Human Aspects Research Articles

Post-Bruner Reflections on the Human Mind

AbstractAfter a short presentation of some key aspects of Jerome Bruner’s theories of the mind, this paper aims to assess his thinking on the mind in light of a broader context. This is done from three different angles: (1) By focusing on Roman Jakobson’s theories about language, which Bruner refers to. (2) By bringing in some post-structuralist perspectives that problematize narratives and logocentric entrenchments in scientific thinking. (3) By analyzing the eighteenth-century German discussion among Christian Wolff, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten and Immanuel Kant about the role of metaphysics in their understanding of psychology. The findings indicate that Roman Jakobson, with his poetic understanding of language, may point to a valid path for future research on the mind. Moreover, Jakobson’s understanding is also compatible with Baumgarten’s use of poetic aspects. Both manage to subvert the logocentric aspect of humans’ use of language and by this demonstrate how metacognition has to be understood through esthetic functions that go beyond a logocentric use of language. The Wolffian emphasis on mathematics and logic in Wolff’s understanding of psychology is comparable with many of the premises for the cognitive revolution in the 1950s. The Kantian focus on concepts and rule-governed understanding also points in this direction. Bruner seems to ignore the historical background for discussions of psychology in the twentieth century, and because of this has problems moving beyond the logocentric premises that govern most of the cognitive sciences.

Exploring the Role of AI in Automating Content Marketing: Unlocking Opportunities and Navigating Challenges

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, it has significantly influenced the field of content marketing, offering new opportunities for automation. This research explores how AI is transforming content marketing by automating processes such as content creation, curation, personalization, and distribution. AI-driven tools like Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning algorithms enable marketers to generate large-scale content, analyze audience preferences, and deliver tailored messages with unprecedented efficiency. The study aims to examine the benefits of AI in content marketing, including improved productivity, cost-efficiency, and enhanced targeting capabilities. At the same time, it addresses critical challenges, such as balancing automation with creativity, maintaining content authenticity, and mitigating the risks of algorithmic bias. Additionally, the research delves into the ethical considerations surrounding AI in content marketing, particularly with respect to data privacy and transparency in AI-generated content. By analyzing case studies and industry trends, this research provides insights into how businesses can effectively leverage AI for content marketing while overcoming the inherent challenges. Ultimately, it offers a comprehensive understanding of how AI can be harnessed to enhance marketing efforts in the digital age while maintaining a human touch and ethical standards. In addition to examining the operational and ethical dimensions, this research also investigates how AI is reshaping the role of marketers. As AI automates routine tasks such as keyword optimization, content scheduling, and performance tracking, marketers are free to focus on more strategic, creative, and high-value activities. However, this shift raises questions about the evolving skill sets required for marketers in an AI-driven landscape. The study explores how AI can complement human creativity rather than replace it, emphasizing the need for marketers to adapt to new tools while maintaining a strong foundation in storytelling, branding, and customer engagement. By highlighting both the technological and human aspects of AI integration, this research provides a balanced perspective on the future of content marketing in an increasingly automated world.

Perancangan Aplikasi Sistem Absensi Guru Dan Karyawan Berbasis Web Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan

The development of information technology is quite extensive and global and has had a changing impact on all aspects ofhuman life. In the field of education, information technology is very necessary in order to support the performance ofeducation so that it can be useful in building an intelligent and competitive generation, one of which is at Global PersadaVocational School. Based on observations, Global Persada Vocational School does not yet have a teacher and employeeattendance system for processing teacher absence data. The obstacles that are often encountered in manual processing ofabsentee data are that it is very slow, ineffective, and makes it difficult for school principals to manage and check data onteachers who are present, and is even prone to losing absenteeism recap data. The aim of this research is to design andbuild a Web-based attendance system for processing teacher and employee attendance data for Global PersadaVocational School to make it easier to process teacher and employee attendance data. In building the teacher andemployee attendance system, the author used the SDLC method with the Waterfall model in designing the system andproduced a system with a simple interface that can help present accurate and relevant value data processing information.

A Scoping Review of the Respiratory Effects of Red Tide in Humans.

