A Cognitive Stylistic Analysis of Catharsis Used by Husseini Preachers

This study deals with catharsis as a cognitive stylistic device used to expel fear and anxiety for the sake of changing the audience toward better by preachers in Husseini discourse – Hussein is a grand Shiite Muslim leader. It aims to explicate the exploitation of catharsis by Husseini preachers and the conceptualization of such phenomenon by the audience. The study adapts the emotion model developed by Kovecses (2000); five stages are utilized: cause of the emotion, emotion, control, loss of control, and behavioral response. Twenty Husseini sermons are analyzed according to the stages of the model. Consequently, the study has come up with considerable conclusions. Chief among them are: Husseini preachers pragmatically use prosodic features to convey catharsis. A further conclusion is that catharsis is utilized by Husseini preachers as a strategy to teach the audience all the objectives of the Husseini revolution and to connect the objectives to this age for the sake of reform, using the fear that can modulate the human behavior.

Predicting students’ flow experience through behavior data in gamified educational systems

The flow experience (i.e., challenge-skill balance, action-awareness merging, clear goals, unambiguous feedback, concentration, sense of control, loss of self-consciousness, transformation of time, and autotelic experience) is an experience highly related to the learning experience. One of the current challenges is to identify whether students are managing to achieve this experience in educational systems. The methods currently used to identify students’ flow experience are based on self-reports or equipment (e.g., eye trackers or electroencephalograms). The main problem with these methods is the high cost of the equipment and the impossibility of applying them massively. To address this challenge, we used behavior data logs produced by students during the use of a gamified educational system to predict the students’ flow experience. Through a data-driven study (N = 23) using structural equation modeling, we identified possibilities to predict the students’ flow experience through the speed of students’ actions. With this initial study, we advance the literature, especially contributing to the field of student experience analysis, by bringing insights showing how to step towards automatic students’ flow experience identification in gamified educational systems.

Public safety conditions under radiological emergencies monitoring comprehensive system mobile facilities application

The article presents examples of radiological emergencies with ionizing radiation sources used in radioisotope devices. A number of measures aimed at emergency response in relation to such emergencies, including in relation to the control of the radiation situation (CRS) and its assessment, are considered. A variant of building a complex of mobile CRS tools for a comprehensive monitoring system for the state of the population protection is presented. Special attention is paid to the justification and optimization of the CRS use in situations of control loss over IRS, including technical, organizational and scientific approaches to the use of these mobile tools. In order to optimize the group integrated use of mobile CRS tools, typical radiological situations are studied in advance and rational options for the mobile CRS tools using are selected, taking into account different environmental conditions, including natural-geographical, climatic and man-made factors. The considered approaches to optimization in the use of mobile means of comprehensive systems of the public protection conditions monitoring in radiological emergencies allow, first of all, to increase the efficiency of their use and ensure the successful implementation of tasks for the prevention and elimination of such emergencies consequences.

An Image Change Detection Algorithm Based on Multi-Feature Self-Attention Fusion Mechanism UNet Network

Various UNet architecture-based image change detection algorithms promote the development of image change detection, but there are still some defects. First, under the encoder–decoder framework, the low-level features are extracted many times in multiple dimensions, which generates redundant information; second, the relationship between each feature layer is not modeled so sufficiently that it cannot produce the optimal feature differentiation representation. This paper proposes a remote image change detection algorithm based on the multi-feature self-attention fusion mechanism UNet network, abbreviated as MFSAF UNet (multi-feature self-attention fusion UNet). We attempt to add multi-feature self-attention mechanism between the encoder and decoder of UNet to obtain richer context dependence and overcome the two above-mentioned restrictions. Since the capacity of convolution-based UNet network is directly proportional to network depth, and a deeper convolutional network means more training parameters, so the convolution of each layer of UNet is replaced as a separated convolution, which makes the entire network to be lighter and the model’s execution efficiency is slightly better than the traditional convolution operation. In addition to these, another innovation point of this paper is using preference to control loss function and meet the demands for different accuracies and recall rates. The simulation test results verify the validity and robustness of this approach.

Positive Illusions: The Role of Cognitive Distortions Related to Gambling and Temporal Perspective in Chasing Behavior

Chasing, or continuing to gamble to recoup previous losses, is a behavioral marker and a diagnostic criterion for gambling disorder. Even though chasing has been recognized to play a central role in gambling disorder, research on chasing is still relatively scarce. This study first empirically investigated the interplay between cognitive distortions related to gambling, temporal perspective, and chasing behavior in a sample of habitual gamblers. Two hundred and fifty-five adults took part in the study. Participants completed the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS), the Gambling Related Cognitions Scale (GRCS), the 14-item Consideration of Future Consequences scale (CFC-14), and performed a computerized task assessing chasing behavior. Participants were randomly assigned to three experimental conditions (Control, Loss, and Win). Hierarchical logistic regression analysis showed that the decision to chase depended on scores on the CFC-14 Immediate scale and the GRCS dimensions Gambling Expectancies and Interpretative Bias. Hierarchical linear regression analysis indicated that, chasing frequency was affected by Loss condition, distortions related to gambling expectancies and predictive control, as well as by myopia for the future. Interestingly, the results of path analysis clearly indicated that some cognitions related to gambling predict chasing frequency not only directly, but also indirectly via shortened time horizon. Notably, gambling severity did not predict either the decision to chase, or the chasing persistence. These findings provide further evidence that nonchasers and chasers seem to belong to two quite distinct subtypes of gamblers. Such a difference could be useful for targeting more effective intervention strategies in gambling disorder treatment.

