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Edward Chace Tolman
Edward Chace Tolman 1886-1959, American psychologist, b. West Newton, Mass., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1911; Ph. D. Harvard, 1915. He spent most of his academic career at the Univ. of California, Berkeley, where he taught psychology (1918-54). His approach to human behavior... Read more |
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Admissible
ADMISSIBLE A term used to describe information that is relevant to a determination of issues in any judicial proceeding so that such information can be properly considered by a judge or jury in making a decision. Evidence is admissible if it is of such a character that the court is bound to... Read more |
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Union of Concerned Scientists
Union of Concerned Scientists The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is a nonprofit alliance of some fifty thousand scientists and citizens across the United States. The group's stated goal is to combine rigorous scientific analysis with committed citizen advocacy in order to build a cleaner... Read more |
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William Smith Clark
William Smith Clark 1826-86, American educator, b. Ashfield, Mass., grad. Amherst, 1848, and studied chemistry and botany at Göttingen (Ph.D., 1852). He taught at Amherst until the Civil War, fought in many battles, and emerged from the struggle a brigadier general. He was elected to the... Read more |
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Career development
CAREER COUNSELING IN HIGHER EDUCATION The career services office supports the educational mission of a college or university by helping students to develop, evaluate, and pursue career goals. In the process, students acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to make lifelong career decisions.... Read more |
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Burton Richter
Burton Richter , 1931-, American physicist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956. A professor at Stanford Univ., Richter built a particle accelerator (Stanford Positron-Electron Asymmetric Ring) with the help of David Ritson and the support of the U.S. Atomic Energy... Read more |
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Nicholas P. Negroponte
NEGROPONTE, NICHOLAS Computer-aided design expert Nicholas Negroponte is the founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Laboratory, a leading $35 million research facility funded by MIT itself and several governmental bodies, as well as by more than 175 corporations across the... Read more |
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Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics Bioinformatics is the use of mathematical, statistical and computer methods to analyze biological, biochemical, and biophysical data. Because bioinformatics is a young, rapidly evolving field, however, it also has a number of other credible definitions. It can also be defined as the... Read more |
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Andrew Zachary Fire
Andrew Zachary Fire 1959-, American geneticist, b. Palo Alto, Calif., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983. After a long association with the Carnegie Institution of Washington (1986-2003), Fire became a professor at Stanford Univ. in 2003. Fire and Craig Mello received the 2006... Read more |
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microcredit
microcredit the extension to poor individuals of small loans to be used for income-generating activities that will improve the borrowers' living standards. The loans, which may be as little as $20 for very poor borrowers in some developing countries, typically are for a short term (a year or less),... Read more |
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refractive errors
...clearly at any distance without refractive help (Fig. 1(b)).Contrast this with...is too long, and distant objects are focused in front of the retina (Fig. 2(a...rays from a near object can be accurately focused on the retina in myopia without correcting... |
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Courtship and Dating
...their own partners, and their letters focused on romance rather than on the practical matters that...significantly from courting: They cost money, focused less on long‐term commitment, took place in public, and were initiated...while girls behaved submissively to help their ... |
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Behaviorism
...foundation support became more problem‐oriented, it increasingly focused on scientific research related to social conduct and behavior...beings “as equal as Fords.”As a popularizer of self‐help psychology, Watson made behaviorism a household word in the... |
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elephant man
...a symbol of gross deformity and noble spirit. Attention has focused not on his body, but on the man beneath the skin, with his...society women and royalty. Treves encouraged these visits to help normalize Merrick and arranged a trip to the theatre and a country... |
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Maritime Transport
...goods travel.Three basic distinctions help explain the rise and decline of maritime transport...metal and steam power.These distinctions help illuminate the history of maritime transport...however, as the nation turned westward and focused on the continental drama of ... |
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PLAIN ENGLISH
...an at-first diffuse but increasingly focused international movement against overly...offering commercial and other services that help sustain its momentum and funds. These...business, and individuals can obtain help in writing and checking plain-English... |
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READING
...differs from other forms of scanning one's surroundings by being focused, sustained, relatively disciplined, and accompanied by thinking...any time audibly or inaudibly say a syllable or word so as to help grasp its nature, function, and meaning: in doing this... |
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Red Cross, American
...belatedly ratified the 1864 Geneva Convention concerning wartime help for sick and wounded soldiers.Although Barton played a modest...pressure and cholesterol‐testing programs. A major initiative focused on increasing health services to minority groups and recruiting... |
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Appalachia
...Outside capital flowed into the region and, together with inside help from a small commercially minded urban elite of lawyers, bankers...time since the area was settled by Europeans. John F. Kennedy focused attention on poverty in Appalachia in his 1960 campaign for... |
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Du Bois, W.E.B.
