Ideal Life Research Articles

Young adults’ desired life tradeoffs: love first, sex last

Every human and non-human animal must make tradeoffs in investments in terms of time, energy, and resources. The aim of this study was to extrapolate from the types of investments in survival and reproduction that non-human animals make and translate these into human motivations. 16 potential goals were presented to 851 childless, 18–23-year-old adults from 11 world regions in an online study. Each young adult was asked to weight the importance of every goal to his or her ideal life. Weights had to sum to 100, requiring tradeoffs. Results revealed striking agreement across young adults with only four goals weighted above chance: Finding a beloved romantic partner, being physically and emotionally healthy, and earning money or resources. Having lots of sexual partners was the least important goal across all world regions for both sexes. Nevertheless, men more than women valued having many sexual partners, being talented outside work, being physically strong, and having a physically attractive romantic partner. Overall, there was cultural variation in some of the less important goals. Helping young adults achieve success requires understanding their own goals, rather than focusing on popularized depictions of what young adults desire.

Current Status of Chronic Intestinal Failure Management in Adults.

Chronic intestinal failure (CIF) is a heterogeneous disease that affects pediatric and adult populations worldwide and requires complex multidisciplinary management. In recent years, many advances in intravenous supplementation support, surgical techniques, pharmacological management, and intestinal transplants have been published. Based on these advances, international societies have published multiple recommendations and guidelines for the management of these patients. The purpose of this paper is to show the differences that currently exist between the recommendations (ideal life) and the experiences published by different programs around the world. A review of the literature in PubMed from 1980 to 2024 was carried out using the following terms: intestinal failure, CIF, home parenteral nutrition, short bowel syndrome, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, intestinal transplant, enterohormones, and glucagon-like peptide-2. There is a difference between what is recommended in the guidelines and consensus and what is applied in real life. Most of the world's countries are not able to offer all of the steps needed to treat this pathology. The development of cooperative networks between countries is necessary to ensure access to comprehensive treatment for most patients on all continents, but especially in low-income countries.

Mobile borders and chronotope of homeland

Abstract In this article, we examine the imagining of homeland as one of the discursive practices of rearticulating belonging within new state borders. The study focuses on an under-researched diasporic group of the Dungan community in Kazakhstan and examines how the diaspora subjects make sense of shifting borders and legitimize their presence within an increasingly homogenizing nation-state. Specifically, our interrogation focuses on spatiotemporal frames for re-imagining the notion of homeland and belonging in the context of shifting borders and changing conditions of settlement. We show how the Dungan negotiate their social positioning by re-orienting themselves to their ancestral home and their current place by discursively constructing double loss – permanent dispersal from China, their ancestral homeland, and displacement from the home and ideal life they managed to build in the Soviet Union. This spatiotemporal perspective allows us to see that the notion of homeland, a defining feature of diaspora and often viewed as naturalized and fixed, is a fluid construct, and one which can be rooted in time just as much as in space. The study contributes to understanding of processes of diasporic imagination in response to sociopolitical changes, and shows us that feelings of displacement can arise without physical dispersal, that temporality is as important in the processes of constructing diasporas as spatial movement.

Reality and Ideality: An analysis on Beauty and the Beast from the Perspective of Feminist Narratology

La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) is a fairy tale originally written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, a French female author, and later adapted into a cartoon by Disney, which tells an actualization of idealized love in reality through the whole story. Such is, on one hand, a revelation of the opposite relationship between reality and ideality while, on the other, an embodiment of the reconcilability in the emotional power, instanced by equal love, confidence and dependence, in the contradiction between the ideality and reality. The theme of La Belle et la Bête as the main objection of this article is analyzed on the basis of the feminist narratological analysis of characters, mainly of La Belle, for the purpose of the acquirement of the profound meaning of equal identity and, simultaneously, of the perception of the realizability of ideal life in reality. This paper intends to analyze the theme of La Belle et la Bête, an actualization of idealized love in reality, from the perspective of feminist narratology based mainly on La Belle, the female protagonist, to acquire the embodiment of realities and idealities, their opposite relationship and the way of equal love in conciliating the opposites.

