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Many firms use augmented reality (AR) that projects lifelike product holograms into the physical environment to assist customers in bridging so-called “imagination gaps,” which can arise on their path to purchase. However, research has not yet studied whether and how AR might help customers address two pertinent sources of such imagination gaps: (1) increased cognitive load when evaluating multiple products together (e.g., in a bundle) and (2) extended physical distance to the point-of-sale (e.g., out-of-store, at home). Building on mental imagery theorizing, we explain how AR supports customers in bridging these gaps, and, through a series of field and experimental studies, we evidence effects on customer purchase intentions and behavior. Specifically, we show that AR-generated imagery of bundled (versus individual) products enhances intended and actual purchases at the point-of-sale. Furthermore, when deployed at distant points in the purchase funnel (out-of-store, at-home), AR increases purchases through improved self-projection, which we describe as the psychological mechanism customers use to mentally bridge distance to the point-of-sale. We qualify this mediating mechanism through an important moderating process, where the effect of AR-generated imagery on self-projection is suppressed for customers with a holistic (versus analytic) thinking style.

The development of diverse and inclusive workforces is increasingly being prioritized by organizations. However, organizations often struggle to adequately address the unique issues faced by transgender and nonbinary (TNB) people, and this can result in workplace discrimination, with deleterious consequences on employees' job attitudes and behavior, and their well-being. Co-worker and organizational support may play an important role for TNB employees' job attitudes and behavior. In an online survey with 225 TNB employees, we investigated how perceived co-worker support relates to job attitudes and work behavior, specifically job satisfaction, affective commitment, turnover intentions, job anxiety, and counterproductive work behavior. We also investigated whether these relationships were mediated by perceived organizational support. We found significant associations between perceived co-worker support and all job attitudes and work behavior. We also found that all of these relationships were mediated by the extent to which the organization was considered supportive. The findings thus suggest that companies should focus on supporting TNB employees at both the organizational and interpersonal level.Public Significance Statement Perceived organizational and co-worker support interact and jointly promote positive job attitudes and work behavior in TNB employees, namely more job satisfaction and affective commitment, and less turnover intentions, job anxiety, and counterproductive work behavior. Companies should thus focus on supporting TNB employees at both the organizational and interpersonal level.

At present, there exists a prioritization of identifying novel and innovative approaches to managing the small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) threat. The near-future sUAS threat to U.S. forces and infrastructure indicates that current Counter-UAS (C-UAS) capabilities and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) need to evolve to pace the threat. An alternative approach utilizes a networked squadron of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) designed for sUAS threat interdiction. This approach leverages high performance and Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) conformance to create less expensive, but more capable, C-UAS devices to augment existing capabilities. This capstone report documents efforts to develop C-UAS technologies to reduce energy consumption and collaterally disruptive signal footprint while maintaining operational effectiveness. This project utilized Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) techniques to explore and assess these technologies within a mission context. A Concept of Operations was developed to provide the C-UAS Operational Concept. Operational analysis led to development of operational scenarios to define the System of Systems (SoS) concept, operating conditions, and required system capabilities. Resource architecture was developed to define the functional behaviors and system performance characteristics for C-UAS technologies. Lastly, a modeling and simulation (M&S) tool was developed to evaluate mission scenarios for C-UAS. Outstanding Thesis Civilian, Department of the Navy Civilian, Department of the Navy Civilian, Department of the Navy Civilian, Department of the Navy Civilian, Department of the Navy Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.

This study forms pre-trial work for a randomised control trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for children and young people with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) who are still symptomatic after 12 months of or 12 sessions of either Activity Management (AM), Graded Exercise Therapy (GET) or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for fatigue (CBT-f); an estimated 15% of patients do not recover after these treatments. This study aims to find out whether Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an acceptable and feasible treatment approach for this population. Whilst there are no published randomised controlled trials (RCTs) investigating ACT for paediatric CFS/ME to date, there are suggestions that ACT is acceptable and feasible, and likely to be effective in adults with CFS/ME. Recent qualitative work (yet to be published, IRAS ID: 272229) undertaken by a member of our CFS/ME research team has shown that ACT would in theory be an acceptable treatment for children/young people with CFS/ME. Using these findings, this observational cohort feasibility study is the next step in pre-trial work to determine if ACT is indeed acceptable and feasible in practice and inform planning an RCT to determine its efficacy.

A research project collecting EEG data on sensory processing and cognitive functioning using the CANTAB test battery.

While existing literature on third-sector support for ageing migrants shows that social clubs can be a vital source of social support, what remains unclear is how these positive outcomes are attained on an interactional level. Drawing on fieldwork conducted over the course of one year in a meeting place for older Russian-speaking migrants in the capital region of Finland, this paper adopts a processual approach to examine how a sense of groupness is negotiated in the meeting place. The attendees of the meeting place comprise of different nationalities and backgrounds, who mainly share age and Russian language. This heterogeneity creates a situation where the attendees, together with the organisers, negotiate a sense of groupness with the category of ‘Russian-speaking’. I argue that such a sense of groupness is reached by drawing from shared traits of culturality, while excluding aspects that could cause conflicts. The paper further contributes to the literature on groupness by analysing what role atmosphere plays in attaining a sense of groupness, and argues that the notion of atmosphere is important to take into consideration when thinking how different places can support ageing and wellbeing.

This experiment (N = 591) tests whether audiences adjust their standards for what qualifies as fair journalism based the transparency of news editors, the source of the news, and the target of an accusation. In the context of a whistleblower scandal, the results suggest the relationship between the audience member’s ideology and the news story publisher and target influence what details the audience thinks journalists should reveal. Additionally, we find transparency from editors can alter those perceptions. Accepted version

This article synthesizes recent findings on antecedents of healthy eating. We discuss consumer-related and environment-related forces that influence consumers’ healthy food choices and emphasize the duality of these forces so that they can facilitate but also prevent healthy eating. Specifically, our review documents how consumer lay beliefs, goals, and habits shape eating patterns. We further document the impact of environment-related forces on healthy consumption—focusing on intervention strategies and environmental changes (i.e., the trend towards online retail channels). Finally, we discuss three salient tensions (i.e., an innate craving for unhealthy food, a focus on single decisions, and a selective focus on self-control dilemmas) that emerge when taking a holistic view on existing research.

Myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a serious disease whose cause has yet to be identified. Objective markers of the disease are also not well understood and would serve as important tools in diagnosis and management. One potential biomarker or transmitter of immune signals in ME/CFS is the extracellular vesicle (EV) compartment. These small, membrane bound particles have been shown to play a key role in intercellular signaling. Our laboratory has focused on methods of detection of EVS in clinical samples. In this study we explored whether the prevalence of EVs in the plasma of participants with mild or severe ME/CFS differed from the plasma of healthy control participants. By staining for multiple cell surface molecules, plasma EVs could be fingerprinted as to their cell of origin. Our study revealed a significant correlation between severe ME/CSF and levels of EVs bearing the B cell marker CD19 and the platelet marker CD41a, though these changes were not significant after correction for multiple comparisons. These findings point to potential dysregulation of B cell and platelet activation or homeostasis in ME/CFS, which warrants validation in a replication cohort and further exploration of potential mechanisms underlying the association.

Moral injury (MI) is a form of traumatic stress induced by perpetrating actions that transgress a person’s beliefs and values. Existing research on MI has been mostly confined to military veterans, however there is reason to believe that the risk of MI among child soldiers is higher due to their age and history of abduction. This study examined the risk of MI in former child soldiers in Liberia and tested whether age and history of abduction moderate the relationship between perpetrating violence and MI based on a sample of 459 former child soldiers. Results from regression analysis confirmed that perpetrators had a higher risk of MI. However, while younger perpetrators were more vulnerable to MI, abduction history had no statistically significant moderation effect on the risk of MI. Further analysis also revealed that the moderation effects are primarily on anxiety, avoidance and negative feelings but not re-experiencing. These findings suggest that new tests and treatment models may be required for future disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration (DDRR) policy.

Background and Objectives: There is some evidence that knowledge and understanding of ME among doctors is limited. Consequently, an audit study was carried out on a group of hospital doctors attending a training event to establish how much they knew about ME and their attitudes towards it. Materials and Methods: Participants at the training event were asked to complete a questionnaire, enquiring about prior knowledge and experience of ME and their approaches to diagnosis and treatment. A total of 44 completed questionnaires were returned. Responses were tabulated, proportions selecting available options determined, 95% confidence limits calculated, and the significance of associations determined by Fisher’s exact test. Results: Few respondents had any formal teaching on ME, though most had some experience of it. Few knew how to diagnose it and most lacked confidence in managing it. None of the respondents who had had teaching or prior experience of ME considered it a purely physical illness. Overall, 91% of participants believed ME was at least in part psychological. Most participants responded correctly to a series of propositions about the general epidemiology and chronicity of ME. There was little knowledge of definitions of ME, diagnosis, or of clinical manifestations. Understanding about appropriate management was very deficient. Similarly, there was little appreciation of the impact of the disease on daily living or quality of life. Where some doctors expressed confidence diagnosing or managing ME, this was misplaced as they were incorrect on the nature of ME, its diagnostic criteria and its treatment. Conclusion: This audit demonstrates that most doctors lack training and clinical expertise in ME. Nevertheless, participants recognised a need for further training and indicated a wish to participate in this. It is strongly recommended that factually correct and up-to-date medical education on ME be made a priority at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is also recommended that this audit be repeated following a period of medical education.

Ultrasound acoustic energy transfer (UAET) is an emerging contactless technology that offers the capability to safely and efficiently power sensors and devices while eliminating the need to replace batteries, which is of interest in many applications. It has been proposed to recharge and communicate with implanted medical devices, thereby eliminating the need for invasive and expensive surgery and also to charge sensors inside enclosed metal containers typically found in automobiles, nuclear power plants, space stations, and aircraft engines. In UAET, energy is transferred through the reception of acoustic waves by a piezoelectric receiver that converts the energy of acoustic waves to electrical voltage. It has been shown that UAET outperforms the conventional CET technologies that use electromagnetic waves to transfer energy, including inductive coupling and capacitative coupling. To date, the majority of research on UAET systems has been limited to modeling and proof-of-concept experiments, mostly in the linear regime, i.e., under small levels of acoustic pressure that result in small amplitude longitudinal vibrations and linearized piezoelectricity. Moreover, existing models are based on the "piston-like" deformation assumption of the transmitter and receiver, which is only accurate for thin disks and does not accurately account for radiation effects. The linear models neglect nonlinear effects associated with the nonlinear acoustic wave propagation as well as the receiver's electroelastic nonlinearities on the energy transfer characteristics, which become significant at high source strengths. In this dissertation, we present experimentally-validated analytical and numerical multiphysics modeling approaches aimed at filling a knowledge gap in terms of considering resonant acoustic-piezoelectric structure interactions and nonlinear effects associated with high excitation levels in UAET systems. In particular, we develop a reduced-order model that can accurately account for the radiation effects and validate it by performing experiments on four piezoelectric disks with different aspect ratios. Next, we study the role of individual sources of nonlinearity on the output power characteristics. First, we consider the effects of electroelastic nonlinearities. We show that these nonlinearities can shift the optimum load resistance when the acoustic medium is fluid. Next, we consider the nonlinear wave propagation and note that the shock formation is associated with the dissipation of energy, and as such, shock formation distance is an essential design parameter for high-intensity UAET systems. We then present an analytical approach capable of predicting the shock formation distance and validate it by comparing its prediction with finite element simulations and experimental results published in the literature. Finally, we experimentally investigate the effects of both the nonlinearity sources on the output power characteristics of the UAET system by considering a high intensity focused ultrasound source and a piezoelectric disk receiver. We determine that the system's efficiency decreases, and the maximum voltage output position drifts towards the source as the source strength is increased. Doctor of Philosophy Advancements in electronics that underpinned the development of low power sensors and devices have transformed many fields. For instance, it has led to the innovation of implanted medical devices (IMDs) such as pacemakers and neurostimulators that perform life-saving functions. They also find applications in condition monitoring and wireless sensing in nuclear power plants, space stations, automobiles and aircraft engines, where the sensors are enclosed within sealed metal containers, vacuum/pressure vessels or located in a position isolated from the operator by metal walls. In all these applications, it is desired to communicate with and recharge the sensors wirelessly. Such a mechanism can eliminate the need for invasive and expensive surgeries to replace batteries of IMDs and preserve the structural integrity of metal containers by eliminating the need for feed through wires. It has been shown that ultrasound acoustic energy transfer (UAET) outperforms conventional wireless power transfer techniques. However, existing models are based on several assumptions that limit their potential and do not account for effects that become dominant when a higher output power is desired. In this dissertation, we present experimentally validated numerical and theoretical investigations to fill those knowledge gaps. We also provide crucial design recommendations based on our findings for the efficient implementation of UAET technology.

