Concrete Situations Research Articles

Encountering bodies and identity dynamics of social worker: A case of a cleft lip and palate surgeries department

This article highlights social work practices for children with cleft lip and palate (CLP) and their families in a hospital. Embodiment is the main theoretical perspective used to analyse complex encounters between clients (children with CLP and their parents) and social workers in concrete interactive situations. It allows us to symmetrically reflect on how encounters between the bodies of clients, the social worker and medical professionals co-construct and redefine the social worker’s identities. Three body-related identities emerge and coexist as the practice proceeds: a normal person with a normal life, a learner without embodied knowledge of a particular illness and a professional with both medical and social work authorities. These three dimensions show how mutual embodiment in contextualised interactions affects the social worker-client relationship. About implications for social work practice, we draw attention to the situated identities of social worker in a specific context, and explain how embodiment serves as a critical tool to improve our understanding of practitioners’ dynamic identities through embodied reflexivity.

Defending our borders: Metaphor scenarios in Hungarian and Romanian political discourse on migration

Metaphor in political discourse has been described as a device for persuasion and providing legitimacy for political action. Besides these roles, however, Andreas Musolff draws attention to the dialogic potential of metaphors in public discourse when used as variations of universally accepted metaphorical frames applied and tailored in accordance with the specific ideologies, attitudes, and values of the discourse community addressed. Such subcategories, named scenarios, not only convey the target domain in terms more familiar to the audience, but they also invite evaluation and assessment on the part of the audience. In this role, metaphors, and their subcategories, and scenarios, allow expression of alternative viewpoints and particular perspectives within the frame of a public debate. This study proposes to track such reformulations in Hungarian and Romanian political discourse during the migrant crisis in 2015 concerning the CONTAINER metaphor. Conceptualizations of various discourse communities as containers are common in political discourse, circumscribing the ingroup as homogenous and compact, entailing elements like boundaries and possibilities of approach or, on the contrary, keeping away outside elements. In the concrete situation of the migrant crisis, entailments like closing or opening borders or conditions on crossing that border are common features. The corpus is composed of declarations from Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán related to events that occurred during the crisis, not only formulating attitudes and positioning toward the migrants but also towards the European Union and its policies regarding the issue. The metaphor scenarios are traceable in these speeches are means of self-presentation, defining the role and the position assumed by the two countries as members of the organization.

Objectiveness of The Alleged Victims as A Parameter for Law Enforcement in A Defamation Case

Activities in the complaints form from victims who feel libel by others have increased and occurred at all levels of the police in Indonesia. Everyone can feel offended by different insults, so the law enforcement of criminal offenses based on Article 310 paragraph (3) of the Criminal Code requires objectivity to accusations of defamation. The research points to a detriment as the basis for defamation, it is the concrete form of this detrimental requires further study as a manifestation of the substitute for defamation in the public interest. This article aims to validate the objectivity of the victim's alleged insult and defamation allegations. Article uses normative research type and conceptual approach with qualitative analysis. The defamation case regarding the meaning of the public interest. Justice is a baseline with the realization in concrete situations. The interest form of the community through the property by demanding actions that are proportional, appropriate, balanced, and in harmony with the rights of everyone. An emphasis on values prevailing in society (morals and customs). There are direct interests that are primarily economic. Then, the basis for filing a victim's complaint requires concrete evidence of the consequences of the alleged defamation, namely losses. Calculation of Losses. The specific requirement is that material or immaterial loss arise during the pre-contractual, contractual, and post-contractual periods. The complainant or victim must show the contract between the complainant and the offender.

PROFIL KEMAMPUAN LITERASI MATEMATIKA SISWA BERDASARKAN GAYA KOGNITIF

This type of research used is descriptive research with a qualitative approach because the purpose of this study was to describe the profile of students ' mathematical literacy abilities based on cognitive style. This research was conducted at SMA Dr. Soetomo Surabaya in the 2022/2023 academik year. The subjects of this study were four students of X-MIPA 1 grade, namely one male FI student, one female FI student, one male FD student, and one female FD student. The research instrument was a test of students’ mathematical literacy based on PISA indicators. Mathematical literacy indicators are based on six levels of students’ mathematical literacy. Based on the analysis of the data on the results of the mathematical literacy test, it was obtained a profile description of the mathematical literacy ability of Dr. Soetomo High School namely (1) independent field students are able to work effectively with models in concrete but complex situation, present different information and relate it to real situation. Meanwhile (2) field dependent students are able to carry out the procedures well and choose and apply simple problem solving strategies and can interprete and represent situations.

