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This article examines how three types of experience—personal, related others, and unrelated others—influence decision-making. We present the complexities and nuances in using these experiential sources to suggest that personal experience is preferred to the other two sources. We discuss the implications of this preference for decision-making processes, especially in contexts involving transformative outcomes. To conclude, we discuss how people rely on other experiential sources when their preferred source is limited. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractEvery individual has a fundamental right to communicate and access equal opportunities to fully participate in society. However, this right may not be fully manifested for individuals with communication access needs especially those from underrepresented groups. This project had two aims, to determine 1) the specific experiences, challenges, and aspirations related to the cultural identities of people of color (POC) who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and 2) how AAC service providers and manufacturers can support POC AAC users in a culturally and linguistically responsive manner. We conducted an online, asynchronous focus group with seven participants over eight weeks. The participants’ responses were coded qualitatively. Seven major themes were identified: AAC is a Culture, AAC System Features, Self-Identity as a Person of Color who uses AAC, Experience with Service Providers, Improvements to the Field of AAC, Racial Inequities in AAC Support, and Future Research. Suggestions are provided regarding how service providers and manufacturers can serve as better allies to support POC who use AAC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates the experiences and performance of public elementary teachers in the post-pandemic era. Specifically, it examined their personal, professional, and social experiences and performance after the pandemic. This quantitative study used cluster sampling and was conducted face-to-face and online surveys with 105 teachers from New Bataan, Davao de Oro. Survey instruments were used to assess teachers' personal, professional, and social experiences, as well as their performance in the post-pandemic era. The findings reveal that teachers reported moderate agreement with their personal and professional experiences in the post-pandemic era, highlighting issues such as overcoming trauma, concerns about family health, and adjustments to lifestyle changes. However, there was no significant correlation between years of service and teachers' performance ratings, suggesting that tenure alone does not predict performance outcomes. Likewise, there was no significant relationship between teachers' experiences and their performance ratings during the post-pandemic era. The study recommends that students view post-pandemic as an opportunity and that teachers develop their teaching skills by integrating technology. Furthermore, they must support teachers' well-being, enhance teaching effectiveness, and foster a positive and supportive school environment in the post-pandemic educational setting, consider teachers with mental and emotional health, and prioritize teaching instructions that will help them face the post-pandemic challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We conducted two studies to analyze the relations between dissatisfaction with experiences with the national healthcare system and trust in political (political parties and parliament), super partes (judiciary and police), and international (European Union [EU] and United Nations [UN]) institutions via the mediation of trust in the national healthcare system. Study 1 (longitudinal study on a quota sample of the Italian adult population, N = 689, surveyed in April 2021, T1, and in April 2022, T2) showed that dissatisfaction with experiences with the national healthcare system was negatively associated with trust in the national healthcare system, which, in turn, was positively associated with an increase in trust in political, super partes, and international institutions. Study 2 (between‐participant experimental design, N = 285) showed that priming a negative versus a positive experience with the national healthcare system decreased trust in this system, which, in turn, was positively associated with trust in political, super partes, and international institutions. The strengths, limitations, and possible development of this research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This study aims to identify gender disparities in knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to self-management and control of Type 2 diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) among primary care patients. The research was conducted across multiple Spanish cities. Patients and Methods: The study involved 8 Primary Care Centres located in four distinct regions of Spain: East (Barcelona), Centre (Madrid), North (Pamplona and Zumaia) and South (Vélez-Málaga and Málaga). A total of 111 individuals diagnosed with T2DM, comprising 52 women and 59 men, participated in 12 group discussions at these primary healthcare centers from February to June 2015. Participation was voluntary, and all participants provided informed consent by signing the consent form. A qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study with a maximum variation sample was done. Participant profiles were defined based on gender, age, place of residence, type of treatment, years living with T2DM and the presence or absence of a cardiovascular event. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Results: Participants were aware that diabetes is a chronic condition, with varied levels of concern regarding the diagnosis. Participants' locus of control influenced their perception of the disease's cause, with women attributing it to stress and emotional situations, while men linked it to risky behaviors. Self-management strategies were shaped by beliefs about diabetes, with both genders facing challenges in implementing recommended practices. Gender differences were also evident in caregiving roles, with men receiving more family support for diet adherence, while women prioritized family needs over their self-care. Participants expressed satisfaction with professional-patient interactions but highlighted the need for more accessible information and specialist care, suggesting support groups for women and clear health guidelines for men. Conclusion: Gender differences significantly influence how patients perceive and manage type 2 diabetes, with women experiencing greater concern and care burden compared to men. Effective diabetes management requires tailored support that addresses these gender-specific challenges. Enhancing healthcare services with clear guidelines and support groups can improve self-management outcomes in both men and women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Although a significant number of professionals who provide eating disorder (ED) treatment have lived experience with an ED in the past, there is no consensus on whether these professionals should use these experiences in treatment. This review aims to evaluate current literature on recovered professionals with an ED past treating ED patients, unravelling advantages and disadvantages in treatment, the impact on professionals and their surroundings, and implications for practice. Method: A systematic literature search was conducted which included 10 articles. We analysed qualitative data through a systematic synthesis. Strength of evidence was calculated for each subtheme. Results: Three themes and 14 subthemes were divided into categories. The category 'treatment (patient‐professional interaction)' was divided into: advantages, disadvantages and other implications for treatment. Additionally, the category 'professionals themselves' included subthemes that directly impact or relate to ED professionals: recovery as a non‐linear process, the significant role of self‐care and adverse feelings of professionals. Finally, the category 'work settings' included: company culture and training, supervision and professional development. Discussion: Recovered ED professionals are a promising addition to ED treatment due to the enhanced expertise of the professional. However, attention should be paid to the risk of distorted boundaries between patient and professional. Highlights: This review aims to evaluate current literature about recovered professionals with an eating disorder past treating eating disorder patients.Advantages we found were patients feeling recognised and understood with improved perspectives, and enhanced expertise of professionals.Disadvantages were distorted boundaries, the vulnerability and risk of relapse of professionals.To work as an eating disorder professional, it is important to focus on self‐care, stimulate a safe work setting and organising supervision among colleagues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this editorial of the monograph in Cognitive Sciences: Towards a Cross-cultural Perspective, a thematic review is presented, which accounts for the object of study, disciplines that underpin the interdisciplinary field of problems, and some current lines of research emerging in the field of study, among which four lines of work stand out. Firstly, studies linking cognitive or neurocognitive variables to the challenge of social diversity; secondly, studies examining the effect of cognition and neurophysiology on the formation of social stereotypes, gender; as well as on processes of discrimination or social and cultural inclusion; thirdly, works on the relationship between cognition and rurality; and finally, research that, from educational and social spheres, seeks to reconfigure the personal experience of social processes such as violence and territorial uprooting, towards new narratives of personal and social experience, which contribute to the sense of life of the individual and their community, as experiences that, although painful, can contribute to the relationship between memory and history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

People are increasingly exposed to extreme weather events with the escalation of global warming. Understanding how individuals face and respond to it is crucial for climate mitigation. In the present study, we surveyed a sample of 856 people in five metropolitan areas in China to examine how personal experiences of extreme weather events affect individuals' low-carbon behavior through consequential and moral processing of climate change. The results indicate that people with personal experience of extreme weather events show significantly better cognitive judgment, emotional reactions, and mitigation behavior than those without such experience. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to illustrate that personal experience can initiate a sense of collective morality about climate change and predict the adoption of mitigating behaviors. Additionally, it can be seen that cognitive processing precedes emotional processing in the context of climate change. The present findings provide some evidence at the individual level for further moral philosophical discussions about climate change and offer insights for social solutions about promoting sustainable environmental behaviors. We point out that mechanisms of social cooperation among collectives and individuals used to deal with climate change deserve further research. We also discuss the implications and limitations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines how three types of experience—personal, related others, and unrelated others—influence decision-making. We present the complexities and nuances in using these experiential sources to suggest that personal experience is preferred to the other two sources. We discuss the implications of this preference for decision-making processes, especially in contexts involving transformative outcomes. To conclude, we discuss how people rely on other experiential sources when their preferred source is limited.

