Everyday Life Research Articles

Tourism and Everyday Life in the Contemporary City

Tourism and Everyday Life in the Contemporary City

Security protocol for securing notifications about dangerous events in the agglomeration

Our everyday lives cannot function without intelligent devices, which create the so-called Internet of Things networks. Internet of Things devices have various sensors and software to manage the work environment and perform specific tasks without human intervention. Internet of Things networks require appropriate security at various levels of their operation. In this article, we present a new security protocol that protects communication in IoT networks and enables interconnected devices to communicate and exchange information to increase the security of people living in urban agglomerations. The Control Station device evaluates the collected data about events that may threaten the life or health of residents and then notifies the Emergency Notification Center about it. The protocol guarantees the security of devices and transmitted data. We verified this using automatic verification technology, formal verification using Burrows, Abadi and Needham logic and informal analysis. The proposed protocol ensures mutual authentication, anonymity and revocation. Also, it is resistant to Man-in-the-middle, modification, replay and impersonation attacks. Compared to other protocols, our solution uses simple cryptographic techniques that are lightweight, stable and do not cause problems related to high communication costs. It does not require specialist equipment, so we can implement it using typical hardware. At each stage of protocol execution, communication occurs between two entities, so it does not require interaction between different entities, which may limit its adaptability in the context of interoperability.

Legal care work: emotion and care work in lawyering with unaccompanied minors

ABSTRACT We know legal representation can improve the likelihood of favorable legal outcomes for immigrants, what some scholars refer to as the ‘representation effect’. But can legal representation affect client's broader integration and resettlement outcomes along the timeline of their legal case? If so, how? Drawing from literature on emotion work, care work, and how attorneys interact with immigrant clients, I propose the concept of legal care work to capture the emotion and care work strategies attorneys undertake to respond to immigrant clients’ broader set of needs. Based on a rich qualitative study of attorneys and Central American unaccompanied minor clients, I show how the legal care work attorneys perform illustrate the need for an expanded conceptualization of the ‘representation effect’ they have on clients, impacting behaviors and outcomes across various dimensions of everyday life. Further, I show how who receives and is denied legal care work—a product of biases and stereotypes, as well as bureaucratic dysfunction—exacerbate disparities along different socio-demographic lines (e.g. race, age, gender). These findings underscore the value of interrogating the role attorneys play in facilitating the transformative effects of the law and advancing social change in complex and hostile legal contexts.

Cognitive sequences in obsessive-compulsive disorder are supported by frontal cortex ramping activity and mediated by symptom severity.

Completing sequences of tasks is crucial for functional day-to-day living. The possible disruption of this cognitive process in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) urges the investigation of such behavior and its neural underpinnings in this disorder. Our findings elucidate novel cortical regions that support abstract sequential behavior in OCD, highlighting the potential contribution of ramping dynamics to pathology. Further, our results may refine models of dysfunctional neural circuits in OCD, which could inform future treatments and diagnostic criteria.

Anodic Commodity Polymer Recycling: The Merger of Iron-Electrocatalysis with Scalable Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.

Plastics are omnipresent in our everyday life, and accumulation of post-consumer plastic waste in our environment represents a major societal challenge. Hence, methods for plastic waste recycling are in high demand for a future circular economy. Specifically, the degradation of post-consumer polymers towards value-added small molecules constitutes a sustainable strategy for a carbon circular economy. Despite of recent advances, chemical polymer degradation continues to be largely limited to chemical redox agents or low energy efficiency in photochemical processes. We herein report a powerful iron-catalyzed degradation of high molecular weight polystyrenes through electrochemistry to efficiently deliver monomeric benzoyl products. The robustness of the ferraelectrocatalysis was mirrored by the degradation of various real-life post-consumer plastics, also on gram scale. The cathodic half reaction was largely represented by the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The scalable electro-polymer degradation could be solely fueled by solar energy through a commercially available solar panel, indicating an outstanding potential for a decentralized green hydrogen economy.

