Complex Paradigm Research Articles

Лингвистическая идентификация автора и фальсификация идентичности в сети

Research on modern virtual communication focuses on human communicative behaviour in social networks. For the purposes of successful biometric expertise, linguistic personology is chosen as the most reliable approach. As a complex autonomous interdisciplinary synergistic paradigm, and as a research compendium that uses a wide variety of approaches and methods of modern linguistics, linguistic personology is designed to study the variety of human speech behaviour manifested in the speech of a person. It is also used to identify "bright diagnostic spots" that characterize the verbal messages of any individual linguistic personality in social networks with the purpose of its precise identification. Personality identification, enhanced by linguistic personology methods, is presented as efficient methodology, since it creates conditions for reliability and trust in the process of information exchange, and is based on truthfulness and legitimacy. The compendium of sciences for analyzing speech behaviour and for describing the speech repertoire of the virtual personality is based, on the one hand, on the study of formal discursive characteristics based on style (style-based features), while, on the other, it relies on the study of informal content characteristics (content-based features).

A Complex Dynamic Model of Autonomy Development

Over the last years, language learning has been described as a complex dynamic system, encompassing different interacting subsystems, such as autonomy. In this article, I argue that autonomy development is a complex, dynamic and fluctuating process in which a point of arrival cannot be defined, as autonomy is experienced in a nonlinear and continuous way throughout life, with moments of advances, stability and setbacks, involving the interaction between a large number of processes, elements, agents, among other subsystems. In this paper, I present the Complex Dynamic Model of Autonomy Development (CDMA). This model explains the dynamics of autonomy in learners’ language learning trajectory in light of the complexity paradigm. The model has been used in research and activities with a focus on language learning and language teacher education. It has been discussed with language majoring students, pre-service and in-service language teachers as a tool for reflection, self-awareness and self-regulation, as it enables a comprehensive view of the dynamism and complexity involved in the process of developing both learner autonomy and teacher autonomy.

The converging paradigms of holism and complexity: An exploration of naturopathic clinical case management using complexity science principles.

Traditional whole systems of medicine, such as naturopathy, are founded upon holism; a philosophical paradigm consistent with contemporary complexity science. Naturopathic case management is predicated upon the understanding of an intimately interconnected internal physiological and external context of the human organism-potentially indicating a worldview aligned with a complexity perspective. In this study we investigate naturopathic clinical reasoning using a complexity lens with the aim of ascertaining the extent of correspondence between the two. Mind maps depicting case presentations were sought from Australian degree qualified naturopaths. A network mapping was undertaken, which was then analysed in accordance with a complexity science framework using exploratory data analysis and network analysis processes and tools. Naturopathic case schematics, in the form of mind maps (n = 70), were collected, network mapped, and analysed. A total of 739 unique elements and 2724 links were identified across the network. Integral elements across the network were: stress, fatigue, general anxiety, systemic inflammation, gut dysbiosis, and diet. A modularity algorithm detected 11 communities, the primary ones of these representing the nervous system and mood; the gastrointestinal tract, liver, and nutrition; immune function and the immune system; and diet and nutrients. Naturopathic case management is holistic and based on a perspective of an integrated physiology and external context of the human organism. The traditional concept of holism, when subjected to a complexity lens, leads to the emergence of a contemporary holistic paradigm cognisant of the human organism being a complex system. The application of complexity science to investigate naturopathic case management as employed in this study, demonstrates that it is possible to investigate traditional philosophies and principles in a scientific and critical manner. A complexity science research approach may offer a suitable scientific paradigm to develop our understanding of traditional whole systems of medicine.

Epistemological horizons of the bachelor's degree in finance at the Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo

The general objective of the Bachelor's Degree in Finance is to train finance professionals with scientific knowledge and high humanistic principles, capable of performing management activities and financial advice, to help strengthen the personal, family, and business economy, promoting the growth of the financial sector, thus responding to the mission and vision of the State Technical University of Quevedo as an institution permanently committed to the pursuit of regional and national welfare, for the achievement of sustainable development, providing an academic, scientific, technological and humanistic education. This career is designed in 2019 as a result of the existing needs, related to the economic development of the country. Its origin is due to praxeological deficiencies concerning elements of epistemological character allowing justifying the curricular conception that confirms it. Thus, based on a field study and a critical analysis of the bibliography, the epistemological referents that characterize the career are revealed. In this sense, the complexity paradigm, critical pedagogy, connectivism, the General Theory of Systems, as well as the theories of the field of finance, are considered.

