Jerome Kretchmer testifying at City Hall in favor of Intro 475 homosexual bill.

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La influencia del juego en el aprendizaje de la lengua materna [recurso electr?nico]

Esta monograf?a expone el juego infantil como una herramienta de aprendizaje que permite que el ni?o desarrolle la competencia ling??stica. El juego es uno de los componentes b?sicos del desarrollo infantil en todas las ?reas, pero a nivel del desarrollo ling??stico, proporciona un ambiente tranquilo que le permite al ni?o construir nuevas estructuras ling??sticas cada vez m?s avanzadas. Se presenta el an?lisis de algunas situaciones de juego observadas en un ni?o de un a?o ocho meses durante un per?odo de dos veces semanales durante tres meses. Se observ? de manera espont?nea el habla del ni?o, d?ndole prioridad a las situaciones que est?n medidas por el juego. Cabe anotar que las observaciones se hicieron en contextos naturales para el ni?o, es decir, en lugares que usualmente son visitados por ?l, lo cual le permiti? sentirse en un ambiente c?lido y habitual. Las observaciones fueron registradas en audio y transcritas despu?s de cada sesi?n para luego hacer el an?lisis escrito. Despu?s de tomar los datos y de hacer las lecturas de los autores incluidos en el marco te?rico -Anne Freud, M.A.K. Halliday, Jerome Bruner, L.S. Vygotsky y Tina Villareal-, se realiz? el an?lisis de las observaciones, donde se retomaron situaciones espec?ficas de juego que permitieran sustentar el desarrollo ling??stico del ni?o de acuerdo con los planteamientos de dichos autores. Por ?ltimo, se concluye que el juego es una actividad importante en el desarrollo del ni?o no solo en el plano ling??stico sino tambi?n en el desarrollo de su personalidad y en la construcci?n de nuevos valores culturales.

Celebrity capital as a strategic asset : implications for new venture strategies

Despite an increase in businesses started by celebrities, we have limited understanding as to how celebrity entrepreneurs benefit new ventures. Drawing on a reputational capital perspective, we develop the notion of celebrity capital and show how it can be used to uniquely differentiate the venture and to overcome liabilities of newness. We discuss how celebrity capital can negatively influence the venture when negative information about the celebrity surfaces and in terms of limiting the scope of the venture. We discuss the different strategic implications of celebrity capital for ventures using celebrity entrepreneurs versus endorsers.

Identifying and implementing adaptive strategy in the U.S. military

Changes in the environment, including increased environmental complexity, require military supply units to employ a more adaptive strategy in order to enhance military agility. We extend the Lumpkin and Dess (1996) model and develop propositions that explore the interrelationships between/amongst entrepreneurial orientation (EO); opportunity recognition, evaluation and exploitation; environmental and organizational factors; and organizational performance. We propose that the innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk-taking dimensions of EO are of primary importance in identifying adaptive solutions and that these relationships are moderated by environmental factors. The autonomy and competitive aggressiveness dimensions of EO are important in implementing solutions as adaptive strategies, especially in a military context, and these relationships are moderated by organizational factors. This chapter extends existing theory developed primarily for the civilian sector to the military. Military organizations are more rigid hierarchical structures, and have different measures of performance. At an applied level, this research provides insights for military commanders that can potentially enhance agility and adaptability.

Major depressive disorder and nutritional medicine : a review of monotherapies and adjuvant treatments

A literature review was conducted to examine the evidence for nutritional interventions in depression. It revealed a number of significant conclusions. Interestingly, more positive clinical trials were found to support adjuvant, rather than monotherapeutic, use of nutrients to treat depression. Much evidence exists in the area of adjuvant application of folic acid, S-adenosyl-methionine, omega-3, and L-tryptophan with antidepressants. Current evidence does not support omega-3 as an effective monotherapy to treat depression. However, this may be due, at least in part, to olive oil being used as the control intervention, some studies using docosahexaenoic acid alone or a higher docosahexaenoic acid to eicosapentaenoic acid ratio, and significant heterogeneity regarding depressive populations. Nevertheless, adjunctive prescription of omega-3 with antidepressants, or in people with dietary deficiency, may be beneficial. Inositol lacks evidence as an effective antidepressant and cannot be currently recommended. Evidence on the use of L-trytophan for depression is inconclusive and additional studies utilizing a more robust methodology are required.