Implicit Reference Research Articles

Psychological Injury is Not New and Not Normal

Psychological Injury is Not New and Not Normal Claire Pouncey (bio) In "On the Concept of 'Psychiatric Disorder,'" Miriam Solomon strives to resolve the tension between thinking of bereavement as a normal reaction to loss, and recognizing that its most extreme forms look very much like major depressive episodes and benefit from psychiatric treatment. To do this, she introduces the idea that a condition can be both normal and a mental disorder, or in other words, that some mental disorders are normal. Although I very much like the idea that some mental are predictable responses to stressors, I have trouble making sense of the argument Solomon provides. I am going to focus on two reasons why. First, the concept of psychological injury is not new and does not do the work Solomon needs it to do for her. "Psychological injury" is a legal term used in forensic psychology and psychiatry that includes not bereavement, but physical and psychological conditions that can result from harms done by responsible others, such as suffering, exacerbation of a preexisting condition, posttraumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, phobias, adjustment disorders, chronic pain, and depression, depending on the jurisdiction. "Psychological injury" as it already exists does not discriminate the physical from the psychological, whereas Solomon wants to restrict the meaning to "conditions in which brain mechanisms are not disrupted," even though typical psychological functioning may be. What the existing forensic concept of psychological injury and Solomon's version share is the idea that certain harms can be expected to result from specific life stressors. However, to insist on this language would confuse two very different conceptions of psychological injury, which typically is not the goal of analytic philosophy. Second, Solomon fails to engage with the extensive literature on what it is to be a disorder—specifically, a mental disorder—and how the "disordered" relates to "the normal." She says in her abstract, though not in the body of her paper, "The word 'abnormal' is … best avoided [in speaking of the pathological] because of its associations with normative judgments." She does not say why this is, nor does she argue the point. In section 2, she refers to Horwitz and Wakefield's (primarily Wakefield's) position that a mental disorder is a "harmful dysfunction," without acknowledging any conceptual problems with that formulation and the biological unclarity of "dysfunction" on which it relies (Faucher & Forest, 2021). Later, in section 3, Solomon seems to uncritically accept some pre-established and preferred conception of disorder by contrasting it with pathology, "which evokes nineteenth century abnormal microscopic findings" (pp. 334), although psychiatry refers to psychopathology regularly. Again, there is a hint that using the word "disorder" avoids some of the value-ladenness of "pathology" and "pathologizing," [End Page 347] which to Solomon evokes stigma (against mental disorders? the people who have them?). However, Solomon does not explore how the various terms are value laden, and she never addresses how much the conceptions of anomaly, abnormality, or disvalue inhere in the concept of disorder. But, of course, Solomon needs the concept "disorder" to be free of any implicit reference to departures from "the normal" in order to make the crucial distinction she wants to make: to say that in fact, some mental disorders are normal. In the end, she rejects defining "mental disorder" as "harmful dysfunction," but only to make room for her concept of psychological injury as partly constitutive of mental disorder. But she still wants to say that her version of psychological injury (in which brain mechanisms are not interrupted) is normal, without saying how she is defining "normal," and how it avoids the problems of normativity she recognizes but declines to address. In some of her discussion, "normal" seems to mean "appropriate to the circumstances," such as when she compares grief with a bone fracture from a motor vehicle accident. At other times, "normal" seems to mean "predictable," such as the grief response to loss of a loved one. I am left wondering why she limits herself in the way she does. If the goal is to make treatment available to bereaved persons who seek treatment, she need not worry: no mental health professional would ever code for...

A Method of Adaptive Control of an Overhead Crane with Direct Tracking of the Load Movement

