Intentional Action Research Articles

A Bad Romance: Late Ancient Fantasy, Violence, and Christian Hagiography

In Gerontius's labor of love, the Life of Melania the Younger, the hagiographer makes it clear that this is an intentional exercise in memory-making as well as a performance of personal piety. To craft his hagiographical fantasy, Gerontius imports romantic themes from Greek romance novels and ancient dream theory to evaluate Melania's pre-saintly life. Here, I explore the framing of the vita as a genre-bending (bad) romance and resituate this text within a larger discourse of constructed male fantasies of gender-based violence. To accomplish this goal, I examine overlapping themes in Christian and non-Christian Greek novels to emphasize references to sexual violence in the Life of Melania the Younger. Then, I show how the use of ancient dream theory frames the hagiographical project and produces what I identify as a male fantasy. Finally, I conclude that the hagiographical project—the intentional act of writing holiness—produced a troubling vision of sanctioned domestic violence.

Allocation of attention to metadata and retrieval functions: Implications for perceived value and open data discovery and reuse

Metadata and retrieval functions play a vital role in aiding researchers in the discovery and reuse of open data. However, the diversity of metadata elements and retrieval functions poses a challenge to data searchers’ limited attentional resources. This study aims to examine the allocation of attention to metadata elements and retrieval functions and its implications for perceived value and intentions to discover and reuse open data by drawing upon the attentional drift-diffusion model, flow theory, and perceived value literature. An experiment with 48 participants was conducted to explore the proposed relationships. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to analyze the data. The results suggest that researchers’ attention to high-value functions amplifies the perceived value and motivates data discovery intention. Attention to high-value metadata elements motivates data discovery and reuse intention. In contrast, attention to low-value metadata elements hampers the perceived value and inhibits data discovery and reuse intention. These findings put forward a new lens for exploring the attention mechanisms underlying perceived value, data discovery and reuse intention and highlight the important role of the value of metadata and retrieval functions in attention mechanisms. Additionally, this paper identifies the positive effect of perceived ease of use on users’ intentions to find, evaluate, and access open data. Perceived usefulness positively affects users’ intentions to evaluate open data. However, in contrast to perceived intentions to reuse open data assessed by self-reported measures, perceived value is not a salient motivator of open data reuse intention measured by behavioral indicators. These findings reveal the distinct effects of perceived value on perceived intention and intentional action in data reuse. With these insights, this study develops practical strategies to optimize the design of metadata and retrieval functions in data retrieval systems.

VILLAGE GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTATION BASED ON LAW NUMBER 6 OF 2014

The purpose of this research is to find out how the village government functions in carrying out village autonomy. Based on Law no. 6 of 2014 concerning Village Autonomy and how the concept of village financial management is based on Law no. 6 of 2014 concerning Village Autonomy. This study uses normative legal research methods so that it can be concluded: 1. The government and BPD are village administrations that have a very important role in administering village governance. With the existence of Law Number 6 of 2014 in its implementation it reflects village genuine autonomy, democratization, participation and diversity as the foundation of village thinking. The village government is the village head and village apparatus as elements of village administration. Meanwhile, village officials consist of a village secretariat led by a village secretary, field technical implementers and regional elements adapted to the needs and conditions of the local region. 2. The concept of village finance is almost the same as the concept of state finance, carried out through the Village Revenue and Expenditure Budget mechanism, which consists of the village revenue, expenditure and financing sections, which are carried out by the Village Head and his apparatus which are discussed jointly with the Village Consultative Body. Village financial management has juridical implications for the Village Head and the Village Consultative Body to be able to compile, authorize, implement, supervise and be accountable for village financial management. If there is negligence or intentional action, it will result in accountability both administratively and criminally. Regency/City Governments are obliged to allocate a budget for village finances, as well as provide guidance and supervision.

