Individual Approach Research Articles

Joint Impact of Agents and Services in Enhancing Software Requirements Engineering

Requirements engineering (RE) is a significant aspect of system development stages in generating reliable software (SW). Despite RE’s decisive impact on project success, SW systems still fail since there is a perplexity in sorting out requirements correctly. Researchers have tried several paradigms to deal with the specified challenges, such as agent-oriented RE (AORE), model-based RE, and service-oriented RE (SORE). By investigating the limitations of the independent use of these paradigms, this research sets an objective that proposes a framework which integrates the two paradigms (agent and service) on top of social media to enhance the SW RE processes. Thus, the research addresses challenges in gathering adequate requirements, detecting alignment between business requirements and SW products, prioritizing requirements, and recommending innovative ideas. The research has mainly adopted an empirical research methodology for SW engineering. Accordingly, two distinct expert groups have been formed based on their previous experience in AORE and SORE, respectively. The experts have been selected from enterprises and academic institutions, and they participated in our case study. After performing the necessary assessment based on specified criteria, those experts in the first group have reported that CASCRE (Collaboration of Agents and Services for Crowd-based Requirements Engineering) with a score of 93.7% is found to be better than that of AORE with a score of 88.7%. Moreover, experts in the second group have declared that CASCRE, with a score of 92.3%, is better than SORE, with a score of 83.7%. In both cases, improvements have been observed, which reveals that the synergy of the CASCRE features has a better impact on the RE process than utilizing individual approaches. Moreover, in order to demonstrate the applicability of CASCRE, feedback has been gathered from a focused crowd of local pharmaceuticals using a mini-prototype. Accordingly, 250 requirements related comments have been gathered from the discussion forum, and 1400 keywords were generated. Then, after performing a sentiment analysis using NLP algorithms, the result was demonstrated to experts. Therefore, 93% of gurus strongly agreed on the applicability of CASCRE in real projects.

Comparison of Five Spectral Indices and Six Imagery Classification Techniques for Assessment of Crop Residue Cover Using Four Years of Landsat Imagery

Determining residue cover on agricultural land is an important task. Residue cover helps reduce soil erosion and helps sequester carbon. Many studies have used either spectral indices or classification techniques to map residue cover using satellite imagery. Unfortunately, most of these studies use only a few spectral indices or classification techniques and generally only study an area for a single year with a certain level of success. This manuscript presents an investigation of five spectral indices and six classification techniques over four years to determine if a single spectral index or classification technique performs consistently better than the others. A second objective is to determine whether using the coefficient of determination (R2) from the relationship between residue cover and a spectral index is a reasonable substitute for calculating accuracy. Field visits were conducted for each of the years studied and used to create the correlations with the spectral indices and as ground truth for the classification techniques. It was found that no spectral index/classification technique is consistently better than all the others. Classification techniques tended to be more accurate in 2011 and 2013, while spectral indices tended to be more accurate in 2015 and 2018. The combination of spectral indices/classification techniques outperformed the individual approach. For the second objective, it was found that R2 is not a great indicator of accuracy. Root mean square error (RMSE) is a better indicator of accuracy than R2. However, simply calculating the accuracy would be the best of all.

New approaches to determining the degree of risk of development and prevention of postoperative complications in intermuscular phlegmon of the maxillofacial region

Purpose of the work: to improve the results of treatment of soft tissue phlegmon of the maxillofacial region, by using an individual approach in determining the risk of postoperative complications and their prevention.
 Material and methods. The analysis of the results of treatment of 106 patients with soft tissue phlegmon of the maxillofacial region for the period from 2015—2022 was carried out. To determine the severity of the course of the pathological process, to develop tactics for managing patients in the postoperative period, an individual rating scale was proposed (RF patent No. 2617065*). Three degrees of phlegmon flow are distinguished. According to the treatment-diagnostic and rehabilitation algorithms, the patients were divided into two groups (I — main, n=54; II — control, n=52). Surgical treatment of phlegmon was carried out according to the original technique (RF patent No. 2557414**). The complex of diagnostic and treatment methods included, in addition to traditional ones, the method of monitoring tissue pressure, EMG of masticatory muscles, assessment of myofascial pain syndrome according to the method of F.A. Khabirov.

