Experience Of Subjects Research Articles

Students’ and Teachers’ Attitudes Towards CLIL in the Interdisciplinary Study Program English in Electrical Engineering and Informatics

This study examines the attitudes of teachers and students towards the implementation of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) in the interdisciplinary study program English in Electrical Engineering and Informatics at Brno University of Technology (BUT). It aims to explore the benefits, challenges, and strategies for CLIL in the linguistics and engineering study program. Two questionnaires were administered to 39 students and 15 technical subject teachers, focusing on their language levels, preferences, and experiences in learning and teaching technical subjects in English. Research results revealed positive perceptions among both groups regarding the development of language skills and subject knowledge, underscoring the importance of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in science and technology, enabling professionals from diverse linguistic backgrounds to collaborate and share findings effectively. Students highlighted the need for flexible instructional approaches to accommodate diverse learning preferences, and teachers emphasized the necessity of meticulous planning and consistent practice. Challenges identified included language barriers for both students and teachers, which can impede effective learning and teaching. The study draws attention to the need for heightened awareness of ELF of science and technology, recommending refined instructional approaches and enhanced support mechanisms to overcome language challenges and optimize CLIL implementation in engineering education.

Assessment of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: From the Consensus Conference-Derived Scales to Remote Digital Phenotyping.

The assessment of negative symptoms in schizophrenia has advanced since the 2006 NIMH-MATRICS Consensus Statement, leading to the development of second-generation rating scales like the Brief Negative Symptom Scale and the Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms. These scales address the limitations of first-generation tools, such as the inclusion of aspects that are not negative symptoms and the lack of assessment of the subject's internal experience. However, psychometric validation of these scales is still in progress, and they are not yet recommended by regulatory agencies, thus limiting their use in clinical trials and settings. Complementing these traditional methods, remote digital phenotyping offers a novel approach by leveraging smartphones and wearable technology to capture real-time, high-resolution clinical data. Despite the potential to overcome traditional assessment barriers, challenges remain in aligning these digital measures with clinical ratings and ensuring data security. Equally important is patient acceptance, as the success of remote digital phenotyping relies on the willingness of patients to use these technologies. This review provides a critical overview of both second-generation scales and remote digital phenotyping for assessing negative symptoms, highlighting future research needs.

Decolonial chronotopes and palimpsestic heterotopias in Safdar Ahmed’s Still Alive

ABSTRACT Refugee and asylum-seeker graphic storytelling constitutes a core segment of contemporary graphic life narrative. The texts belonging in this category articulate border-crossing experiences of subjects who become othered within Eurocentric media, legal, and other discourses. In expressing such life stories, these narratives often, but not always, counter injurious formations of border-crossing subjects, and they foreground the violence that becomes embedded in the biopolitical and necropolitical control of border spaces within and outside Western states. Locations of asylum detention that have been described as ‘Black Sites’ in the context of Australian border control constitute injurious weapons in the service of the State’s dehumanisation of asylum seekers who are stranded therein, but continuously resist their violence. Focusing on Still Alive: Graphic Reportage from Australia’s Immigration Detention System (2022) by Safdar Ahmed, in this article, I propose an interpretation of Australia’s Black Sites through the lens of decolonial theory, the heterotopia, the palimpsest, and the chronotope. I argue that this approach foregrounds contemporary forms of (neo-)colonial violence and injustice against asylum seekers as linked to longer histories of colonialism, as well as to the human and spatial binary divisions and hierarchies that have emerged in the context of modernity/coloniality.

The Empowered Future of Islam: Education as The Key to Success in Modern Society

This research aims to gain a profound understanding of the role of education in empowering the future of Islam and its key to success in modern society. A qualitative method is employed, utilizing in-depth interviews and participatory observations to explore the perspectives, perceptions, and experiences of the research subjects. The study focuses on a diverse group of participants, including educators, students, religious leaders, and members of the Muslim community from various backgrounds. Data collected through these methods will be analyzed using a thematic approach to identify key patterns and themes regarding the role of education in empowering the Muslim community. This research highlights the significant role of education in shaping the future perspectives of the Muslim community and how their educational experiences influence their views on religion and society. Moreover, the findings provide practical implications for policymakers and education practitioners by offering valuable insights into the design of more effective programs that address the evolving needs of the Muslim community amidst changing times. These insights aim to empower the Muslim community to navigate and thrive in a complex modern society.

