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Are you aware of the mentor mentee program for graduate students and mentors with disabilities. We are currently working on a round table addressing how ABA has been Abelist where applicants graduate students, staff and faculty are still discouraged in dicslosing their physical, invisible disabiliteis as well as chronic health problems. Look at APA thery have proposed a new 3 part study on this issues. For many of this that demonstrates they lack of awareness and interest in advocating members with disabilitites. We will close with actions that every can take to create s safe setting where we create an alliance for psychologists with disabilities, inclusion and equity. I am on the BOD or SMADIE. Stanford Medicine Alliance Disability inclusiong and Equity. They provide a road map for us.

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...there's no question about that. Is the viewer's mental horizon sufficient to understand the issues?

Rhetoric, oxymore, hyperbole, etc

Hi, any comment..Prof. Franz Schelling ?

Could depression and anxiety be early signs of MS?

Sounds like a fascinating study. It's not my area of expertise either, so I have nothing specific to offer. I wonder if you could look for examples among voter population studies? How knowledgeable are people when they go into the voting booth regarding what's on the ballot (people and initiatives)? Do they know where to go to find information to prepare themselves to vote? There might be more studies of this kind since there are many pundits surrounding elections.

Well, you didn't mention this in your question. But now that this is clarified, my next question relates to representative selections. Are there really that many who have made this relocation? And you do not limit the diaspora selection to Ghanian diaspora artists, which i think you should, as africa is a huge continent. How will you ensure that you have a representative selection? Is there some sort of popularity index that sorts artists by sales or revenue that you could use to limit your diaspora selection. It would also be nice if this index has a ghanian equivalent. Next you need a methodology to study the artistic expression itself. You can use live concerts, or you can simply look at musical elements. Some of these may have changed because of availbility (no dancers/mucians in the same african tradition, and others may have changed for finacial reasons.) And then there is the artistic choice/preference of the artist, which you can only acertain by asking or checking interviews. These are my two cents worth. good luck.

Goal or objective; action step.

Find a copy of "Monroe's Motivated Sequence" for a cookbook of oral persuasion.

I believe that this critical friendship should be based on a call for equality of rights but it should also emphasize duties in order to have a basis to defend.

Student unions the world over have often been a political force to be reckoned with – not least when the core issue at stake is the cost of higher education. In 2010, for example, the UK's National Union of Students managed to rally tens of thousands of students on to the streets in opposition to the Westminster governments plans to triple tuition fees in England while other countries – such as South Africa – have also seen their fair share of protests over fees from student groups. However, these days some student unions seem mired in an endless culture war stand-off with minsters over free speech, while in the UK and elsewhere others are questioning whether the shift of student interest towards single-issue campaigning has made such organisations irrelevant...

Thank you very much Jehan for sharing your perspective, that is very helpful.

To be more clear, with "referral" I referred to the identification by T2D patients of individuals with risk factors for T2D, such as being overweight and having excessive thirst or urination, and their referral to healthcare professionals.

A sustainable diet takes into account the impact it will have on the environment, the individual, and the food chain as a whole. Factors that determine how sustainable a certain diet is include: nutritional availability. relative cost.

Hi Igor, just because someone has done something wrong, you don't have to do it as well.

First of all, reviewing is voluntary work, no one gets paid for it. He/she spends time to read a few times, take notes and provide a critical review. When he/she submits a paper, others might reciprocate their action.

Secondly, if a journal fails to invite a qualified expert in a particular domain of research, it is wrongdoing from the journal's point of view. That said, standard research journals wouldn't resort to this sort of review. A mostly cheap open-access publisher who charges fees and gets the reviews done quickly might resort to this type of review.

Thirdly, an ethically and morally motivated person will disclose the publisher that he/she cannot review a particular reason as they have a conflict of interest. It is a self-imposed action.

Fourth, it is up to the reviewer to share how much opinion that he/she wants. Some provide very helpful and constructive comments (e.g. major issues / minor issues) that they see in a paper. They have the right to do so! (Refer point #1)

Fifth, a journal can reject a paper without even sending out for review at the editorial level. It depends on the impact factor and the rejection rate. An author may think that their paper might be appropriate for the journal they submitted, the editor may decide otherwise. An author cannot question the journal at this stage. They just have to look options elsewhere.

Sixth, for a reviewing expert, the reviewer doesn't have to accept all the writing/interpretations of the authors - hypothesis/theory/opinion/findings. No two reviewers might have to agree to each other. The reviewer has to be convinced in the way in which the paper is written. The paper has to address the positive and negative aspects of their paper (e.g. limitations of the study). The authors have to find a sweet spot and make compromising decisions.

