National Literature Research Articles

Prevention of venous thromboembolism in surgical patients: A proposal for a protocol based on the reality of a university hospital

Introduction: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) results from the formation of thrombi in the endothelial space, following factors related to endothelial injury, venous stasis and coagulation disorders. This scenario can result in deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE), which is the third leading cause of cardiovascular death worldwide. Given the possibility of preventing VTE in the majority of in-hospital cases, it is recommended that every hospital has a formal strategy for VTE prevention, including in patients undergoing elective surgery. To this end, it is possible to use risk stratification scales, both for the development of VTE and the baseline risk of bleeding in post-operative patients. Objective: To provide an institutional protocol that is systematized and updated according to the main national and international literature on the prevention of venous thromboembolism in elective surgeries at the Júlio Muller University Hospital (HUJM/ UFMT). Materials and Methods: A protocol was drawn up based on a systematic analysis of up-to-date scientific evidence on thromboprophylaxis in elective surgeries, adapted to the routine of the Júlio Muller University Hospital (HUJM/UFMT), using the UpToDate, Pubmed and Cochrane Library platforms, as well as the Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery (SBACV) and the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). Conclusion: The patient's risk of developing VTE is largely due to avoidable or predictable risk factors, depending on the type of surgery, mobilization time and risk of bleeding. The use of a protocol for the prevention of venous thromboembolism through risk stratification will allow greater individualization of the patient in relation to established prophylaxis, based on scientific evidence. Further studies on the subject are still needed, especially in the setting of elective surgery.

Literary nature and socio-environmental reality in early modern French critical writing about the pastoral

Seventeenth-century French authors produced some of the first critical works devoted entirely to the pastoral. In this article, the author argues that examining these critical works allows us to add a socio-environmental layer to our understanding of this literary mode. This article explores Rapin’s Dissertatio de carmine pastorali (1659) and Fontenelle’s Discours sur la nature de l’églogue (1688). As they debate which aspects of rural life should be included or excluded from this classical literary form, Rapin and Fontenelle give centre stage to a problem raised in later class-conscious as well as ecocritical critiques: idealized representations of rural spaces have the capacity to hide the issues of social and environmental change. This article focuses on how their theories of the pastoral address this problem. While the challenges of rural labour and environmental change may be obscured by pastoral fiction, they are given visibility in critical writing about this literary mode.

Acquired Alterity: Migration, Identity, and Literary Nationalism by Edward Mack (review)

Acquired Alterity: Migration, Identity, and Literary Nationalism by Edward Mack (review)

"The State of Their Stomachs": The Politics of Consumption in Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

ABSTRACT: From gorging gulls to masticated men, appetitive concerns litter Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket . And yet, critics have infrequently attended to the metaphors of eating at play in Poe's only novel. This article takes its place at the critical table through a literary and theoretical analysis of consumption in Pym , a work composed against the backdrop of early nineteenth-century dietary reform movements that sought to advance nationalist ideologies. Using critical eating studies as a framework, I contend that acts of ingestion in Poe's only novel often destabilize nationalist rhetoric linked to imperial expansion and subject-making. Beginning with a brief examination of Poe's testy relationship with literary nationalism and its correlation with Pym's ironic embodiment of emerging US nationalist attitudes, this article then closely reads instances of cannibalistic, spatial, and animalistic consumption. In so doing, it parses the differences between an impersonal hunger often ascribed to animals and "appetite"—defined herein as a culturally encoded desire often concretized through imperious, extractive behaviors. In locating these differences, I identify how various modes of eating within Pym disturb that nationalism which Poe found so unpalatable.

