An investigation of concurrent validity of the Non-ah Speech Disturbance Ratio (Non-ah SDR) with the State Form of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Twenty male college students talked on an anxiety-arousing topic before female audiences who rated observed anxiety. Each subject completed the State and Trait Forms of the STAI. Reliabilities were, by the Intraclass correlation for Raters on Day 1, .63 (p<.01) and Day 2, .20 (p<.05). Pearson's r for scorers was .98 (p<.01). The Non-ah SDR and all other measures of anxiety correlated. A partial correlation test found the naive ratings significantly determined by manifest speech disturbance, as measured by the Non-ah SDR. Certain categories of speech disturbance were only infrequently utilized and added little to the measure as a whole.

I am inspired by the mundane activities engaged in, in daily life. Every morning, I check the temperature of outside. At that time I think about the day ahead. Do I need an umbrella? What color am I enamored of today? This is a small but important part of my day. In this moment of my thought paths can be very intuitively chosen. When I water the plants or pour milk into a coffee, I get a similar feeling, something that might be categorized as a sensation of "time apart."I came to The United States to begin to gain an understanding of conceptual art. I could not make it myself and it always fascinated me. I had believed that conceptual art always concerned itself with larger global or political issues, was restrained, and unemotional. I have since change my mind. My new work is about sharing how beautiful the energy is when people join in laughter, how sad people appear to always drive so fast, how interesting it is that pigeons always stay in a specific place. I am interested in not just objects, but their sounds, their history, their physical properties, their potential for change, and the life surrounding them. That which "surrounds" the making is as important as that which is made... so to check the temperature of outside is (in the end) as integral as any aspect.

Planning is a rational process where we rely on training and our five senses, but not so much on our instincts. How can we reclaim this missing element and balance the rational with the intuitive? Feng Shui provides a method for enhancing the current planning process by evaluating the physical form through observation and management of the movement of ch'i energy. The Feng Shui Neighborhood Evaluation checklist, created in Excel, allows the planner to examine the form of a neighborhood to assess the quality of the ch'i. Individual ratings are input for each evaluation point within a category. The Bagua is used to intentionally link uses in a neighborhood to those areas where the strongest supportive energy already exists. Supplementing the planning process with Feng Shui places the focus on the well-being of the residents to create greater harmony, a stronger sense of community, and a higher quality of life.

This thesis deals with the Benedetto Croce's influence on the aesthetics of Josef Bartoš mainly between the years 1920 and 1929. It presents the historical facts effecting this influence and also the theoretical themes that determine the nature of the connection between Benedetto Croce and Josef Bartoš. Focusing on the historical parts of this thesis, the main point is to describe the evolution of the aesthetic attitudes of Josef Bartoš towards Benedetto Croce's philosophical system, and to find out the possible historical events that could play certain part in the evolution. On the level of theoretical survey the thesis describes the change of aesthetic attitudes of Josef Bartoš concerning the evolution of his theoretical specialisations and also the change in the scale of his philosophical studies. Mainly, the evolution of his attitudes is evident in his journal studies and also in his unpublished personal notes which are gathered in the estate of Josef Bartoš in Czech Music Museum.

In this qualitative report we have evaluated the significance intuition have on recruiters in their decision-making process. We were furthermore interested in what ways recruiters reflect on, and how they are handling intuition while recruiting. Ultimately our aim was to highlight potential risks and consequences that could emerge as a result of the use of intuition in recruitment. While using a deductive approach we conducted nine semi-structured interviews with recruiters representing various types of companies in Kalmar. Our empirical data combined with our theoretical framework yielded us substantial material in order to analyze our results. Through our investigation we have noticed the degree of intuition among recruiters as being highly individual. However, depending on what type of personality the recruiter has, would also make an impact on the recruiter’s stance toward intuition. In addition, experience and awareness about what role intuition plays in the recruitment process are aspects that contribute as to how the recruiters use their intuition. Due to negative implications that can be caused by unawareness of the impact of intuition, such as discrimination, homosocial reproduction or error recruitments, we find it necessary to emphasize intuition into a practical context at workplaces.

