Losing control
TL;DR: This column looks back at the days when the authors had direct, tactile control of their appliances and wonders what impact the loss of this control is having on their children's interest in engineering.
Abstract: This column looks back at the days when we had direct, tactile control of our appliances and wonders what impact the loss of this control is having on our children's interest in engineering. Increased complexity in our work life also leads to our feeling this lack of direct control. Yet, perhaps it's a mistake to pine for those days of direct control. Maybe our children's ability to find and fix a problem by its symptoms will be essential for testing the products of the future.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that migration management presents a far greater security challenge to weak and failing states than to advanced postindustrial states, and that states that are able to formulate and implement migration policies that harness the power of international migration will be more secure, rather than less secure, in the new globalized security environment.
Abstract: International migration has moved to the top of the international security agenda, due in part to concerns that migration flows provide conduits for the spread of international terrorism. Although such concerns are not entirely unfounded, they must be placed within the broader context of the range of impacts—both positive and negative—that international migration flows have on states' core national security interests. Migration flows affect at least three dimensions of national security: state capacity and autonomy, the balance of power, and the nature of violent conflict. Overall, migration management presents a far greater security challenge to weak and failing states than to advanced postindustrial states. States that are able to formulate and implement migration policies that harness the power of international migration will be more secure, rather than less secure, in the new globalized security environment.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the development of three EU migration databases and their significance for the internal control of irregular migrants and argued that the digital infrastructure that is now growing past its infancy is developing into a formidable tool for the surveillance of irreg- ular migrants in Europe.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that migration management presents a far greater security challenge to weak and failing states than to advanced postindustrial states, and that states that are able to formulate and implement migration policies that harness the power of international migration will be more secure, rather than less secure, in the new globalized security environment.
Abstract: International migration has moved to the top of the international security agenda, due in part to concerns that migration flows provide conduits for the spread of international terrorism. Although such concerns are not entirely unfounded, they must be placed within the broader context of the range of impacts—both positive and negative—that international migration flows have on states' core national security interests. Migration flows affect at least three dimensions of national security: state capacity and autonomy, the balance of power, and the nature of violent conflict. Overall, migration management presents a far greater security challenge to weak and failing states than to advanced postindustrial states. States that are able to formulate and implement migration policies that harness the power of international migration will be more secure, rather than less secure, in the new globalized security environment.
354 citations
TL;DR: The concept of self-regulation, combined with the concept of modularity of cognitive function, may aid in the understanding of the neural basis of individual differences in the vulnerability to drugs and the transition to addiction.
303 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the development of three EU migration databases and their significance for the internal control of irregular migrants and argued that the digital infrastructure that is now growing past its infancy is developing into a formidable tool for the surveillance of irreg- ular migrants in Europe.
Abstract: This article analyses the development of three EU migration databases and their significance for the internal control of irregular migrants. Because bor- ders and immigration policy alone cannot stop irregular migration, many govern- ments turn to internal migration control on settled irregular migrants. Surveillance of this group is aimed at their exclusion from key societal institutions, discourag- ing their stay and ultimately, the deportation of apprehended irregular migrants. These are policies in which identification of irregular migrants is crucial. In this age, registration and identification mean computerized and networked data- bases. The member states of the EU are currently developing a network of data- bases in the field of (irregular) immigration. The Schengen Information System (II), the Eurodac database and the Visa Information System are vast databases, often including biometric data, aimed at controlling migration flows and identi- fying and sorting legal and irregular migrants. These systems are able to 're-identify' parts of the population of irregular migrants on the basis of digital traces of their migration history. It is argued that the digital infrastructure that is now growing past its infancy is developing into a formidable tool for the surveillance of irreg- ular migrants in Europe.
237 citations
TL;DR: For example, the authors show that immigration flows, with the average characteristics of the last 15 to 20 years' immigration, have tended not to be to the advantage of natives while advantageous for immigrants.
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Abstract: In the complex health care workplace of nurses, intra/interprofessional ideals intersect with the expectations of patients, families, students, and coworkers in a context of managed care environments, academia, and other health care enterprises Integral to quality assessment, management, and assurance is collegial and respectful communication Decades of reported descriptive and anecdotal data on intra/inter professional and on client communication, describe the antithesis of these ideals Specifically, increasing frequency and rates of persistent bullying, harassment, or horizontal violence (BHHV) have shown to yield detrimental effects on workplace satisfaction, workforce retention, and the psychological and physical health of nurses as well as implied effects on quality of patient care and risk of poor health outcomes Persistent BHHV among nurses is a serious concern In advancing the science of description and explanation to a level of prevention intervention, explanatory models from biology, developmental psychology, intra/interpersonal interactionism are described along with theoretical explanations for the prevalence of BHHV in nurse workplaces Making the connection between explanatory models and creative solutions to address BHHV through multiple levels of behavioral influence such as individual, environmental, interpersonal, and cultural contexts is key to advancing the science of the relationship between professional behavior and client/family/community health care outcomes
196 citations