The myth of the American dream in the formation of US national literature

The myth of the American dream in the formation of US national literature

Творчество Саят-Новы в свете интерпретации и перевода В. Брюсова

Each national literature is a part of national history. It presents the features of the national culture and the people who live and develop in specific cultural and traditional conditions. Each nation has its unique genius that sings the national beauty. Armenian ashug Sayat’-Nova’s creativity has had a significant influence on Armenian literature. Sayat’-Nova, as a national poet, had created poetry with its genre subdivisions. We can consider such categories as spiritual, patriotic poetry, glamorous social poetry, and folk-gusan songs. The present research has been carried out along the lines of Sayat’-Nova’s verbal creativity through the interpretive prism of theorists and literary critics with special reference to Valeri Brusov, who highlighted the exclusive richness of Sayat’-Nova’s artistic devices, the peculiar features of his literary genre, style, and language. The article focused on the relevance of Russian-Armenian literary relations, which became particularly crucial with the publication of Valeri Brusov’s anthology “Poetry of Armenia” in 1916. The outstanding Russian writer, critic, and translator has highly appreciated the exceptional richness of Armenian literature and interpreted each piece of verbal creativity with great accuracy. His opinion is that Sayat’-Nova name deserves to be a part of world literature. Armenian ashug has to stand next to the honored names and glorified works of Western literature.

Мотив любви в фреймовой структуре концепта враг (на материале романов Ю.В. Бондарева «Берег» и Х.Г. Конзалика «Штрафной батальон»)

The main purpose of the present paper is to provide a comparative analysis of the multilingual war prose by highlighting the motif of love in the frame structure of the concept of enemy. The relevance and scientific novelty are due to the fact that the comparative analysis is carried out by the example of texts of the works of two literatures: Yu.V. Bondarev's “The Coast” and H.G. Konzalik's “Penal battalion 999” and the theme itself — the Second World War. The authors start from the definition of Russian scientists (D.S. Likhachev), who considered the concept as a multi-level creation, in the structure of which several layers are distinguished. Proceeding from the position that frames in a work of fiction represent a complex of plot (narrative) motifs, the authors consider the implementation of the motif of love at the level of the motivic system and the system of characters. The study pays special attention to the associative and figurative layers of the concept. Such an integral approach made it possible to identify and explain typological cohesions in the realization of the love motif in the frame structure of the concept of enemy, which are observed regardless of belonging to a particular national literature. The researchers came to conclusion that in the absence of war danger leads the characters to mutual human sympathy between representatives of the warring parties, but the official ideology becomes an obstacle to the common future of the characters.

Постколоніальна література: стратегія подолання глобалізаційних викликів

The article deals with a number of important factors: author – publisher – reader – translator, etc., which determine the state and peculiarities of the entry of modern post-colonial Ukrainian literature into the global processes of cultural dialogue. It has been noted that the rapprochement and mutual enrichment of different cultures will be productive only when it is based on mutual interest, on the acceptance of another culture, that is, on conscious mutual enrichment. A number of problems that complicate the entry of post-totalitarian literature into the global cultural environment is also identified. Thus, for example, it is emphasized that such a relevant issue for national European literatures in a globalized world as the preservation of identity is much more difficult for post-colonial literature, in which the processes of overcoming the complexes imposed by the colonizer, demythologizing stereotypes, as well as finding and affirming one’s own identity are taking place.

PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

Introduction. Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic disease of unclear etiology, with periods of exacerbation and remission, has negative social, physical and emotional consequences and reduces quality of life. It is an obvious fact that psychological status and quality of life are influenced by a significant number of factors, including the disease itself (Crohn's disease is most often more severe, especially in young patients), the severity of the disease, the prevalence of digestive tract involvement, extraintestinal manifestations, complications, surgical interventions and the effectiveness of the chosen therapy. Materials and methods. The literature review was based on scientific studies published by Science Direct using the information retrieval systems PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, The Cochrane Librar, Medknow. We mainly reviewed the studies that were published in the last 5 years. 68 scientific papers were selected for the article. Results After analysing the sources of national and international literature, the risk factors (poor sleep quality, reduced physical activity, fatigue, female gender, obesity, intestinal dysbiosis, surgery with stoma formation) that contributed to a negative impact on the patient's quality of life were identified. Possible methods to alleviate psychopathological symptoms, namely psychotherapy, medication and regular physical activity, were described. Conclusions. Inflammatory bowel disease contributes to the development of depressive and anxiety disorders, asthenia, sexual dysfunction, poor sleep quality, reduced physical activity, work quality, and productivity. The use of psychotherapy, namely cognitive behavioural therapy, psychodynamic therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, stress management programs, mindfulness, hypnosis, antidepressant medication and regular physical activity, leads to an improvement in the patient's quality of life.

