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Spirituality and Creativity
Authors: Schroth Stephen T. , Helfer Jason A.
Published: July 2023

The chapter draws on some key spiritual values from the wisdom of the past that have been passed on from generation to generation across religious and secular lines. Some of these guiding values and principles include the search for truth, nurturing respect, and becoming a good person, to name a few. The chapter combines the accepted values with a more progressive view of education that calls to surrender the goal of shaping or molding the pupil's mind, exchange it for liberating the mind, and strengthening its critical powers. Creative Problem Solving (CPS) and Differentiated Instruction, can answer the call for strengthening critical and creative thinking and can be used by teachers at any grade level, in any subject and at any time to better support spiritual and cognitive needs of all learners.
The Bottom Line
Authors: Hochheimer John L.
Published: July 2023

One challenge for the teacher of a course on spirituality is to create a learning environment where perception and action are grounded in the mutual search for meaning in the non-physical, yet nonetheless real, world of experience, so that students can test themselves and their new knowledge in the contexts of their own lived experiences. Three modes of student evaluation are proposed: student journaling, leading and participating in weekly class discussions, and an open-book final examination. Examples of anonymous student final examination answers are given, demonstrating that undergraduate students can be quite inciteful in demonstrating what they have learned, and how they have applied their learning to their own lived experiences.
Children and Personal Spiritual Experience
Authors: Keating Noel
Published: July 2023

Fowler's model of faith development downplayed the importance of personal spiritual experience; instead, he stressed the need for the development of intellectual and moral reasoning in children. In such a model, spiritual development is in danger of being conflated with religious instruction and is more likely to meet the needs of religious institutions than those of children. This author's research into children's spirituality and the practice of meditation stresses the vital significance of faith as an experience of encounter, and points to the importance of enabling children to experience their innate spirituality and creating opportunities where they can be encouraged to give voice to it. This chapter elucidates how meditation as a whole-school practice can awaken and nurture children's spirituality, giving rise to deeply meaningful spiritual experience. It also stresses the vital importance of enabling children to give voice to their spiritual experience and offers some practical methods for doing so.
Reauthorizing Teachers
Authors: Chapman Amy L. , Miller Lisa J.
Published: July 2023

This chapter presents a revised framework for understanding how schools create a spiritually supportive, or awakened, school culture. In a prior study, the researchers identified how schools intentionally design an awakened school culture which supports students' innate spirituality. This research identified 11 drivers of spiritually supportive schools which are applicable to all schools. During the 2021-2022 academic year, these 11 drivers were the foundation for a year-long professional development course for educators: The Awakened Schools Institute. Through the Awakened Schools Institute, educators learned the 11 drivers of a spiritually supportive school culture and applied them to their own classrooms and schools. Through observations and surveys about the application of the 11 drivers through this year-long course, researchers identified a 12th driver of a spiritually supportive school culture: the reauthorization of teachers. This chapter presents the identification of the 12th driver of awakened school culture.
Cultivating Calm, Curiosity, and Care Among Adolescents
Authors: Edelstein Amy , Razza Rachel Anne
Published: July 2023

In this chapter, the authors examine the potential of mindfulness-based programming in schools as a support for student well-being, success, and meaning-making. The authors evaluate the attributes of the Inner Strength Education teen mindfulness program, a classroom-based 12-lesson program for adolescents. They look at the impact of teaching mindfulness, compassion building, peer dialogue, and systems thinking, and identify how these modalities can successfully bring purpose and meaning-making into an urban public school environment with positive impact on student mental and emotional health.
Assessment of Indigenous Language Archive Preservation in South Africa
Authors: Netshakhuma Nkholedzeni Sidney
Published: July 2023

The purpose of the study is to assess the role of indigenous language archives preservation by the Selected provincial archives with the view to promote socio-economic wellbeing of marginalized societies. The indigenous language archives are necessary to establish the socio -economic wellbeing of their communities and individuals. These rights of using indigenous language archives materials for education curriculum was denied during the period of the apartheid system in South Africa. People feel recognised when their archival materials are recognised by the Provincial Archives.
Can Innovation Orientation and Service Provider Experience Gain Competitive Advantage to Firms?
Authors: Koç Erdinç , İşgüzar Seda
Published: July 2023

Having a competitive advantage is vital for companies trying to survive in an intensely competitive environment. In this study, the effect of innovation orientation and service provider experience on competitive advantage, which is examined in the context of resource-based view and relational view theory, is examined. Data have been collected from the top managers of 222 firms operating in the tourism sector in Turkey. The findings showed that innovation orientation and service provider experience increased competitive advantage. At the same time, it has been observed that the competitive advantage increases as the service provider experience increases. Finally, it has found that service provider experience has a mediating role in the relationship between innovation orientation and competitive advantage. The study is important in terms of revealing that the use of different competitive strategies together produces good results in the process of discovering different strategic elements that can provide sustainable competitive advantage.
Defining and Studying B Cell Receptor and TCR Interactions
Authors: Rappazzo C Garrett , Fernández-Quintero Monica L , Mayer Andreas , Wu Nicholas C , Greiff Victor , Guthmiller Jenna J
Published: July 2023

