Cultural Systems Research Articles

‘Why Do We Treat Different Families Differently?’: Social Workers’ Perspectives on Bias and Ethical Issues in Pediatric Emergency Rooms

ABSTRACT In pediatric emergency rooms (ERs), social workers must navigate diverse responsibilities including acting as advocates and liaisons between families and multidisciplinary treatment teams, providing compassionate support to families in crisis, and assessing for and reporting any suspicions of child abuse or neglect. These potentially contrasting roles can place social workers at the center of dealing with ethical dilemmas and advocating against ethical violations, such as bias and discrimination toward families. This qualitative study seeks to gain insight into ethical issues commonly encountered in pediatric ERs by exploring the perspectives of 23 social workers at Level 1 trauma centers in the United States. Thematic analysis was used to develop major themes and subthemes related to ethical violations, dilemmas, and best practices in pediatric ERs. Major themes emerged related to unfair treatment of families (with subthemes of bias, discrimination, and compassion fatigue), ethical dilemmas (with subthemes of cultural issues, safety and system issues), and promoting ethical practices (with subthemes of self-awareness, advocacy, and efforts to change the system). This study provides important insights into ethical issues in pediatric ERs as experienced by social workers and can inform efforts to improve the quality and equity of care for all families in pediatric ERs.

Preference and Associated Factors for Cesarean Delivery Among Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

Objective: A cesarean delivery is regarded as a comparatively favourable and secure approach to childbirth when contrasted with vaginal delivery. Over the past decade, its frequency has risen in both industrialized and developing nations. Maternal request for cesarean delivery has been explained for the escalating rate along with other factors like anxiety, fear of childbirth, previous cesarean delivery, previous negative vaginal birth experience, maternal age, maternal education, and socioeconomic factors. Hence, this study was undertaken to assess pregnant women's tendency to have a cesarean birth and to investigate the factors associated with the inclination for cesarean delivery. Materials and methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of a tertiary care hospital, a systematic sampling procedure was utilized, and 368 antenatal mothers after 36 weeks of gestation, who do not have any specific medical reasons against vaginal delivery were included in the study. Data collection was done by questionnaire. The information regarding socio-demographic factors, preexisting comorbidities, current obstetric risk factors, emotional factors, previous delivery experience, and their information preference toward the mode of delivery were collected. Univariate and multivariate analysis were performed to identify the independent variables associated with preference for cesarean delivery. Results: The preference for cesarean delivery and non-preference for cesarean delivery was 114 (30.9%) and 201 (54.6%), respectively whereas 53 (14.4%) participants remained neutral. The Chi-square analysis revealed a notable connection between the inclination towards a preference for cesarean delivery and factors such as obstetric score, parity, comorbidities, and among obstetric risk factors such as pregnancy after in-vitro fertilization (IVF), with a history of abortion, and having a prior history of cesarean delivery. Nevertheless, no meaningful association was observed between the preference for cesarean delivery and the remaining variables. On multivariate logistic analysis, independent variables like preexisting anxiety or depression, pregnancy through IVF, and having a history of previous cesarean delivery have increased the odds of preferring cesarean delivery. The independent variables like increasing gestational age, graduates, and unemployed have decreased the odds of preferring a cesarean delivery. Conclusion: In conclusion, the prevalence of cesarean delivery is influenced by a complex interplay of medical, cultural, socioeconomic, and healthcare system factors. While cesarean delivery is essential in cases of medical necessity, efforts should be made to avoid unnecessary cesarean delivery that does not provide clear benefits over vaginal delivery. Balancing the risks and benefits of cesarean delivery and promoting evidence-based obstetric practices are crucial for ensuring optimal maternal and infant outcomes.

Metaphorical Personal Names in Mabia Languages of West Africa

Cultural philosophies, belief systems and experiences serve as superordinate cultural concepts that are reconceptualised and expressed using metaphorical personal names in Mabia languages. Metaphorical personal names are ‘vehicles’ that transport the worldviews of speakers of Mabia languages to the target audiences. Every metaphorical personal name shares properties of a superordinate umbrella concept such that even newly created metaphorical names fall within an already existing cultural philosophy. This study argues that there is a corresponding relationship between a metaphorical personal name, the source domain, and its superordinate umbrella philosophical concept, the target domain. The study uses data from four Mabia ‘sister’ languages of West Africa: Dagbani, Kusaal, Likpakpaln, and Sisaali. The findings show that the source domains of these names include the name-bearer and the personal name itself, and the name-giver, whilst the target domains include flora and fauna terms, belief systems, innuendos and proverbs, experiences of name-givers, ‘death prevention’ labels, among others. The article also establishes that both sociocultural and ethnolinguistic factors influence the use of metaphorical personal names in the cultures under study. The Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) is employed for the analysis of data in this research. The work uses the qualitative method and data are sourced from semi-structured interviews, from school registers and other previous studies on personal names in the selected languages.

