Vision Of World Research Articles

An analysis of strategies to improve financial sustainability of revolving loan fund programs: a case of world vision Burundi hiv/aids project in gashoho adp

Financial sustainability for revolving loan fund programs has been a topic of utmost interest especially to most non-profit organization (NGO) leaders, potential funders, including those communities that these programs function for. Financial sustainability makes the basis for community development which combines interventions by development-workers both from governmental and non-governmental agencies. This study sought to investigate the strategies adopted to improve financial sustainability of funding programs that related to revolving loans with one singular case study of a World Vision Burundi HIV/AIDS project in Gashoho ADP. The study is used descriptive research design to seek opinion of respondents. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to evaluate and assess quantitative information whereas the thematic analysis was utilised to evaluate qualitative information. The study found that training on fund use, reduction of corruption, increasing awareness on vision of revolving loan funds, development of entrepreneurial mindset among beneficiaries, implementation of good financial management system, proper monitoring & evaluation of the performance of revolving loan fund programs as effective strategies for enhancing financial sustainability of revolving loan fund programs in Gashoho for enhancing financial sustainability of revolving loan funds in Burundi, Gashoho ADP. The study concluded that fund- use training was related to financial sustainability of revolving loan fund programs (r=.2017; R- square = 0.0408). The study showed that financial management is effective in ensuring the financial sustainability of revolving funds programs by increasing knowledge on the utilization of financial resources (r=0.08). Similarly, the study concluded that monitoring and evaluation is a key to achieving the financial sustainability of revolving loan funds programs(r=0.116; Chi- Square=0.008; and F-Statistic = 2.72 at significance level =.100). The study concluded that training on fund use, financial management practices and Monitoring and evaluation of projects as the key strategies for the financial sustainability of revolving funds. The study recommended that revolving funds adopts these tripartite strategies to ensure the revolving remain sustainable after the donor leaves the project.

Towards an ‘Eco-Theo-Logy’

Abstract The paper seeks to draw the contours of an “Eco-Theo-Logy” in the context of the unprecedented crisis of our Common Home and with special reference to Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical on creation care. An “eco” theology would begin with the sense of awe and gratitude for Earth, our unique common planetary home blessed with the gift of life, and listen attentively to the growing “cry of the Earth and of the poor” (Laudato Si’, 49). Secondly, it seeks to articulate anew the theological understanding of an ‘in-carnate’ God, a God who enters human and cosmic vicissitudes and manifests in the pangs of creation. It also strives to a religious vision of the natural world as the “Gospel of creation”. Thirdly, it’s time to re-imagine the logos component of an eco-theo-logy, embracing an integral and relational approach, raising a prophetic theological voice in the face of profound inequalities and injustices that exist in our one common household, and adopting a decisively practice/action orientation.

Constructing Attractiveness: Chinese Diplomatic Actors’ Cultural Soft-power Discursive Practices through the British Press

ABSTRACT Based on a critical review of Nye’s conceptualization of soft power, this paper extends the literature by examining how Chinese diplomatic actors deploy cultural soft-power discursive practices when publishing opinion pieces in the British press to construct the attractiveness of China. It conducts a corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis. Findings show that they strategically deploy charm offensive, defensive denial and Othering offensive to construct a distinctively positive Chinese Self and a positive Us as inclusive as possible under the influence of ideological square. The identified major topoi are characterized by imbuing China’s foreign policies and its world vision with Chinese traditional cultural and moral values, hopefully to justify China’s extensive use of the economic prowess to gain soft power, and justify its ability and incentive to play a more important role in global governance. It sheds some light on understanding Chinese diplomatic actors’ distinctive cultural soft-power mediated discursive practices in the general context of a non-Western government communicating and engaging with Western audiences. It also contributes to the understanding of China’s strategic thinking and its world vision in the Xi Jinping era.

Pharmacists Working to Avert an Avoidable Apocalypse.

A recently published novel paper explored the frightening prospect of living in an imaginary world where antibiotics can no longer fulfill their valuable function in modern medicine. The authors of this piece demonstrate an interesting approach that they feel might motivate health care professionals to contemplate more carefully what can be done to preserve the utility of antimicrobials. In what is perhaps a more pragmatic approach, in this edition of the journal, we publish a joint position statement addressing the role of senior care pharmacists in antimicrobial stewardship. The position statement addresses a range of concepts, but of importance overall it speaks to the need for pharmacists to play an important role in preserving the efficacy of antibiotics.

