Short-term psychotherapy and graduate training in psychology.

We present the thesis that the psychology internship and the university-affiliated practicum site offer a special opportunity to train new professionals in brief psychotherapy. The reasons for this include (a) a growing client demand for time-limited treatment and hence psychology's responsibility to prepare professionals in this mode of intervention, (b) a period of residence that can be comfortably tailored to training in short-term psychotherapy, and (c) trainees who are eager to learn a pragmatic form of intervention. Training considerations are outlined and include client selection variables, therapist/trainee considerations, and supervision/teaching. Conclusions are offered and emphasize the agency's and supervisors' need to feel a commitment to train in this modality. Likewise, the program should seek trainees who are eager to learn brief psychotherapy. In order to maximize the opportunity for a successful experience, careful consideration should be given to client selection criteria. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Schizophrenic symptoms, work adjustment, and behavioral family therapy.

Investigated work adjustment among 41 recently exacerbated patients (aged 21–42 yrs) with schizophrenia who were randomly assigned to receive either customary care alone or behavioral family therapy (BFT) and customary care. At baseline, most Ss were unemployed and evidenced poor work adjustment. Negative schizophrenic symptoms were more strongly associated with current work dysfunction than were indices of other psychopathology. At 1 yr, significantly fewer Ss participating in BFT had evidenced psychotic exacerbations. However, vocational adjustment in both groups was still poor, with few benefits of BFT on work functioning noted. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

住宅,魏玛

规划师和建筑师通常会选择一些标准型的独立住宅,然后找出它们的问题,如占地面积大、能源消耗大等,再加以改善.他们做了大量的工作,将居住质量和住宅理念相结合,使社区的设施建设和邻里关系更加和谐.魏玛开发项目让每户住宅都有自己的小花园、草坪和储物区.中心广场附近有小路、游乐场、社区中心,这些室外配套设施是整个开发项目的组成部分.本住宅基本上采用了现代主义的手法,简单的建筑结构、合理的房间布置和变化尺寸突出了现代建筑简约的特点.通过有效的资源利用、类似独立式住宅的各种功能和多种的空间布置,为不同年龄、不同类型的家庭组合提供居所,满足他们对现代社会的需求.     

AIDS.

Introduces the topics covered in this Psychology in the Public Forum section of the journal. The authors of the articles that are part of this section believe AIDS is a problem that calls for psychology's involvement in designing research, in carrying out that research, in treating people with AIDS, in the development of public health programs, and in making active efforts toward prevention. The author of this article briefly discusses the topic and content of each of the articles included in this section. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Die Mikroflora eines Langzeit-Sauerteiges

Zusammenfassung Die Milchsäurebakterien und Hefen eines kommerziellen Sauerteiges wurden isoliert und identifiziert. Dieser Sauerteig wird erhalten, wenn Roggenmehl und Wasser für mindestens 48 h gesäuert und wöchentlich in neues unsteriles Substrat überimpft wird. Alle gefundenen Milchsäurebakterien waren heterofermentativ, 2/3 von ihnen hatten ein enges Substratspektrum, bildeten Ammoniak aus Arginin, waren Acetat-auxotroph und produziertenl-Lactat und Ethanol. Eine kleinere Gruppe vergor mehr als 15 (von 49 getesteten) Zuckern, bildete kein Ammoniak aus Arginin und produziertedl-Lactat. Alle untersuchten Stämme enthielten in der Zellwand Lysin-d-Asparagin als Interpeptid-Brücke des Peptidoglykans. Alle Hefe-Isolate ergaben gleiche Resultate im Zucker-Assimilationstest und waren Cycloheximid-empfindlich. Der Hefestamm wurde alsSaccharomyces cerevisiae Hansen identifiziert.

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The microflora of a sourdough developed during extended souring phases

Summary The lactic acid bacteria and yeasts of a commercial sourdough were isolated and identified. This sourdough is obtained when rye flour and water are fermented for at least 48 h with weekly transfer to new unsterile substrate. All of the bacteria were heterofermentative, two-thirds of them had a narrow substrate spectrum, formed ammonia from arginine, were acetate-auxotrophic and producedl-lactate and ethanol. A minor group fermented more than 15 sugars (of 49 tested), were unable to form ammonia from arginine and produceddl-lactate. Of the strains tested all contained lysine-D-asparagine as an interpeptide bridge in the peptidoglycan of the cell wall. Each of the yeast isolates gave identical results in the sugar assimilation test and was cycloheximide sensitive. The yeast strain was identified asSaccharomyces cerevisiae Hansen.

     

Modeling and Rendering of the Atmosphere Using Mie-Scattering

This paper presents a method for rendering of the atmosphere by means of Mie-scattering. The method is based on a concentric atmospheric model, which is divided into four submodels: for clear air, aerosol, ozone, and rain. In order to simulate and visualize the various atmospheric effects, each of these submodels can be parameterized by the user as desired. The process of rendering an outdoor scene requires an enormous amount of computing power. In order to make this method suitable for efficient implementation, some simplifications and approximations are discussed. In addition, a selection of the rendering results are presented, and our further activities in the field of atmospheric rendering are discussed.     

Effect of the ac Field Level on the Aging of the Dielectric Response in Polycrystalline BaTiO3

BaTiO₃ ceramics with grain sizes from 0.6 to 60 μm and relative densities of 89% to 92% were prepared by hot forging and conventional sintering from very pure-oxalate-derived powder. The aging of both the dielectric constant and the dielectric loss was examined at weak and strong fields with respect to grain size and frequency. It was concluded that the main aging mechanism is the aging of hysteretic domain wall motion for coarse-grained ceramics. At grain size of less than 1 μm, the lack of frequency and E _AC dependence, along with a lower aging rate, suggests that domain motions or hysteretic domain wall motions are restricted in finegrained ceramic BaTiO₃ and contribute little to the aging.