Phenomenological Aspects Research Articles

Between Objective and Subjective Architectural Experiences: Conceptualizing Refractive Neuroarchitecture Phenomenology

This analytical essay is aimed at developing a conceptual framework to assess how people experience the built environment both objectively and subjectively through a critical literature review of neuroarchitecture, architectural phenomenology, and neurophenomenology. Whereas both modes of human experience with the built environment are inseparable in real life, they have often been evaluated as seemingly antithetical and distinct approaches. Our experiences with the environment are mediated by our brains, for instance, our brain’s neurophysiological responses to colors, shapes, or heights. Such experiences are universal. Also, our experiences are constantly refracted by our unconscious subjective and intersubjective sense-making filters in the brain. Based on the critical literature review and synthesis, this study conceptualizes a refractive neuroarchitecture phenomenology, which is defined as a study of humans’ subjective and intersubjective architectural experiences through an epistemological and methodological convergence of the first- and second-person phenomenological and third-person neuroscientific methods. This conceptualization would provide intellectual significance as it attempts to integrate both objective and subjective epistemology and methodology into architectural research. For a practical implication, it is expected to demonstrate the importance of the phenomenological aspect of architectural efficacy and ways of applying neuroscientific research for place-making, including urban renewal and historic preservation.

Co-teaching and collaborative work in inclusive educational contexts

Introduction. Interdisciplinary collaboration stands out as a key strategy for inclusive education, mediated by teamwork both inside and outside the classroom, focusing on the work of regular and special education teachers in the inclusive educational context, taking into account the mental health of the members of the school community. Co-teaching, on the other hand, involves a transformation of teaching practices to improve the learning of all students within the classroom. Objective. The purpose of the article is to describe the pedagogical experience of co-teachers from the social imaginaries of classroom teams in educational institutions in the province of Concepción, Chile. Methods. Since imaginaries are subjective aspects, they are approached from a complementary perspective, which allows for the consideration of phenomenological and hermeneutical aspects. The approach was qualitative, through a multiple case study. The information was analyzed by seeking the mobility of social imaginaries, where social coordinate maps were the tools used to visualize the shifts in emerging categories. Conclusions. The study shows a strong social force deeply rooted in the conception of inclusive education as a model imposed by regulations, with competitive and individual pedagogical practices, characterized by tense and hierarchical relationships that do not contribute to the mental health of all. At the same time, imaginaries also emerge as opacities, projecting a new school where the recognition of others is seen as a possibility for joint construction and learning, beyond the imperatives defined by official voice

Critical phenomenology, Mabogo More, and paracorporeal embodiment

This article pays tribute to Mabogo Percy More by exploring his salience to recent calls for “critical phenomenology”. The notion of critical phenomenology is explored through Lisa Guenther’s influential advocacy and Elisa Magrì and Paddy McQueen’s effort to offer an overview and definition of the field. I contend that the most laudable aspects of critical phenomenology are achieved in More’s phenomenological work on antiblack racism and black consciousness, but that More’s work nonetheless points to limitations in what its advocates have articulated critical phenomenology to be. I argue against Guenther’s case that critical phenomenology must abandon the transcendental for the “quasi-transcendental”, showing that More’s focus on contingency and its significance in the phenomenology of Jean-Paul Sartre means that his work is ultimately transcendental existential phenomenology. I then extend the issue of contingency in relation to Magrì and Paddy McQueen’s suggestion of critical phenomenology as centring corporeality. Taking seriously More’s emphasis on the contingency of embodiment points to the matter of what I term “paracorporeal embodiment”, which suggests phenomenological questions that go beyond many of the articulations of critical phenomenology in the contemporary literature.

