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Discorso inaugurale della Magnifica Rettrice
Anno accademico 2022-2023
Authors: Lippiello Tiziana
Published: November 2023

Our university, founded in 1868, is 155 years old. I often recall the birth of Ca’ Foscari, and in doing so each time I think of how far-sighted, modern and groundbreaking the ideas of its founders, Luigi Luzzatti, Edoardo Deodati and Francesco Ferrara, were. Our identity today is still the same as it was two centuries ago, albeit with due and inevitable changes: we are a university open to the world, strongly oriented towards international relations and interdisciplinarity. From the very beginning, alongside economics and commerce, we studied diplomatic sciences and the languages of Europe, the Near and Middle East and Asia. The future comes from afar: innovation is inscribed in our tradition. As the great French politician, intellectual and pacifist Jean Jaurès said, “tradition is not about preserving ashes but about keeping a flame alive”.
Über den weiblichen Masochismus oder Kate Bush in Wuthering Heights
Authors: Jacke Andreas
Published: November 2023

Der Text interpretiert den ersten Hit von Kate Bush Wuthering Heights unter Einbeziehung der literarischen Vorlage. Dabei liefert er zugleich eine Auseinandersetzung mit der weiblichen Sozialisation und dem weiblichen Masochismus aus dem Blickwinkel der Psychoanalyse.
»Common Ground«-Debatten statt Vereinheitlichung
Authors: List Eveline
Published: November 2023

Der Beitrag weist auf eine Verbindung von Theorieentwicklung und Wissenschaftspolitik der Psychoanalyse seit Beginn ihrer Institutionalisierung. Freuds Streben, seine Lehre in einem durchaus unfreundlichen Umfeld als anerkannte (Natur)Wissenschaft zu etablieren, führte zunächst zu Vereinheitlichungstendenzen und Kritikintoleranz innerhalb der IPA, aber mit zunehmender geografischer und inhaltlicher Expansion doch zu starker theoretischer Diversifizierungund dies angesichts des nie geklärten Wissenschaftsstatus der Psychoanalyse und dem institutionshistorischen Erbe unzureichender Diskussionskultur. Die Autorin versteht die Psychoanalyse als kritische Sozialbzw. Kulturwissenschaft und verhandelt ihre Kritik an der behaupteten biologischen Fundierung der Psychoanalyse anhand der Triebund Symbolgenese.
Un-common Ground: Über die spannungsreiche Identität der Psychoanalyse
Authors: Storck Timo
Published: November 2023

Die Frage nach ihrem Common Ground beschäftigt die Psychoanalyse seit vielen Jahrzehnten. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird zunächst diskutiert, ob die Psychoanalyse, und falls ja, wozu, eine solche gemeinsame Verständigung über ihre Grundlagen braucht. Diese Frage wird im Sinne der wissenschaftlichen und berufspolitischen Auseinandersetzung, aber auch im Sinne der Kommunikation mit Patientinnen und Patienten positiv beantwortet. Daran anschließend wird erörtert, worin der Common Ground der Psychoanalyse in personaler, konzeptueller und methodischer Hinsicht besteht. Es wird im Standpunkt geendet, dass sich die Psychoanalyse (in ihrem Un-common Ground) durch die Neugier und das Vermögen auszeichnet, sich dem Unerkannten auszusetzen, sich dabei ohne Angst vor einem (dauerhaften) Selbstverlust infrage stellen zu können sowie eine Position einzunehmen und zu vertreten.
Modifikation psychoanalytischer Standardtechnik bei schwer gestörten Patienten
Authors: Köpp Werner , Kehr Gabriele
Published: November 2023

Die Psychoanalyse hat sich vor allem dadurch weiterentwickelt, dass sie nicht bei der Triebpsychologie Freuds stehen geblieben ist. Die Entwicklung der sogenannten vier Psychologien sind ein Beispiel dafür. Mithilfe der erweiterten strukturdiagnostischen Möglichkeiten und mit empirischer Forschung kann über die sinnvolle Indikationsstellung von Technikmodifikationen nachgedacht werden. Zwar steht die Deutung – vor allem die Deutung der Übertragungsszene – weiterhin im Zentrum psychoanalytischer Therapie. Bei der Behandlung schwer gestörter Patientinnen und Patienten mit der Übertragungsfokussierten Psychotherapie n. Kernberg sollte sie aber durch Unterstützung der Mentalisierungsfähigkeit vorbereitet werden, um angemessen wirksam zu werden. Anhand von zwei Fallbeispielen wird die Mentalisierungunterstützung dargestellt, wobei beim zweiten Fallbeispiel der interaktive und interaffektive Prozess die Deutung vorbereitet.
Zur Thematik unbewusster Wirkkräfte
Authors: Kriz Jürgen
Published: November 2023

Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, wie Freuds programmatisches Motto zur bewussten Aneignung unbewusster Wirkkräfte »Wo ES war, soll ICH werden« heute verstanden werden kann. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Personzentrierten Systemtheorie. Deren Unterscheidung in vier Prozessebenen (somatisch, psychisch, interpersonell und kulturell) ermöglicht auch, die Komplementarität der biosemiotischen und der symboltheoretischen Perspektive auf unsere – weitgehend unbewusste – Strukturierung von Erfahrung näher zu betrachten.
Fantasías de la Roma aeterna. Tratamientos heterocrónicos de la herencia latina en dos narraciones romanches entre la celebración nacionalista y su deconstrucción
Authors: Martin Rodriguez Mariano
Published: November 2023

La idea de Roma Aeterna se encarnó a veces (por ejemplo, sendos poemas heterocrónicos de Vasile Alecsandri y Giovanni Pascoli) en figuras y situaciones fantásticas que simbolizaban la permanencia de la civilización romana y latina entre sus descendientes modernos. Entre los romanches de Surselva, en el cantón suizo de los Grisones, un buen ejemplo de ello es «La puorpra romana» (1915), de Sep Mudest Nay. En este breve poema narrativo, la convivencia heterocrónica de dos momentos históricos distintos (la Roma antigua y la Romanchía moderna) sirve para subrayar simbólicamente lo extraordinario e incluso sobrenatural de la pervivencia lingüística de la latinidad en aquella pequeña región alpina. Años después, Ursicin G. G. Derungs utilizó el mismo procedimiento heterocrónico en su cuento «Cicero a Cuera» (1988) para desmitificar esa latinidad superviviente en Romanchía celebrada por el nacionalismo etnocultural de Nay. El informe al senado romano de una visita de Cicerón a la capital moderna de los Grisones se combina con fenómenos contemporáneos de protesta y represión, de modo que se identifican imperialismos globalizadores antiguos y modernos, y se sugiere lo inane del etnonacionalismo tradicionalista en el contexto contemporáneo.
The artistic nature in the 14th and 15th books of Galen’s On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body
Authors: Falcato Joana
Published: November 2023

In the 14th and 15th books of the galenic work On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body, dedicated to male and female reproductive organs and foetal development, the author presents nature (φύσις), the agent of the human body’s formation, as artistic and admirable, because it used an art (τέχνη) to make immortality possible, which consists in replacing one living being by another in an admirable way. Such an art is also related to a divine purpose, once nature’s action, possessing an intrinsic ability, is that of a demiurge.  So, if, on the one hand, we have an artistic and practical nature, whose activity is proved by dissection and visible in the position and function of male and female reproductive organs, on the other, we have an abstract concept of the same nature, working to perpetuate humankind, but whose deepest and more abstract problems are not to be discovered nor solved in medical works such as On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body.
In this paper I will analyse how the concepts of φύσις and τέχνη relate to each other, by developing and deepening the role of nature as an artisan regarding the formation and function of the reproductive system and foetal development and its limits as such, pointing also the different subtleties of the concept.
Precedent names and their role in creating the character of Ruth Morse in J. London’s novel “Martin Eden”
Authors: Karpukhina Tamara Petrovna , Evseeva Elizaveta Yurievna
Published: November 2023

The article investigates the precedent names in Jack London’s novel “Martin Eden” that have not been subjected to analysis in linguistic literature. The aim of the research is to study the precedent names functioning as a means of creating the character of Ruth Morse, the major heroine in the novel. The scientific originality of the research lies in identifying the axiological, appellative-associative and expressive-characterising functions of the precedent names regarding this heroine. It is the first time that the domain sources of the precedent names under analysis have been determined, including literature, music, and religion. The research findings showed that the text of the novels contains references to the poetry by A. Swinburne, A. Tennyson, R. Browning, H. Longfellow, R. Kipling, the music by R. Wagner and the Old Testament texts from the Bible when it comes to creating Ruth Morse’s character. The researchers found that the precedent names reflect the dynamic nature of the protagonist’s view and evaluation of the main heroine, changing from idealisation (a “divine ideal”) into absolutely negative. The paper shows that precedent phenomena are used as a stylistic device, i.e., charactonyms, in quotations and to create allusive references.
Functional potential of expressive language means in the English-language scientific and technical text
Authors: Varlakova Ekaterina Aleksandrovna , Spiridonova Valentina Aleksandrovna
Published: November 2023

The aim of the study is to identify expressive means in English-language texts of the scientific style, which is traditionally characterized by conciseness, logic and strict consistency of presentation. The analysis showed that expressive language means are an integral part of scientific and technical texts and also have a specific feature of functioning. The study is novel in that it is the first to determine the functional potential of expressive vocabulary use in a scientific text. English-language scientific and technical articles about mining, oil and gas industry, engineering and economics were selected for the study. As a result of the study, the frequent functions of expressiveness were revealed, they are represented mainly by lexical means with the meaning of evaluativeness, modality, persuasion, as well as special terms containing metaphors. These expressive language means have the following functional potential: 1) making the described scientific statements more convincing; 2) visualizing the results obtained; 3) promoting the research and increasing its attractiveness in the eyes of potential sponsors.
Nostalgic tonality of the source text as a translation problem (based on the material of the French translation of I. A. Bunin’s short story collection “Dark Avenues”)
Authors: Tarasova Nadezhda Ivanovna
Published: November 2023

