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SELF: From One to Many and Back to None
Get PDFI had my first electroencephalogram done when I was eight years old. This uncomfortable ritual involved scrubbing the scalp with alcohol at specific points and attaching electrodes to those points to record the brain activity. After the preparation, the machine started buzzing, an endless sheet of paper was fed in, and the inked waveform patterns emerged. A cryptic chronicle of what I was thinking and feeling, of Me, being written in real-time for everyone to see. Could the doctors observe what I was thinking about them and their tedious procedure? Well, even at that age, I did know that they could not see my thoughts, though they could observe if I was drowsing off, that is, if I was not doing what they had instructed me to do, and this made me anxious and scared. Afterwards, looking at this thick book of wavy etchings, which depicted only half an hour of my conscious life, I was not able to connect it with myself; how was this about Me? What did these waves on paper say about me and my experiences? The disconnection between what is inside and what outside, the first and third-person perspectives, still haunts me today as it did when I was a child, although I did not refer to it as such
Factors contributing to the decision of our students studying abroad to return to Serbia
No full textThe trend towards internationalization causes an increase in the number of
international students who choose to study outside their home country. This practice has also been
recorded in the Republic of Serbia, so in recent years the number of Serbian students
participating in the international education market has been increasing. Relying on
the theory of push-pull factors, this research examines the factors that contribute to the
decision of Serbian students currently studying abroad to return to their home country as well as
the realized decision of our students who returned to Serbia after studying abroad. The sample
(N=126) includes students of all levels of academic studies. The research was conducted through a
questionnaire during December 2023 and January 2024. Socio-demographic data were collected, and
students' attitudes and experiences regarding academic mobility were examined. On this occasion,
we focused on the results regarding the factors influencing the decision-making process of
our international students to return to Serbia, taking into account socio-demographic variables.
It was found that for the majority of our international students, the most important factor
in the decision to return to Serbia is related to their profession and family
Између слободе сајбер простора и захтева Цркве: примери из неких европских друштава
Get PDFПандемија САРС-КоВ-2 вируса увела је озбиљна ограничења кретања и директне комуникације не само на међународном нивоу него и унутар појединачаних земаља, региона, градова, заједница и породица. У овом периоду многе религије, укључијући и оне чија руководства раније нису сматрала интернет важним подручјем верске активности, биле су силом прилика принуђене да га на један или други начин активно користе. То се дешавало како од стране религијских ауторитета и црвених власти тако и од стране обичних верника. Овладавање дискусионим могућностима друштвених мрежа, виртуелног присуства на богослужењима у многим градовима и земљама, генерално је утицало на вернике не само хришћанских деноминација већ и других религија. У рекордном року је на овај начин отворена „Пандорина кутија“ сајбер пространства кад је истовремено простор ван мреже био видно ограничен. Први пут за десетине векова постојања хришћанства у Европи, јавне верске активности против болести (као што је била куга нпр.) које су укључивале јавне молитве, литургију, литије и друге религијске обредне форме, световне власти су забрањивале поставивши такве јавне верске манифестације с оне стране делотворних мера против пандемије и експлицитно их именовале као препреке напорима да се спречи и лечи инфекција. Додуше, и сами напори власти често су били административни и политички пошто нису у потпуности били вођени научним, медицинским и сродним истраживањима. Истина, олакшавајуће околности тичу се изненадности појаве новог вируса и болести те недевољне истражености самог патогена
Attuning the World: Ambient Smart Environments for Autistic Persons
Get PDFAutism spectrum disorder is usually understood through deficits in social interaction
and communication, repetitive patterns of behavior, and hyper- or hyporeactivity to sensory
input. Affordance-based Skilled Intentionality that combines ecological-enactive views of
cognition with Free Energy and Predictive Processing was proposed as the framework from which
to view autism integrally. Skilled Intentionality distinguishes between a landscape of affordances
and a field of affordances. Under the integrative Skilled Intentionality Framework, it can be
shown that autistic differences in the field of affordances stem from aberrant precision estimation.
Autistics over-rely on the precision afforded by the environment - a stable econiche they build.