Seventh, the study authors can supply the names of opposing reviewers (e.g. the names of people who they don't want the paper to be reviewed by). Usually, they adhere to this request. However, the may or may not adhere to all the potential reviewers. This is because the names could be biased.

Eighth, the forum hears on your appeal with regards to the reviewer's conflict of interest. However, we are hearing one side of the story. We might not make an informed decision about who is right.

Ninth, anyone can make a mistake - the authors, reviewers, or editors. There might be an inherent politics built around a journal. It needs to be either explained or negotiated. If the escalation doesn't work, just move on with another journal. Manuscript rejection is part and parcel of academic life. Every researcher knows about it. It is not a big deal at all. You don't have to spend sleepless nights over an issue that doesn't even deserve it.

My advice would be - JUST MOVE ON!!!

I do not think so.

Isn't it better to have this type of atmosphere rather than anger and violence? Evidently, when there was a panel talk for International Women's Day (8 March) about women in art: 'Brutality and the female body: how can we reinvent female flesh', those getting to the event early were handed Bloody Mary cocktails!

Parties (maybe not too many cocktails!) and festivals rather than brutality and hate? As long as the message gets across.

It maybe isn't appropriate to mention the difference between the sexes, but do you think the lack of testosterone has something to do with women's events having this type of atmosphere? Surely more women are going to be attracted to getting involved in feminism if they do not encounter negative vibes when they join?

Panel Talk for International Women’s Day at Sarabande Foundation

for PR u should study about the public then u do what they want,, so u need to make an impression

If, as you mentioned, there is a reference of conceptual similar variables and theoretical frameworks to your varibale mediator that fulfill that role, and you have some study that supports that, you can propose the mentioned mediation analysis, if your objective is based on fulfilling only the predictive model you can consider to remove some item or factor that does not adjust to the model or also correlation of covariance error in the model according to the modification indexes.

I don't know if it could fit your question, but an alternative approach to ACF is the discourse coalitions framework (refer to the work of Martin Hajer and following development). This framework surely follows a critical approach, whereas in concerned with power and hegemonic practices, but it rely on a constructivistic, rather than realistic, ontology.

It seems more like a pragmatist epistemology.

Hi David,

My colleagues and I launched many citizen science projects in Taiwan in recent years, and we are good at using social media (most on facebook) to share our results and interact with thousands of participants. If you were interested in, questions and suggestions are very welcome.

Here is a pamphlet regarding our projects on birds.

Thank you so much!

Cheers,

Dali

The Daily Mail has own Turn The Tide On Plastic campaign as sees itself as thriving major force against plastic pollution menace in whatever environment on earth. This means that the publication is practicing the social responsibility of the press or the media as it sets the agenda by priming plastic waste issue.

At this point, the campaign is vital for a variety of reasons. Among them is to create, raise, and sustain public awareness of the social, economic, political, and ecological or environmental damage and loss caused by plastic waste pollution.

As you said, The Daily Mail Online frequently publishes articles promoting public awareness campaigns and it regularly evaluates it’s own success stories.I think, one of the most critical issues about public communication campaign, has to do with assessment or evaluation of the campaign progress.

You also said that, The Daily Mail Online is the third most read website in the UK only after the BBC News and The Sun Online, as well as, the fifth most used website with the purpose of reading news in the UK as observed last year, in 2018. The media are very influential in effecting personal or individual behaviour as well as policy change at all levels of our society from local to global .

The issue of media advocacy communication campaign evaluation is highly recommended for professional, ethical, and investment reasons regarding the effectiveness or efficiency of the campaigns.This means that the current or the ongoing media campaign has been well planned and implemented so far.

The media practitioners or journalists especially science or environmental reporters or journalists are trained to do their jobs professionally and they usually look at the different environmental problems that should be addressed.

As the world now focuses on Climate Change effects or the need for urgent climate action as stated in the UN SDG 13, one of the biggest single issues of human factors that can be or has be attributed to drive climate change is, waste.

This means that you have raised a very serious question or comment in particular. I thought your remarks were as informative as curious, to say the least. I am also sure that, with respect to the previous word, your sounds very brilliant, informed, professional, educative, or in tandem with your personal beauty. Be blessed.

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The discussion is very nice and my information improve. Thank you my good friends.

