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UMA JORNADA SENSORIAL: EXPLORANDO OS SENTIDOS EM SALA DE AULA
Authors: Silva Heloise Rolim da , Souza Daniela Sotério De
Published: September 2024

INTRODUÇÃO: Ensinar ciências deve levar o estudante a interpretar situações cotidianas de acordo com o conteúdo estudado, refletido e debatido em sala de aula. Com propósito de preparar os discentes a
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WASTE BANK PROGRAM IN HANDLING WASTE IN THE CITY OF SERANG
Authors: Nisa Zahra Khoiru , Agusti Indah Dewi , Winarti Aas , Apriliansyah Irgi , Zaty Fathur Perdana
Published: September 2024

Waste management in Serang City remains a significant challenge for the local government. With a population of 735,651 in 2023 and a density of 2,700 people/km², the volume of waste produced continues to increase. To address this, the Serang City Government has implemented a waste bank program aimed at reducing the amount of waste ending up in the Final Processing Site (TPA). This program seeks to raise public awareness about waste management through sorting, recycling, and utilizing waste. This study employs a qualitative approach to examine the implementation of the waste bank program in Serang City. Smith's model is utilized to analyze the policy implementation process, focusing on four variables: idealized policy, target groups, implementing organization, and environmental factors. The findings indicate that, despite the efforts of the Environmental Agency and waste bank organizations, the program's implementation has not been optimal. Contributing factors include a lack of community participation, an insufficient number of personnel, and inadequate facility support. However, some sub-districts exhibit high levels of community participation, with residents utilizing waste banks as a source of economic value. This demonstrates the potential for the program to succeed if these issues are addressed. Recommendations for improving the waste bank program include enhancing community engagement through education and outreach, increasing the number of personnel dedicated to the program, and providing better facilities and resources to support waste management efforts. By addressing these challenges, the Serang City Government can make significant strides in improving waste management and reducing the environmental impact of waste.
A ottant’anni dalla strage di Monte Sole (1944-2024)
Authors: Betti Eloisa , Chiaricati Federico , Menzani Tito
Published: September 2024

L’Annuario ricostruisce la storia e l’attività del Comitato regionale per le onoranze ai caduti di Marzabotto. La prima parte ne ripercorre la complessa genesi, che affonda le radici nel secondo dopoguerra, con la creazione di un Comitato comunale e la formalizzazione su base regionale nel 1982. Un impulso decisivo all’istituzionalizzazione del Comitato onoranze provenne da Dante Cruicchi, che ne fu fondatore e presidente fino alla scomparsa avvenuta nel 2011, data alla quale si ferma la prima sezione dell’Annuario. La seconda parte dà conto, invece, dell’evoluzione del Comitato onoranze negli anni Duemiladieci e Duemilaventi, con approfondimenti sui vari filoni che ne hanno contraddistinto l’attività: le commemorazioni dell’anniversario della strage, le celebrazioni del 25 aprile, il progetto di consolidamento dell’archivio storico, l’attività didattica a vantaggio delle scuole del territorio, la promozione e la pubblicazione di ricerche storiche e di memorialistica, il mantenimento di rapporti con istituzioni ed enti con finalità similari, il restauro e la realizzazione ex novo di lapidi e monumenti. Un ampio corredo iconografico, proveniente in larga parte dall’Archivio fotografico del Comitato, aiuta a comprendere visivamente un impegno sfaccettato e di lungo periodo, fatto di un instancabile e capillare lavoro sul campo, importante per tenere viva la memoria degli eccidi nazifascisti dell’autunno del 1944 e radicare i valori della Costituzione italiana nella società civile. Eloisa Betti è ricercatrice di Storia contemporanea all’Università di Padova e autrice di Monte Sole. La memoria pubblica di una strage nazista (Roma 2024). Dal 2020 è responsabile dell’Archivio del Comitato regionale per le onoranze ai caduti di Marzabotto - Centro di documentazione per lo studio delle stragi nazifasciste e delle rappresaglie di guerra. Federico Chiaricati è assegnista di ricerca presso l’Università di Parma. Collabora con l’Istituto storico Parri e con il Comitato regionale per le onoranze ai caduti di Marzabotto. I suoi interessi di ricerca si concentrano prevalentemente sulla storia dei consumi, la storia degli Stati Uniti, la storia del fascismo e dell’antifascismo. Tito Menzani insegna Storia economica e materie affini nelle Università di Bologna e di Modena e Reggio Emilia. È responsabile delle attività didattiche del Comitato regionale per le onoranze ai caduti di Marzabotto. La sua attività di ricerca si è principalmente indirizzata verso la storia d’impresa e la storia del territorio.
THE EFFECT OF PICTIONARY GAME ON THE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY AT THE TENTH GRADE OF MAS AL-HASYIMIYAH TEBING TINGGI
Authors: Rinanda Kartika
Published: September 2024

