Frustrated State Research Articles

Development of a Software and Information System for Testing the Emotional Sphere of a Person

The purpose of research is to develop a software and information system for conducting psychological testing of the emotional sphere of a person, with the possibility of determining the diagnosis for subsequent consultation with a psychologist.Methods. To implement the software system, the C# programming language was used using libraries: Net Framework 4.7.2, ASP.NET Core. To form the tests, the methods of "Determination of emotionality" by V. V. Suvorova, express diagnostics of the tendency to affective behavior by V. V. Boyko, express diagnostics of the tendency to hyperthymia by V. V. Boyko, express diagnostics of the personal tendency to low mood (dysthymia) by V. V. Boyko, "Tendency to euphoria" by V. V. Boyko, "Determination of the state of frustration" V. V. Boyko. The input data of the program are the user's responses, and the diagnosis calculated based on the test results obtained. The MSSQL Server 2014 DBMS was used for data storage.Results. As a result of the development of the software product, the interface and architecture of the program were developed. Implemented functionality for testing according to the above methods. An algorithm has been developed designed to diagnose the psychoemotional state of the individual, in accordance with the test results obtained. In the course of the conducted studies, it was shown that the accuracy of the methods is 95%. A database has been developed to store information about users, their roles, as well as information about questions included in tests for their interaction. The test results showed that the software system fully meets the functional requirements and is ready for use.Conclusion. The developed web-service allows psychological testing of the emotional sphere of a person according to certain methods, with the possibility of determining the diagnosis for further interaction with a psychologist. The prospect of further development is to expand the functionality of the created software and information system by adding new methods of express diagnostics of psychological or emotional states of a person.

When I say … burnout.

In the world of wellness, 'burnout' might as well be a God term. But what do we really mean when we say, "I'm burned out." And is this one little word enough?

Expertise on Offer: Why Isn’t Anyone Buying?

It is a much-lamented fact that research with the potential to inform or influence education policy instead remains policy inert. There are many reasons for this frustrating state of affairs, including a lack of strategic thinking on the part of researchers on how to successfully accomplish outreach—as opposed to communication with peers (in-reach). Another, and a principal focus of this article, is the failure of researchers to appreciate the power of employing compelling narratives to bring their findings to the attention of policymakers and other stakeholders. Accordingly, this article presents some examples of narratives specifically designed for outreach and discusses some of their features. It also considers the challenges in gaining traction with counternarratives once a particular narrative has achieved currency. Researchers should also be mindful of the tenor of the times, with experts now often viewed with skepticism, if not downright hostility. In some quarters, excessive reliance on technocrats is even seen as a threat to democratic governance. The article concludes with some recommendations on how to appropriately enhance the role of research in education policymaking.

Magnetic order and electronic transport properties in the Mn3Al compound: The role of the structural state

Electronic transport and magnetic properties of bulk and rapid melt quenched samples of the Mn3Al Heusler alloy were studied. A correlation between the magnetic and structural states was established. For a cast sample, there is no ferromagnetic moment, and the behavior of the magnetic susceptibility (break at low temperatures and the Curie-Weiss law with high values of the paramagnetic Curie temperature) indicates a frustrated antiferromagnetic state. At the same time, for a rapid melt quenched sample, a ferrimagnetic state is observed with a moment close to compensation. The results of measurements of the electrical resistivity and the Hall effect evidence as well in favor of the implementation of these magnetic states.

The state of psycho-emotional health of students in distance learning conditions

The indicators of psycho-emotional health of students, their emotional states during distance learning were analyzed. Evaluation of the relationship between well-being and psycho-emotional states of students was carried out. It has been established that most students in the process of distance learning show signs of fatigue, which are closely related to states of anxiety, frustration and aggressiveness. Deterioration of the well-being of students during distance learning was noted, which is reflected in physiological (fatigue, sleep disturbances, satisfaction with sexual relations, pain in the eyes, migraines and headaches) and psycho-emotional symptoms (mood swings, irritability and a sense of hopelessness). It is shown that the most important signs of exhaustion of students’ vital forces in the conditions of distance learning are: emotional overstrain, lack of contacts, technical problems, disturbed balance of study and rest, sensitivity to environmental influences. It was found that the majority of students are well aware of the organization of the educational process, and distance learning can act as both a mobilizing and a destabilizing factor.