From struggle to strength in African and Middle Eastern newcomers' integration stories to Canada: A participatory health equity research study.

Newcomers (immigrants, refugees, and international students) face many personal, gender, cultural, environmental and health system barriers when integrating into a new society. These struggles can affect their health and social care, reducing access to mental health care. This study explores the lived experiences of African and Middle Eastern newcomers to Ontario, Canada. An understanding of newcomer integration challenges, successes and social justice issues is needed to improve health equity and social services. In this qualitative study, we used a participatory research approach to collect stories reflecting participants' integration perspectives and experiences. Beginning with our immigrant community network, we used snowball sampling to recruit newcomers, ages 18 to 30, originating from Africa or the Middle East. We used qualitative narrative analysis to interpret stories, identifying context themes, integrating related barriers and facilitators, and resolutions and learnings. We shared our findings and sought final feedback from our participants. A total of 18 newcomers, 78% female and approximately half post-secondary students, participated in the study. Participants described an unknown and intimidating migration context, with periods of loneliness and isolation aggravated by cold winter conditions and unfamiliar language and culture. Amidst the struggles, the support of friends and family, along with engaging in schoolwork, exploring new learning opportunities, and participating in community services, all facilitated integration and forged new resilience. Community building, friendships, and local services emerged as key elements for future immigrant service research. Utilizing a participatory health research approach allowed us to respond to the call for social justice-oriented research that helps to generate scientific knowledge for promoting culturally adaptive health care and access for marginalized populations.

Optimizing Electric Vehicle Battery Management Systems for Enhanced Performance and Efficiency in the Automotive Sector

Automotive means of transportation has become the major and cheapest means transportation in Nigeria. This fact has put more pressure on manufacturers to provide customers with high quality Automobiles with the aim of making profits. Nowadays, manufacturers are faced with a major problem in the management of information within a manufacturing plant and creation of effective relationship with customers. As an approach to solving these problems, a detailed analysis is carried out on the existing system to find out the strength and weaknesses of the existing system. And based on the requirements generated, the new system is designed. An Object Oriented design approach is used to describe the various units (modules) that make up the system in terms of classes and objects. The design and development of an Automotive Plant Management system for a manufacturing company is a project developed with PHP, MySQL, Ajax, HTML, JavaScript and Jquery Plugins, it provided better and more efficient management of information generated from Human Resource, Inventory, Company Finance and also Customer Relationship Management In recent years, the surge in the adoption of electric vehicles has played a vital role in reducin fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. However, limited cross-national research has been conducted on the determinants of electric vehicle adoption in developing and developed countries. This study examines the factors influencing the intention to adopt electric vehicles in India (378 participants) and Spain (265 participants). This study develops an integrated model that combines the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2) and the value-belief-norm (VBN) model while accounting for the impact of national culture. The model is tested using structural equation modeling. The results indicate the integrated UTAUT2-VBN model is a valuable tool for explaining the differences in adoption intention across cultures. Moreover, the national cultural system plays a significant moderating role in most relationships within the model. This study offers valuable insights into the factors influencing electric vehicle adoption in different cultural contexts, which can inform policies and strategies to promote sustainable transportation.

Readiness of primary care centres for a community-based intervention to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases in the Caribbean: A participatory, mixed-methods study.