The research was conducted to know the significant effect of Pictionary game of students’ writing ability which was observed from the students at the tenth grade of MAS Al-Hasyimiyah Tebing Tinggi. The research method of this paper was quantitative research by using quasi-experimental research. The population of the research was the tenth grade of MAS Al-Hasyimiyah Tebing Tinggi. In taking the sample, the researcher used saturated sampling which took all of the students in the tenth grade. The two classes divided into experimental class and control class. There were 25 students in experimental class and 25 students in control class. In experimental class, the researcher taught by using Pictionary game, meanwhile the control class that used conventional method. In experimental class that was taught by Pictionary game, the increase of the mean score was 21.4 and in control class was taught by conventional method, the increase of the mean score was 5.08. The calculation of T-test by using SPSS v.23 in post-test of both classes, the researcher found that the value of the Sig. score was 0.000. It means that the Sig. core was smaller than 0.005 (0.000 < 0.05). It can be concluded that there were significant differences between the two classes; experimental class and control class. It showed that Pictionary game gave the effect on students’ writing ability at the tenth grade of MAS Al-Hasyimiyah Tebing Tinggi.
Smiley, emoticon, and emoji as nonverbal communication tools in internet communication
Authors: Turko Ulyana Igorevna
Published: September 2024

The aim of the research is to identify the specifics of using nonverbal communication tools in the digital environment. The paper analyzes the semantics of the terms “smiley”, “emoticon”, and “emoji”, used in modern speech practice as synonyms. The scientific novelty of the research lies in analyzing the trends in the use of nonverbal tools in oral-written internet communication, identifying their functions, and establishing the normative spelling variant in the pairs “эмодзи – эмоджи” (emoji), “эмотикон – эмотикойн” (emoticon). As a result of the research, it has been found that pictograms, while not being punctuation marks, can act as substitutes. The presence of nonverbal communication tools in the text depends on the goals of the communicators and the content of the original text. If the content is pragmatic in nature and the goal of subscribers is to obtain information and exchange experiences, the use of nonverbal communication tools is not as significant. If, however, the primary source appeals to the feelings of internet addressees, then most verbal responses are also accompanied by pictograms as a means of demonstrating or intensifying the expression of the addressees’
feelings. Nonverbal signs of digital communication allow for a concise and visually clear transmission of the emotional state of subscribers.
War as a spiritual and moral test and frontier in the life and work of E. I. Nosov, a front-line writer
Authors: Belyaeva Natalia Viktorovna , Pigoreva Olga Vladimirovna
Published: September 2024

The paper deals with the short stories “Bassoon” and “Red Wine of Victory” by the writer and front-line soldier E. I. Nosov, which describe the first days of the Great Patriotic War and its end. The research was conducted in order to identify the creative mechanisms for understanding war as a spiritual and moral test and the use of the frontier motif as a transformative tool. The paper analyzes the artistic techniques used by E. I. Nosov to express attitudes towards life, death, the meaning of existence, and the issue of historical memory as a guardian of the spiritual and moral code of a nation. The conceptual significance of the transfer of military experiences is supported not only through a detailed description of military operations, but also by the emotional and subjective interpretation that a participant gives to events. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time the military prose of E. I. Nosov is analyzed from the standpoint of the artistic representation of war as a spiritual and moral test, a challenge that heroes go through, experiencing the tragedy of war. As a result of the research conducted using the materials of the works by the writer-front-line soldier, a native of Kursk land, which for a long time was a Russian outpost and today found itself on the border of hostilities with Nazism, artistic means have been identified that made it possible to depict the war as a frontier for a person and the whole state through the lens of individual perception.
The manipulative potential of grammatical means in the English-language judicial discourse
Authors: Ryumkova Elena Vladimirovna
Published: September 2024

The study aims to determine the manipulative potential of the grammatical means chosen by defence attorneys and prosecutors when constructing their speeches in English-language judicial adversarial discourse (during the examination of witnesses). The article considers the main grammatical means of manipulative influence of defence attorneys / prosecutors on witness testimony. In modern linguistics, sufficient attention is paid to the issues of the communicative impact of defence attorneys and prosecutors on the court during their defensive and accusatory speeches. However, this aspect of manipulation during the examination of witnesses still remains a lacunary one. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that it describes for the first time the English-language grammatical means of manipulative influence during the examination of witnesses. The transcripts of real English-language trials have been analyzed, the most frequent grammatical means of the English language used by defence attorneys and prosecutors during the examination of witnesses have been identified, those of them that have manipulative potential have been selected, described and systematized. As a result, it has been proved that during the examination of witnesses and victims, the defence attorney and the prosecutor carry out manipulative influence on the court through witnesses by using grammatical means, achieving the desired perlocutionary effect.
Semantic convergence of lexemes by a synonymous type in a literary context (based on the novella “For the Sake of Their Brothers” by M. I. Bryzhinsky)
Authors: Morozova Elena Nikolaevna , Gorshkova Nadezhda Nikolaevna , Nesterova Natalia Anatolyevna
Published: September 2024