The paper proposes a method of automated control of an overhead crane aimed at direct tracking of horizontal movement of the load at a set height to the designated position under the conditions of continuous a priori uncertainty of the load parameters and external disturbances. The latter include wind effects, friction changes in the crane trolley movement, etc. The approach replaces two conventional problems: tracking of the crane trolley movement to a set position and damping of angular oscillations of the load. In addition, the proposed control method is based on an adaptive control approach with an identifier and an implicit reference model using simplified adaptation conditions. The latter are reduced to the requirement of convergence of the identification residual at applying an algorithm for continuous identification and the selection in a certain range of constant evaluation of the control coefficient. The said evaluation is chosen sufficiently large in its absolute value to provide the largest margin of stability of the closed control system in amplitude with the required quality of control. In order to implement continuous parametric identification, it is proposed to apply recursive least squares method with a forgetting factor. The reference model is chosen in the form of an oscillatory link with an eigenfrequency not exceeding that of a controlled object with a fixed base and falling within an experimentally set range. For closer definition of the reference eigenfrequency, an evaluation of the load suspension length with an accuracy of at least 30 % is required. The simplest algorithm for obtaining such an estimate is proposed. It is based on the average velocity of the vertical movement of the load, which is generally approximately known. The paper proposes a simple algorithm for obtaining such an evaluation and provides the results of model studies of the efficiency of the proposed adaptive control system on the basis of the performance of the developed experimental overhead crane unit, taking into account the characteristics of standard data sensors and drives. The proposed method has demonstrated its high efficiency in a wide range of loads and disturbance conditions. It can serve as a basis for development of functional control systems for any type of cranes for moving suspended loads.

Misprediction of affective outcomes due to different evaluation modes: Replication and extension of two distinction bias experiments by Hsee and Zhang (2004)

Hsee and Zhang (2004) argued that when people face a decision and must predict future affective states, they are often in a joint evaluation (JE) mode where direct comparisons between different choice options are relatively easy. When actually experiencing (or predicting affective states for) only one of these options, people are usually in single evaluation (SE) mode where direct comparisons are more difficult. This situational difference in evaluation mode was observed to lead to overpredictions of positive affect (happiness) when people were in JE in comparison to SE for options that were quantitatively different, but there were no overpredictions for options that were qualitatively different. This effect was coined distinction bias. In the present paper, we replicated (and extended on) Studies 1 and 2 from Hsee and Zhang with 824 MTurk participants. In Study 1 we replicated the original findings: Relative to people in SE, people in JE overpredicted the happiness derived from quantitatively different hypothetical scenarios (i.e., selling 80 vs 160 books, or 160 vs 240 books), but did not overpredict the difference between qualitatively different hypothetical scenarios (i.e., selling 0 books vs 80 books; 0 being the implicit reference point that makes the two scenarios qualitatively different). Study 2 failed to find support for the original findings: People in JE did not consistently overpredict happiness for quantitatively different scenarios (i.e., copy-pasting 25 negative words vs 10 negative words, or 10 positive words vs 25 positive words). Taken together, the present paper provides mixed support for distinction bias.

A Poética da Mímesis no Timeu-Crítias de Platão

O presente estudo consiste em uma análise do processo de composição do Timeu-Crítias de Platão, sob o ponto de vista da modelagem do discurso. Pretende-se mostrar que o diálogo é marcado por uma engenhosa articulação de técnicas de composição, que combinam os aspectos pictorial e dramático da mímesis poética. Estabelecendo as Panateneias como referência implícita, a obra apresenta a performance de uma sequência de narrativas, produzidas como verdadeiras imagens discursivas. A originalidade platônica revela-se no Timeu-Crítias, portanto, no desempenho de uma construção formal ao mesmo tempo dramática e imagética, mediante um singular agenciamento mimético de formas do discurso.

Aircraft wing rock oscillations suppression by simple adaptive control

Roll angular motion of the modern aircraft operating in non-linear flight modes with a high angle of attack often demonstrates the limit cycle oscillations, which is commonly known as the wing rock phenomenon. Wing rock dynamics are represented by a substantially non-linear model, with parameters varying over a wide range, depending on the flight conditions (altitude, Mach number, payload mass, etc.) and angle of attack. A perspective approach of the wing rock suppression lies in the adaptation methods. In the present paper an application of the simple adaptive control approach with the Implicit Reference Model (IRM) is proposed and numerically studied. The IRM adaptive controller is applied to ensure smooth tracking the roll angle of the reference (desired) trajectory with the simultaneous wing rock prevention. As compared with the previous authors' work, in the present paper more complex and realistic model is employed, where interdependence between aircraft roll and sideslip motions and the limitations on the aileron deflection angle are explicitly taken into account at the stage of the controller design. To this aim, the modification of the IRM control scheme is suggested and numerically studied. The simulation results obtained demonstrate high efficiency of the proposed method.