Learnings from Shri Adi Shankara’s Life: A Management Perspective

Religion, philosophy, science, and management cannot work in isolation in the long run. These need to be harmonized and synchronized for the success of a society. It is also needed to live, feel and practice a balanced and ideal life and is imperative for a successful and great leader. Shri Adi Shankara is one of the greatest philosophers the world has ever seen. He was not only a Tattva Jnani (man of wisdom), but also a great expert in managing worldly affairs. During the 8th century, a chaotic situation prevailed in the Hindu society of Bharata Desha (India) with its very existence in jeopardy and its values, culture, and traditions in peril, on the verge of vanishing. Shri Adi Shankara strode across the country debating with scholars and propounding his philosophy of Advaita (Non-duality) and unifying people of differing viewpoints. Without him, Hindu religion would not have been in subsistence. Keeping this in view, an attempt is made in this paper to discuss the management perspectives that emerge from the life, works, and teachings of Jagadguru Shri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpaada. It looks at his leadership qualities and the effort he made at integrating India into one unified whole. Keywords: Adi Shankara, Philosophy, Hinduism, Management Learnings

Research on the Prediction Method of Equipment Status in Power Transformation and Distribution Based on Grey Model

With the continuous increase in the demand for electricity in our country, the reliability requirements of the power distribution network are gradually increasing, and the difficulty of predicting the state of key equipment in the power distribution network is also increasing. In response to this issue, this paper proposes a typical reliability prediction model for key equipment in the power distribution network based on an unbiased grey correlation model. Firstly, a grey model is established to model the reliability of typical key equipment in the power distribution network, and to conduct reliability analysis and life prediction. Secondly, an unbiased grey model is introduced to avoid the problem of the grey model leading to less than ideal life prediction accuracy when the growth rate of the original data sequence is high. Finally, taking the No. 1 main transformer of the 220 kV Lanshan substation under the jurisdiction of Ningxia Shizuishan Power Supply Company as an example, the oil chromatography data is cleaned using the KNN interpolation method and input into the prediction model to analyze and predict the failure rate during actual operation. The results show that this model has certain advantages in terms of life prediction accuracy and calculation time, and can play an auxiliary role in the process of predicting the state of key equipment in the power distribution network.

The Plights of Females in Passion by Alice Munro

By the study of a collection of novel runaways, the paper can discover the Alice Munro depicts the growth process where some traditional women never give up seeking for the ideal life style in the patriarchal system. Thus, this thesis aims to discuss women’s growth process in Runaway to explore self-pursuit of women’s ideal life style and self-realization process from the perspective of feminism criticism involving a series of topics, such as voice right, self-consciousness, and gender issues. It not only provides new perspective of the study about Munro’s works, but also it is beneficial for readers to capture the profound connotation and to enjoy the artistic charm.

The Holy Quran's Perspective on Environmental Protection and Climate Change

Climate change and environmental pollution are among the most significant challenges that contemporary humanity faces. Without a secure and healthy environment, humans cannot lead an ideal life. Therefore, supporting the environment has become one of the most crucial needs for the continuation of life, receiving considerable attention from many writers and researchers. Numerous research studies have been conducted regarding environmental conservation from the perspective of the Quran. However, what distinguishes this research from others is that the author, while examining the reasons for environmental pollution and climate change, also analyzes the role of belief in God and theology as restraining factors in environmental degradation and its impact on human life. The results of this research show that there are multiple pieces of evidence and reasons within the Quran regarding environmental conservation, water, weather, and climate change that align with solid scientific facts. The research methodology is descriptive and analytical, with data collection being library-based.

IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ON YANADI TRIBE SUSTAINABILITY IN NELLORE DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

In independent India still the tribals have not developed to the extent expected. Tribals are living backward conditions due to lack of awareness about the need for education. Tribals do not have land so they cannot contact with mainstream society for financial needs and for the government provides financial facilities through some welfare schemes. Many of the tribal peoples are living dependent on the facilities provided by the government and even today Yanadi tribes are living a nomadic life without their own house or proper job opportunities. These schemes are very useful for Yanadi tribals to lead an ideal life and to be a part of education, job and employment opportunities. Though these programmes are good but these programmes not able to ensure sustainability of all tribals. With the change in the time Indian government priorities changed. After independence first government focussed on agriculture then industrialisation, later power sector, now we are in the era of digitalization. Similarly, the tribals needs and expectations are changing time to time. In this context, the present article focusses on Impact on Government Development Programmes on Yanadi Tribe Sustainability in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh so as to understand what extent these schemes are successful and to identify any new aids needed by them. KEY WORDS: Yanadi Tribes, Digitalization, Agriculture, Industrialisation.