The study aims to identify ways of semantic convergence of lexemes in a literary text (based on the novella “For the Sake of Their Brothers” by the Russian-speaking writer of Mordovia M. I. Bryzhinsky). The paper examines the usual and individual author’s lexical synonyms, analyzes the functions of semantically close words and techniques of their use by the author. Bryzhinsky’s novella is a rich linguistic material that has not previously been subjected to linguistic analysis. The scientific originality of the study also lies in the fact that the process of semantic convergence of lexemes in conditions of neutralizing and differentiating contexts is considered as a cognitive mechanism that allows defining contextual synonyms as a product of creative speech-thinking activity, actualizing implicit semes in the structure of the lexical meaning of these words. As a result of the study, the authors proved that semantic convergence in a literary text is carried out on the basis of associative-connotative connections, communicative-pragmatic and distributive properties of synonyms, which in the individual author’s worldview serve not only as a means of creating artistic imagery, but also as a tool for a multifaceted description of the object of extra-linguistic reality implied by the author of this text.
Performance Analysis of Line Operation Parameters and Customer Premises Equipment over a Very High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line 2 Network
Authors:   Keysight Technologies Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Raden Sumarto Raden Mohamad Syaifullah , Md Mustam Saizalmursidi ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Che Seman Fauziahanim ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Isa Khalid ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Zainal Abidin Zuhairiah ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Ramli Khairun Nidzam ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Hashim Dang Fillatina ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Published: September 2024

Even though fiber networks have gained popularity today, Internet access via copper cable networks is still necessary in Malaysia, particularly in the suburban areas. This paper aims to examine the line operation parameters (LOPs) and customer premises equipment (CPE) performances over a very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line 2 (VDSL2) network. These data are crucial in monitoring and preventing network faults and can be used as benchmarks during troubleshooting. In this paper, the LOPs data was obtained from the multi-service access node (MSAN) using the Xshell program. Data acquisition and extraction from the Huawei HG655m modem's Graphical User Interface (GUI), the CPE under investigation, was performed using a Python programming script. The statistical performance of network parameters, such as actual line rate, line and signal attenuation, and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) margin, was then analyzed. In addition, the length of a bundle of ten twisted pairs of copper cable was varied for several distances: 100 m, 300 m, 500 m, 700 m, and 1000 m, with the operational bandwidth set to 17.664 MHz. The findings demonstrated an increment in the net data rates and packets by the Huawei HG655m modems received when a high-performance throughput is injected into the access network.
Prevalencia de desórdenes musculoesqueléticos y riesgo ergonómico en cirujanos de cabeza y cuello: revisión sistemática y metaanálisis
Authors: Rojas-Victoria Edgar , Coll-Tello Brenda , Catacolí-Samayoa José Germán , Molano-González Julián Andrés , Torres-Canchala Laura
Published: September 2024

Introducción. Las lesiones musculoesqueléticas traen consecuencias en los profesionales quirúrgicos, y más aún en cirujanos de cabeza y cuello, que conllevan gran carga de discapacidad y ausentismo laboral, ocasionando retiro temprano, restricciones o modificaciones en la práctica quirúrgica.
Métodos. Se seleccionaron publicaciones de las bases de datos Pubmed, Embase y LILACS. Se incluyeron todos los estudios que midieron la prevalencia de lesiones musculoesqueléticas y la presencia de riesgo ergonómico, síntomas asociados, uso de escalas de medición y estrategias de prevención. Los efectos estimados de los estudios se mostraron con intervalo de confianza del 95 %.
Resultados. Se encontraron 438 estudios. Después de la revisión, se incluyeron 7 estudios, con un total de 868 pacientes. Se estimó mediante un metaanálisis de efectos aleatorios una prevalencia del 81 %.
Conclusiones. Los problemas posturales en cirujanos de cabeza y cuello tienen una prevalencia de 81 %. Esto genera un gran impacto en su salud física y mental, aumentando las incapacidades y pérdida de años laborales. Las herramientas utilizadas para la evaluación son heterogéneas y algunos estudios no incluyen datos como los años de práctica y el nivel de entrenamiento.
Vólvulo gástrico mesenteroaxial. Una enfermedad poco común
Authors: Sacoto-Aguilar Hernán , Ordóñez-Vásquez Deya Lisbeth , Ordóñez-Vásquez Lina Marcela , Díaz-Riascos Natalia
Published: September 2024

El vólvulo gástrico (VG) es una afección relativamente infrecuente, que se define como un giro anómalo del estómago sobre su eje. El retraso en el diagnóstico resulta en altas tasas de morbimortalidad, por lo que suele requerir un tratamiento prioritario 1-4. Aunque se puede presentar en cualquier grupo etario, es más común en adultos mayores de 50 años 3.
DEWAN MASJID INDONESIA (DMI) SIGAP PENANGANAN DINI KORBAN HENTI JANTUNG DI MASJID
Authors: Rosjidi Cholik harun , Abadi Ellyani , Herman
Published: September 2024