Despite the recognized significance of achieving financial inclusion in Nigeria, there is limited studies in this area. This gap primarily arises from the prevailing focus in existing literature on financial inclusion in Nigeria, which predominantly emphasizes the supply side. Therefore, this study delved into the role of financial self-efficacy as a mediator in the relationship between demand-side factors and the financial inclusion of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in selected local governments in Oyo State. The study employed a cross-sectional survey design, the study gathered primary data through structured questionnaires and utilized a structural equation model for analysis. The findings reported a significant positive link between financial attitude and financial inclusion (p-value: 0.000). Likewise, there was a noteworthy positive association between subjective norms and financial inclusion (p-value: 0.001), as well as between personal experience and financial inclusion (p-value: 0.003). Intriguingly, financial self-efficacy emerged as a substantial obstacle to financial inclusion, acting as a mediating factor with a p-value of (0.002). By evaluating the mediation effect, this study shows how financial self-efficacy enhance individuals MSMEs owners to confidently undertake financial tasks and decisions and consequently, financial inclusion in relation to their attitude, experience and subjective norms respectively. Consequently, the study recommends the promotion of positive financial attitudes among individual MSMEs to facilitate continuous access to diverse financial services. Financial service providers should prioritize the establishment of an effective and sustainable financial system that offers affordable services to MSMEs. Furthermore, community leaders are encouraged to play a role in motivating their members to actively engage in the formal financial sector.

Older adults have a long-time perspective when it comes to the perception of changes in local climate and are uniquely vulnerable to these developments in terms of health. The discussed in-depth, qualitative study is based on interviews with people from the age group over 65 years (N = 10; five females), who live in different regions of Poland, concerning their views on climate change and its mitigation. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to create a map of their observations and attitudes. Results indicate the importance of perceiving climate change in specific and local categories as well as show frequent identification of this issue with traditional environmentalism focussed on pollution and littering. This foregrounds difficulties in understanding invisible greenhouse gases and how they work. In terms of mitigation, the study has revealed little faith in climate action undertaken by fellow citizens and the government, as well as a sense of limited agency, which is also disproportionally projected onto children and young adults. However, through everyday observations, older adults appear to be profoundly aware of how climate change impacts the environment. Contrary to stereotypes, they also declare high emotional engagement in this issue. Consequently, despite being overlooked with respect to this subject, older adults can play an important role in promoting climate awareness and climate-friendly policies.

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Background Oral nicotine gum such as LUCY, which comes in colorful packaging, mimicking traditional chewing gum, is becoming popular. Many brands of gum have not been approved by the FDA for smoking cessation. This study examined public discourse about, including sentiment toward, oral nicotine gum on Twitter. Methods We used Twitter's Streaming Application Programming Interface to collect data from January 1, 2021, to December 21, 2021, using "nicotine gum" and/or "#nicotinegum" search terms (N  = 19 171 unique tweets were collected). We used an inductive approach to become familiar with the data, generated a codebook, and conducted a content analysis on (n  = 2152) tweets. Results Cessation (n  = 716, 33.3%), personal experience (n  = 370, 17.2%), and addiction to gum (n  = 135, 6.3%) were the most prevalent themes. Cessation tweets primarily discussed cigarette smoking cessation (n  = 418, 58.4% of cessation tweets) and successful cessation experiences (n  = 155, 21.6%). Other identified themes pertained to using nicotine gum for cognitive enhancement or catching a "buzz" (n  = 102, 4.7%), marketing (n  = 98, 4.6%), using nicotine gum with other substances (n  = 90, 4.2%), and adverse effects (n  = 63, 2.9%). Sentiment analysis results revealed that 675 (44.2%) tweets were categorized as neutral, 605 (39.6%) tweets were classified as positive, and 248 tweets (16.2%) were negative. Conclusions About one-third of tweets in our corpus mentioned nicotine gum in the context of smoking cessation. Most nicotine gum-related posts conveyed positive and neutral sentiments. Future studies should consider adding novel nicotine gum-specific search terms as well as exploring other social media platforms to gain more insights about these products. Implications Our findings suggest that Twitter has the potential to track and facilitate conversations between those seeking cigarette cessation advice and those who have successfully quit tobacco by using nicotine gum. Monitoring of promotional content from nicotine gum companies is needed to ensure these products are not appealing to youth and nonusers of tobacco. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines first what type of evidence is most influential in online discussions for patients when making decisions about their health and second how people deploy, interpret, and react to stories in these online discussions to better understand the role and importance of narrative in the medical field. Data was gathered on the platform Reddit using the subreddit r/melanoma for a duration of two weeks. 