Successful Communication Research Articles

Exploring smart drug delivery platforms through the adsorption of chlormethine anticancer by an iron-enhanced metallofullerene

Representative iron-enhanced metallofullerenes including FeC24, FeC23, and FeC22 models were assessed for the adsorption of chlormethine (CMT) anticancer towards the development of smart drug delivery platforms. To this aim, density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to examine the structural and electronic features of models in the singular and conjugated states. Formations of CMT@FeC24, CMT@FeC23, and CMT@FeC22 conjugated complex systems were achieved by a major role of iron-enhanced region for making successful communications with the CMT substance. Two configurations were found for each conjugated complex system by the CMT relaxation at the metallofullerenes with meaningful results for adsorbing, retaining, and releasing processes of the adsorbed drug. The results of electronic features showed possibility of conducting a sensing function for the metallofullerenes during the adsorption of CMT substance. Consequently, the investigated conjugated complex systems were proposed towards the development of smart drug delivery platforms especially by the formation of CMT@FeC22 system.

Blockchain Technology and Smart Contract Application in Security Management of Intelligent Chemical Plants

As blockchain technology and smart contracts develop, computer technology is constantly integrating with smart chemical plants. Due to the continuous development of intelligent chemical plants, their systems have gradually become large and dispersed, posing a threat to safety management. In order to improve the performance of intelligent security management systems, the study first explores the principles of blockchain and smart contract technology, and then combined with the requirements of intelligent chemical plant security management systems, designs an intelligent security management system based on blockchain and smart contract technology. The experimental results showed that compared to systems without smart contract support, the communication success rate between nodes was lower. The error rates of blockchain-based encryption systems, deep learning-based encryption systems and improved data encryption systems proposed in the study were 0.22, 0.07 and 0.09, respectively. The packet loss rates were 0.13, 0.04 and 0.05, respectively. The lower the bit error rate and packet loss rate of the encryption system, the clearer the illegal eavesdropping information. The experimental results indicate that the intelligent security management system designed in this study has good encryption performance and a higher communication success rate. The results have certain reference value in security management application in intelligent chemical plants.

Proverbs Translation Techniques from English into Arabic among Jordanian University Students

Proverbs are essential component of everyday language, and they offer a fascinating insight into cultures. They are short sayings of public wisdom with cultural origin and figurative meanings, known by native speakers and used in specific situations. The reason behind the importance of translating proverbs precisely is that they are an effective and powerful instrument for the transmission of culture, social morality, manners, traditional wisdoms, historical incidents, and thoughts of people from one generation to another. The main difficulty in translating proverbs lies in their metaphorical nature, as they are culture-bound expressions and carry an implicit meaning that goes beyond the literal meaning. This study aims to investigate the translation techniques used by the students of translation at Jordanians universities in translating English proverbs into Arabic. The study is qualitative by nature, but a quantitative analysis was carried out to calculate the frequencies of the employed techniques. In this case study, forty students were engaged as participants using a purposive sampling method. They were given a translation test to recognize the employed techniques in translating 10 proverbs. The analysis revealed that the used techniques in order were using a proverb of similar meaning but different form, using a proverb of similar meaning and form, and translation by paraphrase came in the last position. The study is significant in raising the students’ awareness of the best techniques in translating proverbs for future translation works. The study has implications on translators to give emphasis on the language and cultural perspectives in translating culture-bound expressions to achieve successful communication between cultures.

Strategi Komunikasi dalam Pembelajaran Nahwu di Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Salafiyah Syafi’iyah Sukorejo Putra