The Feeling of Trauma in the Situation of Current Threat

The reality of the pandemic provoked and reinforced the feeling of insecurity and vital threat on an individual and social level. It caused a number of problems and issues from physical, mental, ethical, philosophical, legal, religious nature. The individual functioning turned out to be in condition of emergency and crisis with increased risk to human health and life. The current situation has given rise to the feeling of mass polytraumatism with characteristics of objectless horror and control loss. The present study refers to 34 cases of patients in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, where the objective reality changed the picture of the therapeutic dynamics. It created an experience of changed identity, „awakened“ intense transference „answers“ and to some extent modified the course of the sought and planned change. The results showed a severely increased free-floating anxiety, ready to conjoin with specific content and ideas, as well as high depression associated with regressive movements to early-object interactions.

Comparison of Internet Addiction Level of Sports Science Faculty Students in Accordance with Some Variables

Background: Internet addiction, which has become a global social issue, can be broadly conceptualized as an inability to control one’s use of the Inter-net which leads to negative consequences in daily life. Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare internet addiction levels of sports science faculty students in Çanakkale 18 Mart University according to some variables. Methods: 205 voluntary students that are currently receiving education who were between 19-25 age participated in this research. Internet Addiction Scale developed by Şahin and Korkmaz was used as a data collection tool. SPSS package was used in data analysis. For determining whether the data had a normal distribution or not, ‘’Kolmogorov-Smirnov’ test were used and ‘’Anova-Homogenety of variance’’ test were used for the homogeneity of data and as a result of these tests the data were determined to have a normal distribution and a homogeneity. Descriptive statistics, Independent Sample t-test and One-Way variance analysis were conducted in data analysis. Results: As a result of statistics, in scale size comparison according to gender variable, significant differences were determined in negativity in social relationship dimension and there were no significant differences in control loss and desire for staying online more. According to departments of students, there were no statistically significant differences determined in desire for staying online more and negativity in social relationships. Conclusion: In conclusion, there were similarities and differences determined between internet addiction levels of students according to departments which they received education and gender variable of students in Sports Science Faculty. These differences may be due to intentions of internet use, increasing need for internet use, and varying education styles that students receive from different departments. Keywords: Internet Addiction, University, Sports Science, Student, Athlete

«Possibilities of a unified approach to the treatment of IgE-associated respiratory diseases. Clinical Experience exchange».

Inflammatory diseases of the upper and lower respiratory airways, such as allergic rhinitis, nasal polyposis, bronchial asthma have common proinflammatory mechanisms, mediated by IgE-dependent cascade of inflammation. Concurrent existence of asthma and allergic rhinitis and/or nasal polyposis increases clinical symptoms severity, disease course aggravation and eventually disease control loss for the patient. Anti-IgE-therapy is pathogenetically justified effective and safe therapeutic option for various patient groups. Today principles of interdisciplinary approach are in practice to target upper and lower respiratory diseases management, which determines the success of biological therapy. ENT, pulmonology and allergy specialists define patient management tactics in close collaboration taking into consideration diseases manifestation. The proven efficacy and safety of оmalizumab makes this drug a universal tool to achieve IgE-associated diseases control and an alternative solution for surgical intervention and therapy with systemic corticosteroids.

Periostin as a predictor of uncontrolled asthma and lung function decrease in patient of different age groups

Introduction. Uncontrolled bronchial asthma (BA) increases risk of hospitalizations, future exacerbations and decreases quality of life; factors improving the probability to achieve BA control are under study.Methods and materials. The open prospective study included 104 patients of three groups: children (6—11 years, n=38), adolescents (14—17 years, n = 35) and adults (25 — 50 years, n = 31). Inclusion criteria: BA duration >12 month, uncontrolled asthma, absence of acute respiratory infection for 14 days. Clinical history, respiratory function and sampling (serum and nasal brushings) for periostin assay were performed on Visit 1. Maintenance therapy correction and triggers avoiding recommendations were made. Two further visits 6 months apart were done. Statistical processing included ANOVA (Kruskall — Wallis test) and Pearson correlation test. Differences were considered significant when p<0.05.Results. 75 % of «Children» group,70.6 % of «Adolescents» and 53.6 % of «Adults» had achieved BA control. Obesity, non-atopic phenotype, FEV1 <65 % of predicted were risk factors of uncontrolled BA. Serum periostin levels were highest in uncontrolled BA subgroup, Me [Q25; Q75] =32.9 [28.6; 39.1] ng/ml. Nasal periostin levels were highest in «Adolescent» group: 9.8 [4.8; 11.2] ng/ml. Nasal periostin and low FEV1 had moderate reverse correlation (r=—0.61).Conclusion. Serum and nasal periostin levels could indicate treatment efficacy and prognose future risks of BA control loss.