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The objective of this work is to evaluate the consequences of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union in the field of Private International Law, with a focus on the enforcement of civil judgments between the UK and the EU after “Brexit”. The theme is part of a broader debate, which has involved the European Institutions, the British Government and the European academia and has been focused on the identification of the relevant rules on international jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of civil judgments in Europe, after the discontinuation of the Acquis Communautaire and the Brussels Ibis Regulation. On the assumption of the uncertainty surrounding the issue and the unfortunate outcome of a “no-deal Brexit”, the discussion is first articulated over the framing of the historical and political context within which the will to withdraw has been formed and expressed and over the analysis of the different reconstructive hypotheses that have been put forward since the 2016 British vote, in order to highlight the problematic aspects and the juridical limits that prevent the usability of each. Then, on the premise that reference should be made to the national rules of Private International Law and, more specifically, to the common law, if we consider the English legal system, the reflection unfolds in a dialectical reconstruction of the legislation in question in light of the principles that govern the Brussels regime, with the aim of emphasizing the consequences of Brexit in terms of more complex procedural fulfillments and increased time and costs that will aggravate creditors whose claims require compulsory satisfaction in the United Kingdom. More generally, the comparison between the avant-garde project implemented by the European Institutions with the Recast Brussels Regulation and the outdated principles governing the matter of English conflict of laws allows a critical evaluation of the epistemological and cultural value of the British withdrawal from the European Union, since in the claims of autonomy and renewed sovereignty of the United Kingdom we must recognize the prelude of a new dialectical interaction between common law and civil law. In this respect, the challenge for scholars cannot be limited to a mere consideration of the technicalities of the new regime for the enforcement of European civil judgments in the UK after Brexit, but is enriched by an essential comparative approach that the transnational dimension of legal protection demands to be accomplished.

The aim of behavior analysis has always been to apply technologies rooted in basic behavioral principles to problems of societal importance (e.g., Skinner, 1948; 1953; 1987). One such problem is the Tragedy of the Commons - a phenomenon arising from systemic failures among a community, leading to the total collapse of a critical resource (Hardin, 1968). Elinor Ostrom's Eight Design Principles were developed to provide a framework for the self-management of common pool resources (CPRs; Ostrom, 1990/2015). When applied as an independently manipulated variable, Ostrom's design principles have shown strong effects in the management of CPRs within the context of a tabletop board game Catan® (Smith & Becker, 2023). This preparation included both rewards (i.e., positive reinforcement) and sanctions (i.e., positive punishment) as a feature of the independent variable. However, it has been well documented that punishing and coercive contingencies can lead to problematic outcomes for individuals and societies (e.g., Sidman, 2001; Skinner, 1976). This study evaluated the effects of utilizing only rewarding consequences in lieu of sanctions in an effort to produce the previously observed control over self-management of a CPR, utilizing the previously adapted rules of the Catan® board game.

Yes / Whereas the behavioral and health sciences have been mainly concerned with the private good, there is an urgent need to understand and foster the collective good. Without a coherent framework for the common good, it will be extremely difficult to prevent and manage crises such as pandemics, illness, climate change, poverty, discrimination, injustice, and inequality, all of which affect marginalized populations disproportionally. While frameworks for personal well-being abound in psychology, psychiatry, counseling and social work, conceptualizations of collective well-being are scarce. Our search for foundations of the common good resulted in the identification of three psychosocial goods: mattering, wellness, and fairness. There are several reasons for choosing them, including the fact that they concurrently advance personal, relational, and collective value. In addition, they represent basic human motivations, have considerable explanatory power, exist at multiple ecological levels, and have significant transformative potential. The complementary nature of the three goods is illustrated in an interactional model. Based on empirical evidence, we suggest that conditions of justice lead to experiences of mattering, which, in turn, enhance wellness. Challenges and opportunities afforded by the model at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, occupational, communal, national, and global levels are presented. The proposed psychosocial goods are used to formulate a culture for the common good in which we balance the right with the responsibility to feel valued and add value, to self and others, in order to promote not just wellness but also fairness.

