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This essay proposes to label the current moment, characterized by biomass loss and global ecological catastrophe, as "the Misanthropocene," and it presents two literary examples in which misanthropic attitudes are found. It focuses on Susan Straight's Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights (1994) and Joan Didion's The Last Thing He Wanted (1996), comparing their representations of California and its characteristic elements such as the jacaranda tree or the state's symbol, the poppy. Following Kantian discussion of the concept, misanthropy is understood as a negative assessment of (and not an emotional attitude toward) humanity's moral shortcomings such as racism, greed, or deceitfulness. Finally, the conclusions present the resolution of the misanthropic attitudes in the light of Michael Marder's vegetal ontology, arguing that while Didion offers a partial solution of the misanthropy she portrays, it is Straight's novel that suggests a way beyond the impasse of the Misanthropocene by thinking with plants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An apocalyptic imaginary appears so frequently in debates on climate change and the Anthropocene that it might be considered the dominant historical narrative of our time. However, when dealing with apocalypticism, biblical references are not always appropriate. In this article, I argue that we are dealing with two different concepts of apocalypticism, and that the new apocalyptic history is not a negative version of the religious apocalypse. Second, I also argue that the new apocalyptic history nevertheless seems to revolve around the idea of the promise as a specific historical way of binding the past, present and future into a coherent history that, ironically, seems to open up a dialogue with the history of theology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was twofold: to explore the concordance between two measures of physical activity (accelerometer and IPAQ) among female fibromyalgia (FM) patients, as well as to examine the impact of psychosocial variables (catastrophism, activity avoidance) on walking among these patients. Helplessness, activity avoidance, and commitment to physical activity were evaluated in 132 FM women. After the first assessment, an accelerometer was placed by a psychologist on each participant for seven consecutive days. Eight days later, accelerometers were collected, and participants were evaluated again using the IPAQ. Two models were tested to analyze mediation and a moderated mediation effect. The mediating role of activity avoidance between helplessness and minutes walked was corroborated regarding the objective measure of walking. The effect of helplessness on minutes walked during a week was mediated by activity avoidance and assessed by accelerometers. Cognitive variables played a contextual role when trying to promote exercise. Activity avoidance must be understood as a key variable in physical activity promotion, specifically in the promotion of walking with the aim to do exercise in individuals with FM.

Background: Previous studies have shown that catastrophizing and avoiding pain increase suffering and disability of patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has demonstrated good results in the treatment of chronic pain. Method: This study applies a group ACT therapy for women with fibromyalgia, focusing on therapeutic components, such as acceptance, defusion, and personal values. An experimental design with control group was used; 57 women diagnosed with FM participated in this study (25 in the ACT group and 32 in the control group). The ACT group received five intervention sessions. Psychological symptoms, perceived health, mindfulness, catastrophic thinking, and cognitive fusion were evaluated at pre- and post-treatment and at six-month follow-up. Results: The results showed that the ACT group had significantly better results in mental health, social role and functioning, anxiety, depression, somatization, and obsession-compulsion, less catastrophic thinking, and improved capacity for mindfulness at six-month follow-up. Conclusions: The results are discussed in the light of previous interventions.

The aim of this study was twofold: to explore the concordance between two measures of physical activity (accelerometer and IPAQ) among female fibromyalgia (FM) patients, as well as to examine the impact of psychosocial variables (catastrophism, activity avoidance) on walking among these patients. Helplessness, activity avoidance, and commitment to physical activity were evaluated in 132 FM women. After the first assessment, an accelerometer was placed by a psychologist on each participant for seven consecutive days. Eight days later, accelerometers were collected, and participants were evaluated again using the IPAQ. Two models were tested to analyze mediation and a moderated mediation effect. The mediating role of activity avoidance between helplessness and minutes walked was corroborated regarding the objective measure of walking. The effect of helplessness on minutes walked during a week was mediated by activity avoidance and assessed by accelerometers. Cognitive variables played a contextual role when trying to promote exercise. Activity avoidance must be understood as a key variable in physical activity promotion, specifically in the promotion of walking with the aim to do exercise in individuals with FM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Education for sustainable development (ESD) is at the heart of schools' priorities. Emphasis is placed on the fight against global warming, the protection of the environment and biodiversity, and the control of pandemics. The aim is to give students the necessary keys to understanding these major societal issues and the means to take action. Under what conditions is it possible to achieve such objectives? Our study approaches this subject from the point of view of catastrophes and catastrophisms. Their characterization in the natural sciences requires the use of modes of reasoning that integrate contingency in order to think about the history of the Earth and living beings, and the uncertainties of their future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Previous studies have shown that catastrophizing and avoiding pain increase suffering and disability of patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has demonstrated good results in the treatment of chronic pain. Method: This study applies a group ACT therapy for women with fibromyalgia, focusing on therapeutic components, such as acceptance, defusion, and personal values. An experimental design with control group was used; 57 women diagnosed with FM participated in this study (25 in the ACT group and 32 in the control group). The ACT group received five intervention sessions. Psychological symptoms, perceived health, mindfulness, catastrophic thinking, and cognitive fusion were evaluated at pre- and post-treatment and at six-month follow-up. Results: The results