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Dissoziation
Authors: Wöller Wolfgang
Published: October 2020

Dissoziation schützt Betroffene davor, nach traumatischen Erlebnissen von unerträglichen Gefühlen oder Erinnerungen überwältigt zu werden. Als bedrohlich empfundene Inhalte lassen sich so aus dem Alltagsbewusstsein ausblenden. Folgen können jedoch Gefühle der Entfremdung vom eigenen Körper oder von der Umwelt, Erinnerungslücken oder eine starke Diskrepanz zwischen Handeln und Erleben sein.

Wolfgang Wöller zeichnet die Geschichte der psychoanalytischen Beschäftigung mit dissoziativen Phänomenen von ihren Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart nach. Inzwischen gibt es integrative psychodynamische Ansätze zur Behandlung dissoziativer Störungen, die auch neurobiologische, bindungstheoretische und psychotraumatologische Forschungsergebnisse berücksichtigen. Wöller nimmt die Schwierigkeiten und verschiedenen Vorgehensweisen bei der Diagnostik von Dissoziationen in den Blick und widmet sich dem Behandlungskonzept für schwere dissoziative Störungen, in dem sich der neueste Stand eines ressourcenbasierten psychodynamischen therapeutischen Zugangs widerspiegelt.
Trans* und Sex
Authors: Hamm Jonas A.
Published: October 2020

Bei Trans*-Sexualität denken die meisten Menschen zunächst an das Phänomen der Transgeschlechtlichkeit. Aber wie steht es um die Sexualität von trans* Personen? Was macht für sie guten Sex aus? Und sind genitalangleichende Operationen notwendig für eine gelingende Sexualität?

Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen führte Jonas Hamm mit trans* Personen, die keine Genitalangleichung anstreben, Interviews über guten Sex und den Weg dorthin. Um den – oftmals nur scheinbaren – Widerspruch zwischen Geschlechterrolle und Genitalienstatus zu überbrücken, greifen die Interviewten auf eine Vielzahl intrapsychischer, zwischenmenschlicher und kollektiver Ressourcen und Strategien zurück. Hamm analysiert die Lern- bzw. Entwicklungsprozesse seiner Interviewpartner*innen, hinterfragt Vorurteile und gibt neue Verständnisimpulse für die Beratungsarbeit.
¿Overtourism en la ciudad de Granada?: una aproximación a la percepción de turistas, residentes y partidos políticos locales
Authors: Navarro Valverde Francisco Antonio , Capote Lama Alberto
Published: October 2020

La ciudad de Granada es una de las más visitadas del interior de la península, conociendo un proceso de turistificación que se ha acentuado en la última década. Sus atractivos culturales y monumentales son los principales motivos de llegada. Además incluso, muchos de estos turistas finalmente fijan su lugar de residencia en la ciudad dando lugar a un proceso de gentrificación. Con este trabajo se persiguen varios fines. A través de un estudio cualitativo gracias a dos modelos de preguntas y a una serie de indicadores perceptuales clave, se analiza la opinión de los turistas y residentes locales sobre el destino y sobre el sector, es decir, sus percepciones sicológica y social, respectivamente. Por otra parte, también se considera el posicionamiento de los partidos políticos ante el sector y su problemática. ¿Existe entre la población local turismofilia o turismofobia?, ¿los turistas se encuentran satisfechos con la experiencia turística en el destino, o lo encuentran masificado?, ¿los partidos políticos consideran que existe un sobredimensionamiento de la actividad? En líneas generales, aunque se aprecia el inicio de una serie de problemas y conflictos relacionados con el sector (sensación de masificación entre los turistas y residentes, pisos turísticos ilegales, dificultad de poder visitar los principales monumentos, ruido, inseguridad y delincuencia, pérdida de estilos de vida locales, …), tanto turistas como residentes no perciben que la actividad sea negativa, sino al contrario. Estos atisbos iniciales pueden ser atribuidos también a una carencia de una adecuada gestión y planificación turística.
Introducción al número especial “Turistificación y transformación urbana. Debates sobre la especialización turística y sus consecuencias socioespaciales”
Authors: Diaz Parra Iban , Sequera Jorge
Published: October 2020

El turismo ha ganado peso de forma progresiva e imparable en el sur de Europa suponiendo una parte fundamental de la economía de gran parte de sus ciudades. Sin embargo, estos procesos no se encuentran exentos de problemas y contradicciones, que se expresan de forma diversa en el espacio urbano. Como presenta este monográfico, el rápido crecimiento de la economía del turismo urbano ha provocado ciertos cambios sociales, espaciales y económicos entre las comunidades locales, que se han evidenciado en los últimos tiempos en torno a usos incompatibles del espacio público, incremento generalizado del precio de la vida, sustitución de residentes por visitantes en el parque residencial, desplazamiento forzoso, declive demográfico de los centros urbanos, sustitución y desaparición de tipologías comerciales tradicionales, entre otros. Estas cuestiones se exploran, en primer lugar, a partir de este artículo introductorio; segundo, con un artículo teórico centrado en la relación entre turismo excesivo y los circuitos de ocio nocturno. Y en tercer lugar, con cuatro estudios de caso que cubren Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla y Granada.
Forming Child’s Early Conceptions of Professions during Career Orientation Process at Preschool Educational Institution
Authors: Lukyanova Olga Lvovna , Babayan Angela Vladislavovna
Published: October 2020