Master i rehabilitering og habilitering Formål: Formålet med masteroppgaven er å undersøke hvordan unge mennesker som har blitt friske av sykdommen CFS/ME erfarer sine hverdagsliv. Jeg vil se nærmere på hva disse menneskene anser som betydningsfullt for å leve et hverdagsliv som friske. Teoretisk forankring: Masteroppgaven er forankret i fenomenologisk vitenskapsteori, og tar utgangspunkt i Alfred Schutz sin fenomenologiske sosiologi og kunnskapssosiologi. Jeg vil i oppgavens teorikapittel utdype Schutz’ teori der han tar utgangspunkt i hverdagslivet og analyserer hverdagslivets strukturer. Ettersom kroppslige endringer er et sentralt fokus i min studie, knyttet til deltakernes erfaringer av hverdagslivet som friske, trekker jeg også inn Drew Leder sin kroppsfenomenologi som teoretisk rammeverk. Metode: Masteroppgaven har en kvalitativ tilnærming, hvor det har blitt gjennomført individuelle dybdeintervju med fem unge kvinner som alle tidligere hadde vært syke med CFS/ME. Analysen av datamaterialet har vært inspirert av en tematisk analyse. Resultater/konklusjon: Funnene i masteroppgaven viser at de unge kvinnene erfarte et endret hverdagsliv som syke og et endret hverdagsliv som friske. Som friske erfarte de også et endret forhold til kroppen og et endret forhold til seg selv. På den ene siden erfarte de som friske et liv som stod i sterk kontrast til sitt tidligere liv som syk, mens de på den andre siden erfarte at hverdagslivet som friske fortsatt var preget av det tidligere hverdagslivet som syke. Samlet sett viser funnene hvordan de unge kvinnene hadde ulike erfaringer med å leve et hverdagsliv som friske, men at flere av de erfarte at hverdagslivet som friske fra sykdommen CFS/ME fortsatt var knyttet til deres fortid som syke.

The paper explores the uses of the Sumerian expression ser3-ku3, with a view to clarifying its sense. It argues that there are two main uses, ���incantation��� and ���hymn���, probably correlating respectively with one-word (���univerbated���) and two-word incarnations of the expression. This hypothesis finds support in the phrase���s loan and translation into Babylonian., The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

Introduction: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disease with high symptom burden, of unknown etiology, with no established treatment. We observed patients with long-standing ME/CFS who got cancer, and who reported improvement of ME/CFS symptoms after chemotherapy including cyclophosphamide, forming the basis for this prospective trial. Materials and methods: This open-label phase II trial included 40 patients with ME/CFS diagnosed by Canadian criteria. Treatment consisted of six intravenous infusions of cyclophosphamide, 600–700 mg/m2, given at four-week intervals with follow-up for 18 months, extended to 4 years. Response was defined by self-reported improvements in symptoms by Fatigue score, supported by Short Form 36 (SF-36) scores, physical activity measures and other instruments. Repeated measures of outcome variables were assessed by General linear models. Responses were correlated with specific Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) alleles. Results: The overall response rate by Fatigue score was 55.0% (22 of 40 patients). Fatigue score and other outcome variables showed significant improvements compared to baseline. The SF-36 Physical Function score increased from mean 33.0 at baseline to 51.5 at 18 months (all patients), and from mean 35.0 to 69.5 among responders. Mean steps per 24 h increased from mean 3,199 at baseline to 4,347 at 18 months (all patients), and from 3,622 to 5,589 among responders. At extended follow-up to 4 years 68% (15 of 22 responders) were still in remission. Patients positive for HLA-DQB1*03:03 and/or HLA-C*07:04 (n = 12) had significantly higher response rate compared to patients negative for these alleles (n = 28), 83 vs. 43%, respectively. Nausea and constipation were common grade 1–2 adverse events. There were one suspected unexpected serious adverse reaction (aggravated POTS) and 11 serious adverse events in eight patients. Conclusion: Intravenous cyclophosphamide treatment was feasible for ME/CFS patients and associated with an acceptable toxicity profile. More than half of the patients responded and with prolonged follow-up, a considerable proportion of patients reported ongoing remission. Without a placebo group, clinical response data must be interpreted with caution. We nevertheless believe a future randomized trial is warranted. Clinical Trial Registration: www.ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT02444091.

In the theological field, the term apophatism refers to a negative approach of defining God by what he is not rather than by what he is. This way of thinking can be applied to the definition of the writer’s Me as it appears in the literary works, since the Me, although being a factual obviousness, can only be defined by being opposed to anything it is not. Maurice Barrès, Emil Cioran and Philippe Muray approached, through this oppositional way, the question of the writer’s Litterary Me ; this comparative study will attempt to confront their respective approaches to the Me and to its inscription in the historical time. En théologie, l’ apophatisme désigne une ap - proche négative consistant à définir Dieu par ce qu’il n’est pas plutôt que par ce qu’il est. Par analogie, cette méthode de pensée peut s’ap - pliquer à la définition du Moi de l’écrivain tel qu’il apparaît dans l’œuvre littéraire, puisque le Moi , quoiqu’étant une évidence factuelle, ne se laisse définir que négativement, par opposi - tion à tout ce qui est autre que lui-même. Mau - rice Barrès, Emil Cioran et Philippe Muray ont en commun de s’être penchés, à travers cette approche négative, sur la question du Moi lit - téraire de l’écrivain; cette étude comparatiste tentera de confronter leurs écritures respectives du Moi et de son inscription dans le temps his - torique.

Esta investigación persigue aproximarse a las distintas formas, variantes, matices y consecuencias de la narración subjetiva, identitaria, en el drama norteamericano contemporáneo de la tercera edad de oro. El objetivo consiste en realizar una taxonomía de identidades (con sus miradas y elementos recurrentes), formas de identificación del sujeto con más presencia en la ficción contemporánea en la época de crecimiento de la denominada quality tv y se estudia la percepción de la ficción sobre sí misma; así como los puntos de contacto de estas identidades en otras narrativas audiovisuales como el videojuego. This research aims to provide an approach to the different forms, nuances and consequences of the subjective narration, the indentitarian one, at the contemporary TV american dramas of this third golden age. The objective is achieving a taxonomy of identities (with its sights and recurrent elements) and forms of identification of the subject with more presence at the contemporary TV fiction in the age of quality TV; but also to study the self-perception of the fiction and the contact points between this established identities of the serial narrative with other audiovisual ones like the videogames.

