scholarly journals How adolescents use an online question-answer (QA) service to address their mental issues

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
K Sand ◽  
G Tøndel ◽  
E Lassemo
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
The Body ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Low Threshold ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
First Time ◽  
Mental Issues

Abstract Background Ung.no is Norway’s largest information website directed at adolescents, with more than 800 000 users per month. Ung.no offers an online QA service in which 13-20-year-olds post their questions and get answers from professionals. Anonymous answers are publicly available online. Descriptive analysis of over 125 000 questions written to ung.no from 2016-2018 showed that most adolescents asked questions about body and health. Subsequent qualitative content analyses of the body-and-health-questions showed that mental health is one of the most prominent topics in the adolescents’ questions. The aim of the present study is to investigate how adolescents use the QA service to address mental issues. Methods A random selection of 360 questions - stratified by age and gender - concerning body and health were made. The questions were analysed by use of a qualitative thematic analysis with a functional textual approach, i.e. examining the questions’ linguistic functions. Results In the sample, 20 % of the questions concerned mental issues, ranging from negative feelings of sadness, fear or anger, to disorders such as psychosis and depression and grave issues such as suicidal thoughts and self-harm. Three main functions of the adolescents’ questions were identified: 1) Telling about their troubles for the first time; some of them did not ask a question in their post, they just described their feelings; 2) Asking what to do when nothing else has been of help and 3) Seeking confirmation of information they have already received from health experts, teachers, parents or friends, or read on the internet. Conclusions A low threshold service such as an anonymous QA service seems to be useful for adolescents when they need and want to tell about their mental issues or seek help, often for the first time. The outreach of the ung.no QA service is universal, and hence has great potential public health impact. Key messages Adolescents use a low threshold online QA service to address a wide range of mental problems. Adolescents use a low threshold online QA service to tell about their mental issues for the first time.

A Conversation with Aliza Shvarts

October ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 85-110
Author(s):  
Emily Apter
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
The Body ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Subject ◽  
First Time ◽  
Rape Kits ◽  
Public Exhibition ◽  
Feminist Practice

Abstract Aliza Shvarts first came to widespread attention when her Untitled [Senior Thesis] (2008), consisting of a yearlong performance of self-induced miscarriages, was declared a “fiction” by Yale University and censored from public exhibition. That controversial work was on view for the first time in New York as part of her 2020 exhibition Purported at Art in General. It frames the areas of inquiry she has continued to explore: how the body means and matters and how the subject consents and dissents. In this in-depth conversation, Emily Apter and Aliza Shvarts discuss the exhibition and a wide range of topics relevant to contemporary feminist practice and thought: the genealogy of citation; the uses of theory; speech action; rape kits; nonconsensual collaboration; queer kinship; and memes.

scholarly journals Reinterpretation of the enigmatic Ordovician genus Bolboporites (Echinodermata)

Zoosymposia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-70
Author(s):  
EMERIC GILLET ◽  
BERTRAND LEFEBVRE ◽  
VERONIQUE GARDIEN ◽  
EMILIE STEIMETZ ◽  
CHRISTOPHE DURLET ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ct Scan ◽  
Body Wall ◽  
The Body ◽  
Precise Nature ◽  
Definitive Evidence ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
First Time

Bolboporites is an enigmatic Ordovician cone-shaped fossil, the precise nature and systematic affinities of which have been controversial over almost two centuries. For the first time, a wide range of techniques (CT-scan, SEM, cathodoluminescence, XPL, UV epifluorescence, EBSD, FT-IR and XRF spectrometry) were applied to well-preserved specimens of Bolboporites from Norway and Russia. Our main finding confirms its echinoderm affinities, as shown by its stereomic microstructure and by the first definitive evidence of its monocrystalline nature. Each cone consists in a single, microporous calcitic crystal with a narrow longitudinal internal canal. These results are combined with all previous data on Bolboporites to critically discuss five alternative interpretations of this fossil, namely theca, basal cone, spine, columnal, and holdfast, respectively. The most parsimonious scenario considers Bolboporites as an isolated spine, which was articulated in life by a short biserial appendage to the body wall of an unknown echinoderm, possibly of echinozoan affinities.

scholarly journals Cadmium Induces the Activation, Concentration, and Expression of MTF-1 Protein As a Biomolecular Response of Sea Urchins Deadema setosum

