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In this study, we investigate an unrelated parallel batch processing machines scheduling problem (UPBPMSP). A set of jobs with non-identical sizes and arbitrary ready times are scheduled on unrelated parallel batch processing machines with different capacities to minimize the makespan (i.e., the completion time of the last batch). Existing studies have either decomposed the scheduling problem into two sub-problems and employed population-based heuristic interaction for searching the best solutions or used neighborhood search algorithms to search the current solution's neighborhood to find a better solution. However, the performances of these methods are not quite satisfactory due to the complicated interactions or oversimplified neighborhood search strategies, especially for large-scale UPBPMSPs. In this study, we propose a novel tabu-based adaptive large neighborhood search (TALNS) algorithm to obtain high-quality solutions for the UPBPMSP. To avoid complex interactions, we propose a new solution structure, and the proposed TALNS is applied to obtain the optimal solution structure of the UPBPMSP. Extensive experiments are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm on a total of 360 instances from the literature and 30 new instances. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed TALNS outperforms the neighborhood search methods, which outperforms the population-based methods. With the proposed TALNS, 55 out of 360 instances' best-known solutions are updated from this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

V eseju naslovim Brechtov koncept gestusa in predlagam njegovo izvirno branje, vzporedno z Barthesovo semiološko teorijo. Predlagam pogled, da neka gesta postane gestus, ko je interpelirana v mit. Od tod sledi, da tudi gestus interpelira v odnose, kar je istočasno njegova povezovalna in razdiralna moč. Z vpeljavo in interpretacijo Brechtove potujitvene metode tematiziram in opredelim njegov odnos do ideologije in etike oz. morale. Predstavim nekaj pogledov iz teorije rituala ter v doseženi razprtosti tega pojma identificiram nekaj njegovih ključnih potez, ki jih nato prepoznavam v Brechtovem epskem gledališču. To počnem z zavedanjem ontoloških razlik med ritualom in gledališčem ter brez želje, da bi Brechtovo gledališče umestil na neki specifični lokus v razmerju ritual-gledališče. Moj namen je ob razmišljanju o tem razmerju še bolj raziskati konceptualno in praktično naravo Brechtove potujitvene metode. Njeno eksperimentalno in pedagoško moč prepoznavam v vztrajnem, repetitivnem interveniranju v družbene mite in tabuje, ki pa ni le stvar metode, ampak je tudi stvar učenja in prakticiranja specifične ontologije.

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Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zaprezentowanie nowej perspektywy czytania tekstów autobiograficznych na przykładzie autobiografii Agnieszki Osieckiej pt. Rozmowy w tańcu. W opracowaniu pokazano, iż niebywale istotne dla współczesnego literaturoznawstwa, a zwłaszcza dla badań nad autobiografią, jest spojrzenie na teksty poprzez pojęcie tabu. Kontekstem refleksji jest „autobiograficzny wywiad autorki z samą sobą”. Zaprezentowana analiza koncentruje się na zastosowanej przez poetkę formie dialogu ze swoim alter ego jako na strategii gry z tabu. Wybrana przez Osiecką strategia narracyjna pozwala jej na poruszanie się w obrębie wielu kontrowersyjnych tematów oraz na stworzenie pozorów szczerości i transparentności, przy jednoczesnym zachowaniu pełnej kontroli nad swoją opowieścią. Z kolei umiejętne operowanie zarówno słowem, jak i formą umożliwia jej mówienie o kwestiach trudnych w taki sposób, by pozostać w zgodzie z własnymi granicami, a zarazem sprostać oczekiwaniom czytelników, dzięki obraniu ciekawej, innej formy, która nie stawia przed pisarką jasnych wyznaczników gatunkowych (a co za tym idzie nie generuje konkretnych oczekiwań odbiorców). Ostatecznie artykuł pokazuje, iż gra z tabu prowadzi do powstawania nowych strategii narracyjnych, które niejednokrotnie stanowią o wartości danego tekstu autobiograficznego. Opracowanie mieści się w obrębie literaturoznawstwa i krytyki literackiej.