Humans are a social species. Automatic affective responses generated by neural systems wired into our brains create a moral intuition or “gut-feeling” of wrong and right that guides our moral judgments. Humans are also an intelligent, problem solving and planning species with neural structures that enable cognitive control and the ability to reason about the costs and benefits of decisions, and moral judgments, not the least. Previous research suggests that moral intuition and moral reasoning operates on different neural networks - a dual process of moral cognition, that sometimes gives rise to an inner conflict in moral judgments. Early lesion studies found correlations between damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) and changes in moral behaviour. This has been further established through brain imaging studies and the suggestion is that VMPFC mediates affective signals from the amygdala in moral decision making and is highly involved in generating the gut-feeling of right and wrong. However, some moral issues are complex and demand higher level processing than intuition, and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) seems to be responsible for the rational, cost-benefit reasoning during moral judgments. Further, recent research suggests that during moral judgments, the brain employ neural systems that generates the representation of value, perspective and cognitive control as well as the representation of the mental and emotional states of others. The present thesis aims to investigate prominent and up to date research on the neural correlates of necessary components in moral cognition, and to examine the function of moral intuition versus reason in relation to current complex moral issues. Moral intuition is supposedly an adaption to favour “us” before “them”, not to be concerned with large scale cooperation, which may explain why we treat many moral issues with ignorance. Understanding how the moral brain works involve understanding what sort of tasks the neural mechanisms in moral cognition evolved to handle, which may explain why some modern issues are so difficult to solve.

Corrêa CG. Raciocínio Clínico: o desafio do cuidar. [tese] São Paulo (SP): Escola de Enfermagem da USP; 2003. RESUMO O objetivo deste estudo é compreender a experiência do raciocínio clínico de enfermeiros especialistas. Utiliza-se como referencial teórico o Interacionismo Simbólico e como referencial metodológico a Teoria Fundamentada em Dados (Grounded Theory). Em entrevistas, 11 enfermeiros especialistas foram solicitados a relatar a experiência de identificar necessidades de cuidados em uma situação clínica que haviam vivenciado. A análise comparativa dos dados conduziu o delineamento de um modelo sobre a experiência do raciocínio clínico do enfermeiro especialista. O raciocínio diagnóstico apresentou-se indissociável do raciocínio terapêutico na maioria dos relatos. O modelo foi definido por três constructos. O constructo ENCONTRANDO-SE NO DESAFIO DO CUIDAR representa os processos pelos quais o enfermeiro vivencia o desafio do raciocínio clínico. A partir da vivência do desafio emerge o segundo constructo CUIDANDO que se refere ao processo central do raciocínio clínico. Trata-se de um processo sistematizado e dinâmico, composto de uma seqüência de pensamentos do enfermeiro no sentido de tomar decisões sobre suas ações. Esses dois constructos integrados são permeados por um terceiro, ATRIBUINDO VALOR AO CUIDAR, que os modula e dá especificidade a cada situação vivenciada. Dar continuidade ao estudo do modelo derivado nesta pesquisa possibilitará propor hipóteses que permitam testá-lo e aprofundar a compreensão do raciocínio clínico. Palavras chave: Raciocínio clínico; diagnóstico de enfermagem; intuição; cognição; cuidado. / Corrêa CG. Clinical Reasoning: the challenge of caring. [Phd Thesis]. São Paulo (SP): Escola de Enfermagem da USP; 2003. ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to understand the specialist nurses experience of clinical reasoning. The Symbolic Interactionism is the theoretical framework, and the Grounded Theory is the methodological one. Eleven specialist nurses were asked to report their experience on identifying nursing care needs in a clinical situation that they had experienced. Comparative analyses of the data led to the design of a clinical reasoning model for the specialist nurse. The diagnostic reasoning presented itself inseparable from the treatment reasoning in most reports. The model was defined by three constructs. The construct FINDING HIM/HERSELF OUT ON THE CARE CHALLENGE represents the processes by which nurses experience clinical reasoning challenge. Experiencing the caring challenge led to the second construct, CARING, which is concerned about the major judgement process. It refers to a systematic, dynamic process consisting of a sequence of thoughts in order to make decisions about the nurse actions. These two integrated constructs are permeated by a third one, ASCRIBING VALUE TO CARING, which modulates and gives uniqueness to each experienced situation. Further studies of the model devised in this research will develop hypotheses to test it and to deepen the understanding on clinical reasoning. Key words: clinical reasoning, nursing diagnosis, intuition, cognition, caring.

