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Presents several abstracts of papers and posters discussed at the 2001 Annual Conference of the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 'Early Infant Distress and the Caregiving Context in a Danish Sample,' by Marissa Alvarez; 'Families of the Reproductive Revolution: Parenting and Child Development,' by Susan Golombok.

The research question addressed by this study is whether or not students made effective use of dynamic geometry software to explore the validity of a geometrical statement. Particular attention was paid to the use of definitions and the types of justifications students employed. Interviews conducted with six secondary mathematics preservice teachers were video and audio taped and video output of the interviewee's Geometer's Sketchpad (GSP) work was recorded on video tape. The interviews were transcribed along with a synchronized record of the GSP work. The transcripts and videotapes were analysed and coded. Results indicated that reasoning based on prototypically constructed categories and difficulty correctly parsing mathematical statements, especially the ‘for all’ quantifier, interfered with the effective use of dynamic geometry software in justifying mathematical assertions. It may be that explicit instruction in how to make use of software programs to explore the validity of an assertion is needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia, currently affecting an estimated five million Americans including as many as one million persons who live alone. The numbers of individuals with the disease and those who care for them are expected to grow dramatically in the coming decades. Social workers encountering people with the disease and their families in a variety of settings must be aware of the disease, its effects on individuals and families, and appropriate resources. This article provides an overview of the medical, social and psychological aspects of the disease. Common challenges of individuals with the disease are illustrated through the case of a woman living alone in the community who was helped to maintain her quality of life through psychotherapy and a variety of supportive services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mining is an environmentally destructive human activity. Consequently, community expectations and legislation require minimisation of impacts and rehabilitation once mining ceases. Rehabilitation standards now include restoration of structural and functional attributes of pre-disturbed landscapes. However, insufficient baseline data before, and during, mining often makes it difficult to assess impacts and develop rehabilitation objectives. Techniques that retrospectively document the pre-impact condition and environmental history of wetlands affected by mines can provide this information. We demonstrate how this can be achieved using data from palaeoecology and remote sensing, to understand mine impact on Fishermans Wetland, North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah), by inferring its environmental history from formation to present. Fishermans Wetland is a small, clear, open water, wetland with extensive macrophyte growth. A lack of information about the wetland's pre-mine condition created uncertainty about the effects of upstream sand mining. Contrary to local community concerns that Fishermans Wetland was ancient and hydrologically modified by mining, it only formed in the 1950s. Moreover, changes to site hydrology predated mining. Consequently, ongoing supplementation of water is unnecessary for maintaining the wetland's ecological character. Similar techniques could be used elsewhere where mine impacts are poorly understood or contested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

School mascots, including the Confederate Rebel, have come under scrutiny with calls to adopt more inclusive and representative symbols for all school stakeholders. Using qualitative methodology, we interviewed six school-based helping professionals in a southeastern US school district to examine their perceptions and experiences with the educational, personal, social, and community impacts associated with the Rebel school mascot. Four unique themes were identified from the participants and will be discussed along with implications and future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pre-service teachers are required to become reflective practitioners who can adapt their skills to a range of contexts and the diverse needs of learners. Many consider the practicum experience as critical to forming values and dispositions that are essential to a professional teacher identity. This article focuses on the experiences of five White pre-service teachers who volunteered to teach in remote Indigenous communities in South Australia, specifically the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands, a desert environment in the far northwest of the state. As these pre-service teachers document their experiences, we draw upon Gee's work on identity to gain insights into how they understand the "rules" of their context and their own positionality. Our research reveals the ways privilege can foster possibilities and constraints, which afford certain subject positions for these pre-service teachers. We focus specifically on a prominent theme in their narratives – "authenticity" concerning their conception of teaching and learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic, environmental crisis and increasing growth in tourism prompted interest in more responsible tourism. So called responsible tourism (RT) entails diverse ingredients and an aim of this research is to understand if residents of community owned nature-rich land believe they have responsibility to share with visitors, or if their focus is shifting toward prioritising environmental conservation and or personal wellbeing. In this case study a unique perception of RT emerges in Knoydart Scotland, born from a pronounced awareness of biocultural heritage and a self-directed understanding of landscape as cultural. A distinctive feature in this case study is