Deep Thoughts Research Articles

Watching Insider Trading Law Wobble: Obus, Newman, Salman and Two Martomas

“The crime of insider trading,” Judge Jed Rakoff has said, “is a straightforward concept that some courts have managed to complicate.” In the last eight years or so, insider trading law has wobbled visibly (in the Second Circuit in particular) in applying the standard for tipper-tippee liability originally set in the Supreme Court’s Dirks decision in 1983: from Obus (2012) to Newman (2014), with a detour to the Supreme Court in Salman (2016), and then two Martoma opinions (2017 and 2018). Most recently, the court of appeals offered what to many was a major surprise in its Blaszczak decision that could eliminate some or all of what was central to Dirks in criminal prosecutions not brought under Title 15 (the securities laws themselves). This essay is about the wobble, with particular attention to the question addressed in Martoma as to whether a gift of inside information to a stranger satisfies Dirks’ personal benefit test. This essay examines that question from many different angles—text, precedent, judicial archeology, purpose and so on—and comes out in favor of such liability. The main payoff is less from that particular conclusion, however, than from seeing the movement in contemporary insider trading law: shifting theories about to make sense of the doctrine and its creeping criminalization. The essay pays special attention (and homage) to the contributions of Judge Rakoff, whose rulings offer up a series of deep thoughts and lamentations on the subject to his readers (or to the law-gods).

USING REFLECTIVE WRITING TO PROMOTE RESILIENCE

Patients invite us, rather reluctantly sometimes, into their lives during some of their most difficult moments; these encounters change us even if it is not readily apparent. Gathering for this writing group, we have found that creating a permanent record of our deepest thoughts and feelings enables further analysis and discussion in a collegial and supportive environment. In this paper, I relate one clinical story as an example. I will never forget caring for Mr. R. during what I can only call an ordeal, but writing it down, exploring my chosen words, and sharing them with the team brought validation and closure to what would have been a deep wound in my soul. The scar remains, being remodeled by time, experience, and other wounds, softened through writing and sharing, becoming part of me. We explore one way in which supportive writing groups can foster professional relationships and growth.

Finding community during coffee breaks.

I had always heard the stereotype: North Americans value independence, and Europeans value togetherness. But I never fully understood it until 2 months ago, when I left my Ph.D. lab in Canada for a 4-month stint in a lab in France. On my first day, Pierre—a Ph.D. student whose desk is across from mine—tapped me on my shoulder and asked: “Coffee?” I nodded and followed him down the hallway to the common room, where other grad students were filing in. One student brewed an espresso for me that was five times stronger than my normal Americano. Milk and sugar were nowhere to be found. So I sat there, gingerly sipping the bitter liquid and trying hard not to reveal my uncultured tastes, while lab chatter filled the air. ![][1] ILLUSTRATION: ROBERT NEUBECKER > “It's … helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student.” I had traveled to France to work on a project with Pierre. We'd cooked up an idea for a collaboration when he was visiting my university, and we were excited to get started. I had no idea going in, though, that I'd also get a lesson in lab culture. Coffee breaks are a ritualistic part of work life here. The chatter sometimes turns to serious scientific topics. But mostly, the meet-ups offer a chance to unwind—to share stories about life inside and outside the lab and to commiserate with people who understand what you're going through. The lighthearted atmosphere and sense of community is a welcome contrast to my life in Canada, where I spent the bulk of my workdays in isolation. I went into the lab each morning with set goals for my day. At lunch, I'd keep my eyes glued to my computer while I shoveled forkfuls of salad into my mouth, trying to power through my to-do list. Our lab held weekly meetings where we'd take turns presenting our latest work and getting feedback from colleagues. But we didn't take daily coffee breaks—or any other kind of communal break. My labmates and I were too busy collecting data and publishing papers. Looking back now, I realize how much we were missing. Researchers need community because good ideas don't just come from reading literature and thinking deep thoughts; it's helpful to bounce ideas off others, particularly in a nonthreatening environment. It's also helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student. How else are you supposed to know that you're not the only one suffering from challenges such as anxiety and impostor syndrome? I could've used that kind of camaraderie 2 years ago. For 9 months, I struggled to figure out why I couldn't replicate the results of another study. I worried that something was wrong with my protocols, so I stayed up late at night reading papers, combing over their methods. My adviser was supportive, but I didn't want to pester her too much. I was also hesitant to ask my labmates for help because they had their own projects to worry about. Eventually, my supervisor and I decided to switch our focus. At that point, though, I'd spent months feeling that I was failing in some way—that I wasn't smart enough to figure out what was going on, or that I was making novice mistakes that I wasn't even conscious of. Would coffee breaks have solved all my problems? Probably not. But I think sharing my feelings and frustrations with my peers would have helped. They might have had ideas about steps I could take to solve my research dilemma. They might have also opened up about how they, too, suffer from setbacks and feelings of failure. My time in France has taught me that it's important to create space for organic conversations about lab life—failures, incomprehensible data, and personal struggles. In places where that's not the norm, I think grad students should make a point of reaching out to peers, asking them to take coffee breaks or to meet up for lunch—something that I plan to do when I'm back in Canada. The life of a scientist can feel isolating, but it's much less isolating when you're connected to a supportive community. [1]: /embed/graphic-1.gif

