Rational Elements Research Articles

Hegel e o caráter

This paper is devoted to a systematic analysis of the notion of “character” within Hegel's thought. So far, this notion has been considered marginal within Hegelian philosophy and has hardly been addressed in the critical literature. This article, however, attempts to argue in favor of the thesis that character plays a prominent role in Hegel's thought. In this paper we therefore aim to provide (i) a systematic reconstruction of the concept of “character” in Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of History and Lectures on the philosophy of Subjective Spirit in order to show that (ii) the notion of character in Hegel has a greater relevance than hitherto acknowledged, a relevance which invests central notions of his philosophy. Our thesis, more specifically, is that the notion of character turns out to be closely related to load-bearing notions in Hegel's thought – namely, the notion of self-consciousness (as distinctive element of human rationality) and the notion of the spirit of a people (as a set of sociocultural and dispositional factors that allow different levels of understanding of the autonomy of human rationality). Precisely on the basis of this relevance and the critical issues it brings, such an operation provides the basis for arguing that iii) the Hegelian concept of character has important repercussions both on the contemporary debate on Hegel and on contemporary hegelianisms.

El espacio mítico y efectivo de la personalidad como derecho

This article aims to inquire into the relationship between the institution of the mythological power of law and the concept of personality, which is a properly rational element for the constitution of the person that, when passing to the realm of duty, desubjectivizes an element that can be justified by the Hegelian concept of Wirklich. The setup of the individual and their contranatural element is a fundamental hypothesis define the genealogy of the rights of personality. This work departs from the hypothesis of the effective relationship between legal personality as derived from a bibliographic review.

Post-truth and post-trust: how to re-define trust in the judicial system and the media

This article revisits the rational and symbolic elements of assumed and earned trust, and how social and political trust is intertwined with trust in the judiciary and the media, as key control points in a democratic system. As such, they are also primary targets of populist-autocratic movements. The article enumerates how the transformation of the information environment has shattered traditional structures and opened new ways of questioning existing injustices. The result is an information landscape which is not only post-truth but also post-trust. New methods and processes of institutionalising processes of earning trust and structuring distrust have become necessary.

Bio-Nano Toolbox for Precision Alzheimer's Disease Gene Therapy.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most burdensome aging-associated neurodegenerative disorder, and its treatment encounters numerous failures during drug development. Although there are newly approved in-market β-amyloid targeting antibody solutions, pathological heterogeneity among patient populations still challenges the treatment outcome. Emerging advances in gene therapies offer opportunities for more precise personalized medicine; while, major obstacles including the pathological heterogeneity among patient populations, the puzzled mechanism for druggable target development, and the precision delivery of functional therapeutic elements across the blood-brain barrier remain and limit the use of gene therapy for central neuronal diseases. Aiming for "precision delivery" challenges, nanomedicine provides versatile platforms that may overcome the targeted delivery challenges for AD gene therapy. In this perspective, to picture a toolbox for AD gene therapy strategy development, the most recent advances from benchtop to clinics are highlighted, possibly available gene therapy targets, tools, and delivery platforms are outlined, their challenges as well as rational design elements are addressed, and perspectives in this promising research field are discussed.

Odd degree rational characters and the order of rational elements in finite groups

We prove that, in a finite group, if every rational irreducible character has odd degree, then all rational elements are 2-elements, as it was originally conjectured by P. H. Tiep and H. P. Tong-Viet.

Analisis Strategi Komunikasi Pemasaran @Ninetysixvintages Pada Media Sosial Instagram

This study aims to determine the marketing communication strategy of @Ninetysixvintage through Instagram social media to support sales. This research uses a qualitative approach. A qualitative approach is a research method that focuses on an in-depth understanding of human phenomena, including in this case, marketing communication strategies on Instagram social media. This method involves data collection that is descriptive and narrative, with the aim of exploring a deeper understanding of the research subject. The results of this study are the message strategy and media strategy used by @Ninetysixvintages in their marketing communication on the Instagram social media platform. The applied communication strategy involves various aspects, including information content and creative. In terms of information content, @Ninetysixvintages focuses on delivering information about the product and its characteristics. While in terms of creative messaging on the Instagram platform, @Ninetysixvintages divides it into rational and emotional elements seen in their posts. In addition, there are also media usage strategies implemented by @Ninetysixvintages, including media selection and target market identification. In an effective marketing communication effort on the Instagram social media platform, @Ninetysixvintages utilizes various features such as followers and following, captions, interaction in the form of likes and comments, tagging, the use of hashtags, Instastory, live broadcasts, and direct messages to support the marketing communication strategy they implement.

