Modern Era Research Articles

Children's Addictive Behavior in Watching Animation on Youtube, What is the Solution?

In this modern era, many entertainment media are easily accessible to children via Youtube. Along with the progress and evolution of educational knowledge and technology, the role of parents in early childhood education is very important. Parents need to understand and learn about every latest knowledge and technology in this era full of various challenges. Many parents do not realize that gadget addiction can be dangerous because it can damage children's mental and physical health. Some parents don't even realize when their children spend 3 hours or even the whole day watching YouTube without a break. Situations like this can indicate when the child has experienced addiction. Based on the results, researchers want to provide an understanding of parents related to children who are addicted to animated YouTube content using an interpersonal communication approach. With parental guidance, the selection of animated content on the elements of learning methods and watching together actively can reduce the potential for excessive addiction and the weakness of watching negative animated content. The selection of animations such as Nussa and Rara as children's shows is an educational selection. This animation includes good character education, so it is suitable for shaping children's character if introduced early.

The Development and Consummation of Minimalism: a "Subtractive Aesthetics"

In the modern era, which has witnessed both the democratization and super-abund ance of information, complicated structural forms have fallen out of fashion in many quarters: indeed, they have often been deemed redundant. After the emergence of Modernism, many subscribed to the view that "the useless need not exist". In consequence, a movement designated "Minimalism" enjoyed an increasing vogue. Minimalism itself might be termed "the art of the less". As a philosophical model, value, and even lifestyle, it expanded to fields such as art, architecture, design and furnishing. First, this paper will explore the genesis, background and content of this artistic perspective. Next, the author will consider the movement in a broad scope, examining its evolution from the 1960s. In this context, the paper will largely discuss Minimalism from the three perspectives of painting, sculpture and architectural design. Finally, a conclusion will evaluate the main challenges associated with Minimalism, while also considering its future aesthetic development.

A Brief Discussion on the Development and Inheritance of Chinese Woodblock Printing Art

Chinese woodblock printing art, as an ancient art form, carries the long history and profound cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. From the emergence of woodblock printing technology in the Tang Dynasty, to the prosperity of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and then to the diversified development of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, woodblock printing not only witnessed the changes in Chinese society, but also reflected the aesthetic tastes and spiritual pursuits of people in different historical periods. Since modern times, woodblock prints have continuously integrated new artistic concepts and techniques while inheriting tradition, showcasing a unique style of the times. However, in the era of globalization and modernization, this traditional art form faces challenges in inheritance and innovation.

Promoting Shared Responsibilities in Developing Children’s Early Literacy and Reading Culture in Rwanda

Reading is of paramount importance in the modern era. It is an invaluable tool to instill knowledge in people and lead them to sustainable development. This study aimed to investigate the shared responsibilities of stakeholders in promoting early literacy and reading culture in Rwanda. The study was conducted in five districts in Rwanda, one in each province, including the city of Kigali. This study is conducted within the framework of the Theory of Emergent Literacy (EL) pioneered by Marie Clay (1926–2007) (Rohde, 2015; Teale, 1986; Tracey and Morrow, 2006), according to which literacy development begins very early in life and children’s early reading and writing experiences are of considerable importance in their overall literacy development. The study applied a descriptive research design, which consists of collecting quantitative and qualitative data. The target population was 437,988, which was the total number of households in the five districts. It involved 598 parents in selected households, school administrators, and local authorities. A convenience sampling technique was used to select parents, while a purposive sampling technique was applied to select school administration and local authorities. A questionnaire, interviews, and observation were used as data collection tools. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. The findings of the study revealed that parents carry out their responsibilities and interactions with children by cultivating a reading culture and reading stories to them before school age. Findings also showed that parents acknowledge teachers’ interactions with children through giving them take-home reading assignments. The strategies that are used to develop early literacy and reading culture include showing pictures, using games and songs, and devoting some hours to reading on specific days in a week. The study identified challenges including parents’ illiteracy and poverty preventing them from being involved in their children’s education, the lack of enough books in schools, and overcrowded classes. It is recommended that government support be increased by making reading materials more accessible to children; that parents’ role in developing the reading culture and early literacy should be more visible; and that there is a need for adult literacy education to enable parents to read to their children and monitor their reading practice.

