bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The 2013/14 Thames Basin Floods: Do Improved Meteorological Forecasts Lead to More Skillful Hydrological Forecasts at Seasonal Time Scales?
Authors: Neumann Jessica , Arnal Louise , Magnusson Linus , Cloke Hannah
Published: May 2018

The Thames basin experienced 12 major Atlantic depressions in winter 2013/14, leading to extensive and prolonged fluvial and groundwater flooding. This exceptional weather coincided with highly anomalous meteorological conditions across the globe. Atmospheric relaxation experiments, whereby conditions within specified regions are relaxed toward a reanalysis, have been used to investigate teleconnection patterns. However, no studies have examined whether improvements to seasonal meteorological forecasts translate into more skillful seasonal hydrological forecasts. This study applied relaxation experiments to reforecast the 2013/14 floods for three Thames basin catchments with different hydrogeological characteristics. The tropics played an important role in the development of extreme conditions over the Thames basin. The greatest hydrological forecasting skill was associated with the tropical Atlantic and less with the tropical Pacific, although both captured seasonal meteorological flow anomalies. Relaxation applied over the northeastern Atlantic produced confident ensemble forecasts, but hydrological extremes were underpredicted; this was unexpected with relaxation applied so close to the United Kingdom. Streamflow was most skillfully forecast for the catchment representing a large drainage area with high peak flow. Permeable lithology and antecedent conditions were important for skillfully forecasting groundwater levels. Atmospheric relaxation experiments can improve our understanding of extratropical anomalies and the potential predictability of extreme events such as the Thames 2013/14 floods. Seasonal hydrological forecasts differed from what was expected from the meteorology alone, and thus knowledge is gained by considering both components. In the densely populated Thames basin, considering the local hydrogeological context can provide an effective early alert of potential high-impact events, allowing for better preparedness.
Policy Generosity, Employer Heterogeneity, and Women’s Employment Opportunities: The Welfare State Paradox Reexamined
Authors: Mun Eunmi , Jung Jiwook
Published: May 2018

Scholars of comparative family policy research have raised concerns about potential negative outcomes of generous family policies, an issue known as the “welfare state paradox.” They suspect that such policies will make employers reluctant to hire or promote women into high-authority jobs, because women are more likely than men to use those policies and take time off. Few studies, however, have directly tested this employer-side mechanism. In this article, we argue that due to employer heterogeneity, as well as different modes of policy intervention such as mandate-based and incentive-based approaches, generous family policies may not always lead to employer discrimination. Adopting a quasi-experimental research design that classifies employers based on their differential receptivity to family policy changes, we compare their hiring and promotion of women before and after two major family policy reforms in Japan, one in 1992 and another in 2005. Our analysis using panel data of large Japanese firms finds little evidence of policy-induced discrimination against women. Instead, we find that employers who voluntarily provided generous leave benefits prior to government mandates or incentives actually hired and promoted more women after the legal changes, and employers who provided generous benefits in response to government incentives also increased opportunities for women.
Peridynamic modeling of low-velocity impact damage in laminated composites reinforced with z-pins
Authors: Baber Forrest , Ranatunga Vipul , Guven Ibrahim
Published: May 2018

In this study, a new approach for predicting damage and specific failure modes in laminated fiber reinforced composites is presented. The new method is based on the peridynamic theory and models individual plies, and represents fiber and matrix materials in each ply explicitly. These features enable analysis of laminates with arbitrary fiber orientation in a convenient manner. Additionally, a new failure mode identification algorithm has been developed and implemented. Instead of the conventional peridynamic damage parameter, the new algorithm works with individual broken bonds, which makes identification of different failure modes including matrix cracking, fiber breakage, and delamination straight-forward and unambiguous. The new peridynamic approach is demonstrated by considering the low-velocity impact damage on composite laminates with and without translaminar reinforcements. The translaminar reinforcement technique considered in this study is z-pinning; two different geometric configurations of z-pins are explored. The impact testing and the post-impact nondestructive evaluations with ultrasonic c-scans are performed at the Air Force Research Laboratory to characterize the delaminations. The impact tests on different samples are simulated using the current peridynamic approach. The predicted impact damage failure modes are compared against the experimental measurements. The new approach is shown to capture low-velocity impact damage both quantitatively and qualitatively.
A rare cause of proximal muscle weakness: immune necrotising myopathy
Authors: Can Guven Deniz , Erden Abdulsamet , Kilic Levent , Ozdamar Sevim Erdem , Karadag Omer
Published: May 2018

Background

Immune-mediated necrotising myopathies are characterised clinically by the subacute onset of proximal limb weakness, accompanied by elevated creatinine kinase levels. They are distinguished from other myopathies by the absence of prominent infiltration of the muscle with inflammatory cells in the biopsies.

