Life Mission Research Articles

Professional Ethics in the Commodity Economy

Research on professional ethics in the conditions of commodity economy aims to clarify the systematic transformation of natural functions into social tasks, thereby clarifying the moral life governed by standards and measured by money; profession is the object of life. The content of the article uses the methodology of humanistic and social philosophy, and combines qualitative methods in the study of moral life, in which humans are both the subject and the object of morality. The result has clarified the object of morality, which is the truth of life. However, the truth of life is standardized and measured by money, causing the truth to be distorted. Profession is joy, the mission of life, the truth, creativity, and freedom in profession, but working for money is suffering; that is, forced labor. The conclusion is that the right to own life in all species is the instinct of survival. Property rights make each individual a product of the family, religion, state, economic unit, and professional organization. Standards are the measure of occupation, and social status in the division of labor becomes the appropriation of money from each other, giving rise to class morality. The struggle is not to abolish humans but to abolish everything that is not human for sustainable development in a commodity economy.

Make your future job matter: A career calling intervention for college students

AbstractIn recent years, career development scholars and practitioners are increasingly interested in the concept of career calling. However, the psychological mechanisms underlying the process of its discernment remain obscure, and intervention research is scarce. In this study, we implemented a quasi‐experimental pretest–posttest design with intervention (n = 42) and control group (n = 66) to test a 9‐week elective course designed to help college students find their callings. The course included an investigation of strengths, values, and interests, followed by their integration into personal mission and finding occupations that allowed to implement that mission in real life (potential callings). The study was conducted in a major Russian university located in Moscow. Be the end of the course, the participants had a stronger sense of calling, perceived more meaning, and felt more authentic. The results of this study can be used by university career services, as well as private counselors.

SELF-ASSESSMENT OF PROSPECTIVE ENGINEERS’ CAREER MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF QUANTUM TRANSITION THEORY IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

We live in a changing and complex world open for potential personal development. At the same time, the Earth is moving to a new level, from a 3-dimensional to a 5-dimensional level. This process is called the quantum transition. Nowadays career management theories are developing and changing under the influence of the quantum transition paradigm, thus the perception of career and the understanding of career have also changed. A career covers the whole life of a person and is individually driven. So, we can speak of a self-directed personal career, which is connected with finding one’s mission in life, one’s vocation. So, moving into the fourth and fifth dimensions opens up more possibilities for finding your purpose: 1) motivated individual choice; 2) career management based on that choice; 3) transition from survival to mission; 4) access to the information field of the Universe; 5) discovery of new abilities – telekinesis, teleportation, clairvoyance, clairaudience, etc. The article considers the notion of the quantum transition, career, career management and the characteristics of the Generation Z from the perspective of various authors. The analysis is carried out by assessing the data acquired on the specific features of the existent career management and the possibilities which provides the current situation for the engineers-to-be. The research aim is to study the specific features of the career management of the prospective engineers in the perspective of the quantum transition. The obtained high-level results testify that engineering students have sufficient employability potential, which largely indicates their competitiveness. The obtained low-level results indicate that the students are not yet ready to lifelong learn and develop professionally throughout his life, is not ready for changes in his chosen career, which indicates a certain inflexibility in thinking and acting. It is precisely these qualities that are very necessary in self-management of a sustainable career. This means that career support services should continue to be offered to promote career self-development and self-management under changing conditions (closely related to quantum transition theory). During the formative (pedagogical) experiment, significant and very significant changes occurred in students' self-assessments according to the following criteria: students' internal and external resources, competitiveness in the chosen profession (p value = 0.005 ... 0.018). This means that during the survey, the self-assessment of internal resources according to these indicators was influenced by the information obtained during the survey from the content of the questionnaire, which allowed for a more adequate self-assessment at the end of the experiment.

