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About twin primes and distribution of primes
No full textThis paper give us a demonstration of twin primes conjecture using approximation of function �(iupsilon) that we introduce in section 6. Section 1-5 give us introduction to terminology and a clarification on (iupsilon) terms. In particular section
5 is really important because of its Lemma. Section 7 reassume foregoing explanations and it give us two theorems and one corollary;the theorem 7.2 give us exact approximation of twin primes counting function
Interoception and dissociative experiences: unveiling the relationship between bodily awareness and altered sense of self
No full textA stable and coherent representation of the bodily Self arises from integrating internal (interoceptive) and external (exteroceptive) signals. Dissociation (depersonalization) is a deficit of self-awareness that may affect the whole sense of self. The aim of the present study is to observe whether scarce interoceptive abilities are associated with a higher tendency for spontaneous and induced dissociative experiences. 83 healthy participants (age=24.11±2.31) completed the Dissociation Questionnaire (DIS-Q) to measure dissociative traits, and the MAIA-II to assess interoceptive sensibility. To induce state dissociative experiences, participants performed the Mirror Gazing Task (MGT) in two conditions: under poor lighting (to induce dissociative state) and normal lighting (control condition). Before and after the MGT conditions, interoceptive accuracy was measured using the Heartbeat Counting Task (HCT) and the Clinician-Administered Dissociative States Scale (CADSS) was filled out after each condition to assess participants’ state dissociation and bodily self-consciousness. Results showed that the MGT was effective in inducing state dissociation, as indexed by CADDS scores. Furthermore, dissociative feelings (CADSS-Total scores) negatively correlated with interoceptive sensibility (MAIA Noticing: r = -0.27, p = 0.01). Similarly, trait dissociation was negatively associated to interoceptive sensibility (MAIA Trusting: r = -0,5, p = 0.01). No modulation in the HCT was found across MGT conditions. These findings identify a relationship between non-pathological state dissociation and interoceptive sensibility, specifically interoceptive components related to affective aspects of visceral signals. Further studies on clinical populations are needed to shed light on the interoception-dissociation relationship
Exploring the interplay between interoception and dissociative experiences: insights from a non-clinical population
No full textThe critical contribution of interoceptive signals to bodily self-awareness and self-consciousness has recently been investigated by an increasing number of studies. Also, it has recently been suggested that interoceptive dysfunction can prove to be an important component of many neurological and psychiatric disorders (i.e. dissociative disorders, eating disorders, PTSD, somatic disorders), some of which exhibit overlapping characteristics with disorders characterized by increased dissociative tendencies. This observation hints at a potential underlying connection between interoception and dissociation, the exploration of which could provide valuable insights into the concept of Self and the diagnosis and management of related disorders. Given the significance of this relationship, this study aimed to directly investigate this relationship within a non-clinical population, observing whether scarce interoceptive abilities were associated with a
higher tendency for spontaneous and induced dissociative experiences (using the Mirror Gazing Task). Findings showed that the MGT was effective in inducing state dissociation. Furthermore, dissociative feelings negatively correlated with interoceptive sensibility and, similarly, trait dissociation was negatively associated to interoceptive sensibility. Induced or spontaneous non- clinical dissociation, instead, was not associated with changes in interoceptive accuracy (as measured via the Heartbeat Counting Task). These results identify a relationship between non- pathological state and trait dissociation and interoceptive sensibility, specifically interoceptive components related to the trustworthiness and awareness of visceral signals. Considering the important role of interoception in shaping bodily self-awareness and self-consciousness, we are currently investigating the relationship between visceral self-awareness and dissociative traits in Anorexia Nervosa
Interoceptive sensitivity not accuracy correlates with state and trait dissociation
