Extraordinary Influence Research Articles

Aesthetics as philosophy of art, or Hegel’s reconciliation of Kantian dualism

Abstract Despite the extraordinary influence of Hegel’s aesthetics, the very term “aesthetics” features very seldom in his body of work. Considering both ongoing radical uncertainty as to the status of aesthetics as well as Hegel’s profound and persistent influence on aesthetics, it is worth reflecting on the reasons for, and potential alternatives to, Hegel’s use of the term “aesthetics.” This is the goal of this paper, which combines a reconstruction of Hegel’s variations on the topic with a broader perspective on what they can still teach us today. I begin by discussing Hegel’s presentations of the topic of his lectures on aesthetics (Section II). In Section III, I argue that both Hegel’s ambivalence towards aesthetics and his eventual identification of the latter with a philosophy of art are rooted in his confrontation with Kant’s seminal, yet insufficient, attempt to surmount dualism through his theory of reflective judgment. The attempt to address Kant’s unresolved dualism ultimately leads to the equivalence, both conceptual and terminological, of aesthetics and philosophy of art, and to the autonomy of art as a form of the absolute spirit (Section IV). In the concluding section, I outline the fundamental tensions left open by this equivalence as open challenges in contemporary aesthetics (Section V).

Problem solving as selective blindness

This article examines the practices associated with technical solutions to energy transitions. In particular, it considers the role of ‘problem solving’ as a partial view on the world with extraordinary influence. As the core epistemological practice of engineers, problem solving starts with selective framings of problems in which social or political conditions are taken as given. Engineering, as a form of applied science, therefore offers ethical choices that may be eclipsed by technical framings. This article highlights the reflexive practices of engineers engaged in modelling practices for energy transitions, who are addressing socio-technical problems in formally constrained ways that both enable and limit the thinkability of different future horizons.

The influence of context on diagnostic reasoning: A narrative synthesis of experimental findings.

Contextual information which is implicitly available to physicians during clinical encounters has been shown to influence diagnostic reasoning. To better understand the psychological mechanisms underlying the influence of context on diagnostic accuracy, we conducted a review of experimental research on this topic. We searched Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus for relevant articles and looked for additional records by reading the references and approaching experts. We limited the review to true experiments involving physicians in which the outcome variable was the accuracy of the diagnosis. The 43 studies reviewed examined two categories of contextual variables: (a) case-intrinsic contextual information and (b) case-extrinsic contextual information. Case-intrinsic information includes implicit misleading diagnostic suggestions in the disease history of the patient, or emotional volatility of the patient. Case-extrinsic or situational information includes a similar (but different) case seen previously, perceived case difficulty, or external digital diagnostic support. Time pressure and interruptions are other extrinsic influences that may affect the accuracy of a diagnosis but have produced conflicting findings. We propose two tentative hypotheses explaining the role of context in diagnostic accuracy. According to the negative-affect hypothesis, diagnostic errors emerge when the physician's attention shifts from the relevant clinical findings to the (irrelevant) source of negative affect (for instance patient aggression) raised in a clinical encounter. The early-diagnosis-primacy hypothesis attributes errors to the extraordinary influence of the initial hypothesis that comes to the physician's mind on the subsequent collecting and interpretation of case information. Future research should test these mechanisms explicitly. Possible alternative mechanisms such as premature closure or increased production of (irrelevant) rival diagnoses in response to context deserve further scrutiny. Implications for medical education and practice are discussed.

Sir David R. Cox. 15 July 1924—18 January 2022

David Cox was the leading statistical scientist of his generation and had an extraordinary influence on the field. His research career spanned some 75 years and 386 published works, with several drafts in preparation at the time of his death. He was held in extremely high regard by the community of scholars for his seminal contributions to scholarship, his enthusiasm for science and his generosity of intellect. One obituary called him a ‘rock star’ of the statistical world, and in spite of the hyperbole the description is apt. His work was very broad; he made influential contributions to the fields of experimental design, stochastic processes, statistical methodology, foundations of inference, statistics in medicine and public health, and more. His 23 published books continue to be key references for students and researchers. His most widely cited paper ( J. R. Stat. Soc. B 34 , 187–220 (1972)) introduced what is now called the Cox model for the analysis of survival data; this was included in Nature ’s list of the top 100 cited scientific papers of all time. He received many accolades, including the Copley Medal (2010) and the inaugural International Prize in Statistics (2016).

