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Leadership and performance beyond expectations

Abstract: The article reviews the book "Leadership and Performance Beyond Expectations," by Bernard M. Bass.

Slowly Propagating Disturbances in a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model

Abstract: Solutions to a coupled atmosphere model are discussed. The model ocean is a generalization of a reduced-gravity model that includes an equation for the temperature of the layer T. The model atmosphere is linear, baroclinic, and assumed to be in equilibrium with a forcing that represents the release of latent heal by convection Q. The wind stress τ used to drive the ocean is proportional to the wind velocity produced by the model atmosphere, while Q over the ocean is a function only of sea surface temperature. Some of the solutions involve land is well as ocean; in that case Q over land is specified externally and is not influenced by ocean temperature. The atmosphere is always cyclic in longitude, but three different ocean-land configurations are considered: a) a zonally unbounded, cyclic ocean with no land; b) a bounded ocean with convection over land strong to the west; and c) a bounded ocean with convection over land strong to the cast. Case. b resembles the situation in the Pacific Ocean, wit...

Inertial Oscillations due to a Moving Front

Abstract: A solution for a concentrated line front translating at speed U is given. It is shown that the frequency is near-inertial if U≫c1, where c1 is the long internal wave speed of the first baroclinic mode. Each more has a charactristic frequency ωn associated with it. The spectra contain a near-inertial primary peak, composed of the higher modes, whose blue shift increases with depth. They also contain secondary peaks at higher internal wave frequencies if U is only slightly larger than c1. The flow field is intermittent, and involves a continuous interchange of energy between the surface layer and the stratified interior. The dominant period of this intermittency is the beating period of the first mode with a purely inertial oscillation. Short periods of apparent subinertial motion are also generated. Several features of the solution are in agreement with observations.

Behavioral Coaching in the Development of Skills in Track

Abstract: The use of behavioral coaching to improve track skills with three high school runners was examined. Subjects were trained using verbal instruction, modeling, and prompting for the specific behavior...

Refining Personality Assessments by Combining MCMI High-Point Profiles and MMPI Codes, Part V: MMPI Code 78/87

Abstract: This study shows that the addition of MCMI high-point code data to the MMPI 89/98 code type serves to resolve contradictory MMPI descriptors and produces three distinct clusters. These clusters include an interpersonally acting-out group, an interpersonally grandiose group, and an emotionally acting-out group. The results of this study lend further support to the efficacy of combining two objective assessment inventories for the purposes of multiaxial diagnosis as prescribed by the DSM-III.

On the Role of the Indian Ocean in a Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Model of El Niño and the Southern Oscillation

Abstract: The coupled ocean-atmosphere model of Anderson and McCreary is extended to include two oceans. An advantage of the two-ocean system is that it is not necessary to specify externally convection over land. For a basin geometry that most resembles the Indian and Pacific Oceans, strong permanent convection exists in the eastern Indian Ocean, and there is an oscillation in the Pacific Ocean with a period of about five years. Associated with this oscillation is a patch of convection that develops in the central and western ocean and propagates into the eastern ocean before dissipating.

Individual Differences in Response to Treatment

Abstract: In examining the research literature regarding individual differences in response to treatment for the various addictive behaviors, one finds much evidence in the alcoholism literature and very little information bearing on this issue in the literature on the other addictive behaviors. Moreover, what little research on individual differences in treatment responsiveness does exist in other drug abuse literature tends to parallel the findings in the alcoholism field. Thus, the focus of this chapter will be directed toward individual differences in response to alcoholism treatments only.

Cognitive behavior therapy in the treatment of multiple personality.

Abstract: The case of Audrey H. represents the first successful cognitive behavioral treatment of a multiple personality reported in the literature. In this article the construct of multiple personality is briefly reviewed from various theoretical perspectives. The therapeutic approach chosen involved first the analysis of the emotions and behaviors of each subpersonality and then the process of integrating each alternate by cognitively developing in Audrey the realization that her various alternates all were facets of the same individual. Various specific behavioral procedures were employed, all within a generally orchestrated program of cognitive restructuring. Five years after the completion of therapy, this patient was experiencing no dissociation whatsoever and only moderate levels of anxiety.

The Effect of Dispersed Oil on the Calcification Rate of the Reef-Building Coral Diploria Strigosa

Abstract: Hermatypic corals represent environmentally and economically important components of the reef ecosystem. Oil spills and clean-up operations in reef areas are potential sources of pollution impact. This paper presents an evaluation of the calcification rate of specimens of the reef-building coral Diploria strigosa in response to 24 hour treatments of chemically dispersed oil at concentrations of 20 ppm. The concentrations and durations were chosen to represent a scenario of a short-tenn oil spill treated with dispersant passing over a coral reef. Calcification rates were determined by the buoyant weight technique at several day intervals for up to 29 days following treatment. Resul ts from laboratory experiments (Winter and Summer) conducted in a flow-through seawater system indicate that treated corals, both in comparison to untreated controls as well as to their pretreatment rates, experienced no depression in calcification. In contrast, a possible short-term enhancement of calcification for the treated corals was

Interstitial foam cells in the nephrotic syndrome belong to the monocyte/macrophage lineage.