Integrating rational and irrational factors towards explicating investment satisfaction and reinvestment intentions: a study in the context of direct residential real estate

Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the investment decision-making of real estate investors in housing, highlighting the interplay between rational and irrational factors. In this study, investment satisfaction was a mediator, while reinvestment intention was the dependent variable. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative, cross-sectional and descriptive research design was used, gathering data from a sample of 550 residential real estate investors using a multi-stage stratified sampling technique. The partial least squares structural equation modelling disjoint two-stage approach was used for data analysis. This methodological approach allowed for an in-depth examination of the relationship between rational factors such as location, profitability, financial viability, environmental considerations and legal aspects alongside irrational factors including various biases like overconfidence, availability, anchoring, representative and information cascade. Findings This study strongly supports the adaptive market hypothesis, showing that residential real estate investor behaviour is dynamic, combining rational and irrational elements influenced by evolutionary psychology. This challenges traditional views of investment decision-making. It also establishes that behavioural biases, key to adapting to market changes, are crucial in shaping residential property market efficiency. Essentially, the study uncovers an evolving real estate investment landscape driven by evolutionary behavioural patterns. Research limitations/implications This research redefines rationality in behavioural finance by illustrating psychological biases as adaptive tools within the residential property market, urging a holistic integration of these insights into real estate investment theories. Practical implications The study reshapes property valuation models by blending economic and psychological perspectives, enhancing investor understanding and market efficiency. These interdisciplinary insights offer a blueprint for improved regulatory policies, investor education and targeted real estate marketing, fundamentally transforming the sector’s dynamics. Originality/value Unlike previous studies, the research uniquely integrates human cognitive behaviour theories from psychology and business studies, specifically in the context of residential property investment. This interdisciplinary approach offers a more nuanced understanding of investor behaviour.

Rational generalized mixed finite element method for 2D linear elastic problems

Combining the ideas of rational displacement finite element and generalized mixed finite element, the rational generalized mixed element with 5 nodes is proposed. The finite formulations for the proposed element are derived on the basis of the generalized mixed variational principle, and the two field variables of displacement and stress can be solved simultaneously. Fundamental solutions of planar linear elasticity are adopted as the displacement interpolation function, while polynomials satisfying the equilibrium equation are adopted as the stress interpolation function. Both the displacement and stress boundary conditions can be introduced directly at same time in the proposed method, which contributes to being a more rational model. The solution technique is utilized to analyze a couple of representative static problems, and the results show the properties of excellent accuracy and good convergence. In addition, it is found to be evident for improvement of the accuracy when the stress boundary conditions are applied.

PROJECTIVE CHARACTER VALUES ON REAL AND RATIONAL ELEMENTS

Abstract Let $\alpha $ be a complex-valued $2$ -cocycle of a finite group G with $\alpha $ chosen so that the $\alpha $ -characters of G are class functions and analogues of the orthogonality relations for ordinary characters are valid. Then the real or rational elements of G that are also $\alpha $ -regular are characterised by the values that the irreducible $\alpha $ -characters of G take on those respective elements. These new results generalise two known facts concerning such elements and irreducible ordinary characters of $G;$ however, the initial choice of $\alpha $ from its cohomology class is not unique in general and it is shown the results can vary for a different choice.

Gestão pesqueira e Colonialismo: desterritorialização e r-existências na comunidade pesqueira artesanal da Praia do Siqueira/RJ-Brasil

Abstract Colonial domination, established from the 15th century onwards, remains as a founding element of modern western rationality,, acting as invisibly as efficiently in the production of subalternities. In the epistemological dimension, the coloniality of knowledge institutionalizes the role of modern science in the discrimination of knowledge between false and true. Decolonization as an unfinished project, associated with authoritarian fisheries management models, has forged contexts of environmental injustice. As a factual example, we analyze the imposition of a period of suspension of fishing activity in Lagoa de Araruama-RJ, based on the narratives of the artisanal fishing community of Praia do Siqueira, located on its banks. In developing the research, non-extractive/participatory methodologies were used. It is concluded that the imposed calendar intensifies the processes of deterritorialization of the community, however, despite the violence, these spaces are percolated by r-existence practices.