Figuring Out Where to Start, and How: One Library’s DEI Strategies

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) can fall into the category of big, deep thoughts. It can seem daunting to improve DEI at an institutional level. How do we go from abstract, and even overwhelming ideas, to tangible goals and objectives with timelines, budgets and workflows? At Sherwood Public Library, nestled in the southern end of Portland Metro and Washington County, we implemented specific DEI objectives in our strategic plan and in the Edge Assessment. With a staff of 11 FTE serving a community of 22,000 people, we found ways to make the right-sized goals that would stretch our collective and individual comfort zones, and still fit within our capacity for staff time and funds.

Educational effect of a nursing training conference adopting the world café method: Medical care teams

Aim: The study aimed to clarify students’ learning about medical care teams through clinical practicum based on the World Café method, to find suggestions useful for developing new methods of education.Methods: The “roles of nursing in improving medical care teams” reported by students were qualitatively and descriptively analyzed.Results: Six core categories were identified concerning the roles of nursing in medical care teams, including [Staying close to patients to support them], [Providing information and using obtained information for care as much as possible], [Hub station for interpersonal relationships], [Realizing patient-centered medicine], [Key approaches to promote medical care teams ] and [Lubricant for medical care teams].Conclusions: Education using the World Café method helps students integrate their practice effectively based on theories and experiences, remember during training what has been already learned and pay attention to medical care teams. Furthermore, supportive guidance, such as providing feedback, was useful for them to develop more flexible and deeper thoughts.

On relations and relationality: a conversation with friends

Synopsis: Two professors engage in deep conversation about deep thoughts—unbordered thinking, epistemic compassion, inter‐ being, democratic learning, intellectual freedom and culinary cosmologies—until they encounter a third. He verifies yet upturns their worlds with an absurdist joke. The professors then realize that humour is sometimes more divine than love. Laughter, after all, affirms the humanity behind all relations and relationality. This play was written by L. H. M. Ling, and posthumously edited by A. H. M. Nordin.

Providing 4P's in Extraordinary Management Services in Whatever Weather Condition

Using the properties management in Park Island, Hong Kong, as a case study, the purpose is to focus on illustrating the significance of providing 4P’s “Proactive, Protective, Professional and Passionate” in extraordinary properties management services in whatever weather condition and on whenever situation. 
 
 Design/Methodology/Approach - This paper used the Super Typhoon Mangkhut in Sept 2018 in Park Island, Hong Kong, as a case study to illustrate the professionalism exhibited in Park Island, Kai Shing Management Services Limited. The deep thoughts and feelings from residents were quoted and analyzed. Authors conducted twenty-five in-depth semi-structured interviews. 
 
 Findings - The inspiring real life experiences from respondents who have been living in Park Island were quoted. It has been reflecting the “PARK ISLAND" spirit and demonstrating the significance of professionalism and extraordinary service performance for crisis management after super typhoon Mangkhut signal No. 10 was hoisted. Providing 4P’s “Proactive, Protective, Professional and Passionate” in extraordinary properties management services in whatever weather condition and on whenever situation can gain the trust, respect, appreciation and gratitude from residents to professional property management practitioners.
 
 Practical implications – Based on the insights gained from interviewees, providing 4P’s –“Proactive, Protective, Professional and Passionate” in extraordinary properties management services in whatever weather condition and on whenever occasion can exceed residents’ expectations and enhance the reputation of the property management company. 
 
 Originality/value - This paper urges for the fundamental service philosophy and attitude exhibited from the property management practitioners to deal with crisis management during the adverse weather condition. This paper uses the Super Typhoon Mangkhut in Sept 2018 in Park Island, Hong Kong, as a case study, and the aim of such an episode is to arouse all the properties management companies to strive the best to meet and exceed residents’ needs in whatever weather condition and on whenever occasion.