BCRs (Abs) and TCRs (or adaptive immune receptors [AIRs]) are the means by which the adaptive immune system recognizes foreign and self-antigens, playing an integral part in host defense, as well as the emergence of autoimmunity. Importantly, the interaction between AIRs and their cognate Ags defies a simple key-in-lock paradigm and is instead a complex many-to-many mapping between an individual’s massively diverse AIR repertoire, and a similarly diverse antigenic space. Understanding how adaptive immunity balances specificity with epitopic coverage is a key challenge for the field, and terms such as broad specificity, cross-reactivity, and polyreactivity remain ill-defined and are used inconsistently. In this Immunology Notes and Resources article, a group of experimental, structural, and computational immunologists define commonly used terms associated with AIR binding, describe methodologies to study these binding modes, as well as highlight the implications of these different binding modes for therapeutic design.
Quality of Life in Youth Soccer Players After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Authors: Rosenthal Scott L. , Simpson Tess S. , Kirkwood Michael , Peterson Robin L.
Published: July 2023

Context

Pediatric mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) represent an evolving field of interest in youth athletics. Although most players recover within 4 weeks, some have symptoms that last longer. Little is known about youth health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after mTBI.

Objectives

To characterize youth HRQoL after soccer-related mTBI and to identify predictors of individual differences in HRQoL recovery.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Youth soccer.

Participants

Soccer players, aged 8 to 17 years, who sustained an mTBI (n = 23) or orthopaedic injury (OI, n = 24) or remained uninjured (n = 23) during a single season.

Main Outcome Measure(s)

We assessed HRQoL via the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, version 4.0, and postconcussive symptoms via the Health and Behavior Index. Serial assessments occurred at 24 to 48 hours, 7 days, 30 days, and 90 days postinjury via telephone interview.

Results

At 7 days postinjury, the mTBI and OI groups had poorer total HRQoL (F2,67 = 11.35, P < .001) than the uninjured control group. At 7 days, the mTBI group had the poorest psychosocial HRQoL, whereas the OI group had the poorest physical HRQoL. Differences between the mTBI and uninjured control groups resolved by 30 days. Within the mTBI group, players with significant postconcussive symptoms at 7 days had poorer total (F1,21 = 23.071, P ≤ .001; F1,21 = 5.798, P = .028), psychosocial (F1,21 = 16.488, P = < .001; F1,21 = 5.050, P = .039), and physical (F1,21 = 21.671, P = < .001; F1,21 = 5.119, P = .038) HRQoL at 7 and 30 days, respectively, than players with minimal symptoms; these differences resolved by 90 days.

Conclusions

As a group, youth soccer players who sustained mTBI had transient impairments in HRQoL that resolved by 30 days. A subset of players with significant postconcussive symptoms at 7 days postinjury had poorer HRQoL for at least 30 days postinjury than those whose postconcussive symptoms had resolved within a week of injury. This suggests ongoing recovery in this subset at 30 days and the potential utility of HRQoL as a measure of recovery.
Organizational Expectations Regarding Documentation Practices in Athletic Training
Authors: Devenney Jordan S. , Drescher Matthew J. , Rivera Matthew J. , Neil Elizabeth R. , Eberman Lindsey E.
Published: July 2023

Context

Although guidance is available, no nationally recognized standard exists for medical documentation in athletic training, leaving individual organizations responsible for setting expectations and enforcing policies. Previous research has examined clinician documentation behaviors; however, the supervisor’s role in creating policy and procedures, communicating expectations, and ensuring accountability has not been investigated.

Objective

To investigate supervisor practices regarding support, hindrance, and enforcement of medical documentation standards at an individual organization level.

Design

Mixed-methods study.

Setting

Online surveys and follow-up interviews.

Patients or Other Participants

We criterion sampled supervising athletic trainers (n = 1107) in National Collegiate Athletic Association member schools. The survey collected responses from 64 participants (age = 43 ± 11 years; years of experience as a supervisor = 12 ± 10; access rate = 9.6%; completion rate = 66.7%), and 12 (age = 35 ± 6 years; years of experience as a supervisor = 8 ± 5) participated in a follow-up interview.

Data Collection and Analysis

We used measures of central tendency to summarize survey data and the consensual qualitative research approach with a 3-person data analysis team and multiphase process to create a consensus codebook. We established trustworthiness using multiple-analyst triangulation, member checking, and internal and external auditing.

Results

Fewer than half of supervisors reported having formal written organization-level documentation policies (n = 45/93, 48%) and procedures (n = 32/93, 34%) and an expected timeline for completing documentation (n = 24/84, 29%). Participants described a framework relative to orienting new and existing employees, communicating policies and procedures, strategies for holding employees accountable, and identifying purpose. Limitations included lack of time, prioritization of other roles and responsibilities, and assumptions of prior training and record quality.

Conclusion

Despite a lack of clear policies, procedures, expectations, prioritization, and accountability strategies, supervisors still felt confident in their employees’ abilities to create complete and accurate records. This highlights a gap between supervisor and employee perceptions, as practicing athletic trainers have reported uncertainty regarding documentation practices in previous studies. Although supervisors perceive high confidence in their employees, clear organization standards, employer prioritization, and mechanisms for accountability surrounding documentation will result in improved patient care delivery, system outcomes, and legal compliance.
Chronic Ankle Instability and Neuromuscular Performance in Prerecruitment Infantry Soldiers
Authors: Steinberg Nili , Shenhar Michal , Witchalls Jeremy , Waddington Gordon , Dar Gali , Paulman Omer , Finestone Aharon (Roni) S.
Published: July 2023

Context

Ankle instability can describe various impairments, including perceived instability (PI), mechanical instability (MI), and recurrent sprains (RSs), alone or combined.

