A number of paradoxes tie up this scene of resignation. An identifiable subject speaks of his loss, of becoming anonymous. In an autobiographical narrative, Abstract of an Artist, the writes of his artistic techniques for losing himself, for losing his signature, the loss of assignment to a signature. In this manner, the text written as Abstract of an Artist documents the abstracting of an arti...

OBJECTIVES Breast cancer (BC) is a cancer that affects working age women in Japan. The aim of this study was to examine the impact that BC has on the work-related life of Japanese women and identify factors that correlate with job resignation. METHODS A cross-sectional Internet survey of cancer survivors in Japan was conducted from December 2011 to February 2012. The questionnaire included qu...

This study examined the psychological and behavioral correlates of three major coping strategies used by medically ill patients in dealing with their illness; namely, confrontation, avoidance, and acceptance-resignation. The subjects consisted of 223 male medical patients with a variety of life-threatening and chronic illnesses. Coping responses were measured by the Medical Coping Modes Questio...

In June 1908, James Mark Baldwin, then Professor of Psychology and Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University and at the pinnacle of his career, was arrested in a Baltimore house of prostitution. Although he insisted on both his legal and moral innocence and all legal charges against him were dismissed, the threat of scandal led Hopkins authorities to demand Baldwin's resignation and Baldwin to rem...

RI HE death of Coloniel Ihliomiias Sinclair, C.1B., M.D., F.R.C.S.(Eng.), sometime Professor of Surgery in the Queen's University of Belfast, at the age of 82, terminates a career of outstanding distinictioni in the professionl of medicine. He belonge(d to a well-known and highly respectedl family, closely connectedl with the industrial and charitable life ol the citN-. He was ullllnarried an(l...

This paper provides an analysis of the effects anti-Black violence have had on return Black colleagues (administrators, faculty, and staff) to higher education after 2020 murder African American citizen George Floyd at hands now former Minneapolis police officers. Riffing off R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles-Carter’s song return, “Find Your Way Back” using it as a loose organizational rubric—each...

We investigated sex and age group differences in attitudes to oral health among school-age children using an Oral Self-Care Appraisal (OSCA) to systematically determine changes in oral health knowledge, attitude, and behavior across developmental stages. The subjects (n = 1584) were stratified after random sampling so that each school grade analyzed contained 88 boys and 88 girls. Factor analys...

Board Independence and Corporate Governance: Evidence from Director Resignations. (May 2005) Manu Gupta, B.E., South Gujarat University; M.I.B., Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. L. Paige Fields As evident from recent changes in NYSE and Nasdaq listing requirements, board independence is considered an important constituent of firms’ corporate governance structur...