Kind Of Life Research Articles

American Legal Realism and the Revitalization of Literary Realist History

American Legal Realism and the Revitalization of Literary Realist History

Beckett’s Spectral Presences

Abstract Spectrality remains a key motif and metaphor in Beckett’s writing; many of his wandering and destitute creations seem on their way towards another kind of life, uncomfortably close to death, and remarkably close to the spirit world. This article outlines some of the paradoxes that surround Beckett’s relation to the ghost as a dramatic device; it emphasises how uneasily Beckett’s work sits within the tradition of the ghost play, and unravels some of the preoccupations and interests shaping Beckett’s treatment of dialogues with the dead.

Rhapsody in Turquoise

Rhapsody in Turquoise

Stoicism: Portrayal of Women in Khamosh Pani, Pinjar and Eho Hamara Jeevna

Women bodies are the victim of sheer oppression and violence due to their vulnerable status since time immemorial. Instances of rape, murder, abduction, honour killing, and domestic violence are quite common in the case of women even in the contemporary world. They were the principal victims of the communal violence at the time of partition as well. They were murdered and humiliated before their loved ones; abducted and forcefully married after conversion or even sold out like inanimate entities. To avert the worst, copious of them committed suicide or others were killed by their family members for the sake of honour. The plight of these misfortunate women has been depicted by many writers very often through their works and even by cinema industries. The present paper tries to explore the fate of these wretched women which have been depicted on the silver screen in Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters), Pinjar (The Skeleton) and Eho Hamara Jeevna (Such is Her Fate). Women characters in these movies are trapped in a quagmire of hideous social evils, inflicted upon them by society, which has left them with nothing but trauma, violence, suffering, identity crises, atrocities and so on. All these women are Sikh women, who are swirling in the gyre of ‘in-betweenness’ due to their past traumas and the kind of life they are living right now. Keeping aside their emotions, these women do not lose their self-control and always try to strike a balance to live a harmonious life even after such atrocities. Their stoic personalities have encouraged them to undergo the sufferings inflicted upon them but their soul is completely torn due to these inhuman atrocities.

Plato: Is the soul immortal?

This work examines Plato?s teaching on the immortality of the soul. What constitutes our Self, with which we identify as a person, is found in the soul, not in the body. That is why Plato?s Socrates, when Crito asked him how to bury him, replied that they would first have to catch him in order to bury him, and that what they would bury would be his body only. Plato?s key thought is that dying is not disappearance, but only the separation of the soul from the body. In this view, the life is a preparation for parting. If man is destined for something after death, and that something is good for those who were good, and bad for those who were bad, as Plato believed, then it?s not the same what kind of life is lived, and the purpose of life is to deserve the greatest possible reward, which is that the soul will never return to the body, but will gain eternal bliss in existence for itself.

Peranan Remaja Masjid dalam Penguatan Aqidah Remaja di Daerah Kelurahan Sukamaju

Teenagers as the nation's next generation are the only hope of the nation where if the teenager is a strong believer then he can solve the various problems he faces. Adolescents who are physically and mentally strong in dealing with various kinds of life's problems, will be people who are always useful for religion, homeland and nation. Society as a place for youth is well formed, one of which is through organizations in the community, namely mosque youth. This research uses qualitative research with observation, interview and documentation research techniques to obtain the resulting data. This research was carried out at the Ar Rahman Mosque Youth, Suka Maju Village. The results showed that 1) The role of mosque youth in strengthening adolescent aqidah in the Sukamaju area was in the low category. The lack of roles and participation carried out by the youth members of the mosque in carrying out activities in the youth of the mosque causes no motivation to be generated for the youth of the region like to progress. 2) The aqeedah in the youth association of mosques in this advanced area is still low based on the research conducted. In the last two years, the situation has decreased, slowly the number of members collected is starting to decrease, teenagers are starting to be lazy to carry out the practices that they have been able to do at the mosque, such as praying in congregation, reading the Koran at sunset, conducting regular recitations, filling out materials and lectures.

How fathers’ values matter for work–family decisions and partner support: a capability approach

ABSTRACT This qualitative study identified the values of 26 Dutch dual-earner fathers underlying their actual division of paid and unpaid work, and the role work decisions favoring their family, referred to as Family Relatedness of Work Decisions (FRWD), and received partner support played in realizing these values. We used the capability approach as theoretical framework to compare individuals on the kind of lives they value, and what constrains or enables them herein. Results showed different patterns in what is valued related to fathers’ paid workhours. Work-oriented fathers primarily valued income provision and received substantial partner support in caregiving and housework. Work–family fathers valued gender-equality in the division of labor with support from their partners both in earning and caregiving. Family–work fathers’ lack of substantially paid work hampered them in realizing their valued equal division of labor. Our results illustrated that fathers’ values shaped their time-allocation in paid and unpaid work, in synergy with FRWD and received partner support. Moreover, FRWD were more closely related to fathers’ values than to their employment type. We conclude that partner support needs to be incorporated into the FRWD framework.