This article reveals the communication strategies used by the 4th grade Nahwu teacher at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Salafiyah Syafi'iyah Putra in carrying out the learning process in class. Communication in education carried out by teachers and students is not just a process of exchanging and delivering learning material, but there are dimensions of the relationship between teachers and students which are the main conditions for creating an effective learning process. A good teacher is a good communicator or an effective teacher is an effective communicator in delivering learning material. Communication in teaching and learning activities (KBM) must be effective, both between teachers and students and between students themselves. Because the success of communication carried out by a teacher influences the success of the learning objectives themselves. To realize effective communication, a communication strategy is needed. So that student learning outcomes can increase in accordance with the curriculum and targets that have been determined. This research is field research using a qualitative approach. Data collection was obtained through observation, interviews and documentation as well as questionnaires. Apart from that, this article also aims to exchange ideas (sharing ideas) with the hope that the communication strategies that have been implemented can also be applied by other teachers in the process of teaching and learning activities. The results of the research show that the implementation of communication strategies carried out by the Nahwu teacher with students in class 4 i of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Salafiyah Syafi'iyah Sukorejo Putra includes making the teaching book "Murofiqoh Matan Jurumiyah" as a companion book to Matan Jurumiyah, forming a peer education class, and making songs. -songs and learning quotes.

The majority of Canadians likely behaved as myopic rationalists rather than success-based learners when deciding on their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Successful vaccine promotion communication strategies require knowing how eligible recipients will respond to the opportunity to get vaccinated. Two main classes of recipients are myopic rationalists, those who receive a dose of vaccine only if it maximizes their own instant benefit and if so, do it as soon as possible, and success-based learners, those who learn from others that they perceive to be most successful. A recent study models these two decision-making types, and estimates the population proportion of myopic rationalists in each U.S. state. In this report, we fit a similar model to data on COVID-19 vaccine uptake across the Canadian provinces and territories. We estimated that 64% of Canadians behaved as myopic rationalists in taking the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, compared to an estimated 47% in the United States. Among the provinces, the lowest proportion of myopic rationalists was 0.51 in Saskatchewan, while the highest was 0.74 in Prince Edward Island. The correlation analysis suggested a positive correlation between the proportion of myopic rationalists and the average age across the Canadian provinces (Pearson-r = 0.71). Canadian health management may benefit from these results in tailoring the vaccine promotion communication strategies.

Empowering Students Through Inclusive Language Teaching Practices

The innovative strategy for inclusive learning aims to ensure that each student, regardless of their abilities, background, or learning needs, has fair opportunities to access a high-quality education. This educational philosophy aims to provide an atmosphere where each student can succeed intellectually, socially, and emotionally while acknowledging the diversity of learners. Since teaching English is crucial to academic success and efficient communication in many educational systems throughout the world, the need for inclusive education is particularly apparent. Proficiency in the English language is essential for students’ growth and prospects, in addition to their academic success. The study reviews current literature, identifies effective inclusive strategies, and discusses their implementation in language classrooms.

Social anthropology 4.0

Abstract Human-computer interaction as a coordinating element between human and machine is used in many different ways. Due to their digital processes, countless industries are dependent on an effective intermeshing of humans and machines. This often involves preparatory work or sub-processes being carried out by machines, which humans initiate, take up, continue, finalise or check. Tasks are broken down into sub-steps and completed by humans or machines. Aggregated cooperation conceals the numerous challenges of hybrid cooperation in which communication and coordination must be mastered in favour of joint decision-making. However, research into human-computer interaction can also be thought of differently than a mere aggregation of humans and machines. We want to propose a nature-inspired possibility that has been successfully practising the complex challenges of joint decision-making as proof of successful communication and coordination for millions of years. Collective intelligence and the processes of self-organisation offer biomimetic concepts that can be used to rethink socio-technical systems as a symbiosis in the form of a human-computer organism. For example, the effects of self-organisation such as emergence could be used to exceed the result of an aggregation of humans and machines as a future social anthropology 4.0 many times over.

