Humanities Disciplines Research Articles

THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, POSITIONING, MOTIVATION AND WORK DISCIPLINE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE STATE CIVIL APPARATUS AT THE FINANCIAL ASSET MANAGEMENT REGIONAL OFFICE OF PAPUA PROVINCE

This study was aimed at determining the development of human resources, placement (positioning), motivation and work discipline on the performance of the state civil apparatus at the office of the regional financial and asset management agency (BPKAD) of Papua province. Samples were taken using a purposive sampling method with a total sample of 140 respondents. The analytical method used is multiple linear regression. The results show that organizational climate and job satisfaction had a positive and significant effect on employee performance at the financial and asset management regional agency (BPKAD) of Papua Province. Work discipline has a negative and significant effect on officer’s performance at the regional financial and asset management agency (BPKAD) of Papua Province. Motivation has no effect and no significant effect on officer’s performance at the regional financial and asset management agency (BPKAD) of Papua Province

Variation in medical humanities program mission statements in United States and Canadian Medical Schools

Purpose In 2019, the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) identified the discipline of medical humanities as a priority in medical education. Although medical humanities programs have existed in medical and osteopathic schools in the U.S. and Canada since the late 1960’s, this interdisciplinary field remains difficult to define. We studied the mission statements of medical humanities programs to identify core themes and priorities. Materials and methods We conducted a content analysis of U.S. and Canada medical humanities MD and DO mission statements and associated descriptions (n = 56). We compared themes across programs whose directors had a clinical degree versus a terminal research degree, conducted comparisons between medical humanities programs housed in medical schools ranked in Top 20 U.S. News and World Report for Research or Primary Care, and conducted a word frequency analysis. Results Content analysis revealed five themes: improving patient care, improving the provider experience, generating scholarship, cultivating community relationships, and promoting diversity/sociocultural awareness. 70% of programs emphasized patient care and provider experience. Only 34% included the promotion of diversity/sociocultural awareness as a theme. Word frequency analysis corroborated our findings. Conclusions U.S. and Canada medical humanities programs focus primarily on improving patient care and provider wellness.

Carceral Geographies/Geographien des Einschlusses: ein neues Feld für die deutschsprachige Geographie?

Abstract. While a broad debate on carceral geographies has been part of human geography and related disciplines in English-speaking academia, there are only scarce publications among German-speaking geographers. This special issue aims at bringing different researchers (Tobias Breuckmann, Julia Emprechtinger, Sarah Klosterkamp, Nadine Marquardt, Marco Nocente, Marina Richter and Anna Schliehe) and their rich and diverse research insights in the carceral field into a dialogue. What started with a session at the 2019 conference of German-speaking geography (Deutscher Kongress für Geographie), developed into a special issue that encompasses papers based on the contributions to the session as well as additional papers that round up the insights into current research in carceral geographies in German-speaking countries. The papers show the importance of applying a carceral geography perspective to research in German-speaking geography to focus on different institutions, places and spaces that share common carceral characteristics. In addition, the focus on German-speaking researchers also adds to the international debate on carceral geographies with specific insights from the national contexts.

Titles in Chinese Literature from Academic Monthly 學術月刊 (Issues 1–12, 2021)

The Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture is pleased to feature select titles from Academic Monthly, a journal highly regarded in Chinese academia. Since its founding in Shanghai in January 1957, Academic Monthly has taken a prominent role in advancing research in China's humanities and social sciences. It publishes research articles in all disciplines of humanities and social sciences, including philosophy, literature, history, economics, politics and law, and others. It has won numerous awards at the national level and is a five-time winner of the Chinese Government Award of Publication for Journals. It is a core journal in the Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI) and is also listed as an authoritative academic journal by other indexing centers in China.

A review of adverse events in animals and children after secondary exposure to transdermal hormone-containing medicinal products.