Two states of magnetic frustration in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 amorphous films with fractal structures: New knowledge about clusters and cluster ensembles

In amorphous La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 films with a fractal structure, two states of magnetic frustration were found, which are the characteristic of cluster spin glass (CSG) and spin glass (SG) states and are associated with the presence of competing, FM and AFM, magnetic interactions, and the geometry of fractal formations. A high density of clusters in them provides effective magnetic interactions of magnetic moments without the participation of free charge carriers. It has been established that the formation of CSG begins with the transition of the central parts of the clusters to the FM state (at T < 98 K) and ends with the formation of the AFM order in the peripheral areas of the clusters, at T < 64 K. Increasing the field to H = 1.2 kOe, which stimulates AFM ordering of peripheral areas, strengthens the state of the cluster glass. A further decrease in temperature (T < 26 ) and an increase in the field (H > 2.5 kOe) causes the transition of peripheral areas from the AFM to the SG state. A phenomenological description of the frustration process is made. The dependences of the order parameter and barrier height on temperature and magnetic field have been studied. The consequences of the CSG ⇒ SG phase transition for the magnetism of the samples and the direct influence of the external field on their magnetic structure are discussed.

The "pervasive" state: entrepreneurial identities, frustration, and gratitude.

The state has taken center stage during the COVID-19 pandemic in unanticipated ways. Rescuing private companies with public money exemplifies this, highlighting substantial state interventionism amidst a fairly dominant discourse of our times: that of the "neoliberal state." In this article, we focus on how owners of micro-businesses in Croatia constructed state practices during the COVID-19 pandemic and how interactions with the state prior to the pandemic contributed to these constructions. We reflect on the state as a historically embedded social relation that is understood, experienced, and felt. Drawing on interviews, we develop three themes that illustrate the layered and wrought relationship between business owners and the state, as they understand it to "exist"-state-mediated constructions of business owners: tycoons and heroes; frustrating state practices; contradictory images-the benevolent state. The pervasiveness of the state is reflected in how the post-socialist state has shaped professional identities in the business sector, in the overwhelmingly negative emotional landscape state practices seem to propel, but also in hints of state benevolence during the COVID-19 pandemic. The identified nexus of emotions in relation to state practices-exasperation, disappointment, indignation, gratitude-and their historical embeddedness are a strong indication of how present-day constructions of the state are an expression of "accumulated history." Based on their experiences with state practices, our interlocutors construct the state as corrupt, incompetent, inefficient, uncaring, coercive, only on occasion benevolent, and in a highly affective register as "unnecessary," while also expressing a desire for a state that "cares," particularly in disaster settings.

Energetic and frustration analysis of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein mutations

ABSTRACT The ongoing COVID-19 spreads worldwide with the ability to evolve in diverse human populations. The nucleocapsid (N) protein is one of the mutational hotspots in the SARS-CoV-2 genome. The N protein is an abundant RNA-binding protein critical for viral genome packaging. It comprises two large domains including the N-terminal domain (NTD) and the C-terminal domain (CTD) linked by the centrally located linker region. Mutations in N protein have been reported to increase the severity of disease by modulating viral transmissibility, replication efficiency as well as virulence properties of the virus in different parts of the world. To study the effect of N protein missense mutations on protein stability, function, and pathogenicity, we analyzed 228 mutations from each domain of N protein. Further, we have studied the effect of mutations on local residual frustration changes in N protein. Out of 228 mutations, 11 mutations were predicted to be deleterious and destabilized. Among these mutations, R32C, R191C, and R203 M mutations fall into disordered regions and show significant change in frustration state. Overall, this work reveals that by altering the energetics and residual frustration, N protein mutations might affect the stability, function, and pathogenicity of the SARS-CoV-2.

