Knowledge Perspectives Research Articles

Research on the innovation and path of the business model of live marketing

Aim: In the era of mobile internet, live marketing has become a new business model for network marketing, and is a product of the interactive integration of new technology and marketing activities in the new era.Method: Based on the business model theory, combining the value creation process, using live streaming platforms such as Taobao, Tiktok, Jingdong and Amazon as examples, and adopting a qualitative analysis method, the business model elements and innovation paths of live marketing are analyzed.Findings: The research found that: (1) The live marketing model has new integrated features and new values. The combination of technical system integration and marketing activities is a hotbed for live marketing;(2) Based on the anchors influence and audiences attractiveness as the classification criteria, live broadcast sellers can be divided into super sellers, famous sellers, ordinary sellers and low-level sellers. It is a new classification proposed for the first time, which provides important evaluation contributions for understanding and distinguishing the different categories of live broadcast sellers; (3) Based on the business model canvas, this article finds that the business model innovation of live marketing illustrates the nine elements logical relationship of the business model, value proposition is the key-hub linking other elements. The business model innovation of live marketing also follows the basic laws of value creation, that is, from value proposition to value creation to value transmission, and finally to value acquisition;(4) The business model innovation path of live marketing is also the path of value rebuilding, which increasing value is the essence of the sustainable development of business model innovation.Implications/Novel Contribution: Therefore, these new findings can help non-live broadcast marketers transform their marketing concepts and methods, and improve their sales capabilities. The analysis of the business model innovation and value creation of live marketing reveals the essence of live marketing, and the mechanism of value co-creation between sellers and customers, which this research also creatively proposes its innovation model and value creation process from the perspective of the relationship between business model and value creation. Finally, the article is not in-depth study of its relationship business model innovation and value creation from the perspective of explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge.

Exploring appropriate socio-technical arrangements for the co-production of landslide risk management strategies in informal neighbourhoods in Colombia and Brazil

ABSTRACT This paper explores the scope for upscaling and transnational transfer of participatory landslide risk management strategies for informal settlements in Latin America. Drawing on lessons from transdisciplinary action-research in three neighbourhoods in Medellín, Colombia, and one in São Paulo, Brazil, the paper discusses how bottom-up approaches were developed to co-produce landslide risk management in both Global South cities, in a way that optimises the collaboration between communities and relevant governmental bodies. The analysis focuses on mitigation and ‘agreement-seeking’, from the perspectives of scale, power and knowledge, which help understand the parallels between co-production of landslide risk management and co-production of urban services. Two key conclusions are that landslide risk management should be built into neighbourhood upgrading and management, and that both community and the state have stronger roles to play in landslide risk management from their respective capacities. The paper also reflects on the role of academia in enabling co-production of landslide risk management through engaging with local communities.

역사과 국가교육과정 내용구성 쟁점의 비판적 검토

The purpose of this study is to critically research the issues for revising national history curriculum. As the result, it was intended to gain implications on what issues should be discussed for efficient history classroom. To this end, this study analyzed the nature of the controversial issues and the main contents of the discussion during the revision of the curriculum, focusing on the 2015 history curriculum. This study analyzed three issues such as general principles in the national curriculum’s to history curriculum, the systematization of history curriculum based on school grade, and constructing world history subject matters. These are main issues that were mentioned whenever the national education process was revised. The principles of syllabi proposed by the general principle of national curriculum do not have specific subjects in mind, and are often not appropriate for historical education. Nevertheless, it is necessary to critically understand principles of syllabi presented in the general discussion, and analyze how to apply it in other countries. The most serious problem in discussing the systematization of historical course is that it focuses on differentiating historical subject matters by school level, and it is to divide the aspects and topics into units based on easy and difficult. In order to systematize, the syllabi should be organized from what perspective to approach historical facts rather than what contents to involve. It is necessary to organize contents that can be reconstructed according to historical interpretation, and to organize topics centered on historical main ideas, historical interests, and historical issues. The subject matters of world history has been based on how to create an easy and interesting world history to attract students'' attention. However, this kind of discussion did not reflect the nature of history learning, nor did it increase students'' choice of world history subject. The subject matters of world history should be selected and organized from the perspective of meaningful historical knowledge to students.