Action–effect knowledge transfers to similar effect stimuli

The ability to anticipate the sensory consequences of our actions (i.e., action–effects) is known to be important for intentional action initiation and control. Learned action–effects can select the responses that previously have been associated with them. What has been largely unexplored is how learned action–effect associations can aid action selection for effects that have not previously associated with an action but are similar to learned effects. In two studies, we aimed to show that when presented new, unknown action–effects, participants select the responses that have previously been associated with similar action–effects. In the first study (n = 27), action–effect similarity was operationalized via stimuli belonging to the same or different categories as the previously learned action–effects. In the second study (n = 31), action–effect similarity was realized via stimuli that require comparable motor responses in real life. Participants first learned that specific responses are followed by specific visual effect stimuli. In the test phase, learned effect stimuli, new but similar effect stimuli and new but dissimilar effect stimuli were presented ahead of the response. The findings revealed that both learned effect stimuli and new similar effect stimuli affected response times, whereas new dissimilar effects did not. When a learned or a new similar effect was followed by a learned response, compared to an unlearned response, the responses were faster. We interpret these findings in terms of action–effect learning. The action–effect once bound to an action is used to select an action if a similar effect for which no action has been learned yet is presented. However, it is noteworthy that, due to our design, other explanations for the found transfer are conceivable. We address these limitations in the General Discussion.

Connectivity and Order: an Analytical Framework.

IR literature has become inundated with different descriptions for the future of international order. The coming age is purportedly marked by China's ascendancy, American decline, a leaderless "no-one's world", or multiple competing modernities. Yet the global fight against climate change or shared COVID-19 strategies convey a different image of the world's predicament. The situation appears paradoxical: increasingly tense great-power relations are mixed with ever-strengthening interdependencies. This article contributes to these debates by exploring how global orders as well as regionalism today are increasingly defined by various types of connective functional links between intentional actors at various levels of social organisation. To enable a nuanced analysis, the article introduces an analytical framework composed of six connectivity logics, namely cooperation, copying, cushioning, contestation, containment, and coercion. These play out differently within material, economic, institutional, knowledge, people-to-people, and security spheres. The utility of this article's approach is demonstrated through empirical examples related to the policies of key actors in the Indo-Pacific region.

Development of scientific thought in the field of violation of environmental standards of building legislation

It is indicated that the legal protection of the natural environment, the provision of rational nature management and environmental safety in construction require not only the proper fulfillment by the subject of environmental legal relations of their rights and obligations, but also their protection from violations by other subjects, renewal of rights and legal interests of the participants of this legal relationship, bringing guilty persons to justice. It is legal responsibility that is the institution of environmental legislation that provides a mechanism for the localization and blocking of illegal behavior and stimulates socially useful actions of a person in the construction sector, is a measure of protection of society and its members from offenses, protects the interests of the individual, society and the state, is a form of the state’s response to violation of the established order of social relations.
 The article examines scientific views on the problems of violation of environmental norms of construction legislation, presents the formulation of the author’s term violation of ecological norms of construction legislation. It was determined that crimes in the field of violation of construction legislation are socially dangerous, criminally illegal, intentional or negligent actions (actions or inaction) with the use of construction equipment, construction tools, means, sources, methods and circumstances of their implementation, committed by physical, criminal, official, non-official and private persons.
 The author comes to the conclusion that crimes in the field of violation of construction legislation should be understood as socially dangerous, criminally illegal, intentional or negligent actions (actions or inaction) with the use of construction equipment, construction tools, means, sources, methods and circumstances of their implementation, committed physical, judicial, official, non-official and private persons (citizens of Ukraine, citizens of foreign countries, stateless persons and those with dual citizenship) who have reached the age of criminal responsibility for these crimes that encroach on relations regarding conditions (relationships), which ensure the existence of a multifunctional balanced system of vital activity of the animal, plant and human world, its protection, rational use and reproduction of such a single system, which includes a person (natural person), which will guarantee a natural environment that is safe for life and health, and in consequence of preparation, construction, operation and dismantling of construction structures cause significant damage to these relations, provided for by specific articles of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, or put them at risk of causing such significant damage.

