Toward A European Dream: Literary and Cultural Resources of Resilience in Encounters with Crises

Der von Polland et. al. herausgebrachte Band Europe’s Crises and Cultural Resources of Resilience: Conceptual Explorations and Literary Negotiations befasst sich mit europäischen Krisen und den Ressourcen, die für ihre Bewältigung benötigt und/oder genutzt werden. Obwohl die Beiträge zum Band in Qualität und Tiefe variieren, ist das Buch ein bedeutender Beitrag der neuartigen ‚Resilienz‘-Forschung. Mit einem interdisziplinären Ansatz verdeutlicht es die Relevanz von Literatur und Kultur in krisenhaften historischen und gesellschaftspolitischen Situationen.The volume Europe’s Crises and Cultural Resources of Resilience: Conceptual Explorations and Literary Negotiations edited by Polland et al. explores European crises and the resources required and/or utilized in encounters with them. Although the contributions to the volume vary in quality and depth, the book is a significant contribution to the emerging literature in the study of ‘resilience.’ With an interdisciplinary approach, the book illustrates the relevance of literature and culture in critical historical and socio-political situations

SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST: THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF THE LEADER TRUST AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION

The purpose of this paper aims to clarify the relationship between servant leadership and organizational trust, and tries to demonstrate the mediator role of leader trust and organizational communication in this relationship. The study sample included 258 employees of Guilan province Tax Administration and for sampling we used cluster method. Previous studies have also focused on the positive impact of servant leadership in organizational trust and in this article the results show that there is a significant relationship between servant leadership, organizational trust, leader trust and organizational communication

Assessment of psychological distress and related factors in type 2 diabetic patients in diabetes center of Shahroud University of medical sciences in 2014.

Background and aims: Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. Due to the chronic nature and its complications, the disease can lead to emotional distress and depression. Therefore, the present study was aimed to investigate emotional distress and related factors in type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: In this descriptive analytical study, all eligible patients with diabetes referred to diabetes center of Shahroud University of Medical Sciences recruited from February 2013 for a year. Data were collected by demographic and PAID questionnaire. Statistical analysis of data was performed by the T-Test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient tests. Results: The average overall score for PAID was 22.28±1.60 that showed low emotional distress (cut- off point≥ 33). In comparison areas with each other, treatment barriers had higher distress for diabetic patients. At the 0.05 level of significance, patient’s age was associated with total score (P=0.041) and the “Depression- Related Problems” area (P=0.035). Also, a significant relationship was found between having hypoglycemia history (P=0.033) and hospitalization due to diabetes (P=0.011) with “psychological distress in relationship to diabetes management” area. Moreover, statistically significant relationships were found among adherence to the diet with the total score (P=0.016) and “Psychological distress in relation to diabetes management” (P=0.032), “Depression- Related Problems”(P=0.021) and “Treatment Barriers”(P=0.003). Daily exercise program had a significant relationship with the total score (P=0.029) and “Treatment Barriers” area (P=0.001). Conclusion: Regarding to the importance of coping with the emotional distress in diabetic patients, it is recommended considering the emotional distress during treatment and care of these patients

Mineralization and structural controls of the AB-Bid carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn (±Cu) deposit, Tabas-Posht e Badam Metallogenic Belt, Iran

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Late-night vs. post-truth politics