Value-based Russian language teaching as a priority of the modern era (to mark the anniversary of the <i>Axiological linguistic methodology</i> school of thought)

The article aims to comprehend the fundamental role of value-based Russian language teaching in modern education. The key points of the speeches delivered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, and Minister of Education of the Russian Federation S. S. Kravtsov are related to the preservation and strengthening of traditional spiritual and moral values. Therefore, the thirty-year activity of the scientific school Axiological linguistic methodology: the worldview and value aspects in school and university teaching of the Russian language, the leader of which is Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Methods of Teaching the Russian Language at the Institute of Philology of MPSU, is A. D. Deikina, winner of the Russian state award - the A. S. Pushkin medal, the K. D. Ushinsky medal, is becoming more relevant than ever. We used analysis of scientific research in the field of axiological linguistic methodology and scientific generalisation to characterise the activities of the scientific school whose origins relate to M. T. Baranov’s concept of schoolchildren’s linguistic worldview formation. Moreover, we outlined the key positions of axiological linguistic methodology substantiated in the concept of A. D. Deikina and thirteen postdoctoral studies of her students as scientific areas developing the idea of value-based Russian language teaching at school and university. The postdoctoral research conducted within the framework of the scientific school of axiological linguistic methodology with A. D. Deikina as the scientific advisor developed the leading linguistic methodological approaches to Russian language teaching. Drawing on the Russian canonical methodologists’ ideas, the members of the Moscow Methodological Scientific School create and predict promising ways of developing higher and school education in the Russian Federation, expand the research space in different regions of this country, increase the scientific status of methodological science, and contribute to the success of interpersonal and intercultural communication in Russian. The works of those who represent the axiological linguistic methodological scientific school, as well as other like-minded researchers have a beneficial effect on the creation of a holistic value picture of the world using the Russian language in modern education.

Addressing the Role of “Linguistic Knowledge” in Global Englishes Pedagogy

AbstractOne key tenet of Global Englishes for Language Teaching (GELT) is that the native English speaker should no longer serve as the role model for second language (L2) English users. Such a view does not discount that some degree of linguistic knowledge is necessary for successful global communication. However, GELT scholarship has remained relatively silent on the process and product of L2 acquisition. In this paper, we propose integrating L2 acquisition theory into GELT pedagogical practices without relying on theoretical perspectives steeped in some form of native speakerism. At the heart of our discussion is the concept of linguistic knowledge–implicit (unconscious) and explicit (conscious)–emphasizing the role of explicit learning processes in GELT classrooms rather than adhering solely to the idealistic goal of implicit competence. Because L2 learners need to reflect on linguistic knowledge (repertoire) and strategies for effective global communication, we propose that their learning should aim to develop skill sets of using explicit and implicit knowledge dynamically and efficiently in varied communicative contexts. We argue that skill acquisition theory offers a useful framework for GELT, as it can account for the development of automatized explicit knowledge alongside implicit knowledge, aligning with GELT objectives of fostering multicompetent English users. We illustrate how this perspective can inform classroom activities such as shadowing and task repetition. These activities not only promote deliberate, explicit learning processes but also integrate seamlessly with awareness–raising activities commonly employed in GELT, enhancing learners' communication strategies and capacity for effective English use in global contexts.

Atrioventricular Synchrony Delivered by a Dual-Chamber Leadless Pacemaker System.

A dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system has been designed for atrioventricular synchronous pacing using wireless, beat-to-beat, implant-to-implant (i2i) communication between distinct atrial and ventricular leadless pacemakers. The atrioventricular synchrony achieved across various ambulatory scenarios has yet to be systematically evaluated. A prospective, single-arm, unblinded, multicenter, international clinical trial of the leadless pacemaker system was conducted in patients with a conventional dual-chamber pacing indication enrolled from February 2022 to March 2023. Leadless pacemaker systems were implanted, and 12-lead Holter electrocardiographic recordings were collected 3 months after implantation over various postures/activities: sitting, supine, left lateral recumbent, right lateral recumbent, standing, normal walk, and fast walk. An independent Holter core laboratory performed a manual adjudication of the percent of atrioventricular synchronous beats using the standard 300-millisecond PR interval limit. Atrium-to-ventricle and ventricle-to-atrium i2i communication success rates were also assessed. Post hoc summary statistics describing the relationships between atrioventricular synchrony and i2i success, posture/activity, implantation indication, atrioventricular event, and heart rate were calculated. In the evaluable population (n=384 of 464 enrolled [83%]; 61% male; age, 70 years; weight, 82 kg; 60% ejection fraction; 95% of beats evaluable), the mean atrioventricular synchrony of 98% of beats observed across all postures using the standard 300-millisecond limit was greater than both atrial-to-ventricular i2i (94%) and ventricular-to-atrial i2i (94%; P<0.001), exceeding both i2i values in 95% of patients. Atrioventricular synchrony was achieved in >95% of evaluable beats across all postures/activities, implantation indications, atrioventricular paced/sensed event combinations, and heart rate ranges (including >100 bpm). This dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system demonstrated atrioventricular synchrony in 98% of evaluable beats at 3 months after implantation. Atrioventricular synchrony was maintained across postures/activities and remained robust for heart rates >100 bpm.

