scholarly journals A Never-ending Plight for Authentic Love

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-110
Author(s):  
Iana Carolina Maciel Franza
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Body ◽  
Character Structure ◽  
Therapeutic Setting ◽  
Theoretical Proposal

«Schiz” is a Latinized word-forming element that means split, division or cleavage. In German, the word schizoid, turned up in the 1920’s meaning «resembling schizophrenia”, from the combination of (gr.) schiz + (gr.) oeides, «like”, form eidos, form or shape. In The Betrayal of the Body, The Language of the Body, and Bioenergetics, Dr. Lowen’s works that most thoroughly teach us his views about the schizoid character structure, it becomes evident that the story of the schizoid split is a one of very early rejection and hostile hatred, culminating in profound, many times painfully misunderstood, inner torment. The following article offers some considerations about the schizoid structure illustrated by an analysis of clinical work with a client. Reflecting upon the theoretical proposal of how interaction, in this case, may be felt particularly as an oppressive inner ambivalence, this paper will present considerations about handling with a schizoid client in the therapeutic setting.

The body and subjectivity in social clinical work

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 2031
Author(s):  
Michèle Benhaim
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Body

scholarly journals Complement and Cancer—A Dysfunctional Relationship?

Antibodies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Joshua M. Thurman ◽  
Jennifer Laskowski ◽  
Raphael A. Nemenoff
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Microenvironment ◽  
Complement Activation ◽  
Tumor Biology ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Body ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Cancer Therapies ◽  
Complement Inhibitors ◽  
Cell Immunity

Although it was long believed that the complement system helps the body to identify and remove transformed cells, it is now clear that complement activation contributes to carcinogenesis and can also help tumors to escape immune-elimination. Complement is activated by several different mechanisms in various types of cancer, and complement activation fragments have multiple different downstream effects on cancer cells and throughout the tumor microenvironment. Thus, the role of complement activation in tumor biology may vary among different types of cancer and over time within a single tumor. In multiple different pre-clinical models, however, complement activation has been shown to recruit immunosuppressive myeloid cells into the tumor microenvironment. These cells, in turn, suppress anti-tumor T cell immunity, enabling the tumor to grow. Based on extensive pre-clinical work, therapeutic complement inhibitors hold great promise as a new class of immunotherapy. A greater understanding of the role of complement in tumor biology will improve our ability to identify those patients most likely to benefit from this treatment and to rationally combine complement inhibitors with other cancer therapies.

scholarly journals Embedded Based Heart Rate Measuring Device Using Fingertip

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VI) ◽  
pp. 5264-5267
Author(s):  
Lakshmi D L
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Patient Information ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Body ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
Measuring Device ◽  
Information Recovery

In this paper, we designed a device to measure a heartbeat using fingertip and we also designed to measure the body temperature. Notwithstanding, the issues that happen in wellbeing administrations is that clinical staff need quite a while to look at patients, patient information recovery is still traditional, and gear utilized as yet utilizing the link media. To tackle the issue, this proposes a pulse observing framework and internal heat level utilizing Raspberry Pi. This examination intends to calm the weight of clinical work force in observing the patient, shorten the time in taking patient data and diminish the occasion of misdiagnosis.

scholarly journals El cuerpo y su ausencia: escenario y contenido de la comunicación

2018 ◽  
pp. 261-287
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Ethical Analysis ◽  
The Body ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Theoretical Proposal

Resumen: ¿Nos comunicamos de la misma manera estando físicamente presentes que mediados por la tecnología? ¿Cómo nos relacionamos con imágenes sobre nosotros y cómo nos afecta su publicación? El cuerpo como escenario y como contenido de la comunicación. Esta investigación aborda estas dos preguntas desde tres vías: Primero, la elaboración de un contexto teórico que sitúa y enfoca desde el análisis filosófico, sociológico y ético el cuerpo como realidad poliédrica, el agenciamiento cuerpo-tecnología y una manera alternativa de entender la virtualidad. Segundo: las respuestas de los jóvenes, de edades comprendidas entre 17-24 años, a esas dos preguntas formuladas de un modo abierto y sin ningún tipo de consigna previa. Tercero: el modelo axiológico Hall-Tonna, que es tanto una propuesta teórica basada en las visiones del mundo que se albergan en 125 valores que recogen una visión holística sobre el desarrollo humano y organizativo, como una propuesta interpretativa que permite el análisis de las respuestas de los participantes. El trabajo avanza los resultados obtenidos. Palabras clave:Presencia física; imagen; tecnología; análisis de contenido. The body and its absence: setting/scenario and content of communication Abstract: Do we communicate in the same way when we are physically present than when we do it through technology? How do we relate to images about ourselves and how does the publication of those same images affect us? The body as a stage and as content of communication. This research addresses these two questions in three ways. Firstly, the elaboration of a theoretical framework that deals with the body as a polyhedral reality from the philosophical, sociological and ethical analysis, the body-technology connections and an alternative way of understanding virtuality. Secondly, young people’s answers, aged 17-24 years, to these two questions formulated in an open way and without any previous slogan. Thirdly, the Hall-Tonna axiological model. This model consists of a theoretical proposal, based on 125 values, that reflects a holistic view of the human and organizational development. Besides, it can be considered an interpretative proposal that allows the analysis of the participants’ responses. The article advances some of the results obtained in the research. Keywords:Physical Presence; Image; Technology; Content Analysis.