Constitutive Self-Consciousness

ABSTRACT The claim that consciousness constitutively involves self-consciousness has a long philosophical history, and has received renewed support in recent years. My aim in this paper is to argue that this surprisingly enduring idea is misleading at best, and insufficiently supported at worst. I start by offering an elucidatory account of consciousness, and outlining a number of foundational claims that plausibly follow from it. I subsequently distinguish two notions of self-consciousness: consciousness of oneself and consciousness of one’s experience. While ‘self-consciousness’ is often taken to refer to the former notion, the most common variant of the constitutive claim, on which I focus here, targets the latter. This claim can be further interpreted in two ways: on a deflationary reading, it falls within the scope of foundational claims about consciousness, while on an inflationary reading, it points to determinate aspects of phenomenology that are not acknowledged by the foundational claims as being aspects of all conscious mental states. I argue that the deflationary reading of the constitutive claim is plausible, but should be formulated without using a term as polysemous and suggestive as ‘self-consciousness’; by contrast, the inflationary reading is not adequately supported, and ultimately rests on contentious intuitions about phenomenology. I conclude that we should abandon the idea that self-consciousness is constitutive of consciousness.

SCOPE, NATURE AND CAUSES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Juvenile delinquency is a specific social phenomenon studied by various scientific disciplines. The goal of every society is to establish order and protect general social values. Juvenile delinquency is a serious behavioral problem manifested through actions that deviate from social and legal norms, and as such, it should be taken seriously in society, given the significance, dangers, and long-term consequences it can cause. The aim of this research is to examine the etiological factors of juvenile delinquency, as well as the scope and phenomenological aspects that can be categorized under this concept. The conceptual confusion present in this field often complicates the creation of adequate and effective prevention programs. Using descriptive research methods, document analysis, comparative methods, as well as quantitative and qualitative analysis, we have distinguished various types of behavior, grading them from asocial behaviors to juvenile delinquency as behaviors that violate legal norms. The research results have shown that juvenile delinquency is a broad term encompassing various behaviors that breach social, moral, customary, and legal norms. We have also demonstrated that youth delinquency is a multicausal phenomenon requiring a multidisciplinary approach for clarification. The conclusion is that juvenile delinquency is a complex phenomenon that demands an integrated and multidisciplinary approach in prevention. Investment in educational programs, family support, and health education, as well as the creation of a positive social environment, can significantly reduce the risk of delinquent behavior and mitigate its consequences. The contribution of this work is to assist professionals from different fields in the early detection of delinquent behavior in youth and the profiling of juvenile offenders, as the most dangerous form of delinquency.

Flashbulb memories in the context of group hierarchies: effects of gender, system justification, and social dominance orientation on negative private and public flashbulb memories.

Research on flashbulb memories (FBMs) has primarily focused on cognitive aspects. However, recent studies indicate that FBMs are closely associated with social and cultural dynamics. This descriptive study explored the structural aspects and psychosocial functions of negative FBMs within the context of intergroup theories, mainly focusing on negative public (coup attempt in Türkiye on July 15, 2016) and private (bad news of a loved one) FBMs. Participants in the main study (N = 233) were selected and grouped based on their social dominance orientations (SDO; high and low groups) and system justification tendencies (SJT; high and low groups), using data from a preliminary survey (N = 1,113). In the main study, participants' responses to items on canonical categories, phenomenological aspects, and psychosocial functions of FBMs and their involvement in different protest actions against the coup attempt were compared considering SDO, SJT, and gender. The results show that private FBMs were generally rated higher by participants than public FBMs in all aspects. Although the canonical quality of private FBM did not differ between gender groups, public FBM quality was better in men. Participants in the high-SJT group had higher-quality public FBMs and rated these memories as more functional than participants in the low-SJT group, along with their high levels of protest participation. No differences were observed between the SDO groups for either type of FBM. The findings are discussed in terms of their relevance to group hierarchies and system justification motives. As the first attempt to place the FBM phenomenon in the context of SDO and SJT at the individual level, this study is intended to encourage others to adopt multi-level intergroup theories for integrating bottom-up and top-down processes.

