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Background: During lockdown, I began exploring the use of response art while working with individual adult clients in private practice online. At times, the contributions it made to the therapy seemed significant and too pivotal to ignore. Context: Adult clients in private art therapy practice in the UK. Approach: An overview of the present discourse on response art is provided, followed by an exploration of related theories including Stern's 'attunement', Winnicott's 'holding' and Bion's 'container-contained'. An outline of how response art is integrated into a session is presented and illustrated with three vignettes. Outcomes: Response art was useful for the clients included in this paper when frozen emotionally or struggling to find words. It helped with restarting art making, trusting the therapist, reframing experiences, and encouraging emotional processing. Conclusions: Attunement was key in the decision-making and implementation of a creative response. The therapist's vulnerability in exposing their creative and mental processes appeared to be a valuable model for the client. The sounds (or silences) and gestures made during the making of the response art also appeared to be significant for the clients. Implications for research: Further research into benefits, risks and influencing factors when using response art would be instructive. Plain-language summary: Traditionally the art therapist observes the client making art. During lockdown, I began to explore making artwork at the same time as the client. I was working online with individual adult clients in private practice with the aim of responding to what they brought to the session. The contributions that the response artwork made to the therapy seemed significant and too important to ignore. An overview of the current discussion around response art is outlined. This is followed by looking at how it could relate to theory. An outline is given of how it was introduced and used within sessions, and three examples are offered to illustrate. Response art seemed to be useful when the clients included in this paper were stuck emotionally or could find no words. It helped them to restart their own art making and processing. Sometimes it appeared easier for the clients to trust what they saw in the response artwork, than it was for them to trust the therapist. Through the response art I hoped to offer another view point and encourage the clients towards alternate ways of thinking. Empathy is of key importance in art therapy. In the making of response artwork, I attempted to demonstrate my empathy for my clients. I became vulnerable in the process of artmaking, which appeared be a helpful model for the clients. The sounds (or silences) and gestures made by the therapist during the making of the response, also appeared to be significant for the clients. More research into the benefits, risks and influencing factors when using response art would be useful. It would be helpful to have a better understanding about the role of gender in response art and if there are any implications for practice or not. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stablecoins have gained prominence as an effective means to mitigate the inherent volatility in the cryptocurrency markets by providing a stable and reliable medium for value preservation and transfer. This research paper investigates the attributes that render stablecoins a preferable vehicle for value retention and transaction within these markets. By employing a quantitative methodology, this study collected data through surveys, with a sample size of 714 individuals chosen via purposive sampling techniques. To analyze the data, both descriptive and inferential statistical methods were applied. The demographic profiles of the sample were summarized using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages. For examining the relationships between demographic factors (such as gender, age, education, income, and place of residence) and the perceived efficacy of stablecoins, inferential techniques including Chi-square tests and logistic regression were utilized. The logistic regression analysis specifically assessed how these variables influenced the likelihood of participants favoring stablecoins for financial transactions. The results indicate that the preference for stablecoins as a means of holding or transferring value within the cryptocurrency domain in Thailand varies significantly across different demographic groups, specifically influenced by factors such as gender, education, income, and place of residence. These outcomes provide insightful implications concerning the demographic influences on the adoption and utilization of stablecoins in financial activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to determine the effects of ball carriage on change of direction speed in club-level male lacrosse players using an L-run test when compared with two control conditions "no-ball, with-stick" and "no-ball, no-stick". Thirteen participants (M±SD; age = 27 ± 7.5 years; height = 179.5 ± 5.8 cm; body mass = 82.9 ± 11.3 kg) conducted a randomised, counterbalanced study. Each completed six trials, performing two repetitions under three conditions: "no-ball, no-stick" (NBNS), "no-ball, with-stick" (NBWS), and "with-ball, with-stick" (WBWS). L-run completion times were not different between NBWS (6.30 ± 0.25 s) and WBWS (6.38 ± 0.28 s) (p = 0.452, Mdiff = 0.07 s, 95% CIdiff [−0.06 to 0.20 s]). There was also no difference from the NBNS (6.22 ± 0.26 s) to the NBWS conditions (p = 0.095, Mdiff = 0.09 s, 95% CIdiff [−0.01 to 0.18 s]). However, completion time was significantly longer in the WBWS condition compared to the NBNS condition (p = 0.029, Mdiff = 0.16 s, 95% CIdiff [0.02 to 0.30 s]). Therefore, carrying a ball in a stick may negatively influence change of direction compared to with no ball or stick. Coaches should implement the lacrosse stick and cradling to better replicate the sport-specific mechanical demands of match-play. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the study is to determine the influence of a business group on the assessment of the borrower’s creditworthiness, as well as to identify the most significant credit risk factors. Despite the fact that creditworthiness assessment is widely disseminated in both domestic and foreign literature, the impact of the consolidated group in the context of this problem is practically not mentioned. The authors use a statistical modeling method using logistic regression. The variable models are based on the annual financial statements of both individual companies and business groups. To select factors and build a model, approaches used in statistics and machine learning were used to obtain unbiased and effective estimates, independent of the sample generating these estimates. Analyzed data of 8691 companies providing annual financial statements in accordance with Russian accounting standards from 2015 to 2021. The total sample size was 22 201 observations. The number of bankruptcy events in the sample is 238 observations. Variables calculated from consolidated financial statements in accordance with international standards were used as information about the group. Various views on the concepts of “business group” and “holding” in the domestic literature are considered and systematized. Features of the behavior of companies united in groups are given. Variables associated with the business group that are significant in assessing the probability of bankruptcy of individual companies have been identified. Various specific aspects of the activities of companies associated with the group are mentioned. A statistical model is constructed to confirm a number of hypotheses, which is subject to verification and analysis. The bankruptcy event is used to determine the significant deterioration of a company’s creditworthiness. It is concluded that the use of group reporting data can improve the quality of model prediction for companies associated with a business group.

