scholarly journals Between Don Quixote and Hamlet: vicissitudes of contemporary Cultural Psychiatry

Salud Mental ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-48
Author(s):  
Renato D Alarcón ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Don Quixote ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Research Interest ◽  
Cultural Psychiatry ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Humanistic Medicine ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Intense Debate ◽  
A Current

Background. Although Cultural Psychiatry (CP) has emerged as a significant discipline and body of knowledge in recent decades, it finds itself in a current intense debate about its identity, its contributions, and its future. Objective. To examine conflictive areas of historical, epistemological, clinical, educational, and research interest in the present and future development of CP. Method. A narrative review of outstanding sources, articles, and textbooks on CP that reflect its current vicissitudes; for each area, adequate quotations of Cervantes’ Don Quixote and Shakespeare’s Hamlet are used. Results. In addition to updating definitions and content, discussions about whether CP is a psychiatric subspecialty, the scope of its diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic applications, evaluation of criticisms and strengths, interactions with other disciplines, as well as reflective speculations about its future, are outlined. Discussion and conclusion. CP is considered the receptacle of many disciplines, the last bastion of humanistic medicine in a globalized world, although its development will always be marked by scholarly debates about contexts, meanings, identities, and competencies regarding its ontological and epistemological components.

scholarly journals Heterokairy: a significant form of developmental plasticity?

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 20160509 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. Rundle ◽  
J. I. Spicer
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Developmental Plasticity ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Adaptive Significance ◽  
Research Interest ◽  
Adaptive Plasticity ◽  
Comparative Embryology ◽  
A Current

There is a current surge of research interest in the potential role of developmental plasticity in adaptation and evolution. Here we make a case that some of this research effort should explore the adaptive significance of heterokairy, a specific type of plasticity that describes environmentally driven, altered timing of development within a species. This emphasis seems warranted given the pervasive occurrence of heterochrony, altered developmental timing between species, in evolution. We briefly review studies investigating heterochrony within an adaptive context across animal taxa, including examples that explore links between heterokairy and heterochrony. We then outline how sequence heterokairy could be included within the research agenda for developmental plasticity. We suggest that the study of heterokairy may be particularly pertinent in (i) determining the importance of non-adaptive plasticity, and (ii) embedding concepts from comparative embryology such as developmental modularity and disassociation within a developmental plasticity framework.

Adherence to the Internal Audit Core Principles and Threats to Internal Audit Function Effectiveness

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher G Calvin
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Internal Auditors ◽  
The Core ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Internal Audit Function ◽  
Lower Likelihood ◽  
Practitioner Survey ◽  
The Impact

I investigate the impact that adherence to the Institute of Internal Auditors' Core Principles has on the likelihood that an internal auditor's effectiveness is threatened through pressure to modify valid audit findings. I use responses from the Institute of Internal Auditors' 2015 Common Body of Knowledge Practitioner Survey to show that higher adherence to the Core Principles by both internal audit staff and CAEs is associated with a lower likelihood of being pressured to modify audit findings. I also explore which of the ten Core Principles are dominant in explaining these associations to inform the future development of the internal audit profession. Finally, I investigate the sources of pressure to modify audit findings and explore the effect the Core Principles have in mitigating pressure from each source. My findings are relevant to the Institute of Internal Auditors, internal audit practitioners, and academics interested in internal audit or corporate governance.

scholarly journals History of Contemporary Cultural Psychiatry in Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-533
Author(s):  
Ruohollah Seddigh ◽  
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Somayeh Azarnik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Cultural Psychiatry ◽  
History Of ◽  
Made In

Cultural psychiatry is one of the relatively new trends in psychiatry that has received much attention today. During the last century, many Iranian psychiatrists have taken steps to introduce various aspects of cultural psychiatry from the field of epidemiology to the cultural conceptualization of psychiatric disorders. This narrative review article tries to refer to the history of contemporary cultural psychiatry and the efforts have been made in this field by Iranian psychiatrists between 1936 and 2019. It seems that the introduction of these efforts as educational resources to residents and students can help to further explain and develop this area and a deeper understanding of psychiatric disorders. However, there are still shortcomings in documenting, compiling, and integrating these services, which require special attention from researchers in this field.

scholarly journals Neuroplasticity in Spinal Trauma: A Current Narrative Review of Treatments

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 91-107
Author(s):  
Vinicius Benatti Freire ◽  
Lucas Cressoni de Souza ◽  
Mario Henrique de Lima Martinelli ◽  
Leonardo Moysés Sacchi ◽  
Thales Andolfo de Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Review ◽  
Spinal Trauma ◽  
A Current

Trans-Arctic Interactions and Cross-Country Collaboration

2019 ◽  
pp. 55-78
Author(s):  
Bistra Vassileva
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
The Third ◽  
Arctic State ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Intensive Development