Case presentation

A 44-year-old man presented with upper extremity weakness and dysphagia. Laboratory tests included a creatinine kinase level of 4362 U/L (normal: 52–336 U/L). Rheumatological markers were all negative. A muscle biopsy showed multiple necrotic fibres with minimal inflammatory infiltration. One gram of methylprednisolone (IV) was given, followed by 1 mg/kg of methylprednisolone daily by the oral route. Intravenous immunoglobulin (0.4 mg/kg/day) was given for five days. Muscle weakness regressed and dysphagia disappeared with treatment. The patient remains well in the 23rd month of treatment, taking 5 mg/day prednisolone and monthly intravenous immunoglobulin.

Conclusion

Treatment of immune-mediated necrotising myopathy can be challenging as evidence-based therapeutic options are limited. It is generally accepted that early and extensive immunosuppression, including glucocorticoids as first-line agents, may be required.
Switching controller design for linear time-invariant plant with H2 performance criterion
Authors: Wu Weilin , Xie Wei , He Wei , Zhang Langwen
Published: May 2018

This paper deals with the problem of designing a switching controller, which includes several linear time-invariant (LTI) controllers designed beforehand and independently for a specific LTI plant with corresponding H2 control performance criteria. It is possible to find suitable state space realizations for any given family of controller transfer matrices, which guarantee not only certain H2 performance of the overall closed-loop system under arbitrary switching but also the corresponding H2 performance of local subsystems at each switching point. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated with a numerical example.
Continuous higher order sliding mode observers for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems
Authors: Chawengkrittayanont Panitnart , Pukdeboon Chutiphon
Published: May 2018

Two nonlinear state observers are proposed to reconstruct the system states for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems. Both state observers are designed based on continuous higher order sliding mode and terminal sliding mode concepts. The proposed observers are chattering-free and constructed without any detailed model knowledge of the system. Desirable features of the proposed observers include that they are immune to noise and can be designed separately from a controller. Lyapunov stability theory is employed to prove the finite-time convergent and uniformly ultimately bounded observation. Simulation results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness and improved performance of the developed observers.
Name Norms: A Guide to Casting Your Next Experiment
Authors: Newman Leonard S. , Tan Mingxuan , Caldwell Tracy L. , Duff Kimberley J. , Winer E. Samuel
Published: May 2018

Psychologists often test hypotheses by constructing vignettes depicting people engaging in behavior and displaying characteristics designed to operationalize specific variables. People described in these vignettes are typically given names, but names have a variety of connotations that could lead to unwanted variance between conditions of an experiment and in other ways have implications for the results of a study. An up-to-date source of information to help guide the selection of names would be useful for researchers. Participants from four different regions of the United States rated a large sample of names in terms of perceived age, warmth, and competence. The full set of names is presented, along with some simple demonstration studies concretely illustrating the implications of name choice.
Role of mothers’ and fathers’ Internet parenting for family climate
Authors: Festl Ruth , Gniewosz Gabriela
Published: May 2018

Within today’s families, there is a growing relevance of children’s Internet use as an important and conflictual educational issue, especially during early and middle adolescence. The family climate can be seen as a sensor on how well families handle such Internet-related conflicts. We extended prior research by investigating the role Internet parenting plays for the perceived family climate of 952 nuclear families using a multiactor design. Moreover, we examined whether families’ educational background moderates the expected association between Internet parenting and family climate. The results confirmed that mothers and fathers with higher parenting confidence more often co-used the Internet with their child, which was found to positively influence the family climate. With regard to the education background, we found that the parental co-use of the Internet was a significant mediator, especially for middle- and lower educated fathers. Overall, the findings underline the relevance of parent–child shared Internet activities as a positive resource of family life.
Argument interdependence: Connections to serial argument goals and tactics in romantic relationships
Authors: Cionea Ioana A. , Johnson Amy Janan , Bostwick Eryn N.
Published: May 2018

This study examined the predictive utility of a new construct—argument interdependence—on serial argument goals (positive relational expressiveness, mutual understanding, desire to change the other person, negative expressiveness, dominance, desire to hurt the other while benefitting the self, and relational termination), tactics arguers report using to accomplish their goals (integrative and distributive), and arguers’ change in relational satisfaction following an episode of their serial argument. Participants ( N = 675) provided cross-sectional data via an online questionnaire. A structural equation model (SEM) was conducted to examine the study’s predictions. Argument interdependence was associated with four of the seven goals examined: positive relational expressiveness, mutual understanding, desire to hurt other, and relational termination. It was also associated with integrative tactics both directly and indirectly, and distributive tactics indirectly. Mutual understanding was positively associated, whereas dominance and hurting the other while benefiting the self were negatively associated, with integrative tactics. Relational expressiveness was negatively associated, whereas negative expressiveness, changing the other, dominance, and hurting the other while benefiting the self were positively associated, with distributive tactics. Both tactics were related to changes in relational satisfaction, as were indirect effects from argument interdependence and goals. We discuss these results by focusing on the contributions argument interdependence makes to serial argument literature.
Active sensing for motion planning in uncertain environments via mutual information policies
Authors: MacDonald Ryan A , Smith Stephen L
Published: May 2018

