Thematic Session Research Articles

Международная научно-практическая конференция «Актуальные проблемы уголовно-исполнительного права и исполнения наказаний» памяти профессоров Н. А. Стручкова и М. П. Мелентьева по вопросам назначения, исполнения и досрочного освобождения от уголовных наказаний в экстремальных (чрезвычайных) условиях (тематическое заседание, посвященное проблемам регулирования обращения с осужденными военнопленными, 14 апреля 2023 года)

On April 14, 2023, on the basis of the Academy of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, an international scientific and practical conference “Actual problems of penal enforcement law and execution of punishments” was held in memory of professors N. A. Struchkov and M. P. Melentyev on the appointment, execution and early release from criminal penalties in extreme (emergency) conditions (thematic session dedicated to the problems of regulation of the treatment of convicted prisoners of war). The co- organizers of this event, in addition to the Department of Penal Enforcement Law of the Academy of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, were the St. Petersburg Academy of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the Institute of Judicial Enforcement Service of the University of Internal Affairs of Mongolia, as well as the Union of Criminologists and Criminologists. The conference was the first of its kind and identified areas for further improvement of theory, legislation and practice in the field of execution of punishments in extreme (emergency) conditions, including the regime of special conditions in institutions of the penal system, as well as correctional and preventive measures against convicted prisoners of war.

0340 AASM Insomnia Summit 2022

Abstract Introduction Significant challenges exist in access to high-quality care for insomnia disorder. After the recent publication of clinical practice guidelines on behavioral/psychological treatments for insomnia in adults, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) hosted a virtual one-day summit in September 2022 to discuss improving care for patients with insomnia disorder. Methods Fifty attendees representing a variety of organizations (e.g., medical, psychological, and nursing associations; patient advocacy groups; and federal institutions) participated in the Summit. Videos highlighting patient perspectives and an overview of current insomnia disorder treatment guidelines were followed by thematic sessions: (1) barriers to care, (2) facilitators of high-quality care, and (3) future directions and innovations. After 3-4 brief topical presentations by content experts, summit participants divided into seven breakout groups to brainstorm and prioritize issues. Each breakout highlighted 3-5 priorities and reported back to the broader group following each thematic session. Results The top barriers to care for insomnia disorder identified by summit participants included (1) limited access to care, (2) limited awareness of insomnia treatment options, (3) limited treatment formats, (4) low perceived value of insomnia treatment, and (5) insufficient number of trained clinicians to provide care. The top facilitators of care included (1) increased education and awareness, (2) novel models to increase access to care, (3) developing and expanding the insomnia patient care workforce, (4) incorporating research into practice, and (5) increasing reimbursement. Top priorities for future directions included (1) increasing awareness among patients and healthcare providers, (2) increasing the number of skilled behavioral sleep medicine providers, (3) increasing advocacy efforts to address insurance issues (e.g., billing, reimbursement, and performance measures), and (4) working collaboratively with multidisciplinary organizations to achieve common goals for insomnia disorder care. Conclusion The AASM and participants from partnering organizations successfully engaged in a summit and identified prioritized strategies to improve access to high-quality care for insomnia disorder across diverse clinical settings (e.g., private practice, academic institutions, and rural areas). The priorities are to improve access to care for insomnia disorder, which require advocacy efforts to increase awareness of treatment options, improve reimbursement, and grow the skilled workforce for treating insomnia disorder. Support (if any) AASM

Metodological aspects of clinical hemostasiology teaching for internal medicine residents

Modern teaching to young physicians has become increasingly limited because of rising clinical workload, due to the epidemiological situation, new requirements for medical documentation, the lack of a clear timetable of working hours and other educational features. Additionally, today’s residents expect that the training sessions will provide focused content integrated into their clinical workflow. One of the classical teaching methods that is ideally suited to meet these needs is a focused thematic training session, usually conducted with the help of simple but accessible visual aids and extensive audience participation. However, most listeners will benefit from structured content and guidance on the delivery of this content, also known as a learning scenario. A good learning scenario resident’s misconception, highlights a certain number of learning moments, uses strategies to engage students and provides a cognitive basis for teaching a topic that the teacher can improve over time. The proposed pedagogical concept of teaching sections of clinical hemostasiology for residents in the specialty "Therapy" orients the professional and cognitive interest of a young specialist against the background of constantly updated new knowledge in this field with the integration of scenarios of the content of training into clinical practice.