The research aims to determine the adequacy of the techniques of rendering nostalgization means into French in I. A. Bunin’s short stories included in the collection “Dark Avenues”. Nostalgization is recognized as the leading principle of the author-individual aesthetics of Bunin’s émigré creative work, the basis of his individual style. The work is based on an approach to the literary text as a carrier of the cultural potential of the language collective, of which the author is a representative, as well as on a holistic investigation of all elements of the literary text, which allows realizing the macro-meaning of the work. The research is novel in that it is the first to examine the translation aspects of the phenomenon of nostalgization in Bunin’s texts. The paper studies the means of rendering explicit and implicit culturally relevant components of the source texts as the most obvious markers of the writer’s nostalgia. The techniques of compensation and filling in cultural background lacunae and text lacunae are revealed, some cases where the national color of the Russian texts is lost are noted. The nostalgic tonality of the source texts is also represented by the means implementing I. A. Bunin’s poetic and philosophical principle of the importance of the sensory perception of life. The rendering of these means in the French translation is characterized by a high degree of adequacy. The results show that the problem of rendering the nostalgic tonality of Bunin’s short stories was solved in the French translation within the framework of a culturally oriented translation strategy. The main technique used was compensation, which is complex in nature.
Etnobotánica médica en Artigas, Uruguay
Authors: Tabakian Gregorio
Published: November 2023

Este artículo registra saberes botánicos y médicos en el departamento de Artigas, Uruguay. La investigación se llevó a cabo entre los años 2017 y 2018. Mediante observaciones y entrevistas a diferentes actores sociales vinculados a la práctica de la medicina popular, se logró recabar información para su posterior sistematización y análisis. En Artigas fueron identificadas 142 plantas pertenecientes a 65 familias botánicas, siendo las familias Asteraceae, Myrtaceae, Fabaceae, Apiaceae y Lamiaceae las más recurrentes. De estas especies, 131 son utilizadas como medicinales. Las restantes plantas poseen otros usos etnobotánicos como ser alimentos, condimento, maderable, pintura corporal y usos indígenas. Las plantas medicinales son utilizadas principalmente para tratar afecciones del sistema digestivo (23%), sistema sensorial (13%), sistema genitourinario (12%) y sistema respiratorio (11%). La principal forma de consumo es a través de la infusión (46%) y la parte utilizada principalmente es la hoja (48%). Asimismo, fueron identificadas una gran diversidad de prácticas de la medicina popular, dando como resultado una etnomedicina caracterizada en base al uso de plantas medicinales.
Biometric Characteristics of Live Weight in Reindeer Populations of the Eastern Arctic and Subarctic
Authors: Bryzgalov G. , Ignatovich L.
Published: November 2023

Purpose: the study of biometric data on live weight and their significance for artificial selection in the population of the northern deer (Rangifertarandus L.) ..

Materials and methods. Information was used from annual reports of reindeer herding of the North of the Far East. The methods of variation statistics that are generally accepted in zootechnical research were applied. Extreme (LIM) and average values (M) of the sign, trust boundaries of the general average (M ± t ∙ m), the average square deviation (σ), the coefficient of variation (CV), the boundaries of the extreme class variation (M ± 2σ) are determined. Associations of a live mass of sexual age groups in the population of the northern deer were established by calculating the correlation coefficients (R) and rectilinear regression (B).

Results. The consolidated correlation coefficient (RSV), reflecting the level of direct linear connection of the live weight of calves with a mass of uterus and manufacturers, was ≈ 0.7, which relates to the degree of close dependence. Using the regression equation (y = a+bx) calculated the predicted average size of the live weight of young animals in the average live weight of the importance. The data allow you to establish the threshold of selection of tribal animals in order to obtain offspring with a given value of the sign. In the study, the impact on the live mass of the season, year, range, and farms is leveled. It was established that throughout the generations a living mass is a stable phenotypic sign. Biometric data on live weight, as a quantitative attitude, indirectly reflect the state and movement of group genetic information in the populations of deer of the Far North-East of Russia.
Obtaining a culture of somatic cells using tissue material from the ear of dead sheep/snow sheep hybrid
Authors: Shedova E. , Tsyndrina E.
Published: November 2023

Production and cryopreservation of somatic cells (SCs) from valuable and endangered animals allows a preservation of genetic diversity and ensuring their future reproduction. The aim of present work was to isolate SCs from the ear of unique hybrid sheep (Ovis aries) and snow sheep (Ovis nivicola borealis) post-mortem. In this purpose, enzymatic and mechanical methods of tissue preparation were compared.

Materials and Methods. Ears from deceased animal were brought to the laboratory 12 hours after the death in a pasture, and biological material was thoroughly washed under running water. The hairs were removed from the part of the ear shell by the blade. Skin fragments were treated with 70% ethyl alcohol, washed three times in a saline solution with antibiotics and ground up to small pieces. The ear pieces were washed several times in phosphate buffer saline and divided into two parts. One part of the explants started in vitro culture without enzymatic treatment (group 1), whereas another part was pre-treated with a 0.25% trypsin/EDTA solution. After trypsinization, either tissue fragments (group 2), or cell complexes separated from cell suspension fraction (group 3) were taken for in vitro culture for 9 days. Monitoring of cell colony formation and growth was carried out daily.