an expression of abundant generosity evolving from participants' embodied understanding of the integration of culture and nature. This commitment to a cultural landscape is particularly noteworthy since it is set within a location presented to tourists as 'wilderness'. Findings suggest that it is meaningful to explore historically evolved cultural understandings of 'islandness' and biocultural heritage, before promoting exogenous RT strategies. This research revitalizes frequently discredited notions about what responsible and sustainable tourism involve, as well as offering a rare example of the impacts of 'islandness' within a mainland setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The crisis of teacher shortages in Anglophone nation states can no longer be ignored as this long-term issue has been compounded by the pandemic. Growing evidence of the challenges of attracting and retaining a teaching workforce is now foregrounded in education policy internationally. This issue provides increased impetus for studying teacher motivations and principal dispositions particularly in relation to roles in hard-to-staff schools that tend to be in disadvantaged or rural communities in terms of how policies are received and enacted. This mixed methods study examined a teacher financial incentive (TFI) scheme aimed at facilitating the appointment of qualified teachers in hard-to-staff government schools in Victoria, Australia. Although evidence of TFI scheme's effects and effectiveness as a policy solution to teacher shortages is limited, TFI schemes are widespread internationally. Our study shows that while the Victorian TFI scheme resulted in successful appointments for most participating schools, a financial incentive was only one among many other policy settings, personal and professional factors and other motivations informing teachers' decisions to apply for a TFI position and the recruitment practices of principals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the role of the chaplain in Catholic schools in England and some of the contemporary challenges. There is a focus on two issues in particular: the celebration of liturgy and the participation of non-Catholic children and the inclusion of LGBTQ+ children in the Catholic school. This article draws out some of the tensions between the pastoral sensitivities around participation in liturgy and the directives of the Prayer and Liturgy Directory and the complexity of the legal and pastoral inclusion of LGBTQ+ children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effects of heavy metals, both toxic (Pb, Cd) and essential (Cu, Zn) on the ultrastructure and the induction of Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP70) have been studied in the aquatic moss Leptodictyum riparium Hedw. In vitro cultured L. riparium was treated with different heavy metals, both toxic, as cadmium or lead; and essential microelements such as Copper or Zinc concentrations ranging from 10−3 to 10−6 M to investigate both ultrastructural damage and HSP induction. TEM observations showed that sub-lethal concentrations of heavy metals caused only slight changes, largely localized in the chloroplasts. Among all the heavy metals tested, cadmium caused the most severe modifications. Heavy metals caused the decrease of the soluble protein content and the enhancement of proteins reacting versus HSP70 antibodies, suggesting that molecular chaperons might be involved in the resistance to toxic effects of lead, cadmium, copper and zinc. Therefore, the induction of HSP70 in L. riparium would confer a higher resistance to pollutants under stressful conditions lethal for other mosses and higher plant species. These results suggest that the moss L. riparium can tolerate heavy metals stress without incurring severe cellular/subcellular damage. Therefore it can be used as a useful indicator of heavy metals accumulation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The relationship between environmental stresses and the genome was investigated by examining the behaviour of repetitive DNA in response to lead or cadmium in two Bryophytes, differing from a physiological and an ecological point of view, namely the aquatic moss L. riparium and the terricolous moss F. hygrometrica . Using different experimental approaches, a direct relationship was shown to exist in these two mosses between the metal-induced stress and repetitive DNA. In fact, in both organisms, metal treatment was accompanied by a selective amplification of some GC-rich repetitive DNA sequences forming peculiar agglomerates inside the nucleus; this amplification is quantitatively proportional to the time of exposure of the plants to the metals and stops upon removal of the metal from the culture medium. Results show that ribosomal DNA sequences are involved in this metal-induced repetitive DNA agglomerate formation, although they are not the only repetitive sequences present within the heterochromatic DNA agglomerates. The plasticity of the genome of the Bryophytes in response to external stimuli, and the fact that repetitive DNA is involved in this plasticity are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although much attention focuses on mental health recovery and stigma, less attention is paid to substance use especially in rural areas. This qualitative study draws on Foucauldian and intersectional approaches to examine the sociocultural processes by which stigmatized identities are constructed and rejected at micro and macro levels. A thematic analysis is applied to 40 interviews with people with substance use issues in two rural communities. Findings illustrate that stigma is constructed through binary identity categories and intersectional identities rooted in neoliberal contexts. Resistance is demonstrated at personal, peer, public, and structural levels, offering counter narratives of strength and resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the mid-1960s until the late 1980s, the well-known general philosophies of science of the time were applied to economics. The result was disappointing: none seemed to fit. This paper argues that this