Nuclear Family Theory critically reviewed

The motor theory of speech perception reviewed.

More than 50 years after the appearance of the motor theory of speech perception, it is timely to evaluate its three main claims that (1) speech processing is special, (2) perceiving speech is perceiving gestures, and (3) the motor system is recruited for perceiving speech. We argue that to the extent that it can be evaluated, the first claim is likely false. As for the second claim, we review ...

Examining Family Stress: Theory and Research

Swarm Robotics Reviewed Swarm Robotics Reviewed

Jan Carlo Barca and Y. Ahmet Sekercioglu Robotica / Volume 31 / Issue 03 / May 2013, pp 345 ­ 359 DOI: 10.1017/S026357471200032X, Published online: 03 July 2012 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S026357471200032X How to cite this article: Jan Carlo Barca and Y. Ahmet Sekercioglu (2013). Swarm robotics reviewed. Robotica, 31, pp 345­359 doi:10.1017/ S026357471200032X R...

Family engagement regarding the critically ill patient.

The Institute of Medicine strongly recommends a health care system that supports family members. Nowhere is the need for family-centered care greater than with critically ill patients. Simplistically, family-centered care is primarily about communication. Unfortunately, family perception of communication in the intensive care unit (ICU) is quite poor. This article reviews some strategies to imp...

Gini's Nuclear Family

The purpose of this paper is to justify the use of the Gini coefficient and two close relatives for summarizing the basic information of inequality in distributions of income. To this end we employ a specific transformation of the Lorenz curve, the scaled conditional mean curve, rather than the Lorenz curve as the basic formal representation of inequality in distributions of income. The scaled ...