Difference in regional logistics development level in China based on entropy weight TOPSIS and Dagum models

The high-quality development of the logistics industry, which is an essential and strategic industry supporting the national economic operation and a fundamental component of modern industrial system construction, is not only a key component of the high-quality development of the national economy but also the main driving force for the high-quality growth of the national economy. As the supporting industry of the national economy, the logistics industry will also face spatial disequilibrium during development. Therefore, to achieve the coordinated development of the logistics industry, the high-quality development and the spatial-temporal unbalanced development status of the logistics industry in each province must be figured out first. This research established a comprehensive evaluation system for the logistics industry development, which included 14 basic indexes based on the provincial-level panel data of 30 provinces in China during 2009–2020. Then, the regional logistics development level score in China was measured using the entropy weight TOPSIS method, and the differences in the regional logistics development level in China and the dynamic evolution law of their distribution were deeply explored through the Dagum Gini coefficient model. The research results revealed that the evaluation index system (14 basic indexes) for the regional logistics industry development level in China was relatively scientific and reasonable; the regional logistics industry development level in China was increasing year by year, showing a steady upward trend, and the imbalance in the eastern, central, and western regions regarding the regional logistics development was shrinking year by year; the average intergroup contribution rate was 36.33%, the intragroup contribution rate was 31.49%, and the contribution rate of intensity of trans variation was 32.19%, proving that the regional differences exerted a most extraordinary influence on the spatial differences in the regional logistics industry development level in China. The research results have important reference value for summarizing the meaning of high-quality logistics industry development, constructing the evaluation index system for logistics industry development, and exploring the reasons for the temporal and spatial differences in logistics industry development in China.

Reopening schools safely and educating youth (ROSSEY) study: Protocol for a community-based, cluster randomized controlled trial

IntroductionROSSEY is a community–academic partnership aiming to develop and test a COVID-19 risk communication intervention for elementary school students and families in Yakima County, Washington. We describe the ROSSEY study protocol that will be implemented in the Yakima School District. MethodsAim 1 is to identify the community's social, ethical, and behavioral needs and resources for students to return to school and maintain onsite learning. We will conduct semi-structured interviews with students and school employees and focus groups with parents. Aim 2 is to evaluate the effectiveness of risk communication on students' school attendance. We will conduct a cluster randomized control trial. We will enroll 14 Yakima School District elementary schools with 900 student participants and randomize the schools into the COVID-19 risk communication intervention or control group. Aim 3 will assess implementation of the risk communication intervention and schools' COVID-19 mitigation strategies. We will use the RE-AIM framework to guide this work, which will entail conducting semi-structured interviews with students and school employees and focus groups with parents. DiscussionImplementation of science-based risk communication can educate the community on the benefits and safety of COVID-19 testing and vaccination. Risk communication may also inform families about the role of COVID-19 testing and vaccines as part of mitigation strategies to allow for safe in-person learning. Schools have extraordinary influence to promote children's health through policy and practice change. Study findings will provide evidence to facilitate policy decisions and best practices at schools that facilitate adoption of COVID-19 risk communication. Trial registrationClinicalTrials.govNCT04859699. Registered on April 26, 2021.

