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No full textThe Symmetry of Schizophrenia and the Anti-Symmetry of Schizophrenic Life
No full textThe following is a mock debate on schizophrenia set in the 1960s at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, between two fictional characters, Dr. Brian L. Zacou, a qualitative sociologist and Institute Professor Emeritus at the University of Prague; Dr. Wytt Thomas, a professor of psychology at Harvard University; two notable historical figures: Dr. Michel Foucault [20th-century philosopher, historian, academic and theorist] and Dr. R. D. Laing [20th-century psychiatrist and experimental researcher and author] and the writer of this compendium [artist and writer Alexej Savreux; himself a diagnosed schizophrenic]. We model it as a transcription of a debate held at that juncture. It explores the historical framework of schizophrenia, the deep-seated aspects and reality of psychosis, a critique of psychiatry, and a sociological perspective on psychosis. We devote the first chapter to the historical framework and an explanation of the reality of schizophrenia. The second chapter is a critique of mainstream psychiatry, and the third chapter is a resolution between the mock debaters on the social framework and how best to come out unscathed in post-modernity. The remarks from Foucault and Laing are paraphrased from the works “Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason” (Foucault) and “The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness” (Laing) and are annotated with footnotes along with a few other sources. The writer has taken great liberties in constructing this mock debate, including the usage of anachronisms, and also determines his findings based on what we refer to as the anti-symmetry underpinning the biopsychosocial reality of schizophrenia and the social framework that ensues, generated by popular responses to abstract disease concepts associated with insanity
Czech nationalism and the so called national question in the literature of the communist regime: A critical analysis of the works of Alexej Pludek
No full text(anglicky) This thesis focuses on the analysis of nationalist and patriotic motifs in selected wor\l by Alexej Pludek: Tudy chodival Jedminek (1959), Povdsti d6vn;fch dast (1971), Cesky kr6l Karel (1978), Kr6levic, kr6l, cisai (1983), Rytiisk6 jfzda Jana z Michalovic (1987), Takovych tisic let (1988), and iesk6 pie (1989). The first chapter outlines how the phenomenon of Czech nationalism was emphasized in the official discourse of the socialist regime. The second chapter briefly introduces the life and literary work of Alexej Pludek and provides short summaries of the analyzed novels in chronological order based on their publication dates. The third chapter focuses on the analysis of patriotic and national motifs in the selected works, showing how the author defined the Czech nation and its characteristic features. The fourth chapter examines the depictions of Czech- German conflict and the ways in which the nation was defined in opposition to foreign influences. The fifth chapter explores how the idea of internationalism and international solidarrt ir accentuated in Pludek's works. The aim of this thesis is to show how Czech nationalism was specifically approached during the socialist period, how the idea of internationalism was popularized, and how these two concepts functioned within the..
UnHiNgEd: The Symmetry of Schizophrenia and the Anti-Symmetry of Schizophrenic Life
No full textThe following is a mock debate on schizophrenia set in the 1960s at the Sorbonne in Paris, France between two fictional characters, Dr. Brian L. Zacou, a qualitative sociologist and Institute Professor Emeritus at the University of Prague; Dr. Wytt Thomas, a professor of psychology at Harvard University; two notable historical figures: Dr. Michel Foucault [20th-century philosopher, historian, academic and theorist] and Dr. R. D. Laing [20th-century psychiatrist and experimental researcher and author] and the writer of this compendium [artist and writer Alexej Savreux; himself a diagnosed schizophrenic]. We model it as a transcription of a debate held at that juncture. It explores the historical framework of schizophrenia, the deep-seated aspects and reality of psychosis, a critique of psychiatry, and a sociological perspective on psychosis. We devote the first chapter to the historical framework and an explanation of the reality of schizophrenia. The second chapter is a critique of mainstream psychiatry, and the third chapter is a resolution between the mock debaters on the social framework and how best to come out unscathed in post-modernity. The remarks from Foucault and Laing are paraphrased from the works “Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason” (Foucault) and “The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness” (Laing) and are annotated with footnotes along with a few other sources. The writer has taken great liberties in constructing this mock debate, including the usage of anachronisms, and also determines his findings based on what we refer to as the anti-symmetry underpinning the biopsychosocial reality of schizophrenia and the social framework that ensues, generated by popular responses to abstract disease concepts associated with insanity
