bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The mediator as trickster: The folkloric figure as professional role model
Authors: Benjamin Robert D. 
Published: July 2007

AbstractAs mediators continue to formulate and develop the profession of mediation, they have tended to use the traditional professions of law, medicine, and mental health as a model. That model is not well suited to the purposes and practice of mediation because it is fundamentally anchored in a technical‐rational conceptual orientation that encourages the professional to be an expert. As an alternative professional role model for mediators, the folkloric trickster figure offers greater promise. The trickster figure, like the mediator, demonstrates the effective integration of both the analytical skill and the intuitive sensibilities necessary to be effective in the management of conflict.
From diatribe to dialogue on divisive public issues: Approaches drawn from family therapy
Authors: Chasin Richard , Herzig Margaret , Roth Sallyann , Chasin Laura , Becker Carol , Stains Robert R. 
Published: July 2007

AbstractPublic discourse on divisive issues is often dominated by destructive debate between polarized opponents. Applying family therapy ideas, the Public Conversations Project fosters constructive dialogue on such conflicts. Their approach includes (1) collaborating with participants, starting with extensive premeeting exchanges, (2) using ground rules and formats that prevent reen‐actment of the “old” conversation, and (3) fostering respectful inquiry to stimulate a “new” conversation that increases understanding of the “other” as a person, not a stereotype or position. The project's emphasis is not on resolving specific disputes but on improving the way people with strong differences relate to each other.
Effects on high school students of integrating conflict resolution and peer mediation training into an academic unit
Authors: Stevahn Laurie , Johnson David W. , Johnson Roger T. , Laginski Anne Marie , O'Coin Iris 
Published: July 2007

AbstractThe effectiveness of a conflict resolution and peer mediation program in a suburban Canadian secondary school was examined. Subjects were forty‐two ninth‐grade English students heterogeneous in academic achievement. A pretest‐posttest control‐group experimental design was employed. Students randomly assigned to the experimental condition spent ten hours studying a literature unit into which conflict resolution training had been integrated. Students randomly assigned to the control condition studied the identical literature unit for ten hours without conflict resolution and peer mediation training. Significant differences between treatment groups occurred in academic achievement and retention of academic learning, knowledge and retention of the conflict resolution procedure, application of the procedure in a conflict situation, and attitudes toward conflict.
Broadening the scope of divorce mediation to meet the needs of children
Authors: Beck Peggy , Biank Nancee 
Published: July 2007

AbstractDivorce mediation has made advancements in the divorce process. Divorcing couples are now faced with an option that empowers and supports them during and after the divorce. Nearly one million children are affected by divorce each year. These children are unable to speak for themselves. Parents are prone to inaccurately assess their children's needs during a divorce. They often feel overwhelmed and focus on themselves. They may even use their children to this end. The authors want mediators to broaden the scope of divorce mediation to include a child assessment. It will serve as an objective tool that will give the divorcing couple vital information to help them make informed decisions. It will protect their most important assets, their children.
Humanistic mediation: A transformative journey of peacemaking
Authors: Umbreit Mark S. 
Published: July 2007

AbstractBuilding on the rich experience of mediators in many fields who have periodically experienced the process to be far more than just developing a settlement, a humanistic model of mediation is presented. The model allows practitioners to more intentionally and consistently tap into the intrinsic transformative and healing potential of mediation. The dominant Western “settlement‐driven” model of problem‐solving mediation is contrasted with the “dialogue‐driven” humanistic approach and its nondirective style of mediation, which routinely involves the mediator meeting separately one or more times with parties in conflict prior to the mediation session. Specific elements of the model are presented, as well as the paradigm of healing on which it is based. Drawing on the wisdom of numerous indigenous traditions of peacemaking and the experience of many mediators in family, community, workplace, and victim‐offender mediation settings, humanistic mediation practice offers a genuine transformative journey of peacemaking that is grounded in compassion, strength, and our common humanity.
Confronting social injustice as a mediator
Authors: McCormick Michael A. 
Published: July 2007