This paper addresses path planning with real-time reaction to environmental uncertainty. The environment is represented as a robotic roadmap, or graph, and is uncertain in that the edges of the graph are unknown to the robot a priori. Instead, the robot’s prior information consists of a distribution over candidate edge sets, modeling the likelihood of certain obstacles in the environment. The robot can locally sense the environment, and at a vertex, can determine the presence or absence of some subset of edges. Within this model, the reactive planning problem provides the robot with a start location and a goal location and asks it to compute a policy that minimizes the expected travel and observation cost. In contrast to computing paths that maximize the probability of success, we focus on complete policies (i.e., policies that are guaranteed to navigate the robot to the goal or determine no such path exists). We prove that the problem is NP-hard and provide a suboptimal, but computationally efficient solution. This solution, based on mutual information, returns a complete policy and a bound on the gap between the policy’s expected cost and the optimal. We test the performance of the policy and the lower bound against that of the optimal policy and explore the effects of errors in the robot’s prior information on performance. Simulations are run on a flexible factory scenario to demonstrate the scalability of the proposed approach. Finally, we present a method to extend this solution to robots with faulty sensors.
Timing of Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Kidney Injury
Authors: Karakala Nithin , Tolwani Ashita J.
Published: May 2018

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in critically ill patients and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. With the increased use of renal replacement therapy (RRT) for severe AKI, the optimal time for initiation of RRT has become one of the most probed and debated topic in the field of nephrology and critical care. There appears to be an increased trend toward earlier initiation of RRT to avoid life-threatening complications associated with AKI. Despite the presence of a plethora of studies in this field, the lack of uniformity in study design, patient population types, definition of early and late initiation, modality of RRT, and results, the optimal time for starting RRT in AKI still remains unknown. The beneficial effects reported in observational studies have not been supported by clinical trials. Recently, 2 of the largest randomized control trials evaluating the timing of RRT in critically ill patients with AKI showed differing results. We provide an in-depth review of the available data on the timing of dialysis in patients with AKI.
Remote maintenance support with the aid of cyber-physical systems and cloud technology
Authors: Jantunen Erkki , Gorostegui Unai , Zurutuza Urko , Albano Michele , Ferreira Luis Lino , Hegedűs Csaba , Campos Jaime
Published: May 2018

This article discusses how a business model based on traditional maintenance can evolve to generate servitization strategies, with the help of remote maintenance support. The application of cyber-physical systems and cloud technologies play a key role for such maintenance purposes. In fact, the utilization of large quantities of data collected on machines and their processing by means of advanced techniques such as machine learning enable novel techniques for condition-based maintenance. New sensor solutions that could be used in maintenance and interaction with cyber-physical systems are also presented. Here, data models are an important part of these techniques because of the huge amounts of data that are produced and should be processed. These data models have been used in a real case, supported by the Machinery Information Management Open System Alliance Open System Architecture for Condition-Based Maintenance standard architecture, for streamlining the modeling of collected data. In this context, an industrial use case is described, to enlighten the application of the presented concepts in a working pilot. Finally, current and future directions for application of cyber-physical systems and cloud technologies to maintenance are discussed.
A new system configuration design and power management strategies for a multi-source hybrid truck
Authors: Li Zhenhe , Huang Yanjun , Wang Hong
Published: May 2018

In this article, a novel system configuration with multiple energy sources is proposed for a hybrid truck in order to reduce fuel consumption and overcome the drawbacks of using a single energy source. The energy-saving characteristics of the hybrid system can be displayed after analyzing its system structure and performances. In order to validate the advantages of this presented system, the dynamic models of the system components are established in a MATLAB/Simulink environment, and initial and improved power management strategies with rule-based algorithms are developed. Then, the hybrid system is simulated based on the models and control strategies over the urban dynamometer driving schedule driving cycle. The simulation results show that the fuel consumption employing the initial power management strategy is 12.49 L/100 km, and there is a significant decrease with around 13.6% based on the improved strategy. The results also verify that the better fuel economy can be achieved by the proposed multi-source system compared to the counterparts under the same operating conditions.
The Role of Biomaterials in Implantation for Central Nervous System Injury
Authors: Chen Yu-Shuan , Harn Horng-Jyh , Chiou Tzyy-Wen
Published: May 2018

