Idea Of Competition Research Articles

Liberal visions of multiculturalism and majoritarianism

Liberalism advances democratic rights and representation through three principles. First, it seeks to protect individuals from abusive state power. Second, it shares an affinity with the epistemology of the Enlightenment, where an objective world can be discovered and observed. Third, it limits “tyranny of the majority” through civil liberties that counter the weight of public opinion and political rights that enable political competition of ideas. Rapidly evolving demands for recognition in the United States have advanced a broad critique of liberalism, highlighting the boundaries it imposes on representation as well as its limited success protecting rights. This essay traces disenchantment with liberalism to two very different sources: first, many progressives who resent how the jurisprudence of equal opportunity obscures efforts to achieve actual equality reject “anonymity” under the law—removing a core civil rights principle for promoting fairness. Such demands for more explicit rights and representation conflict with the majoritarian model’s application of liberalism, which biases cultural assimilation over multicultural integration. Movements for recognition increasingly challenge both assimilation and the institutional devices of multicultural integration. The other source of tension around recognition comes from the right, where populists have set out to revive nativist ideas of coerced assimilation or outright homogenization through exclusion (ie, non-recognition). Such failures of representation have promoted subjectivist views as a credential for contesting facts. The paper argues for “pluralist solidarity” as a tool for reconciling multiculturalism with new rights and demands for recognition emanating from liberalism’s traditions of individual liberty. This device aims to help separate the quest for recognition and dignity from the subjectivity that contributes to post-truth politics.

The Urgency of Positive Relationships in Fostering Learning Motivation

The purpose of this research is to understand the importance of how positive relationships can foster student learning motivation and develop strategies that can improve positive relationships and learning motivation in the educational environment. This research was conducted at the KH Mas Mansur UMS Student Boarding School. This research uses a qualitative and field study approach, conducted directly in the field using objective data. Data collection techniques with observation are carried out in observation to be able to observe the object under study, interviews to collect some information and informants to obtain data, and documentation is used as supporting data to help obtain credible data. To test data credibility, researchers use triangulation, which can be interpreted as checking data from various sources in different ways and at various times, using triangulation of sources, techniques, and time. The results of this study explain the strategies for choosing positive relationships, the criteria for positive relationships referred to by students, and the importance of positive relationships in fostering learning motivation, there are five strategies, namely aligned goals and values, supportive friends, honesty and openness, commitment to education, avoidance of negative influences and indicators that can be classified that positive relationships are significant as evidenced in the discussion, namely cooperation, emotional support, healthy competition, role models, and exchange of ideas or inspiration.

Why Do Online Crowdsourcing Platform (OCP) Visitors Recommend Idea Competition to Others?

Why Do Online Crowdsourcing Platform (OCP) Visitors Recommend Idea Competition to Others?

Educational Effects of Carbon-Neutral Education and Carbon-Neutral Idea Competition in University Major Classes

Educational Effects of Carbon-Neutral Education and Carbon-Neutral Idea Competition in University Major Classes

Centenary Paper: The First Spanish Constitution Draft: The ‘Constitutional Laws’ of Manuel de Aguirre (1786)

In 1786 the Basque thinker and military man Manuel de Aguirre entered a competition for ideas on how to improve national legislation in order to achieve public happiness. His proposal consisted in drawing up the draft of the first Spanish constitution. It was a very basic project, but it showed how part of the Spanish Enlightenment was interested in reforming the Enlightenment despotism of Charles III and replacing it with a representative government, in which the king still had important powers, though these were limited by bodies of a representative nature.

Multi-Purpose Structure-Integrated Zinc-Polyiodide Hybrid Flow Battery As Sustainable Energy Storage System for Extraterrestrial Environments

