Psychoanalytic theory has been criticized for decontextualizing individual development. While recognizing the historical neglect of sociocultural context in psychoanalytic theory, this article raises attention to psychoanalytic contributions to the exploration of sociocultural issues in psychotherapy and calls for a systematic inclusion of cultural competence as a core area of emphasis of psych...

the study of nucleation mechanism of new grains during severe plastic deformation of magnesium alloys is of great importance to control the characteristics of final microstructures.  to investigate the role of discontinuous recrystallization, a wrought az31 magnesium alloy was deformed by accumulative back extrusion process at 330 °c.  the obtained microstructures were studied using optical and...

This study uses data from a total of 1453 plants in 24 countries and tests for the moderating influence of seven of the national cultural characteristics developed through the GLOBE studies on investment at the plant level in Environment and Safety Practice (ESP). Specifically, we use the plant-level relationship between the evaluation of environmental and safety performance by senior managemen...

Reduction of Seek Time of Tracking Actuator with Pulsed Excitation in Optical Disk Hyung-Jun LIM, Chang-Soo HAN1 and Soo Hyun KIM∗ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1, Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Taejon, 305-701, Republic of Korea 1Automation Research Department, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, 171, Jang-dong, Yusong-gu, Taejon...

Introduction: The human skin is an active medium from the optical point of view. Therefore, the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques employing light are increasing. Current optical techniques are based on the measurement of the intensity of reflected absorbed or backscattered light from or within skin. Studies have shown that biological tissues, and in particular skin, demonstrate polarization...

Dispersion is widely existed in the optical fiber. The reason is various, such as material dispersion, waveguide dispersion, mode dispersion, and so on. It will lead to the signal waveform distortion and pulse broadening and then limit the transmission capacity and bandwidth in the optical fiber. With the rapid development, transmission rate can reach even hundreds of Gb/s, and it may lead to m...

purpose: to compare the optical properties of hydrophilic and hydrophobic intraocular lenses (iols) containing uv-absorber and to determine their chemical composition. methods: optical properties of different foldable hydrophilic and hydrophobic as well as non-foldable hydrophobic polymethylmetacrylate (pmma) iols were evaluated in three powers of 15, 22 and 25 diopters. optical properties were...

Optical space switches are important subsystems in optical crossconnects (OXCs) and reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (R-OADMs), while also having applications in more long-term communications scenarios, such as optical packet switching. This chapter develops the theory of operation of planar optical space switches, and illustrates the interrelationship that exists between device cha...

Introduction: In this Letter an optical fibre sensor capable of making fully distributed measurements of a wide range of solvents is identified. Microbending principles have been used to develop the sensor such that it responds on contact with liquid solvents, typically within 30 seconds of exposure. The sensor incorporates a swelling polymer and optical fibre components that are readily availa...

"Transparent network" and "all-optical network" are not synonyms. Optical transparency has to be sacrificed in optical logic elements. The paper presents author’s original view on future (all) optical packet-switched network which is based on a clear distinction within dual nature of optical signals: analogue and transparent features of the signal in optical frequency domain from one side, and ...