Probing chiral and flavored Z′ from cosmic bursts through neutrino interactions

The origin of tiny neutrino mass is an unsolved puzzle leading to a variety of phenomenological aspects beyond the Standard Model (BSM). We consider U(1) gauge extension of the Standard Model (SM) where so-called seesaw mechanism is incarnated with the help of thee generations of Majorana type right-handed neutrinos followed by the breaking of U(1) and electroweak gauge symmetries providing anomaly free structure. In this framework, a neutral BSM gauge boson Z′ is evolved. To explore the properties of its interactions we consider chiral (flavored) frameworks where Z′ interactions depend on the handedness (generations) of the fermions. In this paper we focus on Z′-neutrino interactions which could be probed from cosmic explosions. We consider νν¯→e+e- process which can energize gamma-ray burst (GRB221009A, so far the highest energy) through energy deposition. Hence estimating these rates we constrain U(1) gauge coupling (gX) and Z′ mass (MZ′) under Schwarzchild (Sc) and Hartle-Thorne (HT) scenarios. We also study ν-DM scattering through Z′ to constrain gX-MZ′ plane using IceCube data considering high energy neutrinos from cosmic blazar (TXS0506+056), active galaxy (NGC1068), the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the Lyman-α data, respectively. Finally highlighting complementarity we compare our results with current and prospective bounds on gX-MZ′ plane from scattering, beam-dump and g-2 experiments. [PICS code].

Exploring contaminants and analyte adsorption on functionalized porous silicon: Insights from a combined theoretical and experimental approach

Porous Silicon (PSi) holds significant promise in the realm of biosensor fabrication, due to its biocompatibility, large surface area, ease of fabrication and surface modification. The majority of the studies in the literature are experimental, primarily emphasizing phenomenological aspect and lack a theoretical understanding of the processes involved. This study adopts a systematic theoretical approach that employs density functional theory (DFT) to examine PSi models functionalized with –O and –OH groups. Using 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS) and (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) as probes for interaction with PSi, the interplay between this system and analytes is explored considering some typical organic molecules such as caffeine (CF), paracetamol (PC), methylene blue (MB), and astaxanthin (ASX). The interactions between PSi and the silanes are of a covalent nature, whereas the attraction among the silanes and contaminants leans towards electrostatic forces, aided by van der Waals interactions. Theoretical absorption spectra indicated that the shifts in intensity help to identify analytes/contaminants, as they are related to the degree of pore functionalization. This modeling gained further clarity through experimental monitoring performed through reflective interference fast Fourier transform spectroscopy and validation using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements on porous silicon films. In addition to the fundamental understanding of the functionalization processes, this combined theoretical-experimental approach establishes groundwork for futuristic studies in the field of porous silicon based chemical/bio-sensors and tailoring/designing novel materials for enhanced selectivity towards the desired analytes.

Exploring a novel Einstein–Rosen BTZ wormhole

We introduce a novel Einstein–Rosen BTZ wormhole metric as a solution to the Einstein field equations with a negative cosmological constant and explore in detail its various phenomenological aspects. We show that the wormhole metric is characterized by a horizon at the throat, resembling a black hole horizon. This implies that our wormhole metric describes a one-way traversable wormhole at the throat, with Hawking radiation observed by an observer located at some distance from the wormhole. It is also found the same Hawking temperature using the BTZ-like coordinates and Kruskal-like coordinates. This temperature is invariant not only on the type of coordinates but also the nature of the spin of quantum fields. Importantly, we find that at the wormhole throat, the spacetime is not a pure vacuum solution, but rather contains an exotic string matter source with negative tension, which may stabilize the wormhole geometry. To this end, we found that the size of the wormhole throat is proportional to the number of quantum bits suggesting a possible implications on ER=EPR. Further we studied the particle dynamics and, finally, we tested the ANEC with a test scalar and vector fields. For the double null-component computed in BTZ coordinates, we found an apparent divergence at the wormhole throat, which is then shown to be regularized by means of Kruskal-like coordinates. The ANEC for such a scalar/vector field is violated at the wormhole throat.

Pain in Tourette Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review.