A Tale of Two Theories

A Tale of Two Theories

Teleology in Living Beings: A Phenomenological Approach to Intentionality and Intentional Actions

This paper makes a phenomenological distinction between constitutive intentional movements and intentional actions. A phenomenological understanding of embodied and situated relations between living beings and their worlds shows that intentional movements do not imply an implicit or explicit experienced “what for” that organizes and directs what an organism does. We question the immanent teleology of autopoietic enactivism and the agentive semiotics theory. This discussion allows us to separate the idea of intentionality from objectives, goals, and agendas. This yields a different way of understanding the behavior of living beings based on the phenomenological notions of intentional body, intentional movement, animation, and the time-consciousness structure.

Probability and intentional action

How does probability affect attributions of intentionality? In five experiments (total N = 1410), we provide evidence for a probability raising account holding that people are more likely to see the outcome of an agent’s action as intentional if the agent does something to increase the odds of that outcome. Experiment 1 found that high probability without probability raising does not suffice for strong attributions of intentionality. Participants were more likely to conclude a girl intentionally obtained a desired gumball from a single gumball machine when it offered favorable odds for getting that kind of gumball compared with when it offered poor odds, but their attributions of intentionality were lukewarm. Experiments 2 and 3 then found stronger attributions of intentionality when the girl raised her probability of success by choosing to use machines offering favorable odds over machines offering poor odds. Finally, Experiments 4 and 5 examined whether these effects of probability raising might reduce to consideration of agents’ beliefs and expectations. We found that although these mental states do matter, probability raising matters too—people attribute intentional actions to agents who increase their odds of success, rather than to agents who merely become convinced that success is likely. We discuss the implications of these findings for claims that control and skill contribute to attributions of intentional action.

ABORDAGEM AO PACIENTE EM RISCO E TENTATIVA DE SUICÍDIO: DO ACOLHIMENTO E INTERVENÇÃO PRECOCE À ABORDAGEM MULTIPROFISSIONAL EM SAÚDE

Suicide is considered an intentional and conscious act, in which the individual uses a means that he believes to be lethal with the objective of taking his own life. Its occurrence is related to several factors such as environmental, social, psychological, genetic and cultural, affecting not only the subject, but his family, friends and society as a whole. From this perspective, carrying out the early identification and assessment of the risk of suicide is a fundamental practice for prevention. Based on the theoretical framework on this topic, we sought to discuss and highlight the management of patients at risk of suicide and the psychological approach, integrated into the multidisciplinary team. It was concluded the importance of the approach of the specialist team, in the attempts, in the identification and evaluation of the risks, in the interventions carried out seeking to strengthen the protective factors, reduce the risk factors and enable access to the adequate mental health network for treatment. By integrating this team, the psychologist approaches the patient and family, enabling comprehensive care for people in situations of suicide, preventing the risk of suicide and promoting mental health care.

PERTANGGUNGJAWABAN PELAKU TINDAK PIDANA YANG MENGAKIBATKAN KEMATIAN SESEORANG

Violent crime is a form of intentional action that causes a person's health / soul to change for the worse, in carrying out violence the perpetrator will make physical contact in the form of beating someone, causing a person to cause bruises in the form of wounds or the onset of pain in the victim's body. , violence generally occurs due to a dispute that has not been completed or someone feels belittled/demeaned by others so that the occurrence of revenge which ultimately leads to violent crime, in this thesis the author raises the issue of violent crime in imposing a criminal offense against perpetrators of domestic violence. District Court Decision Number 389/pid.B/2021/PN.Andada, The purpose of the problem is to find out the legal provisions referred to as violent crimes that cause a person to die and to determine the accountability In addition to the judge's considerations and the factors causing the occurrence of violent crimes against victims of violent crimes that caused injuries, the case number is State Number 389/pid.B/2021/PN. Kalianda

Intentional action and knowledge-centered theories of control

Intentional action is, in some sense, non-accidental, and one common way action theorists have attempted to explain this is with reference to control. The idea, in short, is that intentional action implicates control, and control precludes accidentality. But in virtue of what, exactly, would exercising control over an action suffice to make it non-accidental in whatever sense is required for the action to be intentional? One interesting and prima facie plausible idea that we wish to explore in this paper is that control is non-accidental in virtue of requiring knowledge—either knowledge-that or knowledge-how (e.g., Beddor and Pavese 2021; cf., Setiya 2008; 2012 and Habgood-Coote 2018). We review in detail some key recent work defending such knowledge-centric theories of control, and we show that none of these accounts holds water. We conclude with some discussion about how control opposes the sort of luck intentional action excludes without doing so by requiring knowledge (that- or how).