Категории «метавселенная» и «non-fungible token» в международном частном праве: на примере морской перевозки грузов

Introduction. The emergence of new technologies poses to the Russian legislator a number of complex issues that require rapid and high-quality study, since successful or, conversely, unsuccessful legal regulation of certain processes can promote or hinder their development. These are currently digital technologies and, as their separate element, the metaverse, which exists through the operation of a system of distributed registries, smart contracts, and primary accounting units – tokens. In this regard, the purpose of this publication is to consider the current state and certain aspects of improving the legal regulation of the metaverse and the turnover of a particular type of token, namely the non-fungible token (NFT). Methods. The research is based on the application of logical and dialectical techniques and methods of scientific cognition, comparative legal and legal-technical analysis of texts of normative acts, and materials of law enforcement practice. As a result of the research, the features of the functioning of metaverses as a symbiosis of the real, virtual, and imaginary worlds were considered. The introduction of such technologies into civil circulation, including the sphere of maritime transportation, can significantly improve the quality of legal protection of the rights and interests of subjects involved in these relations. The results of the review became the basis for the following conclusion: the Russian Federation is at the initial stage of the formation of metaverses on its territory, including the issue of legal regulation of such phenomena. In this connection, and taking into account the geopolitical situation, it was proposed by the state forces, with the involvement of the largest Russian transport organizations, on the basis of a public-private partnership, to accelerate the creation of such systems, including regulations in this area, both within Russia and at the regional and international level within the framework of the EAEU and BRICS.

Failing at agriculture but finding education: Reflections on planning, fate, and flexibility in a career

This essay explains some of the choices that shaped my career, to help colleagues in the early or middle stages of theirs. The tips I provide are not meant for geniuses, who may not face the same constraints as the rest of us. Four tips are crucial. First, be open to changes forced by fate. If you’re well-prepared—and maintain the methodological skills that led to your MA or PhD—you can exploit almost any forced change. And if you’re curious and open-minded, forced changes will feel less like an imposition and more like an opportunity. Second, choose carefully among careers in academia, large development organizations (such as the World Bank and UNICEF), and NGOs (whether a front-line NGO like World Vision or a research-based one like RTI). Large organizations are more bureaucratic and will often assign you less meaningful tasks. All organizations require that you “pay your dues,” but especially large ones. That said, large organizations can provide more engagement with governments and data to work with. You can always switch between types of organizations. If that’s your intention, it might be wise to first work for big development agencies. Note that it might be hard to switch to academia if you have not kept up your writing, especially by getting published in peer-reviewed journals. Third, if you want to be a warrior, you must fight noble battles. You cannot simply seek to be a warrior for fun and glory, then look for causes. To be a warrior, you’ll have to choose between being a “guerrilla” (going alone to go fast) or part of a larger “army” (going together to go far). A nimble guerilla helps advance advocacy and get things started, and coalitions of guerrillas can get a lot done. But to reach scale, you’ll ultimately have to work with governments and large agencies. Fourth, recognize that in most cases you won’t be implementing anything. That’s the task of your colleagues in the countries where you work. Working through and with those colleagues requires trust, which is built by doing the hard work together. To earn and keep trust, you must ensure that your advice is solid and effective, rather than just derived from the latest intellectual fad or institutional agenda. Advice based solely on bureaucratic mandates often fails. And though bureaucracies rarely lose face, you might. Finally, trust involves understanding the local political economy and identifying who to work with. Many groups may not like your advice: what’s good for kids is often not good for elites, and elites are not always the obviously privileged. Knowing how to work the scene, with your colleagues, is far more likely to get the results you seek than relying only on research and data (though data are obviously crucial).

The Application of Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytic Approach in Cry the peacock by Anita Desai and Wife by Bharti Mukherjee.

