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Introduction: Inconsistency of sexual definitions may lead to misunderstandings when evaluating research data or delivering health education. Diverse sexual definitions are especially common with unidirectional genital contacts (only one participant is involved with their genitals). Our aim was to analyze sexual definitions of adolescents and the role of age, gender, previous sexual experience, anxiety, and body image as possible determinants of unidirectional intimate behavior definitions. Methods: Pooled cross-sectional survey data of 9th-grade Hungarian students (n = 612, mean age = 16.1 years, range from 15 to 18 years) were used from the baseline assessment (conducted in 2019 and 2020) of the Balassagyarmat Health Education Program. Our questionnaire was based on the Sexual Definitions Survey. The associations of definition of manual and oral stimulation with gender, age, sexual experience, trait anxiety, and body image were further examined in a multilevel logistic regression model. Results: The rating of different sexual behaviors as sex showed a hierarchy from kissing (10.3%) to vaginal intercourse (98.5%). Manual and oral stimulation was claimed to be sex by 73.4% and 84.3% of students. Girls (OR = 0.40; CI = 0.25–0.62) and older participants (OR = 0.75; CI = 0.59–0.96) were less likely to consider manual stimulation as sex. Conversely, previous sexual experience, anxiety, and body image were not significant predictors. Conclusions: Our study is the first to investigate sexual definitions among non-English-speaking adolescents. It contributes to the understanding of ambiguity regarding the definitions of oral and manual stimulation in this specific age group. Policy implications: As adolescents are the primary focus of sexual education, policies should take into consideration the semantic differences in sexual definitions, as these may influence the participants' interpretation of information and have an effect on their sexual behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current study analyzed the effect of virtual reality-based intervention on depression and quality of life in stroke patients. Databases (National Assembly Library, DBpia, RISS, KISS) were searched to extract studies for meta-analysis by using the PICOS framework. From this procedure, two dissertations and five journal articles were selected for the literature on the effect on depression, and four dissertations and three journal articles were selected for the literature on the effect on quality of life. The R program(ver.4.0.5) meta-analysis package was used to calculate the effect sizes for depression and quality of life. Results using random-effects model indicated that the effect size of depression was -0.82 (95 % CI=-1.29, -0.35), which was a large effect size, and also the effect size of quality of life was 1.12 (95 % CI=0.56, 1.67), showing a large effect size. The current study concluded that VR-based intervention has positive effect on depression and quality of life in stroke patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the career of filmmaker Curtis Harrington and his contributions to queer avant-garde horror cinema. It argues that Harrington's films have been overlooked and are difficult to categorize, but they deserve attention for challenging heteronormative romance. The article analyzes specific films, such as "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "Night Tide," and discusses their use of horror elements and exploration of gender and sexuality. It also explores the reception of Harrington's work and the potential reasons for its lack of recognition. [Extracted from the article]

Background Prolonged antiplatelet-agent administration associated with stenting for acute myocardial infarction is not ideal in young patients. We successfully performed a perfusion balloon-based kissing balloon technique in the left anterior descending artery ostium in a young patient with acute myocardial infarction. Case summary A 34-year-old female presenting with recurrent chest pain was diagnosed with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction. Emergency coronary angiography revealed 90% stenosis of the left anterior descending artery ostium. Considering her age, lesion dilation using a perfusion balloon was preferred. This inadvertently impinged the left circumflex artery, causing chest pain and ischaemia-related hypotension with only a 10 s perfusion dilation balloon. We transitioned to an alternative 7 Fr guiding catheter and performed the kissing balloon technique using a perfusion balloon. This allowed prolonged inflation for 120 s, without complications. Optical coherence tomography of the lesion revealed layered plaques. Based on the patient's age and medical history, coronary spasm may be the aetiological factor underlying acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography 3 months post-discharge revealed no restenosis. Discussion Regarding acute myocardial infarction, prolonged inflation with a perfusion balloon had higher frequency of non-stent-related interventions than that of semi-compliant or non-compliant balloons. In this case, the perfusion balloon resulted in chest pain and hypotension. Perfusion balloon-based kissing balloon technique was useful in this setting. Optical coherence tomography revealing the responsible lesions can help determine the cause of acute myocardial infarction in young patients; in our case, a layered plaque was observed. Layered plaques are associated with coronary spasm; therefore, initiating treatment of coronary spasm was considered herein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the concept of "believability" in the context of sexual violence, media, and the politics of doubt. It argues that the current economy of believability is unequal and reinforces existing power structures, with men, whiteness, and wealth having an advantage. The authors emphasize the need for collective action to challenge this economy and create new listening publics that prioritize empowerment, empathy, and justice for survivors. The text also discusses the intersectionality of believability, highlighting the experiences of marginalized groups who face additional barriers to being believed. The book expands on these ideas, examining the dynamics of believability in the context of the #MeToo movement and the crisis of "post-truth" in contemporary culture. It also discusses the rise of reactionary feminism and the challenges faced by marginalized voices in the pursuit of justice. The authors emphasize the potential for transformation within the economy of believability and suggest strategies for feminists to challenge and transform the current media landscape. [Extracted from the article]