Permanent deficits that occur in memory, sensation, and cognition can result from central nervous system (CNS) trauma that causes dysfunction and/or unregulated CNS regeneration. Some therapeutic approaches are preferentially applied to the human body. Therefore, cell transplantation, one of the therapeutic strategies, may be used to benefit people. However, poor cell viability and low efficacy are the limitations to cell transplantation strategies. Biomaterials have been widely used in several fields (e.g., triggering cell differentiation, guiding cell migration, improving wound healing, and increasing tissue regeneration) by modulating their characteristics in chemistry, topography, and softness/stiffness for highly flexible application. We reviewed implanted biomaterials to investigate the roles and influences of physical/chemical properties on cell behaviors and applications. With their unique molecular features, biomaterials are delivered in several methods and mixed with transplanted cells, which assists in increasing postimplanted biological substance efficiency on cell survival, host responses, and functional recovery of animal models. Moreover, tracking the routes of these transplanted cells using biomaterials as labeling agents is crucial for addressing their location, distribution, activity, and viability. Here, we provide comprehensive comments and up-to-date research of the application of biomaterials.
Who Are the Children Available for Adoption?
Authors: Hallinan Helen W.
Published: May 2018

An adoption program must be geared to the needs of the children under its care. The rights of its children must be its primary concern. Among the children for whom agencies are seeking adoptive homes are those children free for adoption but not readily placeable because of the resistance of adoptive applicants to consider them—for example, the older boy, the child with a physical defect, the child with some mental retardation, the child with emotional problems.

Social workers have a responsibility to interpret agency adoption practices to the general public and so gain their support. Before we can do that, however, we must re-examine our own practices, discard what may no longer be valid, develop what we are convinced is good. Only by a thorough knowledge of our own theories, techniques, and practices can we hope to give knowledge to others and so ultimately carry out the responsibility with which we have been charged by the community.

The placement of children for adoption through accredited agencies is both the problem and the responsibility of all social agencies, hospitals, and shelters. It is the job of the social worker, in whatever setting he may be, to interpret to the public wherever and whenever the opportunity presents itself, the advantages of agency placements; to point out that there is no easy and painless path to parenthood through adoption but that there is a safe way—the agency way. No matter how attractive the black or gray market placement may appear, it is only the adoption agency that offers safeguards and protection to children, natural parents, and adoptive parents.
Long-Time Care in a Public Child-Placing Agency
Authors: Wires Emily Mitchell
Published: May 2018

Whether a child is with us for long-time care or for a short period only, our success in meeting his needs will stem from the same essentials: a recognition and acceptance, on the part of both parents and agency, of (1) the need for placement, the reasons therefor, and the probable period of care; (2) the continuing meaning and importance of parents to their children and of children to their parents; (3) the problems attendant upon separation for all concerned.

We also need to require of ourselves recognition and acceptance of the important role played by the foster parents, of the difficulties inherent therein, and of our obligation to provide the foster parents not only with casework help and support but to keep them currently aware of the developments and changes in agency practice and philosophy as these affect them.
Mother-Child Relationships in Rehabilitation of the Physically Disabled
Authors: Powers Ann M. , Grayson Morris , Levi Joseph
Published: May 2018

1. The mother-child relationship may constitute an obstacle to the effective rehabilitation of the disabled younger group. This relationship has to be seen as a dynamic one, involving the body image of the mother as well as that of the child.

2. A casework diagnostic decision regarding whom to attempt to refer—mother, child, or both—which includes psychiatric and psychological evaluation is frequently essential in assisting the social worker with this problem.

3. Following the patient's discharge, the need for continuing a casework contact after a lapse of a few months appears to be a decisive factor in some cases for eventual successful referral of the younger group.

Proper handling of referrals, by the caseworker's understanding of the above factors, can mean success or failure in the rehabilitation of the young disabled person. It is equally important that physicians and other disciplines in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation, as well as social workers, recognize and assist in paving the way for proper referrals.
Treatment of Mental Disturbances in Elderly Women
Authors: Herkimer Jessie K. , Meerloo Joost A. M.
Published: May 2018

Paranoid conditions and depressive states are often found among elderly people who have lost their love objects, and who are accordingly forced to live alone.

Mental hospitalization of senile or depressed women patients can frequently be avoided through treatment by a psychiatrist and intensive guidance by a social worker. In the four cases presented, hospitalization was not needed. We believe hospitalization would have been found necessary if social and psychiatric treatment had not been given on an outpatient basis.

Hospitalization is more likely to be needed by mentally disturbed elderly men. Men, unlike women, are not used to not working and to staying home alone, so these deprivations are more traumatic. They have a more limited adjustment capacity.

It was believed formerly that mental disturbances in the elderly are likely to be serious and long-term ones. Now we know that many of these mental illnesses are transitory and can be treated with favorable results.

We have found, as have other investigators, that outpatient psychiatric treatment in combination with guidance by caseworkers can restore an elderly woman's interest in living, by convincing her, through the transference relationships, that people do care for her. The patient interprets the time given her by the staff as indication of affection. Some of these patients, when given kindly, understanding professional guidance, stop withdrawing, and socialize more with others in their personal environments.