Algal blooms of Karenia brevis produce brevetoxins that lead to the natural phenomenon of red tide. Beyond monitoring the red tide concentration and forecasting future outbreaks, uncertainty exists in the field when examining these toxins in relation to physiologic aspect of humans. Contaminated air that results from outbreaks of K. brevis leads to inhalation of aerosolized brevetoxins, which directly impact the human respiratory system. This scoping review focused on the respiratory effects of red tide and was conducted by using a comparative method between 2 researchers. Relevant abstracts were collected, and full-text articles were reviewed by using PubMed, Science Direct, CINAHL Complete, and BioMed Central databases. Thirty articles were included in the final analysis and categorized by study design, location, and number and age of participants, and were also divided into assessment by respiratory effects, exposure, measurements of K. brevis, and asthma. The research indicates that respiratory health issues exist and can be compounded with exposure to red tide, specifically upper respiratory symptoms. Both symptomatic issues and pulmonary function tests were of concern when individuals were subjected to brevetoxin exposure. Even low levels of K. brevis resulted in negative respiratory health effects. Red tide is common in many areas of the world. The toxins released can cause adverse respiratory effects in humans. This article provides a comprehensive summary of the scholarly literature focused on the respiratory system and red tide produced by K. brevis.

Arup Group Limited: putting trust in the trust

Research methodology The data set used to write this case was collected from 83 public sources, including company communications, company journals and reports and the company website, along with newspaper articles, industry reports, scientific articles and case studies. The data set was used to analyse both the industry and firm in which Arup operated to draw conclusions about the firm’s strategy and competitive advantage, specifically, as it relates to trust and knowledge management. Case overview/synopsis Alan Belfield, an employee of Arup Group Limited for 29 years, and the company’s chairman since 2019, had witnessed significant growth since he first joined the firm. Operating globally, Arup had a proud past; since 1946, the company had served 6,931 clients across 143 countries, leading to its important contribution to many world-renowned landmarks within the built environment. From 2018 to 2020, revenue at the global multiservice engineering company had grown almost £250m [1] to £1.809bn. Over the past few years and as 2021 came to an end, the global engineering services industry had experienced a flood of mergers and acquisitions, as the industry grew towards maturity and clients looked for full-service solutions. Arup’s strategy had proven successful in the past, evidenced by its capacity to grow revenues and partake in the design of well-known structures and buildings. However, with the trend towards consolidation, as Arup headed into 2022, how could the firm retain its position as one of the global leaders in the industry over time? Complexity academic level The case can be used in business courses on global strategic management at the bachelor and master levels, as it applies key strategic management concepts within a global context. The case focuses primarily on the transnational corporation (Bartlett and Ghoshal, 2002) and how it creates value through strategy and structure. Instructors who wish to integrate the human resource management aspect into the course are provided with optional material, including an additional reading, along with an assignment question and associated analysis and teaching guidance.

Rural children know cavity-nesting birds of the Atlantic Forest but may underappreciate their critical habitat

Abstract Cavity-nesting birds are a diverse and charismatic community, with a common need for tree cavities that makes them vulnerable to land management by humans. However, little research has formally integrated human social aspects into management recommendations for the conservation of cavity-nesting birds. In agroecosystems, people's management decisions modify and define the habitat availability for native cavity-nesting species. These behaviors during adulthood are related to people's worldviews and are shaped, in part, by childhood experiences. On-going forest loss may reduce opportunities for children to interact with and learn from cavity-nesting birds and their habitats. We used a social-ecological framework to assess rural children's knowledge and representations of native cavity-nesting birds and their habitats in agroecosystems of the threatened Atlantic Forest of Argentina. We employed “freelists” and “draw-and-explain” strategies with 235 children from 19 rural schools, and then compared results with a 4-yr dataset of trees (n = 328) and tree-cavity nests (n = 164) in the same study area. Children listed a high diversity (93 taxa) of native cavity-nesting birds, especially parrots (Psittacidae), toucans (Ramphastidae), and woodpeckers (Picidae), which they mostly recognized as cavity-nesters. However, children drew agricultural landscapes with few of the habitat features that these birds require (e.g., tree cavities, native forest). Exotic trees were overrepresented in drawings (40% of mentions) compared to our field dataset of nests (10%) and trees on farms (15%). Although children mentioned and depicted a high diversity of native cavity-nesting birds, our results may reveal a problematic extinction of experience regarding how these birds interact with their habitat. To strengthen children's contextualized knowledge and promote their long-term commitment to the conservation of cavity-nesting species, we recommend fostering meaningful experiences for children to interact with native cavity-nesting birds and recognize their habitat needs. A version of this article translated into Spanish is available in the Supplementary Material 1.