A Fondrakö text: Cultural religious tradition and social integration of community

Fondrakö is the local wisdom of the Nias ethnic community and has two functions. First are the oral religious holy book teaching ancestors' values and philosophy. Second is the highest consensus institution of the traditional society formulating and making decisions on the socio-religious law to guarantee the order of the community. This paper explains that social differentiation has happened in the modern era; philosophical values of fondrakö remain to live up to this day and experience the proliferation of rites. The argumentation built through this paper is that primitive culture will not simply disappear in the modern community just because it experiences accommodation and the decrease of emotional intensity into new forms. Social laws of primitive religion are not always contradictory and can run parallel with civilization.

Business readiness for dual transformation: an analysis of business capabilities for digital and sustainable transformation

In a dynamic business environment, the convergence of Digital Transformation and Sustainable Transformation has emerged as a comprehensive strategy for companies seeking to thrive in the modern era. For this transformation to successfully develop, the appropriate conditions must be present to carry out a process of digitisation and sustainability. Therefore, this research aimed to identify the readiness level of companies established in the city of Tijuana, Mexico, to adopt a dual transformation process. An analysis of the different digital and sustainable transformation models was carried out, and a self-diagnosis model was designed. Then, a quantitative instrument was applied to a sample of 148 small, medium and large companies in Tijuana between 2022 and mid-2023. The analysis consisted of a descriptive analysis of the data and a correlation analysis. It concludes that the elements that most explain the dual transformation are strategy, culture, organisational and technical capabilities. Likewise, the related factors are definition and communication, alignment, and scope of the objectives within the strategy; change management, knowledge and collaboration in the culture; within the organisation: leadership, processes and organisational structure; and finally in the technical capabilities data management, training and systems integration. The results of this research allowed us to identify and propose strategies to implement the dual transformation and increase the scalability and competitiveness of the adopting companies.

PENGELOLAAN SDM UMKM DI ERA DIGITAL PADA PULAU HARAPAN, KEPULAUAN SERIBU

Effective and adaptive management of Human Resources (HR) to the development of digital technology is the key to the success of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the modern era. Harapan Island, one of the islands in the Thousand Islands, DKI Jakarta, has great economic potential, especially from the MSME sector. However, limitations in human resource management and the use of digital technology are the main challenges for the growth and sustainability of MSMEs in this region. This community service activity aims to increase the capacity of MSME human resource management on Harapan Island through the application of digital technology. This program includes training and assistance in the use of digital tools for human resource management, the development of basic digital skills for MSME actors, and increasing digital literacy among MSME workers. The methodology used includes workshops, intensive training sessions, and direct mentoring in the field. It is hoped that through this program, MSMEs on Harapan Island can optimize their human resource management, improve operational efficiency, and expand market reach through digital technology. In addition, this program also aims to build awareness and better understanding of the importance of digitalization in business management. Thus, MSMEs on Harapan Island can develop better and contribute more significantly to the local economy and the welfare of the local community.

Eight challenges in developing theory of intelligence

A good theory of mathematical beauty is more practical than any current observation, as new predictions about physical reality can be self-consistently verified. This belief applies to the current status of understanding deep neural networks including large language models and even the biological intelligence. Toy models provide a metaphor of physical reality, allowing mathematically formulating the reality (i.e., the so-called theory), which can be updated as more conjectures are justified or refuted. One does not need to present all details in a model, but rather, more abstract models are constructed, as complex systems such as the brains or deep networks have many sloppy dimensions but much less stiff dimensions that strongly impact macroscopic observables. This type of bottom-up mechanistic modeling is still promising in the modern era of understanding the natural or artificial intelligence. Here, we shed light on eight challenges in developing theory of intelligence following this theoretical paradigm. Theses challenges are representation learning, generalization, adversarial robustness, continual learning, causal learning, internal model of the brain, next-token prediction, and the mechanics of subjective experience.

