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Applying computerized linguistic measures to explore the clinical features of different diagnostic groups and the psychotherapy change process
No full textAlthough mental and interaction processes like those emerging in psychotherapy and psychopathology should somehow be reflected in the vocabularies and linguistic style of the speakers involved, to date few studies investigated the linguistic manifestation of psychological functioning of patients with specific diagnoses in clinical or naturalistic contexts. This lack of studies is probably due partly to the difficulty of getting sessions and interviews transcripts, partly to the complexity of the interactions between verbal and non- verbal linguistic variables, and partly to the lacking clinical relevance of some linguistic variables so far investigated in the analysis of day-to-day conversation.
The studies in this symposium describe two computerized linguistic analysis programs: The Computerized Reflective Functioning (CRF; Fertuck, Mergenthaler, Target, Levy, & Clarkin, 2012) and the Italian Discourse Attributes Analysis Program (IDAAP; Maskit, 2011; Maskit, Bucci, & Murphy, 2012) that calculates the linguistic measures of referential process phases as described by Bucci (1997, 2016). These programs have been used to empirically examine three linguistic styles that the authors associated to different psychological functions or states: emotional arousal; narrating/symbolization; and reorganization/reflective functioning. These functions have been investigated on narratives posted by borderline Instagram users; on the Adult Attachment Interview of women victims of intimate partner violence; on Relationship Anecdotes Paradigm Interview of patients suffering from unipolar and bipolar mood disorders; and on a large sample of psychotherapy sessions to which is possible to compare the single session or treatment.
These studies are ones in a growing line of research exploring how patients speak rather than just the content of what they say, revealing aspects that are largely undetectable by both speakers and that bypass the biases of self-report or observer-based measures
The potential research and clinical applications of the new normative data of the referential process Italian measures.
No full textAccording to Bucci’s multiple code theory (1997, 2016) for a significant change the patient- therapist relationship should foster a referential process shaping in three alternating phases: (a) Arousal: experiencing emotion schemas, (b) Symbolizing: translating into words the emotional experiences, and (c) Reorganizing: recognizing, understanding and expanding the emotional significance of patient’s narratives. In addition to computerized Italian measures of referential process already in use – for example Disfluency (DF), which models the Arousal phase, and the Weighted Referential Activity Dictionary (WRAD), which models the Symbolizing phase of the process - recently has been developed the Weighted Reflection and Reorganization List (WRRL; Negri et al. 2019), which models the Reorganizing phase. This study aimed to (a) validate qualitatively and quantitively the WRRL and (b) collect the normative data of the referential process Italian measures.
The central tendency and variability indexes of all the computerized Italian measures have been calculated on 265 psychotherapy sessions. Moreover, all conversational turns of all sessions were divided in two groups: Reorganizing Turns Group with low WRAD and high use of abstract reflection words (Reflection) and Non-reorganizing Turns Group with high WRAD and low Reflection.
WRRL was significantly higher in the Reorganizing Turns Group (t = 3.246, p < .001); WRRL correlated negatively with WRAD (r = -.148, p < .05) and DF (r = - .274, p < .001), and positively with the use abstract reflection words (r = .547, p < .001).