Hormonal replacement therapy is widely used to treat conditions in humans, the most well-known indication being the relief of menopausal symptoms in women. Many of the hormone-containing products (HCP) are applied to the skin. This transdermal delivery poses a risk to animals and humans through secondary exposure, especially when product information is not strictly followed. The aim of this article is to raise awareness among veterinarians and human healthcare providers of this risk; based on evidence from spontaneous reporting of suspected adverse events (AEs) in animals and humans. Interventions are also explored to mitigate the risk of secondary exposure to transdermal HCP (THCP). The Swedish Medical Products Agency has received several, mainly serious, AE reports in animals and children following secondary exposure to THCPs. The AE reports were reviewed together with worldwide data from the EudraVigilance Veterinary database and human EudraVigilance Data Analysis System. The clinical signs reported in animals included persistent signs of oestrus, poor growth rate and birth defects. In humans, reported clinical signs included precocious puberty, unresolved virilisation, accelerated growth rate and female infertility. It is important that THCP are used according to manufacturer's instructions and users are made aware of risks and mitigating measures. This review of AEs in animals and children provides evidence to show that the use of THCP poses a risk for secondary exposure. Efficient communication strategies that stretch across veterinary and human medicinal disciplines are required to raise mutual awareness and minimise the risk of AEs in animals and humans.

The Effects and Types of Parental Involvement in School-Based Sport and Health Programs Still Represent a Knowledge Gap: A Systematic Review.

Background: Health-related behaviours and attitudes acquired in childhood significantly shape health behaviours in adulthood and play an important role in preventing children from becoming overweight. Interventions incorporating parental involvement can provide outstanding support in shaping a child’s health-related behaviour. However, parental involvement has not been investigated from the perspective of efficacy except for obesity. Therefore, this systematic review investigates school-based physical activity intervention programmes incorporating parental involvement. We aim to explore the impact of these programmes and the parental involvement they provide on behaviours that influence child health, which are essential for preventing children and adults from becoming overweight and promoting health-conscious lifestyles. Methods: This systematic literature review follows PRISMA guidelines. The EBSCO Discovery Service Search Engine was used for searching for literature. Papers included met the following inclusion criteria: (1) reported original, empirical research or systematic review published in a peer-reviewed journal; (2) primary or secondary school age (6–18 years) as the target population; (3) examined school-based sport or health prevention and intervention programs; (4) only healthy children and youth in the indicated age group; (5) school-based prevention or intervention program; (6) examines parental involvement; (7) in the English language, and (8) in disciplines of education, psychology, social work, sociology, social sciences and humanities. Results: An extremely limited number of interventions of sufficient quality address the role of parental involvement (N = 17). The forms of parental involvement show a huge variety, ranging from leaflets, home packs, sports organisations “forced” by the pandemic, parent meetings, programmes, courses, and school programmes with diverse children over several months (cooking together, gardening, playing sports together, etc.). Therefore, it is difficult to measure their effectiveness and impact. Conclusions: The impact of parental involvement on children’s health behaviour, especially physical activity and nutrition, as two of the most important factors in preventing them from becoming overweight, are unclear, and other correlations, e.g., academic achievement, are scarce.

ГОТОВНОСТЬ ПРЕПОДАВАТЕЛЕЙ ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ДИСЦИПЛИН К ФОРМИРОВАНИЮ ИННОВАЦИОННОГО ПОТЕНЦИАЛА БУДУЩЕГО ИНЖЕНЕРА

The article is devoted to the study of readiness teachers of humanities to form the innovative potential of future engineers. The essence of the basic concepts is revealed, the results of empirical research are presented, proving the relevance of finding effective means to optimize the process of studying humanities disciplines in a technical university, one of which could be the development of a professional development course.