The Symmetry of Schizophrenia and the Anti-Symmetry of Schizophrenic Life
No full textThe following is a mock debate on schizophrenia set in the 1960s at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, between two fictional characters, Dr. Brian L. Zacou, a qualitative sociologist and Institute Professor Emeritus at the University of Prague; Dr. Wytt Thomas, a professor of psychology at Harvard University; two notable historical figures: Dr. Michel Foucault [20th-century philosopher, historian, academic and theorist] and Dr. R. D. Laing [20th-century psychiatrist and experimental researcher and author] and the writer of this compendium [artist and writer Alexej Savreux; himself a diagnosed schizophrenic]. We model it as a transcription of a debate held at that juncture. It explores the historical framework of schizophrenia, the deep-seated aspects and reality of psychosis, a critique of psychiatry, and a sociological perspective on psychosis. We devote the first chapter to the historical framework and an explanation of the reality of schizophrenia. The second chapter is a critique of mainstream psychiatry, and the third chapter is a resolution between the mock debaters on the social framework and how best to come out unscathed in post-modernity. The remarks from Foucault and Laing are paraphrased from the works “Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason” (Foucault) and “The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness” (Laing) and are annotated with footnotes along with a few other sources. The writer has taken great liberties in constructing this mock debate, including the usage of anachronisms, and also determines his findings based on what we refer to as the anti-symmetry underpinning the biopsychosocial reality of schizophrenia and the social framework that ensues, generated by popular responses to abstract disease concepts associated with insanity
Tangut (Xi Xia) Studies in the Soviet Union: Quinta Essentia of Russian Oriental Studies
No full textGrace to the famous discovery of Piotr Kozlov’s expedition, a very rich collection of various Tangut books in a mausoleum in the dead city of Khara-Khoto was found in 1908, and almost all the texts in the Tangut language were then assembled in Saint-Petersburg. Because of this situation Russian Tangutology became one of the most important in the world very fast, and Russian specialists, especially Alexej Ivanov, did the first steps to understanding the Tangut language and history, which had for a very long time been hidden from humanity.This tradition persisted in the Soviet Union. Nikolaj Nevskij in 1929 returned to Russia from Japan, where he had stayed after 1917, mainly to continue his Tangut researches. But in 1937, during Stalin’s Purge, he was arrested and executed, Ivanov too. The line of tradition was broken for almost twenty years, and only the 1960s saw the rebirth of Russian Tangutology. The post-War generation did a gigantic work, raising Tangut Studies to a new level. Unfortunately, they almost had no students or successors.The dramatic history of Tangut Studies in Russia could be viewed like a real quinta essentia of the fate of Oriental Studies in Russia – but all the changes and tendencies are much more demonstrative of this example.Mongolian Journal of International Affairs Vol.19 2014: 178-19
SILENCING MICAL2 REPRESSES HUMAN CANCER CELL GROWTH AND INVASION INDUCING MESENCHYMAL TO EPITHELIAL TRANSITION
No full textMICAL (Molecules Interacting with CasL)2 belongs to an
evolutionarily conserved family of proteins that catalyze actin
oxidation-reduction reactions destabilizing F-actin in cytoskeletal
dynamics. Here we show for the first time that MICAL2
mRNA is significantly over-expressed in aggressive, poorly differentiated/
undifferentiated, primary gastric and renal human
epithelial cancers. Immunohistochemistry showed MICAL2-
positive cells on the cancer invasive front and in metastasizing
cancer cells inside emboli, but not at sites of metastasis, suggesting MICAL2 expression was “on” in a subpopulation of primary
cancer cells seemingly detaching from the tissue of origin,
enter emboli and travel to distant sites, to be turned “off” once
homing at the metastatic site occurred. In vitro, MICAL2
knock-down was clearly associated with induction of mesenchymal
to epithelial transition, causing reduction of viability and
loss of motility and invasion properties of human cancer cells.