Results. In the group 3, cell colonies were formed on the second day of in vitro culture. In groups 1 and 2, cell growth was observed from tissue fragments after five days regardless of the treatment. On the 9th day, all the groups produced the primary cultures, represented by two types of SCs. In general, single cell complexes from the group 3 formed cell growth zones more quickly than tissue explants from the groups 1 and 2, however, final cultures of SCs and their morphological aspects were no different between the groups.

Conclusion. Methodological protocols were proposed and successfully used to obtain in vitro cultures of SCs from the ear of dead sheep/snow sheep hybrid animal, 12 hours post-mortem that may allow further storage of valuable genetic material.
Factors affecting chicken bone strength
Authors: Azovtseva A. , Dementieva N.
Published: November 2023

Purpose: to study the accumulated data on the genetic determinism of the Kostyak fortress and discuss the possibility of their use to improve poultry farming.

In both meat-type and egg-type poultry, bone strength is an important characteristic of animal welfare, on which largely depends the economic efficiency. The lack of strength is expressed by bone fragility, deformations or fractures occurring both at certain technologies of animal housing and at processing of poultry products, which is accompanied by economic losses. The quality and strength of bone tissue is formed, in addition to housing conditions, by a complex set of interactions of structural, physiological, nutritional and architectural components. The study of poultry bone strength is also complicated by reproduction peculiarities. Egg laying determines some features of osteogenesis, including medullary bone formation, which deposit calcium for eggshell formation. To date, the actual assessment of bone strength occurs postmortem, by measuring bone mineral density and breaking strength. Both methods do not allow using the evaluated animals in breeding to improve bone strength, therefore the study of genetic determinants of this trait is a relevant research task. The use of modern information analysis based on DNA technologies is a necessary step for identification of candidate genes controlling bone strength, because of their ability to increase selection efficiency in poultry. This review discusses the available results of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for bone strength in birds, as well as existing data on the relationship of bone strength with traits such as egg production and age at first lay.
Morphometric and immuno-biochemical markers of placenta in patients with uterine eclampsia
Authors: Bulatov R. , Avdeenko V.
Published: November 2023

Purpose: to study the segmentation of organometric and immuno-biochemical digital indicators in ewes with ESO at the end of gestation.

Materials and methods. The experiment involved three flocks of Tsygai, Volgograd and Stavropol breeds, each with 700 suyag sheep. Placental tissue samples were taken from clinically healthy and sick pregnant ewes, which were placed in 10% neutral formalin. Using a Cytadel 2000 histoprocessor (Shendon), the obtained samples were clarified in chloroform and enclosed in a Histomix paraffin medium (Biovitrum). Histosections were prepared on a rotary microtome (MICROM HM340E). Using the AxioScope.A1 (ZEISS) microscope, histopreparations were photographed and processed using the ZENpro 2012 (ZEISS) program. According to Schmidt and Thannhauser, the RNA content was determined using a two-wave spectrophotometer in UV. The activity of the G-6-Phase was studied by Swanson. In vacuum tubes Vacuette ™ (Austria), blood samples were taken in the morning before feeding, from the jugular vein.

Results. In sheep with eclampsia, a decrease in the total mass of the placenta, its cotiledons, as well as an increase in the length of the umbilical cord, in which stroma sclerosis is noted in the vascular wall, was observed. Small calcification foci were found in the tissues of the afterbirth, and small terminal villi are located around the stem villi near the vascular membrane, tightly adjacent to them. The proportion of syncytiotrophoblast of crypts of carbuncles and villi of the chorion of cotyledons of mature syncytium decreases in comparison with physiologically occurring severity. The content of RNA in its subcellular fractions is mainly concentrated in the microsomal fraction, 18% - in mitochondria and 7% - in the nuclear fraction. Albumins in pregnant ewes with eclampsia were reduced by 1.35 times. BASC and phagocytic activity of leukocytes in queens with eclampsia of pregnant sheep is reduced 15 days before lambing, which poses a threat to the reproductive health of the mother and the viability of newborn lambs.
Sex-specific progression of Parkinson’s disease: A longitudinal mixed-models analysis
Authors: Hanff Anne-Marie , McCrum Christopher , Rauschenberger Armin , Aguayo Gloria , Pauly Claire , Jónsdóttir Sonja R. , Tsurkalenko Olena , Zeegers Maurice , Leist Anja , Krüger Rejko
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND: Despite its relevance, the clinical progression of motor- and non-motor symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD) is poorly described and understood, particularly in relation to sex-specific differences in clinical progression.OBJECTIVES: Identification of differential aspects in disease progression in men and women with PD.METHODS: Linear mixed-model analyses of a total of 802 people with typical PD from the Luxembourg Parkinson’s study’s prospective cohort, stratified by sex. Marginal means of the outcomes stratified by sex were estimated and illustrated for the following outcomes: MDS-UPDRS I-IV, apathy, depression, global cognition, olfaction, bodily discomfort, rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder, quality of sleep, dysphagia, patient-reported functional mobility, postural instability and gait disturbances and tremor. Men and women had similar age and median time of follow-up was three years.RESULTS: We observed an overall slower progression in women compared to men. Specifically, we detected a slower progression in women for global cognition (MoCA) (-0.159, 95%CI: -0.272, -0.046, p = 0.006), quality of sleep (PDSS) (-0.716, 95%CI: -1.229, -0.203, p = 0.006), Postural Instabilities and Gait Disturbances (PIGD) (0.133, 95%CI: 0.025 0.241, p = 0.016) and patient-reported motor symptoms (MDS-UPDRS II) (0.346, 95%CI: 0.120, 0.572, p = 0.003). The findings for patient-reported motor symptoms were significant after adjustment for FWER (Bonferroni-Holm).CONCLUSION: Differential progression of symptoms in men and women with PD exists and needs to be explored further. To enhance well-being in PD, we recommend considering a sex-specific approach to managing PD symptoms.
Web Usability from Eye-Tracking Data
Authors: Gendolf Dylan
Published: November 2023

