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AbstractGiven the visibility and obvious importance of judicial power in the age of the Charter, it is important to develop the conceptual vocabulary for desribing and assessing this power. One such concept that has been applied to the study of appeal courts in the United States and Great Britain is "party capability", a theory which suggests that different types of litigant will enjoy different levels of success as both appellant and respondent. Using a data base derived from the reported decisions of the provincial courts of appeal for the second and seventh year of each decade since the 1920s, this article applies party capability theory to the performance of the highest courts of the ten provinces; comparisons are attempted across regions and across time periods, as well as with the findings of similar studies of American and British courts.

This article examines changes in the conceptual vocabulary of early twentieth century Argentine legal world. Inspired by their perception of the novel «social question», Argentine jurists modified traditional views on individual responsibility, prívate property, contracts, and the extent of the regulatory powers of the state. Transnational circulation of social knowledge and local institutional conditions are seen as crucial elements shaping said conceptual changes. In turn, these are seen as preceding the political movements of the 1930s and 1940s, commonly considered the main factors in the transformation of state-society relations. ; Este trabajo examina los cambios que tuvieron lugar en el vocabulario conceptual del mundo jurídico en la Argentina de comienzos del siglo veinte. Impulsados por la percepción de la nueva «cuestión social», los juristas argentinos modificaron concepciones tradicionales en torno a la responsabilidad individual, la propiedad privada, los contratos particulares, y las facultades del Estado para regularlos. Se analizan tanto el impacto de la circulación transnacional de conocimiento social como el contexto institucional local que facilitaba dicha circulación, como elementos determinantes de esos cambios, vistos como anteriores a los procesos políticos de los años treinta y cuarenta, que han sido tradicionalmente asociados a la renovación de las relaciones entre estado y sociedad.

Background: A substantial proportion of young people with Complex Chronic Conditions (CCCs) experience some degree of discontinuation of follow-up care, which is an umbrella term to describe a broken chain of follow-up. Discontinuation of follow-up care is not clearly defined, and the great plethora of terms used within this field cannot go unnoticed. Terms such as "lost to follow-up", "lapses in care" and "care gaps", are frequently used in published literature, but differences between terms are unclear. Lack of uniformity greatly affects comparability of study findings. The aims of the present study were to (i) provide a systematic overview of terms and definitions used in literature describing discontinuation of follow-up care in young people with CCC's; (ii) to clarify operational components of discontinuation of follow-up care (iii); to develop conceptual definitions and suggested terms to be used; and (iv) to perform an expert-based evaluation of terms and conceptual definitions. Methods: A systematic literature search performed in PubMed was used to provide an overview of current terms used in literature. Using a modified summative content analysis, operational components were analysed, and conceptual definitions were developed. These conceptual definitions were assessed by an expert panel using a survey. Results: In total, 47 terms and definitions were retrieved, and a core set of operational components was identified. Three main types of discontinuation of follow-up care emerged from the analysis and expert evaluation, conceptually defined as follows: Lost to follow-up care: "No visit within a defined time period and within a defined context, and the patient is currently no longer engaged in follow-up care";Gap in follow-up care: "Exceeded time interval between clinic visits within a defined context, and the patient is currently engaged in follow-up care"; andUntraceability: "Failure to make contact due to lack of contact information". Conclusion: By creating a common vocabulary for discontinuation of follow-up care, the quality of future studies could improve. The conceptual definitions and operational components provide guidance to both researchers and healthcare professionals focusing on discontinuation of follow-up care for young people with CCCs.

