Human Destruction Research Articles

Evolution of Category of the Other in Works of Tom Wolfe

This article addresses the artistic embodiment of the category of the Other in the works of American journalist and writer Tom Wolfe. The study focuses on Wolfe’s early journalistic essays, compiled in collections published in the early 1960s, as well as his later novel “I Am Charlotte Simmons” (2004). These texts are separated by nearly the entire second half of the 20th century — a period marked by the emergence, flourishing, and decline of postmodernism. The aim of this work is to trace the diachronic evolution of the author’s understanding of the category of the Other, as represented in his early and late texts. The desire for otherness among young people in the first post-war decades signified a fundamental rejection of norms, rules, and laws in the name of rejecting all forms of totalitarianism, which led to the catastrophic destruction of humanity during World War II. As a journalist, Wolfe objectively and empathetically depicts the diverse lifestyles of a new generation. He illustrates the consequences of these emerging trends in his university novel written forty years later. The article demonstrates that this work presents the otherness of various status groups within the university community through a multi-layered conflict. However, these groups remain isolated and hostile towards one another. The abandonment of rational consciousness has led to the primitivization of individuality and the disintegration of education. The novel serves as a vivid illustration of the negative outcomes of postmodernism.

A Comprehensive Review of Remote Sensing Technologies for Improved Geological Disaster Management

ABSTRACTOver the past two decades, the frequency of natural hazard incidents has steadily risen, leading to substantial human casualties, infrastructure destruction, societal and economic disruption. The occurrence of disasters, both of natural and human origin, has exhibited an upward trend in frequency over the past few decades on a global scale, posing a significant threat to diverse populations. Over time, remote sensing technologies have proven to be effective in analysing and monitoring diverse natural disasters, including but not limited to droughts, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and cyclones. The significant extent of its coverage capacity and the ability to repeat observations make its application economically efficient. This paper aims to elucidate the fundamental contributions and role of remote sensing in disaster management applications. In a comprehensive analysis, this study explores recent practical applications in the context of disaster events. The utilisation of diverse methodologies and functions of remote sensing in disaster monitoring and control is further expanded to encompass the domain of disaster risk management, employing cutting‐edge sensors and satellites from emerging technological advancements. This paper also addresses challenges related to disaster monitoring, detection and management. Emergencies, particularly during typical catastrophe scenarios, often witness partial disruptions in communication networks. Consequently, the role of alternative networks becomes paramount in enabling effective disaster detection and management strategies. Emerging issues are highlighted, and potential directions for future research are outlined and also support sustainable development goal 13 (climate action).

Manusia dan Kehancurannya: Sebuah Tinjauan Reflektif atas Filsafat Jean Paul Sartre

This paper explores the relationship between humanity and violence. Violence is often the result of a failure to promote empathy and solidarity. This is exemplified by the Holocaust and the New Order regime in Indonesia. The paper highlights the complex nature of human emancipation and emphasizes the importance of considering the well-being of others as well as one's own self. The concept of emancipation is evident in the philosophies of notable figures including Descartes, Kant, Marx, and Comte. Sartre, too, advocated for humanist freedom, but conceded that unlimited freedom can lead to egoism. This paper will center on the ideas of Jean-Paul Sartre, ultimately concluding that the destruction of humanity can be traced back to anthropological and social aspects of society.

The role of national and international standardization activities in the process of post-war reconstruction of Ukraine