showed that the ACT group had significantly better results in mental health, social role and functioning, anxiety, depression, somatization, and obsession-compulsion, less catastrophic thinking, and improved capacity for mindfulness at six-month follow-up. Conclusions: The results are discussed in the light of previous interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Belt Supergroup represents one of the thickest sections of Precambrian sedimentary rocks in world. It contains rare features, such as molar-tooth structures, syneresis cracks, and "stromatolites." The rocks were deposited in an intracratonic basin thought to be at least 25 km deep, which could have originated as an impact crater. It is conventionally dated as Mesoproterozoic, about 1.4 Ga. Correlation of formations across the Belt Basin is difficult. The sediment originated predominantly from the west, but since there is no obvious source to the west today, there is much speculation on the land mass that once existed to the west. The place of the Belt Supergroup within Biblical Earth history points to the Flood, especially given the generally conformable contact between the Belt rocks and the overlying Cambrian Flathead Sandstone, a universally accepted Flood rock. Thus, the Belt rocks likely were deposited very early in the Flood. Some of the Belt rocks imply tremendous catastrophism very early in the Flood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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As the twenty-first century advances, society is entering a new phase regarding climate change. Impacts of climate change are becoming more salient in the present, rather than being only far-off in the future. Progress on flattening-and in many affluent countries, reducing-greenhouse gas emissions is also becoming salient, though the progress underperforms international targets. Slowing economic growth and major technological and geopolitical disruptions are creating new challenges and uncertainties. One of these challenges is a political climate of deep divisions and rising distrust in fact-finding institutions-a climate that is ripe for demagoguery. In the United States and some other countries, the issue of climate change has become divisive and has been wielded rhetorically by demagogic political figures and movements on both extremes of the political spectrum. This Article outlines five important considerations for climate policy in this new phase of the twenty-first century, focusing on both the global and the U.S. contexts. (1) Mid-range emissions and warming scenarios are most plausible. In contrast, the science and public discourse of climate change has often focused on extremes. Focusing instead on plausible scenarios offers opportunities to consider important nuances and tradeoffs, and to de-polarize the discourse. (2) Economic growth and income convergence will continue but will probably be slower than previously expected. Continuing economic growth and income convergence would portend continuing improvements throughout the century, in many-if not most-measures of human wellbeing broadly across the world. However, growth and convergence underperforming expectations could create challenges for climate finance, climate politics, and adaptation to climate change impacts. (3) Major investments are needed in mitigation, adaptation, and carbon removal. The public discourse of climate change has often been hyper-focused on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions (i.e., mitigation). Mitigation is important and requires major investments, but realistic paths to carbon neutrality and minimizing climate risks to society also require major investments in adaptation and carbon removal. (4) The United States needs a bipartisan approach. Becoming carbon neutral will require changes to every aspect of society, implemented and sustained over decades, and supported by all levels of government. There is simply no realistic path to achieving such changes without cooperation of both parties. Recent research suggests there are opportunities for bipartisanship and common ground. (5) Catastrophism and utopianism carry underappreciated risks. The risks of complacency and inaction on climate change are becoming better understood, but policymakers and the public should also understand the risks to utopianism and catastrophism, which are responsible for some of history's worst atrocities. As climate consciousness increases and political divisions harden, the risks of climate catastrophism and utopianism could increase. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain syndrome hypothesized to arise from a state of neurogenic inflammation. Mechanisms responsible for pain, as well as psychological variables, are typically altered in this condition. The main objective of this research was to explore somatosensory and psychological alterations in women with FM. The secondary objective was to carry out a secondary analysis to correlate the different variables studied and delve into the influences between them. The relationship between different psychological variables in fibromyalgia is not clear in the previous scientific literature. Forty-four individuals participated, of which twenty-two were controls and twenty-two were women with fibromyalgia. The main outcome measures were the Numeric Pain Rating Scale, Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, pressure pain threshold, conditioned pain modulation, anxiety and depression symptoms, catastrophizing and kinesiophobia cognitions. The main analysis showed that there is a moderate correlation between the psychological variables of depression and fear of movement and the ability to modulate pain. There is also a moderately inverse correlation between pain catastrophizing cognitions and pain intensity/disability. Multiple moderate and strong correlations were found among the various psychological variables studied. FM patients exhibit somatosensory alterations alongside negative psychological symptoms that influence the experience of pain, and they may perpetuate the state of neurogenic inflammation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Patrick Matthew (1790–1874) regarded natural selection as a force of conformity. Competition between species kept them from dysmorphic chaos. Catastrophes exterminated many species that would otherwise compete. The absence of this competitive natural selection allowed the remnants to ramify (their lineages to split). Matthew thus united elements of catastrophism and transformism in a way opposite to Lyell combining uniformitarianism with species fixity. Matthew's mechanism of lineage splitting differed from Darwin's or Wallace's. Wallace's lineages split in the presence of competing species. Darwin saw competition within species as the disruptive force splitting lineages. How, then, did the majority come to regard Matthew's and Darwin's mechanism as equal, a view shared by the mainstream and the fringe? The roots of this misconception lie in publications by Thomas Huxley, Patrick Matthew