Pyeongsaeng-do, Paintings of an Ideal Life by Chae Yong-sin - Self-fashioning by display of selected memories

<i>Pyeongsaeng-do, Paintings of an Ideal Life</i> by Chae Yong-sin, a part of the Lee Kun-hee Bequest now stored at the National Museum of Korea, is a ten-panel folding screen that depicts scenes from the painter’s life: at eight years old, he learns to read from his father; at thirty-one, he marries his wife; at thirty-seven, he passes Kwagŏ, the civil service examination and takes up a government position; at fifty-one, he paints a posthumous portrait of King Taejo; he serves as governor to Ch’ilgok-gun and Chŏngsan-gun; and celebrates his 60th birthday in 1910.</br>On the ten panels, Chae Yong-sin depicted important events of his life such as his successful career and participation in the production of King Taejo’s portrait, to present to and commemorate with his progeny his moments of glory. Important events were carefully chosen, edited, and drawn on each screen. The correspondence of represented events with the record of Chae’s life made by Kwŏn Ch’ŏlsu in 1924, the similarity in style of the people, buildings and other motifs to his other paintings, and the fact that he referred to himself as “an old man of eighty years” since he was seventy years old, all suggest that Chae actively participated in the making of this ten-panel painting around 1920. In addition, the painting faithfully reflects contemporary culture—the white patterns for pŏsŏn, changsŭng that acted as a signpost—, serving as an important visual document to how people lived in early modern Korea.

Социальные медиа как современное отображение стиля жизни

The topic of lifestyle has always been present in one way or another in social philosophy and economics. Max Weber and Thorstein Veblen were among the first to introduce the concept of "lifestyle" into the field of science. Weber used lifestyle in the context of social stratification to describe status groups. Veblen introduced the concept in his concept of the "leisure class", showing that consumer lifestyle / conspicuous consumption is an assertion of one's power, symbolic power. That is, goods are purchased not out of need, but as a demonstration of one's class and money. Thus, Weben and Veblen set the tone for subsequent studies of lifestyle. Pierre Bourdieu also believes that different lifestyles show belonging to a particular class. He incorporates the concept into his concept of habitus and shows how a person's lifestyle is manifested in his everyday life. Anthony Giddens transfers the conversation about lifestyle from the class structure of society to the world of modernity, where a person is faced with the task of constructing his own identity, and lifestyle is revealed in existential discourse. In search of his “I” and trying to answer the question “how should I live?”, a modern person turns to all sorts of sources of expert opinion, one of which is social media. But instead of looking for answers to his questions, a person immerses himself in a world of beautiful images, which is filled with “avatars” demonstrating an ideal life. Thus, a person falls into a pseudo-reality created by social media, from which he cannot escape or, perhaps, no longer wants to. After all, this new reality is better, brighter and more beautiful, and most importantly, in it a person can create an ideal self and display it through his pseudo-lifestyle. Half a century ago, Baudrillard already described a person immersed in this “aesthetic” hallucination of reality. And now a modern person faces a new task - to escape from the destructive pseudo-reality and return to the search for his “I”.

Theopolitan Worship: A Response to Indonesian Generation Z’s Yearning for Good Life

A good life is a picture of the ideal life that drives all our decisions and habits. Based on various research results from home and abroad, the author shows that Generation Z Indonesia has the following image of a good life: a life full of entertainment, a consumptive lifestyle, and financial stability. The author proposes the concept of theopolitan worship as a means of calibrating the good life of generation Z Indonesia through the local church. First of all, the author constructs the concept of theopolitan worship by bringing together Peter J. Leithart’s thoughts on theopolitan vision, reading, and liturgy. Theopolitan worship is a worship liturgy based on biblical narratives that redeem culture and move the church to play an active role in this world. Next, the author provides some support from neurological studies related to worship that triggers several neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin. Finally, the author explains the impact of the Word on entertainment and the impact of Holy Communion on the consumerism and financial stability of generation Z Indonesia.

Mesilased eesti usundilises folklooris

The article traces changes in human cognitive and social development using the example of the only domesticated insect, the bee. From the 13th to the 20th century, forest bee-keeping spread, using live trees as beehives, and later also log hives on the ground. The ways of keeping bees changed fundamentally in the 19th century with the introduction of new types of hives, and they also consolidated beliefs in relation to bees. Bees had numerous special names, euphemisms were used when talking about them and in incantations, in which bees were called men/workers or other kinship terms were used, and they were also called domestic animals of the guardian fairies. The article presents beliefs about bees as soul animals and various mythical stories that were associated with the journey of the soul, as well as the popular belief about the connection between the death of the owner and the bees. While earlier on honey denoted an abundant and ideal life in the minds of people, the bee represented a hardworking, loyal person, and bees were the epitome of the motherland in texts expressing national identity. In the foreground is the search for balance between human and other beings, human and the environment, which is expressed, e.g., by the declaration of the rights of bees and the development trends of urban representation.

