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Reversing the Panopticon: On Narrative Therapy and Its Place in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Authors: Buys Megan
Published: March 2023

With eating disorder treatment options gaining traction in Australia due to increased government funding for dietician and counselling sessions, psychotherapists and psychologists /are called to position themselves as an authoritative force within the therapeutic space. The current paper rejects this notion and uses personal and professional reflection on eating disorder treatment to suggest narrative therapy as a primary treatment option for eating disorders. Narrative therapy upholds collaboration between client and counsellor, rather than the clinician exalting an expert position. Its principles allow the client to centre themselves as the author of, and protagonist within, their life. Further, narrative therapy offers a dismantling of dominant discourse that may sustain limiting descriptions of the client and thereby discount the complexity and intersectionality of an individual’s life and identity. Through the narrative therapy tool of therapeutic letter writing, the author—a psychotherapist herself—tracks her experience of, and recovery from, anorexia and bulimia as a process of reversing the panopticon that is often sustained by the contemporary health care sphere.
The Adverse Effects of Burnout and Compassion Fatigue Among Mental Health Practitioners: Self-care Strategies for Prevention and Mitigation
Authors: Salameh Natalie
Published: March 2023

Over the years, a body of empiricism and conceptual frameworks has burgeoned related to the emotional toll often exacted on mental health practitioners engaged in the helping field—an emotional toll often denoted as burnout and compassion fatigue. This article delineates the concepts of burnout and compassion fatigue and their adverse, often catastrophic, effects on mental health practitioners’ personal and professional functioning when left unaddressed. The article also highlights the more recent research relating to the changes and challenges brought about by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and its exacerbation of burnout and compassion fatigue among mental health practitioners. Finally, the article highlights practical, empirically validated, and efficacious self-care strategies for individual practitioners and organisations to utilise in preventing and mitigating the adverse effects of burnout and compassion fatigue. The latter are: walking or other forms of exercise; engaging regularly in mindfulness and meditation practices; seeking support from family and friends; engaging in pleasurable activities, such as taking a holiday and socialising; and personal psychotherapy. The top five best practice strategies for office/practice managers are: instituting reasonable working hours and caseloads for mental health practitioners; optimising working spaces and consulting rooms; providing adequate break times throughout the working day; providing ample opportunities for peer support, clinical supervision, and other debriefing initiatives; and facilitating occasional team-building and wellbeing days.
Online Couple Therapy: Reflections From Reluctant Converts
Authors: Beets Nic , Thom Verity
Published: March 2023

We are two seasoned couple therapists reflecting on our experience of being abruptly forced by the COVID-19 crises to shift from in-person to online couple therapy. In this article, we offer our subjective view of the relative merits of the two formats, with an emphasis on the unexpected benefits to both client and therapist of doing couple therapy online. We also offer some suggestions for making couple therapy work well online, based on our clinical experience.
Resisting the “Attachment Disruption” of Colonisation Through Decolonising Therapeutic Praxis: Finding Our Way Back to the Homelands Within
Authors: Dupuis-Rossi Riel
Published: March 2023

This article provides a theoretical framework and practical applications for an Indigenous-centred decolonising therapeutic practice. I define and critique the concept of the “attachment disruption” of colonisation and its impacts on Indigenous Peoples and, specifically, Indigenous clients. I discern and differentiate colonial forms of power, which are based in domination and violence, from Indigenous forms of power rooted in cultural traditions and connections to ancestral territories. Case examples illustrate ways of working therapeutically with the “attachment disruption” of colonisation as it concerns “residential school trauma,” “lateral violence,” and “addictions”. The importance of externalising the impacts of colonial violence and centring Indigenous cultural and relational imprints is the foundation of this decolonising therapeutic praxis.
Challenging Everyday Monogamism: Making the Paradigm Shift From Couple-Centric Bias to Polycule-Centred Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Authors: Ansara Y. Gavriel
Published: March 2023

Monogamism is the systemic oppression enacted through ideas and practices that valorise monogamous people and relationships while systematically devaluing polyamorous and multi-partnered ones. One manifestation of monogamism is mononormative bias: the bias that all people are or should be monogamous and that multi-partnered relationships are “alternative,” “different,” immature, or rare. Couple-centric bias is a type of mononormative bias that assumes all people desire or should have a “couple” relationship, and that other relationship configurations are inferior, immature, unnatural, abnormal, or unsustainable. Everyday monogamism refers to the unexamined implicit and explicit monogamist biases and systemic oppression that people in polyamorous relationship systems and multi-partnered kinship bonds navigate in everyday life. This paper explores everyday monogamism in counselling and psychotherapy. In this article, I critique some everyday language, concepts, and clinical practices through which therapists—particularly relationship counsellors—enact monogamist oppression. Next, I challenge the couple-centric bias endemic to both explicitly monogamist and ostensibly polyamory-inclusive relationship counselling approaches. Finally, I discuss how therapists can participate in the ongoing paradigm shift from couple-centric bias toward polycule-centred practice.
Tuning Relationships With Music™: An Intervention for Parents With an Interpersonal Trauma History and Their Adolescents
Authors: Colegrove Vivienne M. , Havighurst Sophie S. , Kehoe Christiane E.
Published: March 2023