and Charles Darwin, each of whom had fragmentary knowledge of the others' ideas. Later writers elaborated the divergent presentism rolling from split narratives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Simple Summary: Catastrophism was not associated with the levels of pain intensity, PSG, PSGR, and PGI for pain, except the rumination subscale that was independently associated with pain intensity at T0. A comprehensive palliative care management provided the relevant changes in symptom burden and annulled the pain expression associated with rumination. Background: Pain catastrophizing is a group of negative irrational cognitions in the context of anticipated or actual pain. The aim of this study was to decipher the possible role of catastrophism on pain expression and outcomes after a comprehensive palliative care treatment. Methods: A consecutive sample of patients with uncontrolled pain was assessed. Demographic characteristics, symptom intensity included in the Edmonton symptom assessment system (ESAS), and opioid drugs used were recorded at admission (T0). The Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) was measured for patients. Patients were also asked about their personalized symptom goal (PSG) for each symptom of ESAS. One week after a comprehensive palliative care treatment (T7), ESAS and opioid doses used were recorded again, and the number of patients who achieved their PSG (PSGR) were calculated. At the same interval (T7), Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) was calculated using patient global impression (PGI). Results: Ninety-five patients were eligible. A significant decrease in symptom intensity was reported for all ESAS items. PGI was positive for all symptoms, with higher values for pain, poor well-being, and poor sleep. Only the rumination subscale of catastrophism was significantly associated with pain at T0 (B = 0.540; p = 0.034). Conclusions: Catastrophism was not associated with the levels of pain intensity, PSG, PSGR, and PGI for pain, except the rumination subscale that was associated with pain intensity at T0. A comprehensive palliative care management provided the relevant changes in symptom burden, undoing the pain expression associated with rumination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Currently, the content on natural hazards has been attracting significant interest from the educational field due to the awareness-raising and training efforts carried out among the younger cohorts. The objective of this research is to analyze the images that are inserted in the school textbooks of Social Sciences (3rd cycle of Primary Education) that refer to natural hazards, the type of risk, the degree of catastrophism, and the territorial context to which they are assigned to explain these phenomena in Spain. Based on a review of the main publishers used in Spain (Anaya, Bromera, Santillana, SM, Vicens Vives), the results obtained show that, out of 640 images identified, most of them refer to droughts (38.2%) and floods (29.4%). Regarding the degree of catastrophism, 67.6% are presented with this purpose, and as for the territorial context, in the majority (79.4%) the geographical location is not known. In summary, risk education in the initial training stages is essential in the current climate change context for the formation of more informed and safer societies. However, the messages to be communicated must be based on scientific rigor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing from Andean cosmological, mythological and aesthetic lineages, this paper is about the possibility of a phenomenology of things at catastrophic ends. In this regard, I approach things under the sway of a (de)formative emptiness. In the first part, I develop a relational ontology on the basis of the Andean notion of pacha or cosmos, which provides a phenomenological frame for a determination of "place," "world" and "topology." I also contrast an elemental topology of the cosmos configured by ouranic sunlight with an elemental catastrophism that overturns it. In the second part, I study a chronological series of artifacts in an Andean aesthetic lineage in order to attempt a phenomenology of "things" (utensils, buildings, mountains) that "spectrally" hover in overturns of the cosmos (pachakuti). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In The Swarm Frank Schätzing presents a convincing vision of a future in which nature turns against man: an unknown species, a single-celled creature with the ability to control the minds of other animals, discovered as a result of drilling, but living on our planet since the dawn of time, will fight to take over the Earth, which means the potential annihilation of humanity. The aim of this article is to demonstrate that Frank Schätzing’s novel has a number of features characteristic of “enlightened catastrophism” (Jean-Pierre Dupuy). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Abstract Background People with patellofemoral pain (PFP) exhibit impaired psychological and pain processing factors (i.e., kinesiophobia, pain catastrophizing and pressure pain thresholds [PPTs]). However, it remains unclear whether these factors have different presentations in women and men with PFP, as well as whether their correlation with clinical outcomes differ according to sex. The aims of this study were to: (1) compare psychological and pain processing factors between women and men with and without patellofemoral pain (PFP); (2) investigate their correlation with clinical outcomes in people with PFP. Methods This cross-sectional study included 65 women and 38 men with PFP, 30 women and 30 men without PFP. The psychological and pain processing factors were assessed with the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia, Pain Catastrophizing Scale, and PPTs of shoulder and patella measured with an algometer. Clinical outcomes assessed were self-reported pain (Visual Analogue Scale), function (Anterior Knee Pain Scale), physical activity level (Baecke's Questionnaire), and physical performance (Single Leg Hop Test). Generalized linear models (GzLM) and effect sizes [Cohen’s d] were calculated for group comparisons and Spearman's correlation coefficients were calculated to investigate correlations between outcomes. Results Women and men with PFP had higher kinesiophobia (d = .82, p = .001; d = .80, p = .003), pain catastrophizing (d = .84, p .05). For women with PFP, kinesiophobia and pain catastrophizing had moderate positive correlations with self-reported pain (rho = .44 and .53, p

The article discusses the challenges of witnessing the Anthropocene, in the context of catastrophic planetary events. It discusses the dominance of aerial imagery in representing ecological catastrophes like climate change; witnessing in the Anthropocene extends beyond human perspectives; encompassing non-human sentience, material entities and poetic language; inclusive & ethical forms of testimony and role of poetics in forging connections across species in the context of environmental trauma.