Immigration, exile, and expatriation are all associated with home, identity, nostalgia, memory, and solitude in the modern period. Anita Desai and Bharati Mukherjee are two contemporary Indian English writers in the twenty-first century; they also talked about their psyche through the wife protagonist Dimple and Cry the Peacock protagonist Maya. They are dealing with mental conditions and a feeling of suffrage. Maya's psychological situation is manifested in Cry, the Peacock. Desai's heroine has very well examined the inner world of a woman, her rage, frustration, and the storm raging inside her head and heart. The novelist's interest in Maya's freedom is evident on nearly every page of the narrative. Instead of focusing solely on the exterior, she frequently delves into her primary characters' interior or inner psychology. She is an expert at writing psychological novels. She understands how to delve into the psychic depths of her primary characters, as well as analyze and study their motivations in depth. The novelist is widely regarded as a forerunner in the field of psychoanalytic research. This paper analyses Bharati Mukherjee's novel 'Wife' and Anita Desai’s Cry, the peacock as a tragedy caused by unfulfilled dreams. Dimple, the protagonist of "Wife,' appears from the beginning as a person who lives in an imaginary world, beyond reality; she dreams of a perfect husband and a perfect life, but when her dreams are not fulfilled, she murders her husband, believing that no one will catch her for murder, as she has seen in most serials. The paper focuses on the psychoanalysis study of Dimple and Maya.

Imaginary worlds: Karl May and the refugees

ABSTRACT Linhard’s article shows how the imaginary worlds of German pulp author Karl May (1842–1912) appear in the memories of Jewish and anti-fascist refugees who found asylum in the Americas. Yet the refugees were not the only ones who had once been avid readers of May’s fictions: his novels were just as appealing to supporters of fascism, even, some claim, to Hitler himself. May’s novels are built on racialized and gendered imaginaries that made them equally suitable for those who saw indigenous cultures in the Americas as ultimately inferior and in need of guidance from the European characters, and those who brought with them romantic visions of still racialized, yet benevolent and noble natives. These visions bear no relationship to indigenous cultures in Latin America and instead are transposed from beliefs and tropes about the ‘Indians’ featured in the adventures of Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. Writers forced into exile, among them Leo Spitzer, Klaus Mann, Gertrude Duby and Egon Erwin Kisch, wrote about the ways in which reading May shaped how they once saw the Americas. The traces of May’s influence in the writings of displaced Jews and anti-fascists reveal a certain blindness to colonial racism that, while characteristic of the times when these authors came of age, was still part of world-views that many were not ready to challenge. Understanding the impact of the work of a man who called his novels ‘travel narratives’ (even though he never visited the places he claimed to be writing about) brings us one step closer to understanding more about the inner lives of Holocaust refugees in the colonial world.

Characteristics of Recurrent Visions of the Nonphysical World Among Cognitively Unimpaired Elders of the Ojibwe Tribal Nation.

Visual hallucinations are a core feature of dementia with Lewy bodies and primary psychiatric disease, yet identification of a hallucination vs normal spiritual experience depends on cultural context. Almost no information exists in the medical literature regarding normal spiritual experiences in American Indian participants in the context of a neurocognitive evaluation. To assess the characteristics of a normal spiritual experience in an Ojibwe Tribal Nation. This prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted between August 1, 2021, and August 31, 2022, among an Ojibwe Tribal Nation in northern Minnesota. Participants were evaluated at their tribal nation clinic. Cognitively unimpaired tribal Elders who were enrolled members of the tribal nation and aged 55 years or older were invited to participate via fliers, radio advertisements, and health fair presentations. Thirty-seven tribal Elders volunteered. Each participant was asked whether they experienced hallucinations or visions of people, animals, or objects that are not part of the physical world. This was an a priori formulated question and part of a comprehensive neurocognitive evaluation consisting of history and physical examination (including cognitive screening with a subspecialty-trained behavioral neurologist); blood tests for metabolic, nutritional, and thyroid conditions; and noncontrast magnetic resonance imaging brain scan. Four patients were excluded from the present analysis due to having mild cognitive impairment or dementia. Thirty-three cognitively unimpaired tribal Elders (mean [SD] age, 66.0 [7.5] years; 22 women [67%]) were included. Sixteen (48%) answered affirmatively, reporting recurrent visions of the nonphysical world. Generally, these visions were well formed, benevolent in nature, and transient; started in preadolescence; involved spirits or ancestors; and were congruent with cultural and spiritual beliefs of the Ojibwe people. No patients had accompanying dream enactment behavior, dysautonomia, parkinsonism, sleep transition-related hallucinations, or moderate to severe depression to suggest a prodrome of an α-synucleinopathy, hypnopompic or hypnagogic hallucinations, or psychosis. Although based on only 1 Ojibwe Tribal Nation, this study suggests that formed visions of the nonphysical world are common among cognitively healthy Ojibwe individuals and can represent normal spiritual experiences. Clinicians would benefit from careful consideration of cultural or spiritual context to avoid misdiagnosis of neuropsychiatric disease.