Objective

To examine the prevalence of 8 ankle impairment subgroups and their effect on neuromuscular performance in prerecruitment combat soldiers.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Military infantry basic training base.

Patients or Other Participants

A total of 364 infantry male combat soldiers entering basic training (aged 18–21 years).

Main Outcome Measure(s)

Participants were assessed for PI (via the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool), MI (using the Anterior Drawer Test and Medial Talar Tilt Test), and RSs (based on history) of their dominant and nondominant legs. Injuries were categorized in 8 subgroups: PI, RSs, PI + RSs, MI, PI + MI, MI + RSs, PI + MI + RSs, and none. Participants were screened for neuromuscular performance (dynamic postural balance, proprioceptive ability, hopping agility, and triceps surae muscle strength) during the first week of military basic training.

Results

For the dominant and nondominant legs, RSs were reported by 18.4% (n = 67) and 20.3% (n = 74) of the participants, respectively; PI was reported by 27.1% (n = 99) and 28.5% (n = 104) of the participants, respectively; and MI was seen in 9.9% (n = 36) and 8.5% (n = 31) of the participants, respectively. A 1-way analysis of variance showed differences in the mean proprioceptive ability scores (assessed using the Active Movement Extent Discrimination Apparatus) of all subgroups with impairments in both the dominant and nondominant legs (F = 6.943, η2 = 0.081, P < .001 and F = 7.871, η2 = 0.091, P < .001, respectively). Finally, differences were found in the mean muscle strength of subgroups with impairment in the nondominant leg (F = 4.884, η2 = 0.056, P = .001).

Conclusions

A high prevalence of ankle impairments was identified among participants who exhibited reduced abilities in most neuromuscular assessments compared with those who did not have impairments. Moreover, participants with 1 impairment (PI, MI, or RSs) exhibited different neuromuscular performance deficits than those with >1 impairment.
Cervical Spine Injury Policy Adoption: Describing High Schools’ Readiness Using the Precaution Adoption Process Model
Authors: Meyer Courtney M. , Swartz Erik E. , Register-Mihalik Johna K. , Yeargin Susan , Scarneo-Miller Samantha E.
Published: July 2023

Context

Best practices to manage cervical spine injury (CSI) in sport have been published, yet knowledge of their use is unknown.

Objective

To explore adoption of CSI management policies by high school (HS) athletic trainers (ATs) and their associated behaviors, barriers, and facilitators.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Online survey platform.

Patients or Other Participants

Athletic trainers providing medical services to US HSs.

Main Outcome Measure(s)

The precaution adoption process model was used in an online questionnaire to determine the stage of adoption by ATs for each CSI management policy component. Components obtained from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association position statement on acute management of an athlete with a CSI included immediate care, emergency tools to remove equipment, and maintenance of equipment-removal skills. Questions assessed AT demographics, HS characteristics, and facilitators and barriers to policy adoption. Data are presented as proportions and associations determined through χ2 analysis (P < .05).

Results

A total of 508 ATs’ responses were included. Of these ATs, 33.1% reported adoption of incomplete policies (<3 components of a CSI management policy, n = 168; 95% CI = 29.0%, 37.1%), and 66.9% reported adoption of comprehensive policies (n = 339; 95% CI = 62.9%, 71.0%). A significant association was found between coordination of CSI policies with emergency medical services (EMS) and adoption of the policy components for comprehensive immediate CSI care (χ21 = 49.56, P < .001), emergency tools for athletic equipment removal (χ21 = 41.49, P < .001), and the practice and maintenance of equipment-removal skills (χ21 = 86.12, P < .001). Approximately two-thirds (66.5%) reported that a positive relationship with EMS (n = 338; 95% CI = 62.4%, 70.7%) was a facilitator, whereas 42.5% reported challenges with local EMS as a barrier (n = 216; 95% CI = 38.2%, 46.9%).

Conclusions

Immediate care and emergency tool policy components had the highest rates of adoption. Higher rates of adoption in this project were associated with coordination of CSI policies with local EMS. Athletic trainers also reported challenges in coordinating with EMS. Interventions to improve collaboration, training, and interprofessional respect between ATs and EMS personnel may improve policy adoption.
Laser Hemorrhoidopexy: An Observational Study of 1088 Patients Treated at Single Center
Authors: Porwal Ashwin , Gandhi Paresh , Kulkarni Deepak
Published: July 2023

ABSTRACT

Introduction:

The present study evaluates the efficacy of laser hemorrhoidopexy, an innovative minimally invasive procedure in 1088 patients.

Methods:

A hospital based retrospective prospective study planned with the Aim to explore effectiveness and long-term outcomes of Laser Hemorrhoidopexy as the procedure is easy to learn and replicate and will produce similar results.

Aim and Objectives:

This study aimed to explore the effectiveness and long-term outcomes of laser hemorrhoidopexy as the procedure is easy to learn and replicate and will produce similar results. A retrospective prospective evaluation of preoperative symptoms of hemorrhoids, complications during intra and postoperative period, and healing were recorded. Visual Analog Scale was used to record pain and postoperative patient satisfaction for 6 months, and telephonic follow-up was taken for 48 months, ranging from 24 to 72 months.

