bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Sacred moments: Implications on well‐being and stress
Authors: Goldstein Elisha David 
Published: September 2007

AbstractThis research provides a theoretical, empirical, and qualitative examination of the role of cultivating sacred moments in daily life on subjective well‐being (SWB), psychological well‐being (PWB), and stress. Seventy‐three participants were randomly assigned to two groups: (a) a 3‐week intervention group where members were instructed in cultivating sacred moments, or (b) a 3‐week control group where members were instructed in writing about daily activities. Findings indicate that the intervention was equally as effective as an adapted therapeutic writing intervention. There were significant effects over time across multiple assessments related to SWB, PWB, stress, and daily spiritual experiences after the 3‐week intervention and again 6 weeks later. Qualitative analysis complemented and enriched the findings of these results. This study introduces a new intervention into the field of clinical psychology and extends the findings of prior research. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 63: 1001–1019, 2007.
Enhancing spiritual well‐being among suicidal African American female survivors of intimate partner violence
Authors: Arnette Natalie C. , Mascaro Nathan , Santana M. Carmen , Davis Shane , Kaslow Nadine J. 
Published: September 2007

AbstractSpirituality has been identified as one component of a culturally competent therapeutic intervention for African American women. The present study was designed to investigate the ability of factors, such as level of hopelessness and the use of positive religious coping strategies, to predict spiritual well‐being over time. Seventy‐four low‐income African American women were administered self‐report questionnaires measuring hopelessness, use of religious coping strategies, and two domains of spiritual well‐being. Path analysis indicated that hopelessness, existential well‐being, religious well‐being, and positive religious coping are correlated with one another. Further, lower levels of hopelessness predict increases in existential well‐being over time; higher levels of positive religious coping predict increases in religious well‐being over time. Results were consistent with the study hypotheses and highlight the need to attend to predictors of spiritual well‐being when implementing culturally relevant interventions with abused, suicidal African American women. Therapeutic strategies for reducing hopelessness and enhancing positive religious coping to improve spiritual and existential well‐being are presented; such strategies will ensure the interventions are more culturally competent. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 63: 909–924, 2007.
Introduction to the special issue on spirituality and psychotherapy
Authors: Pargament Kenneth I. , Saunders Stephen M. 
Published: September 2007

AbstractReligion and spirituality have been topics of interest to psychologists since the inception of the field, and this special issue devoted to spirituality and psychotherapy reflects the maturation of decades of research. Psychotherapy clients would like to discuss religious or spiritual issues with therapists, but therapists feel poorly prepared to do so. This special issue hopefully represents a step towards bridging the needs of clients and the expertise of providers. The seven articles in this issue reflect the progress psychologists have made toward understanding religion and spirituality, and they represent state‐of‐the‐art attempts at integrating these dimensions into treatment. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 63: 903–907, 2007.
Laserstrahlschweißen – Trends und aktuelle Entwicklungen
Authors: Otto Andreas , Hohenstein Ralph 
Published: September 2007

AbstractDas Laserstrahlschweißen hat sich in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten zu einer Schlüsseltechnologie entwickelt. Das gilt insbesondere für den Fahrzeugund Anlagenbau (Abb. 1), aber auch für die Elektronikfertigung und die Feinwerktechnik. Hohe Flexibilität, hohe erreichbare Geschwindigkeiten und herausragende Schweißnahteigenschaften (bei gleichzeitig geringem Wärmeeintrag) haben zu einer Vielzahl von industriellen Anwendungen sowohl im Mikro‐ als auch im Makrobereich geführt.
Maßgeschneiderte Systeme für maßgeschneiderte Bleche
Authors: Härtl Johann , Wenk Daniel 
Published: September 2007