Through Filmic Lenses: The Social Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Orphaned Girl Child in Zimbabwe

Millions of children worldwide have become orphaned for many reasons such as war, famine, displacement, disease, and poverty. The HIV/AIDS pandemic has drastically altered the world children live in. It has led to many children becoming orphans worldwide. An orphan, according to the World Vision, is a child younger than 18 years who has lost either one biological, foster or adoptive parent or both biological, foster or adoptive parents. The Sunday Mail of 12 November 2017 carried a story in which the United Nations International Children’s Fund reported that 17.8 million children worldwide have lost both parents (double orphan), with 153 million having lost one parent (single orphan). The United Nations International Children’s Fund, furthermore, reported that in Zimbabwe there were close to 2 million orphans, with an estimated 3 900 orphans being raised in orphanages. The social roles, rights and privileges of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS have ultimately become disrupted particularly in child-headed households. Guided by the media reflection hypothesis coupled with a qualitative content approach, this article critically examines Everyone’s Child, a Zimbabwean feature film directed by Tsitsi Dangarembga in 1996, to discuss some of the social impacts of HIV/AIDS on the orphaned girl child in Zimbabwe. Films play an important role in society. They act as reflectors or mirrors of society; therefore, this article argues that the film Everyone’s Child reflects back to society which challenges are faced by children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in child-headed families in Zimbabwe. The absence of biological parents therefore makes the life of orphans stressful and affects their well-being negatively.

The representations of journalists in Naguib Mahfouz’s novellas: How are they reflected in today’s journalism in Egypt?

This interdisciplinary study explores representations of journalists linking literary criticism with media cultural studies. The researcher examines works from the sixties by Nobel laureate writer and novelist Naguib Mahfouz. While the article concentrates on Mahfouz’s works dealing with journalism, it presents a qualitative analysis of three novellas of his from the sixties: The Thief and the Dogs, The Beggar and A Drift on the Nile. In these works, Mahfouz presents cogent and well-founded arguments on the image of the Egyptian journalists, which manifest itself until now. The article argues that the psychological and social aspects of journalism that Mahfouz delineates are recalled nowadays in the vast, ubiquitous mediascape Egypt inhabits as evidence of the self-perpetuated nature of the masterful Egyptian culture. In this work Norman Fairclough’s model of discourse analysis is employed to survey the roles and characteristics of journalists in a context of power and ideology during President Nasser’s regime and shows not only how they are similar to those of journalists nowadays but also the evolution of journalists under el-Sisi neo-authoritarianism. It also draws on the thoughts of theorists like Lucien Goldmann, mainly the concept of ‘world vision’ to inspect the problem of the identity of Egyptian journalism. The study concludes that these three novels show journalists’ negative image as traitors, subservient to political power, sellers of trivia or full of nihilism. Mahfouz’s representations reflect the outputs of Egyptian media milieu under authoritarian Nasser’s era. The article reflects upon contemporary authoritarian regime in Egypt, discussing the types of media practitioners currently exist who almost repeat the almost-closed cultural circle, only with a complete control of intelligence apparatus.