Implementasi Restitusi Bagi Korban Tindak Pidana Perdagangan Orang

Law Number 21 of 2007 highlights women and children as vulnerable groups in the crime of human trafficking (TPPO), which includes sexual exploitation, forced labor, and slavery, with perpetrators utilizing threats, violence, or fraud. The impacts are multidimensional, including physical, psychological, and socio-economic, so that restitution is presented as a mechanism for victim recovery through material and immaterial compensation. However, its implementation in Indonesia still faces obstacles, especially the lack of court attention to victims' rights, although the role of restitution is recognized as important to improve legal protection and encourage justice that is more in favor of victim recovery. This study uses a qualitative method that aims to understand the phenomenon as a whole based on the subject's experience, such as behavior, perception, motivation, and actions. The results of this study Human trafficking is a serious crime that causes physical, psychological, and economic losses to victims. Restitution, regulated in Law Number 21 of 2007 and related regulations, serves to restore victims' rights and ensure that perpetrators are held accountable. Involving LPSK, prosecutors, and courts, this mechanism not only compensates for material losses but also restores the dignity of victims, presenting justice that is more in favor of victim recovery in the criminal justice system.

Proses Penerimaan Diri Wanita Penyintas Bipolar di Yogyakarta

Bipolar survivors often face extreme mood swings, where ODB (people with bipolar) will experience a mania phase characterized by increased energy and activity, and the opposite depressive phase, which causes decreased energy and the emergence of depressive symptoms. This condition is certainly a challenge for providers in carrying out daily activities. Self-acceptance is an important key for ODB to get through critical periods and kontrol emotional stability in order to achieve a more optimal quality of life. This study aims to explore the dynamics of the self-acceptance process in women with bipolar type 1 who have been diagnosed since 2013. This study uses a qualitative method with a case study approach to explore more deeply the subject's experience related to the self-acceptance process. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with a housewife who has two children and has lived with bipolar for more than 10 years. Despite facing major challenges, the subject managed to empower herself. The results of the study showed that self-acceptance in bipolar disorder is a complex process. The results showed that the subject had gone through five stages of self-acceptance according to the Kübler-Ross & Kessler model, namely denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance. In addition, the results of the study showed that supporting factors in this process include support systems, both social and emotional support from the family, as well as psychotherapy assistance that helps subjects identify problems more objectively.

Cinematic Language under the Female Gaze: A Case Study of Li Yu

Abstract: This paper aims to discover the concept of the female gaze in the movie Lost in Beijing by Li Yu. The female gaze is a film theory that is in opposition to the male gaze, which is a way of viewing women as sexual beings and not as complex people. This paper posits that Li Yu uses the female gaze as a post-modernist technique to focus on the emotional and psychological aspects of the female characters, thus overturning the established Patriarchal gender norms and bringing to the fore the issues of gender inequality in contemporary Chinese society. Certain filming approaches, including those that include close ups and reflective shots, affect the experience of the film's main subject, who are women. The research also reviews the variance between the 'male gaze' and the 'female gaze' in movies, pointing out that the former is much more forthright and authentic in its portrayal of women. Lastly, the paper considers the further developments of the concept of the female gaze and possibilities to transform the film industry from the perspective of the female representation.