QUALITY CONTROL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DESIGN: FRAMEWORK-BASED OF SIPRIMA MOBILE APPLICATION

Nowadays, technological developments have a profound impact on all areas of human life. We as humans cannot avoid the influence of the evolution of the times, as well as with the business world. The use of technology in the world of business has a tremendous positive influence, so PT Prima Teknikindo Raya created an application called SiPrima. The Siprima application is an application that serves as a recording and management system for PT Prima Tekindo Raya. This application was created to solve the problems that are owned by PT Prima Technikindo Raya, which is the recording system that is still manual and is considered quite difficult, therefore it was created an app called SiPrimima which can help solve problems experienced by the PT Prima Techindo Raya based on Android to make it easier to work [1] to be able to avoid the influence of the development of the times, as well as with the business world. The use of technology in the world of business has an extraordinary positive influence, so the company PT.Prima TeknikIndo Raya created an application called “SiPrima”. The application SiPrima is an application that functions as a quality control management system of production quality of products within the company. The application was developed to address the issue of the management of the quality control system's ineffectiveness and efficiency in controlling production quality. Therefore, it was created a Siprima application that can help solve problems experienced by the Company

Investigating the effects of a single ASPM variant (c.8508_8509) on brain architecture among siblings in a consanguineous Pakistani family.

Autosomal Recessive Primary Microcephaly (MCPH) is a rare, neurodevelopmental disorder associated with mild to severe mental retardation. It is characterized by reduced cerebral cortex that ultimately leads to reduction in skull size less than - 3S.D below the mean for normal individuals having same age and sex. Till date, 30 known loci have been reported for MCPH. In the present study, Sanger sequencing was performed followed by linkage analysis to validate the mutation in ASPM gene of the consanguineous Pakistani clans. Bioinformatics tools were also used to confirm the pathogenicity of the diseased variant in the gene. MRI scan was used to compare the brain structure of both the affected individuals (Aslam et al. in Kinnaird's 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation, Lahore, 2023). Our study described a consanguineous family with two patients with a known ASPM (MCPH5) variant c.8508_8509delGA causing a frameshift mutation in exon 18 which located in calmodulin-binding IQ domain of the ASPM protein. The salient feature of this study is that a single variant led to significantly distinct changes in the architecture of brain of both siblings which is further confirmed by MRI results. The computation analysis showed that the change in the conservation of this residue cause this variant highly pathogenic. Carrier screening and genetic counselling were also remarkable features of this study (Aslam et al. in Kinnaird's 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation, Lahore, 2023). This study explores the extraordinary influence of a single ASPM variant on divergent brain structure in consanguineous siblings and enable us to reduce the incidence of further microcephalic cases in this Pakistani family (Aslam et al. in Kinnaird's 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation, Lahore, 2023).

Envisioning the Revolution: Art and the Creation of Mexico’s Communist Party

Abstract This article analyzes the interactions of artists, Mexico’s Communist Party, or the Partido Comunista Mexicano (pcm), and the Mexican state within the context of Mexico’s vibrant post-revolutionary era. Although during these early years the Party’s official membership numbers remained relatively minimal, this article argues that the extraordinary influence of Mexico’s creative participants on the politics of the period was significant. During the 1920s the pcm derived a great deal of prestige from its association with art and the muralists, including Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, and as a result Mexico’s lively political and artistic scene attracted the attention of writers, photographers, artists, and intellectuals from all over the world. Art and politics intertwined as artists played major roles in political affairs, and politicians appropriated the arts to transmit the “official” national history. Indeed, during these exhilarating years, the artists and the pcm built a powerful coalition, and one whose influence endured long beyond the 1920s.

IsiXhosa as a preservative instrument of culture: A consideration of ethnolinguistics

This ethnographic article, which is in the arena of ethnolinguistics in a South African milieu, ventures to underline how and why an indigenous language – isiXhosa – plays a significant role as a preservative instrument of culture in the context of the amaXhosa. This is against the logic that isiXhosa and its culture have methodically suffered subjugation as a direct impact of apartheid, and therefore it stands to reason that an inter-relationship between the two components is recurrently underlined. Ethnography as a conceptual framework is applied to examine the scholarly debates, while qualitative inquiry is appreciated for its ability to be flexible in research. An evaluation of existing literature in ethnolinguistics is carried out in a bid to recognise the achievements by other scholars, while an observable gap is outlined. Consequently, it is principally argued that isiXhosa embodies an extraordinary influence in the preservation of culture and heritage in the South African milieu. Closing remarks are presented with the anticipation that future scholarly debates will continue to contest these phenomena.