Logic in the Religions of South Asia

This special issue of Journal of Indian Philosophy results from a thematic session on “Logic in the Religions of South Asia”, a separate section of the 2nd World Congress on Logic and Religion (held at the University of Warsaw, Poland, June 18–22 June, 2017). The papers address questions, discussed in philosophical thought in classical India, such as how religious practice could shape philosophical reflection on the relation between language and reality, whether there are necessary truths and whether a priori knowledge is possible, the nature of some arguments for the existence of God, especially the argument from the causality of the universe, the problem of the validity of religious authority, the relation between logic and religious belief as well as language-related topics such as a theory of interrogatives expressing doubts and of declaratives expressing certitudes, both regarded as the verbal expression of cognitions.

‘A collective commitment to improving cooperation on migration’: analysis of a thematic consultation session for the Global Compact for Migration

The adoption of the New York Declaration in 2016 launched a two-year process to create a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), starting with an intergovernmental (informal) thematic consultation phase involving non-governmental actors. This article presents a framing analysis of preparatory materials and video recordings of stakeholder interventions for a thematic session on international cooperation and governance of migration. It examines the involvement of non-governmental actors in the GCM policymaking process and the opportunities and challenges in international cooperation on migration. The findings show that member states’ concerns about national sovereignty, uncertainty about the consultation process, and varied framings of certain policy-issue areas presented considerable obstacles to international cooperation. At the same time, the open-ended outcome of the consultations phase enabled non-governmental actors to move discussions beyond state sovereignty and border control. We argue that the participation of non-governmental actors in consultation sessions broadened the bargaining table with ‘softer type’ issues, while the breadth of topics levelled out the playing field of international cooperation.

Standardising Creativity. Analytical Tools for the Study of Clay Figurines in the Mediterranean and Near East

From 6 to 10 April 2021, the 12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE) took place remotely and was broadcast from the University of Bologna, Italy. Within the conference, Barbara Bolognani and Nadeshda Bladt Knudsen organized a workshop entitled “Standardising Creativity. Analytical Tools for the Study of Clay Figurines in the Mediterranean and Near East”. The workshop was part of the thematic session no. 3 “Hammering the material world. Characterization of material culture, processes and technologies” and was held under the auspices of the Association for Coroplastic Studies (ACoST), with the kind support and presence of the group’s founder and president, Jaimee Uhlenbrock. The workshop involved thirteen coroplastic specialists from eight different countries and thirteen affiliated institutions. The principal focus of the workshop was on Mediterranean and Near Eastern clay figurines. The aim was to give voice to wide-ranging and inclusive aspects of terracotta figurine studies that resonate with all researchers in this field, irrespective of geographic region or archaeological period.

8th Annual Michigan Physiological Society Meeting: June 24-25, 2021.

8th Annual Michigan Physiological Society Meeting: June 24-25, 2021.

Preface

Digital technologies transform all sectors of the economy, and the forest sector is no exception. Science is a knowledge source for all technology sectors. Throughout history, technological development could start only after initial accumulation of scientific knowledge. Now the situation has changed: there is no time to wait, and both – science and digital technologies – must develop simultaneously. That is why scientific conferences focusing on digital technologies are timely – they attract much attention from both academia and industry.In February 2021, Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University organized a scientific and technical conference Digital Technologies in the Forest Sector.This conference is an annual event; it takes place in February – March. In 2021, due to Covid-19 restrictions, the conference was changed to a virtual format. The conference could not be postponed because of a busy event schedule of the conference organizer - Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University in 2021. If the conference could not take place in a virtual format, the research community would have lost an opportunity to share ideas, information and research results in 2021. Finally it took place on 18–19 February 2021 and was successfully delivered in ZOOM.Over 120 professionals from nearly all subjects of the Russian Federation and Finland participated in the conference.The conference model was divided into plenary session and thematic sessions. The plenary session was organized on February 18, 2021, from 10:00 to 12:30. Each of the five plenary speakers were given 20–30 min for a presentation followed by Q&A.Thematic sessions were organized on February 18, 2021, from 13:30 to 17:00, and February 19, 2021, from 11:00 to 14:00. The topics of the thematic sessions were: Geoinformation technologies and remote sensing methods in forestry and forest inventory; Economic development based on the use of modern digital technologies; Digital forestry pedagogy; and Communication and web-technologies: opportunities and prospects of application in the forest sector. Each thematic session was followed by a Q&A session.The papers presenting the most interesting research results were assembled in a special issue of the journal IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. They cover a wide range of topics within the research areas including: rent theory; linear programming models; GIS technologies in forestry; robotic systems and application of ensemble machine learning methods; application of digital technologies in the economy and business process; use of data mining methods in planning and management at wood enterprises; prediction of occurrence of forest fires; application of laser technologies in remote sensing of forest areas; blockchain technology in prevention of illegal wood trade; analysis of wood structure; application of digital technologies in quantification and design of park, garden and urban tree structure. The organizes strived to cover all applications of digital technologies in the forest sector in one conference.The research results published will be of great interest to scientists, university lecturers and specialists of the forest sector, as well as to students studying forest sector related disciplines.List of Organizing committee, Program committee are availble in this pdf.