Multimodal Analysis of People’s Hectic Life in Apple Advertisement The Whole Working From Home Thing

This study aims to find out what kind of life is portrayed in the advertisement and how Apple products help people to cope with that life portrayed in the advertisement. This study analyzes Apple advertisement video entitled The Whole Working From Home Thing. This study uses multimodal theory from Paltridge (2012), semiotic mode from Chia & Chan (2017), Mercado (2011), Eiseman (2017), Ekman & Friesen (2003), and Pease (2004). The data analysis uses a qualitative method. The analysis reveals that Apple has successfully created the video that could portray the hectic situation people felt when they could only do their activities inside their home during COVID-19 pandemic. While being busy with their lifestyle, they use Apple products by utilizing its features to help them. Furthermore, this study opens new possibilities for other researchers to apply the same theory that has been used in this thesis to analyze film and video with different topics.

A Web-Based Gaming Approach to Decrease HIV-Related Stigma: Game Development and Mixed Methods Evaluation.

The stigma faced by people living with HIV causes difficulties in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Decreasing this stigma is thus no less urgent than implementing behavioral interventions. Serious games are being increasingly adopted as an intervention mechanism to control HIV/AIDS around the world. However, the development and evaluation of these games in China are far from adequate. This research aimed to help decrease HIV-related stigma in China via the development and evaluation of a serious game, as well as promote a participatory gamification culture for health interventions. Initially, a serious game was developed using free resources from a user-generated content website. Then, quantitative and qualitative methods were employed for game evaluation. A randomized controlled trial was conducted to explore the game's effect on HIV-related stigma. The trial included 167 university students, who were randomly allocated to game and control groups. After the experimental evaluation, focus group discussions were held with 64 participants, who were invited to form 16 groups. The game was called The Second Kind of Life with HIV (SKLWH), which is a free online game that can be played on computers and smartphones. This game hopes to publicize that people living with HIV can live a normal life, that is, a second life different from that imagined by the public. Based on the gamification practice of SKLWH, the participatory serious game development model (PSGDM) was proposed, which guided the development of 3 other HIV-themed games. The trial showed that intimacy stigma was much more severe than morality stigma and personal interaction stigma. Females were more tolerant of morality stigma than males (mean score: 1.29 vs 1.50; P=.01). The game intervention showed an advantage in decreasing intimacy stigma (mean score [game vs control]: 2.43 vs 2.73; P=.04). The group discussions validated the quantitative results and provided further in-depth information. The game intervention was largely preferred by participants, and the belief in intimacy impossibility was commonly expressed by participants when considering their relationship with people living with HIV. HIV/AIDS education should adopt appropriate media interventions to mitigate different dimensions of HIV-related stigma. Serious games should be used to decrease intimacy stigma, which is the hardest form to diminish. It is expected that the PSGDM can promote the development of more health games. Furthermore, HIV/AIDS intervention requires interdisciplinary efforts and cooperation that will allow more people to participate and share the responsibility of promoting health.

The Mediating Role of Attachment Styles in the Relationship Between Rejection Sensitivity and Marriage Expectation in University Students

University years are the years of intense anxiety about the future for university students. A young person is worried about what kind of life (s)he will have in the future and who (s)he will marry. Because one of the most important events in human life is marriage and having a happy marriage is an important life goal of individuals. Spouses have many expectations from each other, such as friendship, intimacy, compatibility, and equality. However, failure to meet expectations in marriage has been identified as an important factor in the termination of a marriage. These expectations became clear in the years coinciding with the university period. The present study aims to investigate the mediating role of attachment styles in the relationship between rejection sensitivity and marriage expectation. The sample group for this study included 365 university students, 265 females and 100 males. A questionnaire form, the Marriage Expectancy Scale, the Three-Dimensional Attachment Styles Scale, and the Rejection Sensitivity Scale were used to collect data. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and mediator analysis methods. The analyses revealed that secure attachment has a partial mediating role in the relationship between rejection sensitivity and marriage expectation. However, avoidant attachment and fearful attachment were found to have no mediating role. In line with the findings from this study, it is recommended that seminars be delivered on this issue and that similar studies be conducted with different groups.