The international marketing strategy of Korea's Hybe Corporation and its implications to Chinese entertainment companies

With the continuous development of economic globalization, foreign trade has brought unprecedented opportunities, and the exchange and dissemination of different cultures have become increasingly important in international trade. Since the rise of South Korea's entertainment culture in the 1990s, it has taken less than a decade for Korean dramas, fashionable clothing and other popular cultures to become "popular in Asia" and "popular around the world". In recent years, Korea's Hybe Corporation broke the pattern of YG, SM, and JYP which are Korea's three major entertainment companies, jumped to become the fourth largest Korean entertainment company giant. Its strong cultural output has led to the extraordinary influence of Korean pop culture on a global scope. From the perspective of international marketing strategy, this paper introduces the development status of Hybe Corporation through PEST analysis and 4P marketing theory, so as to inspire Chinese entertainment companies to keep pace with the times and promote the export of Chinese culture.

Potret Laki-Laki Minangkabau dalam Naskah Drama Sabai Nan Aluih Karya Wisran Hadi

The existence of Minangkabau culture, language and oral literature seems to have started to change from time to time. This is due to the extraordinary influence of the times that is felt by the younger generation. The portrait of Minangkabau men in the Sabai Nan Aluih manuscript by Wisran Hadi contains meaning and life lessons that can be taken, one of which is that the role of men in Minangkabau must have principles in deciding issues so that there is no confusion. The aims of this research are, (1 ) The roles of the characters in the drama script Sabai Nan Aluih by Wisran Hadi, (2) The characters in the drama script Sabai Nan Aluih by Wisran Hadi, (3) Portraits of Minangkabau men in the drama script Sabai Nan Aluih by Wisran Hadi. The type of research used is literary research using descriptive analytical methods. This kind of research technique in literary criticism is called descriptive qualitative. The data source for this research is the drama script Sabai Nan Aluih by Wisran Hadi published by Balai Pustaka 1982. The research instrument is the researcher himself as the main instrument who sees, reads, understands, identifies, and records matters relating to the portrait of the Kaba Man in Manuscript of Sabai Nan Aluih by Wisran Hadi. The results of the study show that (1) the character who plays a role in the drama script of Sabai Nan Aluih is Rajo Babandiang who is none other than the father of Sabai Nan Aluih, (2) the characters that stand out in the story of this drama script are: (a) firm, ( b) wise, (c) compassionate, (d) arrogant, (e) cowardly, (3) portraits of Minangkabau male figures which can be interpreted in this study are in their positions as penghulu/mother, as father, and as urang sumando .

Disassembling the actant: A valediction to actor-network theory

On 9 October 2022, Bruno Latour died. His death was widely and deeply mourned. He is a great loss to sociology. This article takes Latour’s death as cue to make an initial posthumous assessment of his work. It argues that, with Latour’s death, sociology is at a cross-roads which in some ways reprises the Tarde-Durkheim debate. When Tarde died in 1904, the Durkheimian school became dominant. After Latour’s death, this article considers whether that history might now been reversed with a subsidence of the Durkheimian tradition. The article argues it should not. While recognising Latour’s ingenious creativity and his massive contribution to sociology, the article rejects Actor-Network Theory (ANT). Despite the many strengths of ANT and the extraordinary influence it has exerted, the article dissects the actant to claim that ANT is a flawed project. It argues in order to avoid accusations of determinism, the status of the actant was always ambiguous in ANT. As a result, although Latour consistently denied the power of human social groups, his analyses eventually relied upon surreptitious appeals to them. The neo-Durkheimian currents which are evident in contemporary sociology should re-assert themselves.