Childhood interpersonal trauma has profound effects on future relationships, including parent-adolescent relationships. However, the effects of an interpersonal trauma history on parenting are not well understood or effectively addressed in existing evidence-based family and parent-child therapies. This paper describes a systemic intervention, entitled Tuning Relationships with Music™ (TRM), for parents with a history of childhood abuse or neglect and their adolescent who are experiencing high levels of conflict in their relationship. A previously published pilot randomised controlled trial of TRM found that parent-adolescent dyads who received the intervention reported significantly reduced conflict, and that parents were observed to be more responsive and less reactive compared with a wait-list group. Written for counsellors, psychotherapists and others working therapeutically with parents and adolescents, the current paper outlines the key principles and core tasks covered in TRM and describes what is covered in sessions. Considerations for therapists, and future directions for research are also discussed.
Restoring the Wholeness of Being: Working With Trauma From the Focusing-Oriented Experiential Therapy Perspective
Authors: Dearly Biliana
Published: March 2023

From the focusing-oriented experiential therapy (FOT) point of view, trauma involves emotionally overwhelming experiences with a severe or complete stoppage of the life-forward process and consequent multiple disturbances in functioning. FOT has a unique, safe way of dealing with trauma; approaching it through a felt sense, thereby preventing re-traumatisation by not confronting trauma directly. The critical therapeutic element is that change-steps arise from the felt sense through many incremental, bodily felt shifts. This paper synthesises the authors knowledge of FOT and extensive experience in working with clients presenting with different forms of trauma. The four main phases of FOT’s distinct approach to working with traumatic experiences are discussed. A detailed case study highlights the depth and richness of working with trauma by using the FOT method.
From Better Access to Better Outcomes: Integrating Logotherapy With Focused Psychological Strategies
Authors: Dawbarn Kyra J. , McQuillan Paul
Published: March 2023

The Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (Better Access) initiative was introduced by the Australian Government to improve outcomes for people with a clinically diagnosed mental health condition through evidence-based treatment. Under this initiative, Government Medicare rebates are available to patients for services provided by approved practitioners using the Focused Psychological Strategies, which are specific mental health treatment strategies derived from evidence-based psychological therapies: psycho-education (including motivational interviewing), cognitive-behavioural therapy, relaxation strategies, skills training, interpersonal therapy, and narrative therapy (for clients of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent). This paper outlines how logotherapy, as an adjunct therapy to other approaches, can help ensure that Better Access leads to better outcomes for clients.
Sustainable recycling of polyethylene waste through utilization in asphalt paving applications
Authors: Jamel Mohammed , Salih Oday , Hameed Ayman , Al-Hadidy A.I.
Published: March 2023

One the enormous amount of waste polyethylene (PE) materials amassing in Iraq is posing an expensive landfill and disposal issue. The current study examines the potential for employing PE as a partial replacement for environmentally friendly pavement construction. Different amounts of PE were used to partially replace asphalt cement (3 %, 6 %, 9 %, and 12 % by weight). The PE-substituted asphalt (PESA) binders were subjected to the rheological and compatibility properties. Additionally, two asphalt concrete (AC) mixtures-one control and one PEAC-were created for the mechanical and durability experiments. Among the parameters assessed during the tests are the following: adhesion to a variety of substrates and substrate surfaces; elongation at room temperature (aging index); flexibility at elevated temperatures (cracking index); temperature susceptibility; compatibility; and the extensional viscosity of the PESA binder as well as the extensional viscosity of the PESA-mixture (PESAM). Furthermore, the mechanical and durability properties of AC and PEAC mixes were examined using the Marshall stability, Marshall quotient, static indirect tensile strength at 25 and 60°C, tensile strength ratio, and resilient modulus 25°C tests. Results show that PESA binder outperforms virgin asphalt binder in terms of cracking and temperature resistance. PEAC mixture exhibits higher stability, indirect tensile strength, moisture resistance and resilient modulus than AC mixture. According to standard and durability testing, replacing virgin binder with six percent PE can be recyclable and suitable for use as sustainable material for paving applications.
Medstraum: Design and Operation of the First Zero-Emission Fast Catamaran
Authors: Papanikolaou Apostolos , Dahle Mikal , Tolo Edmund , Xing-Kaeding Yan , Prinz Andreas , Jenset Frode , Boulougouris Evangelos , Kanellopoulou Afroditi , Zaraphonitis George , Jürgenhake Christoph , Seidenberg Tobias
Published: March 2023

The paper deals with the design, construction and the early operation of the worldwide 1 st battery driven high-speed catamaran passenger ferry MS Medstraum. The paper elaborates on unique issues of the design process, on the superior hydrodynamic performance, on the modular construction of vessel and on the land-based electrical/charging installation. MS Medstraum was built by Fjellstrand AS and was launched in early June 2022. After successful sea trials that superseded the expectations of designers, builders and operators, achieving a maximum speed of over 27 knots, it started operations in the Stavanger/Norway area in late September 2022. The prototype character of MS Medstraum led to its selection as “Ship of the Year 2022” at the major international maritime exhibition SMM 2022 (September 2022, Hamburg). The presented research is in the frame of the H2020 funded project “TrAM – Transport: Advanced and Modular” (www.tramproject.eu).
From STEAM to Machine: Emissions control in the shipping 4.0 era
Authors: Kaklis Dimitrios , Varelas Takis J. , Varlamis Iraklis , Eirinakis Pavlos , Giannakopoulos George , Spyropoulos Constantine V.
Published: March 2023