Культурология «начерно, шепотом» (к юбилею «литературоцентристской» культурологии)

The article reconstructs the framework of S.S. Averintsev’s culturology and outlines the contexts that make this theoretical model especially relevant today. The theory of the three stages of the word state, where, in addition to the poles in the traditional ‘sacred/reflexive (scientific, pluralistic)’ dichotomy is proclaimed an intermediate state, sacral-reflexive, and is interesting not only out of historical curiosity, it has significant heuristic potential. The current relevance of Averintsev’s culturology is ensured by the fact that his model is consistently and fundamentally realistic. A distinctive feature of this variant of culturology is the reliance on literary studies, on the typology of the word of M.M. Bakhtin. But this is culturology, the historical typology of culture, which leads to large-scale generalizations and universal models. In the late 1980s, Averintsev’s typology acquired the status of a historical model of types of rationality. This typology of culture turned out to be a ‘strong’ theory with many not only ontological implications, but also consequences important for epistemology and philosophy of science. Philosophers, art historians, historians and literary critics had reason thirty years ago to consider the challenges of such culturology provocative and nihilistic. It makes revolutionary demands on all humanities disciplines. But at the same time: the whole revolutionary nature of Averintsev’s theory remained precisely in the implications. The theory, which was ‘loud’ by the scale of universal claims, was pronounced in the published texts more than ‘quietly’, almost ‘in a whisper’. Perhaps, this antinomy is fundamental.

(Not)visible in Bulgarian Cinema – to the Topic of Roma and On-screen Presentations

Film panoramas and specialized lectures related to the topic of Roma representation in the screen arts are of particular importance to the Bulgarian cultural field and society, but unfortunately they are rarely realized. The visual language’s instrumentarium could be different when try to articulate the image of the largest ethnic group in the Balkans. All autours must touch carefully the Roma filmtopics and sub-narratives in the frame area: on the one hand, they must achieve authentic representations and to demonstrate clear understanding, but on the other hand the risk of drowning in well knows stereotypes still exist. This article makes the first approach to the wide field of inisibility/ visibility of Roma in the field of Bulgarian screen arts. In our post-totalitarian cinema, the Gypsy Ethnicity affects the various types of films, their formats and genres. In the beginning (just after 1989 until the Millennium), there was a saturation and domination in documentary cinema, followed by the outflow of the subject. In that in recent years there has been an activation of the feature forms (long – and shortlength), made by new, young directors, who are trying to construct positive messages and images. An important focus is that Roma representatives (directors, screenwriters, actors etc.) are timidly included in the national cinema process. In general, however, the picture of presence is somehow marginal unfortunately.Bulgarian new cinema can fully reveal ethno-cultural differences and similarities, bring to the fore both the accordance and contrasts in the intercultural meeting. And in particular – properly and credible to paint the colorful, peculiar and distinctive world of the Roma ethnicity. Last but not least, the audiovisual arts could provoke a social change in the perception of the Other. The image of the Gypsies as a "internal foreigner", however, is gradually transformed. The research texts from the large humanity and social disciplines, and especially Film Studies, appropriatelly focusses on the diverse discussion fields in which cinema artifacts function: social anxiety, poverty, marginalization, sexualization, trauma and victimization during the Holocaust, children’s worlds and Roma childhood problems.

Folkloristic perspectives on food as tourism souvenir: a reflection on stereotypes, meanings and messages in Irish soda bread

ABSTRACT Food has always been a pragmatic part of tourism and hospitality, but it is now being recognised as a souvenir — a reminder of a travel experience. Along with the usual functions of souvenirs as status symbol, proof of travel, window into the place visited, or keepsake of experiences there, food adds potential layers of meaning, enabling tourists to relive and even re-consume an experience. Food souvenirs can also be used to share a taste experience with others. This article adds perspectives from the humanities discipline of folkloristics to the existing scholarship on the subject of souvenirs. Using Irish soda bread as illustration, it explores how souvenirs as symbolic messages can carry a variety of meanings that can be misinterpreted. It also suggests a foodways framework for expanding the form of souvenirs beyond material objects and adapts another framework for identifying the different ways in which memories are attached to such objects, making them meaningful to individual tourists. These perspectives can help hospitality and tourism professionals select souvenirs that are culturally sensitive and respectful of a destination, as well as satisfying to the tourists themselves.