Pictionary-playing computer connects to humans’ ‘deep thoughts’

Pictionary-playing computer connects to humans’ ‘deep thoughts’

My Sadness - Our Happiness: Writing About Positive, Negative, and Neutral Autobiographical Life Events Reveals Linguistic Markers of Self-Positivity and Individual Well-Being.

Objective: Narratives of autobiographical events contain rich information about an individual’s private experience, his/her deepest thoughts, feelings, and emotions. The present study investigates linguistic markers of emotion expression and subjective well-being in adults during one session of positive, negative, and neutral expressive writing. Participants (N = 28 healthy participants, N = 7 adults with depressive symptoms), all native speakers of German were instructed to write expressively about personally relevant autobiographical life events of negative, positive, and neutral content.Methods: Quantitative text analysis was performed to determine the amount of emotional words, first person pronouns (singular vs. plural), and cognitive function words used in positive, negative, and neutral narratives and to examine the potency of these classes of words as linguistic markers of positivity/negativity, self-reference, and cognitive reappraisal. Additionally, the relationship between expressive writing and subjective well-being was explored by assessing changes in self-reported psychosomatic symptoms and in bodily and emotional awareness immediately after positive, negative, and neutral writing.Results: Regarding healthy participants, negative narratives contained significantly more negative emotional words than positive or neutral narratives. However, negative narratives also contained more positive emotional words compared to negative emotional words in positive narratives. Moreover, negative narratives contained more cognitive function words than positive narratives, suggesting that healthy participants tried to reappraise negative experiences while writing about negative personal life events. Positive narratives were characterized by an increased use of positive words and of pronouns of the first person plural (“we”), supporting a positivity bias and an extension of self-reference from first person singular to plural (we-reference) during positive expressive writing. Similarly, writing about neutral events was characterized by a positivity bias. Although based on descriptive analysis only, preferential use of positive words and cognitive function words in negative narratives was absent in participants reporting depressive symptoms. Positive, negative, and neutral expressive writing was accompanied by differential changes in bodily sensations, emotional awareness, and self-reported psychosomatic symptoms in all participants.Discussion: The findings are discussed with respect to previous research, a self-positivity bias, and a universal positivity bias in language use highlighting the relevance of these biases as markers of subjective well-being.

P. A. Oyunsky's Poem “Byrastɨ”: A Philological Analysis

This article attempts to conduct a literary analysis of the poem titled Byrastɨ (Farewell), which is a work of a classic Yakut writer P.A. Oyunsky.One of the best works written by the classic Yakut writer, Platon Oyunsky "Byrastɨ" was previously regarded by scholars from the point of view of the literary analysis approach. In order to give a more objective insight of the concept and content behind this poetic masterpiece, the authors of the article completed a full philological analysis, which includes both - literary and linguistic research; the authors of the article singled out linguistic units, semantic fields and analyzed the grammatical structure of the text.Fundamental works of Y. Lotman, R. Jakobson, D. Magomedova, M. Gasparov served as the theoretic and methodological basis for the article. The research findings presented by above mentioned scholars justify the necessity to complete a structural analysis of the non-fiction work on the phonological, stylistic levels as well as the conceptual and imagery level.Based on the systematic philological analysis of the poem under study, we have come to the following conclusions: being and innovative poet, P. Oyunsky mastered his skills reaching a high level of professionalism; this can be vividly seen on the phonological level of the poem: it contains equally represented cases of vertical and horizontal alliteration as well as phonomorphological (grammatically homogenous) rhyme. Using the image of the sea as a symbol, the main character says farewell to his life sensing that the end is near. The poem became a requiem for the poet; because of this, it contains a prevailing number of nouns with predominantly 1st person possessive affixes. This allows the poet to express his deepest thoughts. The verb forms are represented by figurative and onomatopoetic words, which give the poem not only its lyricism but also solemnity. This poem became a profound work of the poet. It contains all the themes that he expressed in his creative work; the following thematic fields can serve as an example: "human and nature", "time and space", "human and society", "death", "the poet and immortality". The author's turning to the image of the sea, shows that Oyunsky followed the aesthetic principles of Romanticism and the traditions of Russian literature established by A. Pushkin, M. Lermontov, and M. Gorky.