is due to a special feature of economics: it possesses 'orientational paradigms' in high number. Orientational paradigms are similar to Kuhn's paradigms in that they are shared across scientific communities, but dissimilar to Kuhn's paradigms in that they are not generally accepted as valid guidelines for further research. As will be shown by several examples, orientational paradigms provide economics with common points of reference that support its epistemic coherence and make scientific discourse more easily possible across school boundaries. With the help of systematicity theory, a newer general philosophy of science, one can further elucidate the role of orientational paradigms with regard to scientific progress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study evaluates the salinity response to dredging under different forcing regimes for a 75-kilometer segment of the flood-prone Vermilion River located in coastal Louisiana, USA. The Vermilion is a tidal freshwater river affected by baseflow regulation, rapid urbanization, and hydromodification. This river also serves as major freshwater resource for the region. An efficient one-dimensional model calibrated previously for stage and water temperature is used to analyse the salinity impacts due to a large-scale flood control dredging. The analysis is based on 200 alternative scenarios based on combinations of uncertain key forcing variables for a critical 13-day intrusion period. The analysis reveals a nonlinear effect on mean salinities and position of the brackish water limit as a function of uncertain forcing variables. Dredging also increases the variability of salinity encroachment effects due to uncertainty in future forcing conditions (e.g. relative sea level rise, baseflow diversion volumes, and salinities at the river mouth). The robust analysis presented here provides a foundation for future model-based assessments of under-studied tidal freshwater rivers and provides key insights for coastal management and sustainability efforts in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article serves as a summary of The Journal for Specialists in Group Work special issue on the application of Peters and Luke's (2022) Principles of Anti-Oppression in group work. We provide observations of the ways special issue article authors, as experts in group work practice and research, applied the 10 principles across three types of group work (i.e. task, counseling, and psychoeducational; McCarthy et al., 2022; Ward, 2011) and within varied contemporary group work practice contexts (i.e. school counseling, college settings, online practice, teaching, supervision, research; Goodrich et al., 2023). Further, we identify themes in the ways that contributing authors collectively considered, evaluated, and used the Principles of Anti-Oppression in group work, provide commentary, note gaps, and discuss implications for future development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A growing number of scholars have considered how young Black women develop their identities within and against White supremacist ideologies of Black womanhood. The current study offers an analysis of how the ongoing socialization of respectability politics in some Black family contexts can contribute to the vilification of the 'the wrong type' of Black girls and women. Using Black feminism as a theoretical and methodological lens, we explored how 33 Black college women (18-24 years) described and interpreted familial socialization messages on 'poor examples of Black womanhood.' Four themes, consistent with prior literature on controlling images, emerged: the Gold Digger/Jezebel, the Welfare Queen/Teenaged Mom, the Angry, Black woman, and the Hoodrat/Ratchet Chick. Participants described how these stereotypes of Black women were framed as cautionary tales to avoid during their journey into adulthood. The findings also illuminated how the young women internalized, negotiated, or rejected certain socialization messages, as they worked towards their own self-definitions of Black womanhood. Authors discuss how Black families can resist socialization practices that reinforce classist and misogynistic notions of Black womanhood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Transgender and gender non-binary (TGNB) adults face structural and interpersonal stigma from their families and society at large when living openly and seeking gender affirming healthcare. To better understand the significance of family and social contexts for shaping the lived experiences of TGNB adults, this phenomenological qualitative study aimed to describe TGNB transgender identity development and coming out processes inclusive of significant past and present experiences. TGNB participants (N = 17) completed a one-time semi-structured interview and member checking of analysis findings. Results identified two themes: 1) TGNB identity development and socially "testing the waters" in gender expression; and 2) coming out when "the world just refuses to make space." Implications are made for advancing feminist systemic research and clinical practice with TGNB clients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Maize, the most common energy feed ingredient in poultry diets, has a high starch proportion in the grain endosperm, ranging from 65 to 75% in various hybrids. The rate and extent of digestion are major determinants of maize starch nutritive value. Starch digestion follows the first-order kinetics, and according to the digestibility kinetics, starch can be divided into rapidly digestible (RDS), slowly digestible (SDS), and resistant starch (RS). Different intrinsic and extrinsic features of maize grain affect the rate and extent of starch digestibility. Differences in starch granule composition, such as amylose-to-amylopectin ratio, crystallisation, association with lipids and zeins, as well as shape, size and presence of surface pores affect starch digestibility kinetics. More so, an important factor affecting digestion is grain processing. Particle size affects feed intake, the passage of bolus and susceptibility to enzyme-starch binding, while hydrothermal processing leads to starch gelatinisation. However, too high temperatures can lead to RS formation. This review summarises the available literature data on factors identified as crucial in the digestibility kinetics of maize starch. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is a fraught history to the relationship between creative industries policy and programs on the one hand, and on the other, innovation and entrepreneurship policy and programs, which have rarely been inclusive of creative industries, although there are developments which run counter to this neglect. But structural changes to modern economies mean that innovation policy needs to shift to accommodate creative industries. The article reviews some of the problems associated with that shift, and notes that a major innovation lever used by governments—precinct or cluster development—has had a mixed record when applied to culture. A focus on one site—Adelaide, South Australia—demonstrates that progress can be made when a clear vision is articulated of the integral role that creative industries can play in innovation policies for economic growth and infrastructure support. Six precincts in inner-urban Adelaide—ranging from pure arts to advanced manufacturing—interact to produce additionality rather than simply aggregation, enacting a productive ecosystem for both creative industries and STEM. The precincts ecology enhances practical creative entrepreneurship, acts as a conduit for the movement of talent as it seeks greater challenge and opportunity, disrupts existing norms in innovation practice; and facilitates access to new markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently, there has been a resurgence of academic interest in the lived experiences of Black males. One way that scholars have approached the field of Black male studies is by examining the susceptibility of Black men and boys in various contexts, commonly referred to as Black male vulnerability. In this essay, I utilize the song "Not You Too" by the Hip-Hop/R&B artist Drake as a case study to explore the ways Black men, through music, may communicate their vulnerability in the context of romantic relationships. Through a rhetorical analysis, I argue that Drake (re)articulates the notion of Black masculinity by communicating his vulnerability through recognition of his struggles of trust, willingness to forgive, and critical reflection of the power dynamics within his romantic relationship. I conclude by asserting that it is vital to study the communicative realities and sensibilities of Black men by engaging in both interpretative and empirical analysis to liberate Black males. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A wide range of expressions have been used to refer to residential mobilities related to leisure, a complex phenomenon whose conceptual boundaries continue to be difficult to determine under the conventional theories of tourism or migration. This study seeks to carry out a comprehensive and unbiased literature review to develop insights on an intricate context with contentious opinions about the operability of terms and a lack of precision regarding conceptual delimitations. By analysing the use of expressions over time, the regions involved, the research methods applied, and the themes covered, the contributions are a clear overview of the terminology employed and an overall picture of the research thus far covered. As a result, a polarized academic debate with two research trends is unearthed: on the one hand, the studies mainly preoccupied about emigrants' issues; and on the other hand, those essentially concerned with the effects triggered on destinations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Black women face significant stressors that impact their emotional and mental health. Counselors have a unique opportunity to provide culturally responsive and affirming counseling that works toward the liberation of Black women from oppression, marginalization, and psychological distress. However, there is not a current theory that specifically addresses the nuances of Black women's experiences, focusing especially on the vital relevance of religion and spirituality. To that end, we propose an integrated model of Relational Cultural Theory and Womanist Theology. This article provides an outline of the proposed model, suggestions for therapeutic application, and considerations for counselors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

'Counter-urbanisation' has attracted international attention for decades, as an elusive concept that runs against the overwhelming trend of an urbanising world. In Australia, interest in counter-urbanisation waned after the peak interest from the 1970s until the early 2000s, however a recent resurgence of interest has grown due to anecdotal evidence of rising migration out of major cities. Advances in the ability to telecommute, the impacts of COVID-19 and lockdowns in major cities, and the impact of climate change on migration movements are some contemporary changes prompting the need for a renewed critical and theoretical analysis of counter-urbanisation. This editorial introduces the special issue that offers renewed insights to counter-urbanisation in Australia. We present three arguments to ground the elusive concept of 'counter-urbanisation' that underpins this special issue. We argue (1) that the contemporary examples of counter-urbanisation we are witnessing presently in Australia involve migration from major cities to regional spaces; (2) counter-urbanisation is determined by geographical context, in this case Australia and places within, and (3) Australian counter-urban movements are strongly linked to amenity and lifestyle migration. This editorial then introduces the special issue papers which together define and challenge the concept of counter-urbanisation within the Australian context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this phenomenological inquiry is to describe the experiences of LGB IS through the lens of relational-cultural theory. Eight LGB IS from the Southwest region of the United States agreed to