Camino de Santiago in Late Modernity: Fostering Self-Actualization Through Pilgrimage

While late-modern society promotes individual self-actualization, its moral dimension often falters in a calculating environment. Pilgrimages offer a potential solution. Through peak experiences and self-transcendence, pilgrims reconnect with their inner moral compass, fostering morally valid self-actualization. Amid late modernity, reflective individuals emerge, navigating moral choices within societal norms while pursuing self-actualization.This study affirms the Camino de Santiago's role in promoting self-actualization, as conceptualized in humanistic psychology. A survey of 500 participants, employing Kaufman's (2018) Characteristics of Self-Actualization Scale (CSAS), validates the pilgrimage's impact. Pilgrims reported heightened levels of appreciation, equanimity, self-acceptance, reality perception, authenticity, and a fortified moral compass. The pilgrimage nurtures the recognition of life missions, instills a sense of responsibility, and cultivates a desire to contribute to humanity's well-being while facilitating experiences of self-transcendence. Our research suggests that the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage can benefit organizations by fostering an authentic and self-actualized workforce comprising leaders and followers.

Cardiac Catheterization in Port Harcourt: Initial Two Years’ Experience

Introduction: Cardiac catheterization for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes is now routinely done at the Save a Life Port Harcourt, since last two years. Also included are cardiac devices which include pacemakers, Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. In this retrospective study, we review our initial two years’ experience of Cardiac Catheterization at the Save a Life Mission Hospital, Port Harcourt. Methods: This is a retrospective study over a period of two years, form 1st February, 2021 to 31st March, 2023. A total of 216 consecutive diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization including cardiac devices performed in Save a life Mission Hospital between 1st February 2021 to 31st March 2023 were evaluated. Among them 88; (40.7%) were coronary angiogram, 41 (18.98%) percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and stenting, 59(27.3%) permanent pacemaker insertion, 29 (13.4%) Implantable cardioverter defibrillators, 14 (6.5%) cardiac resynchronization therapy and 26 (12.1%) with peripheral angiography. Six patients were referred for coronary artery bypass surgery. Vascular complications [groin hematoma] occurred in two patients (0.9%). Conclusion: Both diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization procedures are safe with very low risk of complications even in its initial experience. The optimate goal of these procedures is to ensure the safety of the patients.

The Role of Relationships in Resilience: Teachers Who Were At-Risk Youth Supporting At-Risk Students

Despite extensive research on resilience, little information exists on the resilience of teachers who faced adversity in childhood and the meanings they attribute to their current work with at-risk students. Thus, this study aimed to address this knowledge gap by examining the narratives of teachers who were at-risk children. Based on 30 semi-structured life-narrative interviews, the findings revealed the significant meaning that the participants ascribed to positive relationships. Whether such relationships were present or absent in their childhood, these relationships were instrumental in their choice to pursue a career in education. In supporting their students’ resilience and becoming the teachers they wanted as children, they found meaning in their past experiences of risk and coping. The study’s discussion applies the social mirroring theory to analyze how the participants resisted the negative image presented to them by others in their childhood and how a belief of hopeful prospects fortified them and led them to take on transformative justice as their life mission. Supporting at-risk children functioned as a form of healing for the participants, fostering both their students’ and their own resilience. The study findings highlight the importance of accounting for teachers’ childhood experiences as formative narratives that mold their educational work.

“Things” and the Diasporic Self in Mahjoub’s The Carrier and Hammad’s The Parisian

The present article examines the impact of “things” on the self-concept of diasporic individuals in Anglophone Arab novelists Jamal Mahjoub’s The Carrier (1998) and Isabella Hammad’s The Parisian (2019). Particularly, it highlights how certain “things” help the protagonist in each novel to perceive himself and to define his life mission. For this, the current study is situated within the theoretical frameworks of “Thing Theory” and theories of self-concept. It argues that certain “things” are important factors in the development of each protagonist’s identity and his understanding of his own self. Not only do these “things” influence the protagonist’s character and substantially form his/her identity, but they also give the reader clues about the transformations that these protagonists undergo during their experiences in diaspora. By tracing the relationship between the protagonists and certain “things” in each novel, one may form a better idea of how diasporic experiences affect and inform an individual’s self-concept. Keywords: Jamal Mahjoub; Isabella Hammad; Thing Theory; Diaspora; Self-concept.

