Actual Person Research Articles

The Concept of Happiness in Max Frei’s Novel The Key of Yellow Metal: Hamlet and Siddhartha

This article explores the motif of an ‘(un)happy prince’ as it is manifested through the evocation of Hamlet’s and Siddhartha’s imagery within Max Frei’s novel The Key of Yellow Metal (2009). The research offers an in-depth analysis of the functioning of these references within the broader intertextual landscape of the novel, placed within the Vilnius narrative. The theme of the happy prince's perception of human suffering is entwined with the topoi of hell and paradise, as well as home or lost paradise. Traditional imagery plays a pivotal role in shaping the concept of inspiration and madness as dynamic forces that exert a profound influence on the surrounding world, counterbalancing the notion of eternal suffering. The shift of focalization allows us to reconsider Sartre’s idea of ‘Hell is other people’. The paper emphasizes the role of the author as a narrator/reteller of well-known stories and tales, both for the author as an actual person and as a literary mystification. The article demonstrates the transformation of the fairy-tale notion of ‘happiness’ into the concept of acquiring meaning as a prerequisite of the main character’s individuation.

Extending Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis to Special Populations: Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) and Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Adolescents (TFP-A)

ABSTRACT In the last decade clinicians and researchers have developed Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) and Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Adolescents (TFP-A), two manualized, evidence-based, time-limited treatments derived from child and adolescent psychoanalysis. These therapies are designed to treat special, complex patient populations including children with severe externalizing behaviors and adolescents with nascent or actual severe personality disorders, youth thought to be beyond the reach of traditional psychoanalysis or thought to benefit from modifications of standard psychoanalytic technique to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of psychoanalytic treatment. Despite the effectiveness of psychoanalysis, manualized cognitive-behavioral approaches like parent management training and dialectical behavior therapy are currently the most popular treatments for these patients, partially because there are too few child and adolescent psychoanalysts to meet demand. The authors describe RFP-C and TFP-A and illustrate their effectiveness using clinical material. The authors advocate for wider acceptance and utilization of these two broadly teachable manualized treatments by the psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic communities to extend the reach of psychoanalysis to severely suffering patients who can reap the unique benefits of these essentially psychoanalytic approaches.

Beginning the Treatment on a Personal Note: Creating Emotional Connection

Psychoanalysis reflects the minds of its creators and is an ethical practice in the sense that the theories with which we psychoanalysts identify are those that reflect what is most important in life to each of us. I present autobiographical material that points to the personal sources, even earlier than my psychoanalytic training, of my conviction that the creation of emotional connection between two actual persons lies at the heart of psychoanalysis and is the key element in the beginning of psychoanalytic treatment. I argue that the beginning of an interpersonal/relational treatment has more continuity with the beginning of non-psychoanalytic relationships than does the beginning of treatment carried out by analysts from other schools. I present what I believe are the reasons for this difference and offer comparisons and contrasts of these ways of establishing a psychoanalytic situation. The article ends with a brief clinical illustration.

Numerical investigations of pedestrian overboard on a compound slope dike due to excessive overtopping waves

Wave overtopping under extreme weather conditions can pose a notable threat to the safety of pedestrians on coastal structures. In this paper, physical experiments and numerical simulations based on scale-down models were conducted in accordance with an actual person overboard accident, highlighting the flow characteristics and the fluid force exerted on the pedestrian by the overtopping and reflecting flow on the berm. The determinations of pedestrian instability under various conditions in the Qingdao incident are presented. The accuracy of the numerical wave flume was validated through a comparison with the experimental results. The findings disclose that under various wave height circumstances, the characteristics of overtopping flow are highly in line with the existing conclusions, yet the prediction for reflecting flows is not satisfactory due to the compound structures. The maximum reverse recoil force acting upon the pedestrian is far more prominent when compared to the impact effect of the head-on overtopping flow, which consequently leads to the pedestrians being washed away into the water. The safety of the pedestrian on the viewing berm under various incident wave conditions is analyzed and predicted by comparing with two approaches for the determination of the pedestrian instability, namely, water flow factors and mechanical analysis.