The objective of this study was to determine the ileal digestible energy (IDE), ME, and MEn of rice, broken rice, and rice bran. The birds were fed a standard starter diet from day 0 to 14 and experimental diets from day 15 to 21 after hatching. A total of 336 birds were grouped by BW and assigned to 7 diets, each diet comprised 8 replicates with 6 birds per replicate. The diets comprised a reference diet (RD) and 6 test diets (TD). The TD contained 2 levels of rice, broken rice or rice bran that partly replaced the energy sources in the RD at 120 or 240 g/kg (rice and broken rice) or 150 or 300 g/kg (rice bran). Addition of rice or broken rice to RD linearly increased (P

Background: An estimated 10% of children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) experience eating difficulties; however, little is known about why these difficulties develop, what the impact is or how to manage them. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with adolescents (aged 12–17 years) attending a specialist service who have a primary diagnosis of CFS/ME and experience nausea, abdominal pain and/or eating difficulties. A total of 11 adolescents were interviewed (eight female, mean age: 15 years). Transcripts were analysed thematically using techniques of constant comparison which commenced soon after data collection and informed further interview protocols. Results: Adolescents perceived their eating difficulties were caused by abdominal symptoms, being too fatigued to eat and changes to their senses of taste and smell. Some of the adolescents recognised how their eating difficulties were exacerbated and maintained by psychological factors of low mood and anxiety. The adolescents eating difficulties had a negative impact on their weight, fatigue, socialising and family life. They perceived helpful interventions to include modifying their diets, families adjusting and also medical interventions (e.g. medication). Adolescents identified that early education and support about diet and eating habits would have been helpful. Conclusions: If adolescents diagnosed with CFS/ME develop eating difficulties, this has a significant impact on their quality of life, illness and on their families. Not eating increases fatigue, low mood and anxiety which further exacerbates the eating difficulties. Clinicians should screen for eating difficulties in those with symptoms of nausea and abdominal pain, warn adolescents and their families of the risk of developing eating difficulties and provide interventions and support as early as possible.

In the third millennium BC in the Mesopotamia a civilization developed very quickly, with a wellfunctioning economy stimulated by employing a multitude of diverse specialists. The measurement of the work and wages adequate to the contribution of the employees as well as strict planning and control activities were the features of Sumerian economics. Both the phenomenon of achieving such a rapid economic progress and the method of educating specialists in many professions, including managers, scribes, dub-sar, controllers and auditors is worthy of exploration and explanation. Professionalknowledge was linked to the issue of me and these objects were the hallmark of the Sumerian culture. In this study a multi-faceted analysis leads to the conclusion that some methods of obtaining professional skills by applying me must have existed.

Finding a digital elevation model (DEM) of suitable spatial resolution is vital to investigate piping erosion using aerial remote-sensing platforms like unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Previous studies have implied that the best spatial resolution is a DEM with the most detail. This study evaluates piping-affected areas with five DEMs (1, 5, 10, 20, and 30 m resolutions) with three trained machine-learning methods: support vector machine (SVM), maximum entropy (ME), and boosted regression tree (BRT). This method enables the identification of the specific impacts caused by changing pixel resolution to guide the selection of the most effective DEM. This study employs piping morphometry data to predict the locations of completely collapsed pipes. The performance of the methods for mapping of pipes was assessed against a piping inventory map. The results demonstrate that the finest resolution DEM is not always the most useful. Though 1 m-resolution DEMs show the most detail, the best performance was the 5 m-resolution DEM when tested for all three mapping models. The 5 m-resolution DEM-SVM combination was the best predictor of known piping sites (AUC = 81.0%). The 5-m DEM-ME was second most effective model (AUC = 75.8%). And 5-m DEM-BRT was third (AUC = 72.9%). Applying more DEM derivatives may increase confidence in the selection of the most appropriate resolution.

© 2018 by the Philosophy of Science Association. All rights reserved. We use game theoretic models to take an in-depth look at the dynamics of discrimination and academic collaboration. We find that in collaboration networks, small minority groups may be more likely to end up being discriminated against while collaborating. We also find that discrimination can lead members of different social groups to mostly collaborate with in-group members, decreasing the effective diversity of the social network. Drawing on previous work, we discuss how decreases in the diversity of scientific collaborations might negatively affect the progress of epistemic communities.

U radu se bavimo istraživanjem percepcije mladih ljudi o Drugom. Istraživanje je smješteno u kontekst posmodernog društva za koje je karakteristična proizvodnja neizvjesnosti i neoindividualizam. Drugi je nerijetko objektifikovan - on treba da posluži ispunjenju naših ciljeva, dok je mogućnost autentičnog susreta svedena na najmanju moguću mjeru. Cilj analize je bio da opišemo kako naši mladi percipiraju Drugog i kakve odnose s drugima praktikuju. Istraživanjem je obuhvaćeno 197 ispitanika, studenata humanističkih fakulteta u Srbiji. Da bismo ispitali njihova uvjerenja i prakse koristili smo strukturisani upitnik. Nalazi su pokazali da nema mjesta za optimizam: većina ispitanika je nepovjerljiva prema drugima, žive u uvjerenju da se mogu osloniti samo na sebe, a procenat usamljenih je visok. Imajući na umu uočeno, ukazano je na potrebu za daljim istraživanjem ove tematike. Subject of this article is exploration of relational patterns of young people: their beliefs, feelings, perceptions and experiences gained through relationships with other people in postmodern social context. The postmodern societies, including ours, share the same characteristics: production of uncertainty, neo-individualism and consequent loss of contact with another human being. The others are often objectivised - they should serve to fulfill our goals, while the possibility of an authentic human contact is reduced to a minimum. Although not clinically striking, these behavioural patterns - ways of adaptation to the uncertain social context, can not be classified as personally and developmentally beneficial. The goal of our analysis was to describe how our young people perceive the Other and how they interact with the others. The survey was conducted on 197 students of humanities faculties. In order to examine their beliefs and practices we used a structured questionnaire. Findings have shown that there is no room for optimism: most respondents are distrustful to others, living in the belief that they can rely solely on themselves, and the percentage of lonely ones is high. Having in mind the above, the need for further research on this subject has been recognized.