Reduplication in Newar Language: An Empirical Study

This research paper aims to explore the reduplication practices in Newar language and its linguistic relations with other languages. A field survey was conducted among Newar community in Patan. Data was collected through interviews. The collected qualitative data were analyzed using transcription, reinterviews, and re-field visits. The study found that Newar language is very rich in language reduplication. Newar people use reduplication for a number of purposes: plural marking, expressing frustration, expressing unknown and unwilling states, expressing difficult situations, emphasizing dislikes and refusals, expressing urgency, asking somebody to hold on, politely inviting somebody to come, persuading somebody to go, expressing empathy, asking somebody to remain longer and many more. The intention differs from situation to situation, person to person and as per time. The findings of this research may be helpful for those future researchers who want to study reduplication in other languages. Inclusion of impact of other languages on Newar language in terms of reduplication may enrich the findings.

EFFECT OF MINDFULLNESS THERAPY ON THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY OF POSTPARTUM MOTHERS IN MALINGPING INPATIENT HEALTH CENTER YEAR 2022

Background : Postpartum anxiety is very important to know because of the mother's lack of knowledge at this stage, because it will undergo many changes both emotional (psychologically), physical (physiological) changes and environmental (social) changes experienced by postpartum mothers. Such changes can affect the emotional instability of the mother after childbirth, which is characterized by a deep and sustained feeling of fear or worry. Continued postpartum anxiety negatively affects both mother and baby.
 The anxiety rate of postpartum mothers is still a high category in various countries such as Pakistan as much as (70%), Hong Kong as much as (54%), Bangladesh as much as (29%) and Portugal as much as (18.2%) %), anxiety levels in Indonesia as much as (28.7 %) (Agustin and Septiyana, 2018).
 Mindfulness therapy can be used to reduce the level of anxiety towards postpartum mothers, when a person is in a mindfulness situation, the emotional stability of postpartum mothers will be more improved, and the effect is regarding the decrease in anxiety levels (Triyono. H. G, Dwidiyanti, M. & Widyastuti, 2018). According to Oktavia (2018), defining mindfulness therapy aims to help a person in gaining awareness so that there is no reaction to what is happening (good, bad or neutral events / events) and a person is able to overcome his emotions when in a state of depression or frustration and build peace for himself.

Multimodal Human Facial Emotion Recognition Using DenseNet-161 and Image Feature Stabilization Algorithm

Human Facial Emotion Recognition (FER) is the technology to predict listener’s emotion of static images and videos to uncover data on one's enthusiastic states like happy, sad, frustration, anxiety, surprise, hate and neutral states. It's a part of the affective computing technology, which may be a collaborative area of research on listener’s emotions. The ability of a computer to recognise and understand and frequently explain human emotions and emotional states which relies on computing (AI) technology. The most difficult part of the FER is to plan the various looks with the separate enthusiastic states. The standard steps of Facial Emotion Recognition are i) Face RoI identification ii) Feature Extraction and iii) Emotion Recognition. Convolutional Neural Network models are the most commonly utilised to detect listener emotions. In this paper, an Image Feature Stabilization Algorithm (IFSA) is proposed to improve the efficiency of facial emotion recognition by implementing Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) model using the Transfer Learning (TL) technique. The architecture entails employing a FER-compatible pre-trained Densenet-161 based DCNN model and then fine-tuning the model for face emotion data. Initially, the dense layer(s) is/are trained, followed by the fine-tuning of each of the pre-trained DCNN blocks, resulting in an improvement in FER accuracy, particularly for difficult front face views like partial view. Experiments when performed on the CK+ dataset by employing a 10-fold cross validation method using various pre-train models like VGG 16, VGG19, ResNet-18, 34, 50, 152, Inception-V3 and DenseNet-161 showed accuracy of 85.9%, 94.6%, 91%, 91%, 91.1%, 95.1%, 97.1% and 98.7% respectively. Thus, Facial Emotion Recognition performed using the finetuned DenseNet-161 architecture demonstrated exceptionally improved accuracy compared to other pretrained models, along with the proposed image feature stabilization algorithm. The proposed architecture using Densenet-161 showed improved accuracy of 98.78% and 97.52% in other challenging FER datasets like KDEF and JAFEE.