I Feel I Remember: The Phenomenology of Autobiographical Recall in Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder

Plain Language SummaryBeyond the memory deficits classically observed in individuals with alcohol use disorder (IwAUD), research has recently focused on the study of autobiographical memory (AM), which is the memory of personal experiences and facts about the self. By analysing the content of AM narratives in IwAUD, recent studies have reported a degradation of AMs content that may impact the self-conception of IwAUD. However, little is known about how IwAUD subjectively experience autobiographical recall. Thirty-seven IwAUD and 37 control participants were invited to perform an AM task that involved recalling memories for 4 life periods (2 important memories per period) and to assess their subjective experience during AM recall using 6 phenomenological scales. Anxiety and depression symptoms, interoceptive sensibility, and difficulties in emotion regulation were also measured. The IwAUD were more likely to feel that the person they are today is different from the person in their retrieved AMs (greater distancing), except during childhood AM recall. Very few intergroup differences were observed for AMs from childhood, adolescence-young adulthood, and adulthood, and a greater number of differences were observed for AMs from the last year: the IwAUD experienced AMs with a more negative valence, greater emotional intensity, fewer sensory details, greater distancing, and less sharing. A positive correlation was observed between distancing and interoceptive sensibility in the IwAUD group, indicating that the greater their interoceptive sensibility was, the more the IwAUD felt that they were a different person from the person in their AMs.

HCI Teaching and Learning Model Using Studio-Based Learning

This research explores Studio-based Learning (SBL) within Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) subjects, focusing on the crucial elements required in the design of maker spaces to enhance user experience (UX) design education. As HCI becomes increasingly complex and interdisciplinary, traditional classroom settings often fail to provide the required experiential learning environment for certain subjects. Our study examines various subjects in the discipline, highlighting diverse interactivity requirements and the potential of Studio-based Learning to effectively address students' and staff’s needs. We analyse the impact of studio settings on the learning outcomes and expectations of students, especially in fostering creativity, collaboration, and hands-on engagement. Our research findings indicate that studio-based classrooms significantly improve student learning experiences in interactive and practical subjects, although effective planning around space and time constraints can impede its full implementation.

Lidocaine patches after cesarean sections: a randomized control trial

ObjectivesLidocaine patches are a common topical analgesic therapy but have not been thoroughly investigated in the surgical or obstetric literature. We sought to investigate the impact of adding topical lidocaine patches to routine postcesarean pain management on patients’ postcesarean pain scores and opioid use. Study DesignThis is a prospective randomized subject-blinded controlled trial of patients undergoing cesarean delivery at a single institution. Individuals were excluded if they had three or more cesarean sections (CS), abdominoplasty, history of abdominal hernia repair with mesh, active polysubstance use, or history of opiate use disorder with current medication-assisted treatment. Patients were randomized via a 1:1 randomization scheme to a placebo patch or lidocaine patch. Baseline maternal characteristics were collected. The primary outcome was mean visual analog pain scores (0–10). Our secondary outcome was total morphine equivalents used over the postoperative hospital stay. Pre- and poststudy surveys were performed to evaluate subject's prior analgesia use (including opioids) and patient experience in the study. ResultsA total of 100 patients were randomized and 93 had complete data for analysis (46 placebo group, 47 treatment group). Groups had similar baseline characteristics (age, BMI, ethnicity, surgical time, and estimated blood loss). Mean maximum postoperative pain score by visual analog scale did not differ between placebo or lidocaine patch groups on postoperative day (POD) 1 (P=.3), day 2 (P=.9), day 3 (P=.07), or day 4 (P=.09). Mean postoperative pain score by visual analog scale did not differ between placebo or lidocaine patch groups on POD 1 (P=.7), day 2 (P=.6), day 3 (P=.2), or day 4 (P=.5). In the poststudy survey, 0% of the respondents in the lidocaine patch group reported disruption of their care and 63% reported desired use of lidocaine patch in the future. ConclusionThe addition of lidocaine patches did not significantly decrease the maximum or average postoperative pain scores via visual analog scale after CS. More research is needed into nonopioid pain management strategies in the postoperative period in obstetric care.

Evidence for interacting but decoupled controls of decisions and movements in nonhuman primates.