Functions of one-time occurrence verbs in I. Bunin’s short stories “Dark Alleys”

The article presents the results of the study of modern Russian verbs with the person subject based on the cycle of stories “Dark Alleys” by I. Bunin. The purpose of the article is a one-time occurrence verbs’ multi–level analysis taking into account several aspects, lexico-semantic and grammatical ones, through the prism of functional grammar. This analysis will reveal the features of the use of verbs with the meaning of one-time occurrence in I. Bunin’s idiostyle, and their role in revealing the main conceptual space of the author’s stories. The novelty of our research is the fact that we have taken into account the morphological and syntactic characteristics of the verbs, their features of compatibility with the circumstances of time, mode of action, measure and degree. We have established that the category of one-time occurrence functions in two groups (marked and unmarked one-time use), which have their own specific morphological characteristics, however, they are characterized by the fact that, as a rule, they are combined with time constants. The most frequent group of one-act verbs has been identified, namely: verbs with the suffix – nu (ну) -. This interpretation has made it possible to analyze in more detail the linguistic phenomenon of I. Bunin, to reveal the author’s individual picture of the world. The analysis of the linguistic material allowed us to conclude that the functioning of the verbs with the meaning of one-time occurrence in fictional discourse helps to identify the author’s perception of reality based on the unity of rational and emotional elements.

Antioptimization of mass-in-mass acoustic metamaterials based on interval analysis

In this study, an integrated analytical and experimental study on a type of one-dimensional periodic acoustic metamaterial with mass-in-mass unit cells is presented. Then, this paper proposes an antioptimization strategy to study the effect of the design parameters of the local resonators of the mass-in-mass acoustic metamaterial model on the band gap behavior. In this antioptimization strategy, the interval model is used to deal with the inner mass, spring stiffness and damping coefficient of the local resonators, and an interval mass-in-mass acoustic metamaterial model is established. Both the rational series expansion-interval perturbation finite element method (RSE-IPFEM) and interval affine finite element method (IAFEM) are used to evaluate the lower and upper bounds of the dynamic response interval vector, based on which an interval vibration transmission analysis can be implemented. Meanwhile, Monte Carlo method and experiments are also presented to demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the RSE-IPFEM and IAFEM. Results show that the design parameters of the local resonators significantly affect the beginning frequency of the band gap. Compared with the traditional optimization algorithm, the calculation accuracy of the antioptimization algorithm based on RSE-IPFEM and IAFEM can meet the engineering requirements, and the calculation efficiency is also significantly improved. Since IAFEM is more effective than RSE-IPFEM in suppressing conservatism, IAFEM is a better antioptimization strategy for dealing with the interval mass-in-mass acoustic metamaterial model. Therefore, the proposed antioptimization scheme is expected to inspire future researchers to analyze regulation rules of the band gap following the same procedures.

Photosynethics: a groundwork for being with the light

ABSTRACT It has been suggested that we turn to solar geoengineering to counter global warming, which would consequently transform the relationship of terrestrial plant-life to the sun. This is an article not about geoengineering as such, but instead what is called photosynethics, or, thinking about our moral relationship to the light – in particular, as it is mediated by plants. Working from within but then extending the idea of responsibility found in the work of Emmanuel Levinas, it is argued here that, since the plant cultivates the conditions of life on earth by photosynthesis, its relationship to the sun is then a relation of giving to others that is properly moral. The plant’s existence is an exposure so out of kilter with human ways of understanding existence that it interrupts our own and brings us into a relation of responsibility. It is concluded that rather than redirecting the sun’s radiation, we should turn to plants to reconsider how we live with the light on a heating planet. This first means separating moral responsibility from human vision so that we might encounter light on its own terms, and not simply as an element of rationality or sentiment or discipline.