The article considers the issues of digitalization of the end-to-end planning system of economic forms of enterprise associations (holdings, corporations, clusters), when many enterprises at all planning levels should work in one technical and methodological planning system. The purpose of this study is to substantiate the digitalization of the end-to-end planning system in the machine-building holding, including enterprises of single and small-scale production type. Based on a review of domestic and foreign studies in the field of planning from the 1920s to the present day, the following stages of informatization of the planning process are considered: the use of mechanical engineering tools, computerization, digitalization; the relevance of the transition of the planning system of machine-building holding to the stage of digitalization based on certain effects; the problems of digitalization; the inevitability of changes and the need to give these changes a positive content of modernization. From the point of view of digitalization, the elements of the planning system and their interrelations are identified: data, indicator, process, competence, tools. To ensure the creation of an end-to-end planning system, four stages of the cyclic process of changing (modernizing) the planning system in the digital environment are proposed: measurement (1) and evaluation (2) of the planning system performance, design (3) and implementation (4) of the planning system modification. The stages are considered in relation to the holding's enterprise (or enterprises) and to the planning system element. Changing the planning system element within the stage of changing the planning system itself is also considered as a cyclic process consisting of four stages. The results of the study were tested on two machine-building holdings. As a result of testing, it was largely possible to implement the proposed recommendations and achieve the declared effects of digitalization of the end-to-end planning system in the machine-building holding. At the same time, problems limiting the full achievement of the goals were identified. The problems of interfunctional interaction regarding planning in the digital environment determined the directions of further research. The study is useful for managers and specialists of machine-building holdings in the functions of planning, production, development, information technology (IT); as well as employees of IT and consulting companies that develop and implement planning systems in the digital environment.

The article examines mechanisms for deepening interaction between universities and enterprises in order to improve the quality of training of specialists and solve scientific and production problems, first of all, considering the problems of organizing production on the basis of a university, in particular, the problems of creating small innovative enterprises in a university environment and the possibility of commercialization are considered scientific and educational activities. The authors consider the features of the activities of small innovative enterprises and emerging risks. They offer mechanisms for building relationships with industrial partners. They pay attention to the rather complex procedure and rules for creating production activities on the basis of a university, analyze the experience of the functioning of small industrial enterprises in Russia, and highlight several problems that in one way or another hinder the widespread organization of production on the basis of universities. The scientific novelty of the article is the attempt to combine into a single system all forms and methods of interaction between the university, school and industrial partner through the creation of a holding company based on basic departments. The main research methods: studying the experience of the country’s leading universities, through the analysis of their charters and the analysis of Internet resources on the functioning of small innovative enterprises — in universities.