Development of Students' Spiritual Intelligence through the Learning Process of Christian Religious Education at Budi Murni 2 Medan Catholic Private Senior High School

This study aims to answer research problems regarding development of students' spiritual intelligence through the learning process of christian religious education at Budi Murni 2 Medan Catholic Private Senior High School.This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach. Researchers conducted research at Budi Murni 2 Medan Catholic Private Senior High School from March to April 2023. The research subjects are selected by purposive sampling. The informants identified in this study are 11 people, namely the vice principal, religion teacher, and 9 students. Data analysis is carried out by means of data reduction, data presentation, and research conclusions.The results of the study show that the development of students' spiritual intelligence is carried out by the teacher through the role of the religious teacher as a good spiritual shepherd for students, helping students fulfill their life mission, inviting students to read the scriptures, involving students in religious activities. Aspects of spiritual intelligence include self-awareness, spontaneity, caring, celebrating diversity, the ability to reframe, and humility

Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE)

Context. In the fourth paper in this series, we identified that a pentagonal arrangement of five telescopes, using a kernel-nulling beam combiner, shows notable advantages for some important performance metrics for a space-based mid-infrared nulling interferometer over several other considered configurations for the detection of Earth-like exoplanets around solar-type stars. Aims. We aim to produce a physical implementation of a kernel-nulling beam combiner for such a configuration, as well as a discussion of systematic and stochastic errors associated with the instrument. Methods. We developed a mathematical framework around a nulling beam combiner, and then used it along with a space interferometry simulator to identify the effects of systematic uncertainties. Results. We find that errors in the beam combiner optics, systematic phase errors and the root-mean-squared (RMS) fringe tracking errors result in instrument-limited performance at ~4–7 μm, and zodiacal light limited at ≳10 μm. Assuming a beam splitter reflectance error of |ΔR| = 5% and phase shift error of Δϕ = 3°, we find that the fringe tracking RMS error should be kept to less than 3 nm in order to be photon limited, and the systematic piston error be less than 0.5 nm to be appropriately sensitive to planets with a contrast of 1 × 10−7 over a 4–19 μm bandpass. We also identify that the beam combiner design, with the inclusion of a well-positioned shutter, provides an ability to produce robust kernel observables even if one or two collecting telescopes were to fail. The resulting four-telescope combiner, when put into an X-array formation, results in a transmission map with a relative signal-to-noise ratio equivalent to 80% of a fully functioning X-array combiner. Conclusions. The advantage in sensitivity and planet yield of the Kernel-5 nulling architecture, along with an inbuilt contingency option for a failed collector telescope, leads us to recommend this architecture be adopted for further study for the LIFE mission.

Social Entrepreneurship as a Solution to Social Problems in the Digital Age

Entrepreneurship is a process of working on and creating something new creatively and full of innovation, the goal is to benefit others and have added value. Entrepreneurship is a mental attitude of someone who has creativity, is active, creates the power to make something unique and new and can be useful for many people. Entrepreneurship is a process to develop, identify, realize the vision and mission in life. Various circles have started discussing the concept of social entrepreneurship as an innovative solution in solving social problems, where what is meant by social entrepreneurship itself is about how to apply a practical, innovative and sustainable approach to have a positive impact on society, especially the lower economic class and those who marginalized. Social entrepreneurship usually aims to solve economic or social problems. The purpose of social entrepreneurship is the realization of social change in a better or positive direction and solving social problems for the benefit of society