242 posts were collected and analyzed. Using a combination of grounded theory and coding criteria from sociologist and narrative scholar Francesca Polletta, a code book was developed and applied to all 242 posts to assess narrative impact and engagement. Results demonstrate that evidence based on past experiences and factual information were the most persuasive. Additionally, stories yielded greater discussion, greater empathetic connections, and greater positive responses from online discussants than other forms of evidence. Further, those positive responses indicate that patients seeking medical advice were more likely to express agreement with the advice when it was offered with a story. Given these results, greater attention should be paid to narratives shared in online communities, particularly considering the levels of misinformation and disinformation found online and the evolving relationships between doctors and patients where authority is no longer so easily assumed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, people had two important but imperfect teachers of risk. First, they learned about incidence, mortality rates, and reproduction numbers from reports and graphs. Second, they learned about the risk of infection through their own experience and the experience of others. Personal experience has been found to serve as an input for risk judgments in numerous contexts, including climate change. Here we examine how it shapes risk judgments within the dynamics of a pandemic, drawing on data collected from more than 15,000 German citizens between March 2020 and May 2022. People with personal experience of having contracted the virus consistently rated the risk of infection higher than those without such experience. The influence of others' experience increased with their social distance to the respondent. Media coverage also influenced risk judgments but to a lesser extent. We discuss the implications of these patterns for risk communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Narrative is the principal means of encoding and conveying personal experiences. The current study aims to investigate the personal regret narratives of Turkish university students regarding their personal experiences and to evaluate these narratives from a gender-based perspective. To this end, 116 Turkish university students have participated in this study and the selected personal regret narratives are analyzed within the frame of Labovian narrative categories: abstract, orientation, complicating actions, coda, evaluation and result or resolution. In addition to the existence of these categories, their organizational patterns are also compared with respect to the gender of the participants. The evaluation of the narratives demonstrated that all the narrative components are employed by the Turkish university students; however, female students seem to be more inclined to connect their experiences to daily events or other events in their lives by applying coda more frequently than male students using language as independence symbol instead of employing it to develop intimacy as female students do. The results of this study might contribute to discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and social psychology as written regret narratives allow us to have a deeper understanding of how Turkish students organize their experiences which reflects social, discoursal and cognitive dimensions.

This paper focuses on a Christian philosophy grounded in the experience of truth. To better understand this, it will explore: (1) the kind of philosophical approach that provides a space for people to preoccupy themselves with truth and draws them to further probe into the fundamental questions; (2) a return to the basics: philosophy as love of wisdom and for love of wisdom is personal, an experiential journey; (3) finally, a vision of Christian philosophy that is not purely theoretical but teaches one how to incarnate every truth and virtue. Christian philosophy provides us with an experience in, with, and of the truth in terms of understanding and developing certain traits and virtues such as prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. The shaping and molding of these good habits within each person are important in maintaining a Christian worldview to keep one grounded while being immersed in the world and its realities, allowing the Christian to become a reality within oneself and for others.

Users of smartphones are finding new ways to shift between the online and the physical world, due to increases in the number of people who go online while 'out and about'. This study focuses on youths' lived experiences of using and managing their smartphones and how they navigate their shifts between face to face and digital interactions. Semi-structured interviews with seven smartphone users were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The overarching theme was how participants establish and experience presence through their shifts between face to face and digital interactions. Three themes were developed; constant availability vs be present with me; projection and protection of self; dystopian world: disconnection and separation. The study's findings highlight that to be 'present' while physically with others is socially desirable. Participants depicted a dystopian world when others fail to manage their phone use. The study also highlights the complex identity work that participants engaged in as they navigate social norms around presence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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OBJECTIVES: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is a destabilizing experience for medical students and resident doctors and troubles their training in the hospital setting. This narrative review aims to identify the effect of health crises on the academic and personal lives of medical trainees and to develop solutions to support them. METHODS: EducationSource, MedLine and PsychInfo were consulted on June 30th and December 16th, 2020 to identify the articles explaining