Objectives: Recent survey data suggest that a high proportion of patients with Tourette syndrome (TS) experience pain, yet pain features in TS have not been previously investigated in a systematic manner. This article reviews the current understanding and impact of pain in TS as well as identifies possible areas for emphasis for future research on pain in TS. Methods: Using a comprehensive search strategy in two relevant research databases (PubMed and Scopus), we searched for relevant peer-reviewed, primary research articles, and review articles. Search terms used were Tourette syndrome, tic disorder, pain, pain management, sensory, and sensory gating. Results: A total of 116 pertinent articles were identified. Pain is reported by 47%-60% of individuals with TS and may relate to different aspects of tic phenomenology or other causes. Pain is more prevalent among TS patients than in the general population and negatively impacts quality of life. To standardize future research efforts, we propose the following classification: tic-related immediate pain, tic-related delayed injury/pain, suppression-related pain, premonitory urge-related pain, and associated primary pain syndromes. Altered sensory gating and interoceptive processing abnormalities are possible mechanisms contributing to pain in TS but warrant further study. Despite pain prevalence, most TS clinical rating scales and outcome measures used in therapeutic studies do not incorporate sufficient information regarding pain. Therapies known to improve pain in non-TS conditions that are also reported to improve tics have not been investigated for their effects on pain among TS patients. Conclusion: TS can be associated with a chronic pain syndrome that negatively affects quality of life. Future research using a systematic framework is needed to better understand pain cause(s) and prevalence, develop appropriate assessment methods, establish outcome measures, and understand mechanisms of pain in TS. Such investigations are likely to lead to therapeutic options for this troublesome symptom.

Multi-component dark matter from Minimal Flavor Violation

Minimal Flavor Violation (MFV) offers an appealing framework for exploring physics beyond the Standard Model. Interestingly, within the MFV framework, a new colorless field that transforms non-trivially under a global SU(3)3 quark flavor group can naturally be stable. Such a new field is thus a promising dark matter candidate, provided it is electrically neutral. We extend the MFV framework for dark matter and demonstrate that dark matter can naturally be multi-component across a broad parameter space. For illustration, we consider a gauge singlet, flavor triplet scalar field and identify parameter spaces for multi-component dark matter, where only the lightest flavor component is absolutely stable and heavy flavor components are decaying with lifetimes sufficiently longer than the age of the universe. Phenomenological, cosmological and astrophysical aspects of multi-component flavored dark matter are briefly discussed.

Visual hallucinations in psychosis: What do people actually see?

AbstractBackgroundOne in three people with psychosis experience visions. However, little is known about what people see, and current treatments have limited benefits.ObjectivesTo improve the understanding and treatment of visions, this study explored the phenomenology of visions in people with psychosis.MethodsTwelve people with psychosis participated in semi‐structured interviews. Reflective thematic analysis was used.ResultsThree main themes were generated covering important aspects of phenomenology: ‘Content’, ‘Coherence’ and ‘Quality’. The first theme ‘Content: People see people’, demonstrated that the most distressing visions were of people. The second theme ‘Coherence: Visions of people who behave like people’, captured how visions were coherent with real human behaviour, often by being multimodal experiences that spoke to and touched the observer. The third theme, ‘Quality: They look too real’ highlighted the compelling sense of authenticity of the visions, making them indistinguishable from reality.ConclusionVisions represent what we expect to see in everyday life: people, who act and look real. This powerful combination provides insight into the absorbing and all‐encompassing nature of visions and their impact on participant's lives. The framework of ‘Content’, ‘Coherence’ and ‘Quality’ provides guidance to support clinicians and researchers to better explore the phenomenology of visions in psychosis.

Charged black holes with Yukawa potential

This study derives a novel family of charged black hole solutions featuring short- and long-range modifications. These are achieved through a Yukawa-like gravitational potential modification and a nonsingular electric potential incorporation. The short-range corrections encode quantum gravity effects, while the long-range adjustments simulate gravitational effects akin to those attributed to dark matter. Our investigation reveals that the total mass of the black hole undergoes corrections owing to the apparent presence of dark matter mass and the self-adjusted electric charge mass. Two distinct solutions are discussed: a regular black hole solution characterizing small black holes, where quantum effects play a crucial role, and a second solution portraying large black holes at considerable distances, where the significance of Yukawa corrections comes into play. Notably, these long-range corrections contribute to an increase in the total mass and hold particular interest as they can emulate the role of dark matter. Finally, we explore the phenomenological aspects of the black hole. Specifically, we examine the influence of electric charge and Yukawa parameters on thermodynamic quantities, the quasinormal modes for the charged scalar perturbations as well as for the vector perturbations, analysis of the geodesics of light/massive particles, and the accretion of matter onto the charged black hole solution.

