The Social Imaginary of Ruination: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Disaster Mediation

Background Although the popularity of ruins has accompanied Western modernity in waves since the eighteenth century, the post-9/11 decade marks a notable resurgence of the imagery, aesthetics, and rhetoric of ruins, especially in American culture. This article was completed a few months prior to the global COVID-19 crisis. Analysis While many scholars dismiss contemporary forms of ruin gazing as a mindless fascination with disaster and destruction in its virtual circulation, the author contends that this contemporary imaginary has significant political and social implications. Conclusion and implications Although each geographic site of ruination has its own social, political, and historical specificity, the author draws from Cornelius Castoriadis’ psychosocial extension of Lacanian theory to designate a broader iconographic and discursive trend in American culture whereby the imagery and rhetoric of destruction contributes to what he calls the “social imaginary of ruination." RÉSUMÉ Contexte Bien que la popularité des ruines ait accompagné la modernité occidentale dans les vagues depuis le XVIIIe siècle, la décennie post-11 septembre marque une résurgence notable de l’imagerie, de l’esthétique et de la rhétorique des ruines, en particulier dans la culture américaine. Cet article a été achevé quelques mois avant la crise mondiale du covid-19. Analyse Alors que de nombreux chercheurs rejettent les formes contemporaines de ruine en les considérant comme une fascination aveugle pour les catastrophes et la destruction dans sa circulation virtuelle, l’auteur soutient que cet imaginaire contemporain a des implications politiques et sociales importantes. Conclusions et implications Bien que chaque site géographique de ruine ait sa propre spécificité sociale, politique et historique, l’auteur s’inspire de l’extension psychosociale de Cornelius Castoriadis de la théorie lacanienne pour désigner une tendance iconographique et discursive plus large dans la culture américaine par laquelle l’imagerie et la rhétorique de la destruction contribuent à ce que il appelle «l’imaginaire social de la ruine».

CHARACTERISTIC OF NASOPHARYNGEAL CARSINOMA IN ACEH 2016-2017

Introduction Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is among five major malignancies in Indonesia and the primary malignant tumor in men. Among all head and neck (H&N) cancers, nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is endemic in certain regions of the world, especially in Southeast Asia, and has a poor prognosis. In Indonesia, the recorded mean prevalence is 13 000 yearly new NPC cases, but otherwise little is documented on NPC in Indonesia. Objectives We collected all cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma diagnosed by histopathological examination during the period of 2016-2017 from archives of the registry in the Ear, Nose, and Throat department and Patologi Anatomy laboratory Dr. Zainoel Abidin General Hospital. We did this research to presenting the basic data of NPC in Aceh according to gender, age, geographic site and WHO histopathology criteria. Method All the data we counted by using Microsoft Excel 2016 by grouping it according to the variable that we want to grade. We made it into a table and graphic presentation to explain each item of the variable. Result Here, in Aceh, we reported 46 cases in the year 2016 and 26 cases in the year 2017, a total of 72 patients during 2 years. We studied NPC incidence in Aceh among all H&N cancer cases focusing on age, gender, the ethnic background, and the disease histopathology. In this study population, from a total of 72 patient we found 44 male (61.1%) and 28 female (38.9%), with a male to female ratio is 1.57:1. According to the geographic site, NPC in Aceh was the most endemic in the Banda Aceh population (15.3%) followed by Southwest Aceh (12.5%) as a second one. From the age range, NPC most frequent to affect patients at the age range 41-60 years (44.44%), besides that we found 8 (11.11%) cases NPC in Aceh at the age 0- 20 years with 13 years old patient was the younger one. Here, we found that Undifferentiated NPC is the most frequent histological type (44.4%). We continued the study by analyzed NPC patient according to WHO criteria, type I WHO most frequent from the Great Aceh. Type II and Type III WHO we found most frequent from Banda Aceh. Conclusion: Our data NPC incidence did not differ significantly among the literature. Mostly NPC patients over the world at the old adult age, even all of the age range can be affected by NPC. There are similar histopathological features results here compare to the Southeast Asian country.

Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) and Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) Ecotype Response to Herbicides

Common bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon(L.) Pers. #3CYNDA] and johnsongrass [Sorghum halepense(L.) Pers. # SORHA] ecotypes were collected from seven locations in Texas. Ecotype responses to glyphosate [N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine], SC-0224 (trimethylsulfonium carboxymethylaminomethylphosphonate), sethoxydim {2-[l-(ethoxyimino)butyl]-5-[2-(ethylthio)propyl]-3-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one}, fluazifop {(+)-2-[4-[[5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl] oxy] phenoxy] propanoic acid}, haloxyfop {2-[4-[[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl] oxy] phenoxy] propanoic acid}, and quizalofop {(+)-2-[4-[(6-chloro-2-quinoxalinyl)oxy] phenoxy] propanoic acid} were evaluated in 1982, 1983, and 1984. Johnsongrass ecotype-by-herbicide interactions and ecotype differences were detected in only one of three years. Differences were observed consistently among the herbicide treatments. Numerous bermudagrass ecotype-by-herbicide interactions were detected each year with greater diversity occurring with less-than-optimum herbicide rates. The interactions were herbicide-by-ecotype specific and were not predictable with respect to geographic site of collection.