Moreover, expression of MICAL2 cDNA in MICAL2-depleted
cells induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition. All together
our data indicate MICAL2 over-expression is associated with
cancer progression and metastatic disease. MICAL2 might be
an important regulator of epithelial to mesenchymal transition
and therefore a promising target for anti-metastatic therapy
Czech nationalism and the so called national question in the literature of the communist regime: A critical analysis of the works of Alexej Pludek
No full text(anglicky) This thesis focuses on the analysis of nationalist and patriotic motifs in selected wor\l by Alexej Pludek: Tudy chodival Jedminek (1959), Povdsti d6vn;fch dast (1971), Cesky kr6l Karel (1978), Kr6levic, kr6l, cisai (1983), Rytiisk6 jfzda Jana z Michalovic (1987), Takovych tisic let (1988), and iesk6 pie (1989). The first chapter outlines how the phenomenon of Czech nationalism was emphasized in the official discourse of the socialist regime. The second chapter briefly introduces the life and literary work of Alexej Pludek and provides short summaries of the analyzed novels in chronological order based on their publication dates. The third chapter focuses on the analysis of patriotic and national motifs in the selected works, showing how the author defined the Czech nation and its characteristic features. The fourth chapter examines the depictions of Czech- German conflict and the ways in which the nation was defined in opposition to foreign influences. The fifth chapter explores how the idea of internationalism and international solidarrt ir accentuated in Pludek's works. The aim of this thesis is to show how Czech nationalism was specifically approached during the socialist period, how the idea of internationalism was popularized, and how these two concepts functioned within the...(iesky) Tato diplomovhprdce se vdnuje analyze ndrodoveckych a nacionalistickych motivri ve vybran;ych dilech Alexeje Pludka: Tudy chod[val Jeim[nek (1959), Povdsti ddvnych ias& (1971), Ceslq, krdl Karel (1978), Krdlevic, krdl, cfsai (1983), Rytiisfui jfzda Jana z Michalovic (1987), Takovych tisfc let (1988), Ceska pie (19g9). Prvni kapitola uvhdi,jak byl fenom6n desk6ho nacionalismuzdtraziovdn v ofici6lnim reZimnfm diskurzu. Druh6 kapitola strudn6 piedstavuje Livot aliter6rni tvorbu Alexeje pludka a nabizi kr6tk6 shrnuti analyzovanych romdnri v chronologick6m poiadi podle jejich dat vyd6ni. Tieti kapitola se zamdiuje na rozbor vlastenecklich a n6rodnfch motivri ve vybranych dilech, piidemZ ukazuje,jak autor definoval deskli n6rod a jeho charakteristick6 rysy. (tvrt6 kapitoia se vdnuje obrazrim desko-ndmeck6ho konfliktu a zprisobrim narodniho vymezeni vridi cizfm vlivrim. P6trl kapitola zkoum6, jak se v dilech akeentuje my5lenka internacionalismu amezindrodni solidarity. Cilem t6to prSce je ukilzat,jak konkr6tnd bylo v obdobi socialismu piistupov6no k deskdmu nacionalismu, jak byla popul arizovhnamy5lenka internacionalismu, jak tyto dva pojmy fungovaly v kontextu ideologie marxismu-leninismu. Jako konkr6tni doklad dobov6ho piistupuk tdmto fenomdnrim bylo zvoleno dilo v kontextu tehdei5f literatury...Ústav historieInstitute of HistoryFaculty of ArtsFilozofická fakult
The methods of financing of the Czech export to CIS countries
No full textThis thesis is dedicated to export funding to CIS countries. Among CIS countries, the author chose the three most important - Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. The work creates detailing recommendations relating to trading in these areas. The main aim was to analyze the most commonly used methods of financing exports to CIS countries and to highlight their difficulties. The central hypothesis is the following statement: Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine are very interesting countries for Czech goods
The structure of Yuriy Andrukhovych's novels
No full textThe world of Yuri Andrukhovych's novels shows considerable internal cohesion through common places, appearing in all his novels. These places create a system, which became the subject of the thesis. The author updates the pre- novel literary genres, which implies the plot of initiation novel scheme. The characters of Andrukhovych's novels meet the requirement of so-called " initiation triangle", which, combined with the theatricality and carnivality of characters, gives Andrukhovych's postmodern novels intersemiotic dimension. Carnival is a fundamental issue of Andrukhovych's development and attracts the meanings relative to this cultural phenomenon. Carnivality also reflects post-modern practices of textual creation, such as metatextuality and intertextuality of literary work. References to other texts put Andrukhovych's works in the context of analogous historical literary practices and genres. The text amalgam imitates the varied and ambiguous picture of the world. A central topological theme in Andrukhovych's novels is the city. The author accentuates the importance of the city as a cultural and culture-creating factor. The author works with individual places with a typical irony of his and, with the help of the postmodern key, he challenges some of the meanings attached thereto. On a more general..
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