San Francisco State University

About: San Francisco State University is a education organization based out in San Francisco, California, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Planet. The organization has 5669 authors who have published 11433 publications receiving 408075 citations. The organization is also known as: San Francisco State & San Francisco State Normal School.

The Role of Interpreters in Psychotherapy With Refugees: An Exploratory Study

Abstract: Findings are presented from a narrative study that examined the use of interpreters in psychotherapy with refugees. Fifteen therapists and 15 interpreters were interviewed at 14 refugee mental health treatment centers in the United States. Core findings concerned the impact of interpreters on the therapeutic alliance, the complex emotional reactions that may arise within the therapy triad, the effects of interpreting on interpreters' own well-being, the multiple roles that interpreters play in addition to translating language, and the training and supervision needs of interpreters and of therapists who work with them. Implications of these findings for agencies that use interpreters in their clinical work with refugees are considered, and specific recommendations are made concerning the hiring, training, and support of interpreting staff.

A Planet at 5 AU around 55 Cancri

Abstract: We report precise Doppler-shift measurements of 55 Cancri (G8 V) obtained from 1989 to 2002 at Lick Observatory. The velocities reveal evidence for an outer planetary companion to 55 Cancri orbiting at 5.5 AU. The velocities also conirm a second, inner planet at 0.11 AU. The outer planet is the irst extrasolar planet found that orbits near or beyond the orbit of Jupiter. It was drawn from a sample of 50 stars observed with suci ent duration and quality to detect a giant planet at 5 AU, implying that such planets are not rare. The properties of this Jupiter analog may be compared directly to those of the Jovian planets in our solar system. Its eccentricity is modest, e … 0:16, compared with e … 0:05 for both Jupiter and Saturn. Its mass is at least 4.0 MJUP (M sini). The two planets do not perturb each other signiicantly. Moreover, a third planet of sub-Jupiter mass could easily survive between these two known planets. Indeed, a third periodicity remains in the velocity measurements with P … 44:3 days and a semiamplitude of 13 m s 1 . This periodicity is caused either by a third planet at a … 0:24 AU or by inhomogeneities on the stellar surface that rotate with period 42 days. The planet interpretation is more likely, as the stellar surface is quiet both chromospherically [log﷿R 0 fi… 5 :0] and photospherically (brightness variations less than 1 mmag). Moreover, any hypothetical surface inhomogeneity would have to persist in longitude for 14 yr. Even with all three planets, an additional planet of terrestrial mass could orbit stably at 1 AU. The star 55 Cancri is apparently a normal, middle-aged main-sequence star with a mass of 0.95 M , rich in heavy elements (‰Fe=H …˛ 0 :27). This high metallicityraises the issue of the precise relationship between its age, rotation, and chromosphere. Subject headings: planetary systems N stars:individual (55 Cancri,HIP 43587,HD 75732, HR 3522, 1 Cancri)

Looking Good, Sounding Good: Femininity Ideology and Adolescent Girls' Mental Health:

Abstract: This study used a feminist psychodynamic developmental framework to test the hypothesis that internalizing conventional femininity ideologies in two domains—inauthenticity in relationships and body objectification—is associated with early adolescent girls’ mental health. One hundred forty-eight eighth-grade girls completed measures of femininity ideology, self-esteem, depression, and demographic characteristics. In the first part of this study, we refined the Adolescent Femininity Ideology Scale originally developed by Tolman and Porche (2000). In the second part, we used structural equation modeling to test models linking femininity ideology to mental health. Results revealed that body objectification, and to a lesser extent, inauthenticity in relationships, accounted for half of the variance in depression and over twothirds of the variance in self-esteem in a critical period of development for adolescent girls. The importance of a feminist psychodynamic developmental framework for identifying and understanding salient dimensions of female adolescence is discussed.

Isotropic band gaps and freeform waveguides observed in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids

Abstract: Recently, disordered photonic media and random textured surfaces have attracted increasing attention as strong light diffusers with broadband and wide-angle properties. We report the experimental realization of an isotropic complete photonic band gap (PBG) in a 2D disordered dielectric structure. This structure is designed by a constrained optimization method, which combines advantages of both isotropy due to disorder and controlled scattering properties due to low-density fluctuations (hyperuniformity) and uniform local topology. Our experiments use a modular design composed of Al2O3 walls and cylinders arranged in a hyperuniform disordered network. We observe a complete PBG in the microwave region, in good agreement with theoretical simulations, and show that the intrinsic isotropy of this unique class of PBG materials enables remarkable design freedom, including the realization of waveguides with arbitrary bending angles impossible in photonic crystals. This experimental verification of a complete PBG and realization of functional defects in this unique class of materials demonstrate their potential as building blocks for precise manipulation of photons in planar optical microcircuits and has implications for disordered acoustic and electronic band gap materials.

Dependence of Drosophila wing imaginal disc cytonemes on Decapentaplegic

Abstract: The anterior/posterior (A/P) and dorsal/ventral (D/V) compartment borders that subdivide the wing imaginal discs of Drosophila third instar larvae are each associated with a developmental organizer. Decapentaplegic (Dpp), a member of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily, embodies the activity of the A/P organizer. It is produced at the A/P organizer and distributes in a gradient of decreasing concentration to regulate target genes, functioning non-autonomously to regulate growth and patterning of both the anterior and posterior compartments. Wingless (Wg) is produced at the D/V organizer and embodies its activity. The mechanisms that distribute Dpp and Wg are not known, but proposed mechanisms include extracellular diffusion, successive transfers between neighbouring cells, vesicle-mediated movement, and direct transfer via cytonemes. Cytonemes are actin-based filopodial extensions that have been found to orient towards the A/P organizer from outlying cells. Here we show that in the wing disc, cytonemes orient towards both the A/P and D/V organizers, and that their presence and orientation correlates with Dpp signalling. We also show that the Dpp receptor, Thickveins (Tkv), is present in punctae that move along cytonemes. These observations are consistent with a role for cytonemes in signal transduction.