1492. Gender-Specific Targets for Primary Prevention in People Living with HIV : Applying Life's Simple 7 to a Gender-Stratified Population of ART-Naive People Living with HIV in Tanzania

Abstract Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents a major cause of premature mortality in people living with HIV (PLWH). However, morbidity is not equal between males and females. There is a need to better understand how gender influences cardiovascular health (CVH) in PLWH in order to identify targets for intervention. Therefore, we applied the Life's Simple Seven (LS7) scale to a gender-stratified cohort of ART-Naive PLWH and HIV-uninfected controls in adults. Methods A cross-sectional analysis was conducted on a cohort of ART-naive PLWH and HIV-uninfected adults recruited from HIV clinics between June 2016 and August 2019 in Mwanza, Tanzania (HIV&HTN cohort). We applied modified Life's Simple Seven (LS7) definitions (Table 1) and compared the distribution of Ideal LS7 metrics between males and females of both study groups. Each LS7 metric was categorized as ideal (2 points), intermediate (1 point) and poor (0 point) and ordinal regressions were employed to investigate associations between gender and each individual LS7 metric. Regressions were adjusted for HIV status, age, income, education level. Results Our study included 997 participants, with 493 PLWH (68.7% female) and 504 HIV-uninfected (66.4% female). As displayed in Figure 1, the distribution of Ideal LS7 metrics differed between the males and females in both study groups. Males had a higher prevalence of ideal physical activity (aOR=4.12 [95%CI=3.11 to 5.44], p< 0.001) and ideal BMI (aOR=5.10 [3.47 to 7.49], p< 0.001) but lower prevalence of ideal smoking (aOR=0.037 [0.021 to 0.065], p< 0.001) and ideal blood pressure (aOR= 0.65 [0.50 to 0.85], p=0.002). The magnitude of these differences also varied by HIV status such that they were larger in PLWH than HIV-uninfected group for smoking (41.3% vs 26.4%), physical activity (41.6% vs 24.8%) and blood pressure (12.7% vs 9.2%) metrics. By contrast, these differences were less pronounced in PLWH vs HIV-uninfected group for the BMI metric (23.1% vs 29.7%). Figure 1: Distribution of Ideal Life's Simple 7 metrics, stratified by gender for both PLWH and HIV-uninfected controls Conclusion Cardiovascular health profiles vary by gender and HIV status, with stark differences between male and female PLWH for most metrics. Gender-specific interventions targeting smoking cessation, blood pressure control in male PLWH and physical activity, weight loss in female PLWH are warranted to mitigate CVD risk. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

Perceived health inequalities: are the UK and US public aware of occupation-related health inequality, and do they wish to see it reduced?

BackgroundOne underexamined factor in the study of lay views of socioeconomic health inequalities is occupation-related health. Examining health by occupational social class has a long history in the UK but has been comparatively overlooked in US public health literatures, where the relationship between health and work has attended more to hazard exposure.MethodsRepresentative samples of the UK and US indicated the perceived and ideal lifespan of people working in “higher managerial/professional” and “routine” occupations. We examine perceptions of inequality and desires for equality across occupation groups as a function of country and key socio-demographic variables.Results67.8% of UK and 53.7% of US participants identified that professionals live longer than routine workers. Multivariate models indicated that US participants were markedly less likely to be aware of occupation-related inequalities after controlling for age, gender, and education. Awareness was negatively related to age (in the US) and recent voting behaviours (both samples). Desiring equal life expectancy was less likely in the US sample, and less likely across both samples among older participants and those with lower levels of education.ConclusionEmploying a novel approach to measuring perceived and ideal life expectancy inequality, this is the first study to examine perceptions of lifespan inequality by occupational groups. It reports widespread understanding of the occupation-related gradient in lifespan and a desire that these inequalities be eliminated in the UK, but considerably less awareness and desire for equality in the US. Greater tolerance for social status inequalities in the US than other similar countries appear to also extend to differences in life expectancy.

Sympathizing with Gen-Z: Reflections of Social Media Culture in TikTok

Social media, which has become more essential in people's lives over the last two decades, on the one hand, creates a new social condition, a digital society, and on the other, changes people's everyday lives to a large extent. Social media deepens an intergenerational conflict between the young people who grew up with it, commonly referred to as the Z-generation, and the older generations, who are struggling to adapt to this new situation. As a reflection of this situation of conflict, bias towards younger generations occupies an important place in a significant part of the studies on social media. In these studies, young people are often portrayed as actors who, by all means, are permissible to become famous, pragmatists, and corrupt the moral values of society. Emerging as a critique of such approaches, this study tries to comprehend the new social condition created by social media. The study is based on a nethnographic analysis of the 58 highest-rated videos shot under the Buss It Challenge, which became a trend among young people on TikTok in early 2021. The study, on the one hand, reveals young people's perceptions of the ideal life and ideal body; on the other hand, it questions the projections of intercultural and gender differences in such videos. As a result, the study claims that an understanding of fame based on the sexualization of the female body, which is an important component of social media culture, is significantly shaped by neoliberal and patriarchal expectations, and social media alters the perception of time and space, which in turn reshapes the private and the public.