Long-range enhancement for fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy using Ag nanoislands protected with column-structured silica overlayer

We demonstrate long-range enhancement of fluorescence and Raman scattering using a dense random array of Ag nanoislands (AgNIs) coated with column-structured silica (CSS) overlayer of over 100 nm thickness, namely, remote plasmonic-like enhancement (RPE). The CSS layer provides physical and chemical protection, reducing the impact between analyte molecules and metal nanostructures. RPE plates are fabricated with high productivity using sputtering and chemical immersion in gold(I)/halide solution. The RPE plate significantly enhances Raman scattering and fluorescence, even without proximity between analyte molecules and metal nanostructures. The maximum enhancement factors are 107-fold for Raman scattering and 102-fold for fluorescence. RPE is successfully applied to enhance fluorescence biosensing of intracellular signalling dynamics in HeLa cells and Raman histological imaging of oesophagus tissues. Our findings present an interesting deviation from the conventional near-field enhancement theory, as they cannot be readily explained within its framework. However, based on the phenomenological aspects we have demonstrated, the observed enhancement is likely associated with the remote resonant coupling between the localised surface plasmon of AgNIs and the molecular transition dipole of the analyte, facilitated through the CSS structure. Although further investigation is warranted to fully understand the underlying mechanisms, the RPE plate offers practical advantages, such as high productivity and biocompatibility, making it a valuable tool for biosensing and biomolecular analysis in chemistry, biology, and medicine. We anticipate that RPE will advance as a versatile analytical tool for enhanced biosensing using Raman and fluorescence analysis in various biological contexts.

The Concept of Individuality in Ujamaa: Hermeneutical Historical and Phenomenological Aspects of Politics in Tanzania

The phenomena of politics in Tanzania show tension in individual’s freedom of speech as the product of human rationality. This study attempts to display the indispensability of historical influence of the concept of individuality in Ujamaa in the present political realm despite the fact that there is denial of the existence and influence of Ujamaa in the current politics. The hermeneutical method of the source material has been used with a systematic description of ideas in Ujamaa in the past and its interpretation and implication in the present and future. The findings show that the anthropological values in Ujamaa were over shadowed by authoritative elements in the past and so do in the current situation the condition which hinders the individual freedom of unity in diversity in the political realm, the idea which is crucial in the global and digital nation.

Magnetic and ultrasonic vibration dual-field assisted ultra-precision diamond cutting of high-entropy alloys

Despite the remarkable achievements in single-energy field-assisted diamond cutting technology, its performance remains unsatisfactory for processing high-entropy alloys (HEAs), targeted for next-generation large-scale industrial applications due to their exceptional properties. The challenge lies in overcoming the limitations of current single-energy field-assisted processing to achieve ultra-precision manufacturing of these advanced materials. This study proposes a multi-energy field-assisted ultra-precision machining technology, the magnetic and ultrasonic vibration dual-field assisted diamond cutting (MUVFDC), to address the current challenges. The phenomenological aspects of the dual-field coupling effect on HEAs are explored and investigated through comprehensive characterization of the workpiece material, ranging from macroscopic surface morphology to microscopic structural features. These analyses are performed based on experimental results from four different processing technologies: non-energy field, magnetic field, ultrasonic vibration field, and dual-field assisted machining. Research results demonstrate that MUVFDC technology effectively combines the advantages of a vibration field, which enhances cutting stability, and a magnetic field, which improves the machinability of materials. Additionally, this coupling technology addresses the challenges associated with single-energy field machining: it mitigates the difficulty of controlling surface scratches caused by tiny hard particles in a vibration field and suppresses the rapid tool wear encountered in a magnetic field. Furthermore, the gradient evolution of the subsurface microstructure reveals that the vibration field suppresses the severe matrix deformation induced by magnetic excitation. Simultaneously, the magnetic field reduces the size inhomogeneity of recrystallized grains caused by intermittent cutting. Overall, MUVFDC technology enhances surface quality, suppresses tool wear, smooths chip morphology, and reduces subsurface damage compared to single-energy field or non-energy-assisted machining. This work breaks through the performance limitations of traditional single-energy field-assisted processing and advances the understanding of the dual-field coupling effects in HEAs machining. It also presents a promising processing technology for the future ultra-precision manufacturing of advanced materials.