Eye-tracking research is increasingly used to supplement usability tests in both commercial and academic practice. However, while there has been research into links between eye-tracking metrics and usability problems, this has so far fallen short of establishing a general correlation scheme between the two. Consequently, practitioners are left to make subjective judgements when interpreting eye-tracking data.We address the lack of general guidance by proposing an initial correlation scheme based on data from an exploratory study which aimed to find a wide range of possible correlations between usability problems and eye-tracking patterns. User testing of two websites was conducted and a set of diverse usability problems was extracted from the data; these were then analysed and some were correlated with users eye-tracking patterns.In addition to this initial correlation scheme, a further finding from this study is that usability problems are connected to not just a single eye-tracking pattern, but to a specific sequence of patterns. This sequence of patterns seems to arise from different coping strategies that users develop when a problem is experienced.
Retrieval Practice in Free Recall: Effects of Delay, Additional Tests, and Practice Success
Authors: Mundorf Abigail Marie Dester , Uitvlugt Mitchell , Healey Karl
Published: November 2023

Testing (retrieval practice) has been widely reported to lead to better retention than restudying, especially at longer retention intervals. However, this effect has not been extensively explored in free recall. We set out to replicate the retrieval practice effect in free recall and examine the effects of both retention interval and number of tests. In Session 1, subjects studied one word list followed by either restudy or retrieval practice. At the end of Session 1, half of the subjects were tested; 24-48 hours later, all subjects returned for a final test. We found no retrieval practice effect, even after 24-48 hours. However, retrieval practice did protect against forgetting, and final test performance was higher for subjects who completed an additional test in Session 1. These findings suggest that retrieval improves memory for a subset of successfully practiced items. Retrieval practice’s benefits in free recall may depend on initial encoding success.
Estimating curvilinear time-varying treatment effects: combining g-estimation of structural nested mean models with time-varying effect models for longitudinal causal inference
Authors: Loh Wen Wei
Published: November 2023

Longitudinal designs can fortify causal inquiries of a focal predictor (i.e., treatment) on an outcome. But valid causal inferences are complicated by causal feedback between confounders and treatment over time. G-estimation of a structural nested mean model (SNMM) is designed to handle the complexities beset by measured time-varying or treatment-dependent confounding in longitudinal data. But valid inference requires correctly specifying the functional form of the SNMM, such as how the effects stay constant or change over time. In this article, we develop a g-estimation strategy for linear structural nested mean models whose causal parameters adopt the form of time-varying coefficient functions. These time-varying coefficient functions are smooth semiparametric functions of time that permit probing how the treatment effects may change curvilinearly. Further effect modification by time-invariant and time-varying covariates can be readily postulated in the SNMM to test fine-grained effect heterogeneity. We then describe a g-estimation strategy for estimating such an SNMM. We utilize the established time-varying effect model (TVEM) approach from the prevention and psychotherapy research literature for modeling flexible changes in covariate-outcome associations over time. Moreover, we exploit a known benefit of g-estimation over routine regression methods: its double robustness conferring protection against biases induced by certain forms of model misspecification. We encourage psychology researchers seeking correct causal conclusions from longitudinal data to use an SNMM with time-varying coefficient functions to assess curvilinear causal effects over time, and to use g-estimation with TVEM to resolve measured treatment-dependent confounding.
Smiling and frowning induced by facial neuromuscular electrical stimulation (fNMES) modulate felt emotion and physiology
Authors: Efthimiou Themis Nikolas , Baker Joshua , Elsenaar Arthur , Mehu Marc , Korb Sebastian
Published: November 2023