Results:

A total of 1088 patients with a mean age of 39.51 ± 12.52 years were observed. The mean surgery time was 25 min, and the hospitalization duration was 16 h. Mild pain was reported by 23% of subjects postoperatively and 6% of patients at the end of the week. Complications during the early period included minor bleeding (5.88%) and urine retention (4%–5%). Late postoperative complications were bleeding (6.25%), persistent pain (3.03%), hemorrhoid thrombosis (4.59%), and fissure (5.15%). Patient satisfaction at end of a week showed a highly satisfied response by 76.84%, while dissatisfied by 8%. The recurrence rate was 0.55% with a median follow-up of 2 years.

Conclusions:

Laser hemorrhoidopexy is sphincter saving, simple minimal invasive and safe procedure with less pain, and complications and a high postoperative patient satisfaction rate in Grade II and Grade III hemorrhoids. The recurrence rate in hemorrhoids surgery is negligible if internal mucosal prolapse is corrected with suture mucopexy in two layers.
Evaluation of hospital wastes management with emphasis on genotoxic wastes in Semnan University of Medical Science's hospitals
Authors: Forumadi Mahro , Vanaei Fateme , Mostafaii GholamReza , Ghafari Yasaman , Ghobakhloo Zahra , Ghobakhloo Safiye
Published: July 2023

Aims:

This study aimed to evaluate the management of hospital wastes with an emphasis on genotoxic waste. In this regard, wastes production rate, separation method, temporary storage, collection, and disposal were investigated.

Materials and Methods:

A comprehensive survey was conducted at six public hospitals by designing a questionnaire regarding medical waste management. Furthermore, face-to-face interviews were arranged.

Results:

The results demonstrated that the generation rate of total medical waste, hazardous-infectious waste, genotoxic waste, and the generation rates of general waste in Semnan city were 2.904, 0.9 (31%), 0.09 (3%), and 1.914 (66%) kg/bed-day, respectively. Approximately 50% of the hospitals used unsuitable containers to collect genotoxic wastes from hospital wards. It was found that all the hospitals have temporary storage rooms. However, there is not a specific and separate temporary storage place for genotoxic wastes in the hospitals. Four hospitals (83.3%) are equipped with steam sterilization and shredding equipment. One hospital (16.7%) has steam sterilization without shredding for treating infectious and sharp wastes. In this study, chemical neutralization was considered the principal method for treating genotoxic waste in hospitals. Moreover, lack of staff training (46% of hospitals) and shortage of personal-protective equipment (85% of hospitals) were considered significant problems in these hospitals.

Conclusions:

This study revealed that the healthcare waste management index is acceptable for all types of hospital wastes except for genotoxic waste. Therefore, it is essential to pay more attention to the on-site collection and safe storage of genotoxic wastes. Furthermore, in terms of treatment, transfer, and disposal stages, general hospital waste was managed properly compare to genotoxic waste.
What should urologists know about Pseudojournals and open access publishing? A narrative review of the literature
Authors: Jena Rahul , Sharma Aditya Prakash , Madhavan Kumar , Sridhar Ashwin Narasimha , Parmar Kalpesh , Shrivastava Nikita
Published: July 2023

Introduction:

The majority of the open access publishing allows the researchers to publish their articles for a fee and at the same time enables the readers to access the research without paying the expensive journal subscription charges. Under the garb of open access publishing, predatory journals run a scam to dupe the researchers of money. This study was conducted to highlight the characteristics of pseudojournals and increase the awareness about their modus operandi.

Methods:

The email inboxes of 3 academic urologists (APS, AS, and KP) were searched for emails soliciting articles for open access journals. A list of all such journals was compiled. These journals were checked for metrics from the Journal Citation Reports and the Scimago Journal Rankings. All these journals were then cross-checked with the available whitelists and blacklists. Features pointing toward a pseudo journal were identified as red flag signs for these journals and were noted. A literature search was performed on open access publishing and predatory journals, and the salient points were noted. A checklist of red flag signs was compiled.

Results:

A total of 71 emails soliciting article submissions from 68 journals were received by the three urologists (APS, AS, KP). Of these, 54 were highly suggestive of being a pseudojournal, 5 journals were operating in the gray zone between genuine open access journals and outright predatory journals, and 9 were genuine open access journals. A total of 33 articles on predatory journals were reviewed after the literature search as per the PRISMA guidelines. The red flag signs identified along with the literature review were used to create the SAFEiMAP checklist, which can be used to identify predatory journals.

Conclusion:

Predatory journals have infiltrated the whitelists, and the indexing databases like PubMed and no blacklist is all-inclusive. Understanding the concept and the types of open access publishing gives the researchers a better idea on how to differentiate fake journals from the genuine ones. Using a checklist will help to identify the red flag signs of such journals and identify those journals that operate in the gray zone.
Right renal artery arising from the celiac artery – A rare anatomical variation
Authors: Kumar Sunil , Singh Priya , Kumar Manish
Published: July 2023

Variations in origin and number of renal artery are common. We present a very rare anatomical variation where superior right renal artery was arising from celiac artery. This variation has important surgical implication.
Fatal Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis in Nebraska: Case Report and Environmental Investigation, August 2022
Authors: Maloney Patrick , Mowrer Clayton , Jansen Lauren , Karre Tess , Bedrnicek Jiri , Obaro Stephen K. , Iwen Peter C. , McCutchen Emily , Wetzel Chad , Frederick Justin , Ashraf Muhammad Salman , Donahue Matthew
Published: July 2023

Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare and lethal infection caused by Naegleria fowleri. We report an epidemiological and environmental investigation relating to a case of PAM in a previously healthy boy age 8 years. An interview of the patient’s family was conducted to determine the likely exposure site and to assess risk factors. Data from the United States Geological Survey site at Waterloo, NE, on the Elkhorn River were used to estimate water temperature and streamflow at the time and site of exposure. Data from the National Weather Service were used to estimate precipitation and ambient air temperature at the time and site of exposure. Despite conventional treatment, the patient died 2 days after hospital admission. The patient participated in recreational water activities in the Elkhorn River in northeastern Nebraska 5 days before symptom onset. In the week before exposure, water and ambient air high temperatures reached annual highs, averaging 32.4°C and 35.8°C, respectively. The day before infection, 2.2 cm of precipitation was reported. Streamflow was low (407 ft3/s). Infections in several northern states, including Nebraska, suggest an expanding geographic range of N. fowleri transmission, which may lead to increased incidence of PAM in the United States. Similar environmental investigations at suspected exposure sites of future cases will allow data aggregation, enabling investigators to correlate environmental factors with infection risk accurately.
Demon aktywizmu. Mieczysław Choynowski prekursor polskiej psychometrii, red. Maryla Goszczyńska, współpraca Ewa Goryńska i Elżbieta Strojna, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, Warszawa 2022, ss. 347.
Authors: Domański Cezary W.
Published: July 2023

Cezary W. Domański, Demon aktywizmu. Mieczysław Choynowski prekursor polskiej psychometrii, ed. by Maryla Goszczyńska, in co-operation with Ewa Goryńska and Elżbieta Strojna, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, Warszawa 2022, 347 pp.
Przekraczanie granic polityki zinstytucjonalizowanej. Ruchy społeczne jako aktorzy polityki nieinstytucjonalnej – od teorii do praktyki
Authors: Foryś Grzegorz
Published: July 2023

Artykuł jest próbą konceptualizacji polityki pozainstytucjonalnej, a także ukazuje jej rosnącą rolę we współczesnej polityce. W artykule przyjęto tezę, że wspólnym elementem przyczyn wzrostu znaczenia polityki pozainstytucjonalnej, który zbliża, a nawet włącza politykę pozainstytucjonalną do polityki konwencjonalnej, jest protest. Stanowi on centralną kategorię analityczną, wokół której można zbudować teoretyczne uzasadnienie przyjętej tu tezy, zgodnie z którą polityka pozainstytucjonalna stała się współcześnie częścią tzw. polityki tradycyjnej. Argumenty przemawiające za tą tezą można po- dzielić na dwa główne nurty: pierwszy, systemowy, dotyczy przemian, jakie dotknęły zinstytucjonalizowaną politykę w systemach demokratycznych na przestrzeni ostatniego półwiecza, drugi, partycypacyjny, odnosi się do wieloaspektowego rozwoju ruchów społecznych we współczesnych społeczeństwach. Oba argumenty obejmują szeroki zestaw czynników, które oddziałują na siebie w procesie kształtowania polityki pozainstytucjonalnej, a w konsekwencji podnoszą jej rangę i poziom legitymizacji.

The article attempts to conceptualize non-institutional politics, as well as shows the process of its growing role in contemporary politics. The thesis was adopted that a common element of the detailed reasons for the growing importance of non-institutional politics, which brings closer and even includes non-institutional politics into conventional politics, is protest. It constitutes the central analytical category around which to build a theoretical justification for the thesis adopted here, which states that nowadays non-institutional politics has become part of the so-called traditional politics. The arguments for this thesis can be divided into two main streams: the first, systemic, concerns the transformations that have affected the institutionalized politics within democratic systems over the last half-century, the second, participatory, refers to the multifaceted development of social movements. Both include a broad set of factors that the process of developing non-institutional policy and, consequently, increase its rank and legitimacy.
Konsumując Oburzenie. Dlaczego kreatywne i próżniacze postawy podmiotów politycznych mają znaczenie dla analizy działań kontestacyjnych w Hiszpanii?
Authors: Górnicka Weronika
Published: July 2023

Podjęte w ramach artykułu rozważania koncentrują się na zagadnieniu podmiotowości politycznej oraz jego znaczeniu w analizie działań kontestacyjnych w Hiszpanii, szczególnie w odniesieniu do kształtowania się Ruchu Oburzonych oraz formowania partii Podemos. Proponowane podejście badawcze, przyjmując za bazową koncepcję polityczności klasy próżniaczej i kreatywnej, zaproponowaną przez Łukasza Młyńczyka, za istotne dla pogłębienia wiedzy w omawianym obszarze uznaje znaczenie relacji pomiędzy działającą w celu realizacji własnych celów i dążeń jednostką a funkcjonującymi oraz kreowanymi strukturami. Analiza ma zatem charakter komplementarny dla dotychczas prowadzonych badań, wykazując zarówno przydatność wykorzystanej koncepcji, jak i istotne znaczenie perspektywy indywidualistycznej w procesie eksplikacji zagadnień związanych z działalnością kontestacyjną.