The paper aims to justify reasonability of early career guidance for pre-schoolchildren. The authors prove the need of early career guidance for pre-schoolchildren; identify forms and methods of senior pre-schoolchildren career counselling at a preschool educational institution. Scientific originality of the study involves substantiating scientific and methodological provisions in favour of early career guidance for pre-schoolchildren. The research findings are as follows: the authors show that the process of forming a child’s early conceptions of professions at a preschool educational institution will be more efficient when carried out in the form of a game imitating labour and professional activity. The gaming technique allows better understanding of the professional aspect of human life.
Developing Technical Students’ Foreign-Language Communicative Skills in the Course of Distance Teaching
Authors: Zakharova Olga Olegovna
Published: October 2020

The article proposes methodology to develop technical students’ foreign-language communicative competence in virtual educational environment. The author describes theoretical and methodological approaches that reveal systemic, competence-based and activity-based foundations of the process under study. Scientific originality of the paper is conditioned by the fact that the researcher introduces methodology to develop future engineers’ foreign-language communicative skills in the course of distance teaching, suggests a set of foreign-language exercises for distance learners. Experiment results indicate increase in target students’ communicative competence.
Experimental Research on Efficiency of Business Game and Case Study in Comparison with Traditional Teaching Methods at Non-Linguistic Higher School
Authors: Lysenko Nataliya Evgenievna
Published: October 2020

The paper aims to evaluate efficiency of innovative and traditional methods of foreign language teaching (case study, business game, rendering) when forming non-linguistic students’ professional competences. Relying on pedagogical observations, students’ survey results and analysis of their academic achievements, the author identifies advantages and shortcomings of case study, business game and rendering. Scientific originality of the paper is conditioned by the fact that relying on the quantitative research results, the author justifies efficiency of comprehensive application of case study, business game and listener-oriented rendering, both in full-time and distance teaching. The research findings are as follows: the author substantiates efficiency of comprehensive application of case study, business game and listener-oriented rendering, proposes methodological recommendations to organize educational process.
Multilevel Approach to Professionally Oriented Foreign Language Teaching at Non-Linguistic Higher School
Authors: Dineikina Ekaterina Vladimirovna , Kuznetsova Natalia Vladimirovna
Published: October 2020

The paper justifies the necessity to introduce integrated thematically organized textbooks and proves efficiency of the synthetic multilevel and competence-based approach to foreign language teaching at non-linguistic higher school. The article examines problems of organizing professionally oriented foreign language teaching on the basis of the multilevel approach. Scientific originality of the study includes development and approbation of the methodology based on the synthesis of multilevel and competence-based approaches to teaching professional foreign language taking into account not only the academic aspect, but also psychologically comfortable educational environment. The obtained results indicate that the methodology based on the synthesis of multilevel and competence-based approaches to teaching professional English language to non-linguistic students significantly saves time and intensifies processes such as perception, assimilation and motivation.
Forming Future Lawyers’ Linguo-Communicative Culture in the Process of Foreign Language Teaching
Authors: Kalashnikova Svetlana Viktorovna
Published: October 2020

The paper justifies the necessity of forming future lawyers’ linguo-communicative culture. The article reveals the notion “linguo-communicative culture”, analyses its structure and examines organization of foreign language teaching in educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that the researcher considers future lawyers’ linguo-communicative culture as an integrative personal quality required for efficient realization of professional tasks in the sphere of jurisprudence, identifies pedagogical conditions promoting successful interaction of pedagogical process participants. The research findings are as follows: the author suggests a definition of “linguo-communicative culture”, provides examples of organizing foreign language teaching on the basis of texts and professionally oriented micro-situations.
Informational and Methodological Assistance to the Teacher under the Conditions of Distant Foreign Language Learning
Authors: Kuzmina Larisa Grigorievna , Petrosyan Zhanna Varazdatovna
Published: October 2020

The paper aims to provide informational and methodological assistance to the higher school teacher in reorganizing foreign language learning, so as to ensure effective and smooth transition to the distant format. The article examines the potential of electronic educational resources used in higher education, identifies the most relevant ones when teaching a foreign language and proposes an algorithm to compile electronic educational resources for distant learning. Scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that the authors justify the choice of interactive video materials and infographics as the most suitable electronic educational resources for distant foreign language learning, introduce methodology of working with educational content of the “Foreign Language” discipline developed on the basis of the electronic educational resources under study. The conducted research allows revealing the educational potential of the mentioned electronic resources and justifies reasonability of using certain algorithms when compiling educational content based on video materials and infographics, thus enriching a cognitive component of the foreign language teacher’s professional competence.
My Liberating Approach to Teaching and the Howabouts of Its Transforming Power
Authors: Hosseini Seyed Mohammad Hassan
Published: October 2020

