scholarly journals Making a difference by processing JSON as XML

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin La Fontaine
Keyword(s):  
General Mechanism ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Making A Difference ◽  
The Way

Anyone who has ever published more than one version of a document can readily understand the benefits of tracking changes within it. Systems and APIs that exchange JSON haven’t typically been able to take advantage of such tracking, though the problems of changing JSON structures are essentially the same as in XML. This paper looks beyond JSON Patch (a fine specification as far as it goes) to a more general mechanism for representing changes in JSON, one that includes the context of the changes so that new ways of processing change can be supported. Along the way, it introduces a loss-less, bi-directional transformation from JSON to XML, making the more mature XML processing infrastructure available to JSON developers. The best of both worlds.

The Values Program at Le Moyne College

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Donald J. Kirby
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Moral Courage ◽  
Making A Difference ◽  
Faculty And Staff ◽  
Personal And Social Responsibility ◽  
The Way

Ten years ago the faculty and staff at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, developed the campuswide Values Program. Their dream was to guide the way for all students to reflect seriously on their values, cultivate personal and social responsibility, and strengthen their moral courage to act on their principles—a tall order, but the program is making a difference.

The Wicked Relationship Between Organisations and Information Technology

2002 ◽  
pp. 239-261
Author(s):  
Gill Mallalieu ◽  
Clare Harvey ◽  
Colin Hardy
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Social Complexity ◽  
Wicked Problem ◽  
Grounded Theory Methodology ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Detailed Method ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

The concept of the “wicked problem” is useful in coming to terms with any studies, which involve people, organisations and information technology. It helps to define the shortcomings of traditional positivist approaches in areas which display social complexity. This paper describes how the relationship between an organisation’s business processes and its legacy IT systems is considered under the RAMESES project as a wicked problem. The way in which this conceptualisation has led the authors to adopt the grounded theory methodology is discussed. The particular, detailed method undertaken within this framework is outlined; some results presented and conclusions about the success of the approach are drawn.

The Mechanism

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wylie Breckenridge
Keyword(s):  
General Mechanism ◽  
The Way

In this chapter a theory is developed of how we use ‘grey’ in ‘The patch looks grey to you’ to refer to the way of looking w. The author proposes that we exploit a general mechanism that we have for referring to ways of occurring by expressing properties. We might refer to a certain way of walking by expressing the property of being proud (perhaps using the adjective ‘proud’). So too, we might refer to a certain way of looking by expressing the property of being grey, and that’s what we do, the author proposes, with ‘grey’ in ‘The patch looks grey to you’.

My Journey as a Citizen Therapist

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Doherty
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
African American Community ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Making A Difference ◽  
The Way

My story begins with the idealism of humanistic and family systems therapies of the 1970s, followed by disillusionment with making a difference in the larger world, and then the discovery of citizen therapist work. I describe my initial forays into direct community action and then two current projects on major social problems: police relationships with the African American community and political polarization in the Trump era. A key breakthrough along the way was coming to see my role as a citizen professional in a democracy—acting with community members rather than just for them.

Developing a Mentoring Culture in Dentistry. Making a Difference in a Changing World

2010 ◽  
Vol os17 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon P Holt ◽  
Russ Ladwa
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Good Life ◽  
The Good Life ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Making A Difference ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Fundamental Shift ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes ◽  
The Way

This paper follows the recent series published in Primary Dental Care on the subject of mentoring.1 It is intended to place mentoring in a broader societal, professional, ethical and philosophical context. The introduction of the mentoring approach into human affairs in general, and the workplace in particular, is evidence of a fundamental shift both in the way we work together as individuals and in how we view and value ourselves as human beings. This paper reflects on the changes in thinking and attitudes in society that have led to the emergence of mentoring and coaching as elements in the approach of positive psychology. It then seeks to learn from the experience of the adoption of mentoring and coaching in other areas of work and society. It goes on to consider what impact this might have on underlying beliefs and attitudes within the profession of dentistry, and who might become the mentors and the mentees. Finally, it presents mentoring as an expression of the values and the culture of a caring profession seeking to promote the ‘good life’ both for its patients and for its practitioners.

Self-sacrifice for in-group's history: A diachronic perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Babińska ◽  
Michal Bilewicz
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Emotional Events ◽  
Reciprocal Process ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe problem of extended fusion and identification can be approached from a diachronic perspective. Based on our own research, as well as findings from the fields of social, political, and clinical psychology, we argue that the way contemporary emotional events shape local fusion is similar to the way in which historical experiences shape extended fusion. We propose a reciprocal process in which historical events shape contemporary identities, whereas contemporary identities shape interpretations of past traumas.

What is the purpose of cognition?

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aba Szollosi ◽  
Ben R. Newell
Keyword(s):  
Infinite Number ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
The Way

Abstract The purpose of human cognition depends on the problem people try to solve. Defining the purpose is difficult, because people seem capable of representing problems in an infinite number of ways. The way in which the function of cognition develops needs to be central to our theories.

Peculiarity Parameters

1976 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 233-254
Author(s):  
H. M. Maitzen
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Observational Evidence ◽  
Rotator Model ◽  
Peculiar Behaviour ◽  
Field Spectrum ◽  
Oblique Rotator ◽  
Ap Stars ◽  
The Way

Ap stars are peculiar in many aspects. During this century astronomers have been trying to collect data about these and have found a confusing variety of peculiar behaviour even from star to star that Struve stated in 1942 that at least we know that these phenomena are not supernatural. A real push to start deeper theoretical work on Ap stars was given by an additional observational evidence, namely the discovery of magnetic fields on these stars by Babcock (1947). This originated the concept that magnetic fields are the cause for spectroscopic and photometric peculiarities. Great leaps for the astronomical mankind were the Oblique Rotator model by Stibbs (1950) and Deutsch (1954), which by the way provided mathematical tools for the later handling pulsar geometries, anti the discovery of phase coincidence of the extrema of magnetic field, spectrum and photometric variations (e.g. Jarzebowski, 1960).

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