Two temperate Earth-mass planets orbiting the nearby star GJ 1002,,

We report the discovery and characterisation of two Earth-mass planets orbiting in the habitable zone of the nearby M-dwarf GJ 1002 based on the analysis of the radial-velocity (RV) time series from the ESPRESSO and CARMENES spectrographs. The host star is the quiet M5.5 V star GJ 1002 (relatively faint in the optical, V ~ 13.8 mag, but brighter in the infrared, J ~ 8.3 mag), located at 4.84 pc from the Sun. We analyse 139 spectroscopic observations taken between 2017 and 2021. We performed a joint analysis of the time series of the RV and full-width half maximum (FWHM) of the cross-correlation function (CCF) to model the planetary and stellar signals present in the data, applying Gaussian process regression to deal with the stellar activity. We detect the signal of two planets orbiting GJ 1002. GJ 1002 b is a planet with a minimum mass mp sin i of 1.08 ± 0.13 M⊕ with an orbital period of 10.3465 ± 0.0027 days at a distance of 0.0457 ± 0.0013 au from its parent star, receiving an estimated stellar flux of 0.67 F⊕. GJ 1002 c is a planet with a minimum mass mp sin i of 1.36 ± 0.17 M⊕ with an orbital period of 20.202 ± 0.013 days at a distance of 0.0738 ± 0.0021 au from its parent star, receiving an estimated stellar flux of 0.257 F⊕. We also detect the rotation signature of the star, with a period of 126 ± 15 days. We find that there is a correlation between the temperature of certain optical elements in the spectrographs and changes in the instrumental profile that can affect the scientific data, showing a seasonal behaviour that creates spurious signals at periods longer than ~200 days. GJ 1002 is one of the few known nearby systems with planets that could potentially host habitable environments. The closeness of the host star to the Sun makes the angular sizes of the orbits of both planets (~9.7 mas and ~15.7 mas, respectively) large enough for their atmosphere to be studied via high-contrast high-resolution spectroscopy with instruments such as the future spectrograph ANDES for the ELT or the LIFE mission.

"A reinstilled hope that they can change": Facilitator perspectives on a self-care and health promotion peer group program for veterans.

This study assessed the relevance, value, and effectiveness of "Taking Charge of My Life and Health" (TCMLH), a patient wellbeing peer group program for U.S. veterans focused on empowering them to identify what really matters in their lives and to work toward health goals that align with their mission, aspirations, or purpose in life. The potential of TCMLH to empower veterans to engage in self-care behaviors, make health behavior changes, and participate in health care decision making is important, as veterans are more likely than the general population to suffer from multiple chronic conditions that require ongoing self-management. We conducted individual semi-structured interviews with 19 TCMLH facilitators serving in eight U.S. Veteran's Health Administration medical centers. Data were analyzed using an inductive approach to identify salient themes in facilitators' experiences. Facilitators reported that TCMLH participants demonstrated positive attitude changes (e.g., greater confidence and hope) and behavior changes (e.g., making healthcare appointments and implementing self-care practices) by program completion. Further, findings show that mindful awareness practices, the peer group setting, Whole Health assessment tools, and goal setting tools were perceived as the most impactful program elements leading to positive health behavior change. Overall, findings suggest that this non-clinical peer group program can enhance patient wellbeing, and that there are certain program elements of TCMLH that are driving key attitudinal and behavioral changes.

Challenges Facing the Understanding the Eucharist as Sacrifice Among the Luo Catholics of Homa Bay Diocese, Kenya

One of the perennial anxieties of human beings is the need for peace, prosperity, and harmony in society, where people can truly accomplish their God-given mission in life. In other words, there is a human yearning for an environment, where life can be honourably celebrated in its fullness even while awaiting its ultimate consummation. Both the African traditional believer and the Christian in their quest for the realization of such a noble aim and desire have often identified sacrifice and appeasement as cardinal instruments of societal transformation. For them to appreciate this full life and total wellbeing, both the African and the Christian know they must keep in close touch with the Supreme Being who is the author of life and the determiner of destiny, by maintaining the various opportunities of regular communication and dialogue with the supernatural world through sacrifices. Sacrifice is the heartbeat of every religious ritual. This study seeks to establish why some Luo Catholics still value their traditional sacrifice instead of fully manifesting their beliefs in the Eucharistic sacrifice. Do they still find something valuable in it which seems to be lacking in the Eucharist sacrifice? When confronted by stressful events, many Luo Catholics often abandon coping strategies and revert to patterns of behaviour used earlier in development, especially the traditional sacrificial system. In doing this, the person ends up practicing two different forms of religion. The study also seeks to bring out the Luo cultural elements which can be inculturated within the Eucharistic sacrifice so that the Luo Catholics may practice their faith fully, consciously and actively, instead of indulging him/herself in syncretistic tendencies.