Many recent studies indicate that control of decisions and actions is integrated during interactive behavior. Among these, several carried out in humans and monkeys conclude that there is a coregulation of choices and movements. Another perspective, based on human data only, proposes a decoupled control of decision duration and movement speed, allowing, for instance, trading decision duration for movement duration when time pressure increases. Crucially, it is not currently known whether this ability to flexibly dissociate decision duration from movement speed is specific to humans, whether it can vary depending on the context in which a task is performed, and whether it is stable over time. These are important questions to address, especially to rely on monkey electrophysiology to infer the neural mechanisms of decision-action coordination in humans. To do so, we trained two macaque monkeys in a perceptual decision-making task and analyzed data collected over multiple behavioral sessions. Our findings reveal a strong and complex relationship between decision duration and movement vigor. Decision duration and action duration can covary but also "compensate" each other. Such integrated but decoupled control of decisions and actions aligns with recent studies in humans, validating the monkey model in electrophysiology as a means of inferring neural mechanisms in humans. Crucially, we demonstrate for the first time that this control can evolve with experience, in an adapted manner. Together, the present findings contribute to deepening our understanding of the integrated control of decisions and actions during interactive behavior.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The mechanism by which the integrated control of decisions and actions occurs, coupled or interactive but decoupled, is debated. In the present study, we show in monkeys that decisions and actions influence each other in a decoupled way. For the first time, we also demonstrate that this control can evolve depending the subject's experience, allowing the trade of movement time for decision time and limiting the temporal discounting of reward value.

Use of Clive Bell's Theory in the Lamongan Typical Lele Pecel Banner Image

Clive Bell is a philosopher of modern classical art who is famous for his idea of ​​significant form. Bell is a philosopher who was influenced by Plato's line of thought about beautiful forms that seem to be outside the form of the work itself. According to him, all aesthetic systems start from the subject's personal experience of the occurrence of typical emotions. There are three theories of Clive Bell, namely aesthetic emotion, meaningful form, and essentialism. This research uses a qualitative research approach with data collection stages as the completion material for this research, because qualitative methods generally emphasize analysis or descriptiveness. Data can be obtained from data collection techniques in the form of in-depth interviews and observation. Based on the analysis carried out, a new meaning emerged in the typical Lamongan catfish pecel banner. The Lamongan catfish pecel banner is not just an ordinary banner without any artistic value in it. After carrying out this research, it was found that in the catfish pecel banner there are Clive Bell's principles, namely aesthetic emotions, meaningful forms, and essentialism and there are also principles of painting such as color lines, shapes, planes, and textures.

Toward a conceptualization of the musical self: A theoretical-methodological approach to subjectivity in independent musicians

The objective of this study is to advance a theoretical and methodological proposal for the analysis of subjectivity construction in independent musicians. Existing social and cultural theories of subjectivity have not satisfactorily addressed the artistic experience of musicians. We present an analytic model that highlights the place of language from a perspective informed by dialogical theories and which also incorporates the aesthetic dimension of subjectivity in the occupational field. By analyzing six narrative interviews, we offer a qualitative insight into how independent musicians subjectively experience their musical activity. We constructed dialogical dimensions associated with four subjective movements in the interviewees’ discourse: aesthetic, activity, authorship, and reflectivity. Our findings about the configuration of musical subjectivity yielded three core points of articulation: musical self, existential self, and musical-occupational self. The musical self emerges as a particular subjective configuration, since creative activity represents a point of vital and occupational grounding where the boundaries between work and subjective experience appear to fade. Employing the aesthetic dimension of subjectivity made it possible to add complexity to the articulation and integration of various subjective elements of a psychological and social nature that have traditionally been studied in isolation.

In Defence of Macroidealism

ABSTRACT This paper defends macroidealism: the thesis that physical truths metaphysically depend on truths about the phenomenal experiences of macroscopic subjects. I argue that macroidealism has explanatory advantages over materialism and dualism. I also defend macroidealism from objections relating to illusions, imperceptible phenomena, and the explanation of phenomenal coherence.

