Life Companion Research Articles

Co-Becomings of Companionships

This article explores the ways in which the couple-form and its normativity take part in the everyday life of companionships that are “other than couple” relationships. I develop the concept of affective negotiation to analyze the processes in which the companionships are experienced, practiced, and acknowledged. I study the affective negotiations particularly in relation to naming practices and comparisons and expectations around the relationship categories. The article is based on 20 semi-structured interviews with individuals who have important life companion(s) that they refer to as, for example, friends, flat-mates, animal companions, and ex-partners, or fields of multiple relationships. I analyze the data using feminist materialist methodologies and affect theories. Trough reading the data with the concept of co-becoming, I develop an understanding of companionships as dynamic processes lived and experienced in everyday life through entangled affective negotiations. I argue that the couple-form in the co-becomings of companionships in multiple and often contradictory ways. The normativity of the couple-form emerges through affective tensions that may limit the possibilities of these co-becomings, for example by troubling the processes of “making sense” of the intimacies. The co-becomings are also world-making practices where new ways of relating are created and imagined; they include the potential to move away from the normative power of the couple-form and materialize in unexpected ways.

Daily Life Companion: An AI Powered Chatbot for Personalized Daily Life Improvement and Intellectual Health Guidance

Individuals often struggle with managing daily tasks, prioritizing commitments, and maintaining well-being. Identifying and addressing potential mental health concern scan be challenging. This paper proposes a novel approach utilizing a user-friendly chatbot that leverages Natural Language Processing (NLP) to analyze daily journal entries. The chatbot offers personalized suggestions for daily life improvement and non-diagnostic psychological and intellectual health guidance. This paper explores the existing literature on the benefits of journaling and chatbot interventions for mental health, highlighting the potential of NLP-powered analysis to enhance user experience and support.

Exploring Palliative Care Needs Among Patients With Cancer and Non-Cancer Serious Chronic Diseases: A Comparison Study.

Palliative care (PC) is integral to improving the quality of life and mitigating suffering for individuals with serious illnesses. This interdisciplinary-led study aims to comprehensively evaluate the prevalence of distressing problems and unmet needs among both cancer and non-cancer chronic disease patients and explore their need for PC. A cross-sectional, comparative, and multicenter design was conducted, involving 458 patients from eight hospitals, utilizing a self-reported Problems and Needs in Palliative Care-sv questionnaire. The study included 276 (60.3%) patients with cancer and 182 (39.7%) with non-cancer chronic diseases. Most were 45-64 years old (n = 216, 47.2%). Patients with cancer reported a higher prevalence of physical symptoms, notably pain (n = 240, 87%) and anorexia (n = 192, 69.6%), while non-cancer patients faced more social challenges, including issues in companion relationships (n = 77, 42.3%) and discussing their disease with life companion (n = 78, 42.9%). Unmet needs were prevalent in both groups, with cancer patients having an average of 75.6% (n = 120) unmet needs, predominantly in the information (n = 145, 91.75%) and spiritual domains (n = 123, 77.8%). Non-cancer patients emphasized financial (n = 71, 66.6%) and autonomy (n = 59, 55.0%) problems. Moreover, patients in both groups with severe Charlson Comorbidity Index scores demonstrated significantly higher PC needs across all health domains. The study highlights the universal demand for comprehensive PC for patients with both cancer and non-cancer chronic diseases. The findings underscore the need for enhanced PC provision, especially for patients with multiple comorbidities. Further research is needed to comprehensively address psychological, social, and spiritual problems in both patient groups.

Spaces for Work

The horse-human pairing is thousands of years old and the choice of this animal as a companion for work and life is no coincidence. This animal stands out for its intelligence and sensitivity as well as its strength and agility, despite its large size. This research takes this binomial as the protagonist and proposes the creation of an equestrian centre in which both riding and the way of life with horses would be taught. The San Isidro sugar factory, located on the border between the Vega and the city of Granada, was chosen as the site. An architectural complex, an Asset of Cultural Interest, with an interior surface area of more than 4,000 m2 distributed in different sets of warehouses. The strategy of action and rehabilitation consists of introducing light elements that house the necessary uses and that are not in contact with the existing architecture. In addition, on an aesthetic level, a range of shapes and colours are sought that are differentiated from the original construction and, therefore, there is no room for false historical elements. The concept behind the work is the dynamics of the horse’s movement. The animal’s body geometry is characterised by curves. In addition, its movements, the way it moves its ears, turns, jumps or the layout of a jumping route all have curves as a common element. This is used to design five curved structures, from which all the necessary spaces are generated for the development of the activity. This results in improved animal welfare and cleanliness. In short, Dinámico focuses on animal welfare and creates safe spaces that go beyond what is currently conceived for an equestrian centre.