A Summary of Thematic Session “Language Education and NLP”

A Summary of Thematic Session “Language Education and NLP”

Planetary health: from concept to decisive action

Planetary health: from concept to decisive action

POLÍTICAS CURRICULARES E COTIDIANOS

It is with great joy and political commitment that we present yet another Thematic Session in the Revista Espaco do Curriculo (REC), which has in its researches with daily life compositions with curriculum policies its main strength. In the present issue, we were given interesting discussions on curriculum policies in compositions with different levels and / or educational spaces-times, and also their consequences and effects on school daily life, but not only on these. It is necessary to emphasize with great optimism and responsibility that, since its first publication in 2016, the Thematic Session on Research with Everyday People has received more and more articles from Institutions and research groups from different Brazilian states, a fact that shows an increase in the interest in the proposal-political attitude of doing research with different educational routines. In the present issue, this diversity can be proven in terms of researchers belonging to different institutions (UFF, UFES, UEMS, FACELI, UESB, UNEB, UERN, UFTM, UFMA, UFPB, UFPA and UFCG) who had their articles approved for publication in this issue. Motivated by the possibility that the articles presented here can both affirm the political research proposal with everyday life, as well as help in the complexification and broadening of discussions in the field of curriculum, especially in the scope of curriculum policies, we want a powerful and fertile reading and that it can increasingly encourage proposals for articles for that Special Session.

European Perspectives on Recent Tonal Theories, their Models, and Analytical Tools

The articles collected here were part of a one-day thematic session held during the7th European Music Analysis Conference(Leuven, Belgium, September 17–20, 2014). The session was dedicated to current understandings of tonality, particularly recent European perspectives and their connections to historical theory. Despite differences in methods and aims, the contributions here engage in dialogue by identifying specific research traditions and approaches—ranging from hermeneutical philosophy to neostructuralism—and by addressing characteristics of tonality. Three main threads run throughout: (1) the directional tendency of chord progressions; (2) centricity; and (3) hierarchical organization. Together, the perspectives adopted suggest that progress in the understanding of tonal language depends on a continuing dialectic between the theoretical discourse of the past and modern tools and models—including analysis of large corpora.

Transiciones socio-energéticas para el desarrollo social: un estudio sobre comunidades semi aisladas en el noreste de Mendoza

The article is oriented toward the thematic session of the dossier ‘Engineering and social development’, specifically on ‘Technological studies, development and society’. It addresses the case of half-isolated communities in the arid regions in the North East of Mendoza province (Department of Lavalle) through the following research question: Which characteristics of half isolated communities of the arid lands of Lavalle facilitate or hamper socio-energy transitions? The study of this point according to an integrated perspective includes contributions both in the field of socio-energy transitions as well as in the research strand of isolated and half isolated communities. The analysis allows to understand which kind and degrees of socio-energy transitions can be expected and may be desirable to happen according to social development perspective. The application of this paradigm combines external actor actions with local capacities. The methodology is qualitative and interpretative and it is applied to a case study in which it is identified relevant sociocultural dimensions that constrain technological transitions in the energy field. The research aims at offering tools that orient energy discussion, particularly those at the local and regional level, towards the acknowledgement of the nature of associated complex changes (technological, social, cultural, environmental) in a milieu with strong sense of identity and distinctive features, as is the case of arid lands communities.

Physical employment standards developed for the Armed Forces – A summary of the international status