According to the Facial Feedback Hypothesis (FFH), feedback from facial muscles can initiate and modulate a person’s emotional state. However, this assumption is debated, and existing research has arguably suffered from a lack of control over which facial muscles are activated, when, to what degree, and for how long. To overcome these limitations, we carried out a pre-registered experiment recruiting 58 participants in 2023 in which we applied facial neuromuscular electrical stimulation (fNMES) to the Zygomaticus Major (ZM) and Depressor Anguli Oris (DAO) muscles for 5 seconds at 100% and 50% of the participants individual motor threshold (MT). After each trial, participants reported their emotions’ valence and arousal. Heart rate and electrodermal activity were recorded throughout. Results showed that muscle activation through fNMES, even when controlling for fNMES-induced discomfort, modulated participants’ emotional state as expected, with more positive emotions reported after stronger stimulation of the ZM than the DAO muscle. The addition of expression-congruent emotional images increased the effect. Moreover, fNMES intensity predicted arousal ratings and skin conductance responses. The finding that changes in felt emotion can be induced through brief, controlled activation of specific facial muscles is in line with the FFH and offers exciting opportunities for translational intervention.
Postpartum hemorrhage: clinical features and management in a tertiary care center of Nepal
Authors: Pradhan Malla Anagha , Acharya Swikrity , Thapa Bijay
Published: November 2023

Introduction: Obstetric haemorrhage continues to account for a substantial proportion of maternal deaths in Nepal, despite implementation of different strategies. The most common type of obstetric haemorrhage is postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), mainly primary. Understanding its burden in the health care setting was the objective of this study by assessing its prevalence, associated factors and management.
Method: This was a retrospective study conducted at Patan Academy of Health Sciences from Mar 2019 to Mar 2022. Demographic, obstetrical, medical factors and management of primary PPH was collected from medical record. Statistical analysis was done using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS-20). Results were expressed using frequencies, tables and figures.
Result: From a total 17,770 deliveries, primary PPH was seen in 84(0.47%). Most of them 49(58.3%) were multipara. The frequency and impact of PPH can be effectively reduced by reducing avoidable risk factors, especially those related to obstetric interventions as increased caesarean section rate which was 48(57.1%) among primary PPH. Other associated risk factors were induction of labor 32(38.1%), pre-existing medical diseases 32(38.1%), history of antepartum hemorrhage 15(17.9%), previous caesarean section 19(22.6%). Uterine atony 43(51.2%), abnormal placentation disorder 16(19%), genital trauma 9(10.71%), retained tissue 5(5.95%) were the leading causes of PPH. PPH in morbidly adherent placenta like placenta accreta spectrum was 8(9.5%) and placenta increta 1(1.2%). PPH was controlled by conservative management in 24(28.6%). Surgical intervention was required in 34(40.5%) including hysterectomy in 14(16.7%).
Conclusion: PPH can be minimized by extra vigilance and planned conjoined management.
Comparative Study of Drug Addiction, Alcoholism between Single Child and More than One Child in College Level Students, West Bengal
Authors: Banerjee Tarunima
Published: November 2023

In order to better understand the frequency and patterns of drug abuse and drinking among college students in West Bengal, this study will look at how family size may have an impact on these behaviours. Understanding how family factors, particularly being a single child or having siblings, may contribute to substance misuse among young adults is the driving force behind the research. We use a mixed-methods approach to collect information from a wide range of college students across West Bengal, including surveys and in-depth interviews. The role of peer pressure, the effects of familial ties, and the demographic and socioeconomic aspects connected to addiction are all examined in our study. We aim to shed light on whether being a single kid or having siblings affects college students' propensity to engage in drug addiction or alcoholism through thorough data analysis. The results of this study will improve our knowledge of addiction patterns and guide targeted treatments and policies meant to prevent and address substance usage in this demographic, thereby enhancing the wellbeing of young people in West Bengal.
Emerging Economic Opportunities for Women in India: A Comprehensive Quantitative Analysis
Authors: Maharshi Neelakshi
Published: November 2023

This study investigates the emerging economic opportunities for women in India, focusing on a sample of 180 participants. Employing convenient sampling and regression analysis, it seeks to understand the factors influencing women's economic engagement. A structured questionnaire was developed to collect quantitative data, focusing on key variables such as economic opportunities, barriers, and challenges women face in Indian economy. Moreover, entrepreneurship, technology, stem fields, financial services, online education, sustainability, policy initiatives, skill development, social enterprises, retail, and E-commerce have emerged as new-age opportunities for Women in India. These results provide valuable insights into strategies to enhance economic opportunities for women, with policy implications aimed at promoting gender equality and economic empowerment.
INFOGRAFÍA: Maternidad
Authors: Centro de Reflexión y Acción Laboral
Published: November 2023

Se presentan enseguida datos estadísticos sustantivos que se desprenden del artículo "Maternidad: derecho humano laboral después del parto", publicado en este mismo número por el Centro de Reflexión y Acción Laboral.
El acceso de los intelectuales indígenas mexicanos a la academia como una forma de contribución a la descolonización
Authors: Santana Colin Yasmani
Published: November 2023

El artículo tiene como objetivo problematizar cómo los intelectuales indígenas mexicanos han ocupado la academia como una trinchera de resistencia en la cual poco a poco están posicionando los temas que los involucran a ellos/as y a sus propias comunidades. Esta investigación se aborda desde una perspectiva etnográfica dialógica, es decir, una exploración que busca establecer un acercamiento que permita procesos de diálogo entre intelectuales indígenas, hombres y mujeres que se han formado académicamente, en su mayoría en el campo de las ciencias sociales y las humanidades, y que mantienen un compromiso con las comunidades indígenas. Se encontró que el acceso a la universidad y, en particular, el uso de la escritura académica ha posibilitado, en palabras de los propios intelectuales indígenas, encaminarse hacia procesos de descolonización en los cuales reivindican la propia cosmovisión de sus comunidades.
The influence of sports dance classes on the level of physical health of children 11-12 years old
Authors: Brychuk Mаriia , Diedukh Maryna , Yefanova Valentyna , Diadiuk Daryna
Published: November 2023