The article analyzes the role of national and international norm-project activities in the process of post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. It is proved that in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war, which is of an aggressive nature on the part of the aggressor, great troubles and destruction have been caused to our people and their state, which have manifested themselves in numerous human casualties, disintegration and destruction of the basic everyday and critical infrastructure of territorial communities, destruction and the actual devastation of large territories, which makes it virtually impossible for a person to exist and function in the relevant territory, limits his opportunities to organize his stable and predictable life cycle, as well as to satisfy existential needs, efforts, and interests. However, the war itself objectifies and actualizes the issue of the post-war restoration of the state and its TG, and this, in turn, puts on the agenda the issues of rule-making by the public authorities of the state and subjects of international relations, including member states of the international community and their associative and structural units - international intergovernmental and intergovernmental organizations, including, first of all, the important stage of norm-making - norm-project activity. It is argued that norm-projecting activity at the national and international levels in the process of post-war recovery of Ukraine plays an important methodological and praxeological significance, because the principles of post-war recovery of Ukraine and its TG: a) quite clearly, clearly, unambiguously reflect and determine the fundamental directions, forms and guidelines of norm-projecting activity public authorities of the state; b) even more, they are aimed at the unambiguous formation and formulation of the rights and obligations of the subjects of social relations that will arise in the process of post-war recovery; c) must be adequately taken into account and reflected in the relevant standard-setting activity of public state authorities, as well as, and this is especially important, in the standard-setting of local self-government bodies; d) they form the foundations of state legal and municipal legal policy in the field of post-war reconstruction. At the same time, the lion’s share of the above principles of the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine and its TG has a significant impact on the international level - their practical implementation cannot be implemented without significant financial assistance from foreign partners. And this, in turn, actualizes and contextualizes the normative-drafting activity of public authorities of Ukraine (including local self-government bodies) in the field of international contract law, including normative-drafting work in the field of international inter-municipal cooperation, as well as general international cooperation.

The Relative Importance of Cytotoxins Produced by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain USA300 for Causing Human PMN Destruction.

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a prominent Gram-positive bacterial pathogen that expresses numerous cytotoxins known to target human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs or neutrophils). These include leukocidin G/H (LukGH, also known as LukAB), the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), γ-hemolysin A/B (HlgAB), γ-hemolysin B/C (HlgBC), leukocidin E/D (LukED), α-hemolysin (Hla), and the phenol-soluble modulin-α peptides (PSMα). However, the relative contribution of each of these cytotoxins in causing human PMN lysis is not clear. In this study, we used a library of cytotoxin deletion mutants in the clinically relevant methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolate LAC (strain ST8:USA300) to determine the relative importance of each for causing human PMN lysis upon exposure to extracellular components as well as following phagocytosis. Using flow cytometry to examine plasma membrane permeability and assays quantifying lactose dehydrogenase release, we found that PVL was the dominant extracellular factor causing human PMN lysis produced by USA300. In contrast, LukGH was the most important cytotoxin causing human PMN lysis immediately following phagocytosis with contributions from the other bicomponent leukocidins only observed at later time points. These results not only clarify the relative importance of different USA300 cytotoxins for causing human PMN destruction but also demonstrate how two apparently redundant virulence factors play distinctive roles in promoting S. aureus pathogenesis.

Chromosome-level genome assembly of Aquilaria yunnanensis

Aquilaria yunnanensis is an endangered agarwood-producing tree currently listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The agarwood it produces has important medicinal and economic value, but its population has sharply declined due to human destruction and habitat reduction. Therefore, obtaining genomic information on A. yunnanensis is beneficial for its protection work. We assembled a chromosome-level reference genome of A. yunnanensis by using BGI short reads, PacBio HiFi long reads, coupled with Hi-C technology. The final genome assembly of A. yunnanensis is 847.04 Mb, with N50 size of 99.68 Mb, in which 805.49 Mb of the bases were anchored on eight pseudo-chromosomes. Two gapless pseudo-chromosomes were detected in the assembly. A total of 27,955 protein-coding genes as well as 74.65% repetitive elements were annotated. These findings may provide valuable resources in conservation, functional genomics, and molecular breeding of A. yunnanensis, as well as the molecular phylogenetics and evolutionary patterns in Aquilaria.

Population structure and diversification of Gymnospermium kiangnanense, a plant species with extremely small populations endemic to eastern China

