Modern Culture Research Articles

External characteristics of cardio-strength load based on local exercises and heart rate response during its performance

In modern health-enhancing physical culture the use of complex training sessions with successive tasks solving is mainly provided and almost no attention to complex training sessions with parallel task solving. In this regard, it is important to find out the possibility of building training sessions that would allow influencing the cardio respiratory system through the use of strength exercises. The purpose of the study is to explore the characteristics of the load and heart rate changing in complex cardio-strength training sessions with parallel task solving. Experimental total training sessions included a warm-up (10-12 min) and 6 local strength exercises divided into three pairs (biceps - triceps, deltoid - latissimus dorsi, rhomboid - pectoral muscles) performed as circuit training. The duration of cardio- strength sessions – 30 min., intensity – 12 RM, repetition – 4, rest – changing exercises. A 62 years old man with high physical fitness for this age took place in a research. The heart rate study was carried out by the POLAR cardio-tracker. The sound recording of the exercise commentary was simultaneously activated with the heart rate sensor. This made it possible to study the duration of exercises, rests and heart rate during each exercise. Research has shown it is possible to ensure a cardiovascular reaction appropriate for cardio training by using strength exercises. But it requires certain resistance, repetition and rest between exercises at the training session. It is advisable to call such loads as cardio-strength loads. A person is able to provide the necessary duration of exercises and rests in such training sessions without a clock or sound leader. The current heart rate during certain cardio-strength exercise is determined by the complex, ambiguous interaction of several factors. For loads of 1/3 of 12 RM (4 repetitions per set) the most impotent is the initial position. In the initial position the most influential is the body position while performing exercises (lying, sitting, bending over and standing); the activity of the synergist muscles is also important here. In addition, the heart rate reaction depends on a resistance, the preliminary exercise and the activity during the changing exercises.

Creating Patterns for Handicrafts and Embroidery

In this era of design and fashion , matching technology with aesthetics , selecting colors plays a major role in enhancing the beauty of designs .colors are a vital part of design artists to realm the designs , emotions , and make the paintings appear real .The color combination generator in this abstract deals with the enhancing of colors with the computational algorithms and make it simple for artisans compute the color for their use . The colors they use play a vital role in developing paintings and all other delusions such as combinations of arts , and creativity.This paper deals with the enhancing of handicrafts with the modern cultures trends such as coding , developing codes for several patterns in handicrafts to reduce the efforts of craftsmen engaged in the crafting , and framing of crafts such as ceramic crafts , pottery crafts , textile crafts , decorative and jewelry crafts.

An analysis of the development path of ethnic villages under the protection of traditional Jiarong culture

Most of the villages in the north-west ethnic areas of Sichuan are located within a culturally rich zone. However, during the process of village modernization, the protection and inheritance of traditional culture are often overlooked. This study has investigated the construction techniques and spatial components of traditional villages in Lixian, Sichuan Province, from the perspective of cultural inheritance. It analyzes and synthesizes representative design language and proposes a design concept that combines spatial perspective and cultural inheritance to conduct research on design paths aimed at strengthening functional positioning, optimizing spatial layout, improving village style, and improving infrastructure. The objective is to establish a research path to maintain the village-style during post-disaster process reconstruction and village development, thus protecting the unique local architectural culture and achieving comprehensive village development. In addition, we explored issues such as the lack of architectural style and the lagging development of human settlements, aiming to promote rural revitalization and integrated urban-rural development in this area.