Calculation of axial compression performance and bearing capacity of hollow sandwich glass fiber-reinforced polymer-concrete-steel double-skin tubular column

To evaluate the axial compressive performance of the hollow sandwich GFRP-concrete-steel double-skin tubular columns (DSTC), 15 composite column specimens were produced to study the effect of various design variables. And the study presents a rational and accurate finite element (FE) model that provides a detailed working mechanism of the DSTCs, leading to the enrichment of parametric research and the creation of an extensive database. Based upon the unified strength theory of double shear, limit equilibrium theory, and superposition theory, the study evaluates and compares the effectiveness of different bearing capacity calculation models. With each added millimeter in the thickness of the GFRP tube, the ultimate bearing capacity of the DSTC specimen increased by 23.6% and 61.8%, respectively, compared to that of the 1.5 mm thick GFRP tube sample. The lower the hollow ratio of the DSTC section, the higher its ultimate bearing capacity. Specimens with a hollow ratio of 0.3 and 0.43 showed an ultimate bearing capacity 1.4 times and 1.25 times higher, respectively, than those with a hollow ratio of 0.6. The study observes a relatively high level of precision in the results of the ultimate equilibrium theory, with an average error rate of 20%.

The common nature of ideology and mythology as an object of socio-philosophical analysis

In this study, the authors examine mythology and ideology, their nature and origin, as well as the processes of their relationship. It is argued that ideology and mythology are in many ways interrelated phenomena, but not reducible to each other. Between them, not imperative, but rather complimentary relations are established, when they borrow certain elements and structures of each other in the process of interaction. The commonality of their nature and origin is manifested in the commonality of their properties and functions. Ideology has two sides: rational and irrational. The study shows that the irrational side of ideology is no less important and has no less influence on the final consumers of ideology than its rational and scientific elements. The irrational side is expressed in the mythical, unconscious, affective and imaginary. The scientific novelty of the study consists in revealing the essence of ideological myths, designating myths in the structure of ideology, establishing the "mythomotorics" of ideology, as well as highlighting the main properties of ideology and mythology: spontaneity and chaotic origin; unorganised and a-centric character; deployment in different social fields and dimensions; transmission of the same message through several codes; comprehensive and all-encompassing impact on end-users; lack of complete clarity and eluding analysis; ritual and repetition. It is concluded that the functional role of myths in ideology is that they fill the void between the ideological system and the social order in places where they do not correspond or openly contradict each other.

РОЛЬ ВНУТРЕННЕГО МОНОЛОГА В РАСКРЫТИИ ГЛУБИН ДУШЕВНОЙ ЖИЗНИ РАСКОЛЬНИКОВА (ПО РОМАНУ Ф.М. ДОСТОЕВСКОГО "ПРЕСТУПЛЕНИЕ И НАКАЗАНИЕ")

The article traces the evolution of the internal monologue as a means of revealing the depths of the spiritual life of the protagonist in Dostoevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment. The novelty of the work lies in the fact that the role of the internal monologue is explored depending on the Christian views of the novelist.It is noted that the evolution of the internal monologue is due to a change in the moral and psychological state of the hero and the surrounding reality. However, the novelist believed that a person is determined not only by character, current life circumstances, but also by free will, which can destroy their logic, the laws of psychology and become a resurrection into a new life. The internal monologue becomes the leading means of artistic and psychological analysis in the novel, when the hero chooses self-will, empties his heart and plunges into the element of rationality. Thus, the hero becomes a person of the «environment» and lends himself to a partial psychological explanation.

OVERCOMING EUROPEAN NIHILISM IN THE TEACHINGS OF FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY

The subject of the study is Friedrich Nietzsche’s concept of nihilism as an integral part of his socio-philosophical views.The relevance of addressing the concept of nihilism in the context of Friedrich Nietzsche’s reflections on society is due to the fact that, in the philosopher’s view, nihilism is the main concept for substantiating the idea of the crisis nature of modern Western civilization. It is because of nihilism, Friedrich Nietzsche believed, that Western society in the historical perspective is doomed to decline and death.So, Friedrich Nietzsche’s critical approach to the problems of society is conceptual in nature, in a historical-philosophical sense, Nietzschean criticism contributed to the formation of the problem of the formation of a mass society and the idea of a crisis of Western culture in Western philosophical and social thought.In accordance with the purpose of the research, the article analyzes the Nietzschean criticism of society in the context of the reception and reflection of this criticism in the thoughts of famous representatives of non-classical philosophy, which is important for the formation of the modern discourse of Western culture.The paper analyzes the concept of nihilism as a prerequisite for Friedrich Nietzsche’s negative attitude towards the development prospects of Western society. The close connection between the idea of nihilism and rationalism is noted, it is rationalism, according to the philosopher, that is a prerequisite for the moral decline of society.It is emphasized that Friedrich Nietzsche’s fundamental criticism of rationalism at the level of general philosophical ideas has certain deviations when the philosopher considers specific socio-political processes.It is concluded that it is precisely in the socio-political aspect in the views of Friedrich Nietzsche that the complexity of the relationship between the concepts of rational and irrational is most characteristically manifested. This complexity actually goes beyond purely Nietzschean philosophy and becomes a subject of reflection for many representatives of non-classical philosophy.The article, based on the statements of a number of researchers of the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, proves the opinion that the philosopher’s anti-irrationalism can be understood in a constructive way, as a supplement and deepening of modern ideas about the nature of the rational, and not always the positive influence of the rational on man and society.Thus, the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche acts as a prerequisite for the further deepening of ideas in Western culture about the contradictory nature of society in which rational and irrational elements are inextricably intertwined.