Serangan jantung umumnya mendadak dan lokasi beragam, di tempat kerja, di rumah, dan sering di fasilitas umum. Umumnya tidak tertolong jiwanya karena tidak mendapatkan pertolongan yang benar dari seseorang disekitar. Tingginya angka kematian akibat henti jantung serta tehnik pertolongan yang sebenarnya sederhana dan dapat dilakukan     oleh siapa saja, maka masyarakat perlu dikenalkan dan diajarkan  bagaimana mengenali seseorang yang mengalami henti jantung dan melakukan pertolongan awal dengan tindakan Resusitasi Jantung Paru, sehingga akan banyak jiwa manusia yang tertolong. Tujuan pengabdian kepada masyarakat terdiri atas 1) meningkatkan pengetahuan pengurus Masjid tentang penyakit jantung, dan 2). Meningkatkan ketrampilan melakukan pertolongan pertama henti jantung dengan tindakan Resusitasi Jantung Paru (RJP). Desain yang digunakan adalah pemberdayaan kelompok Dewan Masjid Indonesia (DMI) Sulawesi Tenggara (SULTRA) dengan dua bentuk kegiatan (1) memberikan pendidikan kesehatan dan (2) Simulasi  ketrampilan memberikan  Pertolongan Pertama pada korban henti Jantung. Sasaran program kelompok DMI Kota Kendari. sebanyak 9 orang. Kegiatan Pendidikan kesehatan dilaksanakan 5 kali pertemuan dan kegiatan simulasi dilaksanakan 1 kali. Keberhasilan program pengabdian masyarakat dinilai berdasarkan peningkatan nilai  pengetahuan, dan lulus uji ketrampilan melakukan tindakan CPR. Program pendidikan kesehatan dilaksanakan pada tanggal 9 September 2023 dengan hasil sebagai berikut: pengetahuan tentang henti jantung, faktor risiko penyakit jantung, pertolongan, dan cara komunikasi meningkat signifikan  (P=0,000) Dari 9 peserta semua berhasil lulus uji ketrampilan pertolongan pertama pada korban henti jantung. Hasil ini menggambarkan pendekatan kelompok religius efektif untuk meningkatkan kewaspadaan dan ketrampilan memberikan pertolongan korban henti jantung di Masjid.
The CONSIDER Intervention Fidelity Framework for Complex Interventions in Healthcare: A “Best-Fit” Framework Synthesis
Authors: Paez Arsenio , Nunan David , McCulloch Peter , Beard David
Published: September 2024

Background: The focus of clinical trials is typically interventions’ efficacy, or whether they attain their desired outcomes. Comparatively less attention is focused on understanding how or why interventions succeed, or fail to attain, those outcomes. This may be particularly important in trials of complex interventions such as surgery or physiotherapy, which are multifaceted and often tailored to individual participants, providers, or settings, increasing the potential for variations in intervention delivery and effects. The correspondence between the intervention that was planned and what was actually delivered in a trial is the intervention’s fidelity. Several benefits for high levels of intervention fidelity have been proposed. However, a lack of a uniform definition for fidelity and its key components may hinder intervention delivery in clinical trials and the translation of evidence-based interventions to clinical practice. Methods: In this study, we undertook systematic review, and “Best-fit” framework synthesis to develop an empirically-based intervention fidelity framework for complex interventions in rehabilitation. Results: The resulting CONSIDER (Complex iNterventionS Design dElivery Recepit) framework is first integrated fidelity framework developed specifically for clinical trials of for complex interventions rehabiliation. CONSIDER consists of three main components, Design, Delivery and Receipt and the factors moderating them. Design encompasses the core elements of the intervention and the protocol for the clinical trial to evaluate its effectiveness. Delivery encompasses the actual implementation of the protocol and treatment integrity. It is focused primarily on the actions of the intervention providers. Receipt addresses the exposure of the trial participants to the intervention and their response to it.Conclusions: This fidelity framework is the first designed suit the unique complexities and challenges presented by physical complex interventions. It can help promote transparency and reproducibility and helps researchers design clinical trials that reduce waste, enable uptake into clinical practice, and benefit the practice and evidencing of physiotherapy, surgery and other physical complex interventions. Keywords: intervention fidelity, adherence, compliance, integrity, framework, complex interventions, rehabilitation
What really are the flexible-price limits of a New Keynesian model in the infinitely many firms limit?
Authors: Kim Minseong
Published: September 2024

Typical New Keynesian models assume that the aggregate price level P can be treated as a given constant in firm optimization problems as the number n of firms goes to infinity. We show that this always holds only when there are actually infinitely many firms and not for the infinitely many firms limit. While largely an irrelevant issue for the flexible-price model, it becomes critical for the flexible-price limit of the sticky price model. Although the flexible-price model has a unique equilibrium, there are infinitely many flexible-price limits of the sticky-price model without interventions even in non-nominal real terms. This does not require dynamic effects, such as the binding zero lower bound. We discuss other defenses of the New Keynesian model assumption and find them either implausible or in need of further discussion due to significant deviations from the conventional analysis.
Experiences of Asylum Interviews by Asylum Officials, Interpreters and Asylum Seekers in Finland
Authors: Skrifvars Jenny , Ilmoni Anna , Siegfrids Linnea , Galán Maria , Stevens Laura , Selim Hedayat , Korkman Julia , Antfolk Jan
Published: September 2024