The Arctic gains an increasing geopolitical importance in the globalized world. The region provides a lot of opportunities especially due to the global warming and intensive development of digital technology but at the same time, it poses extreme challenges. The chapter starts with a literature review on interactions, relationships, networks and their implications on trans-Arctic collaborations. The first section begins by exploring how each Arctic state deals with the opportunities and challenges of the region. The second section describes the evolution of trans-Arctic relations. In the third section, market connections between the Arctic states, the importance of establishing a predictable regulatory framework, knowledge and data exchange, broadband penetration, and use of traditional indigenous knowledge to stimulate sustainable long-term trans-Arctic interactions are analyzed. The chapter ends with conclusions and recommendations aimed at the future development of trans-Arctic interactions with a focus on global intervention policies and strategies in the region.

scholarly journals Unravelling the Photoprotective Mechanisms of Nature-Inspired Ultraviolet Filters Using Ultrafast Spectroscopy

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (17) ◽  
pp. 3945
Author(s):  
Temitope T. Abiola ◽  
Abigail L. Whittock ◽  
Vasilios G. Stavros
Keyword(s):  
Uv Radiation ◽  
Computational Methods ◽  
Ultrafast Spectroscopy ◽  
Relaxation Mechanism ◽  
Research Interest ◽  
Uv Filters ◽  
Future Design ◽  
The Future ◽  
Current Research Interest ◽  
A Current

There are several drawbacks with the current commercially available ultraviolet (UV) filters used in sunscreen formulations, namely deleterious human and ecotoxic effects. As a result of the drawbacks, a current research interest is in identifying and designing new UV filters. One approach that has been explored in recent years is to use nature as inspiration, which is the focus of this review. Both plants and microorganisms have adapted to synthesize their own photoprotective molecules to guard their DNA from potentially harmful UV radiation. The relaxation mechanism of a molecule after it has been photoexcited can be unravelled by several techniques, the ones of most interest for this review being ultrafast spectroscopy and computational methods. Within the literature, both techniques have been implemented on plant-, and microbial-inspired UV filters to better understand their photoprotective roles in nature. This review aims to explore these findings for both families of nature-inspired UV filters in the hope of guiding the future design of sunscreens.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Correlation and Forecast of CZK to EUR in the Unstable Global World

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 09007
Author(s):  
Eva Kalinová ◽  
Zuzana Rowland
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
The Exchange Rate ◽  
Global World ◽  
Globalized World

Research background: In the Czech Republic, the CZK/EUR currency pair is the most observed one not only by Czech consumers but also by Czech and foreign companies. Not only the political situation in the world and the foreign investors but also other variables have a significant influence on the CZK. Purpose of the article: The aim of this paper is to analyse the development of the CZK/EUR exchange rate, to perform a correlation analysis of the CZK/EUR currency pair and to forecast its future development in today’s unstable global world affected by the Coronavirus pandemics. Methods: In order to fulfil the aim of the paper, the data of the CZK/EUR currency pair from the beginning of the year 1999 to mid-June 2020 was used. The correlation analysis and the forecast of the future development of the exchange rate are performed by means of the, in today’s globalized world very promising, technology of artificial neural networks. Findings & Value added: The analysis and the forecast of the exchange rate development is based on the time series model taking the previous value of the exchange rate and its previous volatility into consideration. The strongest propulsion power for the development of the CZK/EUR exchange rate will be the market atmosphere on the world’s markets and the associated capital transfer between risk assets and safe havens. Provided, that the current situation settled down definitively and the economy returned back to its normal state, it is probable that the Czech koruna would gain some part of its significant loss back within a medium-term period.

scholarly journals Historical ESWT Paradigms Are Overcome: A Narrative Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinz Lohrer ◽  
Tanja Nauck ◽  
Vasileios Korakakis ◽  
Nikos Malliaropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Energy Intensity ◽  
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy ◽  
Lesion Size ◽  
Consensus Meeting ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Shock Wave Therapy ◽  
Extracorporeal Shock Wave ◽  
Acute Injuries ◽  
Current Perspective ◽  
A Current

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) is a conservative treatment modality with still growing interest in musculoskeletal disorders. This narrative review aims to present an overview covering 20-year development in the field of musculoskeletal ESWT. Eight historical paradigms have been identified and put under question from a current perspective: energy intensity, focus size, anesthesia, imaging, growth plates, acuteness, calcifications, and number of sessions. All paradigms as set in a historical consensus meeting in 1995 are to be revised. First, modern musculoskeletal ESWT is divided into focused and radial technology and the physical differences are about 100-fold with respect to the applied energy. Most lesions to be treated are easy to reach and clinical focusing plays a major role today. Lesion size is no longer a matter of concern. With the exception of nonunion fractures full, regional, or even local anesthesia is not helpful in musculoskeletal indications. Juvenile patients can also effectively be treated without risk of epiphyseal damage. Further research is needed to answer the question about if and which acute injuries can be managed effectively. Treatment parameters like the number of sessions are still relying on empirical data and have to be further elucidated.

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