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Objective Methods Results Significance An accurate evaluation of behavioral responsiveness during and after seizures in people with epilepsy is critical for diagnosis and management. Current methods for assessing behavioral responsiveness are characterized by substantial variation, subjectivity, and limited reliability and reproducibility in ambulatory and epilepsy monitoring unit settings. In this study, we aimed to develop and implement a novel mobile platform for deployment of automated responsiveness testing in epilepsy—the ARTiE Watch—to facilitate standardized, objective assessments of behavioral responsiveness during and after seizures.We prospectively recruited patients admitted to the epilepsy monitoring units for diagnostic evaluation and long‐term video‐electroencephalographic monitoring at Mayo Clinic and Yale New Haven Hospital. Participants wore the ARTiE Watch, a smartwatch paired with custom smartphone software integrated with cloud infrastructure allowing for remote activation of standardized assessment on the participants' smartwatches. The assessment consisted of 18 command prompts that test behavioral responsiveness across motor, language, and memory domains. Upon visually identifying an electrographic seizure during EMU monitoring, the BrainRISE platform was used to deploy the ARTiE Watch behavioral testing sequence. Responsiveness scoring was conducted on smartwatch files.Eighteen of 56 participants had a total of 39 electrographic seizures assessed with the ARTiE Watch. The 18 subjects with ARTiE Watch‐tested seizures had a total of 67 baseline (interictal) ARTiE Watch tests collected for analysis. The analysis showed distinct ARTiE Watch behavioral responsiveness phenotypes: (1) decreased responsiveness across all ARTiE Watch commands during seizure (ictal–postictal) periods compared (to baseline (p < .0001), (2) decreased responsiveness in bilateral tonic–clonic seizures compared to baseline (p < .0001) and compared to focal seizures (p < .0001), and (3) decreased responsiveness during focal impaired awareness seizures compared to baseline (p < .0001) and compared to focal aware seizures (p < .001).ARTiE Watch behavioral testing deployed utilizing a mobile cloud‐based platform is feasible and can provide standardized, objective behavioral responsiveness assessments during seizures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We present two cases with focal seizures where scalp electroencephalography (EEG) had prominent features of a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE): Case 1: a 17-year-old male with complex motor seizures whose EEG demonstrated a slow spike-and-wave pattern and generalized paroxysmal fast activity (GPFA). Case 2: a 12-year-old male with startle-induced asymmetric tonic seizures whose EEG also had a slow spike-and-wave pattern. Both patients had intracranial EEG assessment, and focal cortical resections resulted in long-term seizure freedom and resolution of generalized findings. These cases exemplify patients with focal epilepsy with networks that share similarities to generalized epilepsies, and importantly, these features did not preclude curative epilepsy surgery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sperber, trained in the Durkheimian sociological tradition, has pursued his intellectual project inspired by Lévi-Strauss’s structural anthropology. However, he has not confined his studies to Durkheim’s semiological and Lévi-Strauss’s linguistic views. Instead, he has provided innovative explanations of how symbolic systems and symbolic propositions function. Sperber initially extracted principles from logical positivism to demonstrate how semantic and encyclopedic knowledge shape our understanding of propositions. Nevertheless, he discovered that symbolic propositions do not adhere to these principles. Their verifiability hinges on a distinction between the objective and mythological levels, allowing the primitive mind to simultaneously experience reality and myth without conflating them. This study aims to trace the sources of Sperber’s intellectual trajectory and analyze his arguments. It reveals that symbolic propositions cannot be defined as merely mental but not rational, as proposed by Frazer or Lévy-Bruhl. Sperber’s theory posits that symbolism is an autonomous field of cognition, independent of any semiological framework, and is more credible than the dominant theories of his time. Ultimately, the author contends that Sperber’s propositions, despite his claims, lack the universality required to explain the mechanism of symbolic propositions. This is because implicit knowledge, along with the specific experiences of individuals or societies, plays a unique role in understanding symbolic propositions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present two cases with focal seizures where scalp electroencephalography (EEG) had prominent features of a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE): Case 1: a 17-year-old male with complex motor seizures whose EEG demonstrated a slow spike-and-wave pattern and generalized paroxysmal fast activity (GPFA). Case 2: a 12-year-old male with startle-induced asymmetric tonic seizures whose EEG also had a slow spike-and-wave pattern. Both patients had intracranial EEG assessment, and focal cortical resections resulted in long-term seizure freedom and resolution of generalized findings. These cases exemplify patients with focal epilepsy with networks that share similarities to generalized epilepsies, and importantly, these features did not preclude curative epilepsy surgery.

Clothing is an important topic in social studies, but structural approaches have received little attention due to a lack of frameworks for formulating meanings of clothes. The purpose of this study was to pore over on the linguistic effects of clothes. The main question is, to what extent can the meaning of clothes be explained within the framework of a linguistic system? For this purpose, the structural analysis method of Ferdinand de Saussure was used. Results showed this method can recognize elements and relations of the clothing system but not explain historical trends. The clothing system is governed by the logic of signifier and signified and is an arena of contentious semiotics. Discussing the origins and implications of signs requires case studies of synchrony and diachrony of clothes. Regardless of history, studying clothing is inconclusive; it is both a system and history. Confrontation between dress rules and individual dressing represents social dynamics. Clothing has linguistic logic with codes but no vocabulary or grammar to convey alphabetical messages. The structure of clothing in society has extensive intertextual relations and cannot be considered a true language, only a pseudo-language.

