The current study addresses the validation of the Checklist of Controlling Behaviors (CCB), an 84-item domestic violence assessment instrument that can be used to address multiple levels of violence and coercive control in violent relationships. Derived from clinical observation and current theories, the CCB makes use of intimate partner violence survivor reports to identify the intensity and f...

This introductory essay synthesises the contributions to this special issue on polar regions and multi-level governance, showing how they address three important themes in study of institutional complexes: interplay management; influence that global institutions processes exert regional regimes; ways which states other actors pursue their interests within complexes institutions. The focus here ...

Today’s health care environment demands enormous amounts of energy and diligence, regardless of clinical setting: acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, community-based agencies, home, or hospice care. Health work environments that channel their energy to foster encouragement and empowerment by their nurses bear witness to quality excellence and successful patient care outcomes. In fa...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Previous studies examining genetic associations with MRI-defined brain infarct have yielded inconsistent findings. We investigated genetic variation underlying covert MRI infarct in persons without histories of transient ischemic attack or stroke. We performed meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of white participants in 6 studies comprising the Cohorts for He...

1. Introduction 2. Introductory examples 3. Communicating finite state machines 4. Reachability properties 5. Reachability analysis and abstract flow control 6. Affine SR-machines 7. Undecidable problems 8. Rational channels for cyclic protocols 9. Recognizable channels for general protocols 10. Abstract flow control in general graphs 11. Recapitulation and conclusions Appendix: Post's tag syst...

This essay looks at the historical significance of three APS classic papers that are freely available online: Fernández C and Goldberg JM. Physiology of peripheral neurons innervating otolith organs of the squirrel monkey. I. Response to static tilts and to long-duration centrifugal force. J Neurophysiol 39: 970–984, 1976 (http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/ reprint/39/5/970). Fernández C and Goldber...

1. Introduction 2. Introductory examples 3. Communicating finite state machines 4. Reachability properties 5. Reachability analysis and abstract flow control 6. Affine SR-machines 7. Undecidable problems 8. Rational channels for cyclic protocols 9. Recognizable channels for general protocols 10. Abstract flow control in general graphs 11. Recapitulation and conclusions Appendix: Post's tag syst...

The presented work summarizes the arguments and counter-arguments within scientific discussion on construction of models impact shadow economy macroeconomic indicators country. level has a negative Ukraine's indicators. is covert / or non-covert economic activity whose purpose to intentionally forcibly generate excess profits due uncontrolled socio-economic relations. main study identify system...

This article is an overview of Peruvian studies and research on men masculinities. field study has around forty years existence Peru contributed with scholarship that advances the both theoretically methodologically. identifies seven main areas prioritized by social scientists: 1) construction masculinities; 2) masculinities gender violence; 3) reconstruction relearning 4) paternities; 5) emoti...