Impact of Promotion Over the Marketing of New Products

Marketing of trade comprising conveying services needs that the businesses create their vital resolution. This verdict distresses the entire publicising databases of the industry, humbly putting the advertising approach. These limited contributions are not individual excessive purchaser appointment approach, however, they similarly support in what pattern the business value the customer and appointment and devotion are indispensable for some fruitful development marketing approach. Promotion is a vigorous element of existence and expansion, deprived of acceptable promotion harvests may not vend, while they their stability is in hesitation. The marketing promotion encompasses publicity individual vending sales elevation, community relatives and straight advertising is frequently related with allure and ostentation. Primary quantitative method has been used and primary source of data has been gathered for authentication of this research from the surveys of 55 people. Approximately clear demonstrations and illustrations have been acknowledged in this portion for recovering the gratitude and thoughtful of this context.IBM SPSS tool has been used for the data analysis and it was created through the significant value, descriptive statistics and regression table. The promotion of the new launching products and its impact on the business marketing and the pattern of this impact have been evaluated there. The collected data has been established by the dependent and independent variables

Failure of Tricuspid Annuloplasty for Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation: Impact of Patient's Body Size

Tricuspid repair is recommended for significant functional tricuspid regurgitation (FTR) or tricuspid annulus (TA) dilation, based on TA >40mm or >21mm/m². The concordance between both TA dimensions related to the patient's body size has not been investigated. Patients who underwent rigid ring tricuspid annuloplasty for FTR between 2009 and 2017 were included. Assuming equality between both TA diameter criteria, patients were divided per body surface area (BSA): group 1=BSA ≤1.9m² and group 2=BSA >1.9m². The primary outcome was TR recurrence at 5years. Tricuspid annuloplasty was performed in 186 patients (group 1: 130 patients [69.9%]; group 2: 56 patients [30.1%]). Group 1 comprised more female (70.8% to 23.2%, p <0.001) and older patients (77.1 ± 9.3 years; 74.2 ± 8.2 years, p=0.048). Group 1 had a smaller absolute TA diameter (group 1: 45.3 ± 5.2mm; group 2: 48.2 ± 5.6mm, p <0.001), whereas the indexed TA size was inversely higher (group 1: 26.3 ± 3.4mm/m²; group 2: 24.2 ± 2.7mm/m², p <0.001). The tenting height was comparable (group 1: 7.8 ± 3.0mm; group 2: 8.0 ± 2.7mm, p=0.714). The median ring size was 30 (interquartile range 28 to 32) and 32 (interquartile range 30 to 34) for groups 1 and 2, respectively (p <0.001). TR recurrence at 5years was noticed in 20.2% and 6.5% of group 1 and 2 (p=0.035). Indexed TA diameter (hazard ratio 1.43, 95% confidence interval 1.10 to 1.87, p=0.008) and tenting height (hazard ratio 5.52, 95% confidence interval 1.87 to 14.57, p=0.002) were independent predictors of TR recurrence. In conclusion, when the absolute TA diameter is used as the primary criterion, smaller patients are at a higher risk for TR recurrence by having a proportionally larger TA at the time of repair. An individualized approach guided by patient's body size might be more appropriate to indicate FTR correction to adjust for the annuloplasty sizing method.

Harvey, K. (2009). Positive Identity Development: An Alternative Treatment Approach for Individuals with Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities

Harvey, K. (2009). Positive Identity Development: An Alternative Treatment Approach for Individuals with Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities

Abnormal preoperative fMRI signal variability in the pain ascending pathway is associated with the postoperative axial pain intensity in degenerative cervical myelopathy patients