Anodic Commodity Polymer Recycling: The Merger of Iron‐Electrocatalysis with Scalable Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Plastics are omnipresent in our everyday life, and accumulation of post‐consumer plastic waste in our environment represents a major societal challenge. Hence, methods for plastic waste recycling are in high demand for a future circular economy. Specifically, the degradation of post‐consumer polymers towards value‐added small molecules constitutes a sustainable strategy for a carbon circular economy. Despite of recent advances, chemical polymer degradation continues to be largely limited to chemical redox agents or low energy efficiency in photochemical processes. We herein report a powerful iron‐catalyzed degradation of high molecular weight polystyrenes through electrochemistry to efficiently deliver monomeric benzoyl products. The robustness of the ferraelectrocatalysis was mirrored by the degradation of various real‐life post‐consumer plastics, also on gram scale. The cathodic half reaction was largely represented by the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The scalable electro‐polymer degradation could be solely fueled by solar energy through a commercially available solar panel, indicating an outstanding potential for a decentralized green hydrogen economy.

Family member reported symptom burden, predictors of caregiver burden and treatment effects in a goal-oriented community-based randomized controlled trial in the chronic phase of traumatic brain injury

BackgroundFamily members are often affected by the long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury, but are rarely involved in rehabilitation programs in the chronic phase. We thus do not know what family members´ main concerns are in the chronic phase, what factors are associated with perceived caregiver burden, and whether family members´ health and functioning improves due to rehabilitation efforts received by the patients. This study explored family-members` functioning, predictors of caregiver burden and effect for family members of a goal-oriented intervention in the chronic phase of traumatic brain injury.MethodsFamily members self-reported data measuring their caregiver burden, depression, general health, loneliness, and their evaluation of patient competency in everyday life, patient awareness levels, main problem areas (target outcomes) for the patient related to the brain injury, and demographic data were collected. Regression models were used to explore predictors of caregiver burden, and mixed models analysis was used to explore treatment effects.ResultsIn total, 73 family members were included, 39 in the intervention group and 34 in the control group. Moderate to high caregiver burden was reported by 40% of family members, and 16% experienced clinical levels of depression. Family member loneliness and their evaluation of the patient`s level of functional competency explained 57% of the variability in caregiver burden. There were no treatment-related changes in caregiver burden, family member depression or general health. At T2 there was however a significant reduction in how family members rated severity of target outcomes that the family members had nominated at baseline (-0.38, 95% CI, -0.75 to -0.02, p = 0.04), but not for the target outcomes the patients had nominated.ConclusionsA significant proportion of family members to patients in the chronic phase of TBI continue to experience challenging caregiver burden and emotional symptoms. Both family member-related and patient factors contribute to caregiver burden. Interventions targeting patient complaints do not automatically alleviate family members´ burden. It is important to address social support for family members early after injury, and there is a need for more interventions specifically targeting family members´ needs.Trial registrationThe trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03545594 on the 4th of June 2018.

Research on Heidegger's Fundamental Ethics

Based on Heidegger's idea of original ethics, this paper analyzes the state of how Da-sein has being-in-the-world, takes Heidegger's concept of conscience as an entry point, explores the difference between Heidegger's original ethics and traditional ethics, and reflects on what kind of ethics his thought is. From the perspective of ontology, Heidegger takes the being of human as the highest philosophical ontology, inquires deeply into the existence of Da-sein, and explores the relationship between Da-sein and Being. Through the diffusion of the understanding of Potentiality-of-Being of Da-sein, this paper gradually analyzes the basic construction of Da-sein being-in-the-world, under the definition of the structure Being-in is embedded in the world, the existence of Da-sein being-in-the-world unfolds. In the process of understanding the world, Da-sein is thrown into everyday life, losing himself and falling prey, but the true nature of Da-sein keeps calling him, Da-sein listens to the call of its conscience and makes a decision to face death and his true ones self. Starting from the process of alienation from the true self to the untrue self of Da-sein, we analyze Heidegger's basic concept of human-centeredness. What exactly constitutes the Being of Da-sein and how does the existence of Da-sein unfold. Even though many later scholars and Heidegger himself did not consider his thought to be a concept under the banner of ethics, and considered his thought to be contrary to traditional ethics. What is undeniable is that Heidegger's original ethics, with its in-depth exploration of the inner man, greatly expands the definition of universal morality and norms in traditional ethics.