Omni-Akuatika ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominggus Rumahlatu
Keyword(s):  
Protein Concentration ◽  
Sea Urchins ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Cadmium Concentration ◽  
The Body ◽  
Immunohistochemical Method ◽  
Protein Activation ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Living Organisms

Heavy metal cadmium has toxic effects in the bodies of living organisms.However, the bodies of living organisms have the ability to regulate a wide range of toxic entering the body by using biomolecular response that aims at maintaining cell homeostasis. In this research an induction of cadmium in sea urchins Deadema setosum was carried out. Cadmium was induced in 6 levels of concentration in six treatment groups of D. setosum. Each group consisted of 7 individuals.The examination of MTF-1 protein activation was carried out by immunohistochemical method, the measurement of MTF-1 protein concentration was carried out by the indirect ELISA method (Enzyme Linked Imunoasssay) and the examination of MTF-1 protein expression was carried out by western blotting method. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and One Way ANOVA followed by Duncan test 0.05 to determine the mean difference of MTF-1 protein concentration of D. setosum. The research results showed that cadmium induction activated MTF-1 characterized by the condition of liver cells of D. setosum which was brown.The higher the exposure of cadmium concentration on D. setosum, the higher the concentration of MTF-1 expressed

scholarly journals Hubungan antara Hotspot Dan Kebakaran Terhadap Timbulnya Penyakit Infeksi Saluran Pernapasan Akut (ISPA) di Kabupaten Kubu Raya, Kalimantan Barat

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-139
Author(s):  
Bambang Hero Saharjo ◽  
Denada Ramadhania
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infections ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Land Area ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender

Kalimantan is one of the Islands that often have forest and land fires where almost the entire province of Borneo ever burning. This negatively impact to the environment and human beings. This study aims to measure the correlation between distribution of hotspots as a sign of forest and land fire with the onset of Acute Respiratory Infections. In this study, was conducted a descriptive analysis on the improvement of the health impact which is limited to Acute Respiratory Infections based on age and gender. The highest amount of hotspots is in subdistrict of Sungai Raya about 144 hotspots, whereas the lowest amount of hotspots is in the Sub District of Sungai Kakap 8 hotspots. Sub-district which have the widest acreage burned was Batu Ampar sub-district which reach 5 881.46 hectares, whereas the slightest acreage burned was in subdistrict of Sungai Kakap, about 4.18 hectares have been burned. The largest amount of sufferers of ISPA patients were in district of Sungai Raya, about 11 302 patients, whereas the lowest amount of sufferers of Acute Respiratory Infections patients were in the Teluk Pakedai Sub-district that is about 1129 sufferers of Acute Respiratory Infections patients. Result of statistical analysis showed the amount of sufferers patients with the amount of Hotspots has positive correlation (r = 0.507). The value of the correlation between the amount of Acute Respiratory Infections patients with burning land area also has a positive correlation (r = 0.377). As for the correlation between the amount of hotspots with acreage burned has a positive correlation (r = 0.938). The result of R square trial obtained regression equation Y = 2 240 + 19.3 X which is not relevant to be used in determining the correlation between the increase of Acute Respiratory Infections patients with amount of hotspots. The most Patient of Acute Respiratory Infections in Kubu Raya found on classes age 1-4 years old and based on the type of gender, the difference in the amount of patients between men and women do not indicate significant differences. Key words: Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI), Forest and Land Fires, Hotspot, West Kalimantan

scholarly journals Modeling Subjective Symptoms Related to Micro-Hydrargyrism in a Population of Moroccan Dentists

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nourdine Attiya ◽  
Ayoub Filali ◽  
Rkia Fattahi ◽  
Soumia Moujane ◽  
Hamid Mazouz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Phenotype ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Dental Amalgam ◽  
Mercury Exposure ◽  
The Body ◽  
Subjective Symptoms ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Models Comparison ◽  
Dental Amalgams ◽  
Cellular Pathways

BACKGROUND፡ The ability of mercury to deposit throughout the body and alter a wide range of molecular and cellular pathways results in a polymorphic and complex clinical phenotype with over 250 possible symptoms. However, some of them are recurrently cited as evoking chronic mercury poisoning. In this light, dentists users of dental amalgams are chronically exposed to mercury so that in-depth epidemiological investigations and adapted statistical methods are required to highlight adverse effects of this exposure.METHODS: In order to study the health impact of the occupational mercury exposure in a population of liberal dentists practicing in two Moroccan regions, a list of eighteen subjective symptoms commonly associated with micro-hydrargyrism was drawn up. Then, seven statisctical models adapted to count data were fitted. Finally, three methods were used to compare their relative performance in order to choose the most appropriate one.RESULTS: The adopted logical path, from the response variable selection till models’ comparison, led us to lean towards quasi- Poisson regression as the best way to predict the number of symptoms declared by dentists according to mercury exposure.CONCLUSIONS: Interpretation of the selected model allowed us to conclude that the reduction of dental amalgam use allows the reduction of subjective symptoms related to mercury exposure.

