bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Effectiveness of Everyday Occupations for Changing Client Behaviors in a Community Living Arrangement
Authors: Holm Margo B. , Santangelo Maria A. , Fromuth Donald J. , Brown Sandra O. , Walter Heather 
Published: January 2011

Abstract
Objective. This study examined the effect of three occupations-based interventions for reducing the frequency of dysfunctional behaviors (disruptive vocalizations, distraction of others, withdrawal from appropriate social interactions) in two women with dual (i.e., developmental, psychiatric) conditions. Additionally, the duration of time spent appropriately engaged was examined.
Method. A single-subject, multiple baseline, across-subjects design, with two dually diagnosed residents in a Community Living Arrangement (CLA), was used to evaluate change in four behaviors under three alternating conditions. Condition 1 was CLA (morning and evening combined) compared with the school and sheltered workshop, Condition 2 was CLA morning, and Condition 3 was CLA evening. Intervention consisted of engagement in everyday occupations associated with the school–workshop and CLA settings as well as a positive reinforcement program.
Results. Using occupations-based interventions and a behavior modification program, 5 of 6 behaviors improved significantly in the school-and-workshop setting compared to the CLA, under Condition 1. Under Condition 2, the morning occupations-based intervention in conjunction with positive reinforcement for active participation significantly improved 4 of 6 behaviors for the two residents. Similarly, under Condition 3—the evening occupations-based intervention—4 of the 6 targeted behaviors improved significantly.
Conclusion. The use of everyday occupations as interventions, in conjunction with positive reinforcement for active participation, was effective for decreasing dysfunctional behaviors and increasing functional behaviors in two women with dual conditions who resided in a CLA.
Attitudes of Occupational Therapists Toward Spirituality in Practice
Authors: Taylor Eve , Mitchell Jill E. , Kenan Sarah , Tacker Robin 
Published: January 2011

Abstract
Objective. This study examined (a) occupational therapists’ attitudes about spirituality in practice on the basis of whether they identified themselves as religious, (b) whether their personal definition of spirituality related to their religiousness, (c) whether their definition related to their attitude about spirituality in practice, and (d) the methods they used to address the spiritual needs of clients.
Method. An attitude questionnaire was developed and mailed to 396 American occupational therapists. Fifty-two percent (n = 206) of the mailed questionnaires were analyzed.
Results. Overall, participants indicated a slightly positive attitude toward spirituality in occupational therapy practice. Participants who considered themselves to be religious indicated a more positive view toward spirituality in practice than those who did not consider themselves to be religious. Religiousness accounted for only 28% of the variance in choice of spirituality definition, indicating that additional variables account for what determines therapists’ definitions of spirituality. No relationship was found between personal definition choice and attitude regarding spirituality in practice. The three methods most commonly used to address the spiritual needs of their clients were to (a) pray for a client, (b) use spiritual language or concepts with a client, and (c) discuss with clients ways that their religious beliefs were helpful.
Conclusion. Therapists’ conceptualization of spirituality and attitudes about spirituality in occupational therapy practice are quite diverse.
Perceived Risk as a Constraint on Occupational Performance During Hot and Cold Water Pouring
Authors: Rice Martin S. , Thomas Julie Jepsen 
Published: January 2011

Abstract
Objective. Occupational therapists are interested in quality of movement under different environmental conditions. It has been shown that during reaching tasks, the physical aspects of the objects to be grasped can influence the quality of movement. This study investigated whether perceived risk (water temperature) affected the quality of movement during a pouring task.
Method. In a counterbalanced, repeated measures design, 56 participants (M =27.1 years, SD =7.4 years) poured hot, then cold water to prepare hot and cold beverages. Dependent variables included movement time, displacement, peak velocity, percentage of movement time to peak velocity, and movement units. Data were analyzed with paired t tests.
Results. Participant performance in displacement and movement time was significantly different when considering the entire pouring task for both the hot and the cold conditions (ps &lt; .05). In addition, significant differences were found in the discrete movement “sub-portions” of the pouring task (ps &lt; .05).
Conclusion. Perceived risk is an element of meaning that the occupational therapist can consider in providing the person with just enough challenge to facilitate successful performance. By varying the amount of perceived risk in the occupational form, the therapist can help the person experience and develop the range of movement strategies required by everyday occupations. Future research is needed to corroborate these findings in simple and more complex occupations as well as to examine perceived risk in special populations.
Our Mandate for the New Millennium: Evidence-Based Practice
Authors: Holm Margo B. 
Published: January 2011