Purpose: Recent legal psychological research has highlighted shortcomings in asylum interviews, however, few studies have examined how the interview participants (interviewer, interpreter, and asylum seeker) experience and perceive the interviews. The aim of the current study was to explore experiences of rapport and communication from the perspectives of all the mentioned participants within asylum interviews as well as toinvestigate how well interviewers’ and interpreters’ views align with empirical evidence regarding best-practice interviewing.Design/methodology/approach: Interviewers (n = 62), interpreters (n = 63), and asylum seekers (n = 55) answered an online questionnaire with mainly closed questions about preparation, rapport, interview content, interpretation, and overall experiences of the interviews. Data was explored descriptively. Findings: The views of interviewers and interpreters were mostly aligned with evidence-based interviewing recommendations. However, contrary to recommendations, interpreters reported favoring closed questions over open prompts. Most asylum seekers reported feeling nervous or afraid during the interviews, and three fourths reported difficulties in sharing their experiences and disclosing personal information. This indicatesthat more work on how to build rapport in cross-cultural, interpreter-assisted interviews is needed. The interpreters’ preference for using closed questions presents a risk to interview quality that should be mitigated through training for interpreters as well as improved collaboration between interviewers and interpreters.Originality: To our knowledge, this is the first study to explore experiences of asylum interviews from the perspectives of both interviewers, interpreters and asylum seekers.
Eligibility and benefit adequacy for families in the tax-benefit system: Micro-simulations using EUROMOD
Authors: Van Havere Toon , Nieuwenhuis Rense , Thaning Max , Van Lancker Wim , Bartova Alzbeta
Published: September 2024

In this deliverable, we critically analyse the tax-benefit systems of Belgium, Croatia, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, for their capacity to function as an automatic stabiliser and protect the income and reduce the risk of poverty for a range of different household- and family types. It was found that in none of the countries in focus and in none of the scenarios were full-time workers found to be at-risk-of-poverty. However, single parents (for whom working full-time is often already a challenge), are very close to the poverty threshold when working at two-thirds of the average wage in most of the countries studied here. Differences between family- and household types tend to be larger than the differences between different countries: single-earner households are closer to the poverty thresholds, as are households with dependent children – this accumulates in single-parent households usually being close to the at-risk-of-poverty thresholds. Short-term unemployment is compensated for reasonably well, at least when one partner of a dual-earner couple becomes unemployed and if they are eligible for unemployment benefits. Long-term unemployment of both partners results in an income below poverty. Finally, the findings suggest that neither part-time employment, nor living with grandparents, are guaranteed ways in all countries to avoid poverty for (previously) unemployed single parents. These analyses highlighted two relevant findings. The first was that in some countries, income taxation was found to be related to part-time working single parents falling into poverty. The second was even though (the sharing of) pension income can reduce poverty in households of multigenerational households, we found that this poverty-reduction capacity is lowest in countries where multigenerational households are more common (Croatia and Poland), whereas it is more effective in countries where such households are least common (i.e. Sweden).
Threats to the Gavião indigenous territory (PA): Solastalgia and other psychotherapeutic emotions
Authors: Pinto Mihagere Gavião , Maximino Caio
Published: September 2024

Amerindian conceptions of mental health can be radically different from traditions of European origin. We investigated the conceptions of mental health and its relationship with the land for the indigenous Gavião peoples (kyikatejê, parkatejê, and akrãtikatêjê) living in the Mãe Maria Indigenous Land (Pará State, Brazil). Through structured interviews with six different indigenous individuals, an inseparable relationship was identified between somatic and mental health in Gavião thinking, and a conception of territory crossed by symbolic and inter-subjective dimensions. The integrality of the territory, understood as this territoriality-alterity in Gavião cosmopolitics, also explains the existential relationship between territory and health. The Mãe Maria Indigenous Land is constantly harassed by the management practices of the farms around it, as well as by the pressure on its territory caused by infrastructure works (BR-222 highway, Carajás railroad, and Eletronorte power transmission lines). In this context, the degradation of the territory is perceived as damage to the very health of the peoples who live there, representing a “psychoterratic state” of solastalgia. The example of the Gavião peoples of the Mãe Maria Indigenous Land draws attention to the need for indigenous health policies - especially in the field of mental health - to take into account the integrality of the territory and the conceptions of mental health of the peoples involved.
The role of eye movements and covert shifts of attention in working memory retrieval
Authors: Bhanap Ruhi , Oberauer Klaus , Rosner Agnes
Published: September 2024

During retrieval from episodic memory, individuals often exhibit the "Looking at Nothing" effect (LAN), where they tend to gaze back at locations where the information was initially presented. Scholz et al. (2018) demonstrated that LAN could enhance memory performance not only through eye movements but also via covert attention shifts. The aim of our study was to investigate whether this is also the case for retrieval from working memory. Participants encoded three word-pairs at three distinct locations. At retrieval, participants' memory for one word pair was assessed using auditory cues related to the target pair. We manipulated either the location of gaze or of covert attention during retrieval by introducing a digit tracking task at one of three locations: congruent (where the tested word pair was originally presented), incongruent (a different location), or central. We found evidence against any difference in memory performance between the cue conditions. Attending the location at which memory information has been perceived appears to be beneficial for retrieval from episodic memory but not for retrieval from working memory.
“Stream of Consciousness Impairment” in Severe Amnesia: A Novel Aspect of Temporal Disorientation
Authors: Servais Anaïs , Gérard Fleur , Mirabel Hélène , Rafiq Marie , Wolfrum Marie , Bost Chloé , Bonneville Fabrice , Pariente Jérémie , Barbeau Emmanuel
Published: September 2024

