Jean Piaget, a biologist, philosopher, and most notably a developmental psychologist, had a profound impact upon many aspects of education. His work with Binet and Simon in 1919 sparked his interest in intellectual functioning. It is interesting that Piaget and his colleagues, Binet and Simon developed such different assessment procedures to measure aptitude and intelligence. The psychometric a...

Evolutionary biologists have an array of powerful theoretical techniques that can accurately predict changes in the genetic composition of populations. Changes in gene frequencies and genetic associations between loci can be tracked as they respond to a wide variety of evolutionary forces. However, it is often less clear how to decompose these various forces into components that accurately refl...

AIM The aim of the present study was to test a multidimensional model of bullying in the nursing workplace. BACKGROUND This paper is part of a larger study of bullying in the Australian nursing workforce. While a number of studies have documented the frequency and consequences of bullying among nurses, there have been few attempts to develop integrated theoretical models that identify individ...

This paper examines the relationship between the gastric illness, 'busman's stomach' and the Coronation bus strike of May 1937 in which 27,000 London busworkers walked out for better working conditions and a seven-and-half-hour day. It explores the way in which new patterns of somatisation, gastroenterological techniques, psychological theories and competing understandings of time worked togeth...

Despite increased emphasis on self-determination for individuals with mental retardation, only a few theoretical models have been formulated that specify measurable characteristics for the promotion and evaluation of this outcome. We propose that self-determination refers to acting as the primary causal agent in one's life and making choices and decisions regarding one's quality of life free fr...

presented in the text can be readily appreciated by the informed layman without a complete comprehension of the mathematical treatment. The caliber of the theory and mathematics is unfortunately not reflected in its presentation, which is often brief and incomplete. This is a stimulating book and its chief value lies in its function as an introduction to theoretical biology and in the questions...

The effect an abrupt boundary has upon the dynamical response of a neural network is investigated. The retina of the Limulus eye is used as a model system for studying this effect. A theoretical technique is presented for the quantitative prediction of the manner in which this neural network responds in the vicinity of its boundary. Corresponding experimental measurements of the response to mov...

Hadronic event shapes, that is, event shapes at hadron colliders, could provide a great way to test both standard and non-standard theoretical models. However, they are significantly more complicated than event shapes at e+e− colliders, involving multiple hard directions, multiple channels and multiple color structures. In this paper, hadronic event shapes are examined with Soft-Collinear Effec...