Infertile Women's Perceptions Of Infertility: A Phenomenological Study Based On Metaphor Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurcan Kirca ◽  
Aslı Sis Celik
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Process ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Professional Culture ◽  
Lottery Ticket ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Women’S Perceptions ◽  
As Stress ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Backround: Infertility is an increasing health problem which affects 10-15% of couples across the world. Infertility can cause various psychosocial problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, social isolation and stigmatization during the diagnosis and treatment process. Objective: The study was designed to reveal what kinds of cognitive images (metaphors) women produce in defining infertility, why they produce them and whether the metaphors produced by them differ depending on their professional culture. Methods: This study is a qualitative research carried out based on metaphor analysis in phenomenology design. The study was conducted with 15 participants. The data were collected by the researcher between May-July 2019. Results: The metaphors revealed by participants on what infertility meant to them, according to their Professional culture, included dry and fruitless tree, a defective human, cube, cactus and rose, empty tin can, hope and snowdrop, orzo, parasite, national lottery ticket, stock market, figures, surprise egg, bird, a slowly filled lake, and a disease that is very difficult to treat for infertility. Conclusion: Metaphors reflect the beliefs, values and norms of individuals. According to the findings, we can understand and comment infertile women’s perceptions on infertility and what the infertility means for them.

EXPLORING THE INTERNAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE ORGANIZATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
Venelin Terziev ◽  
Marin Georgiev
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
Professional Culture ◽  
Social Revolution ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scientific Technical ◽  
The Subject

The subject of this article is the genesis of the professional culture of personnel management. The last decades of the 20th century were marked by various revolutions - scientific, technical, democratic, informational, sexual, etc. Their cumulative effect has been mostly reflected in the professional revolution that shapes the professional society around the world. This social revolution has global consequences. In addition to its extensive parameters, it also has intensive ones related to the deeply-rooted structural changes in the ways of working and thinking, as well as in the forms of its social organization. The professional revolutions in the history of Modern Times stem from this theory.Employees’ awareness and accountability shall be strengthened. The leader must be able to formulate and bring closer to the employees the vision of the organization and its future goal, to which all shall aspire. He should pay attention not to the "letter" but to the "spirit" of this approach.

scholarly journals Investigating Prospective Social Studies Teachers’ Perceptions of European Union through Metaphor Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
İsmail Hakan Akgün
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
The Eu

The purpose of this study is to investigate metaphors developed by social studies teacher candidates about the European Union. 185 second, third and fourth year social studies teacher candidates participated in the study. This study was designed as a phenomenological study and matephor analysis was conducted. At the end of the study, the students developed 168 metaphors about the European Union. The metaphors developed by the students were grouped into 4 categories after coding and extracting phases. The categories were (1) a religious community, (2) a seemingly powerful but decadent formation, (3) a powerful formation and (4) does anything for its own interest. It was determined in the study that the students perceived the EU mostly as a powerful formation (36.14%), followed by a religious community (34.33%), does anything for its own interest (20.48%) and a seemingly powerful but decadent formation (8.43%).

scholarly journals Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Resilience of Medical Students Worldwide during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Abdullah Sarkar ◽  
Ahmad Ozair
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Clinical Learning ◽  
Clinical Rotations ◽  
Clinical Phase ◽  
Advisory Boards ◽  
The World ◽  
Clinical Curriculum ◽  
Laboratory Training ◽  
Anxiety Depression

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted medical education worldwide. While healthcare professionals labored to ensure proper care for COVID-19 patients, medical students suffered from high rates of anxiety, uncertainty, burnout, and depressive symptoms. Whilst students in the pre-clinical phase of education faced disruption of didactic lectures and laboratory training, senior medical students faced uncertainty regarding their clinical rotations and internships, which are vital for practical exposure to healthcare. Several studies across the world demonstrated that clinical learning was significantly affected, with students in many countries completely cut off from in-person rotations. The disruption of the clinical curriculum coupled with a sense of failure to contribute at a time of significant need often led to despair. Reforms proposed and/or implemented by governments, medical advisory boards, medical schools, and other administrative bodies were felt to be insufficient by the medical student fraternity at large. Consequently, these students continue to face high rates of anxiety, depression, and a general sense of cynicism. In this student-authored perspective, we highlight the challenges faced by and the psychological impact on medical students directly or indirectly from the pandemic.

The nature of domains and the relationships between them in metaphorization

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 342-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksander Szwedek
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Ontological Status ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Source Domain ◽  
The World ◽  
Ultimate Source ◽  
Physical Objects ◽  
Objective Being

In 2011 I proposed a new approach to metaphor analysis and typology, based on the strict distinction between the material and phenomenological worlds. I concluded that the ultimate source domain (experiential basis) is the world of physical objects. The present paper develops these ideas, presenting a more detailed analysis of each of the metaphor types. Thus, I claim that the concrete-to-concrete metaphors are based on metonymy and abstract-to-concrete on the OBJECT schema. Abstract-to-abstract metaphorization falls into two traditional types: structural and orientational metaphors. As to the former, I show that the vague expressions “more concrete domain” or “more abstract domain” can be made clearer by considering the ontological status of the component elements of the domain: the “more concrete” domain has more elements of physical ontology. Orientational metaphors have been found to be only superficially orientational, their true objective being valuation. I conclude that all these metaphor types eventually refer to the world of physical objects for their experiential basis.