Do Our Universities Need Philosophy?

Without any allusion to the times when philosophy was an intellectual dominant of university education, there is no way to consider the present stage of philosophy in universities satisfying. It is supplanted to a distant periphery at a modern university and ends up in a deep shadow of science. As it is demonstrated in the article, such a situation results from misunder standing of the essence and perspective of philosophical knowledge, as well as from the dominant position of science in modern culture. Philosophy is a reflection and a “philosophizing”; as it was determined by M. Heidegger, it is an individual’s and cultural identity. As such, it appears as the main form of subject’s identification and adaptation to the changes taking place in the scientific knowledge and in the world in general.

Feature analysis for data-driven APT-related malware discrimination

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) have become a major concern for IT security professionals around the world. These attacks are characterized by the use of both highly sophisticated, evasive and cautious human and technical resources. It is very common to notice the combined use of different malware in long APT campaigns. This fact makes it interesting to investigate the malware that has been used in APT campaigns. Different approaches have been proposed to find discriminatory features to detect APT malware. Features from either static, dynamic and network-related analyses have been separately proposed for that aim. The new approach considered in this study aims to identify the most discriminatory features to distinguish APT-campaign-belonging malware from non-APT malware executables. This approach suggests to identify the discriminatory features from not one but all three groups of these analyses by using domain knowledge and with a purpose of interpretability. As a result, a set with the most discriminatory features of each type is provided. To achieve this set, well-known machine learning techniques have been used. One of the most important limitations in the use of these learning techniques is the availability of a relevant amount of data. In this paper, a large dataset of 19,457 malware samples is publicly provided, including both malware known to be related with APTs and generic non-APT-belonging malware samples. In order to analyze the discrimination ability of the features, the proposed approach follows several steps. First, an exploratory analysis is conducted to obtain knowledge about the data structure. Later, feature selection is performed using different discriminatory techniques. The resulting selection of features is assessed by means of four well-known binary classification techniques. The high accuracy of the results shows that the proposed features are discriminative enough for the stated purpose. Finally, these results are interpreted and the findings are discussed from the perspective of prior knowledge and assumptions about APT-related malware.

Clinical guidelines and the pursuit of reducing epistemic uncertainty. An ethnographic study of guideline development panels in three countries.

To explore, from a philosophy of knowledge perspective, the contribution of the guideline development process to reducing epistemic uncertainty in clinical decision-making - defined as the challenge of applying evidence to patients, dealing with conflicting information and determining the level of confidence in a medical conclusion. Longitudinal ethnographic study of national guideline development panels. Fieldnotes were collected from 19 panel meetings in UK, Netherlands and Norway (~120h of observation) between September 2016 and February 2019. Draft guidelines, review protocols and background material were collated (~200 documents). Data were analyzed thematically to gain familiarity and then theorized using concepts of knowledge development and use and clinical decision-making. Guideline development panels in all three countries wrestled with epistemic tensions - notably between the desire to "purify" an assumed external truth (for example by limiting included evidence to high-quality randomized controlled trials) and a more pragmatic and pluralist approach that drew on a wider range of evidence including qualitative research, real-world data, clinical experience and patient testimony. Detailed analysis of the process by which particular guideline recommendations were constructed allowed us to draw out the implications of these tensions for guideline users in clinical practice. Guideline development panels apply multiple - often conflicting - understandings of knowledge, inference and truth in an attempt to reduce epistemic uncertainty. Guidelines makers, clinicians, scientists and students should engage critically and reflexively with the philosophical assumptions that underpin guideline development and inductive inference to build capability to deal with clinical complexity.