AbstractDie Anzahl der weltweit produzierten Tailored Blanks wird dieses Jahr die 280 Mio. erreichen und nächstes Jahr weiter ansteigen auf 300 Mio. Das Wachstum im Bereich der Tailored Blanks ist eng mit dem des Automobilmarkts verbunden. Daher sind auch bei der Tailored Blank Fertigung die höchsten Wachstumsraten in den asiatischen Ländern zu verzeichnen. Insbesondere weisen Indien mit über 13 % und China mit knapp 8 % Zunahme bei der Automobilfertigung das stärkste Wachstum auf. Indien wird mit heute 1 Mio. Personenwagen/Jahr bis auf 1.4 Mio. in 2010 wachsen. In China, mit heute 1.6 Mio. produzierten Personenwagen pro Jahr wird es eine Steigerung auf über 2.6 Mio. geben (ohne Lastkraftwagen und Omnibusse). Indische, als auch chinesische Fahrzeughersteller integrieren heute schon durchschnittlich 4 verschiedene Tailored Blanks und folgen damit dem allgemeinen Trend der Europäer, Amerikaner, Japaner und Koreaner.
Resonatordesign – unterschätztes Potenzial für bessere Laser
Authors: Paschotta Rüdiger 
Published: September 2007

AbstractEigenschaften eines Lasers wie Effizienz, Strahlqualität und Justageempfindlichkeit hängen entscheidend vom Resonatordesign ab. Ein solides Verständnis der Eigenschaften von Resonatormoden und die darauf aufbauende Kunst des Resonatordesigns sind daher essenziell für die Entwicklung von Lasern verschiedenster Art.
The impact of child SSI enrollment on household outcomes
Authors: Duggan Mark G. , Kearney Melissa Schettini 
Published: September 2007

AbstractWe use data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to investigate the impact that child Supplemental Security Income (SSI) enrollment has on household outcomes, including poverty, household earnings, and health insurance coverage. The longitudinal nature of the SIPP allows us to control for unobserved, time‐invariant differences across households by measuring outcomes in the same household in the months leading up to and immediately following the first reporting of child SSI income. Our regression analyses demonstrate that for every $100 increase in household SSI income, total household income increases by roughly $72, reflecting some modest offset of other transfer income and conditional household earnings. Our analyses further demonstrate that child SSI enrollment is associated with a statistically significant and persistent reduction in the probability that a child lives in poverty of roughly 11 percentage points. Additional analyses suggest that program enrollment has virtually no impact on health insurance coverage because most new SSI recipients have health insurance from Medicaid or another source at the time of enrollment. © 2007 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Analysis of rubber pressure molding technique to fabricate fiber reinforced plastic components
Authors: Kar Kamal K. , Sharma S. D. , Kumar Prashant , Ramkumar J , Appaji Rao K. , Reddy K.R.N. 
Published: September 2007

AbstractA rubber pressure molding technique is developed to prepare fiber reinforced plastic components having complex shaped geometry. The technique is based on the matching die set, where the die is made of hard metal like steel and the punch from flexible rubber like materials. The use of flexible rubber punch helps to intensify and uniformly redistribute pressure (both operating pressure and developed hydrostatic pressure due to the flexible rubber punch) over the surface of product. The distribution of pressure was analyzed by ANSYS over a processing pressure of 0.5 to 50 MPa. The analysis was extended to find out the optimum hardness of rubber mold, where the pressure distribution is uniform. For this, analysis was carried out for NR vulcanizates where the loading of carbon black was varied from 0 to 75 phr, with an increment of 15 phr using the strain energy density function of two‐, three‐, five‐, and nine‐parameter Mooney–Rivlin, first‐, second‐, and third‐order Ogden, Neo–Hookean, first‐, second‐, and third‐order Polynomial, Arruda–Boyce, first‐, second‐, and third‐order Yeoh and Gent. 45 phr carbon black loading in NR vulcanizate shows best result. POLYM. COMPOS., 28:637–649, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers
Study on the milling behavior of chloroprene rubber blends with ethylene–propylene–diene monomer rubber, polybutadiene rubber, and natural rubber
Authors: Fulin Chen , Lan Cen , Caihong Lei 
Published: September 2007