Abstract: Interstitial foam cells are occasionally seen in patients with the nephrotic syndrome. In a group of patients with the nephrotic syndrome we were able to demonstrate that these cells express markers characteristic of the monocyte/macrophage lineage. Their presence was related to the previous duration of proteinuria, but they had no apparent influence on the subsequent evolution of renal function. The mechanisms leading to their presence are unknown.

Marketing Occupational Therapy Services

Abstract: The ability to understand and appropriately apply business skills is a key component in the development of a successful private practice. Marketing is one of the business skills occupational therapists need to have in order to take full advantage of the opportunities available to entrepeneurs in the health care industry. The purpose of this article is to present a structured approach to marketing occupational therapy services through the use of a marketing plan. The four components of a marketing plan, a situation analysis, the identification of problems, opportunities, and target markets, the development of a marketing strategy for each targeted market, and a method to monitor the plan, are discussed. Applications to occupational therapy practice are suggested. The use of a marketing plan as a method for organizing and focusing marketing efforts is an effective means of supporting and enhancing the development of a private practice.

A New Marine Genus of the Maera Group (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Belize

Abstract: -A new genus and species, Dumosus atari of the Maera group from coral rubble at Belize is described. It is related to Gammarella and is probably cryptic. The eyes are reduced. Dumosus differs from Gammarella in the loss of medial setation on the maxillae, reduction of article 3 on the mandibular palp, loss of article 2 on the outer ramus ofuropod 3, and in the loss of major spination on the plates of maxilla I and the maxilliped; in contrast to Gammarella, Dumosus retains the plesiomorphic uropod 3 typical of the Maera-group. Legend for Figures Capital letters in illustrations are explained in the following list; lower case letters to the right of capital letters or in the body of an illustration are explained also in the following list; lower case letters to the left of capital letters are provided for subsidiary figures to note illustrated specimens listed in "Material." For each page of figures one main specimen is called " unattributed" and lacks letter designation. B, body; C, coxa; D, dactyl; G , gnathopod; I, inner plate; L, labium; M , mandible; 0, outer plate or ramus; P, pereopod; R, uropod ; S, maxilliped; T, tel son; U, labium; Y, palp; W, pleon; X, maxilla; Y, gill; 0 , opposite; r, right. Dumosus, new genus Diagnosis. -Head and antennae of Elasmopus-form, thus rostrum small, anteroventral antennal sinus small but notch absent, antenna 1 of medium length, article 2 nearly as long as 1, article 3 much shorter, accessory flagellum 3-articulate; antenna 2 very short, slightly exceeding article 2 of antenna I , flagellum very short, not longer than article 5 of peduncle, 4-articulate. Prebuccal mass weakJy extended anteriorly, upper lip rounded below. Mandibular incisors toothed, laciniae mobiles and rakers present on both sides, molar triturative, with large seta on right , small seta on left , palp article I scarcely elongate, article 2 naked, article 3 about 70 percent as long as 2, slender, linear, with I D-seta, 2 E-setae. Lower lip with fleshy inner lobes and well developed mandibular lobes. Inner plate of maxilla I with I apical, I subapical medial seta, outer plate with 7 spines, palp article I elongate, armament of right and left palps asymmetrical. Plates of maxilla 2 slender, inner with one medial seta. Inner plate of maxilliped lacking thick