The research is aimed at identifying the characteristics of the conceptual apparatus of the subject area «information society», which is considered as the most important means of communication. The expansion of means of communication in the context of active introduction of information technologies into various fields of activity using both linguistic and non-linguistic signs is indicated. With the participation of representatives of various spheres of activity (IT‑specialists, representatives of authorities and management, regulatory and supervisory and law enforcement agencies, information service providers and information technology users), who have different levels of vocabulary in the subject area «information society» in the communication process, information transfer is associated with its possible lack of understanding or complete misunderstanding by the communication participants. Despite the presence of publications devoted to the issues of standardization and the use of concepts characterizing various aspects of the information society formation and development in the modern documentary stream, there are no studies reflecting results of the system analysis of the term system of the subject area «information society». Based on the content analysis of the abstracts journal «Informatics», which reflects the global documentary flow (chronological coverage: 2000–2018) and Russian regulatory documents in the field of informatization of society, international and national (Russian) standards, the composition of the concepts used has been revealed. During the study of the composition and the content of the concepts definitions enshrined in regulatory and technical documents, such challenges of the conceptual apparatus formation as inconsistency of definitions used both in different industries and in different standards included in one complex or a system of standards; incorrect use of terms that have definitions enshrined in regulatory documents; parallel use of synonymous terms and concepts, including within the same field of activity, have been identified. It is proposed to consider increasing the efficiency of communications in the information society through solving a set of tasks: formation of a terminology system that meets the requirements of international and Russian regulatory documents, development of a classification of concepts that characterize the information society as a whole and its components; adaptation of the conceptual apparatus enshrined in normative legal and normative and technical documents; development of information retrieval thesauri, and complex reference editions

In Remaindered Life Neferti X. M. Tadiar offers a new conceptual vocabulary and framework for rethinking the dynamics of a global capitalism maintained through permanent imperial war. Tracking how contemporary capitalist accumulation depends on producing life-times of disposability, Tadiar focuses on what she terms remaindered life—practices of living that exceed the distinction between life worth living and life worth expending. Through this heuristic, Tadiar reinterprets the global significance and genealogy of the surplus life-making practices of migrant domestic and service workers, refugees fleeing wars and environmental disasters, criminalized communities, urban slum dwellers, and dispossessed Indigenous people. She also examines artists and filmmakers in the Global South who render forms of various living in the midst of disposability. Retelling the story of globalization from the side of those who reach beyond dominant protocols of living, Tadiar demonstrates how attending to remaindered life can open up another horizon of possibility for a radical remaking of our present global mode of life

The article systematically analyses the Ukrainian behaviour within the EU-Ukraine-Russia triangle during the presidency of Leonid Kuchma (1994-2004). As it is shown, this was a period to which the origins of many recent, and tumultuous, developments can be traced. We utilise an interdisciplinary Foreign Policy Analysis role theoretical framework, and through the means of triangulated content analysis apply it to the empirical material containing, inter alia, primary data in the Ukrainian language. As we demonstrate empirically, Ukraine followed a certain behavioural pattern of roles based on its national characteristics, collective cognition, discursive uses of historical developments, and specific internal political, economic and social considerations. An extensive analysis of presidential speeches reveals that the prominent role of 'Internal Development' had fluctuating levels of intensity and multiple manifestations. Taking advantages of conceptual vocabulary and theoretical subtleties associated with role theory, we conclude that the performed research of these sets of behavioural norms and their dynamics allows for better understanding of Ukrainian collective identity and behaviour within this strategic complex.

Although pain appears to be one of the most basic and obdurate sensations its meaning and experience are richly elaborated in many cultural traditions. The study of the cognitive processes that underlie metaphor provides a model of how sensory and affective qualities of bodily events are translated into symptom experience. Basic sensorimotor experiences provide the conceptual vocabulary used to build up more complex and abstract models. These are elaborated within specific traditions, communities, or local worlds in ways that fit with overarching cultural models. In turn, culturally elaborated metaphors influence basic cognitive, perceptual and attentional processes that modify sensory processing. This article will consider three sites of the metaphoric mediation of pain experience: bodily posture or stance, facial expression, and the experience of temporal duration. Each of these basic aspects of embodiment gives rise to bodily metaphors that shape the experience and expression of pain. Tracing how metaphoric constructions regulate cognitive affective and attentional processes provides a way to understand the cultural malleability of pain experience.