Bakgrund: Enligt tidigare studier har det framkommit att sjuksköterskor har en lägre benägenhet att orosanmäla än andra yrkeskategorier. Alla har ett ansvar att uppmärksamma barn som far illa och sjuksköterskor har en skyldighet att genast anmäla till socialnämnden om ett barn misstänks fara illa. Syftet: Syftet med studien var att belysa sjuksköterskans övervägande att orosanmäla eller inte vid misstanke av barn som far illa. Metod: Kvalitativ deskriptiv design och innehållsanalys tillämpades. Deltagarna i intervjustudien var sex legitimerade sjuksköterskor vilka arbetade med barnsjukvård i södra Sverige. Intervjuerna spelades in på band och transkriberades ord för ord, varefter analysen utfördes med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: I resultatet framkom tre huvudkategorier: Teamarbete, kunskap och erfarenhet samt professionens ansvar, och sju underkategorier. Det framkom att behov av stöd från kollegor, tillräcklig kunskap och att lita på sin intuition var viktiga faktorer för att genomföra en orosanmälan. Slutsats: Sjuksköterskorna är medvetna om sin anmälningsplikt, men det kollegiala stödet är viktigt i samband med att en orosanmälan ska göras. Det framkom även att ämnet behöver lyftas upp till diskussion ofta, för att möjliggöra att fler orosanmälningar skrivs, vilket kan leda till att fler barn får hjälp.

Intuição e racionalidade desempenham um importante papel nas decisões dos empreendedores de startup, porém como intuição e racionalidade se apresentam no processo de tomada de decisão e a relação da sua utilização com as fases de evolução das startups ainda é um desafio para acadêmicos e praticantes. Compreender, portanto, como ocorre este processo de tomada de decisão torna-se uma questão relevante e a seguinte pergunta de pesquisa emerge para direcionar este trabalho: como os empreendedores de startups decidem sob incerteza? Com base na literatura estudada, foram definidos dois objetivos específicos para a pesquisa: compreender a relação de intuição e racionalidade nas decisões sob incerteza dos empreendedores: se ocorrem em conjunto, de maneira excludente ou se seguem algum padrão; e compreender a relação da intuição e racionalidade nas decisões sob incerteza dos empreendedores com as fases de evolução das startups, a saber: descoberta, validação, eficiência e escala. A metodologia utilizada foi de natureza exploratório-descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa. Foram realizados quatro estudos de casos com startups de base tecnológica e identificadas 29 decisões sob incerteza. Como conclusão do trabalho, primeiramente foi identificada a presença da racionalidade e da intuição utilizadas em conjunto, na maioria das decisões sob incerteza dos empreendedores, totalizando 24 decisões num total de 29 decisões estudadas. Em determinadas decisões, a intuição precedeu a racionalidade, sendo a segunda utilizada para justificar sua utilização; em outras, a racionalidade captou os dados do mercado, avançou na compreensão, estruturou a decisão, mas não sendo as informações disponíveis suficientes para decidir, a intuição foi utilizada para tomar a decisão final. Foram identificadas, em menor proporção, 5 decisões onde apenas a racionalidade foi utilizada, tendo como característica, decisões envolvendo questões técnicas, dados estatísticos e de mercado. Com relação às fases de evolução da startup, foi observada maior ocorrência da intuição preceder a racionalidade nas fases iniciais da startup (descoberta e validação), sendo identificadas 11 decisões que seguiram este padrão contra 9. Em relação à racionalidade preceder a intuição, ou apenas a racionalidade ser utilizada, foi identificada maior ocorrência nas fases finais da startup (eficiência e escala), sendo 7 decisões que seguiram este padrão contra 2. Apesar dos dados não apresentarem significado estatístico em virtude da natureza exploratória da pesquisa, o trabalho apresentou generalizações analíticas relevantes, visto que intuição e racionalidade além de se apresentarem em conjunto e de maneira excludente, num mesmo processo decisório, seguiram um processo sequencial, diferindo de estudos anteriores que tratam a intuição e a racionalidade como abordagens alternativas de tomada de decisão ou de forma repetida num mesmo processo decisório / Intuition and rationality play an important role in the decisions of startup entrepreneurs, but as intuition and rationality present themselves in the decision-making process and the relation of their use to the startups evolution\'s stages is still a challenge for academics and practitioners. Understanding, therefore, how is the decision-making process, becomes a relevant issue, and the following research question emerges to guide this work: how do startup entrepreneurs decide under uncertainty? Based on the literature studied, two specific objectives were defined for the research: understand the relation of intuition and rationality in the decisions under the uncertainty of the entrepreneurs: if they occur together, in an exclusionary way or if they follow some pattern; and to understand the relation of intuition and rationality in the decisions under uncertainty of the entrepreneurs with the phases of evolution of the startups, namely: discovery, validation, efficiency and scale. The methodology used was exploratory-descriptive in nature, with a qualitative approach. Four case studies were carried out with technologically based startups and 29 decisions under uncertainty were identified. As a conclusion of the study, we first identified the presence of rationality and intuition used together, in the majority of the decisions under the uncertainty of the entrepreneurs, totaling 24 decisions in a total of 29 decisions studied. In certain decisions, intuition preceded rationality, the latter being used to justify its use; in others, rationality captured the market data, advanced understanding, structured the decision, but not being the information available enough to decide, intuition was used to make the final decision. We identified, to a lesser extent, 5 decisions where only rationality was used, having as a characteristic, decisions involving technical issues, statistical and market data. In relation to the stages of evolution of the startup, it was observed a greater occurrence of intuition precede rationality in the initial stages of startup (discovery and validation), with 11 decisions being followed that followed this pattern against 9. Regarding rationality precede intuition, or only rationality was used, a higher occurrence was identified in the final stages of startup (efficiency and scale), with 7 decisions that followed this pattern against 2. Although the data did not present statistical significance due to the exploratory nature of the research, the work presented analytical generalizations since intuition and rationality, in addition to presenting themselves together and in an excluding manner, in the same decision-making process, followed a sequential process, differing from previous studies that treat intuition and rationality as alternative approaches to decision-making or in a repeated way in the same decision-making process.