The onset of involution differs widely among people. The ages of the four elderly women patients who were either depressed or had early stages of senile psychosis were 74 (recurrent depression), 68, 53, and 70 (senile psychosis).

We think that more clinics and social agencies should make this combination of social and psychiatric treatment available to elderly people. This would not only avert the additional suffering that mental hospitalization entails for many patients but also would result in a considerable financial saving for the community.
Recent Research Findings on Practice with the Aging
Authors: Blank Marie Latz
Published: May 2018

An understanding of an elderly person's life history is especially useful in helping him make plans suitable to his life patterns prior to the time of crisis
Dialogue on Racism, a Prologue to Action?
Authors: Lide Pauline D.
Published: May 2018

An account is given of the efforts and the process of a staff involved in achieving an honest appraisal of disparities between ideals and accomplishments
The Community Service Aspect of a Homemaker Program
Authors: Schreiber Paul
Published: May 2018

The nature of the service and the nature of the agency or organization that offers the service are the two major issues selected for discussion
A program for young Mothers and Their Babies
Authors: Singer Ann
Published: May 2018

A report is given of an informally structured agency that sought to provide practical intervention to help stabilize the lives of mothers and their babies
A Beginning Attempt to Eradicate Racist Attitudes
Authors: Beasley Lou M.
Published: May 2018

Agency seminars provide a vehicle for black and white staff to examine their prejudices, discover each other, and act to effect changes in policies and practices
Situational Assessment and Intervention
Authors: Siporin Max
Published: May 2018

There is evident now a rich renewal of development in situation theory and of the situational approach within a comprehensive, eclectic framework for practice
Maximum Utilization of Staff Education Seminars
Authors: Ovadia Henry
Published: May 2018

Caseworkers draw on their own reactions to an experience to evaluate the areas that have a debilitating effect on the learning process
The white Professional and the Black Client
Authors: Gitterman Alex , Schaeffer Alice
Published: May 2018

The unknownness between persons must be challenged by demanding that their feelings, including the rage, fear, and mistrust, be shared and squarely faced
In Search of Ethnic Identity
Authors: Mostwin Danuta
Published: May 2018

Sensitivity to cultural differences, interest in a client's ethnic background, and understanding its meaning to him are important tools in therapy
The ‘H’ in Helping
Authors: Tousley Clare M.
Published: May 2018

A diagram helps board members, volunteers, and staff visualize the historic interplay between community action and casework in the family service field
Impact of Kidney Disease on Patient, Family, and Society
Authors: Hickey Kathleen M.
Published: May 2018

Over seven million Americans are affected by an ailment that results in chronic illness, repeated hospitalizations, and overwhelming emotional stress
Psychotherapy for Hysterical Individuals
Authors: Powers Henry P.
Published: May 2018

A particular combination of eclectically selected therapeutic techniques is described which proved to be successful in treatment
The Battered-Child Syndrome
Authors: Boisvert Maurice J.
Published: May 2018

Casework planning would be more efficacious if a typology could be established which could predict, according to classification, any future injuries
Narcotics Control by Government Clinics in England
Authors: Weisman Irving
Published: May 2018

Public policy produces a humane societal response to the problem of addiction and an acceptable way to deal with it but not necessarily to eliminate it
Three Community Systems of Services to the Aging
Authors: Simpson Donald F. , Farrow Frank G.
Published: May 2018

Comprehensive programs for meeting the needs of the elderly are provided despite handicaps of categorical grants and the resultant fragmentation of service
Intergenerational Groups in a Drop–In Mental Health Center
Authors: Mandelbaum Arthur
Published: May 2018

Merging of seemingly spontaneous currents leads to the creation of a project in which age lines diminish as youth and adults relinquish stereotyping each other
Natural Parents as Partner in child Care Placement
Authors: Simmons Gladys , Gumpert Joanne , Rothman Beulah
Published: May 2018

A report of a unique project in child care describes how strengthening the bonds of familial relationships results in improved parental functioning
Implementing a Fee System Based on Appropriate Subsidy
Authors: Goldberg Arthur , Kovac David C.
Published: May 2018

After three years' experience in administering a new plan to provide an equitable method of paying for service, the process and procedures are recommended
The Indigenous Nonprofessional in a Multiservice Center
Authors: Budner Stanley , Chazin Robert M. , Young Howard
Published: May 2018

An evaluation is made of the outreach project of a community multiservice center that called for cooperation with the local public welfare office
Treatment of intergenerational pathology
Authors: Schulman Gerda L.
Published: May 2018

The behavior of women who seem severely limited in their functioning as wives and mothers is viewed in part as an accommodation to their relatives
One Agency's Solution to the Recording Problem
Authors: Lusby Sarah T. , Rudney Bernice D.
Published: May 2018

A summary recording form serves many purposes and satisfies requirements for accountability and maintenance of professional standards
Evaluating Short–Term Casework in a Family Agency
Authors: Wattie Brenda
Published: May 2018