Smudge Attack or: How to Secure Your Dirty Keypad

We present a concrete situation where there is a difference between the theoretical security of a cipher and its limitations when implemented in practice. Specifically, when entering a PIN, smudges on the keypad substantially reduce its security. We show how the number of possible keys in the presence of the “smudge attack” can be calculated. Specifically, it turns out that in all interesting situations, a key with fewer smudges increases security. Possible extensions for use in an undergraduate discrete mathematics or cryptography class are presented.

Responding to racist contempt with counter-contempt: Moral and pedagogical dilemmas

ABSTRACT The goal of this paper is to explore arguments about the moral (in)appropriateness of counter-contempt as a justified moral and pedagogical response to racist contempt. Drawing on debates for and against contempt in moral philosophy, the paper suggests a contextual approach to contempt that pays attention to both the specifics of the concrete situation that agents are in when they are experiencing racist contempt and the context of the agents themselves, understood as the conceptual and affective tools that are available to them in order to discern and challenge the meaning of racist contempt. The paper discusses the moral and pedagogical dilemmas entailed in efforts to cultivate in the classroom (and beyond) the right kind of contempt—both as a pedagogical stance and as a political message—which does not backfire but instead inspires a productive engagement with racism.

Florence Kelley: Pragmatist, Feminist, Socialist

Florence Kelley: Pragmatist, Feminist, Socialist

Erfahrungen mit Gefährdungssituationen in Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie bei Patienten mit extremistischer Einstellung

Dangerous situations in connection with the treatment of persons with suspected extremist attitudes have become increasingly relevant. Asurvey of physicians and psychotherapists is intended to provide information about concrete dangerous situations among these patients. By means of an anonymous online survey, which comprised 16main questions and up to 95additional questions, atotal of 364 health professionals were asked about the general situation and about patients, as well as relatives with suspected extremist attitudes. In all, 17.5% of the participants were physicians, 72.1% psychotherapists. 47.7% work exclusively in ahospital, 34.2% in aprivate practice. Atotal of 57.7% of the participants have already treated patients with suspected extremist attitudes (46.7% treated relatives); 27.6% were confronted with situations of self-endangerment (30.1% in the case of relatives), 49.5% with situations of danger to others (18.3% in the case of relatives), in which they often did not feel safe. Altogether, 20.3% of the professionals informed security authorities, and not quite half found this contact to be comparatively unhelpful/not at all helpful (45.5% among relatives). The majority of the participants had no contact to other agencies, such as specialized counselling centres for deradicalization. Physicians experienced the situations of endangerment more often than non-medical psychotherapists. Acomparison between professionals from hospitals and private practices shows no significant differences. The study was able to show that extremism and the associated dangerous situations are an important topic in the treatment of patients and that physicians and non-medical psychotherapists should be well prepared. Networking with extremism prevention agencies and good cooperation with security authorities would be important and desirable for the future.

A heterodiscursividade em narrativas fantásticas da tradição oral

ABSTRACT This article investigates the presence of heterodiscourse in narratives of oral tradition. Therefore, the theoretical foundation is based on the Bakhtinian perspective, which understands the discourse, in the literary narratives, as marked by heterodiscursivity, evidencing a diversity of social voices that signal ways of understanding and points of view about the world. The analysis of the corpus, composed of two narratives from the oral tradition, points out, therefore, that the voices of the narrator, of the traditional storytellers and of the characters appear in constant dialogicity with the social voices, guided by axiologies, positions and evaluative centers of social, cultural and historical order. The study thus found ways of reflecting and refracting the events of existence, moral frameworks that guide them and the understanding of ways of being and acting in concrete situations of life in society, in line with the dialogic assumptions of the research.

The Implementation of Authentic Assessment in the Literary Subjects: A Pedagogical Perspective

By applying qualitative approach, this research is aimed at analyzing and describing the planning, processes and evaluation of the implementation of authentic assessment which is carried out comprehensively regarding the whole activity of learning, including the processes and products of the study so that the students’ activities get appraisal. The authentic assessment demands that the students participate in the real and concrete situation and meaningful. The results of the analysis of the data indicate that the literary subjects, that is the topic of this study, are not yet delivered coherently with the aspects and principles of authentic assessment. It is found that most of the literary subjects are presented and evaluated without being made in line with the scientific and systematic study about the nature and application of authentic assessment. Furthermore, with focus on the studies to all aspects of the implementation of authentic assessment on learning literary subjects, the results of this study contribute to the development of science and theory that are applicable to the teaching and learning of literary subjects. In other words, there is a substantial need to apply the concepts and scientific principles of the implementation of authentic assessment in the teaching and learning of all literary subjects with full consideration being given on the appropriate and comprehensive lesson plan.