Modern ideas about the object of scientific knowledge and bioethics

Abstract The present article analyzes and outlines significant changes in ideas about the object of scientific knowledge in modern science. Special attention is paid to the transition to the paradigm of complexity, within which the object of scientific knowledge acquires a complex systemic character and remains in the same complex connections with systems of different levels. It is marked that such changes entail a number of methodological requirements, which are especially clearly manifested in modern theories of bioethics and its real practices. A special role in this case is assigned to issues of transdisciplinary approach, complementary methodology, and values of the subject of bioethical cognition. The prospects for further research are related to the possibilities of deepening the methodology of the paradigm of complexity based on the application of a transdisciplinary approach.

A varying-radius cable equation for the modelling of impulse propagation in excitable fibres.

In this study, we present a varying-radius cable equation for nerve fibres taking into account the varying diameter along the neuronal segments. Finite element neuronal models utilising the classical (fixed-radius) and varying-radius cable formulations were compared using simple and realistic morphologies under intra- and extracellular electrical stimulation protocols. We found that the use of the classical cable equation to model intracellular neural electrical stimulation exhibited an error of 17% in a passive resistive cable model with abrupt change in radius from 1 to 2 μm, when compared to the known analytical solution and varying-radius cable formulation. This error was observed to increase substantially using more realistic neuron morphologies and branching structures. In the case of extracellular stimulation however, the difference between the classical and varying-radius formulations was less pronounced, but we expect this difference will increase under more complex stimulation paradigms such as high-frequency stimulation. We conclude that for computational neuroscience applications, it is essential to use the varying-radius cable equation for accurate prediction of neuronal responses under electrical stimulation.

The Interdisciplinarity of Criminology in the Context of the Methodological and Structural Transformation of Science

Interdisciplinarity is a research paradigm whose significance is increasing as the science and the society are experiencing intensive transformations. The traditional mechanisms of interdisciplinarity in criminology - the «zones of interdisciplinarity» - are developing alongside the active emergence of their new types: acquisition of new knowledge about the object as a result of synthesis, convergence of research disciplines, establishment of technoscience at the intersection of fundamental and applied research, of natural sciences and the humanities. The goal of this research is critical reflection and substantiation of innovative approaches to the development of the «zones of interdisciplinarity» in criminology as a new type of phenomena brought about by the rapid technological progress. The integration of the humanities and natural sciences in the paradigm of complexity, the emergence of technoscience uniting many aspects of natural sciences and technology with its society- and practice-oriented knowledge set task and goals for criminology whose achievement should be methodologically and practically embedded in the general framework of the development of the humanities and transdisciplinary cognition in an «innovative» way. The development of the functioning principles of the innovative «zones of interdisciplinarity» is undoubtedly valuable for modern research, for implementing the prediction functions of criminology and for the creation of a stable theoretical and methodological basis that corresponds to the topical trends and needs of research. It is connected not only with the growing volume of interdisciplinary research, but also with changes in the very strategy of cognitive activities in general, where interdisciplinarity is viewed as an intra-science phenomenon, while trans-disciplinarity presupposes crossing the boundaries of natural sciences and the humanities and entering the sphere of practically relevant problems. Critical reflection is required for two important aspects of the development of interdisciplinarity - further integration of criminology and mathematics that reached a new level and defined the innovative «zone of interdisciplinarity», and the synthesis of criminology and cognitive neuroscience. The development of information technologies and the emergence of new or transformed «zones of interdisciplinarity» in the research of criminal processes contributes to the establishment of digital criminology, information criminology, and criminometrics. The methodology of mathematical modeling is developing rapidly, it acts as an integrative language of many sciences because interdisciplinary synthesis solves the tasks of methodological support for the conducted research. There is some rationale behind treating criminology, and jurisprudence as a whole, as exact sciences. Certain attempts are being made to develop a new integrative methodology using mathematical modeling which, however, are only prospective is the philosophical and methodological principles of cognition are preserved. The study of conscience and its evolution by modern neuroscience gained momentum due to the development of cognitive neurobiology and highly informative neurophysiological methods of researching the brain. They widen the opportunities for using conscience restoration methods and make human mind and conscience control technologies more realistic. Due to this, the fundamental research of the mechanism of regulating conscience and its protection mechanisms become an important aspect of ensuring criminological security. This is the area of high potential criminogenic danger that poses considerable risks. Criminal (criminological) riskology should be developed rapidly.