A Canadian study examines the characteristics of clients for indicators or criteria for allocation to one of two treatment methods
Issues in Training New Professionals
Authors: Epstein Doris W. , Loewenstein Sophie F. , Duggan Mary M.
Published: May 2018

Evaluation of a program in its second year of operation shows it to be highly successful from the perspectives of its students and their employers
Impact of External Systems on the Puerto Rican Family
Authors: Mizio Emelicia
Published: May 2018

The structural difference of an extended family places it in jeopardy when the sociolegal system of a country addresses itself basically to the nuclear family
Liberty, Government, and the Family Agency
Authors: Schorr Alvin L.
Published: May 2018

It is the job of voluntary agencies to disentangle the essential, deep-lying community controls from the controls over individuals that can be avoided
Family Involvement in Pediatric Dialysis and Transplantation
Authors: Morse Joan
Published: May 2018

Family cooperation is urgently needed when children require frequent hospital visits, special diets, medication, and, for some, kidney transplants
Relationship Communication in Early Fieldwork Conferences
Authors: Nelsen Judith C.
Published: May 2018

Social workers wishing to assess their own supervisory relationships may draw several inferences from the findings reported in this study
Outreach and Advocacy in the Treatment of the Aged
Authors: Cohen Ruth G.
Published: May 2018

Three projects with different structural designs demonstrate the value of maintaining older persons in the mainstream of community life
Casework with the Terminally ill
Authors: Weisberg Lillian Miro
Published: May 2018

Catastrophic illness needs new approaches in its management and available services to bring comfort and dignity to the final phase of the patient's life
Implications of Vasectomy for Social work Practice
Authors: Hafemann Sarah F. , Chilman Catherine S.
Published: May 2018

There is need for public information about the surgical procedure and assurance that related services, including counseling, will be made available
Bridging the Gap between Education and Practice
Authors: Downing Ruppert A.
Published: May 2018

A school of social work and a family agency establish a training center for students designed to integrate services and educational goals
Recording to Measure Effectiveness
Authors: Urbanowski Martha L.
Published: May 2018

It is recommended that practitioners test an approach that emphasizes brevity in presentation, concreteness in planning, and evidence of treatment
Working with the Parent in Child-Abuse Cases
Authors: Holmes Sally A. , Barnhart Carol , Cantoni Lucile , Reymer Eva
Published: May 2018

Maltreatment may bear no relation to the child's behavior but relate instead to the parent's negative feelings about himself or his situation
Videotape Programming for Social Agencies
Authors: Katz David
Published: May 2018

The key to successful use of small system closed-circuit television is moving a particular audience to react and interact with program material
An Evaluation of Management by Objectives
Authors: Raider Melvyn C.
Published: May 2018

Five critical questions—and the responses to them—are enumerated to enable agency executives to assess program effectiveness and efficiency
Hip Fractures in the Elderly—a Psychodynamic Approach
Authors: Lipner Joan , Sherman Etta
Published: May 2018

Study of a group of hospital patients significantly illustrates the relationship between the accident and the psychosocial precipitating factors
Research Findings on the Outcomes of Marital Counseling
Authors: Beck Dorothy Fahs
Published: May 2018

A review of studies from a variety of disciplines and treatment perspectives reports generally positive outcomes and suggests future research directions
Group Treatment of Families of Burn-Injured Patients
Authors: Abramson Marcia
Published: May 2018

One of the most stressful periods for patients and relatives seems to occur when the focus changes from acute care to rehabilitation efforts
Treatment of Latency-Age Adopted Children and Parents
Authors: Bellucci Matilda T.
Published: May 2018

A group therapy program enables children and adults to share angry and confused feelings that are so common and so threatening to them
Industry-Agency Program for Employee Counseling
Authors: Brooks Paul R.
Published: May 2018

A family agency simultaneously brings needed services to blue-collar workers on the job and provides graduate students with enriched learning experiences
The Social Worker as a Courtroom Witness
Authors: Bernstein Barton E.
Published: May 2018

Proper effective court testimony requires considerable time and preparation to insure a credible witness who can help his client win a case
A developmental approach to understanding families
Authors: Beatt Barbara Hamby , Wahlstrom Barbara Berg
Published: May 2018

A family agency program of continuing education for its staff bridges the gap between academic and applied family social sciences in an effective, exciting way
Management of acute hospitalization anxiety
Authors: Bender Barbara
Published: May 2018

A casework contact is presented that well illustrates how a crisis has growth-enhancing potential and can lead to new adaptive mechanisms
The abused wife problem
Authors: Nichols Beverly B.
Published: May 2018

Innovative treatment efforts must be designed to reach both the abused and the abuser, and family caseworkers should be more assertive in designing the interventions
The behavioral exchange model of marital treatment
Authors: Saxon William W.
Published: May 2018