Legal personality of officials of the prosecution authorities in criminal proceedings

In modern criminal procedural science, there is no doubt that the prosecutor and subordinate prosecution officers are participants in criminal proceedings. Separate disputes arise only when discussing the issue of classifying the prosecutor as a party to the prosecution. At the same time, the role and functions of officials of the prosecution authorities in criminal proceedings are not so obvious and unambiguous. Although Part1 of Article37 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation assigns the functions of supervision and criminal prosecution to the prosecutor, the heads of the prosecution authorities and the employees subordinate to them do not always pursue these goals, and officials of the prosecution authorities do not always act in the status of a prosecutor or public prosecutor. Analyzing the current norms of criminal procedural legislation and comparing them with the actual legal personality of prosecutorial employees entering into relations with participants in criminal proceedings, the author substantiates the conclusion about the necessity to distinguish between two fundamentally different legal statuses of the prosecution officials. The first one is the official status of the prosecutor as the head of the prosecution authority, allowing him to exercise state powers to supervise the preliminary investigation bodies without accepting the additional procedural status of a participant in legal proceedings. The second one is the criminal procedural status acquired by an official of the prosecution authority, including a prosecutor, for a certain period (stage, phase) of criminal proceedings to carry out one of two procedural functions – criminal prosecution (acquires the status of a public prosecutor) or law enforcement function, protection of the interests of an individual, society and the state (acquires the status of other prosecutor or a prosecutor representative).

Full throttle: are motorcyclists as risk-taking as we think?

Motorcycling, whether thought of as a leisure activity, hobby, or social activity, can add quality to one's life. Being a member of a motorcycle club may promote a sense of community, while motorcycling itself may increase feelings of awe and joy. When conceptualized as part of one's social identity, motorcycling tends to be associated with an unfavourable image or stereotype, wherein motorcyclists' personalities are characterized as rebellious, prone to risk-taking behaviour, and masculine (regardless of the motorcyclist's gender). The accuracy of this stereotype is unclear, particularly as perceived by non-motorcyclists, such as car drivers. Accordingly, the overall purpose of this exploratory study was to describe the personality profile of motorcyclists from a basic trait perspective (Big 5) and assess its congruence with non-motorcyclists' perceptions of the "typical" motorcyclist's personality. A cross-sectional online survey (N = 376) consisting of motorcyclists (n = 194) and car drivers (n = 182) collected information on personality traits (self-report or perceived), riding behaviour (motorcyclists only), and well-being. The results show that car drivers perceive motorcyclists to be more disinhibited, less open, more neurotic, less agreeable, and less conscientious than motorcyclists self-report. Car drivers' perceptions of motorcyclists seem to be more negative than their actual personalities, suggesting an unfavourable judgement of that community.

Signaled Similarity of Personality Dimensions in Mate Choice

Signaling theory offers an interpretation of how one’s impression of a potential mate’s personality affects mating strategies. It remains unclear how people perceive the (dis)similarity of a potential mate to one’s own personality and use this information in mating contexts. We focus on this distance in personality similarity between a potential mate and oneself, particularly in deciding whether to interact. We present a novel framework for investigating this issue via an online chatting tool. The actual personality of 24 participants was measured according to the Big Five Inventory. Then, participants were paired to have a conversation. Their face, occupations, and income were hidden, and their voice transformed to be neutral in pitch. They talked about their own experiences as related to the Big Five dimensions. Analysis of their communications showed their willingness to consider their partners as a friend, lover, and spouse was most explained by the distance between self-recognition of the impression of one’s own personality presumably held by the partner and the impression of the partner’s personality. Our results suggest people rely on the meta-perception of their personality rather than their actual personality, at least when considering potential mates when they first meet.

四柱五行 중 無存五行 사주에 대한 고찰

The purpose of this study is to study Myeongrihak focusing on effects of problems of Five elements no existence(五行無存) of Trees (木) of the five elements. This is an examination of the four pillars of Myeongjo as analyzed in actual cases person who appears in the book of 『Jeokcheonsucheonmi(適 天髓闡微)』In the Four Pillars Myeongjo, imbalance and disharmony occur due to the abnormality and non-existence of any of the five functions. And, in more detail, we examine case studies in ancient books to see what kind of life a person with a fortune in which one of the five elements was not fully studied lived. In the Four Pillars Myeongjo, imbalance and disharmony occur due to the absence of any of the five elements and the absence of any one of the Five Elements. And, among the Five Elements of the Tribe, in more detail, we examine the case studies in the ancient scriptures to see what kind of life a person with a fortune in which one of the Five Elements is not fully maintained lived. do. Accordingly, by looking for and examining a case of a certain Five Elements in the original text of Iljeongmu's 『Jeokcheonsucheonmi適天髓闡微』, I looked into the details of the life of Izumi and what kind of life the main character of the case actually lived. I studied the writings left by Lim Cheol- cho(任鐵樵)