PSICOMOTRICIDADE E PARADIGMA DA COMPLEXIDADE

The aim of this article is to reflect about the relevance of incorporating the paradigm of complexity in psychomotor thinking, which involves different epistemic frames. It describes the simplifying thinking that reduces and fragments the different areas of knowledge, as opposed to complex thinking, which integrates them in a systemic way. At the same time, it presents a reflection about its possible influences on the foundation of psychomotricity as a health area practice. It is concluded that complex thinking is useful in the transdisciplinary foundation of psychomotricity and structuring of psychomotor praxis to meet the needs, specificities and psychomotor performance of each human being.

PERFICT: A Re-imagined foundation for predictive ecology.

Making predictions from ecological models—and comparing them to data—offers a coherent approach to evaluate model quality, regardless of model complexity or modelling paradigm. To date, our ability to use predictions for developing, validating, updating, integrating and applying models across scientific disciplines while influencing management decisions, policies, and the public has been hampered by disparate perspectives on prediction and inadequately integrated approaches. We present an updated foundation for Predictive Ecology based on seven principles applied to ecological modelling: make frequent Predictions, Evaluate models, make models Reusable, Freely accessible and Interoperable, built within Continuous workflows that are routinely Tested (PERFICT). We outline some benefits of working with these principles: accelerating science; linking with data science; and improving science‐policy integration.

Defect prediction for assembled products: a novel model based on the structural complexity paradigm

Increased assembly complexity is one of the main challenges in manufacturing as it can induce an increase in time, cost, and defects. Several approaches have been proposed in the literature to predict product defects using assembly complexity as a predictor. However, most of these are not directly applicable because they rely on experts’ prior subjective knowledge and are designed for specific industrial applications. To overcome this issue, the present research proposes a novel approach to predict product defects from a purely objective assessment of product complexity, without the need for expert evaluations and assembly experience. A recent conceptual paradigm of complexity that considers only structural properties of assembly parts and their architectural structure is adopted in the proposed approach. The novel model is applied to a real assembly process in the electromechanical field and is compared with one of the most accredited in the literature, i.e., the Shibata–Su model. Empirical results show that, despite the super-linear relationship between defect rates and complexity in both models, the objective approach used in the novel model leads to more accurate and precise predictions of defectiveness rates, as it does not include the variability introduced by expert subjective assessments. Adopting this novel model can effectively improve the estimate of product defects and support designers’ decisions for assembly quality-oriented design and optimization, especially in early design phases.

Towards a complex conception of progress

For many decades, scholars working within the broad paradigm of complexity studies/theory have explored the nonlinear dynamics that contour physical and social systems. In doing so, radical theories that contest both Newtonian and neo-Darwinian understandings of reality have been posited, augmenting how we think about processes of change. But throughout these developments, the modern idea of progress has arguably remained insufficiently contested. This article seeks to show how the framework of complexity can offer conceptual resources for rethinking progress. Key characteristics of complexity are articulated and critically examined with the aim of pinpointing how they might contribute to a conception of progress that is worthy of the name yet divergent from its dominant ‘modern’ form.

Intuition as Emergence: Bridging Psychology, Philosophy and Organizational Science.