Leveraging Technological Research Methodologies to Improve Employee Performance in Organizations

The effective management of human resources in organizations is imperative for attaining optimum performance and eventual profitability. The increasingly competitive marketplace has compelled organizations to work towards attaining operational excellence, which heavily relies on the performance of its human resources. The adoption of cutting-edge research techniques has emerged as a pivotal strategy as organizations endeavour to achieve operational excellence. However, human resource managers have had to grapple with various challenges associated with the management of employee data generated and managed through digital platforms and tools, including issues such as data safety and security. This paper explores the intersection between tech-enhanced, advanced research methodologies and employee performance that is geared toward sustainable economic growth at the organizational level. Notably, the paper examines big data analytics as a tech-enhanced research tool leveraged by organizations in a bid to understand their human resource and the best way they can be managed to ensure high performance, which translates into high productivity and competitiveness in their respective sector or industries. In particular, this paper conducts a comprehensive review of recent extant literature regarding the adoption of big data analytics, which has revolutionized how organizations collect and analyze vast amounts of data, thereby enhancing their decision-making process. The reviewed literature focused on human resource aspects such as recruitment and selection; employee development; employee performance management and compensation structures. The review revealed that big data has emerged as a critical tool for managing large volumes of data that are acquired via numerous digital tools as organizations grapple with the integration of technology into their human resource practices. The technologies have helped human resource managers with these structured and unstructured data, they gain insight that in turn, guides their decision-making processes and improves the overall operational efficiency. The review outlines the transformative potential of integrating big data tools with human resource management and recommends that organizations should invest in these tools to enhance their recruitment and selection, employee development, performance measurement and upgrade their compensation structure.

Coupled Analysis of Risk Factor for Tailing Pond Dam Failure Accident Based on N–K Model and SNA

The failure of tailings pond dams represents a complex coupled system involving various risk factors, including human, governance, facilities, and environmental aspects. It is crucial to identify key risk factors at the system level to enhance the safety management of tailings ponds. We analyzed 74 cases of tailings pond dam failure accidents, both domestically and internationally, from the perspectives of human, governance, facility, and environment. We employed the 2–4 Model to identify and extract the causes of dam failures, summarizing these into four primary risk factors and 40 secondary risk factors, while constructing a risk coupling mechanism model. The natural killing (N–K) model was implemented to analyze the risk coupling values of primary risk factors and quantify these couplings. The N–K model facilitated an analysis of the risk coupling values of first-level risk factors, while social network analysis (SNA) was employed to visualize the relationships among second-level risk factors and assess the centrality and accessibility of nodes within the risk factor network. The out-degree of the risk nodes was corrected by integrating the N–K model with the SNA, leading to the identification of key risk factors associated with tailings pond dam failures and the formulation of corresponding safety prevention and control strategies. The findings indicate that managing multi-risk factor coupling is an effective approach to mitigating the occurrence of tailings pond dam failure accidents. Notably, unfavorable environmental risk factors significantly contribute to the coupling of human–governance–facility–environmental risks, necessitating targeted management strategies. Furthermore, inadequate safety supervision, weak safety awareness, inadequate receipt and inspection, and irregular operation represent additional key risk factors requiring focused prevention and control efforts.