Abstract
The health care environment of the past quarter century went through numerous evolutionary processes that affected how occupational therapy services were provided. The last iterations of these processes included requests for the evidence that supported what we were doing. This year’s Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture (a) examines the strength of the evidence associated with occupational therapy interventions—what we do and how we do it—(b) raises dilemmas we face with our ethical principles when some of our practices are based on limited evidence, and (c) proposes a framework of continued competency to advance the evidence base of occupational therapy practice in the new millennium.
A Curricular Renaissance: Graduate Education Centered on Occupation
Authors: Wood Wendy , Nielson Cathy , Humphry Ruth , Coppola Susan , Baranek Grace , Rourk Jane 
Published: January 2011

Abstract
A 3-year project of curricular renaissance undertaken by the faculty of an entry-level master’s degree program is described. This project culminated in a thoroughly redesigned program of study centered around the construct of occupation and built on a foundation of knowledge in occupational science. Described herein are three developmental and highly iterative domains of activity that we re crucial to the project’s success: (a) environmental scanning and analysis, (b) creation of a compelling future vision of occupational therapy, and (c) curriculum planning. Also detailed are especially salient assumptions and beliefs about graduate education as well as seven themes that encompass the program’s academic content and illustrate its defining emphases. These themes are (a) occupation, (b) the human as an occupational being, (c) occupation as a medium of change, (d) clinical reasoning , (e) ethical reasoning, (f) investigative reasoning, and (g) occupational therapists as scholars and change agents in systems. The article concludes with reflections on innovation in graduate education in occupational therapy today.
Entre narration et action: Herméneutique et reconstruction thérapeutique de l'identité
Authors: Busacchi Vinicio 
Published: January 2011

La psychanalyse de Freud exerce un rôle constitutif dans le discours philosophique de Paul Ricœur sur l'homme. Autour de sa conception de “l' homme capable,” on peut voir s'articuler très clairement trois modèles théoriques: une théorie de la réflexion comme réappropriation, une théorie de la narration comme construction et comme reconstruction de l'identité, une théorie de la reconnaissance comme parcours d'émancipation. Il s'agit de trois modèles capables de donner à la psychanalyse d'aujourd'hui des éléments nouveaux pour l'élaboration d'une théorie herméneutique centrée sur les concepts de narration et d'action. The psychoanalysis of Freud plays a constitutive role in Paul Ricœur’s philosophical discourse on the human. His conception of the human being as “capable man” revolves around three theoretical models – a theory of reflection as re-appropriation, a theory of narration as the construction and reconstruction of identity, and a theory of recognition as a course of emancipation. These three models can lend new elements to current psychoanalysis for the elaboration of a hermeneutical theory focused on the concepts of narration and action.
Ricoeur on Conscience: His Blind Spot and the Homecoming of Shame
Authors: Thun René 
Published: January 2011

In his hermeneutic of the self, which he is working out in his Oneself as another, Ricœur writes about the constitutive conditions of conscience as a dimension of the experience of passivity. For the following considerations, I will argue that Ricœur is very right in maintaining the moral impact of the notion of conscience; but if we on the other hand remember older writings by Ricœur like Fallible Man we have to admit that something is missed in the chapter about conscience in Oneself as Another. And that means, that in Oneself as Another he neglects the affective dimension of conscience. This affective dimension is - I think - the notion of shame.Dans Soi-même comme un autre où s'élabore son herméneutique du soi, Paul Ricœur réfléchit sur les conditions constitutives de la conscience comme expérience de la passivité. Pour les considerations suivantes, je souhaiterai montrer que Ricœur a tout à fait raison de plaider pour la dimension morale de la notion de conscience. Mais, d'un autre côté,si l'on se souvient des écrits plus anciens de Ricoeur sur l'Homme faillible, nous sommes tenus d'admettre que, au cours du chapitre sur la conscience dans Soi-même comme un autre, quelque chose est perdu de vue. Nous voulons signifier que, dans ce chapitre, il néglige la dimension affective de la conscience. Cette dimension affective est, nous semble-t-il, la notion de honte.
Narrative Refiguration of Social Events: Paul Ricoeur's Contribution to Rethinking the Social
Authors: Borisenkova Anna 
Published: January 2011

The analysis of events has been a central issue for social sciences for a long time. The problem of an event's definition and distinction is still at stake in sociological debates. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the contribution of Paul Ricoeur's narrative theory to social events studies. First, this is done through the explication of the concept in the framework of narrative approach. Secondly, the paper highlights the narrative's capacity of 'refiguring' the social by re-describing social events, subordinating their succession to the logic of story-telling and transforming temporal characteristics as well. Apart from some insights, interpretative explanations and illustrations the paper provides critical arguments concerning the limitations of Paul Ricoeur's narrative approach with respect to sociological event-analysis. L'analyse des événements a toujours été une question centrale pour l'histoire et les sciences sociales. Le problème de la définition et de la distinction des événements est encore en jeu dans les débats sociologiques contemporains. L'objectif de cet article est de s'attarder sur la contribution de la théorie de Paul Ricœur aux études des événements sociaux. Après avoir montré les limites d'une conception impersonnelle de l'événement, l'auteur se penche sur la solution narrative proposée par Ricœur, à savoir la capacité du récit à “refigurer” du Social par la re-description des événements sociaux. Il s'agit de soumettre la logique de la succession temporelle à la logique de la narration. Tout en rendant justice à la valeur heuristique de telles analyses (à travers une série d'explicitations et d'illustrations), l'article pointe les limites de l'approche narrative de Paul Ricœur au regard des analyses sociologique des événements.
Herméneutiques croisées: Conversation imaginaire entre Ricœur et Foucault
Authors: Barthélémy Annie 
Published: January 2011