The culinary business has been flourishing in every city in Indonesia, including Surakarta, Malang, and Tangerang. Consequently, determining the names of products becomes crucial to pique the interest of the public in these offerings. This research is aimed to review the naming of food and beverages using a semiology approach. The research uses a descriptive explanative method. The data in this research are the names of food and beverages. The sources of the data are documents related to names of culinary businesses (food and beverages) in restaurants in Surakarta, Malang, and Tangerang. The data collection was conducted through documentation, observation, and data recording in data format. The data analysis uses referential equivalent, strengthened with semiology theory from Roland Barthes, namely searching for signs, denotative meaning, connotative meaning, and myth. The research indicates that, in general, the names of food and beverages sold in restaurants often contain unconventional elements, including references to ghosts, animals, and other negative connotations prohibited in the Decree of The Head of Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Produk Halal (BPJPH or the Halal Product Assurance Agency) Number 57 Year 2021. This suggests that the naming of food and beverages in Surakarta, Malang, and Tangerang does not align with the provisions outlined in Decree Number 57 Year 2021, preventing the business owners from obtaining halal certification. The research recommends that the naming of halal food and beverage products adhere to the guidelines set by this decree.

Hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) are congenital developmental malformations located in the hypothalamus. They are associated with a characteristic clinical manifestation known as gelastic seizures (GS). However, the traditional understanding of HHs has been limited, resulting in insufficient treatment options and high recurrence rates of seizures after surgery. This is consistent with the network hypothesis of focal epilepsy that the epileptogenic zone is not only limited to HH but may also involve the distant cerebral cortex external to the HH mass. The epilepsy network theory, on the other hand, provides a new perspective. In this study, we aim to explore HH-related epilepsy as a network disease, challenging the conventional notion of being a focal lesional disease. We analyze various aspects of HHs, including genes and signaling pathways, local circuits, the whole-brain level, phenotypical expression in terms of seizure semiology, and comorbidities. By examining HHs through the lens of network theory, we can enhance our understanding of the condition and potentially identify novel approaches for more effective management and treatment of epilepsy associated with HHs. Plain language summary: Hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) are unusual brain malformations present from birth in the hypothalamus region. They often lead to a distinctive type of seizures known as GSs. However, our current understanding of HHs is limited, and this has made it challenging to treat them effectively. Many patients continue to experience seizures even after surgery. We've typically considered HH-related epilepsy as a localized problem, but a new theory suggests that it may involve a network of brain areas. In our study, we aim to change the way we view HH-related epilepsy. Instead of thinking of it as a single lesion in the brain, we explore the idea that it's a network disease. To do this, we'll investigate various aspects of HHs, such as the genes and pathways involved, how different parts of the brain interact, the impact on the whole brain, the types of seizures experienced, and any related health issues. By looking at HHs through this network theory, we hope to gain a deeper understanding of the condition and potentially discover new ways to manage and treat epilepsy associated with HHs. This shift in perspective could offer hope to those living with HH-related epilepsy and lead to more effective treatments, ultimately improving their quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Bilateral tonic–clonic seizures with focal semiology or focal interictal electroencephalography (EEG) can occur in both focal and generalized epilepsy types, leading to diagnostic errors and inappropriate therapy. We investigated the prevalence and prognostic values of focal features in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE), and we propose a decision flowchart to distinguish between focal and generalized epilepsy in patients with bilateral tonic–clonic seizures and focal EEG or semiology. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed video‐EEG recordings of 101 bilateral tonic–clonic seizures from 60 patients (18 with IGE, 42 with focal epilepsy). Diagnosis and therapeutic response were extracted after ≥1‐year follow‐up. The decision flowchart was based on previous observations and assessed concordance between interictal and ictal EEG. Results: Focal semiology in IGE was observed in 75% of seizures and 77.8% of patients, most often corresponding to forced head version (66.7%). In patients with multiple seizures, direction of head version was consistent across seizures. Focal interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) were observed in 61.1% of patients with IGE, whereas focal ictal EEG onset only occurred in 13% of seizures and 16.7% of patients. However, later during the seizures, a reproducible pattern of 7‐Hz lateralized ictal rhythm was observed in 56% of seizures, associated with contralateral head version. We did not find correlation between presence of focal features and therapeutic response in IGE patients. Our decision flowchart distinguished between focal and generalized epilepsy in patients with bilateral tonic–clonic seizures and focal features with an accuracy of 96.6%. Significance: Focal semiology associated with bilateral tonic–clonic seizures and focal IEDs are common features in patients with IGE, but focal ictal EEG onset is rare. None of these focal findings appears to influence therapeutic response. By assessing the concordance between interictal and ictal EEG findings, one can accurately distinguish between focal and generalized epilepsies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

People use various communication tools while exporting their feelings and thoughts. Among these tools, telephone, television, internet and social media applications are mostly preferred. This virtual world made on visuality brings a lot of meanings and information to the society. Rapidly advancing technology has affected every aspect of life, especially playing an active role in the progress of cinema. Although sound, light and actors are the elements that determine the cinema, the costumes determine the image. The costumes of the actors, which are prepared in accordance with their characters, form a whole with the scenario. Costumes with different indicators and accessories that complete the costumes have different meanings. While they have characteristics specific to the individual, they also contain messages that concern the society. In this study, the messages, semiotic and cultural codes that are intended to be conveyed through the costumes of Cruella, the main character of the movie 'Cruella', were analysed. While making these analyses, Barthes' signification scheme was used. The description and visuals of the five costumes and accessories she wore in different scenes of the movie were prepared in the form of a table. Literature review about cinema and costume was used. The costumes examined were researched, explained and evaluated and interpreted within the scope of the subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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For over thirty years, Magdalena Schmidt-Góra, a faculty member at the Sculpture Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, has been creating ephemeral installations based on the theme of the Holy Sepulchre and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. She makes them from natural materials such as thorn bushes, fabric elements, wooden constructions, sand, paper, tar paper, wax and flowers. This article presents a selection of installations created in the churches of St Bartholomew in Gdańsk and St Bernard in Sopot over the past 30 years. These installations showcase the artist’s exceptional craftsmanship, with the deft utilization of nearly architectural forms, abstract, representational, indexical signs, and vivid depictions of the human form and dynamic, nuanced contrasts. The artist has been affiliated with the Schola Węgajty since 1994. The sculptor’s manipulation of space evokes the recollection of religious community rituals, the sensation of mystery, and mystical crucifixes. Valuable materials, intricate and sensitively crafted details prompt the viewer of her artwork towards liminal, borderline and ultimate experiences, which are “incomprehensible to the senses” – necessitating that the viewer supplements them with faith. Thanks to the sculptor’s extensive knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, she is able to create authentic spaces that resonate with the viewer’s thoughts, emotions and memories.