Canonical variate analysis (CVA) is a widely used method for analyzing group structure in multivariate data. It is mathematically equivalent to a one-way multivariate analysis of variance and often goes by the name of canonical discriminant analysis. Change over time is a central feature of many phenomena of interest to researchers. This dissertation extends CVA to longitudinal data. It develops models whose purpose is to determine what is changing and what is not changing in the group structure. Three approaches are taken: a maximum likelihood approach, a least squares approach, and a covariance structure analysis approach. All methods have in common that they hypothesize canonical variates which are stable over time. The maximum likelihood approach models the positions of the group means in the subspace of the canonical variates. It also requires modeling the structure of the within-groups covariance matrix, which is assumed to be constant or proportional over time. In addition to hypothesizing stable variates over time, one can also hypothesize canonical variates that change over time. Hypothesis tests and confidence intervals are developed. The least squares methods are exploratory. They are based on three-mode PCA methods such as the Tucker2 and parallel factor analysis. Graphical methods are developed to display the relationships between the variables over time. Stable variates over time imply a particular structure for the between-groups covariance matrix. This structure is modeled using covariance structure analysis, which is available in the SAS package Proc Calis. Methods related to CVA are also discussed. First, the least squares methods are extended to canonical correlation analysis, redundancy analysis, Procrustes rotation and correspondence analysis with longitudinal data. These least squares methods lend themselves equally well to data from multiple datasets. Lastly, a least squares method for the common principal components model is developed. / Ph. D.

Researchers and clinicians report that they think the client is the most influential component in determining the outcome of therapy. Although a variety of studies have examined the impact of various client factors on the outcome of couple therapy, this research is not cohesive and produces inconsistent results. The purpose of this multi-method study is to present a sense of the range and depth of client factors that influence the outcome of couple therapy. The use of qualitative and quantitative methods allowed the data to build on existing research while expanding the range of client factors considered. Data were gathered using a dynamic, web-based survey which assigned participants to discuss a case of successful or unsuccessful couple therapy. Participants provided their own descriptions of influential client characteristics. Participants also rated how important they thought several literature-based client factors were. Quantitative data analysis utilized descriptive statistics, principal components analysis, and logistic regression. Qualitative data were analyzed in two stages, using content analysis. Results indicated that couples can be conceptualized by five arenas of couple focus; these arenas accurately predicted whether participants were discussing a successful or unsuccessful case of couple therapy 85.9% of the time. Regarding individual client characteristics, in general, clients whose couple therapy was successful tended to be open to each other and committed to the relationship and to therapy. Unsuccessful couple therapy tended to focus on a greater number of individual issues. Couple dynamics characteristics differed according to outcome groups; participants described four types of couple dynamics that influenced couple therapy to be unsuccessful. Data showed that many client factors influenced the outcome of couple therapy, and that uncommon client characteristics could be vital to the outcome of some cases. Participants described a client's life events as impacting the outcome of couple therapy by increasing one person's vulnerability to his or her partner. If the partner acted in a way that created a sense of connection or support, this contributed to successful couple therapy. The results are presented in connection to previous research, when possible. Finally, implications for theory, research, and clinical work with couples are discussed. / Ph. D.

Sarajevo’s longstanding image has been one of a functioning multiethnic spatiality where diverse identities harmoniously co-exist and share common public spaces in their everyday life. The ethnically mixed urban population of prewar Sarajevo lived multiethnic spatiality as ‘zajednicki zivot’ (common life). This notion referred to neighborliness, cooperation and trust within and across groups. The structural factors which fostered this condition of neighborly spatiality are assessed through a study of a residential building in central Sarajevo. The thesis argues that the apartment building under study was a concrete manifestation of the ideology and political economy of Tito’s Yugoslavia. It was a space made possible by an authoritarian political system and an economic order subordinated to the interest of the Yugoslav League of Communists. However, the war shattered this world and dispersed the multiethnic spatiality that characterized it. The ensuing disruption of the social, institutional and economic fabric marked the state’s transition from a socialist to a capitalist society. It led to heightened ethnic awareness as well as isolation and alienation that altered the prewar multiethnic spatiality of the city in ways that are still unfolding. / Master of Public and International Affairs