The ontology of conflict

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 540-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Greco Morasso
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Interpersonal Conflict ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Similar Process ◽  
States Of Affairs ◽  
Conflictual Situation

This paper aims at clarifying the ontology of conflict as a preliminary for constructing a conflict mapping guide (Wehr 1979). After recalling the main definitions elaborated in different disciplines, the meaning of conflict is elicited through semantic analysis based on corpus evidence. Two fundamental meanings emerge: conflict as an interpersonal hostility between two or more human subjects, and conflict as a propositional incompatibility. These two states of affairs are significantly related, because the latter tends to generate the former whenever the incompatible positions are embodied by as many parties who feel personally questioned. The semantic analysis allows to sketch the ontology of the conflictual situation that can serve to generate a conflict mapping guide, and to face several crucial aspects that are relevant both to the study and to the management of conflicts. In the former perspective, it allows for a comparison of the situation of interpersonal conflict with the seemingly similar process of controversy.

scholarly journals ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴀ-rakenteen kognitiivista semantiikkaa

Virittäjä ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Hamunen
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
General Level ◽  
Frame Semantics ◽  
States Of Affairs ◽  
Semantic Relationships ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Digital Morphology ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
The Relationship

Tässä artikkelissa käsitellään mA-infinitiivin abessiivin adjunktikäyttöjen eli MATTA-rakenteen (esim. syömättä, juomatta, nukkumatta) merkityksiä lauseen kokoisissa ilmauksissa murreaineistossa. Aineistona käytetään Lauseopin arkiston (LA) ja Digitaalisen muoto-opin arkiston (DMA) kokoelmia sekä Suomen murteiden sanakirjan (SMS) osien 1–8 sana-artikkeleita. Tutkimus pureutuu muun muassa siihen, 1) millainen kiellon tyyppi adjunktina toimiva infinitiivirakenne yleisesti on ja 2) millaisia adverbiaalisia merkityksiä sille on tulkittavissa. Kysymysten selvittelyyn käytetään korpusaineiston (perinteistä) syntaktis-semanttista analyysia ja kehyssemantiikkaa konstruktiokieliopin sovellusalana. Adverbiaalina MATTA-rakenne kiinnittyy hallitsevan rakenteen ilmaisemaan kehykseen ja sen merkitystulkinnat riippuvat infinitiivirakenteen ja finiittiverbin keskinäisistä suhteista. Tulkintaan vaikuttavia tekijöitä ovat leksikaalinen semantiikka (esim. hyponymia), subjektitulkinnat (sama- tai erisubjektisuus), temporaaliset suhteet (sama- tai eriaikaiset asiaintilat) sekä muut tapahtumien väliset kehyssemanttiset suhteet. Käy ilmi, että Te-infinitiivin instruktiivi (TEN-rakenne, esim. syöden), mA-infinitiivin adessiivi (MALLA-rakenne, esim. syömällä) sekä MATTA-rakenne muodostavat suomen infinitiivijärjestelmässä oman semanttisen ryhmänsä, joka ilmaisee erilaisia myötätapahtumisen merkityksiä, kuten tapaa, keinoa ja oheistekoa, finiittiverbillä kuvatun tapahtuman lisäksi. Ne ovat siis niin kutsuttuja lähikonstruktioita, jotka kuvaavat samoja tavan (väljästi) merkityksiä. Lisäksi MATTA-rakenteen abessiivin käsiterakenteen kompleksisuudesta seuraa se, että rakenteen suhde finiittirakenteeseen voi olla myös väljempi kuin TEN- ja MALLA-rakenteilla.   The cognitive semantics of the MATTA-construction This article deals with the meanings of the mA-infinitive abessive (e.g. syö-mättä ‘without eating’, juo-matta ‘without drinking’, nukku-matta ‘without sleeping’) as an adjunct in phrasal expressions in the light of dialect corpora (MATTA-construction). The data has been gathered from Lauseopin arkisto (LA, Syntax Archive), Digitaalinen Muoto-opin arkisto (DMA, Digital Morphology Archive), and from volumes 1–8 of Suomen murteiden sanakirja (SMS, Dictionary of Finnish dialects). The research concentrates on issues such as 1) what type of negation the adverbial MATTA-construction constitutes on a general level and 2) what adverbial meanings can be inferred from it. To examine these questions, the author has employed the (traditional) syntactic–semantic analysis of the corpus data and Frame Semantics as a branch of Construction Grammar. As an adverbial, the MATTA-structure is conceptually attached to a frame defined by the dominant finite structure, and its meanings depend on the relationship between the finite and the infinite structures. Factors influencing this interpretation are lexical semantics (e.g. hyponymy), subject interpretations (the same or different subjects), temporality (the same or different temporal affinities), and other frame semantic relationships between states of affairs. It becomes apparent that the Te-infinitive instructive (TEN-structure, e.g. syö-den ‘by eating’), the mA-infinitive adessive (MALLA-structure, e.g. syö-mällä ‘by (means of) eating’), and the MATTA-structure constitute a semantic subgroup, i.e. infinitives of manner and means within the Finnish infinitive system. These are associated with divergent meanings of manner. However, the MATTA-structure also carries other meanings of negation due to the complex conceptual structure of the abessive.  