Epidemiological transition to NCDs is a challenge for fragile health systems in the Caribbean. The Congregations Taking Action against NCDs (CONTACT) Study intervention proposes that trained health advocates (HAs) from places of worship (PoWs), supervised by nurses at nearby primary healthcare centres (PHCs), could facilitate access to primary care among vulnerable communities. Drawing on participatory and systems thinking, we explored the capacity of local PHCs in three Caribbean countries to support this intervention. Communities in Jamaica (rural, urban), Guyana (rural) and Dominica (Indigenous Kalinago Territory) were selected for CONTACT because of their differing socio-economic, cultural, religious and health system contexts. Through mixed-method concept mapping, we co-developed a list of perceived actionable priorities (possible intervention points ranked highly for feasibility and importance) with 48 policy actors, healthcare practitioners and civic society representatives. Guided in part by the concept mapping findings, we assessed the readiness of 12 purposefully selected PHCs for the intervention, using a staff questionnaire and an observation checklist to identify enablers and constrainers. Concept mapping illustrated stakeholder optimism for the intervention, but revealed perceptions of inadequate primary healthcare service capacity, resources and staff training to support implementation. Readiness assessments of PHCs identified potential enablers and constrainers that were consistent with concept mapping results. Staff support was evident. Constraints included under-staffing, which could hinder supervision of HAs; and inadequate essential NCD medicines, training in NCDs and financial and policy support for embedding community interventions. Despite a history of socio-political disadvantage, the most enabling context was found in the Kalinago Territory, where ongoing community engagement activities could support joint development of programmes between churches and PHCs. Multi-sectoral stakeholder consultation and direct PHC assessments revealed viability of the proposed POW-PHC partnership for NCD prevention and control. However, structural and policy support will be key for implementing change.

Improving the Construction of Public Cultural Service System and Enhancing the Service Ability of Public Libraries to Vulnerable Groups

In the process of speeding up the construction of the public cultural service system in all respects, how to better conduct public cultural services for the vulnerable groups, provide knowledge help and service are the bounden duties of every public library, but also the best embodiment of the equalization and standardization of the construction of the public cultural service system. The formation of a fully covered public library service network must be accelerated, the talent incentive mechanism is innovated, the service supply and demand expression mechanism is built and improved, and the participation of social forces is actively introduced to enhance the service ability of public libraries for all levels of society.

Design and Politics: Graphic Design in Socialist Countries

As a part of the big culture and a component of the superstructure, design art and politics interact and restrict each other. Design art has always been created and accepted in the political society, while design art often unconsciously assumes the political responsibility of transforming the society and becomes a political expression. Politics plays an important role in the evolution and development of design art. The influence of design art on politics comes from the acceptability of the meaning contained in symbol products. With the rapid development of contemporary media and information technology, the richness and diversity of communication media make the global cultural communication break through the technical limitations. While communication is smoother and visual culture is unprecedentedly popular, cross-cultural, cross-language and cross-ethnic language symbols are designed. New and more influential political and cultural systems are emerging at a faster pace.

Olive Anthracnose in Portugal Is Still Mostly Caused by Colletotrichum nymphaeae, but C. acutatum Is Spreading and C. alienum and C. cigarro Are Reported for the First Time

Olive anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum fungi, is responsible for major fruit yield losses and poor olive oil quality worldwide. In the Mediterranean basin, some Colletotrichum spp. appear to be replacing others, possibly due to climate change and modification in cultural systems. To update the situation in Portugal, 525 olive groves were surveyed throughout the country over two years, revealing a decrease in disease incidence, associated with scarcer rainfall and new cropping systems using less susceptible cultivars. A collection of 212 isolates was obtained, and phylogenetic analyses using a multi-locus sequencing approach (five and six loci in the acutatum and gloeosporioides species complex, respectively) revealed the presence of seven Colletotrichum species within the collection. Compared to surveys conducted in the first decade of the 21st century, the species composition of olive anthracnose pathogens in Portugal remains mostly unchanged, with C. nymphaeae as the prevalent species, followed by C. godetiae, but with C. acutatum geographically expanding and with C. alienum and C. cigarro being reported for the first time as causal agents of olive anthracnose in Portugal. A close attention to pathogen population shifts, in the context of climate change and modification of cultivation systems, is fundamental for anticipating plant protection measures.

Image of the Main Character and the Value of Character Education in Beranak Beruk Folklore

Background:  The position and function of folklore in the last decade seem to have been increasingly shifted due to advances in information technology, cultural systems, social systems and currently developing political systems. It is not impossible that various forms of old culture, including folklore, will be neglected amidst the increasing activity of development and renewal, so it is feared that oral literature which is full of values, norms, and customs will eventually disappear without a trace. Purpose: explaining the image of the character and the value of character education in the story of Beranak Beruk so that it can become a reference in improving character in the world of education. Design and methods: The research method used is qualitative, with data collection techniques through document study and library observation. Results: there are two types of character images in the story Beranak Beruk, there are good images and bad images. Of these two images, only the positive image can be used as a reference for character education values, namely religious, honest, tolerant, disciplined, hard work, creative, independent, democratic, curious, national spirit, love of the country, respect for achievement. , Friendly/Communicative, Loves Peace, Likes Reading, Cares for the Environment, Cares for Social Affairs. Responsibility.