...preservation of black folk culture.During the 1920s, Du Bois focused increasingly on Pan‐Africanism, socialism, and economic issues while questioning...idealism and pragmatism, integration and separation, self‐help and demands for reparation, liberal education and vocational... |
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immigration legislation
...1966, 17 per cent of those who immigrated did so with direct help from the New Zealand government. Until the 1964 Immigration...European descent were admitted freely. Immigration policies focused on the United Kingdom and Australia, so that during the 1960s... |
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Altrom Tige Dá Medar
...century Book of Fermoy. Scholarly attention in the story has focused on the dispersal of the immortals, the Tuatha Dé Danann, into...Not even Angus could dissuade her. St Patrick himself came to help Eithne to resist her former companions. She was lonely when... |
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Isaiah, book of
...to show how the whole book, much of it in poetic form, is focused: the nation's failures are followed by punishments, and the hope (40–55) of...11: 1–10). However, Ahaz decided to seek Assyrian help (2 Kgs. 16: 7 f.) against the two allies, and Isaiah prophesied... |
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Rafsanjani, Hashemi Ali Akbar
...by Iranian standards, he did pursue a pragmatic policy which focused on consolidation of the Islamic order, rather than further...the Revolution. Nevertheless, he continued to rule with the help of internal terror, while jealously guarding his ‘Islamic... |
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altruism
...and the voluntary sector. Studies have focused on blood donation; acts of bravery in...strangers in public situations compared to help offered to family and friends; the willingness...in such activities (such as a desire to help others). But self-oriented reasons... |
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anarchism
...decentralized, local/communal forms of authority, and promoted the self-help of workers. In a change of emphasis, at the turn of the century many anarchists focused on the revolutionary ideas of Bakunin to create a new social order through... |
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Lug Lámfhota
...son of Dian Cécht the healing god, seduced the girl with the help of the druidess Birog. Triplets were conceived, but Lug's two...and athletic, Lug's dramatic character becomes most sharply focused in Cath Maige Tuired; he comes to the aid of the Tuatha Dé... |
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screen
...on a computer screen: pressing the F1 key at any time will display a help screen. ∎ Photog. a flat piece of ground glass on which the image formed by a camera lens is focused. 3. Printing a transparent, finely ruled plate or film used in halftone... |
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Solution-focused therapy in a psychiatric hospital
...modalities, solution-focused brief therapy is emerging...developed brief solution-focused therapy to help clients meet their goals...future without the problem helps to create an expectation...therapist. Solution-focused brief therapy ... |
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SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY FOR FAMILIES COPING WITH SUICIDE
...this article, solution-focused therapy hereafter refers to...developed at the BFTC. Solution-focused therapy is a strength-based model that helps clients resolve present problems...assumption underlying solution-focused therapy is that clients know... |
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Focused Health Solutions Partners With Emmi Solutions to Help Employers...
...executive officer at Focused Health. "Emmi Solutions...satisfaction." Emmi programs help patients gain the knowledge...wellness services can help an organization manage...focusedhs.com/. About Focused Health Solutions Focused Health ... |
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B.C. Launches Patient-focused Funding Provincewide.
...seen the value of patient-focused funding and innovation in health...stay for patients. Patient-focused funding will provide financial...procedures where appropriate to help reduce wait times in high...successfully implemented patient-focused funding. ... |
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Solution-focused therapy: strength-based counseling for children with social...
...social phobia. Solution-focused therapy was developed by de...Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Solution-focused therapy is grounded on the...formulate solutions, the counselor helps the client build on exceptions...Berg, 1998). Solution-focused therapy is especially ... |
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University of Virginia Researchers Ready to Help Revolutionize Medical Care...
...never heard of magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), yet it is a technology...world. "We're at the same point with focused ultrasound as we were with diagnostic...an internationally-known proponent of focused ultrasound research and development... |
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Actuate and Strategy Focused Business Solutions Deliver Leading Performance...
...forward to working with Strategy Focused Business Solutions to promote...Management approach that will help them achieve their business objectives and build a strategy-focused organization," said Sandy...Managing Consultant, Strategy Focused Business ... |
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SOLUTION-FOCUSED PREMARITAL COUNSELING: HELPING COUPLES BUILD A VISION FOR...
...2001, p. 37), and theory helps to guide research and organize...We propose the solution-focused approach as a useful theory...counseling. The solution-focused approach aims to help clients build solutions that...premarital counseling, ... |
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Focused Health Solutions Announces Four New Business Wins.
...will have access to the My Focused Health(SM) Health Risk Assessment...management coaching. The My Focused Health(SM) program will help Crew Members address health...behaviors and improve health. "Focused Health stood apart from the... |
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The learning-focused transformation of biology and physics core courses at...
...learning focus. The learning-focused model for teaching that USAFA...AAC&U survey. Learning-focused teaching is a philosophy of...prompt feedback designed to help students improve their learning...create our cycle of learning-focused teaching. The ... |
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