Generating Descriptive Text From Images - Image Caption Generator

In the modern era, image captioning has become one of the most widely required tools. Moreover, there are inbuilt applications that generate and provide a caption for a certain image, all these things are done with the help of deep neural network models. The process of generating a description of an image is called image captioning. It requires recognizing the important objects, their attributes, and the relationships among the objects in an image. It generates syntactically and semantically correct sentences. In this paper, we present a deep learning model to describe images and generate captions using computer vision and machine translation. This paper aims to detect different objects found in an image, recognize the relationships between those objects and generate captions. The dataset used is Flickr8k and the programming language used was Python3, and an ML technique called Transfer Learning will be implemented with the help of the caption model, to demonstrate the proposed experiment. This paper will also elaborate on the functions and structure of the various Neural networks involved. Generating image captions is an important aspect of Computer Vision and Natural language processing. Image caption generators can find applications in Image segmentation as used by Facebook and Google Photos, and even more so, its use can be extended to video frames. They will easily automate the job of a person who has to interpret images. Not to mention it has immense scope in helping visually impaired people

Changing Trends of Marriage: Emerging Complication, Paradoxical Thinking and Social Transformation

Marriage is one of the most ancient, indispensable, significant and universal social institution in all societies and cultures which has constructed since the beginning of human civilization. Marriage is a universal social phenomenon and it is a permanent bond between husband and wife which is intended to fulfill the economic, social, cultural, biological and emotional goals. Similarly, marriage establishes a new family which supports in giving facilities for the reproduction and upbringing of children. In changing context, individual freedom is greater matter rather than marital burden and partner’s ambiguity. In this modern era, there are various marriage allied complications, contradictions and changing trends. Sociological observations of marriage have brought out multifaceted marriage systems and its challenging transformations. Similarly, the change in gender relationship and independence between men and women has resulted in a considerable rise in the instability of marriage and its implication in the society. In this circumstance, this paper tries to analyze the conceptual and rational debates of orthodox and customary established marriage, marriage practice and its social, cultural, biological and emotional implications. Likewise, this study provides an analysis of contradictory thinking and declining trends of marriage in this contemporary society.

Bentuk Lagu Siontong Tabang Pada Ensambel Gandang Tasa Di Nagari Sunua Kurai Taji Pariaman

This research aims to describe the form of the Siontong Tabang song in the Gandang Tasa ensemble in Nagari Sunua Kurai Taji Pariaman. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method with the researcher as the main instrument, assisted by writing tools and a camera. Data were collected through literature study, observation, interviews, and documentation, with data analysis carried out through the steps of data collection, description, and conclusion drawing. The results show that Gandang Tasa is a traditional art from Pariaman, performed by an ensemble consisting of 6 to 7 players, including 6 Gandang players and 1 Tasa player. Gandang Tasa is usually performed at certain events, especially in the Tabuik ritual, to boost the spirit and solemnity of the community. The songs commonly performed in the Tabuik ritual include Oyak Tabuik, Sosoh, and Katidiang Sompong. The Siontong Tabang song plays an important role as pangka maatam in the Tabuik procession, with a short repetitive rhythmic pattern starting with Tasa playing. In the modern era, Gandang Tasa is no longer limited to traditional or ritual processes but also serves as entertainment and a means of cultural preservation for the people of Pariaman and its surroundings.

Peran Kualitas Pelayanan dalam Meningkatkan Kepuasan Konsumen Pemesanan Tiket Kereta Api Jarak Jauh Melalui Aplikasi KAI Access Ditinjau dari Perspektif Marketing Syariah

In this modern era, all fields are required to move faster so time is considered very valuable in this era. Therefore, transportation as a tool used by humans to travel is also required to be improved so that it can be faster and more comfortable. The aim of this research is to find out whether service quality influences consumer satisfaction when ordering long-distance train tickets via the KAI Access application. The data collection method used in this research is by using a questionnaire, which is a data collection technique that is carried out by giving a set of questions or statements to consumers or users of the KAI Access application. The data analysis method in this research uses descriptive analysis, simple regression and coefficient of determination. The research results show that service quality has a significant effect on consumer satisfaction when ordering train tickets via the KAI Access application. This is known from the results of the t test where the t count of 9.017 is greater than the t table value of 1.984 or can be seen from the significant value of 0.000 < 0.05.