participate in the study. The age range of the participant was 20–31 (M= 22.13) with three identifying as male and five identifying as female. The participants identified the following as their sexual orientations: one lesbian, four bisexual, two gay, and one pansexual. The following sections depict the a priori themes derived from RCT that resulted from the data analysis. The final reported themes are as follows: growth-fostering relationships, disconnection, authenticity, power and control, and controlling images. Implications are provided for the campus-based counseling professions who may find themselves working with or supporting LBG IS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This introduction outlines how the authors of the present special issue share not an eloquence-centred but a more encompassing, interactive, embodied and experience-oriented interpretation of political performance as their heuristic prism. Through this lens, they analyze vocal expectations and deviations in political debates that took place in a few different national and imperial contexts of the long nineteenth century. Their approach reveals what parliamentarians, state-officials and/or journalists perceived as (un)-acceptable speech modes and, more broadly, as 'proper' audible and visible political representative practices of the time. Here, we introduce the theoretical and methodological framework employed by the contributors to explore speech as just one but integral part of political performance, and its audience as a multi-layered community, (in)efficiently reimagined, represented and embodied by those in power. Because the timeframes of these analyses mostly predate the focal point that has commonly been central to European histories of political discourse on representation, the authors have challenged themselves to consider important (dis)-continuities and dichotomies in European political culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discourses of social justice offer the sense of a progressive and developing narrative within the arts sector. Cultural democracy, cultural equity and cultural diversity address broad policy issues related to production, consumption and representation. This article questions whether these approaches have failed in their challenge to the long-established power dynamics of the cultural sector. We take this position of failure as a starting point for a self-reflexive account of the lack of progressive change in the sector. We argue that reflexivity is needed to avoid the elision of the progressive impulse through the inauthentic and rhetorical promotion of 'fakequity'. As scholars from divergent yet mutually Anglo-centric traditions, our aim is to better understand how a self-reflexive approach might counter the (non)performative behaviour of the cultural sector. Without such an approach, initiatives supposedly designed to be culturally democratic risk enforcing structures of exclusion and facilitating a 'non-performative woke democratisation of culture'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

School counselors who incorporate Relational Cultural Theory (RCT) constructs initiate building connections and meaningful change. Relationships anchored on RCT theory provide school counselors a myriad of opportunities to build relationships and partnerships with Latinx parents and caregivers in support of student success in the K-12 school setting. The authors of this article provide a framework based on RCT to facilitate school counselor and Latinx parent and caregiver partnerships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the past decades, the opioid crisis has heavily impacted parts of the US society and has been followed by an increase in the use of opioids worldwide. It is of paramount importance that we explore the origins of the US opioid epidemic to develop best practices to tackle the rising tide of opioid overdoses. In this expert review, we discuss opioid (over)prescription, change in perception of pain, and false advertisement of opioid safety as the leading causes of the US opioid epidemic. Then, we review the evidence about opioid dependence and addiction potential and provide current knowledge about predictors of aberrant opioid-related behavior. Lastly, we discuss different approaches that were considered or undertaken to combat the rising tide of opioid-related deaths by regulatory bodies, pharmaceutical companies, and health-care professionals. For this expert review, we considered published articles relevant to the topic under investigation that we retrieved from Medline or Google scholar electronic database. The opioid epidemic is a dynamic process with many underlying mechanisms. Therefore, no single approach may be best suited to combat it. In our opinion, the best way forward is to employ multiple strategies to tackle different underlying mechanisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Group counseling is an effective counseling modality with LGBTQIA clients, yet much of group counseling literature does not account for the experience of prejudice and marginalization that LGBTQIA youth encounter. Relationships with families and peers of LGBTQIA youth have a significant impact and special consideration must be taken when designing and implementing group counseling. Consequently, we argue the use of Relational Cultural Theory (RCT) in a group context can bring discussions of controlling images, social inequities, and foster growth and relational resilience. We present a case example where the tenets of RCT are explored and provide implications for counselors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Guided by Control Theory and the memorable messages framework, the current investigation examined the relationship between receipt of a health-related memorable message and self-reported diet and exercise behavior. A cross-sectional survey methodology was utilized to evaluate the relationship between receipt of a memorable message and dietary and exercise behaviors in a sample of Black women. Over 80% of the research sample (N = 121) reported receiving a memorable health message regarding