ABSTRACT Introduction Hypersalivation has been associated with Rolandic epilepsy and other childhood epilepsy syndromes. However, pure salivatory seizures are a rare type of focal seizure in which ictal hypersalivation is the dominant feature throughout the seizures. Case presentation We present a case of pure salivatory seizures originating from the right post‐central operculum cortex, confirmed by the favorable surgical outcome. We attempt to analyze the symptom from behavioral and neural network perspectives and propose a possible mechanism to generate ictal hypersalivation and pure salivatory seizures. Conclusion Based on previous reports in the literature and our case, we emphasize the importance of the operculum in patients with ictal hypersalivation, particularly in patients with pure salivatory seizures.

The aim of this paper is the semiotic analysis of a foreign language textbook as a semiotic phenomenon reflecting the cognitive attitudes of its authors and aimed at forming not only external but also deep layers of the learner's linguistic personality, responsible for motivation, intents and attitudes. The material to be analysed is a popular line of EFL textbooks “English file” by British authors Ch. Latham-Koenig and C. Oxenden. The scientific novelty of the work is that for the first time a foreign language textbook is considered not as an educational and methodological text, but as an alternative reality, a dynamic complex sign, similar to the discursive space of a fiction book. The study is conducted by applying the method of contextual analysis, the method of cognitive-pragmatic analysis, and the interpretive method to the polycoded texts of EF-textbooks. The authors conclude that the semiotic complex of EF-textbooks exhibits the characteristics of an educational novel of fiction, where the learner assumes the function of a fairy-tale hero, acting in the space of English-language cultural mythologems, reference-metric elements, topoi and narratives. As a result of active realisation of the happy end narrative, supported by the system of topoi and precedent names characteristic of the English-language conceptosphere, the textbook uses the suggestive potential of the so-called soft power to form changes at the motivational-pragmatic level of the linguistic personality.

The study of contemporary ceramics is no longer limited to the study of techniques and skills of formation and treatments of various surfaces,but rather extended to include the study of philosophical aspects and the interpretation of symbols and connotations of philosophical ceramic works and their intellectual implicationsThrough the research,the researcher tries to shed light on the concept of the semology of expressive semantics of the concept of shackles in contemporary ceramics, including the elements (fetters, locks,chains) by exposing three axes:1- The first axis: semiology (the origin of the term,history,its definition)2- The second axis:semiology and the mark (plastic art and ceramic art)3- Application framework and business descriptionAnd the researcher concluded in it to define ceramic semiology as an analytical approach to reading the ceramic visual articulation, and analyzing the content of the visual message by decoding the symbols and signs that contain meanings through the processes of understanding, interpretation and perception.It is considered one of the arts that contain symbols and signs that can be analyzed according to the semiological approach.The researcher has foundUsing the analysis models of many thinkers interested in the process of analyzing the image according to the semiological method, including (Martin Jolly) (Jacobson) and (Laurent Gervereux).And based on the model of (Laurent Gerovero) in his analysis of the image according to the semiological approach ,the researcher extracted a set of steps to analyze the ceramic work in line with the special nature of the ceramic work

There are many sources that architects rely on as an intellectual impetus for their inspiration in architecture concepts and projects design. One of the most influential sources is the metaphysical legacies of previous civilizations and religions that shape ideas and conscience and influence the conception of the architecture design ideas. This paper aims to discuss the impact of the metaphysical content of the Jewish religion on the architecture of the Jewish Museum in Berlin designed by Daniel Libeskind. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that studies the primary principles of the world. Its branches are based on ontology, which studies the nature and levels of existence, cosmology, which studies the universe and its components, and theology, which studies the existence and nature of God. Metaphysics is linked to the collective memory of peoples through religions, belief systems, stories, and sacred legends. It often tells a reality or a fantasy from which man derives his visions and perceptions of the (absolute) God, the universe and existence that form his cultural background and metaphysical motives. In order to monitor the impact of metaphysics and its branches as an intellectual impulse in the formation of the architecture of the Jewish Museum in Berlin. The paper will follow an analytical methodology to study the expressive and figurative vocabulary of the museum, based on semiology, which depends on the translation of physical forms and symbols, as well as on the philosophy of interpretation to extrapolate the impact and the reflection of the metaphysics of Judaism on vocabulary and the form of the building. This paper will adopt Ferdinand de Saussure's model of differentiation which has two basic principles: (1) that linguistic evolution occurs through successive changes made to specific linguistic elements; and (2) that these changes each belong to a specific area, which they affect either wholly or partially. Ferdinand De Saussure called Semiology a Theory of Signs. What he meant by the word "Signs" is anything that refers to something indirectly or is a reminder of it. That could be through reading text, gesture, form, photo, or a building. "Sign is something, anything, which "Stands for" or reminds us of something else".