Социальная фрустрация обучающихся ведомственных образовательных организаций системы МВД России

The article deals with the problem of social frustration on the example of students of a departmental educational organization of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia; the factors contributing to its occurrence are analyzed. It has been estab-lished that more than two thirds of the respondents are in a state of frustration of vary-ing severity. A correlation was found between the level of social frustration and the level of emotional expansiveness of the respondents. It was assumed that a significant number of respondents in a state of varying degrees of frustration may be associated with the exit from the distance learning mode, which caused various unfavorable con-ditions for students. The article concludes about the need for a comprehensive psycho-logical study and psychological and pedagogical impact on the part of all subjects of the educational process on students of universities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in order to prevent and prevent the escalation of their negative emotional states.

Ru-Doping-Induced Spin Frustration and Enhancement of the Room-Temperature Anomalous Hall Effect in La2/3 Sr1/3 MnO3 Films.

In transition-metal-oxide heterostructures, the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) is a powerful tool for detecting the magnetic state and revealing intriguing interfacial magnetic orderings. However, achieving a larger AHE at room temperature in oxide heterostructures is still challenging due to the dilemma of mutually strong spin-orbit coupling and magnetic exchange interactions. Here, Ru-doping-enhanced AHE in La2/3 Sr1/3 Mn1-x Rux O3 epitaxial films is exploited. As the B-site Ru doping level increases up to 20%, the anomalous Hall resistivity at room temperature can be enhanced from nΩ cm to µΩcm scale. Ru doping leads to strong competition between the ferromagnetic double-exchange interaction and the antiferromagnetic superexchange interaction. The resultant spin frustration and spin-glass state facilitate a strong skew-scattering process, thus significantly enhancing the extrinsic AHE. The findings can pave a feasible approach for boosting the controllability and reliability of oxide-based spintronic devices.

Affective Dynamics and Cognition During Game-Based Learning

Inability to regulate affective states can impact one's capacity to engage in higher-order thinking like scientific reasoning with game-based learning environments. Many efforts have been made to build affect-aware systems to mitigate the potentially detrimental effects of negative affect. Yet, gaps in research exist since accurately capturing and modeling affect as a state that changes dynamically over time is methodologically and analytically challenging. In this paper, we calculated multilevel mixed effects growth models to assess whether seventy-eight participants’ ( <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">n</i> = 78) time engaging in scientific reasoning (via logfiles and eye gaze) were related to time facially expressing confused, frustrated, and neutral states (via facial recognition software) during game-based learning with Crystal Island. The fitted model estimated significant positive relations between the time learners facially expressed confusion, frustration, and neutral states and time engaging in scientific-reasoning actions. The time individual learners facially expressed frustrated, confused, and neutral states explained a significant amount of variation in time engaging in scientific reasoning. Our finding emphasize that individual differences and agency may play a important role on relations between affective states, their dynamics, and higher-order cognition during game-based learning. Designing affect-aware game-based learning environments that track the dynamics within individual learners’ affective states may best support cognition.

Time-dependent exchange creates the time-frustrated state of matter

Magnetic systems governed by exchange interactions between magnetic moments harbor frustration that leads to ground state degeneracy and results in the new topological state often referred to as a frustrated state of matter (FSM). The frustration in the commonly discussed magnetic systems has a spatial origin. Here we demonstrate that an array of nanomagnets coupled by the real retarded exchange interactions develops a new state of matter, time frustrated matter (TFM). In a spin system with the time-dependent retarded exchange interaction, a single spin-flip influences other spins not instantly but after some delay. This implies that the sign of the exchange interaction changes, leading to either ferro- or antiferromagnetic interaction, depends on time. As a result, the system’s temporal evolution is essentially non-Markovian. The emerging competition between different magnetic orders leads to a new kind of time-core frustration. To establish this paradigmatic shift, we focus on the exemplary system, a granular multiferroic, where the exchange transferring medium has a pronounced frequency dispersion and hence develops the TFM.

Psychoanalyzing democracies: Antagonisms, paranoia, and the productivity of depression

Psychoanalyzing democracies: Antagonisms, paranoia, and the productivity of depression

Extended learning experiences in online classes: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (Experiencias de aprendizaje ampliado en las clases en línea: un análisis fenomenológico interpretativo)

ABSTRACT This study aimed at examining Japanese college students’ extended learning experiences in an emergency online learning environment during the Covid-19 pandemic through adopting an interpretative phenomenological analysis, or IPA. Data from 124 weekly journal entries of 15 purposefully selected students and observation notes of two instructors made during a 10-week term were analysed following the IPA approach. Results revealed that students perceived both advantages and obstacles inherent in online learning. When encountering obstacles, the students experimented with several measures to overcome the obstacles and manage their emotions and so improve learning behaviours. Students experienced different emotional and cognitive states throughout the term. The results obtained suggest that those who see extended and flexible learning opportunities in emergency online learning and have positive psychology tend to pass through the states of anxiousness and frustration rather quickly and develop confidence in online learning at an early stage, whereas others who stay mostly frustrated and do not see advantages of online learning tend not to take advantage of the extended learning opportunities offered by online learning.