Cassette Loading Units for Hanging Devices of Breeding Seeders

The cassette loading device of breeding seeders is designed for sequential movement of cassettes with seed material to the sowing apparatus of the seeder. (Research purpose) The research purpose is reviewing of breeding seeders with a cassette loading unit for sowing machines and analyzing the technical solutions used in the devices. (Materials and methods) Conducted a review of cassette seeders for sowing various crops in breeding and primary seed production in order to find effective technical solutions. We compared different design solutions of cassette loading devices and chose the most rational design elements. (Results and discussion) The direction of improvement towards the robotization of a cassette device for loading breeding seeders was revealed, which increases the productivity of this auxiliary operation and reduces the use of manual labor. A classification of cassette loading devices used on breeding seeders was proposed. Formulated the technical task of developing a new device design. (Conclusions) We analyzed domestic and foreign technical solutions of cassette loading devices for sowing machines of breeding seeders, determined their technical and technological features. It was established that the improvement of the cassette device for loading breeding seeders, which increases the productivity of this auxiliary operation and reduces the use of manual labor, should be implemented in the direction of robotization of the process of operation of the cassette loading device. It was stated that in order to create a robotic cassette loading device, it is necessary to develop a manipulator controlled by a programmable electronic controller and a control system that ensures: moving cassettes along a guide (carrier) plate and feeding them to the holes for unloading seed material into the loading cylinders of sowing machines; sequential feeding of cassette blocks to a cassette table (in the working area); synchronization of the seeding machines with the operation of the loading device.

Quantitative estimates for fractional Sobolev mappings in rational homotopy groups

Let N⊂RM be a smooth simply connected compact manifold without boundary. A rational homotopy subgroup of πN(N) is represented by a homomorphism deg:πN(N)→R.For maps f:SN→N we give a quantitative estimate of its rational homotopy group element deg([f])∈R in terms of its fractional Sobolev-norm. That is, we show that for all β∈(β0(deg),1], |deg([f])|≤C(deg)[f]Wβ,Nβ(SN)N+L(deg)β.Here C(deg)>0, L(deg)∈N, β0(deg)∈(0,1) are computable from the rational homotopy group represented by deg. This extends earlier work by Van Schaftingen and the second author on the Hopf degree to the Novikov’s integral representation for rational homotopy groups as developed by Sullivan, Novikov, Hardt and Rivière.

Exploring the Fusion of Magic and Realism in Harris's Chocolat: A Beacon of Hope for Liberation

With an emphasis on the novel's description of magical realism and social reformation, this research paper seeks to study Joanne Harris's Chocolat and its depiction of a society in which the residents strongly regard the so-called Christian orthodoxy. The researcher used a qualitative research method, such as literary analysis, to analyze the novel and explore its themes and motifs. For this, the novel is examined in detail, themes and motifs are identified, and the characters and their interactions are analyzed in detail. The researcher used quotes from the novel to support his claim. The female protagonist, Vianne, challenges this orthodoxy through her chocolate boutique in front of the church and initiates social reformation. The novel explores the negative portrayal of Vianne by the townspeople as a witch, outsider, and atheist, but she overcomes these issues by exposing the hypocrisy of the Christian orthodoxy and advocating for humanity, freedom, and social change through her chocolate shop. The author strikes a balance between magical and realist explanations in her writing. At the same time, the main character possesses a magical ability to intuit her customers' preferences and artfully win their affections. The novel encourages readers to accept the mystical elements of everyday life and scientific rationality. The findings and conclusion of this research is that Harris's Chocolat is a unique blend of magical realism and social reformation, challenging traditional Christian orthodoxy and advocating for a more humane, free, and accepting society.