Personal Branding Strategies Of The Deputy Mayor Of Surabaya Through The Instagram Account @Cakj1

Competition is becoming tougher, and the easy and fast use of social media has made people more dependent on it. The ease of accessing Instagram social media has made Cak Ji, the Deputy Mayor of Surabaya. He routinely documents his daily activities through photos and videos and uploads them to his personal Instagram account. Researchers seek to analyze the video and photo content uploaded by the individual on their Instagram account, from February 26, 2021, to February 26, 2022. The aim is to determine whether the image displayed is in line with the actual personality or merely a portrayal done to meet content needs on the platform. This study uses the concept of personal branding, particularly through the application of The Eight Laws Of Personal Branding developed. The research method used is qualitative research with a descriptive qualitative approach. In collecting data, the method used is documentation. Data analysis uses the model of data reduction, data presentation stage, and conclusion drawing or verification stage, by interpreting and analyzing the existing data based on the theory used by researchers to draw conclusions. From the research conducted on the Instagram account @Cakj1, it can be shown that Cak Ji's personal branding fulfills the eight main concepts of personal branding by Peter Montonya, namely: 1. (The Law of Specialization), 2.(The Law of Leadership), 3. (The Law of Personality), 4. (The Law of Distinctiveness), 5.(The Law of Visibility), 6. (The Law of Unity), 7. (The Law of Persistence), 8. (The Law of Goodwill).

Measuring Personality Development in the Aftermath of Critical Life Events: A Preliminary Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study

This article aims to conceptualize, operationalize, and empirically validate the concept of actual personality development in the aftermath of a Critical Life Event. Two qualitative tools have been elaborated: the Structured Critical Life Events Interview and the Coding System for Personality Development. They were empirically verified in a preliminary longitudinal mixed methods study (N = 40 participants, n = 1440 narratives) with three measurements in one year referring to the Transition Cycle (Hopson & Adams, 1976). For assessing reliability the Intraclass Correlation Co­efficient (ICC) and Cronbach’s α were assessed. The convergent validity of the tools was deter­mined by correlating the results with (1) linguistic structure of participants’ verbalizations and (2) the questionnaires measuring similar behaviours and features. The research showed good psycho­metric properties of the tools. Moreover, they better identified personality growth and the specific dynamics of personality changes (positive and negative) than the Post-traumatic Growth Inventory (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996).

Fabrication of Artificial Skin for Robotic Head Based on Silicone Rubber

In this study, artificial skin based on silicone rubber is introduced for a robot head of the same size and shape as an actual person. The artificial skin is described from designing to molding the skin for a robot head, which mimics a young woman’s head. Fabricated skin is different from regular masks because it has to cover the core mechanical systems and move together. Skin movements create emotions on the face and give the appearance of a robot head. The robot has the same expressive and oral capabilities as humans and is integrated with artificial intelligence platforms. The knowledge of head anatomy and the parameters of the operation of the head will be applied in the design and fabrication of core mechanical mechanisms and their covering skin. This study analyses the basic knowledge of skin anatomy as well as the fabricating steps to make artificial skin made of silicone rubber material. The knowledge of skin anatomy is the foundation to study and analyze the general characteristics of human skin such as elasticity, color, elasticity, etc. Manufacturing methods for artificial skin are researched and selected accordingly. Finally, the artificial skin is created to make the robot head’s expression more realistic. Experimental results showed that the robot meets design requirements, has an 89.83% accuracy rate of human identification of robot expressions, and is highly appreciated by users in interactive experiments.