A Review Paper on Human Computer Interaction

The development of computer technology has materialized into the term of human computer interaction. Research studies in human computer interaction studied young age groups that are educated and technically inclined. This paper will study the mental model in Human Computer Interaction that could be useful in some area. There are a number of types of this review paper on the Internet. One will lay out the current approach, result, trends, in the human computer interaction and the other approach will look into research construction that have been around long before but are now forgotten. In this paper, the author is also looking at the landscape in the emotional intelligence of a user so that they are more user like, fidelity prototyping. The development and design of an automated system that performs this task is still being undertaken. The notion of human-computer interaction is conceived as a result of the evolution of the development criteria of computer technology. The next generation of individuals (those at a younger age cohort) in which is termed an educated, technical, or at least knowledgeable individual will also be the focus of individual (tech) research experiments in human-computer interaction. Human-computer interaction (HCI) refers to both technical and human behaving aspects. The central tenets of practical studies in human-computer interaction are to reveal implicit knowledge about human behaviour and human interaction with technology. Resilience is set of behaving contextually taken collectively reacts to challenges. The term resilience has been applied to virtually everything from the economy, real estate, sports, psychology, business, and education, and the list could and can go on. Resilience is mainly comprised or made of a number of different abilities and skills as a way to be able to relate effectively to others, build relationships, self-efficacy, optimism, and self-awareness, creating meaning from other experiences form these are essential combination of competencies. In this manner people should use this in order to optimize the value of the resilience of an organization. This becomes important resourcefulness knowledge of the help available to increasing capacity to deal with the challenges facing change, overcoming (wasting time) relative to everything that could be done alternatively.

The human side of cancer care in Japan: barriers and challenges

Abstract Among the core concepts of psycho-oncology, “addressing the human aspects of cancer” is one of the most important. In particular, the enhancement of physicians' empathic communication is welcomed in Japan. In 2006, the enactment of the Cancer Control Act in Japan promoted psychosocial and palliative care to anyone. Thus, the designated cancer hospitals adopted a palliative care team, including a psycho-oncologist, as well as a communication skills training program practicing empathic communication. The Cancer Registry data have suggested regional disparities in suicides among patients with cancer in Japan, suggesting fragile regions of psycho-oncology. How can we deliver empathic communication to patients across the country, and how far will technological innovation, including AI, produce innovative support? Although constant efforts are needed to move closer to solutions, the human side of cancer must not be changed; however, clinical practice must continue to change over time.

Onion Services in the Wild: A Study of Deanonymization Attacks

Tor, the leading anonymization network, routes traffic over multiple relays to ensure client anonymity. Its Onion Services allow users to host services within the Tor network without revealing their location. While these techniques are crucial for users in authoritarian regimes and whistleblowers, they are also exploited by criminals. This paper diverges from the common focus on the technical vulnerabilities of the Tor protocol and instead explores the practical aspects of deanonymizing Onion Service users and operators. Despite Tor's robust security mechanisms, human errors in its usage and operation frequently lead to deanonymization. This study models law enforcement agencies as powerful attackers and evaluates documents from 136 court cases to determine investigative methods. We find that investigators employ different methods depending on the offense, with user mistakes being the dominant angle. Technical attacks, though comparatively rare, are highly effective and can potentially impact a large number of users simultaneously. Attacks on the well-researched Tor protocol are exceptionally rare, but their impact is even more significant. We argue that the human aspect of using Tor is the most critical deanonymization angle and that tailored guidelines for ethical users can help protect them from oppressive retaliation while still enabling the prosecution of criminal activity.

Sustainability and energy transition in Swiss universities of applied sciences

The University of Applied Science (UAS) in Switzerland were reformed around 25 years ago and have since achieved considerable success in education and applied research. At the core of the UAS mission are the challenges of realizing sustainability in the industrial context and determining how to tackle the energy transition. This paper presents two examples (residential buildings and consumer products) to demonstrate how the aforementioned challenges are confronted in the UAS. These examples bring the necessity to confront sustainability in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary way. Engineering skills should be complemented with knowledge of integration among the human and technological aspects of a project.