The goal of the therapeutic contract is to increase the frequency and range of mutual positive reinforcement dispensed by the husband and wife
Migration of a Mentality: The Pilipino Community
Authors: Lott Juanita Tamayo
Published: May 2018

This third largest Pacific/Asian American group is victimized by colonial mentality, social disunity, attenuated cultural heritage, passivity toward status
Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs
Authors: Filer John H.
Published: May 2018

Commission on private philanthropy and public needs
The Impact of Changing Values on the Family
Authors: Frankel Charles
Published: May 2018

New zealotry, a kind of nudism about moral principles, rather than the old ideals, is responsible for the decline of respect for the family
Time: An Ecological Variable in Social Work Practice
Authors: Germain Carel B.
Published: May 2018

Time refers to pacing, duration, and rhythm, and is the silent language that speaks of potentiality and limits, of creativity and death, of change and permanence
Agencies Advocating Together
Authors: Pearl Gloria , Barr Douglas H.
Published: May 2018

For several years, eleven Toronto agencies have been working together to effect changes in social policies and legislation affecting their community
The Use of Videotapes in Social Work Agencies
Authors: Rhim Bonnie C.
Published: May 2018

Technological contributions to the study of human behavior are introduced as instruments to improve training, supervision and clinical practice
Duo Therapy Case Studies: Process and Techniques
Authors: Fuller Jennie S.
Published: May 2018

An innovative form of treatment for children helps meet some of the demands to increase the quality and quantity of direct services in a child guidance clinic
Services to Parents of Children in a Psychiatric Hospital
Authors: Levy Lorraine Pokart
Published: May 2018

The nature and dynamics of the setting provide opportunities for help when parents most need support and may be most responsive to intervention
A Cognitive Transactional approach to Communication
Authors: DeLo James S. , Green William A.
Published: May 2018

There are subtleties in transracial transethnic communications that are manifested in game playing and the resultant manifestation of social distance
A Humanistic approach to Helping Underachieving Students
Authors: Zeff Shirley B.
Published: May 2018

A successful group tutoring program validates the importance of a collaborative relationship between the social worker and the school principal
Dying and the Social Responsibility of Institutions
Authors: Lohmann Roger A.
Published: May 2018

It is recommended that organized survivorship services operating from long-term care facilities can meet the need for help with acute grief
Effecting Internal Change in Human Service Organizations
Authors: Resnick Herman
Published: May 2018

Three basic patterns are illustrated with case studies from a school social work setting, a university context, and a voluntary counseling agency
Some Factors affecting the Adoption of Minority Children
Authors: Silverman Arnold R. , Feigelman William
Published: May 2018

Results of a research study suggest that child preferences converge with contemporary family patterns and political and religious values
Involuntary Clients' responses to a Treatment Experience
Authors: Oxley Genevieve B.
Published: May 2018

A followup study of parental and child reactions to residential treatment includes the clients' suggestions and comments relevant to clinical intervention
Crisis Intervention in Practice
Authors: Smith Larry L.
Published: May 2018

A review of the literature on crisis intervention in practice settings supports the view that, when an individual or a family is in a state of crisis, this mode of treatment is often the most effective because crises, if unresolved, leave those persons involved more vulnerable to life's other problems.
Psychosocial Aspects of Wife Battering
Authors: Star Barbara , Clark Carol G. , Goetz Karen M. , O'Malia Linda
Published: May 2018

To deal effectively with wife abuse, workers need to know more about the victims. Empirical research focusing on personal and social traits of physically abused women was conducted to provide these data. The study, a psychosocial profile of battered women, and a multistep therapeutic intervention process are described.
The Parallel Process in Social Work Treatment and Supervision
Authors: Kahn Eva M.
Published: May 2018

Supervisors should understand the workings of the parallel process, a treatment impasse that occurs when similar emotional difficulties emerge simultaneously in supervisory and treatment relationships. Cognitive understanding and experiential modeling can be useful supervisory tools in helping to resolve the parallel process.
Marriage and Family Therapy in Social Work
Authors: Siporin Max
Published: May 2018

Marriage and family therapy continue to be an important part of the basic social services provided by social workers. There is a distinctive conceptual, value, and technical orientation to the training given in social work for this area of practice, and for the practice itself. This special competence merits greater attention.
Evolution of Leadership Style in Social Agencies: A Theoretical Analysis
Authors: Berg William E.
Published: May 2018

Social agencies now confront an organizational environment that places considerable emphasis on good management. Administrative ability has become an important part of leadership. Variations in the orientation toward the profession and the community offer a framework for analyzing leaders' roles in and outside agencies.
Problem Pregnancy and Abortion Counseling with Teenagers
Authors: Chester Joan Schloessinger , Davis Susan A.
Published: May 2018

A young woman who faces a decision regarding the outcome of an unplanned pregnancy may face difficulties when she and her parents disagree about the best answer to the problem. Crisis counseling strategies that emphasize both client and paternal assertiveness, negotiation, and the importance of compromise are discussed.
Interventions with the Depressed Elderly in Institutions
Authors: Wetzel Janice Wood
Published: May 2018