We describe a case of focal epilepsy with a semiology consisting of behaviors indicating an enthusiastic desire for those around him to get along and engage in friendly relations, which we refer to as “amity seizures”. The patient was a 41-year-old right-handed male with seizures since age 26. Semiology consisted of stereotyped enthusiastic behaviors such as expressing “Peace! Peace!… Come on, we all on the same team, right?!”, and giving hugs, kisses, and high-fives to those around him. On SEEG evaluation, 2 independent areas of seizure onset were identified, the right hippocampus and right posterior orbitofrontal area. Locally confined seizures had bland manifestation. However, spread from right hippocampus to right orbitofrontal area, or vice versa, elicited his typical amity seizure semiology. To our knowledge this is the first report of the seizure semiology we have coined “Amity seizures”. While emotions were once thought to localize to discrete brain regions, they are now accepted to arise from networks across multiple brain regions. The fact that this behavior only occurred when seizures spread from either of 2 onset zones to the other suggests that this semiology results from network engagement between, and likely beyond, either onset zone.

Introduction: Hypersalivation has been associated with Rolandic epilepsy and other childhood epilepsy syndromes. However, pure salivatory seizures are a rare type of focal seizure in which ictal hypersalivation is the dominant feature throughout the seizures. Case presentation: We present a case of pure salivatory seizures originating from the right post‐central operculum cortex, confirmed by the favorable surgical outcome. We attempt to analyze the symptom from behavioral and neural network perspectives and propose a possible mechanism to generate ictal hypersalivation and pure salivatory seizures. Conclusion: Based on previous reports in the literature and our case, we emphasize the importance of the operculum in patients with ictal hypersalivation, particularly in patients with pure salivatory seizures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A fundamental aspect of caring for neurocritical patients is interpreting and understanding their neurological signs and symptoms. This will be a helpful key to determining the brain injury or dysfunction's location, extent, and severity. The semiotics of the neurocritical patient encompasses various domains, including motor, sensory, cognitive, and autonomic functions. A comprehensive understanding of the semiotics of the neurocritical patient empowers clinicians to make timely and accurate diagnoses, predict outcomes, and implement targeted therapeutic interventions. It also enables effective communication among the interdisciplinary team members involved in the patient's care. This article review shows the importance of accurately recognizing and deciphering these signs to guide clinical decision-making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Writers on the semiology of Cubism have often cited Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler's 1946–48 descriptions of Cubism as a form of writing. They seem, however, to have overlooked Pablo Picasso's 1945–48 statements about art as a sign language. The first section of this essay argues that Kahnweiler was in fact inspired by Picasso's statements. The second section retraces the origins of semiology in nineteenth-century philology, its revival by Claude Levi-Strauss, his influence on critical theory, the rise of a semiological interpretation of Cubism, and the problems with this interpretation. The third section links Picasso's 1945–48 statements about art as a sign language to his contemporary visual work; specifically, to his illustrations for Pierre Reverdy's book of poems Le Chant des morts. The idea of art as a sign language is traced to Picasso's 1924 drawings of "star charts" or "constellations". However, Picasso's 1945–48 designs using a similar vocabulary are analyzed as signifiers without signifieds—that is, as symbols, rather than signs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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ObjectiveAlthough most seizures in neonates are due to acute brain injury, some represent the first sign of neonatal onset genetic epilepsies. Delay in recognition and lack of expert assessment of neonates with epilepsy may result in worse developmental outcomes. As in older children and adults, seizure semiology in neonates is an essential determinant in diagnosis. We aimed to establish whether seizure type at presentation in neonates can suggest a genetic etiology.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical and electroencephalographic (EEG) characteristics of seizures in neonates admitted in two Level IV neonatal intensive care units, diagnosed with genetic epilepsy, for whom a video-EEG recording at presentation was available for review, and compared them on a 1:2 ratio with neonates with seizures due to stroke or hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.ResultsTwenty neonates with genetic epilepsy were identified and compared to 40 neonates with acute provoked seizures. Genetic epilepsies were associated with pathogenic variants in KCNQ2 (n = 12), KCNQ3 (n = 2), SCN2A (n = 2), KCNT1 (n = 1), PRRT2 (n = 1), and BRAT1 (n = 2). All neonates with genetic epilepsy had seizures with clinical correlates that were either tonic (18/20) or myoclonic (2/20). In contrast, 17 of 40 (42%) neonates with acute provoked seizures had electrographic only seizures, and the majority of the remainder had clonic seizures. Time to first seizure was longer in neonates with genetic epilepsies (median = 60 h of life) compared to neonates with acute provoked seizures (median = 15 h of life, p

The study discusses the fundamental issues of semiotics. Semiotics still involves no broadly agreed upon theoretical assumptions, models, or empirical methodologies. Faced with much disagreement among notable semioticians about what semiotics actually entails, the study opens up the way to its theoretical re-thinking. Starting from the analysis of the discussions of scientists it indicated that the signs are not identical to what they represent this studies the issue through a theoretical concepts analysis, literature review, combined with comparative analysis of the main classical theoretical parameters of signs. The basic approach of this study is that signs, whether it is symbolic, iconic, or indexical, are not what they mean. The nature of the sign, whether it is symbolic, iconic, or indexical, determines the way it is used, and the same signifier can be used in different ways in different contexts. The role of an interpreter should be taken into account. A sign meaning is not inherent in it; rather, it is determined by how it is interpreted. The relevance of the research is due to a new complex approach to statements about users, signs or referents that could never be made in isolation from each other. A statement about one of those always contains implications about the other two. Rather than specific «types of sign», we're talking about symbolic, iconic, and indexical forms of relationships. The hypothesis is as follows: the nature of the sign determines the way it is used. Moreover, the same signifier can be used both iconically and symbolically in different contexts. The novelty of the research is related to the idea of the sign that can be interpreted in different ways depending on who observes it: as symbolic, iconic or indexical. In other words, signs cannot be classified according to the classical semiology canons, but only with regard to the goals of their users and a certain context. Regarding this, we will propose a comparative analysis of the classic models of the sign to prove the hypothesis. The hypothesis is proved due to the provided comparative analysis of the classic models of a sign and modes of its relationship. The findings of this study have to be seen in light of some major limitations. First, the main primary research problem we have to solve was the semiotics of contemporary cartoons. Facing the lack of previous research studies and the theoretical foundations for the research on the topic, we decided that prior theoretical research studies that are relevant to our specific topic are needed, which is why the article is aimed at theoretical issues. Theoretical and methodological limitations are addressed to our future studies. The research instruments and techniques used to collect the empirical data will have to be identified. Intercultural specifics connected with the personalities of the authors - Russian and Iranian researchers - influence the study but also limits it.