Unleashing the voice within: managerial insights for empowering open upward communication

Purpose This study aims to provide prescriptions through a practitioner lens to managers and leaders wishing to cultivate an organizational environment characterized by employees’ voluntary open upward communication. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a two-step progression to fostering successful voluntary upward communication, framing manager’s feedback inquiry as a precursor to enabling employee voice. Rationale is provided for each step based on an extensive review of the management literature. At times, the reviewed research reveals counterintuitive findings that serve to underscore the importance of this article. Findings Hallmarks of effective organizations include managers who are open to feedback and employees who are comfortable providing it. Specific, actionable and feasible advice is provided for managers to seek feedback more actively and to inculcate a culture of open upward communication. Originality/value This paper offers guidance that goes beyond the traditional practices adopted by organizations to encourage upward communication, feedback and employee voice. Yet, this guidance is no more difficult to enact than these more common approaches and it is supported by a growing body of research that has yet to be fully translated into lay terms.

Interaction structure constrains the emergence of conventions in group communication

Real-world communication frequently requires language producers to address more than one comprehender at once, yet most psycholinguistic research focuses on one-on-one communication. As the audience size grows, interlocutors face new challenges that do not arise in dyads. They must consider multiple perspectives and weigh multiple sources of feedback to build shared understanding. Here, we ask which properties of the group's interaction structure facilitate successful communication. We used a repeated reference game paradigm in which directors instructed between one and five matchers to choose specific targets out of a set of abstract figures. Across 313 games (N = 1,319 participants), we manipulated several key constraints on the group's interaction, including the amount of feedback that matchers could give to directors and the availability of peer interaction between matchers. Across groups of different sizes and interaction constraints, describers produced increasingly efficient utterances and matchers made increasingly accurate selections. Critically, however, we found that smaller groups and groups with less-constrained interaction structures ("thick channels") showed stronger convergence to group-specific conventions than large groups with constrained interaction structures ("thin channels"), which struggled with convention formation. Overall, these results shed light on the core structural factors that enable communication to thrive in larger groups.

Discourse Markers, Coherence and Its Impact on Cognitive Interpretation of Texts

A successful communication is evaluated by the ability of the audience to effectively comprehend the essence of a communication and to respond accordingly. Meanwhile, a communicative discourse is considered effective in its characteristics of demonstrating natural pauses and fillers, among others, which helps to communicate ideas more easily and naturally. Engaging any kind of discourse in coherent and fluent manners to enhance effective communication is sacrosanct to a communicator. This study focuses on the system of how discourse markers are instrumental to text fluency, coherence and, above all, how they function and are consciously structured to aid effective interpretations of a discourse. The study also attempts to examine the functional complexity of discourse markers in cohesive texts. The work relies on the views of many discourse and stylistic analysts not only to investigate the relationship between discourse markers and textual composition but to also address how instrumental they are to the effective comprehension of a text. The study reveals that Discourse Markers are not only characterised with linguistic devices that enhance textual coherence and fluency but also provide discourse clues that are instrumental to effective organisation of ideas and effective comprehension of meanings in a text.