AbstractUsing literature from several disciplines and reflections on the author's mediating experience, this article asserts that mediators should confront social injustice. The author suggests that the ethic of impartiality be joined by other guiding principles such as transformation, equality, relationship, and justice. Mediators, he contends, need to challenge power imbalances, appeal to moral authority, and encourage disputants to exercise self‐actualizing and cooperative forms of power. This is possible, he argues, when the mediator helps the perpetrator of an injustice subjectively experience the harm done to the victim. Such an approach necessarily implies a revision of our notion of impartiality.
Costs of Mediation: Whose Responsibility?
Authors: Kovach Kimberlee K. 
Published: July 2007

AbstractWhile noting the rapid growth in the availability and use of mediation in dealing with an ever‐widening array of conflict settings, this article raises serious concerns regarding the mechanisms for funding such services. The article also notes that the growing challenge of ensuring availability of mediation services for all regardless of income has become a serious concern for the profession.
Can't i get no satisfaction? Thoughts on the promise of mediation
Authors: Williams Michael 
Published: July 2007

AbstractThis article argues that, contrary to the view of Robert A. Baruch Bush and Joseph P. Folger, expressed in their book The Promise of Mediation, the “Satisfaction Story” has a place in well‐conducted mediation practice. The author examines the arguments on which Bush and Folger justify their rejection of “Satisfaction” and argues that problem‐solving mediation is not inevitably directive, and that problem solving and “Transformation” are not mutually exclusive.
Kilometer 101: Oasis or mirage? An analysis of third‐party self‐interest in international mediation
Authors: Levitt Matthew A. 
Published: July 2007

AbstractMediators enter disputes with self‐interests that go beyond the simple resolution of the conflict between the parties. Most often, they are the result of subconscious, innocent, even human desires to succeed or to be praised by one's peers and superiors. At the other extreme, these interests can drive mediators to use their powerful position in calculated, even selfish manipulation of the process to suit their own preferences. This article explores third‐party self‐interest in the context of Henry Kissinger's role in the Israeli‐Egyptian ceasefire talks in 1973 and 1974. It illustrates the relevance of these issues for other mediation contexts.
The limits of the mediator's neutrality
Authors: Cohen Orna , Dattner Naomi , Luxenburg Ahron 
Published: July 2007

AbstractThe subject of this article is neutrality in the role of the family mediator. The question it addresses is whether spouses in a conflict situation on the interpersonal level are capable of cooperating on the parental level to reach sensible decisions as to their children's welfare. The article discusses the dilemma of the mediator as to whether, and how, to intervene in the couple's parental decisions regarding their children's welfare; it ends with a case study and conclusions.
Guidelines for mediator/attorney cooperation
Authors: Leick Christine 
Published: July 2007

AbstractWhat are the special problems encountered by an attorney who supports mediation but also has a duty to protect the client? What are appropriate guidelines to follow to ensure a cooperative relationship between professionals during the processing of the case? Can mediators learn to accept the fact that sometimes an attorney, in good conscience, must advise a client to pursue a different settlement option, even though it means upsetting “cooperative” negotiations?
A prospective study of the diagnostic accuracy of cytological criteria in the FNAB diagnosis of breast papillomas
Authors: Field Andrew , Mak Alison 
Published: July 2007

AbstractSeventy‐four fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) of breast were selected from the 133 cases with surgical biopsy follow up, from a total of 1,154 consecutive breast FNAB received in a 6‐month‐period. These 74 cases were reviewed and scored using all relevant cytological criteria for proliferative breast lesions used in our recent retrospective study, without reference to the original cytological and surgical biopsy diagnoses.Of the 42 criteria scored, 13 had a statistically significant association between the cytology score and the presence or absence of a papilloma (PAP), and the sensitivities, specificities and positive predictive values (PPV) of these individual criteria, or a combination of criteria, were derived.It was found that stellate and meshwork tissue fragments and papillary fragments were all highly specific (0.98) for the diagnosis of PAP, with meshwork fragments having the highest PPV (0.93). Stellate fragments (0.41) and papillary fragments (0.24) were less sensitive not only because they occurred less often, but also because they were present in smaller numbers. The presence of a proteinaceous background with macrophages and siderophages or a moderate to marked number of apocrine sheets were useful indicators only when coexisting with at least one of the above three features. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2007;35:465–475. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Cyto‐histological correlations in primary, recurrent and metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma: The institut Curie's experience
Authors: Klijanienko Jerzy , Caillaud Jean‐Michel , Orbach Daniel , Brisse Hervé , Lagacé Réal , Vielh Philippe , Couturier Jerôme , Fréneaux Paul , Theocharis Stamatios , Sastre‐Garau Xavier 
Published: July 2007