the effect of SARS-CoV-1 (2002), A/H1N1 (2009) or SARS-CoV-2 (ongoing) on medical learners. Exclusion criteria included policy papers, letters to the editor or articles detailing the impact on undergraduate medical curricula, on nonmedical trainees, on the residency application process, or the physical impact of the disease. The quality of the selected papers was appraised using CASP for qualitative studies and NHLBI-NIH for cross-sectional studies. RESULTS: Ninety-four manuscripts were initially generated and 229, secondarily, of which respectively 14 and 16 were included in the final analysis according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines and reviewed qualitatively. It was found that the learners consider their education compromised by exam delays, the suspension of academic activities, and elective surgeries. Anxiety associated with this academic disruption developed. Burnout is exacerbated by the heightened workload. The main difference between the two searches was the long-term effect of COVID-19, including the opportunity for didactic innovation, the worry regarding professional identity formation and the development of mental health issues. The proposed solutions varied from continuous access to mental health resources to the follow-up of learners' well-being. CONCLUSION: It would be interesting to assess the impact of medical trainees' specialty and country's development on their experience with COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity owing to climate change. Individual‐level behavioural responses—notably, disaster preparedness and community helping actions (such as donating and volunteering)—supplement government efforts to respond to such phenomena, but rarely have they been explored together. Using data from a survey administered soon after the 2020 Oregon wildfires, this paper compares a range of socio‐demographic, experiential, attitudinal, and communication‐related factors associated with these two individual‐level behavioural responses. Findings indicate that respondents who reported experiencing a higher degree of harm and heightened concern about climate change after the wildfires were more likely to report disaster preparedness and community helping actions. Those who reported more frequent informal discussions about the wildfires, consulting more sources to seek information on them, and higher percentages of friends, neighbours, and community members taking actions to prepare for future wildfires also reported more disaster preparedness and community helping actions. Disaster preparedness actions were also positively associated with seeking information from formal/official sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The main aim of this article is to contribute to a complete patient perspective on the psychosocial impact of colorectal cancer. The details included patient personal experience of being a colorectal cancer survivor and perception regarding psychosocial support during management of the illness. Health professionals should assume that patients may have difficulty in illness management and should encourage a discussion of patients' concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The thesis Destructive Love: Interpersonal Relationships in D. H. Lawrence’s ‘Women in Love’ argues that Lawrentian love in all of its manifestations is a profoundly destructive force that resonates through virtually all characters of the novel and their respective relationships. To prove that premise, the thesis analyzes Lawrence’s portrayal of various interpersonal relationships on multiple levels: taking into consideration different angles and interpretations, it provides a detailed assessment of such relations, specifically focusing on the pairings of: siblings (Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen), parents and their children (the Brangwens, the Criches), lovers (Ursula Brangwen and Rupert Birkin; Rupert Birkin and Hermione Roddice, and Gudrun Brangwen and Gerald Crich); friends (Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich), and dalliances (minor characters of the novel). In addition, the thesis analyzes the correlation between such depictions of interpersonal relationships and D. H. Lawrence’s philosophy and personal experiences. The findings strongly suggest that any relationship that is built upon profound differences in worldview and/or the imbalance of power is virtually condemned to failure; moreover, even those relationships that are not outright adversarial are often compelled to face a series of obstacles that they may or may not successfully overcome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AimsTo assess between-group differences in participant experiences in a two-arm diabetes distress (DD) reduction RCT and to determine their relationship to clinical outcomes (reductions in DD and HbA1C).MethodsFor high DD adults with Type 1 diabetes and HbA1c ≥7.5% participating in T1-REDEEM, we evaluated post intervention 5-point ratings of overall program "helpfulness" and program component "helpfulness," along with open-ended feedback statements using 10 qualitative codes. We compared responses of those in OnTrack, a distressed-focused intervention, with KnowIt, an education/management intervention.ResultsThose in OnTrack reported significantly higher levels of overall program helpfulness and greater helpfulness of each component of the program, greater group support, far fewer negative experiences, and more active and meaningful group engagement than those who participated in KnowIt. Ratings of helpfulness were unrelated to reductions in DD and HbA1C in both study arms. As previously reported, these findings occurred despite significant reductions in both DD and HbA1C in both arms with no between-group differences.ConclusionsFindings highlight the importance of addressing the personal experience of diabetes interventions in clinical care as separate, distinct outcomes. Personal experience may not always be related to changes in traditional clinical indicators.