Konsep Maqashid Syariah Menurut Al-Syatibi Dan Kontribusinya Dalam Kebijakan Fiskal

Economic inequality is a common problem for all people in the world. To overcome this inequality government intervention is needed through fiscal policy. Successful fiscal policy took place during the Caliphate Umar bin Abdul Aziz who used maqashid sharia as its foundation. One Muslim scholar who has deep thoughts about maqashid sharia and contributes to the economy is Imam al-Syatibi. For this reason, research is needed on Maqashid Shari'ah and its contribution to fiscal policy. This paper aims to examine al-Syatibi's thought about maqashid syari'ah followed by its contribution to fiscal policy. The results of this study are maqashid sharia according to al-Syatibi aimed at maslahah which is classified into three dimensions: primary, secondary, and complementary. Maqashid Shari'ah has a big contribution in three aspects of fiscal policy, namely state expenditure, tax collection and household costs.

Literary bioinformatics studies: The genetic code mystique

What is life and what does it mean to be in the living political universe of entitiness without rhyme or reason? Flappy exudate, a bag in a bag, corpuscles of corporeality, worms (or flesh tubes) with appendages, even the cult of first involution – these are our body pods and the hunger and thirst of being-in. How can the situation of anatomical form be analysed without the illusion of instrumentalized reflection? Perhaps by amalgamating the categories and their issues. The issuance of taxonomy is the actual fine muck of excrement, which every brick of ordered life leaks as exudence and decay. Deep thoughts leave a mucal snail trail of what was tabular-seeming about our bodily situation, our environs, our friends, our experiments and our nourishment. Especially in this current age of 露 露 and 娜娜 (Lulu and Nana), our first officially public transgenic kindred, the question becomes, ‘who are these free-living divergences and what does it mean to be the uber-ding beyond geoengineering’s capabilities?’.

Bir Başkahramanın Şiirler Arası Yolculuğu: Zbigniew Herbert ve “Bay Cogito”

1974 yılında yayımlanan “Bay Cogito” şiir kitabı, yirminci yüzyıl Polonya şiirinin en önemli isimleri arasında yer alan Zbigniew Herbert'in şiir sanatında bir dönüm noktası olarak kabul edilir. Aynı isimle ortaya çıkan kitabın kurgusal karakteri Bay Cogito aracılığıyla şair daha kişisel ve aktüel konuları ele alır. Bu bağlamda Bay Cogito hakkında Herbert'in lirik maskesi ya da alter egosu yakıştırılması yapılır. İlk defa Herbert'in beşinci kitabında ortaya çıkan bu lirik özne şairin son şiir cildine kadar varlığını sürdürür. Okur zaman içerisinde Bay Cogito'nun değişimlerine tanıklık yapar. Sıradan konulara ilgisi, gülünç yönleri, ironik yaklaşımları ve varoşlar arasında gezen görüntüsüyle bir Everymanı çağrıştırırken, diğer taraftan felsefe, sanat ve estetik konusundaki derin düşünceleriyle adeta modern bir filozof görüntüsü çizer. Hem pop kültürle hem de klasik sanatla yakından ilgili olan, düşünen, gözlemleyen, merak eden Bay Cogito, aynı zamanda Herbert'in çok yönlü kişiliğini de gözler önüne serer. Bu çalışmada Herbert'in kurgusal başkahramanı Bay Cogito'nun ortaya çıktığı ilk kitap Bay Cogito'dan başlayarak farklı yönleriyle incelenecek, şairin kendisiyle olan ilişkisi ortaya konmaya çalışılacaktır.

Narrative analysis of written accounts about living with epileptic or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

PurposeThis study is based on a narrative analysis of individuals’ written accounts of living with epilepsy (n = 29) or psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (n = 20, PNES). Narrative analysis looks at both the content and structure of the personal account. We used a form of narrative analysis that allowed us to identify common story lines, otherwise known as narrative typologies, potentially characteristic of these patient groups. Different narrative typologies were described and compared between writers with the two conditions. MethodsAs part of a therapeutic writing intervention for individuals living with a seizure disorder, participants were asked to write for at least 20 min about their very deepest thoughts and feelings about their condition. ResultsFive narrative typologies emerged:1. ‘Losses from Illness’ – stories were dominated by events individuals could no longer do, authors appeared more disabled reporting greater frequency of seizures and lower health-related quality of life.2.‘Feeling Lost’ – participants appeared to be in search of something and expressed uncertainty.3.‘Tackling Adversity’ – individuals strove to not let their condition stop them from living their life.4.‘Overcoming Challenges’ – stories reflected that the condition must be battled and fought with.5.‘A Normal Life’ – individuals had demonstrated that they are managing to live with their condition. ConclusionsWhile the ‘Tackling Adversity’ typology was preferentially used by writers with epilepsy, the ‘Feeling Lost’ typology was chosen more commonly by those with PNES. People with epilepsy narrate their disorder differently from those with PNES, suggesting that they have different life and illness experiences.