The article assesses the level of physical health of children aged 11-12 years who attend sports dance classes. It also shows the dynamics that took place during the classes. We emphasize that sports dance classes include a wide range of exercises aimed at the development of various physical qualities, and as our research has shown, it also improves the level of health. By performing dance movements, children help strengthen the muscles of the legs, arms, and trunk, as well as the development of motor skills. At the end of the study, there were students with a high level of physical health, 12-year-old boys have a higher level of health - 25%, and 11-year-old boys - 16.7%. The system of physical education is one of the important tools for improving the physical health of children aged 11-12, which is aimed at developing such values in children as love for active movement, a healthy lifestyle, the importance of physical activity for health, and the formation of children's motivation to play sports. Physical exercises help children strengthen muscles, bones, heart, improve posture, develop coordination of movements, and cope with stress and anxiety. For this, it is important that physical exercises are interesting and exciting for children. It is also important for parents and teachers to set an example for a healthy lifestyle. If parents lead a sedentary lifestyle, it is unlikely that their children will be interested in sports. Therefore, to improve the physical health of children 11-12 years old, joint work of the physical education system, parents and teachers is necessary.
Use of jiu-jitsu tools in healthy fitness directions with primary and second mature women
Authors: Golenkova Yuliia , Isichko Hanna
Published: November 2023

The work examines the influence of the health-improving direction of fitness with elements of jiu-jitsu on indicators of physical fitness and on functional indicators of women of the first and second mature age, with the help of a developed set of exercises. The purpose is to experimentally prove the effectiveness of using jiu-jitsu elements in health-related fitness areas with elements of martial arts with women of the first and second mature age.

The research was conducted based on the Foxschool Sports Club, Kharkiv. Two groups (control - CG, and experimental - EG), 10 women in each, aged 25-50, participated in the study. Training was held three times a week, lasting 60 minutes. The results of tests on physical fitness and functional state before the experiment revealed that there are no significant differences in the condition of women, that is, the groups are identical. The results of testing after the experiment showed an improvement in the indicators of CG women, compared to the initial ones, but they turned out to be reliable only for three indicators out of nine. Instead, the results of the final tests in EG showed an improvement in many indicators, compared to the initial ones. Seven indicators out of nine turned out to be reliable. To confirm the effectiveness of the complex with jiu-jitsu elements, we used calculations using mathematical statistics, namely the calculation of Student's t-criterion.

It was found that the proposed set of exercises has a positive effect on the physical and functional condition of women. According to the obtained results, there was a tendency to increase the average indicators of physical and functional condition in the studied groups.
Approbation of the program of formation of parents' readiness to organize the system of physical development of preschoolers in the conditions of martial law
Authors: Zamrozevych-Shadrina Svitlana , Khatsaiuk Oxana , Tytovych Andrii , Holovchenko Oleksii , Hazaiev Valerii , Mahula Oleksandr
Published: November 2023

In the process of research and analytical work by the members of the research group, it was established that insufficient number of scientific papers are devoted to the urgent issue of forming the readiness of parents to organize activities for the comprehensive, harmonious and physical development of preschoolers in the conditions of martial law. This emphasizes the relevance, timeliness and practical component of the chosen direction of scientific research. In turn, the developed competencies of parents of preschoolers in the future will ensure a high-quality and effective organization of the system of physical development of children of the studied category in accordance with modern scientific concepts of comprehensive and harmonious personality development.

The main goal of the study is the adjustment and approval of the experimental program for the formation of the readiness of parents to organize the system of physical development of preschoolers in the conditions of martial law. Research methods: abstraction, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, modeling, mathematical and statistical (correlation analysis, factor analysis, scaling).

As a result of the empirical study, the members of the research group adjusted and approved the experimental program for the formation of parents' readiness to organize the system of physical development of preschoolers in the conditions of martial law. Prospects for further research in the chosen direction of scientific intelligence include the development of a program of physical and harmonious development of junior schoolchildren under martial law.
Some historical aspects for introduction of the doping statistics
Authors: Mudryk Serhii , Klish Iryna , Kosynskyi Eduard , Chyzh Anatolii , Buhaichuk Nazar
Published: November 2023