Der Aufstieg der Post-Truth-Politik droht die Möglichkeit eines vernünftigen öffentlichen Diskurses auszurotten. In der Post-Truth-Politik können die Untertanen, einschließlich der Politiker, der Medien und der Bürger, öffentliche Entscheidungen auf der Grundlage ihrer ästhetischen Beurteilung treffen, d. H. Ihrer Meinungen, Überzeugungen oder Emotionen. Die Berücksichtigung von Tatsachen und Meinungen über Parallelen behindert die demokratische Partizipation, da sie die notwendige Grundlage eines gemeinsamen Realitätssinns, der als Ausgangspunkt für einen rationalen Diskurs dient, auslöscht. Der Zweck dieser Studie ist es daher, die satirischen Aspekte von Last Week Tonight with John Oliver als zeitgenössische amerikanische Late-Show zu untersuchen, die die Post-Truth-Politik herausfordert. Ich behaupte, dass die Late-Shows und die Post-Truth-Politik sowohl diskursiv integriert sind, als auch die Hybridität es erlaubt, Late-Shows Gegendiskurse vorzuschlagen. Gegendiskurse schaffen neue und alternative Möglichkeiten, indem sie die vorherrschenden Diskurse unterwandern. Um die gegendiskursiven Strategien von LWT gegen Post-Truth-Politik zu untersuchen, habe ich sechs Episoden der LWT analysiert, in denen ein Post-Truth-Politiker (Donald Trump) und Post-Truth-Medien (Sinclair, InfoWars, NRA TV) diskutiert wurden. Oliver verwendet Parodie als primäres satirisches Instrument, um die angestrebte diskursive Praxis zu untergraben und politische Personas und Medienformate zu dekonstruieren, um ihre täuschenden Implikationen zu veranschaulichen. In seiner Rolle als ikonoklastischer Satiriker befasst sich Oliver direkt mit den problematischen Aspekten der Post-Truth-Politik und fordert sein Publikum anschließend zum Handeln auf. Ich fand heraus, dass die Satire von LWT im traditionellen satirischen Diskurs funktioniert, indem das Prinzip der Ehrlichkeit als Standard oder Beurteilungskriterium für einen vernünftigen öffentlichen Diskurs wiedereingeführt wird.The rise of post-truth politics threatens to eradicate the possibility of rational public discourse. In post-truth politics, the subjects including the politicians, the media and the citizens, can make public decisions based on their aesthetic judgement, i.e. their opinions, beliefs or emotions. Considering fact and opinion on a par hinders democratic participation as it erases the necessary basis of a shared sense of reality that acts as the departure point for any rational discourse. The purpose of this study is, therefore, to examine the satiric aspects of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as a contemporary American late-show that challenges post-truth politics. I argue that the late-shows and post-truth politics are both discursively integrated and such hybridity allows late-shows to propose counter-discourses. Counter-discourses create new and alternative possibilities by subverting the dominant discourses. To investigate LWT’s counter-discursive strategies against post-truth politics, I have analyzed six episodes of LWT, in which a post-truth politician (Donald Trump) and post-truth media (Sinclair, InfoWars, NRA TV) were discussed. Oliver uses parody as the primary satiric device to subvert the targeted discursive practice and to deconstruct political personas and media formats to illustrate their deceptive implications. Additionally, in the role of an iconoclastic satirist, Oliver directly addresses the problematic aspects of post-truth politics and subsequently asks his audience to action. I found out that LWT’s satire works within the traditional satiric discourse by reintroducing the principle of honesty as a standard or judgement criterion for rational public discourse

Temporary Strict Maternal Avoidance of Cow’s Milk and Infantile Colic

Infant colic is a common problem characterized by excessive crying and fussing. We examined whether colic symptoms of exclusively breast-milk-fed infants would be improved by temporary strict maternal avoidance of cows milk. This study is analytic and experimental. Sixty-six subjects were recruited during winter of 2006 from a clinic in Isfahan, Iran. Breast-milk-fed in-fants with "colic", age 3-6 months and to be in otherwise good health were referred by pediatri-cians. The intervention was 1 week period of strict maternal avoidance of cows milk while they continued exclusive breast-milk-feeding. All infants showed improvement in distressed behavior (crying and fussing) during intervention. The total recorded crying and fussing time was reduced by an average of 31%. A significant difference was found in cry and fuss time between first and last 2 days of intervention (P = 0.000). Cows milk proteins may play an etiologic role in colic. We propose that a brief intervention with strict maternal avoidance of cows milk may be an effective treatment for colic in some breast-milk-fed infants

COVID-19 in Patients with Rheumatic Disease Using Immunomodulatory Drugs: Imaging Findings and Predictors of Hospitalization