On 9 April 2021, La Soufrière, the volcano in the main island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, began to erupt explosively, forcing approximately 22,440 people in the north of the island to evacuate to the south. As the ash rained down, the landscape typically known for its lush greens and blues became muted and desaturated. The images selected for this photo essay were taken from a powerboat, with friends on board, during the first series of explosive eruptions that occurred that day. They are merely a snapshot of the larger project—The Beginning is the End and the End is the Beginning—which is an attempt to unlearn the aesthetics of photography and the politics of the image in the midst of catastrophe. The entire series focuses on exploring intimacy in physical spaces during catastrophes, and in the case of La Soufrière, the photographer's relationships with kin and friends during the crisis. Further, the series hopes to examine the impact of ashfall on the terrestrial, coastal, and submarine environments, as well as the built environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is an attempt at a synthetic approach to the poetic work of Władysław Sebyła, starting from his volume Modlitwa, through Pieśni szczurołapa, Koncert egotyczny and ending with Obrazy myśli. The key reading contexts are the ideas of progress and catastrophe. In Władysław Sebyła’s poems these two notions enter into a dialectical relationship and function as the obverse and reverse side of the order of history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the impact of anthropocenic environmental catastrophism on the welfare state, suggesting a potential shift in its life-course and developmental trajectory. Topics explored include rising welfare state spending with diminishing effectiveness in protecting citizens against risks, an increasing reliance on debt financing amid austerity, and the emergence of a new phase influenced by the uninsurable risks associated with environmental catastrophes.

Bu çalışma, Beckçi "Risk Toplumu" konseptinin, genelde ekolojik kriz özelde ise iklim mülteciliği meselelerine karşı önemli imkânlar barındıran bir teorik arka plan sağladığını gösterme amacıyla yazılmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında bu temel amaç doğrultusunda iki ana meseleye odaklanılmıştır. Bunlardan ilki olarak, Beckçi kuramsal çerçevede merkezi bir yeri olduğunu düşündüğümüz ekolojik risklerin risk toplumu kategorileri etrafında genel bir değerlendirilmesi yapılmaya çalışılmıştır. İkinci olarak ise, Beckçi çerçeveden genelde iklim krizinin, özeldeyse iklim mülteciliğinin, küresel risklere karşı ne gibi yeni imkânlar ve alanlar açabileceği sorgulanmaya çalışılmıştır. Çalışma bu ana tartışmalar etrafında, iklim krizine ve iklim mülteciliğine yönelik gelecek yıllarda iki birbirinden taban tabana zıt yaklaşımın eşanlı olarak bir arada bulunabileceği sonucuna ulaşmıştır: İlk olarak, hâlihazırda zaten dolaşımda olan yabancı düşmanı ve göç karşıtı söylem ve eylemlerin, iklim krizine bağlı yer değiştirmeler ile daha da tırmanması; ikinci olarak ise, tüm bu olumsuz tabloya rağmen iklim krizine bağlı risklerin, kozmopolit bir dayanışma ve sorumluluk atmosferini de tetikleme ihtimalinin bulunması. This paper aims to show that the Beckian idea of the "Risk Society" offers a valuable theoretical framework for tackling the ecological crisis, especially regarding climate refugees. The study centers around two primary concerns in pursuit of its primary objective. Initially, we attempted to conduct a comprehensive assessment of ecological risks within the framework of Beck's theory, with a particular focus on the risk society categories. Furthermore, the Beckian framework aims to explore the potential opportunities and areas that may arise from the climate crisis and climate refugeeism in addressing global risks. The study has found that two conflicting approaches to the climate crisis and climate refugeeism may exist simultaneously in the future. The first approach is that the already existing xenophobic and anti-immigration discourses and actions will worsen due to the displacement caused by the climate crisis. The second approach is that despite this pessimistic outlook, the risks associated with the climate crisis may lead to a sense of global solidarity and responsibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: People with patellofemoral pain (PFP) exhibit impaired psychological and pain processing factors (i.e., kinesiophobia, pain catastrophizing and pressure pain thresholds [PPTs]). However, it remains unclear whether these factors have different presentations in women and men with PFP, as well as whether their correlation with clinical outcomes differ according to sex. The aims of this study were to: (1) compare psychological and pain processing factors between women and men with and without patellofemoral pain (PFP); (2) investigate their correlation with clinical outcomes in people with PFP. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 65 women and 38 men with PFP, 30 women and 30 men without PFP. The psychological and pain processing factors were assessed with the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia, Pain Catastrophizing Scale, and PPTs of shoulder and patella measured with an algometer. Clinical outcomes assessed were self-reported pain (Visual Analogue Scale), function (Anterior Knee Pain Scale), physical activity level (Baecke's Questionnaire), and physical performance (Single Leg Hop Test). Generalized linear models (GzLM) and effect sizes [Cohen's d] were calculated for group comparisons and Spearman's correlation coefficients were calculated to investigate correlations between outcomes. Results: Women and men with PFP had higher kinesiophobia (d =.82, p =.001; d =.80, p =.003), pain catastrophizing (d =.84, p <.001; d = 1.27, p <.001), and lower patella PPTs (d = -.85, p =.001; d = -.60, p =.033) than women and men without PFP, respectively. Women with PFP had lower shoulder and patella PPTs than men with PFP (d = -1.24, p <.001; d = -.95, p <.001), but there were no sex differences in those with PFP for psychological factors (p >.05). For women with PFP, kinesiophobia and pain catastrophizing had moderate positive correlations with self-reported pain (rho =.44 and.53, p <.001) and moderate negative correlations with function (rho = -.55 and -.58, p <.001), respectively. For men with PFP, only pain catastrophizing had moderate positive correlations with self-reported pain (rho =.42, p =.009) and moderate negative correlations with function (rho = -.43, p =.007). Conclusions: Psychological and pain processing factors differ between people with and without PFP and between sexes, respectively. Also, correlations between psychological and pain processing factors with clinical outcomes differ among women and men with PFP. These findings should be considered when assessing and managing people with PFP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: the main objective of this study was to describe the presence of psychological factors and quantify the relationship between them and the intensity of pain perceived by patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Material and method: a cross-sectional observational study with consecutive non-probabilistic sampling was carried out from January 25, 2022, to April 12, 2022 at Universidad Europea de Canarias (Spain) of adults aged between 18 and 65 years with a medical diagnosis of CRPS who did not receive pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapy to control symptoms. Pain intensity was measured as a primary variable and kinesiophobia (TSK-11), perceived stress (PSS), catastrophism (PCS), anxiety (STAI), depression (BDI), hypervigilance (PAVQ) and quality of life as secondary variables (SF-36). The statistical analysis was performed with the SPSS Statistic 28 (IBM®) program, performing the descriptive analysis, the normality tests, and the calculation of the Pearson's r correlation coefficient. Results:19 participants were selected (M = 9, 47.3 %; H = 10, 52.6 %) whose pain intensity was moderate (5.65 ± 2.92). There was a moderate and positive linear correlation between pain intensity and kinesiophobia (Pearson's r = 0.479, r² = 0.230, 1-r² = 0.770) as well as pain intensity and depression (Pearson's r = 0.407, r² = 0.166, 1-r² = 0.834). In addition, the main variable is strongly correlated with the SF36-DC (Pearson's r = 0.663, r² = 0.440, 1- r² = 0.560), SF36-SG (Pearson's r = 0.567, r² = 0.321, 1- r² = 0.679) and SF36-V (Pearson's r = 0.629, r² = 0.396, 1- r² = 0.604). Conclusions: Pain intensity is moderately associated with kinesiophobia and depression in CRPS patients. Also, pain intensity correlates strongly with functionality associated with bodily pain, vitality, and perceived global health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The poetry of Kamila Janiak is a record of extreme and violent emotions, such as fear bordering on panic, a sense of emptiness and alienation, despair, aggression, hatred, tenderness, and compassion. It is also an expression of the experiences of a sensitive individual in contact with a world full of constant threats. Hence the constant need for vigilance, tension, and readiness to defend oneself, even when love or motherhood is at stake. The six volumes of poetry published by Janiak since her debut in "Akcent" in 2004 create a dark and at times difficult narrative due to the load of predatory aggression supported by vivid, expressive language. The strength of this poetry lies in the accurate recognition of reality and the ability to find a linguistic equivalent for the emotions and experiences it evokes. At the same time, biographical, generational, and socio-political factors make Janiak's lyrical expression read like a document of the era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pain symptoms after the acute phase of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) are present in almost 50% of COVID-19 survivors. The presence of kinesiophobia is a risk factor which may promote and perpetuate pain. This study aimed to investigate variables associated with the presence of kinesiophobia in a sample of previously hospitalized COVID-19 survivors exhibiting post-COVID pain. An observational study was conducted in three urban hospitals in Spain, including one hundred and forty-six COVID-19 survivors with post-COVID pain. Demographic (age, weight, height), clinical (intensity and duration of pain), psychological (anxiety level, depressive level, sleep quality), cognitive (catastrophizing), sensitization-associated symptoms, and health-related quality of life variables were collected in 146 survivors with post-COVID pain, as well as whether they exhibited kinesiophobia. Stepwise multiple linear regression models were conducted to identify variables significantly associated with kinesiophobia. Patients were assessed a mean of 18.8 (SD 1.8) months after hospital discharge. Kinesiophobia levels were positively associated with anxiety levels (r: 0.356, p < 0.001), depression levels (r: 0.306, p < 0.001), sleep quality (r: 0.288, p < 0.001), catastrophism (r: 0.578, p < 0.001), and sensitization-associated symptoms (r: 0.450, p < 0.001). The stepwise regression analysis revealed that 38.1% of kinesiophobia variance was explained by catastrophism (r2 adj: 0.329, B = 0.416, t = 8.377, p < 0.001) and sensitization-associated symptoms (r2 adj: 0.381, B = 0.130, t = 3.585, p < 0.001). Kinesiophobia levels were associated with catastrophism and sensitization-associated symptoms in previously hospitalized COVID-19 survivors with post-COVID pain. Identification of patients at a higher risk of developing a higher level of kinesiophobia, associated with post-COVID pain symptoms, could lead to better therapeutic strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mount Viso (3841 m asl), one of the highest mountains in the Western European Alps carries not only a glacial record following the end of the last glacial (Late Glacial-LG), but also a cosmic airburst record at approximately ~ 12.8 ka, presumably the black mat, that adds to a worldwide record of biomass burning which is considered to have triggered the Younger Dryas (YD) cooling episode. We combine the stratigraphic evidence of staggered Late Glacial retreat on both sides of the continental divide—faster in the upper Guil, possibly slower in the upper Po valleys—followed by superposed YD moraine overlapping LG in France, and stillstand of LG with overlapping YD in Italia with recovered cosmic evidence. Previously, we studied selected areas on the Viso massif, but here we expand on newly combined stratigraphic-cosmic airburst evidence, the latter lying in an uneven distribution of welded, melted and air-quenched clasts of pebble to sand-silt size in paleosols, all of which carry variable high to low REEs, high base metals, partial Pt and Ir coated surfaces indicative of nuclear-cosmic events. One of the outstanding conclusions of this research is the indisputable close correspondence of widespread cosmic airburst evidence with the YDB (Younger Dryas boundary) and onset of the