L’article se propose de confronter l’herméneutique du sujet, telle qu’elle est définie par Ricœur dans son ouvrage Soi-même comme un autre à celle qui fait l’objet du cours donné par Michel Foucault en 1981-1982 au Collège de France. Il s’agit, sous la forme d’une conversation imaginaire, de préciser le sens donné par les deux auteurs à l’herméneutique du sujet et d’en dégager les implications sur la constitution du sujet, la conception de la liberté et le statut de l’éthique. L'argumentation s'appuie sur l'ouvrage majeur Soi-même comme un autre, que Ricœur a élaboré dans la période qui correspond aux dernières œuvres de Foucault. This paper intends to compare the hermeneutics of the subject by Ricœur in Oneself as Another with the lessons given by Foucault at the Collège de France in 1981-1982 about The Hermeneutics of the Subject. Presented as an invented conversation, it tries to specify the meaning of both authors’ hermeneutics and to find their implications about the subject’s constitution, the conception of freedom and the status of ethics. The argumentation is based on the essential book Oneself as Another, conceived by Ricœur at the same time Foucault was writing his last works.
From the archive: ‘Autobiographical memory: The next phase’ by J. A. Robinson & K. L. Swanson (1990). Applied Cognitive Psychology, 4, 321–335 with commentary
Authors:   Nominated by Susan Bluck – Associate Editor
Published: January 2011

AbstractRobinson and Swanson's article provides an excellent metric for judging how far we have come in the field of autobiographical memory and yet how far we still have to go in understanding this fascinating, uniquely‐human capability. Published in 1990, the article lays out the ‘next phase’ for research. We followed many of the suggestions put forth there and in doing so have indeed greatly enriched the field. Today in 2010, however, we can still read this article for the valuable insights and new directions it provides for future research.
From the archive: ‘Involuntary autobiographical memories’ by D. Berntsen (1996). Applied Cognitive Psychology, 10, 435–454 with commentary
Authors:   Nominated by Tim Brennen – Associate Editor
Published: January 2011

AbstractThe paper introduced to cognitive psychology the phenomenon that autobiographical memories have a habit of springing effortlessly to mind. In a diary study, it was way ahead of its time. In addition to being part of the trend to bring aspects of everyday mental life into cognitive psychology, such involuntary memories have been explored by the author and others to strengthen the links between cognitive and clinical psychology, in this case PTSD.
From the archive: ‘Crashing memories and the problem of ‘source monitoring’’ by H. F. M. Crombag, W. A. Wagenaar, & P. J. van Koppen (1996). Applied Cognitive Psychology, 10, 95–104 with commentary
Authors:   Nominated by Pär Anders Granhag – Deputy Editor in Chief
Published: January 2011

AbstractThis prominent team of Dutch researchers was among the first to show that every second witness can easily be made to claim falsely to have witnessed a whole, complex and highly emotional event. We confidently claim to have seen what we have not ‐ our memory crashes. The method was simple yet highly innovative and has inspired many other researchers to follow. The paper brings out clear and important applied implications, the findings are explained by the use of a cognitive theory, and it is provocative: Psychology at its best. The paper is ACP trademarked.
From the archive: ‘Memory conformity: Can eyewitnesses influence each other's memories for an event?’ by F. Gabbert, A. Memon, & K. Allan (2003). Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17, 533–543 with commentary
Authors:   Nominated by Don Read – SARMAC Editor 2000–2004
Published: January 2011

AbstractThis paper established a new direction for researchers interested in the malleability of memory in a forensic context or eyewitness paradigm. The paper was the first to extend ‘misinformation’ effects established in controlled laboratory settings to witness reports following discussions with fellow witnesses. This was achieved within a relatively naturalistic situation and it persuasively demonstrated what had long been observed in the social psychological literature: that the opinions of others affect our behaviour but can also quite dramatically alter our reports as well as our beliefs and memories. When eyewitnesses comply with the reports of others in a social interaction, the longterm consequences for their recollections are clearly substantial. This paper has stimulated much research which has reinforced and extended the basic findings.
ASH 2010 meeting report—Top 10 clinically‐oriented abstracts in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
Authors: Steensma David P. 
Published: January 2011