The paper focuses on the issue of political subjectivity and its significance in the analysis of contestation activity in Spain, particularly in relation to the formation of the 15-M Movement and the Podemos party. The proposed research approach, taking as a basis the concept of politization of leisure and creative class proposed by Łukasz Młyńczyk, considers the importance of the relationship between the individual acting in order to realise his/her own goals and the functioning or created structures as important for deepening knowledge in the discussed area. The analysis is therefore complementary to the research conducted so far, demonstrating both the usefulness of the concept and the significance of the individualistic perspective in the process of explication of issues related to contestation activity.
Microbial reduction of tellurate by an enriched consortium performing anaerobic oxidation of methane in a sequencing batch reactor
Authors: Xie Hongguan , Chen Mao , Li Xuefeng , Li Xu , He Mingxiong , Hu Guoquan
Published: July 2023

Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is capable of coupling the reduction of various substrates, which plays a crucial role in accelerating the abatement of pollution. In this study, we employed a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) to enrich a mixed consortium that included AOM microbes and examined the ensuing microbial reduction of tellurate. To obtain the mixed consortium, we enriched AOM microbes in anaerobic conditions utilizing methane as the only electron donor, with nitrate serving as the electron acceptor. We evaluated the abundance of typical methane-oxidizing microbes and associated genes in the reactor using quantitative PCR. Notably, the enriched microbes were able to achieve microbial tellurate reduction and produce elemental tellurium. An analysis of community structure further indicated the vital roles of methanotrophs, denitrifiers, and other heterotrophs in the reactor, although their molecular mechanisms require further investigation. These findings underscore the role of enriched microbial communities in tellurate reduction using a lab-scale SBR, laying the groundwork for future studies into the mechanism of this process, which utilizes methane as an electron donor.
VERDAD VERSUS REVELACIÓN. A PROPÓSITO DE LA “FILOSOFÍA CRISTIANA”
Authors: López Cambronero Marcelo
Published: July 2023

La forma en la que los filósofos y teólogos contemporáneos desarrollan habitualmente sus investigaciones revela que se ha vuelto común entre ellos, sean o no cristianos, una comprensión de las relaciones entre filosofía y teología que hace, de hecho, que ambas disciplinas sean imposibles. Filosofía y teología han quedado subordinadas a criterios ideológicos que les son extrínsecos y que reducen sus horizontes hasta asfixiarlas. En el presente trabajo deseamos mostrar en qué consiste esta errónea comprensión, cómo se ha gestado a lo largo del Medioevo y de la Modernidad y cuál es la verdadera relación que han de mantener si quieren responder a la vocación, deseo y objeto que las constituye y dota de sentido.
EL CRISTIANISMO EN ESPAÑA: UN ANÁLISIS CULTURAL
Authors: Burgos Velasco Juan Manuel
Published: July 2023

Después de hacer un breve recorrido por la cultura española del último siglo, el autor analiza las razones por las que la cultura católica ha pasado en poco tiempo de ser la predominante a encontrarse en retroceso. Para Burgos, la razón principal es la no-elaboración durante el régimen de Franco de una cultura católica moderna que fuera capaz de superar los enormes retos del concilio, el posconcilio y la apertura al pensamiento contemporáneo que tuvo lugar durante la Transición. Ese fracaso condujo a una manifiesta pérdida de influencia en los procesos de configuración social, tendencia que se está agudizando por la imposición de un laicismo excluyente desde instancias gubernativas. Para resolverlo, el autor propone cinco líneas de actuación en el interior de la cultura católica: 1) la plena asunción intelectual del Concilio Vaticano II, es decir, la asunción crítica de la modernidad; 2) la actuación en los mecanismos de socialización contemporánea; 3) la normalización cultural del catolicismo; 4) la promoción de las condiciones adecuadas para la creatividad, y 5) el conocimiento y difusión de lo propio.
LA GRATITUD DEL EXILIADO: REFLEXIONES ANTROPOLÓGICAS Y ESTÉTICAS SOBRE LA FILMOGRAFÍA DE HENRY KOSTER EN SUS PRIMEROS AÑOS EN HOLLYWOOD
Authors: Peris Cancio José Alfredo
Published: July 2023

Henry Koster comenzó su carrera como cineasta en su Alemania natal. Como judío tuvo que huir del nazismo, exiliarse y recorrer el eje Berlín-París-Hollywood, trayecto frecuentado por otros directores, actrices y actores germanos. Como director de cine no venía precedido por una gran fama, por lo que tuvo que abrirse camino en Hollywood con mucho esfuerzo. El éxito de su primera película con la joven soprano Deanna Durbin consolidó su posición y le permitió definir un estilo que le acompañaría a lo largo de toda su producción americana: su preferencia por un “cine blanco” –en contraste con sus compatriotas, que optaron por el “cine negro”–, es decir, un cine en el que los protagonistas encuentran diversos aliados que les ayudan a perseverar en el bien. Sus primeras etapas en Hollywood permiten analizar filosóficamente su cine, concediéndole un cierto estatuto de autor, descubriendo rasgos propios, como la introducción de la música clásica como signo de elevación moral o la explicitación de la dimensión religiosa y sobrenatural en la búsqueda del bien de algunos de sus personajes. Escarmentado del materialismo antihumano del nazismo, propuso un estilo en el que los resortes hacia el bien humano adquiriesen plasticidad expresiva.
ALCUNI LINEAMENTI DEL NICHILISMO (E QUALCHE SPUNTO DI VALUTAZIONE)
Authors: Samek Lodovici Giacomo
Published: July 2023