diet and/or exercise. Women receiving a memorable message reported a significantly higher number of days engaging in healthy eating and exercise behaviors each week. Messages from medical professionals had the greatest impact on healthy dietary practices, while media-based messages were most influential on the enactment of exercise behavior. Additional research is warranted to determine how the utilization and reinforcement of memorable messages impacts health outcomes among Black women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The island laboratory concept has long been an important construct in island archaeology, with an emphasis on human biogeography and issues of isolation, connectivity, interaction, evolution, and extinction. The Pacific Coast of Alta and Baja California contains several offshore islands that offer a framework for evaluating a variety of cultural and ecological issues. The California Islands include large islands (>100 km2) with abundant resources that were attractive to ancient people for 13,000 years and numerous small islands (5 km2 in area or less), many of which contain evidence of human occupation for centuries to millennia. Most of these small islands have seen limited archaeological research and often are presumed to have been marginal locations for past human settlement. Today, small islands from San Francisco Bay to Baja California provide key habitat for endemic species, breeding seabirds and marine mammals, and rare plants. Here, we review the archaeology of small islands on California's outer coast, focusing on paleogeography, human settlement dynamics, and ecology and biodiversity. Synthesis of archaeological and environmental data demonstrate the utility of small islands as model systems for evaluating changes in island ecology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on practice architectures of international schools that create affective atmosphere for the professional learning and becoming of international-hire and local-hire teachers. We use the concept of precarious labour to explore relational tensions and their effects on the professional learning of teachers and school leaders. Empirical data are drawn from two case study schools located in two major countries that offer international education. The data sets include interviews with school leaders and international and 'local' teachers. The analysis focuses on relational tensions experienced by teachers in these schools. The article argues that the affective atmosphere of teacher workplaces produces a force – a sense of precariousness – that envelopes teachers and oppresses them. At the same time, it also provides the very conditions for their professional learning in international workplaces. From this practice-ontological perspective, therefore, it is important to recognise the primacy of affect in the professional learning of teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given persistent evidence of discrimination toward students of color in K-12 schools, group dialogue about multiculturalism can help individuals understand and advocate for equity and inclusion. In this article, we introduce a new model for a multicultural dialogue intervention: Diversity Dinner Dialogues (DDDs). DDDs are a small group intervention that school counselors can implement to engage students and faculty/staff in dialogues about diversity. We also provide findings from a qualitative case study exploring the experiences of school counselors leading group work in DDDs. Five themes emerged suggesting that DDDs are valuable interventions and school counselors are well-positioned to lead them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We have presented topological peripheral shape and distance-based distance measures of 82 fullerene cages C20 through C720 on the basis of indices computed from distance matrices such as Szeged index(Sz), Mostar index(Mo), PI-index(PI), Wiener and hyper Wiener(WW) indices. The new results for the Mo, Sz and PI indices of these cages reveal the existence of both isomeric and nonisomeric fullerene cages with the same non-zero Mo indices, and thus we have introduced the novel concept of isoperipheral fullerene cages. Moreover we have also found two different fullerene isomers with the same Wiener or hyperwiener or PI indices. Among the fullerene cages that we have studied, C20(Ih), C40(Td), C60(Ih), and C240(Ih) have zero Mostar indices indicating perfect edge peripherality for these cages. A number of isoperipheral pairs of fullerene cages such as (C24 (D6d), C28 (Td)), (C30 (C2v/1), C30 (C2v/2)), (C32 (D3h),C52(T)), (C32 (C2), C42 (D3)), (C70 (D5h), C78(D3h/1)), (C74 (D3h), C76 (Td)), etc., and the isoperipheral triplet (C48 (D6d/1), C48 (D6d/2), C96(D6d/1)) are found among fullerenes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although numerous studies have analyzed organizational interventions with children with ADHD, minimal research has evaluated the impact of teaching universal organizational skills, classwide, to elementary aged students. This study investigated the impact of teaching organizational skills classwide to two classrooms of Grade 3, 4, and 5 general education students. The current study employed a concurrent multiple baseline design across skills. Results of the study found that organizational skills training increased three organizational skills for both classrooms. The results suggest that organizational skills training, specifically designed for students with ADHD and in one to one settings could be successfully adapted and implemented with typically developing children in a classwide setting. Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15377903.2021.1911898. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Persistent limitations to the industry-centric and resident-centric approaches to tourism highlight the need for innovation to achieve sustainability and resilience. Advantages of positioning and ultimately mobilizing destination residents as citizens, as per evolving citizenship theory, include conferrals of duties and rights that synthesize the two approaches and designate appropriate virtues and behaviors across norms of participation, autonomy, commitment to social order, and solidarity. Citizenship, additionally, is an existing status which bestows member equality, and has evolved to include an engagement-based dimension effective for addressing specific topics such as tourism sustainability. We integrate citizenship rights, duties, virtues and behaviors into the enlightened mass tourism framework to create a compelling basis for attaining sustainable and resilient tourism which complements ongoing dominant narratives of "resident" or "community." Future studies should consider issues associated with problematic or qualified citizenship, the status of tourists, and incorporating resilience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increasing levels of diversity in primary education make it essential to identify factors that influence Intercultural Teaching Competence (ITC). This study investigates which factors of Educational Effectiveness Research contribute to five dimensions of ITC: openness, classroom management, enriched lesson design, social initiative, and storytelling. Therewith, it contributes to the literature of both fields. Data collected through a cross-sectional survey among 155 Dutch primary school teachers were examined with linear regression analyses. The results showed that some characteristics at the classroom level have a strong significant relationship with dimensions of Intercultural Teaching Competence, whereas school characteristics did not. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the search for the psychology of heritage places, the tangible and intangible qualities of heritage are closely intertwined. This article sheds light on the sentiments, insights and attitudes that historic environments can evoke in people, by using the characteristics of old summer mountain farming landscapes as a platform to further discuss how the psychology of these heritage places can be linked to the present-day era of public environmental consciousness. These heritage places can be assets to the recreation and tourism industries. Mountain-farming landscapes can provide a rural escape from a commonplace urban lifestyle. The historical buildings on these historical farming properties, sometimes dating to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, can provide experiential value through the senses, such as touch, smell, sound and sight: the tangible and intangible aspects of aged wooden architecture. Such 'landscapes with atmosphere' and 'landscapes of affect' can fill an emotional need in people searching for a connection to nature, seeking solitude, silence and privacy, away from everyday routines in a crowded urban world. Increased public environmental consciousness and awareness of climate change, including seasonal alterations, also affect people's views of the importance of safeguarding natural and cultural resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We will show that Banach spaces are (a) monadic over complete metric spaces via the unit ball functor and (b) monadic over complete pointed metric spaces via the forgetful functor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Incarceration is a major systemic issue in the United States. Many couples undergo multifaceted, complex changes in their relationship due to incarceration. The purpose of this paper is to explore the usage of the Tadros theory of change, an integrative approach to couple and family therapy, to treat incarcerated lesbian couples. A case application is provided utilizing this integrated family therapy model with a lesbian couple experiencing sexual and relational issues as well as offering clinical implications for future usage. This case emphasized how client's narratives change over time, how the systems in their lives change simultaneously, and the impact of LGBTQ + stigma on couple functioning as they navigate the criminal justice system aids in the exploration of a client's story. Thus, gaining an in-depth understanding of the intersection between complex issues. This paper advocates for the usage of this theory with lesbian couples within the incarcerated context to better treat this underserved population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Large-group consultation (LGC) is a tool in which professional school counselors deliver key expertise to faculty and staff in their schools while using their group work skills to facilitate meaningful learning. As part of a comprehensive school counseling program, LGC is an efficient, systemic strategy for school counselors to impact students' academic, career, and social/emotional success. In this article, we present best practices when designing and implementing LGC. We also highlight two school counseling case studies to demonstrate the usefulness of LGC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Adolescent cannabis use is an established risk factor for the development of psychosis, but the premorbid vulnerability factors and specificity versus generality of the psychotic symptom domains affected in cannabis-psychosis relationships remain incompletely understood. To improve our understanding of these relationships, we used longitudinal data to examine the individual and interactive effects of preadolescent transmissible liability to substance use disorders (SUD), measured via the transmissible liability index (TLI), and adolescent cannabis use on the development of two distinct psychotic symptom domains, paranoid and schizotypal personality traits in young adulthood. Methods: We performed secondary analysis of data from the Center for Education and Drug Abuse (CEDAR) study, which longitudinally assessed offspring of men with (N = 211) and without (N = 237) lifetime history of SUD at ages 10-12, and across adolescence as they transitioned to young adulthood. TLI scores were calculated at age 10-12, self-reported cannabis use was assessed at age 16, and paranoid and schizotypal symptoms were assessed at age 19. Results: Cannabis use at age 16 and family history of SUD were significantly associated with paranoid and schizotypal symptoms at age 