Summary In this work, the design of an adaptive noise canceller (ANC) filter is presented using modified cuckoo search (MCS) optimization technique. The proposed scheme is applied for de-noising of ECG signals. Our simulation results reveal that the ANC filter based on MCS algorithm provides superior performance than other optimization techniques used to enhance the ECG signal. The performance of ANC filter is compared with other reported algorithms by evaluating the fidelity parameters such as the signal to noise ratio (SNR), maximum error (ME) and mean square error (MSE). The proposed ANC filter design with MCS scheme gives 18% improvement in output SNR, 87% decrease in ME, and 85% reduction in MSE over the recently reported Hilbert Huang Transform (HHT) technique.

Background NHS specialist chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) services in England treat approximately 8000 adult patients each year. Variation in therapy programmes and treatment outcomes across services has not been described. Methods We described treatments provided by 11 CFS/ME specialist services and we measured changes in patient-reported fatigue (Chalder, Checklist Individual Strength), function (SF-36 physical subscale, Work & Social Adjustment Scale), anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale), pain (visual analogue rating), sleep (Epworth, Jenkins), and overall health (Clinical Global Impression) 1 year after the start of treatment, plus questions about impact of CFS/ME on employment, education/training and domestic tasks/unpaid work. A subset of these outcome measures was collected from former patients 2–5 years after assessment at 7 of the 11 specialist services. Results Baseline data at clinical assessment were available for 952 patients, of whom 440 (46.2%) provided 1-year follow-up data. Treatment data were available for 435/440 (98.9%) of these patients, of whom 175 (40.2%) had been discharged at time of follow-up. Therapy programmes varied substantially in mode of delivery (individual or group) and number of sessions. Overall change in health 1 year after first attending specialist services was ‘very much’ or ‘much better’ for 27.5% (115/418) of patients, ‘a little better’ for 36.6% (153/418), ‘no change’ for 15.8% (66/418), ‘a little worse’ for 12.2% (51/418), and ‘worse’ or ‘very much worse’ for 7.9% (33/418). Among former patients who provided 2- to 5-year follow-up (30.4% (385/1265)), these proportions were 30.4% (117/385), 27.5% (106/385), 11.4% (44/385), 13.5% (52/385), and 17.1% (66/385), respectively. 85.4% (327/383) of former patients responded “Yes” to “Do you think that you are still suffering from CFS/ME?” 8.9% (34/383) were “Uncertain”, and 5.7% (22/383) responded “No”. Conclusions This multi-centre NHS study has shown that, although one third of patients reported substantial overall improvement in their health, CFS/ME is a long term condition that persists for the majority of adult patients even after receiving specialist treatment. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2437-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

International audience; Thirty pelleted diets were given to broiler chickens (eight birds per diet; 21 to 35 days of age) for individual in vivo measurements of dietary net energy (NE) value, using three trials with 10 diets/trial. Amino acid formulation of diets was done on the basis of ratios to CP. NE was measured according to the body analysis method. The basal metabolism component of NE values was calculated on the basis of mean metabolic weight using a coefficient obtained in a previous experiment. Information about apparent metabolisable energy (AME) value of diets, AME corrected to zero nitrogen retention (AMEn) and digestibilities of proteins, lipids, starch and sugars was available from a previous publication. In each trial, mean NE/AME ratios of diets varied by about 6%. From the multiple regressions (n = 30) expressing NE and AMEn values as functions of digestible component contents, it was deduced that the NE/AMEn ratios assigned to dietary components were 0.760, 0.862, 0.806, 0.690 and 0.602 for CP, lipids, starch, (sucrose + glucose) and fermentable sugars (alpha-galacto-oligosaccharides and lactose), respectively. The NE/AME ratio of CP was 0.680. Regression calculations showed that the NE values assigned to individual birds (n = 240) could also be predicted with diet AMEn values (NE = 0.80 AMEn; R-2 = 0.770) or with an equation combining AMEn value and CP/AMEn ratio (R-2 = 0.773). The latter ratio was found to be the only additional parameter that was significant when added in the NE regression scheme based on AMEn.

Teachers are supposed to use forms of differentiated instruction to anticipate the differences among their students. However, the adaptation of teaching to the diversity of the group often takes place with difficulty. Teacher education is blamed for not preparing student teachers adequately for differentiated instruction. Several authors suggest that congruent teaching in teacher education might be an adequate solution to this problem. This case study aims to investigate the (congruent) realization of differentiated instruction in teacher education using ethnographic tools. The results indicate that the observed teacher educator demonstrated limited forms of differentiation, largely without providing meta-commentary. Therefore, she is not a role model on the subject of differentiated instruction in the view of student teachers. These results are discussed in depth, and form a basis for further research and suggestions for practice in teacher education.

Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-01T22:35:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_10030_DISSERTAÇÃO _Janiel Cerqueira da Silva.pdf: 1101283 bytes, checksum: a28a6bc98fc920bcf8e37d4e98093b29 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-14 Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar diferentes métodos de medição de altura e volume comercial de árvores para fins de manejo florestal sustentável em uma floresta nativa na região Amazônica. Para isso, os métodos de medição de altura comercial analisados foram: Visual com experiência; Clinômetro Suunto; Hipsômetro eletrônico Haglöf II; Hipsômetro Vertex IV e a medição com árvore abatida com o auxílio de uma trena. Já para obtenção do volume comercial, foram analisados os métodos: cubagem com o Criterion RD 1000; estimação com o fator de forma igual a 0,7 considerando no cálculo do volume do cilindro o diâmetro a 1,30m e a medida visual com experiência da altura comercial; estimação com o fator de forma igual a 0,7 considerando no cálculo do volume do cilindro diâmetro a 1,30m e altura comercial medida com o Clinômetro Suunto e a cubagem rigorosa tradicional. Foram medidos 30 indivíduos de quatro espécies em uma floresta nativa localizada nos municípios de Mâncio Lima e Rodrigues Alves, Acre. Para análise dos métodos, foi realizada a análise gráfica dos resíduos, além das estatísticas Viés (V), Raiz do quadrado médio do erro (RQME), Médias das diferenças absolutas (MD). Dos métodos de medição de altura comercial, o Suunto se destacou, sendo o mais indicado para medição de altura das árvores em floresta nativa na Amazônia. Já entre os métodos de obtenção do volume comercial com casca das árvores individuais, a utilização do Criterion RD 1000 possibilitou a obtenção das medidas mais exatas. Palavras-chave: Amazônia, inventário florestal, instrumentos, exatidão.

