Sentences with phrase «specific social functions»

Even before any attempt was made to use them for purposes of expression, such places were intended by the state to perform specific social functions.

The raw materials which constitute Bradford's signature colossal collages are tied to specific social functions in their urban environment, inextricably linked to preexisting meaning.

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Given this growing consensus, what's provocative about Renewing American Compassion is not that it argues for returning social welfare functions to civil society, but that it dares to offer specific and useful proposals for how this might happen.

Since the gospel is always received and appropriated in a specific cultural form, and since the church is established and functions as a social institution, the changes that are taking place in global societies have profound implications for churches (as profound, some have suggested, as our initial transition from a regional Jewish Jesus movement into a global Gentile church).

The form and function of the text, viewed in the light of the specific content of the text, may also be suggestive for the social strategy of the sermon.

She does this for her own personal use — del.icio.us lets her see in a glance all the pages she has classified with a specific tag — but the service also has a broader social function; tags are visible to other users as well.

The study includes only one measure of social integration and does not include specific measures of physiological processes or cardiovascular function.

Using Niko Tinbergen's «four questions» as a guide, we will discuss the evolution of primates and emergence of the social function of the behavior (phylogeny), the development of the behavior during a individual's lifetime (ontogeny), the specific biological and chemical processes and motivations responsible for the behavior (mechanism), and how the behavior increase the fitness of individuals, allowing for its continual selection in primates (adaptive value).

These studies have indicated that, as in other vertebrates, vasopressin's social effects in humans are sex - specific and differ as a function of social context.

To illustrate, this talk will focus on infants» knowledge of objects, agents, and social beings, and on two new systems of concepts that emerge quite suddenly at the end of the first year: concepts of objects as kinds whose forms afford specific functions for action, and concepts of people as social agents whose mental states are shareable experiences of the things they act upon.

Do schools exist to teach specific skills or to serve a broad range of social functions, including socialization, assimilation, acculturation, and the provision of a panoply of community services?

Although the selection of people is an area of HR, sometimes the person responsible for training in an organization have to assist in the task of selecting talent, as well as on the initial training for newcomers for them to understand the operation, mission, and vision of the organization, the internal policies of corporate social responsibility and their specific responsibilities and functions within the organization.

Play in nature most often occurs between parent and offspring or between prospective or actual mates (Ibid), but I suggest that in a domesticated animal, play incorporates «social bonding functions rather than development of specific motor skills or survival abilities.»

Whether highlighting in illuminated letters the five «rights of man» under Islam, or deconstructing Shaker furniture, his work frequently turns the specific into the general, thereby testing its function as a form of social representation.

He is also interested in general meanings and social functions specific motifs or objects may have, which he explored in his pieces on five «rights of man» under Islam, and Shaker furniture.

This will be addressed through three specific case studies: Lisa Schiff (Schiff Fine Art, NY), art advisor, dedicated to building collections, many of them with important social functions such as the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation; Pedro Barbosa (The CMB, Coleção Moraes - Barbosa, São Paulo), owner and operator of an established collection that supports two residency programs in Europe and one in São Paulo, as well as two social projects in Brasil; Ruth Estévez (LA), director and curator of REDCAT, an interdisciplinary contemporary arts center for innovative arts that introduces diverse audiences to the most influential developments in the arts from around the world through projects and publications.

Experiencing a photograph next to a painting, an audacious distant cousin (such as a heliograph), a sculpture, or even within much - debated sets of social obligation (journalism)-- each of these scenarios expands the conversation around how photography functions in specific contexts, both inside and outside gallery spaces.

Extended captions highlight the distinctive visual effects unique to each technique, and examine issues specific to printmaking, such as democratic ideas about distribution and social and political function.

Education encompasses a broad variety of topics, including education on legal and jurisdictional issues, an understanding of the role of a judicial officer, ethical issues impacting on judicial conduct, the development of specific skills necessary to perform the functions of a justice of the peace, and the development of an awareness of social and cultural context in which social issues and challenges may arise and manifest themselves in judicial proceedings.

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Adolescents who receive IPT - A have significant reductions in depressionsymptoms and impairment by clinician report and self - report and significantimprovement in overall and specific domains of social functioning.

Outcomes: Mood and anxiety disorders (major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, agoraphobia, social phobia, obsessive - compulsive disorder, specific phobia, panic disorder and generalised anxiety disorder); antisocial and substance dependence disorders (oppositional defiant disorder, antisocial personality disorder, substance - dependence disorders, alcohol dependence, drug dependence and smoking dependence); current global functioning and family conflict; educational and occupational achievement (parental support, educational and occupational levels, overall socioeconomic status); and cognitive assessments.

Less - intensive interventions that provide parent training also may be useful for younger children with ASDs, particularly for improving social communication, language use, and, potentially, symptom severity and family functioning, but the current evidence base for such treatment remains insufficient.17, 18,27 Although parent - training programs can modify parenting behaviors during interactions, data are limited about their contribution to specific improvements in the short - term and long - term beyond simple language gains for some children.

Several types of specific psychosocial outcomes were reported in these studies: psychiatric or behavioural symptoms, self esteem, self worth and social competence, locus of control, and family functioning.