Irony and Parody: Humor as Counter Discourse in Kaouther Ben Hania’s film Le challat de Tunis

Abstract: The work of Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania is especially representative of a socio-politically engaged cinema that invites audiences to reflect on their history while advocating for positive change. Specifically, her award-winning 2015 film Le challat de Tunis is a mockumentary that uses irony and comic hyperbole to construct a subversive narrative that exposes the continued oppression of women’s sexual freedom at the hand of patriarchal ideology. Based on a 2003 real news story that reported several women having their buttocks slashed by a mysterious individual on a motorbike, the film weaves a metafictional account of the director’s quest for the real slasher (the challat ), using laughter as a lens through which Tunisian society is asked to examine itself. By casting the actual person accused of the crime as an actor, the process of mimetic representation is openly disavowed by the insertion of grotesquely comical fictional subplots. Ultimately, Ben Hania’s mockery of one and many potential challats should be read as a clear socio-political statement. The film forces (male) audiences to question the value of archaic practices (i.e. a woman’s virginity) in the modern Arab world. At the same time, by engaging in a dialogue with the women affected by the slashing, Ben Hania calls for a more just and gender equal future for Tunisia.

‘Huge fan of the drama’: Politics as an object of fandom

On June 12th 2019, in the middle of the UK Conservative party’s leadership contest, journalist Marie le Conte tweeted ‘so this is my first proper leadership contest as an actual Westminster person and honestly it’s such a hoot…huge fan of the drama’. This tweet is exemplary of a wider phenomenon. Politics is the activity through which power and resources are allocated across society – who gets what, when and how. Politics, and what it does to all of our lives, is consequential. Yet, despite this, many of those who pay the most attention to politics do so from the position of a fan, engaging with it in the way that others engage with entertainment forms like sport and television shows. Previous studies have paid attention to the fandoms and anti-fandoms that develop around individual politicians and movements – in other words, they maintain a focus on the behaviours and actions of these fans of politics. By contrast, in this paper we explore the construction of politics itself as an object of fandom, asking what happens to politics when it is treated in this way. The activity of politics can be socially constructed by humans to serve some purpose. Thus, who does the constructing and how they do this, affects what it becomes. Our claim is that constructing politics as an object of fandom (i.e. constructing it as ‘the drama’) affects politics itself.

Head Gesture Interface for Mouse Stick Users by AAGI.

We developed a gesture interface (AAGI) for individuals with motor dysfunction who cannot use standard interface switches. These users have cerebral palsy, quadriplegia, or traumatic brain injury and experience involuntary movement, spasticity, and so on. In this paper, we describe a disabled user who utilizes a mouth stick for laptop PC input in daily life. Our objective is to lower the burden on his body by using gestures. To this end, we developed a "home position" for the head that enables gestures to coexist with the mouse stick usage. The results of basic experiments with five healthy participants indicate that our system has reached the level where it can be applied to actual disabled persons. Finally, we applied the system to a user with cerebral palsy asked him to perform web browsing.

Research on the Current Situation, Obstacles and Models of Digital Transformation of MSMEs

With the continuous acceleration of China's digital development process, China has been in the "14th Five-Year Plan", but also the digital transformation as the window of opportunity in the past decade. Then the digital transformation is especially important for small and medium-sized enterprises, which are an important part of China's economy. The epidemic at the moment, all walks of life are experiencing tremendous pressure to control the epidemic, reduce the crossover of people and reduce the gathering of activities. The stagnation of offline as well as traditional trade, the rise of online digital trade. Want to find a way out, digital transformation is the recent way out. The study of the digital transformation of micro, small and medium enterprises on the difficulties of micro, small and medium enterprises in the post-epidemic era and the solution and development to promote the development of China's digital economy is of great practical significance. Using the questionnaire research method, a total of 79 actual controllers or actual persons in charge of MSMEs in the Pearl River Delta were selected as samples in our current questionnaire survey. Starting from 28 questions on difficulties faced in business operation, awareness, understanding and demand for digital transformation, whether digital transformation has been carried out upstream and downstream in the industry, and the current situation, difficulties and political demands of enterprises' digitalization, we investigate the awareness, development obstacles and driving factors of digital transformation among MSMEs.

