RITMARE is a Flagship Project by the Italian Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR) and coordinated by the National Research Council (CNR). It aims at the interdisciplinary integration of national marine research. In pursuing a Linked Open Data (LOD) vocation, the RITMARE sub-project 7 is building the necessary domain-related data structures by leveraging existing RDF...

Most of the investigations in the field of vocational interest have been directed toward the development of means for the detection of vocational interests in young people before they choose a vocation. The author has been working 011 another approach, that of studying the interest which people already at work have in their occupations. We know almost nothing about vocational interests, and it ...

The relationship of religion and health is often misunderstood owing to a tendency to concentrate on the medical model and to ignore the wider context of heath care. A conceptual--as opposed to a historical--examination of this context reveals nine central religious ideas or categories which provide an ethical foundation and heritage for medical practice and health care delivery. These include ...

Margaret Macdowall, a well known and leading figure among pioneer teachers of the mentally defective, was born on July 20th, 1862, at Thornton Dale (her father was Vicar of Rillington in 1864). She had a very delicate girlhood which seriously interfered with her education, but in spite of that she lived to be nearly 68. When special opportunities came, her doctor (attending her for a very sever...

Burnout has damaging effects on physicians. This research reveals how outstanding doctors avoid burnout. Winners of the American Medical Association Foundation's Pride in the Professions Award were interviewed to learn how they manage burnout. Information was collected through telephone interviews. The data were categorized through content analysis. The results showed that techniques for avoidi...

Dedication For my father, Martin Gordon Sachs, who passed away midway through my Ph. D. Although he was not a scientist by vocation, he had an abiding interest in science and he shared that with me from a very early age. Thanks, Dad. v Acknowledgements Above all I would like to thank my major advisor, James J. Bull. He offered seemingly unending patience, wisdom, inspiration, technical assistan...