This paper attempts to throw into sharp relief my liberal instructional approach, Competitive Team-Based Learning, and shed light on its design, objective, syllabus, materials, and tasks. It also gives a glimpse of the significance of my pedagogical approach for today's world context of globalization, which is characterized by despotism, capitalism, and imperialism. Most importantly, the paper explicates the howabouts of my liberating approach transforming power and highlights its distinguishing features and characteristics with reference to the present methods and approaches like CLT and particularly CL methods.
The Ethics of Emotion in AI Systems
Authors: Stark Luke , Hoey Jesse
Published: October 2020

In this paper, we develop a taxonomy of relevant models and proxy data for emotional expression and outline how the combinations and permutations of these models and data impact artificial intelligence (AI) systems deploying them. We should not take computer scientists at their word that the paradigms for human emotions they have developed internally and adapted from other fields are ground truth; instead, we ask how different conceptualizations of what emotions are, and how they can be sensed, measured and transformed into data, shape the way humans interact with and respond to these AI systems.
bebby ebbi
Authors: EBBI BEBBY
Published: October 2020

Kompetensi Pedagogik dapat membawa perubahan ketika guru mewujudkan sesuai dengan kompetensi yang ada dlam undang-undang pendidikan, kompetensi pedagogic itu antara lain kompetensi pedagogik yang meliputi: (a) pemahaman wawasan atau landasan kependidikan, (b) pemahaman terhadap peserta didik, (c) pengembangan kurikulum atau silabus, (d) perancangan pembelajaran, (e) pelaksanaan pembelajaran yang mendidik dan dialogis, (f) pemahaman teknologi pembelajaran, (g) evaluasi hasil belajaran, dan (h) pengembangan peserta didik untuk mengaktualisasikan berbagai potensi yang dimilikinya. Hal tersebut diatas adalah indikator yang membawa perubahan dalam prestasi belajar siswa. Metode yang dicapai dalam analisis penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif dengan memilih survey menggunakan Angket Google form dan menggunakan softwear SPSS versi 23 dalam menganalisis data untuk memenuhi kaidah-kaidah penelitian. Prestasi belajar akan menjadi signifikan jika kompetensi pedagogik dapat dikembangkan dalam proses belajar mengajar.
Tinjauan Masalah Sinkretisme dalam Misi Perintisan Jemaat Baru
Authors: Dhandi Gabriel
Published: October 2020

Sinkretisme menjadi masalah besar bagi para perintis yang tidak menyukai paham ini. Dimana hal tersebut berdampak buruk bagi budaya-budaya yang dihadapkan dengan Injil. Injil mengabaikan dan menolak semua budaya. Hal ini akan membuat untuk Injil akan sulit untuk dikomunikasikan kepada orang-orang yang memiliki budaya tersebut. Oleh karena itu penulis mengangkat data-data dari pelayanan rasul Paulus di dalam Alkitab dan menunjukan kepada para pembaca atau para perintis bahwa sinkretisme tidak selalu berdampak buruk bagi misi perintisan jemaat baru. Pembahasan mengenai sinkretisme ini juga bertujuan guna mendorong para perintis untuk tidak menolak nilai-nilai budaya yang ditemui dalam dunia perintisan. Injil di asimilasikan ke dalam budaya sehingga menjadi satu dengan budaya, namun batasannya adalah Yesus diatas segalanya dan Yesus Kristus menjadi tolok ukur untuk menilai budaya mana yang harus ditiadakan dan mana yang dapat dipakai. Penulis melakukan kajian pustaka dan memakai sumber-sumber dari Alkitab untuk dijadaikan sebagai bahan bukti dari pembahasan ini. Hasilnya adalah benar bahwa sinkretisme tidak selalu berdampak buruk terhadap misi perintisan jemaat baru. Asal batasannya adalah Yesus sebagai satu-satunya Tuhan dan menjadi tolok ukur dari tatanan kebudayaan. Juga, dalam misi perintisan harus membawa rekan kerja,bukan hanya sebatas membatu bekerja dalam pelayanan, melainkan juga sebagai teman diskusi tentang batasan dari sinkretisme.
Penyelesaian Sengketa Sumber Daya Agraria Pada Tanah Perkebunan Bekas Hak Guna Usaha
Authors: NURBAEDAH
Published: October 2020