BACKGROUND CONTEXTThe moment-to-moment variability of resting-state brain activity has been suggested to play an active role in chronic pain. PURPOSETo investigate preoperative alterations in regional blood-oxygen-level-dependent signal variability (BOLDsv) and inter-regional dynamic functional connectivity (dFC) in individuals with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM), and their potential association with postoperative axial pain severity. STUDY DESIGNCross-sectional study. PATIENT SAMPLEResting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging was obtained in 42 migraine individuals and 40 healthy controls (HCs). OUTCOME MEASURESWe calculated the standard deviation (SD) of the BOLD time-series at each voxel and the SD and mean of the dynamic conditional correlation between the brain regions which showed significant group differences in BOLDsv. METHODSA group comparison was conducted using whole-brain voxel-wise analysis of the standard deviation (SD) of the BOLD time-series which was a measure of the BOLDsv. The brain areas displaying notable group discrepancies in BOLDsv were utilized to outline regions of interest (ROIs). To determine the strength/variability of the dFC, the mean and SD of the dynamic conditional correlation were calculated within these ROIs. Moreover, the postoperative axial pain (PAP) severity of patients was evaluated. RESULTSOur results revealed that DCM patients with postoperative axial pain (PAP) demonstrated considerably increased BOLDsv in the bilateral thalamus and right insular, but significantly lower BOLDsv in the right S1. By applying dynamic functional connectivity (dFC) analysis, we found that DCM patients with PAP exhibited greater fluctuation of dFC in the thalamo-cortical pathway (specifically, thalamus-S1), when compared to HCs and patients without PAP (nPAP). Lastly, we established that dysfunctional BOLDsv and dFC in the ascending pain pathway were positively associated with the severity of PAP in DCM patients. CONCLUSIONOur results indicate a potential correlation between impaired pain ascending pathway and postoperative axial pain in DCM patients. These findings could potentially spark novel treatment approaches for individuals experiencing preoperative axial pain.

Развитие креативности как надпрофессионального навыка у взрослых обучающихся на занятиях по деловому английскому языку

The aim of the study is to substantiate the expediency of using the communicative types of educational activities that require divergent thinking among postgraduate students within the framework of the business English programme. The paper considers the specifics of using the effective pedagogical technologies in working with adult learners (case technology, role-playing and intellectual games, problem-and-search-based and project activities) in order to provide the most favourable creative educational environment; describes the experience of developing the skill of creativity among postgraduate students within the framework of the business English programme. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that teaching English for specific purposes is considered in the context of creative andragogy and the following andragogical conditions for the implementation of the principle of educational process creativisation are identified: adaptability of teaching, individual approach, variability of teaching, as well as a balance between creative and traditional types of work. As a result of analysing scientific and methodological literature, observing and summarising accumulated pedagogical experience in this field, the authors present practical recommendations on the development of creativity in adults as an important supra-professional skill.

The promise of genetic screens in human invitro brain models.

Advances of invitro culture models have allowed unprecedented insights into human neurobiology. At the same time genetic screening has matured into a robust and accessible experimental strategy allowing for the simultaneous study of many genes in parallel. The combination of both technologies is a newly emerging tool for neuroscientists, opening the door to identifying causal cell- and tissue-specific developmental and disease mechanisms. However, with complex experimental genetic screening set-ups new challenges in data interpretation and experimental scope arise that require a deep understanding of the benefits and challenges of individual approaches. In this review, we summarize the literature that applies genetic screening to invitro brain models, compare experimental strengths and weaknesses and point towards future directions of these promising approaches.

A Quantum-like Model of Interdependence for Embodied Human-Machine Teams: Reviewing the Path to Autonomy Facing Complexity and Uncertainty.

In this review, our goal is to design and test quantum-like algorithms for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in open systems to structure a human-machine team to be able to reach its maximum performance. Unlike the laboratory, in open systems, teams face complexity, uncertainty and conflict. All task domains have complexity levels-some low, and others high. Complexity in this new domain is affected by the environment and the task, which are both affected by uncertainty and conflict. We contrast individual and interdependence approaches to teams. The traditional and individual approach focuses on building teams and systems by aggregating the best available information for individuals, their thoughts, behaviors and skills. Its concepts are characterized chiefly by one-to-one relations between mind and body, a summation of disembodied individual mental and physical attributes, and degrees of freedom corresponding to the number of members in a team; however, this approach is characterized by the many researchers who have invested in it for almost a century with few results that can be generalized to human-machine interactions; by the replication crisis of today (e.g., the invalid scale for self-esteem); and by its many disembodied concepts. In contrast, our approach is based on the quantum-like nature of interdependence. It allows us theorization about the bistability of mind and body, but it poses a measurement problem and a non-factorable nature. Bistability addresses team structure and performance; the measurement problem solves the replication crisis; and the non-factorable aspect of teams reduces the degrees of freedom and the information derivable from teammates to match findings by the National Academies of Science. We review the science of teams and human-machine team research in the laboratory versus in the open field; justifications for rejecting traditional social science while supporting our approach; a fuller understanding of the complexity of teams and tasks; the mathematics involved; a review of results from our quantum-like model in the open field (e.g., tradeoffs between team structure and performance); and the path forward to advance the science of interdependence and autonomy.

