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Social Emotional Learning With Children and Social Cognitive Therapies Used in Treatment For Schizophrenia: What is The Relationship Between Them?
No full textWhy has mental illness in our children let alone society increased so significantly? In this paper I am doing a lit review to understand the need for a structured lesson plan of Social Emotional Learning (S.E.L.) and incorporating some techniques of social cognitive therapies for our children. This will be understood by comparing social cognitive therapies in Schizophrenia treatment that rewires healthy neural pathways from miswired neural pathways that are not functional in schizophrenia and the impact on a person with schizophrenia having difficulties to integrate into society while coping with their illness. I will do this by analyzing Theory of Mind’s (ToM) development and treatment in people suffering with neurocognitive issues like schizophrenia and then the change that occurs in children\u27s behavior after learning S.E.L., which is similar in the fundamental techniques used to treat schizophrenia with social cognitive therapies. I will also compare the different studies that have been done on S.E.L. to establish the relationship between social cognitive therapies and SEL in how the person develops empathy, ToM, and integration into society as a productive member of society, while understanding the help that S.E.L. develops in children\u27s academic performance as well as teacher and child relationships
From Cynicism to Trust: Strategies for Teaching Students Source Evaluation Skills
No full textConcerns about the spread and adoption of misinformation abound, and academic librarians have played a part in trying to stem the tide through information literacy instruction. However, teaching students how to evaluate sources can be complicated—teaching fact-checking skills may be insufficient if it increases students’ overall cynicism about information ecosystems. This study explores how teaching fact-checking and lateral reading skills, along with instruction about “bias filters,” can help to reduce the cynicism of first year writing students, while also increasing their misinformation detection skills. Results are mixed, but teaching about the information creation process and “bias filters” is especially promising. The authors also recommend faculty-librarian collaborations as an effective strategy for teaching students how to evaluate sources
Detection of Two Anomalies Behind the Eastern Face of the Menkaure Pyramid Using a Combination of Non-Destructive Testing Techniques
No full textThe Menkaure Pyramid is the smallest of the three main pyramids on the Giza Plateau. Recently, the possibility of a second entrance to the Pyramid has been hypothesized by Van den Hoven [1], based on similarities between the polished granite blocks covering the Eastern face and the blocks around the main entrance on the Northern face. To test this hypothesis, measurement campaigns using three non-destructive techniques, Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT), Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), and Ultrasonic Testing (UST), were carried out on the Eastern face of Menkaure Pyramid. ERT data was obtained from measurements of four long parallel profiles using stainless steel mesh electrodes and inverted using a three-dimensional inversion algorithm. These ERT results guided the more focused grid measurements of a dual-frequency GPR instrument (200/600 MHz antenna) and a 16-channel UST array device. Image Fusion (IF) was utilized to merge the reconstructed ERT, GPR, and UST images, allowing for precise correlation of the detected features from each technique. The images revealed two anomalies directly behind the polished granite blocks, which would indicate the presence of air-filled voids. This interpretation was supported by a series of numerical simulations that considered various possible scenarios under real-world conditions
Safe-Haven Ignorance: The Epistemic Refugee
No full textThis paper engages with the emerging field of ignorance studies. Per feminist critique, the classic “X knows that p” formulation in epistemology fails to account for the subjectivity and situatedness of X. Building on feminist and critical race theory contributions, this paper puts forward a positive theory regarding resistance to belief-revision. The inquiry concerns the relationship between X’s ignorance and X’s self. This paper interrogates defensive reactions to knowledge and their connection to the narrative sense of self. It introduces “safe-haven ignorance”—a psycho-sociopolitical defense mechanism—which occurs when an individual becomes hostile toward knowledge that contradicts their established self-narrative. This contradiction is perceived as a threat to the individual’s self, challenging what is familiar or presumed fixed about themself. Individuals avert the threat to their self by forgoing knowledge, by taking refuge. The qualifier “safe-haven” captures individuals’ familiar self-narrative (based on their situated social position within particular social structures and systems). This psychological and sociopolitical quality sets apart safe-haven ignorance from a generic conception of ignorance where subjects are fungible.