Performance Medicine: a novel and needed paradigm for proactive health care.

Performance Medicine is an emerging clinical practice that holds immense promise for advancing preventive health. To date, however, the concept remains imprecise, disorganized, and commercialized. The purpose of this perspective article is to define characteristics, core tenets, and practice standards to help build a common framework. We define performance broadly as "one's capacity to bring energy and attention to what matters most in a given moment". Performance Medicine, therefore, is predicated on the thesis that the critical practices that enhance one's daily wellbeing simultaneously increase both lifespan and healthspan. As a clinical practice, Performance Medicine is proactive and preventive. It focuses on the immediate and actionable strategies to address one's physical, mental, and emotional capabilities every day. The practice employs a values-centered approach that begins with a discovery process to elucidate the client's deeply held beliefs about their health status, life mission and goals, vision for optimal wellbeing, and motivations for change. Subsequent diagnostics and therapies combine evidence-based practices from multiple medical specialties including internal medicine, sports medicine, obesity medicine, integrative medicine, and others. This is complemented by the most recent scientific advancements in nutrition, exercise physiology, sleep, and recovery. The Performance Medicine prescription incorporates a personalized combination of lifestyle-based behavior change practices, evidence-based diagnostics and risk reduction therapies, ongoing monitoring, and community support. Finally, the iterative and incremental process towards enhanced and sustained health is guided and supported by a trusted partnership between the client and a team of expert practitioners and coaches.

RELIGIOUS HARMONIZATION ON ETHNO-RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES OF MUSLIM AND DAYAK KATAB-KEBAHAN IN TEBING KARANGAN VILLAGE, MELAWI DISTRICT, WEST KALIMANTAN

Research on the Katab-Kebahan community or ethnic has been carried out by several researchers. In general, the research that has been done is narrative-descriptive in nature. Thus, the research has not studied the aspects of religious tolerance and moderation in the reality of the Katab-Kebahan community or ethnic between its Muslims and Dayaks. The purpose of this study is to describe religious harmonization in the Katab-Kebahan Muslim and Dayak ethnicities in the rural communities of Melawi, as well as uncover the factors that stimulate the formation of harmonization between them. The locus of this research is in the Tebing Karangan village, Melawi district, West Kalimantan. Meanwhile, the type of research is field research using a narrative-analytical model which also includes the archaeo-genealogical theory by Michel Foucault. The conclusion of this article explains that, basically, religious harmonization is formed from tolerance. But tolerance is formed through the process and various factors that support it. Such as the similarity in the vision and mission of life, the intensity of social-community relations, and the sense of kinship and togetherness that has been cultivated for a long time. This stimulates the emergence of a sense of mutual ownership and protection of one another.

Thermo-chemically functionalized porous featured bio-carbon based asymmetric supercapacitor for new limits of energy storage

Energy sustainability is a foremost challenging goal that will lead to a promising mission in modern life in the long run. Such exceptional energy and power delivered supercapacitors is more suitable for many advanced device applications. In this study, we constructed an asymmetric combination using R7 and Ni-Co-Zn-S electrodes for supercapacitor applications. The asymmetric R7//Ni-Co-Zn-S exhibited a very high specific capacitance of 598 F g−1 at 1 A g−1 with the operating voltage of 1.6 V in 3.5 M KOH medium. The calculated energy density of 53.1 Wh Kg−1 with the power density of 800 W kg−1 at the current density of 1 A g−1, indicates outstanding capacitive performance. And around 49% of energy density (24.5 Wh kg−1) was retained even at 10 A g−1 with high power density of 12,002 W kg−1. The results suggest that the R7//Ni-Co-Zn-S asymmetric system can be adapted to advanced energy storage devices in alkaline media for modern electronics industries.