Ketidaksetujuan terhadap Interpretasi Pendamaian Stoa dan Kekristenan dalam Pemikiran Justus Lipsius

Justus Lipsius drew up an intellectual project to reconcile stoic thought with Christianity. In this project, Lipsius started with two assumptions. First, Stoicism's “divine fire” as the highest principle is to be explained by making reference to Scripture where God manifests himself through fire. Second, destiny is a manifestation and an expression of Divine Providence that plays an important part in concrete situations. Has Justus Lipsius been successful at reconciling the Stoics and Christianity? This paper is intended to address this question using a literature review approach. The author goes through the philosophical thoughts of neo-stoicism, Justus Lipsius. Basically, Stoicism showed differences to Christianity. Stoicians believe that the Divine is material. Destiny and divine providence become one. Both are a series of causes that bring matters to mechanical work. Consequently, the space for freedom is almost nonexistent because stoic humans wish to align themselves with Nature fully. Christianity tells the opposite. God is nonmaterial, and the nuances of human freedom are held in high regard. As a result, Lipsius could not reconcile the Stoics with Christianity.

Pandemic mutilated pedagogy: Teaching "in there" without my hearing body

Although students with disabilities have generally been identified as a vulnerable group during the pandemic, the specific experiences of those with impaired hearing have not yet gained attention within the debates and literature on online teaching. Since the same condition holds for academic teachers, I will in this essay contribute an original and critical perspective by sharing my own story. Embraced by the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty, the reader will be invited into my world of hearing differently, and be able to see what this means when teaching online. Through significant embodied experiences of having been born with impaired hearing, and concrete situations from my own online teaching, I reveal how academia is normatively structured around people with normal hearing, and how this norm has become even more strengthened during the pandemic. Against this background, my essay ends with suggesting a more inclusive “new normal” than is currently practiced and portrayed in the post-pandemic future.

"I Needed to Know, No Matter What I Do, I Won't Make It Worse"-Expectations and Experiences of Last Aid Course Participants in Germany-A Qualitative Pilot Study.

The need to care for a loved one in a palliative state can lead to severe physical as well as psychological stress. In this context, Last Aid courses have been developed to support caring for relatives and to stimulate the public discussion on death and dying. The purpose of our pilot study is to gain an understanding of the attitudes, values, and difficulties of relatives caring for a terminally ill person. A qualitative approach was used in form of five semi-structured guided pilot interviews with lay persons who recently attended a Last Aid course. The transcripts of the interviews were analyzed following Kuckartz's content analysis. Overall, the interviewed participants have a positive attitude toward Last Aid courses. They perceive the courses as helpful as they provide knowledge, guidance, and recommendations of action for concrete palliative situations. Eight main topics emerged during analysis: expectations regarding the course, transfer of knowledge, reducing fear, the Last Aid course as a safe space, support from others, empowerment and strengthening of own skills, and the improvement needs of the course. In addition to the expectations before participation and the knowledge transfer during the course, the resulting implications for its application are also of great interest. The pilot interviews show initial indications that the impact, as well as supportive and challenging factors regarding the ability to care for relatives to cope, should be explored in further research.

Internet activities and social and community participation among young people with learning disabilities

AbstractBackgroundA digital lag has been reported on access to the internet and performing internet activities for young people with learning disabilities in everyday life.AimThe aim of this study is to explore environmental opportunities and challenges when performing internet activities and how internet use influences social and community participation for young people with learning disabilities from the perspectives of the target group.MethodsAn inductive design was applied, with focused observations and follow‐up interviews of 15 internet‐using young persons with learning disabilities in their everyday settings. The data was analysed interpretatively using open coding.FindingsThe environment offered both opportunities and challenges in terms of the design of digital devices and digital support. Support from peers was often preferred. All participants performed internet activities related to social participation although not all used social media. Searching for information was performed, however, finding the information or understanding it was challenging and led to restricted participation in the community.ConclusionMore examples of internet use positively influencing social participation were found, contrary to community participation. It is indicated that concrete learning situations when using the internet for social participation were more adapted to the participants and promoted this type of participation, contrary to situations of internet use influencing community participation.

Chemicals of emerging concern in coastal aquifers: Assessment along the land-ocean interface

Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) is recognized as a relevant source of pollutants to the sea, but little is known about its relevance as a source of chemicals of emerging concern (CECs). Here, both the presence and distribution of a wide range of CECs have been evaluated in the most comprehensive manner to date, in a well-characterized Mediterranean coastal aquifer near Barcelona (Spain). Samples from coastal groundwater and seawater allowed for the unique spatial characterization of the pollutants present in the land-ocean interface, an outstanding research gap that required attention. The main goals were (1) to determine CECs in the aquifer, so as to evaluate the SGD as a relevant source of marine pollution, and (2) to identify new tracers to improve our understanding of SGD dynamics. To this end, 92 CECs were located in the aquifer by using wide-scope analytical target methodologies (>2000 chemicals). Among them, the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), along with the pharmaceuticals carbamazepine and topiramate, were revealed to be good markers for tracing anthropogenic contamination in ground- and seawater, in concrete situations (e.g., highly contaminated sites). Additionally, non-target analysis expanded the number of potential tracers, making it a promising tool for identifying both the source and the fate of pollutants.