An Exploratory Study of Epistemic Modal Verbs in Results and Conclusions Sections of the Three Sub-corpora of Humanities & Social Sciences: Implications for L2 Academic Writing

In this study, the use of epistemic modality in the category of modal verbs was comparatively examined in the results and conclusions sections of journal articles written in the discipline of Humanities & Social Sciences. For this purpose, the Corpus of Journal Articles (CJA) 2014, which is a collection of 760 articles from high-impact journals in 38 disciplines, was used. The articles written in the discipline of Humanities & Social Sciences have further been divided into three sub-corpora: Research articles, Review articles and Theoretical articles. The CJA 2014 corpus consists of 6,015,063 words in total. The aim of the study was to explore professional academic writers’ versatility and overall rhetorical awareness with regards to the use of epistemic modal verbs for academic argumentation in the three sub-corpora. In line with this aim, this study investigated in quantitative terms the frequency analysis of the modal verbs “could, may, might, should, will, would, couldn’t, wouldn’t, shouldn’t” for the above-stated three sub-corpora in the Humanities & Social Sciences discipline. Log-likelihood tests were also performed to determine any significant differences among the three sub-corpora. Findings of the study indicated that the most frequently used modal verbs in the results and conclusions section of the Research Articles sub-corpus are “may, would, could”, respectively; while the most frequently used modal verbs in the Theoretical sub-corpus are “will, would, may”, respectively. Lastly, the most frequently used modal verbs in the Review Articles sub-corpus are “may, will, would”. Qualitative examples from the corpora were also provided in the manuscript. This study is expected to have important implications for academic writing in English for different research disciplines and different types of articles.

중국어 학술지 논문에 나타난 부스터 표현에 대한 연구

The present study aims to compare and analyze the use of boosters in Chinese research articles of different disciplines and find out their similarities and differences. Boosters are the linguistic devices through which the writers or speakers express certainty about the propositional content. In research articles, the expression of commitment toward the propositional content enable writers to mark the information shared with readers, and to show authority as a member of the academic discourse community. This paper selects research articles of linguistics, sociology and biology, one of the representative disciplines of humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, respectively. By analyzing the types, frequencies, functions and distribution characteristics of boosters in journal papers, we could find out the similarities and differences in the usage of boosters in different academic fields and disciplines. We could also understand the mechanism that how boosters, as stance markers, perform interpersonal functions in academic discourse.

Building Compassion and Empathy in Medical Students through Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

With the aim of introducing medical humanities to medical colleges in Iraq, the researcher, who teaches English to medical students at Al-Nahrain University in Baghdad, initiated the idea of a performance of Shakespeare’s most popular play Romeo and Juliet. The main aim was to promote empathy and compassion for medical students after realizing that biomedical sciences have detached them from these feelings. Through activities in the English Language lectures, students, particularly 2nd and 3rd year, reflected on stories and passages in a way that lacked any connection or empathy. In one of the units of their English coursebook, there are two pages dedicated to Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. With the idea of the pair of star-crossed lovers, who suffer misfortunes brought upon them by causes quite independent of any flaw of character or immorality of conduct in both or either of them, the researcher found in the play a work of art that can create empathy and compassion in the readers as well as the audience, and hence came the idea of the performance. The researcher chose an abridged version of the play found on the Internet. To link the play with science to avoid objection from the scientific institution, the researcher added a scene taken from a speech by the scientist Fatima AlZahra’a Alatraktchi comparing the secret communication of bacteria with this Shakespearean play. The paper is about the reception of the idea of the play by the students at the medical college, who were overjoyed when they read the call for actors for the play and immediately a huge number of them showed interest in taking part in the performance. Though the performance was supposed to take place in mid-March, it was postponed because of the end-of-term exams. The paper deals with the manners of building empathy and compassion among the medical college community. Finally, the paper tries to show the importance of introducing literature and arts to medical students with the aim of giving more emphasis to the study of humanities disciplines in medical colleges in Iraq in the future.

