A meaningful institutional purpose does not just pop into existence. It must be constructed, with reference both to core values and to changing market or demographic conditions. This article examines three important moments in the history of two different institutions to better understand the development of such a process and explore how a sense of mission and the core values can survive over t...

Corneal, lenticular, and retinal damage have been observed following exposures to a laser emitting in the near-infrared wavelength range (Nd:Y AG, 1.318 ~m). Ocular damage thresholds are much higher than for visible wavelengths. However, it was found that infrared (IR) exposures may result in multiple damage sites throughout the ocular medium and retina; that exposure sites which initially appe...

In a t im e o f m ora l u n c e r ­ t a i n t y , A m e r i c a n e e d s to return to the id e a s o f fa ith and v a lu e s and b rin g th e m into the pub lic d ia lo g u e on issues , using them as a u n i­ fying factor, said D em ocratic Vice P r e s id e n t ia l c a n d id a t e Senator Joseph Lieberman in an a d d r e s s to t h e N o t r e D am e c o m ­ m u n i t y Tuesday. T h e a d ...

Reparations are often justified as a means to ensure “peace,” “reconciliation,” or “vindicate victims” (Bottigliero, 2004, 14; Greiff, 2006, 463–466; Laplante, 2015, 555–557). The justification of reparations range from corrective justice notions restitutio in integrum (returning all that is lost) moral recognition and relational restoration, even communitarian engendering civic trust, social c...

Cement is used globally in construction materials for nearly all civil infrastructure systems supporting improved quality of life, and there currently no substitute that can meet its functional capacity. The magnitude cement production leads to more than 7% annual anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, resulting from both energy use chemical reactions, which imposes a notable barrier rea...

Schizotypal personality is characterized by a variety of traits, such as magical thinking, unusual perceptual experiences, and anhedonia. Factor analytic studies have shown that these characteristics tend to cluster into at least two separate dimensions (positive and negative schizotypy). Schizotypy is associated with vulnerability to schizophrenia. However, it is also related to higher scores ...

Chen argued that the proper null hypothesis for free-choice studies examining shifts in choice was 66.7%. Sagarin and Skowronki (2009) questioned the appropriateness of this value, noting that it was based on an unwarranted assumption that subjects always choose preferred options over less preferred options. In this paper, we respond to the points raised by Chen and Risen (2009), noting that: (...

Electronic mentoring (e-mentoring) programs are providing unprecedented opportunities for establishing mentoring relationships. E-mentoring is the merger of mentoring with electronic communications and links mentors with proteges independent of geography or scheduling constrains. Unique qualities of electronic communications, such as the attenuation of status differences and the ease of thought...

While we know much about the beginnings of houses, rarely their endings. Yet, to understand temporality houses and entanglement biographies residents, analysis endings is particularly relevant. The case Khmu especially suggestive here, for it shows that end a house not an exceptional phenomenon, nor symptom crisis, but inevitable intended part its life cycle. Unintended ends, on other hand, may...

A number of issues have emerged related to how platforms moderate and mitigate “harm.” Although recently developed more explicit policies in regard what constitutes “hate speech” “harmful content,” it appears that often use subjective judgments harm specifically pertains spectacular, physical violence—but takes on many shapes complex forms. The politics defining “harm” “violence” within these a...