History and Cartography meet youth through Digital Technology

Through collaboration between the Onassis Foundation, the Historical Archive of the National Bank of Greece, and the Vocational Senior High School of Kamatero, an innovative digital project was developed that is both trendy and geared towards youth. This project showcases how a concept aimed at emphasizing the historical significance of the Capital of Greece inspired students to merge the disciplines of Computer Science and History, resulting in the creation of a 3D game on a popular platform. Additionally, this project demonstrates how Project-based learning can be achieved through collaborative and inquiry-based learning, real-world connections, initiative, and the satisfaction of creating something new. The impetus for the cooperation was the Panhellenic Student Competition of the Onassis Foundation, "Hack the Map: Imaginary Worlds." This competition invited schools to promote the cultural heritage of Greece, especially cartographic exhibits/evidence of the old days, through students' digital projects. The Historical Archive of the National Bank of Greece, which is a significant resource for studying Modern Greek History through primary sources, reached out to the Vocational Senior High School of Kamatero, located in the western sector of Athens, to work on a project. The school has an IT department, among other disciplines. In close collaboration, they developed a scenario that is about the civil war that occurred in Athens during the Interregnum period (October 1862-October 1863) after the dethronement of Greece's first king, Otto I. The scenario highlights the bloody events that took place between political factions in the city. In these conflicts, the implication of "Kyriakos," a dangerous leader of robbers, is a paradoxical historical event that stimulated the 2nd-grade Informatics students' imagination. Therefore, they created a 3D digital game entitled "Thieves and Policemen in the newly established Greek city-state: Iouniana." This presentation intends to demonstrate how the students' team of the Vocational School of Kamatero rebuilt Athenian monuments related to Kyriakos' action in a 3D environment; how they reconstructed the cartography of the capital's center during the second half of the 19th century based on these monuments and how they utilized digital resources (maps, photos, and texts) and books proposed by NBG Historical Archives; how a single player, via Kyriakos' persona, has to accomplish missions-battles and match parts of Athens' map of that era; and finally, how students narrated a historical event in a game constructed in Roblox platform inviting other young people to involve history knowledge.

The Experience of Being Alive Through Poetry

It is viewed that poets and poetry readers mostly come to a disappointing idea from the community’s belief proclaiming poetry’s death and that poetry is in vain and it is a waste of time. Readers and poets keep wondering intensely that, if so, then how do their souls still recall the inspirational world of imagination? How do their souls travel into an imaginative world of thoughts creating a piece of art through some words that are of daily life experiences? William Wordsworth's poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”, for instance, connects humanity and nature to make life more meaningful. The natural world provides human beings bliss, enabling them to overcome life challenges such as loneliness. The poet obtains happiness from the dancing daffodils and overcomes his loneliness. This togetherness between humanity and the natural world aids the poet in overcoming the challenges. The poem uses poetic devices, especially figurative language, that demands the readers to recall their experiences to understand them better. Like Campbell, Wordsworth has a positive view of the natural world because it enables the speaker to deal with sadness. Therefore, artists should acknowledge the significance of discourses while writing poems. The community, in addition to that,is called to reconsider their beliefs and observe that it is through poetry that our souls get nourished and call our daily life experiences. This study examines former beliefs to prove that poetry is the experience that keeps our souls alive.

Читательское отождествление с образом персонажа: механизмы интегративного подхода

The article summarizes theoretical ideas from several areas of knowledge in order to form a comprehensive view of the mechanisms underlying the reader’s identification with the character’s image. By the example of the prose by B.Y. Poplavsky, the constructive importance of the deictic shift in the narrator’s narrative is emphasized, which leads to the reader’s immersion in the processes of processing explicable information, loss of self-perception. Another approach focuses on the processes of constructing the author’s message: when perceiving the narrative, the reader is stimulated to use background knowledge necessary for comparison with the state of affairs described in the text at the moment. The relationship between these sequentially activated processes is conceptualized: the deictic shift and immersion in the narrative becomes the basis for the relevant interpretation of the narrative, which precedes its impact on the reader’s emotional and volitional sphere and imagination. It is concluded that the deictic shift observed in the narrative turns out to be one of the basic mechanisms of reader text processing, explication of the mental model of interpersonal relationships between characters, fixed by the narrator. The authors believe that the processes underlying the deictic shift and the mental reconstruction of the storyline together determine the reader’s sense of immersion in the literary text. The study establishes clear relationships between the linguistic originality of a literary text and various kinds of reactions of the reader perceiving this text. The reader’s going beyond his psychological and intellectual «Self», his immersion in the text provides an alternative experience that feels as if it unfolds in the format of real everyday life. It is established that changing the character’s point of view to the interlocutor character provides a relevant understanding of the narrative scenario, functions as a simulation controlled by the author in a recreated imaginary world. Fixing attention on deictic transitions in the perception of the characters’ images by the narrator entails the reader’s experiences of strong emotions similar to those experienced as a spontaneous reaction to similar situations in everyday reality.

