Coaching executives.

Describes a systems-based approach to executive coaching that attempts to maximize the consideration of contextual factors. The case study of a 44-yr-old male executive illustrates this approach. The author notes that perhaps the greatest danger in coaching individuals from organizations in which there is no ongoing consulting relationship is the possibility that the psychologist may inadvertently participate in scapegoating by an organization or by a boss who is unable or unwilling to look deeply enough at the ways that the environment may be supporting the conditions underlying the individual's seemingly maladaptive response. The more removed the coaching is from the organizational context, the more pains the psychologist must take to ensure that the context is woven into the fabric of the coaching relationship and that the organization be persuaded that it, too, needs to play a role in defining and achieving the desired outcome. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The influence of COD,hydraulic, temperature and pH shocks on the stability of an unheated fluidised bed reactor

An anaerobic fluidised bed reactor, operating at room temperature, was used to treat a synthetic meat extract wastewater with an influent COD of 1250 mg 1^–1. It was subjected to large increases in influent COD and flow rate for 4-and 8-h periods. The reactor tolerated these transient changes satisfactorily and with no long term detrimental effects. Normal operation was regained within 9h. Variations in operating temperature and influent pH were also examined. Four hour duration, 10°C temperature increases and decreases had little effect on effluent quality, but long term operation at a low influent pH was considered inadvisable. A simulated working week experiment was carried out with a 48-h 90% influent flowrate reduction, followed by a return to normal operation. The reactor tolerated these conditions well, with full recovery made within a few hours. The resistance of the reactor to unfavourable process conditions is discussed. The extrapolation of laboratory data to practical operating conditions is also considered.     

The role of the therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy.

Traces the development of the concept of the therapeutic working alliance from its psychodynamic origins to current pantheoretical formulations. Research on the alliance is reviewed under 4 headings: the relation between a positive alliance and success in therapy, the path of the alliance over time, the examination of variables that predispose individuals to develop a strong alliance, and the exploration of the in-therapy factors that influence the development of a positive alliance. Important areas for further research are also noted. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Ranges of projectiles with 8 ≤ Z ≤ 20 in Ti,Fe, Ni,Cu, Ag,and Au for energies of 0.0125 to 12.0 MeV/nucleon

Electronic stopping powers of various light elements in Ti, Fe, Ni, Cu, Ag, and Au have been reported recently. Earlier, measurements were made for the stopping of ¹⁶O in Ni, Ag, and Au. With the aid of the Northcliffe-Schilling stopping-power tables these values were extrapolated to values of $\text{E}\text{A}$ equal to 0.0125 and 12.0 MeV/amu. Ranges calculated from these stopping-power values and the stopping powers themselves are presented.     

Production of associative sequences in schizophrenia and chronic brain syndrome.

"… timing differences in the associative process of schizophrenics and epileptics" was studied. Recall and a "condition of restricted association were employed… . controls were found to differ from the patient groups with respect to gross output of words… . As increased restrictions were imposed on the associative process, disturbances in the thinking of the pathological groups became more apparent… . results suggest that inappropriate responses (intrusions), which appear in the productions of psychotic individuals, are but symptomatic of a more basic disturbance in thought processes… . [Results] discussed within the framework of Hebbian theory and in relation to other theoretical formulations." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Rapid flameless atomic absorption analysis of the metallic content of sewage sludges I. Lead,cadmium and copper

The application of flameless atomic absorption analysis to the determination of cadmium, copper and lead in sewage sludges is described. The technique is sensitive and very rapid, since the normal lengthy sample pre-treatment has been virtually eliminated. The method can be potentially extended to a large range of metals in all types of sludges.     

Cold shortening and cooking changes in beef

Quantitative relationships have been established between pre-rigor shortening in beef sternomandibularis muscle and cooking shrinkage and weight loss. Shortening induced by cold increases cooking weight loss and shrinkage across the meat grain, but reduces shrinkage along the fibre direction. The mechanism of fluid discharge from meat on cooking is determined by the degree of pre-rigor shortening. In unshortened meat, cooking shrinkage along the fibre precedes discharge and transverse swelling occurs to accommodate entrapped fluids. During the cooking of highly shortened meat, fluid discharge occurs mainly across the fibres, the sarcolemmas of which presumably have been split during shortening. Consequently early swelling on cooking does nccur.