Background: Clinical experience of manual therapy for musculoskeletal pain is that patients often suffer from recurrent pain and disorders, but that they do not continue to perform their physical home exercises when they are free from symptoms. The chance of positive long-term effects of manual therapy would probably increase if patients were reminded that they are to continue to perform their exercises. Mobile phone text messaging (short messaging service, SMS) is increasingly used as an innovative intervention to remind patient to exercise. However, there are only a few studies on such interventions in the field of low back pain (LBP). Qualitative studies of patients' experiences of receiving text messages as reminders of home exercises after manual treatment for recurrent LBP have to the best of our knowledge never been published.
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore older persons' common experiences of receiving reminders of home exercises through mobile phone text messaging after specialized manual therapy for recurrent LBP.
Methods: A total of 7 men and 8 women (67-86 years), who had sought specialized manual therapy (Naprapathic manual therapy) for recurrent LBP were included in the study. Individual one-way text messages as reminders of home exercises (to be performed on a daily basis) were sent to each patient every third day for 3 weeks, then once a week for another 2 weeks. Semistructured interviews with 2 broad, open-ended questions were held and data were analyzed with systematic text condensation, based on Giorgi's principles of psychological phenomenological analysis.
The L-1B classification is reserved for certain persons having specialized knowledge and, in the case of persons seeking L-1B classification under an approved blanket petition specialized knowledge professionals.[1]
The beneficiary has at least 1 continuous year of employment abroad in a managerial, executive, or specialized knowledge capacity with the petitioning employer or any qualifying organization (collectively referred to as the petitioning organization) within the preceding 3 years. If the beneficiary will be located primarily at the workplace of an unaffiliated company, the petitioner also must establish that the beneficiary is eligible for L-1B classification under the requirements of the Visa Reform Act.[2]
The presence of one or more of these (or similar) factors, when assessed in the totality of the circumstances, may be sufficient to establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, that a beneficiary has specialized knowledge. As noted above, this list of factors is meant to be illustrative, not exhaustive, and it does not impose requirements that a petitioner must meet.
One of the several factors that may be considered in determining whether knowledge is specialized is the amount and type of training, work experience, or education required to develop that knowledge.[4] Knowledge generally may not be considered special or advanced if it is commonly held, lacks some complexity, or can be easily imparted from one person to another.
On the other hand, knowledge generally may be considered specialized if a petitioner can demonstrate through credible and relevant evidence that the knowledge possessed by the beneficiary would be difficult to impart to another person without significant economic cost or inconvenience to the petitioning organization.[5]
Depending on the totality of the circumstances, significant economic cost or inconvenience may be a relevant factor. However, USCIS does not require a petitioner to establish significant economic cost or inconvenience if it can otherwise establish specialized knowledge.
Although a petitioner may provide evidence that knowledge is proprietary or unique in support of its claim that the knowledge is also special or advanced, and therefore specialized, the L-1B classification does not require such a finding.
The beneficiary may have acquired specialized knowledge while working for the foreign organization either in a specialized knowledge, executive, or managerial capacity. The petitioner bears the burden to show that the beneficiary has the required specialized knowledge at the time of filing.
For example, the beneficiary may have characteristics that make him or her eligible as a nonimmigrant specialized knowledge worker (L-1B) and a nonimmigrant specialty occupation worker (H-1B). Similarly, a beneficiary may qualify for L-1B nonimmigrant status while at the same time possessing the extraordinary ability or achievement necessary for O-1 nonimmigrant status. Possession of such dual qualifications does not render the beneficiary ineligible for either classification. Officers should only consider the requirements for the classification sought in the petition, without considering eligibility requirements for other classifications.
The number of non-affiliated worksite locations where the beneficiary might be stationed, by itself, is not relevant; what is relevant is the location where the beneficiary will be employed as specified in the underlying petition. To remain eligible for L-1B classification, any beneficiary with specialized knowledge who will be stationed primarily at the worksite of another employer must:
Be provided in connection with an exchange of products or services between the petitioning employer and the unaffiliated employer for which specialized knowledge specific to the petitioning employer is necessary, as opposed to an arrangement that is essentially to provide labor for hire to the unaffiliated employer.[11]
A beneficiary is ineligible for L classification if the placement at the unaffiliated worksite is essentially an arrangement to provide labor for hire for the unaffiliated employer rather than a placement in connection with the provision of a product or service for which specialized knowledge specific to the petitioning employer is necessary.
On the other hand, if the petitioner is primarily engaged in providing a specialized service, and typically sends its specialized knowledge personnel on projects located on the work site of its unaffiliated clients to perform such services, then, assuming the beneficiary remains under the principal control and supervision of the petitioning employer, and otherwise meets the basic requirements for L classification, the beneficiary would not be subject to the bar. In such cases, the petitioning employer must show they retain ultimate authority over the L-1B beneficiary, and the L-1B beneficiary must provide a product or service to the offsite employer for which specialized knowledge specific to the petitioner is necessary.
[^ 1] For the definition of L-1 specialized knowledge professional, see INA 214(c)(2)(B), 8 CFR 214.2(l)(1)(ii)(D), and 8 CFR 214.2(l)(1)(ii)(E). For the definition of specialized knowledge, see Chapter 6, Key Concepts, Section E, Specialized Knowledge [2 USCIS-PM L.6(E)].
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The fact that police abuse remains a significant problem does not mean there has been no progress. In communities all across the United States people have organized to bring about change, and some of the most successful strategies are described in this manual, now in its 3rd printing.
Rather, it arose out of our realization that, ultimately, it will take a strong and sustained effort by community groups to bring about real and lasting reform. And it is to those efforts that this manual is dedicated.
C. Official Policies. Your police department has a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) manual (it may have another title) that contains the official policies of the department. The SOP manual is a public document and should be readily available. Some departments place current copies in local libraries.
D. Lawsuits. Lawsuits brought against police departments are matters of public record. Records of suits brought in state courts reside at your local state courthouse; of suits brought in federal district court, at the nearest federal courthouse. The Lexis computer database is a source of published opinions in civilian suits brought against the police. However, collecting information from any of these sources is a very laborious task. It's better to contact your local ACLU affiliate and/or other relevant public interest groups, which may have done most of the work for you. In the back of this manual, find the name and address of your local ACLU and other organizations.
We hope the information and advice contained in this manual inspires and equips your community to effectively tackle the problem of police misconduct from the grass roots up. Reform of police practices is in the best interests of every American, including the men and women in blue.
The least specialized major mode is called Fundamental mode.This mode has no mode-specific redefinitions or variable settings, sothat each Emacs command behaves in its most general manner, and eachuser option variable is in its default state.
For editing text of a specific type that Emacs knows about, such asLisp code or English text, you typically use a more specialized majormode, such as Lisp mode or Text mode. Most major modes fall intothree major groups. The first group contains modes for normal text,either plain or with mark-up. It includes Text mode, HTML mode, SGMLmode, TeX mode and Outline mode. The second group contains modesfor specific programming languages. These include Lisp mode (whichhas several variants), C mode, Fortran mode, and others. The thirdgroup consists of major modes that are not associated directly withfiles; they are used in buffers created for specific purposes byEmacs. Examples include Dired mode for buffers made by Dired(see Dired, the Directory Editor), Message mode for buffers made by C-x m(see Sending Mail), and Shell mode for buffers used to communicatewith an inferior shell process (see Interactive Subshell). 2ff7e9595c
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