Two identical twin pairs discordant for longstanding anorexia nervosa and OSFED: lived experience accounts of eating disorder and recovery processes

Research into the risk of anorexia nervosa (AN) has examined twin pairs to further the understanding of the contributions of genetics, trait inheritance, and environmental factors to eating disorder (ED) development. Investigations of twin experiences of EDs have been biologically-based and have not considered the qualitative, phenomenological aspects of twin experiences. A gap in the literature exists regarding understanding of discordant twins with EDs. This research was developed in response, with the aim to deepen understanding of AN in discordant twins and to create novel ideas for further research and testing. The case studies presented in this article provide lived experience insights of two identical discordant twin pairs: one twin pair discordant for longstanding AN and one twin pair discordant for ‘atypical’ AN (the twin with AN has recovered). The perspectives and experiences of each co-twin (one with AN and one without) explore a number of factors that may have contributed to twin discordance in these cases, and how each twin has responded to the impact of AN in their lives. Through use of first-person accounts in case study presentation, this article centres social justice values of lived experience leadership and involvement in research. This article aims to extend current knowledge and understanding of EDs in discordant twins, particularly regarding risk for ED development, ED duration, diagnosis and treatment, and recovery processes.

Some Phenomenological Aspects of Higgs Production in Two Leptons and bb ̅ Final State Processes

Abstract: We present a partonic-level analysis of the two leptons and bb ̅ final states processes at the ILC e^+ e^-→e^+ e^- bb ̅. This process contains Higgs production with an electron-positron pair, where the Higgs decays into a bb ̅ quark pair as a sub-process, e^+ e^-→e^+ e^- H→e^+ e^- bb ̅. We tried to isolate this sub-process with a minimum set of cuts. Particularly, cross-sections are estimated at different energies, and the main distributions of kinematic variables characterizing the process are derived using the software Calchep [16]. The results provide information on signal and background characteristics for different ILC operating stages. Keywords: Higgs physics at ILC, Higgsstrahlung process, ZZ fusion process, Calchep.

Yang Model Revisited

A long time ago, C.N. Yang proposed a generalization of the Snyder model to the case of a curved background spacetime, based on an algebra isomorphic to o(1, 5) which includes, as subalgebras both the Snyder and the de Sitter algebras. His proposal can, therefore, be interpreted as a model of noncommutative curved spacetime, and could be useful for relating physics on very small and very large scales. We review this model and some recent progress concerning its generalizations and its interpretation in the framework of Hopf algebras. We also report some possibilities to relate it to more phenomenological aspects.

The genetic link between anxiety and libido: libido as an anxiety conversion

Psychoanalysis in the study of the human psyche considers all processes in the psychodynamic paradigm. The term "psychodynamics" first appeared in the works of Freud. From the information given by Freud deduces the definition: psychodynamics is the mutual influence of unconscious (id, BSZ) and conscious (ego) processes in which BSZ is of priority importance [14]. The psychodynamic approach made it possible to reveal the economic features of mental processes. Psychic economism describes how psychic energy is involved in the processes of production/reproduction, distribution, transition and qualitative and quantitative changes. When describing psychodynamics and the economy of Freud focused on libido as the only psychic energy that can be invested in an object in a direct and sublimated form, and manifest itself in models of attraction or conversion, in symptoms. However, the study of mental processes in patients with borderline personality organization of psychogenic etiology with the help of hypnopsychoanalysis allowed us to change the view of libido as the primary and central mental energy. According to the data of psychocorrective work, we came to the conclusion that anxiety is a pre-libidinal energy that is first experienced by a child at the moment of birth and in the process of ontogenesis is able to convert into libido. This leads to the conclusion that libido is the result of the conversion of anxiety, or, in other words, the reactive formation of anxiety. For the first time, an attempt to give anxiety a basal status was made by Karen Horney [20]. However, her work describes the phenomenological aspects of anxiety. We find a broad study of anxiety in a phenomenological way both in early authors, among whom R. May is particularly noted [8], and in modern ones [5], [3], [7]. In turn, the report examines the economic aspect of anxiety in the psychodynamic approach, its genetic relationship with libido, and the ability of anxiety to convert into libido. The research methodology is based on the following: - analysis of sources that highlight the problem of anxiety; - philosophical justification of the singular and plural; - data obtained as a result of psychocorrective work using psychodynamic hypnotherapy