Microbiota research in Iran; current knowledge and future perspective

As the gut microbiota has attracted considerable attention in recent years, the aim of the present study is introducing a new microbiota research group at Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI) that collaborates with national and international research centers for microbiome research projects management. All the documents from EMRI focused on the microbiota field were collected using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science electronic databases from the inception up to June 2020. Findings of the EMRI research projects on the microbiota field were reviewed in this study and we highlighted some specific primary results of gut microbiota composition in the Iranian population. Moreover, applications of the developed Microbiota Database are introduced. Enhancement of investment in this field and interdisciplinary collaborations are needed to progress our knowledge about the Iranian gut microbiota composition and develop microbiota modulating interventions over the next decade.

THE ETHNOMATHEMATICS OF TUTUWARU COMMUNITY IN THE CRAFTS OF KOLI LEAF WEAVING

Ethnomatemics-based mathematics concept implementation can be carried out through constructivism-based learning such as realistic mathematics, problem-based and learning with a scientific approach. This research purpose to explore the form of ethnomatemics on the woven cabbage leaves of the Tutuwaru community and analyze the process of understanding mathematics from the perspective of indigenous people and indigenous knowledge and examine the development of woven form ethnomatatics in school mathematics. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative research. The subjects are 2 members of the weaving community, while the objects of research are Nyiru (winnowing-basket), Topi (hat), Keranjang dan Bakul (basket). The results showed that the form of weaving from a typical local Koli (cabbage) tree, could be connected with several mathematical concepts such as basic geometry and arithmetic. The hexagonal concept based on the understanding of multiples is an "indegious knowledge" that exists in the Tutuwaru community in constructing the form of nyiru-woven, reflection, points, lines and tessellation. These mathematical ideas can be used as context in school mathematics learning

Collaborative Cultures of Architecture Teams: Team Learning and Reflective Practice

OVERVIEW This project explores learning and reflection practices in architecture teams. When architects use reflection-on-action, they learn from experience. When they use reflection-in-action, they learn from experiencing. Such reflective practices help architects build project knowledge and deliver their project. But most architects work in teams, alongside individuals with different ways of learning and knowledge perspectives. This begs the question: how does learning and reflective practices affect architecture teams? This project addresses this question by 1) using reflective practice, team learning and design collaboration literature to frame how architects learn as a team; 2) exploring how team learning influence the competitive performance of architecture teams; 3) measuring how team learning affects architecture team performance; and 4) experimenting a reflective workshop to help architects improve their team learning skills and thus, team performance. The report concludes by discussing its theoretical contributions and practical implication in their field of architecture and design.

Media as a Vehicle for Social Memory: A Case of Władysław Turowicz, the Polish Godfather of Pakistan’s Space and Missile Programs

The main purpose of this study is to explore the role of media as a vehicle for social memory in building social identity. The concept of social memory used by historians and others is to explore the connection between social identity and historical memory. In this research, the authors ex­plore the role of media in the formation of social memory. The first part of the article explores the term of social memory in the light of literature. In the second part, the authors discussed the role of media in the formation of social memory on the example of Air Commodore Władysław Turowicz, a Polish Pakistani Engineer who was known as “The Rocket-Missile Man of Pakistan”. The research­ers present the social memories of the Polish Godfather of Pakistan’s Space and Missile programs in the light of Pakistani electronic media. The authors have explored the role of Polish Engineer Władysław Turowicz in SUPARCO, his personal and professional life that has been widely discussed in Pakistani electronic media vs mere mention in Polish media. From the knowledge perspective, this research highlights some of the forgotten memories of Turowicz.