spines, bearing only setae, outer plate with medial and apical spines, palp poorly setose, article 3 with apical hook, dactyl stubby, with medi urn nail. Coxae of ordinary length, poorly selose, coxa I quadrate, unproduced anteriorly, coxae 1-2 with posteroventral tooth-notch, coxa 3 slightly the narrowest of coxae 1-4, posterodorsal excavation shallow, coxa 5 much shorter than 4, lobes of coxae 5-6 shallow. Simple gills on coxae 2-6; female unknown. VOLUME 98, NUMBER 3 631 Gnathopod I small, of melitid form, carpus and pro pod us subequally long, carpus not lobed, propodus with stiff posterior setal-spines, palm oblique, weakly sculptured. Male gnathopod 2 greatly enlarged, metacarpus with posterodistal sharp tooth (thus almost metacarpochelate), carpus short, strongly lobate, hand large, pyriform, palm and hind margin continuous, palm undefined, armed with few spines and many long apically curved bulbar setae, dactyl much shorter than false palm. Pereopods 3-4 ordinary, slender, pair of locking spines asymmetrical , dactyl with 2 main inner setules near base of nail, no outer tooth. Pereopods 5-7 of short form but increasingly elongate from 5 to 7, of reverted form, article 2 on pereopods 5-6 of narrow pyriform shape with weak posterior sinuosity, posteroventrally lobate, posterior serrations weak to moderate respectively, remaining articles slender; pereopod 7 with shield-like article 2 bearing medium castellations posteriorly. Pleopods well developed, peduncle long, rami equally long. Pleon unarmed dorsally. Epimera diverse, third dominant, epimeron I with subventral ridge, naked ventrally, with small posteroventral tooth, epimeron 2 with lateral ridge, one facial spine, large posteroventral tooth; epimeron 3 nearly straight behind, with medium tooth and posteroventral serrations below main tooth, I facial spine. Uropod I with strong basofacial spine, strong apicolateral spine; uropods 1-2 with long apical spines, outer ramus of uropod I lacking marginal spines, other rami with few marginal spines. Uropod 3 small, aequiramolls, not exceeding uropods 1-2, peduncle short, rami lanceolate, sharp, inner only with tiny apical armament, outer similar apically also with 2 sets of lateral armaments. Telson short but longer than broad, deeply cleft, each apex bifid, with one spine and setule, each lobe with subapical lateral setule set. Type-species. -Dumosus atari, new species. Etymology. Dumosus from "covered with thorn bushes" referring to gnathopod 2, and atari, a Carib Indian word for star. Relationship. The present genus differs from Maera in the Elasmopus-like male gnathopod 2 lacking defined palm. As far as we know, no species of Maera has a shield-like article 2 on pereopod 7, nor the degree of diversity of pereopods seen in this species. This genus differs from Elasmopus in the linear article 3 of the mandibular palp, with lanceolate and poorly armed rami of uropod 3. It bears close resemblance to Lupimaera Barnard and Karaman (1982) (based on Maera lupana J. L. Banard, 1969) but the rami of uropod 3 are slender and poorly armed, coxa 5 is short, and article 2 of pereopods 5-7 is diverse, unlike Lupimaera. Unlike Meximaera Barnard (1969), the new genus has enlarged and non-femalelike gnathopod 2, poorly armed rami ofuropod 3, poorly armed mandibular palp, and diverse pereopods 5-7. A superficial resemblance occurs between this genus and the Caribbean cave genus Paraweckelia Shoemaker (1959). Although Paraweckelia appears less specialized in the presence of more medial maxillary setae, non-diverse perea pods 5-7 , long and spiny rami ofuropod 3, and longer antennae, Paraweckelia is more specialized in the apomorphic telson. Because of the poorly developed rami of uropod 3 and diverse pereopods 5-7 , Dumosus cannot be ancestral to hadziids and weckeliids. 632 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