Several indigenous swamp fish species have been successfully domesticated and cultivated by fish farmers in Sumatera, Indonesia. However, the hatching phase in hatcheries commonly encounters fungal infections attributed to Saprolegnia sp. This study investigates the efficacy of betel leaf extract in protecting the eggs of kissing gourami and climbing perch from saprolegniasis. Mimicking natural infection conditions, all eggs were exposed to 5 artificially infected eggs per tank. Prior to infection, the water was treated with betel leaf extract at various concentrations. Results indicate that betel leaf extract significantly protects the eggs from this fungal infection. For the climbing perch, the optimal dosage was determined to be 300 mg L-1, resulting in a hatching rate of 90% and a prevalence rate of 10%. For the kissing gourami, the optimal dosage was found to be 120 mg L-1, resulting in a hatching rate of 86.66% and a prevalence rate of 13.34%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the concept of providence and its relationship with modernity. The author suggests that providence is a difficult doctrine to believe in, especially in a secular and autonomous world. To better understand providence, the author turns to classic Catholic spiritual writers who found joy in the doctrine. The article focuses on the perspectives of Francis de Sales and Jean Grou, who emphasize the importance of liturgical abnegation and personal faith in providence. De Sales highlights the need to trust in God's plan and find delight in His daily providence, while Grou emphasizes the submission of the will to God's greater wisdom. Overall, the article suggests that attunement to providence is an interior accomplishment rather than an intellectual struggle. [Extracted from the article]

This article offers a descriptive account of seven interjections, eish, yho, tjo, sho, hayi, hau, and mxm, which are adopted from different local South African languages into South African English. It investigates the frequencies, orthography, syntactic position, collocational forms and discourse-pragmatic roles of these seven interjections, through the lens of pragmatic borrowing and postcolonial corpus pragmatics. The data were retrieved from the South African segment of the Global Web-based English corpus and underwent quantitative and qualitative analysis. The findings indicate that the interjections are all emotive interjections, which mostly express negative emotions, except hayi, which is a phatic interjection that is largely used to show disapproval of some information. All the interjections favour clause-initial position except mxm, which is a loan interjection that represents the kiss-teeth or suck-teeth oral gesture that is common in some parts of Africa and the Caribbean. The article affirms that these loaned interjections accentuate the distinction of South African English from other varieties of English. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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What does political concern with ‘mixed’ intimacies articulate about the nation? This article unpacks this question by analysing a Dutch poster campaign on self-determination, organized by the Rotterdam municipality and a feminist NGO, that visualized ‘mixed’ couples intimately kissing. It uses a visual analysis of the posters, combined with a post-structural policy analysis of a variety of documents that were essential to the production of this campaign. First, the article argues that the campaign centred on the racialized figure of the Muslim woman, problematizing her self-determination through a framework of liberal-secular notions of freedom and agency. Then, by historicizing the Dutch preoccupation with ‘mixed’ intimacies as a mode of (colonial) governance, the article accounts for how the campaign engages with particular kinds of ‘mixing’ to underscore Dutch sexual exceptionalism. The article argues the campaign can be seen as part of the contemporary configuration of the Dutch ‘Muslim Question’, mobilizing the intimate lives of racialized Muslim women to problematize Muslims as deviant populations. Overall, this article explores how representations of, and discourses on ‘mixed’ intimacies can be used as prisms to study the gendered and racialized state management of population, as well as (shifting) imaginaries of the nation in the Netherlands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the theme of self-projection and existentialism in the writing of Sylvia Plath, exploring how her work reflects her own philosophical thoughts on the individual's ability to create their own existence through consciousness. It delves into Plath's journal entries and poems, analyzing how they relate to the philosophies of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and James Baldwin, highlighting her exploration of identity, self-creation, and the human condition.