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The study investigated effective records retention program in selected university libraries in the South-South, Nigeria. The population consists of 790librarians and library staff of the federal, state and private university libraries in the south-south, Nigeria, The questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Seven hundred and ninety (790) copies of the questionnaire were administered but 670 copies were retrieved from the respondents. The data collected were subjected to frequency count and simple percentage. The results of the study, among others, showed that universities libraries has the following typed of records commonly stored which include books and journals acquired, periodical/ appraisal /promotion/ conference records, staff files, library holdings, minute of meeting, receipts of money received, library equipment, actual budget allocation, releases and retiring/ shipment receipts and purchase order. The outcomes of the study revealed that existing records retention programs in the university libraries were patron records, library resources records, standard records /managerial records and digital records. The study further reveals that using computer, stored manually and file cabinets were the methods utilised to improve records retention programs. It also, revealed lack of awareness on records policy /lack of professional training on records retention/ improper filling, inadequate finance, inadequate resources facilities', lack of policy implementation, poor maintenance culture, quality and quantity of staff / poor storage condition. It was recommended that management should develop a comprehensive records retention policy that establish clear guidelines of what constitutes a record, identify different record types, and categorize them based on their importance and legal requirements and how long each record type should be retained, considering factors like legal obligations, historical value, and operational needs and among others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the context of growth trends in the scale and diversification of business, the internal costs of companies with a complex holding structure are also increasing. Solutions that improve the efficiency of settlement systems are particularly relevant and significant. Therefore, the paper is devoted to the problems of building settlement systems that minimize the negative impact of certain factors reducing the economic efficiency of calculations. The purpose of the study is to develop methodological foundations for rationalization the holding’s settlement system based on clearing obligations. The tasks of this paper are set as follows: to propose methodological tools for the reorganization of the system of intra-holding settlements; to test the proposed recommendations for the rationalization of the settlement system in holding structures. According to the results of the study, the authors systematized a set of factors that determine the effectiveness of the system of intra-group settlements. It is proposed to attribute the number of payment transactions and the volume of payment turnover to the quantitative factors of the settlement system efficiency. Qualitative factors of the settlement system efficiency are associated with the consolidation of financial information, the degree of automation of settlement processes, and the flexibility of the settlement system. The authors used the Ward method to build a cluster structure of the holding based on the analysis of payment turnover of pairs of companies, statistical methods of quantitative and qualitative assessment of the effectiveness of the holding’s settlement system. The scientific novelty is expressed by the fact that the paper offers methodological tools for reorganization the system of intra-holding settlements. A methodology for rationalization the holding’s settlement system based on clearing obligations, universal in use by holding-type companies, has been developed and its approbation has been carried out. The conclusions based on the results of the study form recommendations for changing some aspects of the holding’s activities in accordance with the results of the modernization of the holding’s settlement system. The method of rationalization of the system of intra-holding settlements proposed by the authors has versatility in application and can be used in solving management tasks within any holding.

The article considers the dynamics of the modern world, where globalization determines economic and financial relationships, the concept of "beneficial owner" becomes the key in the context of international financial structures. This topic is of considerable interest and debate as the identification of the true owner and user of financial resources becomes more difficult due to the development of diverse business models and financial instruments. At present, transparency of beneficial ownership is considered as a key aspect of policy in the fight against illegal financial flows, which include cross-border financial transactions aimed at money laundering, tax evasion; corruption and terrorist financing. Without transparency of beneficial ownership, criminals are able to participate in illegal activities, hiding it behind legal entities or nominal owners. Abuse of corporate secrets can be prevented by identifying, registering and disclosing information about individuals who exercise decisive influence or control over the activities of legal entities, such as companies, partnerships, trusts or similar legal entities. The issues of creating entities with a transparent ownership structure, reducing the level of corruption, disclosing the real owners of certain companies to society, preventing and counteracting the legalization of illegal income by officials of all levels continue to be a priority in Ukraine. In particular, countries in which legal entities may issue bearer shares or bearer warrants, or in which nominal shareholders or nominee directors may exist, should take effective measures to ensure that they are not used to launder funds or finance terrorism. This article examines the role of the beneficial owner in international financial structures, revealing the essence of the concept, its meaning and impact on financial processes. The study is aimed at revealing the key aspects related to the definition of the beneficial owner, its role in preventing aggressive tax planning, as well as in the context of compliance with international norms and standards in the field of financial transparency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effect of preliminary high-speed heating before recrystallization annealing of dynamite steel has been studied. The change in microstructure during annealing at different temperatures and holding times has been studied. A comparison was made with the parameters of steel obtained using the traditional method of heat treatment. Based on the obtained experimental data, conclusions were drawn about the influence of preliminary high-speed heating, temperature and holding time of recrystallization annealing on the kinetics of recrystallization and about the possibility of using new heat treatment technologies to intensify production and obtain steel with better characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper addresses the issues of factors determining the functioning of tax capital groups in Poland. The author points out the most important motivators from the point of view of organizing group of companies, but also the reasons for establishing and legal basis for forming tax capital groups. Based on the tax capital group of one of the largest insurance companies in Poland - PZU. Additionally, the author analyzed the method of creating a tax capital group and presented the most important benefits obtained by the tax entity. The validity of the decision taken within the capital group can be assessed in the areas of: accounting, tax settlements, fulfilling other tax duties and principles of cooperating in PGK PZU. As a result of the analysis, a new trend was identified related to the creation of tax unity in Poland.