A construção dos fundamentos teóricos e práticos para um Código de Família Brasileiro é orientada pelos paradigmas da doutrina pós-moderna, contendo os valores fundamentais que caracterizam o conhecimento jurídico para o terceiro milênio: pluralismo das fontes, comunicação, narrativa e retorno dos sentimentos. Trata-se da necessidade de narrar a alegria de viver do ser humano, reconhecido como um ser que pensa, sente, fala e escolhe. A construção deste código não representa uma ruptura com o sistema anterior, mas, numa atitude pós-moderna, há uma justaposição do antigo e do novo, criativamente. A família a ser reconhecida como pluralidade de sujeitos de direito é a nuclear, tendo por objetivo o livre desenvolvimento da personalidade e a busca da felicidade. O conflito familiar é o desvio da função e dos papéis sistêmicos, com a conclusão de que o único conflito que existe é do casal conjugal, devendo ser objeto de estudo a priori, quando o conflito se expressar como parental. A atuação do Judiciário nos conflitos familiares é narrada como método de retomada da via, fundamentada na ética do cuidado, na dignidade da pessoa humana e na teoria da intuição. As ferramentas eleitas para a aplicação prática do Código de Família Brasileiro são o juízo universal, a predominância do princípio da oralidade, e a mediação familiar interdisciplinar. O Direito Quântico fundamenta a prática da codificação, porque o biológico precede o Direito. A vida é o maior valor jurídico. O paradigma da física quântica funda-se na única certeza, a de que a única matéria que existe é o pensamento e o sentimento humano. / Le Code de la Famille brésilien est orienté vers les paradgmes de la postmodernité, dont les valeurs fondamentales marquent la connaissence juridique du troisième milénaire: pluralisme des sources, communication, narrative e retours des sentiments ou revival. Il s\'agit de la nécessité de narrer la joie de vivre de l\'être humain, reconnu comme celui qui pense, qui sent, qui parle et qui choisit. La construction des fondements du code ne représente pas une rupture avec l\'ancien système , mais, en face de la posmodernité il y a une coexistence juxtaposée, entre l\'ancien et le nouveau ,avec créativité . La famille nucléaire y est considérée, comme um pluralisme de sujets de droit, dont le but est le développement de la personnalité vers le bonheur . Le conflit familial est, donc, le détour de la fonction et des rôles du systhème familial. Il n\'existe que le conflit conjugal, et en face du conflit parental il faut se pencher sur une étude a priori, pour y chercher les causes. L\'action du Judiciaire en face du conflit familial est narrée comme une méthode , basée sur l éthique de la responsabilité, la dignité de la personne humaine et l?intuition. Les outils choisis pour la pratique du Code de la Famille brésilien sont le l\'universalité du juge, le principe de la communication orale et la médiation familiale interdisciplinaire . Le Droit Quantique est le fondament de la pratique de la codification, parce que le biologique précède le Droit . La vie est la valeur juridique la plus importante. Le paradigme de la physique quantique est basée sur la sûreté: la seule matière qui existe est la pensée et le sentiment humain.