No full textAims: A stable and coherent representation of the bodily self is the result of the integration of signals coming from inside (interoception) and outside (exteroception) the body. Here, we aimed to understand whether scarce interoceptive abilities are associated with stronger tendency to experience spontaneous or induced dissociative experiences. Materials and Methods: In a first online session, 25 healthy participants (F= 14; M= 11; mean age = 24,32143; SD = 2,31026) filled in the Dissociation Questionnaire (DIS) and the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) to measure their subjective tendency to experience dissociative states
and alterations of the sense of self, whereas the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) questionnaire was administered to measure interoceptive sensitivity. In a second session, performed in the laboratory, a Heartbeat Counting Task (HCT) measured interoceptive accuracy and a Mirror Gazing Task (MGT) was used to induce a transient experience of dissociation. In the MGT, participants undergo 10 minutes of mirror exposure in a condition of sensory deprivation, i.e. under poor lighting, able to induce the dissociative state, and under normal lighting (control condition). After each MGT condition participants filled an adapted version of the State Scale of Dissociation (SSD) measuring their state dissociation and their bodily self-consciousness. Results: We found that in the MGT, participants experienced a higher level of state dissociation in the experimental condition compared to the control one. Interestingly, the strength of dissociative illusory feelings (SSD) negatively correlated with the Self-Regulation subscale (MAIA). We also found that participants' tendency to experience dissociative states (DIS, DES) correlated with the Trusting subscale (MAIA), but not with interoceptive accuracy (HCT). Discussion: The observation of one's own face in condition of poor lighting did induce dissociative states in neurotypical individuals and the strength of this illusory feelings correlate with participants' ability to regulate distress by attention to their visceral signals. In line with our hypothesis, we also found that higher trait dissociation was associated with lower experience of feeling one's body as a safe and trustworthy environment but not with participants' ability to track their heartbeat. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that a relationship between interoceptive sensitivity and non-pathological state/trait dissociation is present when considering interoceptive aspects related to the affective component of visceral signals (Trusting, Self-Regulation subscales) but not with a general measure of interoceptive accuracy. Studies on clinical population will better clarify the relationship between interoception and dissociation
Rilievi a supporto degli studi storico-architettonici per la basilica di Sant'Andrea a Vercelli
No full textIl rilievo proposto nell’ambito delle attività del Politecnico di Torino, DIST (Dipartimento Interateneo di Scienze, Progetto e Politiche del Territorio) relativamente alla Chiesa di Sant’Andrea di Vercelli in occasione dell’ottocentesimo anniversario della fondazione, si pone come caso studio di integrazione tra differenti metodologie di rilevamento indiretto tra una nuvola di punti (rilievo LiDAR) ed immagini fotografiche ad alta risoluzione (rilievo fotogrammetrico terrestre ed aereo), con elevate caratteristiche qualitative sia dal punto di vista metrico che materico
Interoception and dissociative experiences: unveiling the relationship between bodily awareness and altered sense of self
No full textA stable and coherent representation of the bodily Self arises from integrating internal (interoceptive) and external (exteroceptive) signals. Dissociation (depersonalization) is a deficit of self-awareness that may affect the whole sense of self. The aim of the present study is to observe whether scarce interoceptive abilities are associated with a higher tendency for spontaneous and induced dissociative experiences.
83 healthy participants (age=24.11±2.31) completed the Dissociation Questionnaire (DIS-Q) and the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) to measure dissociative traits, and the MAIA-II to assess interoceptive sensibility. To induce state dissociative experiences, participants performed the Mirror Gazing Task (MGT) in two conditions: under poor lighting (to induce dissociative state) and normal lighting (control condition). Before and after the MGT conditions interoceptive accuracy was measured using the Heartbeat Counting Task (HCT) and the Clinician-Administered Dissociative States Scale (CADSS) was filled out after each condition to assess participants’ state dissociation and bodily self-consciousness.
Results showed that the MGT was effective in inducing state dissociation, as indexed by CADDS scores. Furthermore, under poor lighting, dissociative feelings (CADSS-Depersonalization) negatively correlated with interoceptive sensibility (MAIA Emotional-Awareness:r=-0.23, p=0.04; and Trusting:r=-0.23, p=0.04), and positively with trait dissociation (DIS-Q:r=0.37, p<0.01; DES:r=0.31, p<0.01) and Negative Affective States (PANAS-:r=0.51, p<0.01). There was no modulation in the HCT across MGT conditions.