The relevance of the investigation consists in the interest in the doping development during holding competitions in different historical times. Efforts, aspiration and intention to win somebody in something (mostly in speed, strength and agility) led to searching, production, usage and spread of stimulant drugs for their using in competitive matches to raise the image and status in the social environment. Aim of the research consists in the introduction and implementation of statistics of usage by sportsmen of stimulant drugs in the history of competitive matches of different ranks. Results of the research. Doping history developed alongside with the history of competitive matches. The athletes' attempts to outdo their rivals caused the search of external means and their utilisation for the sportsmen' own bodily use to get the possibility making superhuman efforts for achieving the set goal. Over time pharmacology interfered to the world gaming culture. Production and spreading of stimulant drugs of physical capacity for their own financial enrichment were the main aim of some pharmaceutical companies. In the modern sports - and game history more than 200 sportsmen passed away because of doping, more sportsmen were discqualified from participation in contests for two years, and after repeated use they got lifelong disqualification. For fight against stimulant drugs five groups of forbidden drugs and also forbidden methods were distinguished by the World anti-doping agency. Conclusions. Big game cannot do without stimulants. Many specialists say, that in sports training still there are unused reserves which enable sportsmen show record results. But functional abilities of the organism have a certain limit, which is difficult to jump over without doping.
Influence of high-intensity interval training on the level of development of cadets’ physical qualities
Authors: Yahodzinskyi V. P. , Ivanov S. V. , Slivinskyi Ya. S. , Honcharuk A. V. , Sydorchuk V. V. , Romanchenko D. Yu. , Vorok S. S. , Kozlov S. V.
Published: November 2023

The article examines the influence of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on the level of development of physical qualities of cadets, i.e. future officers of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The study was conducted at the Odesa Military Academy in 2022-2023. 60 male cadets took part in the study. Two groups were formed: EG (n=30), whose cadets were engaged in HIIT, and CG (n=30), whose cadets were engaged in current forms of physical training. Research methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of literature sources, pedagogical observation, pedagogical testing, the methods of mathematical statistics. The level of cadets’ physical qualities development of was assessed based on the results of their performance of the following physical exercises: 100 m run, pull-ups on the crossbar, power lifting on the crossbar, push-ups on the parallel bars, 3 km run. The positive influence of HIIT on the level and dynamics of the development of physical qualities of paratrooper cadets has been established. At the end of the experiment, the results of EG cadets in most of the studied exercises turned out to be significantly better than those of CG cadets. The most pronounced influence of HIIT was found on the level of development of strength qualities and endurance of cadets: the difference between the results of EG and CG cadets at the end of the experiment in pull-ups on the crossbar is 2.7 times, in power lifting on the crossbar – 2.1 times, in push-ups on the parallel bars – 5.1 times, in the 3 km run - 20.2 s. The obtained results confirm the effectiveness of HIIT in modern conditions of training of future specialists of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The high level of development of the physical qualities of paratrooper cadets will ensure the formation of their physical readiness to perform tasks as assigned in the future.
Concentración escolar extranjera en establecimientos educacionales públicos chilenos: la mirada desde el equipo de profesores directivos y docentes
Authors: Mendoza-Mendoza Ilsa
Published: November 2023

The aim of this article is to investigate the perceptions and explanations surrounding the enrollment of foreign students, as articulated by the team of head teachers and teachers in two public educational institutions located in the Metropolitan Region. A qualitative methodology was used through the application of semi-structured interviews, revealing that explanations often attribute the presence of foreign students to the natural distribution of the foreign population. However, it became apparent that strategic processes, initiated by different representatives of educational institutions underlie these explanations. The study also highlights the need for the Chilean school system to implement policies promoting cultural diversity. This includes ensuring the recognition of linguistic plurality by incorporating the teaching of mother tongues, acknowledging identity diversity through acceptance of distinctive cultural aspects in the school curriculum, institutional practices, and initial and continuous teacher training. Overall, the findings underscore the imperative for comprehensive measures to embrace and celebrate cultural diversity within the educational framework.
Media's Role in Women Empowerment: A Critical Evaluation of Pakistani Movie Aik Thei Marium
Authors: Tabassum Aleesha , Khan Muhammad Akbar , Abbas Ali
Published: November 2023

This research article investigates the role of media, particularly through tees of film, in promoting women’s empowerment. The paper focuses on the critically acclaimed Pakistani movie, Aik Thi Marium, which tells the inspiring story of Marium Mukhtar who was first Pakistani fighting pilot. The analysis was done keeping in view the ideas of Fairclough called three-dimensional model (1989). This movie shows the Women Empowerment in Pakistani society i.e., on social attitudes, individual empowerment, and gender stereotypes. This research aims to shed light on the significance of media platforms to challenge societal norms, empower women, and contribute to broader gender equality initiatives.
How Pakistani Dramas Portray Women: The Comparison between ARY and HUM TV
Authors: Siddique Rahat , Bhatti Muhammad Ahsan , Ali Riasat
Published: November 2023

This research consisted of the portrayal of women in Pakistani dramas and a comparison between two private TV channels ARY and HUM. The quantitative content analysis was used to check the portrayal of women currently in dramas. The researcher applied a purposive sampling technique and framing theory was used to conduct this research. The media industry plays a vital job as exposition, entertainment, and monitoring are strong gadgets of it. This study makes an effort to determine whether women are melodramatised and played down in Pakistani dramas. In accordance with Gallagher (1981) media display women's character as narrow and limited to home and family, mainly women are identified as dreamers, energetic and imaginary stuff in broadcasting. Findings show that ARY TV mostly represented women as passive, domestic, and materialistic whereas HUM TV displayed women as proud, objectified, professional and dehumanize.