eating. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]