The destructive establishment in groups

In this article I apply the concept of the internal establishment proposed by Hoggett (1998) composed of the positive and destructive narcissistic elements to group therapy. Hoggett’s concept extends the notions of ‘Me-ness’ put forward by Lawrence (Lawrence et.al., 1996) into positive and negative component parts. Clinical examples illustrate the rapidity with which such destructive narcissistic elements appear. This structure likely exists in all groups and this is an initial attempt to distinguish the distinctive dynamics of creative and destructive groups.

ECG Predictors for New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Within a Year After Radiofrequency Ablation of Counterclockwise-Rotating Atrial Flutter

Background: New-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) after ablation of typical atrial flutter (AFL) is not rare. This study aimed to investigate the predictive value of electrocardiographic parameters on new-onset AF post-typical AFL ablation.Methods: A total of 158 consecutive patients (79.1% males, mean age 57.8 ± 14.3 years) with typical AFL were enrolled between January 2012 and August 2017 in this single-center study. Patients with a history of AF before ablation were excluded. ECGs during sinus rhythm (SR) and AFL were collected. The duration of the negative component of flutter wave in lead II (DFNII), proportion of the DFNII of the total circle length of AFL (DFNII%), amplitude of the negative component of flutter wave in lead II (AFNII), duration (DPNV1), and amplitude (APNV1) of negative component of the P wave in lead V1, and P wave duration in lead II (DPII) during sinus rhythm were measured.Results: During a median follow-up of 26.9 ± 11.8 months, 22 cases (13.9%) developed new-onset AF. DFNII was significantly longer in patients with new-onset AF compared to patients without AF (114.7 ± 29.6 ms vs. 82.7 ± 12.8 ms, p < 0.0001). AFNII was significantly lower (0.118 ± 0.034 mV vs. 0.168 ± 0.051 mV, p < 0.0001), DPII (144.21 ± 23.77 ms vs. 111.46 ± 14.19 ms, p < 0.0001), and DPNV1 was significantly longer (81.07 ± 16.87 ms vs. 59.86 ± 14.42 ms, p < 0.0001) in patients with new-onset AF. In the multivariate analysis, DFNII [odds ratio (OR), 1.428; 95% CI, 1.039–1.962; p = 0.028] and DPII (OR, 1.429; 95% CI, 1.046–1.953; p = 0.025) were found to be independently associated with new-onset AF after typical AFL ablation.Conclusion: Parameters representing left atrial activation time under both the SR and AFL were independently associated with new-onset AF post-typical AFL ablation and may be useful in risk prediction, which needs to be confirmed by further prospective studies.

PREDICATES OF COERCION AS A MEANS OF CATEGORICAL EXPRESSION OF WILL IN THE SEMANTIC-SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH SENTENCE

The article highlights the semantics of coercion predicates as one of the main means of expressing debitive modality (along with the modality of expediency, obligation, necessity, compulsion and inevitability). Predicates of coercion, in our opinion, contain in their structure the modal component of ‘will’, as one of the main modal meanings. Coercion is analyzed as a predetermined need to act contrary to smb’s own will or desire. The main means of expressing coercion semantics is the predicate to force. All coercion predicates denote the forced action of different intensity, that is, there is a semantic differentiation of coercion predicates. They are characterized by a negative connotation, since the action is undesirable, forced for the subject, contrary to their interests, will. The negative component is a constituent part of the semantics of coercion predicates. The predicates of coercion are closely related to predicates of compulsion. Thus, the predicates of coercion to constrain, to compel and to oblige can denote both the situations of coercion and compulsion. In addition, in sentences with causative verbs of coercion like to force, the positional structure differs from the one where the predicate is the modal verbs to have to, to be to. This is due to the fact that in constructions with the objective infinitive, more than one situation is explicated.

Neural correlates of pride and joy recognition in early childhood

I investigated neural processing during the recognition of pride and joy in early childhood using the event-related potential (ERP) technique. Electroencephalography recording was taken of 21 children aged between 4 and 6 years. They were shown photographs of familiar peers and strangers whose facial expressions displayed the emotion of either pride or joy. ERPs were recorded for the children's judgment of the expression of these two emotions when an image was presented. The results demonstrate that the neural dynamics during children's recognition of pride and joy involve three stages: The early negative component is spontaneously responsive to familiar faces, the midlatency negative central component is responsive to expression of familiar faces, and the late positive component marks greater extended processing of an expression of pride. These findings provide new insight into the neural mechanism of pride and joy recognition in children aged 4 to 6 years.