scholarly journals New diagnostic criteria for assessing homeostasis in patients with respiratory tuberculosis

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
O N Brazhenko ◽  
N A Brazhenko ◽  
A I Loshakova ◽  
N V Tsygan ◽  
S G Zheleznyak
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Activation Reaction ◽  
Medium Strength ◽  
General Adaptation ◽  
Pathogenetic Therapy ◽  
Qualitative Characteristics ◽  
Adaptive Reactions

The search for available informative criteria for diagnosing the state and dynamics of the homeostatic equilibrium of the organism, which began at the end of the XIXth century, continues to the present. Scientific research establishes the priorities for the study of homeostasis in the clinic and its control over the supra-segmental regulatory centers of the autonomic nervous system. The proposed functional, instrumental, immunological, biochemical and hormonal methods for evaluating it in phthisiology for various reasons, including economic ones, cannot be used fully. The modern clinic needs accessible and informative criteria for homeostasis. The theoretical basis for their development was the doctrine of the general adaptation syndrome, which revealed the reaction of «stress» to extreme irritants. The subsequent discovery of changes in the body’s homeostasis to the effect of strong, medium strength, and weak stimuli has made it possible to identify three more types of adaptation reactions: the training reaction, the activation reaction, and the re-activation reaction. At the Department of Phthisiopulmonology of the FirstSt. PetersburgStateMedicalUniversity named after Acad. I.P. Pavlov proposed and tested new diagnostic criteria for homeostasis. They were developed on the basis of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the formed elements of peripheral blood. Among them, in addition to these types of adaptive reactions of the body, leukocyte- lymphocyte index, indices of monocytogram, degree of disturbance of homeostasis and types of reactivity of the organism were introduced. These criteria allowed us to determine not only the state of homeostatic equilibrium of the organism, but also to assess the depth of its disturbance and the types of reactivity of the organism. Their use in daily clinical work provides an opportunity to monitor the course of the disease and carry out a personified correction by means of pathogenetic therapy.

scholarly journals The frequency of formation of a motivated refusal to take androgenic anabolic steroids by men with recreational activity

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 341-350
Author(s):  
Mykola P. Lykhonosov ◽  
Alina Yu. Babenko ◽  
Viktor A. Makarin ◽  
Yury  N. Fedotov
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Anabolic Steroids ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Mechanisms Of Action ◽  
The Body ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Androgenic Anabolic Steroids ◽  
The Individual

BACKGROUND: The widespread use of AAS for non-medical purposes is more than often becoming the cause of secondary hypogonadism. The study of the formation of the negative attitude towards the use of AAS among the gym visitors is quite relevant. AIMS: To identify the frequency of the formation of a motivated refusal to continue taking androgenic anabolic steroids among men who voluntarily declared their use. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 44 men, all users of AAS. There has been estimated the effectiveness of the clinical examination: how ready they were to disclose information about the use of AAS (drugs, doses, regimens, duration) or how much they were aware of the mechanisms of action of AAS and their effects on the body. The participants were also asked to evaluate their psychological and emotional state (on the scale Index of life satisfaction, Hamiltons depression, aggressiveness). The experience of our informational lectures on the topic Risks of using AAS prior to the selection of volunteers for research, anonymous surveys and interviews with potential participants in the clinical trial, the clinical work itself with the selected volunteers, the characteristic features of a medical history and tests that we identified were compared with clinical recommendations for hypogonadism diagnostic (domestic and foreign). RESULTS: More than 105 gym visitors responded positively to a motivated offer (free medical consultation and laboratory tests) to participate in a clinical study. Based on the results of the individual interview, 54 men (51.4%) who indicated the use of AAS signed an informed consent. 44 volunteers (41.9%) completed all stages of the study. Among them, 32 participants (72.7%) were aware of the mechanisms of action and side effects of AAS. 21 volunteers (47.7%) filled in the scales. The index of life satisfaction was determined as high, equal to 34 [29; 38] points; the index of aggressiveness was higher than the generally accepted standard and composed 27 [25; 29] points, the level of depression corresponded to a mild depressive disorder, equal to 9 [3; 12] points. Over the use of AAS 22.7% (n = 10) of the examined noted an increase in aggressiveness, which they themselves associated with the use of steroids. The clinical symptoms of hypogonadism (decreased libido, erectile dysfunction) after the cancellation of AAS were indicated by 25% (n = 11) of the volunteers and that was one of the reasons they continued to use anabolics. 31.8% (n = 14) of the participants were ready to completely stop using the steroids. CONCLUSIONS: Individual informational interviews aimed at providing knowledge about the negative effects of steroids on the body motivated the desire to stop using them amongst 31.8% of AAS users. The obtained data points out to a developed AAS addiction which requires the involvement of psychiatrists to get rid of it.