The paper reviews nondietary uses and symbolic connotations of cycads (Cycas seemannii) in Vanuatu, relying on data from ethnographic studies, anthropological literature, and local media reports. The authors focus on the uses of cycads in magical practices, in grade-taking ceremonies and traditional land tenure, in reconciliation and peace-making, in tabooing and emblematization of chiefly authority, and in the symbolism of political movements and state institutions. The article suggests two potential genealogies of cycad prominence in the archipelago, one stemming from the role of the plant as an emblem of pacificatory influence of graded societies and the other centered on the use of cycad leaves as tallies for recalling debts in traditional ni-Vanuatu culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Steelmaking-refining-Continuous Casting (SCC) is a bottleneck in the iron and steel production operation. In order to enhance production efficiency, SCC scheduling is employed to find an optimal schedule. Unfortunately, dynamic events such as charge start-time delay may occur in a real-world SCC process, which will invalidate the optimal SCC schedule, i.e., making the schedule not optimal or inexecutable. To cope with such a situation, SCC rescheduling is significant for generating a new optimal schedule. This paper proposes a mathematical model of the SCC rescheduling problem considering charge start-time delay, and further presents an Elite solutions and Tabu assisted Variable Neighbourhood Descent (ETVND) method to tackle the problem. The main framework of the ETVND method is Variable Neighbourhood Descent (VND). In the ETVND method, three Tabu based neighbourhood structures are elaborately designed. Moreover, three distinguished features are incorporated, i.e., an elite solutions based exploration strategy, two-layer local search based on the Fruit fly Optimization Algorithm, and multi-type perturbation. The first two features are devised to enhance the intensification abilities while the third is devised to improve the diversification abilities. Experimental results have demonstrated the effectiveness of the ETVND method by comparing with several algorithms in the literature. Further comparison experiments have validated the efficiency of the Tabu based neighbourhood structures and specially devised strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fundamento: Una persona con discapacidad además de las barreras físicas enfrenta limitaciones sexuales, afectados por estereotipos sociales de diversa índole. Objetivo: Analizar las percepciones maternas sobre la sexualidad como un tabú para las personas que tienen algún tipo de discapacidad física o intelectual. Metodología: Estudio cualitativo con enfoque fenomenológico; se entrevistaron 100 madres, las cuales tienen familiares con discapacidad intelectual y física. Se analizó su sexualidad como tabú, y en función de ello varios subtemas y códigos de análisis. Se empleó la entrevista, procesada con Atlas. Resultados: Se observó que algunas personas con discapacidad tienen pérdida del deseo sexual; y sus familiares el sexo lo conceptualizan y lo relacionan con la prostitución. A muchos de ellos los esterilizan sin su consentimiento con la idea de que no serían capaces de ser responsables de formar una familia, o que los hijos tengan la misma discapacidad que sus progenitores. Conclusiones: Existe rechazo social a las personas con discapacidad, todavía no hay una inclusión total a la sociedad y peor aún a sus derechos de sexualidad. A las personas con discapacidad en ocasiones se les ha privado de las decisiones corporales de control natal por prejuicios y miedos de sus familiares por factores hereditarios; idea esta muy presente en el contexto estudiado; por ello, el sexo es un tabú para las madres entrevistadas de personas con discapacidad.