Surgical treatment of aortic root abscess: 10-year single center experience

The issue of optimal surgical scope in patients with aortic root abscess due to infective endocarditis remains open, since there are different strategies and interventional methods. In addition, the guidelines do not give preference to any particular type of surgical intervention and recommend an individual approach to each situation. The study included 25 patients with aortic root abscess due to aortic valve infective endocarditis. The most frequently performed surgical intervention in patients was the Ross procedure (n=12, 48%). Eight (32%) patients of the center underwent aortic homograft root replacement. Combined surgery was performed in 7 (28%) patients as follows: 3 (12%) patients — interventions on the mitral valve (all patients underwent mitral valve repair due to mitral valve involvement in abscess), 3 (12%) — coronary artery bypass grafting, 1 (4%) — ascending aortic replacement due to dilatation. Five- and ten-year survival after surgical treatment of patients with aortic root abscess was 86,9% and 78,6%, respectively. There was no reintervention and recurrence of infective endocarditis in the long-term period.

Effect of noise on speech intelligibility and cognitive skills by ages

ABSTRACT Research on older adults who have difficulty understanding speech initially focused on the peripheral auditory system, however, recent studies have emphasized the importance of cognitive factors. Previous studies typically examined older individuals with hearing loss, making it difficult to discern the importance of memory capacity on speech recognition and memory tests generally were performed in quiet environment. This study aimed to determine the speech intelligibility in noise, evaluate short-term and working memory capacities in a noisy environment as an innovative approach in young and old individuals with normal hearing, and examine the relationship between them. The study included 25 young (18–40 years) and 21 elderly (55–70 years) individuals with normal hearing. Turkish matrix sentence test was conducted as a speech intelligibility in noise test. Short-term memory was measured with forward digit span task; working memory was measured with backward digit span task. These tasks were performed in quiet and noisy environments. The elderly group had lower results in the forward (p < 0.01) and backward (p = 0.011) digit span tasks in a noisy environment than those in the quiet environment. Memory tasks in two listening conditions and Turkish matrix sentence test results were lower in the elderly group than the younger group (p < 0.01). There was a moderate negative correlation between Turkish matrix sentence test results and forward digit span tasks in the elderly group (p = 0.013). The results suggest that short-term and working memory capacities decline with age and that older individuals’ abilities are more affected by noise.

Paxillin interactome identified by SILAC and label-free approaches coupled to TurboID sheds light on the compositions of focal adhesions in mouse embryonic stem cells

Self-renewal and differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) are greatly affected by the extracellular matrix (ECM) environment; the composition and stiffness of which are sensed by the cells via integrin-associated focal adhesions (FAs) which link the cells to the ECM. Although FAs have been studied extensively in differentiated cells, their composition and function in mESCs are not as well elucidated. To gain more detailed knowledge of the molecular compositions of FAs in mESCs, we adopted the proximity-dependent biotinylation (BioID) proteomics approach. Paxillin, a known FA protein (FAP), is fused to the promiscuous biotin ligase TurboID as bait. We employed both SILAC- and label-free (LF)-based quantitative proteomics to strengthen as well as complement individual approach. The mass spectrometry data derived from SILAC and LF identified 38 and 443 proteins, respectively, with 35 overlapping candidates. Fifteen of these shared proteins are known FAPs based on literature-curated adhesome and 7 others are among the reported “meta-adhesome”, suggesting the components of FAs are largely conserved between mESCs and differentiated cells. Furthermore, the LF data set contained an additional 18 literature-curated FAPs. Notably, the overlapped proteomics data failed to detect LIM-domain proteins such as zyxin family proteins, which suggests that FAs in mESCs are less mature than differentiated cells. Using the LF approach, we are able to identify PDLIM7, a LIM-domain protein, as a FAP in mESCs. This study illustrates the effectiveness of TurboID in mESCs. Importantly, we found that application of both SILAC and LF methods in combination allowed us to analyze the TurboID proteomics data in an unbiased, stringent and yet comprehensive manner.