For the energy supply of spacecrafts, such as space stations, satellites or orbiters, primarily solar power is used, which conversion, however, is subject to constant fluctuations due to rotational and orbital movements. In order to secure energy security for technical operations, the maintenance of scientific test series as well as life-support measures even during dark phases, various types of batteries such as nickel-hydrogen or nickel-cadmium batteries have been used as buffer storage over the years. However, due to the isolated locations in which they are used, energy storage systems for space applications must have a particularly long service life and operational reliability in order to be able to reduce resource-intensive replacement missions as well as hazards to people and technology.Since the battery systems used in space applications have in some cases shown significant deficits in these areas, a novel storage concept was developed in the "SpaceFlow" project, which was awarded third place in the europewide idea competition INNOspace Masters DLR Challenge, using the particularly safe and durable flow battery technology. The energy storage concept is based on the space-efficient integration of pressure-stable yet flexible flow battery cells into the supporting structure of spacecraft. In this way, in addition to energy storage as the primary task, other functions such as mechanical stiffening of the modules, support of thermal management or absorption of radiation can be realized.The "SpaceFlow"battery is realized as a zinc-polyiodide hybrid flow battery, which achieved incomparably high energy densities in laboratory tests. An energy density of 167 Wh/l was demonstrated and the potential to increase the energy density even up to 350 Wh/l was shown. The currently most widely used all-vanadium flow battery achieves energy densities of about 30 Wh/l. To optimize the cell chemistry zinc-polyiodide, various additives will be tested in the project. For a controlled formation of dendrites, for example, polyethylene glycol, methanesulfonic acid, chromium ions and, in general, alcohols, especially ethanol, could be added to the electrolytes as additives. In organic compounds, the presence of hydroxyl groups is an important factor in stabilizing the Zn ions. The deposition is also influenced by these. The search for additional alcohol and ether compounds offers the potential to find new additives. Chromium ions provide electrostatic shielding during zinc deposition, inhibiting dendrite growth.The iodine side (cathode) can be optimized mainly by improving the solubility of I2 in water. Stabilization of I2 without the binding of I- provides more free I-, which can react and help increase the capacity of the battery. Bromine ions or polyvinylpyrrolidone can be used to stabilize I2. Other additives such as KI and NH4Cl can be used for improved conductivity. Another approach is to improve diffusion at the cathode. For this purpose, a molybdenum sulfide coating can be applied, which improves the reaction rate with only a slight overpotential.The talk will present the novel storage concept and achievable functionalities as well as the latest project results of the flow cell design development and the design of a zinc polyiodide electrolyte, which must not be hazardous to humans and and at the same time must have a high energy density, to meet the requirements of space applications.

Observing patterns for the urban fabric as a place shaping continuum on the waterfront of the Haliç area, Istanbul

This paper examines placemaking and the outcomes of urban design issues in a waterfront area. The fine-grained urban fabric has played an important role in waterfront regeneration schemes globally. Acting towards environmental challenges to provide green spaces has increasingly become a favourable approach since the 2010s. An ideas competition was held in 2020 to address the issues on the waterfront of the Haliç area. The seven semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore the competing discourses on each project created by the teams who attempted to deal with the unsolved urban fabric. Making use of a series of semi-structured interviews, this research paper investigates the existence of the urban fabric as a place-shaping continuum in the Halic area.

Digitales Zentralbankgeld: Dabei sein ist nicht alles

Abstract The European Central Bank (ECB) wants to push ahead with the “digital euro” project. However, the digital euro is by no means the only and possibly not even a good (let alone the best) way to respond to the comprehensive change in the world of money. In terms of its reputation, the ECB must act with the utmost caution. Instead of launching its own project on the market in just a few years, the ECB would be well advised to take a step back and support a competition of ideas that is open to all technologies.

The function of the First Ancient Theatre of Larissa within the soundscape of the contemporary urban fabric

During the process of urban development in Greece a part of the first ancient theatre of Larissa was revealed. Today, after several expropriations and support frameworks, the theatre is fully excavated and partly reconstructed. Recently, an International Open Ideas Competition was launched for the urban regeneration of the surrounding area and the enhancement of the theatre's value and function. This paper presents the historic information of the theatre, it describes its evolution through the centuries, responding to the city's development, it investigates its acoustics based on previous measurements, noise maps, land use and the contemporary soundscape. Moreover, it discusses the competition axes and urban design approaches aiming to identify the effect of the application of design proposals to the theatre's function and future use.

International Architecture News

The news section announces this year’s winners of the UIA Triennial Prizes, the UIA Friendly and Inclusive Spaces Awards, the Next Generation of Stroke Rehabilitation Centres international student ideas competition and the DNA Paris Design Awards. It also provides information on the designation of Barcelona as the World Capital of Architecture for 2026.

How to eradicate polio in Pakistan: Insights from community health workers.