The maritime sector is required to adhere to the IMO 2020 - mandated reduction of emissions. This reduction can be conducted by either using a compliant fuel with lower sulfur content, an alternative fuel (e.g. LNG, methanol), or clean its exhaust gasses with a "scrubber" technology to reduce the output of CO2 , NOx and SOx emissions. The objective of this paper is to present a holistic approach to continuously monitor and estimate the emissions of a vessel as well as to assess and improve the efficiency of scrubbers. Furthermore the deployment of a cutting-edge, integrated framework, incorporating the latest technological advances, that can of er the ability to capture, process and analyze vessels’ operational data in order to improve efficiency, sustainability, and rule compliance is presented. Particularly the conceptualization and materialization of a big data application suite that exploits the IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) advancements and technologies, to employ a “digital replica” of the en-route vessel is demonstrated. By collecting a multitude of features from on-board sensor installments, we present how we can effectively utilize these features, harvested in real time, in order to accurately assess and estimate the environmental footprint of the vessel by employing robust Fuel Oil Consumption (FOC) predictors. Then we describe in detail the streamlined procedure from data acquisition to model deployment, utilizing the proposed big data framework, in order to assess and estimate the emissions during the operational state of the vessel. Finally, we demonstrate experimental results by deploying comparative analysis utilizing operational data from one containership-centric Living Lab (LL) in order to validate and confirm our approaches in terms of accuracy and performance in a real world setting.
Microplastics and their Impact on the Marine Environment
Authors: Kokarakis J. , Kokarakis E. J. , Ladakis E. , Petrakakos H.
Published: March 2023

The present study investigates the negative impact of a marine polluter on the marine environment. Plastics degraded into micro and macroplastics harm the environment in many ways. Finding their way to the oceans cause increase in temperature at the surface and cooling in deeper waters. Degrading macroplastics releases potent greenhouse gases. More importantly, they are implicated to cause climate change. Plastic in the ocean affects its ability to act as a carbon sink by decelerating the “biogeochemical cycle of carbon”. The ocean is the largest natural sink for anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Various short- and long-term measures are also proposed to curb the flow of plastic waste into the Oceans.
The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Decision-making Process of Mandibular Impacted Third Molar Extraction
Authors: Jin Qiong , Wang Chi , Xiao Jin , Yang Jingyuan
Published: March 2023

Objectives: In this study, we investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the decision-making process for impacted mandibular third molar removal and related clinical teaching. Methods: From April 21 to April 28, 2020, we distributed a self-constructed survey
via the Wenjuanxing software platform to oral clinicians engaged in the extraction of mandibular third molars. Results: We received 321 valid responses. Overall, 22.4% of clinicians were temporarily not performing tooth extractions in outpatient clinics and 50.2% of clinicians were
temporarily not performing impacted tooth extractions. The main reason cited was that aerosol-generating high-speed handpieces were not recommended for use during the pandemic, opting instead for the surgical handpiece with copious saline irrigation as the main method for bone removal; the
hammer-and-chisel method was considered to be too traumatic and posed too high of a risk for iatrogenic injury. Conclusions: The implementation of disease control measures during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected clinical decision-making regarding impacted mandibular third
molar extractions; the main reason cited was the contraindication of using aerosol-generating high-speed handpieces. The hammer-and-chisel method may represent a valuable surgical application under the requirements for epidemic prevention and control. We provide a new idea for the extraction
of interrupted permanent molars in the context of epidemic prevention and control is provided.
Realidad, computación y virtualidad
Authors: Burbano Andrés
Published: March 2023

Nuestra situación en el mundo contemporáneo está caracterizada por la presencia sin precedentes de imágenes almacenadas, procesadas y transmitidas computacionalmente. Esta condición se encuentra en un punto de desarrollo tal que cuestiona las concepciones tradicionales de realidad y virtualidad. Indagar teóricamente para profundizar en estos conceptos resulta difícil, en gran medida debido a la velocidad con la que se transforma el presente en su interacción con las tecnologías electrónicas. Una luz de entendimiento se puede encontrar en el trabajo del filósofo checo-brasileño Vilém Flusser (1920-1991) en torno a la filosofía de la fotografía y, en particular, en lo referente a las imágenes técnicas, ante todo porque, para él, las imágenes técnicas, las imágenes producidas por aparatos, representan un cambio fundamental en la historia. La razón es que las imágenes técnicas desplazan el papel que tenía anteriormente la escritura por su capacidad de representación de la realidad de una manera distinta, de manera icónica.
Editorial Mosaic número 198: Hibridaciones
Authors: G. Díaz Paloma , Mor Enric
Published: March 2023

El concepto hibridación hace referencia a la asociación y fusión de elementos distintos. Las interfaces, entendidas como umbral, como punto de transición o también como la superficie entre dos fases, constituyen el espacio de conexión entre el mundo físico de las personas y el mundo digital de la computación. La temática nos parece de tal interés que le dedicamos una edición JUX Mosaic y este número especial de la revista.
Regulatory and coding sequences of TRNP1 co-evolve with brain size and cortical folding in mammals
Authors: Kliesmete Zane , Wange Lucas Esteban , Vieth Beate , Esgleas Miriam , Radmer Jessica , Hülsmann Matthias , Geuder Johanna , Richter Daniel , Ohnuki Mari , Götz Magdelena , Hellmann Ines , Enard Wolfgang
Published: March 2023