STUDY TRIES TO DISCOVER THE STYLES IN THE NOVEL "SHABUN AREN YAHMILU BUNDAQAIYATAIN"( A YOUNG NAKED BOY CARRYING TWO GUNS) BY THE AUTHOR ABDUL-KAREEM YAHAYA AL-ZEBARY

The present study tries to discover the styles in the novel shabun aren yahmilu bundaqaiyatain( a young naked boy carrying two guns) by the author Abdul-Kareem Yahaya Al-Zebary. Through which, he prescribes the story-novel style with diagnosing these styles and their uniqueness and their important semantic and mental dimensions. The writer used those styles to affect the reader and deliver his messages. It is a real historical novel which reflects the real society of Kurds under the autocratic social and feudal regimes as well as the dictatorial political regimes that governed Iraq during Kingdom and republic times. The writer tried to avoid pure historical way by using artistic and technical styles in order to get rid of literal and boring reality and to add literary styles to the language of the novel. The writer was able to, by those styles which are employed aesthetically, to express deep thoughts and good feelings, love ,peaceful and cultural values as well as refusing violence, extremism and wars. The hero of the novel (Dler) decided to join Peshmerga forces because he is no longer affording oppression and autocracy while he had a great love towards his beloved (Chavsheen). Therefore, the love and war feelings were overlapped in the novel embodying the conflict between life represented in love towards Dler and death represented in fighting. The present paper is important due to the fact that it is a modern novel published recently (2015) and it has never been studied before. The research observed three styles used intensively in the novel trying to know their aesthetic and mental levels through three sections. They are: symbolic approach, rhetorical images and paradox.

“Collaborators” or “Resistors,” “Loyalists” versus “Rebels”: Problematizing Colonial Binary Nomenclatures through the Prism of Dedan Kimathi's Career

This paper evaluates the “evolution” of African anti-imperial resistance in African history in general and that of Kenya in particular, in the attempt to reveal hidden or private/public transcripts and inherent power dynamics that fueled political dissent, opposition, and action. James C. Scott informs us that people, generally, and especially where relations of power are concerned, do not usually wear their opinions, emotions, motives or deepest thoughts that shape their behavior on their sleeve. Therefore, throughout history, the vast majority of people, the “dissembled weak,” or “those subject to elaborate and systematic forms of social subordination,” are given to putting up “public performances,” a perfunctory adherence to imposed laws, policies, and the status quo as is required of them. The outcome of this general rule of thumb is a “public transcript” that, “by its accommodationist tone,” provides “convincing evidence for the hegemony of dominant values, for the hegemony of dominant discourse.” Such public transcripts are misleading since they lead observers to “conclude that subordinate groups endorse the terms of their subordination and are willing, even enthusiastic, partners in that subordination.” The implications of Scott's insightful paradigmatic conceptualization of the internal dynamics of the “arts of resistance” are far-reaching. This radical conceptualization of the concealed roots of external human behavior, and “public performances,” naturally complicates earlier analysis of social categories of African responses to European imperialism thought to be straightforward and concrete or mutually exclusive. It presents a possibility for an analysis and reinterpretation of the deep psychosociological springs and triggers of human behavior, which necessitates a crucial return to this important theme in African history. That is, a more nuanced scrutiny and critical study of the popular mind or populist reason. This paper is such a critical reexamination of problematic social categories and Eurocentric binary nomenclatures.

Interiority as Epistemology: Situating Myself in the Central States Communication Association

I describe my approach to writing this essay as one of interiority, of exploring my deep inner thoughts and reflections on why I did what I did in CSCA over the years. Beyond saying that my CSCA activities were my attempt to be a good citizen of the academy through what is normalized as professional participation, I, through deeper reflection, now aim to write an African American female scholar’s interiority as discursive content.

« Les concavités de la conscience » : l’hypotypose comme un lieu de persuasion dans la polémique autour de la conversion de Henri IV

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A Cultural Ambassador East and West: J. Hillis Miller’s Lectures in China

A Cultural Ambassador East and West: J. Hillis Miller’s <i>Lectures in China</i>

Closing Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) for Cryptogenic Stroke - Deeper Thoughts

Closing Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) for Cryptogenic Stroke - Deeper Thoughts