Several explanations have been forwarded to account for sexual coercion in romantic relationships. Feminist theory states that sexual coercion is the result of male dominance over women and the need to maintain that dominance; however, studies showing that women sexually coerce men point towards weaknesses in that theory. Some researchers have, therefore, suggested that it is the extent to whic...

By " reinterpretation " Egg means to include various phenomena hitherto treated separately: metonymy (Amelie labeled the wine, i.e., bottles of wine; All the tenors are on the top shelf, i.e., CDs of tenors), where either semantic mismatch or contextual implausibility cause us to do some reasoning in order to arrive at a likely interpretation; examples of the type enjoy the book discussed in th...

The phenomenon of aspectual shift has been discussed by several people over the last ten years using an analogy with type coercion in programming languages. This paper tries to take the analogy literally and to spell out the details for an analysis of some common kinds of aspectual shift in English under the influence of some types of temporal modification. A model theoretic basis for this kind...

Coercion in psychiatry is one of the main topics in user/ survivor movement worldwide. At the same time user controlled research in this field is almost non existent [1,2]. The reasons for this situation will be analyzed, the need for research on coercion and the obstacles that research done by users/survivors faces. The presentation will also outline possible methodologies, their advantages an...

Results Nihil volitum quem prae cognitum. Information on intrinsic elements of the consent of the patient for the medical act showed the physician's high importance in the definition of lex artis ad hoc. According to the High Court, other actions not specified habitually in texts should be considered as coercive measures (e.g. no information to patients from health staff). The catalogue should ...

It is debatable if current direct-recording electronic voting machines can sufficiently be trusted for a use in elections. Reports about malfunctions and possible ways of manipulation abound. Voting schemes have to fulfill seemingly contradictory requirements: On one hand the election process should be verifiable to prevent electoral fraud and on the other hand each vote should be deniable to a...

When the Australian secret ballot was introduced in the 1850s, it not only provided privacy for those voters who wanted it, but it also effectively eliminated coercion by allowing no viable means for voters to prove their votes to third parties. In an environment where the privacy of voters is enforced by independent observers, coerced voters could freely express their true preferences while ma...

As more information becomes available, the ability to quickly incorporate new and diverse data sources into existing database systems becomes critical. Schema coercion addresses this need by defining the mapping between databases as a collection of mappings between corresponding constructs. This work defines a comprehensive schema coercion tool: it transforms schemata into corresponding ER repr...

This research had three basic goals: (a) to identify manipulation tactics used in close relationships; (b) to document empirically the degree of generality and specificity of tactical deployment across relationship types (mates, friends, parents); and (c) to identify links between five major personality dimensions and the usage of manipulation tactics. Twelve manipulation tactics were identifie...