Brain size and cortical folding have increased and decreased recurrently during mammalian evolution. Identifying genetic elements whose sequence or functional properties co-evolve with these traits can provide unique information on evolutionary and developmental mechanisms. A good candidate for such a comparative approach isTRNP1, as it controls proliferation of neural progenitors in mice and ferrets. Here, we investigate the contribution of both regulatory and coding sequences ofTRNP1to brain size and cortical folding in over 30 mammals. We find that the rate of TRNP1 protein evolution (ω) significantly correlates with brain size, slightly less with cortical folding and much less with body size. This brain correlation is stronger than for >95% of random control proteins. This co-evolution is likely affecting TRNP1 activity, as we find that TRNP1 from species with larger brains and more cortical folding induce higher proliferation rates in neural stem cells. Furthermore, we compare the activity of putative cis-regulatory elements (CREs) ofTRNP1in a massively parallel reporter assay and identify one CRE that likely co-evolves with cortical folding in Old World monkeys and apes. Our analyses indicate that coding and regulatory changes that increasedTRNP1activity were positively selected either as a cause or a consequence of increases in brain size and cortical folding. They also provide an example how phylogenetic approaches can inform biological mechanisms, especially when combined with molecular phenotypes across several species.
A new juvenile sauropod specimen from the Middle Jurassic Dongdaqiao Formation of East Tibet
Authors: An Xianyin , Xu Xing , Han Fenglu , Sullivan Corwin , Wang Qiyu , Li Yong , Wang Dongbing , Wang Baodi , Hu Jinfeng
Published: March 2023

Jurassic strata are widely distributed in the eastern part of Tibet Autonomous Region, and have yielded many dinosaur bones. However, none of these specimens has been studied extensively, and some remain unprepared. Here we provide a detailed description of some new sauropod material, including several cervical vertebrae and a nearly complete scapula, recovered from the Middle Jurassic of Chaya County, East Tibet. The cervical vertebrae have short centra that bear ventral midline keels, as in many non-neosauropod sauropods such as Shunosaurus. Moreover, the cervical centra display deep lateral excavations, partitioned by a septum. The scapula has proximal and distal ends that are both expanded as in mamenchisaurids and neosauropods. However, relatively small body size and lack of fusion of neurocentral sutures in the cervical vertebrae suggest that the available material is from a juvenile, and the length of the cervical centra may have increased relative to the size of the rest of the skeleton in later ontogenetic stages. Phylogenetic analysis provides limited evidence that the new Tibetan sauropod specimen belongs to Eusauropoda, being more derived than Shunosaurus, but is basal to Mamenchisauridae. The new material provides important information on the morphological transition between Shunosaurus and mamenchisaurids, and extends the known biogeographic range of early-diverging sauropods in the Middle Jurassic of East Asia.
La expansión urbana en Chacabuco : hacia la redefinición de un nuevo territorio, 1980-2010
Authors:   ,   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Naranjo Ramírez Gloria del Carmen
Published: March 2023

Esta investigación describe, analiza y evalúa las transformaciones entre 1980 y 2010 del territorio de la periferia norte de la ciudad de Santiago, en la Provincia de Chacabuco en la Región Metropolitana, como resultado del proceso de expansión de la ciudad. La tesis plantea que dicho crecimiento determinó la constitución como un nuevo territorio, de espacios rurales urbanizados que en esta tesis es reconocido como Ciudad Infiltrada. La hipótesis de investigación afirma que la Ciudad Infiltrada es la respuesta territorial a la presión de los grupos económicos y políticos que dan origen a leyes que permiten su constitución, pues producen transformaciones en el espacio rural a través de las parcelas de agrado y condominios cerrados en el campo. En gran medida estas transformaciones serían producto del Decreto Ley Nº 3.516 de 1980 sobre subdivisión de predios rústicos que, bajo la figura de las parcelas de agrado -entendidas como una oferta inmobiliaria dirigida a grupos acomodados de la ciudad que les permite ampliar sus residencias con los bienestares de la urbe y las bondades del campo- contribuirían a la expansión urbana y a la consecuente transformación de los espacios rurales. Por otra parte, la modificación efectuada a un Instrumento de Ordenamiento Territorial1, en concreto al Plan Regulador Metropolitano de Santiago, da lugar a dos formas de urbanización en espacios rurales: las Zonas de Desarrollo Urbano Condicionado y Áreas de Desarrollo Urbano Prioritario, que en conjunto han resultado en un territorio de carácter híbrido morfológico y funcional, que no es estrictamente urbano ni estrictamente rural, que tiene una forma y apariencia de ambos espacios y que funciona de una manera diferente al de los espacios urbanos y rurales, producto de la instalación de nuevos elementos urbanos sobre los preexistentes, rurales. La preocupación de los investigadores en expansión urbana durante los últimos treinta años se ha centrado poco en averiguar acerca de las formas que dicha expansión asume en la ciudad actual, cómo y por qué las ciudades crecen como lo hacen y las características del nuevo territorio generado. Consecuentemente, esta tesis constituye una historia del territorio de Chacabuco en un período de treinta años, cuyo enfoque permite hacer un acercamiento para establecer el origen y la relevancia de los elementos componentes del territorio, para contribuir a su planificación futura. Esto es especialmente válido en áreas urbanas con un crecimiento acelerado, como lo es el área de estudio.
Componente de micelio para cubierta : tablero integrado con matriz de hongo en centro interpretativo de bosques subantárticos
Authors:   ,   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Orellana von Frey Sofía
Published: March 2023