19, but TLI scores were not. The interactive effect of TLI x cannabis use was also not significant. Paranoid and schizotypal symptoms showed different dose-dependent sensitivities to cannabis exposure at age 16. Conclusions: These findings indicate that adolescent cannabis use and family history of SUD differentially contribute to the development of paranoid and schizotypal personality traits through mechanisms that do not include behavioral disinhibition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Influenza can be a significant public health problem. Nevertheless, it is preventable through vaccination. Concerning the pediatric population, the recommendation of influenza vaccination is under-represented in many European countries. The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of universal childhood vaccination against influenza in Europe. Areas covered: We conducted a systematic review of original article assessing the cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination by searching PubMed, Embase and Scopus databases for studies in English, starting from January 1st, 2010 up to October 21st, 2020. Expert opinion: Our literature review showed that all studies identified highlight that pediatric vaccinations using a live vaccine, especially in the quadrivalent formulation, are cost-effective compared to current vaccinations (elderly and at-risk groups) with TIV or no vaccination. A significant contribution to this positive economic profile is due to the indirect protection. Already many clinical data report the relevant direct and indirect impact of vaccination against influenza for younger subjects. The recent studies collected in this review showed also that the pediatric vaccination is also cost-effective. Therefore, decision-makers should now consider this new favorable evidence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents research into closed orbits parallel to quadrilaterals inscribed in various geometric shapes that can be represented by mathematical functions: straight lines, circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas. Mathematical proofs have been given for the existence of an infinite number of parallel orbits for each of these shapes. Quadrilaterals parallel to a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle were found to have two interesting characteristics. The mathematics was conducted with student mathematics teachers and teacher trainees, accompanied by dynamic research using computer software. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using Fredric Jameson's theory of the ideologeme to trace representations of working- and white working-class characters through a selection of contemporary literary texts, this article shows how the construction of (white) working-class identity in literature has been influenced by, and fed back into, mainstream representations of the (white) working class in politics and media, thus contributing to cycles of socio-cultural, financial and political exclusion. This article continues by arguing that there is a lack of rounded and developed white working-class characters in British fiction, specifically in London and the South-East, and that contemporary authors continue to rely on typified representations rather than interrogate them, therefore remaining complicit in feedback loops that work to marginalise the (white) working class. To conclude, an argument is put forward in support of opening up space in the public arena for both imagined and real individual voices from marginalised groups to be heard, providing more direct access to channels of representation and an interrogation of the blame narratives that are used to maintain these groups' socio-economic and political exclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The keepers of the Darwinian flame were thrilled with the growth industry incurred by the findings of Lewontin and Hubby, writing with retrospective satisfaction 50 years later about the time "[w]hen molecular genetics came to save population genetics" (Charlesworth et al. [3]). Richard Lewontin would have laughed out loud if someone had referred to him as a postmodernist. This carry-over of the traditional view appears to have led Lewontin to minimize (at least in the opinion of this writer) the hazards of genetic engineering, both in food crops and humans (Lewontin [13]). But even on the professional stage Lewontin was insistent on pointing out (to use the philosopher of biology Lenny Moss's phrase) "what genes can't do" (Moss [17]). [Extracted from the article]

We introduce a novel set-intersection operator called 'most-intersection' based on the logical quantifier 'most', via natural density of countable sets, to be used in determining the majority characteristic of a given countable (possibly infinite) collection of systems. The new operator determines, based on the natural density, the elements which are in 'most' sets in a given collection. This notion allows one to define a majority set-membership characteristic of an infinite/finite collection with minimal information loss, compared to the standard intersection operator, when used in statistical ensembles. We also give some applications of the most-intersection operator in formal language theory and hypergraphs. The introduction of the most-intersection operator leads to a large number of applications in pure and applied mathematics some of which we leave open for further study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, we present a modal logic that extends the basic modal logic M L with two dynamic operators: copy ( c p ), which replicates the current model, labelling each copy with a different propositional symbol and respecting accessibility relations even between distinct copies; and remove ( r m ), which deletes paths in the model that satisfy certain intermediate conditions. We call the resulting logic M L (c p , r m). We study its computational complexity, and its relative expressivity with respect to (static) modal logics M L and M L (◻ −) , and the dynamic epistemic Action Model Logic, A M L . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]