Adanya sengketa tanah perkebunan bekas Hak Guna Usaha antara warga dengan PT Sumber Sari Petung sejak zaman orde baru di Kecamatan Ngantar Kabupaten Kediri inilah yang menjadi latar belakang penelitian. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mendapat gambaran upaya yang telah dilakukan dalam penyelesaian sengketa sumberdaya agraria di Kecamatan Ngantar. Dengan menggunakan teknik wawancara secara mendalam menggunakan pedoman pertanyaan (guideline of interview) dengan Ketua Paguyuban Trisakti di tiga desa (Desa Babadan, Desa Sugihwaras dan Desa Sempu Kecamatan Ngancar Kabupaten Kediri, Jawa Timur), tiga Kepala Desa (Desa Babadan, Desa Sugihwaras dan Desa Sempu Kecamatan Ngancar Kabupaten Kediri, Jawa TImur), Direktur PT. Sumber Sari Petung Kediri, Kepaniteraan Perdata dan Pidana pada Pengadilan Negeri Kabupaten Kediri serta Kepala Kantor Badan Pertanahan Nasional Kabupaten Kediri. Hasil analisis menunjukkan penanganan sengketa dapat sukses dilakukan secara non litigasi melalui mediasi
An algorithm for imposing local boundary conditions in peridynamic models on arbitrary domains
Authors: Zhao Jiangming , Jafarzadeh Siavash , Chen Ziguang , Bobaru Florin
Published: October 2020

Imposing local boundary conditions in nonlocal/peridynamic models is often desired/needed. Fictitious nodes methods (FNMs) are commonly used techniques for this purpose but they are limited, in general, to domains with simple geometry. FNMs also mitigate the well-known peridynamic surface/skin effect at boundaries/surfaces. Here, we introduce a general algorithm that automatically locates mirror nodes for fictitious nodes in the mirror-based FNM, without requiring an explicit mathematical description of the boundary. The algorithm is based on computing a nonlocal gradient, at fictitious nodes, to determine the “generalized” normal direction to the boundary of a domain with arbitrary geometry. We test several FNMs on peridynamic diffusion problems with or without singularities, that exist in the corresponding local models, along the boundaries. We find that the mirror-based FNM works best in agreeing with the classical solutions. We then test the new algorithm with this FNM for diffusion problems in domains with complex geometries, including one with intersecting cracks. The algorithm is general and should work for any type of peridynamic model, including those for problems with moving boundaries and growing cracks, for which enforcement of local-type boundary conditions is desired. Since high accuracy is critical near boundaries of arbitrary shape (including corners, notches, crack tips) in a variety of problems, the new algorithm has potential for high impact.
If You’re Funny and You Know It: Personality, Gender, and People’s Ratings of Their Attempts at Humor
Authors: Silvia Paul , Greengross Gil , Cotter Katherine N. , Christensen Alexander P. , Gredlein Jeffrey M.
Published: October 2020

In seven studies (n = 1,133), adults tried to create funny ideas and then rated the funniness of their responses, which were also independently rated by judges. People were relatively modest and self-critical about their ideas. Extraversion (r = .12 [.07, .18], k =7) and openness to experience (r = .09 [.03, .15], k = 7) predicted rating one’s responses as funnier; women rated their responses as less funny (d = -.28 [-.37, -.19], k = 7). The within-person correlation between self and judge ratings was small but significant (r = .13 [.07, .19], k = 7), so people had some insight into their ideas’ funniness.
Structuring of Time is Key for Job Performance and Well-being: The Case of Croatians Working from Home During COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Ružojčić Mitja , Galic Zvonimir , Palanović Antun , Kovačić Maja Parmač , Žnidar Krešimir
Published: October 2020

In this research, we aimed to explore determinants of job performance and well-being while working from home (WFH) in a specific context of mandatory WFH during COVID-19 lockdown in Croatia, a country where WFH is a highly unusual arrangement. In Study 1, on a nationally representative sample of 166 Croatian employees WFH during lockdown, we tested if aspects of work-life balance (WLB) – work-to-family and family-to-work conflict, time structure of the work day and psychological detachment from work – would predict job performance and well-being. We showed that of the four WLB aspects, only time structure was important both for job performance and well-being. In Study 2, we used a convenient sample of 575 Croatian employees who were WFH during lockdown to investigate conscientiousness, emotional stability and autonomy at work as drivers of the WLB during WFH, and to constructively replicate Study 1 findings using different and more advanced measures. Findings showed that autonomy, conscientiousness and, especially, emotional stability contributed to the WLB and were important for job performance and well-being. WLB, especially time structure, predicted both job performance and well-being, and enhanced time structure mediated the effects of personality traits and autonomy on both outcomes.
Black-White Racial Health Disparities in Inflammation and Physical Health: Cumulative Stress, Social Isolation, and Health Behaviors
Authors: McClendon Juliette , Chang Katharine , Boudreaux Michael J. , Oltmanns Thomas , Bogdan Ryan
Published: October 2020