Procedural outcome & risk prediction in young patients undergoing transvenous lead extraction-a GALLERY subgroup analysis.

The prevalence of young patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) is steadily increasing, accompanied by a rise in the occurrence of complications related to CIEDs. Consequently, transvenous lead extraction (TLE) has become a crucial treatment approach for such individuals. The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics and procedural outcomes of young patients who undergo TLE, with a specific focus on identifying independent risk factors associated with adverse events. All patients in the GALLERY (GermAn Laser Lead Extraction RegistrY) were categorized into two groups based on their age at the time of enrollment: 45 years or younger, and over 45 years. A subgroup analysis was conducted specifically for the younger population. In this analysis, predictor variables for all-cause mortality, procedural complications, and procedural failure were evaluated using multivariable analyses. We identified 160 patients aged 45 years or younger with a mean age of 35.3 ± 7.6 years and 42.5% (n = 68) female patients. Leading extraction indication was lead dysfunction in 51.3% of cases, followed by local infections in 20.6% and systemic infections in 16.9%. The most common device to be extracted were implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) with 52.5%. Mean number of leads per patient was 2.2 ± 1.0. Median age of the oldest indwelling lead was 91.5 [54.75-137.5] months. Overall complication rate was 3.8% with 1.9% minor and 1.9% major complications. Complete procedural success was achieved in 90.6% of cases. Clinical procedural success rate was 98.1%. Procedure-related mortality was 0.0%. The all-cause in-hospital mortality rate was 2.5%, with septic shock identified as the primary cause of mortality. Multivariable analysis revealed CKD (OR: 19.0; 95% CI: 1.84-194.9; p = 0.018) and systemic infection (OR: 12.7; 95% CI: 1.14-142.8; p = 0.039) as independent predictor for all-cause mortality. Lead age ≥ 10 years (OR: 14.58, 95% CI: 1.36-156.2; p = 0.027) was identified as sole independent risk factor for procedural complication. TLE in young patients is safe and effective with a procedure-related mortality rate of 0.0%. CKD and systemic infection are predictors for all-cause mortality, whereas lead age ≥ 10 years was identified as independent risk factor for procedural complications in young patients undergoing TLE.

Stability Analysis for the Spread of Mumps Based on SIQR Model

Mumps is an infectious disease caused by a virus that is quite dangerous because vaccine strategies often fail. In severe cases, mumps can lead to infection of the covering of the brain (15%), pancreatitis (4%), permanent deafness, and painful swelling of the testes which rarely causes infertility. In addition, genetic mutations that are continuously carried out by the virus and the movement of individuals from one area to another can result in the spread of causing an epidemic in an area. This study discusses the spread of mumps by assuming there is a population of individuals who are quarantined. In addition, it is possible to die from mumps in the presence of complications from other diseases. The purpose of this research is to look at the behavior of the system solution analytically depending on the basic reproduction number ( ) accompanied by numerical simulations on initial values with certain parameters. The SIQR model is used by assumes that individuals who have recovered will get permanent immunity against Mumps. The analysis was carried out around the disease-free equilibrium point and the endemic equilibrium point. It was found that the disease-free equilibrium point is locally asymptotically stable with conditions . This means that if the birth rate is less than the natural death rate and the contact rate between individuals infected with mumps and susceptible individuals is less than the sum of the recovery rate, death rate and quarantine rate, then the mumps outbreak will eventually disappear from the population. On the other hand, the local asymptotically stable endemic equilibrium point if . This means that if the mumps disease is about to become epidemic and infected individuals are still in the population. This can be interpreted as if the birth rate is greater than the natural death rate and the contact rate between individuals infected with mumps and susceptible individuals is greater than the sum of the recovery rate, death rate and quarantine rate then the mumps outbreak will still exist in the population. However, if the value of the quarantine rate is increased, the value will decrease and the quarantined individual population approaches the infected individual population. This means that the proposed quarantine scenario with the addition of class Q makes the system solution better. Furthermore, a simulation was carried out with the Maple 18 program.