Current Managerial Competencies in Strategic Management and Decision-Making in the Czech Republic

Despite the increasingly strong paradigm of management, which is especially visible in the corporate management sector, there have been changes in the perception of strategic management and decision-making. An important indicator of this process is the level or the application of managerial competencies in practice. Extensive research, which was started by the Department of Management of the Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice in 2016, and is still going on, has shown the lack of literacy of managers in this field, especially in the case of older managers. From the perspective of objective scientific knowledge, it can be stated that in scientific and research terms, there is a significant deficit in the corporate sector; the transfer of new knowledge in practice is stagnant or non-existent. This makes the situation all the more urgent, as managers who possess knowledge of this issue consider their knowledge to be obsolete and only partly applicable in terms of their needs for business management. The basic prerequisite to remedy this unfavourable situation consists in knowing the actual situation of individual companies of various sizes and the sectors of the national economy. The submitted contribution presents partial results in terms of the knowledge and application of internal and external strategic analyses by companies operating in the Czech Republic. The research included a set of 456 companies from the entire Czech Republic (109 micro-companies, 140 small companies, 124 medium-sized companies, and 83 large companies). The results revealed a critical state in terms of managerial competencies and skills in companies in the Czech Republic concerning the knowledge and application of strategic situation analysis methods. More than 50% of managers appeared to have only minimum knowledge of this issue.

Management of Hypertension in the SARS-CoV2 Era: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives

Management of Hypertension in the SARS-CoV2 Era: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives

Utilizing Robotics for Learning English as a Foreign Language

In recent years, Information and communications technology (ICT) has become a fundamental element of almost all aspects of formal and non-formal education. Educational Robotics (ER) as an ICT subfield has triggered many studies of ER educational utilization as the training of a new foreign language. This paper aims at highlighting another perspective of knowledge, utilizing the ER for learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL). It presents educational scenarios explaining how the robot can be involved in the learning process.

The fuzzy integrated TOPSIS economy ranking (FITER) model for manufacturing technology development in China

With knowledge perspective of industrial technology, in this paper we propose fast ranking score decision making model based on Fuzzy integrated TOPSIS approach to determine economic growth rate of manufacturing industry in China. This research focuses on driving effects of China’s productive service industry on manufacturing technology innovation. The research results show that the manufacturer service industry takes a high level of information diffusion for the manufacturing industry. It transmits a large amount of diverse information through the unconstrained relationship with the manufacturing industry, thereby forming the economic network with proposed Fuzzy integrated TOPSIS economy ranking (FITER) model and improve the development level of the manufacturing industry. We evaluate the performance of proposed FITER model by comparing ranking score of different manufacturing industry with different existing decision making mode and demonstrate that proposed model represent best ranking score in comparison to existing approach. Result from data analysis motivates driving effect of production services on the technological innovation of manufacturing and sub-sectors. It is found that the innovation and technological advancement in the production industry of services takes drive the overall expansion level of the business industry, as well as make the manufacturing industry the strongest.

The Laboratory as a Site for Research on Acting: relationships between art and science

ABSTRACT This article focuses on new knowledge perspectives proposed by research on onstage practice within the performing arts. It is based on the notion of the laboratory as a backbone, methodological framework, and place for exploring research-creation projects. Our study offers critical reflections on research procedures, taking the actor's creative process as our object of study. We go on to establish a connection between theoretical dimensions and practical expressions, through analysis of two research projects that confront performance practice with its underlying scientific premises. Lastly, different modes for publishing and disseminating the results of research on onstage practice are discussed.

Empirical Evidence on Concept of Knowledge Perspective in Construction Firms in Pakistan

Development and growth demand proper infrastructure, roads and sustainability of management practices with the organization. In order to negate any errors that come our way, Knowledge-based perspective helps in the long run. It states that gathering information, its efficient distribution and ability to market that information in order to gain competitive advantage and gain customers as a monetary advantage is one of the main perks of being in the 21st century. Constantly removing mistakes/errors from construction practices by acquiring information through a lot of means, via internet in case of customers or feedback or most off all-knowing competitors, their advantages, discrepancies, managing your disadvantages and enabling your team to go above and beyond into negating it, so that firm could raise their competitive advantage. This visionary attitude is what keeps companies sustainable and being competitive in almost all aspects with competitors. Innovation grows; new and improved products are produced as a result. To establish the proof for the idea, in this research a total of 100 companies are taken as a sample from KPK region of Pakistan.