AbstractThe viscoelastic properties of the blends of chloroprene rubber (CR) with ethylene–propylene–diene monomer rubber (EPDM), polybutadiene rubber (BR), and natural rubber (NR) at different temperature were studied using rubber processing analyzer (RPA). Mooney viscosities of compounds were measured and tight milling and sheeting appearance were observed on a two‐roll mill. The results showed that Mooney viscosities and the elastic modulus of the blends decreased with the increase of the temperature from 60 to 100°C. And the decreasing trends of pure CR, pure NR, and CR/NR blend compounds were more prominent than that of pure EPDM, pure BR, CR/EPDM, and CR/BR blend compounds. For CR/EPDM blend compounds, the decreasing trend became slower with the increase of EPDM ratio in the blend. Compared with pure CR, pure NR and CR/NR blend compounds, pure EPDM, pure BR compounds, and the blend compounds of CR/EPDM and CR/BR showed less sensibility to temperature and they were less sticky to the metal surface of rolls and could be kept in elastic state at higher temperature, easy to be milled up and sheeted. At the same blend ratio and temperature, the property of tight milling of the blends decreased in the sequence of CR/EPDM, CR/BR, and CR/NR. With the increase of EPDM, BR, or NR ratio in CR blends, its property of tight milling was improved. POLYM. COMPOS., 28:667–673, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers
Operational performance metrics for mars exploration rovers
Authors: Tunstel Edward 
Published: September 2007

AbstractThe concept of operational performance metrics and associated measurement issues is explored for deployed robotic systems. The focus is on performance of mobility and robotic arm autonomy exercised on the NASA Mars Exploration Rovers surface mission. This planetary rover mission has been underway for nearly 3 years since January 2004 using two rovers performing separate missions. The autonomy functions of surface navigation, short‐distance approach to surface science targets, and robotic placement of armmounted instruments on science targets are considered. Operational metrics that measure performance of these functions relative to system requirements are advocated. Specific metrics are defined and computed using telemetry from the rovers' multiyear operations on Mars and applied to rate performance during their respective missions. An existing methodology is applied to compute metrics with respect to required performance and to aggregate multiple metrics into a composite performance score for each rover. The formulation is augmented to accommodate importance weights that add flexibility in use of the metrics by different potential endusers, e.g., sponsors, program managers, systems engineers, and technologists. A brief example illustrates the application and effect of importance weights on overall rover performance scores. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Long‐term study of a portable field robot in urban terrain
Authors: Lundberg Carl , Christensen Henrik I. , Reinhold Roger 
Published: September 2007

AbstractThe armed forces have a considerable amount of experience in using robots for bomb removal and mine clearing. Emerging technology also enables the targeting of other applications. To evaluate if real deployment of new technology is justified, tactical advantages gained have to be compared to drawbacks imposed. Evaluation calls for realistic tests which in turn require methods dictating how to deploy the new features. The present study has had two objectives: first, to gain a comprehensive view of a potential user of man‐portable robots; second, to embed a robot system with users for assessment of present technology in real deployment. In this project we investigated an army company specialized in urban operations performing their tasks with the support of the iRobot Packbot Scout. The robot was integrated and deployed as an ordinary piece of equipment which required modifying and retraining a number of standard behaviors. The reported results were acquired through a long‐term test ranging over a period of six months. This paper focuses on the characteristics of the users and their current ways of operation; how the robot was implemented and deployed. Additionally, this paper describes benefits and drawbacks from the users' perspective. A number of limitations in current robot technology are also identified. The findings show that the military relies on precise and thoroughly trained actions that can be executed with a minimum of ambiguity. To make use of robots, new behavioral schemes, which call for tactical optimization over several years, are needed. The most common application during the trials was reconnaissance inside buildings with uncertain enemy presence when time was not critical. Deploying the robot took more time than completing the task by traditional means, but in return kept the soldiers out of harm's way and enabled them to decrease weapon deployment. The range of the radio link, limited video feedback, and the bulky operator control unit were the features constraining the system's overall performance the most. On the other hand, did properties of the system, such as ruggedness, size, weight, terrain ability, and endurance, prove to match the application. The users were of the opinion that robots such as the Packbot Scout would be a valuable standard feature in urban intervention. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Multi‐objective exploration and search for autonomous rescue robots
Authors: Calisi Daniele , Farinelli Alessandro , Iocchi Luca , Nardi Daniele 
Published: September 2007

