Recently, in the journal Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, there appeared a systematic review (Blair, Marcus, & Boccaccini, 2008) accompanied by a commentary (Lilienfeld & Jones, 2008) suggesting an ‘‘allegiance effect’’ in the reporting of the predictive accuracy of actuarial risk assessment systems. The authors of these two articles suggested some possible errors or misrepresentation...

The notion of "spiritual capital" has been the subject of growing interest in recent years; however, the concept remains poorly defined. Based on a review of the academic literature and on interviews and focus groups conducted with leaders and volunteers of over fifteen NGOs and community groups in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, this paper proposes a preliminary conceptual framework for understan...

In the principal-agent relationship that characterizes the policy-making process, unified agency and observability of agent actions clarify responsibility for policy outcomes. We show that when policy making is sequential, these institutional features can interact with negative consequences for the welfare of political principals. In equilibrium, the principal behaves in a way that induces the ...

This paper presents the case that certain types of homeopathic medicine may represent a form of hormesis, that is, either pre- or post-conditioning hormesis. An example of a post-conditioning model by van Wijk and colleagues demonstrated successful enhancement of adaptive responses using below-toxic threshold doses (i.e. hormetic doses) of inducing agents when administered subsequent to a highl...

GETTING STARTED Introducing Roles Facilitator Introduction [7] Participant Introductions [8] Other Process Leadership Roles [9] Representation [10] Roles of Agencies [11] Roles of Tribes [12] Explaining Purpose and Scope Setting Process Expectations [13] Preparing to Collaborate [14] Icebreaker: Hopes and Concerns About the Process [15] Establishing Boundaries [16] Clarifying Participant Respon...

GETTING STARTED Introducing Roles Facilitator Introduction [7] Participant Introductions [8] Other Process Leadership Roles [9] Representation [10] Roles of Agencies [11] Roles of Tribes [12] Explaining Purpose and Scope Setting Process Expectations [13] Preparing to Collaborate [14] Icebreaker: Hopes and Concerns About the Process [15] Establishing Boundaries [16] Clarifying Participant Respon...

GETTING STARTED Introducing Roles Facilitator Introduction [7] Participant Introductions [8] Other Process Leadership Roles [9] Representation [10] Roles of Agencies [11] Roles of Tribes [12] Explaining Purpose and Scope Setting Process Expectations [13] Preparing to Collaborate [14] Icebreaker: Hopes and Concerns About the Process [15] Establishing Boundaries [16] Clarifying Participant Respon...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a very frequently performed procedure. Its most dreadful complication is bile duct injury. Difficulty in appreciating the biliary anatomy plays an important role in its causation. Here we describe our technique in clarifying the difficult anatomy by directly injecting the radiologic contrast in the ambiguous area, and thus avoiding a potential injury.

MacWhinney is to be commended for reopening questions about the logical problem of language acquisition in the light of new data and models. Unfortunately his discussion is marred by technical errors, false dichotomies, and inadequate attention to detail. The ‘logical problem of language acquisition’ (Baker & McCarthy, 1981; Pinker, 1979, 1989) is not the belief that ‘the input to the learner i...

Unlike other major adult social roles in the United States, parenthood does not appear to confer a mental health advantage for individuals. However, while research has examined parental status differences in emotional well-being, relatively little is known about variations in emotional distress among parents. In this article, we clarify the relationship between parenthood and current symptoms o...