PurposeDescriptions of seizure manifestations (SM), or semiology, can help localize the symptomatogenic zone and subsequently included brain regions involved in epileptic seizures, as well as identify patients with dissociative seizures (DS). Patients and witnesses are not trained observers, so these descriptions may vary from expert review of seizure video recordings of seizures. To better understand how reported factors can help identify patients with DS or epileptic seizures (ES), we evaluated the associations between more than 30 SMs and diagnosis using standardized interviews.MethodsBased on patient- and observer-reported data from 490 patients with diagnoses documented by video-electoencephalography, we compared the rate of each SM in five mutually exclusive groups: epileptic seizures (ES), DS, physiologic seizure-like events (PSLE), mixed DS and ES, and inconclusive testing.ResultsIn addition to SMs that we described in a prior manuscript, the following were associated with DS: light triggers, emotional stress trigger, pre-ictal and post-ictal headache, post-ictal muscle soreness, and ictal sensory symptoms. The following were associated with ES: triggered by missing medication, aura of déjà vu, and leftward eye deviation. There were numerous manifestations separately associated with mixed ES and DS.ConclusionsReported SM can help identify patients with DS, but no manifestation is pathognomonic for either ES or DS. Patients with mixed ES and DS reported factors divergent from both ES-alone and DS-alone.

While Egyptology, as an academic field, is celebrating its bi-centenary together with that of the deciphering of hieroglyphs by Jean-François Champollion, it may be useful (although several syntheses already exist on parts of this subject) to propose a large panorama of how images produced by the pharaonic society have been studied by researchers for the past two centuries, and the different historiographic trends the field has seen. The relations between texts and images do, of course, make up a large part of this synthetic article, but it is also our wish to allude to more recent and less well-known avenues, especially that of the ontology of images (which has the potential to renew considerably the debate about whether or not Egyptian art is “realistic”) and that ofhe rediscovered importance of materiality in our understanding of the graphic productions of Dynastic Egypt.

Although some researchers consider semiotics as a universal epistemological approach (Gaines, 2015), calling something ‘asemiotic’ may be challenging. However, one can find such characteristics in semioticians' work. For example, Tartu semiotic school cofounders Juri M. Lotman and Boris A. Uspensky argue that asemiotic is a way how proper name functions within mythological consciousness (Lotman; Uspensky, 1973). Despite the fact that this characteristics may be found in other scholars‘ works, research of ‘asemiotic’ continues to be a marginal field in semiotic studies.Since the ‘semiotic’ (related to semiotics) is determined in theoretical frameworks in different ways, the ‘asemiotic’ similarly does not stick to one meaning . In other words, asemiotic postulates the absence of the semiotic in the sense in which the scholar understands the semiotics. Otherwise, incompatibility of the theoretical sequence may lead to methodological inaccuracy. This may happen when one perceives semiotics as a unified theory. Thus, while it is not an accepted term, ‘asemiotic’ may have different meanings depending on the perspective. This research will delve into, the use of ‘asemiotic’ in the works of Guattari and Deleuze (1987), Nöth (1995, 2000) and Lotman and Uspensky as well as try to identify the case when scholars resort to using ‘asemiotic’ in their works. One may find different approaches of use, from the auxiliary instrument through the method of interpretation to the core concept.