Impact of Multicultural Based Education Learning In the Process of Social Integration at SMA Al Azhar Mandiri Palu

Multicultural learning education is basically an educational program for the nation so that a multicultural community can participate in realizing the ideal life of democracy for the Nation. Formulation problem on study This is How learning education based on multiculturalism at Al Azhar High School Independent Palu, How impact learning education based multiculturalism has on students at Al Azhar High School Independent Hammer. Objective on study This Know the impact of learning education based on multicultural to students of Chinese ethnicity at Al Azhar High School Independent Hammer. Method study This is a qualitative method namely methods focused research attention on problems or natural phenomena actual at the moment study carried out And served in the form of a verbal narrative that describes facts about the problem being investigated How exists accompanied by rational interpretation And accurate . Results from study This Impact from learning based multicultural at Al Azhar High School Independent Hammer that is teach attitude value differences, attitudes deliberate, defend state, change mental attitude, knowledge citizenship, knowing rights and obligations inhabitant good country, guidelines Act in community, basics life nationality And matter the impact on students at Al Azhar High School Independent Hammer.

Ütopya Şimdi ve Daima: Ütopyanın Daimiliği Üzerine Bir Tartışma

The history of humanity is, in a way, the history of the chaos that is immanent in society. People have endless desires that could never be satisfied since they lived in society. The demand for a better life is one of the foremost desires. This quest, which has been lasting since the beginning of social life has been tried to be met with a wide variety of solutions throughout history. Perhaps the most striking of these propositions is Utopia, which took the stage with the Renaissance. It emphasizes the reality of the moment, criticizes it, and replaces it with an alternative that never comes true. Utopia is one of the ideal order proposals which is put forward in response to the desire for an "ideal life without chaos" for "now". It embodies hope and change. It promises hope even when the prospect of changing the facts seems impossible. It also feeds and reproduces the optimistic desire for the realization possibility of a better life. This is what keeps it alive at all times, even though it will not be realized and inaccessible. Therefore, there is always a need to review utopias to redesign the world we live in with a critical eye. Observing and understanding these experiences and trying to put new designs over them could be promising. Because utopias are an important means of stimulating socioeconomic changes. For this reason, even if it does not come true, the utopia that makes an impact with its thoughts will always continue to be a hope. So, it will exist forever and ever. To clarify this approach, the relations between scientific texts have been examined by using the literature review method. And relevant analyzes and inferences have been made in the light of the data obtained by this method.

The Changes in The Aesthetic Thoughts of Chinese Artists in Beijing Biennale during the COVID-19 Period

This study explores the transformative journey of Chinese aesthetics amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the Beijing Biennale as a lens into the shifting paradigms of artistic expression. Before the pandemic, the Biennale emphasized global themes like enriching the world, cultural integration, the Silk Road, memory, and ideal life. However, the outbreak prompted a profound metamorphosis. During the COVID-19 period, the exhibition pivoted toward themes of life reflection, anti-epidemic efforts, and hope, mirroring a broader transformation in Chinese aesthetics. it delves into the evolution from global narratives to localized, human-centered expressions. The pandemic compelled artists to reflect deeply, resulting in works that pondered existential questions and showcased human resilience. Aesthetic expressions shifted from grand global ideals to the immediacy of local life experiences. The study highlights the vital role of hope and solidarity in contemporary Chinese art, portraying them as beacons of light amid the darkness of uncertainty. This research illuminates the profound transformations that have taken place in the artistic landscape.

You live, you learn: celebrity aging, emotional expression, and femininity in Alanis Morissette’s star story

ABSTRACT Alanis Morissette has come to signify a particular kind of ageing Generation X female celebrity since her initial rise to fame almost three decades ago. This project traces her career and maturation in the glare of transnational media that often fail to accept evolutions in her music and identities as she ages. Exploring scholarship on intergenerational feminism, I seek to establish how Morissette is iconic of discourses that situate women within a specific generational context. Though she explores femininity and ageing in her creative works, media coverage of this musician often confines her to established social narratives that prescribe ideal life cycles of women. A tension between celebrity industry manufacturing of consistency and promotion of reinvention exists in even greater discordance with the representation and self-representation of ageing and self-development that celebrities undertake in their creative works and star images.