Sharing knowledge without borders: Collaboration between U.S. business and law students and Spanish translation students

Collaboration between technical and professional (TP) writers in English as a second language is important for successful communication. This is evident in legal documents in both English and Spanish, where accuracy and clarity are paramount. However, achieving this is challenging because law students often lack effective writing tools, and translation students may lack the required encyclopedic knowledge. The present paper describes a co-designed exchange project between U.S. students in business and law and students of legal translation at a university in Spain. This paper aims to determine potential improvements in students’ encyclopedic and conceptual knowledge of this specialized language and their translation performance after the collaboration intervention. To evaluate these aspects, three textual items were targeted: terminological, nominal and, what we call, substitutional density. Our results indicate that peer collaboration helped Spanish students acquire encyclopedic knowledge in the field and avoid repetitive terms in their translations, leading to greater textual cohesion through the use of general language, synonyms and hypernyms. Other aspects of this peer collaboration as well as follow-up approaches to consolidate the observed effects are needed.

“How can I get into the city center?”—pragmatic strategies at use in international tourism interactions in Croatia

In Croatia, speaking many different languages is popular and perceived as a prestigious skill. English is one of the most commonly spoken additional languages and many Croats engage with it frequently, e.g., when watching undubbed American or British TV programs and movies. Due to this frequent engagement as well as the rise of English as a global language, especially younger Croats and those who work in the tourism sector tend to be quite proficient users of English. When interacting with tourists, Croats use accommodation strategies to cater to the tourists’ linguistic needs to increase understanding and communicative success (cf., e.g., Kaur, 2022 on pragmatic strategies). The present investigation centers on the specific pragmatic strategies present in such interactions between international tourists and local tourism workers and, based on a subset of 48 conversations recorded at the Franjo Tuđman Airport Zagreb, it illustrates the pragmatic strategies in the negotiation of directions to the city center. It shows that tourists and tourism workers tend to use the investigated pragmatic strategies in the following order of frequency: SMs&amp;gt;DMs&amp;gt;HMS&amp;gt;repetition&amp;gt;rephrasing&amp;gt;other features. However, taking a closer look, the study unveils how tourism workers balance the needs for efficiency and sociability when engaging with international tourists and offers a first take at understanding why the answers to similar questions often vary as the quality and quantity of the provided answers are influenced not only by linguistic factors.

Decoding French equivalents of the English present perfect: evidence from parallel corpora of parliamentary documents

Abstract Scholars have yet to establish a consensus regarding French equivalents of the English present perfect (PP). This study investigates the French equivalents of the PP through the lens of parallel corpora. Although the passé composé is commonly considered the French equivalent, no singular tense in French entirely mirrors the PP. This paper challenges this assumption by suggesting other French forms as viable correspondences, including the présent de l’indicatif, the passé récent, the futur antérieur, and the imparfait. Leveraging the benefits of parallel corpora for crosslinguistic analysis, these forms were scrutinized in relation to their function and application across different uses of the PP. The findings provide empirical evidence that enriches the understanding of the crosslinguistic complexity between the PP and its French equivalents, offering valuable insights for foreign language learning, teaching, and translation. The study also stresses the importance of interpretations of tense equivalences in the pursuit of successful crosslinguistic communication.

Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers of Communication Skills among a Group of Primary Health-care Physicians in Baghdad 2023

Abstract Background: Communication skills are essential for health professionals to achieve a positive relationship with patients, improving their health and quality of life. Communication is the foundation for obtaining medical history and conveying a diagnosis and treatment plan. Objectives: To assess the knowledge, practice of communication skills among primary care physicians, to find out any barriers related to the communication skills, and the association between the studied variables with knowledge and practice of communication skills. Methodology: A cross-sectional study with analytic component conducted in 40 Primary Health Care Centers in Baghdad, with data collection during a period of 4 months from March 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023. Data had been collected in a questionnaire by direct interview with the participants done by the researcher and including three parts: (participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, practice toward communication skills, and the barriers to successful communication). Results: The total number of the participants was 126. The level of knowledge of the participants about physician-patient communication skills was fair in 74 (58.7%) of them, poor in 35 (27.8%). The highest prevalence of poor level of knowledge was seen in participants with specialties other than family medicine and in those with more than 20 years of experience. Level of practice of the participants toward physician-patient communication skills was good in 63 (50%) of them and 63 (50%) had moderate level of practice. The highest prevalence of moderate level of practice was seen in elderly age participants. The most common barrier as mentioned by the participants was time limitation. Conclusion: The majority of primary health-care physicians in this study have fair levels of knowledge, with moderate to good level of practice about communication skills. Family physicians and those who had experience between 10 and 19 years had better knowledge about communication skills. Time limitations are perceived as the biggest hindrance to communication followed by the presentation with multiple complains.