Introduction

In parallel to the evolution of the multivocal critical debate around it, the posthuman has increasingly invaded everyday life over the last 50-odd years. In the 2020s, posthuman encounters are, for large parts of humanity, occurrences in multiple areas of everyday life. The number of artificially created entities, some of which are ever more indistinguishable from their human creators, has multiplied. The human body has become the focal point of enhancements that call hitherto largely unchallenged notions about its humanness into question, from prosthetic joint replacements and the medical procedures enabling them to the promises of genetic engineering and neurotechnology.

Executive deficits after SARS-CoV-2 infection: A cross-sectional population study

ImportanceDespite the major implications of executive deficits in day-to-day functioning, few studies have investigated this in post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection using standardized measures that differentiate between aspects of executive function. ObjectiveExamine whether SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with deficits in executive functions and if so, investigate the duration of this association. Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThe present research has a cross-sectional design and uses data from the Norwegian Covid-19 Cohort study. The current cohort (n = 8102) completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function- Adult Version (BRIEF-A) electronically between April 2021 and September 2021. During the assessment, 4183 of the included participants had a prior positive polymerase chain reaction test (PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 and 3919 were untested or had a confirmed negative PCR test. ExposureLaboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. Main outcomes and measuresExecutive functions were measured using the BRIEF-A, a self-report questionnaire comprising 75 items within nine theoretically and empirically distinct clinical scales. All participants self-reported on demographical variables and comorbidity. Information on sex and age was derived from the personal identification number, and vaccination status was obtained from the Norwegian Immunization Registry (SYSVAK). ResultsParticipants with a positive SARS-CoV-2 status reported executive deficits in everyday life above the clinical threshold (T-score ≥65) more often than non-infected controls (383 vs. 225). Specifically, the SARS-CoV-2 positive status group indicated significantly more deficits related to metacognition, with the greatest difference demonstrated for working memory. This difference remained when adjusting for various demographic factors and comorbidities, with significantly greater odds of reporting above the clinical threshold following SARS-CoV-2 infection, as observed on the global executive composite score 6–12 months after infection (OR 1.97; 95% CI 1.51 to 2.55). ConclusionsOur study confirms more perceived executive deficits following SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to non-infected controls, with metacognitive aspects being the most affected. These findings shed light on the potential functional difficulties that individuals may encounter during the post-acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection and may guide further development of targeted interventions addressing metacognitive domains of executive functioning.

An Operational Quality Model of Embedded Software Aligned with ISO 25000

Embedded systems omnipresent in everyday life and industry are mainly composed of hardware and software that must comply with a number of standards and regulations. However, there is no consensus on the quality characteristics and sub-characteristics of embedded software. This paper presents the steps for modeling an operational quality model for embedded software aligned with the ISO 25000 series of quality models for traditional computer systems. From a literature review composed of 40 studies on quality modeling for embedded systems and software, 85 of the most frequent quality characteristics and sub-characteristics were first identified, including a subset of 16 referenced or cited in at least 25% of the literature. Next, the design of a quality model for embedded software aligned with the ISO 25000 series was proposed with 13 characteristics and 27 sub-characteristics. The operational aspect of this quality model for embedded software is addressed next through a set of measures and measurement functions from ISO 25000 to aggregate the results of the quantification of the characteristics and sub-characteristics. A survey involving 25 embedded software specialists is presented next to gauge, using Fleiss’ Kappa criteria, their agreement with the proposed quality model. Furthermore, the computed importance weights derived from the survey participants’ individual opinions were compared with those derived from an analysis of 40 embedded software studies, bolstering the credibility of the model. The results of this study suggest that the proposed quality model can serve as a framework for evaluating and understanding the quality characteristics across diverse expertise levels. Furthermore, the convergence between the survey and the literature strengthens the model's credibility by anchoring it in both established literature and practitioners’ agreements.

Humań w recepcji polskiego szlachcica. Codzienne życie miasta we wspomnieniach Henryka Ułaszyna

The article analyzes Uman’s everyday life at the end of the 19th century, described in the memoirs of the outstanding Polish Polonist Henryk Ulashyny (1874–1956). Henrik Ulashyn was a professor at three universities: Lviv (1920–1921), Poznan (1921–1939), and Lodz (1945–1956). In Uman, he spent his early youth while studying in the male pro-gymnasium, precisely in the period of its formation. The analysis of Henrik Ulashyn’s memoirs was supplemented with information from periodicals and archival documents, which made it possible to cover more comprehensively the issues of education and leisure of students of the Uman secondary school, the transformation of the city at the turn of the century, and the celebration of religious holidays in the city.