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are one of the business entities aiming to advance people's wellbeing. Government Regulation (PP) No. 72 of 2016 concerning Procedures for Participation and Stock Capital Administration in State-Owned Enterprises and Limited Companies states that SOEs which are used as capital participation of other SOEs become subsidiaries of these other SOEs. It is considered to undermine the function of the The House of Representatives and make the state seem to have lost control of the former SOEs. The PP was tested materially because it was considered not in accordance with Law no. 19 of 2003 concerning SOEs. Based on the judicial review, the Supreme Court (MA) rejected the lawsuit. However, the Supreme Court's consideration stated that SOEs which are SOEs subsidiaries remain state-owned and are inversely proportional to the Constitutional Court decision No.01/PHPUPRES/XVII/2019 dated June 24, 2019, which in its consideration stated that SOEs must be considered the composition of its state-owned shares. The status of SOEs that has changed to become a SOEs subsidiary is no longer categorized as SOEs but becomes Limited Companies with special rights with a special assignment from the Government because it has series A shares (merah putih shares). The status of the State's Wealth of the former SOEs becomes the assets of the former SOEs but still within the scope of State Finance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Efficient resource allocation is the key to ensuring the economic growth. Business integration generates both coordination and distribution effects of resource allocation. The former reflects the efficiency of the whole group in terms of resources distribution, the latter illustrates benefits and/or costs of its individual participants obtained due to resources dispensed to them. The paper develops and tests a method for assessing distributive allocative characteristics of resources in a group of enterprises. Neoclassical and new institutional economics constitute the methodological basis of the research, including the theories of production possibilities and industrial organisation, and the contract theory. The 2014–2021 data on economic performance of OOO MMC-Steel, a local group of enterprises in control of the Ural Mining Metallurgical Company, one of the largest holdings in Russia, are studied using general (system analysis and synthesis, typology) and economic statistical methods. According to the findings, there are seven types of resource allocation, which impact on the coordination and distribution effects in a group of industrial enterprises. The study develops a method for assessing three types of distributive allocation of resources: factor- and product-based, intra-organisational. The testing of this toolkit in three groups of resources (production, material, and labour) demonstrated that OOO MMC-Steel features a significant heterogeneity, and the level of allocation of resource portfolio is substantial. The proposed approach enables the creation of a resources strategy that takes into account the solutions to the problem of resources’ allocative efficiency in a group of industrial enterprises.

According to Oliver Williamson, parameters of transaction – its frequency and relation-specific investment – determine the type of resource management. Theoretically, the main reason for the creation and sustainable functioning of complex hierarchical structures is related to business success being dependent on relation-specific and idiosyncratic resources, as well as to the minimization of transaction costs caused by resource exchange. Presumably, the converse is also true: a group of enterprises will make relation-specific investments independently and acquire non-specific resources in the market. The paper tests this thesis using the case study of the Russian industrial holding OOO MMC-Steel. Property rights theory and incomplete contracts theory make up the theoretical framework of the study. We apply economic and statistical methods, as well as the methodology of input-output balance. Empirical evidence consists of data on economic performance of OOO MMC-Steel. Production resources allocation by the level of specificity was studied in two stages. First, we assessed the holding’s choice between specific and nonspecific investments in 2014–2021. Second, we monitored resource flows within the industrial group. The findings show that OOO MMC-Steel’s specific investments are rather heterogeneous. Internal resource flows can be described as conditionally specific and aimed to a greater extent at obtaining coordination effects. The proposed methodology makes it possible to further develop the resource strategy considering the issue of resource allocation efficiency.

