Coming out: and The field of the forty footsteps.

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Lesbians nuns, Rosemary Curb (speaking) and Nancy Manahan talk at gay book store about their "coming out" to the church

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Que(e)rying the Closet in Diversity Management: "Coming-Out" as an Authentic (and Successful) LGBT Employee

This paper will "que(e)ry" "coming-out" as constructed by LGBT-diversity experts to advance our understanding of the relation between the social justice and business case for equality, diversity, and inclusion.

The interpersonal and mental health implications of the coherence of coming out narratives for a sample of gay men in committed romantic relationships

The coming out process has been conceptualized as a developmental imperative for those who will eventually accept their same-sex attractions. It is widely accepted that homophobia, heterosexism, and homonegativity are cultural realities that may complicate this developmental process for gay men. The current study views coming out as an extra-developmental life task that is at best a stressful event, and at worst traumatic when coming out results in the rupture of salient relationships with parents, siblings, and/or close friends. To date, the minority stress model (Meyer, 1995; 2003) has been utilized as an organizing framework for how to empirically examine external stressors and mental health disparities for lesbians, gay men, and bisexual individuals in the United States. The current study builds on this literature by focusing on the influence of how gay men make sense of and represent the coming out process in a semi-structured interview, more specifically, by examining the legacy of the coming out process on indicators of wellness. In a two-part process, this study first employs the framework well articulated in the adult attachment literature of coherence of narratives to explore both variation and implications of the coming out experience for a sample of gay men (n = 60) in romantic relationships (n = 30). In particular, this study employed constructs identified in the adult attachment literature, namely Preoccupied and Dismissing current state of mind, to code a Coming Out Interview (COI). In the present study current state of mind refers to the degree of coherent discourse produced about coming out experiences as relayed during the COI. Multilevel analyses tested the extent to which these COI dimensions, as revealed through an analysis of coming out narratives in the COI, were associated with relationship quality, including self-reported satisfaction and observed emotional tone in a standard laboratory interaction task and self-reported symptoms of psychopathology. In addition, multilevel analyses also assessed the Acceptance by primary relationship figures at the time of disclosure, as well as the degree of Outness at the time of the study. Results revealed that participant’s narratives on the COI varied with regard to Preoccupied and Dismissing current state of mind, suggesting that the AAI coding system provides a viable organizing framework for extracting meaning from coming out narratives as related to attachment relevant constructs. Multilevel modeling revealed construct validity of the attachment dimensions assessed via the COI; attachment (i.e., Preoccupied and Dismissing current state of mind) as assessed via the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) was significantly correlated with the corresponding COI variables. These finding suggest both methodological and conceptual convergence between these two measures. However, with one exception, COI Preoccupied and Dismissing current state of mind did not predict relationship outcomes or self-reported internalizing and externalizing symptoms. However, further analyses revealed that the degree to which one is out to others moderated the relationship between COI Preoccupied and internalizing. Specifically, for those who were less out to others, there was a significant and positive relationship between Preoccupied current state of mind towards coming out and internalizing symptoms. In addition, the degree of perceived acceptance of sexual orientation by salient relationship figures at the time of disclosure emerged as a predictor of mental health. In particular, Acceptance was significantly negatively related to internalizing symptoms. Overall, the results offer preliminary support that gay men’s narratives do reflect variation as assessed by attachment dimensions and highlights the role of Acceptance by salient relationship figures at the time of disclosure. Still, for the most part, current state of mind towards coming out in this study was not associated with relationship quality and self-reported indicators of mental health. This finding may be a function of low statistical power given the modest sample size. However, the relationship between Preoccupied current state of mind and mental health (i.e., internalizing) appears to depend on degree of Outness. In addition, the response of primary relationships figures to coming out may be a relevant factor in shaping mental health outcomes for gay men. Limitations and suggestions for future research and clinical intervention are offered.