Abstract“Exploration and search” is a typical task for autonomous robots performing in rescue missions, specifically addressing the problem of exploring the environment and at the same time searching for interesting features within the environment. In this paper, we model this problem as a multi‐objective exploration and search problem and present a prototype system, featuring a strategic level, which can be used to adapt the task of exploration and search to specific rescue missions. Specifically, we make use of high‐level representation of the robot plans through a Petri Net formalism that allows representing in a coherent framework decisions, loops, interrupts due to unexpected events or action failures, concurrent actions, and action synchronization. While autonomous exploration has been investigated in the past, we specifically focus on the problem of searching interesting features in the environment during the map building process. We discuss performance evaluation of exploration and search strategies for rescue robots, by using an effective performance metric, and present evaluation of our system through a set of experiments. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Sequential Multitrack Nonlinear Ex vivo Imaging of Esophageal Stroma Based on Backscattered Second‐harmonic Generation and Two‐photon Autofluorescence
Authors: Zhuo Shuangmu , Chen Jianxin , Jiang Xingshan , Luo Tianshu , Chen Rong , Xie Shusen , Zou Qilian 
Published: September 2007

AbstractWe demonstrate the technique of subsequent multitrack nonlinear imaging based on backscattered second‐harmonic generation (B‐SHG) and two‐photon autofluorescence (TPA) to obtain large‐area, high‐contrast, submicron‐resolution image ex vivo of esophageal stroma. Our findings show that this technique is effective in improving the B‐SHG/TPA image contrast. It was found that the method can quantitatively obtain microscopic structural and biochemical information on stroma. Our work suggests that the technique has the potential to provide accurate and comprehensive information in determining the physiological and pathological states of the esophagus. SCANNING 29: 219‐224, 2007. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Wind response characteristics for habitability of tall buildings in Japan
Authors: Kim Y. C. , Kanda J. 
Published: September 2007

AbstractAs of 2005 in Japan, the number of tall buildings may have exceeded 2000. As building heights increase, lateral wind forces increase relative to lateral earthquake forces and become dominant. Serviceability criteria have also become an important issue in the design of tall buildings. Using information available from summarized design documents, response accelerations have been estimated using the equations prescribed in the Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), and the response accelerations compared with the guideline values for habitability to building vibration also prescribed in AIJ. For buildings with damping devices, a threefold increase in damping ratio was obtained from results of field measurements and full‐scale experiments. Acceleration ratios were calculated and plotted for various sectional shapes, frequency ratios and side ratios. Lastly, comparison is made between across‐wind accelerations with wind applied to the short side of the building and along‐wind accelerations with wind applied to the long side. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
An alternative approach for assessing eccentricities in asymmetric multistory buildings. 2. Inelastic systems
Authors: Georgoussis George K. 
Published: September 2007

AbstractThe approximate method, presented in the companion paper, for assessing modal eccentricities of elastic multistory buildings with simple eccentricity is extended in systems composed by elastoplastic resisting bents. Following the technique of the aforementioned paper for computing modal properties of such buildings by means of an equivalent single‐story system composed of elastic elements, modal capacity curves of these systems may also be drawn when the resisting elements are defined by a bilinear force–displacement (characteristic) curve. The procedure for constructing element‐characteristic curves is based on the methodology presented by the author in an earlier paper, and modal capacity curves of the equivalent single‐story system may be drawn by performing a non‐linear pushover analysis using the inertia force eccentricity of each mode of this system. Therefore, base shears and their eccentricities for the first two modes of vibration of multistory inelastic buildings can be determined as in real one‐story non‐linear systems. The method is illustrated in a 10‐story partial symmetric building, having along the direction of the ground motion three identical, inelastic, coupled wall bents. The structure is analyzed for a strong ground motion, equal to 1·5 × El Centro earthquake excitation, and the results are compared with those obtained from a step‐by‐step non‐linear time history analysis of the discrete member model. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Performance of polycapillary x‐ray lens for x‐ray sources with various spot sizes
Authors: Sun Tianxi , Liu Zhiguo , Ding Xunliang 
Published: September 2007