Elevated level of circulatory sTLT1 induces inflammation through SYK/MEK/ERK signalling in coronary artery disease

2019 ◽  
Vol 133 (22) ◽  
pp. 2283-2299
Author(s):  
Apabrita Ayan Das ◽  
Devasmita Chakravarty ◽  
Debmalya Bhunia ◽  
Surajit Ghosh ◽  
Prakash C. Mandal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Chronic Inflammation ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Tnf Α ◽  
Artery Disease

Abstract The role of inflammation in all phases of atherosclerotic process is well established and soluble TREM-like transcript 1 (sTLT1) is reported to be associated with chronic inflammation. Yet, no information is available about the involvement of sTLT1 in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Present study was undertaken to determine the pathophysiological significance of sTLT1 in atherosclerosis by employing an observational study on human subjects (n=117) followed by experiments in human macrophages and atherosclerotic apolipoprotein E (apoE)−/− mice. Plasma level of sTLT1 was found to be significantly (P<0.05) higher in clinical (2342 ± 184 pg/ml) and subclinical cases (1773 ± 118 pg/ml) than healthy controls (461 ± 57 pg/ml). Moreover, statistical analyses further indicated that sTLT1 was not only associated with common risk factors for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) in both clinical and subclinical groups but also strongly correlated with disease severity. Ex vivo studies on macrophages showed that sTLT1 interacts with Fcɣ receptor I (FcɣRI) to activate spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK)-mediated downstream MAP kinase signalling cascade to activate nuclear factor-κ B (NF-kB). Activation of NF-kB induces secretion of tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) from macrophage cells that plays pivotal role in governing the persistence of chronic inflammation. Atherosclerotic apoE−/− mice also showed high levels of sTLT1 and TNF-α in nearly occluded aortic stage indicating the contribution of sTLT1 in inflammation. Our results clearly demonstrate that sTLT1 is clinically related to the risk factors of CAD. We also showed that binding of sTLT1 with macrophage membrane receptor, FcɣR1 initiates inflammatory signals in macrophages suggesting its critical role in thrombus development and atherosclerosis.

Intradermal challenge with interleukin-8 causes tissue oedema and neutrophil accumulation in atopic and non-atopic human subjects

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 1371-1379 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Douglass ◽  
D. Dhami ◽  
M. Bulpitt ◽  
I. J. Lindley ◽  
J. Shute ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Subjects ◽  
Interleukin 8 ◽  
Neutrophil Accumulation ◽  
Tissue Oedema

Research Recommendations for Applying Vitamin A-Labelled Isotope Dilution Techniques to Improve Human Vitamin A Nutrition

2014 ◽  
Vol 84 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 52-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry A. Tanumihardjo ◽  
Anura V. Kurpad ◽  
Janet R. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Vitamin A Deficiency ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
The Body ◽  
Pool Size ◽  
Serum Retinol ◽  
Vitamin A Status ◽  
Status Assessment ◽  
Total Body