The results of investigation illustrate the lipid peroxidation activation in different tissues under the stress influence. The obtained results convince the different resistance of animals to stress. The decrease of free and bound oxyprolin content, as well as glycosaminoglycans, which are the main components of connective tissue of gingiva, after prolonged stress has been established. Stress causes the development of structural and functional disorders in the liver tissue. Melatonin is effective to inhibit the stress-induced changes in liver and parodontium. The higher efficiency of melatonin at the dose 1,0 mg/kg over 0,2 mg/kg was established. The obtained results open the prospects of the using of melatonin and its artificial analogues for pharmacological treatment of stress-induced disorders in parodontium and liver.

The main objective of the work presented herein is to assess the effect of different electron donors (butyric acid and methanol) on the dechlorinating activity of two microbial cultures where active methanogenic populations are present, in an effort to evaluate the importance of the electron donor selection process. The ability of each anaerobic culture to dechlorinate TCE, when enriched with either butyric acid or methanol, was verified based on the results of gas chromatography. In addition, the fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods gave positive results for the presence of Dehalococcoides spp. According to results of the batch tests conducted in this study, it appears that the selection of the electron donor for stimulating TCE dechlorination depends on microbial culture composition; therefore, the decision on the appropriate electron donor should be based on site-specific microcosm studies. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. J Hazard Mater

En este artículo se analizan e interrogan las potencialidades didácticas del cine en los espacios de educación superior. Para ello, se revisan diversas propuestas de integración del cine en las aulas universitarias que han sido sistematizadas en dos grandes tradiciones: la educación para el cine y la educación con el cine. Finalmente, se realiza una propuesta de educación por el cine, que trata de reconocer y desarrollar el potencial de este medio para llevar a cabo transformaciones de índole personal y social. This article analyses the didactic potential of films in Higher Education. To this end, a review is carried out of various proposals for the integration of films into university lecture rooms, which have been organised into two great traditions: film education and education through films. Finally, a proposal is made for education through cinema, which attempts to recognise and develop the potential of this medium to achieve personal and social types of transformations.

Two studies were undertaken to investigate the impact of other-self similarity on the outcome of social comparison effects when people are cognitively busy versus non-busy. Results demonstrate that when perceivers are able to devote sufficient cognitive resources to the comparison process, extremely similar others lead to assimilative self-evaluations, whereas moderately similar others lead to contrastive self-evaluations and dissimilar others lead to null effects. When perceivers are cognitively busy, however, both extremely and moderately similar others yield assimilation effects, whereas dissimilar others yield contrast effects. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Il s’agit pour nous dans cette étude de revenir sur la genèse historique et idéologique de la « confrontation » entre l’Occident et l’Orient qui –malgré sa sécularité- s’est cristallisée depuis l’expédition de Napoléon (1798 – 1801) en faisant sienne la thématique de l’authenticité, « le Moi » et la modernité, « l’Autre ».En essayant de répondre à cette problématique, la pensée arabe contemporaine a introduit plusieurs pistes de réflexion, dont le désir de l’accaparement de la puissance de l’Autre passe inéluctablement par le rêve de sa négation, comme finalité. Cet exercice intellectuel a permis la construction d’une image anthropologique de l’Occident dans l’imaginaire arabo - musulman, lieu de tous les clichés, synonyme de tous les exotismes, catalyseur de toutes les contradictions et de tous les excès. La littérature romanesque de langue arabe s’est illustrée par la production de plusieurs textes qui traitent du rapport Orient/Occident dont les plus célèbres sont au nombre de trois « L’oiseau d’Orient » de Tewfik Al-Hakim, du « Quartier Latin » de Souheil Idris et « Saison de migration vers le Nord » de Tayeb Salih. Ces trois romans essaient d’inverser le rapport des forces en sexualisant les « conflits civilisationnels ».Si l’imagerie orientale dans les écrits socio-idéologiques fait appel à son passé prestigieux pour contrer un Occident méprisant et dévalorisant, la littérature renvoie pour cela aux archétypes fondateurs de l’imaginaire arabo – musulman. In this study, it’s a question for us to go back to the historical and ideological genesis of “face to face” between the West and the East, which in spite of its secularity has been assured a form since Napoleon’s expedition (1798-1801) by accepting the thematic of authenticity, “Me” and of modernity “the other”, as its own.By trying to answer this question, modern Arabic thought has introduced several paths for reflection, among those the desire of holding power over the “other” passes ineluctably by the dream of its negation as a finality. This intellectual exercise has enabled forming an anthropological image of the west in arabo-moslem imagery, a place of all stereotypes, synonymous of all exoticism catalyzing all contradictions and excess.The romantic Arabic Language Literature is illustrated by the production of several texts relating to the East – West relationship ; among the most famous are three “The Bird of the Orient”, by Tewfik Al Hakim, and “ The Latin District” by Souheil Idris, And Tayeb Salih’s “A Season for migrating”. These three novels try to inverse the relationship by sexualizing the “civilization conflict” If oriental imagery calls on the prestigious past to counter a scornful and discrediting West, for that the literature sends us back to archetypes founding arabo-moslem make belief. En este estudio, tratamos de volver sobre el génesis histórico e ideológico de la “confrontación “ de Occidente y Oriente – que a pesar de su secularidad – se cristalizó desde la expedición de Napoleón (1798-1801) haciéndose suya la temática de la autenticidad, “el Yo” y la modernidad, “el Otro”. Al tratar de responder a esta problemática, el pensamiento árabe contemporáneo ha introducido muchas pistas de reflexión con el deseo de que el acaparamiento de la potencia del Otro pasa inevitablemente por el sueño de su negación como finalidad. Este ejercicio intelectual permitió la construcción de una imagen antropológica de Occidente en el imaginario arabo-musulmán, lugar de todos los clichés, sinónimo de todos los exotismos, catalizador de todas las contradicciones y de todos los excesos.La literatura novelesca de lengua árabe se ilustró por la producción de muchos textos que tratan de la relación Oriente / Occidente cuyas obras más célebres son tres “ El pájaro de Oriente” de Tewfik El Hakim, “El Bario latino “ de Souheil Idris y “ Estación de Migración hacia el Norte “ de Tayeb Salih. Estas tres novelas tratan de invertir la relación de las fuerzas sexualizando los “conflictos de civilización “.Si la imaginería oriental en los escritos socio-ideológicos llama a su prestigioso pasado para oponerse a un Occidente despreciativo y que desvaloriza, la literatura reexpide para ello a los arquetipos fundadores del imaginario arabo-musulmán. يتعلق الأمر في هذه الدراسة بالحديث عن النشأة التاريخية و الأيديولوجية "للمواجهة" بين الغرب و الشرق، التي - على الرغم من قدمها - قد تبلورت منذ حملة نابليون (1798 – 1801) و التي اتخذت موضوع الأصالة أو "الذات" والمعاصرة أو "الآخر" قاعدة في مختلف النقاشات القائمة. في محاولته للإجابة عن هذه الإشكالية، قام الفكر العربي بإدخال العديد من الطروحات الفكرية و التي تتمحور حول حلم الاستيلاء على قوة الآخر التي تمر عبر حلم نفيه باعتباره غاية حتمية. قامت هذه الممارسة الفكرية ببناء صورة أنثروبولوجية للغرب في المخيال العربي الإسلامي، كمجال لكل التصورات المسبقة و المرادف لكل غرائبية و المثير لكل التناقضات و التجاوزات. تناول الأدب الروائي العربي هذه الإشكالية من خلال مجموعة من النصوص، نذكر منها الروايات الثلاث الأكثر شهرة و هي "عصفور من الشرق" لتوفيق الحكيم و"الحي اللاتيني" ليوسف إدريس و "موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال" للطيب صالح. حاولت هذه النصوص قلب ميزان القوى بتجنيس "الصراعات الحضارية". و إذا كانت الصورائية الشرقية قد استدعت في كتاباتها الاجتماعية والإيديولوجية الماضي المجيد لمواجهة الغرب المتجبر و المحقر، فإن الأدب قد لجأ إلى النماذج المؤسسة للمخيال العربي الإسلامي.

