39 research outputs found
Balint Groups as a Driving Force of Ego Development
This paper gives an overview of one of the main components in the process of Balint
groups. The paper is based on the authors\u27 research on the work of Balint groups and
the study of literature which deals with the development of ego and the role of Balint
groups in the development of participantsā ego. This field is of great interest to the Balint
movement and education in medicine. The special place in the discussions on the Balint
method is given to the issue of benefit and the nature of influence of the Balint groups on
participants. The Balint movement is of special interest for Croatia since it was perhaps
among the first in the world to introduce Balint seminars as an official part of education
of family doctors. The Croatian Society of Balint Groups as early as in 1970\u27s became
a part of the International Federation of Balint Groups. Professor Betlheim was
Michael Balint\u27s friend and his followers introduced the method not only in medicine
but also in other professions: social work, pedagogy, psychology, sociology etc. The Balintās
method is also very interesting and useful to stomatologists, orthopedists and physiotherapists.
Croatian dentists joined the Balint Groups in 1983 and orthopaedists in
1987. These were the unique cases in the European context. The Balint groups are very
efficient and necessary in the process of strenghtening ego and selfawarness of these professionals.
The paper also discusses the increase of the doctor\u27s self-awareness and selfconsciousness
during the process of training in the Balint Groups. The Balint Groups
only insist on the doctor-patient relationship and do not interfere with the unconscious
of the doctorās preoccupations. The approach of Enid Balint strives to find harmony between
the Balintās approach and the psychoanalytic approach to the object of the research.
According to her understanding, the development of the group atmosphere is
similar to the one in the family. The authors reach a similar conclusion in their research
Balint Groups as a Driving Force of Ego Development
This paper gives an overview of one of the main components in the process of Balint
groups. The paper is based on the authors\u27 research on the work of Balint groups and
the study of literature which deals with the development of ego and the role of Balint
groups in the development of participantsā ego. This field is of great interest to the Balint
movement and education in medicine. The special place in the discussions on the Balint
method is given to the issue of benefit and the nature of influence of the Balint groups on
participants. The Balint movement is of special interest for Croatia since it was perhaps
among the first in the world to introduce Balint seminars as an official part of education
of family doctors. The Croatian Society of Balint Groups as early as in 1970\u27s became
a part of the International Federation of Balint Groups. Professor Betlheim was
Michael Balint\u27s friend and his followers introduced the method not only in medicine
but also in other professions: social work, pedagogy, psychology, sociology etc. The Balintās
method is also very interesting and useful to stomatologists, orthopedists and physiotherapists.
Croatian dentists joined the Balint Groups in 1983 and orthopaedists in
1987. These were the unique cases in the European context. The Balint groups are very
efficient and necessary in the process of strenghtening ego and selfawarness of these professionals.
The paper also discusses the increase of the doctor\u27s self-awareness and selfconsciousness
during the process of training in the Balint Groups. The Balint Groups
only insist on the doctor-patient relationship and do not interfere with the unconscious
of the doctorās preoccupations. The approach of Enid Balint strives to find harmony between
the Balintās approach and the psychoanalytic approach to the object of the research.
According to her understanding, the development of the group atmosphere is
similar to the one in the family. The authors reach a similar conclusion in their research
Health Status as Geneologic Burden in Aging Process
Knowledge of modern molecular biology is leading to the idea that aging and diseases of the aged are two different entities. Healthy life is relatively limited by the specific number of chronic conditions which are present more in old age. Up to now the idea of aging as a process in relation to the individual, organ, tissue, cell or a molecule. There are only few studies on the influence of aging within a single family and even less of aging within several generations of the same family. Genealogic level is one way of getting into the process of family system and aging throughout time. The aim of the study was to determine the significance of genealogical burden with regard to the health status in examinees with different cognitive capabilities. The difference according to sex and age was not significant between the two groups. Health status of the examinees proband in both groups showed 34.4% healthy examinees in the group D and 65.3% in group G. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant. The difference of health status of parents (II. generation) was statistically significant in both groups. Morbidity of diseases was not statistically significant. Most of the ancestors from the grandmothers and grandfathers (III generation) died. (group Gā97.5%, group Dā100%). Statistically significant difference is present among the diseases of the circulatory system and those of digestive system in this generation. Data on the ancestors of the IV. generation showed that all the relatives died in both groups. Conclusion: the health status of the examinees with higher impairment in the test of cognitive capabilities is worse and they come from the families with worse health status
Automatic model-based telluric correction for the ESPRESSO data reduction software. Model description and application to radial velocity computation
Ground-based high-resolution spectrographs are key instruments for several
astrophysical domains. Unfortunately, the observed spectra are contaminated by
the Earth's atmosphere. While different techniques exist to correct for
telluric lines in exoplanet atmospheric studies, in radial velocity (RV)
studies, telluric lines with an absorption depth of >2% are generally masked,
which poses a problem for faint targets and M dwarfs as most of their RV
content is present where telluric contamination is important. We propose a
simple telluric model to be embedded in the ESPRESSO DRS. The goal is to
provide telluric-free spectra and enable RV measurements, including spectral
ranges where telluric lines fall. The model is a line-by-line radiative
transfer code that assumes a single atmospheric layer. We use the sky
conditions and the physical properties of the lines from HITRAN to create the
telluric spectrum. A subset of selected telluric lines is used to robustly fit
the spectrum through a Levenberg-Marquardt minimization algorithm. When applied
to stellar spectra from A0- to M5-type stars, the residuals of the strongest
H2O lines are below 2% for all spectral types, with the exception of M dwarfs,
which are within the pseudo-continuum. We then determined the RVs from the
telluric-corrected ESPRESSO spectra of Tau Ceti and Proxima. We created
telluric-free masks and compared the obtained RVs with the DRS RVs. In the case
of Tau Ceti, we identified that micro-telluric lines introduce systematics up
to an amplitude of 58 cm/s and with a period of one year. For Proxima, the gain
in spectral content at redder wavelengths is equivalent to a gain of 25% in
photon noise. This leads to better constraints on the semi-amplitude and
eccentricity of Proxima d. We showcase that our model can be applied to other
molecules, and thus to other wavelength regions observed by other
spectrographs, such as NIRPS.Comment: 18 pages, 18 figures, accepted to A&