Historical and modern personality and image as an element of symbolic ethno-national capital of the Republic of Mordovia (2014–2019)

Introduction. Active promotion and positioning of the regions is a condition of their competitiveness, which actualizes the study of imaging practices aimed at creating an attractive image of the territory for various target groups: from federal elites and large businesses to tourists, highly skilled migrants, and the population. The image is based on symbolic capital, which is unique for each region. For Mordovia as a Finno-Ugric Republic in Russia, being unique is associated, firstly, with the use of ethnic symbols (elements of a national costume, Moksha / Erzia embroidery, musical instruments, dishes of national cuisine, etc.). These ethnic symbols actualize “ethnic” memory, national traditions and customs. Secondly, it is associated with the inclusion in the information space of the symbols of regional “pride”, such as “successful” fellow country people, whose positive image stimulates the processes of consolidation and identification. The purpose of this article is to study historical and modern personalities and images used in the formation of image-based visualizations of the Republic of Mordovia. Materials and methods. The methodology was based on the hermeneutic, axiological and communication paradigms. Among the applied methods such focus groups were included into the research as “Image of the Republic of Mordovia: symbols, brands, images”; content analysis of foreign, federal and regional mass media, which chronologically reviewed the publications from 2014 to 2019, etc. Results and discussion. The most recognizable historical characters of Mordovia who resonate with the audience are F. Ushakov, S. Erzia, M. Devyataev. Among contemporaries whose images can present the region, there are the representatives of the politicals (V. D. Volkov, N. I. Merkushkin, P. N. Tultaev) and sports (O. Kaniskina, V. Borchin, S. Kirdyapkin). Conclusion. Using famous names that have a weak or implicit reference to the territory does not always lead to a positive emotional response (especially among visitors), which ultimately reduces the significance of this symbolic element for the republican image and strengthens its counter-narrativeness.

الضبط اللغوی عند البندنیجی فی معجم التقفیة

Abstract The focus of this study revolves around the concept of linguistic control, its types, and the lexical efforts in it. And the colors of the linguistic control used by Al-Bandniji in his lexicon, so the browser for the rhyming dictionary finds that Al-Bandniji has referred to his tuning method at the front of his lexicon implicit reference, as he mentioned that he wanted to collect the correct eloquent words that the commoners are not unaware of. He cares exactly about the diversity of the means he used to ensure the integrity of all the clear words he uses. His control restricts his description by description or phrase: Al-Bandaniji used this color of adjustment, and comes second after adjusting the pen or the shape, and this is by adjusting the shape of letters, and determining how they are pronounced, which is the predominant method, and the original in the adjustment; where all dictionaries are involved in order to avoid confusion and correction as saying: Conflict : A disease that takes the will and descends from it, and it dies, sometimes the setting is used in the morphological balance, and sometimes the control is used by the famous example.

The collective rights of minorities in The Iraqi constitutions

The rights of minorities are of little interest in the international community, especially their collective rights. Therefore, states are keen to include these rights in their constitutions to ensure that these rights are regulated under their provisions in their ordinary legislation.
 The importance of regulating the collective rights of minorities in constitutions is that they ensure the preservation of the natural characteristics of minorities that are distinct from other population groups living with them in the state, and ensure the exercise of the rights that derive from them, from religious rights, linguistic rights and participation and interaction in Cultural and public life in the country. Although these rights are individual, they can only be exercised collectively.
 Iraq has an enormous diversity in the presence of minorities of religious, linguistic and ethnic nationalities in its social fabric. Iraqi minorities are characterized by being minorities with simple or complex characteristics. Iraqi minorities are characterized by minorities with simple or complex characteristics. Because some of them have one characteristic that differs from the rest of the population such as the black-skinned minority, while there are minorities that differ from others more than the characteristics such as Christian minorities of the Assyrians, they combine nationalism with religion.
 The Iraqi constitutions stand different positions on the collective rights of minorities. In the monarchy, the Iraqi Basic Law of 1925 stipulated the majority of these rights, whether explicit or implicit whereas the Constitutions of the Republican era prior to 2003, the reference to these rights included only a general and implicit reference.
 Whereas, after 2003, the Transitional Administrative Law of 2004 and the Iraqi Constitution of 2005 ensured all the collective rights of minorities, but sometimes they were expressed in vague and vague terms, or restricted to certain minorities.
 As a result, this right is violated and violated by the discretionary power of the House of Representatives, which need to be amended in such a way as to guarantee these rights in a more specific and comprehensive manner.