Pakistan, along with Afghanistan, is one of two countries where wild poliovirus is still endemic. Frontline workers (FLWs) are the staff most intimately familiar with both implementation challenges and community context. Harnessing their expertise may be a way to improve the community-polio program interface, which has been a persistent and shifting challenge in polio-endemic areas of both countries. From 2020-2022, we engaged frontline workers in 18 Super High-Risk Union Councils (SHRUCs) in Pakistan through a Human-Centered Design ideas competition. In that competition, teams of polio FLWs identified the most significant barriers they faced in conducting their work, and suggested solutions to those problems-a window into the issues the program faces by the people who know it best. The suggestions of FLWs on how to eradicate polio fell into four main categories. First, there were suggestions to tackle community fatigue by reducing touchpoints, particularly visits solely for data collection. Second, there were calls to improve Primary Health Care in SHRUCs, as a way of addressing community frustrations over an intense focus on just one disease in the context of numerous acute needs. Third, there were suggested ways to increase community engagement through locally relevant channels. Finally, many workers suggested improvements to Human Resources processes and workplace dynamics. Across these ideas, one repeated concept is the need for balance between the intensity of polio activities required for eradication and the provision of other government services, including health services. FLWs engaged the process deeply, providing well thought out problem statements and ideas for change. It is our view that there is no one more qualified to speak to the issues on the ground than FLWs. There are critical insights available if we listen to people who are instrumental to the success of health programs, but not commonly involved with creating policy.

'We just need to find space for them to practice so that we can help to make a stronger society': Perceived barriers and facilitators to employing health psychologists in UK public health and clinical health settings.

In recent years, health psychology has received significant attention within the health sector, due to its application to understanding influences on health and well-being and translation of health psychology into interventions to support behaviour change. The number of health psychologists in public health and healthcare settings is growing but remains limited, and is it unclear why. This study aimed to explore the views of potential and current employers of health psychologists, to elucidate barriers and facilitators of employing health psychologists in healthcare settings. Semi-structured interviews were carried out to explore the experiences of working with and/or employing health psychologists. Opportunities and barriers were explored for increasing access to health psychology expertise in the NHS and public health. Interviews were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Fifteen participants took part in interviews. Participants were mid-senior-level professionals working in varied healthcare settings and/or academic institutions. The majority had experience of health psychology/working with health psychologists, whilst others had limited experience but an interest in employing health psychologists. Three key themes were identified: (1) the organizational fit of health psychologists, (2) perception of competition for roles and (3) ideas for changing hearts, minds and processes. Barriers exist to employing health psychologists in healthcare settings. These barriers include misunderstandings of the role of health psychologists and the need to preserve other disciplines due to perceived competition. Recommendations for change included showcasing the benefits and skills of health psychologists and having transparent conversations with employees and multi-disciplinary colleagues about roles.

사용자 중심의 감성안전디자인 개발 및 적용 사례 연구

While the number of industrial fatalities has been declining in recent years, companies' safety and health management systems are still inadequate, and more than half of industrial accidents are caused by failure to follow basic safety rules. It is important to raise safety awareness among workers and create a safety culture in the workplace. Especially in large-scale, complex environments with many inherent risks, such as power plants, it is necessary to develop solutions specific to power plant sites, such as an emotional design approach that improves worker awareness of safety rules and drives user behavior. To this end, we used user-centered service design techniques to diagnose potential risk factors for each process in the power plant, identify problems from the worker's perspective, and conduct idea competitions and co-creation workshops to develop solutions. The final nine solutions were designed and demonstrated, and received positive evaluations through satisfaction and effectiveness analysis. Through this, it was confirmed that in power plants where risk factors are scattered in various places, an approach that enhances the effectiveness of problem discovery through worker participation and co-development of solutions is necessary. In the future, if safety design considering user characteristics is further developed to minimize potential safety factors and risks by considering the user's lifecycle, it will contribute to improving the safety achievement of power plants.

The pursuit of approaches to federate data to accelerate Alzheimer's disease and related dementia research: GAAIN, DPUK, and ADDI.

There is common consensus that data sharing accelerates science. Data sharing enhances the utility of data and promotes the creation and competition of scientific ideas. Within the Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) community, data types and modalities are spread across many organizations, geographies, and governance structures. The ADRD community is not alone in facing these challenges, however, the problem is even more difficult because of the need to share complex biomarker data from centers around the world. Heavy-handed data sharing mandates have, to date, been met with limited success and often outright resistance. Interest in making data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) has often resulted in centralized platforms. However, when data governance and sovereignty structures do not allow the movement of data, other methods, such as federation, must be pursued. Implementation of fully federated data approaches are not without their challenges. The user experience may become more complicated, and federated analysis of unstructured data types remains challenging. Advancement in federated data sharing should be accompanied by improvement in federated learning methodologies so that federated data sharing becomes functionally equivalent to direct access to record level data. In this article, we discuss federated data sharing approaches implemented by three data platforms in the ADRD field: Dementia's Platform UK (DPUK) in 2014, the Global Alzheimer's Association Interactive Network (GAAIN) in 2012, and the Alzheimer's Disease Data Initiative (ADDI) in 2020. We conclude by addressing open questions that the research community needs to solve together.