Dingoes, companions in life and death: The significance of archaeological canid burial practices in Australia.

The dingo, also known as the Australian native dog, was introduced in the late Holocene. Dingoes were primarily wild animals but a number resided in Aboriginal people's camps. Traditionally, these individuals were taken from wild litters before weaning and raised by Aboriginal people. It is generally believed that these dingoes were not directly provided for, and upon sexual maturity, returned to reproduce in the wild. However, some died while in the company of people and, were buried in occupation sites. This Australian practice parallels the burial of domestic dogs in many regions of the Asia-Pacific and beyond but has attracted very little research. We explore the historical and archaeological evidence for dingo burial, examining its different forms, chronological and geographic distribution, and cultural significance. Dingoes were usually buried in the same manner as Aboriginal community members and often in areas used for human burial, sometimes alongside people. This practice probably occurred from the time of their introduction until soon after European colonisation. We present a case study of dingo burials from Curracurrang Rockshelter (NSW) which provides insights into the lives of ancient tame dingoes, and suggests that domestication and genetic continuity between successive camp-dwelling generations may have occurred prior to European contact.

The ‘Only Child’ at Home: Exploring Lived Experiences of Senior High School Learners in The Philippines

The economic circumstances, overcrowding, the energy crisis and the need for two breadwinners per family have all contributed to this need for family planning. Parents opt to choose to have one child as one of the most radical approaches to overcoming crises and limiting the growth of the population, while others are due to their financial problems or because they don’t have enough time to raise more children. However, the child must have siblings to have a companion and fortune in life. Only children are perceived as spoiled, selfish because they’re accustomed to getting whatever they want from their parents, including undivided attention, but not all single children are the same. Many children are also not given what they want because of the problems they face in life, especially now with a pandemic. In this research, we will examine the challenges and opportunities of an only child. As a part of a trend towards a smaller family size in general, the proportion of one-child families has increased over the last decade in Asia, particularly in China.

THE CENTRAL ROLE OF THE VILLAGE KIAI AS SIGNIFICANT OTHER IN RURAL MADURA

This research aims to comprehensively discuss the central role of the village kiai as a significant other in the social environment of rural Madurese society. The results of this study found twenty-two central roles of village kiai in carrying out social-religious activities in the social environment of the surrounding community. These include leading a four or seven-month pregnancy ceremony, a forty-day birth ceremony, a ceremony to descend the land, giving names to newborn children, giving consideration to choosing a potential life companion, solutions to plans to build a house, leading a wedding party, giving prayers for blessings, prayers when children are in the process of weaning, determining the implementation of the marriage contract process and the wedding party, giving prayers for safety during the wedding party, leading a seven-day death ceremony, and other social events in the local community. Meanwhile, the method used is descriptive qualitative, with a snowball sampling procedure to the kiai as the subject of the research. While the data analysis technique uses data reduction, data presentation to conclusion drawing.

Philosophy: An Apologetic Etude

Philosophy as a cultural phenomenon, a type of worldview, an academic discipline has a difficult destiny. Society either raves about philosophical thought and practice or ostracizes and pompously distances itself from them. The authors attempt to understand the causes of this situation and highlight philosophy’s non-devaluated worth. The paper is based on existential dialectics in conjunction with a hermeneutic approach.The question of worldview’s genesis, essence and structure is addressed. The nature of philosophy’s relationships with worldview framework as a whole and its important elements, religion and science is clarified. The latter talk about providence or law. Unlike them, philosophy talks about fate – not blind, not manageable but capricious. Philosophy turns to a wayward man, supporting and strengthening his craving for autonomy in actions and thoughts as well as advising him to approach the traditions of world and national culture with intelligence and responsibility. The authors specify the interdisciplinary subject of philosophy equated with its problem field. The multi-faceted nature of philosophical problems and the irremovable subjectivity in its fixation determine ambiguity in ranking the range of issues. The authors give preference to the version rooted in Greek philosophical thought. The premises and the arguments presented in the text allow us to summarize: philosophy is neither a servant nor a mistress, but a life companion of an autonomous man. The pressure on philosophy is caused by the society’s and authorities’ ever-present suspicion towards an autonomous man.