The collective rights of minorities in The Iraqi constitutions

The rights of minorities are of little interest in the international community, especially their collective rights. Therefore, states are keen to include these rights in their constitutions to ensure that these rights are regulated under their provisions in their ordinary legislation.
 The importance of regulating the collective rights of minorities in constitutions is that they ensure the preservation of the natural characteristics of minorities that are distinct from other population groups living with them in the state, and ensure the exercise of the rights that derive from them, from religious rights, linguistic rights and participation and interaction in Cultural and public life in the country. Although these rights are individual, they can only be exercised collectively.
 Iraq has an enormous diversity in the presence of minorities of religious, linguistic and ethnic nationalities in its social fabric. Iraqi minorities are characterized by being minorities with simple or complex characteristics. Iraqi minorities are characterized by minorities with simple or complex characteristics. Because some of them have one characteristic that differs from the rest of the population such as the black-skinned minority, while there are minorities that differ from others more than the characteristics such as Christian minorities of the Assyrians, they combine nationalism with religion.
 The Iraqi constitutions stand different positions on the collective rights of minorities. In the monarchy, the Iraqi Basic Law of 1925 stipulated the majority of these rights, whether explicit or implicit whereas the Constitutions of the Republican era prior to 2003, the reference to these rights included only a general and implicit reference.
 Whereas, after 2003, the Transitional Administrative Law of 2004 and the Iraqi Constitution of 2005 ensured all the collective rights of minorities, but sometimes they were expressed in vague and vague terms, or restricted to certain minorities.
 As a result, this right is violated and violated by the discretionary power of the House of Representatives, which need to be amended in such a way as to guarantee these rights in a more specific and comprehensive manner.

КОМБИНИРОВАННЫЙ РЕГУЛЯТОР СИСТЕМЫ С НЕЯВНЫМ ЭТАЛОНОМ ДЛЯ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ ПО ВЫХОДУ СТРУКТУРНО НЕОПРЕДЕЛЕННЫМ НЕАФФИННЫМ ОБЪЕКТОМ С НЕИЗВЕСТНЫМ ЗАПАЗДЫВАНИЕМ ПО СОСТОЯНИЮ

We study the problem of controlling the output of a non-affine plant with a state delay, the mathemati-cal model of which is structurally and parametrically a priori uncertain. Within the framework of ap-plying the hyperstability criterion and L-dissipativity conditions, as well as using an implicit reference model and filter correctors in the control system, we consider the use of a combined controller with minimal structural complexity, but ensuring the achievement of the set control goal in a given class of non-affine objects with an unknown state delay.

Apperception and Pre-Reflective Self-Consciousness in Kant

Kant points to two forms of self-consciousness: the inner sense (empirical apperception) grounded in a sensory form of self-awareness and transcendental apperception. The aim of this paper is to show that a sophisticated notion of basic self-consciousness, which contains a pre-reflective self-consciousness as its first level, is provided by the notion of transcendental apperception. The necessity for a pre-reflective self-consciousness has been pointed out in phenomenological literature. According to this account, every self-ascription of any property implies a more fundamental form of self-consciousness, i.e., a kind of immediate familiarity with oneself. This pre-reflective self-consciousness is a non-relational and non-identificational form of self-consciousness and concerns an immediate acquaintance of the subject with itself. In the specific terms of transcendentalism every thought contains an implicit reference to a first-personal “givenness” or a sense of “mineness” that articulates a non-relational and non-identificational form of a pre-reflective model of self-consciousness.

Putting equity into practice in the global stocktake under the Paris Agreement

ABSTRACT Equity has started to be put into practice in the global stocktake (GST), a key process in implementing the Paris Agreement. The Paris rulebook specifies inputs and modalities for the GST, explicitly referring to equity or fairness in seven places, with an important additional implicit reference. This paper illustrates how equity is part of information collected, considered by experts during technical assessment and captured in outputs of all components of the GST. Consequently, equity will be part of the outcome of the GST, which will inform countries as they consider their next nationally determined contributions (NDCs). Fairness in NDCs is a key way of including equity in the Paris Agreement, and a critical input into the GST. Equity is salient to all themes of the GST – mitigation, adaptation and means of implementation and support, as well loss and damage, and response measures. On each of these, the paper suggests overarching questions, modalities and inputs relating to equity that could be used in future. The analysis suggests that more equitable outcomes can be achieved, thereby enabling ambition. Key policy insights Equity has started to be put into practice in inputs and modalities of the global stocktake. The Paris rulebook includes equity across all its components: inputs, assessment and consideration of outputs. Critical inputs on equity for the GST include fairness considerations in NDCs, voluntary submissions by Parties and IPCC reports. Consideration of equity in the GST process can lead to more equitable outcomes, enabling stronger collective ambition. Starting to put equity into practice in the global stocktake under the Paris Agreement

