This investigation assessed effects of three increasingly inclusive versions of the Behavioral Consultation (BC) model on problem behavior of students in mainstream classrooms in an effort to develop an effective and efficient approach to prereferral intervention. Subjects were 43 general educators, their 43 most difficult-to-teach students (without disabilities), and 12 school consultants, rep...

As part of the adoption of the 2005 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, the California Energy Commission adopted Joint Appendix IV, which contains standard U-factor, C-factor and Thermal Mass data for roof, wall and floor construction assemblies (see page IV-1 of the Joint Appendices at: http://www.energy.ca.aov/title24/2005standards/2004-10-06 400-03-001JAF.PDF). The data in Joint Appendix I...

A self-regulatory framework for distinguishing between shame and guilt was tested in three studies. Recently, two forms of moral regulation based on approach versus avoidance motivation have been proposed in the literature. Proscriptive regulation is sensitive to negative outcomes, inhibition based, and focused on what we should not do. Prescriptive regulation is sensitive to positive outcomes,...

Public institutions that are organized in hierarchies find it difficult to address crisis or other unique requirements that demand networked solutions. This chapter first provides a prescriptive transaction-based method for achieving such networking organizations with information technologies (IT) and then discusses how the organization becomes more effective in non-routine responses to citizen...

When do descriptive regularities (what characteristics individuals have) become prescriptive norms (what characteristics individuals should have)? We examined children's (4-13 years) and adults' use of group regularities to make prescriptive judgments, employing novel groups (Hibbles and Glerks) that engaged in morally neutral behaviors (e.g., eating different kinds of berries). Participants we...

Abstract For Hans Albert, what is to be deemed morally right or wrong could either based on human conventions (decisions) findings of facts (cognitions). As an ethical non-cognitivist Albert emphasizes that decision-based are constitutive ‘morals/ethics’. Yet, it has been claimed Popper’s falsificationism applies prescriptive moral theories roughly as does descriptive empirical and this analogy...

Prescriptive maintenance has recently attracted a lot of scientific attention. It integrates the advantages descriptive and predictive analytics to automate process detecting non nominal device functionality. Implementing such proactive measures in home or industrial settings may improve equipment dependability minimize operational expenses. There are several techniques for prescriptive diverse...