A Comprehensive Analysis of Socialisation in the Knowledge Society

This paper addresses socialisation in the knowledge society, focusing on the usefulness of socialisation for the knowledge society. In the educational knowledge society, the processes of socialisation are increasingly understood as the accumulation of social and cultural capital, related to the functions of educational development. The aim of the research is to critically perform a comprehensive analysis of socialisation in the knowledge society by carefully examining socialisation, knowledge, knowledge society, knowledge economy, education and social studies. The features, types and stages of socialisation, the concept of knowledge and its types, the consequences of knowledge society, knowledge society as academic concept and stage of development as well as the analysis of socialisation for the knowledge society were thoroughly discussed in this study. The conceptualization of the knowledge society, which emerged between 1940 and 1960, is examined in this paper along with its significance. The knowledge of society's cognitive role structure and the spiritual qualities that influence creativity are discussed as essential components of socialisation. Under the broad technological field, and circumstances of modern knowledge culture, the potential of early socialisation is described by the dynamics of the professional maturation period. In order to understand the substance of modern education in accordance with its cultural mission, the study develops the theoretical groundwork and offers practical justification for socialisation as a concept, which is vital to the growth of the knowledge society. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that the governments, political and economic elites, as well as businesses, civil society, news media, and academic communities should embrace the usefulness of socialisation in the knowledge society.

The synergy of skin and science – A comprehensive review of artificial intelligence’s impact on dermatology

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an omnipresent area in modern culture. Every industry in the world has been greatly impacted by the development of technology, which has improved people’s quality of life. With the advent of AI, even 10 years old can now use smartphones to conquer the world by simplifying complex jobs. AI has made a substantial contribution to the health-care industry as well, sparking debates about whether robots may or may not eventually replace doctors in the medical field. Interestingly, AI additionally has made important advances in the field of dermatology. Through its discovery of applications that can predict a person’s skin type and the products they should use to achieve “perfect skin,” AI has greatly targeted its audience in the esthetics space, where people are most concerned with the health of their bodies and hair. AI has also developed strong relationships with these people and provided excellent advice for skin-related concerns. However, the question of whether individuals are mistreating their skin or relying too much on AI to address their skin troubles remains. Certain applications use the beauty calculator based on face symmetry, which can have a drastic impact on one’s self-confidence. These commercials may also instill false hope, and they may even be an advertising strategy used by the gods of the metaverse. Applications that give predictions regarding skin health can also create a state of anxiety in people who use them. This article examines whether AI has had a discernible effect on skin health, how it may influence cosmetic dermatology in the future, how accurate AI is in diagnosing conditions and recommending treatments, and whether we should rely on AI in the future for dermatological issues.

Fundamental theoretical conflicts in the science of critical thinking

Introduction. The article explores the reasons for the lack of scientific consensus on critical thinking. Despite the fact that this concept has become one of the key ones for modern culture, it has not been properly defined, and organizational decisions remain controversial. In this article, we propose to focus not on the gaps in our knowledge of critical thinking, but on finding the reasons for what exactly prevents consensus on these issues. The purpose of the article is to establish fundamental uncertainties and theoretical conflicts in the science of critical thinking that prevent the solution of terminological and organizational aspects of the problem. Materials and Methods. The study is theoretical in nature and is based on an agnological approach to the analysis of expert ignorance (R. Proctor, S. Feirstein, etc.). This approach combines traditional methods of logical and philosophical analysis, but is used when the purpose of the study is not to fill the gap in knowledge, but to find explanations why exactly we do not know what we do not know. In order to achieve this goal, the subjects of scholarly debates regarding critical thinking were identified and the prerequisites on which conflicting concepts are based were analyzed. Results. The study found that the existing organizational debates about how critical thinking should be taught in educational institutions are derived from discussions at a fundamental level. The authors conclude that modern research on critical thinking, despite its apparent thematic proximity to each other, actually reflects different, yet incompatible approaches to nature, psychological mechanisms and standards of critical thinking. Conclusions. The research led to the conclusion that reaching consensus on practical issues, such as the way to organize critical thinking training, requires prior resolution of fundamental theoretical conflicts about the nature, psychological mechanisms and socio-cultural standards of critical thinking.

