This study aimed to expand knowledge on the role and possible contribution of workers in the consolidation of health surveillance services in three municipalities in Greater Metropolitan Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The research used a qualitative methodology based on focus groups and participatory observation. The resulting data were categorized by content analysis. The results poi...

only long enough to satisfy the law. This law also brought back into the schools retarded children who had withdrawn because of inability to progress, or because of discouragement. In the summer of 1916, the authorities of the public schools of Austin took steps to remedy these obstacles to the efficiency of the schools, by instituting three ungraded classes in different ward schools in the cit...

Few quantitative studies have looked at how reasons for quitting organized sports vary according to social backgrounds. The present paper addresses this gap by investigating youths’ perceptions of six dropping out youth three types inequality: socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and gender. We utilize data from the 2015 Young in Oslo survey, where sport dropouts grades 8–13 rated importance (N = 2...

This article explores the negotiation and performance of female social identities within Norwegian Army, drawing on eight qualitative in-depth interviews with soldiers. Using Goffman’s concept identity performance, study examines how these women adapt their behavior expectations to conform normative soldier role. One important finding is potential impact processes silencing soldiers&rsquo...

Majority of chapters of this book show usefulness of greedy like algorithms for solving various combinatorial optimization problems. The aim of this chapter is to warn the reader that not always a greedy like approach is a good option and, in certain cases, it is a very bad option being sometimes among the worst possible options. Our message is not a discouragement from using greedy like algori...

Sociosexual norms, as well as marital patterns, vary widely across human history and culture. Yet, humans share an evolved psychobiology of sexual motivation that reliably leads to procreation through incentivizing sexual activity. We predicted that in socially monogamous societies with conservative norms for sexual behavior, the interaction of sexual motivation and strong discouragement of non...

The paper looks at the reason for the low incidence of retained abdominal packs following an abdominal operation in a third world country like Nigeria. It is generally agreed that this unfortunate situation is underreported. The reason for under-reporting is now given a socio-cultural perspective. Fear of litigation as would hold in the western world does not seem to be paramount here. Other ex...

The psychological help-seeking patterns of college students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have only recently begun to be examined. Initial suggestions indicate that the majority of Emirati students treat help seeking from counselors as a last resort, which may be linked to aspects of Emirati culture including feared loss of societal face, stigma associated with seeking help, and discouragem...

Infant brain research is having an increasing impact on child psychotherapy and our understanding of the neurobiological effects of trauma and neglect. This paper outlines the 'experience-dependent' nature of brain development in infancy and the concept of critical periods in such development. The effects of deprivation on child development are illustrated and case material from a child who was...

social apathy refers to avoidance from participation in social problems, discouragement and disinterest, civic disinvolvement and being inattentive to social, political, cultural subjects and social alienation happens when the individuals in relation to self, others and society at diverse forms feel powerless, abnormal, meaningless, socially isolated or hate the culture or themselves. the main ...