Orientation in time is a central aspect of human cognition. Because orientation in time is intimately related to autobiographical episodic memory, most amnesic patients suffer from temporal disorientation. Patients with severe anterograde amnesia have been described as "stuck in time"; their mental time travel abilities are altered, and they seem to live in the present. Here, we look at the very special situation of complete temporal disorientation, to the point where the patient seems to have no sense of the passage of time. A famous case illustrating this phenomenon was that of Clive Wearing who repeatedly wrote “I am now awake” in his diary, showing his recurrent belief that he had just awakened from an unconscious state. This unique cognitive phenomenon has not been specifically studied. We report cases involving three patients who described similar experiences. All three patients suffer from autoimmune encephalitis and show massive bilateral hippocampal inflammation causing severe anterograde amnesia. We propose to call this phenomenon “Stream of Consciousness Impairment”, a reference to William James’s theory according to which, normally, there is an uninterrupted flow of consciousness. This condition could be added to the spectrum of neurological disorders that contribute to the study of consciousness in humans.
Interaction of glucose and standardized massage administration on cardiac reactivity in healthy adults
Authors: Meier Maria , Unternaehrer Eva , Dimitroff Stephanie , Denk Bernadette , Gaertner Raphaela , Klink Elea S. C. , Wienhold Stella , Volkmer Nina , Pruessner Jens C
Published: September 2024

Hyperglycemia affects cardiac activity at rest, but its effect on cardiac reactivity has not been investigated extensively. While glucose increases hormonal stress responses without changing cardiac stress reactivity, less is known about the interaction of glucose and relaxation interventions on cardiac reactivity. In the present study, we investigated the interaction of glucose administration and a standardized massage intervention on psychophysiological relaxation and sustained attention. Ninety-four participants (age mean = 22.84 years, SD = 2.53 years; 71.28% female) were randomly assigned to consume a drink containing glucose, or pure water before receiving a standardized massage or resting. Directly after the manipulation, they completed the d2 sustained attention test. We repeatedly assessed blood glucose and mood and recorded an electrocardiogram (ECG) and impedance cardiography (ICG) throughout. Root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD) and high-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV) were used as a measure of parasympathetic activity, and pre-ejection period (PEP) indexed sympathetic activity. Our preregistered analyses showed that both relaxation interventions increased PNS activity and decreased arousal. Glucose activated the SNS and prevented SNS withdrawal in response to the massage. However, it did not modulate PNS or affective reactivity to the interventions. While cardiac reactivity was not related to sustained attention, higher blood glucose was linked to higher concentration performance and accuracy in explorative analyses. The results provide further support for the autonomic space model demonstrating independence of SNS and PNS regulation depending on the type of manipulation. They may further our understanding of the links between glucose metabolism and autonomic functioning.
The impact of aphantasia on mental healthcare experiences: Stage 2 Registered Report
Authors: Reeder Reshanne R , Mawtus Bridget , Thomas Bethany Rhea , Renwick Fran
Published: September 2024

Approximately 4% of the population has aphantasia, which is defined as impoverished, or absent, sensory mental imagery. Previous research suggests that people with aphantasia (aphants) may have a higher prevalence of mental health conditions and neurodivergence compared to the general population, but aphantasia presents a special challenge for diagnosis and treatment. Many mental health conditions are currently characterized by imagery-related symptomology (such as sensory flashbacks in post-traumatic stress disorder or negative body image in eating disorders), and the dominant therapeutic treatments rely heavily on imagery techniques. Thus far, little is known about how this impacts mental healthcare experiences in individuals with aphantasia. In the current study, we used a mixed-methods (questionnaire, interview) approach to comprehensively investigate the effects of aphantasia on seeking diagnoses and treatments for mental illness. Quantitative analyses on the questionnaire data revealed that virtually all psychiatric disorders manifest with a lack of imagery-related symptomology in aphantasia compared to typical imagery controls; aphants report “lack of awareness or understanding of aphantasia” as a common factor in missed- or misdiagnosis by mental health professionals, although the prevalence of missed and misdiagnoses are no different from typical imagery controls; and aphants are very likely to report that therapies involving mental imagery, especially visual imagery in CBT, are ineffective in their mental health treatment compared to controls. Two main themes were generated following qualitative analysis of interviews: Quest for Identity and Mental Health Journey. Feelings of being different, memory challenges, and self-discovery based on help-seeking contributed to the first theme. Aphants found different levels of success in their mental health journeys depending on whether they experienced anxiety and/or depression, neurodiversity conditions, or trauma and/or complex mental health conditions, with the latter group critically relying on professional empathy and understanding for positive outcomes. Together, these results point to a widespread impact of aphantasia on diverse aspects of mental healthcare.
Generative Psychometrics via AI-GENIE: Automatic Item Generation and Validation via Network-Integrated Evaluation
Authors: Russell-Lasalandra Lara Lee , Christensen Alexander P. , Golino Hudson
Published: September 2024