A Leadership Model for Supporting the Mastery of Core Competencies for College English Learners in Application-Oriented Universities in Shanghai, China

On basis of Synergistic Leadership (Irby et al., 2002), Situational Leadership (Hersey & Blanchard, 2008), the support systems in Framework for 21st Century Learning (P21, 2019), and related research, this research employed questionnaire surveys and interviews in four application-oriented universities (AOUs) in Shanghai, characterized by disciplines of humanities, arts, technology, and health. Findings from questionnaire surveys and interviews showed that: 1) 45 leadership factors in the context of AOUs in Shanghai may be synthesized from dimensions of stakeholders’ perceptions, leadership behaviors, and external forces; and 2) leadership styles may start at any point of directing to coaching styles, and gradually transform to supporting, and specific leadership behaviors have been provided to CE instructors or instructional leaders in determining or adapting situational leadership styles to learners’ situation in AOUs in Shanghai. Based on the findings, the model Leadership Atomium was developed for instructional leaders and instructors to support learners’ mastering CE core competencies for their better preparations for future life and work.

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Çoğuldizge kuramı bağlamında COVID-19: Benim Kahramanım Sensin adlı hikâye kitabı

Benim Kahramanım Sensin [My Hero is You] çocukların Covid-19’u anlayabilmesi ve onunla uzlaşabilmesi için hazırlanan bir hikâye kitabıdır. Kuruluşlararası Daimî Komite (IASC) Acil Durumlarda Ruh Sağlığı ve Psikososyal Destek Referans Grubu (MHPSS) tarafından yürütülen projenin ürünü olan kitapta ele alınan konuların çerçevesi 104 ülkede farklı dillerde uygulanan küresel anketin sonuçlarına dayanılarak belirlenmiştir. Hazırlık sürecinde 1700’den fazla çocuk, ebeveyn, bakım veren ve öğretmenin deneyimlerini paylaşması sonucunda kültürleraşırı bir COVID-19 anlatısı ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu çalışma, birçok dile çevrilerek yayımlanan hikâye kitabını hem hazırlık aşamasında çeviriyi merkeze alan bir süreç işlemiş olması hem de farklı kültürlerden ve farklı toplumsal katmanlardan bireylerin fikirlerine içeriğinde yer veren bir üst-anlatı kurması sebebiyle çeviri ve kültür kuramı bağlamında ele almaktadır. Çalışmada, proje kapsamında gerçekleştirilen kültürleraşırı üretim süreci, süreç sonucunda ortaya çıkan kaynak metin ve Türkçe çevirisi çoğuldizge kuramı bağlamında betimleyici çeviribilimsel yaklaşımla incelenmektedir. İnceleme tıp, beşeri ve sosyal bilimler disiplinlerinin birlikteliği sonucunda ortaya çıkan tikel bir örneği ele almakta ve çocuk yazınında COVID-19 ile ilişkilendirilebilecek yeni eğilimlerin gerçekleştiğini gözler önüne sermektedir. Buna bağlı olarak, salgınının dünyada yarattığı büyük etkinin bir sonucu olarak küresel ve yerelin etkileşimsel olarak iç içe geçtiği COVID-19 bağlantılı bir (çoğul)dizge ve kültür repertuarı oluşmakta olduğunu öne sürmektedir. Buna ek olarak, devamlılık arz eden sürecin tespit edilmesinin, örneklerin derlenmesinin ve bu bağlamda yapılan çalışmaların ayrı bir araştırma alanı olarak adlandırılmasının gerekliliğinin altını çizmektedir. Böylelikle, çeviri ve kültür araştırmaları alanında COVID-19 bağlamında bir açılım gerçekleştirilebilir.