Background Gymnospermium kiangnanense is the only species distributed in the subtropical region within the spring ephemeral genus Gymnospermium. Extensive human exploitation and habitat destruction have resulted in a rapid shrink of G. kiangnanense populations. This study utilizes microsatellite markers to analyze the genetic diversity and structure and to deduce historical population events of extant populations of G. kiangnanense. Methods A total of 143 individuals from eight extant populations of G. kiangnanense, including two populations from Anhui Province and six populations from Zhejiang Province, were analyzed with using 21 pairs of microsatellite markers. Genetic diversity indices were calculated using Cervus, GENEPOP, GenALEX. Population structure was assessed using genetic distance (UPGMA), principal coordinate analysis (PCoA), Bayesian clustering method (STRUCTURE), and molecular variation analysis of variance (AMOVA). Population history events were inferred using DIYABC. Results The studied populations of G. kiangnanense exhibited a low level of genetic diversity (He = 0.179, I = 0.286), but a high degree of genetic differentiation (FST = 0.521). The mean value of gene flow (Nm) among populations was 1.082, indicating prevalent gene exchange via pollen dispersal. Phylogeographic analyses suggested that the populations of G. kiangnanense were divided into two lineages, Zhejiang (ZJ) and Anhui (AH). These two lineages were separated by the Huangshan-Tianmu Mountain Range. AMOVA analysis revealed that 36.59% of total genetic variation occurred between the two groups. The ZJ lineage was further divided into the Hangzhou (ZJH) and Zhuji (ZJZ) lineages, separated by the Longmen Mountain and Fuchun River. DIYABC analyses suggested that the ZJ and AH lineages were separated at 5.592 ka, likely due to the impact of Holocene climate change and human activities. Subsequently, the ZJZ lineage diverged from the ZJH lineage around 2.112 ka. Given the limited distribution of G. kiangnanense and the significant genetic differentiation among its lineages, both in-situ and ex-situ conservation strategies should be implemented to protect the germplasm resources of G. kiangnanense.

The functions of negativity and benign aggression in the development of humanistic values: A Frommian clinical journey

In this paper I present an analysis of a personal journey, based on Erich Fromm's concept of benign aggression, part of The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness (1973). I analyze its role in the dynamics of change based on the interaction between the psyche and the social. In Fromm's conceptual framework, benign aggression results from an unlived life, shaped by limitations on individuals' freedoms, supported by institutional and oppressive structures in a neo-capitalistic society. I explore how benign aggression, replayed between patient and therapist, can bring about changes in the self and modes of relatedness, leading to the recognition of humanistic values. In my practice, projective identification and attachment -detachment dynamics were experienced as forms of benign aggression, while anger and conflict became a way to acknowledge them. Fragments of two clinical cases illustrate how needs for relatedness-through-conflict are experienced. Relatedness expressed through a negative form of attachment can lead to the co-creation of a psychic space, a “Social Third” where ethical values are experienced and shared. This Frommian conceptual framework and methodology require total connectedness with a subject, together with the recognition and acceptance of an “Other” unto oneself. In my experience, such recognition encourages the emergence of humanistic values.

Differentiating Commonality Particles from Individuality Particles

The Same Completely Inclusive Faith with Its Principium of Natural Laws of the Compounding-Corresponding-Trinity Presents and Unfolds Through Different Ways and Methods in Science, Philosophy, Religion, etc.” (Abbreviated as Principium. clarify that: The particles not only have the distinction between Commonality Particles and Individuality Particle; any particle compounding and corresponding, also have four major natural standpoint- attributes. Among them, “The Commonality Particle” consistently demonstrate higher stability than “The Individuality Particle” through compounding and corresponding. Similarly, the destruction of “The Commonality Particles” would cause greater harm to humans and nature, potentially even leading to human destruction. Only by adhering to “The Three Great Natural Complementary Laws” of Principium, can humans expand their lives and human society with clarity of mind, saving time and effort while ensuring safe operations

Tea plant β-1, 4-glucanase enhances the propagation of Camellia tachangensis F. C. Zhang by promoting graft wound healing

As a precious tea genetic resource in China, the ancient tea plant has a strong stress resistance and contains specific biochemical components. However, the ancient tea plant resources are vulnerable to human destruction and overuse. To better protect and utilize the individual resources of these ancient tea plants, Camellia tachangensis (Camellia tachangensis F. C. Zhang) was selected as the research object in this study, and it was grafted onto the rootstock of a cultivated tea plant (Fudingdabai) for breeding. As a glycosyl hydrolase, β-1, 4-glucanase plays a role in promoting graft wound healing in plant grafting, and can effectively break the incompatibility between different species. Therefore, a gene encoding β-1, 4 glucanase was cloned from the tea plant with a total length of 1578 bp and encodes 525 amino acids, and its expression is highest in the young leaves of the tea plant, followed by the stem. A large amount of purified β-1, 4 glucanase was obtained by yeast expression. Further analysis of this protein demonstrated that it could promote the healing of the grafted wound of Camellia tachangensis, thereby improving the grafting survival rate of Camellia tachangensis. The total catechin content, catechin index and theanine content of Camellia tachangensis after grafting with β-1,4 glucanase had no significant change compared with the no-enzyme group, and these quality components were significantly increased compared with the self-grafting of Camellia tachangensis, indicating that the quality of Camellia tachangensis could be improved by grafting with Fudingdabai as rootstock, and the use of β-1,4 glucanase not only improved the survival rate of grafted plants, but had little effect on the quality of Camellia tachangensis. In summary, in this study, a gene encoding β-1,4 glucanase was cloned from tea plant, and a large amount of purified β-1,4 glucanase was obtained. The quality and survival rate of Camellia tachangensis were improved after application of β-1,4 glucanase for grafting. This work provides new insights for the propagation of ancient tea plants.