The aim of this paper is to trace the etymologies of the English words bear, lynx and wolf and their Polish equivalents niedźwiedź, ryś and wilk within the context of Indo-European languages in terms of the mechanisms for creating euphemisms to denote animals subject to the phenomenon of linguistic tabooization. The methodology comprises the following stages: selection of cognates (to determine the scope of attestation); examination of the semantic features of the selected vocabulary; and an attempt to outline the problem of the functional features of euphemisms to denote tabooed vocabulary. The results of these considerations can contribute to concretising our ideas about the linguistic constitution of the surrounding world by past language users and linguistic interrelationships, as well as help reveal the peculiarities of euphemistic vocabulary conditioned by the functioning of linguistic taboos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Cannibalism" is widely regarded as an absolute taboo for cultivated humanity. Not only does the bare citation of the word" cannibalism" and encountering images about this subject make utmost people extremely uncomfortable. Nonetheless, the "cannibal motif" exists in humanities folk literature, and why is it being repeated in modern literature, media, and culture? If humanity can achieve a sense of spiritual satisfaction or there's a universal idea that desperately wishes to partake through such a horrifying motif, what kind of content can it be? When trying to address this curiosity, there's an interesting text which is worth noting. It's "the myth of Seolmundae-halmang (Grandma Seolmundae)", which is being passed down on South Korea's Jeju Island. Seolmundae-halmang was worshipped as the creator goddess of Jeju Island, yet in the stories about her death, she's eaten by her own sons. Why did this goddess have to experience such a terrible death? Also, if "myth" contains motifs of universal human life, what was the content that Jeju Island's mythology group wanted to share through the death and devouring of the goddess? To find answers to these questions, several former studies on the conception of cannibalism were examined, thereby the aspects of cannibalism that was in human life was verified. As a result, the cannibalistic motif of this myth confirmed that the endo-cannibalism concept of the primordial mythology enthusiasts group was the result of the divine succession process from Seolmundae-halmang to her sons. Furthermore, when interpreted in the context of symbolism for human reality, it is also revealed that children who have grown up at the expense of their parents have embodied the universal and realworld principle of human life in which they realized their parent's sacrifices and inherited their lives. The significance of such research results can be recognized for investigating the mythological meaning and value of cannibalistic elements of the Seolmundae-halmang myth. This allowed us to reveal the meaning and value of one of Korea's major mythological materials more fully, as well as confirm the universal value of Korea's mythological materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Riam Panjang Malay is a remote Malay community located upriver of Kapuas, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. This paper discusses a sociolinguistic issue in this inner rural community, namely, the Jantuh Bebasa or language politeness. In Riam Panjang, Jantuh Bebasa is expressed through the use of verbal and non-verbal languages. The use of verbal language for politeness purposes including the choice of appropriate address terms, meanwhile bebasa through non-verbal communication is related to the attitudes or actions performed in social interactions. In terms of scope, the study of Jantuh Bebasa is focused on the choice of proper terms in concordance with social status and family strata. This paper also discusses the compound form of certain words in a politeness discourses (i.e jantuh ingka'). Analysis of face-to-face interviews and obervations of in-situ experiences found that Jantuh Bebasa in Riam Panjang is closely related with the locals' beliefs. The violation of Jantuh Bebasa can be condemned by society and may bring misfortune, that is, busung to those who violates this taboo as well as go againstto kesupan, a customary law. Hence, the older generation demands the transmission of bebasa culture to the younger generation in order to retain this great moral value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Resumen En este artículo se examinan los usos y significados del concepto de lulik en el Timor-Leste contemporáneo a partir de los análisis que del mismo han realizado autores de la lingüística y, especialmente, la antropología. En lo tocante específicamente a la antropología, tenemos en cuanta las definiciones que se han hecho del concepto a partir de aproximaciones teóricas de raíz durkheimianas y del giro ontológico. A la luz de la revisión de la literatura sobre el asunto, así como de los datos presentados mediante un estudio de caso etnográfico, evaluamos la pertinencia de estas definiciones y proponemos una interpretación alternativa. Frente a los aportes realizados por otros autores, proponemos que lo lulik, para los timorenses, remite a una tipificación del modo correcto en que deben ser conducidas las relaciones en que las personas pueden verse envueltas en el discurrir de su vida social.