These findings identify a relationship between non-pathological state dissociation and interoceptive sensibility, specifically interoceptive components related to affective and emotional aspects of visceral signals. Further studies on clinical populations are needed to shed light on the interoception-dissociation relationship
Established and Outsiders at the Same Time - Self-Images and We-Images of Palestinians in the West Bank and in Israel
No full textPalestinians frequently present a harmonizing and homogenizing we-image of their own national we-group, as a way of counteracting Israeli attempts to sow divisions among them, whether through Israeli politics or through the dominant public discourse in Israel. However, a closer look reveals the fragility of this homogenizing we-image which masks a variety of internal tensions and conflicts. By applying methods and concepts from biographical research and figurational sociology, the articles in this volume offer an analysis of the Middle East conflict that goes beyond the polar opposition between “Israelis” and “Palestinians”. On the basis of case studies from five urban regions in Palestine and Israel (Bethlehem, Ramallah, East Jerusalem, Haifa and Jaffa), the authors explore the importance of belonging, collective self-images and different forms of social differentiation within Palestinian communities. For each region this is bound up with an analysis of the relevant social and socio-political contexts, and family and life histories. The analysis of (locally) different figurations means focusing on the perspective of Palestinians as members of different religious, socio-economic, political or generational groupings and local group constellations – for instance between Christians and Muslims or between long-time residents and refugees. The following scholars have contributed to this volume: Ahmed Albaba, Johannes Becker, Hendrik Hinrichsen, Gabriele Rosenthal, Nicole Witte, Arne Worm and Rixta Wundrak. Gabriele Rosenthal is a sociologist and professor of Qualitative Methodology at the Center of Methods in Social Sciences, University of Göttingen. Her major research focus is the intergenerational impact of collective and familial history on biographical structures and actional patterns of individuals and family systems. Her current research deals with ethnicity, ethno-political conflicts and the social construction of borders. She is the author and editor of numerous books, including The Holocaust in Three Generations (2009), Interpretative Sozialforschung (2011) and, together with Artur Bogner, Ethnicity, Belonging and Biography (2009)
Gendered Adaptations: Canadian Rewritings of Classical Texts. Author-Translator Conference 2010, University of Swansea, Wales
No full textQuantum many-body scars : realizations and applications
No full textauthor: Gabriele Calliari, BScMasterarbeit Universität Innsbruck 202
The Last Bastion of Architecture
No full textThe essay is a critical interpretation of Rem Koolhaas' theory of Bigness. In fact, of the theories that have best marked the development of architectural culture since World War II – from those of the Smithsons to Rossi, from Eisenman to Venturi and Scott Brown – Rem Koolhaas’s theory of Bigness has probably, more than any other, investigated the intrinsic possibilities of architecture at the end of the 20th century. In light of the number of pseudotheories that have largely characterized the last decade, Bigness is the last constituent fact of recent history: an extremely lucid attempt to draw to a conclusion a history that goes back to the very invention of the modern city, comparing it with architecture’s own immutable core, its physicality, even exposing the theory of Bigness itself to the risk of total failure. The essay investigates the development of the theory of Bigness from its incubation in Koolhaas’s book Delirious New York in 1978, to the "official" presentation in S,M,L,XL in december 1995. The essay presents some parts of the PhD research "L'architettura dei libri. Progetto, scrittura, editoria nella ricerca architettonica contemporanea", developed by the author at Università degli studi G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Facoltà di Architettura di Pescara, in 2001-2004.
Log 7 Winter/Spring 2006 includes essays of Richard Anderson, Marie J. Aquilino, Amos Gitai, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Manuel Orazi, Jean-Louis Cohen, William Drenttel, Peter Eisenman, Luis Fernandez-Galiano, John Kaliski, Sabir Khan, Reinhold Martin, Gabriele Mastrigli, Deborah Richmond, Julie Rose, Paul Virilio, Eyal Weizman, Mirko Zardini.
Log 7
Winter/Spring 2006
Co-edited by Denise Bratton
Saggi di Richard Anderson, Marie J. Aquilino, Amos Gitai,
Pier Vittorio Aureli, Manuel Orazi, Jean-Louis Cohen, William Drenttel, Peter Eisenman, Luis Fernandez-Galiano, John Kaliski, Sabir Khan, Reinhold Martin, Gabriele Mastrigli, Deborah Richmond, Julie Rose, Paul Virilio, Eyal Weizman, Mirko Zardini
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