Keywords: epistemology, active ignorance, transphobia, racism, superpatriotism, white fragility philosophy, trans philosophy, feminist philosophy, ignorance, epistemology of ignorance, Race, Gender, Social Philosophy, feminism, oppression, transgende
Citizen’s Rare Plant Watch
No full textRare species data for plants is lacking, hindering land management decisions and conservation outcomes. With Citizen\u27s Rare Plant Watch, we empower citizen scientists to provide the “eyes on the ground” and collect data needed for conservation decision making in Oregon
Abridging the 22-Item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22) in People with Cystic Fibrosis: Limiting Survey Burden
No full textChronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) affects quality-of-life (QoL) in people with cystic fibrosis (PwCF), despite the reduction in symptoms and symptom severity associated with cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators [1]. To precisely assess sinus symptoms and treatment needs in the post-modulator period, patient-related QOL instruments should be revisited. The 22-item SinoNasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22) measures CRS burden and QoL. Abbreviated surveys can lessen respondent fatigue. Item response theory (IRT) can help refine surveys by identifying the most informative survey items while maintaining reliability [2–4]. IRT assesses item discrimination (ɑ), the ability to differentiate trait levels, and difficulty (β), which defines thresholds for response categories [2–4]
Voices to Faces: The Midnight Cowboy’s Picaresque Journey
No full textJohn Schlesinger’s 1969 film, Midnight Cowboy, tells the story of Joe Buck, a Texan who dreams of working as a hustler in New York. Schlesinger’s resulting tale follows the framework of the picaresque, wherein a naive rube ventures to the big city to pursue a better life and exposes societal ills along the way. In this article, Patterson reveals how Joe Buck’s internal tension derives from his materialism, symbolized as disembodied voices, and his devaluing of human connection and empathy, symbolized as faces. The voices from his radio’s advertisements and game shows reinforce his flawed assumptions about life. A midpoint empathetic conversation with Rico Rizzo marks a transformative turning point for Joe as the cinematic lighting focuses on the actors’ faces and expressive performances. Following this scene, Joe Buck’s performative hetero-masculinity begins to break down as he discards his radio and cowboy costume—symbols of his materialism. Along his “picaro’s journey,” Joe encounters societal ills including wealth inequality and inhibitions on male intimacy, resulting from societal heteronormative anxiety. Patterson shows that the characters establish themselves as dialogic opposites as Rico emerges as the true picaro who suffers, and Joe as the anti-picaro who overcomes his disillusionment and lives. Patterson concludes by suggesting further analysis of Rico’s downward spiral and the role of queerness and disability in the picaresque framework
Religious Identity, Linked Fate, and Political Ideology: Explaining Civil Rights Philanthropy Among Muslim and Jewish Americans
No full textSocial identity theory predicts that individuals prefer to give to people with the same identity as themselves. However, individuals have multiple identities that interact simultaneously. For instance, religion is an essential identity for many individuals, particularly those from racialized minority groups, such as Muslims and Jews, who are often discriminated against due to these identities. Moreover, individuals like to support faith-based causes. However, they may also feel that they have a linked fate identity, where they perceive a commonality with other persecuted minorities due to similar experiences of discrimination. Moreover, political ideology is another vital identity marker for many individuals. How do these identities interact in giving to faith-based and non-faith-based causes? This article addresses the question by exploring support for civil rights organizations among the general population and two racialized, faith-based minorities – Muslim Americans and Jewish Americans. The findings show that these racialized minorities are more likely than other groups to fund civil rights organizations that work both within and outside their faith-based communities, suggesting that the concept of linked fate may operate in the domain of philanthropy, where minorities are helping themselves and other communities suffering discrimination. The findings also indicate that political ideology affects giving, as liberals are more likely to donate to civil rights causes both within and outside their faith tradition. Overall, this article expands the existing literature on philanthropy by looking at how the effects of political ideology and the notion of linked fate among minority groups may influence giving in times of crisis
Prospects for Telemedicine Adoption: Prognostic Modeling As Exemplified by Rural Areas of USA
No full textExperts predict that in the majority of countries state healthcare expenditures will continue to rise. Usage of telemedicine applications – the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in order to provide clinical health care at a distance – will help optimize the costs of healthcare in the long-term. The main advantages of telemedicine include reducing the number of doctor’s errors, saving both patients and physicians time, and improving the efficiency of healthcare organizations. It also ensures timely and quality services for large segments of the population living in remote territories with difficult socio-economic conditions, particularly rural areas.The paper forecasts the adoption rate of telemedicine in US rural areas by using the Bass Model. The model is considered quite versatile as it can be used across a wide range of products and services. Nevertheless, the Bass model has some limitations related to how it estimates missing data. Calculation errors can be related to numerous barriers, which affect the adoption rate of telemedicine. These barriers include: high costs of production and exploitation of hi-tech equipment; physicians insufficiently prepared to adopt and use the latest technologies in their daily work; as well as possible concerns of patients about the quality of remote healthcare service
Writing Back to Empire: Anticolonial Petitioning and Decolonisation in Postwar British West Africa, 1945–1960
No full textThis article reexamines petition writing as a strategic form of anticolonial resistance and negotiation in British West Africa between 1945 and 1960. Focusing on Nigeria and the Gold Coast (now Ghana), it argues that petitions – often regarded as apolitical or ineffective – were in fact deeply political texts through which colonised individuals asserted rights, challenged imperial authority, and participated in shaping decolonisation discourse. Drawing on new archival petitions, colonial correspondence, and administrative records, the study analyzes how a wide range of African actors – including trade unions, veterans, women’s organisations, and youth groups – appropriated colonial bureaucratic norms to express grievances and demand reform. By adopting the formal language of imperial governance while embedding radical political claims, petitioners revealed the tensions between colonial authority and African aspirations. Petitions operated within sanctioned channels, yet they unsettled the legitimacy of colonial rule by articulating demands for justice, representation, and sovereignty. Even when dismissed or ignored, they contributed to a growing rights consciousness and influenced constitutional reforms that gradually expanded African political participation. This study thus challenges prevailing assumptions about the marginality of petitions in anticolonial activism. It shows how petitioning – alongside mass protests and nationalist organising – helped expose cracks in the imperial order and laid the groundwork for postcolonial state formation. Petitions should be understood not as signs of compliance, but as calculated interventions in the struggle for decolonisation and African self-determination