The relevance of the subject under study is due to the disquietude of the society, because currently the term “land market” is actively introduced in Ukraine; because of this, monopoly rent is appropriated and redistributed to the enrichment of several heavy duty plot landlords and land users, who already control more than half of the agricultural lands of Ukraine. This paper is aimed at realization of objective analysis of economic processes and covering the regional development of the territories of Ukraine, where agricultural enterprises and farms operate. The leading methods of the study were a dialectical method of cognition of economic phenomena with the review in the historical and economic aspect, and an abstract-logical method, based on the formation of proposals and conclusions. The has showed that agricultural holdings not only support the social sphere formed in the economy but also can implement programs focused on the development of employees and the growth of their social protection. The practical value of this study is also conditioned upon the fact that the progressive principles of governance, management, and transfer of a part of the social benefits available to the population of the cities to the village, which contribute to the economic development of the communities, are involved in the innovative technologies in agricultural sector. The results of this study prove that there are preconditions for development of agribusiness in Ukraine. Specifically, sufficiency of land resources; the necessary production infrastructure and social sphere have been formed; production of highly efficient agricultural machinery and equipment for target production in different edaphoclimatic conditions has been organized, which is evidenced by growth of the number of agricultural holdings annually in most regions of Ukraine. The functioning of farming is an alternative opportunity to share agricultural lands that helped create an economic basis for the system of agricultural enterprises

The capacity to relax and letting one's mind wander is one of the cornerstones of psychoanalysis. In cases where this capacity seems hindered, the reasons are characteristically sought from particular and specific inhibitions: what is thereby taken to be interfered is not the capacity of relaxation but only the activation of this capacity in a particular regard. In contrast to this mainstream way of thinking, Winnicott argues that the capacity for mental relaxation is a developmental achievement and presupposes a safe sense of integration. The present article investigates this dynamism. It clarifies how an integral sense of self arises out of primary unintegration, explains how a well-established sense of self grounds the ability to relax, and underlines the centrality of relaxed unintegration in everyday life as well as in the analytic situation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Persons with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PMID) are in danger of not being granted the human right to experience self-determination. Attitudes questioning the relevance of the rights of persons with significant support needs and a lack of guidance on how to practically go about ensuring self-determination might explain this. Providing knowledge about this matter, this article contributes through an ethnography highlighting the relationship between persons with PIMD and professionals. The concept of holding another's identity was found to be a possible, fruitful approach toward self-determination in this context. Descriptions of holding dialogues with an ethics of care suggest specific conditions for moving practices toward self-determination: recognize the role of the professional, emphasize embodied empathy, and enable involvement. The ethnography suggests a broadened understanding of self-determination, pinpointing the importance of sensitivity toward the other's particularity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The sorption properties of some sands selected in the coastal zones of economically important, but at the same time ecologically oppressed territories of Vietnam are considered. The purpose of the research is to assess the absorption capacity of sands in relation to emulsifi ed petroleum products, to identify their ecological role in typical situations of spillage of small amounts of toxic substances. It is shown that the sorption qualities of the sands depend on the location of the sands, their geochemical and granulometric heterogeneity. It turned out that according to the content of α-quartz, the sands used can be divided into two types with a clearly expressed correlation of sorption qualities with the mineral content. Quartz sands, represented by fi ne-grained pellets, have a high ability to retain oil fi lms. Sands with a content of 10–11% (wt.) corundum are represented by larger and sharper-edged particles with lower bulk density and reduced absorption capacity. For each sand maximally saturated with gasoline components, the reaction to “rainy” or “sunny” weather has been investigated. For the fi rst case, desorption with repeated washing with water has been carried out, in the second case, drying with heating and subsequent single passing of water through a layer of sand. It is shown that gasoline fi lms are fi rmly held on sand particles during washing, but are easily removed when heated. With repeated washing of the underlying layers, it reaches about a quarter of the initial gasoline content in the emulsion, which is fi ltered through sand. When drying with heating, up to a quarter of volatile hydrocarbons are dispersed from the sands, while an insignifi cant amount of organic matter is found in the fi ltrates.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indonesian banking industry showed positive performance, high profitability, sustainable growth, and stability. Islamic banks grew by 9.50% and had a market share of 6.52 percent as of September 2021. This study aims to examine the industrial sector perspective on the factors that prevent consumers from becoming customers of Islamic banks, in particular the factors that influence consumer decisions not to become Sharia bank customers. This study used descriptive qualitative methods and in-depth interviews to confirm and obtain input from industry representatives regarding Islamic banks. Primary data collection was performed using a purposive sampling technique. Informants were head office officials, managers, heads of individual retail product development units, product features and policies, market education, marketing, customer acquisition, and individual retailers. The findings of this study are the existence of passive resistance of consumers to become customers of Islamic banks. In addition, there are obstacles for prospective customers of Islamic banks in responding to marketing stimuli due to the perception of risk, image, and weak marketing reach that have dominated passive resistance to Islamic banks (blocking effects). As a result, consumers prefer conventional banks and are less interested in becoming customers of Islamic banks. This means that there is no opposition to Islamic banks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analysts and psychotherapists are beginning to have more thorough and probing discussions about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their work. Shifting to online teletherapy has been necessary due to the public health measures put in place to curtail the spread of the virus. Much of the existing literature addresses how using online platforms for teletherapy works for adults. This paper instead looks at its effects on working with children and adolescents. A contrast between Winnicott's notion