Neighborhood-level sociodemographics and kindergarten children’s developmental vulnerability, pre- and post-COVID-19 in Canada

A child’s environment and early life experiences play an important role in shaping their development. The COVID-19 pandemic altered many aspects of everyday life for young children in Canada, and it has been argued that these changes did not impact all children equally. The current study explored the association between early child development and neighborhood sociodemographic indices (e.g., income, deprivation) before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Early Development Instrument (EDI) data, measuring child development and school readiness in kindergarten, were collected in 7 Canadian provinces and 1 territory from 2017-2020 (pre-COVID) and 2020-2023 (post-COVID) and were linked with neighborhood-level socioeconomic indices from 2016. We compared the gradients in development in a pre- (n=293,700) and a post-COVID (n=246,305) cohort of Canadian children. Rates of developmental vulnerability, as measured by the EDI, were examined for the sociodemographic variables in both the pre- and post-COVID cohorts. The overall vulnerability increased nationally from 27.3% in the pre- to 28.0% in the post-COVID cohort. A gradient in vulnerability rates for all the socioeconomic indices was found, with children in the highest quintiles, representing greater deprivation, having greater odds of being vulnerable than their peers in the lowest, least deprived quintile. Contrary to expectation, the magnitude of the gradient was very similar in both cohorts, with some jurisdictional differences. The largest gradient was found for average neighborhood income. These findings add the context of social determinants of health to the understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young children.

Algorithmic policing: The datafication and categorization of everyday life in China’s pandemic technogovernance

Algorithmic policing: The datafication and categorization of everyday life in China’s pandemic technogovernance

A compass for sustainability? Semiconductors, rare earths and CSR: the case of onsemi

AbstractSemiconductors are a rampant ICT sector utilized in everyday life for electronic devices. This industry provides plentiful income to multinational corporations (MNCs) but has been put in the spotlight for its tremendous social, ecological, and political impact. The figures become dramatic in sub-Saharan Africa and developing countries, which have abundant resources but poor working conditions and abrupt environmental degradation. In this interplay, rare earths have become leading assets for companies and governments and are highly debated for their controversial nature; thereby, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental practices turn pivotal. This work aims to connect the bountiful industrial sector of semiconductors with rare earths governance and CSR. To this end, this inquiry critically scrutinizes these three assets, analyzing the case study of onsemi as a business case and launching selected strategic and policy perspectives. This paper reviews these three concepts and conducts a content analysis on onsemi CSR Report and Annual Sustainability Report. The literature review emphasizes the increasing importance of these three topics within the mineral economics and sustainability research. The company analyzed produced cogent reports but supplementary information is needed to better understand its results within the semiconductors and extractive industry. This may help determining key achievements and areas for improvements in the private sector for REE sustainability, CSR and environment, social and governance (ESG) results and disclosure. The availability and governance of rare earths will determine decisive sustainability directions of utmost priority for geopolitical equilibria. The undertaken corporate and institutional strategies will lean toward dramatically diverse scenarios.

Early High-Dose Erythropoietin and Cognitive Functions of School-Aged Children Born Very Preterm

