Rethinking Western Motu Descent Groups

Descent Sets for Symplectic Groups

The descent set of an oscillating (or up-down) tableau is introduced. This descent set plays the same role in the representation theory of the symplectic groups as the descent set of a standard tableau plays in the representation theory of the general linear groups. In particular, we show that the descent set is preserved by Sundaram's correspondence. This gives a direct combinatorial interpret...

Aristotle's De motu animalium

De Motu Locali Animalium

The bright light of William Harvey's discovery of the nature of the blood's circulation usually outshines his other contributions, notably the important studies on the embryology of the chick and the deer. However, the Exercitationes de generatione animalium at least was published (1651). Now Dr. Whitteridge, at the invitation of the Royal College of Physicians, has made accessible a virtually ...

Rethinking immigration policy theory beyond ‘Western liberal democracies’

How do political systems shape immigration policy-making? Explicitly or implicitly, comparative politics and migration policy theories suggest a 'regime effect' that links specific dynamics of immigration policy to liberal democracy. The literature's dominant focus on so-called 'Western liberal democracies', however, has left the 'regime effect' largely untested and research on variations and s...

Continuing education in the family health strategy: rethinking educational groups.

OBJECTIVE to analyze the experience of the family health team in resignifying the way to develop educational groups. METHOD groups of discussion, with twenty-six biweekly group meetings conducted, with an average of fifteen professionals from the family health team, during the year 2009. The empirical material consisted of the transcription of the groups, on which thematic analysis was perfor...