Challenges and Solutions for Establishing Robust Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts in US Academic Radiation Oncology Departments

Challenges and Solutions for Establishing Robust Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts in US Academic Radiation Oncology Departments

Sosialisasi Pemanfaatan Video Edukatif pada Sikap Tanggung Jawab Siswa MTs. NWDI Juet Kabupaten Lombok Timur

Learning activities using educational videos are one of the supports in efforts to manage or control themselves from the low attitude of responsibility that is often experienced by students, so they need to be fostered and directed properly. Responsibility is human awareness of intentional or unintentional behavior or actions. Responsibility also means acting as an embodiment of awareness of one's obligations. The low attitude of responsibility will have an adverse impact, such as the occurrence of a learning process that is not conducive and is unable to think positively in the social environment. This service activity aims to improve teacher understanding and skills in developing media as a tool for conveying learning material, so it is hoped that through this activity it can make the process of forming a better student personality through the use of learning media in the form of educational videos on student responsibility. The method of implementing community service includes, coordination of activities, preparation of tools and materials, implementation, and evaluation. The results of this community service activity were greeted with enthusiasm and motivation in carrying out these activities, from the practical results it can be concluded that 80% of the socialization participants were able to make good use of educational videos.

Legal and Moral Analysis of the Authority of Police Investigators in Eradicating Corruption Crimes in Cases of IMB Management in Net City Internet Learning Cafe

Corruption is a term that comes from Latin, "corruptio" from the verb "corrumpere", which means rotten, corrupted, shaken, twisted, bribed, stolen, stolen. According to the Oxford dictionary, the notion of corruption is dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by people in authority. Responsibility is human awareness of intentional or unintentional behavior or actions. Responsibility also means action as a manifestation of awareness of obligations. In this case, the author describes a series of corruption incidents, Mr. Winar Subekti who serves as the Assistant Head of the Net City Internet Learning Cafe Development Project) actions that refer to direct actions to make inappropriate choices, where here he requires other people to commit inhumane crimes, here he is not a human being who has not changed , so that here the author will discuss the analysis of Law and Moral Police Investigators in Corruption Eradication.

Task-based functional connectivity identifies two segregated networks underlying intentional action

While much of motor behavior is automatic, intentional action is necessary for the selection and initiation of controlled motor acts and is thus an essential part of goal-directed behavior. Neuroimaging studies have shown that self-generated action implicates several dorsal and ventral frontoparietal areas. However, knowledge of the functional coupling between these brain regions during intentional action remains limited. We here studied brain activations and functional connectivity (FC) of thirty right-handed healthy participants performing a finger pressing task instructed to use a specific finger (externally-triggered action) or to select one of four fingers randomly (internally-generated action). Participants performed the task in alternating order either with their dominant right hand or the left hand. Consistent with previous studies, we observed stronger involvement of posterior parietal cortex and premotor regions when contrasting internally-generated with externally-triggered action. Interestingly, this contrast also revealed significant engagement of medial occipitotemporal regions including the left lingual and right fusiform gyrus. Task-based FC analysis identified increased functional coupling among frontoparietal regions as well as increased and decreased coupling between occipitotemporal regions, thus differentiating between two segregated networks. When comparing results of the dominant and nondominant hand we found less activation, but stronger connectivity for the former, suggesting increased neural efficiency when participants use their dominant hand. Taken together, our results reveal that two segregated networks that encompass the frontoparietal and occipitotemporal cortex contribute independently to intentional action.