Pendidikan Politik Sebagai Proses Belajar Membentuk Kesadaran Politik dan Peran Kewarganegaraan

The pursuit of political education for the general public and for educated people is to function in order to raise their awareness to be actively involved in controlling, evaluating, and increasing active participation in governance and the implementation of its policies. Political education is a continuous process, through political education that must be maintained is in shaping awareness in the role of human beings and the role of citizenship. This human role enables the development of talents and abilities of each individual, in carrying out his political functions in accordance with the status and mission of life that each individual has. While the role of citizenship invites the public to take an active role through participation in the process of thinking, dialogue and political action in order to achieve progress and improvement by realizing the role of their obligations and political rights.

Differences in life attitudes between general population and hospitalized psychosomatic patients: a comparative cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT To compare the extent to which value-based life attitudes measured by means of the Life Attitude Profile (LAP-R) could differ between the general population and people suffering from mental disorders hospitalized in a psychosomatic ward. Cross-sectional comparative study between a sample of general population (n = 409) and a sample of unselected patients (n = 147) at admission in a psychosomatic ward. Comparisons were carried out by means of Cronbach’s alpha, correlation matrix, t-tests, robust multivariate linear regression models (MLRM), and using propensity scores. The internal consistency of LAP-R is good (alpha = 0.90). Divergent validity with BFI dimensions is widely given. In MLRM general population scored higher for the indexes ‘personal meaning’ and ‘existential transcendence’, whereas psychosomatic patients for the dimensions ‘responsibleness’, ‘death acceptance’, ‘goal seeking’ and especially ‘existential vacuum’. Sex, partnership and schooling display few associations. Neuroticism is negatively and agreeableness positively associated with life attitudes considered as protective. Norm values and differences were stratified by age ranges. This study demonstrates that basic human attitudes like personal transcendence, personal meaning, having a biographically supported mission in life, and belief in a reason for existence are so fundamental for individuals that they are to some degree given independently of having a mental disorder or not. Neuroticism is a risk trait and agreeableness a protective trait facing life attitudes. The findings of this study indicate that people suffering from mental disorders treated in a specialized psychosomatic unit in a general hospital have important value-based resources and simultaneously higher levels of existential vacuum that have to be considered in treatment planning but should also be embedded in a therapeutic alliance. The existential vacuum deserves special consideration in the treatment of patients, especially facing risk of suicide.

Missionary. Existential. Spiritual. Perspectives for the work of the Church after the pandemic

This article explores opportunities for Church action after the pandemic, from three different perspectives: missionary, anthropological and spiritual. The missionary perspective; using an existential-analytical approach, should contribute to the Church becoming less focused on herself and more committed to in its mission for the good life. From an anthropological perspective, Church work is directed to the human being as the image of God and pleads for anthropological aspects to be taken into account in the shaping of Church practice. With the spiritual perspective, the plea is made for Church activity after the pandemic to open up spaces in which human beings, in the experience of their worthiness to love, understand and learn to love themselves without measure and without conditions.

Unusual Luminescence of Quartz from La Sassa, Tuscany: Insights on the Crystal and Defect Nanostructure of Quartz Further Developments

Quartz luminescence finds applications on many fields, but much work still needs to be done to precisely characterize it. In this work, we made further developments on the study of luminescence of quartz from La Sassa, Tuscany: a sample with unique properties in this regard. Photoluminescence (PL) measurements allowed study of the excitation profile of the previously reported luminescence, showing an excitation maximum at around 4.3 eV, among other minor ones. This kind of luminescence has also been studied as a function of X-ray irradiation, showing that ionizing radiation desensitizes the photoluminescence emissions. New radioluminescence (RL) measurements have been done to study the effect of thermal annealing at 1000 °C, showing a more complex emission picture in the red region (1.8–2.0 eV), with multiple emissions. The data presented here allow more precise assumptions regarding the assignment of the centers responsible for each emission. The assignment has been confirmed by chemical profiles measured by laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma (ICP) mass spectrometry. The previously tentative assignment of non-bridging oxygen hole centers (NBOHCs) has been disproved for the PL and LIF emissions and confirmed for the RL ones.