Children born very preterm are at risk for long-term neurodevelopmental sequelae. Prophylactic high-dose recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEpo) shortly after birth has not been shown to improve cognitive, motor, and behavioral development at 2 and 5 years. To investigate whether early high-dose rhEpo is associated with better executive functions and processing speed-late-maturing cognitive functions-in school-aged children born very preterm. This single-center cohort study was a prospective, observational follow-up study of a multicenter neonatal clinical trial; 365 children born very preterm (mean gestational age, 29.3 weeks [range, 26.0-31.9 weeks]) who had been enrolled in the Swiss EPO Neuroprotection Trial at birth between 2005 and 2012, and who were included in the primary outcome analyses at 2 years, were eligible to be recruited for the EpoKids study between 2017 and 2021 when they were at school age. Term-born children were additionally recruited and included in a control group. Data were analyzed between May and September 2022. Administration of rhEpo (3000 IU/kg) or placebo (saline, 0.9%) intravenously 3 times within the first 2 days of life as part of the Swiss EPO Neuroprotection Trial. A comprehensive neuropsychological test battery assessed executive functions and processing speed, and parents reported on their child's executive functions in everyday life to test the hypothesis that early high-dose rhEpo administration is associated with better cognitive outcomes at school age. In the EpoKids study, 214 children born very preterm (58.6% of 365 children in eligible cohort) were assessed at a mean age of 10.4 years (range, 6.9-13.4 years); 117 (54.7%) were boys. There was no evidence that the 117 children who had received rhEpo differed from the 97 children who had received placebo in any of the 15 executive function and processing speed tests, nor in parent-rated executive functions (estimates ranged from -0.138 to 0.084, all 95% CIs included 0). Irrespective of rhEpo or placebo allocation, children born very preterm scored lower on 11 of 15 executive function and processing speed tests than term-born peers (estimates ranged from 0.112 to 0.255, 95% CIs did not include 0). This study found no evidence for a positive association between prophylactic early high-dose rhEpo administration and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes after very preterm birth. These results suggest that a comprehensive approach, including pharmacological and nonpharmacological prevention and intervention strategies, is needed to support these children's neurodevelopmental outcome.

Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) currently able to provide evidence-based scientific responses on methods that can improve the outcomes of embryo transfers? No.

The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has raised questions about its potential uses in different sectors of everyday life. Specifically in medicine, the question arose whether chatbots could be used as tools for clinical decision-making or patients' and physicians' education. To answer this question in the context of fertility, we conducted a test to determine whether current AI platforms can provide evidence-based responses regarding methods that can improve the outcomes of embryo transfers. We asked nine popular chatbots to write a 300-word scientific essay, outlining scientific methods that improve embryo transfer outcomes. We then gathered the responses and extracted the methods suggested by each chatbot. Out of a total of 43 recommendations, which could be grouped into 19 similar categories, only 3/19 (15.8%) were evidence-based practices, those being "ultrasound-guided embryo transfer" in 7/9 (77.8%) chatbots, "single embryo transfer" in 4/9 (44.4%) and "use of a soft catheter" in 2/9 (22.2%), whereas some controversial responses like "preimplantation genetic testing" appeared frequently (6/9 chatbots; 66.7%), along with other debatable recommendations like "endometrial receptivity assay", "assisted hatching" and "time-lapse incubator". Our results suggest that AI is not yet in a position to give evidence-based recommendations in the field of fertility, particularly concerning embryo transfer, since the vast majority of responses consisted of scientifically unsupported recommendations. As such, both patients and physicians should be wary of guiding care based on chatbot recommendations in infertility. Chatbot results might improve with time especially if trained from validated medical databases; however, this will have to be scientifically checked.

Exploring vaccine hesitancy among citizens of the Métis Nation of Ontario: a population-based data linkage study

Objective and ApproachUnderstanding vaccine hesitancy among distinct communities is crucial to ensuring equitable uptake of vaccination. The objective was to examine the influence of psychological antecedents of vaccine uptake, known as the “5Cs”, on COVID-19 vaccination among Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizens. The Métis people are one of three Indigenous peoples in Canada. A population-based online survey was implemented by the MNO, including the short version of the “5C” (confidence, complacency, constraint, calculation, collective responsibility) psychological antecedents of vaccination scale. Census sampling achieved a 39% response rate and respondents were linked to the COVID-19 vaccine database (COVAX) in Ontario (n=4,012). Analyses included logistic regression models (adjusted for sociodemographics) and exploratory latent class analyses. ResultsIn logistic regression models, MNO citizens who were less confident that COVID-19 vaccines were safe (OR=0.04; 95% CI=0.03-0.06) and did not agree vaccination was a collective action to prevent the spread of disease (OR=0.11, 95% CI: 0.07-0.17) had lower odds of being vaccinated. MNO citizens who disagreed the risk of COVID-19 was small (OR=14.87, 95% CI: 9.99-22.13) had a higher odds of being vaccinated. Vaccine hesitancy profiles with (i) lower confidence in availability/safety of COVID-19 vaccines, (ii) lower perceptions about severity of COVID-19 and (iii) higher everyday life constraints/stressors were associated with lower vaccination rates (males, OR: 4.69; CI: 3.18–6.92; females, OR: 4.77, CI: 3.03–7.51) in latent class analyses. Conclusions and ImplicationsMétis-specific analyses enabled a community-driven response, resulting in low vaccine hesitancy and high uptake.