Black Americans have vastly increased odds and earlier onsets of stress- and age-related disease compared to White Americans. However, what contributes to these racial health disparities remains poorly understood. Using a sample of 1,577 older adults (32.7% Black; ages 55 to 65 at baseline), we examined whether stress, health behaviors, social isolation, and inflammation are associated with racial disparities in self-reported physical health. A latent cumulative stress factor and unique stress-domain specific factors were modeled by applying bifactor confirmatory analysis to assessments across the lifespan (i.e., childhood maltreatment, trauma exposure, discrimination, stressful life events, and indices of socioeconomic status). Physical health, health behavior and social isolation were assessed using self-report; interleukin-6 (IL-6) was assayed from morning fasting serum samples. A parallel serial mediational model tested whether Race (i.e., Black/White) is indirectly associated with health through the following 2 pathways: 1) cumulative stress. health behaviors, inflammation, and 2) cumulative stress, social isolation, and inflammation. There were significant indirect between race and self-reported physical health through cumulative stress, social isolation, and IL-6 (b = -.009, 95% CI: -.027, -.001) and cumulative stress, health behaviors, and IL-6 (b = -.018, 95% CI: -.044, -.005). Specifically, Black Americans were exposed to greater cumulative stress, which was associated with more social isolation as well as reduced preventive health behaviors; these in turn, were each independently associated with greater IL-6 and reduced physical health. Similar to the cumulative latent stress factor, a unique SES factor also indirectly linked race to physical health through these same two pathways (both bs < -.008, both 95% CI within: -.056, -.002). Cumulative stress exposure and socioeconomic status are indirectly associated with Black-White racial health disparities through behavioral (i.e., health behavior, social isolation) and biological (i.e., inflammation) factors. Currently, culturally responsive evidence-based interventions that enhance healthy stress coping and increased social connection are needed to directly confront health disparities. Ultimately, large scale anti-racist public policies (i.e., those which produce equitable outcomes) that reduce cumulative stress burden (e.g., a living wage, universal healthcare) may best attenuate racial health disparities.
Constructing Confidence: The Role of Affect and Cognition in Decisions Under Radical Uncertainty
Authors: Bilovich Avri , Johnson Samuel Gregory Blane , Tuckett David
Published: October 2020

Confidence in one’s decisions is key in making satisfactory decisions, especially under radical uncertainty where no normatively correct choice can be made. Low confidence can result in monetary losses for individuals (e.g. overtrading in the financial markets) or retailers (e.g. processing consumer returns). But how do people construct confidence in their decisions? Using Conviction Narrative Theory (CNT) as a framework, we ran two studies demonstrating the relationship between integral emotions, cognition and confidence. Consistent with CNT, we found that even in contexts which are not explicitly affective, such as financial investments, weak and strong arguments for a stock to rise are still interpreted affectively. Approach emotions (e.g. excitement) generate more confidence and make individuals perceive such arguments as stronger. Conversely, avoidance emotions (e.g. anxiety) reduce both confidence and perceived argument strength. Overall, cognition, operationalised as perceived argument strength, mediates the effects of emotion on confidence. This approach to decision-making is all the more rational under radical uncertainty, where there is no normatively correct answer based only on facts.
The Effect of Peer-Collaborative Dialogue on Saudi EFL Students’ Reading Comprehension in Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication
Authors: Al-Mutrafi Ghada
Published: October 2020

This study investigated the effect of peer collaborative dialogue carried out in the text-based synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) on the reading comprehension of EFL female students. Additionally, the study elicited EFL students’ attitudes toward dyadic collaborative their discussions in SCMC during reading comprehension activities. The sample of the study comprised 36 Saudi EFL female students at Shaqra University. They were divided into two groups: an experimental group consisting of 18 students, forming nine pairs, to perform reading activities dialogically in Moodle and a control group of 18 students to perform reading activities individually in classrooms. The researcher used pre-post reading comprehension tests and a scale of SCMC-based dialogical collaborative reading attitudes. as research instruments to collect data. Data were analyzed using means and standard deviation, an independent sample t-test, a paired sample t-test, an Analysis of Variance test (ANOVA) and a one sample t-test. The findings revealed that there was a statistically significant improvement in the post-test average scores of the experimental group, which indicated the effectiveness of text-based dyadic collaborative dialogue on reading comprehension. Additionally, compared to other reading skills, making inferences skill was revealed to be the skill most affected by dyadic dialogues in SCMC. Besides, the participants exhibited positive attitudes toward their collaborative dialogues with peers in SCMC to foster their reading comprehension. Finally, pedagogical implementations and recommendations for future studies were suggested to explore the area of SCMC-based collaborative dialogue on language learning
A Validity-Theoretic Approach to Interdiscursivity in Theresa May’s 2019 Resignation Speech
Authors: Salama Amir H.Y.
Published: October 2020

The present study seeks to propose Habermas’s (1976, 1992, 1998, 2001) validity-theoretic approach as a method for conducting political interdiscursive analysis. The approach is predicated on the methodological correlation between the three validity claims of truth, truthfulness, and rightness, on the one hand, and the respective speech acts of constatives, expressives, and regulatives, on the other. The data used for analysis is the resignation speech delivered by the ex-Prime Minister of the UK, Theresa May, on 24 May 2019 in Downing Street, following her political failure to deliver Brexit. The study derives its significance from attempting to uncover the pragma-argumentatively motivated interdiscursive patterns in May’s speech. In other words, the explanatory power of traditional interdiscursivity can be enhanced through integrating the pragma-argumentative component of validity-claim theory into the current form of political interdiscursive analysis. The study’s main finding is that, with the presence of pragma-argumentative links, there are four rationally oriented interdiscursive relations in May’s speech: (a) practical-aesthetic, (b) practical-theoretical, (c) theoretical-aesthetic, and (d) aesthetic-theoretical. Two crucial implications have emerged from this finding: (i) the dominant interdiscursive pattern in May’s speech is the practical-aesthetic interdiscourse, where May justifies her validity claims to truthfulness through the normative context of what best serves the UK’s political interests; (ii) both cases of theoretical-aesthetic and aesthetic-theoretical interdiscourses proved to have a dialectically interdiscursive meaning on the rational basis that two discourses are reciprocally justifying – and at some point, legitimating – each other.
Saudi University Students’ Perceptions towards Virtual Education During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Language Learning via Blackboard
Authors: Al-Nofaie Haifa
Published: October 2020

