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Multiple Possibilities (multiple + possibility)

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Humanities and Social Sciences40%

Selected Abstracts

Animal models of anxiety in mice

FUNDAMENTAL & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, Issue 6 2007
Michel Bourin
Abstract Among the multiple possibilities to study human pathologies, animal models remain one of the most used pathways. They allow to access to unavailable answers in human patients and to learn about mechanisms of action of drugs. Primarily developed with rats, animal models in anxiety have been adapted with a mixed success for mice, an easy-to-use mammal with better genetic possibilities than rats. In this review, we have focused on the most used animal models in anxiety in mice. Both conditioned and unconditioned models are described, to represent all types of animal models of anxiety. Behavioural studies require strong care for variable parameters, linked to environment, handling or paradigm; we have discussed about this topic. Finally, we focused on the consequences of re-exposure to the apparatus. Test,retest procedures can bring in new answers, but should be deeply studied, to revalidate the whole paradigm as an animal model of anxiety. [source]

Dilemmas in kinship care: negotiating entitlements in therapy

JOURNAL OF FAMILY THERAPY, Issue 4 2007
Jeanne Ziminski
This paper considers how ideological dilemmas that arise in therapy can be analysed usefully for therapeutic practice. The focus is on the particular situation of kinship care families where family or friends are caring for children without birth parents being present. In the process of family members negotiating the entitlement to care and to be cared for, multiple possibilities about family constructions and authorities throw up many dilemmas for therapists and families. Based on the author's research study with kinship care families, a method for linking discourse theory and therapeutic practice through the use of discourse analysis and positioning theory is explored, with reference to the hierarchical method of the Co-ordinated Management of Meaning model. The paper contends that a consideration of ideological dilemmas in conversation is a core part of any therapeutic encounter, which needs to be recognized and considered in order that those involved in therapy may reflect on several possible futures and so open up the space for future decision-making. [source]

Internationalisation of Counseling Psychology: Constructing Cross-National Consensus and Collaboration

APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 1 2007
Mark L. Savickas
Les analyses SWOT présentées par les auteurs dans cette édition spéciale Perspectives internationales sur la psychologie du counseling proposent de nombreux éléments en faveur de l'élaboration d'un plan stratégique destinéà la division «Psychologie du Counseling» de l'Association Internationale de Psychologie Appliquée. Condenser les multiples possibilités en un nombre limité de thèmes fédérateurs relève d'une avancée réaliste et significative dans la conception d'un plan stratégique pour la division 16. Les rubriques de ce plan pourraient être les suivantes: a) définir la psychologie du counseling d'un point de vue international, b) cristalliser une identité professionnelle supranationale c) encourager l'avènement de modèles, méthodes et connaissances propres à un pays et d) stimuler la collaboration internationale. The SWOT analyses presented by the authors in this special issue on International Perspectives on Counseling Psychology propose numerous possibilities for building a strategic plan for the new Counseling Psychology Division (16) in the International Association of Applied Psychology. Reducing multiple possibilities to a few common themes may suggest a realistic and meaningful way forward in formulating a strategic plan for Division 16. Elements of this plan might include (a) defining counseling psychology from an international perspective, (b) crystallising a cross-national professional identity, (c) encouraging construction of indigenous models, methods, and materials, and (d) promoting international collaboration. [source]

The Balanced Scorecard and its Possibilities: The Initial Experiences of a Singaporean Firm

AUSTRALIAN ACCOUNTING REVIEW, Issue 1 2008
Rina Sandhu
This paper examines the multiple possibilities that arise from the translation of actors' hopes and aspirations when implementing a balanced scorecard. The issue is studied in the context of a Singaporean security company in the initial stages of implementing a BSC. We find that the BSC is a ,messy' object, being different things to different people. This messy object is a result of the many possibilities that the BSC might become which ultimately require translating into the local setting. As such, this view challenges Kaplan and Norton's idea of the BSC as a generic and unitary object of performance measurement that is readily applicable to a variety of situations. [source]

Gandhi Marg: the social construction and production of an ethnic economy in Chicago

CITY & SOCIETY, Issue 2 2005
KATHLEEN BUBINAS
In this paper, I critically examine the processes underlying the reconfiguration of urban space by players in an Asian Indian ethnic economy in the city of Chicago. I argue that Asian Indian immigrants have altered city space to fit their personal visions of a dynamic, successful ethnic commercial center that represents multiple possibilities simultaneously: a location for Indian place-making, the experience of community, and a site for political power. [source]