title: Early childhood developmental disabilities and intervention in language, communication and social relationships

authors: Gibbs, Colin J.

abstract: The ecological perspective of child development is receiving increasing attention from researchers and interventionists in recent times. Such a perspective of child development
   “...involves the scintific study of the progressive, mutual accomodation between an active, growing human being and the changing properties of the immediate settings in which the devloping person lives, as this process is affected by relations between these settings and by the larger contexts in which these stteings are embedded.” (Bronfenbrennar 1979, p.21)
These important issues arise from this viewpoint and have iomplication in terms of intervention strategies. First, the child is viewed as a growing and active organism who progressivley enters into and restructures his environment. Secondly, there exists a reciprocal interaction between the person and the environment. Thirdly, the developmental importance of the environment is not restricted to a single setting, but encompasses interconnections between settings as well as in the larger ecological environment (Bronfenbrenner, 1974, 1979).

text: Early childhood developmental disabilities and intervention in language, communication and social relationships The ecological perspective of child development is receiving increasing attention from researchers and interventionists in recent times. Such a perspective of child development
   “...involves the scintific study of the progressive, mutual accomodation between an active, growing human being and the changing properties of the immediate settings in which the devloping person lives, as this process is affected by relations between these settings and by the larger contexts in which these stteings are embedded.” (Bronfenbrennar 1979, p.21)
These important issues arise from this viewpoint and have iomplication in terms of intervention strategies. First, the child is viewed as a growing and active organism who progressivley enters into and restructures his environment. Secondly, there exists a reciprocal interaction between the person and the environment. Thirdly, the developmental importance of the environment is not restricted to a single setting, but encompasses interconnections between settings as well as in the larger ecological environment (Bronfenbrenner, 1974, 1979).

year: 1981

title: Mass-loading and parallel magnetized shocks

authors: Zank, Gary P.

subjects: MHD

abstract: Recent observations at comets Giacobini-Zinner and Halley suggest that simple non-reacting gas dynamics or MHD is an inappropriate description for the bow shock. The thickness of the observed (sub)shock implies that mass-loading is an important dynamical process within the shock itself, thereby requiring that the Rankine-Hugoniot conditions possess source terms. This leads to shocks with properties similar to those of combustion shocks. We consider parallel magnetized shocks subjected to mass-loading, describe some properties which distinguish them from classical MHD parallel shocks, and establish the existence of a new kind of MHD compound shock. These results will be of importance both to observations and numerical simulations of the comet-solar wind interaction.

text: Mass-loading and parallel magnetized shocks Recent observations at comets Giacobini-Zinner and Halley suggest that simple non-reacting gas dynamics or MHD is an inappropriate description for the bow shock. The thickness of the observed (sub)shock implies that mass-loading is an important dynamical process within the shock itself, thereby requiring that the Rankine-Hugoniot conditions possess source terms. This leads to shocks with properties similar to those of combustion shocks. We consider parallel magnetized shocks subjected to mass-loading, describe some properties which distinguish them from classical MHD parallel shocks, and establish the existence of a new kind of MHD compound shock. These results will be of importance both to observations and numerical simulations of the comet-solar wind interaction.

year: 1991

title: Coastal communities, leisure and wellbeing: Advancing a trans-disciplinary agenda for understanding ocean-human relationships in Aotearoa New Zealand

authors: Wheaton, Belinda

subjects: Science & Technology

abstract: Commentators are advocating for research to better understand relationships between healthy coastal ecosystems and human wellbeing. Doing so requires inter- and transdisciplinary approaches across humanities, arts, social sciences, and science and technology disciplines. These approaches include culturally diverse knowledge systems, such as indigenous ones, that locate sustainable use of and relationships to marine ecosystems. This paper contributes to this agenda through a case-study of relationships between coastal ecosystems and human wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand. This article highlights interconnected cultural and wellbeing benefits of, and socio-ecological relationships between, these coastal ecosystems drawing on a case study of one ocean-based, ‘immersive’ leisure activity, surfing. Further, it examines how these relationships impact human physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, and the wellbeing of communities and ecosystems. The research illustrates that surfing creates strong bonds between practitioners and coastal places, linking the health of marine environments and people. We demonstrate the value of a transdisciplinary place-based approach that integrates research across the humanities and social sciences and engages with Indigenous knowledge (Mātauranga Māori). This argument for multicultural co-learning shows the value of Western and Māori vantage points for how we understand coastal blue spaces. Indigenous perspectives, we conclude, deepen appreciation, as well as equity considerations, of how we understand place, wellbeing, and long-term sustainable relationships with marine ecosystems.

text: Coastal communities, leisure and wellbeing: Advancing a trans-disciplinary agenda for understanding ocean-human relationships in Aotearoa New Zealand Commentators are advocating for research to better understand relationships between healthy coastal ecosystems and human wellbeing. Doing so requires inter- and transdisciplinary approaches across humanities, arts, social sciences, and science and technology disciplines. These approaches include culturally diverse knowledge systems, such as indigenous ones, that locate sustainable use of and relationships to marine ecosystems. This paper contributes to this agenda through a case-study of relationships between coastal ecosystems and human wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand. This article highlights interconnected cultural and wellbeing benefits of, and socio-ecological relationships between, these coastal ecosystems drawing on a case study of one ocean-based, ‘immersive’ leisure activity, surfing. Further, it examines how these relationships impact human physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, and the wellbeing of communities and ecosystems. The research illustrates that surfing creates strong bonds between practitioners and coastal places, linking the health of marine environments and people. We demonstrate the value of a transdisciplinary place-based approach that integrates research across the humanities and social sciences and engages with Indigenous knowledge (Mātauranga Māori). This argument for multicultural co-learning shows the value of Western and Māori vantage points for how we understand coastal blue spaces. Indigenous perspectives, we conclude, deepen appreciation, as well as equity considerations, of how we understand place, wellbeing, and long-term sustainable relationships with marine ecosystems.

year: 2021