Heat and momentum diffusion of ternary hybrid nanoparticles in a channel with dissimilar permeability's and moving porous walls: A Multi-linear regression

In recent times, the term Hybrid nanofluid is frequently used owing to its extraordinary influence on different science and engineering processes like therapeutic process, motorized investigational and electrical circuits where energy transference is significant and marine engineering etc. The objective of the present investigation is to supervise the heat and momentum diffusion of ternary hybrid nanoparticles in a channel with dissimilar permeability's and moving porous walls which enables the nanofluid to enter or exist during successive expansion or contractions. In this model, newly proposed Wu's slip circumstance is enforced on the down permeable wall of the channel and analyzed along with thermal radiation and convective heating. The flow and heat diffusion of ternary hybrid flow-1 (Carbon Nanotubes(CNT), Graphene, Aluminum oxide), ternary hybrid flow-2 (Copper oxide, Copper, magnetite), ternary hybrid nanofluid 3 (Paraffin wax, Sand, AA7072 aluminum alloy) water as base fluid is compared and analyzed. The unsteady Navier Stokes equations is converted to partial differential equation by via stream function and the vorticity equation further similarity conversions are used to convert the prevailing flow quantities into non-linear differential equations and then elucidated numerically by shooting procedure with Runge-Kutta (R-K 4th order). Linear Regression method (LRM) is used to model the solution for the flow variables. Outcomes obtained for axial velocity f′(χ) and temperature circulation θ(χ) are interpreted by the graph. Achieved outcomes are compared with existing studies. The topmost result of this investigation is found to be -The higher distribution of heat transmission rate is observed in Case-3 (Paraffin wax + Sand + AA7072) with rise in Bi, Since the particles interaction is higher. The second order slip is shown lesser friction in the Copper oxide + copper + magnetite compared to rest of the situations

Effect of COVID-19 on Tourism Stocks in Developing Countries

The sudden beginning of COVID-19 pandemic of 2019 has had an extraordinary influence on the world's tourist economy, especially for some developing countries, as those countries rely on tourism to gain a large amount of their national income. Many scholars believed that this severe pandemic made the tourism stock market more volatile, and a significant decrease in tourism stock prices could always be found. This Paper looks at how the COVID-19 epidemic has affected the tourist stock market in some developing countries. Tourism stocks in China, India, and Thailand will be three examples of countries to discuss in this paper. In the research of this paper, it is observed that COVID-19 negatively affects the tourism stock prices in the market.

Cruelty against Leniency: The Case of Imperial Zoroastrian Criminal Law

The article examines the impact of Zoroastrianism on criminal law and legal theory during the reign of the Sasanian dynasty (224–651 C.E) in late Antique Persia. This was the historic period when Zoroastrianism was also the ideology of the Iranian state, which granted the Zoroastrian church extraordinary power and influence, a unique situation which is termed by the author as ‘imperial Zoroastrianism’. The first part of the paper examines how imperial Zoroastrianism evolved from previous understanding of religion and law. The second part of the paper scrutinises the Zoroastrian understanding of wrong in the light of eschatology and cosmology, and the ethical principles that follow from this very particular world view. Next, an individual section is devoted to the criminal theory of Zoroastrianism, which regards criminal punishment not as a punishment but as a means to save the soul of the offender from sufferings in Hell. With such an underlying principle in mind, the text looks for examples of cruelty and leniency in substantive criminal law and criminal procedure. This main body of the article examines contemporary legal sources and apocalyptic works. Finally, a comparison of Hindu and Islamic criminal legal theory follows the description of the Zoroastrian criminal law, highlighting astonishing similarities. Considering the results of both the analytic and the comparative methods, the author comes to the conclusion that it is not religion in itself that suppresses crimes, but rather their eschatology and cosmology: religions that are based on divine justice are less lenient toward crimes and offenders than religions in which alternative concepts like divine grace or non-violence are also operative.

