scholarly journals Importance of being persistent. Should transgender children be allowed to transition socially?

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 654-661
Author(s):  
Simona Giordano
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Moral Principle ◽  
Social Transition ◽  
Bodily Harm ◽  
Gender Transition ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
Do No Harm ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The Right

Studies suggest that the majority of gender diverse children (up to 84%) revert to the gender congruent with the sex assigned at birth when they reach puberty. These children are now known in the literature as ‘desisters’. Those who continue in the path of gender transition are known as ‘persisters’. Based on the high desistence rates, some advise being cautious in allowing young children to present in their affirmed gender. The worry is that social transition may make it difficult for children to de-transition and thus increase the odds of later unnecessary medical transition. If this is true, allowing social transition may result in an outright violation of one of the most fundamental moral imperatives that doctors have: first do no harm. This paper suggests that this is not the case. Studies on desistence should inform clinical decisions but not in the way summarised here. There is no evidence that social transition per se leads to unnecessary medical transition; so should a child persist, those who have enabled social transition should not be held responsible for unnecessary bodily harm. Social transition should be viewed as a tool to find out what is the right trajectory for the particular child. Desistence is one possible outcome. A clinician or parent who has supported social transition for a child who later desists will have not violated, but acted in respect of the moral principle of non-maleficence, if the choice made appeared likely to minimise the child’s overall suffering and to maximise overall the child’s welfare at the time it was made.

Process Induced Defects in the Silicon Substrate: Approaches for Successful Failure Analysis

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.G. van Hassel ◽  
Xiao-Mei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Failure Analysis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Silicon Substrate ◽  
Processing Technique ◽  
Electrical Characteristics ◽  
Localization Method ◽  
The Right ◽  
Induced Defects

Abstract Failures induced in the silicon substrate by process marginalities or process mistakes need continuous attention in new as well as established technologies. Several case studies showing implant related defects and dislocations in silicon will be discussed. Depending on the electrical characteristics of the failure the localization method has to be chosen. The emphasis of the discussion will be on the importance of the right choice for further physical de-processing to reveal the defect. This paper focuses on the localization method, the de- processing technique and the use of Wright etch for subsequent TEM preparation.

scholarly journals Treating COVID-19: are we missing out the window of opportunity?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremiah Sundararaj Stanleyraj ◽  
Nandini Sethuraman ◽  
Rajesh Gupta ◽  
Sohanlal Thiruvoth ◽  
Manisha Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Viral Replication ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Window Of Opportunity ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Immunomodulatory Agents ◽  
Course Of Disease ◽  
Inflammatory Cascade ◽  
Replication Phase ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The Right

Abstract Severe COVID-19 is a biphasic illness, with an initial viral replication phase, followed by a cascade of inflammatory events. Progression to severe disease is predominantly a function of the inflammatory cascade, rather than viral replication per se. This understanding can be effectively translated to changing our approach in managing the disease. The natural course of disease offers us separate windows of specific time intervals to administer either antiviral or immunomodulatory therapy. Instituting the right attack at the right time would maximize the benefit of treatment. This concept must also be factored into studies that assess the efficacy of antivirals and immunomodulatory agents against COVID-19.

Sending all the right signals: can locally sensitive employer branding address the global integration-local responsiveness problem?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Global Integration ◽  
Employer Branding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Right ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The study uses two case studies to explore the integration-responsiveness problem in multi-national enterprises and finds that locally sensitive employer branding and facilitating employee voice can help mitigate global-local tensions in religiously sensitive environments. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Right to Life and Capital Punishment in Transnational Judicial Dialogue

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Capital Punishment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Soviet Bloc ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Value Choices ◽  
The Us ◽  
Direct Contrast ◽  
Analytical Argument ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The Right

Abstract In this article, I bring the constitutional jurisprudence of major East Asian courts into reconstructive dialogue with that of the United States, South Africa, and several former Soviet-bloc countries, on per se review of capital punishment. This fills in a gap in the literature, which has failed to reflect new developments in Asia. Besides analysing various review approaches, I extrapolate recurrent analytical issues and reconstruct dialogues among these court decisions. Moreover, I place the analysis in historical perspective by periodising the jurisprudential trajectory of the right to life. The contextualised reconstructive dialogues offer multilayered understanding of my central analytical argument: for any court that may conduct per se review of capital punishment in the future, the highly influential South African Makwanyane case does not settle the lesson. The transnational debate has been kept open by the Korean Constitutional Court's decisions, as well as retrospectively by the US cases of Furman and Gregg. This argument has two major points. First, the crucial part of the reasoning in Makwanyane, namely that capital punishment cannot be proven to pass the necessity test under the proportionality review, is analytically inconclusive. The Korean Constitutional Court's decision offers a direct contrast to this point. Second, the exercise of proportionality review of the Makwanyane Court does not attest to the neutrality and objectivity of proportionality review. Rather, what is really dispositive of the outcome are certain value choices inhering in per se review of capital punishment.

To risk or not to risk

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 12-14
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Stressful Event ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Lives ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Right ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings It is said that the most stressful event in our lives is moving house. The risk of the whole project falling through; the sheer scale of planning and coordination required; the emotional highs and lows of the success or failure in finding the right home to move to. Certainly, there are few activities that adults go through that guarantee such a levels of anxiety. And if this is the case for our private lives, then what is the equivalent of our business lives? Implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

The Effects of Contact with Handicapped Persons on Young Children's Attitudes

1986 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverly G. Esposito ◽  
Thomas M. Reed
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Program Analysis ◽  
Integration Program ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Children's Attitudes

A survey designed to measure attitudes toward handicapped persons was administered to 92 young, nonhandicapped children. Nine of the subjects, who had previously reported more favorable attitudes as a result of participation in a structured integration program, continued to demonstrate these gains 2 years later. The remaining 83 subjects had never participated in a structured integration program. Analysis of the responses of the 92 children according to type of contact and the time at which contact occurred suggested that contact per se, regardless of type or timing, can produce more favorable attitudes among young children than an absence of contact.

Escaping from the pen?

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Pluciennik
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Animal Bone ◽  
Per Se

First of all, congratulations to Nick Overton and Yannis Hamilakis for an excellent and stimulating paper, made all the better for including two considered and rich case studies. Though in no way an animal-bone specialist, I find myself in general agreement with their approach, which attempts to persuade zooarchaeologists of the value of engaging further with particular trends within theory in archaeology (and other disciplines) from the last decade or so. It is with the implications of relational archaeologies that I particularly wish to engage: I concur with the authors that zooarchaeology (and other subfields), as well as archaeology more generally, could benefit from challenges to anthropocentrism, whether expressed in ontological or other forms, and ultimately produce more holistic as well as more diverse pasts. My comments are thus more an exploration of some of the issues raised in this paper than a commentary upon the contents per se.

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