Majority members often react negatively to efforts to stimulate diversity. An important reason for this is that in diverse groups, majority members’ own group bond is typically based on perceived prototypicality, which serves to disregard those who are different. In the present research we investigate how majority members’ pro-diversity beliefs may be enhanced, by experimentally manipulating how the self is cognitively defined in relation to a diverse group. Specifically, we hypothesize that majority members’ focus on the personal self (i.e., self-anchoring) rather than the social self (i.e., self-stereotyping) when creating a group bond may facilitate their pro-diversity beliefs and positive attitudes toward minority members. In two experiments we manipulated self-anchoring and self-stereotyping via mindset priming among ethnic majority members in diverse teams. As expected, results showed that relative to self-stereotyping, majority members’ self-anchoring enhanced pro-diversity beliefs and positive attitudes toward minority members.

It is of importance whether myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a variant of sickness behavior. The latter is induced by acute infections/injury being principally mediated through proinflammatory cytokines. Sickness is a beneficial behavioral response that serves to enhance recovery, conserves energy and plays a role in the resolution of inflammation. There are behavioral/symptomatic similarities (for example, fatigue, malaise, hyperalgesia) and dissimilarities (gastrointestinal symptoms, anorexia and weight loss) between sickness and ME/CFS. While sickness is an adaptive response induced by proinflammatory cytokines, ME/CFS is a chronic, disabling disorder, where the pathophysiology is related to activation of immunoinflammatory and oxidative pathways and autoimmune responses. While sickness behavior is a state of energy conservation, which plays a role in combating pathogens, ME/CFS is a chronic disease underpinned by a state of energy depletion. While sickness is an acute response to infection/injury, the trigger factors in ME/CFS are less well defined and encompass acute and chronic infections, as well as inflammatory or autoimmune diseases. It is concluded that sickness behavior and ME/CFS are two different conditions.

Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is a debilitating illness of unknown etiology characterized by neurocognitive dysfunction, inflammation, immune abnormalities and gastrointestinal distress. An increasing body of evidence suggests that disruptions in the gut may contribute to the induction of neuroinflammation. Therefore, reports of human endogenous retroviral (HERV) expression in association with neuroinflammatory diseases prompted us to investigate the gut of individuals with ME for the presence of HERV proteins. In eight out of 12 individuals with ME, immunoreactivity to HERV proteins was observed in duodenal biopsies. In contrast, no immunoreactivity was detected in any of the eight controls. Immunoreactivity to HERV Gag and Env proteins was uniquely co-localized in hematopoietic cells expressing the C-type lectin receptor CLEC4C (CD303/BDCA2), the costimulatory marker CD86 and the class II major histocompatibility complex HLA-DR, consistent with plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs). Although the significance of HERVs present in the pDCs of individuals with ME has yet to be determined, these data raise the possibility of an involvment of pDCs and HERVs in ME pathology. To our knowledge, this report describes the first direct association between pDCs and HERVs in human disease.

Ce mémoire de master retrace l histoire de l école primaire en Algérie durant la période coloniale de 1830 à 1962. D après Jules Ferry, colonialiste enthousiaste, « il y a pour les races supérieures un droit, parce qu il y a un devoir pour elle. Elles ont le devoir de civiliser les races inférieures. » La colonisation, appelée à la suite de ce discours une « mission civilisatrice », vise, entre autres, à éduquer les indigènes. L école primaire, l institution éducative la plus importante, a donc joué un rôle clé dans cette mission civilisatrice de la France. La mission débute par une politique assimilatrice après la départementalisation en 1848, qui fait de l Algérie une partie intégrante du territoire français. La politique scolaire menée au cours des différents régimes politiques de la France a peu d effets sur le taux de scolarisation des indigènes. Ce n est qu en 1945, lorsque les révoltes musulmanes deviennent de plus en plus fréquentes, que les autorités françaises passent à une politique d intégration qui se traduit par une scolarisation de masse. Dans ce mémoire, nous allons étudier le rôle de l école primaire dans les politiques d assimilation et d intégration de la France après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et l impact que celles-ci ont eu sur les acteurs du système éducatif.

Background NICE guidelines emphasise the need for a confident, early diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalitis (CFS/ME) in Primary Care with management tailored to the needs of the patient. Research suggests that GPs are reluctant to make the diagnosis and resources for management are currently inadequate. This study aimed to develop resources for practitioners and patients to support the diagnosis and management of CFS/ME in primary care. Methods Semi structured interviews were conducted with patients, carers, GPs, practice nurses and CFS/ME specialists in North West England. All interviews were audio recorded, transcribed and analysed qualitatively using open explorative thematic coding. Two patient involvement groups were consulted at each stage of the development of resources to ensure that the resources reflect everyday issues faced by people living with CFS/ME. Results Patients and carers stressed the importance of recognising CFS/ME as a legitimate condition, and the need to be believed by health care professionals. GPs and practice nurses stated that they do not always have the knowledge or skills to diagnose and manage the condition. They expressed a preference for an online training package. For patients, information on getting the most out of a consultation and the role of carers was thought to be important. Patients did not want to be overloaded with information at diagnosis, and suggested information should be given in steps. A DVD was suggested, to enable information sharing with carers and family, and also for those whose symptoms act as a barrier to reading. Conclusion Rather than use a top-down approach to the development of training for health care practitioners and information for patients and carers, we have used data from key stakeholders to develop a patient DVD, patient leaflets to guide symptom management and a modular e-learning resource which should equip GPs to diagnose and manage CFS/ME effectively, meet NICE guidelines and give patients acceptable, evidence-based information.