Los compuestos a base de micelio son el resultado del crecimiento de hongos filamentosos en materiales orgánicos de origen agrícola y forestal. Este tipo de material tiene fortalezas como lo son su alta resistencia térmica, su ligereza y comportamiento mecánico similar a la espuma. Al tratarse de un material biodegradable, el desafío actualmente es el de tratar de resolver ciertas externalidades como lo son sus dificultades frente a agentes orgánicos y ambientales, como también su flexión al momento de recibir grandes cargas. A pesar de ello, sus propiedades pueden mejorarse a través del control de una serie de factores en su proceso de conformación, lo cual representa una oportunidad prometedora para el diseño de productos y materiales, que actualmente han sido desarrollados por diseñadores y arquitectos de forma objetual, tales como luminaria, paneles acústicos, urnas, embalaje, entre otros. En esta investigación, se propone desarrollar un componente constructivo resistente, capaz de ser puesto a prueba en una envolvente arquitectónica. El componente a desarrollar corresponde a un material con múltiples capas, que incorpora el material de micelio junto a otros elementos que lo complementan, con el objetivo de potenciar sus virtudes y a la vez ofrecer mayores prestaciones para su uso en una cubierta. El componente ha de ser ubicado en la cubierta de un centro de interpretación en el sur de Chile, aspecto tremendamente demandante respecto a los agentes ambientales. Se espera que, al complejizar el material de micelio con la adición de otros elementos, éste cumpla su función resistente y aislante, y a la vez sea capaz de operar como un componente autónomo, repetible y replicable. El crecimiento del material como organismo vivo, lo hace una alternativa económica y ambientalmente sostenible, además de su fácil degradación en el entorno natural. La experimentación y manufactura de este biomaterial ofrece oportunidades de nuevas formas y desafíos estructurales, lo cual se presenta como un atractivo para el centro donde se ubica. Se pretende desarrollar de esta forma, un componente constructivo capaz de ofrecer una solución constructiva sustentable por su bajo consumo energético y su característica biodegradable, cuya vida útil nace y fallece en la naturaleza misma. Este método de biofabricación integrada favorece la generación y regeneración de su material constructivo, sentando nuevas bases que contemplan no sólo el origen de los elementos constructivos, sino también su fin.
El edificio de las bóvedas y la construcción de lo oculto
Authors:   ,   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Escuela de Arquitectura, Altamirano Honold Lorenza
Published: March 2023

Las evidentes similitudes que comparecen entre los cinco inmuebles que conforman este estudio; la Casa matriz del Banco de Chile, Banco Estado, Banco Santander, Banco Central y Caja del Crédito Hipotecario, no son una mera coincidencia, sino que responden a la sistematización arquitectónica propia de las instituciones financieras del siglo XIX en Chile. Sus edificios, por consiguiente, se convertirían en el producto material de los preceptos bancarios que regían el periodo, estableciendo criterios arquitectónicos comunes tanto en materialidad, composición, organización interna, y operatividad. Así, el término ‘Edificios Bóvedas’, se acuña como un sustantivo propio para su uso en la construcción teórica de una tipología arquitectónica, relativa al fenómeno bancario que proliferó en el centro de Santiago. Durante décadas, las cinco casas matrices albergaron entre sus muros la fortuna de toda una nación, atesorando el ideal de un modelo económico que, hasta hace poco, almacenaba dinero en su forma física dentro de gigantescas bóvedas de seguridad. No obstante, la realidad de estas hoy es otra, pues la decadencia material de la moneda ante la prescripción de sus servicios, ha destinado a las edificaciones que la contenían, a la obsolescencia. Con esto, miles de metros cuadrados al interior de los bancos fueron despojados de su propósito de origen, siendo relegados al desuso. Ante este hecho, la presente tesis propone la reconsideración de los espacios que antiguamente tenían por propósito almacenar dinero, como una medida para que tales edificios puedan sobreponerse a la crisis que les compete, adecuándose a la realidad contemporánea de su barrio. Ello sugiere una actualización tipológica mediante la inflexión de sus espacios vacantes, consolidando un modelo de intervención aplicable a los cinco casos, y convirtiendo tales interiores en una sucesión de recintos análogos entre sí, libres para ser ocupados por nuevos programas. La sistematización taxonómica de los Edificios Bóveda, por ende, resulta ser un ejercicio teórico que deriva en una estrategia concreta de intervención, la que si bien busca replicarse en los cinco casos, no halla su potencial en simplemente ser un modelo prototípico, sino en la posibilidad de generar un nuevo fenómeno tipológico en un barrio tan consolidado como lo es el Barrio Cívico, hogar de las cinco casas matrices. La construcción de lo oculto, como premisa, plantea una alternativa de ocupación de los espacios intersticiales de los inmuebles que prescribieron sus servicios, potenciando aquellos lugares que hasta hoy permanecen restringidos al público
Arquitectura disidente : una alternativa a la vivienda segregacionista del siglo XXI
Authors:   ,   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Lastra Cornejo Felipe A.
Published: March 2023