of holding and Bion's concept of container-contained is reviewed through a summary of a paper by Ogden. This author finds that holding might be more applicable to online work during a pandemic when the collective relationship to time and its usual parameters is severely upended. Containing could be more arduous and challenging online due to the lack of embodied presence to communicate and detect tiny nonverbal cues. A short questionnaire affirms that child analysts and psychotherapists have struggled with dimensions of online work that are particular to the developmental levels of their patients. Further, teletherapy may often not be a good fit for someone with learning differences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through a conversational form, we weave together our experiences of making curious and conscious encounters with a work of art in a gallery, while grounding our nonlinear understandings of our shared aesthetic experience on the works of Maxine Greene, Peter de Bolla and Arnold Berleant. Holding, as our conceptual framework, seeds a kind of sensibility in us towards holding space to be dynamically in relation to each other and the work of art. The embodied and textual ways of conversing in this paper become a form of invitation to critically and creatively engage with the diverse meanings of aesthetic experience; an invitation to pause with and contemplate about how our embodied togetherness in the gallery led us to unexplored potentialities for seeking alternative ways of encountering the work aesthetically and internalising the aesthetic sensibilities and qualities that we experienced together in the gallery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of the treatment of perpetrators of violence, psychodynamic discourse has often focused on individual aggression and other related emotions and mental phenomena, such as anger, rage, cruelty, sadism and brutality. Psychodynamic theory has been less explicit, however, about how to address an individual's actual violent acts within the psychotherapeutic setting. This article aims to address this gap. It illustrates how psychoanalytic theory – most notably through Winnicott, Fonagy and Glasser – can be used to inform thinking about, and interventions with, men who use violence against their children and partners, using a clinical case that describes psychotherapeutic work with a perpetrator of domestic violence. The article concludes that the psychotherapist's countertransference is an important tool in working with men who use violence, and highlights the importance of the therapist's capacity for impulse regulation, emotional understanding, and handling of his or her own aggression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: As we enter the third millennium, we witness rapid changes in technology and an increase in the complexity of environmental complexities. Under such circumstances, strategic management is widely used by most businesses to overcome uncertainties and withstand the onslaught of competitors. Meanwhile, the realization of visions, missions, and values and the competitive strategies of firms has become the main concern. This is because strategy development alone will not guarantee the success of the company. Unless these strategies are implemented; they will have no effect on the success and survival of the organization. Thus, the implementation of the strategy is far more important than the quality of the strategy. However, the challenges of strategic management lie in the implementation phase of the strategy more than the formulation stage. Therefore, the strategy execution and use of formal processes in strategy implementation management are critical to facilitating strategy implementation and achieving outstanding performance. In this research, strategy execution emphasizes translating strategies into action, aligning strategies with contextual variables, and managing strategic transformations. However, the readiness for strategy execution is one of the major scientific and practical shortcomings in effective strategy execution. The purpose of this study is to design and explain the model of strategy execution readiness based on a comprehensive and operational approach that fits the ecosystem of Iranian organizations. Methodology: This is an applied type of research in terms of purpose. Due to the knowledge enhancement resulting from explaining the concept of strategy execution readiness, this research also has a developmental nature. It is done through exploratory, descriptive, and hypothesis testing sequences. The research seeks to establish the dimensions and components of measuring the readiness of strategy execution using an inductive -deductive research approach in the form of a combined exploratory research strategy. Thus, in the qualitative stage of the model design, the method of qualitative content analysis is used. In the stage of model testing and fitting, the structural equation modeling and the method of partial least squares are applied with the Smart PLS software. Also, the data are collected, analyzed, and modeled by theoretical sampling and interviews with experts in the qualitative part of the research and by random sampling and distribution of questionnaires in the quantitative part of the research. Results and Discussion: In this study, the theoretical foundations of the subject were reviewed, and the opinions of 21 experts in the field of holding were used. Also, based on qualitative content analysis and theoretical coding, a comprehensive and operational model was designed and explained. The results of the qualitative data analysis, which were validated by professors and academic experts, were presented in the four dimensions of leadership, human, organizational and strategic preparedness, along with 12 key components and 62 items. Also, the structural equation modeling method was used to evaluate the suitability of the proposed model of strategies readiness. The results of applying the methodology proposed in the present study demonstrate the acceptable fit and validity of the organization readiness model for strategy execution. Actually, the average value of redundancies related to endogenous factors in the model is equal to 0.39. Also, the significance level of T in all paths of the model is more than 1.96. In other words, in all paths, the obtained weights have a significant difference with zero, which indicates the correctness of the relationships among the dimensions. Thus, the research hypotheses are confirmed at a 95% confidence level. Finally, through the calculation of the GOF value, 0.63 was obtained. For GOF, this value indicates a strong overall fit of the model. Based on the data analysis algorithm, the strategic preparedness component as the most important component of the current preparedness and leadership was considered as the weakest preparedness condition in food products holdings. Conclusion: In order to increase the readiness of strategy execution based on the Delphi method, the most important executive initiatives were prioritized to establish corporate governance, to improve scenario planning, strategic issues and risks in leadership readiness, to coordinate communication policies, to visualize the vision in human readiness, to design forums, succession and participation rewards in organizational readiness, to establish better future research systems, to set up a thinking framework, and to implementat business intelligence and operational budgeting for strategic readiness. Application of the results of this research can improve the organizational readiness for strategy execution and make it possible to implement effective strategies and, consequently, embody visions, missions and values.