Constructing knowledge in primary physical education: a critical perspective from pre-service teachers

ABSTRACT Primary physical education is quickly becoming an area of academic interest with a particular focus on new entrants into the profession. This study adopts a Personal Construct methodology to identify how pre-service teachers in England construct their knowledge of primary physical education. Our findings present four themes for knowledge development, taken from four repertory grid interviews: knowledge perspectives, knowledge validation, knowledge context and knowledge application. Participants expressed they had limited provision for physical education when on a school-based placement, which was attributed to subject outsourcing and a lack of teacher and mentor confidence. The study highlights the importance of professional socialisation through initial teacher education programmes, with opportunities for pre-service teachers to engage with ‘knowledgeable others’. In the absence of opportunity for primary pre-service teachers to develop knowledge in physical education, we caution it is unlikely the issue of teacher competence will improve.

Lung CD103+ Dendritic cells of mice infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis contribute to Treg differentiation

The DC subsets that express αE integrin (CD103) have been described to exert antagonistic functions, driving T cells towards either an inflammatory (Th1/Th17) or immunosuppressive phenotype (regulatory T cells - Treg). These functions depend on the tissue they reside and microenvironment factors or stimuli that this Antigen-presenting cell (APC) subpopulation receive. In this regard, immunoregulatory phenotype has been described in small subsets of CD103+ DCs from lung and intestinal mucosa. The function of this APC subpopulation in pulmonary Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection is poorly described. Here, we showed that lung CD103+ DCs contribute to Treg differentiation in a pulmonary P. brasiliensis infection model, which was attributed to downregulation of costimulatory molecules analyzed in these APC subtypes 21 days post-infection. Overall, this data suggests that P. brasiliensis infection caused an immunosuppression that has also been observed in patients with the most severe form of Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) – a sickness caused by this fungus genus. Furthermore, these results open new perspectives for knowledge of the mechanisms that underlie the higher percentage of Treg cells found in peripheral blood of PCM patients.

Hubungan Internasional Global dalam Dunia Yang “Barat”

The field of International Relations (IR) today is parochial in the sense of eurocentrism and inadequate in explaining the recent developments in the field. We need a new reverberated, innovative, and inclusive perspective that reflects the voices, experiences, interests, and identity of all humankind. Global IR established for that reason. Global IR is not meant to be a new universal narration of the „East? but to encourage a new diversity of perspectives in knowledge and authority decentralization to create a more „international? and wider IR academic contributions. In Southeast Asia, the richness of historical, social, and cultural sources might become a starting point for a geoepistemological perspective and also an entrance for a perspective, in the umbrella of Global IR, for seeing deeper the 'reality' and 'what is existing' in this region.

اشكالية التنوع الثقافي في المجتمع العراقي بين تقليدية المجتمع وسراب الحداثة أ.م.د. طلال حامد خليل

The issue of cultural diversity is one of the problems that have a profound impact on the unity, stability and security of states. It has a special effect especially after taking an influential direction in the formation of contradictory identities within society and their impact on civil peace. Our research studies the problem of diversity in Iraqi society for many reasons. The most important of which perhaps lies on how the problem of cultural diversity can be transformed into a culture of diversity. The topic has been addressed through the intellectual heritage of cultural diversity. The perspectives of knowledge of all kinds have dealt with diversity as a problem or crisis plaguing societies regardless of the level of progress they are witnessing. This is reflected on the intellectual output studying it on the one hand, and on its expansion and multiplicity of fields, from the other hand. We tried to shed light on the knowledge of the Iraqi society, which is witnessing the duality of traditionalism and modernity together. Methods have been put in place that would nourish the Iraqi national culture and benefit from the diversity in its creation in a balanced way away from the nutritious culture and the recipient culture. Each cultural component contributes to creating the unity of orientation for a united, secure and stable Iraq.