AbstractTo determine diagnostic cytomorphologic features of rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) on fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) material, the cytologic material and corresponding histologic slides of 180 tumors obtained from 109 patients were reviewed. Fifty eight (32.2%) tumors were primary, 34 (18.9%) recurrent, and 88 (48.9%) metastatic. A review of original cytology reports revealed that 176 of 180 (97.8%) tumors were either diagnosed accurately or as round cell sarcoma, while 3 (1.7%) were reported as suspicious. In one case (0.5%), the material was unsatisfactory. No false negative samples were seen.When FNA morphology was correlated with different histological subtypes, the alveolar subtype RMSs were more cellular than the nonalveolar ones (91.4% vs. 64.9%). Similarly, alveolar subtype RMSs compared with nonalveolar ones exhibited more rhabdomyoblastic cells (77.1% vs. 52.7%), alveolar structures (67.6% vs. 10.8%), giant, multinucleated cells (22.9% vs. 6.7%), mitotic figures (57.1% vs. 18.9%), and cyto‐nuclear atypia (77.1% vs. 43.2%). Inversely, spindle‐shaped cells were more frequently seen in nonalveolar versus alveolar RMSs (37.8% vs. 20.9%). Diagn. Cytopathol. 2007;35:482–487. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Direct‐to‐vial comparison of a new liquid‐based cytology system, liqui‐PREP™ versus the conventional Pap smear
Authors: Park Joonseok , Jung Eun‐Ha , Kim Changok , Choi Young Hee 
Published: July 2007

AbstractThe objective of the study was to assess the clinical utility of a liquid‐based cytology system on cervicovaginal screening in a clinical commercial laboratory.Twenty‐six thousand, one hundred and seventy eight cervicovaginal specimens were prepared by the Liqui‐PREP™ (LGM International Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL) with a direct‐to‐vial comparison to 218,548 cases of the conventional direct smear from August 2005 through December 2005. Biopsy data was obtained to confirm the sensitivity for each method.Liqui‐PREP™ showed a marked increase in HSIL+ detection compared to the conventional smear ( P = 0.001). The rate of LSIL and AGC detection was higher with Liqui‐PREP™ ( P equals; 0.001 for both). The percentage of ASCUS specimens was higher than with conventional smear due to cleaner slides and easier detection of suspicious cells. The WNL rate was lower for Liqui‐ PREP™ ( P = 0.001) consistent with increased HSIL+ and ASCUS. The unsatisfactory rate was lower for Liqui‐PREP™ ( P = 0.017). The histological predictive value of Liqui‐PREP™ was slightly higher than the conventional smear (94.1% versus 89.9%).The Liqui‐PREP™ system similar to other reported LBC technologies shows an increased detection of squamous intraepithelial lesions, and gives higher‐quality slides for interpretation than the conventional smear. Histological results confirm that this increase in cytological findings are clinically significant. LGM's new LBC technology is a more sensitive screening tool when compared with the conventional smear. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2007;35:488–492. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Cytopathologic findings in “POEMS” syndrome associated with Castleman disease
Authors: Owens Christopher L. , Weir Edward G. , Ali Syed Z. 
Published: July 2007

AbstractA 34‐year‐old man with a history of a scorpion bite followed by increasing polyneuropathy and IgG lambda monoclonal gammopathy was referred for fine‐needle aspiration of a lytic bone lesion and an enlarged axillary lymph node. The findings in the bone lesion were consistent with a plasmacytoma. The FNA of the lymph node showed a peculiar capillary proliferation in a background of polymorphous mature lymphocytes. Flow cytometric analysis showed a mixed lymphoid population. The lymph node was originally signed out descriptively, but review of the case showed features consistent with Castleman disease. After the pathologic findings and clinical features were discussed with the clinical team, the diagnosis of POEMS syndrome was established. Subsequent surgical excision of the lymph node was diagnosed as hyaline vascular‐variant Castleman disease. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2007;35:512–515. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Transition Metal(II)–Salen and –Salophen Macrocyclic Complexes for Rotaxane Formation: Syntheses and Crystal Structures
Authors: Narita Mamiko , Yoon Il , Aoyagi Masaru , Goto Midori , Shimizu Toshimi , Asakawa Masumi 
Published: July 2007