Las sociedades son establecidas por una diversa gama de individuos. Entre algunos logran encontrar elementos en común, que los llevan a entenderse, de alguna manera, como ‘iguales’, como una comunidad. Pero dentro de estos siempre ha existido una segregación a grupos minoritarios, considerados disidentes del sistema, los cuales se alejan del ideal creado por la sociedad de la época, y que constantemente se encuentran en tela de juicio por el resto, ya sea por cómo lucen, piensan, actúan, visten, etc. Este fenómeno de discriminación limita la capacidad de estos individuos de generar vínculos y redes de apoyo, lo que no solo afecta el ámbito social y/o laboral, sino también a su capacidad de cohabitar con otros, en comunidades establecidas. Dentro de estas disidencias, podemos encontrar a las denominadas; Disidencias sexuales, las que por no encajar con los estereotipos corporales y/o conductuales que rige el sistema heteronormado, son excluidos dentro de las dinámicas sociales, y por consiguiente, se ve dificultada su posibilidad de acceso a diversas esferas de la habitabilidad; una de ellas es la vivienda digna. ¿Está relacionada la manera de hacer arquitectura con esta discriminación histórica? Este cuestionamiento y posterior crítica a los modelos convencionales de vivienda, llevan a la presente investigación a recopilar y analizar casos específicos que en sí mismos, mantienen una visión disidente a los preceptos residenciales establecidos de su epoca y a los consolidados luego de la segunda post guerra a la actualidad. A partir de estos casos, se genera un proyecto de arquitectura que abarca desde la escala urbana, a la habitacional. Un modelo de vivienda de acogida, pensado para integrar y favorecer el proceso de reinserción (rehabilitación social) paulatina, de un grupo de disidencias sexuales en riesgo social, a un grupo mayor y diverso de individuos disidentes y no disidentes. Se busca que, desde lo construido, el espacio potencie la formación de redes de contacto, el sentimiento de pertenencia y vecindad dentro de una comunidad, donde los niveles de organización y administración jugarán un papel fundamental en la mantención y el funcionamiento del modelo.
El impacto de la crisis sociopolítica nicaragüense de 2018 sobre el crecimiento del total de activos del sector bancario
Authors:   ,   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Bejarano Chavarría Christian Alexander
Published: March 2023

La Crisis Sociopolítica en Nicaragua de 2018 fue un conflicto interno que derivó en cerca de 250 fallecidos, más de 2,200 lesionados e impactó de forma severa la economía nicaragüense, este documento de investigación se enfoca en los efectos que tuvo dicho conflicto sobre el crecimiento del total de activos del sector bancario. El resultado principal es que la Crisis Sociopolítica provocó que los bancos nicaragüenses tuviesen en promedio una pérdida de 31.8 por ciento de sus activos en el período de marzo 2018 a febrero 2020, además, se presenta evidencia de que el principal mecanismo que explica este resultado es la ocurrencia de corridas bancarias, es decir, el retiro masivo de depósitos por parte del público. El aporte de este documento a la literatura es ofrecer evidencia empírica de un efecto causal entre los conflictos y el sector bancario, debido a que dicha literatura en particular es escasa y carece de estrategias de identificación.
Observación en aula : lo que observan e interpretan los líderes instruccionales en el acompañamiento docente
Authors:   ,   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Peralta Carrera Alexis
Published: March 2023

El proceso de acompañamiento docente para el desarrollo profesional puede ser visto desde el paradigma de la evaluación formativa, pues en este proceso se recopila evidencia que permite reflexionar y mejorar la práctica a través de la retroalimentación. En este sentido, las habilidades de observación de quien acompaña son determinantes para lograr escoger una acción de mejora que tenga sentido para el profesor observado. Este estudio, cuenta con la participación de un grupo de 14 líderes instruccionales de una determinada comunidad escolar que emplea un modelo particular de acompañamiento en aula, a quienes se les invitó a observar un video de clase. Para evaluar las habilidades de observación, se codificaron los apuntes generados por los participantes según la noción de triángulo instruccional, con esto se analizaron los focos de atención y las modalidades de observación. Los resultados muestran que la atención es dirigida principalmente hacia el profesor y que hay diferencias entre los grupos de líderes, en cuanto a su capacidad para integrar los diferentes elementos del triángulo instruccional. En cuanto a la modalidad de observación, los apuntes no muestran suficiente evidencia de descripción o interpretación detallada, lo que podría perjudicar la retroalimentación.
Liderazgo en el ámbito de la educación parvularia : desarrollando un plan de mejora para una institución educativa rural
Authors:   ,   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Educación, Torres Gasc Paulina
Published: March 2023