The harms of terminology: why we should reject so-called “frontier AI”

In the mid-2023, promoters of artificial intelligence (AI) as an “existential risk” coined a new term, “frontier AI,” that refers to “highly capable foundation models that could possess dangerous capabilities sufficient to pose severe risks to public safety.” Promoters of this new term were able to disseminate it via the United Kingdom (UK) government’s Frontier AI Taskforce (formerly the Foundation Models Taskforce) as well as the UK’s AI Safety Summit, held in November 2023.I argue that adoption of the term “frontier AI” is harmful and contributes to AI hype. Promoting this new term is a way for its boosters to focus the public conversation around the AI-related risks they think are most important, namely “existential risk”—a scenario in which AI is able to bring about the destruction of humanity. Simultaneously, “frontier AI” is a re-branding exercise for the large-scale generative machine learning (ML) models that have been shown to cause severe and pervasive harms (including psychological, social, and environmental harms). Unlike “existential risk,” these harms are actual rather than theoretical, whereas the term “frontier AI” moves our collective focus away from actual harms to focus on hypothetical doomsday scenarios.Moreover, “frontier AI” as a term invokes the colonial mindset, further reinscribing the harmful dynamics between the handful of powerful Western companies who produce today’s generative AI models and the people of the “Global South” who are most likely to experience harm as a direct result of the development and deployment of these AI technologies.

Destroying the “Human” for the Survival of the World: A Proposal for a Temporally Dense Psychoanalytic Subject

ABSTRACT Despite the pandemic upending in-person clinical treatments, psychoanalysis struggles to conceptualize a frame that is truly open to a world beyond the singular, human only dyad. This article challenges psychoanalysis to blowup the frame of practice by destroying the very subject of the work – the human. Integrating key concepts from anti-blackness and indigenous theories, the author contends that the category of the human is inherently and irreparably violent; the undergirding onto-epistemological system for the formation of white settler colonial, heteropatriarchal subjectivity and its co-created violences of enslavement, dispossession, genocide, mass extinctions, and ecological destruction. Because psychoanalysis has evolved around this Enlightenment subject that renders certain people “human,” and all others disposable, its frame and focus is designed to uphold, not resist, biopolitical and ecological violence. Thus, psychoanalysis is onto-epistemologically unfit and unable to effectively address social violences and the climate crisis while emanating from this exceptionalist “human.” Integrating anti-blackness and indigenous theories, the author, using examples from clinical work online, proposes a different form of subjectivity, one that is co-emergent with “dense temporalities” of the more-than-human. Only through such a temporally dense, transcorporeal subject can psychoanalysis hope to subvert the world of human destruction.

Climate grief, resilience and Brian Fies’s A fire story

ABSTRACT Climate change has profoundly impacted ecosystems, communities, and individuals worldwide. Climate change comics have emerged as a powerful medium for raising environmental awareness, particularly by highlighting the emotional toll it takes on humans. This paper examines the graphic narrative, A Fire Story: A Memoir by Brian Fies, which depicts the devastating wildfire disaster that struck Northern California in 2017. The narrative effectively conveys the ecological and human habitat destruction caused by climate change-induced natural disasters through autobiographical and witnesses accounts. It offers reflections on the past, present, and future while challenging climate denial and exploring themes of climate grief and resilience. The narrative explores how the traumatic event disrupts personal chronology and exposes the emotional vulnerability of survivors in their post-disaster lives. This article analyzes climate grief and resilience in climate change comics, emphasising the significance of A Fire Story as a valuable artefact that documents the testimonies of witnesses and survivors. To challenge climate denial, graphic narratives go beyond generalities and present highly detailed and emotionally charged narratives, including social fragmentation, forced evacuation, and economic devastation.