Nursing students' mindfulness and emotional regulation: an integrative review.

to identify the scientific evidence available in national and international literature on the relationships between nursing students' mindfulness and emotional regulation. an integrative literature review, in four databases, with a time frame from January 2002 to December 2022. Articles in English, Spanish and Portuguese available in full were included. the sample consisted of six original articles, predominantly with a quantitative approach, with cross-sectional designs standing out. the synthesis of scientific production revealed that there is a lack of research at national and international level on the subject with experimental and qualitative designs that enable conclusions about cause and effect and/or take into account subjective experiences of the applicability of mindfulness-based practice in nursing students' emotional regulation.

Leader of national independent literature – J. Mammadguluzade

Leader of national independent literature – J. Mammadguluzade

Use of Telenursing in the conservative treatment of patients with chronic renal insufficiency: scoping review.

to map the evidence of the use of telenursing in adherence to treatment and promotion of self-care in patients with chronic renal insufficiency undergoing conservative treatment. scoping review study, with selection of documents indexed in eight databases and two catalogs of theses and dissertations. Additionally, the reference lists of selected studies were consulted. Selection and analysis of studies were carried out using Rayyan software through double, independent and blind investigation. 56 eligible publications were found and ten were selected to compose the study. The following stand out among telenursing interventions: cell phone applications, websites, digital platform, telephone support and teleconferencing. it was evident that the use of Telehealth by Nursing is relevant to the health sector, but still little explored in national and international literature, representing a gap in knowledge to be filled in future research. Studies have shown that its implementation helps and supports healthcare professionals, providing inferences and guidance for quick, safe and effective assistance, even remotely. Telenursing presents itself as a strategy capable of promoting adherence to treatment and self-care in patients with chronic renal insufficiency undergoing conservative treatment. (1) Develops health innovation strategies in remote treatment. (2) Provides support to professionals with preventive measures, minimizing costs. (3) Encourages the practice of self-management of care. (4) Provides inferences and guidance for quick and safe assistance. (5) Contributes to the advancement of public policies in the area of noncommunicable diseases.

Progress Test in nursing: perspectives for undergraduate education.

to reflect on the perspectives of adopting the Progress Test in undergraduate nursing education. this is a reflective study, based on authors' critical thinking and supported by national and international literature on the Progress Test application in undergraduate health courses. the Progress Test is as a valuable teaching-learning strategy, with potential applications and benefits for students, professors, and academic management. systematic nursing education assessment indicates valuable information for different stakeholders. Understanding its potential benefits, the Progress Test is presented as a strategy that can be replicated in undergraduate nursing education, either individually, by institutions, or collaboratively, by the establishment of partnerships or consortiums of institutions.

Na zieloną Ukrainę i do tych łąk zielonych... Kresy Wschodnie II RP jako przedmiot zainteresowania turystyczno-krajoznawczego Polaków – próba pewnego podsumowania

This article is an attempt to look at selected factors accounting for the popularity among Polish tourists a few years ago of the area known as the Eastern borderlands of the Second Polish Republic (Pol.: Kresy). Methodologically, the autoethnographic study involves an analysis of desk research (the 2019 CBOS survey and the observations made by other researchers). Starting from the CBOS quantitative data recording the scale of Poles’ trips in this direction, the author looks at selected qualitative circumstances which may, to some extent, be behind the preferences diagnosed in the survey, but also behind the broader interest in these sites. The considerations include the (geo)political reality, specific (Eastern borderland-like) experiences, Polish traces, literature, film and Galician and migration myths – assigned to three main thematic areas (Europeanization versus a good national self-sense, Polish traces, and literature, films and myths). Although the essence of the considerations seems to favour Ukraine, the “question of priority” was left – as it is the case in quantitative research – open, focusing on broadening the context of the whole issue.