Perilaku Pacaran pada Peserta Didik SMP X

Adolescence is the transition from childhood to early adulthood. Childhood as we know Together, they make friends with the same and the opposite sex without awkwardness and shame. Even though they believe that they are no longer children, the people around them still believe that they are still children. This study uses a qualitative methodology. Junior high school children were used as subjects. Data collection techniques from subjects using interviews. In some of the subjects we interviewed, their behavior when they were dating especially when the two of them were just chatting, studying together, worshiping together, spoiled like little children. Dating activities among junior high school students is a normal and natural phase experienced by teenagers, especially those who are going through puberty. Dating itself is two people who love each other, are willing to do anything to make their partner happy and have a future goal of being a companion for life forever, which is called marriage.
 
 Keywords: Teenagers, Dating, Behavior, love language

Džuang Ci i Epikur - život i smrt kao igra kosmičkih sila

Due to our materiality, we are woven into this reality and cannot deny the land we belong to a morsel of bread or love that fills our being. Epicurus has believed that all people have a right to happiness through philosophical exploration, as only through philosophical exploration can we realize our aspiration and reach our goal - life in pleasure, without pain, life filled with happiness. Epicurus, like Zhuangzi, has had a strong need to demonstrate that it is necessary for us to know ourselves, our very essence. Zhuangzi, having been aware of the illusions into which we "lull ourselves", has come to the realization that this is not only undesirable but also impossible. There are just endless transformations of things (wu hua 物化), as the only certainties for human beings. Changes of state and form are our constant companions in life. Nothing can stop and steady this profound and distressing cosmic play.

LAKOĆA ŽIVLjENjA I STVARANjA

In the monograph Mosaic of Memories, Snežana Nikolajević presented the life and work of Zoran Hristić, a composer, radio and TV editor, music writer, a man who loved art, family, people, socializing. His work and life were inspiring to look at from different aspects – both biographical and musicological. The author of the monograph and the composer had an extremely harmonious, friendly and collegial relationship that resulted in wonderful texts, compositions, dedications, interpretations, shows. Therefore, it is quite natural that Zoran Hristić wanted, and Snežana Nikolejvić realized in an original, but above all interesting, accessible and interesting way, a monograph that will be interesting to both music professionals, music students, as well as art lovers and Zoran’s admirers, of which there were many. Through chapters with the titles: piano, orders, highlights, stage, screen, radio, roots, attitude, coda, we follow the chronology of Hristic’s life and professional path, along with honest, warm statements of friends and associates. The following spoke about Zoran: pianist Vesna Kršić, theologian Dragan Vukić, violinist Jovan Kolundžija, choreographer Slavko Pervan, composer, arranger, instrumentalist Slobodan Marković, Marija Ćirić, music theorist, sound engineer Zoran Jerković, traditional flute player Bora Dugić and dentist Gordana Lazarević, Zoran’s life companion during the last years. In addition to the textual material, which in a natural flow leads from the description of life events, periodization and chronological events to musicological analyses, valuable material is represented by photographs from a private archive as well as parts of sheet music, Zoran’s texts, synopsis and manuscript scores. In the coda of the Mosaic of Memories, there is a clear conclusion that Zoran Hristić had a rich, meaningful and successful life, and endowed with talent and beauty, he was ready to enjoy it.

Repetition as a Stylistic Feature in Mansour Al-Helou's Poetry: A Literary Aesthetic Perspective