This article from the New Orleans Review is a narrative that follows the relationship between two individuals named Paul and Lydia. The story explores their interactions, including a chance encounter with Paul's ex-girlfriend. Throughout the narrative, Paul reflects on his feelings for Lydia and contemplates the future of their relationship. The text also touches on themes of resilience, online dating, and personal growth. [Extracted from the article]

This article discusses the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in creating poetry, specifically focusing on AI-generated sonnets compared to Shakespeare's original works. The author acknowledges that while AI can organize information effectively, it lacks the individuality, emotional depth, and ability to handle concrete pain that human intellect brings to artistic expression. The article emphasizes the importance of recognizing the limitations of AI in dealing with cultural products and suggests that AI can be a useful tool in certain practices but is inadequate as a general model. The author concludes by proposing the concept of "realization" in the arts, which involves intensifying stylistic effects to elevate everyday experiences to the level of art. This text also provides a brief biography of Charles Altieri, a retired professor from the University of California, Berkeley, who has a passion for academic work and has recently published a book on literature, education, and society. He is currently working on a new book exploring the nature of imaginative experience in the arts from a phenomenological perspective. [Extracted from the article]

This paper deals with the weeping of football players and fans during a game when some unexpected or extremely emotional event occurs, such as winning the championship, or being demoted to a lower division. Several decades ago, neither players nor fans dared to express their emotions by weeping in public, nor by hugging and kissing. Football (soccer) was considered 'a man's game' and men don't cry. In victory or in failure men restrain themselves – they did not shed tears. In recent decades things changed. When an extreme event occurs on the pitch, players and/or fans express their emotions and weep in public. This behavioural change on the football pitch seems to stem from changes in the cultural environment: The macho man skin has gotten thinner. The 'new man', the metrosexual, has replaced the 'old man'; he is now allowed, even encouraged, to cry. The case study for this paper is the specific event of Hapoel Beer Sheva F.C. game in May 1998, where the result would decide whether the team survives in the senior division or be demoted to the second one. The club lost in the nineteenth minute. A heavy silence descended upon the terraces. The players collapsed on the pitch, covering their faces with their hands. Suddenly a crying voice: a young boy sat and sobbed – weeping for all of us. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Coronary bifurcation lesions are commonly encountered during coronary angiography. The management of bifurcation lesions remains challenging, with various bifurcation techniques being available and outcomes varying depending on the Medina classification and operator experience. Methods: We present a short case series and the outcomes of a new bifurcation technique for the management of simple Medina '0,0,1' and '0,0,1' bifurcation lesions using the kissing balloon-stent technique (kissing BS). Results: We retrospectively identified 8 patients who underwent bifurcation stenting using the kissing Balloon-Stent technique, along with their clinical and angiographic follow-up outcomes. We also describe the benefits and limitations of the technique, delineate the potential mechanisms of target lesion failure, and outline appropriate patient selection. Conclusions: Kissing Balloon-Stent technique is a simple single stent technique that is safe and feasible in select patients with Medina '0,0,1' and '0,0,1' bifurcation lesions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article, "Great Times Little Happiness," provides a glimpse into the life of Rita S. in Prague during World War II. It explores her relationships with individuals such as Jakob, Esther, and her uncle Karl, as well as her interest in Zionism and her desire to leave Prague. The text also touches on the political climate of the time and the challenges faced by Rita and others. Spanning several years, the narrative portrays both the joys and hardships experienced by Rita. The given text is a collection of excerpts from a larger document that tells Rita's story, ending with her death and her memories of the war's difficulties. [Extracted from the article]