These are complemented by tests on specific cognitive functions by subtests from the developmental neuropsychological test battery A Developmental NEuroPSYchological Assessment, version 2 (NEPSY - II) including attention and executive functioning, language, social perception, sensorimotor and visuospatial processing (Delhi) and adaptive functioning by the Vineland Social Maturity Scale (Bangasocial perception, sensorimotor and visuospatial processing (Delhi) and adaptive functioning by the Vineland Social Maturity Scale (BangaSocial Maturity Scale (Bangalore).

Contrary to the meta - analyses of Crits - Christoph5 andAnderson and Lambert, 7 studies of IPT werenot included (eg, Elkin et al30 and Wilfleyet al31), because the relation of IPT to STPPis controversial, and empirical results suggest that IPT is very close toCBT.9 Thus, this review includes only studiesfor which there is a general agreement that they represent models of STPP.As it is questionable to aggregate the results of very different outcome measuresthat refer to different areas of psychological functioning, we assessed theefficacy of STPP separately for target symptoms, general psychiatric symptoms (ie, comorbid symptoms), and social functioning.32 Thisprocedure is analogous to the meta - analysis of Crits - Christoph.5 Asoutcome measures of target problems, we included patient ratings of targetproblems and measures referring to the symptoms that are specific to the patientgroup under study, eg, measures of anxiety for studies investigating treatmentsof anxiety disorders.33 For the efficacy ofSTPP in general psychiatric symptoms, broad measures of psychiatric symptomssuch as the Symptom Checklist - 90 and specific measures that do not refer specificallyto the disorder under study were included; eg, the Beck Depression Inventoryapplied in patients with personality disorders.34, 35 Forthe assessment of social functioning, the Social Adjustment Scale and similarmeasures were inclusocial functioning.32 Thisprocedure is analogous to the meta - analysis of Crits - Christoph.5 Asoutcome measures of target problems, we included patient ratings of targetproblems and measures referring to the symptoms that are specific to the patientgroup under study, eg, measures of anxiety for studies investigating treatmentsof anxiety disorders.33 For the efficacy ofSTPP in general psychiatric symptoms, broad measures of psychiatric symptomssuch as the Symptom Checklist - 90 and specific measures that do not refer specificallyto the disorder under study were included; eg, the Beck Depression Inventoryapplied in patients with personality disorders.34, 35 Forthe assessment of social functioning, the Social Adjustment Scale and similarmeasures were inclusocial functioning, the Social Adjustment Scale and similarmeasures were incluSocial Adjustment Scale and similarmeasures were included.36

While the establishment of the Social Justice Commissioner was in part a response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC), I was concerned with the view that my role had a specific function of overseeing the process of implementing its recommendations.

It recommends specific steps that early childhood program and public health administrators can take to address the unmet mental health needs of mothers ultimately promoting the social and emotional health, school readiness, and future functioning of very young children.

Perceived social support refers to «an individual's perceptions of general support or specific supportive behaviors (available or acted on) from people in their social network, which enhances their functioning and / or may buffer them from adverse outcomes» (Demaray & Malecki, 2002, pp. 306 - 307).

Previous systematic reviews in the palliative setting have yielded many different types of instruments for capturing informal caregiver outcomes in health services research such as bereavement, burden, family functioning, mood, needs, QOL, satisfaction with service delivery and social support.40 — 42 However, preceding reviews did not consider the specific requirements of outcome measures in economic evaluations and may not have identified all relevant literature.

Patients who received IPT - A reported a notably greater decrease in depressive symptoms and greater improvement in overall social functioning, functioning with friends, and specific problem - solving skills.

Although not all of our clients have a diagnosis, some of the many labels that have benefitted from our services include: ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders - Levels 1 and 2, High Functioning Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, learning disabilities, sensory dysregulation, executive dysfunction, twice - exceptional, gifted and talented, social anxiety, socially phobic, expressive - receptive language issues, specific language impairment, traumatic brain injury, Tourette's Syndrome, PDD - NOS, Dysgraphia, etc

Students will gain knowledge of specific strategies for screening, assessment, and treatment of elders, including attention to: situational concerns such a loss, grief and social isolation; issues of trauma and elder care; differential diagnosis of new vs. existing conditions; symptoms related to dementia and Alzheimer's; mental health issues related to depression, mental illness and changes in executive function; substance use issues, including interactions with medications, and other related medical conditions.

Perceptions of father child - rearing style did not differ as a function of child social anxiety, nor were significant relations found between perceived parenting and specific father behaviors.

These findings have implications for dimensional models of social functioning and conceptual models for specific clinical populations (e.g., attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder).

AD autistic disorder, ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, AGO agoraphobia, AS Asperger's syndrome, AUT autism, CD conduct disorder, DYS dysthymic disorder, GAD generalized anxiety disorder, HFA high functioning autism, MDD major depressive disorder, NR not reported, OCD obsessive compulsive disorder, ODD oppositional defiant disorder, PAN panic disorder, PDD - NOS pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, PSY at least one comorbid psychiatric disorder is present, SAD separation anxiety disorder, SOC social anxiety disorder, SPH specific phobia

In addition, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner has specific functions under the HREOC Act and the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) to monitor the human rights of Indigenous peoples.