AbstractWe used a “threading‐followed‐by‐shrinking” approachto prepare [2]rotaxanes possessing nickel(II)–salen and–salophen moieties. Reactions of macrocycles incorporating salen and salophen moieties with secondary dialkylammonium salts, followed by the addition of aqueous sodium sulfate, afforded the corresponding pseudorotaxanes; subsequent addition of nickel acetate shrank the effective size of the macrocycles to give the respective [2]rotaxanes. We obtained a [2]rotaxane possessing a salen unit in remarkably high yields ― even in a polar solvent ― indicating that the “threading‐followed‐by‐shrinking” and “salen‐ring‐opening‐and‐closing” approaches occurred together. In addition, we expanded the “threading‐followed‐by‐shrinking” approach to prepare a [2]rotaxane and a bis[2]rotaxane comprising two palladium(II)–salophen moieties linked in a bismacrocycle and one and two secondary dialkylammonium salts, respectively. Furthermore, we prepared a tetraphenylporphyrin rhodium(III) chloride [Rh(TPP)Cl]‐stoppered [2]rotaxane comprising a palladium(II)–salophen macrocycle and a pyridyl‐terminated thread‐like ion coordinated to the rhodium(III) center, which has potential as a next‐generation molecular machine exhibiting catalytic function. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)
Sterically Demanding Iminopyridine Ligands
Authors: Irrgang Torsten , Keller Sandra , Maisel Heidi , Kretschmer Winfried , Kempe Rhett 
Published: July 2007

AbstractTwo sterically demanding iminopyridine ligands, (2,6‐diisopropylphenyl)[6‐(2,4,6‐triisopropylphenyl)pyridin‐2‐ylmethylene]amine and (2,6‐diisopropylphenyl)[6‐(2,6‐dimethylphenyl)pyridin‐2‐ylmethylene]amine, were prepared by a two‐step process: first, condensation of 6‐bromopyridine‐2‐carbaldehyde with an equimolecular amount of 2,6‐diisopropylaniline, and second, Kumada‐type coupling of in‐situ‐formed Grignard compounds of 1‐bromo‐2,6‐dimethylphenyl and 1‐bromo‐2,4,6‐triisopropylphenyl. Dichlorido complexes of the ligands were synthesized starting from FeCl2, [PdCl2(cod)], [NiCl2(dme)], and CoCl2 (cod = 1,5‐cyclooctadiene, dme = dimethoxyethane). X‐ray crystal structure analyses of a Fe, Pd, and Co complex were determined. Ethylene polymerization/oligomerization behavior of the dichlorido complexes after activation with methylaluminoxane or triethylaluminum was studied. Ethylene dimerization selectivity greater than 95 % was observed.(© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)
Synthesis and Reactivity of New Bis(tetramethylpiperidino)(phosphanyl)alumanes
Authors: Habereder Tassilo , Nöth Heinrich , Paine Robert T. 
Published: July 2007

AbstractSyntheses for the new bis(2,2,6,6‐tetramethylpiperidino)(phosphanyl)alumanes, tmp2AlP(SiMe3)2, tmp2AlP(SnMe3)2 and (tmp2Al)2PPh are described along with spectroscopic characterization and X‐ray crystallographic structure determinations. In addition, the insertion reactions between tmp2AlP(SiMe3)2 and CO2, COS and CS2 are described and compared with the outcomes for CO2 insertion reactions with tmp2AlCl and tmp2AlMe. In the case of the amino‐phosphanyl‐alumane, the Al–P bond undergoes the insertion chemistry in contrast to Al–N bond insertions observed with tmp2AlCl and tmp2AlMe. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)
H‐Point Standard Addition Method Applied to Voltammetry of Microparticles. Quantitation of Dyes in Pictorial Samples
Authors: Bosch‐Reig F. , Doménech‐Carbó A. , Doménech‐Carbó M. T. , Gimeno‐Adelantado J. V. 
Published: July 2007