Handwriting disorders (HDs) are prevalent in school-aged children, with significant interference with academic performances. The current study offers a transdisciplinary approach with the use of normed and standardized clinical assessments of neuropsychomotor, neuropsychological and oculomotor functions. The aim is to provide objective data for a better understanding of the nature and the etiology of HDs. Data from these clinical assessments were analyzed for 27 school-aged children with HD (first to fifth grade). The results underline a high heterogeneity of the children presenting HDs, with many co-occurrences often unknown. However, it was possible to highlight three levels of HDs based on BHK scores: mild HD not detected by the BHK test (26% of children), moderate HD (33%) and dysgraphia (41% of children). The mild nature of the HDs not detected by the BHK test appears to occur at a relatively low frequency of the associated disorders identified during clinical evaluations. On the contrary, dysgraphia appears to be associated with a high frequency of co-occurring disorders identified in the clinical assessment, with a predominance of oculomotor disorders (55% of children), leading to visual-perceptual difficulties and a high level of handwriting deterioration. Finally, children with moderate HD have fewer co-occurrences than children with dysgraphia, but have more difficulties than children with mild HD. This highlights the importance of differentiating between different degrees of HDs that do not respond to the same semiologies. Our findings support the interest in performing a transdisciplinary and standardized clinical examination with developmental standards (neuropsychomotor, neuropsychological and oculomotor) in children with HD. Indeed, HDs can therefore be associated with a multitude of disorders of different natures ranging from poor coordination of the graphomotor gesture to a more general and more complex impairment affecting perceptual-motor, cognitive and/or psycho-affective functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• A careful semiology analysis can help distinguish between ETS and NTE in the ICU. • Eyelids open, upper extremity abduction, plus elevation had 100% PPV for ETS. • Bilateral upper extremities extension, internal rotation, plus adduction had 90.9% PPV for NTE. • Symmetrical tonic seizures are more likely to have a generalized onset. Our primary aim was to analyze bilateral epileptic tonic seizures (ETS) and bilateral non-epileptic tonic events (NTE) in critically ill patients. Our secondary aim was to analyze ETS per their epileptogenic zone. We performed a retrospective analysis of clinical signs in patients with bilateral ETS and NTE. Two authors independently reviewed 34 videos of ETS in 34 patients and 15 videos of NTEs in 15 patients. Initial screening and review was performed in an unblinded manner. Subsequently, the semiology was characterized independently and blindly by a co-author. Statistical analysis was conducted using Bonferroni correction and two-tailed Fischer exact test. Positive predictive value (PPV) was calculated for all signs. Cluster analysis of signs with a PPV >80% was performed to evaluate co-occurring semiological features in the two groups. Compared to patients with ETS, those with NTEs more frequently had predominant involvement of proximal upper extremities (UE) (67% vs. 21%), internal rotation of UE (67% vs. 3%), adduction of UE (80% vs. 6%) and bilateral elbow extension (80% vs. 6%). In contrast, those with ETS more frequently had abduction of UE (82% vs 0%), elevation of UE (91% vs. 33%), open eyelids (74% vs. 20%), and involvement of both proximal and distal UE (79% vs. 27%). In addition, seizures that remained symmetrical throughout were more likely to have a generalized onset than focal (38% vs. 6%), p = 0.032, PPV 86%. A careful analysis of semiology can often help differentiate between ETS and NTE in the ICU. The combination of eyelids open, upper extremity abduction, and elevation reached a PPV of 100% for ETS. The combination of bilateral arms extension, internal rotation, and adduction reached a PPV of 90.9% for NTE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The choice of tradition, in the Eliot sense, determined two contemporary Serbian poets and brought their poetics closer to creating an alternative to cultural oblivion. It is a question of poetic turning to tradition (poetic memory) as a multi-layered alternative - a creative path of poetic memory in three directions: renewal of tradition, re-actualization of the topos of modesty and development of the song-prayer as a genre. The renewal of the dormant / neglected tradition, which implies a cultural vertical from Byzantine aesthetics, through the Serbian Middle Ages to the present day, is a poetic focus on a kind of nurturing, re-actualization of poetic heritage. The paper presents an analysis of the poems "Ten Addresses to the Mother of God Trojeručica Hilandarska" by Ljubomir Simović and "Bogorodica Trojeručica" by Matija Bećković from the aspect of poetic prayer defined by the modern Russian theory of literature, in the first place Valentina Avramova Maslova. Modesty as a general place of the medieval Serbian and Byzantine writing tradition is re-actualized in the mentioned poems in the function of framing the lyrical structure with elements of prayer and supplication. Motives that express modesty correspond to the motives of sinfulness of the individual and the collective, as well as to the motive of redemption, which is still in this form of contemporary Serbian poetry almost the same as in the Middle Ages. The rhetoric of self-humiliation results from the position of a lyrical subject who is homeless and crippled in Bećković's poem, and in Simović's conscious of the "stench of sins" of the collective to which he belongs. Repentance and desire, hope in mercy and forgiveness of sins, which is the basis of the medieval liturgical genre of prayer, are added to modesty. The work further illuminates the process of aesthetic permeation of the sacred and the secular (artistic), which is a key element of poetic prayer, which is an author's lyrical poem based on the prayers and supplications of those from the new Middle Ages.

Resumen Podría decirse que la relación entre la semiología y la arquitectura es superada en interés por la relación entre la semiología y la ciudad. La arquitectura es el candidato interesante de los pioneros de la lingüística más allá de lo verbal. El cruce de la función, concepto central de la modernidad, y de la capacidad comunicativa del edificio, objetivo estigmatizado por esa misma modernidad, es el que hace interesante la apuesta. Sin embargo, donde el enfoque semiológico va a encontrar mayor desarrollo es en el ámbito urbano, no por razones de escala física, sino porque todo lenguaje, el del planeamiento urbano (de la modernidad) en primer lugar, es susceptible de ser entendido como instrumento de poder. De esta manera, el conflicto función/comunicación saltaría al plano de la sociología urbana y sus reivindicaciones. Justo al mismo tiempo en el que se despliega la ciudad tardocapitalista, con sus nuevos lenguajes casquivanos. Abstract At one point in this evolution, the interest in the relationship between semiology and city issues surpasses the interest between the former and architecture. Indeed, beyond the verbal architecture is the interesting candidate of the pioneers of linguistics. The function, as a central concept of modernity and the communicative capacity of the building, as an objective stigmatized by that same modernity. At first, both elements intersect, which produces great interest. However, in a second moment, where the semiological approach will find greater development is in the study of the urban. Not for reasons of physical scale, but because all language, even more so that of urban planning (of modernity) is likely to be understood as an instrument of power. The function/communication conflict therefore would jump to the level of urban sociology and its claims. Just at the same time in which the late-capitalist city unfolds, with its new “capricious” languages.

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FRUCTUOUS LIAISONS: THEORIES OF FRENCH SEMIOTICIANS AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR POLISH RESEARCHERS IN INTERSEMIOTIC TRANSLATION Today, reflection on film adaptation and intersemiotic translation oscillates between two extremes: “one-off” analyses of concrete works on the one hand, and global reflection on the multimodal nature of new media, on the other. From this perspective, intersemioticity is conceived as a quality “hidden” in every text, including those with no other codes than the verbal code; in such cases, adapting the text to other media “reveals” its intrinsic intersemiotic potential. But in following this new path, scholars have moved away from the original aim of the French Semiotics: to prove that Jakobson was right in declaring that intersemiotic translation is a process that can be compared to interlinguistic translation, that the former is subject to the same rules as the latter and, consequently, that transmutation can be analyzed using the methods and tools originally created for interlinguistic translation. There is, however, a group of Polish researchers who have carried out, and continue to carry out, in-depth research into the problem of “adaptation-as-translation”. In this article, I shall attempt to outline the impact that French theory (first filmological, then semiotic and semiological) has had on intersemiotic translation research (by authors publishing both in French and in Polish); my second aim is to familiarize French-speaking readers with the “Polish school’s” theories of adaptation-as-translation, especially those of Seweryna Wysłouch, and their potential to promote and deepen reflection on the language of film and intersemiotic translation.