These results represent a first quantitative validation of WRRL as a reliable measure of reorganizing phase. Furthermore, the new normative data can be used to quantitatively and graphically compare single psychotherapeutic processes with the sessions normative sample. These norms enlarge the potential applications of the measures for clinical practice and for process-outcome research
O ATENEU NORTE-RIO-GRANDENSE NA PERSPECTIVA DE MARIA MARTA DE ARAÚJO: uma análise historiográfica
No full textUm dos trabalhos inaugurais sobre a História da Educação no Rio Grande do Norte é a dissertação de Mestrado da intelectual potiguar Maria Marta de Araújo intitulada “Origens e tentativas de organização da rede escolar do Rio Grande do Norte: da colônia à Primeira República”, defendida no ano de 1979 na UNICAMP/ SP. Assumindo essa obra como importante fonte historiográfica, o presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar a organização do Ensino Secundário em torno do Ateneu Norte-rio-grandense no período da Primeira República. A partir da escrita de Maria Marta, pontuamos as ações legais que regulamentaram o ensino secundário na instituição e buscamos também compreender a relação entre a autora e sua obra, a partir da perspectiva de Michel de Certeau (1982) acerca da análise do seu lugar de fala, sua prática de pesquisa e sua escrita. Discutimos também, a inserção da autora e seu trabalho no campo da História da Educação do Rio Grande do Norte, bem como as contribuições de seus estudos, sob a ótica de Pierre Bourdieu. Sendo assim, temos a partir deste trabalho, possibilidades de compreensão sobre o passado educacional do estado, com ênfase no ensino secundário, tecendo diálogos a partir da análise historiográfica da obra de Maria Marta de Araújo.Palavras-chave: História da educação. Ensino secundário. Historiografia.THE ATENEU NORTE-RIO-GRANDENSE IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF MARIA MARTA DE ARAÚJO: a historiographicalanalysisAbstractOne of the inaugural works about the History of Education in Rio Grande do Norte is the Master's thesis of the potiguar intellectual Maria Marta de Araújo entitled "Origins and attempts of organization of the school network of Rio Grande do Norte: from the colony to the First Republic", defended in the year 1979 at UNICAMP / SP. Assuming this work as an important historiographical source, this article aims to analyze the organization of Secondary Education around the North-Rio-GrandenseAteneu in the First Republic period. From the writing of Maria Marta, we outlined the legal actions that regulated the secondary education in the institution and also sought to understand the relationship between the author and her work, from the perspective of Michel de Certeau (1982) about the analysis of her place of speech, practice of research and her writing. We also discuss the insertion of the author and her work in the field of the History of Education of Rio Grande do Norte, as well as the contributions of her studies, under the perspective of Pierre Bourdieu. Thus, we have from this work, possibilities of understanding about the educational past of the state, with emphasis on secondary education, weaving dialogues from the historiographic analysis of the work of Maria Marta de Araujo.Keywords: History of education. Secondary education. Historiography.EL ATENEU NORTE-RIO-GRANDENSE EN LA PERSPECTIVA DE MARÍA MARTA DE ARAÚJO: un análisis historiográficoResumenUna de las obras inaugurales sobre la Historia de la Educación en Rio Grande do Norte es la disertación de Maestría de la intelectual potiguar Maria Marta de Araújo titulada "Orígenes y tentativas de organización de la red escolar de Rio Grande do Norte: de la colonia a la Primera República”, defendida en el año 1979 en la UNICAMP / SP. Asumiendo esa obra como importante fuente historiográfica, el presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la organización de la Enseñanza Secundaria en torno al Ateneu Norte-rio-grandense en el período de la Primera República. A partir de la escritura de María Marta, puntuamos las acciones legales que reglamentaron la enseñanza secundaria en la institución y buscamos también comprender la relación entre la autora y su obra, a partir de la perspectiva de Michel de Certeau (1982) acerca del análisis de su lugar de habla, su práctica de investigación y su escritura. Discutimos también, la inserción de la autora y su trabajo en el campo de la Historia de la Educación en Rio Grande do Norte, así como las contribuciones de sus estudios, en la óptica de Pierre Bourdieu. Siendo así, tenemos a partir de este trabajo, posibilidades de comprensión sobre el pasado educativo del estado, con énfasis en la enseñanza secundaria, tejiendo diálogos a partir del análisis historiográfico de la obra de María Marta de Araújo.Palabras clave: Historia de la educación. Enseñanza secundaria. Historiografía.