6-Alkyl Substituted Triazine-based Organic Molecules for Energy Harvesting Application

During the past 20 years, fluorescent materials have had a significant impact on modern cultures' technological advancements. Utilizing the advantageous qualities of these materials, a wide range of applications have been created, from organic photovoltaic to OLED TVs, from extremely sensitive early disease detection techniques to the sensing of environmental contaminants. For energy harvesting applications, the most crucial characteristic of organic molecules is their band gap. Differentially, we produced 4,4'-((6-alkyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diyl)bis(azanediyl)) diphenol based organic molecule in this research. This molecule may be employed in organic electronics, such as solar cells and OLEDs, after further processing. UV-Visible spectroscopy was used to determine the energy gap of the synthesized new analogue.

Research on the Integration of Xiangxi Miao Butterfly Patterns and Modern Cultural and Creative Designs

The Miao people's traditional dress designs in western Hunan strongly reflect their distinct cultural qualities as well as the local community's lifestyle. These patterns are both aesthetically pleasing and culturally significant. As the cultural and creative industries have grown, an increasing number of designers have begun to incorporate these historic motifs into modern cultural and creative items in order to promote and conserve national culture. This research will look at the butterfly pattern of Xiangxi Miao, a representative ornamental feature, and how it might be used to contemporary cultural and creative design. The essay will go into detail on how traditional themes can be blended with modern design aspects, and how this fusion improves the cultural worth and market attractiveness of the items.

Where's the beef? The feminisation of weight‐loss dieting in Britain and Scandinavia c.1890–1925

AbstractRepresentations of the slim body have traditionally been at the centre of scholarly interest in dieting culture, whereas food often remains a shadowy presence compared with more persistent themes of body discipline, slenderness and anti‐fat messages. This article offers a different perspective on weight‐loss dieting, placing food at the very centre of the analysis. By examining different diets in British and Scandinavian ladies’ magazines from the 1890s to the 1920s, I argue that the gendering of different foods was central to the changes that weight‐loss diets went through at the turn of the twentieth century, when the meat‐heavy diets associated with male dieting were gradually transformed. That this process was initiated within the feminine beauty culture promoted by ladies’ magazines is reinforced by the fact that weight‐loss diets changed well before mainstream nutritional advice did. The empirical analysis shows that this process of feminisation tied weight‐loss diets to existing, vegetarian beauty routines for a good complexion, suggesting that modern dieting culture is not only about slimming, but can be seen as a variation of a theme within beauty culture that centres around the imagined impact of different foods on the gendered body.

Jesuit Astrology: Prognostication and Science in Early Modern Culture, written by Luís Campos Ribeiro

Jesuit Astrology: Prognostication and Science in Early Modern Culture, written by Luís Campos Ribeiro

Dialectical thinking in contemporary spirituality: Reconciling contradictory beliefs through metamodern oscillations between two ways of thinking

Psychologists are paying increasing attention to a distinction between two ways of thinking. Cognitive psychologists discern between non-reflective “intuitive” and critical reflective “analytic” thinking. Cultural psychologists discern between context-focused “holistic” and object-focused “analytic” thinking. Both find the former strongly correlated with religious beliefs and Asian cultures, the latter with secular beliefs and Euro-American cultures. Yet, recent studies convincingly suggest: first, that analytic thinking does not just relate to secular beliefs but also to alternative beliefs that straddle the boundaries between secular and religious worldviews; second, that critical reflective thinking includes both the holistic context-focus of Asian religions and the analytic object-focus of European philosophies and sciences. This article supports these recent studies in the psychology of religion based on recent studies from the history and sociology of religion and a discourse analysis of interviews with members of a small-scale twenty-first-century spiritual group, as an example. We show that people who identify as spiritual in a metamodern context use both holistic and analytic thinking in creating alternative worldviews, which dialectically reconcile beliefs that many within modern western cultures would consider contradictory. We conclude that this both/and logic challenges theories and stereotypes about “secular versus religious” and “eastern versus western” thinking.

Beyond Words

Beyond Words

Waning Interest in Infectious Diseases Among Trainees: Is Medicine Pulling the Goalie?