Peer Support Self-Management Intervention for Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Primary Care Settings: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.

The increasing prevalence of diabetes is placing important demands on the Chinese health care system. Providing self-management programs to the fast-growing number of people with diabetes presents an urgent need in rural primary care settings in China. Peer support has demonstrated effectiveness in improving self-management for individuals with diabetes in urban communities in China. A priority then becomes developing and evaluating a peer support program in primary care settings in rural communities of China and determining whether it is feasible and acceptable. The aims of this study are (1) to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a peer support approach to type 2 diabetes self-management in rural primary care settings; (2) to identify enabler and facilitator factors likely to influence the peer support implementation; (3) to provide primary data and evidence for developing a version of the program suitable for a randomized controlled trial in rural primary care settings. Three townships will be sampled from 3 different counties of Anhui province as the study setting. Participants will be recruited based on these counties' local primary care health record system. The peer supporters will be recruited from among the participants. The peer support program will be led by peer supporters who have completed 12 hours of training. It will be guided by primary care providers. The program will include biweekly meetings over 3 months with varied peer support contacts between meetings to encourage the implementation of diabetes self-management. Mixed methods will be used for evaluation. Qualitative methods will be used to collect information from health care system professionals, individuals with diabetes, and peer supporters. Quantitative methods will be used to collect baseline data and data at the end of the 3-month intervention regarding psychosocial factors and self-management practices. The results will include (1) quantitative baseline data that will characterize type 2 diabetes self-management practices of individuals with diabetes; (2) qualitative data that will identify enablers of and barriers to self-management practices for individuals with type 2 diabetes in rural communities; (3) both qualitative and quantitative evaluation data, after the 3-month intervention, to demonstrate the feasibility and acceptability of the peer support approach for individuals with type 2 diabetes. Our findings will inform the design of a tailored intervention program to improve self-management among individuals with type 2 diabetes in rural primary care settings. If we find that the peer support approach is feasible and acceptable, we will develop a larger randomized controlled trial to evaluate effectiveness in multiple rural settings in the province. PRR1-10.2196/47822.

Media Health Literacy on Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases in Adolescents

Background: Health literacy has an important role in health promotion efforts, where literacy focuses on accessing, understanding, assessing, and applying the information obtained so that literacy can have an impact across generations. Health literacy in adolescents is an effort to prevent noncommunicable diseases through behaviors such as eating patterns, smoking, physical activities and others, which are areas that are less explored so it is very important to have an individual approach to healthy behavior. Objective: This study was to examine health literacy in preventing noncommunicable diseases in adolescents. Methods: Systematic review database method used, including Google Scholar, JSTOR, ScienceDirect, Springer Link, PubMed. Inclusion criteria used to select articles include articles using Indonesian and English, year of publication in the 2018-2022 range (last 5 years), full text or non-duplicate and the type of article selected is a research article. Five articles were selected that met the inclusion criteria 1 and 1book as an additional reference. Results: Health literacy can help health promotion efforts to improve individual abilities in accessing, understanding, assessing, and applying information related to the prevention of noncommunicable diseases through various media. So that health literacy in individuals and sources of information has the effect of changing lifestyles and a healthy environment. Conclusion: As a means of preventing noncommunicable diseases in adolescents from a young age, the development of health technology, which is a tool that improves individual abilities to obtain good health outcomes, has contributed to the prevention of noncommunicable diseases at an earlier age.