El propósito de este trabajo es el esclarecimiento de algunas de las principales tesis nihilistas, algunas de las cuales son sometidas a una breve crítica, y se centra en el nihilismo especulativo, por lo que hace solo unas pocas referencias al nihilismo práctico. Las tesis nihilistas que se analizan son las siguientes: “no hay nada”; “no hay Dios”; “no hay nada que no cambie, no hay sustancia, todo fluye”; “el ser no tiene sentido-orden, ni dirección, ni propósito”; “el ser de las cosas no tiene ningún valor intrínseco”; “el ser (en su totalidad o en parte) no es bueno: es nocivo y/o malo y debe (en su totalidad o en parte) suicidarse o morir”; “el ser no es cognoscible, no hay verdad”. Por último, este trabajo menciona dos vías para dialogar con los nihilistas.
JULIÁN MARÍAS, INCULTURIZADOR DE LA FE
Authors: Sánchez García José Luis
Published: July 2023

La filosofía de Ortega sirve a Marías para estructurar un pensamiento que se abre, desde el concepto de razón y la antropología, a la teología. Para ello, creará unas nuevas categorías filosóficas que llevan al ser humano a plantearse la realidad de Dios. El presente artículo llegará a esta concreción, desde el análisis de dichas categorías, y los conceptos de amor, creación, persona y vida perdurable.
FILOSOFÍA, CONCEPTO Y ACCIÓN POLÍTICA EN MEDITACIONES DEL QUIJOTE
Authors: De Salas Ortueta Jaime
Published: July 2023

Ortega enriqueció su concepción del concepto y la racionalidad desde fecha temprana, en Meditaciones del Quijote y Vieja y nueva política en el sentido de la afirmación de la vitalidad y la constitución de perspectiva, y el compromiso realista con el quehacer político.
¿NUEVAS TECNOLOGÍAS? VIEJAS EXPLOTACIONES. EL CASO DE LA MATERNIDAD SUBROGADA INTERNACIONAL
Authors: Bellver Capella Vicente
Published: July 2023

La subrogación internacional ha sido vista hasta hace poco tiempo como una práctica ilícita; sin embargo, se está convirtiendo en una práctica común para tener un hijo cuando no se puede conseguir de otro modo. Después de presentar los diferentes tipos de subrogación (internacional) que se pueden llevar a cabo y los términos en los que se ha desarrollado el debate público sobre este tema, considero los aspectos éticos y legales de la subrogación internacional. Me pregunto si es compatible con el principio de vulnerabilidad y con la dignidad y los derechos humanos de las personas afectadas: 1) los niños resultantes de esta práctica, 2) la mujer gestante y 3) los comitentes. Concluyo que una regulación de esta práctica sería insuficiente y que la respuesta correcta es alcanzar un acuerdo universal para prohibirla.
LA PROBLEMATICIDAD ÉTICA DE (NUESTRAS) NUEVAS TECNOLOGÍAS O DE OTRA NOVÍSIMA DISCUSIÓN SOBRE SI SON GALGOS O PODENCOS
Authors: Hernanz Moral José Antonio , Monreal Molina Edgar Manuel
Published: July 2023

Actualmente, la discusión sobre los problemas éticos de las nuevas tecnologías suele enfocarse en los dilemas que, de manera concreta y generalmente aislada, supone el uso de unas y otras tecnologías; frente a ello, lo que se propone en este artículo es considerar la problematicidad de nuestro entramado tecnológico, dentro de lo que podemos denominar “nuestra tecnosfera”, para, de ese modo, discutir nuestro presente como un horizonte problemático, en que se redefine el sentido ético de la realidad antropológica. De este modo, y contando como referente teórico la reflexión sobre la técnica de Zubiri y de Ellacuría, proponemos la idea de “hacerse verdaderamente cargo del mundo” como medio para repensar éticamente las nuevas tecnologías (nuestras).
EL MÉTODO CIENTÍFICO DESCRITO POR PEIRCE
Authors: Santiago Pons José
Published: July 2023

El acercamiento al conocimiento de la naturaleza requiere una metodología adecuada. En este artículo presento la descripción madura que hace Peirce del método científico articulándolo a partir de los tres modos de inferencia. Esta descripción tiene la ventaja de ser muy clara, ya que asigna un tipo de inferencia distinto a cada etapa del método.
NARRACIÓN FÍLMICA A LA DELIBERACIÓN ÉTICA. LA FENOMENOLOGÍA HERMENÉUTICA COMO MEDIACIÓN (J. MARÍAS Y P. RICOEUR)
Authors: Domingo Moratalla Tomás
Published: July 2023

En este trabajo queremos mostrar la productividad ética y reflexiva del cine. El cine nos da una gran cantidad de posibilidades para ejercer la deliberación, uno de los métodos más relevantes de la ética. Para fundamentar este encuentro contamos con una poderosa tradición de pensamiento contemporánea, que nos ofrece intuiciones y herramientas muy valiosas: la fenomenología hermenéutica. En concreto, nos centraremos en dos de sus representantes, J. Marías y P. Ricoeur.
CRISIS DE LA PATERNIDAD Y SUS EFECTOS EN CIERTAS PELÍCULAS DE AUTOR CONTEMPORÁNEAS
Authors: Echart Pablo
Published: July 2023