Following the spread of COVID-19, many parts of the world have fully shifted to virtual education. Issues regarding students’ readiness for this mode of education have been the main concerns in countries where students are not used to virtual classes. This article presents a case study that investigated the perceptions of Saudi university students towards learning via Blackboard, during the unusual mode of delivering education caused by Covid-19. The aim was to identify the merits and challenges of online learning in order to understand the students’ learning experiences during the pandemic period and suggest practical solutions. The participants were 25 university students majoring in the English language at the bachelor of arts level. The instructor (the author) taught them classes on morphology. Based on an analysis of the students’ learning logs, the students preferred the asynchronous environment to the synchronous one due to its flexibility. However, unlike research findings identified in relevant studies on virtual education for language learning, the present study reveals that virtual education is not always appealing for students. This study is one of the few studies that compare the synchronous and asynchronous aspects of BB in the Arabian contexts. It is hoped that this study will help university authorities to set out more practical educational plans in the case of emergencies. Also, this study will inform the practices of university instructors and designers of professional development courses in the near future.
The Creative Writing’s Role in the Formation of a New Linguistic Home in Exile: A Critical Stylistic Analysis of Christina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban (1990)
Authors: Boualem Fadia , Guerroudj Noureddine
Published: October 2020

This paper depicts how exiles are psychologically damaged by language loss and how the latter engenders identity crises that affect the characters and destabilize their identity constructs. Linguistically speaking, although expatriates living outside their home countries master English more than their native words, they can circulate both locations comfortably. However, both languages fail to provide them with an efficient means of expressing their identity. The main question raised is whether language contributes to the understanding of the self or complicates the maturation process and engenders an identity crisis. It is for this particular reason that the researcher has chosen Cristina Garcia Dreaming in Cuban (1990) to portray how both languages are simultaneously used, creating a third language structure, this narrative that blends English with Spanish without making the reader notice the shift and enabling both the writer and the protagonist to express their bicultural identities. The aim of the current study is to investigate how linguistic meaning is used as a vehicle for constructing identity through a critical stylistic analysis of Christina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban (1990). The study concludes that this novel cannot be classified as either nostalgic or creative, but blends nostalgia with creativity so as to give birth to a new category of exile writing. The latter preaches hybridity as a remedial reconciliation capable of healing the emotional shock caused by exile.
Saudization of English: A study of the Innovative Linguistic and Textual Strategies in the Academic and Multiple Discourses of Saudi Arabia
Authors: Ahmad Iesar
Published: October 2020

inevitably be linguistic and cultural integration and assimilation. In a similar vein, the worldwide dissemination of the English language has radically shaped the linguistic and textual devices installed by the Saudi English writers in their texts. Besides, the Saudi English writers have reconstructed L2 (English) on the linguistic pattern of L1(Arabic) to foreground their distinctive ideological and cultural norms. Also, the research work investigates, can Saudi English be considered an authentic linguistic instrument? The researcher also has focused and authenticated on the emergence of Saudi English regarding the innovative linguistic and textual tactics inducted by the Saudi writers in their texts. Besides, the research study has investigated the reconstruction of L2 (English) on the lexical, rhetorical, and grammatical patterns of L1(Arabic). The research work also has a great significance regarding the pedagogical, and theoretical linguistic debate about the emergence of the Asian and African variants of Englishes. Likewise, the researcher has chosen the appropriating linguistic theory, and multiple canons approach as a theoretical framework to analyze the selected Saudi English texts. The research work also has concluded that the Saudi English has emerged as a practical linguistic instrument like any other Asian variants of Englishes. Consequently, the researcher has suggested to the Saudi English writers to reconstruct L2 (English) as a functional instrument to disseminate their national, ideological, and cultural norms for global readers.
A Cognitive-Semantic Analysis of Preposition on: An Experimental Study at University of Baghdad
Authors: Nasser Sura Muttlak
Published: October 2020