The efficiency of the Ponseti method in relapsing forms of congenital clubfoot

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
Khushnud Khusainovich Rustamov ◽  
Dilmurod Ruzimetovich Ruzibaev ◽  
Otaboy Zokirovich Niyozmetov ◽  
Rasuldzhon Kalandarovich Rakhimov ◽  
Timur Bulatovich Minasov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Standard ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
Ponseti Method ◽  
Congenital Clubfoot ◽  
Anterior Tibial Muscle ◽  
Anterior Tibial ◽  
The World ◽  
The Disabled

In the last decade, the Ponseti method has been recognized by most orthopedists around the world as the gold standard for clubfoot treatment. However, the efficiency of the Ponseti method in relapsing forms of congenital clubfoot in children has been under-examined. We analyzed 103 patients with relapsing clubfoot, aged 1 to 9 years, who were treated at the National Center of Rehabilitation and Prosthetics of the Disabled from 2017 to 2019. These patients had a relapse with typical clubfoot contractures without multiplanar deformity of the feet. The treatment process consisted in the application of the method of I. Ponseti for all patients; if indicated, transplantation of the tendon of the anterior tibial muscle was performed.

Therapist with PNES, USA

2020 ◽  
pp. 282-286
Author(s):  
Markus Reuber ◽  
Gregg H. Rawlings ◽  
Steven C. Schachter
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Epileptic Seizures ◽  
Mental Health Disorders ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
The World ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Health Disorders ◽  
Anxiety Depression

This chapter examines the personal experience of a Therapist with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES). As a Therapist in private practice, the Therapist strongly believed that to end the stigma of mental health conditions, she needed to own her own mental health disorders. The Therapist could not sit across from her clients every day and tell them not to be ashamed of their debilitating Anxiety, Depression, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and yet hide her own mental illness from the world. As such, the therapist spoke openly on social media about mental health and her own journey, and the Therapist shared positive messages about the disorders she treated—that is, until the therapist’s own experience crossed over from the garden variety “Anxiety and Depression” that she saw every day into a much less widely known disorder, PNES. Then, the Therapist became less of a Therapist and more of a patient, trying to maintain some sort of sanity and perspective afforded to her from her years of training as a therapist.

Commercialization of Pressurized Electroosmotic Dehydrator (PED)

1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 259-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kondoh ◽  
M. Hiraoka
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
Waste Water Treatment ◽  
Filter Press ◽  
Carbon Electrodes ◽  
Water Treatment Process ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time ◽  
Scanning Electron

Application of electroosmosis to conventional filter press dehydrators has been studied to decrease water content in the sludge generated from waste water treatment process. Experiments realized the reduction of water content in the biological excess activated sludge down to 50-60%, which had never been achieved by the conventional dewatering method. The new method has been commercialized by pre-concentration of the excess activated sludge, addition of electrolyte, and development of special carbon electrodes. Moreover, observation using a scanning electron microscope enabled us to demonstrate the suitability of the PED process to the excess activated sludge. The newly-developed dehydrators and processes have been operating successfully at three commercial plants for the first time in the world.

scholarly journals Living beyond the Unanticipated Sudden Death of a Partner: A Phenomenological Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin L. Rodger ◽  
Patricia Sherwood ◽  
Moira O'Connor ◽  
Gavin Leslie
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
The World

This research project explored grief and its impact upon men and women who have experienced the sudden and unanticipated death of his or her partner. It included what grief meant to them, how it was manifested in his or her everyday lives and how his or her partner's death had impacted upon his or her relationship with themselves, with others and the world. A Husserlian phenomenological approach was used to explore the experiences of the ten women and five men whose partner had died up to five years prior to being interviewed. The need for the surviving partner to continue to participate in everyday life placed great strain upon the internal resources of the surviving partner. The surviving partner needed to reinvent him or herself, in an attempt to become independent and regain functionality, whilst dealing with the sadness and loss that they had experienced. The surviving partner discovered that a new life order emerged that included hope, optimism, planning for the future and perhaps the prospect of a new relationship. The death of a partner left the surviving partner with a loss that would always be a part of them, with the memories of his or her relationship being maintained within them that will never be replaced by somebody else. The results of this research project reinforce the need for ongoing education of the community in grief and bereavement issues in order to increase the awareness of the support needs of the bereaved person. The length of time and amount of energy required to incorporate the experience into the survivor's life, is greatly underestimated by the community, and perhaps by some of the health and caring professionals. Colonial and hospital based bereavement support services need to be established and be proactive using outreach programs, actively offering the suddenly bereaved partner and family support and information.

A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF BIOLOGY IN A SWEDISH COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Sages ◽  
Piotr Szybek
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Transcendental Phenomenology ◽  
Comprehensive School ◽  
School Subject ◽  
School Knowledge ◽  
The World

AbstractA text written by a student in a Swedish comprehensive school, during a Biology test, is analyzed using a method based on Husserl's transcendental phenomenology. The method is presented in the article. The analysis results in an explicitation of horizons, which enables an access to the lifeworld (Lebenswelt) opened by the text. In this case, the interplay of school Biology (the school subject Biology) and "everyday life" is visible. The meaning constituted in the encounter with school Biology seems to lack natural science aspects. The visible aspects pertain to the bodily situatedness of a student in school and to the character of school knowledge. The world as constituted by school Biology seems to be a place of disembedded, general people where school is a place of non-learning.

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