Absolute band alignment at semiconductor-water interfaces using explicit and implicit descriptions for liquid water

Quantum mechanical simulations that include the effects of the liquid environment are highly relevant for the characterization of solid-liquid interfaces, which is crucial for the design of a wide range of devices. In this work we present a rigorous and systematic study of the band alignment of semiconductors in aqueous solutions by contrasting a range of hybrid explicit/implicit models against explicit atomistic simulations based on density-functional theory. We find that consistent results are obtained provided that the first solvation shell is treated explicitly. Interestingly, the first molecular layer of explicit water is only relevant for the pristine surfaces without dissociatively adsorbed water, hinting at the importance of saturating the surface with quantum mechanical bonds. By referencing the averaged electrostatic potentials of explicit and implicit water against vacuum, we provide absolute alignments, finding maximal differences of only sim 0.1–0.2 V. Furthermore, the implicit reference potential is shown to exhibit an intrinsic offset of −0.33 V with respect to vacuum, which is traced back to the absence of an explicit water surface in the implicit model. These results pave the way for accurate simulations of solid-liquid interfaces using minimalistic explicit/implicit models.

What Was So New about the New Story? Modernist Realism in the Hindi Nayī Kahānī

AbstractThis essay examines the Hindi Nayī Kahānī, or New Story, Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, which was influential for the short stories, criticism, and literary history that its writers produced. Incorporating a view toward the larger “metaliterary” corpus in relation to which properly “literary” nayī kahānī texts were written, the essay shows how the movement inaugurated a modernist realism characterized by attention to genre, rhetoric, and style on one hand, and commitment to social reality on the other. Combining rhetorical strategies—such as shifting narrative voice, allegorical descriptions of landscape, and implicit reference to authorship and the condition of postcolonial literary production—with structural and thematic tensions between form and content, this mode developed an interchangeability between author, reader, and character, which did not previously exist in Hindi literature and which reconfigured the category of the middle class in the universally recognizable terms of alienation. Using the case of the nayī kahānī, the essay offers a new literary historical approach that moves beyond sweeping accounts of a single postcolonial mode to attend to regional realisms and modernisms.

South Korea’s collective memory of past human rights abuses

Embedded in transitional justice processes is an implicit reference to the production of collective memory and history. This article aims to study how memory initiatives become a crucial component of truth-seeking and reparations processes. The article examines South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the creation of collective memory through symbolic reparations of history revision in education. The South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended a set of symbolic reparations to the state, including history rectification reflective of the truth on human rights violations. Using political discourse analysis, this study compares the South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report to the 2016 national history textbook. The article finds that the language of human rights in state sponsored history revisions contests the findings of the truth commission. And in doing so, this analysis argues for the need to reevaluate the government-initiated memory politics even in a democratic state that instituted numerous truth commissions and prosecuted former heads of state.

Sexual consent in K–12 sex education: an analysis of current health education standards in the United States

ABSTRACTIn the USA, universities have recently developed policies and programmes on sexual consent education. But waiting until students enroll in higher education may be too late to begin this work. To examine the extent that K–12 health education standards promote sexual consent education, we conducted a pilot study and found that only two of eighteen states explicitly mentioned sexual consent in their health education standards. Using a small sample (n = 4 states), we then identified four themes as making implicit reference to sexual consent: communication skills, decision making, personal space and interpersonal relationships. Finally, in a robust sample (n = 18 states), we conducted a content analysis of published standards regarding these themes related to sexual consent. Our analysis suggests that sexual consent is likely not discussed in sex education at K–12 schools. We recommend the more explicit inclusion of sexual consent in health education curricula via the identified themes that already exist in most or all standards, emphasising the importance of teaching young people about the nuances of sexual consent and its communication before they become sexually active.

How price path characteristics shape investment behavior

Price paths are often the only graphical representation of financial products investors receive before making an investment decision. We argue that price paths serve as ”graphical” frames that influence the perceived attractiveness of an asset by highlighting specific asset characteristics. In a controlled lab experiment we find that price paths have an impact on investment decisions. In a regression we test a simple model relating the perception of price path shapes to several heuristics. These heuristics are: focusing on more recent outcomes, deriving implicit reference prices from focal prices, focusing on losses, and estimating risk from the amplitude of the path. We conclude that investment decisions are systematically biased due to the shape of an asset’s price path.