La importancia de visibilizar la caracterización del ejercicio sobre las prácticas de liderazgo ejercida por las directoras de jardines infantiles es primordial, dado que todas las gestiones realizadas por el rol directivo repercuten tanto para el equipo educativo como para los estudiantes que asisten a este nivel educativo. Por lo tanto, en esta investigación se abordarán las prácticas realizadas por una Directora de un jardín infantil en un contexto rural en la comuna de Tiltil. Para este propósito, sé trabajó con un enfoque cuantitativo y cualitativo, de acuerdo a una metodología basada en la investigación-acción. Las técnicas de recolección de datos fueron a través de encuestas para las Educadoras y Asistentes de la educación sobre liderazgo transformacional y una entrevista semiestructurada a la Directora del jardín. Al descubrir las necesidades fue posible trabajar en conjunto con la Directora sobre acciones que aportan a su comunidad educativa, en este caso, destacando el actualizar sus conocimientos sobre gestión educativa y por ende trabajar en el fortalecimiento de prácticas de liderazgo. Por consiguiente, se hicieron cuatro Workshops en los que el rol de la Directora como líder posibilitó efectuar un trabajo consciente de retrospección con la colaboración de su equipo educativo, haciendo a la partícipe a la comunidad de la actualización del Proyecto Educativo Institucional.
Implementing cognate identification strategies to improve law students’ proficiency in legal english reading comprehension tasks
Authors:   ,   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Letras, Catalán Salazar Alberto
Published: March 2023

Proficient reading comprehension in legal English texts and activities is one of the main objectives pursued by the Legal English Program at Universidad de Chile, essential for professional or further academic development in this area. The following action research study addresses the specific reading comprehension difficulties first-year law students in the Legal English Program face when asked to complete such tasks. The problem these students have concerns the type of vocabulary used in these texts and materials, which is representative of the context and the specificity of the topics. Comparing pre-test and post-test results helped determine that explicit teaching of cognate identification strategies promotes cognate awareness-raising as an effective method to improve reading comprehension proficiency in this area. In addition, the opinions collected through the survey confirm that subjects perceived the usefulness of cognate identification strategies and awareness when dealing with reading comprehension activities.
Malformaciones congénitas y exposición ambiental a pesticidas en la Región del Maule
Authors:   ,   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Medicina, Núñez Gómez Kelly Gianina
Published: March 2023

Las Malformaciones Congénitas (MC) son causas de mortalidad fetal e infantil en Chile, sin embargo, existen divergencias sobre la asociación entre exposición ambiental a pesticidas (EAP) y MC. Se realizó un estudio Caso Control “anidado” en una Cohorte Histórica entre 2005-2015. Los casos fueron los recién nacidos vivos (RNV) con diagnostico médico de cualquier MC y los controles aquellos RNV sin MC. La exposición fue sustituida por una métrica indirecta de nivel ecológico, Porcentaje de Cultivos Agrícolas; se asignaron puntajes categóricos a cada RNV (EAP: baja, media, alta y muy alta) según residencia de la madre. Se eligieron 4 controles por caso mediante muestreo aleatorio simple, pareado por sexo y fecha de nacimiento. Para estimar la asociación entre número y tipos de MC y EAP se realizó Regresión Logística Condicional múltiple usando STATA14, además de regresiones logísticas Multinomiales. El análisis fue complementado con análisis de sensibilidad y análisis de múltiples bases de datos. Se calcularon Odds Ratio crudo y ajustado por edad y nivel educacional de los padres. La significancia estadística se determinó con IC al 95% y p-value <0,05. Se analizaron un total de 12.435 RNV; 2.487 con MC y 9.948 sin MC. Se encontró un 56% (95%CI=1,15-2,11) de ocurrencia de MC en RNV de madres residentes en zonas con muy alta EAP en comparación con RNV de madres residentes en zonas con baja EAP considerando las variables confundentes. El riesgo persiste cuando se realizó el análisis de sensibilidad y de las múltiples bases de datos, por lo tanto, la EAP sugiere riesgo de MC, sin embargo, recomendamos investigaciones que usen nuevas métricas de evaluación de la exposición a nivel individual a modo de corroborar estos hallazgos; de igual forma, estos resultados plantean nuevas hipótesis y la generación de nuevo conocimiento en un tema que en Chile está escasamente estudiado.
Escalamiento vertical longitudinal en mediciones de desarrollo infantil en Chile
Authors:   ,   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Escuela de Psicología, Rodríguez Anaiz Sebastián Antonio
Published: March 2023

Esta Tesis se focaliza en las interpretaciones longitudinales sobre el desarrollo infantil. Las interpretaciones de puntajes bajo normas no permiten dar cuenta de la característica de trayectoria en el tiempo que posee de forma inmanente el desarrollo infantil. Ante esta problemática se hace necesario generar una escala común del desarrollo infantil por medio de un procedimiento de escalamiento vertical. Haciendo uso de datos poblaciones y longitudinales chilenos provenientes de la Encuesta Longitudinal de Primera Infancia, se utilizan los resultados del instrumento Inventario de Desarrollo Battelle en sus versiones BDI y BDI-2 Screening para realizar un procedimiento de escalamiento vertical considerando un diseño de ítem común, una estimación concurrente del Modelo de crédito parcial y una estimación de habilidad por medio de EAP. Los resultados del escalamiento vertical son satisfactorios, permitiendo interpretaciones longitudinales y poblaciones del desarrollo infantil en Chile.
Variations in Superficial Veins of Neck among Population of Eastern India in the Light of Embryological Explanation: A Cadaveric Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Ghosh Susmita , Shyamal Anup , Paul Mithu , Sengupta Oyndrila , Mazumdar Sibani
Published: March 2023