According to this approach, autism is understood as characterized by an atypical field of
affordances. I will build on the ecological-enactive account of autism to suggest that one way to
shape the neurotypical landscape of affordances in accordance with autistic needs is through the
use of Ambient Smart Environments (ASEs). Taking the cue from autistic lived experience, ASEs
could help minimize environmental uncertainty and afford affective scaffolding by supporting
dynamic and flexible niche construction in accordance with individual autistic styles
Autistic traits in cognitive and material engagement: technical design and music capabilities of Palaeolithic bone flutes
Get PDF: Bone flutes found in Palaeolithic contexts in Europe represent the
earliest archaeological evidence of technically elaborated music instruments
made by Palaeolithic humans. One of them was found at the site of Divje
Babe, together with the Mousterian lithic assemblage typically associated
with the Neanderthals. The other is the assemblage of bone flute fragments
from early modern human sites of Hohle Fels, Vogelherd, Geißenklösterle,
and Isturitz associated with Aurignacian lithic assemblage, but also with
other numerous symbolic artefacts such as bone and ivory figurines and per�sonal/cloth adornments. They both come from the brims of the Alps and date
to modern human and Neanderthal cohabitation in Europe between 50–35
thousand years BP. While their context, manufacture technology, and mod�ern archaeological experiment replicas are known, little has been discussed
about the topics of cognition, epigenetic variations, and moods that affect
the manufacture, playing, and listening to the music in the period of the Ne�anderthal and early modern human cohabitation. Based on the integration
of insights from archaeology, evolutionary psychiatry and philosophy of cog�nition, we offer a cognitive archaeological discussion on how autistic traits
could have influenced the development of these cognitive capabilities and
particular musical inventions encounte red in these cases
Reproductive rights in the context of medical law and demographic trends
Get PDFMedical Law examines reproductive rights through
the prism of reproductive health. It encompasses all aspects
from the perspective of human rights. The focus is on sources
of law. The medical context of issues is very important. It is
considered a serious violation if basic rules such as informed
consent and patients' rights are neglected. Considering
demographic trends leads to a connection between birth rates
and restrictive legislation which has not been confirmed as a
good solution. The conclusion emphasizes that medical law
should have a more contributing role in improvement of
reproductive health services, quality standards, and better legal
perception and protection for al
Integration of SWAT Modelling and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Analysis for Spatial Valuation in Hydropower Development
No full textThe Role of Women’s Parliamentary Network in Serbian Politics
Get PDFAfter the parliamentary election in 2012, according to legal quota system, the number of elected women in the National Assembly of Serbia reached 33 percent. A high number of women who won seats in parliament for the first time launched an initiative to form an inter-party informal working body, consisting of all women parliamentarians regardless of party affiliation, the Women’s Parliamentary Network (WPN). The assumption is that WPN is an important mechanism for cooperation and building trust among women parliamentarians from different parties, an important tool in the contesting gender equality and the means for democratization of parliamentary politics. This paper will explain the principles of functioning, mechanisms and ways of operation of the WPN in the National Assembly of Serbia. The aim is to answer the following questions: Why do we need women’s network in parliament? How is the WPN organized in terms of seats in the parliament, structure and relations? What activities does the WPN perform? How does the structure of parliament and overall political context affect the results and efficiency of the WPN? What are the most significant achievements of the WPN in terms of gender equality mainstreaming? The analysis of the role of WPN is based on the study of the political representation of women and the critical actor’s theory
Gender inequality, green transition and energy poverty: decent future for everyone?
No full textThe global energy crisis, which began in September 2021 and was
further exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, has led many people to
experience increasing financial difficulties. Under the threat of energy
shortages, this conflict has intensified inflationary pressures during the postCOVID-19 recovery and caused a cost-of-living crisis. Energy poverty has
hit the most vulnerable groups the hardest, including women which are the
largest energy consumers in households and have lower incomes than men.
In addition, energy poverty deepens existing inequalities between men and
women, as it further widens the gender pay gap, the gender pension gap, and
limits women's employment opportunities compared to men due to their
disproportionate caregiving responsibilities. Moreover, the energy crisis has
brought to light the issue of women's position in energy policy, as it has a
different impact on women and me