It is uncommon for a theoretical discussion of democracy to resonate throughout everyday political discussion. The removal of dictatorial regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq created a rare opportunity for political scientists to remind us of the historical thread connecting democratic theory with practice. Despite the devastation and dashed expectations of the Iraq war, in particular, one should no...

The purpose of this study was to examine whether children with Asperger Syndrome and children with autism exhibit difference sensory profiles. The Sensory Profile (Dunn, 1999), completed on 86 individuals with Asperger Syndrome and 86 persons with autism matched for age, revealed differences in three of 23 areas evaluated: (a) Emotional/Social Responses, (b) Emotional Reactivity, and (c) Inatte...

Figure 2.3. Envelope realizations: (a) the realized envelopes from 0-400 seconds with the estimated and true transition points, (b) the local mean of the envelope realizations in (a), and (c) the local entropy of the envelope realizations in (a). Details of the 40-60 seconds are shown in (d)(e) vi Figure 2.4. (a) Feature representations of the segments from the simulation. (b) The elbow phenome...

W hen Aaron Dunn, MD, began seeing patients in his rural Wisconsin practice who couldn’t afford to pay, he wanted to do something about it. “Physicians are in a critical position to lead the change we want to see to make sure everyone has access to the care we can provide to keep everybody healthy,” Dr Dunn said. So he picked up the phone, called the local county health department and said, “He...