Environmental Nexus with Social Disconnect: The Trajectory in Wole Soyinka’s The Swamp Dwellers

The paper examines the interaction between humans and the environment and how they affect each other. It delves into the dynamics of life between the rural and city environments. It upholds that a dislocation from the natural environment transcends into a disruption of the family bond and life. This is because it causes sterility, since there will be no root. The paper takes as a base The Swamp Dwellers by Wole Soyinka, which it looks at from the environmentalist connection as a new model, especially as it concerns its effect on family tie as well as the dislodgment of youths from the rural area to the city. It is true that some critics may have examined the play, taking some look at it from the environmentalist perspective. They may not have taken cognisance of the influences and affinity between the neglect and abuse of the earth and the destruction of character and humanity with modernity, which these elements cause. This is a major trajectory of this paper. In all, the paper employs library research method with direct references to actual occurrences in the society. This is to expose the implications of the abuse of the environment on humanity, as well as implicate them.

Numerical Evaluation of Harmful Consequences after Accidental Explosion at a Hydrogen Filling Station

Abstract This study aims to present computational technology that can be used to evaluate numerically the harmful environmental consequences caused by an accidental hydrogen release from failed high-pressure dispensing cylinders and its explosion at a vehicle hydrogen filling station. A coupled problem of a hydrogen explosion products expansion in the atmospheric ground layer and a harmful explosion pressure wave shock impact on service personnel and infrastructure buildings at an accident site is solved by means of computer experiment simulation series. A spatial time-dependent model of compressible hydrogen-air mixture flow is used to obtain pressure history in calculation area in order to assess maximum overpressure in control points of human possible locations and on building surfaces exposed to hydrogen blast wave impact. A deterministic impact consequences model is based on comparing maximum overpressure values extracted from the mathematical model with threshold ranges corresponding to certain degrees of human damage and infrastructure destruction. The presented computer technology allows safety experts to identify potentially dangerous zones by means of mathematical modelling and recommend effective protection measures to mitigate negative consequences of explosions.

Эколого-географический анализ жужелиц интразональных биотопов Юго-Восточного Предкавказья

In the steppe zone of the Southeastern Pre-Caucasus, mainly on light chestnut soils, salt marshes are widespread. They are inhabited by a very characteristic and peculiar fauna of ground beetles, associated in their development with saline soils. However, to date, there are very few special scientific studies devoted to ground beetles of saline biotopes of the studied territory of the Eastern Caucasus, the study of their ecology and biology, which determined the purpose of research aimed at solving the above problems. Registration of the population composition of halophilic herpetobiont ground beetles, population dynamics, ecological structure and geographical analysis were studied. In the course of the study, an analysis of the ecological and zoogeographic characteristics of ground beetles was carried out, the ratio of different species of ground beetles of the Southeastern Caucasus was revealed. It has been specified that some species can serve as an indicator of the presence of salt marshes. Halophilic complexes of ground beetles of the steppe zone (the studied region) are currently under constant threat of human destruction. The floodplains in the lower reaches of the Kuma, the Sulak and other steppe rivers are actively exterminated, which naturally leads to the depletion of the salt marsh fauna of ground beetles, the original representatives of halophytic stations disappear – Scarites angustus Chaud., Clivina laevifrons Chaud., Dyschirius pusillus Dej., Bembidion quadriplagiatum Motsch., B. normannum Dej., Pogonus reticulatus Schaum., P. cumanus Lutschn and other.

Restoring Environmental Justice: On the Coupled Dynamical Analysis of Lake Powell and Lake Mead

A new omen of the current climate crisis is surfacing, threatening lives relying on Lake Powell and Lake Mead. As the largest reservoirs in Colorado River and its tributary system, the two lakes are suffering from structural water deficiency caused by persistent global warming and human related environmental destruction. This study proposes threshold values of water recycling and water saving by applying mathematical models within reality-based circumstances. The dynamic nature of environmental factors has been elucidated by applying a system of ordinary differential equations (ODE). In addition, water level predictions under various scenarios are obtained from the ODE system solutions. Our study provides a clear and simulated roadmap reflective of the scale and urgency of restoring climate justice in Lake Powell and Lake Mead.