Introduction: Development of veins of head and neck is complex. Variations in the venous architecture of head and neck includes persistence or complete obliteration of communication between Internal Jugular Vein (IJV) and External Jugular Vein (EJV) and also partial obliteration in EJV. Knowledge of variations in venous architecture is beneficial to avoid injuries to these veins during interventions like EJV cannulation for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Aim: To study the variations in the venous architecture of the neck in the cadavers. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Anatomy, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India during December 2017 to December 2019. Total 26 specimens of both male and female cadavers were dissected, and variations in the venous architecture was noted, also each variation was explained in the light of embryology. Results: Retromandibular Vein (RMV) was found to be undivided in all 10 of the variations found in the eight male and two female cadavers. EJV was found to be absent in one specimen among 26 dissected. Communication between IJV and EJV was found in one specimen. In another specimen, EJV was found to be draining into IJV which can be embryologically seen as a communication between IJV and EJV while the caudal part of EJV had degenerated. Conclusion: Undivided RMV, particularly absent posterior division is not very uncommon in male and female in this ethnicity. Absence of common facial vein was more common in male as compared to female. Persistent communication between EJV and IJV were also more in male. Moreover occurrence of facial vein drainage into EJV was also remarkably high.
Challenges in the Anaesthetic Management of Congenital Disorder Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
Authors: Sharma Monika , Chandak Aruna , Chandak Vijay
Published: March 2023

Pyloric stenosis is characterised by a thicker, lengthened, and larger pylorus as well as hypertrophy of the circular and, to a lesser extent, the longitudinal smooth muscles.The classical presenting features are non-bilious, projectile vomiting, visible peristalsis and hypochloremichypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis. Definitive treatment is often performed by a relatively quick surgical procedure shortly after diagnosis. Surgery for pyloromyotomy is usually performed when fluid, acid/base, and electrolyte imbalances have been properly and completely corrected, which in turn results in speedy recovery of patient. The complications linked to these diseases call for caution when administering anaesthesia for even ostensibly straightforward surgical procedures. The case report is about a 1-month old male neonate who presented with features of pyloric stenosis.Weighing the increase risk of complications and mortality, the neonate was managed using rapid sequence induction approach in combination with caudal block for an adequate analgesia.
Sentiments Analysis Study for the Adaptation of Online Medical Forums
Authors: Hassan Zahriya Lawal , Sani Abdulrashid , Balarabe Anas Tukur
Published: March 2023

Online medical forums allow users to research medical treatments or conditions and gain support from other users dealing with similar issues. These forums have become increasingly popular over the past decade, helping connect medical patients and professionals from various backgrounds and creating a supportive online community. This paper evaluates the adaptation of online medical forums in Nigeria, to analyse the opinions of Nigerian citizens in using the medical system. In this research, a Tweepy API (python library/ module that contains the required object and functions for managing the Twitter data), textblob (python library for processing textual data), and matplotlib modules (for creating statistical charts) were used to extract related tweets from the Twitter. The project involves steps like creating a Twitter developer account, which gives the privilege to create a Twitter application and has keys for accessing online resources. The analysis begins by searching for the data, storing it, filtering it and then returning the sentiment analysis to review the positive, neutral, and negative tweets. The output of this project returns a table and scatter graph that displays the Subjectivity and polarity of the opinions of Nigerians on the adaptation of online medical forums. Similarly, a bar chart is obtained that shows the positive tweets, the negative tweets and the neutral regarding online medical forums.
Field Efficacy of Biocapsules of Entomopathogenic Fungi for the Management of Amaranthus Leaf Webber Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius) Crambidae: Lepidoptera
Authors: Maloth Parvathi
Published: March 2023

There are many insecticides are being available for pest control in the market, but traditionally focused on killing insect pests using a variety of insecticides may lead to insecticide resistance in insect pests. Biological control methods are promising alternative methods to the chemical method. In the evaluation of the efficacy of biocapsules of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin and Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin, for the management of amaranthus leaf webber, Spoladea (Hymenia) recurvalis F., it was revealed that Metarhizium and Beauveria capsules @ three L-1 sprayed twice (at weekly intervals) was effective reducing the larval population of S. recurvalis (83.6 and 69.9 % respectively). Lower doses of two and one capsule L-1 were less effective (47.3 to 66.5 % reductions). Spraying spore suspensions of these fungi @ 108 mL-1 resulted in 91.2 to 100 per cent reduction, while in flubendiamide 39.35 SC, it was 89.8 per cent. Treatment with Metarhizium and Beauveria capsules did not affect the natural enemy population significantly with 2.33 to 3.67 plant-1, while the corresponding population was 1.4 in flubendiamide 39.5 SC and 3.6 in the untreated control. The yield in the plots treated with Metarhizium and Beauveria capsules @ three L-1 was higher when compared to that in the untreated plot. Therefore, Need-based production of biocontrol formulations in the form of capsules, tablets, powder, etc. should be broadcasted.