Perioculodes cerasinus, N. Sp., the First Record of the Genus from the Caribbean Sea (Amphipoda: Oedicerotidae)

Abstract: -Perioculodes cerasinus, a probable cryptic fossorial amphipod with embedded white orbicular ommatidia in bright ruby eyes is described from Tobago, Belize, Florida Keys, and Biscayne Bay, Florida. The eyes are separated either into two lunes or combined side to side into one large irregular brow. This is the first western Atlantic record of a generic group heretofore confined to the warm eastern Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Close affinity appears to be with the type-species of the genus, P. longimanus, from the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The paucity of exploration for amphipods in the west tropical Atlantic is no better emphasized than by the present species which has come to light in collections from as far spread as Tobago, Belize, and Biscayne Bay, Florida. These collections have been made in just the past two years. The species has been observed alive on several occasions. The ring-like eye in life is quite noticeable because of the jewel-like appearance: diamonds glinting from a bed of rubies. This new species has some affinities with the west African Perioculopsis lophopus Schellenberg, 1925, from the Gulf of Guinea but is also close to Perioculodes longimanus (Bate and Westwood) (see Sars 1895) distributed in the eastern Atlantic from Norway south to the Cape of Good Hope and into the warm Indian Ocean. Unfortunately. there are numerous taxonomic difficulties in this group as described below. Oedicerotidae Perioculodes Sars Perioculodes Sars 1895:312.Lincoln 1979:338. Diagnosis. Eyes when present forming anterodorsal ring from side to side, ring sometimes divided into two pieces. Peduncular articles of antennae 1 stout in male. Incisors projecting and toothed, each mandible with toothed lacinia mobilis, raker row, and weak, non-triturative molar bearing spines; mandibular palp feeble, in female articles I and 3 short, of equal length; in male article 3 elongate. Inner lobes of lower lip coalesced but fusion line occasionally marked as raphus. Inner plates of maxillae 1-2 poorly setose, outer plate of maxilla I with 7 spines, palp 2-articulate. Maxilla 2 feeble . Maxillipedal plates moderately to poorly armed, inner small, outer large, dactyl elongate and unguiform. Gnathopods 1-2 alike in both sexes, of similar size, with short article 5 (wrist) bearing long posterior lobe guarding article 6 completely, article 6 (hand) long VOLUME 98, NUMBER I 99 and subrectangular, palm oblique, well defined. Coxa 6 not bevelled posteroventrally. Epimera simple. Uropod 2 reaching near apex of uropod 3. Gills present on coxae 2-6, gill on coxa 4 largest and most adze-shaped, on coxa 6 smallest and most sausage-shaped. Normal oostegites present on coxae 3-5, thin, weakly setose, coxa 2 with vestigial oostegite bearing 1 seta. Variables, Peduncle of antenna 2 short in male, with article 3 short, but occasionaly species with female antenna 1 bearing elongate articles, article 3 especially elongate. Coxae variable, in type-species coxae 1-4 forming one group, and coxae 5-7 forming second group but in other species no distinct grouping; in other species with coxae 1-3 forming a short group, coxae 5-7 forming long group. Gnathopods elongate or not. Dactyls of pereopods 3-4 long, medium or short. Pereopods 3-7 variable in dimensions and armaments. Urosomites 2-3 separate or fused. Telson emarginate or rounded apically. Type-species.-Monoculodes /ongimanus Bate and Westwood (by monotypy). Remarks.-The variability of known characters in the species of this genus and the lack of knowledge of many characters precludes any division into genera at this time. Whether or not Periocu/opsis Schellenberg (1925) is distinctive must also be reviewed when it is more adequately illustrated. Perioculodes cerasinus. new species Figs. 1-3 Description oJholotype male "h" 1.57 mm.-Head extremely broad, as long as first 3 pereonites combined, rostrum thick and of medium forward extension; eyes in life ruby red with diamond white ommatidia sparkling from ruby matrix, divided into 2 arcs separated by small space, because of head-width eyes very large for body size. Antennae 1-2 short, extending equally, peduncle of antenna 1 short, article 1 scarcely extending beyond apex of rostrum, articles 2 and 3 slightly shorter and therefore scarcely longer than wide; primary flagellum about as long as peduncle, with 5 articles, one aesthetasc each on articles 3-4; accessory flagellum marked by vestigial hump and setule. Gland cone of antenna 2 (see special figure) small; article 4 of peduncle as long as article 1 of antenna I , article 5 slightly shorter, flagellum shorter than peduncle, with 4 articles. Prebuccal complex bulbous anteriorly, ventral margin of upper lip weakly sinuate and with weak ventral midprotrusion. Left mandibular incisor with 3 main teeth formed in phoxocephalid fashion, long margin between main teeth serrate, lacinia mobilis either absent or represented by first raker, raker spines thus 4 in number, simple, molar obsolescent, marked by triad of spines; article 1 of palp elongate, article 2 thick, with 3 setae, article 3 shorter than I, stubby, setae = 2E. Inner lobes of lower lip fused, dome-shaped, with middle raphus, outer lobes widely spread, inflated, each with weak cone and weak mandibular lobe. Inner plate of maxilla 1 broad, recumbant (tilting towards outer plate), in illustrations shown tilted and straightened with one apical spine, inner plate broad and short, with 7 apical spines, palp weakly 2-articulate, symmetrical on both sides, with 5 apical and subapical spines. Maxilla 2 feeble, composed of two broad plates sparsely armed, inner plate with 2 medial setae towards apex. Inner plate of maxilliped ordinary, with 3 apical setae, innermost attached ventrally; outer plate

Follow-Up Study of Visually Impaired Students of the Michigan School for the Blind.

Abstract: A study of currently and previously enrolled students at the Michigan School for the Blind was performed in order to assess how well the students’ needs were being met and to investigate the percep...

Self-disclosure: A neglected management skill

Abstract: The importance of effective self-disclosure skills to organizational health and climate is examined. Evidence and reasons for lack of managerial candor are examined, as are the pros and cons of self-disclosure. Managers are urged to set an example of openness, and methods of developing self-disclosure skills are presented. A self-assessment quiz helps readers appraise their current attitudes about organizational candor.

Glomerular C3b receptor loss in renal allografts.

Abstract: There is almost no data from the glomeruli of allografted kidneys with respect to changes in the CR-1 (C3b) receptor expressed on glomerular podocytes. We studied 22 renal graft biopsies from rejecting and stable allografts, using a panel of monoclonal antibodies. We found that the CR-1 expression was decreased in a focal and segmental fashion in some biopsies, particularly in rejecting kidneys. These changes correlated with the intensity of glomerular mononuclear cell infiltration, but in contrast no correlation was seen with peripheral capillary wall deposition of complement (C3). Thus, some active process is occurring in the glomeruli of rejecting grafts which affects the expression of the CR-1 receptor.