Safety and sustainability by design: An explorative survey on concepts’ knowledge and application

The Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) concept integrates safety and sustainability of chemicals and materials, throughout their entire life cycle and minimizes their environmental footprint. The European Commission (EC) in 2022 developed a framework to practically apply SSbD. This study investigated the knowledge on SSbD and the operationalization of such framework among the partners of the Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) program. Forty-one responses from 32 PARC Institutions were collected through a 21 item-online survey. Seventy-three % of the respondents had knowledge of SSbD, although only 49 % reported to have been directly engaged into SSbD projects. The EC-SSbD framework was applied by the 26 % of participants and in 47 % of cases it included a (re)design phase. With respect to the safety and sustainability, the assessment of the hazard, the human health and safety aspects in the production and processing, and the human health and environmental aspects in the final application of the chemical/material was addressed by the 74 %, 52 % and 65 % of the respondents. Lower percentages of positive responses regarded the environmental, social and economic sustainability assessment: 35 %, 20 % and 13 %, respectively. Overall, while the framework provided the necessary building blocks and opportunities for SSbD, concerted and iterative Research, Industry, and Academia efforts are necessary to develop/improve assessment methods, models and tools to make SSbD as an approach to chemical risk assessment and management to protect human health and the environment, and ensure to operate within the planetary boundaries.

Лицо, совершившее преступление: современные вызовы и ответы

Introduction. The view of criminal law as a means of regulating the behaviour of free willed people, which limits the sphere of criminal repression, has always been corrected by pragmatic considerations related to the need to influence the harmful behaviour of non-personal subjects. In modern society there is a need for it in connection with the assessment of socially significant harm, the source of which are legal entities and artificial intelligence systems, resulting in attempts to include them in the category of subjects of criminal law on the basis of the theoretically questionable concept of distinguishing between subjects of crime and subjects of criminal liability. Methods. The research was carried out by means of various methods, particularly general scientific methods of cognition, such as analysis, synthesis, generalisation, as well as private scientific - formal-legal, comparative-legal, method of interpreting legal norms, etc. Results. It is obvious that the issue of applying measures of influence in relation to non-personal subjects of law should be resolved with regard to and on the basis of philosophical theories of criminal law, the most attractive of which presents criminal law as a means of moral condemnation of acts that destroy the system of values designed to guarantee the stability and sustainability of society, and which does not allow the application of measures of criminal law influence against persons who are not capable of free moral choice. Keeping the current provisions on the possibility of recognising the subject of crime and the subject of criminal liability as exclusively a human being should be considered as a component of the system of maintaining the human aspect of criminal law and protecting the law from its dehumanisation.

Вплив штучного інтелекту на права людини та загальні рекомендації для сталого втілення

The relevance of the topic is due to the development of artificial intelligence (AI), one of the most important technological trends of our time, which has a significant impact on human rights and various aspects of human life. AI is developing extremely fast. This creates new challenges for human rights that need to be addressed immediately. It is important to understand how technology can change our society and what measures should be taken to protect human rights. The article explores the impact of AI development on human rights, emphasizing both positive and negative aspects of technological progress. The author analyzes how AI can threaten the right to privacy through the collecting and processing of large amounts of data, which can lead to a loss of control over personal information. The author considers the impact of AI on access to information, where algorithms can create information bubbles, limiting the variety of information received. Attention is drawn to possible restrictions on freedom of expression through algorithmic censorship of content, which may lead to restrictions on freedom of speech. The use of AI in the judicial system may affect the fairness of court decisions, especially if the algorithms have biases or errors. The author traces the impact of automation on the labor market and the risks of job losses and the need to find a balance between technological progress and employment. In the healthcare sector, AI can both improve diagnosis and treatment and create new challenges due to possible algorithmic errors and unequal access to medical technologies. In education, the use of AI opens up new opportunities but also creates barriers to access to knowledge, especially for vulnerable groups. The author emphasizes the importance of taking human rights into account in the context of climate risks. The author raises the issues of discrimination and restriction of freedom of movement due to biased algorithms. The author emphasizes the need to develop regulatory mechanisms to protect human rights in the context of the rapid development of AI, ensuring a balance between innovation and human rights protection, and provides a number of clear recommendations.

A Study of Gender Perspectives on Farmers' Livelihood Resources in a Dryland Farming Community of Lombok Island, Indonesia

Aim: A case study on Lombok Island, Indonesia, examined livelihood resources among rain-fed rice farmers from a gender perspective. Study Design: Using a descriptive approach, the study purposely selected dryland and rain-fed farming communities reliant on agriculture. Place and Duration of the Study: The study was conducted in the southern part of Lombok Island between December 2023 to January 2024. Methodology: Data from 30 respondents (15 male, 15 female farmers) assessed livelihood resources across human, natural, financial, social, and physical aspects. Analysis employed categorical techniques and mode calculations. Results: Male farmers predominated in managing human resources and natural resources such as land and water ownership. Females excelled in household water use, technology adoption, and accessing financial aid. Both genders managed income and savings similarly, with males showing greater agricultural knowledge and communication skills. Conclusion: These insights underscore the nuanced gender dynamics in resource management and highlight the need for gender-responsive policies to foster sustainable livelihoods in vulnerable dryland communities.