Accelerating environmental uncertainty and the need to cope with increasingly complex market and social demands, combine to create high value for the intuitive approach to decision-making at the strategic level. Research on intuition suffers from marked fragmentation, due to the existence of disciplinary silos based on diverse, apparently irreconcilable, ontological and epistemological assumptions. Not surprisingly, there is no integrated interdisciplinary framework suitable for a rich account of intuition, contemplating how affect and cognition intertwine in the intuitive process, and how intuition scales up from the individual to collective decision-making. This study contributes to the construction of a broad conceptual framework, suitable for a multi-level account of intuition and for a fruitful dialogue with distant research areas. It critically discusses two mainstream conceptualizations of intuition which claim to be grounded in a cross-disciplinary consensus. Drawing on the complexity paradigm, it then proposes a conceptualization of intuition as emergence. Finally, it explores the theoretical and practical implications.

The impact of intermediaries and social marketing on promoting sustainable behaviour in leisure travellers

Aside from attracting tourists, there has been an increased interest in marketing to tourists who behave more sustainably as this can contribute to both a higher yield and overarching Sustainable Development Goals. This study investigates the contribution that intermediaries and the use of social marketing have on the sustainable attitudes and behaviour of Canadian tourists. Given their roles within the travel industry, examining the influence intermediaries might have on sustainable travel behaviour is an important objective. This paper applies both the Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviour (KAB) Theory and Social Marketing Theory (SMT) through a survey of 1003 Canadian holiday travellers. A quantitative study using exploratory factor analysis, correlations and regression are applied to reduce the data to manageable variables and to test their inter-relationship and effects on the travellers’ sustainable behaviour. In doing so, a contribution to theory has been made through the identification of a more complex KAB paradigm and the usefulness of combining both theories. It was also found that using intermediaries and their social marketing platforms, such as local tourist destination websites, social media, and travel agencies, was a statistically significant contributor to more sustainable behaviour. The findings of this study address the gap in the literature related to combining SMT with the sustainable knowledge-attitude-behaviour paradigm and the lack of Canadian context in this regard. With sustainability behaviour by Canadian leisure travellers lacking and only one in two travellers having knowledge and attitudes for more-sustainable behaviour, the principal practical implication arising from this research is the need for intermediaries to enhance the promotion of sustainable travel behaviour within their social marketing strategies.

Tesla transformers in the analytic fields in Serbia

ABSTRACT The images of the Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) often emerge in the analytic fields in Serbia, especially when they become paralyzed with feelings of hopelessness, despair and injustice. Tesla as a figure from the social unconscious becomes a sort of a ‘helper’ in the process of transformation of the field towards more hope and faith. This is not only due to Tesla images being used as metaphors, but also catalysing interactions in and between the fields, helping the transition from states of paralysis with annihilation anxieties towards livelier ones. Pichon Riviere’s concepts of the spiral dialectics in transformation of the malignant repetitive circles into more benign is used for revealing changes of the most difficult – the bizarre ‘black holes’ in the fields. Vignettes from clinical group analysis and psychosocial work of the Reflective Citizens are presented as illustrations. Putting ‘social creativity’ and the ‘paradigm of complexity’ to work in dealing with social trauma in the Balkans is described -different fields inter-link to give meaning across different paradigms.

Complexity Theory in sociological theorizing and metamodern culture — the contours of mutual legitimation

The focus of the article is on two large-scale transformation processes that are currently taking place in the Western scientific and socio-cultural spaces. On the one hand, it is the emergence on the cultural horizon of a new macrocultural era, called Metamodern, on the other hand — the transformation in the paradigm field of Western science and the emergence of a paradigm of complexity (complexity theory). The statement is argued, that they are the different manifestations of the general large-scale socio-cultural and scientific tectonics and can serve as contours for mutual legitimacy and justification. The metamodern project captures the emergence of a new worldview in Western culture, which is characterized by a new sincerity, openness, holism in contrast to postmodern alienation, irony and sсepticism. In terms of experiencing the I-World relationship, the logic of cultural progress from Tradition to Metamodern can be described as a movement from complete immersion of the Self in the World (Tradition), through confrontation and struggle between the Self and the World (Modern), chaos of the I (multiple identity) and the World (current modernity) in the postmodern era, to a new dialectical combination of the I and the World in the Metamodern era. Complexity Theory in its sociological theoretical proposals can offer a parallel view on the process of changing cultural epochs, but through the prism of transforming the dominant mechanism of change and maintenance of social order, emphasizing the existence of two such mechanisms — organizational one and self-organizational one. The logic of changes in this dominance leads us from Tradition (self-organization), through Modern (organization), and Postmodern (chaos, no domination, the mutual distancing) to Metamodern — dialectics, tense unity of organization and self-organization. In socio-cultural terms, it looks like a dialectic of modernity (rationality, purposefulness, result, organization) and tradition (myth, game, process, self-organization), and at the level of basic experience of the world as a dialectic of acute experience of one's self combined with the experience of its unity with the world. It is at this point that the metamodern project and the paradigm of complexity in its sociological interpretation do meet. Here, they can give each other legitimizing support.