Causal Stories and Problem Definitions: How Policymakers and Superintendents Frame School Turnaround

This study uses framing theory and the concept of causal stories to examine beliefs about causes and solutions to improving chronically low-performing schools in response to Michigan’s school turnaround policy. Across cases, policymakers and district leaders assigned most responsibility to poor leadership, poverty, and chronic educator turnover as primary causes of problems leading to turnaround identification. These causal stories were most often framed as side effects of policy or practice rather than as intentional actions. However, a notable subset assigned blame more directly to intentional policy action (or inaction) that would help districts counteract the effects of concentrated poverty, such as weighted funding. In terms of solutions, most leaders believed that improved funding was necessary to strengthen and stabilize the workforce and meet the nonacademic needs of children—for instance, attending to the deleterious effects of poverty through wraparound services or efforts to address trauma.

The Role of Health Policy and Systems in the Uptake of Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Review.

This study explores how health policies and systems can affect voluntary uptake of community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A narrative review was conducted involving searches of 10 databases (Medline, Global Index Medicus, Cumulative Index to Nursing, and Allied Health Literature, Health Systems Evidence, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, PsycINFO, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, EconLit, Bibliography of Asian Studies, and Africa Wide Information) across the social sciences, economics, and medical sciences. A total of 8107 articles were identified through the database searches, 12 of which were retained for analysis and narrative synthesis after 2 stages of screening. Our findings suggest that in the absence of directly subsidizing CBHI schemes by governments in LMICs, government policies can nonetheless promote voluntary uptake of CBHIs through intentional actions in 3 key areas: (a) improving quality of care, (b) providing a regulatory framework that integrates CBHIs into the national health system and its goals, and (c) leveraging administrative and managerial capacity to facilitate enrollment. The findings of this study highlight several considerations for CBHI planners and governments in LMICs to promote voluntary enrollment in CBHIs. Governments can effectively extend their outreach toward marginalized and vulnerable populations that are excluded from social protection by formulating supportive regulatory, policy, and administrative provisions that enhance voluntary uptake of CBHI schemes.

Evaluating the Significance of Forensic Accounting in Fraud Detection in the Indian Banking Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of forensic accounting in fraud detection and investigating the fraudulent practices in the Indian Banking sector Design/Methodology/Approach: This paper review studies conducted on forensic accounting in Indian banking sector to explore the suitability of the same in detection of the occurrences of fraud and investigation of fraudulent practices in the Indian Banking Sector. Findings:The need to identify and stop financial fraud has never been greater. Even though regulatory agencies like SEBI and RBI attempted to cut down on fraud, their results were unfavourable. Fraudsters nowadays are sophisticated and technologically adept and use novel techniques to commit their crimes. Furthermore, the study highlights Fraud in the Indian Banking Industry. Lastly, the study highlights the Role of Big Data in Influence Practitioners to Use Forensic Accounting for Fraud. Research limitation/implication: Corporate leaders are ready to avoid committing financial fraud despite pressure from investors, government securities regulators, and exogenous market swings, according to the study's key premise that fraud may be reduced by proactive and intentional action by auditors. Theoretical implication: Forensic accounting requires knowledge of large data, and should be included in courses for both undergraduate and graduate students. Practical implication: Forensic accounting is a viable method for exposing bank fraud in India, but more focus should be given to fraud instances where forensic accountants haven't paid attention. Orginality/value: From published literature, it is evident that there is dearth of studies conducted on forensic accounting and detection of frauds in the Indian Banking Sector. The review paper is a holistic study that focuses on forensic accounting, its suitability in uncovering frauds in Indian Banking sector.

Analysis of the health advocacy concept from the perspective of the evolutionary method.

To analyze the concept of Health Advocacy from the methodological framework of the Evolutionary Model. The concept of interest was evaluated from the perspective of published studies identified in the databases: Web of Science, CINAHL, EMBASE, SCOPUS, MEDLINE and articles of interest. The attributes were determined from 19 scientific productions. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis, proposed by Bardin. The following operational definition was obtained: Health Advocacy is an intentional action, implemented jointly and in favor of individuals and communities, especially for those who suffer from health inequalities, with the aim of preserving and improving health, well-being and empowerment for health promotion. Thus, a broader concept of Health Advocacy was abstracted, from the micro to the macro, which contemplates the development of the patient's autonomy; includes individuals and groups in care plans and involves them in political activities as possibilities to provide assistance and correct health inequalities.