A Report from the International Scientific Conference Titled “Egodocuments and Privacy in the Early Modern Era”, Lodz, 19–20 October 2023

A Report from the International Scientific Conference Titled “Egodocuments and Privacy in the Early Modern Era”, Lodz, 19–20 October 2023

Cultural-Feminist Tendencies in Turkish Society in the Example of Filiz Bi̇ngölçe’s Creativity

In Turkish society, feminism in themes of women’s emancipation and women’s rights began to develop more intensively in literary and artistic creativity in the second half of the 20th century and continues to varying degrees until today. In addition to literary works, sociological studies, and various forms of artistic creativity expressing feminist content, a unique example of a specific female expression appeared in a specialized dictionary of female jargon. The subject of this paper is the lexicographic and literary analysis of social contribution of the author Filiz Bingolče who devoted a significant part of her work to pointing out the position of Turkish women in a traditional society, which requires them to be humble and obedient wives and mothers, which represents a challenge for new generations of young women who are living in a time of accelerated scientific and technological developments while at the same time trying to find their place as respected individuals in society. Using the method of analyzing the selected corpus of the author’s significant work, which consists of the “Dictionary of Feminine Jargon” and “Threnody of Murdered Women”, our goal is to present to the scientific public the author’s feminist struggle and her contribution to the understanding of the intimate and hidden female being in a traditionally male environment. We can conclude that according to Turkish women, even in the modern era, the constraints of traditions cannot be easily unchained and that the battle for equal existence continues both on a wider social scale and in the individual context of women as individuals.

The Hamilton Receptor in Supramolecular Polymer Sciences.

Supramolecular polymers are polymeric materials of monomeric fragments, held jointly by reversible and directional non-covalent interactions such as multiple hydrogen-bonding, charge transfer effects, host-guest interactions, metal coordination, and aromatic stacking. This review article on the Hamilton-based supramolecular polymers aims to shed light on the molecular recognition achievements by the Hamilton-based polymeric systems, evaluate Hamilton receptor's future prospects, and capitalize its potential applications in supramolecular chemistry. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first elaborative and sole manuscript in which polymeric Hamilton receptors are being exposed in detail. The first portion of this manuscript is related to the importance and urgency of polymers along with the historic background of Hamilton receptors. The middle section discloses the potential applications of Hamilton-type receptors in various fields, e.g., dendrimers, mechanically polymeric rotaxanes, and self-assemblies. The final section of the manuscript discloses the future aspects and the importance of novel polymer-based Hamilton-type receptors in the modern era. We believe that this first review in this emerging yet immature field will be useful to inspire scientists around the world to find the unseen future prospects, thereby boosting the field related to this valued artificial receptor in the province of supramolecular chemistry and also in other domains of scientific fields and technology, as well.

Improving disease-specific survival for patients with Sezary syndrome in the modern era of systemic therapies.

Traditionally, Sezary syndrome (SS) has been associated with few therapeutic options and poor prognosis, with 5-year disease-specific survival (DSS) less than one-third in historical cohorts. However, newer therapies and combinations are associated with impressive time-to-next-treatment (TTNT), particularly allogeneic stem-cell transplantation (AlloSCT) and combination therapies notably those including extracorporeal photopheresis. In this multicentre, international study, we explored the prognostic outcomes of 178 patients exclusively managed for SS, diagnosed between 2012 and 2020, and treated in the modern therapeutic era. In this cohort, 58 different therapies were delivered, with 13.5% of patients receiving AlloSCT. Long-term survival exceeded historical reports with 5-year DSS and OS of 56.4% and 53.4% respectively. In those receiving AlloSCT, prognosis was excellent: 5-year DSS and OS were 90.5% and 78.0% respectively. Confirming the results from the Cutaneous Lymphoma International Consortium (CLIC), LDH and LCT had significant prognostic impact. Unlike earlier studies, stage did not have prognostic impact; we speculate that greater relative benefit favours patients with extensive lymphomatous nodal disease (Stage IVA2) compared to historical reports. For patients ineligible for AlloSCT, the prognosis remains relatively poor (5-year DSS 51.4% and OS 49.6%), representing ongoing unmet needs for more effective novel agents and investigation of improved therapeutic combinations.