Reflecting on neo-liberal and Deleuzian theory, this paper examines how new modes of governance are shaping Australian regions and what kind of resistance is emerging in response to them, in particular to government encouragement of business and commercial appropriation. The first part of the paper discusses recent literature on regional policy-making in the context of neo-liberalism. It is argued that Deleuzian metaphors such as 'reterritorialisation', 'deterritorialisation', 'machinic assemblages', 'folding' and 'lines of flight' provide a rich conceptual vocabulary that can be used to enhance an understanding of contemporary regional policy-making. To demonstrate the efficacy of this claim, the paper draws upon the example of policy-making in the Australian State of Tasmania and the conflicts these policies have generated. Amongst the paper's conclusions is that the competitive practices now being pursued within the auspices of regional policy-making generate a set of new interactions that have significance both across Australia and beyond. Adapted from the source document.

Analyzes complexities of administrative and political centralization/decentralization, strategies and politics, and central-local government ties; policy implications; international in scope.

Throughout the world, diverse countries are implementing programs of decentralization as a means of promoting both democratic and developmental objectives. Unfortunately, however, scholarship has yet to offer a comprehensive framework within which to assess and reform central‐local relations. This article seeks to overcome the "division of labor" that has long separated analyses of administrative and political structures, and to provide stronger conceptual vocabulary for describing and analyzing the complexities of centralization and decentralization in both administration and politics. After developing two distinct continua of administrative and political centralization/decentralization, the paper then combines them in a single matrix able to highlight the wide range of strategies and outcomes that emerge from the complex interplay of the two spheres. Depending on where a country lies within the matrix, it is argued, strategies of decentralization may do more harm than good. Strategies of devolution are especially problematic in settings with strong local bosses, and should never be attempted without careful analysis of the preexisting character of central‐local ties.

In this book, Mark Fedyk offers a novel analysis of the relationship between moral psychology and allied fields in the social sciences. Fedyk shows how the social sciences can be integrated with moral philosophy, argues for the benefits of such an integration, and offers a new ethical theory that can be used to bridge research between the two. Fedyk argues that moral psychology should take a social turn, investigating the psychological processes that motivate patterns of social behavior defined as ethical using normative information extracted from the social sciences. He points out methodological problems in conventional moral psychology, particularly the increasing methodological and conceptual inconsilience with both philosophical ethics and evolutionary biology. Fedyk's "causal theory of ethics" is designed to provide moral psychology with an ethical theory that can be used without creating tension between its scientific practice and the conceptual vocabulary of philosophical ethics. His account aims both to redirect moral psychology toward more socially realistic questions about human life and to introduce philosophers to a new form of ethical naturalism -- a way of thinking about how to use different fields of scientific research to answer some of the traditional questions that are at the heart of ethics. -- Provided by publisher

Children from multilingual families often attend preschool programming that engages in school readiness including school-based language and literacy through play. This article problematizes the privileged position of school-based language and literacy. Proposing all literacies and languages are equally important, what is the relationality of multilingualism and multiple literacies in an assemblage with families engaged in minority education? Two 7-year-old girls, their mothers, and the researcher discuss literacies, multilingualism, and learning. The conceptual and analytical lenses of Multiple Literacies Theory and rhizoanalysis deterritorialize arborescent learning and reterritorialize learning rhizomatically. Through problematization, multilingualism, multiple literacies, and minority education conceptualize differently.

Lawson's Politica is a systematic treatise on politics in church and state, and is arguably the most significant work of political theory to have been printed during the Restoration crisis of 1659–60. The work was widely discussed during the seventeenth century and its conceptual vocabulary applied in discussions of the Revolution of 1688–9, when it was also posthumously republished. Despite Lawson's fame, however, his work fell into relative obscurity during the eighteenth century but it has recently been the subject of renewed scholarly interest. Politica has been reassessed as both historically and theoretically significant, and Lawson's contextual and interpretative importance emphasised, as a writer who enriches our understanding of Hobbes and Locke. This new modern edition is the first to be based on, and to correct, the rare and badly printed edition of 1660 and the partially corrected edition of 1689. Containing full scholarly apparatus, it is designed to make this significant work accessible to students as well as specialists through a substantial introduction and notes, contextual material and bibliographical guide