Job-related Physical Employment Standards (PES) for the Armed Forces have been developed by numerous nations using a common methodology described in another presentation in this thematic session. The current presentation will describe the PES tests and procedures used by different groups and examples of how they are used to select and evaluate personnel for work and/or deployment. Job-related PES are developed based on a Job Task Analysis (JTA) where the critical physically demanding tasks personnel are required to perform are defined and the physical fitness to perform in a job-role are derived. The ‘components of fitness’ to perform soldiering tasks identified through a JTA are reasonably common between nations, typically comprising of; aerobic capacity, anaerobic power, muscular strength, muscular endurance and mobility/agility. The tests within a PES used to evaluate the components of fitness vary between Armed Forces and tend to fall in to one of two groupings. The first group of ‘task simulations’ are tests where the physical actions and equipment are similar to the actual task that soldiers perform but are performed in a more controlled and/or incremental manner compared to the actual task. Common examples of task simulation tests include lifting equipment such as ammunition boxes, carrying equipment such as water cans or sandbags and loaded marching. Secondly, ‘predictive tests’ are usually performed with very little or none of the equipment used to perform the actual military tasks they are predicting performance on. Common examples of predictive tests include timed runs, shuttle running, grip strength, upright pull, medicine ball throw, horizontal standing jump. A PES has the utility to measure personnel's physical capacity at different points in their military training cycle and the type of test used at each point varies between nations. Predictive tests are typically used at the point of selection into service and/or to evaluate return to duty following an injury. This is because predictive tests are simple to administer to large groups, are safer and more controlled and require minimal skill or training compared to task simulations tests. However, as task simulations have greater face-validity and more closely replicate the actual physical demands of job-roles they are more commonly used to assess the physical capacity of serving personnel on an annual basis and/or prior to deployments.

Sleep optimization to prevent sleep loss

Sleep loss is a main factor in the decrease of military performances observed during continuous and sustained operations. Sleep loss in humans is associated with cognitive function impairments, hormonal and immune-inflammatory responses, which may have clinical relevance. This thematic session focus on strategies proposed as protective countermeasures during and/or before sleep loss. Through a transdisciplinary approach, speakers will show the cognitive and physiological benefits of sleep optimization countermeasures (work/rest schedules, sleep extension, nap improvement, etc.) in order to prevent sleep-loss induced impairments. Results from field study related to identification of best Work and Rest Schedules in army and navy will be presented and discuss. Before operations, sleep extension could improve tolerance to sleep loss. Benefice and limits of sleep extension will be presented through cognitive, hormonal and immune-inflammatory point of view, from two studies in laboratory. Then, the last speaker will show an original work related to the improvement of naps in occupational settings, with hypnotic suggestions.

Performance nutrition: An international perspective

The maintenance of nutritional status is essential for the optimization of Warfighter physical and cognitive performance; diminished nutritional status has been linked to degraded performance, injury, and poor health outcomes. The objective of the Thematic Session titled “Performance Nutrition: An International Perspective” is to outline and summarize nutrition perspectives and primary research from a series of nations exploring nutritional requirements for the optimization of Warfighter performance. Speakers will detail observational and interventional studies conducted in laboratory, field, and operational environments contributing to the development of Warfighter nutritional standards. The impact of nutritional interventions, including the use of dietary supplements and sustainable approaches, on physical and cognitive performance will be highlighted. Speakers will conclude by providing examples by which nutrition research studies were utilized to develop national or international nutrition requirements and the optimization of military feeding platforms, to include snacks, rations, and garrison feeding policies.

Wearable assistive devices for dismounted soldiers

Military organizations have been pursuing methods to enhance soldier performance and survivability during warfare for quite some time. Assistive technologies (AT), defined here as skin-out devices that reduce physiologic work and/or musculoskeletal loading, are one such solution. These AT include exoskeletons (rigid and soft, active and passive), load redistribution systems, and energy harvesters. Some recent AT have demonstrated a reduction in energy cost or injury risk associated with common military tasks such as walking and load carriage. Effective implementation of AT has the potential to mitigate the negative effects of load carriage and enhance the performance of dismounted soldiers. A wide variety of AT with potential application to dismounted soldiers are currently being developed. Due to rapidly maturing technologies and the increasing importance of reducing burden whilst also enhancing the capability of the Warfighter, there is a need to better understand the value proposition of AT for dismounted operations. This thematic session seeks to describe the breadth of AT and their individual applications, benefits, limitations and level of maturity; present findings from related research and evaluations; and discuss performance trade-offs between the variety of AT and dismounted soldier mission sets.

契約講の原型と変容 : 互助的連帯から象徴的連帯へ(伝統的地域社会の宗教変動)(テーマセッション)( 第六十二回学術大会紀要)

契約講の原型と変容 : 互助的連帯から象徴的連帯へ(伝統的地域社会の宗教変動)(テーマセッション)( 第六十二回学術大会紀要)

金毘羅信仰の形成 : 創立期の政治状況(修験道の世界観)(テーマセッション)( 第六十二回学術大会紀要)

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S会の「伝統突破」 : 二人の女性会員の場合(伝統的地域社会の宗教変動)(テーマセッション)( 第六十二回学術大会紀要)

S会の「伝統突破」 : 二人の女性会員の場合(伝統的地域社会の宗教変動)(テーマセッション)( 第六十二回学術大会紀要)