Constrained control of free piston engine generator based on implicit reference governor

The free piston engine generator (FPEG) is a novel power plant concept for series hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) that requires reliable control to regulate piston motion and guarantee safe operation during load transitions. This paper focuses on the control and constraint enforcement in a FPEG using a reference governor.A discrete, implicit, control oriented model describing the piston motion in a two-stroke two-cylinder FPEG at the turnaround point is derived based on energy balance and a feedback controller is designed to track the desired turnaround position by regulating fuel. An implicit reference governor is developed to guarantee safe piston motion by managing the load transitions. Thereference governor utilizes Newtons method applied to an implicitnonlinear model for response predictionand a bisection search algorithm to enforce the constraints for all the future time instants byadjusting the reference command. Additionally, the error in applying one iteration of Newtons method in predictingthe response of the implicit nonlinear system is estimated and accounted for in constraint tightening to guarantee that constraints are robustly enforced. The simulation results show that the feedback control scheme incorporating the developed implicit reference governor can effectively enforce the prescribed constraints during load transition.

Conceptual Blending Analysis of Diangu (典故 Classic Allusions) As Metaphor in A Dream of Red Mansions

This paper studies the use of Diangu (典故) in Chinese poetry. Diangu (典故) refers to ancient events or stories quoted in poems and words with literary origins (Modern Chinese Dictionary 2012: 290). However, the Western allusion refers to an implicit reference, perhaps to another work of literature or art or to a person or an event; it is often a kind of appeal for a reader to share some experience with the writer; an allusion may enrich the work by association (q.v.) and give it depth (Cuddon 2013: 25). Thus, the concepts of "Diangu (典故)" and "allusion" do not correspond exactly, because the semantic range of the two words are not the same. In order to show the difference, we use the term “Classic Allusion” to refer the Chinese word "Diangu (典故)". From the cognitive linguistic perspective, Diangu (典故) in Chinese poetry is a category of metaphor (Ji Guangmao 1998 & Bai Minjun 2004 & Zhong Lingli 2009 & Li Pengfei 2010 & Zhang Guowei 2011). Its essence is to use the stories or events that have taken place in history to metaphorize events or people in the present. There are similarities or correlations between these historical events or stories and the events or people in present which form crossdomain projections, and form poetic metaphors based on conceptual blending mechanism, expressing the corresponding metaphorical meaning and emotions. The Diangu (典故) involve both the past (historical events or stories) and present (the present events or people). The “historical events or stories” and the “present events or people” have certain similarities or correlations; both of the mental spaces of the past and present share a same organizational framework. Accordingly, the conceptual blending network of Diangu (典故) belongs to mirror networks. Furthermore, using conceptual blending theory to analyze the internal structure of Diangu (典故) can make readers understand the nature of “Diangu (典故)” more clearly.

IS THERE ANY AGILITY IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING?

ABSTRACTIndustry employs agile methods more widely, mainly in software development companies. This paper tackles the point of transferring agile methods from software to systems engineering, which raises several questions: Is the transfer immediate, and if not, what are the difficulties? Does the agility refer to the product, the processes, or the project? Do systems engineering standards promote or suggest a kind of agility? Among this panel of questions, a first natural step consists of analyzing if systems engineering standards and guides already include agility in the practices they recommend and what kind of agility. The paper thus focuses on the analysis of one of the most famous current systems engineering standards, the ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 (2015), with the goal to detect any explicit or implicit reference to agility in this document.Agile methods are beginning to spread in industry; these methods are mainly used in companies whose business is software development. Fields like systems engineering are contemplating these methods to manage the systems engineering technical processes and to lead projects in complex systems development, but some issues must be overcome before implementing such approaches in this domain. Agile methods really emerged with the dissemination of the Agile Manifesto in 2001; however, this document does not give any formal definition of the agile concept, and is clearly focused on software engineering. This paper thus tackles the point of transferring agile methods from software to systems engineering, that includes several questions: Is the transfer immediate? What are the difficulties? Does the agility refer to the product, the processes, or the project? Do systems engineering standards already implicitly consider a kind of agility? Among this panel of questions, a first natural step consists in asking if systems engineering standards and guides would already include any form of agility in the practices they recommend? This paper focuses on the analysis of one of the most famous current systems engineering standards, the ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 (2015), with the goal to detect any explicit or implicit reference to agility in this document.