'I don't want this kind of life': graduate students question career options.

'I don't want this kind of life': graduate students question career options.

A Study of The Phenomena of Visual Pollution in Halabja and its Effects on The Psychology of Citizens

Each year, new environmental threats develop. These threats can be either natural or man-made. Human-caused environmental effects are becoming more prominent and influential. Their activities and deeds endanger the ecosystem and future generations. Human, economic, and political actions are the fundamental causes of environmental pollution and damage. As a result, environmental changes have an impact on people's physical and emotional well-being. Nobody questions the fact that the environment is deteriorating. Numerous studies have demonstrated that this transition occurs and has an impact on our lives. One of the most serious concerns confronting the world today is environmental contamination. A polluted environment is one of the difficulties that everyone in society encounters. Visual pollution is a type of environmental contamination. Any human action that affects the environment is referred to as visual pollution. A lack of environmental knowledge and irresponsibility causes visual pollution. There is no doubt that pollution harms the environment's living and inanimate components because the environment is necessary for human life and other kinds of life. Any alteration in the environment will endanger the entire land ecosystem. There are various types of environmental pollution, with water, air, soil, sight, and sound pollution all the most serious..

Determination of water quality characteristics of river Yamuna at Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, India during 2019- 2021

Water is the main source of life. The natural aquatic resources are the major habitat for a large group ofindividuals including nonchordates to chordates. As water are the most abundantly available and occupying2/3 of the Earth and required by all kinds of life. Therefore, quality of water is of vital concern for mankindsince it is directly linked with living beings in term of habitat, sustainability, economy and human welfare.The current study is designed to work out the quality characteristics and their oscillations in physico-chemicalattributes of river Yamuna water in the district Bhaghpat, Uttar Pradesh, India. The investigation wasconducted during July, 2019 to June, 2021 and the sample was analysed in the Bioanalytical Laboratory,Department of Biotechnology, MM (DU), Mullana-Ambala (HR), India. The effects of monthly and seasonalpossible attributes including discharge of industrial effluents and natural calamities for the spatialfluctuations in the hydrobiological parameters of river Yamuna water was assessed through the advancednumerical tools. The monthly physicochemical attributes showed the seasonality biased trends during thestudy. The mean value ± SE of water temperature (oC), dissolved oxygen (mg/l), alkalinity (mg/l), acidity(mg/l) and hardness (mg/l) was recorded as 23.7±1.3 oC, 4.2±0.22 mg/l, 100.09±4.8 mg/l, 44.55±4.38 mg/l and 550.8±30.3 mg/l respectively during July 2019 to June, 2020. However, the physicochemical attributesduring July 2020 to June, 2021 reflected augmented trends for water temperature (24.2±1.27 oC), dissolvedoxygen (5.1±0.16 mg/l), alkalinity (103.95±5.25 mg/l). On the contrary, acidity (39.92±2.63 mg/l) andhardness (522.48±39.82 mg/l) recorded decline. The observation reflected the requirement of urgent andsystematic management strategies to overcome these invisible scarce and conserve the natural quality ofthese water resources.

Kehidupan Suku Laut di Desa Sungai Buluh Kecamatan Singkep Barat Kabupaten Lingga Kepulauan Riau (1980-2020)

This Sea Tribe in general has been known for a long time as a tribe whose life wanders on the high seas as a place for them to live and in meeting their daily needs they depend on nature. The government considers this kind of life as one of the obstacles in the government's development plan. Therefore, during the New Order government a policy was issued to settle the Sea Tribes, including the Sea Tribes in Sungai Buluh Village, which made them have to adapt to an environment that was foreign to them. Departing from these problems, this study aims to determine (1) the origin of the Sea Tribes who were settled in Sungai Buluh Village, (2) the process of relocating the Sea Tribes in Sungai Buluh Village, (3) the life of the Sea Tribes after being resettled to Sungai Buluh Village. The method used is the historical research method which includes the following steps: (1) heuristics, (2) source criticism, (3) interpretation, and (4) historiography. The results of this research: The Sea Tribe who settled in Sungai Buluh Village came from Pilang Island. They have long lived on the coast of Pilang Island and are known as the Baroque People. The relocation process was carried out by moving them to houses that had been built in Sungai Buluh Village as many as 52 houses, besides that they were also fostered in the social, religious, educational and economic fields. Now, the Sea Tribe have mingled and their settlement looks like a typical Malay village with their main livelihood being fishing.