The article presents a clinical study about a girl named Samira and her process of psychoanalytic analysis. It analyzes how the failures in Samira's internal object stability are a consequence of the erratic presence/absence of her external objects. The analysis lasted approximately two years and it was found that the analytical work favored the strengthening of Samira's capacity for emotional containment, thinking, and symbolization. The importance of holding and stability in maternal care and the environmental surroundings in Samira's development is highlighted. [Extracted from the article]

Tove Jansson (1914–2001), was a Swedish speaking Finn, a noted painter and writer, best known as the creator and author of the Moomin books which she illustrated herself. The first book in the series was published in 1945 in Finland. Since then, they have delighted many children and adult readers and gained the status of classics. Although the Moomins are especially well-known in the Nordic countries, they are also popular abroad and have been translated into many different languages. Moominvalley is both a familiar and magical place where the everyday and the incredible intertwine seamlessly to transport readers beyond the everyday to the realm of fairy tales and inner worlds. Deep structures of meaning can be found underlying the stories representing a delicate interplay between separateness and union, the tension between being seen and hidden, and integration of the self. This paper aims to examine how the stories evoke these inner processes and are depicted in the behaviours, moods and feelings of Moomin characters in the light of psychoanalytic theory, with particular reference to the work of Melanie Klein, Wilfred Bion and Donald Winnicott. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Education in the area of therapeutic relationships has enhanced the practice of nursing. In addition to improving patient safety, introducing these skills to undergraduate students has a positive impact on students' experiences. Patients' safety, both in what patients perceive and as demonstrated in outcomes, is strengthened when patients feel authentically seen and heard. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Contrary to Freud, who understood childhood state of mind through observation and understanding of adult patients, Winnicott, as a pediatrician, directly observed numerous children, mothers, and their interactions in his practice and postulated his theory of childhood state of mind as either healthy or pathologic. Among his contributions to psychoanalysis, ‘holding’ and ‘good enough mother’ are concepts of interest in this paper. Winnicott, as well as other theorists after S. Freud has been known for paving the way into understanding and treating so-called ‘sicker’ patients such as borderline patients. In this paper, I illustrate and discuss a couple of clinical vignettes to understand and help the patient in an emotionally overwhelmed state. Particularly I highlight the differentiation of the real and fantasy and/or mentalization of the patient through the proper clinical application of the ‘holding’. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Attachment to the bad object has remained a durable, undertheorized clinical problem. With an extended clinical example, the experience of limit, in both patient and analyst, is examined as part of a dense undercurrent in the relationship, including transference, that gives rise to shifts in understanding the attachment to an unsatisfying internal object. Importantly, the patient's and the analyst's experiences of limit are "in play" during the process of changes in the patient's attachment to the bad object. The relation of patient and analyst to the patient's internal objects, including bad and unsatisfying objects, is where play itself begins. Limit itself is constitutive of play. The analyst's attempt to analyze his own thoughts and experience regarding limits in maintaining an empathic connection to the patient's psychic reality influences the patient's capacity to take in a new part of his or her experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Visi Kementerian BUMN saat ini adalah menyelesaikan pembentukan perusahaan holding induk (super holding company) BUMN dalam bentuk klaster yang menjadi payung pengelola BUMN agar dapat menggerakkan proses penciptaan nilai tambah bagi sebesar-besarnya kepentingan rakyat. Perusahaan holding induk BUMN dalam bentuk klaster tersebut akan membawahi perusahaan-perusahaan atau perusahaan holding berdasarkan klaster-klaster sejenis dalam struktur korporasi modern. Pembentukan klaster-klaster tersebut tujuannya untuk memperkuat rantai pasok bukan membunuh sektor usaha lainnya yang sedang berjalan dan meningatkan sinergitas. Realisasi pembentukan induk usaha (holding) pada BUMN berdasarkan core business mesti disikapi dan dilaksanakan secara hati-hati. Sebab, ada sejumlah potensi permasalahan hukum yang mungkin muncul ke permukaan ketika proses holding BUMN itu direalisasikan salah satunya berkaitan dengan status hukum BUMN. Potensi permasalahan itu berangkat dari definisi BUMN sebagaimana diatur dalam Undang-Undang Nomor 19 Tahun 2003 tentang Badan Usaha Milik Negara. Potensi permasalah itu memunculkan dua isu hukum yakni berkaitan dengan Kedudukan hukum BUMN yang menjadi anak perusahaan dalam Holding Company dan Wewenang Negara/Pemerintah dalam melakukan pengawasan dan fungsi pembinaan kepada BUMN yang menjadi anak perusahaan dalam Holding Company. Penulis menggunakan metode penelitian hukum, yaitu suatu kegiatan know-how dalam ilmu hukum, bukan sekedar know-about, sebagai kegiatan know-how penelitian hukum dilakukan untuk memecahkan isu hukum yang dihadapi. Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penulisan ini adalah pendekatan undang-undang (statute approach) dan pendekatan konseptual (conceptual approach).