A contracorriente de las posturas maniqueas generadas por la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, fenómeno de que tampoco se eximen las esferas académicas e intelectuales, este estudio contempla la reelaboración de una historia oficial en respaldo de un pr Far away from dualistic stances arisen from Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, phenomenon of which the academic and intellectual spheres either do not free themselves, this essays aims considering the remake of an official history in support of a political

International audience; Anxiety symptoms are commonly described in children with chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME) but to date there has been little information on the type of anxiety children experience or the relationship between anxiety and school attendance, disability or fatigue. The aim of this study was to first describe the prevalence and type of anxiety symptoms in children with CFS/ME compared with a normal European population, and secondly to investigate the association of anxiety symptoms with age, gender, school attendance, fatigue, and physical function in paediatric CFS/ME. Data were prospectively collected on children and young people with CFS/ME referred to a large specialist CFS/ME service. One hundred and sixty-four children with CFS/ME had complete data for the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale. Teenage girls had the highest rates of total anxiety symptoms with 38% (95% CI 27–49) over the cut off (top 10% of normal European population) and significantly higher rates of symptoms in each subscale. Younger girls were more likely to score over the cut off in separation anxiety (37%, 19–40) and social phobia (39%, 25–47). There was no evidence of association between total anxiety symptoms and: time at school, time to assessment, pain or age. Associations with fatigue and physical function were attenuated when adjusted for other variables. Although anxiety symptoms are high in CFS/ME, particularly in teenage girls, it does not appear to be associated with school attendance or other measures of disability. Separation anxiety and social phobia were the most clearly elevated in paediatric CFS/ME.

The National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM) International Registry of Exceptional Courses of Disease (the Registry) related to the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has to date received 5 reports of exceptionally “worst” courses of disease from patients who have attributed their negative health experience to the use of CAM. The monitoring of unfavorable outcomes related to CAM treatment is seen by NAFKAM as important to ensure that treatments offered are associated with low risk of harm. This is particularly important when the conditions patients suffer from are not life threatening. If the Registry receives 3 negative reports of patients using the same treatment for the same condition, a “warning” is submitted to the health authorities. The same is done after only one report if the condition is life threatening. Three of the 5 patients had been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), and all of them have related their unfavorable outcomes to the treatment method called Lightning Process (LP), a 3-day training program designed by British osteopath Phil Parker.1 They had all followed the recommendation given by the LP instructors during the treatment to ignore what they sensed as their bodies' symptoms of being pushed too hard. The patients had been diagnosed with CFS/ME 10, 2, and 7 years, respectively, before attending the LP treatment. Six to 12 months after the treatment, all 3 experienced a strong relapse of their CFS/ME symptoms. One patient expressed that “to follow the advice from the LP instructor eventually became a direct risk to my health.” The other 2 patients had both been treated with homeopathy. The first patient had sought homeopathic treatment for sinusitis problems and a desire to reduce her conventional medication. After using homeopathic treatment for 1 year, she was diagnosed with a necrotizing vasculitis, and she believes that she might have been diagnosed and treated earlier had she sought conventional treatment. The other patient had sought homeopathic treatment for prostatitis symptoms and used homeopathic remedies for this condition in combination with chemotherapy for hemato-logic cancer. He reports a number of symptoms (vision coordination problems, tinnitus, memory loss, and hiatal hernia) that he ascribes to an interaction between the homeopathic remedy and the chemotherapy. The 3 “worst” cases reported with regard to LP are consistent, and there is reason to suspect a causal relationship. The 2 other reports are less specific and will need to be supported by additional cases before any conclusions can be drawn.

Desde una perspectiva del metabolismo social, o de la modalidad y dimensión del uso de energía y materiales por parte de la sociedad, se abre con una descripción panorámica de la crisis imperante, tanto socioeconómica como ecológica. Al subrayar que ésta es resultante de relaciones sociales de producción específicas en un contexto biofísico dado, se plantea la relevancia del conocimiento, en especial la coproducción de conocimiento, tanto para el diagnóstico robusto, como para la búsqueda consensuada de rutas de transición que apunten hacia territorialidades para el bien común cada vez más justas y resilientes. From the perspective of social metabolism, or the mode and scope of the use of energy and materials by society, the article opens with a panoramic description of both prevailing socio-economic and ecological crisis. Stressing that they are the result of specific social relations of production in a biophysical given context, the relevance of knowledge arises, in particular co-production of knowledge, both for robust diagnosis, and for consensual search of transition paths pointing out to territorialities for the common good increasingly resilient and just. A partir da perspectivado metabolismo social ou da modalidade e dimensão da utilização de energia e materiais pela sociedade, abre-se comuma descrição panorâmica da crise prevalecente, tanto sócio-econômica como ecológica. Sublinhando que ela é o resultado das relações sociais de produção específicos e mum contexto biofísico dado, sustenta-se a relevância do conhecimento, em particular a coprodução do conhecimento, tanto para o diagnóstico robusto, quanto para a busca consensuada de caminhos de transição que apontem para territorialidades orientadas ao bem comum cada vez mais justas e resilientes.

People tend to grossly overestimate the size of their mirror-reflected face. Although this overestimation bias is robust, not much is known about its relationships to self-face perception. In two experiments, we investigated the overestimation bias as a function of the presentation of the own face (left-right reversed - as in a mirror - or nonreversed - as in a photograph), the identity of the seen face, and prior exposure to a real mirror. For this we developed a computerized task requiring size estimations of displayed faces. We replicated the observation that people overestimate the size of their mirror-reflected face and showed that the overestimation can be reduced following a brief mirror exposure. We also found that left-right reversal modulates the overestimation bias, depending on the perceived face's identity. These data underline the enhanced familiarity of left-right reversed self-faces and the importance of size perception for understanding mirror reflection processing.