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

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

Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills in Geometry through the Guided Discovery Approach with GeoGebra

In this modern era of K-12 curriculum, if students are expected to be knowledgeable and skilled, it is a requirement for the teachers to meet and cope with the necessary skills and competencies for the students to be more competent. This study is developed to investigate the effect of the Guided Discovery Approach (GDA) with GeoGebra on critical thinking skills in ninth-grade geometry students at Baluan National High School during the 2022-2023. Employing a true experimental research design, the study revealed that the student’s level of achievement in critical thinking skills in creating, applying, analyzing, and evaluating both in the conventional and experimental groups increases in mean gain scores of 28.27 and 32.8 respectively. The t-test result further shows a t(28) = 2.70 and a p-value = 0.01 indicating that the GDA with GeoGebra in teaching Geometry significantly improved students' critical thinking. It further reveals a significant increase in post-test scores for the experimental group emphasizing the effectiveness of GDA with GeoGebra. While students moderately accepted GeoGebra, there is no significant relationship between their critical thinking skills and acceptability. The findings underscore the importance of instructional methods in improving critical thinking skills, showcasing the potential of GDA with GeoGebra in Geometry.

Making minimally invasive procedures more sustainable: A systematic review comparing the environmental footprint of single-use versus multi-use instruments.

Healthcare systems contribute 5%-10% of the global carbon footprint. Given the detrimental impact of climate change on population health, health systems must seek to address this environmental responsibility. This is especially relevant in the modern era of minimally invasive procedures (MIP) where single-use instruments are increasingly popular. We compared the environmental footprint of single-use versus multi-use instruments in MIP. We conducted a systematic review across five databases to identify relevant original studies, following the PRISMA guidelines. We extracted environmental impact data and performed a quality assessment of included studies. We included 13 studies published between 2005 and 2024. Eight employed Life Cycle Analysis (LCAs), which is the gold standard methodology for studies evaluating environmental impact. The instruments studied included laparoscopy systems, endoscopes, cystoscopes, bronchoscopes, duodenoscopes, and ureteroscopes. Six studies, including three high quality LCAs and one fair quality LCA, showed that single-use instruments have a significantly higher environmental footprint than their multi-use counterparts. Six studies suggested a lower environmental footprint for single-use instruments, and one study presented comparable results. However, these studies were of poor/fair quality. Although our systematic review yielded mixed results, all high quality LCAs suggested multi-use instruments may be more environmentally friendly than their single-use counterparts. Our findings are limited by inter-study heterogeneity and methodological quality. There is an urgent need for additional research employing gold standard methodologies to explore the interplay between environmental impact and operational factors such as workflow efficiency and cost-benefit ratio to allow health systems to make more informed decisions.

Artificial General Intelligence: Advantages in English Language Learning

Learning English has become a major focus in this modern era, where cross-cultural communication is increasingly important. However, the language learning process is often challenging for many individuals, especially those who do not have adequate access or resources. The advent of Artificial General Intelligence promises significant advances in language learning approaches, with the potential to increase the accessibility, speed and effectiveness of learning. This research aims to explore the potential benefits of Artificial General Intelligence in English language learning, especially in the context of accessibility, speed and effectiveness of learning. The research method uses a qualitative approach involving a comprehensive literature study on the latest developments in the use of Artificial General Intelligence in language learning. The research results show that Artificial General Intelligence has great potential to improve English language learning. Apart from that, there are also many benefits to be gained from using Artificial General Intelligence in English language learning. The conclusions in this research confirm that the use of Artificial General Intelligence in English language learning offers significant potential to increase the accessibility, speed and effectiveness of learning. However, challenges related to ethics, privacy and data security also need to be seriously considered in the development and implementation of this technology. With a careful and integrated approach, Artificial General Intelligence can be a valuable tool in supporting inclusive and effective English language learning for all individuals. The limitation of this research is that this research only conducted research at the educational unit level, specifically in English language learning.