A person-environment incongruence depression model was applied in two studies of depression in men and women. Applying the significant findings to the nursing home elderly, micro and macro interventions based on empirical research are put forth. Included are aids for developing a constructive nursing home environment.
Consciousness Raising and Social Work Practice
Authors: Longres John F. , McLeod Eileen
Published: May 2018

By drawing on experiences with women's and men's groups, the use of consciousness raising within many fields of practice is described and encouraged. Issues related to purpose and scope, process and content, and structure in the use of consciousness raising as a skill and a tool for social change are explicated.
Children and Divorce: Help from an Elementary School
Authors: Effron Anne Kurtzman
Published: May 2018

Short-term group work in an elementary school provided an outlet for preadolescents undergoing the stress of their parents' divorce. Contact with peers in similar situations and the opportunity to play out their family dramas in a structured setting provided the catharsis needed for better management of classroom tasks.
Self-Perceived Competency in Cross-Cultural Counseling
Authors: Chandler Susan Meyers
Published: May 2018

This research study was designed to assess the self-perceived levels of competency of practitioners of several ethnic backgrounds when counseling members of their own and different ethnic groups. An assessment inventory is discussed to delineate which ethnic groups and which problems are perceived as most difficult to treat.
Conflicting Perceptions of Welfare Bureaucracy
Authors: Goodsell Charles T.
Published: May 2018

The discrepancy in perceptions of welfare bureaucracy is explored in terms of differing perspectives and data collection techniques. A study involving sidewalk interviews with welfare clients and a questionnaire completed by workers revealed that a high level of satisfaction and positive attitude existed for both.
A Cognitive Therapy for Depression: Theory, Techniques, and Issues
Authors: Combs Terri D.
Published: May 2018

Aaron T. Beck's use of cognitive therapy in the treatment of depression is discussed, and criticisms of the outcome research are presented. It is suggested that with further research and attention to the critical issue of maintenance of improvement, cognitive therapy may be effective in treating depressed clients.
Empathy Skill and Critical Consciousness
Authors: Keefe Thomas
Published: May 2018

Linking social work practice with individuals, families, and groups and larger social systems is most often theoretical in attempt. The focus here, however, is on a natural, concrete linkage at the level of practice experience, with the synthesis of empathy skill and critical consciousness as a unifying objective.
Lawyer and Social Worker as an Interdisciplinary Team
Authors: Bernstein Barton E.
Published: May 2018

Certain areas of concern by their nature require expertise from both the legal and the social work professional. An interdisciplinary team of lawyer and social worker can serve clients effectively in such areas as premarital or cohabitation counseling, the divorce process, custody, and estate planning for the elderly.
A Perspective on the Indian Child Welfare Act
Authors: Miller Dorothy L. , Hoffman Fred , Turner Denis
Published: May 2018

The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1979 changes the legal relationships between American Indian tribes and the states in child welfare matters, giving legal sanction to childcare patterns of native culture, particularly to the extended family and tribal courts.
Personal Motivation as a Criterion in Evaluating Social Work Practice
Authors: Levy Charles S.
Published: May 2018

The personal motivations that guide, influence, or are associated with performance must be regarded as functionally irrelevant in evaluating a social worker's performance of social work functions. The relevant question is: Did the social worker do what a worker is expected to do in the fulfillment of professional responsibility?
The Use of a Consultant Psychiatrist in a Family Service Agency
Authors: Shelmire Maria E. , Littman Solomon E. , Marshall C. Ava Hixson , Jones Nancy D.
Published: May 2018

Collaboration between psychiatry and social work highlights the harmonious, integrative contributions that these two disciplines can produce. Clients are referred to a psychiatrist for diagnosis and treatment that may be for continued casework, referral to a psychiatric or community resource, or a combination of both.
Clinical Issues in Domestic Violence
Authors: Cantoni Lucile
Published: May 2018

Characteristics of violence-prone clients and family patterns that promote domestic violence are discussed. Treatment involves the violence-prone family in a nurturing, therapeutic process designed to help clients recognize interacting family dynamics so that aspects of the system in need of change may be addressed.
A Family Life Education Group for Working with Stepparents
Authors: Pill Cynthia J.
Published: May 2018

Few services are available for persons who are struggling with the issues inherent in stepfamily situations. This article describes a family life education approach for stepparents and describes the specific issues involved, outlines the goals for this kind of group, and provides a guide for group format.
Nurturing the Unnurtured
Authors: Greene Mary Jane , Orman Betty
Published: May 2018

Experience in working with economically and emotionally deprived families, who share many common characteristics despite their uniqueness, led to the development of a model of intervention based on caring, confrontation, creativity, and closure. Case examples show the applicability and effectiveness of the model.