Commentary: Change the temperature before we have to

Commentary: till we have faces--on humiliation.

My commentary takes up two points raised by Drs. Torres and Bergner: first, the social context in which humiliation takes place and the way such behavior is normalized; and second, the question of face, and in this context, the loss of face and its impact on identity. For me, the key concern in relation to humiliation is not so much loss of entitlement status, but a loss of identity. Humiliatio...

How do we change practice when we have the evidence?

Translating research findings into practice includes myriad pragmatic realities, including understanding the suitability of the data to a particular patient group, writing new guidelines for occupational therapy practitioners, facilitating adoption of the guidelines, and instituting new patterns of care for patients. The process is more than a matter of disseminating the information to practiti...

Commentary: How Can We Have Compassion Towards Animals?

Professor Snow has offered an original and illuminating analysis of compassion which, among its other virtues, provides a plausible account of why we feel compassion for animals and why it is rational to do so. I fully endorse her general approach, so my comments will not be in any wayan attempt to undermine or refute her analysis; instead, I wish to raise some questions that follow on the heel...

Will We Adapt? Temperature, Labor and Adaptation to Climate Change

We explore heat-related labor impacts both for their own interest and to understand the role of adaptation in responding to climate change. Focusing on non-agricultural sectors in the United States, we find that hot temperatures exert a causal negative impact on county-level payroll – reducing payroll by several percentage points in a 2◦C hotter year – with larger impacts in highly exposed indu...

Colony Collapse Disorder : Have We Seen This Before ?