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This paper discusses mediation of the crowding experience in architectural interiors by three environmental variables: setting orientation, room color, and visual complexity of the interior. Subjects' perceptions of space available and thresholds of crowding were assessed by the placement of miniature figures in model rooms and room ratings along several dimensions. Data presented indicated that perceptions of physical space available in the setting and crowding thresholds are effectively mediated by variations in interior design. While the actual amount of space was kept constant, subjects perceived dark rooms as smaller and crowded with fewer figures than corresponding light rooms. High visual complexity was found to interact with setting orientation and room color; nonsocial dark rooms were perceived as smaller than other high complexity interiors. The implications of these results for the design of interior spaces are discussed.

Pt. 1, The motion picture industry: The motion picture, by Terry Ramsaye; The structure of the motion picture industry, by W. A. Johnston; The motion picture of to-morrow, by S. R. Kent; Equipment used for motion pictures, by P. M. Abbott; Financing the production and distribution of motion pictures, by A. H. Giannini; The development of the motion picture raw film industry, by G. A. Blair; pt. 2, The motion picture: Art and the motion picture, by Carlyle Ellis; Music and motion picture, by Hugo Riesenfeld; Motion picture lighting, by Alvin Wyckoff; The motion picture in science, by S. P. Goodhart; Literature and the motion picture, by A. E. Krows; The business of international news by motion pictures, by Emanuel Cohen; pt. 3, The motion picture in industry: What are motion pictures doing for industry, by Julius Klein; Motion pictures as trade getters, by F. A. Tichenor; What motion pictures have done for safety first, by A. J. Van Brunt; Reducing film fires, by Thomas McIlvaine, jr.; Our foreign t

Human service professionals may experience conflict about using their authority and the power that accompanies it when they must reconcile their humanitarian values about practice with requirements and expectations of the environmental context in which they operate. The author suggests that the political and economic environment, gender issues, and the impact of these on the exchange between client and worker are factors that cause uneasiness for practitioners in exercising authority.

Background: Recent literature on recovery describes the process as deeply personal and unique to each individual. While there are aspects of recovery that are unique to each individual, this article argues that focusing solely on these overlooks the fact that recovery unfolds within a social and interpersonal context.Materials: Drawing from qualitative data, this article describes aspects of recovery that involve the contributions of others, the social environment and society.Discussion: These aspects of recovery include relationships, adequate material conditions and responsive services and supports.Conclusion: The authors consider the implications of these social factors for transforming psychiatric research and theory as well as for recovery-orientated practice.

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Thanks to the tumultuous development of digital technologies, nowadays we live in a world without boundaries, characterized by liquid communities that meet and collide, sometimes denying mutual recognition. We move in a communicative bulimia where information runs like in a circus where the sense and the value of 'communicating' are often lost, fuelling forms of misunderstanding, violence and exclusion that contribute to fuel discomfort and isolation. In the information and knowledge society, communication is increasingly discriminating for emancipation and empowerment of people, organizations, and communities. For this reason, in this essay, we intend to deepen both the evolution of the community's space through digital technologies and the value and role of the concept of empowerment applied to community development. The essence of the essay is to reflect on its social implications in terms of welfare communities and valorization of the heritage of relational goods that are constitutive of every social and community space.