Intrathecal baclofen therapy: a 30-year experience

The first pump for intrathecal administration of baclofen was implanted in 1984. Over thirty years, intrathecal prolonged infusion of muscle relaxants has occupied a worthy niche among all methods for correction of non-focal drug-resistant disabling muscle spasticity. However, this method has not become routine despite high awareness of specialists in Russia and abroad, as well as undeniable advantages for restoring the daily activity, improving the walking pattern and providing care and quality of life in people with limited mobility. This is due to scrupulous analysis of adverse events and accurate attitude towards its use. A review of national and foreign literature was performed. Prolonged intrathecal baclofen therapy is perspective for long-term treatment of severe spasticity interfering with quality of life and self-care if oral muscle relaxants are contraindicated or ineffective. This procedure is effective for impaired articulation, chewing and spastic pain syndrome. One can reduce the incidence of side effects via correct dosage of the drug, and tolerance to therapy can be reduced by timely elimination of problems with catheter.

ЗУСТРІЧ ДВОХ УКРАЇН: ЛІТЕРАТУРНИЙ КИЇВ КІНЦЯ 1941 РОКУ (ІСТОРИКО-КУЛЬТУРНИЙ КОНТЕКСТ)

Background. The paper examines attempts to intensify Ukrainian literary life in Kyiv during the first months of the German occupation (October – December 1941), in particular, it traces the activities of the Kyiv Union of Ukrainian Writers and literary supplements to the "Ukrainian Word", which were called "Literature and Art" and "Timpani". Methods. The article used bibliographical (study of documents on the history of Ukrainian literature and the press at the end of 1941), contextual (taking into account the current perception of cultural events of that time, stories of people, some texts) and structural analysis of literary, artistic, critical and journalistic materials. Results. The main trends in the Kyiv literary process of that time are determined, and the principles of the editorial policy of the four numbers of the Kyiv "Timpani", published in November – December 1941 under the editorship of Olena Teliha, their thematic and problematic structure and artistic content are characterized. First of all, the policy articles of Olena Teliha and her ideological supporters (historian Oleh Lashchenko, publicist Oleh Shtul (Zhdanovych), etc.), marked be powerful state inspirations and a tendency towards rapprochement of literary and ideological discourses, are analyzed. Attention is draw to the revaluation by the authors of "Timpani" of Soviet literature policy, in particular, the work of cult figures of the Ukrainian 1920s (Mykola Khvylovy, Dmytro Falkivsky, Hryhoriy Kosynka, etc.). The ideological bias and political dogmatism in the approach of the authors of "Timpani" to the events, figures and texts of the 1920s is pointed out. It is noted that the basis of the editorial policy of "Timpani" was the desire to create a new type of nationalist literature through the internal interaction of art and ideology in the political and artistic-aesthetic spheres. The analysis involved artistic and literary-critical texts, as well as letters, diaries of contemporaries, shedding light on the sociocultural, historical, creative organizational contexts of that time. Conclusions. The short-term publication of the "Ukrainian Word" with the supplements "Literature and Art" and "Timpani", as well as the short-term activities of the Union of Ukrainians Writers and the Literary Club, were important for the activation of the Ukrainian literary process during the war and occupation, and the publications themselves reflected the main trends of literary politics at the end of 1941 (in particular, an attempts to create a new type of nationalists literature through the interaction of mainland of ideas and views formed in interwar emigration). Moreover, the mentioned literary publications were the only ones around which the cultural and creative forces of Kyiv were concentrated at that time, and after liquidation of these publications and the execution of their editors until the end of the German occupation (November 1943) literary life in Kyiv actually stopped (although it continued in other forms in Kharkiv and Lviv). In general, both by the fact of their own appearance and by their content – as symbolic acts of resistance – they shoved that in the conditions of military occupation reality, culture cannot be aloof from the main socio-political process and that it plays an important meaning-creating role.

The Image of the Motherland in the Works of Xiao Hong (Based on the Material of the Novel “The Tale of the Hulan River”)

The relevance of the study is based on the interest of modern literary studies to the study of conceptual images of national literatures, formed by the basic universals of ethnic consciousness and found themselves in a situation of frontier coexistence and interethnic interaction. The study relies on biographical, cultural-historical and structural-semantic methods in analyzing Xiao Hong’s texts. The author uses cultural-historical, biographical, translation and immanent analysis methods. The author concludes that the image of homeland in Xiao Hong’s works is conditioned by the influence of the writer’s childhood impressions, her memories of her small homeland – the town of Hulani, as well as by Xiao Hong’s innovative desire to capture the heritage of the feudal past in the minds of ordinary people of the Northeast. Intuitively finding ways of socio-cultural and socio-psychological analysis, Xiao Hong meticulously recreates the unsightly aspects of life of the Chinese of the early 20th century, living in the captivity of traditional feudal orders and ideas. But the subject organization of the narrative – lyricization coupled with autobiography – explicates the basic ethnic notions that determine the Chinese attitude to their homeland and native land. “Hulan” is the first ethnographic and at the same time deeply patriotic work of the Chinese writer, who revolutionized the artistic thinking of China in the first half of the 20th century.