V eseju naslovim Brechtov koncept gestusa in predlagam njegovo izvirno branje, vzporedno z Barthesovo semiološko teorijo. Predlagam pogled, da neka gesta postane gestus, ko je interpelirana v mit. Od tod sledi, da tudi gestus interpelira v odnose, kar je istočasno njegova povezovalna in razdiralna moč. Z vpeljavo in interpretacijo Brechtove potujitvene metode tematiziram in opredelim njegov odnos do ideologije in etike oz. morale. Predstavim nekaj pogledov iz teorije rituala ter v doseženi razprtosti tega pojma identificiram nekaj njegovih ključnih potez, ki jih nato prepoznavam v Brechtovem epskem gledališču. To počnem z zavedanjem ontoloških razlik med ritualom in gledališčem ter brez želje, da bi Brechtovo gledališče umestil na neki specifični lokus v razmerju ritual-gledališče. Moj namen je ob razmišljanju o tem razmerju še bolj raziskati konceptualno in praktično naravo Brechtove potujitvene metode. Njeno eksperimentalno in pedagoško moč prepoznavam v vztrajnem, repetitivnem interveniranju v družbene mite in tabuje, ki pa ni le stvar metode, ampak je tudi stvar učenja in prakticiranja specifične ontologije.

La maternidad será deseada o no será es una de las consignas icónicas por la despenalización del aborto en América Latina. La tilde en el deseo es un acento de las lenguas feministas sobre el poder, en donde las experiencias han sido pasos y huellas colectivas en casas soñadas, desoladas, desmoronadas y reconstruidas; y en las calles siniestras, festivas y desbordadas, que han encontrado inspiración en las ficciones literarias.

The author studies the aging process and its impact on the career of a psychoanalyst, both as an individual and institutionally. Studies are presented demonstrating the inherent human neuro-cognitive changes in the aging process that need to be considered since they require professional ethical care of the individual in the exercise of their work and also from the psychoanalytic institution in which they are inserted, given that such changes and limitations will, at some point, determine the professional’s decision to retire. The author notes that, despite the considerable variation of limitations to the exercise of the profession arising from aging, this topic has been a taboo and needs to be confronted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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On the basis of an overview of Spanish words for exclusion and discrimination, we present lists of protected characteristics in Spanish anti-discrimination law. This builds the ground for discussing (anti-)discrimination issues in Spanish lexicography, exemplified, first, by the emblematic controversy about the inclusion, or exclusion, of the expression judiada ('dirty trick') in the Dictionary of the Real Academia Española. We go on, then, to analyze and discuss the history of the article raza in Spanish lexicography, and the use of raza in lexicographic definitions of the latest edition of the Dictionary. Our comparative analysis shows that raza is predominantly used for describing (post-)colonial issues related to the raza negra. Although being a highly controversial topic, definition analysis shows that speaking of raza doesn't seem to be taboo in "official" Spanish lexicography, nor does etnia represent a term that could, or should, replace raza in lexicographic definitions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Los instrumentistas son un grupo social que se ve afectado por múltiples enfermedades y afecciones a nivel físico, psicológico y emocional debido al tipo de actividad que desarrollan, estando sometidos a una gran presión, búsqueda de la perfección y realizando un trabajo repetitivo. Muchas de estas dolencias son reconocidas y se consideran comunes, pero la distonía focal todavía es territorio inexplorado, afectando cada vez a más intérpretes y siendo calificada como un tema tabú en este contexto. Dependiendo del instrumento afecta a unas partes del cuerpo u otras, viéndose afligidos los músicos de viento metal sobre todo a nivel de embocadura. Esta investigación pretende dar a conocer la enfermedad a nivel médico, histórico y social para desterrar mitos, adquirir conocimientos sobre la misma e investigar posibles caminos de actuación desde diferentes perspectivas.

Celem artykułu jest ukazanie znaczenia edukacji aksjomoralnej w procesie budowania ładu społecznego w tak zwanej epoce ponowoczesnej. Konieczność utrzymania ładu społecznego i kultury moralnej jest niezbędnym warunkiem życia społecznego, gdyż jest on wpisany w naturę człowieka. Niepokojące tendencje do podważania fundamentu tego ładu, które przejawiają się w rozchwianiu aksjologiczno-moralnym, skłaniają do jego ochrony, także poprzez wychowanie do wartości, które ten ład budują i zapewniają jego stabilność, przewidywalność i ciągłość, a są nimi między innymi: religia, tabu, dialog, wspólnota, pamięć. Stąd postulat szczególnej ochrony i obrony tych wartości.