Who captures value from hackathons? Innovation contests with collective intelligence tools bridging creativity and coupled open innovation

Balancing value creation and value capture is a fundamental strategic issue for the management of open innovation. Insufficient compensation for created value may hinder the participation of a firm or individual in open innovation. It can thus provide an obstacle to the open innovation process as a whole. Hackathons provide an attractive setting for studying value appropriation in open innovation by actors of different types and with varying bargaining power. We define hackathons as idea competitions on specific topics in the form of a time‐limited event. These competitions have gained more popularity throughout the years and have recently become more prominent. Therefore, an abductive empirical study was carried out in an international set‐up with multiple embedded cases of hackathons. Results indicate that hackathons offer coupled open innovation processes. The value captured by the initiator of a hackathon in the form of inbound open innovation is balanced by outbound knowledge flows towards participants as well as with sideways knowledge flows between participants, which are a result of the generation of collective intelligence. Collective intelligence is thus identified as an alternative mechanism for value capture from open innovation.

Post-Truth Politics and the Competition of Ideas

ABSTRACT “Post-truth” politics is often framed as a failure of the competition of idea­s. Yet there are different ways of thinking about the competition of ideas, with different implications for the way we understand its benefits and risks. The dominant way of framing the competition of ideas is in terms of a marketplace, which, however, obscures the different ways ideas can compete. Several theorists can help us think through the competition of ideas. J. S. Mill, for example, avoided the metaphor of the market by focusing, instead, on competition as the testing of arguments in adversarial encounters before a critical audience. Georg Simmel, alternatively, conceived of competition as a form of indirect conflict, where two individuals strive in parallel to gain audience approval. This view emphasizes innovation and creativity in the competition of “all for all.” More recently, theorists have developed the market logic of competition by thinking of a marketplace not for ideas but for rationalizations. This articulates some of the features of Simmel’s view of competition, but underestimates the degrees of constraint required to secure the goods of competition. Ultimately, recognizing these different modes of competition in the public sphere can enrich our theories of deliberative democracy and sharpen our view of the problem of “post-truth” politics.

Intervention in heritage during the transition period. The ideas competition for the extension of the Banco de España in 1978.

This article analyzes the proposals submitted to the contest for the expansion of the Bank of Spain in 1978, of which Rafael Moneo's proposal was the winner, which would be built almost thirty years later. The different preliminary projects presented allow us to analyze some of the prevailing trends and ideas in those years about the relationship between architecture and existing heritage.

Developing the e-commerce competency for entrepreneurship education from a gamified competition

Fierce competition in the global economy has accelerated the evolution of e-commerce and the emergence of digital transformation. It also challenges both industry and higher education. In particular, e-commerce skills have become a critical capability of entrepreneurship education. Based on the dynamic capability theory, this study explores e-commerce competency on the basis of gamified e-commerce competition – the Yahoo E-commerce Idea Competition (ECIC). This paper aims to develop C2C e-commerce competencies and explore how these competencies relate to e-commerce performance. We invited participants from the Yahoo ECIC to participate in our survey. Exploratory factor analysis identified four C2C e-commerce competencies: e-marketing strategy, live streaming, operational management, and strategic planning. Stepwise regression analysis also showed that four e-commerce competencies contribute to e-commerce performance. Our findings provide theoretical and practical contributions to the analysis of gamified EC competition and creation of C2C EC competencies for entrepreneurship education.

An Illustrated History of the Maṇḍala: From Its Genesis to the Kālacakratantra

An Illustrated History of the Maṇḍala: From Its Genesis to the Kālacakratantra

Online community's recognition and continued participation in idea competitions

AbstractThis study examines the effect of online community's recognition on continued participation in idea competitions, and how personal winning record moderates such an influence. We reason that the motivating role of community recognition might either be reinforced or substituted by personal winning record, depending upon whether relational motives (psychological and social bonding) or individualistic motives (personal benefits, such as status and career enhancement) are the primary behavior driver. Through an event history analysis of data obtained from a platform of creative design contests, we find that although community recognition exerts a positive effect on the rate of continued participation for designers who are yet to win any competitions, this effect increasingly turns negative for designers who have won. Such findings indicate that the motivating role of community recognition might be substituted instead of reinforced by personal winning record, lending support to the individualistic view while rejecting the relational view. Although virtual social spaces represent an important means for modern competition platforms to attract and motivate participants, our study informs practitioners about online community's limitation in retaining “star” participants.