Background: Endocrine surgery (ES) has been a well-recognised surgical carrier option for trainees across the globe. With the successful running of Magister Chirurgiae (MCh) training programmes at various premiere medical institutions, it is rapidly gaining popularity in India. This study was conducted to assess multiple aspects of practising endocrine surgeons in India such as financial well-being, career satisfaction, and work-life balance. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire-based survey was circulated amongst the members of the Indian Association of Endocrine Surgeons. The questionnaire included questions on various professional and personal fronts of practising endocrine surgeons in India such as training in ES, contentment/satisfaction with the field, teaching/training scenario of ES in India and comparison with opportunities outside India, rating in surgical calibre as well as choices regarding change of sector, change of speciality, etc. Results: Seventy-three endocrine surgeons participated in the study. 46.6% were ES faculties working in different medical institutes, 26% were consultants in private practice, 16.4% were ES residents training under the MCh curriculum, and 11% were general surgeons practising ES. 35.6% had less than five years of experience, 27.4% had an experience of 5–10 years and 37% had more than 10 years of experience. 79.5% said ES was their first choice. 26% had beforehand exposure to other specialities before joining ES. Academic satisfaction was found to be fulfilling in 54.8%, overall work satisfaction in 71%, surgical work satisfaction in 54.8%, financial satisfaction in 43.8%, and personal life satisfaction in 71.2%. 60.3% felt burnt out once every six months, 35.6% felt it every three months and 4.1% felt the same every month. 61.6% said that it was difficult to balance their personal and professional lives. 61.6% believed that ES training in India was better or at par compared to training outside Indian territories. 58.9% felt their surgical skill calibre was equivalent, while 27.4% claimed to be superior to their peers in other surgical specialities. 63% felt confident by the end of their training period in handling all spectrum of surgeries about ES. 82.2% had no thoughts of changing specialities, whereas 52.1% opted for a change of sector. 61.6% felt there was no gender bias in this field. Conclusion: This study is the first of its kind done among practising endocrine surgeons in India, and shows that overall surgeon satisfaction was high, wherein academic surgeons had higher career satisfaction when compared with those private practice surgeons. The quality of life of endocrine surgeons should be improved to ensure better work-life balance which can help in strengthening the cause of ES as a separate super speciality while turning the spotlight on for the younger surgeons to see.

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This paper focuses on a Christian philosophy grounded in the experience of truth. To better understand this, it will explore: (1) the kind of philosophical approach that provides a space for people to preoccupy themselves with truth and draws them to further probe into the fundamental questions; (2) a return to the basics: philosophy as love of wisdom and for love of wisdom is personal, an experiential journey; (3) finally, a vision of Christian philosophy that is not purely theoretical but teaches one how to incarnate every truth and virtue. Christian philosophy provides us with an experience in, with, and of the truth in terms of understanding and developing certain traits and virtues such as prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. The shaping and molding of these good habits within each person are important in maintaining a Christian worldview to keep one grounded while being immersed in the world and its realities, allowing the Christian to become a reality within oneself and for others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rapid adaptation is necessary to maintain, let alone expand, access to reliable, safe drinking water in the face of climate change. Existing research focuses largely on the role, priorities, and incentives of local managers to pursue adaptation strategies while mostly neglecting the role of the broader public, despite the strong public support required to fund and implement many climate adaptation plans. In this paper, we interrogate the relationship between personal experiences of household water supply impacts from extreme weather events and hazard exposure with individual concern about future supply reliability among a statewide representative sample of California households. We find that more than one-third of Californians report experiencing impacts of climate change on their household water supplies and show that these reported impacts differently influence residents’ concern about future water supply reliability, depending on the type of event experienced. In contrast, residents’ concern about future water supplies is not significantly associated with hazard exposure. These findings emphasize the importance of local managers’ attending to not only how climate change is projected to affect their water resources, but how, and whether, residents perceive these risks. The critical role of personal experience in increasing concern highlights that post-extreme events with water supply impacts may offer a critical window to advance solutions. Managers should not assume, however, that all extreme events will promote concern in the same way or to the same degree. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Global climate change is a threat to Turkiye, especially in the agricultural sector. In recent years, the impact of climate change has been felt seriously in Çorum Province. The present study was carried out after it was observed that the average temperature in Çorum province, which was 10.8 °C in 1929-2019 period, rose up to 13.15 °C in 2020. The aim of the present study was to determine the factors that affect the climate change adaptation behavior of the farmers in Çorum, where 37% of the land is devoted to wheat production. A survey was conducted with 385 farmers in January and February, 2021. It was revealed that personal experience had a positive effect of 54% on adaptation behavior, 50% on risk perception and 81% on climate change beliefs. In addition, although belief in climate change had a 45% positive effect on risk perception, risk perception and beliefs had no significant effect on the adaptation behavior. As a result, raising the awareness of farmers about adaptation using agricultural extension services and personal experience teaching method before incurring economic loss is critical to reduce climate risks and to better adapt to climate change.