Examining Bhutanese Science Teachers’ Epistemic Views of Scientific Inquiry

AbstractScientific inquiry is regarded as the bedrock of science education in Bhutan. Bhutanese science teachers, for example, are increasingly required to possess accurate and deep epistemic views of scientific inquiry. Hence, this cross-sectional study was carried out to examine Bhutanese science teachers’ epistemic views of scientific inquiry. The study recruited 301 science teachers using convenience and snowball sampling procedures. Data was collected using Views About Scientific Inquiry (VASI) questionnaire administered through an online survey mode and analysed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistical methods. Findings from this study revealed Bhutanese science teachers as being ignorant of epistemic aspects related to questions and hypotheses, procedures of investigations, results, and procedures of investigations, scientific data and scientific evidence, and scientific explanations and scientific theories. The independent sample t-test revealed no significant difference between Bhutanese male and female science teachers’ epistemic views of scientific inquiry (p > .05). The one-way ANOVA revealed significant differences amongst Bhutanese science teachers’ epistemic views of scientific inquiry based on academic qualification (p < .05). The Tukey HSD post hoc test, however, showed the differences existing only between science teachers with master’s degree and certificate qualification in favour of the former (p < .05). The three-way ANOVA revealed Bhutanese science teachers’ epistemic views of scientific inquiry as being independent of individual and interaction effects of school type, teaching subject, and teaching experience (p > .05).

The Unthought Asian American Subject: A Conversation with David L. Eng and Shinhee Han

ABSTRACT In this conversation David L. Eng and Shinhee Han sit down with the guest editor of this issue, Mary Kim Brewster, to speak informally about their 25-year collaboration, how they came to write together about the psychic lives of Asian Americans, their observations regarding the mental health and well-being of Asian Americans from their individual perspectives of the clinic and the classroom, and their recent work exploring the racial rage and racial guilt that Asian Americans are socialized to hold for others. Reflecting on the arc of their writing and clinical work Eng and Han speak to how centering the experience of the unthought Asian American subject, in the context of an untaught Asian American history, illuminates the disturbing thought of race at the heart of psychoanalytic theory and practice. This conversation has been edited for clarity and length.

The Aesthetic Expression of Abstract Calligraphy: Emotion and Form between Brush and Ink

Calligraphy is one of the most important visual art forms inherited from China for thousands of years. The visual formal resources contributed by the dots and structures of Chinese calligraphy are one of the wonders in the world art history. Among them, abstract calligraphy, as a unique art form, contains rich emotional expression and formal aesthetic exploration between brush and ink. This study adopts a qualitative research paradigm, through in-depth interviews with senior abstract calligraphers, art critics and scholars, combined with on-site observation of the creative process of calligraphy, literature analysis and interpretation of works, in order to comprehensively analyze the emotional connotation and formal vocabulary of abstract calligraphy, and to clarify the intrinsic connection and tension between the two. The results of the study show that in abstract calligraphy, the subject's emotional experience is the root power of modeling. Through the refinement and sublimation of life experience, the calligrapher injects the vibration of individual consciousness and philosophical thoughts into the brush and ink with the help of visual elements such as brush strokes, lines, and compositions. The brush and ink become the direct speech of the mind, and the viewer can feel the rhythm and bitterness of life, the struggle and emptiness of desire, the pursuit of tranquility and other rich emotional experiences in the works. At the same time, the careful construction of formal language is also the core of abstract calligraphy exploration. Through the mastery of brush and ink materials and writing momentum, the use of wet and dry contrast, white space, texture and other techniques, to create a shocking visual tension, giving people a strong experience of formal aesthetics. The study emphasizes that abstract calligraphy realizes a high degree of unity between emotion and form. On the one hand, the form itself carries the spiritual experience and inner emotion of the calligrapher; on the other hand, the emotion gives life and inner tension to the form. The two integrate and echo each other, forming an organic whole. It is this perfect combination of mind and form that makes abstract calligraphy become the visualization of human emotion and spiritual world, and triggers endless thoughts and resonance in the viewers. The researcher comprehensively analyzes the emotional core and formal qualities of abstract calligraphy from both theoretical and empirical levels, providing a new perspective for a deeper understanding of the unique aesthetic value of this art form.

Taste enhances the ability to express a preference for a congruent odor in rats.