Enunciações afetadas : relações possíveis entre homofobia e esporte

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física

O impacto da Lei nº 37/2007 (Lei do Tabaco) no consumo de tabaco em ambiente profissional na ilha Terceira e a sua influência na produtividade e absentismo laboral

Dissertação de Mestrado, Ambiente, Saúde e Segurança, 19 de Julho de 2013, Universidade dos Açores.

Os programas de matemática do ensino básico de 1990 e de 2007 e o processo de implementação do programa de 2007, no 1º ciclo do Ensino Básico

Mestrado em Educação Matemática na Educação Pré – Escolar e nos 1.º e 2.º Ciclos do Ensino Básico

Optimização energética das estufas de secagem de uma indústria de cerâmica

A gestão de energia é um dos factores chave do sucesso de uma empresa e como qualquer outro factor de produção deve ser gerido continuamente e eficazmente. A gestão correcta do consumo de energia assume-se como crucial nas empresas do sector cerâmico pois exigem grande consumo de gás natural. Também a tendência de aumento do custo do gás natural tem induzido a necessidade de minimização do consumo de combustível nas indústrias e favorecido o desenvolvimento de novas abordagens para a optimização deste recurso natural. O trabalho apresentado nesta tese teve como objectivo a optimização da energia nas estufas de secagem na Fábrica de Cerâmica de Valadares S.A. A actividade desta empresa consiste na produção de louça sanitária envolvendo um consumo elevado de energia. Realizou-se um levantamento das condições técnicas/operacionais dos equipamentos em estudo e elaborou-se uma ferramenta de simulação que foi aplicada para realizar um balanço energético detalhado e diagnóstico da situação existente. No seguimento, foi efectuada uma análise de mercado, para elaboração do estudo económico da implementação das medidas sugeridas, nomeadamente, a recuperação dos gases de combustão que saem das três estufas que secam os moldes para as estufas de louça cerâmica. Optou-se por esta medida uma vez que reduzirá significativamente, em cerca de 50%, o consumo de combustível (gás natural) nas estufas de secagem. O tempo de retorno do investimento necessário para adquirir o equipamento é de, aproximadamente, 10 meses.

Vector density and the control of kala-azar in Bihar, India

Bihar, India has been in the grip of kala-azar for many years. Its rampant and severe spread has made life miserable in most parts of the state. Such conditions require a comprehensive understanding of this affliction. The numbers coming out of the districts prone to the disease in the north and south Ganges have provided us with several startling revelations, as there are striking uniformities on both sides, including similar vegetation, water storage facilities, house construction and little change in risk factors. The northern areas have been regularly sprayed with DDT since 1977, but eradication of the disease appears to be a distant dream. In 2007 alone, there were as many as 37,738 cases in that region. In contrast, the southern districts of Patna and Nalanda have never had the disease in its epidemic form and endemic disease has been present in only some pockets of the two districts. In those cases, two rounds of spraying with DDT had very positive results, with successful control and no new established foci. In addition, an eleven-year longitudinal study of the man hour density and house index for the vector Phlebotomus argentipes demonstrated that they were quite high in Patna and Nalanda and quite low in north Bihar. Given these facts, an attempt has been made to unravel the role of P. argentipes saliva (salivary gland) in the epidemiology of kala-azar. It was determined that patchy DDT spraying should be avoided for effective control of kala-azar.

Las deducciones en el IRPF por gasto sanitario privado: situación actual y posibilidades de reforma

The paper provides information about the tax treatment given to personalhealth expenditures in the Personal Income Tax in Spain, and analyseswhat we know about it and how the tax credit or other forms ofpreferential tax treatment can contribute to the financement of privatehealth expenditures, of special relevance in view of the recent PersonalIncome Tax modification proposals . It also points out some of the mainredistributive results coming out from this type of public financement,differentiating between types of expenditures (mainly those on healthservices which are not provided by the public health system, from thosewhich are).