scholarly journals Oxide minerals of Kaavi kimberlites (Finland)

2019 ◽  
pp. 36-49
Author(s):  
N. S. Azarova ◽  
A. V. Bovkun ◽  
V. K. Garanin ◽  
D. A. Varlamov ◽  
H. L. Hong
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Kimberlite Pipe ◽  
The Body ◽  
Tio2 Content ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Small Grains ◽  
Oxide Minerals ◽  
First Time

The mineralogical and petrogeochemical features of the Neoproterozoic kimberlite rocks of the Lahtojoki and Niilonsuo pipes of the Kaavi cluster (Kaavi-Kuopio, Finland) have been studied, differences in their petrogeochemical composition, quantitative and chemical composition of oxide minerals of deep (mantle) and kimberlite genesis have been revealed. The kimberlites of the pipes are moderately titanic, but the TiO2 content in the kimberlites of Niilonsuo is higher (2.11 wt.%) than in the kimberlites from the breccia of the Lahtojoki pipe (1.07 wt.%). The kimberlites of the Niilonsuo pipe also differ in higher concentrations of Fe2 O3 , Ca, P, K, Rb, V, Nb, Ba, Th, U, Ta and REE. In the Lahtojoki kimberlite breccias the main TiO2 concentrator mineral is magnesian ilmenite (13,3—15,2 wt.% MgO; 0,5—4,4 wt.% Cr2 O3 ), (macrocrysts up to 4 mm); the fine-grained matrix of rocks contains small grains of rutile, chromespinelides, Mn-ilmenite and sometimes titanomagnetite. Macrocrystals of magnesian ilmenite have been not found in the kimberlites of the Niilonsuo pipe, perovskite acts as the main mineral of titanium, and chromespinelids and titanomagnetite are less common. Long-term crystallization of relatively large (up to 200 μm) perovskite grains proceeded according to estimates using an Nb-Fe-perovskite oxybarometer under a wide range of oxygen fugacity (fо2 ) of the kimberlite melt (NNO from -3,8 to 5,1). Chromespinelids from the groundmass of kimberlite pipe rocks differ in composition, but have the same specific zonality — enrichment of Al and Mg in the edge zones of crystals, which is possibly due to the dissolution of phlogopite phenocrysts in the rising kimberlite melt. In addition to oxide minerals, djerfisherite is widely distributed in the groundmass of kimberlites of the Niilonsuo pipe, the composition of which for the rocks of the body has been described for the first time. The combination of features of oxide mineralization indicates unfavorable conditions for the preservation of diamonds during their transportation by kimberlite melt.

scholarly journals THE SERVICE ENCOUNTER IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Steven Kayambazinthu Msosa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
The Body ◽  
Service Encounter ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Negative Feelings

This paper reviews existing literature on the service encounter in higher education institutions. It aims to analyse and provide more insight on the term service encounter, identify dimensions, the types of service encounter and how the service encounter is evaluated. The service encounter (SE) is a critical aspect of the service delivery process. It is used to determine whether the service delivered has been satisfactory or dissatisfactory. Furthermore, the service encounter offers an opportunity for the service provider to demonstrate his or her ability to offer a remarkable experience. However, it has been proven that many service providers do not take advantage of the service encounter to create student satisfaction. As a result, many encounters have left marks of unpleasant and negative feelings on the student. In higher education institutions, the service encounter helps both students and academicians communicate and understand the needs of either party. This study adopted a systematic review of the literature using several academic databases. A plethora of studies on the service encounter were reviewed from several academic databases but only 50 articles published from 1984 to 2018 were cited in this study. A descriptive analysis was used to highlight the classification of the sources used, the number of articles cited in this study and the year when the articles were published. The study identified several definitions of the service encounter and also found that there are several dimensions and types of the service encounter. The divergent views that emanate from these findings stem from the fact that there is a growth in literature and the body of knowledge on the service encounter in different sectors of the economy. The findings of this study could assist academics and practitioners to have a deeper understanding of the service encounter. Such an understanding is very critical in addressing the needs of students and other stakeholders of higher education institutions. Moreover, it can help faculty members and institutional managers deal with moments of truths which if properly managed can facilitate the realisation of student expectations and ultimately, satisfaction. This study further provides a basis for future research using the available service encounter evaluation tools or instruments.

scholarly journals Experiencias y narraciones en torno al uso de tecnologías anticonceptivas (1970-2010): Una propuesta para su análisis y discusión.