Epistemic Bubbles and Contextual Discordance

AbstractRecent work in social epistemology has drawn attention to various problematic social epistemic phenomena that are common within online networks. Nguyen (2020) argues that it is important to distinguish epistemic bubbles from echo chambers. An epistemic bubble is an information structure that merely lacks information or sources that would be relevant or important to the user. An echo chamber is a structure in which dissenting opinions are, not necessarily absent, but actively undermined, for example by instilling attitudes of distrust towards their adherents. Because of this, echo chambers are thought to be especially difficult to escape. In contrast, according to Nguyen, it is relatively easy to shatter an epistemic bubble: one simply introduces the missing information. In this paper, I argue that it is more difficult to shatter an epistemic bubble than has been recognised in the literature. The reason for this is the relationship between epistemic bubbles and interpretative resources. Despite their epistemic drawbacks, it is comparatively easy to gain knowledge from sources inside one's epistemic bubble because agents within a bubble share common ground. In contrast, it can be very difficult to gain knowledge from sources outside of one's bubble because interlocutors on the outside are less likely to have the shared context needed to facilitate communicative success. I argue that this problem suggests a different way to understand the nature of epistemic bubbles and our prospects for escaping them.

Communicative efficiency in multimodal language directed at children and adults.

The ecology of human communication is face to face. In these contexts, speakers dynamically modify their communication across vocal (e.g., speaking rate) and gestural (e.g., cospeech gestures related in meaning to the content of speech) channels while speaking. What is the function of these adjustments? Here we ask whether speakers dynamically make these adjustments to increase communicative success, and decrease cognitive effort while speaking. We assess whether speakers modulate word durations and produce iconic (i.e., imagistically evoking properties of referents) gestures depending on the predictability of each word they utter. Predictability is operationalized as surprisal and computed from computational language models trained on corpora of child-directed, or adult-directed language. Using data from a novel corpus (Ecological Language Corpus) of naturalistic interactions between adult-child (aged 3-4), and adult-adult, we show that surprisal predicts speakers' multimodal adjustments and that some of these effects are modulated by whether the comprehender is a child or an adult. Thus, communicative efficiency applies generally across vocal and gestural communicative channels not being limited to structural properties of language or vocal modality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Public relations strategy of Tarumajaya Village in developing promotion and local potentials

Background: The role of the community in introducing, communicating, or promoting Tarumajaya Tourism Village to the wider community outside is vital. Community Information Group (KIM) Cerdas Tarumajaya has a strategic role in connecting local communities with tourism and developing the tourism potential of Tarumajaya Village and the visibility of Tarumajaya as a leading tourist destination. Purpose: This study examined how KIM Cerdas Tarumajaya as public relations implemented strategies to enhance local potential and promote Tarumajaya as a leading tourist destination, and why these strategies were used. Methods: This study used a case study approach. Results: The communication and promotion of Tarumajaya tourism village cover the campaign for Tarumajaya as a whole tourist destination and a highlight for each attraction within the village, such as Situ Cisanti, Kilometre 0 Citarum, Paesan Hill, Pakawa Pine Forest, and Tawides. Every tourism site wants to be communicated and marketed simultaneously. Furthermore, the communication and promotion do not emphasise the differences between one tourist attraction and another. However, regardless of the achievement, the social media management of Tarumajaya Tourism Village is less consistent. Conclusion: Tarumajaya Tourism Village’s communication and promotion lack concentration and consistency. Implications: The success of communication and promotion depends on tourism differentiation, communication messages, and the consistency of information handling.