This study is descriptive quantitative research by using a test to collect the data needed. Iraqi English as a foreign language (EFL) students face difficulties in differentiating between using prepositions correctly. This study has been performed in the Department of English at College of Education for Women, University of Baghdad, to diagnosis the difficulties of English prepositions that face Iraqi first-year students at the University since multi-uses and meanings of prepositions. For Iraqi EFL students, prepositions regarded as a problematic criterion. This study aims at examining the problems that EFL students commit mistakes in using English prepositions of place on. It also highlights the causes of those problems. Correct handling proposition is not because most of them have different functions straightforward, and different prepositions have the same uses. For this reason, the researcher adopted pre and post-tests to evaluate the output of the means of the students' results. The researcher used SPSS to analyze data.
Combined extracorporeal shockwave therapy and exercise for the treatment of tendinopathy: A Narrative review
Authors: Burton Ian
Published: October 2020

Tendinopathy is a chronic degenerative musculoskeletal disorder that is common in both athletes and the general population. Exercise and extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) are among the most common treatments used to mediate tendon healing and regeneration. The review presents current understanding of mechanisms of action of ESWT and exercise in isolation and briefly synthesises evidence of their effectiveness for various tendinopathies. The central purpose of the review is to synthesise research findings investigating the combination of ESWT and exercise for five common tendinopathies (plantar heel pain, rotator cuff, lateral elbow, Achilles, and patellar tendinopathy) and provide recommendations on clinical applicability. Collectively, the available evidence indicates that ESWT combined with exercise in the form of eccentric training, tissue specific stretching or heavy slow resistance training are effective for specific tendinopathies and can therefore be recommended in treatment. Whilst there are at present a limited number of studies investigating combined EWST and exercise approaches, there is evidence to suggest that the combination improves outcomes in treatment of plantar heel pain, Achilles, lateral elbow, and rotator cuff tendinopathy. However, despite overall positive outcomes in patellar tendinopathy, the combined treatment has not been shown at present to offer additional benefit over eccentric exercise alone.
Effects of Concentrated Growth Factor and Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis on the Prognosis of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland
Authors: Han Shang-Zhi , Lv Xin , Chen Xi-Bo , Xu Ying-Ying , Liu Rui , Zhang Xing-Le
Published: October 2020

Introduction: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is a common salivary gland malignancy. As studies reported on large cases of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid glands are few, this paper aims to research the effects of clinical and pathological factors, such as applying concentrated growth factor (CGF) on repairing and cervical lymph node metastasis, on the prognosis of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland.

Methods: The retrospective analysis of prognostic factors was conducted based on 176 cases with mucoepidermoidcarcinoma of the parotid gland, who received treatment at the Affiliated Hospital of  Chengde Medical College during the period of March 2000 to March 2012.

Results: The Five-year overall survival rate was 75.57%, while the Five-year tumor-free survival rate was 64.77%. Univariate analysis showed that the influential factors for the prognosis of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland included surgical approach, tumor size, clinical stage, pathological grade, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis, etc; among which pathological grade, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis were indicated by multivariate analysis to be the independent risk factors.

Conclusion: The survival rate of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland is relatively high. Lymph node metastasis, pathological grade, and distant metastasis are the independent risk factors that affect the prognosis of patients with mucous epidermis carcinoma of the parotid gland.
Upper Esophageal Schwannoma: Rare Differential Diagnosis of Dysphagia
Authors: Acharya Bigyan , Thakur Binay , Devkota Mukti , Pandey Greta , Shrestha Anup , Chaudhary Manish
Published: October 2020

Esophageal schwannomas are rare primary sub mucosal tumors, 45 cases have been reported so far. We  herein report the 46th case of an esophageal schwannoma from Nepal. A 60-year-old woman presented with progressivedysphagia. Oesophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy (OGD) showed a sub mucosal mass with mucosal puckering in the upper esophagus; Computed tomography (CT) of the chest showed an upper esophageal mass of size 8x7x6cm3compressing the trachea. Bronchoscopy showed external compression of the mid trachea. The patient under went three incision VATS esophagectomy. Histopathological examination and immunohistochemical (IHC) staining confirmed the diagnosis of schwannoma.
Quality Of Life In Patients With Chronic Dermatophytosis
Authors: Varshney Ajitesh Prakash , Gahalaut Pratik , Pardal Pavan Kumar , Mishra Nitin , Rastogi Madhur Kant , Thapa Manisha
Published: October 2020

Introduction: The term “chronic dermatophytosis” can be described as patients who have suffered tinea infections for more than 6 months, with or without recurrence. Since last few years we are facing an onslaught of chronic and recurrent dermatophytosis. These infections are increasingly becoming debilitating with severe symptoms like itching and increasingly showing lack of response to traditional treatment, hence it has become utmost important to assess impact of dermatophytosis today on quality of life of patients.

Objectives: To determine quality of life in patients with chronic dermatophytosis using Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI).

Materials and Methods: Adult literate patients having chronic dermatophytosis which was confirmed by KOH mount were included in the study. History, clinical features and other relevant details were included in a proforma. All patients were asked to fill DLQI questionnaire in Hindi. Controls having disease for less than six months were also included. Data thus obtained was collected and tabulated. The data was analysed using SPSS software and relevant statistical tests were used.