The current use of serum retinol concentrations as a measurement of subclinical vitamin A deficiency is unsatisfactory for many reasons. The best technique available for vitamin A status assessment in humans is the measurement of total body pool size. Pool size is measured by the administration of retinol labelled with stable isotopes of carbon or hydrogen that are safe for human subjects, with subsequent measurement of the dilution of the labelled retinol within the body pool. However, the isotope techniques are time-consuming, technically challenging, and relatively expensive. There is also a need to assess different types of tracers and doses, and to establish clear guidelines for the use and interpretation of this method in different populations. Field-friendly improvements are desirable to encourage the application of this technique in developing countries where the need is greatest for monitoring the risk of vitamin A deficiency, the effectiveness of public health interventions, and the potential of hypervitaminosis due to combined supplement and fortification programs. These techniques should be applied to validate other less technical methods of assessing vitamin A deficiency. Another area of public health relevance for this technique is to understand the bioconversion of β-carotene to vitamin A, and its relation to existing vitamin A status, for future dietary diversification programs.

Power, Conflict, and Effectiveness

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Afzalur Rahim ◽  
David Antonioni ◽  
Krum Krumov ◽  
Snejana Ilieva
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Interpersonal Conflict ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Hierarchical Regression Analysis ◽  
Referent Power ◽  
Legitimate Power ◽  
Power Base ◽  
Effectiveness Data

This study investigated the relationships of bases of leader power (coercive, reward, legitimate, expert, and referent) and styles of handling interpersonal conflict (integrating, obliging, dominating, avoiding, and compromising) to subordinates' effectiveness. Data for this study were collected with questionnaires from the United States and Bulgaria and analyzed with hierarchical regression analysis for each country. Results indicated that in the United States referent power base of supervisors and integrating style of handling conflict of subordinates were positively associated with effectiveness. In Bulgaria, legitimate power base of supervisors was positively associated with effectiveness, but the subordinates' conflict styles were not associated with effectiveness.

Feel Thine Own Self – Mood Congruency Evaluation of Emotional State Adjectives

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Szczepan J. Grzybowski ◽  
Miroslaw Wyczesany ◽  
Jan Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
Mood Induction ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Time Window ◽  
Event Related Potential ◽  
Negativity Bias ◽  
Positive Potential ◽  
Semantic Access ◽  
Current Mood ◽  
Component Time

Abstract. The goal of the study was to explore event-related potential (ERP) differences during the processing of emotional adjectives that were evaluated as congruent or incongruent with the current mood. We hypothesized that the first effects of congruence evaluation would be evidenced during the earliest stages of semantic analysis. Sixty mood adjectives were presented separately for 1,000 ms each during two sessions of mood induction. After each presentation, participants evaluated to what extent the word described their mood. The results pointed to incongruence marking of adjective’s meaning with current mood during early attention orientation and semantic access stages (the P150 component time window). This was followed by enhanced processing of congruent words at later stages. As a secondary goal the study also explored word valence effects and their relation to congruence evaluation. In this regard, no significant effects were observed on the ERPs; however, a negativity bias (enhanced responses to negative adjectives) was noted on the behavioral data (RTs), which could correspond to the small differences traced on the late positive potential.

Delay Discounting in Impulsive Behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 312-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Moreira ◽  
Fernando Barbosa
Keyword(s):  
Delay Discounting ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Cochrane Collaboration ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
Impulsive Behavior ◽  
Manual Search ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Future

Abstract. Delay discounting (DD) is the process of devaluing results that happen in the future. With this review, we intend to identify specificities in the processes of DD in impulsive behavior. Studies were retrieved from multiple literature databases, through rigorous criteria (we included systematic reviews and empirical studies with adult human subjects), following the procedures of the Cochrane Collaboration initiative. Of the 174 documents obtained, 19 were considered eligible for inclusion and were retained for in-depth analysis. In addition, 13 studies from the manual search were included. Thus, a total of 32 studies were selected for review. The objectives/hypotheses, results, and the main conclusion(s) were extracted from each study. Results show that people with pronounced traits of impulsivity discount rewards more markedly, that is, they prefer immediate rewards, though of less value, or postponed losses, even though they worsen in the future. Taken together, the existing data suggest the importance of inserting DD as a tool for initial assessment in conjunction with measures of addiction and stress level, as well as the consideration of new therapies.

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