МИТНО-ТАРИФНІ ІНСТРУМЕНТИ РЕГУЛЮВАННЯ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ІМПОРТЕРІВ ТЮТЮНОВИХ ВИРОБІВ ТА ЗАМІННИКІВ ТЮТЮНУ

The article examines the customs tariff instruments for regulating the activity of tobacco products and tobacco substitutes importers. Ukraine is not a country that produces tobacco substitute products, namely electronic cigarettes, and therefore this product is only imported to the territory of Ukraine. The tax aspect was analyzed, and a detailed calculation of the tobacco substitutes importer tax burden was identified. It is important to analyze the importer tax burden, and as a result, final consumer tax burden, based on 2023. The excessive difference between legally and illegally imported goods, especially during the war, when it becomes more and more difficult for the Ukrainian people to earn the money, forms a black market for illegal goods, because the consumer is ready to buy goods at a cheaper price, without an excise stamp. All goods without excise stamp imported by a representative of the black market illegally to obtain a competitive advantage because of reducing payment of excise tax and VAT. This hinders the de-velopment of importers who import and clear products legally, making them uncompetitive on the domestic market. End consumers in 2023 are increasingly starting to buy illegal products. The amount of duties to be paid by a legal importer has an extraordinary influence on this. Without a change in the issue of regu-lating this market with the help of customs tariff instruments, it will be increasingly difficult for legal im-porters to maintain their positions and they will reorient themselves to other goods, giving their share of the market to those who prefer to work illegally, minimizing their costs and increasing their competitive position by not paying taxes. Thus, without reducing the tax burden on importers of tobacco products and tobacco substitutes, the state makes a conscious choice to develop the shadow market

Teologija i/ili (pop)kultura - religija Kriptona

From the end of the 1930s when superhero comics formally appeared, until the latest film and television interpretations, we have seen the extraordinary influence of characters and symbols, of which the most famous and certainly the most recognizable is Superman with his striking superhuman powers. In this paper we wanted to shed light on the religious imagination of different authors. This provided a basis for an attempt to reconstruct what we would call a spiritual background of the most famous character in the world comics. Providing knowledge about the history, mythology and especially about the religion of the planet Krypton, we dared to analyse Raoism as an ancient religion, with its cultural, theological, organizational and ritual peculiarities.

LEISURE ACTIVITY AS A FACTOR OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

The article describes the theoretical aspects of the organization of leisure time and leisure activities. Based on the analysis of scientific sources, it has been proven that meaningful leisure is one of the components of a healthy lifestyle. The impact of the organization of leisure time on the moral and psychological climate in society, its cultural level, and the physical and moral health of the population is analyzed. It was concluded that meaningful leisure and socially oriented leisure activities are not only components, but also factors of a healthy lifestyle.
 It was noted that the organization of recreational activities has an extraordinary influence on the formation of personality, and the comprehensive and harmonious development of a person is not only a high social ideal, but also a necessary condition for solving the tasks of today's society.
 An attempt was made to implement objective and functional approaches in considering leisure and leisure activities. The implementation of the obgective approach made it possible to determine the content component of leisure time, to highlight the main concepts of leisure time and its principles. The functional approach contributed to focusing attention on the functions of leisure time in the life of a person and society (recreational, entertainment, educational) and factors influencing a person's choice of various forms of leisure activity. Emphasis is placed on the expansion of the scale and qualitative improvement of cultural and educational activities, and the necessity of giving priority to those forms of leisure that stimulate human creative activity, are saturated with intellectual search game and competition, and are capable of forming positive personality qualities.
 Further research of the problem of organizing leisure activities in the process of forming a healthy lifestyle will be aimed at finding new, more effective combinations of content, forms, methods and means, functions and principles of leisure that meet the demands of modern society, interests and needs of different age groups.

Sancho Panza in Eighteenth-Century English Theater: Disrupting the Path of the English Knight-Errant

Widely translated and adapted in eighteenth-century England, Don Quixote inspired some of the period's greatest fiction. Yet while literary adaptations of Cervantes's novel often render its humor “amiable” and accommodate it to polite society, dramatic adaptations instead accentuate its low comedy and farce. This paper argues that dramatic entertainments should factor into discussions of the novel's extraordinary influence in eighteenth-century England. Thomas D'Urfey's popular trilogy, The Comical History of Don Quixote (1694–95), and several of its successors augment the base characteristics of Sancho and employ physical violence and cruelty to women and lower characters, showing that low comedy thrived in not only marginalized genres like jestbooks and comic illustrations, but also popular drama.