Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling (2nd ed.)

Introduction Part I. Theory of Collective Action: 1. The construction of collective action 2. Conflict and change 3. Action and meaning 4. The process of collective identity Part II. Contemporary Collective Action: 5. conflicts of culture 6. Invention of the present 7. The time of difference 8. Roots for today and for tomorrow 9. A search for ethics 10. Information, power, domination Part III. The Field of Collective Action: 11. A society without a centre 12. The political system 13. The state and the distribution of social resources 14. Modernization, crisis, and conflict: the case of Italy Part IV. Acting Collectively: 15. Mobilization and political participation 16. The organization of movements 17. Leadership in social movements 18. Collective action and discourse 19. Forms of action 20. Research on collective action.

Challenging Codes: Collective Action in the Information Age@@@The Playing Self: Person and Meaning in the Planetary Society

Reflexive methodology - new vistas for qualitative research: Media Reviews

Adenosine 5'-triphosphate and adenosine as endogenous signaling molecules in immunity and inflammation

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Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia.

Feminist scholars have been engaged in an ongoing debate to determine which theoretical perspective offers the best framework for understanding domestic violence, and this debate has been crystallized around two pole positions: radical and postmodern feminism. This article presents a journey throughout the development of a theoretical perspective for the study of domestic violence, child abuse, and mothering. It argues that the intersectional feminist perspective has much to offer these debates and that it constitutes a promising theoretical framework for understanding domestic violence that takes into account issues of child abuse and mothering.

Taking Child Abuse and Mothering Into Account: Intersectional Feminism as an Alternative for the Study of Domestic Violence

Four types of adenosine receptors have been identified in different tissues and cell types, namely, A1 ,A 2A ,A 2B, and A3 receptors. We report that A2AR but not A2BR mRNA in freshly isolated polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) is maxi- mally up-regulated after 4 h stimulation with lipo- polysaccharide (LPS) or tumor necrosis factor (TNF-) and to a lesser extent, with interleukin (IL)-1. These effects were maintained up to 21 h. Consistent with changes in A2AR mRNA expres- sion, up-regulation of A2AR protein was also de- tected afte r4ho f LPS or TNF- exposure. Up- regulation of A2AR protein expression was tran- sient and returned to near basal levels after 12 h or 16 h stimulation with TNF- or LPS, respectively. Conversely, IL-1 failed to promote A2AR protein expression. Suppression of thapsigargin-induced leukotriene synthesis by the selective A2AR agonist CGS-21680 was found to be more pronounced when PMN were cultured for 4 h with LPS or TNF-. In contrast, the up-regulation of A2AR has no impact on CGS-21680-induced inhibition of phospholipase D activation and superoxide pro- duction in response to formyl-Met-Leu-Phe. These results demonstrate that the A2AR is up-regulated by specific T helper cell type 1 cytokines and LPS. Although this could represent a potential feedback mechanism to control inflammation, the effect of A2AR up-regulation varied depending on the stim- ulus used to stimulate PMN functional responses after their incubation with proinflammatory mediators. J. Leukoc. Biol. 79: 000-000; 2006.

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Differential expression of adenosine receptors in human neutrophils: up-regulation by specific Th1 cytokines and lipopolysaccharide

Psychological violence and other forms of psychological abuse constitute the most frequent type of child maltreatment within the family setting. To effectively prevent psychological maltreatment, answers to four questions must be provided: First, what is the nature and scope of the problem (what to prevent)? Second, toward whom should intervention be directed (who is at risk)? Third, in what situations or milieus is the problem most likely to be observed (where should intervention be targeted)? Finally, which preventive strategies are the most effective (how to intervene)? This article addresses these questions and identifies both the challenges and resources available for intervention, primarily by focusing on the risk and protection factors associated with the psychological maltreatment of children.

Preventing the Psychological Maltreatment of Children

In the chapter “Implementing Transdisciplinarity: Architecture and Urban Planning at Work”, Carole Despres, Genevieve Vachon and Andree Fortin develop the aforementioned argument that architecture and planning are predisposed disciplines and professions for implementing transdisciplinarity. They argue this by describing how GIRBa (Interdisciplinary Research Group on Suburbs in Quebec City, Canada) has managed to make operational this mode of knowledge production by issuing back and forth between practice-based research and evidence-based design through collaborative processes, in order to identify strategies for countering urban sprawl and its negative consequences on sustainability. This chapter relates how a transdisciplinary program of research and action gradually and almost naturally emerged as GIRBa’s understanding of the complexity and multidimensionality of this space-related problem accumulated. The group went from the distinct production of interdisciplinary research, architectural and urban design schemes, and contractual applied research, to an integrated program of research and action where each type of knowledge nourishes each other in a truly transdisciplinary manner. The limitations and strengths of GIRBa’s work are highlighted; namely its limited power within academia to implement design solutions and policies, in contrast with its assured capacity to empower decision-makers and future generations of architects, planners and social scientists with an understanding of the complexity of urban problems, and a concrete experience of how to operate within a transdisciplinary mode of knowledge production to identify solutions. Challenges facing both academic programmes and professional organisations in terms of revising teaching models and training methods conclude the chapter.

Implementing Transdisciplinarity: Architecture and Urban Planning at Work

This study examines the relationships among variables that were likely to mediate the effects of exposure to domestic violence on children's internalizing problems (i.e., children's appraisals of domestic violence and their perceptions of family relationships). The study was conducted with 79 children exposed to domestic violence, including 41 boys and 38 girls, aged between 9 and 12 years old. Indicators used for children's appraisals of violence were attribution of blame and perceived threat. Children's perceptions of family relationships were based on their levels of parentification and the degree of their loyalty conflicts. A path analysis was used to verify the predictive model's pathways and to test the multiple mediator effects. Findings confirm the contribution of mediating variables and also reflect the association between self-blame and children's parentification. The results stress the relevance of evaluating the combined role of different potential mediators to provide a better understanding of the impact of domestic violence on children.

Andrée Fortin

Papers

Taking Child Abuse and Mothering Into Account: Intersectional Feminism as an Alternative for the Study of Domestic Violence

Differential expression of adenosine receptors in human neutrophils: up-regulation by specific Th1 cytokines and lipopolysaccharide

Preventing the Psychological Maltreatment of Children

Implementing Transdisciplinarity: Architecture and Urban Planning at Work

Children's appraisals as mediators of the relationship between domestic violence and child adjustment.