Extended Reality for Special Educational Needs: From the Design Process to Real Products Through 3D Printing
No full textGlutamate synthase genes of the diazotroph Azospirillum brasilense: Cloning, sequencing, and analysis of functional domains
No full textA 10-kilobase EcoRI fragment of Azospirillum brasilense genomic DNA was cloned in Escherichia coli. Two open reading frames of 4548 and 1446 base pairs (bp) were identified within the fragment as the structural genes for the α and Î2 subunits (gltB and gltD, respectively) of A. brasilense GltS. The organization of the gltBD region of A. brasilense differs from that of the corresponding region in E. coli: in A. brasilense, gltD is upstream relative to gltB, and its stop codon is separated by 141 bp from the first ATG of gltB. The deduced amino acid sequences reveal a high similarity with GltS from E. coli and with the ferredoxin-dependent GltS from maize. Binding domains for flavin cofactors and NADPH, a domain for glutamine binding and activation, and cysteine clusters for iron-sulfur centers formation were tentatively identified on the basis of sequence comparison with flavoproteins, pyridine nucleotide-dependent enzymes, amidotransferases, and iron-sulfur proteins
Time to re-think the divide between academic and support staff
No full textResearch professionals should not be split into two categories, say Marta Teperek, Maria Cruz and Danny Kingsley. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]Research Data and Softwar
Santa Maria di Loreto a Milano: i progetti di Francesco Maria Richino e i "sacri ragionamenti" di Federico Borromeo
No full textFederico Borromeo asked Francesco Maria Richino for some projects for the new church dedicated to Santa Maria di Loreto outside the Porta Orientale in Milan. The author debates the connections between the omely wrote by Federico Borromeo and the plans of the church
Circular questions compared to lineal ones elicit more abstract narratives and greater emotion recognition
No full textAsking circular questions is a systemic psychotherapeutic technique (Selvini Palazzoli, 1980; Tomm, 1988) aimed to invite patients and family members to consider others’ point of view and hypotheses on relationships and problems complained. Unlike the linear questions aimed at expressing the preexisting beliefs about facts and people, circular questions should help people to reflect on others’ thoughts and feelings, to perceive their own thoughts and feelings as relative and susceptible of change, and to allow new views and interpretations on events and relational dynamics. As very few studies investigated the effect of this kind of questions we sought to study if they promote mentalization and reflective narratives.
We administered to 120 non-clinical participants the Basic Empathy Scale (BES) and the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ-8) as baseline assessment. Afterward we asked four questions about participants' life episodes and personality; to a half of participants (Circular Questions Group) the questions were formulated in a circular form, to the other half (Lineal Questions Group) in the lineal form. At the end, both groups took the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) and completed the Metacognitive Functioning Screening Scale (MFSS-30). Also, the answers of both groups were transcribed and analyzed through some computerized measures of linguistic style (Bucci, 2002).
At the baseline assessment the two groups did not differ in BES and RFQ scores, while after answering questions the Circular Questions Group showed significant higher scores in RMET (t = -7.903, p < .001) and in the Emotion Recognition subscale of MFSS-30 (t = -2.344, p < .05). Moreover, the narratives told by the Circular Questions Group were more abstract (t = -3.463, p < .001).
Circular questions seem to be a potential asset for the therapeutic process as they highly foster the others’ emotion recognition and increase the abstract reflection in people narratives
Strumenti di analisi per un approccio integrato alla progettazione residenziale in clima temperato
No full textThe research focuses on the analyses of multifamily houses, both new and refurbished ones, in the temperate climate. The objective of the work is to identify a multi-disciplinary energy approach for the residential sector, to provide concrete answers and an operational planning tool. The final instrument is called by the author LECTeC House Tool (Low Energy /Cost in Temperate Climate House) and it has the aim to became a necessary support to designers
Contribution to the knowledge of the bryophyte flora of the Lucanian side of the Pollino National Park
No full textThe findings of the Bryological Excursion conducted by the Working Group for Bryology of the Italian Botanical Society from 5 to 8 July 2012 on the Lucanian side of the Pollino National Park are presented herein. The objective of the excursion was to address the paucity of knowledge regarding bryological diversity in understudied regions of Italy. This endeavour led to the discovery of 150 species of bryophytes, 41 of which are novel to the Basilicata region. For each species, the collection location and growth substrate are indicated. Some of the species are of floristic and phytogeographic interest. This is a group of boreal and arctic-alpine species, previously documented only in the Alpine arc and at the highest peaks of the Apennine chain. The Pollino massif represents the southernmost limit of their range. It is worth noting the presence of Brachydontium trichodes, Schistidium papillosum, Tortula laureri and Herzogiella striatella. Another noteworthy assemblage of species is found on the ophiolitic rocks of Timpa delle Murge. The distinctive ecological characteristics of this substrate result in the evolution of species that are exclusive to these environments. The ecological characteristics and distribution of each species within these two groups are described in detail
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