FORMALIZATION OF SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

The article is the first in a series of articles, united by a single theme of improving the organization of the country's security management system. The article is limited to the general principles of the organization of security management of the country. It is proposed to divide all activities and values of the country into three types of potentials, which are characterized by quantitative or objective formal parameters and provide for different types of management influences; describe with potentials the current, target, forecast state of the country and allowable limitations of potentials. It is proposed to divide the components of complex parameters into three groups: positive potentials, which should be increased, negative potentials, which should be reduced, and passive potentials, which are not formalized or the relation to which is not defined. Of these components, positive and negative components have an impact on decision-making. The passive component can eventually be transformed into a positive or negative component. Examples of application of the offered approach are resulted.

Dust-Fraction of Granites, Migmatites, Marbleized Limestones, Ophiocalcites as a Carrier of Nanosized Dust Particles

In this work, we will discuss the study the dispersed composition stone dust such industrial objects as deposits migmatites, granites, marbleized limestone and ophiocalcites. The dust-like fraction the listed rocks is considered and evaluated as a micro-sized and nanosized component their structure formation. The main regularities of the formation nano- and microdust particles have been determined by the method membrane filtration. The most promising feature membrane filtration for the separation of professional (stone) dust mining quarries has been developed, which must be taken into account when developing a technology for processing raw materials, when separating particles into fractions for further use in the production the final product, when standardizing and qualitatively assessing the effect a nanosized fraction on the human body and environment. As a result the experiments carried out, the dispersed composition the rocks extracted at the quarries raw materials in the Irkutsk region was analyzed. The percentage particles with dimensions from 0.05 to 10 microns in the studied samples of professional dust was determined. The presence nanosized particles in them was confirmed, which, in turn, are the carrier a negative component, which can be considered from the point view industrial safety and health protection miners as a factor in the development such occupational diseases.

Teachers' Interventions to In-Person Bullying and Cyberbullying Situations

This dissertation comprises five chapters, and it is an article-based format that studies teachers’ needs and characteristics regarding bullying intervention. It is divided into two phases that are explained through the different chapters. Chapter One explains the problem's overall background and provides an introduction to the three papers presented in the next chapters. Chapter Two presents the First Phase of the dissertation, which provided information about teachers’ knowledge, concerns, and practice regarding bullying. Findings demonstrate that Idaho education professionals need training and resources to help them intervene appropriately, especially with cyberbullying. Chapter Three focuses on the following potential teachers’ characteristics affecting their likelihood of intervention: Perceived seriousness of the bullying situation, empathy towards victim, and self-efficacy to influence misbehaviors. The findings regarding this last characteristic have been controversial since different studies found contrast findings regarding its significance influencing teachers’ likelihood of intervention. The current research found that the seriousness and empathy were predictors for teachers’ intervention in both in-person bullying and cyberbullying in Idaho and the Basque Country, but teachers’ self-efficacy does not predict teachers’ intervention. Chapter Four introduces a new characteristic: teachers’ sexism, which appears to be a negative component for the bullying intervention. The higher the sexist attitude, the less bullying intervention. Finally, Chapter Five summarizes the three articles presented in this dissertation and provides overall conclusions.

The Consistency Effects of the Clean Metaphor of Moral Concept and Dirty Metaphor of Immoral Concept

Morality is clean, while immorality is dirty, and these metaphors use concrete clean and dirty experiences to express moral and immoral concepts; specifically, they are the clean metaphor of moral concept and dirty metaphor of immoral concept. The present study used event-related potentials (ERPs) to explore the consistency effects of the clean metaphor of moral concept and dirty metaphor of immoral concept, the experiment recorded the reaction times (RTs) and ERP waves in a metaphor consistency condition and a metaphor inconsistency condition. The behavioral results showed that the RTs in the metaphor consistency condition were significantly faster than the RTs in the metaphor inconsistency condition. The ERP results showed that the P300, N400, and late negative component (LNC) amplitudes were higher in the metaphor inconsistency condition than in the metaphor consistency condition.