The present article offers the first systematic scholarly analysis of ConKisses, i.e., a sub-class of conative animal calls (i.e., directives addressed to animals) that draw on speech kisses (i.e., sounds that are made with a kiss-like articulatory mechanism). The author examines the pragma-semantics, phonetics, and morphology of ConKisses in 50 languages within a prototype-driven approach to categorization and concludes the following: ConKisses comply with the features associated with the prototype of a conative animal call and may therefore be regarded as the prototype's canonical instantiations – in fact, they constitute the most canonical subset within the entire conative-animal-call category and thus a highly extra-systematic one from sentence-grammar's perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"The Preacher in Scotland: A Study in Evolution" is a book that examines the political aspects of the Dominicans' history, while acknowledging the author's limited awareness of this. The book focuses on the Dominicans' origins in Europe and emphasizes the need to consider this context for a comprehensive understanding. It explores the beginnings of the Dominican Order in England, its relationship with Archbishop Stephen Langton, and the influence of Pope Innocent III. The text also discusses the role of the Dominicans in shaping the religious and political history of England and Scotland during the medieval period. It includes insights from a Scottish Dominican, Very Revd Anthony Ross, on John Knox and the importance of mutual respect and understanding. [Extracted from the article]

An anecdote, ascribed to Dicaearchus by Athenaeus (13.603.a–b) and found also in Plutarch (Alexander 67.7–8), details Alexander's kissing of the eunuch Bagoas during theatrical contests in Carmania in 325 bce. This article examines the enthusiastic response that this encounter is said to have elicited from Alexander's soldiers. It is suggested that this impromptu kiss was read as a display of homoerotic behaviour that was fundamentally Greek, and even as a gesture of Greek domination over Persians, and that, as such, it was welcomed by the army as a momentary departure from the increasingly Persianized behaviour of the king himself and of his court. Further, consideration is given to the possibility that the choral contest in which Bagoas is reported to have competed prior to the kiss may have been an innovative form of pyrrhic dance, in which for the first time the dancers depicted Dionysus' conquest of India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the experience of attending a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. Topics include the author's reflections on the beauty and rituals of daily life with his partner, the vibrant and chaotic atmosphere of the Mardi Gras celebrations, and the sense of connection and community formed amidst the festivities.

"We Are All Armenian: Voices from the Diaspora" is a collection of nineteen essays edited by Aram Mrjoian that explores the diverse experiences and perspectives of Armenians living in the diaspora. The essays touch on themes of identity, belonging, acceptance, and activism, highlighting the complexities and challenges faced by Armenians in different contexts. The book also addresses the historical context of the Armenian Genocide and its impact on succeeding generations. Through personal narratives and reflections, the authors provide a nuanced understanding of what it means to be Armenian and navigate the wider world. [Extracted from the article]

This document explores the discrepancies and inaccuracies in the narratives surrounding the signing of the Golden Book of Mons by Canadian soldiers during World War I. It emphasizes the importance of using trustworthy primary sources and a transnational approach to accurately analyze and interpret historical events. The document references specific sources and acknowledges individuals who provided information and resources for research purposes. Overall, it provides a critical examination of the historical accounts and highlights the need for caution when relying on military records. [Extracted from the article]

The article "Understanding Desire In Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut" by Gabe Whitnack analyzes the opening scene and dynamics of desire in the film. It explores how the main characters, Bill and Alice, mask their desires for social and economic status through conversations. The article focuses on the Christmas party scene, where Bill's desire for higher social class is evident, and Alice's desire for validation is explored. It also discusses the confession scene, where their desires and insecurities are revealed. The author concludes by examining Bill's journey throughout the film and how his encounters challenge his preconceived notions about desire and relationships. [Extracted from the article]

This article examines the depiction of intimate partner violence in Stanley Kubrick's films "Killer's Kiss" and "The Shining." It challenges the perception of Kubrick as a misogynist and argues that he accurately portrays the experiences of victims of intimate partner violence. The article analyzes the phases of the cycle of violence and how they are represented in the female protagonists' journeys to break free from their abusive relationships. It also explores the feminist themes and symbolism used by Kubrick to depict power dynamics and the breaking of the cycle of violence. [Extracted from the article]

The article explores the challenges of interpreting African art and conducting historical research. It emphasizes the importance of critically evaluating sources and considering multiple perspectives. The text also discusses the complexities of knowledge production and the need to include diverse voices and experiences. It encourages researchers to exercise caution and engage in careful evaluation of sources and their contexts. The article aims to foster a more inclusive and nuanced understanding of the past. [Extracted from the article]