Pre- to Postoperative Longitudinal Follow-up of Phoneme Perception in Glioma Patients: Evidence from the Mismatch Negativity and P300

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Glioma growth in eloquent language areas induces adaptive activation changes in the language network. The present study aimed to (1) investigate the pre- to postoperative evolution of neural phoneme perception processes in glioma patients and (2) assess if event-related potentials (ERPs) reflecting phoneme perception can provide added value to the diagnostic approach in individuals undergoing awake surgery. Methods and Procedures In five persons undergoing an awake craniotomy for the resection of a glioma, pre- and postoperative behavioural language assessment (Aachen Aphasia Test, Comprehensive Aphasia Test and Boston Naming Test) and electrophysiological investigation of phoneme perception was performed. For the latter, ERPs were obtained through the administration of an inattentive (Mismatch Negativity; MMN) and attentive (P300) oddball paradigm containing a phonemic articulation place contrast during EEG recording. Outcomes and Results Aberrant phoneme categorization processing was evidenced in all five participants preoperatively based on the MMN and P300 amplitude and latency. Moreover, mild behavioural impairments were found in four participants at this time. Postoperatively, three out of five participants reached behavioural ceiling effects, while four individuals displayed normalization of electrophysiological measures. Conclusions While neural processing of phoneme contrasts was preoperatively affected by glioma-induced disturbances, a high potential for postsurgical plasticity was shown. As four participants presented with a high grade glioma, tumour grade might partially account for this pattern. Addition of electrophysiological tests to the language assessment could provide benefits in both the pre- and postoperative clinical diagnostic approach in glioma patients. These preliminary results need validation in a larger sample.

FEATURES OF PERSONAL ADAPTATION RESOURCES IN CONDITIONS OF THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

The article is devoted to the analysis and systematization of the concepts "personality adaptation", "personality adaptation resources", "viability", "adaptation potential" that exist in psychological literature. An analysis of options for personal adaptation in war conditions is given, as well as various classifications of personal resources, their criteria and properties. The individual's own approach to understanding the phenomena of personal adaptation in the conditions of military conflict and personal adaptive resources is indicated. Factors of adaptability and possibilities of maximum formation of personal resources in the conditions of martial law are considered. One of the most important issues not only for Ukraine, but also for the whole world based on the Ukrainian experience, is the research and development of adaptive resources of the individual in the conditions of martial law and in general in the conditions of the protection of Ukraine during the Russian-Ukrainian war and after it. Both domestic and foreign publications devoted to the topic of the analysis of the adaptive resources of the individual during the Russian-Ukrainian war are extremely few at the moment due to the lack of analogues of a similar situation in modern European life. That is why this issue is so unique both for the European space and for the entire international community. Both since 2014, and even more massively - since February 24, 2022, there is an incredible, very large, psychological and emotional burden not only on the entire Ukrainian society, but also on each individual person due to military actions on the territory of Ukraine. The main problem for every person in such conditions is the need to constantly strengthen personal resources in order to be able to adapt not only to rapidly changing socio-economic conditions, but also to compensate for the feeling of a threat to one's life and loved ones every moment. After all, if a person had to save himself and his family, then he needed to evacuate from the place of hostilities, leaving all his property, household, or move to the safest places in his native Ukraine (although there was still a periodic air raid and the threat of Russian missile strike) or emigrate to other countries that support Ukraine, or for some time be forced to live under conditions of temporary occupation by Russian troops.

From Indigenous philosophy in environmental education to Indigenous planetary futures: what would it take?

AbstractThe past two decades have seen a proliferation of Indigenous philosophy in environmental education. Much of this anti and decolonial work has made significant advances in deconstructing western modernist subjectivities; re-embedding and re-situating Indigenous and western relational epistemologies into human-earth relationality, including critical inquiry into questions of positionality, power-knowledge and human and more-than-human agency. Less articulated, however is the potential of these practices to address large scale and interrelated global challenges associated with climate and cultural-ecological crisis which coincide with the intensification of late capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacism. Relatedly, at global levels human rights approaches to planetary wellbeing continue to predominate and prominent international agreements such as UNDRIP, SDG, IPCCC and the Global Compact for Migration remain siloed from one another. Providing a broad sketch of these themes I then propose a whakapapa or kinship-based approach to life as laying the conceptual foundation for three regenerative place-based strategies which I subsequently introduce. Each strategy treats contemporary global challenges as interconnected and positions Indigenous knowledges and lifeways as playing a crucial role in addressing these. Moving from Indigenous philosophy in environmental education to broad intersectoral action, these strategies also make the interconnections between individual, collectivist, and structural approaches to Indigenous-led intergenerational resilience as one means to support our collective action toward healing human-environmental relations.