Dysmenorrhea is a condition that manifests itself in women before, during, and after menstruation, and it is accompanied by very intense pelvic pain. Moreover, women experience moderate to intense menstrual cramps year after year, decreasing their quality of life. The purpose of the study was to establish semiological differences associated with primary dysmenorrhea. Women who start their menstrual cycles with this symptomatology assume that it is normal and that they do not need specialized medical assistance. Medical professionals have established general practice guidelines on clinical disorders. However, there are no specific recommendations for the menstrual cycle that can effectively support the prompt diagnosis and treatment of primary dysmenorrhea, particularly at 3870 msnm. The uniqueness of our research is that semiological distinctions can change depending on height.

(The semiology of dramatic television picture design and its impact on Egyptian societal values)An introduction:The function of art is to create beauty, beauty in its broad sense that stands at the limits of the sense and is not confined to a limited form, for art is the greatest means in existence through which ideas can penetrate into hearts and minds, and in light of the state of intellectual conflict that the world is witnessing now, art is the most dangerous A weapon in existence after the atomic bomb and weapons of mass destruction.Drama, like all the arts that preceded it, makes for itself a clear face and solid features, as the drama addresses the conscience and provokes it and presents reality with all its blatant facts and the entirety of its issues and was able to take from the narration everything in it and even that the novel is the main component of it.Research problem:The dramatic image presents many connotations and implications through the design of the visual elements of the image. These connotations give effects on the viewer in the way the visual content is received, which in turn affects the values of the scenes acquired through the dramatic visual content that they reach.Research goal:Study how the semantics of the design elements of the dramatic image affect the viewer and its societal values through the connotations that the image formulates through its design elements such as camera movement, lighting, size of shots, shooting angles and the effect of colors.research importance :The importance of the research comes in determining how to visually read the scenes of the drama and determining how the viewer receives the indications presented to him through the elements of image design and the effect of these indications on the values of society.search limits :The research is determined in the study of the semiology of the dramatic image, the implications of the design elements of the dramatic image, and how these indications affect the values of societal scenes.The series (Weld al-Ghalaba) will be inferred as a sample of the Ramadan series for 2019, which was one of the most watched series this year.

GEORGES MOUNIN, PIONEER OF FRENCH TRANSLATION STUDIES Georges Mounin developed his reflections on translation in a series of texts published from 1953 and can thus be regarded as one of the founders of translation studies in France and in the French language. His early research dates back to the same time as Fedorov’s, who represents what might be called the Russian school of translation. This paper seeks to analyse Georges Mounin’s work, which spans 40 years, until his death in 1993. His legacy is not just bibliographical, it is also that of a teacher with remarkable communication skills who trained disciples, and that of a talent scout who discovered the young Ladmiral and Meschonnic in the 1970s. Most importantly however, Georges Mounin has the immense merit of having introduced translation studies into French universities and within the field of linguistics, an achievement which later enabled him to take the sociolinguistic turn, notably with the issue of worldview and language universals. This paper is also largely about the man, seen through his teaching career, his political commitment, his links with other authors, not to forget his work as a translator. Georges Mounin was indeed first of all a field man, who translated Dante, Petrarch, Machiavelli or Pasternak.