Coping with HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma and Discrimination: An Overview Based on a Personal Loss

Stigma and discrimination have a profound psychological and societal impact on individuals living with HIV/AIDS and their communities. This research offers an in-depth exploration of these challenges, drawing insights from a vast array of sources, such as articles, books, films, documentaries, websites, reports, resolutions, and famous stories. In order to provide valuable insights into building resilience and fostering supportive environments, the study simultaneously examines the coping mechanisms and strategies employed by the infected, as depicted in the literature used therein. The example of Miha, a young woman who faced societal biases despite her achievements, serves as a poignant reminder of the many sad narratives behind the statistics. This paper ultimately emphasizes the urgent need for continued efforts in awareness, education, and advocacy of combating HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination, and culminates in a call for collective action, empathy, and a shared vision of an inclusive world.

October 12 — World Vision Day

Every second Thursday of October, the world community celebrates World Sight Day. This action was initiated by the World Health Organization as part of the implementation of the “VISION 2020: The Right to Sight” program. Thus, since 1998, doctors have been trying to draw attention to the problems of people with blindness or low vision, help them adapt to the world around, prevent the spread of visual function pathology, and preserve the sight of the population.

Imagination as Anthropological Topic. Imaginary Worlds and Utopian Languages from Renaissance to Descartes (and Leibniz)

Imagination as Anthropological Topic. Imaginary Worlds and Utopian Languages from Renaissance to Descartes (and Leibniz)

Community building in virtual participation charity sport events

ABSTRACT The study aims to explore the drivers of community building in virtual participation charity sport events. The authors conducted a case study of virtual charity events governed by Team World Vision, the sports arm of a global not-for-profit service organisation. They conducted semi-structured interviews with World Vision marketing managers and virtual running race participants, analysed survey and podcast interview data, and performed a document analysis. Four overarching themes were revealed as drivers of community building: community engagement, social networking, impression management, and fitness philanthropy practicing. The study uncovers the peculiarities of the virtual format that helped build virtual communities and create excitement around the cause, such as digitised communication plans, social media- and technology-facilitated opportunities to connect both locally and globally, and the adapted fundraising strategies in the virtual format.

Analysis of BYD New Energy Vehicle Cost Management Strategy

Under the new development concept and "dual carbon", in line with the concept of green and environmental protection, in order to achieve the goal of "carbon neutrality", the development direction of China's automobile industry has gradually shifted from traditional vehicles to new energy vehicles. The government has issued a series of new energy policy support to vigorously develop the new energy industry, and domestic new energy vehicles have quickly entered the world vision. This paper takes BYD's new energy vehicles as the research object. Through the research on the value chain analysis tools and its cost management, it finds that BYD has excessive vertical integration, insufficient research and development efforts, and cost management havent adapt to the economic environment. In view of the above problems, it comes to the conclusion that the supply chain should be optimized and improved, targeted research and development efforts should be increased, and cost management data should be improved.

BEYOND FUN

“Games have the potential to stimulate human improvement, the playful environment is appealing, and it can be incorporated into the educational context. The aim of the study was to highlight how games can impact social interaction within a school structure. In order to achieve this, it was necessary to: a) identify how games can be used as an educational tool; b) explain how the educational environment can become more attractive when games are present, aiming to understand the mechanisms through which the use of games can positively affect students’ motivation and the quality of the learning experience; c) demonstrate how the integration of elements from an ‘imaginary world’ can contribute to transforming the school environment into a more pleasant and welcoming space for students. The study utilized a qualitative approach, and the data collection instrument employed was Document Analysis. Through the compilation of various documents, followed by an in-depth analysis, it was possible to realize that games should be present within the educational environment, constantly striving to make this environment increasingly appealing to students. Simultaneously, teachers will have an additional ally in the teaching and learning process. Additionally, as students learn while having fun, they will also be exposed to numerous conflicting experiences, which will further strengthen the development of their identity.”