Defense Acquisition, Public Administration, and Pragmatism

2019 ◽  
pp. 774-792
Author(s):  
Keith F. Snider
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Defense Acquisition ◽  
Philosophical Pragmatism ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Administrative Theory ◽  
Acquisition Professionals

This chapter explores the relationship of U.S. defense management to public administration. It argues that public administration, as a field of study, plays a minor role in defense acquisition, because acquisition has unique characteristics that separate it from the mainstream of the field. The tenuous connections between acquisition and public administration have led to an issue of academic legitimacy in that the discipline has failed to respond to the needs of acquisition professionals. The chapter then presents a discussion and illustration of philosophical pragmatism as a potential contribution of administrative theory to acquisition practice, and it concludes with thoughts on the potential for acquisition to adopt pragmatism as a guiding way for thought and practice.

Defense Acquisition, Public Administration, and Pragmatism

2017 ◽  
pp. 186-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith F. Snider
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Defense Acquisition ◽  
Philosophical Pragmatism ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Administrative Theory ◽  
Acquisition Professionals

This chapter explores the relationship of U.S. defense management to public administration. It argues that public administration, as a field of study, plays a minor role in defense acquisition, because acquisition has unique characteristics that separate it from the mainstream of the field. The tenuous connections between acquisition and public administration have led to an issue of academic legitimacy in that the discipline has failed to respond to the needs of acquisition professionals. The chapter then presents a discussion and illustration of philosophical pragmatism as a potential contribution of administrative theory to acquisition practice, and it concludes with thoughts on the potential for acquisition to adopt pragmatism as a guiding way for thought and practice.

Pain and Depression

1982 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Pilowsky ◽  
D. L. Bassett
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Intractable Pain ◽  
Illness Behaviour ◽  
Conversion Reaction ◽  
Patient Groups ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Pain Patients

SummaryThis paper explores the relationship between depression and chronic intractable pain in which somatic pathology is playing a minor role. In this study, 114 patients with chronic pain were compared with 53 patients with depression. Patients with chronic pain were older, more likely to be married, more frequently attributed difficulties in activity and sleep to pain, and reported greater impairment of motor functions. They had less dysphoria and an illness behaviour profile (on the Illness Behaviour Questionnaire) suggestive of a conversion reaction. Depressed patients recalled more life events in the year prior to presentation, whilst pain patients recalled more events of nine and ten years earlier. It is concluded that the two patient groups cannot be considered identical. It is argued that the concept of abnormal illness behaviour helps to distinguish the two groups.

Relationship of the Mistletoe Phoradendron Macrophyllum (Viscaceae) to the Wood of its Host

IAWA Journal ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clyde L. Calvin ◽  
Carol A. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Tracheary Element ◽  
Bulk Flow ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Selective Uptake ◽  
The Past ◽  
Parenchyma Cells ◽  
Main Pathway ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Uptake Of Nutrients

The importance of direct tracheary element connections between mistletoes and their hosts is controversial. Direct connections have been reported for four genera within the Viscaceae. In the past such connections were considered essential for the movement of water and nutrients from host to parasite. In contrast, recent authors have suggested that the apoplastic continuum provided by the walls of contiguous host and parasite parenchyma cells is the main pathway for the transfer of water and nutrients, with direct connections playing at best a minor role in uptake. Our analysis of the parasite (Phoradendron)/host(Juglans) interface suggests otherwise. Parenchyma predominates at the interface for both host (71%) and parasite (95%). While direct tracheary element connections are less frequent than other types of connections, they occurred in all sinkers analyzed. Further, direct connections were much more abundant in host latewood (3.6%) than in earlywood (1.8%). This, and other evidence indicates that both pathways of transfer are important. We suggest that the apoplastic continuum provided by parasite parenchyma provides for selective uptake of nutrients, whereas direct connections provide for bulk flow between host and parasite.

scholarly journals A Comparison of Coverbal Gesture Use in Oral Discourse Among Speakers With Fluent and Nonfluent Aphasia

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 2031-2046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Pak-Hin Kong ◽  
Sam-Po Law ◽  
Gigi Wan-Chi Chak
Keyword(s):  
Language Intervention ◽  
Multimedia Data ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Lexical Retrieval ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Culturally Specific ◽  
Nonfluent Aphasia ◽  
Fluent Aphasia ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Coverbal gesture use, which is affected by the presence and degree of aphasia, can be culturally specific. The purpose of this study was to compare gesture use among Cantonese-speaking individuals: 23 neurologically healthy speakers, 23 speakers with fluent aphasia, and 21 speakers with nonfluent aphasia. Method Multimedia data of discourse samples from these speakers were extracted from the Cantonese AphasiaBank. Gestures were independently annotated on their forms and functions to determine how gesturing rate and distribution of gestures differed across speaker groups. A multiple regression was conducted to determine the most predictive variable(s) for gesture-to-word ratio. Results Although speakers with nonfluent aphasia gestured most frequently, the rate of gesture use in counterparts with fluent aphasia did not differ significantly from controls. Different patterns of gesture functions in the 3 speaker groups revealed that gesture plays a minor role in lexical retrieval whereas its role in enhancing communication dominates among the speakers with aphasia. The percentages of complete sentences and dysfluency strongly predicted the gesturing rate in aphasia. Conclusions The current results supported the sketch model of language–gesture association. The relationship between gesture production and linguistic abilities and clinical implications for gesture-based language intervention for speakers with aphasia are also discussed.