The Training Theory of Chinese University Sports Teams Based on the Complexity Paradigm

Under the background of the integration of sports and education, it is of great significance to deepening the training theory of college sports teams. This research puts forward the necessity of using the complexity paradigm to find a more suitable training theory for college sports teams. The training theory of our country is deeply influenced by the simplicity paradigm. The simplicity paradigm is based on reductionism, which believes that the research object comprises simple addition of single elements, showing a linear relationship. There are many general pieces of training in the training arrangement, the preparation period is too long, the special training is not deepened, and the actual training effect is poor. Lack of a composite coaching team, in addition to training and competition tasks, but also team building and management, too exhausted, no time to delve into training theory. When using traditional sports staging theory to make training arrangements, the student-athletes’ particularity should be taken into consideration. University sports teams are affected by the economy and school development, and the strengths of various sports teams are uneven. Universities with superior resources are in a leading position in major competitions, resulting in a significant gap in competition. The development of training theory should be based on the particularity of student-athlete status. The integration and in-depth development will improve the overall level of competition and enhance the driving force of innovative sports team training theory innovation.

In Vivo Transcranial Acoustoelectric Brain Imaging of Different Steady-State Visual Stimulation Paradigms.

Based on the acoustoelectric (AE) effect, transcranial acoustoelectric brain imaging (tABI) is of potential for brain functional imaging with high temporal and spatial resolution. With nonlinear and non-steady-state, brain electrical signal is microvolt level which makes the development of tABI more difficult. This study demonstrates for the first time in vivo tABI of different steady-state visual stimulation paradigms. To obtain different brain activation maps, we designed three steady-state visual stimulation paradigms, including binocular, left eye and right eye stimulations. Then, tABI was implemented with one fixed recording electrode. And, based on decoded signal power spectrum (tABI-power) and correlation coefficient between steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) and decoded signal (tABI-cc) respectively, two imaging methods were investigated. To quantitatively evaluate tABI spatial resolution performance, ECoG was implemented at the same time. Finally, we explored the performance of tABI transient imaging. Decoded AE signal of activation region is consistent with SSVEP in both time and frequency domains, while that of the nonactivated region is noise. Besides, with transcranial measurement, tABI has a millimeter-level spatial resolution (< 3mm). Meanwhile, it can achieve millisecond-level (125ms) transient brain activity imaging. Experiment results validate tABI can realize brain functional imaging under complex paradigms and is expected to develop into a brain functional imaging method with high spatiotemporal resolution.

Os Arquivos à luz da complexidade tecnológica da era digital

Archives present a systemic organization of information that reflects human production and mirrors Edgar Morin's Complexity paradigm, but they are slow to adapt to the technological informationalparadigm of the digital age. In this article we analysehow Archives have managed to adapt to these new circumstances they face, as well as identify practices that can contribute to their social and cultural visibility. In this regard, obstacles were identified, which, we believe, must give rise to changes, both outside and within theseinstitutions. In our view, there are strategies that could be effective for resource managementandintegrating Archives into the current technological information-communication context, such as recruiting user participation, creating content, and re-establishingthese institutions as dynamic and accessible cultural centresof great interest to the community

Rethinking authenticity through complexity paradigm

This paper proposes an epistemological transition based on Edgar Morin's complexity paradigm to analyse authenticity in a complex tourism environment, avoiding fragmentation, and integrating relevant actors and relationships. The results show that storytelling is an important element of these tourism experiences, legitimising and unifying the authenticity of the experience and relating objects, social environment and individual experiences. The size of the tour groups and the rigidity of the itinerary were important elements for constructing authenticity. Tourists, service providers and government bodies all directly or indirectly participate as co-creators, making the perception of authenticity a constant negotiation between the elements of the experience and the actors involved in it.