Dyspnea is a frightening and debilitating experience. It attracts less attention than pain ('dyspnea invisibility'), possibly because of its non-universal nature. We tested the impact of self-induced experimental dyspnea on medical residents. During a teaching session following the principles of experiential learning, emergency medicine residents were taught about dyspnea theoretically, observed experimental dyspnea in their teacher, and personally experienced self-induced dyspnea. The corresponding psychophysiological reactions were described. Immediate and 1-year evaluations were conducted to assess course satisfaction (overall 0–20 grade) and the effect on the understanding of what dyspnea represents for patients. Overall, 55 emergency medicine residents participated in the study (26 men, median age 26 years). They were moderately satisfied with previous dyspnea teaching (6 [5–7] on a 0–10 numerical rating scale [NRS]) and expressed a desire for an improvement in the teaching (8 [7–9]). Immediately after the course they reported improved understanding of patients' experience (7 [6–8]), which persisted at 1 year (8 [7–9], 28 respondents). Overall course grade was 17/20 [15–18], and there were significant correlations with experimental dyspnea ratings (intensity: r = 0.318 [0.001–0.576], p = 0.043; unpleasantness: r = 0.492 [0.208–0.699], p = 0.001). In multivariate analysis, the only factor independently associated with the overall course grade was 'experiential understanding' (the experimental dyspnea-related improvement in the understanding of dyspneic patients' experience). A separate similar experiment conducted in 50 respiratory medicine residents yielded identical results. This study suggests that, in advanced medical residents, the personal discovery of dyspnea can have a positive impact on the understanding of what dyspnea represents for patients. This could help fight dyspnea invisibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to reflect upon personal experiences with a Foucauldian-inspired academic leadership approach to implementing digital education at the University of Bristol. Higher Education Institutions across the UK often invest in digital infrastructure and central support teams (technical and educational) and expect these investments alone to be the main vehicles to achieve digital education. While clearly, having technologies and support play a key role in digital education, according to my experience the implementation of digital education is complex and requires focused and scholarly leadership to drive it. This is because I argue that digital education can be considered a 'discourse', in the Foucauldian sense, of our era whose implementation involves considerable social change. Through my work as the academic person first responsible for digital education in the School of Modern Languages and then across the Faculty of Arts at the University of Bristol, I will unpack how having someone with the appropriate practical and theoretical expertise leading the digital education agenda brought positive impacts before and during the pandemic. Drawing on reflections from years of academic leadership, I will consider questions such as: What practices can lead the digital education discourse to advance in HE settings? And, which agents in HE can develop these practices? This theoretical-oriented discussion grounded on personal experience can be useful for institutions making decisions about how to take digital education forward. Indeed, as we emerge from the pandemic, universities are in the process of choosing whether to go back to a pre-COVID time characterised by a power struggle between different educational discourses, which often meant that the digital education discourse remained marginal, or whether to embrace and invest more in digital education and associated academic leadership. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background Dyspnea is a frightening and debilitating experience. It attracts less attention than pain (‘dyspnea invisibility’), possibly because of its non-universal nature. We tested the impact of self-induced experimental dyspnea on medical residents.Materials and Methods During a teaching session following the principles of experiential learning, emergency medicine residents were taught about dyspnea theoretically, observed experimental dyspnea in their teacher, and personally experienced self-induced dyspnea. The corresponding psychophysiological reactions were described. Immediate and 1-year evaluations were conducted to assess course satisfaction (overall 0–20 grade) and the effect on the understanding of what dyspnea represents for patients.Results Overall, 55 emergency medicine residents participated in the study (26 men, median age 26 years). They were moderately satisfied with previous dyspnea teaching (6 [5–7] on a 0–10 numerical rating scale [NRS]) and expressed a desire for an improvement in the teaching (8 [7–9]). Immediately after the course they reported improved understanding of patients’ experience (7 [6–8]), which persisted at 1 year (8 [7–9], 28 respondents). Overall course grade was 17/20 [15–18], and there were significant correlations with experimental dyspnea ratings (intensity: r = 0.318 [0.001–0.576], p = 0.043; unpleasantness: r = 0.492 [0.208–0.699], p = 0.001). In multivariate analysis, the only factor independently associated with the overall course grade was ‘experiential understanding’ (the experimental dyspnea-related improvement in the understanding of dyspneic patients’ experience). A separate similar experiment conducted in 50 respiratory medicine residents yielded identical results.Conclusions This study suggests that, in advanced medical residents, the personal discovery of dyspnea can have a positive impact on the understanding of what dyspnea represents for patients. This could help fight dyspnea invisibility.