The Port of Missing Men: Billy Gohl, Labor, and Brutal Times in the Pacific Northwest. By Aaron Goings

In an effort to debunk myths and to challenge folklore, Aaron Goings, using the skills of historical inquiry, attempts to set the record straight on the allegations and presumed guilt of William “Billy” Gohl. Gohl was convicted of a murder, which he claimed that he was innocent of; moreover, his accusers also asserted, with little evidence, that he was responsible for killing dozens of working-class men in the early years of twentieth-century Grays Harbor, Washington. As Goings notes, local tourism and many sensational publications have taken advantage of the series of disturbing deaths, collectively known as the “Floater Fleet,” who were the supposed victims of “The Ghoul of Grays Harbor,” i.e. Billy Gohl. In The Port of Missing Men: Billy Gohl, Labor, and Brutal Times in the Pacific Northwest, Goings presents a well-researched biographical treatment of the actual person William Gohl and places this working-class, union official within his historical context and in addition demonstrates that if not actually innocent of murder was not given a fair trial and most certainly was not a serial killer.

Virtue and Applied Military Ethics: Understanding Character-Based Approaches to Professional Military Ethics

ABSTRACT Military ethics seeks to provide practical guidance for the resolution of real ethical problems associated with the conduct of military operations. In doing so, it must reflect how actual persons give and take-up reasons when deliberating what actions to take. The Just War Tradition, for example, provides deontological and consequentialist considerations soldiers should take up when considering how to conduct operations. Sometimes, unfortunately, soldiers may find themselves in tragic situations where principles and consequences provide no clear guidance. To fill that gap, a full account of military ethics requires an account of virtue, which focuses more on the agent than the act and can provide resources necessary to avoid, or failing that, resolve, otherwise unresolvable ethical dilemmas that can arise during military operations. This point does not mean virtue ethics supersedes or assimilates other ethical approaches. Rather it means that in the context of a process aimed at establishing reflective equilibrium, it provides important beliefs, judgments, and ways of thinking about applied ethics that are critical not just to building a robust, maximally coherent equilibrium but also to maintain it. These resources are especially critical when one is faced with the kind of tragic situations soldiers confront in war.

The criminal law's person By C.Lernestedt, M.Matravers (Eds.), Oxford: Hart. 2022. pp. 216. £85.00 (hbk). ISBN: 9781509923748

The criminal law's person By C.Lernestedt, M.Matravers (Eds.), Oxford: Hart. 2022. pp. 216. £85.00 (hbk). ISBN: 9781509923748

Recent advances in artificial intelligence techniques for identifying fake accounts: a review

Online social networks are still growing; as a result, more people are opening accounts every day. However, not all of those accounts are for actual persons. The creation of fake accounts and bots is terrifying, and it has a negative impact on society. Because of this, numerous researchers have worked to develop efficient systems that identify false accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. We will investigate this through analysis of recent research in this field.

Advocating for a dementia-inclusive visual communication.

This study examines the underlying visual communication strategies found in existing images of dementia in the public domain. By delineating how experiences of dementia are visualized and their consequent social interpretations, we aim to inform and advocate for a dementia-inclusive visual communication, that is, visual depictions that cultivate and represent a dementia-inclusive society. The visuals were analyzed by employing the Visual Discourses of Disability (ViDD) framework that juxtaposes the "perspectivizing-personizing" cline with the "enabling-disabling" continuum. The data studied comprise a total of 432 images sourced from three domains, namely (1) The Star, a Malaysian mainstream English newspaper (2012-2021); (2) Alzheimer's Disease Foundation Malaysia (ADFM) website (2019-2021); and (3) the Ministry of Health Malaysia (2019-2021) website. Findings from the visual analyses were corroborated by four representatives of ADFM in a group interview. There is a predominance of stigmatized images, constructing dementia as a loss and deficit, thus depicting individuals in distanced suffering. Generic representations of people through stock images, a unique focus on the hands, representations of brain degeneration through abstractions and missing puzzle pieces are also prevalent. Despite these, the interview data confirmed that the perspectivizing aspect may be necessary to educate the public on what dementia entails. While personizing images that depict personhood and actual persons living with dementia are ideal, the use of stock images may be necessary if there is a need to maintain confidentiality and observe sensitivities. Similarly, images with positive emotions are encouraged but disabling ones are equally important to reflect reality and inculcate empathy. When capturing, selecting and publishing images of dementia, organizations should deliberate on different visual elements which evoke empowerment, advocacy, handicapping and othering implications as outlined in the ViDD framework. Any decision should only be made after considering the purposes of publications and implications such images have on the intended audiences.