Interior point methods for solving Pareto eigenvalue complementarity problems

In this paper, we propose to solve Pareto eigenvalue complementarity problems by using interior-point methods. Precisely, we focus the study on an adaptation of the Mehrotra Predictor Corrector Method (MPCM) and a Non-Parametric Interior Point Method (NPIPM). We compare these two methods with two alternative methods, namely the Lattice Projection Method (LPM) and the Soft Max Method (SM). On a set of data generated from the Matrix Market, the performance profiles highlight the efficiency of MPCM and NPIPM for solving eigenvalue complementarity problems. We also consider an application to a concrete and large size situation corresponding to a geomechanical fracture problem. Finally, we discuss the extension of MPCM and NPIPM methods to solve quadratic pencil eigenvalue problems under conic constraints.

Decreased muscle mass in type-2 diabetes. A hidden comorbidity to consider

an expert report is presented on the situation of loss of muscle mass in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), with a proposal of what the clinical approach to this comorbidity should be, based on the evidence from the literature and clinical experience. a qualitative expert opinion study was carried out using the nominal approach. A literature search on diabetes and muscle was made and submitted to a multidisciplinary group of 7 experts who through a face-to-face meeting discussed different aspects of the role of muscle mass in T2DM. muscle mass must be taken into account in the clinical context of patients with T2DM. It has an enormous impact on patient function and quality of life, and is as important as adequate metabolic control of T2DM. in addition to drug therapy and diet adjustments, aerobic and strength activities are essential for maintaining muscle mass and function in diabetic patients. In concrete situations, artificial oral supplementation specific for muscle care could improve the situation of malnutrition and low muscle mass. Measures such as the walking speed test, chair test, or the SARC-F questionnaire, together with the Barthel index, constitute a first step to diagnose relevant impairment requiring intervention in patients with T2DM. This document seeks to answer some questions about the importance, assessment, and control of muscle mass in T2DM.

Remark on the precision of recurrent forecast in singular spectrum analysis

Within the family of methods named as Singular Spectrum Analysis there exist several variants of forecasting algorithms for signals corrupted by additive noise. In this paper the way to estimate the asymptotical accuracy of the recurrent variant of such a forecast for long series is shown and illustrated. It occurs that almost all elements of this construction are already studied and published, though some of them are hard to be implemented in concrete situations. Here all these elements are brought together, expanded and discussed. Several theoretical and computational examples are presented.

Uloga vodstva u provedbi organizacijskih inovacija

In this article, we discuss the importance of leadership when implementing innovations. A particular focus point is the seminal work by Everett Rogers on the spread and upkeep of new ideas. Furthermore, we examine current scientific works on implementation leadership in relation to initiating and maintaining health enhancing physical activity programs. Among other things, we point out how many people and groups are sympathetic towards new innovations if they meet a recognized need, contribute to relevant developments, make sense in concrete situations, and can be mastered individually and collectively. Implementation leaders need to ensure that premises such as these are met while taking into account that innovations are absorbed at different speeds and ways by different stakeholders. Rogers' five adopter categories can be used by implementation leaders to develop effective change communication that is meaningful to differentiated groups. First-line leaders can, for instance, use their dense knowledge of the organization's needs and circumstances to support staff and manage stakeholders during the implementation process. Delegating substantial implementation responsibility to early adopters can also prove beneficial in keeping the process on track.

O termo competência nos documentos oficiais que normatizam a atuação de Tilsp: da hierarquização à especialização

ABSTRACT This work proposes reflections on possible meanings constructed in the circulation of discourses that refer to the meaning of the term ‘competence,’ present in official documents that regulate the performance of Tilsp (Tradutores e Intérpretes de Libras e Português [Translators and Interpreters of Libras and Portuguese]). We start from the assumption that the meanings of a word are not completely static, but shift depending on the concrete situation and the interlocutors who use it. As a methodology, excerpts from official documents that regulate Tilsp’s activities were analyzed. By surveying possible interlocutors brought into the documents, we were able to verify that the meaning of ‘competence’ slowly shifts as the documents are produced in their respective times. Firstly, the use of the term points to a hierarchy, later, this meaning undergoes another shift towards the construction and delimitation of Tilsp’s professional work field. Finally, ‘competence’ moves to the labor market in the relationship between supplier and customer.