ПЕЧАТНЫЙ СОЦИАЛИЗМ И (МНОГО)НАЦИОНАЛЬНАЯ ДЕТСКАЯ КНИГА

Presenting the collection of archival articles on the creation of national literatures for children in the USSR, the brief introduction proposes to see the early Soviet construction of a new subfield of national literatures as yet another example of invented traditions. New children’s literatures in Soviet republics demonstrated their deep involvement in the common — Soviet — literary development and simultaneously their cultivated sense of cultural autonomy, marked by specifically national themes, plots, and styles. Translations of international classics into national languages added a necessary “global” and “universal” dimension to national children’s literatures. In turn, the activation and instrumentalization of folklore helped to identify and popularize “specific” ethnic points of view and intonations. As the key example of this dynamics, the introduction examines two performative “parades” of national children’s literatures, which were staged in the journal Detskaia literatura (Children’s Literature) in 1936–1937 and in 1971–1972. Within forty years, almost universal complaints about the lack of qualified children’s writers were replaced with extensive reports about highly developed systems of creation, production and dissemination of literature for children.

I Всесоюзный съезд советских писателей в истории коми литературы

the article is devoted to the problem of the formation and functioning of the Komi writers’ organization in the period 1920–50s. A significant stage in its history is the holding of the I All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers (Moscow, 1934) and the participation of the Komi delegation in it. The article examines the forms and degree of influence of the results of the congress on the work of the Komi Writers’ Union, the development of national literature and journalism. Objective: determination of the main trends in the development of the Komi literary process as a result of the I All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers. Research materials: archive documents, articles in periodical press, verbatim report of the I All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers. Results and novelty of the research: the delegates to the I All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers with the casting vote from the Komi Writers Union were M. P. Doronin and V. T. Chistalev. The article is the first to study in detail the fact of their participation in this event. It has been established that the event influenced the further work of the Komi Writers Union and the process of development of literature. It is concluded that the results of the congress of the Communist Party of Bolsheviks, as well as establishing external literary connections, attracting writers’ attention to national folklore, and organizing work with novice authors.

Neo-romantic hero: Vital characters in Holger Drachmann’s short stories

The article focuses on the specific type of literary hero that is common in the short stories of Holger Drachmann, who was considered the most prominent Danish writer in the early 20th century. His first books, “Poems” and a collection of short stories, “With Charcoal and Chalk”, were published in 1872. At the time, Drachmann belonged to the modernist movement and was one of Georg Brandes’ students, but later he changed his political and aesthetic preferences and moved away from the group of Brandes’ followers. Drachman’s artistic style is very special because it has features of Naturalism, Romanticism, Impressionism and Symbolism. But it is possible to conclude that his artistic manner can be called “neo-romantic” according to the contemporary terminology. The characters in his early collections of short stories are vivid, honest, and strong, and they represent the common type of neo-romantic hero that is inherent in other texts related to Neo-Romanticism. Very often Neo-Romanticism is seen as a “reaction” to Naturalism and a return to the principles of Romanticism, but it seems that Neo-Romanticism is much more like Naturalism than Romanticism. The type of neo-romantic hero is closer to naturalistic characters than to romantic characters, because it is a courageous and extraordinary person, an outsider and a rebel, his life is full of desire, risk and adventure, and it looks like a romantic hero, but a neo-romantic hero is a physically and mentally healthy person, and this character is determined by nature and genesis, which is the main feature of Naturalism. Drachman creates a new type of hero in Danish literature: the vital, strong character who struggles with nature and circumstances. His characters have the healthy genetics of ordinary people. Neo-Romanticism in Danish literature was strongly influenced by Naturalism and was the original phenomenon of national literature.