scholarly journals Miniaturized biosignature analysis reveals implications for the formation of cold seep carbonates at Hydrate Ridge (off Oregon, USA)

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 4443-4458 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Leefmann ◽  
J. Bauermeister ◽  
A. Kronz ◽  
V. Liebetrau ◽  
J. Reitner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microprobe Analysis ◽  
Cold Seep ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Anaerobic Oxidation Of Methane ◽  
Oxidation Of Methane ◽  
Hydrate Ridge ◽  
The Individual ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Methane-related carbonates from Hydrate Ridge typically show several macroscopically distinguishable phases, namely whitish aragonite, lucent aragonite, and gray micrite. The relationship of these phases to particular microorganisms or biogeochemical processes is as yet unclear. We used a miniaturized biomarker technique on mg samples, combined with factor analysis and subsequent electron microprobe analysis, to study lipid biomarkers and chemical compositions of the individual phases. This allows us to identify particular mechanisms involved in the formation of the different carbonate precipitates. Our combined analysis of biomarkers and petrographic traits shows that most of the lipids related to the anaerobic oxidation of methane (>90% by weight) are concentrated within only a minor compartment (~20% by volume) of the Hydrate Ridge carbonates (whitish aragonite). The patterns indicate that the whitish aragonite represents fossilized biofilms of methanotrophic consortia, whereas the precipitation of the lucent aragonite does not seem to be directly controlled by microorganisms. The gray micrite shows a partly Mg-calcitic mineralogy, higher pyrite contents, and a much higher proportion of allochthonous biomarkers. The formation of these precipitates is interpreted to reflect periodic methane-rich fluid pulses that disrupted the sediments and promoted the growth of the respective methanotrophic consortia along fluid pathways.

scholarly journals MARKETING DIGITAL E ADMINISTRAÇÃO PÚBLICA: AS MÍDIAS SOCIAIS COMO INSTRUMENTO DE PARTICIPAÇÃO SOCIAL E ACCOUNTABILITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (205) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Luciana Barbosa de Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Development Process ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Public Hearings ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to understand the relationship of non-commercial Digital Marketing in Public Administration and the promotion of social participation in public management through social media. Despite the federal legislation establishing mechanisms for the participation of the population, such as consultations and public hearings, social media is gaining more and more space in our lives as a tool for communication, debate and exchange. Marketing 4.0 integrates offline and online, highlighting the importance of user participation during the development process of a particular product or service, which directs us to participatory public management and the development of more efficient and effective public policies . However, even though the use of social media as a tool for social participation and engagement in political discussions is growing, it cannot be confirmed whether this participation actually influences the development of public and social policies. To understand this relationship, a bibliographic review was carried out, complemented with a documentary research with the objective of discussing the theme.

scholarly journals Morbid Polarization: Exposure to COVID-19 and Partisan Disagreement about Pandemic Response

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristian Guillermo Rodriguez ◽  
Shana Kushner Gadarian ◽  
Sara W. Goodman ◽  
Thomas Pepinsky
Keyword(s):  
Control Measures ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Limited Evidence ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Partisan Polarization ◽  
Pandemic Response ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Response Policy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
National Control

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of all Americans, but the severity of the pandemic has been experienced unevenly across space and time. Some states saw sharp rises in COVID-19 cases in early March, whereas case counts rose much later in the rest of the country. In this article, we examine the relationship between exposure to COVID-19 and citizens’ views on what type of measures are required to deal with the crises, and how experience with and exposure to COVID-19 is associated with greater partisan polarization. We find consistent evidence of partisan divergence in pandemic response policy preferences across the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic: Republicans support national control measures whereas Democrats support welfare policies, and interparty differences grow over time. We find only limited evidence that exposure or experience moderates these partisan differences. Our findings are consistent with the view that Americans’ interpret the COVID-19 pandemic in fundamentally partisan manner, and that objective pandemic conditions play at most a minor role in shaping mass preferences.