Los conflictos paterno-filiales han constituido desde los inicios del cine un recurso inagotable para los relatos fílmicos. Tomando como referencia una serie de películas de autor contemporáneas, este texto aborda una serie de motivos comunes –aunque no exclusivos– que refieren la crisis de la paternidad. En concreto, las cuatro categorías que se toman en consideración son: el arquetipo del “ídolo caído”, el padre autoritario, el padre melancólico y la separación o el abandono de los padres como una experiencia traumática para los hijos. Como evidencia este último modelo argumental, la crisis del padre tiene unos efectos sobre sus vástagos, de ahí que un buen número de las películas que se analizan se configuren como relatos de iniciación.
MATERNIDAD EN EL CINE Y LA FICCIÓN CONTEMPORÁNEAS
Authors: Lanuza Avello Ana , Ester Casas Belén
Published: July 2023

Este trabajo aborda el tema de la maternidad a través de algunos filmes y series de ficción que nos acercan a un mundo en el que dicha realidad se somete a juicio en sus aspectos más elementales. Nos situamos a principios del siglo xxi, en sociedades democráticas, en mayor o menor medida liberales y de raíz judeocristiana, en las que se están produciendo cambios y promoviendo debates que hacen tambalear las estructuras sociales y familiares tradicionales. En un contexto en el que se han modificando los cauces a través de los cuales se ha ejercido siempre la maternidad, nos preguntamos si hablamos de algo inmutable, vinculado a la identidad femenina; o por el contrario, es una realidad mutable en su esencia, que debe adaptarse en sus formas a los cambios culturales y sociales de nuestro entorno. Para ver las respuestas que el cine nos ofrece acerca de estas cuestiones, hemos elegido una serie de películas rodadas desde 1999, que consideramos fundamentales para arrojar luz sobre el tema. Dichos filmes nos presentan modelos de mujer que se enfrentan a la maternidad desde distintas situaciones y diferentes enfoques, en entornos complejos y cambiantes, que invitan a una reflexión en torno a los fundamentos sobre los que se construye nuestra sociedad.
METAFÍSICA DEL BIEN EN LOS ESTUDIOS ARISTOTÉLICOS. ESTADO DE LA CUESTIÓN
Authors: Vidal-Quadras Torras Miriam
Published: July 2023

Esta investigación presenta el estado actual en el que se encuentra la investigación aristotélica en torno a la metafísica del bien; muestra la importancia de conocer y estudiar a fondo esta cuestión para comprender mejor el contenido metafísico del Estagirita; y plantea cuáles son las líneas de investigación que se pueden seguir en este tema. La investigación se estructura en tres partes: en la primera, se evidencia que existe un interés creciente por la ontología del bien en términos generales. En la segunda, se muestra que no es uno de los temas más estudiados en el campo de la metafísica aristotélica, y que la mayoría de los estudios que tratan este tema se centran en cuestiones de carácter histórico-filológico, lógico o formal. En la última, se exponen las investigaciones que sí que han estudiado algún aspecto de la metafísica aristotélica del bien y se muestra la importancia que esta tiene para el conjunto de la obra aristotélica.
RETÓRICAS Y CONTEXTOS DE VIOLENCIA
Authors: Anchustegui Igartua Esteban
Published: July 2023

Este artículo, desde posiciones teóricas diversas y a partir de anclajes históricos relevantes, advierte de la necesidad de no bajar la guardia ante comportamientos que promueven la violencia y amenazan la libertad, porque las imposiciones totalitarias siempre han ido precedidas de relatos salvíficos y apelaciones altruistas.
PROCESO DE RADICALIZACIÓN VIOLENTA HACIA LA LUCHA ARMADA EN ITALIA DE LA EXTREMA IZQUIERDA A LA MILITANCIA TERRORISTA
Authors: Re Matteo
Published: July 2023

En este artículo se analiza el proceso que llevó a algunos jóvenes italianos, aparentemente alejados de todo vínculo con el terrorismo, a militar en organizaciones armadas entre los años setenta y ochenta, es decir en la época que se llamó “años de plomo”. Se hace especial hincapié en las dinámicas que favorecieron esa radicalización, centrándose exclusivamente en las organizaciones de extrema izquierda. Tras un análisis de los elementos de la radicalización terrorista a nivel macro, meso y micro, el estudio se focaliza en el caso italiano identificando pautas y patrones recurrentes en el proceso de radicalización hacia el terrorismo.
REVOLUCIÓN DIGITAL Y PSICOPOLÍTICA ALGUNAS CONSIDERACIONES CRÍTICAS A PARTIR DE BYUNG-CHUL HAN, FOUCAULT, DELEUZE Y NIETZSCHE
Authors: Galparsoro José Ignacio , Pérez Pérez Rita María
Published: July 2023

Una consecuencia de la revolución digital es la aparición del big data, que puede ser considerado como un elemento fundamental para la constitución de eso que autores como Byung-Chul Han denominan “psicopolítica”. Según Han, la sociedad en que vivimos tiene dos fundamentales características que se complementan entre sí: la nuestra es una “sociedad de la transparencia” y también una “sociedad digital”. Estas dos características tienen negativas consecuencias para los humanos. Siguiendo a Foucault y Deleuze, Han considera que el ser humano será capaz de escapar de la esclavitud impuesta por él mismo si logra transformar el peso cualitativo de sus acciones. Es decir, si consigue que estas, en lugar de ser perfectamente predecibles y calculables, pasen a ser acontecimientos, en el pleno sentido de esta palabra: creaciones impredecibles que contribuyan, en términos nietzscheanos, a su autosuperación y, por ende, a hacer de su vida una obra de arte.