Introduction SARS-CoV-2 causes more severe symptoms in most chronic diseases, and rheumatic disease is no exception. This study aims to investigate whether there is an association between the use of immunomodulatory medications, including conventional disease-modifying agents (csDMARDs), glucocorticoids, and biologic DMARDs, and outcomes such as hospitalization and lung involvement in patients with rheumatic disease with COVID-19.Methods We performed a cross-sectional study on 177 COVID-19 cases with rheumatologic diseases using immunomodulatory drugs as their regular treatment. All patients were evaluated regarding their initial chest computed tomography (CT) scan, COVID-19 symptoms, and comorbidities. We ran predictive models to find variables associated with chest CT-scan involvement and hospitalization status.Results CT findings showed lung involvement in 87 patients with chest CT-scan severity score (C-ss) of less than 8 in 59 (33%) and more than 8 in 28 (16%) of our patients. Of all patients, 76 (43%) were hospitalized. Hospitalized patients were significantly older and had more comorbidities (P = 0.02). On multivariate analysis, older age [odds ratio (OR) 1.90, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.31-3.08] and comorbidity (OR 2.75, 95% CI 1.06-3.66) were significantly associated with higher odds of hospitalization (P = 0.03). On multivariate analysis, older age (OR 1.15, 95% CI 0.94-2.01), pulmonary diseases (OR 2.05, 95% CI 1.18-3.32), and treatment with csDMARDs (OR 1.88, 95% CI 0.37-1.93) were associated with higher C-ss (P = 0.039).Conclusions This study found that advanced age and comorbidities, similar to the general population, are risk factors for hospitalization in patients with COVID-19 with rheumatic disorders. Administration of csDMARDs, older age, and pulmonary disorders were linked to increased risk of COVID-19 pneumonia in these individuals

Different Protocols of Combined Application of Photobiomodulation In Vitro and In Vivo Plus AdiposeDerived Stem Cells Improve the Healing of Bones in Critical Size Defects in Rat Models: Photobiomodulation Plus Stem Cells Improve Bone Healing

Introduction: Long bone segmental deficiencies are challenging complications to treat. Hereby, the effects of the scaffold derived from the human demineralized bone matrix (hDBMS) plus human adipose stem cells (hADSs) plus photobiomodulation (PBM) (in vitro and or in vivo) on the catabolic step of femoral bone repair in rats with critical size femoral defects (CDFDs) were evaluated with stereology and high stress load (HSL) assessment methods.Methods: hADSs were exposed to PBM in vitro; then, the mixed influences of hDBMS+hADS+PBM on CSFDs were evaluated. CSFDs were made on both femurs; then hDBMSs were engrafted into both CSFDs of all rats. There were 6 groups (G)s: G1 was the control; in G2 (hADS), hADSs only were engrafted into hDBMS of CSFD; in G3 (PBM) only PBM therapy for CSFD was provided; in G4 (hADS+PBM in vivo), seeded hADSs on hDBMS of CSFDs were radiated with a laser in vivo; in G5 (hADSs+PBM under in vitro condition), hADSs in a culture system were radiated with a laser, then transferred on hDBMS of CSFDs; and in G6 (hADS+PBM in conditions of in vivo and in vitro), laser-exposed hADSs were transplanted on hDBMS of CSFDs, and then CSFDs were exposed to alaser in vivo.Results: Groups 4, 5, and 6 meaningfully improved HSLs of CSFD in comparison with groups 3, 1, and 2 (all, P=0.001). HSL of G5 was significantly more than G4 and G6 (both, P=0.000). Gs 6 and 4 significantly increased new bone volumes of CSFD compared to Gs 2 (all, P=0.000) and 1 (P=0.001 & P=0.003 respectively). HSL of G 1 was significantly lower than G5 (P=0.026).Conclusion: HSLs of CSFD in rats that received treatments of hDBMS plus hADS plus PBM were significantly higher than treatments with hADS and PBM alone and in control groups. DOI: 10.34172/jlms.2022.10