• The insula is anatomically concealed, so as physiologically, with a cryptic role in epilepsy. • Its heterogenous semiology makes the insula a great masquerade of other epilepsies. • With extensive connections, it serves as a crucial node and relay station within epilepsy networks. • Invasive SEEG monitoring is the gold standard technique for diagnosing insular onset epilepsy. • Insular resection remains the treatment of choice albeit MRgFUS holds promise for the future. Despite significant advances in epileptology, there are still many uncertainties about the role of the insula in epilepsy. Until recently, most insular onset seizures were wrongly attributed to the temporal lobe. Further, there are no standardised approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of insular onset seizures. This systematic review gathers the available information about insular epilepsy and synthesizes current knowledge as a basis for future research. Adhering to the PRISMA guidelines, studies were meticulously extracted from the PubMed database. The empirical data pertaining to the semiology of insular seizures, insular networks in epilepsy, techniques of mapping the insula, and the surgical intricacies of non-lesional insular epilepsy were reviewed from published studies. The corpus of information available was then subjected to a process of concise summarization and astute synthesis. Out of 235 studies identified for full-text review, 86 studies were included in the systematic review. The insula emerges as a brain region with a number of functional subdivisions. The semiology of insular seizures is diverse and depends on the involvement of particular subdivisions. The semiological heterogeneity of insular seizures is explained by the extensive connectivity of the insula and its subdivisions with all four lobes of the brain, deep grey matter structures, and remote brainstem areas. The mainstay of the diagnosis of seizure onset in the insula is stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG). The surgical resection of the insular epileptogenic zone (when possible) is the most effective treatment. Open surgery on the insula is challenging but magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLITT) also holds promise. The physiological and functional roles of the insula in epilepsy have remained obfuscated. The dearth of precisely defined diagnostic and therapeutic protocols acts as an impediment to scientific advancement. This review could potentially facilitate forthcoming research endeavours by establishing a foundational framework for uniform data collection protocols, thereby enhancing the feasibility of comparing findings across future studies and promoting progress in this domain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• In people having frontal lobe epilepsy surgery, combined set-of-semiology was able to correctly lateralize the epileptogenic zone in 77%. • Combined set-of-semiology was able to correctly localize the putative epileptogenic zone to subregions of the frontal lobe in 52%. • Combined set-of-semiology was superior to initial semiology alone for lateralization and localisation of the epileptogenic zone. • No association between seizure freedom and focal semiology was identified in people having frontal lobe epilepsy surgery. • Semiology must be combined with other aspects of the multimodal presurgical evaluation to reliably predict the seizure onset zone. To evaluate the ability of semiology alone in localising the epileptogenic zone (EZ) in people with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) who underwent resective surgery. We examined data on all individuals who had FLE surgery at our centre between January 01, 2011 and December 31, 2020. Descriptions of ictal semiology were obtained from video-EEG telemetry reports and presurgical multidisciplinary meeting summaries. The putative EZ was represented by the final site of resection. We assessed how well initial and combined set-of-semiologies correlated anatomically with the EZ, using a semiology visualisation tool to generate probabilistic cortical heatmaps of involvement in seizures. Sixty-one individuals had FLE surgery over the study period. Twelve months following surgery, 28/61 (46%) were completely seizure-free, with a further eight experiencing only auras. Comparing the semiology database with the putative EZ, combined set-of-semiology correctly lateralised in 77% (95% CI: 69–85%), localised to the frontal lobe in 57% (95% CI: 48–67%), frontal lobe subregions in 52% (95% CI: 43–62%), and frontal gyri in 25% (95% CI: 16–33%). No difference in degree of correlation was seen comparing those with ongoing seizures 12 months after surgery to those seizure free. Semiology alone was able to correctly lateralize the putative EZ in 77%, and localise to a sublobar level in approximately half of individuals who had FLE surgery. Semiology is not adequate alone and must be combined with imaging and EEG data to identify the epileptogenic zone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introdution: Information Science works with information recorded in support of the most varied types, and for its description and subsequent recovery, the process of indexing, reading and document analysis is carried out with the aim of identifying keywords that represent the subjects present in the document. Among the different types of documents, there are filmic documents, a combination of audio and moving image, in which other layers of meaning are present beyond the textual, such as cinematographic language, or editing, and techniques specific to cinema. Objective: The search sought to raise proposals that use cinematographic language as a form of documentary analysis and to present a mode of analysis based on Peircean semiotics. Methodology: Bibliographical research is used with a survey in the BRAPCI and Oasisbr databases with the aim of recovering Brazilian articles that deal with indexing film documents. Results: It is observed that the articles do not specifically deal with cinematographic language, since the way in which the film is organized and structured helps in identifying the subject, the use of semiotics is proposed as a way of identifying, in the different codes and in terms of, the subject addressed. Conclusion: Semiotics makes it possible to analyze parts as components of a whole, helping the indexer in the task of identifying the subject based on the link between character, space, time and location of the plot. Other possible research using semiotics is highlighted, such as the analysis of narrative videos and practices in the development of indexing methods and steps based on semiotics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a discursive analysis of Época and Istoé magazine covers published in November 2015, an effervescent period of women's protests in major Brazilian cities' streets. We propose understanding how these media discourses constitute the Women's Spring event in the correlation between images and captions, producing significance about what is seen and what is read. We establish the theoretical foundation on the interlocution between the concept of myth developed by Roland Barthes' Semiology and postulates of French Discourse Analysis about the image as a social memory operator because the media discourses challenge forms, signification, and history. The analysis demonstrates that the magazine covers present connotation procedures that move significants, atributting then historical meanings. Thus, the magazine covers recite myths such as the "youth who dreams about revolution" and activate, by analogy and association to previous images, memory trajectories that date back to the event of Arab Spring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Türk basın tarihinin önemli bir ismi olan ve Batıcılaşma akımı temsilcileri arasında yer alan Baha Tevfik, fikir, edebiyat ve mizah dergiciliğine yaptığı katkılarla tanınmaktadır. Toplumsal hayatta yaşanan dönüşüm ve kırılmaların takibi için basın tarihi araştırmalarının sosyal bilimlere açtığı yeni imkânlar ve geniş pencere çerçevesinde Baha Tevfik’in dergicilik anlayışı, 20. yüzyılın ilk yarısında Osmanlı sosyal, siyasal ve kültürel hayatı ile alakalı sunduğu zengin veriyle dikkat çekmektedir. Dönem, kadın kimliğinde yaşanan bir dönüşümün kuvvetli sinyallerini vermesi sebebiyle de mercek altına alınmayı hak etmektedir. Bu bağlamda, özellikle II. Meşrutiyet’in ilanını takip eden ve sosyal dönüşümün hızlandığı yıllarda Baha Tevfik’in yayımına katkıda bulunduğu fikir dergisi olan Yirminci Asırda Zeka izleğinde, kadının görsel materyallerle temsili hakkındaki bu çalışma, dönemin kadın söylemine dair bulguları sunmayı hedeflemektedir. Göstergebilim yaklaşımı çalışmanın yöntemi olarak seçilmiştir. Bu bağlamda çalışmada derginin kapağında kullanılan görsel malzeme, Roland Barthes’ın düz ve yan anlam kavramlarına dayanılarak, kadın bedeni ve kimliğinin sunulma biçimine dair yorum yapma olanağına ulaşılması amaçlanmıştır. Böylece kadını sembolize eden görsellerin, toplum gerçeklerini mi temsil etmekte, yoksa yeni bir kadın tasavvuru mu geliştirmekte olduğuna odaklanılmıştır. Neticede mezkur derginin kapak fotoğrafları aracılığıyla Batılı normlarda sunulan kadında, toplumsal gerçeklikle mütekabiliyetinin bulunmadığı, diğer taraftan teşhire varan bir görsel kullanımının gerçekleştirildiği tespit edilmiştir.

Our essay revisits a prominent theory in the sciences of language, namely structuralism, a paradigm that has linguistic signs at the core of its theoretical framework. In order to grasp this framework, we discuss the main concepts on which linguistic structuralism is founded: linguistic sign, signifiant/signifié, content/expression, langue/parole, diachrony/synchrony, mutability/immutability, and so forth. A special regard is given to the concept of value, by which language and linguistic signs form a system comparable to the game of chess or money and the monetary system.