2016 ◽  
pp. 125-142
Author(s):  
Marcela Ramírez Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Female Sexuality ◽  
The Body ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Biological Processes ◽  
San Jose ◽  
Gender Performativity ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Gender Constructions ◽  
And Gender

From the 1960’s on, a wide range of new contraceptive technologies began to enter the country, most of them targeted to be used by women. Fifty-five years later, what can we establish about her experiences? This paper inquires, based on the narratives from a group of nine San Jose women aged between 25 and 71, and their impressions and experiences on the use of contraception. Its use can cause side effects in users, plus biological processes produced by the intervention of chemicals in the body. It makes statetemens on power-related issues, resistance, negotiations and gender constructions in couple relationships. Their study is approached from the interpretative contributions allowed by the concepts of habitus, gender performativity and disciplinary mechanisms, to recognize the transformation and/or continuity of power relationships that develop around this particular issue, also linked with the experience of female sexuality and childbearing decisions.

DSM-5 alcohol use disorder features among treatment-seeking older adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 185-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silke Behrendt ◽  
Barbara Braun ◽  
Randi Bilberg ◽  
Gerhard Bühringer ◽  
Michael Bogenschutz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Alcohol Use Disorder ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Treatment Seeking ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Gender ◽  
International Multicenter

Abstract. Background: The number of older adults with alcohol use disorder (AUD) is expected to rise. Adapted treatments for this group are lacking and information on AUD features in treatment seeking older adults is scarce. The international multicenter randomized-controlled clinical trial “ELDERLY-Study” with few exclusion criteria was conducted to investigate two outpatient AUD-treatments for adults aged 60+ with DSM-5 AUD. Aims: To add to 1) basic methodological information on the ELDERLY-Study by providing information on AUD features in ELDERLY-participants taking into account country and gender, and 2) knowledge on AUD features in older adults seeking outpatient treatment. Methods: baseline data from the German and Danish ELDERLY-sites (n=544) were used. AUD diagnoses were obtained with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, alcohol use information with Form 90. Results: Lost control, desired control, mental/physical problem, and craving were the most prevalent (> 70 %) AUD-symptoms. 54.9 % reported severe DSM-5 AUD (moderate: 28.2 %, mild: 16.9 %). Mean daily alcohol use was 6.3 drinks at 12 grams ethanol each. 93.9 % reported binging. More intense alcohol use was associated with greater AUD-severity and male gender. Country effects showed for alcohol use and AUD-severity. Conclusion: European ELDERLY-participants presented typical dependence symptoms, a wide range of severity, and intense alcohol use. This may underline the clinical significance of AUD in treatment-seeking seniors.

Diaghilev and British Writing

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-92
Author(s):  
Susan Jones
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Responses ◽  
Literary Aesthetics ◽  
Ballets Russes ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Opening Up

This article explores the diversity of British literary responses to Diaghilev's project, emphasising the way in which the subject matter and methodologies of Diaghilev's modernism were sometimes unexpectedly echoed in expressions of contemporary British writing. These discussions emerge both in writing about Diaghilev's work, and, more discretely, when references to the Russian Ballet find their way into the creative writing of the period, serving to anchor the texts in a particular cultural milieu or to suggest contemporary aesthetic problems in the domain of literary aesthetics developing in the period. Figures from disparate fields, including literature, music and the visual arts, brought to their criticism of the Ballets Russes their individual perspectives on its aesthetics, helping to consolidate the sense of its importance in contributing to the inter-disciplinary flavour of modernism across the arts. In the field of literature, not only did British writers evaluate the Ballets Russes in terms of their own poetics, their relationship to experimentation in the novel and in drama, they developed an increasing sense of the company's place in dance history, its choreographic innovations offering material for wider discussions, opening up the potential for literary modernism's interest in impersonality and in the ‘unsayable’, discussions of the body, primitivism and gender.

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