Embodied Grief: Bereaved Parents' Narratives of Their Suffering Body

2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Gudmundsdottir
Keyword(s):  
Coping Style ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sudden Unexpected Death ◽  
Psychological Pain ◽  
Maladaptive Coping ◽  
Unexpected Death ◽  
Bereaved Parents ◽  
The Many

Experiences and symptoms emanating from the bereaved person's body are commonly considered to be psychosomatic reactions to loss. The lingering of such experiences is thought to reflect a maladaptive coping style that needs to be addressed to access the psychological pain underlying the symptoms. In this interpretive, phenomenological study of 15 family members in seven families who lost a child to sudden, unexpected death, stories of embodied grief are explored to further understand the grieving body. The findings of this study illuminate the many ways parents experience their grieving body and they underscore the importance of witnessing and acknowledging stories of the body in clinical work with bereaved parents who are learning to live in a world without their beloved child.

Towards a Prosthetic Archaeology

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-352
Author(s):  
Monika Stobiecka
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Technology ◽  
The Body ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Main Category ◽  
Advertising Campaign ◽  
Global Problems ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
Digital Methods ◽  
Technological Improvements ◽  
Theoretical Proposal

Prosthetic archaeology is a theoretical proposal for a materially oriented digital practice. It is based on a critical approach to implementing the latest technologies in archaeology. Drawing from the philosophy of technology and prosthetic studies, this project offers a more critical and meaningful understanding of digital methods in archaeology. The main interpretative figure is the verb “to prostheticize.” Thus, prosthetic archaeology is not solely about prostheses — technological improvements understood as supplements. Rather, it is about the processes of “prostheticizing” archaeology, brought on by the digital turn in “the discipline of things.” A verbal understanding of this main category and its processual potential allows for a technological prosthesis to function as an active addition that does, makes, transforms, refers, evokes, (re)constructs, and generates meanings. The concept of prosthetic archaeology is illustrated with a discussion of the “Body Can’t Wait” advertising campaign organized in Paris, March 2018, where ancient and neoclassical sculptures were equipped with 3D-printed artificial limbs. Inspired by an advertising campaign that uses technology to raise social awareness and engage in current global problems, prosthetic archaeology may offer a prefigurative blueprint for a future, radical archaeology.

scholarly journals The hyperphagic experience in obesity: a phenomenological study of French and Brazilian contexts

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas BLOC ◽  
Juniana de Almeida Mota RAMALHO ◽  
Virginia MOREIRA
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Body ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
Critical Position

Abstract This article aims to understand the hyperphagic experience in the obesity of patients in the French and Brazilian contexts. Using the critical phenomenological method, twenty subjects were interviewed in health services in Paris and in Fortaleza. We note an objectification and expropriation of the body often experienced in the hyperphagic experience in obesity. We highlight the emphasis on health in the French context and on form and aesthetics in the Brazilian context. In Fortaleza, there seems to be a more evidenced discrimination in relation to obesity and a pathological discourse, whereas in Paris this pathologization is viewed from a critical position regarding the treatments. We conclude that the hyperphagic experience in obesity reveals a subject who is often lost in his/her way of being and having a body, and that clinical work must involve the re-appropriation of this body and the recovery of the condition of the autonomous subject.

The body and subjectivity in social clinical work

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 311a
Author(s):  
Michèle Benhaim
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Body
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