On the Way Towards a Cognitive Historiography

The publication of the first issue of the Journal of Cognitive Historiography essentially aimed to mark the birth of a new interdisciplinary field, which is willing to take upon the challenge of exploring how people in past societies thought and behaved. Cognitive Historiography thus becomes the latest addition to a number of inter-disciplinary areas which combine a subject matter from the humanities with methods and theories from the cognitive sciences, such as Cognitive Linguistics, Cognitive Anthropology, Cognitive Archaeology, Cognitive Semiotics, and others. In what follows I offer a critical assessment of Cognitive Historiography as an emergent field, and particularly as it is represented in the inaugural issue of JCH.

An unexpected cause of severe and refractory PTH-independent hypercalcemia: case report and literature review

Hypercalcemia is a common condition in the internal medicine practice. Sometimes its cause is not readily apparent, so extensive investigation is appropriate. Here we report an unexpected cause for hypercalcemia in an elderly woman. The case of an 82-years old woman with PTH-independent hypercalcemia, lymphocytosis, normal serum 1,25 (OH)vitamin D levels, and low serum PTHrp levels, is described. Medical history and complementary investigation were unremarkable, except for increased metabolic activity in the glutei regions, as measured by whole body 18F-FDG PET-CT. Reviewing her medical history, her sister recalled that she had been submitted to intramuscular methylmethacrylate injections, for cosmetic purposes, five years before presentation, which was confirmed by muscle biopsy. Low calcium intake, parenteral bisphosphonates, calcitonin, and glucocorticoids were used to control serum calcium levels. Methylmethacrylate injections, used cosmetically, are a new cause for hypercalcemia, even after many years. Hypercalcemia was probably due to calcitriol overproduction in foreign body granulomas. Persistent reactive lymphocytosis could be a clue for this inflammatory cause of hypercalcemia.

Xenia Hotels in Greece: A Holistic Approach to Modern Cultural Heritage

In the early 1950s, the Greek National Tourism Organization made a nation-wide attempt to develop tourism in Greece. For a period of two decades, it developed the hotel buildings' substructure, a project known as the "Xenia project". During this period, Greek architects, devoted to modernism, designed and supervised 53 hotel compounds, which spread throughout the country. Today, the Xenia Hotels are internationally recognized as part of Greece's modern cultural heritage, based on the simplicity, the definition of the form and the truth in materials use, besides the integration of the buildings in the natural environment, components which reveal themselves as a unique venture. This paper aims to reveal that, despite the efforts to retain the Xenia Hotels, these procedures remain incomplete. They rightly focus on architectural shells, morphological and functional standardization, proper utilization of the Greek environmental conditions, and the use of authentic local materials. However, the cultural evaluation of these settlements can only be completed by their holistic design, which also comprises their interior spaces, lightening and furniture design, all these detailed aspects that form an organic entirety and which are not included in these efforts.

The Transgenerational Object

From a viewpoint of Freudian metapsychology, this paper aims to carry out a bibliographic review on transgenerational transmission and to demonstrate—by the means of a clinical case—how pathology is created. The transgenerational object consists of a predecessor, a direct or indirect relation from previous generations who creates fantasies and provokes identifications in one or more members of the family. Usually he/she is the result of keeping a secret. Sigmund Freund does not refer directly to the transgenerational object. In many parts of his work, however, he uses transgenerational references to discuss the organization of the mental function, either on a personal or group basis. After S. Freud, various psychoanalysts have concerned themselves with transgenerational transmission under many different prisms, mainly in an attempt to explain the mechanisms which may lead to the expression of pathology. In transgenerational transmission, pathology is founded on the presence of a secret which in turn is connected to some form of unresolved grief. Secrets attempt to cover some narcissistic wound, a downgrading of the family image which they do not wish to transfer. With his/her symptoms, the child does not express his/her own conflicts but somebody else’s. By the means of a clinical case, we discussed the contribution of a family secret to the pathogenesis of a depressive episode during adolescence.

Influence of the Solvent Quality on Ring Polymer Dimensions

THE RELATION BETWEEN DISTANCE EDUCATION STUDENTS' MOTIVATION AND SATISFACTION

The aim of the present study, within the frame of self-determination theory (SDT), was triple: a) to examine the structural validity of the “Situational Motivation Scale” (SIMS) in the field of distance education, b) to investigate the correlation between the subscales of the motivation and satisfaction of students who attend distance education classes and c) to examine the possibility of predicting the subscales of satisfaction from the subscales of motivation in the open and distance education. The sample consisted of 144 students who participated in the course of “Arts II: Overview of Greek Music and Dance” of the Hellenic Open University. For the purposes of the study, two scales were used: a) The modified Greek version (Papaioannou et al., 2007) of the “Situational Motivation Scale” (SIMS) (Guay et al., 2000), b) The modified Greek version (Theodorakis, & Bebetsos, 2003; Bebetsos, & Theodorakis, 2003) of the “Scale of Satisfaction” (Chelladurai & Riemer, 1997). The results of the research are considered positive for the adjustment of the instrument measuring the motivation of students in distance education. Identified regulation and intrinsic motivation presented high values, as much as the two subscales of satisfaction: personal outcome and leadership. Extrinsic motivation presented middle levels and the subscale amotivation, very low levels. The subscale personal outcome is connected positively to the self-determined forms of motivation and negatively to those which are less self-determined. Finally, it has been found that intrinsic motivation and amotivation are subscales which predict personal outcome and leadership. In conclusion, the findings of this research allow a better understanding of the motivation process, which explains the satisfaction of the students, while attending a class.

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