The Pentateuch

The Pentateuch Christopher T. Begg, Thomas Hieke, Richard A. Taylor, and Fred W. Guyette Christopher T. Begg Catholic University of America Thomas Hieke Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz Richard A. Taylor Dallas Theological Seminary Fred W. Guyette Erskine College and Seminary 848. [Lexemes for Evil in the Book of Genesis] Ingrid Faro, Evil in Genesis: A Contextual Analysis of Hebrew Lexemes for Evil in the Book of Genesis (Studies in [End Page 293] Scripture & Biblical Theology; Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2021). Pp. xxi + 279. Paper $29.99. ISBN 978-1-68359-451-2. The goal of this two-part study is to contribute to a biblical understanding of the meaning and usage of the concept of evil through a contextual analysis of the lexemes for evil (rʿʿ, rʿh, rʿ) in the MT text of Genesis. In Part I (analysis of the data), I find evil to be a hypernym, with a wide semantic range: from unpleasant, displeasing, deficient, to harmful, sinful, or wicked. Good and evil play a role in developing the plot conflict woven throughout the literary structure of Genesis via interlinked textual connections, As emerges from collocations used as well as exegetical and literary analysis, evil in Genesis contrasts with the book's broad use of "good" terminology, which encompasses the domains of what is pleasant, delicious, abundant, flourishing, harmonious, blessed, peaceful, and righteous. In Genesis, the foundation is established for the Deuteronomic triads of good-blessed-life versus evil-cursed-death that find embodiment in human choices either to follow God or not. Evil in Genesis is also most closely collocated with words pertaining to sight, which carries a canonical weight of significance with regard to how God and humanity perceive good and evil. In Part II, I focus on the two primary word groupings associated with evil in Genesis, i.e., sight and goodness. These groupings are traced through each major unit of text, thereby developing the larger concept of evil in Genesis that underlies divine, human, and nonhuman created agency. In Part III, Synthesis, I follow the development of the theological plot conflict between evil and good as this manifests itself throughout Genesis. Many agencies and wills are at work in the performance of evil and good in the book. Genesis portrays evil as a reality with culpable human and non-human agents. Humanity was created as God's image-bearer, to represent him appropriately in the physical universe. Humanity did not, however, do well in its coregency role. Genesis shows humanity as capable of both good and evil, and with a capacity for change. Evil is never called good. Experiencing evil in this world is a given in the book. Nevertheless, Genesis weaves and bookends the twisting of divine good intentions into human evils through willful disregard of God, and the untwisting of human evils into divine good via those who faithfully follow God, even if never perfectly. Genesis presents a story that shows how to live as God's image-bearer and how to be a blessing in the midst of a broad swath of evils perpetuated through a wide variety of agents and intentions. The theme of retribution does not surface without redemption close at hand. Rather, complex paradigms are employed in depicting the consequences of actions, mercy for the repentant, and grace for the faithful, whereas evil is portrayed as a violation of design and covenant. [Adapted from published abstract, pp. xi-xii—C.T.B.] Google Scholar 849. [Genesis 1–11] David M. Carr, Genesis 1–11 (International Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2021). Pp. 358. €109. ISBN 978-3-17-020623-6. C.'s contribution to Kohlhammer's International Commentary on the Old Testament (IECOT) series offers a synthesis of close readings of Genesis 1–11 and diachronic analysis of the formation of these chapters in their ANE context. His treatment of each component segment of these chapters is preceded by a new translation (with textual and philological commentary) and a concise overview of the ways in which the given passage evidences its process of formation over time. There follows a close reading of the passage that draws on older and...