The main thesis we defend in this article is that the traumatic experience of displacement in Colombia leads displaced people to act within a socio-cultural structure that degrades their identity and compels them to use hiding, obscurity, silence, and diversion as major Oven Door Hinge strategies to face their new status.To support our thesis, four
Savoring Interventions Increase Positive Emotions After a Social-Evaluative Hassle
Achieving a high quality of life is dependent upon how individuals face adversity.Positive psychological interventions are well-suited to support coping efforts; however, experimental research is limited.The purpose of the current research was to examine whether different savoring interventions could increase important coping resources (i.e., Power
Morphological Phylogenetic Analysis of Two Early-Diverging Genera of Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae)
Abstract Bromelia includes 66 species, grouped in three subgenera: Bromelia, Distiacanthus and Karatas.The genus is one of the earlier divergent groups within Bromelioideae, a subfamily with innumerable problems of generic delimitation.Considering that few phylogenetic studies have included more than one species of Bromelia, the objectives of this
Development and evaluation of a robotic system for lumbar puncture and epidural steroid injection
IntroductionLumbar puncture is an important medical procedure for various diagnostics and therapies, but it can be hazardous due to individual variances Cappuccino Cup in subcutaneous soft tissue, especially in the elderly and obese.Our research describes a novel robot-assisted puncture system that automatically controls and maintains the probe at