Foods that make up a typical diet are characterized by a rich set of sensory qualities that are perceived through multiple different modalities. It is well known that multisensory aspects of food are integrated to create our perception of flavor, which in turn affects our behavioral responses to food. However, the principles underlying multisensory integration of flavor-related sensory signals and how they inform perceptual judgments remain poorly understood, partly due to lack of control over flavor experience in human subjects. Here, we used rats as a model to overcome this limitation and tested the hypothesis that taste can enhance discriminability of retronasal odor cues. In a series of two-bottle tests, animals chose between two odorized solutions after learning to associate one of the odors with saccharin. When odors were highly similar, animals showed little preference for the saccharin-associated odor. When adding saccharin to both bottles-rendering one of the solutions' congruent-animals' preference for the saccharin-associated odor was significantly enhanced. No effect of taste was observed when using dissimilar odor pairs or novel taste stimuli. These findings suggest that congruent taste stimuli selectively enhance odor identity representations, aiding in the discriminability of perceptually similar flavors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

How Do People Who Undergo Ketamine Treatment for a Psychiatric Problem Subjectively Experience This Intervention? A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.

Ketamine treatment has shown promising effects for different mental disorders. Yet, little is known on how people who receive ketamine for a psychiatric problem subjectively experience undergoing this intervention. We conducted a systematic literature search to identify relevant qualitative research on the first-person experience of undergoing ketamine treatment in a psychiatric context. 24 eligible studies were identified and analysed using a thematic meta-synthesis approach. Three main themes were identified. First, 'The Ketamine treatment experience can be understood as a three-stage journey with unique clinical features at each stage'. Second, 'The subjective experience of acute ketamine treatment is multifaceted and complex'. Third, 'Ketamine treatment can have different positive effects-but what happens if it does not work?'. In summary, the subjective experience of receiving ketamine treatment for a psychiatric problem can be understood as a journey whereby patients move towards, then undergo, and eventually depart from ketamine. Before treatment, the experiential focus lies on expectations, hopes, and feelings towards the drug. During treatment, the drug's multifaceted psychotropic effects and how they are emotionally appraised become central to experience. Once treatment is finished, the focus is on the presence or absence of clinically relevant effects. The conceptual framework we propose can guide further qualitative research on this topic and aid mental health professionals to better understand the experience of patients who undergo ketamine treatment for a psychiatric problem.

Effect of Hospital-to-Home Transitional Care for COPD on Patient-Centered Outcomes.

Appropriate hospital-to-home transitional care has been recognized for its positive impact on health care usage and health outcomes in patients with COPD. However, there is limited research assessing its effects on patient-centered outcomes, focusing on patient symptoms and experiences. This single-blind randomized controlled trial included subjects diagnosed with COPD at one of 2 university hospitals in South Korea. The study included 179 subjects (transitional care group [transitional care], 87; usual care group [usual care], 92). The transitional care received transitional care comprising post-discharge care planning, personalized education, breathing exercises, telephone counseling, home visits, and referral to social services. We analyzed the effects of these interventions by comparing breathing symptoms and various patient-centered outcomes between the 2 groups. The Modified Medical Research Council scores (mean [SD], transitional care 1.3 [1.06], usual care 1.82 [1.1], P = .002) and COPD Assessment Test scores (transitional care 6.32 [5.5], usual care 9.43 [7.16], P = .001) in the intervention group demonstrated more significant improvement than did those in the usual care. Following intervention, the subjects exhibited enhanced awareness of their disease, an increased frequency of inhaler use (transitional care 49.69 [1.67], usual care 46.86 [7.92], P = .002), and lower depression and anxiety scores. Additionally, the transitional care outperformed the usual care in the domain of subject experience during hospitalization (transitional care 39.34 [6.14], usual care 37.5 [5.61], P = .036), preparedness before discharge (transitional care 34.54 [4.96], usual care 32.3 [5.09], P = .003), and post-discharge management (transitional care 34.72 [4.36], usual care 30.29 [4.26], P = .003). Evidence-based transitional care services can exert positive effects on patient-centered indices. Our findings can be used as evidence of the need to establish patient-centered transitional care as a form of universal care for patients with COPD.