Editorial: Human aspects of cyber security

Editorial: Human aspects of cyber security

Advocating ‘eco-village’ for sustainable development: The dayalbagh way of life

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 120%; layout-grid-mode: char; mso-layout-grid-align: none; punctuation-wrap: simple; margin: 12.0pt 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 120%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">India as a country has its identity deeply rooted in its rural culture. Whether we talk about agriculture, tradition, food, art, or music, the rural society of India has always proven itself a representation towards the national front. The Dayalbagh society in Agra city of Uttar Pradesh (India) is engaged to strengthen the nation’s roots through education, technology, sustainability, management, innovation, research, and most importantly, selfless service. The major potential for economic growth in India lies in the development of its rural areas. This article is an attempt to spot the outlook of a society that has its inception for the past 100 years and is continuously making efforts to glorify the message of sustainable development, environmental protection, and rural development through its effective plans in designing an eco-village-based society. Based on the narrative description approach, this article highlights the efforts and strategies employed by the Dayalbagh society to promote sustainable development, environmental protection, and rural development. The focus is on how society integrates education, technology, sustainability, management, innovation, research, and selfless service to achieve these goals. The Dayalbagh society’s initiatives have taken into consideration economic, social, environmental, and human aspects, demonstrating significant contributions towards sustainable development and rural empowerment. The philosophy and successful practices of the Dayalbagh society can inspire and guide others in developing action plans for effective environmental protection and sustainable rural development. By adopting such approaches, other organizations, decision-makers, and individuals can contribute to the overall growth and well-being of rural areas in India.</span></p>

Inconvenient academic workers? Collective (Re)humanisation through the dialogue of a Freirean Reading Circle

ABSTRACT We argue that academia's performative obsession is inherently dehumanising. We seek to rehumanise academia by sharing a method for collective research and writing. Through a fresh approach to Freirean Reading Circles (FRCs), we offer a series of images and conversations from our circle meetings to demonstrate aspects of humanity often erased in traditional academic writing. Although FRCs can be adapted to different cultural artefacts, our choice of the Japanese novel Convenience Store Woman is purposeful. We explore the novel's theme of what it means to be both human and worker, and challenge the patriarchal bias of ‘great’ literature. Grounded in Paulo Freire's ideas, we demonstrate how academia's dehumanising tendencies can be challenged from within. To humanise our writing, we celebrate the joy and messiness of collective processes, foregrounding the human selves often hidden in sanitised academic writing. We invite you, as readers, to resist dehumanisation by extending our emancipatory project.

Recreator perspectives on harmful algal blooms in Ohio

ABSTRACT Harmful algal and cyanobacterial blooms (HABs) are found in fresh waterbodies across the United States as well as around the world. In recent years, their frequency and intensities have increased. Caused by cellular overgrowth, the toxin produced by HABs can be harmful to aquatic organisms, livestock, and human life. However, as of to date, there is little study on the human psychological, behavioral and social aspects surrounding HABs. It is also unclear as to what recreators know and understand about HABs. However, since recreators use the waterbodies for various activities, they may be exposed to this environmental risk. As such, it is paramount that they be aware of the possible health impacts of HABs and behave sensibly to protect not only themselves but also their children and pets. This study interviewed recreators at Lake Harsha, Ohio, known to have HABs to better understand public HABs awareness, perceptions, behavior, and psychology. Overall, most recreators lacked basic knowledge of HABs and their risks. The ‘unaware’ and ‘cautious’ recreators, in particular, need to be better informed to reduce exposure risks. These findings can contribute to HABs mitigation and management, helping water managers bridge the gaps in HABs communication and creating better and more efficient methods of disseminating HABs knowledge and warnings.