Traditional Rural Culture in Xinyang Tea Packaging Design

Rural traditional culture is an important component of China's traditional cultural system, and has been an important supporting force for the national rejuvenation in the recent years. It has also been widely used in many industries, with the aim to promote rich cultural connotations into the development of rural traditional cultural elements. Xinyang Maojian tea, as being one of China’s most famous product, comes with various tea packaging designs that portray the richness of tea in its own traditional tea culture. Using rural cultural symbols to convey tea culture can reflect regional characteristics and tea types in most prominent way. Therefore, this study would skillfully integrate rural cultural content, combining symbol design theory and using information means to carry out Xinyang tea packaging design that can reflect the market awareness of tea and expand the popularity of Xinyang Maojian. From the perspective of traditional rural culture, this paper analyzes the packaging design of Xinyang tea, aiming at improving the publicity effect of Xinyang tea and carrying forward the traditional rural culture of Xinyang.

Воспитанность как социокультурная идентичность систем ценностей базовой культуры личности и традиционной культуры общества

The formation of a socio-cultural identity of the basic culture of the individual to the norms of the traditional culture of society is the most important task of education. At the same time, in this article, the upbringing of a person is considered as a measure of the identity of the content of the value systems of the traditional culture of society and the basic culture of the pupil's personality. This article proposes an institutional model for the formation of socio-cultural identity. Sociocultural identification of the basic culture of a person is carried out at various levels of socialization according to common identification features, which include traditions, language and a system of values characterizing the traditional culture of society.

Barriers and enablers to people-centred viral hepatitis care in Vietnam and the Philippines: Results of a patient journey mapping study.

In Vietnam and the Philippines, viral hepatitis is the leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer. This study aims to understand the barriers and enablers of people receiving care for hepatitis B and C to support both countries' efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. Retrospective, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive, quota-based sample of 63 people living with hepatitis B or C in one province of Vietnam and one region of the Philippines. A rapid deductive approach to thematic analysis produced key findings among the three phases of care: (1) pre-awareness and testing, (2) linkage and treatment initiation and (3) ongoing treatment and recovery. The research found that participants followed five typical journeys, from a variety of entry points. Barriers during the pre-awareness and testing phase included limited awareness about hepatitis and its management, stigma and psychological impacts. Enablers included being familiar with the health system and/or patients benefiting from social connections within the health systems. During the linkage and treatment initiation phase, barriers included difficult physical access, complex navigation and inadequate counselling. In this phase, family support emerged as a critical enabler. During the ongoing treatment and recovery phase, the cost of care and socially and culturally informed perceptions of the disease and medication use were both barriers and enablers. Exploring peoples' journeys with hepatitis B and C in Vietnam and the Philippines revealed many similarities despite the different cultural and health system contexts. Insights from this study may help generate a contextualized, people-centred evidence base to inform the design and improvement of primary care services for hepatitis in both research sites.

“O RIO É A MINHA VIDA”: REPRESENTAÇÕES DE RIBEIRINHOS DA VILA VISTA ALEGRE SOBRE O RIO BRANCO NO SUL DE RORAIMA, BRASIL

Purpose: To understand the representations of residents about Rio Branco, emphasizing social aspects (experience, beliefs and economic importance) in the context of Vila Vista Alegre, municipality of Caracaraí, in Roraima.   Theoretical framework: the Amazon riverside people built their way of life around water, making the local natural resource essential to their existence. Water, in addition to being essential to human existence, can also be the main alternative for economic activity, leisure and transport of this population.   Method/design/approach: Interviews were carried out using a semi-structured questionnaire using the “Snowball” technique, with the resident who had lived in the area as the initial interviewee, with the data being worked through content analysis.   Results and conclusion: The environmental modifications mentioned by the residents have caused changes in fishing spots, as well as in all the old dynamics of this social group, which point to the absence of projects that help in the conservation of it is necessary to include residents in decisions regarding the conservation actions of this water resource, together with environmental agencies, due to their active participation in the emergence of the community.   Research implications: The approach involves socio-environmental aspects of a riverside community that coexists with threats from anthropic activities to the Branco River, an essential water source for the maintenance of the material and cultural systems of this social group - fishermen from Vila Vista Alegre.   Originality/value: The discussion about the use of water resources by residents, highlighting the meaning of this ecosystem, their beliefs and the environmental damage they perceive, will enable the correct direction of the responsible bodies and public policies for environmental education.

A Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Impacts of Climate Change on Osogbo and Environs

  Climate change is one of the alarming global environmental changes likely to have deleterious effects on natural, social, cultural, and human systems. The risks associated with it call for a broad spectrum of policy responses and strategies at local, regional, national, and global levels. This research aims to carry out a geospatial analysis of the environmental impact of climate change on Osogbo and its environs with a view to providing information towards mitigating the negative impact of climate change in the study area. This study uses Landsat 4, Landsat 7, and Landsat 8 satellite data from 1982, 2002, and 2022, respectively, to evaluate land cover and temperature variation as a climatic change in the study area over four decades. The land survey method was carried out to collect ground truth data for validation of the satellite imageries. The drought map was produced based on the Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) map computed from Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) datasets and was further classified into three categories: moderate, mild, and no drought. Analysis of the Land Use Land Cover (LULC) of the study area shows that the vegetation decreased from 84% in 1982 to 59% in 2002 and 56% in 2022. The built-up/exposed surface increased from 15.28% in 1982 to 38% in 2002 and 41.28% in 2022. The water bodies also increased from 0.17% in 1982 to 15.31% in 2022. LST analysis reveals that the mean temperature of the study area increased by 10.73 °C during the past four decades (from 1982 to 2022), with the most accelerated warming (11.41 °C) occurring during the last two decades (from 2002 to 2022). The Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) based drought map shows that there was no extreme or severe drought in the study area. However, moderate and mild droughts were observed mostly in the developed part of the study area, which confirmed the presence of drought. It is hereby recommended to introduce sustainable water management strategies to mitigate water shortage in the study area.

Children’s learning for sustainability in social studies education: a case study from Taiwanese elementary school

IntroductionThe primary aim of social studies education is to convey knowledge about cultural and social systems while fostering inquiry, participation, practice, reflection, and innovation. Social studies education plays a pivotal role in raising awareness about various ethnic groups, societies, localities, countries, and the world at large. Furthermore, it instills in students a sense of responsibility, leading them to embrace diversity, value human rights, and promote global sustainability. The current elementary social studies curriculum in Taiwan strongly aligns with these principles and is a vehicle for sustainable development in society.MethodsThe researcher used qualitative research methods and adopted a case study design to review the pedagogical design of the elementary social studies curriculum in Taiwan as a means of sustainability education and enriching children’s cultural learning in the context of sustainability. Children’s learning related to sustainability in an elementary school was investigated, and a social studies teaching design was developed. Finally, the developed teaching approach was implemented in a classroom setting.Results and discussionThe study yielded the following findings: (1) The social studies curriculum development in Taiwan is connected to the pulse of life, a sense of care for local communities, and cultivation of local thinking. (2) This social studies curriculum adopts a child-centered and problem-oriented approach and integrates students’ interests and the local environment into the learning process. (3) It effectively enhances students’ sustainability-related competencies and skills. These findings offer valuable insights for teachers and can enable them to shape the direction of their social studies courses and cultivate children’s concept of sustainable development for their living environment.

The Cultural Construction of the Domestic Space in France: Women’s Lived Experience and the Materialization of Customs

This article explores the intersecting processes of construction of the home, social, and individual identities through domestic practices inside French housing. It examines the design and occupation of French homes as crucial moments for the consolidation of subjectivities, beliefs, and ideologies manifested through daily actions that are influenced by normative cultural systems. In specific, it looks at codified domestic behaviours and their aesthetic dimension, focusing on how the French “art of living” has influenced taste, design, appropriation, and decoration of domestic interiors. Architectural treatises along with etiquette manuals are analysed as they both represent—through the written word and architectural drawings—cultural and gender stereotypes as well as societal norms and expectations that inform housing design and domestic practices. These documents directly assist in the cultural construction of the domestic space, uncovering mechanisms of reproduction and representation that inform the use and design of residential architecture. By focusing on women’s lived experiences, this research looks at the consolidation of feminine domestic cultures and how they fostered small-scale physical transformations of dwellings’ interiors through daily negotiations that define self-identity and interpersonal power relations. These dynamics are referred to as “cultural domesticity.” The latter frames this study along with feminist literature, situating women’s contribution to the aesthetic and spatial development of French apartments. What emerges from this study is that the French state historically exercised a regulatory power that impacted daily life and housing design.