A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PARENTS AT A YOUNG AGE

<p>This study aims to find out the experiences encountered by the parents at a very young age considering their maturity and financial capabilities. This study highlights the form of gathering data which is conducted using an interview. This is done in a dyad form wherein only one respondent is involved in the interview. The term qualitative research refers to the collection and analysis of non-numerical data and is sometimes based on a phenomenon which could be in a form of a survey questionnaire or an interview. Based on the data and analysis; poverty is the main reason for entering a marriage. Generally, the kind of life wished by everybody to have was not merely dictated by fate, it was a manifestation of personal choice. Each individual has their own choices in what to pursue and to sacrifice, the only sure thing that a person can do is to prepare for the consequences that await in the process</p>

It's All about the Benjamins!

It's All about the Benjamins!

Поняття «життєтворчість» та «життєтворча компетентність» у парадигмі професійної підготовки педагога спеціальної освіти

The article deals with the problem of the competence approach in education. The article is based on careful analysis of the scientific literature and highlights the concept of “life-creating competence”. The necessity and expediency of such competence forming in the future special education teacher result from the practice of living in an open information society, where the individual is required to show a new level of abilities that could ensure his/her effective functioning in any dynamic changes and circumstances, successful and comprehensive life both in personal and professional spheres. The article analyzes the subject matter of the life creation concept in philosophical, psychological and pedagogical aspects. A review of the scientific literature demonstrated that in philosophical and sociological discourse life-creation is mainly considered in the perspective of one’s own life building and culture of life creation, and it made it possible to highlight the following points: life-creation is a process based on two constitutive components: life and creativity; these components are purely individual; life creation depends on both personal characteristics and social factors; the individual must be in some way ready to carry out life creativity; thus, consequently, life-giving competence can be an indicator of readiness for life-creation. It was found that psychology studied the problem of life creation most thoroughly; psychologists present life creation as a manifestation of the subject’s personality, an active attitude to life, the result of self-development, a special type of life, etc. The author found that the life of an individual is one of the key phenomena in the philosophy of education, where it is considered in terms of the activity approach: it is a special kind of life, creative activity of the individual, life-creation, the art of living. One of the determining factors of life creation is education. In terms of pedagogy, the study of life creation of an individual at the beginning of the 21st century has grown into a separate area – the pedagogy of life, which formed the basis of the concept of the New Ukrainian School. It was found that the phenomenon of “life-creating competence” in pedagogy is not considered as a separate achievement of an individual, but there is “life-creating competences”, represented as a component of life competence of that individual. Based on the analytical review, the author summarizes that life competence provides the solution of vital tasks, productive life, the ability to perform certain life roles; life-creating competence, according to the author, brings an individual to a higher level of life, at which a person realizes self-design, selfconstruction, self-education and other self-practices; it is an active, creative and responsible subject of his/ her own life and social development, as he/she is able not only to adapt to dynamic circumstances, but also to change the environment for the benefit of him/herself and others, which is crucial for special education teachers in the light of modern educational paradigm.

Worlds of Sound

Worlds of Sound

Assessment of the Quality of Sewage Effluent of Nira River Around Satara and Pune District of Maharashtra - India

Due to industrialization, adverse man made activity and agriculture practices the water of the Nira River around Satara and Pune district (M.S) India is being highly polluted with various contaminants. Water is essential to all kinds of life. Human being cannot survive without it and that is why study of water from different aspects becomes important. It is necessary to know details about different physico-chemical and biological parameters such as Temperature, PH, Conductance, TDS, Total hardness, chloride, sulphates, phosphates, DO, COD, BOD, acidity, alkalinity used for assessment of the quality of sewage effluent. In the present work water samples were collected from five different sampling stations of Nira River around Satara and Pune district of different seasons and water quality assessment was carried out.

Personal talent curation in the lifetime realization of gifted potential: The role of adaptive intelligence

This article introduces the construct of personal talent curation. Personal talent curation is one’s assessment of one’s talents—of one’s strengths and weaknesses—but also the building of an adaptive match in life between those talents and both one’s career pursuits and one’s personal lifestyle. Sometimes, this match means pursuing a lifelong passion, but other times, it means giving up that passion or transforming it into a passion that works in the broader context of the life one seeks for oneself. For example, one may be an exceptionally talented musician, scientist, or artist, but the concomitants of a life building relentlessly on those talents—competition, professional jealousy, and continual critiques—just do not fit the kind of life one wishes to lead. In such cases, it may turn out that what in a profession or in society is viewed as a “failure” or a “derailment” may represent a personal adaptive success.