As an opening to this volume, we believe that it would be useful for readers to be aware both of the rationale that underpins it and, perhaps a little more unusually, of the process that led to its production; especially the critical role played by the academic reviewers of the original proposal. The former is important because the idea for the volume materialized out of the recognition that de...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of Hurricane Katrina on displaced students' behavioral disorder. METHODS First, we determine displaced students' likelihood of discipline infraction each year relative to non-evacuees using all K12 student records of the U.S. state of Louisiana during the period of 2000-2008. Second, we investigate the impact of hurricane on evacu...

Concerns around disparities in suspensions and expulsions from schools the United States have resulted a concerted effort to reduce use of exclusionary school discipline. In this article, authors describe trends discipline Indiana Oregon, two U.S. states with different policy climates. The findings point substantial decline other forms both states. further find that racial socioeconomic recentl...

New accessible learning methods delivered through mobile mixed reality are becoming possible in education, shifting pedagogy from the use of two dimensional images and videos to facilitating learning via interactive mobile environments. This is especially important in medical and health education, where the required knowledge acquisition is typically much more experiential, self-directed, and h...

Prior to EMU, fiscal policy within the EU was disciplined by the threat of exclusion of the single currency; post-EMU, discipline has been exerted through the provisions of the Stability and Growth Pact. In this paper, we contrast the discipline induced by the two separate regimes on three specific criteria: the probability of violating the 3% deficit limit, the probability of commencing a budg...

Some innovations spring from a flash of genius. But as Peter Drucker points out in this HBR Classic, most result from a conscious, purposeful search for opportunities. For managers seeking innovation, engaging in disciplined work is more important than having an entrepreneurial personality. Writing originally in the May-June 1985 issue, Drucker describes the major sources of opportunities for i...

difficulties, which is in use in many settings in America. English readers are probably familiar with the various techniques though they may not have regarded them as so scientific or as the peculiar perquisite of one person, the counsellor. But reports from the United States leave no doubt that the office of counsellors is a most useful one in industry, and where human relations are poor the c...

Despite the evident progress in the evolution of formal methh ods, they are still very diicult to use. One reason is the lack of paradigms explaining how to make a good use of a particular method. We try to explain some of these paradigms in the case of the B method and exemm plify them in the speciication and the implementation of an Automatic Teller machine.

When advising families about discipline strategies, pediatricians should use a comprehensive approach that includes consideration of the parent–child relationship, reinforcement of desired behaviors, and consequences for negative behaviors. Corporal punishment is of limited effectiveness and has potentially deleterious side effects. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents be ...