Paul: Here is a good article about this topic:

https://www.blackenterprise.com/is-employee-advocacy-at-odds-with-building-your-personal-brand/

I think, Angela, the more emotionally mature the leader, the more nurturing capability she or he would have. Is it a trait that can be developed in children? Perhaps some, but not all. Instead of looking at blanket training response to all children to improve nurturing, I think you really have to look at the causes of bullying, and maybe use a training response (within a training course) that would address each cause. I've thought from the beginning of your VERY interesting questions, that it might be useful just to get a sense of what psychologists do to treat the different types of problems that kids who bully have. That could help lead you in a training direction. Careful!. I don't mind crossing these boundaries between fields, but others might!

Thanks Tomer, I also think the point that Bayat was speaking of non-democratic countries with more repressive state apparatuses is important. So for example, my current work on land invasions or occupation in South Africa suggests that poor occupiers expect the state to try and remove them and prepare to resist this knowing that the state will not become too violent (usually). The strategy is not only to move as many as possible and build shacks quickly but also take furniture and children to up the costs of the state removing the shacks. Some have use the terms 'rebellion of the poor' (Alexander 2010) or insurgency (Holston 2008, Pithouse 2009) to describe this, but I am not convinced that the poor imagine themselves as democratic citizens asserting rights. At least not entirely. Hence my interest in alternative theories.

Hello,

Here are some sources that can answer some of your questions or guide your thoughts.

Best,

- Jaeger, Alfred M., and B. R. Baliga. "Control Systems and Strategic Adaptation: Lessons from the Japanese Experience." Strategic Management Journal 6, no. 2 (1985): 115-34.

- Andrews, Kenneth T., and Bob Edwards. "Advocacy Organizations in the U.S. Political Process." Annual Review of Sociology 30 (2004): 479-506.

- BLAIR, THOM. "HUMAN FACTORS IN URBAN PLANNING—8: ADVOCACY PLANNING." Official Architecture and Planning 34, no. 2 (1971): 131-34.

- Campbell, Heather, and Robert Marshall. "Professionalism and Planning in Britain." The Town Planning Review 76, no. 2 (2005): 191-214.

You can look at the Classic city of Bosra (Dera'a district-Syria), where the local population settled on the antique ruins were displaced to better enhanced the cultural heritage and follow the preservation sheme according to UNESCO. The site inscription goes back to 1980, when less care was given to add local population and local economy to the cultural heritage's sites management. But the same, even more radical, cleaning-up can be seen actually in the 2015 UNESCO site of Amida-Diyarbakır, where the inner buffer zone was nationalized and the majority of the "modern" buildings destroyed. We will see what will be done on the antique substract, or what remain of it.

I guess it depends on what kind of mental health advocacy is under consideration. In England we have a statutory right to advocacy, organisations with this dedicated role, and a quality assurance mechanism to ensure that organisations claiming to provide advocacy are indeed doing so. There is more at http://www.qualityadvocacy.org.uk/

I cannot say anything about engagement anthropology, but as far as history is concerned, advocacy is not a task for historian. He is not called upon to defend a cause at any cost, distorting even a truth known to be against the client. The historian needs to be more of a judge, who takes into account all the evidence available / accessible and pronounces a judgement.

I think one of the practical ways of engaging the youth towards the realization of  the SDGs is first of all through mobilizing   sensitizing them  on the SDGs first of all. This is necssary because many youth are engaged  primarily in the daily business of survival and have no time to think of global issues. Consequently if strategies aimed at involving the youth includes prospects of lucrative employments they are most likely to give their total commtiment.

Hi Lionel Angote,

It is an interesting area. However, your question is not specific enough to give you an exact answer. I hope your requirement is to do an organizational assessment on advocacy. I would like to share IPPF ADVOCACY CAPACITY ASSESSMENT TOOL developed by Chris Stalker on October 4th 2012. Hope this will help. Good Luck. Suchira

Let me share this interpretation of Hanna Pitkin on political action in Hannah Arendt work: Political action "Implies a realistic perception and acknowledgment of Both self and world, of one's power and one's situation. Its genuinely means, competently taking responsibility for one's conduct, its consequences, and the norms and standards that govern it "(Pitikin, The Attack of the blob, 1998, p. 182). I have an interest in studying the vote as means of political action. Your article helps a lot. Thank you for sharing your interesting article.

I think it would depend a bit on the theory driving the intervention and where the anticipated changes reside. Using your example of advocacy, if changes reside in individuals within the community, you might take one approach. If they are at a system or societal level, you might use another.

A few references might include:

You might also use approaches from other domains (e.g. knowledge translation or policy) depending on what your desired outcomes are. Although it's public health specific, the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools might be helpful: http://www.nccmt.ca/ or the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy http://www.ncchpp.ca/en/

-cam