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), has introduced powerful tools for various research domains, including psychological scale development. This study presents a fully automated method to efficiently generate and select high-quality, non-redundant items for psychological assessments using LLMs and network psychometrics. Our approach called, Automatic Item Generation and Validation via Network-Integrated Evaluation (AI-GENIE), reduces reliance on expert intervention by integrating generative AI with the latest network psychometric techniques. The efficacy of AI-GENIE was evaluated through Monte Carlo simulations using the Mixtral, Gemma 2, Llama 3, GPT 3.5, and GPT 4o models to generate item pools that mimic Big Five personality assessment. The results demonstrated improvement in item selection efficiency, with overall average increases of 9.78-17.80 in normalized mutual information in the final item pool across all models. After, each model in AI-GENIE generated a Big Five inventory that was administered to independent, representative samples (N = 1000 each) in the U.S. The empirical results show that the items produced across all models were diverse, theoretically consistent, and structurally stable. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that AI-GENIE is a highly effective tool to automate and streamline scale development and validation process.
Unpacking the function of altered states of consciousness in Amazonia
Authors: Senanayake Rebekah
Published: September 2024

Doctoral thesis the fulfil the requirements of Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Anthropology
Reasons to Live Instead of Dying by Suicide: New Insights from a Computer Assisted Content Analysis
Authors: Resnik Philip , Resnik Rebecca , Schafer Katherine Musacchio , Hagedorn Josh , Singer Jonathan
Published: September 2024

Most research on suicide prevention focuses on the progression toward action. Fewer previous studies have looked at suicidal individuals’ past experiences with suicidality and why they did not die by suicide. Moreover, the existing use of reasons to live in assessment in treatment is generally grounded in inventories of questions that, while groundbreaking and well validated, were developed in the past century and without a focus on individuals’ lived experiences of suicidality. In the present study, we investigated reasons people lived through suicidality in a very large, naturally occurring sample of individuals’ self-reports of their experiences. Our analysis contributes categories, and themes organizing those categories, that affirm prior work and also offer new perspectives on that prior work, as well as new connections between ideas in the literatures on reasons people die, reasons people live, and subjective and psychological well-being. The present study highlights the value of computer-assisted methods as a way of achieving both scale and interpretable results, and it identifies a number of theoretical and clinical avenues for further exploration.
Online monitoring activism: Civic surveillance practices as a reaction to the rise of the far-right in the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Primig Florian , Lück-Benz Julia
Published: September 2024

The rise of far-right movements during the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a new form of individual digital activism: online monitoring activism (OMA). During the pandemic, online monitoring activists systematically collected, processed and published information from far-right Telegram channels and groups. Against the theoretical background of concepts like the monitory democracy and surveillance culture, we conducted eight semi-structured interviews with German online monitoring activists, investigating their motivations, roles, and the intricacies of their monitoring practices. Our findings reveal that online monitoring activists are driven by a sense of duty to counteract anti-democratic tendencies, which they perceive as inadequately addressed by institutional power. They gain localized and thematically specialized expertise that they share within loose networks of like-minded others. We highlight the activists’ liminal identity oscillating between virtuous citizenship and vigilantism, as well as the broader societal implications of their actions. On the one hand, they fulfill the role of active citizenship in the monitory democracy; on the other, they also reinforce the transparency imperative and the wish for far-reaching security and control inherent to surveillance culture. The transparency potential afforded by their adversaries’ online connective action and mobilizing efforts legitimizes their surveillance and demands surveillance. Further normative work is needed to critically examine the extent and desirability of increased social control introduced to liberal democracy by online monitoring activism.
बान्तावा र नेपाली भाषाका सर्बनामको तुलना
Authors: राई Rai इन्दिरा Indira
Published: September 2024

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कालीगण्डकी कवितामा व्यक्त समाधिस्थभित्रको अन्तर्य
Authors: ढकाल Dhakal बोधराज Bodhraj
Published: September 2024