International Treaties of the Russian Federation on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of an Armed Conflict and the Establishment of Criminal Liability for Encroachments on It

The article is devoted to the analysis of international and national laws on criminal liability for infringements on cultural values in the event of an armed conflict. According to statistical data, 54 armed conflicts happened in the world in 2021, and resulted not only in the loss of human life and destruction, but also in the loss of cultural property. The objects of research are international treaties of the Russian Federation and the norms of national legislation: the Hague Convention On the Laws and Customs of War on Land of 1907; the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of 1954 and its protocols; Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims of 1949; Manual on International Humanitarian Law for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation; the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The authors analyze the legal conceptual apparatus used in these documents, as well as the theoretical approaches to understanding it, and give their own assessment of the quality and specifics of terminology. The article presents the characteristics of the historical development of the international legal protection mechanism for the abovementioned objects, as well as the implementation of these norms in the national criminal legislation of the Russian Federation. The conducted research revealed some drawbacks in establishing liability within the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the inclusion of formal elements of crimes under different chapters, and the absence of necessary features in the description of crimes. Special attention is paid to the analysis of Art. 356 of the CC of the RF within the context of using it for crimes against cultural property in the event of an armed conflict. According to the authors, such legal recognition could have a negative impact on the possibility of bringing the guilty persons to justice. As a result of their research, the authors put forward a suggestion to divide infringements on cultural property in the event of an armed conflict into war crimes committed by combatants, and crimes committed by civilians. The authors use this classification to describe the specifics of the possible inclusion of corpus delicti within the criminal law.

Responses of gut microbiota in crocodile lizards (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) to changes in temperature.

The gut microbiota plays an essential role in maintaining the health and fitness of the host organism. As a critical environmental variable, temperature exerts significant effects on animal survival and reproduction. Elevated temperatures can influence the composition and function of the animal gut microbiota, which may have potentially detrimental effects on the host. The crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) is an ancient and currently endangered reptile species due to human hunting and habitat destruction. Given the predicted shifts in global temperatures in the next century, it is important to understand how warming affects the gut microbiota of these vulnerable lizards, which remains unclear. To determine how the microbial communities change in crocodile lizards in response to warming, we analyzed the gut microbiota under five temperature conditions (22°C, 24°C, 26°C, 28°C, and 30°C) using 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing. Results showed that the dominant phyla, Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes, in gut microbiota were not significantly affected by temperature variations, but increasing temperature altered the structure and increased the community richness of the gut microbiota. In addition, warming changed the abundance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Actinobacteria, which may have negative effects on the physiological health of the crocodile lizards. Functional prediction analysis demonstrated that the functional pathways enriched in crocodile lizards were mainly related to metabolism, with no significant differences observed in these pathways at KEGG pathway level 1 after warming. These results provide valuable insights into the ecological adaptations and regulatory mechanisms employed by crocodile lizards in response to warming, which may be of benefit for their conservation.

A context-aware hybrid deep learning model for the prediction of tropical cyclone trajectories

Tropical cyclones (TCs) are powerful natural disasters that lead to the loss of human lives and destruction of nature. Accurate prediction of the TC trajectory over a long period is crucial for timely warning and safe evacuation. Given the complexity of TCs and the geographical contexts that affects their movements, robust tools are required to process historical TC data and predict their locations. In this study, three deep learning models with flexible topology, namely, the multilayer perceptron (MLP) model, long short-term memory (LSTM) model, and a new data-driven model (MLP-LSTM) for TC trajectory prediction, were developed. They were evaluated using the North Atlantic Ocean TC dataset and contextual information such as wind speed, wind direction, and air pressure. The results showed that the hybrid MLP-LSTM model outperformed the MLP and LSTM models, especially when contextual information was considered. The average prediction distance errors for the next three hours were calculated as 52.73 km, 20.65 km, and 19.54 km for the MLP, LSTM, and MLP-LSTM models, respectively. The prediction enhancements for the next 24 h when contextual information was considered were 166 km, 203 km, and 208 km for the MLP, LSTM, and MLP-LSTM models, respectively.