The Imprint of Childhood Physical and Emotional Abuse: A Case Study on the Use of EMDR to Address Anxiety and a Lack of Self-Esteem

This article examines the use of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in helping a client address problems with persistent anxiety and a lack of self-esteem. During EMDR treatment, the client explored the dichotomous thinking that had plagued her since childhood, and correspondingly, the role of childhood physical and emotional abuse in her chronic feelings of inadequacy and anxiety. The client experienced significant improvement in her levels of anxiety and problems with self-esteem, both at the end of treatment and at 1-year follow up. Qualitative and quantitative data are utilized in this case study outlining the use of EMDR with a client diagnosed with dysthymic disorder.     

Participation,education, and pluralism: towards a new extension ethic

The concern driving current debate on agricultural extension is increasingly that of how to help farmers learn how to deal with the complex world around them responsibly and profitably, in such a way that the extension worker is ancillary. This article seeks to deconstruct and provide a more reasoned assessment of agricultural extension services through a reflection on development paradigms, adult education, individual empowerment, and institutional pluralism. By calling into question the underlying ethical dimensions of agricultural extension, it is possible to develop an alternative paradigm and thereby generate new insights into it. The article concludes that the raison d'être of agricultural extension today must be to create an ethical basis which ensures that extension practices are more inclusive and thus responsive to the needs of farmers and other rural populations, integrating individual expectations into the wider socio-economic, cultural, political, and geographical environment.     

“三个代表”重要思想是指导我国政党制度进一步完善的总纲

政党制度是我国的一项基本政治制度。不断完善这一制度 ,既意义深远 ,又非常实际、紧迫。“三个代表”重要思想的提出 ,是党几十年实践经验的总结 ,是第三代领导集体一系列理论成果的集中体现 ,更是指导我们进一步完善我国政党制度的总纲。一、不可更易的执政准绳完善的本意是周到、妥当 ,也就是适合。完善政党制度 ,首先需要解决的是政党制度的确立基础和发展依据。各国政党制度尽管千差万别 ,各有特点 ,但其能不能生存和发展 ,都要由能不能与国情适合 ,以及适合的程度如何来决定。所以 ,与国情的适合是政党制度存在的前提和基础 ,也是政党…     

当前宏观经济形势与政策分析

在党的十六大精神和“三个代表”重要思想的指引下,今年上半年我国经济发展虽然受到非典影响,但总体发展仍然呈上升势头。从发展势头可以判断我国经济已逐步摆脱低迷,开始了新一轮的增长。一、十三届四中全会以来我国宏观经济发展的回顾1989年后,为了治理连续五年的通货膨胀,中央在宏观调控上推出双紧方针,即紧缩的财政政策和紧缩的货币政策。通过三年的治理整顿,使通货膨胀得     

解析分立程序中公司高管的责任

盖公司分立,系将被分立公司主要或者全部的营业或资产,移转给承受公司继受,以此作为换取承受公司发行新股之对价,惟当承受公司之股份尚不具备在股票市场流通之客观价值下,对被分立公司股东的权益也将因公司资产的移出而稀释;尤有甚者,公司分立制度的运用,大都是规模庞大的企业,其经公司分立后,自实务运作结果观之,当换股比例不适当时,股东所受的损害更属重大。按是否采用公司分立,公司高管仍握有绝对的主动提案权,相对于公司利害关系人股东,仅居于被动的对公司分立之议案,行使是否同意的权利而已,且即使公司分立必须经由意思决定机关之决议…     

DNA commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics: Recommendations on the interpretation of mixtures

The DNA commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics (ISFG) was convened at the 21st congress of the International Society for Forensic Genetics held between 13 and 17 September in the Azores, Portugal. The purpose of the group was to agree on guidelines to encourage best practice that can be universally applied to assist with mixture interpretation. In addition the commission was tasked to provide guidance on low copy number (LCN) reporting. Our discussions have highlighted a significant need for continuing education and research into this area. We have attempted to present a consensus from experts but to be practical we do not claim to have conveyed a clear vision in every respect in this difficult subject. For this reason, we propose to allow a period of time for feedback and reflection by the scientific community. Then the DNA commission will meet again to consider further recommendations.     

Environmental dispute resolution and hazardous waste cleanups: A cautionary tale of policy implementation

New York State experimented with replacing their litigation-oriented system for achieving toxic dump site cleanup with one promising to lower transaction costs through alternative dispute resolution. Our analysis of outcomes is informed by three generations of implementation work focusing on (1) the motivations and incentives shaping individual behavior, (2) the larger organizational and political factors associated with variation across cases, and (3) the generic properties of policy implements. This mosaic approach to explanation produces, we believe, a more lifelike picture of use to policy makers for understanding the dynamic and interrelated nature of their choices.     

THE BEHAVIOUR OF LEGISLATORS AND BUREAUCRATS AND POLICING EXPENDITURES: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND SOME EMPIRICAL RESULTS*

Abstract: This paper is concerned with an analysis of legislation, public administration and government expenditure decisions on policing activities. These three dimensions of government can be used as mechanisms of social control. Whether they are or not is an empirical question that has to be determined in each case. It is shown that there are no strict relationships between the three dimensions of government activity: separate decision-making is undertaken for each of the three dimensions. It is indicated that there are eight possible combinations of the three dimensions, assuming that the three dimensions of government activity are bivariate and discrete. The empirical analysis relates to the state of Queensland and it is concluded that Queensland can be described as a case consisting of authoritarian legislation, public administration contrary to the rule of law, and low policing expenditures.     

唯物史观是"以人为本"的历史观--唯物史观再认识

唯物史观“从现实的、有生命的个人本身出发”,即把“从事实际活动的人”当作其理论的出发点,通过对现实的个人的主体价值活动的考察分析,揭示了社会基本矛盾运动的客观规律性,认为社会发展的动力来源于人自身,社会发展的目的是为了实现人的全面而自由的发展。因此,唯物史观本质上就是″以人为本″的历史观,是“关于现实的人及其历史发展的科学”。