प्रस्तुत अनुसन्धानात्मक लेख ‘कालीगण्डकी’ कवितामा व्यक्त समाधिस्थभित्रको अन्तर्यको विश्लेषणमा आधारित छ । यस लेखमा कविताको अन्तर्यमा कविले व्यक्त गरेको आध्यात्मिक दर्शनका तत्वचिन्तनको विवेचन गरी तथ्य निरूपण गरिएको छ । धर्तीकै दिव्यस्थल मोक्षधामबाट उत्पन्न भई दिव्यशिला शालिग्राम सृजना गर्ने कालीगण्डकीको किनारैकिनार मुहानमा पुगी ध्यानस्थ भएर कविले परमानन्द लिन खोजेको अन्तर्य विषयलाई यहाँ विश्लेषण गरिएको छ । गुणात्मक अध्ययन पद्धतिमा आधारित यस अध्ययनमा पुस्तकालयीय कार्यका माध्यमबाट प्राथमिक र द्वितीयक स्रोतका सामग्रीहरूको सङकलन गरी उद्देश्यमूलक नमुना छनोट पद्धतिका माध्यमबाट ‘कालीगण्डकी’ कवितालाई छनोट गरिएको छ । पूर्वीय षडदर्शनहरूमध्ये सापेक्षित रहेका दर्शनहरूका निवृत्तिसँग सम्बन्धित दृष्टिकोण कवितामा व्यक्त समाधिस्थभित्रको अन्तर्यको सन्दर्भलाई साक्ष्यका रूपमा दृष्टान्तसहित व्याख्यापरक विधिमार्फत विश्लेषण गरिएको छ । एपिए सातौँ संस्करणलाई अवलम्बन गरिएको यस लेखमा कविले कवितामा व्यक्त गरेको समाधिस्थको विषयसँग पूर्वीय षडदर्शनहरू साङख्य, न्याय, मीमांसा, योग र वेदान्त दर्शनले अगाडि सारेका मोक्षसँग सम्बन्धित चिन्तनको अवस्था सापेक्षित बनेर प्रस्तुत भएको देखिन्छ । कवितामा कविले कालीगण्डकीको सृजनशिल्पको सन्दर्भमा साङख्य दर्शन, अलौकिक कला रहस्य बुझ्न खोजेको विषयमा न्याय दर्शन, कालीको किनारै किनार मुक्तिधाममा पुगेर ध्यानस्थ हुन खोजेको विषयमा योग दर्शन, आनन्द प्राप्त गर्न खोजेको सन्दर्भमा मीमांसा दर्शन र सृजनामा सम्पूर्णताको खोजी र मोक्ष प्राप्त गर्न चाहेको प्रसङगमा वेदान्त दर्शनका अभिलक्षणहरू नै समाधिस्थभित्रको अन्तर्य भएको कुरालाई प्रस्तुत लेखमा दृष्टान्तसहित निरूपण गरिएको छ ।
Caste- Tribe interaction and its impact on the Matrilineal System: A study on Garos of Sonitpur, Assam
Authors: Bordoloi Ruprekha , Das Niharika
Published: September 2024

The tribal women of North-East India are always considered as privilege and Gender sensitive in compare to the mainstream society, especially for some unique practices, matrilineal family system is one of them. But the concept of gender is very complex and it is differing from one society to another. North-East India is full ethnic variety and this variety makes this place culturally vibrant. At the same time Assam has been considered as homeland of various religious, ethnic, linguistic as well as cultural group. Due to various factors such as migration, hinduisation, internal conflict, resettlement, developmental project the tribal groups are settled from one to another place. This resettlement has affected their life style, livelihood and also the cultural practices. Matrilineal family system has also been affected by these processes and the Garo men of this village is much affected by the Hindu patriarchal ideology.
TARIQ RAMADAN’S IDEA OF REFORM:
Authors: Jasmin Omercic
Published: September 2024

The necessity for reforms in the Muslim world is vivid and indubitable to many Muslim and non-Muslim scholars and has been addressed countless times. Reasons for reforms are just as apparent in contemporary times as a century ago or even earlier. Muslims have often been prevented from or have failed in and resisted reforms due to occupational-colonial, general socio-political, economic, traditional or taqlīd (blind belief/following) circumstances. Distinct responses and solutions to such states of Muslim and general human affairs have been the concern of Tariq Ramadan. His idea of reform reveals ignorance as the root cause of such state of affairs. It is therefore the task of this essay to explore the idea of Ramadan’s reform.
معالجة أزمة المياه من منظور السنة النبوية
Authors: Nur Kholis Mohammad Maulana
Published: September 2024

Water issues are an essential concern in human life. Water is the basis of life. Scientists emphasize that sustainability will only occur on this earth with water in all human activities. The Nabawiah Sunnah, one of the primary sources of law in the Islamic religion and the rules of social life for all humans pays very much attention to protecting water from being polluted. Departing from the hadith's concern for protecting water, the author uses a descriptive-analysis method as a step for library research. This research aims to explain and draw conclusions regarding the hadith text, which explains the importance of preserving water. Researchers divide this research into three elements: introduction, leading discussion, and conclusion. The research concludes that strengthening protects water from contamination based on the research results. The role of the hadith in protecting water has provided a solution to the water crisis caused by pollution through the instructions of the Prophet Muhammad SAW, such as excessive water use. The following prohibits throwing human waste in stagnant water or rivers, and the Prophet Muhammad SAW. commanded to close a container filled with water. Then, this research analyzes the water crisis from the perspective of the Nabawiah sunnah and the dangers if the solution is not implemented correctly.
Full-Day School Policy in The Islamic Education Management's Perspective
Authors: Anggraini Khurotin , Kamid Mohammad Sholeh
Published: September 2024

Islamic education policy regarding full-day school is a series of concepts and principles that form the lines of implementation of a job, leadership, and ways of acting that are implemented in Islamic education practically by paying attention to social, cultural, and religious. An aspect of the approach is a system of working knowledge with interdependence, with school programs where the learning process is carried out all day. Islamic perspective that integrates an intensive Islamic teaching system by adding particular time for students' religious deepening, prioritizing the nobility of morality and academic achievement. This journal aims to study the concept of full-day school policy from the point of view of education management by discussing text and context. This results in 1) applying the concept of Islamic boarding schools, which study without homework because time has been spent at school. 2) good management or good managerial is needed in the management of Islamic education by applying the concept of management planning, Organizing, actuating, and controlling (POAC) and using eight national education standards (content standards, processes, Competence of graduates, Educators and education staff, facilities, management, Financing, Assessment). 3) managing habits at school through learning and moral development. The application of this concept will foster good academic and moral skills that make the acceleration of development in Indonesia