AbstractThe December 2010 American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting in Orlando, Florida included more than 150 abstracts in the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) category. Thirty‐six MDS‐focused abstracts were presented in 6 oral sessions, and 120 additional abstracts were presented in 3 poster sessions. Although the 2010 ASH annual meeting included relatively little new MDS clinical trial data, with only one large randomized trial presented (the Intergroup E1905 study), it was an exciting conference from the standpoint of molecular discoveries in myeloid neoplasms, as various investigative groups presented results offering novel insights into MDS pathobiology, generated via high‐throughput genomic sequencing and other innovative laboratory techniques. Here I summarize and discuss 10 MDS‐related abstracts of special interest, which contain information that informs clinical practice. All 10 of these abstracts are published in full in the November 19, 2010 issue of Blood (volume 116, issue 21) and are identified here by their abstract number and title.
Spectral density based estimation of continuous‐time ARMAX process parameters
Authors: Mossberg M. 
Published: January 2011

AbstractThe continuous‐time ARMAX model is a standard model that can be used for describing continuous‐time stochastic dynamic systems for control purposes. In this note, the problem of estimating the parameters in such a model from discrete‐time data is considered. In the proposed solution, the parameters in the denominator polynomial are estimated using a continuous‐time Yule‐Walker equation. Thereafter, the parameters in the numerator polynomials are estimated using an approach based on the spectral density of the output signal and regularized least squares. The method is sub‐optimal but easy to apply and the given estimates can be used directly or as initial values for the maximum likelihood method.Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society
Partners of USEPA Climate Leaders: an Event Study on Stock Performance
Authors: Keele Denise M. , DeHart Susan 
Published: January 2011

ABSTRACTThis research utilized an event study method to assess how the stocks of publicly traded companies responded before and after announcing their partnership with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Climate Leaders program. Although the stocks exhibited an average non‐significant positive abnormal return of 0.56% on the day of the announcement, the cumulative abnormal returns for the stock prices of the firms for two of the three event windows showed statistically significant negative returns. These results suggest that these firms' public announcements of joining the USEPA Climate Leaders partnership did not have a positive impact on stock performance. While no immediate financial benefit was found in this research, the practices implemented by these firms to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions may still bode well for long‐term corporate earnings and attractiveness to investors. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
Continuous Separation of an H2SO4/CuSO4 Mixture by Diffusion Dialysis
Authors: Bendová H. , Palatý Z. 
Published: January 2011

AbstractThe separation of a mixture of sulfuric acid and copper sulfate is experimentally investigated in a two‐compartment countercurrent dialyzer at steady state using an anion‐exchange membrane. The dialysis process is characterized by the recovery yield of acid, the rejection coefficient of salt, and the permeability coefficient of the membrane. The simultaneous transport of sulfuric acid and copper sulfate is quantified by four phenomenological coefficients, which are dependent on the acid and salt concentrations in the feed. They are determined by a procedure consisting of (i) the numerical integration of the basic differential equations describing the concentration profiles of both components on both sides of the membrane and (ii) the optimizing method.
Structural and Binding Study of Modified siRNAs with the Argonaute 2 PAZ Domain by NMR Spectroscopy
Authors: Maiti Mohitosh , Nauwelaerts Koen , Lescrinier Eveline , Herdewijn Piet 
Published: January 2011

AbstractBy using high‐resolution NMR spectroscopy, the structures of a natural short interfering RNA (siRNA) and of several altritol nucleic acid (ANA)‐modified siRNAs were determined. The interaction of modified siRNAs with the PAZ domain of the Argonaute 2 protein ofDrosophila melanogasterwas also studied. The structures show that the modified siRNA duplexes (ANA/RNA) adopt a geometry very similar to the naturally occurring A‐type siRNA duplex. All ribose residues, except for the 3′ overhang, show 3′‐endoconformation. The six‐membered altritol sugar in ANA occurs in a chair conformation with the nucleobase in an axial position. In all siRNA duplexes, two overhanging nucleotides at the 3′ end enhance the stability of the first neighboring base pair by a stacking interaction. The first overhanging nucleotide has a rather fixed position, whereas the second overhanging nucleotide shows larger flexibility. NMR binding studies of the PAZ domain with ANA‐modified siRNAs demonstrate that modifications in the double‐stranded region of the antisense strand have some small effects on the binding affinity as compared with the unmodified siRNA. Modification of the 3′ overhang with thymidine (dTdT) residues shows a sixfold increase in the binding affinity compared with the unmodified siRNA (relative binding affinity of 17 % compared with dTdT‐modified overhang), whereas modification of the 3′ overhang with ANA largely decreases the binding affinity.