Results: Total number of cases collected were 263, 137 controls were also included. In gender distribution, cases had 71.86% males and 28.14% female while controls had 63.5% males and 36.5% females. Mean DLQI of cases was 14.28+/-5.16 and controls was 11.56+/-3.60. DLQI distribution of cases -162(61.6%) had very large effect, 64(24.33%) had moderate effect, and 32(12.17%) had extremely large effect on DLQI. Domains of Symptoms and feelings (72.67%), work and school related activities (69%) and treatment related problems (67.67%) posed maximum impairment. Quality of life derangement increased significantly with presence of lesions on both exposed and non exposed sites and increase in body surface area.

Conclusion: While superficial dermatophytosis affects quality of life (QoL) in all patients, chronic dermatophytosis has a significantly more derogatory effect on the QoL of a person with some of the patient also showing extremely large effect on QoL.
Blistering Diseases in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A 10-year Audit
Authors: Parajuli Niraj , Lama Laila , Karki Anupama , Shrestha Rushma , Tiwari Sumida , Kayastha Bhaskar MM
Published: October 2020

Introduction: Cutaneous blisters can occur in variety of conditions. They are broadly classified as immunobullous or non-immunobullous. Immunobullous blistering diseases can further classify as intraepidermal or subepidermal. Non-immunobullous blistering disease are commonly due to infections, drugs among others. Some of the blistering disease carry significant mortality and morbidity. There are only limited data on blistering diseases from Nepal, so this study will provide details on the prevalence of this rare dermatological disease from one of the tertiary care referral hospital in the country.

Objective: To assess the clinical pattern and prevalence of various blistering diseases in a tertiary care referral hospital.

Materials and Methods: All of the data were obtained from the admission register maintained at department of dermatology and venereology, National Academy of Medical Sciences. All the patients admitted with blistering disease from year April 2008 till March 2018 were included. The details including age, sex, type of blistering disease and length of hospital stay were recorded. 

Results: A total of 710 patients were admitted in the dermatology ward over the period of 10 years.  There were a total of 193 blistering disease admitted during this period. Autoimmune blistering disease was diagnosed in 59 patients whereas 100 patients had non-immunobullous disease. The age grouped range from 4- 93 years with the mean age of 43± 19.71 years. The average number of hospital stay of all blistering diseases was 11.73±11.36 days.

Conclusion: Blistering diseases are one of the most common conditions requiring admission in dermatology ward. Some of these diseases carry a significant morbidity and mortality. So, prompt diagnosis and treatment is of utmost importance.
Non-Veneral Genital Dermatoses: A Study from Western Nepal
Authors: Kumar Ajay , Pun Jenny , Neupane Deepika , Subedi Saujan , Mohammad Asim , Sathian Brijesh
Published: October 2020

Introduction: The etiology of dermatoses involving genital areas could be venereal or on-venereal.  These disorders are responsible for mental distress and guilt which can be minimized by appropriate diagnosis and information to the patients.

Objectives: To assess the clinical pattern and prevalence of various non venereal genital dermatoses in a referral center.

Materials and Methods:  This was a hospital-based descriptive study involving patients with non-venereal diseases visiting outpatient clinics of Department of Dermatology. After informed consent, all the parameters were recorded in a proforma and analyzed.

Results: Total of 70 patients with non-venereal genital dermatoses were included. Mean age of the patients was 33 years. Majority were male, married and had history of irregular use of contraceptives. Duration of symptoms ranged from one to 36 months with mean of four months.

Total 19 types of non-venereal skin diseases were noted with major complaint of itching in genitalia in 22 (31.4%). Primary site of involvement/complaint was vulva in 19 (27.1%), scrotum in 17 (24.3%), groin in 18 (25.7%) and penile area in 14 (20.0%).  The most common final dermatological diagnosis in majority was fungal infections and neurodermatitis in 12.9% each. Extramarital relationship was reported by 37 out of 70 patients (52.9%), while 31 patients correlated their symptoms with sexual exposure.

Conclusions: Itching was the most common presenting complaint with infective etiology. The current study highlighted the relevance of addressing non-venereal genital dermatoses in order to avoid the general misconception that all genital lesions are sexually transmitted.
Disseminated Discoid Lupus Erythematosus and Hypothyroidism in a Vitiligo Vulgaris Patient: A Rare Coexistence
Authors: Paudel Sushil , Neupane Sameer
Published: October 2020

Vitiligo vulgaris is a disease with multiple etiological factors including genetic, autoimmunity and several environmental factors. It has a huge psychological burden in the patient. Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) in the other hand can be quite disfiguring as well. Thyroid disease along with these chronic skin diseases if occurs in a same patient is really disappointing to him and his family. We report a case of 55years old man with such a rare coexistence in a patient.
Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reaction
Authors: Pradhan Manish
Published: October 2020

Adverse drug reactions commonly involve the skin and represent a significant proportion of all drug‐induced illnesses. Most of the times, adverse cutaneous reactions are not severe and only a few are fatal. Real incidence of cutaneous adverse drug reaction is not known. Due to rampant and multiple drug use, there is difficulty finding the culprit drug, so diagnosis of adverse drug reaction and management becomes difficult.