Increment in the consummatory response induced by reward delay: An animal model of binge-like eating episodes

The omission of an expected palatable reinforcer produces an aversive emotional state, called frustration, that could function as an important factor in the etiology and maintenance of the binge-eating disorder. A series of experiments carried out in adult male Wistar rats are presented, in which the consummatory response of sugary drinks was evaluated after events of frustration due to reward delay. The animals were trained in a consummatory behavior acquisition phase, in which they had access to different concentrations of sucrose solutions. In the test phase, a control group received the reinforcer normally, while an experimental group received it after a delay. A significant increase in the consummatory behavior of a 32 % sucrose was found in the group that was exposed to a 2-min delay before re-introducing the reinforcer (Experiment 1). The increment found in the consummatory response was dependent on the aversive state of frustration. This could be concluded because, in a less frustrating condition, the animals did not exhibit the phenomenon (Experiment 2), and a more frustrating one produced an increment of the effect (Experiment 3). This result was also observed using a direct measure of consumption -kilocalorie intake- during several events of reinforcement delay (Experiment 4).

A qualitative study exploring barriers and facilitators to establishing nurse-led, multidisciplinary psychological care for trauma patients: experiences from doctors and nurses

BackgroundTrauma patients are often in a state of psychological stress, experiencing helplessness, sadness, frustration, irritation, avoidance, irritability and other adverse emotions. Doctors and nurses are at the forefront of caring trauma patients and they play a crucial role in psychological supports and mental health care. However, few qualitative studies had based on the framework of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to explore the experiences in providing psychological care for trauma patients. We examined attitudinal, normative, and control beliefs underpinning medical staffs’ decisions to perform psychological care.MethodA qualitative study of in-depth semi-structured interviews was conducted among 14 doctors and nurses engaging in trauma care. The participants came from six tertiary hospitals in Chongqing, China. Data analysis was performed using the approach of Colaizzi. According to the framework of TPB, the researchers identified and summarized the themes.ResultsImportant advantages (mutual trust, patients' adherence and recovery), disadvantages (workload, short-term ineffective, practice unconfidently), referents (supportive: managers, patients, kinsfolk, nursing culture; unsupportive: some colleagues and patients), barriers (insufficient time or energy, resources situations), and facilitators (access to psychologist, training/education, reminders) were identified. Some demands, such as training diversity, multidisciplinary cooperation and families' support, reflected by doctors and nurses were important for them to carry out psychological care.ConclusionAccording to the TPB, this article explored the internal and external promotion and hindrance factors that affecting the intentions and behaviors of doctors and nurses in implementing psychological care for trauma patients. We also focused on the experience and demands of health professionals in conducting psychological care, which could provide references for managers to formulate corresponding psychological care procedures and norms.

Taming geometric frustration by leveraging structural elasticity

Geometric frustration appears in a broad range of systems, generally emerging as disordered ground configurations, thereby impeding understanding of the phenomenon’s underlying mechanics. We report on a continuum system featuring locally bistable units that allows for the controlled and self-sustained manifestation of macroscopic geometric frustration. The patterning of the units encodes a finite set of ordered ground configurations (spin-ice states) and a unique family of co-existing higher-order frustrated states (spin-liquid states), which are both activated upon unit inversion. We present a strategy for accessing any globally frustrated state on-demand by controlling the constitutive units’ inversion sequence. This control strategy allows for observing the unfolding of geometric frustration as the microstructural features evolve due to the energy minimization of the constitutive units’ interactions. More broadly, our model system offers a blueprint for “taming” macroscopic geometric frustration, enabling novel applications such as path-driven computation and solving optimization problems using structural systems.