YD. Thus, a test of catastrophism, firmly embedded in surficial sediment, yields some important underpinnings of Earth's climatic history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to present the educational concept of Amelia Hertz (1878-1942) - a thoroughly educated woman (cultural and literary historian, archaeologist, Ecole du Louvre graduate, Chemistry PhD), a writer (author of historical dramas, short stories, and novels), and a teacher at Free Polish University. Her experiences are an example of a borderlands biography - a „double identity” from the perspective of nationality (Jewish and Polish) and religion (Judaic and Christian). Looking at the whole activity of Hertz, both literary and scientific, one can see the connection between her work and a deeply reflexive way of experiencing history and the epoch in which she lived. She sought in history the key to understanding the world and its rules, which, in her view, constituted a specific sacred order. In this sense, the haggadic element manifests in her scientific articles and literary works. These, on one hand, illustrate the evolution of her worldview (a rejection of decadence), and on the other, serve as a "signpost" for all bards of desperate eschatology of fin-de-siècle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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BackgroundThis is a protocol for a prospective longitudinal study that aims to investigate: (1) group-by-time changes over a minimum of 15 months follow-up in patellofemoral pain (PFP) symptoms, biomechanical, muscle function, pain processing, and psychological features; (2) the extent to which changes in biomechanical, muscle function, pain processing, and psychological features are associated with changes in self-reported pain, physical performance measures, self-reported function, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and physical activity level.MethodsIndividuals with PFP (n = 144) and control individuals (n = 85) without PFP were assessed at baseline. Outcomes assessed included: 3D kinematics and kinetics during single leg squat, step-down and single leg hop; maximal torque and rate of torque development of hip abductors and knee extensors/flexors; force steadiness of hip abductors and knee extensors; anterior and lateral trunk endurance; pressure pain thresholds at the center of patella and contralateral shoulder; kinesiophobia (Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia); pain catastrophizing (Pain Catastrophizing Scale); worst self-reported pain (Visual Analogue Scale); physical performance measures (Single Leg Hop Test and Forward Step-Down Test); self-reported function (Anterior Knee Pain Scale); HRQOL (Medical Outcome Short-Form 36), and physical activity level (Baecke’s Questionnaire). Follow-up assessments will be identical to the baseline and will be performed after a minimum of 15 months. Generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) will be used to investigate group-by-time differences. Linear regression models will be used to determine the extent to which changes in biomechanical, muscle function, pain processing, and psychological features are associated with changes in self-reported pain, physical performance measures, self-reported function, HRQOL, and physical activity level.DiscussionPhysical and non-physical features have been previously associated with PFP. However, the present study will be the first to investigate their integrated evolution as part of the natural history of PFP and its progression. In doing so, we will be able to determine their behavior in the long-term, as well as how they prospectively associate with each other and with clinical outcomes. Ultimately, this will provide a greater understanding of predictors of long-term outcome and possible targets for interventions.

This article deals with the doctrine of power of St. Victorinus of Pettau, the prominent Latin exegete of the 3rd c. and the author of the fi rst preserved commentary on the Apocalypse. The article looks at the level of his education, his intellectual horizon, the general trends of his works as well, his general knowledge of life and his political experience. It studies the issue of the wars and persecutions mentioned in the Commentary and proposes a hypothesis that the Commentary could have been written within the wide interval between 252 and 304. It is shown that in terms of theology St. Victorinus depends on the school of Asia Minor and is estranged from the conception of the symphony of the Roman Empire and the Church, which is present in its germinating form in St. Melitonus of Sardes. In spite of the links with the legacy of Tertullianus, he lacks the idea of the Roman state as the defense wall against Antichrist. On the contrary, the Antichrist concentrates the Roman power with its unlawfulness and crime because he is the resurrected Nero. The latter is, on the one hand, a symbol of the impious pagan Rome with its deifi cation of Man and, on the other hand, the symbol of the union of Jews and pagans directed against Christ and the Church. The image of Nero is connected with a certain numerology: the resurrected Nero will be the eighth emperor and the Antichrist; he will be the king of Jews and, at the same time, of the pagans, the most sordid and hideous parody of the resurrected Christ, his reign being the caricature of the eighth day of eternal life and glory of Christ. This image partly overlaps with the tradition refl ected in Commodianus, partly diff ers from it. The spiral model of history used by St. Victorinus is related to the theology of recapitulation, when one similar event precedes the following, which, in turn, takes places on a higher level. This allows one to suppose the presence of the idea of the “returning Nero”, when every eighth emperor is the forerunner of the resurrected Nero and, accordingly, of the Antichrist. This series includes the persecutors of the Christians: Traianus, Septimius Severus, Decius. The last in this series in Diocletianus, who almost completely corresponds to the features of the “resurrected Nero”, i.e. he comes from the East, kills three kings, behaves as an actor and hypocrite, and, most importantly, is the most ruthless persecutor of Christians of all the Roman emperors. The presence of his co-ruler Galerius may suggest an analogy with the false prophet of Antichrist, i.e. the Second Beast of the Revelation. The true power for St. Victorinus is theocracy, the reign of Christ, who is the only true king over heaven and the earth, and of Saints, who will co-reign with Christ.