Fossil evidence of initial radiation of Cercidiphyllaceae

Palaeobotany ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 54-75
Author(s):  
L. B. Golovneva ◽  
A. A. Zolina
Keyword(s):  
Minor Component ◽  
Northeastern China ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Northeastern Asia ◽  
Early Radiation ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
One New Species ◽  
Cretaceous Deposits

Cercidiphyllaceae-like leaves and fruits from the Lower Cretaceous deposits of Northeastern Asia were restudied. In the result one species of Jenkinsella fruits and five species of Trochodendroides leaves were recognized, including Trochodendroides potomacensis (Ward) Bell, T. buorensis Golovneva, T. sittensis Golovneva, sp. nov., T. vachrameeviana (Iljinskaja) Golovneva, comb. nov., and T. denticulata (Budantsev et Kiritchkova) Golovneva, comb. nov. Two new combinations and one new species are published. These plants had very small leaves and probably were shrubs. Fruits of Nyssidium orientale Samylina from the Barremian-Aptian Starosuchan Formation (Primorye, Russia) have no follicular characters as Jenkinsella fruits. Their affinity, not only to Cercidiphyllum-like plants, but to angiosperms in general, is doubtful. Leaves and fruits of Cercidiphyllum sujfunense Krassilov from the lower-middle Albian Galenki Formation (Primorye) also can not be assigned to Cercidiphyllaceae. Leaves have pinnate, brochidodromous venation and are comparable with those of Asiatifolium elegans Sun, Guo et Zheng, which were recorded from the Frentsevka Formation of the Partizansk coal basin, Primorye, Russia, and from the Chengzihe Formation, Northeastern China. Thus, the first reliable records of the genus Trochodendroides appear in the early-middle Albian. The relationship of these leaves with Cercidiphyllaceae is confirmed by finds of associated fruits Jenkinsella filatovii and by significant diversity of Trochendroides in the Late Albian-Cenomanian. In the early-middle Albian the genus Trochendroides was a minor component of the conifer-dominated Mesophytic floras. These fossils reflect the early radiation of Cercidiphyllaceae and indicate that this family began to diversify more then 30 million years before the Tertiary. Investigation of the early-middle Albian Cercidiphyllaceae provides important new data for our understanding of the early evolution of eudicots.

Studies in the Alismataceae. III. Floral anatomy of Ranalisma humile

1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 891-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. A. Charlton ◽  
A. Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Vascular System ◽  
Floral Anatomy ◽  
Vascular Anatomy ◽  
Vascular Supply ◽  
Variable Amount ◽  
Peripheral Vascular ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The flower of Ranalisma humile is comparable in morphology to those of other alismads. The vascular anatomy is noteworthy. Flowers of R. humile are provided with a major (central) vascular system supplying androecial and gynoecial vasculature and a variable amount of the sepal and petal vasculature, and a minor (peripheral) system which supplies the rest of the perianth vasculature. There is very little anastomosis between the two systems. It is suggested that the variability of perianth vascular supply reflects variability in timing of differentiation events. The occurrence of an almost independent peripheral vascular system is probably of significance in a consideration of the relationship of Ranalisma humile to other alismads.

scholarly journals Vitamin D and Autoimmune Thyroid Disease—Cause, Consequence, or a Vicious Cycle?

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2791
Author(s):  
Inês Henriques Vieira ◽  
Dírcea Rodrigues ◽  
Isabel Paiva
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Thyroid Disease ◽  
Autoimmune Thyroid Disease ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
Autoimmune Process ◽  
Autoimmune Thyroid ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Pleiotropic Expression ◽  
The Relationship

Vitamin D is a steroid hormone traditionally connected to phosphocalcium metabolism. The discovery of pleiotropic expression of its receptor and of the enzymes involved in its metabolism has led to the exploration of the other roles of this vitamin. The influence of vitamin D on autoimmune disease—namely, on autoimmune thyroid disease—has been widely studied. Most of the existing data support a relationship between vitamin D deficiency and a greater tendency for development and/or higher titers of antibodies linked to Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Graves’ disease, and/or postpartum thyroiditis. However, there have also been some reports contradicting such relationships, thus making it difficult to establish a unanimous conclusion. Even if the existence of an association between vitamin D and autoimmune thyroid disease is assumed, it is still unclear whether it reflects a pathological mechanism, a causal relationship, or a consequence of the autoimmune process. The relationship between vitamin D’s polymorphisms and this group of diseases has also been the subject of study, often with divergent results. This text presents a review of the recent literature on the relationship between vitamin D and autoimmune thyroid disease, providing an analysis of the likely involved mechanisms. Our thesis is that, due to its immunoregulatory role, vitamin D plays a minor role in conjunction with myriad other factors. In some cases, a vicious cycle is generated, thus contributing to the deficiency and aggravating the autoimmune process.

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