At the outset, we must point out that we have the lead and leadership in writing about a poet that the scientific community did not write about, and here we are, God willing, writing the first of these academic scientific researches on the poet . Mansour Mahmoud Al-Hilu was born in the Al-Najaf Governorate in a locality called Al-Amara, and he was Alawi of Iraqi parentage in the year 1930, and his immediate rank was among his three brothers. Time and his grandparents, father, uncles and uncles participated in the Twentieth Revolution. Hence, he grew up loving the country and science together. He was enrolled in primary and secondary schools. He was fond of science and studies, and he was ranked first in all his academic stages. Then he completed his studies in Baghdad at the Teachers' High School, which is called today the College of Education. He obtained a bachelor's degree, and took teaching as a profession. He moved in the governorates and schools of Iraq. He married his cousin, who bore him four daughters, and he had one son, who was named Munjid. He held many positions, including the head of the Teachers Syndicate in Basra Governorate for several years. He moved to the Ministry of Culture and Guidance to become a general manager in one of its structures. Then he was transferred to Kirkuk Governorate to receive his new duties as Director General. Finally, he became a director in the Ministry of Culture and Information again in Baghdad. In 1972, he was subjected to various practices of abuse and harassment in order to be a member of the Baath Party, as the party was at the height of its glory, and in order to preserve his dignity and commitment to his values and principles that did not leave him in all areas of his life, he submitted his resignation and was approved in the same year . He lived after that, moving between various works, but he never left poetry, as it was his life companion. He traveled to all countries of the world, including Switzerland, and was dazzled by the beauty of nature in Geneva. He wrote his poem “The Tourist Poem” that town that charmed him with its atmosphere, but he did not continue to mention his country, so he balanced between them. And he showed his homeland when he said: “You are sweet, Geneva, but my homeland is a thousand times more beautiful than you

Our life companions: the human follicular mite Demodex folliculorum

We carry them in our skin pores through our entire life, from birth to death. We offer them shelter and in return, they tidy-up our pores. We go on with our busy day life and they sleep. They wake up when we go to sleep and while we are deeply dreaming, they move around, visit other pores and mates, and reproduce. Despite being our ‘very own’ life companions, until recently, we knew very little about their struggle.

Perlindungan Hukum bagi Korban Tindak Pidana Kekerasan Seksual dalam Rumah Tangga (Marital Rape) (Studi Putusan No.43/Pid.Sus/2020/PN.Ksn)

Sexual violence is a forced sexual relationship by the perpetrator to the victim, or an act of sexual intercourse that is not desired by one of the parties. Sexual violence usually occurs outside of marriage, but in this case sexual violence can also occur within marriage. Sexual violence in the household is referred to as marital rape , which is rape that occurs in a marriage. Sexual violence in the household can happen to anyone, regardless of gender or status in the family, especially not to a wife. In cases of sexual violence in the household, many cases are found that befell a wife. The wife as the husband's life companion often gets violent actions from an irresponsible husband. In Indonesia itself, several cases of domestic sexual violence that afflict wives tend to be ignored or even not widely known by the wider community so that these cases are often underestimated. Indonesian law in this case as the basis for imposing sanctions on perpetrators of sexual violence has not been completely fair to the victims. As in this case, there are differences in the sentences given by judges to perpetrators of sexual violence in the household to wives with other members of the household, so it can be found that there is discrimination in punishment received by a wife. This raises the question of how the judge actually decides the case with the legal considerations he takes, whether it is appropriate and can fully realize justice or is it inversely proportional. For this reason, further research is needed on the handling of cases of domestic sexual violence that afflicts the wife with the aim of finding out how cases of domestic sexual violence can be decided fairly for the perpetrators and victims.

Oral Health-Related Quality of Life Among Narcotic and Stimulant Users Referred to Maintenance Methadone Therapy Centers in Ahvaz City: Iran.

IntroductionWe aimed to assess quality of life related to oral health in narcotic or stimulant users those were referred to maintenance methadone therapy (MMT) centers in Ahvaz City, Iran.MethodsIt was a cross-sectional study based on exploratory approach which has conducted on 187 narcotic and stimulant users in Ahvaz city; during 15th May till September 2020. Data was selected by available non-random sampling method. The data collection tools included the demographic variables and the standard OHIP-14 questionnaires. All tests were used as descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance. P-values of less than 0.05 was considered significant.ResultsThe mean and standard deviation of the participants' age was 36.03 ± 8.98 years. The quality-of-life scores related to oral health were totally 34.89 ± 6.50 as well as 37.37 and 33.96 in narcotic and stimulant users, respectively. The total quality of life related to OHIP-14 did not have a significant relationship with variables of age, life companions, level of education, number of children, economic status, employment status, insurance status, underlying disease, toothbrush use status, last dentist visit, and number of missing teeth (P > 0.05). However, a significant difference was found between the quality of life related to oral health based on the type of substance used (narcotic or stimulant), so that the mean quality of life related to oral health was higher in narcotic than stimulant users (P < 0.05).ConclusionQuality of life related to OHIP-14 was more unfavorable in stimulant users than narcotic users. So, policy makers and authorities are required to focus their interventions and research programs to improve health-related quality of life in users, especially stimulant.