The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States was characterized by a partisan gap. Democrats were more concerned about this novel health threat, more willing to socially distance, and more likely to support policies aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus than Republicans. In cross-sectional analyses of three nationally representative survey waves in 2020, we find that adverse experience with COVID-19 is associated with a narrowing of the partisan gap. The mean difference between Republicans and Democrats in concern, policy support, and behavioral intentions narrows or even disappears at high levels of self-reported adverse experience. Reported experience does not depend on party affiliation and is predicted by local COVID-19 incidence rates. In contrast, analyses of longitudinal data and county-level incidence rates do not show a consistent relationship among experience, partisanship, and behavior or policy support. Our findings suggest that self-reported personal experience interacts with partisanship in complex ways and may be an important channel for concern about novel threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic. We find consistent results for self-reported experience of extreme weather events and climate change attitudes and policy preferences, although the association between extreme weather and experience and climate change is more tenuous. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article revisits a paper and from an autoethnographic/critical reflective biographical approach re-examines seven cultural notions or myths, which may encourage ageism. It is framed within my experiential knowledge of caring for my ageing parents, with the tensions and challenges around problematising the value of expertise based on experience, communication, grief, and autonomy and freedom versus safety. The commentary emphasises that by analysing the impact of our personal life experiences, we can start to understand both the intended and unintended consequences of policy and practice affecting those in the fourth age. As a social work educator, I wanted to reflect upon how my tacit experiential knowledge, if made explicit, could impact upon my own and others' learning. The recent death of my father has allowed for a period of reflection on my own caring and indeed my professional social work experience, knowledge, skills and practice. It is argued that the ageing process is unequal as class and socio-economic factors, i.e. geography, age, gender, religion and ethnicity, all play parts in determining how someone ages, and indeed upon the care an individual older person receives. A fuller understanding of negotiating the role of one stakeholder, that of a family carer in the ageing process, is elicited in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Writing is one of the language skills. Writing skills are basically the skills to express thoughts and feelings through written language. Based on initial observations, poetry writing skills about the personal experiences of seventh grade students of UPT SMP Negeri 3 Alla, Enrekang Regency are still low. This study aims to describe the increase in the ability to write poetry about personal experiences with keyword provocation techniques and describe changes in student behavior after participating in learning. This research was conducted in 2 stages, namely the first cycle stage and the second cycle stage, while the data collection used test and non-test techniques, non-test techniques included observations, journals, and interviews. Data analysis used quantitative and qualitative approaches. Based on data analysis in the first cycle the average score was 67.38 with sufficient category, in the second cycle there was an increase of 8.67% with an average class score of 76.05 included in the good category, the increase in the average class score was followed by an increase in the average score of each aspect of the assessment. In the aspect of conformity of the content to the theme, the average in the first cycle was 78.57 with a good category, and increased in the second cycle of 84.29 with a good category, in the diction aspect, the average in the first cycle was 66.67 with enough category, and in the second cycle there was an increase of 79.05 in the good category, in the rhyme aspect, the average in the first cycle was 60.48 with the sufficient category, and in the second cycle there was an increase of 70.48 in the good category. typographical aspect, the average in the first cycle was 58.57 which was included in the less category, and in the second cycle there was an increase of 64.76 which was included in the sufficient category. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Climate change impacts and rapid development in the wildland-urban interface are increasing population exposure and vulnerability to the harmful effects of wildfire and wildfire smoke. The direct and indirect effects of these hazards may impact future mobility decisions among populations at risk. To better understand how perceptions and personal experience inform wildfire- and smoke-associated migration intentions, we surveyed a representative sample of 1108 California residents following the 2020 wildfire season. We assessed the associations between threat appraisal, coping appraisal, personal experience, migration intentions, the impact of wildfire and smoke on migration intentions and place satisfaction, and the potential likelihood of future migration. Results indicate that roughly a third of our sample intended to move in the next 5 years, nearly a quarter of whom reported that wildfire and smoke impacted their migration decision at least a moderate amount. Prior negative outcomes (e.g., evacuating, losing property) were associated with intentions to migrate. Perceived susceptibility and prior negative outcomes were associated with a greater impact of wildfire and smoke on migration intentions. For those intending to remain in place, prior negative outcomes were associated with a greater impact of wildfire and smoke on place satisfaction, which was in turn associated with a greater reported likelihood of future migration. Our findings suggest that perceptions of and experiences with wildfire and smoke may impact individual mobility decisions. These insights may be leveraged to inform risk communications and outreach campaigns to encourage wildfire and smoke risk mitigation behaviors and to improve climate migration modeling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]