AbstractThe performance of a polycapillary x‐ray lens (PCXRL) is related to the spot size of the x‐ray source. The transmission efficiency of the PCXRL decreases generally with the increase of the x‐ray source spot size. Both the output focal spot size of a focusing PCXRL and the divergence of a parallel PCXRL increase with increasing source spot size. A large source spot size results in more ‘escape halo’, which affects the measured transmission efficiency and the measured output focal spot size. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Maintaining competence: a holistic view of continuous professional development
Authors: Bolderston Amanda 
Published: September 2007

AbstractContinuous professional development (CPD) is regarded as an essential component of working life for radiation therapists and is increasingly being used by professional associations to ’prove’ the competence of their members. In the past, CPD activities have primarily been viewed as an individual responsibility, and have focused on maintaining a professional knowledge base and, subsequently, hands-on competency through didactic learning. However, there are drawbacks associated with this model; and concentrating on only one facet of learning ignores other theoretical areas of knowledge acquisition. This article explores several areas of social and organisational theories of learning including social networks, communities of practice, learning organisations, knowledge management, knowledge translation and research utilisation. It is concluded that maintenance of competence after graduation is multilayered and should be viewed in a holistic manner to incorporate some of the relevant elements of the concepts discussed. This article also offers some suggestions for the individual wanting to maximise their educational opportunities beyond traditional models of CPD.
Gerunds in Greek
Authors:   Tsimpli
Published: September 2007

AbstractThis paper discusses the properties of Greek V-ondas forms, referred to as gerunds in Holton et al. (1997). It is argued that the clauses in which they occur are adjuncts with a reduced functional structure. Their temporal interpretation will be shown to illustrate the underspecified status of the features of the V-ondas complex as well as the truncated structure of the clause in which it occurs. The position and interpretation of subjects of gerunds will be argued to follow from (a) the inflectional underspecification of gerunds and (b) the pragmatic nature of control.
Clitics and clause structure
Authors: Condoravdi Cleo , Kiparsky Paul 
Published: September 2007

In late Medieval Greek and many modern dialects, pronominal clitics are syntactically adjoined to an IP projection. In another set of dialects they have become syntactically adjoined to a verbal head. In the most innovating dialects (which include Standard Greek) they are agreement affixes. Extending the Fontana/Halpern clitic typology, we propose a trajectory of lexicalization from X
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In late Medieval Greek and many modern dialects, pronominal clitics are syntactically adjoined to an IP projection. In another set of dialects they have become syntactically adjoined to a verbal head. In the most innovating dialects (which include Standard Greek) they are agreement affixes. Extending the Fontana/Halpern clitic typology, we propose a trajectory of lexicalization from Xmax clitics via X0 clitics to lexical affixes. The evolution of clitic placement also reveals the rise of a composite functional projection þP.
The justifying connection, mostly in Greek
Authors: Kalokerinos Alexis 
Published: September 2007

AbstractI examine in this article the discourse function of the Greek connectives jati, epiδi, and afu. After tracing a general theoretical framework for discourse connectives, I focus on the discourse function of jati and epiδi in comparison with English because. On the basis of that examination, I then study the function of afu. My aim in this article is to expose the instructions that the aformentioned connectives carry for the articulation of discourse. This is a matter of how these small words contribute to the making of complex discourse units, offering a conceptual core with particular procedural meanings and communicating cognition in particular linguistic ways.