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The conceptualization of taboo within international relations (IR)—that is, what we understand to be taboo—is inadequate. Specifically, current analysis fails to sufficiently distinguish between taboo and non-taboo forms of prohibitory norm, where this failure often facilitates a tendency (explicit or implicit) to comprehend the concept primarily in terms of actor compliance with a taboo in question. This understanding is shown here to be analytically unrepresentative and that it sets unrealistic expectations for actor behavior, especially where those expectations are then employed as the foundation of quantifiable conceptual comprehension and study within IR. In response to this critical need for a new understanding of taboo relevant to IR, the article constructs an original analytic model based on disgust, stigmatization, and fetishization. The article additionally outlines the conceptual and methodological implications of adopting this new model, including where it subsequently demonstrates that taboos are more prevalent and more influential than certain sectors of the IR discipline have previously given them credit for. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The symbolic nature of taboo is examined as a container that differentiates developmental stages between the social values order/disorder through a ritual, liminal process of separating order as clean/blessed/safety and disorder as polluted/disassociated/risky. Unconscious/conscious taboos embody that perilous journey across margins in rites of passage and their emotional value and intensity in the form of symptomology varies cross-culturally. Two clinical cases are presented to illustrate the influence of taboo on obsessive compulsions and anorexia nervosa. Particular attention is given as to whether dirt as disorder/rubbish can be recycled at the margins between safety and risk and value redistributed to the intrapsychic and psychosocial anomalous bits and pieces that are discarded as rubbish., (© 2024 The Society of Analytical Psychology.)

The paper examines the taboo of failure in pedagogy and argues that this taboo is just as complex and contradictory as it is necessary for the discipline. It explores how failure is discussed in pedagogical theory and practice and which forms of speaking about pedagogical failure are tabooed. The article does not advocate for breaking the taboo, but rather for working through it. It emphasizes that pedagogical action always goes hand in hand with broken intention and that failure is a unique characteristic of educational science. Failure is considered an important pedagogical experience that opens up spaces for reflection. Approaches are discussed on how to promote a culture of mistakes and a serious engagement with failure in learning and educational processes. It is emphasized that educational science should thoroughly address the taboo of failure. [Extracted from the article]

The article "Totem and Taboo of Inclusive Education" is based on Sigmund Freud's work on the psychodynamics of taboo and examines the compulsive nature of cultural change as politically affirmed by activists and scientists in the field of inclusive education. The analysis focuses particularly on feelings of guilt (for excluding others) as well as ambivalences in the (Oedipal) transference relationship to the father as a representative of privileges and power. The article examines the role of taboo and compulsive dynamics in cultural development and relates them to inclusive education. It is pointed out that moralization and forced inclusion can lead to defense mechanisms against guilt and potentially have opposite effects. [Extracted from the article]

The text presents a new approach to the Memoir from the Warsaw Uprising by Miron Białoszewski – an analysis from the perspective of anality. The article suggests that wartime suspends the usual taboo of the “privatisation of shit,” and public toilets in shelters become new “agoras,” a function which they used to perform in antiquity. Białoszewski’s quasi-anthropological account of the Uprising actually mentions toilets and the organisation of physiological life in every new place to which he and his company move during the period of two months. War is anal because it is a mass production of “waste” (corpses). However, the most important scene also connects anality to writing poetry by two young gay poets. This scene, here called Urszene, is analysed as a desublimation of homosexuality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Is the way to conceive and develop the uses of argument in an ad for an antiwrinkle cream, a luxury product, a washing machine, a mobile phone, a computer, a perfume, a sanitary towel or a condom essentially the same or different? How does advertising reason? Does the taboo have any repercussion on the argumentative strategies used by advertisers when promoting a product? In order to answer these questions, we will focus on the arguments used in advertising as a whole and particularly on those normally used for some uncomfortable products (or 'unmentionable' ones) such as feminine hygiene products (sanitary towels and tampons) and prophylactics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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