Thomas E. Witzig,1 Hui Tang,2 Ivana N. M. Micallef,1 Stephen M. Ansell,1 Brian K. Link,3 David J. Inwards,1 Luis F. Porrata,1 Patrick B. Johnston,1 Joseph P. Colgan,1 Svetomir N. Markovic,1 Grzegorz S. Nowakowski,1 Carrie A. Thompson,1 Cristine Allmer,2 Matthew J. Maurer,2 Mamta Gupta,1 George Weiner,3 Ray Hohl,3 Paul J. Kurtin,4 Husheng Ding,5 David Loegering,5 Paula Schneider,5 Kevin Peterson...

The crisis of representation is a topic widely discussed in critique and theory of postmodern literature. This refers to the crises of the present era including the crisis of meaning, the perplexity of contemporary humankind amidst a mass of valid and invalid data, alienation, etc. Literature, as the epitome of human life, is a reflection of these crises in the contemporary era. Azadeh Khanoom ...

The search for some form of absolute truth has long been regarded as one the chief tasks philosophy, even if there seems to be more validity in maintaining that we inhabit a world devoid definitiveness, a lacking fixed centre where meaning becomes elusive and ambiguous. From basis this epistemological plurality is well reflected by textual hermeneutics, I wish demonstrate how literature pro...

Si la littérature s’est beaucoup intéressée au complot, on doit aussi faire le constat inverse : complot progressivement intéressé à littérature. À partir du xxe siècle en effet, certains textes n’hésitent pas envisager des formes de dont l’outil principal serait fictions. Il est alors possible distinguer deux types récits qui supposent attitudes différentes lecteur les fictions littéraire – su...

BACKGROUND A growing body of evidence points to relationships between insomnia, negative affect, and paranoid thinking. However, studies are needed to examine (i) whether negative affect mediates the relation between insomnia and paranoid thinking, (ii) whether different types of insomnia exert different effects on paranoia, and (iii) to compare the impact of objective and self-reported sleepin...

Experimental research is increasingly important in developing the understanding of paranoid thinking. An assessment measure of persecutory ideation is necessary for such work. We report the reliability and validity of the first state measure of paranoia: The State Social Paranoia Scale. The items in the measure conform to a recent definition in which persecutory thinking has the 2 elements of f...

Epidemiological studies have suggested that there may be associations between specific adversities and specific psychotic symptoms. There is also evidence that beliefs about justice may play a role in paranoid symptoms. In this study, we determined whether these associations could be replicated in a patient sample and whether beliefs about a just world played a specific role in the relationship...

For almost 20 years, gay rights advocates and defenders of military anti-gay discrimination engaged in a phony debate about whether allowing open service would undermine unit cohesion. To be sure, a preponderance of evidence showed that open service would not undermine cohesion, and the repeal of don't ask, don't tell (DADT) required advocates to prevail on that point in the court of public opi...

Changing times and postmodern perspectives have disrupted the taken-for-granted relationship between child development knowledge and the preparation of early childhood teachers. Despite ongoing exchanges about how best to respond to the critique of the developmental knowledge base, few descriptions of how particular teacher educators have gone about reconceptualizing their curriculum exist. Emp...