Public administration, state administration and e-government: features of the interconnection

The radical transformational changes taking place in Ukraine over the last few decades made a significant change in the terms that are used in the legislation. Thus, the terms "e-government", "digitalization" and "digital services" have become constant life companions of every citizen. However, one of the important things is, that in addition to the new modern terms in the legislation, the other terms are also used, which are quite outdated and should be revised. One of such terms, in our opinion, is the concept of old "state administration". Considering that this term was one of the key terms in the science of administrative law during the Soviet times, had a special purpose and specific methods of implementation, its application to modern phenomena such as e-government is completely inappropriate. Additionaly, application of this term is completely unsuccessful in view that the basis of e-government and digital transformations is democratization of relations between the state and the citizen, with the help of service components.&#x0D; Moreover, the continued use of such term in the law effectively undermines the essence of administrative reform, which has been going on in Ukraine for over 25 years. &#x0D; The article demonstrates the comparative analysis between the terms old "state administration" and the new, modern term "public administration" in the general sense and in the field of e-government in particular. &#x0D; The author concludes that for several important reasons, the concept of "state administration" should be replaced by a more modern concept - "public administration", which is the key term in the law of European Union for already a long time. It was emphasized that "public administration" should be the basic term on which all other legislation will be based, including, above all, laws that determine the status and powers of executive bodies and local self-government.

Interferencje kulturowe w narracjach podróżnych. Wincenty Lutosławski i jego Wędrówki Iberyjskie

The main subject of the article covers the transmission of cultural values in travellers’ accounts, in particular it features the role of language as a communication tool. Illustrations come from Wincenty Lutosławski’s ‘Wędrówki Iberyjskie’ (1909, new edition 2021) and depict the extracts from literary and academic life in Spain and Portugal, as well as the matter of ethnical minorities (such as Arabs, Jews or Romani), whom he had met during his travel. The separate aspect of this article presents polish philosopher’s life companion – Sofía Casanova, whom he had met in Madrid and who had a huge impact on progress of Polish and Spanish relations. In the end, the article indicates similarities between Polish and Spanish nations, which form, in author’s opinion, additional motivation to get to know the country, which civilization achievements could become a part of a very important component of Polish youth’s education.

Research on the Impact of Smart Phone Use on Children's Socialization

With the development of mobile Internet technology, smart phones play an increasingly important role in people's social life, and also gradually become an important companion in children's life. But at present, the content of children's access to mobile phones is mainly adult information with adults as the target group. Children's access to smart phones means that they are exposed to the adult information world without protection, which has an important impact on their socialization. This paper investigates children's smart phone contact behavior in the form of questionnaire, analyzes the impact of smart phone contact on children's socialization, and thinks that smart phone can help children understand society more comprehensively, cultivate calm personality, improve safety awareness, form correct communication concept, and clarify career ideal, At the same time, there are also some negative effects such as excessive use of mobile phones leading to children's personality loneliness, moral decline, social value distortion, Internet addiction and so on. Finally, from the family, school, society, government, media five aspects put forward corresponding strategies to reduce the negative impact of smart phones on children's socialization, so as to promote the development of children's socialization.

Exploring pets' own 'personality traits' and their specific social support functions

With the improvement of the overall living standard of society, the progress of social production methods and the increase of life and work pressure, the tendency of pets to become intimate companions in human life has become more and more obvious, and they have received more emotional attention from humans. This paper focuses on the "personality traits" of pets as studied by scholars at home and abroad, and explores the social support function of pets for humans, and finds out the in-depth reasons why pets provide psychological support for humans, in order to achieve a harmonious relationship between pets and humans.

Exploitation of Indian Rose-Ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri manilensis Scopoli, 1769) from Panvel, Navi Mumbai, India

This paper presents information on exploitation of Indian Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri manilensis Scopoli, 1769) in a botanical garden of an undergraduate college in Panvel, Navi Mumbai. Results of the study reveals that even though measures designed to protect the birds by Wildlife Protection Act (1972) of India, still the birds are caught and kept as companion pets or traded. It is suggested that strict legal action must be taken against the culprits practicing the exploitation of Rose-ringed parakeets or any other wild life mainly for live companion pets or any other purposes. Awareness about ecological role of regional biodiversity among local community and regular surveillance by mobile squads of forest personnel will also minimize the trapping, illegal hunting and global trade of Rose-ringed parakeets to a greater extent. The study recommends further research to understand and minimize the exploitation of endangered species of wild life for conservation of the regional biodiversity.