People with chronic pain often change the way they carry out their daily activities according to different patterns, among which are pacing strategies. Cross-sectional studies on the association between pacing and affect show contradictory results. The study aim was to experimentally test whether the induction of positive affect vs negative affect would influence the choice of the type of pacing (pacing to increase productivity or pacing to reduce pain) when the participants were exposed to pain, while controlling for the variables optimism and catastrophism. The study participants comprised a sample of 145 undergraduates. The results of multinomial logistic regression showed that there was no association between the variables. Pacing is an intervention strategy in all chronic pain intervention models, and thus it is relevant to continue investigating the role of affcct in relation to pacing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The foundation of the Universidad Nacional de los Estados Unidos de Colombia in 1868 occurred almost a decade after the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species (1859); in the Escuela de Ciencias Naturales, courses were given that included themes of plant geography, geology and paleontology. ¿Would these courses follow the paradigm of natural history inherited from the botanical expedition of the Nuevo Reino de Granada, or would they be contextualized in the modern biological tradition, interpreting nature within the background of evolutionary theories that emerged during the 19th century? This investigation consulted primary and secondary historical sources to determine if between 1868 and 1875, the mentioned courses had an essentialist-catastrophist, or a Lamarckian or Darwinian evolutionist background. The analysis allowed us to conclude that these courses had as primary sources French and Spanish texts, particularly De Candolle and Orbigny, and circumscribed to the mainly catastrophic and essentialist French school. Although the courses could discuss some issues related to the origin of species, surely, they did not do so in a Darwinian context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to assess potential associations between sensory, cognitive, health-related, and physical variables in women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) using a network analysis for better understanding the complexity of psycho-biological mechanisms. Demographic, clinical, pressure pain threshold (PPT), health-related, physical, and psychological/cognitive variables were collected in 126 women with FMS. A network analysis was conducted to quantify the adjusted correlations between the modeled variables and to assess the centrality indices (i.e., the degree of connection with other symptoms in the network and the importance in the system modeled as a network. This model showed several local associations between the variables. Multiple positive correlations between PPTs were observed, being the strongest weight between PPTs over the knee and tibialis anterior ( ρ :   0.28). Catastrophism was associated with higher hypervigilance (ρ : 0.23) and lower health-related EuroQol-5D (ρ : −0.24). The most central variables were PPT over the tibialis anterior (the highest strength centrality), hand grip (the highest harmonic centrality) and Time Up and Go (the highest betweenness centrality). This study, applying network analysis to understand the complex mechanisms of women with FMS, supports a model where sensory-related, psychological/cognitive, health-related, and physical variables are connected. Implications of the current findings, e.g., developing treatments targeting these mechanisms, are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reviews the results of fundamental importance achieved by the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (IV&S), Far East Branch (FEB), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) for the period 1962‒2021. We consider the most important achievements classified under the following headings: Volcanological research includes petrologic and geochemical features of ejecta by volcanoes in the Kuril–Kamchatka region; the age of volcanoes and the phases of volcanogenic catastrophism in Kamchatka; hydrothermal systems and geothermal reserves of Kamchatka; hydrothermal metasomatism and volcanogenic mineral generation and mineralization; Geophysical research includes the seismology of volcanoes; deformation at active volcanoes; tectonic earthquakes and tsunamis; the internal structure of volcanic systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper discusses the fundamental contradiction of evolution. On the one hand, evolution laws require sociums to develop, the termination of the development leads to sociums' death ("social production can exist only as expanded reproduction"). On the other hand, catastrophes (and stressful situations in general) are a driving force for development, because they stimulate evolutionary self-assemblies. That is why "catastrophe noise" is always present in the life of sociums. However, if its level is significantly higher or lower than some optimal level, the socium degrades and then perishes. To ensure their survival, sociums create special mechanisms -- war, market, and science, which generate "catastrophe noise". But sociums are not able to maintain "catastrophe noise" at an optimal level which, in principle, is incalculable. Because of the unremovable imperfection of the controlling of its "catastrophe noise", civilization will sooner or later perish due to it, if it does not perish earlier from catastrophes of external origin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reviews Ulrich Beck’s The Metamorphosis of the World, published in 2016 by Polity Press (Cambridge). The book is one of the most meaningful attempts in recent years at theorizing climate change from a sociological perspective. In essence, this text is a critical refl ection on the sociological concepts that Beck uses to problematize climate change (and especially the concept of emancipatory catastrophism); on the adequacy of the conceptual apparatus which he applies to conceptualize the topic sociologically; and on the logic of transformation (which stays hidden from the author himself) of the main question from sociological to a logic of normative values. Despite this and other critical remarks, the book gives an impulse to sociological thinking on climate change and the relevant risks, mostly by provoking us to formulate alternative sociological questions, which require detailed empirical research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Background Recurrent hemarthrosis that begin in childhood lead to progressive joint deterioration. Patients with haemophilia have chronic pain, functional disability and a reduced perception of health-related quality of life. Purpose To analyse the perceived quality of life of adult patients with haemophilic arthropathy and its relationship with pain, joint condition, kinesiophobia and catastrophism. Methods Eighty-three adult patients with haemophilia were included in this multicentre, cross-sectional, descriptive study. Perceived quality of life (36-Item Short Form Health Survey), perceived usual and maximum pain (visual analogue scale), joint condition (Haemophilia Joint Health Score), kinesiophobia (Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia) and catastrophism (Pain Catastrophizing Scale) were assessed. Sociodemographic, clinical and therapeutic variables and drug consumption for pain control were collected. Descriptive statistics used means and standard deviations. The correlation of quality of life with the dependent variables was calculated with the Pearson correlation test. The differences in quality of life as a function of the binomial variables were calculated with Student’s t-test for independent samples. Results Physical component of quality of life perceived by patients with hemophilia is lower than Spanish population (30.51 VS 48.85). Regarding the mental component, patients with hemophilia showed higher values (56.07 VS 49.97). Catastrophism correlated (p .05). Habitual and maximal joint pain correlated with all items except to role-emotional (r = − .19 and r = − .09, respectively) and mental component score (r = − .16 and r = − .07, respectively). Catastrophism and weekly drug intake were inversely correlated with quality of life. Age was positively correlated with perceived quality of life. There were differences in quality of life as a function of the severity of haemophilia and the intake of drugs for pain control. Conclusions The perceived quality of life of adult patients with haemophilia is worse than that of the Spanish population. Pain, kinesiophobia, catastrophism, haemophilia severity and the intake of pain-control medication influence the quality of life of these patients.