Experiences of adult patients living with depression-related insomnia: a qualitative systematic review.

The objective of this review was to identify and synthesize the best available evidence on how adult patients experience living with depression-related insomnia, and their experiences related to pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions aimed at improving sleep. Insomnia affects 80% to 90% of patients with depression. The costs of insomnia are considerable for the individual and society alike. To understand the role and consequences of insomnia for an individual with depression and to optimize sleep interventions, an in-depth understanding of patients' experiences is needed. Therefore, this review addresses how adult patients experience living with depression-related insomnia, along with the experiences of pharmacological and non-pharmacological sleep interventions among patients with depression-related insomnia. Studies focusing on adult patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of depression who had experiences with insomnia and pharmacological and/or non-pharmacological sleep interventions were included. All studies with qualitative research findings from inpatient and outpatient populations were considered. The following databases were searched: MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase (Elsevier), CINAHL (EBSCOhost), PsycINFO (ProQuest), Cochrane CENTRAL, SveMed+, Scopus, and Web of Science Core Collection. Google Scholar and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses were searched for eligible dissertations and theses. The searches were conducted on May 3-5, 2022, and updated on June 13-19, 2023. Studies published in English, Danish, German, Norwegian, and Swedish were considered. Databases were searched from their inception to the search date. All studies were screened against the inclusion criteria and critically and independently appraised by 2 reviewers for methodological quality. Findings were pooled using meta-aggregation, and a ConQual Summary of Findings was created. Ten qualitative studies were included. The studies were conducted in 6 countries and counted a total of 176 participants. In all, 127 findings were extracted and aggregated into 11 categories. From the 11 categories, 3 synthesized findings were developed: 1) Disruption of sleep challenges coping with everyday life by depleting both physical and mental resources; 2) Sleep is an escape and a protective factor against suicide; and 3) Choices, support, and personalized interventions from non-pharmacological approaches addressing depression-related insomnia are valued. This review underlined the relationship between depression-related insomnia, its profound impact on individuals' lives, and the value of non-pharmacological sleep interventions to address these issues. Specifically, the study revealed the physical and emotional consequences of insomnia while emphasizing how wakefulness during night hours may exacerbate feelings of loneliness and vulnerability to negative thoughts and suicide. Moreover, it provides an overview of patients' experiences of non-pharmacological approaches to address depression-related insomnia and highlights their diverse treatment experiences and preferences. A Danish-language version of the abstract of this review is available as Supplemental Digital Content [http://links.lww.com/SRX/A64]. PROSPERO CRD42021276048.

O DIREITO À IDENTIDADE DE GÊNERO E O USO DO NOME SOCIAL: UM COMPARATIVO BRASIL E ARGENTINA

The study aims to compare the legal frameworks of Brazil and Argentina regarding the right to gender identity and the use of a preferred name. The methodology employed consisted of a bibliographic review, consulting books, journals, articles, legal doctrine, and case law to provide the necessary foundation for the development of this study. The conclusion of this comparative analysis on the right to gender identity and the use of a preferred name in Brazil and Argentina highlights significant progress, particularly in Argentine legislation, which has proven to be more progressive and inclusive. Argentina’s Gender Identity Law, enacted in 2012, stands as a milestone in guaranteeing rights for trans individuals, allowing for the change of name and gender on official documents without the need for judicial authorization or medical diagnoses, thus ensuring greater autonomy and dignity for individuals. In Brazil, while the use of a preferred name has advanced, especially with the CNJ Resolution No. 270 and the 2018 Supreme Court decision recognizing the right to amend name and gender without surgery, challenges remain. The lack of comprehensive legislation, like Argentina’s, creates legal uncertainties and inequalities in accessing these rights. Moreover, cultural and social barriers persist, hindering the full acceptance and respect for preferred names and gender identity in everyday life.