Rancang Bangun Sistem Informasi Wisata Budaya (Studi Kasus Kabupaten Bandung)

This Cultural Tourism Information System is constructed with the purpose of seeking information about cultural tourism and cultural objects in the Bandung Regency area. Besides providing cultural tourism information, this cultural tourism information system is employed to discover various cultural tourism events within the Bandung Regency region. Through this research, it is anticipated that it will be beneficial for cultural tourism promotion and aiding in the advancement of local cultural objects in the Bandung Regency. The research method applied is the Rational Unified Process with the utilization of Unified Modeling Language in modeling, while testing is conducted through the BlackBox Testing method. This application is developed using the Laravel Framework and Bootstrap, The results of the implementation show that the overall constructed information system aligns with user requirements. From the conducted User Acceptance Test (UAT), the average parameter results were as follows: design 3.89 (77.9%), features 3.76 (75.3%), and user satisfaction 4.20 (84.2%).

The Dual Role of Culture in Evolutionary Play: Anthropogenic Expansion Vs Destruction of Biodiversity

A large number of Green discourse blames the human species for the current ecological crisis. However, this description of humanity as the ecocidal culprit serves to conceal the role of humans, in both past and contemporary pre-industrial societies, as custodians of biodiversity. Indigenous societies are known to have conserved their natural resource base for posterity, by instituting cultural norms and institutions against exhaustive resource use. In addition, pre-industrial societies also increased biodiversity on taxic and genetic levels, by domestication of many wild biota, and on the ecosystem level with agroforestry. While Darwin gave much importance to the process of domestication of plants and animals by means of artificial selection, modern science and agriculture curricula tend to neglect this aspect of the history of human civilization. The novel taxa, created in the process of domestication, are characterised by many morphological and behavioural traits never found in the wild progenitor species. Further selection of favourable traits of the new species created an abundance of distinctive crop landraces and animal breeds. The increment in diversity at the ecosystem, taxic and genetic levels, by the process of domestication and in ancient agroforestry systems, began to reverse with industrial development over the past two centuries. Indeed, industrial development has been the chief driver of the continuing process of biodiversity erosion and habitat loss worldwide. Industrial agricultural systems, signposted by the Green Revolution (GR), has severely truncated the on-farm crop species and genetic diversity, which characterised traditional multi-crop farming and agroforestry systems in native agrarian cultures. Over the past six decades, the continual replacement of hundreds of landraces with a handful of GR cultivars, combined with the institutional apathy toward in situ landrace conservation efforts, has led to the disappearance of the importance of genetic purity of landraces from breeding programs and heirloom crop conservation discourse. Most of the modern farmers, predominantly dependent on the industrial supply of crop seeds, have forgotten the methods of genetic purity maintenance, resulting in the rapid loss of the hundreds of crop landraces with distinctive properties, which were selected centuries ago for diverse agronomic, gustatory, and aesthetic qualities. A recognition of the value of the custodian role of ecosystem people in creating and conserving biodiversity, vis-a-vis the current industrial decimation of biodiversity on all levels, will likely promote biodiversity conservation ethos in modern societies, and the value of genetic purity of the extant crop landraces.

China's National Public Cultural Security Construction under the Cultural Differences Between East and West

Since Hu Huilin's concept of China's national cultural security was proposed, it has inspired many qualitative studies, and then Han Yuan's team introduced quantitative research methods in 2021. On this basis, this study uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis to explore the current situation, challenges, and coping strategies of China's national cultural security, especially the impact of cultural differences between Chinese and Western cultures on China's cultural security in the context of globalisation. It also conducts a data-driven comparative study using Hofstede's National Culture Model and existing national cultural security assessment indicator systems. The analysis focuses on six cultural dimensions, including power distance, individualism masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long-term orientation, and indulgence. The findings suggest that China differs significantly from the West in terms of individualism and long-term orientation, which has important implications for China's cultural policies and social structures. China's power distance and relatively low uncertainty avoidance index provide opportunities for the development of cultural innovation and diversity. Moreover, the balance between indulgence and restraint is equally important in preserving cultural diversity and promoting social harmony.