Addressing physical pain with religion and spirituality during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is associated with various painful symptoms and could potentially lead to a significant increase in patients experiencing chronic pain. While churches had to close their doors during the pandemic, emerging scientific data suggest that, when our spiritual needs are not met, our well-being can be in jeopardy, and it could also increase the experience of physical pain. The aim of this article is, therefore, to explore the role that spirituality and religion could play in addressing physical pain. An interdisciplinary approach is used with the goal of integrating different insights so as to construct a more comprehensive understanding of the problem. Literature in the disciplines of humanities, health sciences, as well as social sciences is explored to identify the concepts of physical, social and spiritual pain and to explore the link between the different dimensions of pain. It became clear that physical, social, and spiritual pain can influence one another, and addressing one kind of pain can also improve pain in another dimension. Several spiritual and religious interventions were found in the literature and confirmed to be valuable in helping patients cope with physical pain, such as accepting and giving meaning to pain, prayer, meditation, scripture, music, support from the religious community and helping others.Contribution: This article highlights the importance of an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates religion and/or spirituality to address physical pain during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Influence of Human Resources Management Strategy, Service Leadership, and Work Discipline on Job Satisfaction (At PT Cilegon Fabricators)

This study aims to determine the effect of Human Resource Management Strategy, Servant Leadership, and Work Discipline on Job Satisfaction. In determining the number of samples using the Slovin formula and the results obtained were 92 respondents and for sampling using purposive sampling. For data analysis, a model test was used using the SmartPLS (Partial Least Square) analysis tool version 3.0. From the results of the SmartPLS 3.0 calculation, the research results with a t-statistic value greater than t-table, namely 1.96, the conclusions are: (1) showing that Human Resource Management Strategy has an effect on job satisfaction, (2) servant leadership has a positive effect on job satisfaction, (3) work discipline has a positive effect on job satisfaction

Theory, Philosophy, Film Studies, and Science: A Response to D. N. Rodowick's Philosophy's Artful Conversation and Murray Smith's Film, Art and the Third Culture

Abstract Two film theorists, D. N. Rodowick and Murray Smith, have recently addressed the place of the natural sciences in the study of film and art, and they reach diametrically opposed conclusions. Rodowick argues that natural-scientific explanations have little or no role to play in the study of film and art as “cultural practices,” while Smith advocates a “naturalized aesthetics of film,” which he describes as “an approach that … treats [film] as a phenomenon which is likely to be illuminated by various types of scientific as well as traditional humanistic research.” In this paper, I argue that, while both views contain important insights, they are ultimately mistaken. Rodowick overlooks the important role the natural sciences can play in explaining the perceptual, cognitive, affective, and bodily capacities that shape and constrain our engagement with art as well as the properties of artworks that elicit and inform this engagement. Nevertheless, this does not mean, I maintain, that aesthetics should be naturalized, as Smith believes, given that the types of explanations standardly proffered in film studies and other humanistic disciplines can be autonomous from those of the natural sciences in the sense of being explanatorily self-sufficient.

Message Manipulation: How Downsizing Messages are Encoded Based on the Intended Audience

This research explores the differences between how organizations communicate downsizing messages to external receivers (e.g. consumers, shareholders, etc.) versus internal receivers (e.g. employees). This study uses a unique dataset of 145 mass layoff forms submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development (OMLTSD) from 2013-2019, and the accompanying downsizing announcements made in the media. Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) text analysis software analyzed message formality, deception, confidence, emotional tone, and information quantity for downsizing announcements to both audiences. T-test analysis determines significant differences between these announcements. Downsizing messages communicated to internal receivers are more formal, confident, and succinct while downsizing messages communicated to external receivers are more deceptive and have a more negative emotional tone. This study uses an interdisciplinary approach (blending marketing and human resources management disciplines). In this study, the communications model is applied to organizational communication. Further, this is the first study to compare the same downsizing messages that were communicated to different audiences. Finally, this study uses a distinctly unique dataset to better explore and understand this complex topic.