In September 2020 Deutsche Bank published a report entitled "The Age of Disorder." Fronted dramatically by the image of a volcano and volley of lightning across a brooding sky, the report warned that the global economy was on the precipice of a phase shift from neo-liberal quasi-stability to an era characterized by dramatic social, economic, and ecological upheavals. Deutsche Bank's researchers call this new period "the age of disorder". This paper proposes Deutsche Bank's appraisal is part of a broader condition that it calls capitalist catastrophism and an emerging regime of eco-apartheid. Taking as its point of departure Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright's call for geographers to construct concepts that might help navigate a hotter planet, the paper introduces capitalist catastrophism as a concept that names and theorizes the effects of a dramatic and asymmetrically catastrophic reconfiguration of the capitalist world-system. Capitalist catastrophism has three characteristics. First, a newfound ability for social movements and theorists to imagine post-capitalist futures combined with an inability to realize them. Second, cascading and mutually amplifying social and ecological crises that outrun the capacities of states and capital to contain them. Third, an unevenly distributed cancellation of human and non-human futures. Drawing on Marxist political economy and Nyasha Mboti's theorization of apartheid, the paper concludes that capitalist catastrophism is resolving itself into a global system of eco-apartheid in which a green transition for some is secured by putting the exploited and oppressed majority in harm's way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Polish avant-garde, as is well known, was eager to activate colonial and racial fantasies. For example, the figure of the “white Negro” was used by the Futurists as a figure signaling – at first glance invisible, but real – foreignness, non-privilegedness and anti-systemicity. “The Negro” in the Futurist narrative was an unidentified Other. His only distinguishing feature was his racial identity associated with a state of uncivilization. From the perspective of today’s sensibilities, shaped by years of development and application of postcolonial theories, this was an ambiguous figure: politically and ethically suspect. In this text, I argue that in order to understand it well and avoid presentist readings, it is necessary to see, if only in a brief and selective approximation, the discursive field of the scientific press and journalism of the time. The avant-garde and, more specifically, Witkacy’s tropical fantasies were provocations whose scale and nature may escape the modern viewer. Therefore, based on the sketchily reconstructed discursive background of the Polish interwar period, and the issues of race and European colonialism present in it, I will attempt to reach the meaning of these provocations at that time and understand the perverse game that the Polish avant-garde undertook with these themes. And against this background – to show the uniqueness of Witkacy, who, unlike his avant-garde contemporaries, showed the political nature of the opposition of civilization and savagery, complicating the colonial imaginary of his own era and formulating catastrophic predictions for the European future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of the study was to examine perceptions, knowledge, and teaching of climate change and natural disaster risk of 457 faculty members of Honduran universities. In the last 20 years, Honduras has been among the countries with the highest vulnerability due to climate change. The tool RISKPERCEP was used to calculate perception of natural disasters, climate vulnerability, social vulnerability, and disaster response. The results showed that the teachers interviewed evaluated risk with an overall perception of 2.06. They tended to overestimate the variables: imminence, catastrophism, exposure, role of the media, involvement, and history. They underestimated risk for organizational climate, risk comprehension, uncertainty, and familiarity. Overall, 59% of the teachers interviewed did not teach the topics examined here. But they perceived their knowledge was adequate, even though more than 60% of the informers had not received formal training on climate change or natural disaster risk. The results reveal the importance of strengthening the knowledge and applied research of Honduran university professors on climate change and natural disaster risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recent landscape archaeology projects have assumed that previous generations of Egyptologists eschewed research into environmental change, with the exception of one mid nineteenth century pioneer, Joseph Hekekyan. This article shows that this narrative is mainly a historiographical artefact with little basis in reality: scholars and travellers in Egypt were interested in environmental change, mainly in relation to the River Nile, as far back as the early eighteenth century. Debate about the extent to which Egypt's present-day topography had been shaped by ongoing geomorphological processes on the one hand, and ancient catastrophic events on the other was particularly lively in the early years of the nineteenth century, as was linking such geographical research to historical problems. This article concentrates primarily on the work of one English Egyptologist, Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797–1875), in relation to the ancient extent of the Nile Delta, and of the agricultural lands of the Nile valley, at Thebes. Wilkinson followed leading catastrophist geologists, notably Georges Cuvier and Déodat Dolomieu, and investigated alluvial deposition in relation to ancient sites, including the Isle of Pharos, Alexandria, and the Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, in order to reconstruct the ancient landscape, and answer questions relating to Egyptian prehistory and political economy. Although Wilkinson's work may have fallen short of modern standards, it nevertheless demonstrates that early nineteenth century scholars appreciated that Egypt's landscape was dynamic rather than static, and that they used this knowledge to further their understanding of ancient Egyptian history. • Egyptology assumes that research into ancient landscapes is a recent development. • Such research actually took place as far back as the eighteenth century. • John Gardner Wilkinson was a pioneer in the 1820s and 1830s. • Wilkinson was informed by the mainstream catastrophist geology of the time. • Ultimately Wilkinson was interested in answering historical research questions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]