Relationship-based practice has become an influential theory through which social work practice is understood. However, much more critical attention needs to be given to the kinds of relationships involved. This paper is based on an ethnographic study of long-term social work that spent 15 months observing practice with service users and organisational life to find out how social workers establish and sustain long-term relationships with children and parents in child protection cases, or don't. The paper introduces into the literature the concept of a 'holding relationship', which was present in several of the cases we studied, especially where therapeutic change occurred. The aims of the paper are to document the nature of a holding relationship and to develop it as a concept. A 'holding relationship' involved social workers being reliable, immersing themselves in the service user's day-to-day existence and developing their life-skills, getting physically and emotionally close to them, and practicing critically by taking account of power and inequalities. The concept of a 'holding relationship' draws on psycho-dynamic and sociological theory to provide new ways of thinking that can help make sense of the practical and emotional relating involved in social work and promote the development of such helpful relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes two supervision groups of supervisor‐interns undergoing training as supervisors, based on psychoanalytic supervisory principles, within the academic setting of a school of social work. The author focuses on the challenge of creating reflective and containment space, given the importance of such space for the supervisor‐interns' learning and development in the context of the social construction of practice. Participants' descriptions, at their weekly supervision group meetings, of the supervisory process, are combined with vignettes and narratives of their experiences as supervisor‐interns. Those experiences, under the author's tutelage as supervision group leader, were analysed through mirroring and interpreting the unconscious conflicts of a presented patient, the supervisee−patient relationship, or the process in the supervisory situation itself through the stimulus of the unconscious of group members manifesting in the verbalization of ideas. The supervision groups enabled associative thinking and dreaming as participants processed unconscious experiences, unconscious identifications, and communications derived from clinical materials. The relevance of these processes to teaching and learning supervision is discussed, and their usefulness for conceptualizing professional growth and creativity is demonstrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The unreliable service and the unstable operation of a high-frequency bus line are shown as bus bunching and the uneven distribution of headways along the bus line. Although many control strategies, such as the static and dynamic holding strategies, have been proposed to solve the above problems, many of them take on some oversimplified assumptions about the real bus line operation. So it is hard for them to continuously adapt to the evolving complex system. In view of this dynamic setting, we present an adaptive holding method that combines the classic approximate dynamic programming (ADP) with the multistage look-ahead mechanism. The holding time, the only control means used in this study, will be determined by estimating its impact on the operation stability of the bus line system in the remaining observation period. The multistage look-ahead mechanism introduced into the classic Q-learning algorithm of the ADP model makes it easy that the algorithm gets through its earlier unstable phase more quickly and easily. During the implementation of the new holding approach, the past experiences of holding operations can be cumulated effectively into an artificial neural network used to approximate the unavailable Q-factor. The use of a detailed simulation system in the new approach makes it possible to take into account most of the possible causes of instability. The numerical experiments show that the new holding approach can stabilize the system by producing evenly distributed headway and removing bus bunching thoroughly. Compared with the terminal station holding strategies, the new method brings a more reliable bus line with shorter waiting times for passengers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today, business intelligence is regarded as a competitive advantage and a critical factor in the success of organizations. Business intelligence integrates the organization's data and information and enables managers to control and navigate key organizational processes. researchers have referred to improving organizational performance by employing business intelligence in organizations, there has not been a comprehensive study of the process of influencing business intelligence on key performance indicators, especially in the area of ​​economic holding performance. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the impact of business intelligence as a knowledge management tool on improving key performance indicators with system dynamics approach in investment holding. The statistical population of this study consists of managers, experts, experts and experts in management and economic sciences in investment holding. In order to collect data and extract the indices, while reviewing the literature on the subject and researches, the indices were extracted through qualitative and quantitative methods.In order to investigate the impact of business intelligence and KM on key indicators of investment holding performance, a system dynamics approach was used. Key functions of the organization are net profit index, return on capital and economic growth.

The article contains the results of research into the formation of a financial strategy for integrated holding structures in the field of information and communication, in particular, publishing organizations, as well as the factor model developed by the author, which allows assessing the impact of tax optimization results on the return on equity.