AbstractA solid‐state electrochemical application of the H‐point standard addition method (HPSAM) for quantifying two electroactive compounds, A, B, that produce strongly overlapped voltammetric peaks is described. It is based on peak current measurement in square‐wave voltammograms recorded for solid samples containing a reference compound R, upon additions of a A‐ (or B‐) containing standard compound. The method allows to the determination of the mass fraction of A and B by applying the H‐point standard addition method to solid state voltammetry. The quotients between the currents measured at two selected potentials and the peak current of R vary linearly with the mass ratio of the added standard and the reference compound, thus providing an electrochemical method for determining the content of A and B in the sample avoiding matrix effects. The method is applied to the simultaneous determination of alizarin and purpurin in madder pigments and pictorial specimens using morin as a reference material.
Global statistical analysis of MISR aerosol data: a massive data product from NASA's Terra satellite
Authors: Shi Tao , Cressie Noel 
Published: July 2007

AbstractIn climate models, aerosol forcing is the major source of uncertainty in climate forcing, over the industrial period. To reduce this uncertainty, instruments on satellites have been put in place to collect global data. However, missing and noisy observations impose considerable difficulties for scientists researching the global distribution of aerosols, aerosol transportation, and comparisons between satellite observations and global‐climate‐model outputs. In this paper, we fit a Spatial Mixed Effects (SME) statistical model to predict the missing values, denoise the observed values, and quantify the spatial‐prediction uncertainties. The computations associated with the SME model are linear scalable to the number of data points, which makes it feasible to process massive global satellite data. We apply the methodology, which is called Fixed Rank Kriging (FRK), to the level‐3 Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) dataset collected by NASA's Multi‐angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument flying on the Terra satellite. Overall, our results were superior to those from non‐statistical methods and, importantly, FRK has an uncertainty measure associated with it that can be used for comparisons over different regions or at different time points. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Soil degradation in central Spain due to sheet water erosion by low‐intensity rainfall events
Authors: Marques M. J. , Bienes R. , Pérez‐Rodríguez R. , Jiménez L. 
Published: July 2007

AbstractRunoff and sediment lost due to water erosion were recorded for 36 (1 m2) plots with varying types of vegetative cover located on sloping gypsiferous fields in the South of Madrid. 75% of the events had maximum 30‐minute intensity (I30) less than 10 mm h−1 in the period studied (1994–2005).As for the vegetative cover, maximum correlation between runoff and soil loss was found in the least protected plots (0–40% cover) during the most intense rainfall events; however, a significant positive correlation was also observed in plots with greater coverage (40–60%). If coverage exceeded 60%, rainfall erosivity declined.The average amount of sediment produced in high‐intensity events was significantly greater (approximately 7 g m−2 per I30 event >10 mm h−1) than that produced in the rest of the moderate‐intensity events (approximately 3 g m−2 per I30 event <10 mm h−1), but due to the high rate of occurrence of the latter throughout the year sediment loss during the period studied totaled 128 g m−2. By comparison, only 40 g m−2 was produced by the I30 events greater than 10 mm h−1.Even though the amount of soil lost is relatively insignificant from a quantitative standpoint, the organic matter content lost in the sediment (six times more than in the soil) is a permanent loss that threatens the development of the surface of the soil in this area when the vegetative cover is less than 40%. The soil here experiences a chronic loss of 0·02 mm annually as a consequence of frequent, moderate events, in addition to any loss produced by extraordinary events, which, though less frequent, are much more erosive. If moderate events are ignored, an important part of soil loss will be lost in the long run. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Comparative study of the essential oils of seven Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) species grown in Brazil
Authors: Silva Cleber J. , Barbosa Luiz C. A. , Maltha Célia R. A. , Pinheiro Antônio L. , Ismail Fyaz M. D. 
Published: July 2007

AbstractThe compositions of the essential oils obtained from seven species of Melaleuca grown in the municipal district of Viçosa, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, were analysed by both GC and GC–MS. The various Melaleuca species showed differences within their relative essential oil compositions. Each of the oils analysed revealed a dominant component: terpinen‐4‐ol (53.7 ± 0.2%) for M. alternifolia; 1,8‐cineole for M. armillaris (80.2 ± 0.0%), M. ericifolia (79.5 ± 0.4%), M. cajuputi, subspecies cajuputi (43.7 ± 0.5%) and M. cajuputi subspecies platyphylla (41.0 ± 8.5%); viridiflorol (71.0 ± 0.9%) for M. quinquenervia; and methyl eugenol (96.6 ± 0.7%) for M. leucadendra. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.