Abstract Relatively low salaries in infectious diseases (ID) compared to other medical specialties, in a world where cost of living is skyrocketing, are an easy explanation for unmet needs of ID training programs to fill their positions. However, the interest in ID falling short of expectations may reflect that some features of the ID specialty are counter to select pervasive tendencies of modern culture, including (1) slow uptake of innovation into daily routines of ID practitioners, (2) the emphasis of clinical mastery of ID practitioners in an environment of medical corporatization and increased focus on revenue generation, and (3) the fact that ID practice takes societal interests into consideration (eg, prevention of antibiotic resistance) in a world dominated by rights of individuals, frequently at the expense of the common good. This article reflects on these possibilities to determine what steps can be taken to resurrect interest in our specialty.

Creative industries as a component of modern culture

Creative industries as a component of modern culture

Exploring Feminine Subjugation and Liberation: A Comparative Analysis of Gender Roles and Patriarchal Constraints in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Kate Chopin's “The Story of an Hour”

The major problem of how women live in a society devoid of freedom, where they are repressed, subordinated, and denied rights. Women are still treated unfairly in modern culture, despite the fact that their views are heard. Similarly, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" illustrates the struggles women face to assert personal identity. And in "The Story of an Hour," the heroine is dominated by her husband. Sadly, the predominance of men in practically every sector of society, including Politics, Economics, Education, and even Psychology, significantly restricts their freedom. The aim is to elevate women to equal status with men in society. Women have made a variety of attempts to express their desires. The goal is to challenge men's domination or at the very least, elevate women to a status where they are on par with males in society, as patriarchal culture has kept women at the bottom of the social hierarchy. This article focuses on women’s role, loss of identity, their unhappy married lives, and the search for individuality in the face of social norms.

Traditional Mechanisms of Culture Transmission at the Present State of Society

The article is aimed at describing the current state and role in modern culture of the main traditional mechanisms for transmitting culture, preserving cultural memory and passing it on to next generations (customs, rituals, traditions, religion, myth, folklore, art, education, family). The research was carried out on the basis of systemic, activity-based, integration, historical approaches, methods of historical analysis, structural-functional, and axiological approach. It has been revealed that traditional mechanisms of cultural transmission continue to play a vital role in the modern cultural space. At the same time, their transformation, observed at the present time, reflects objective trends in the development of society and civilization as a whole, their accelerated development. Culture exists as a combination of traditional and innovative; it cannot be static and is constantly evolving. The problem is the reaction of a number of representatives of the scientific community to the modification of cultural instruments. The dynamics of social and cultural development in recent decades have become more obvious than before, which has caused a number of researchers to desire to go back and revive the traditional mechanisms of cultural transmission. The unity of traditional and innovative mechanisms for transmitting culture is a ground for its positive development.

SPECIFICS OF TRANSFORMATION OF MODERN POLITICAL CULTURE OF YOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The article considers the specifics and actual problems of modern polit-ical culture of youth of the Russian Federation. It should be noted that in the post-Soviet period, young people’s value orientations underwent changes due to the political reforms which led to negative consequences. For example, the increasing role of western trends in youth culture aroused a number of destruc-tive directions. Today, our state is experiencing a historical moment of rethink-ing of its own ideology, in this connection, in our opinion, it is necessary to identify the specifics of functioning of the political culture of the Russian youth. The study considers the domestic and Chinese experience of state or-ganization of the political culture of youth.

Why Americans increasingly claim to own guns for self-protection: A modern culture of social-psychological threat defense

This article addresses two questions: (a) why do Americans believe that they need guns to defend themselves and their families and (b) why has the number of Americans who share this belief increased dramatically in recent decades? To address the first question, we describe a model of defensive gun ownership that assumes that Americans’ perceived need of a gun for self-defense is not only determined by their perceived lifetime risk of being assaulted (PLRA), but also by some diffuse belief in a dangerous world (BDW). In attempting to identify the dangerous world feared by high BDW gun owners, we review evidence that gun ownership is often associated with racial prejudice and concerns about groups that are stereotypically associated with safety threats (e.g., Black Americans, illegal immigrants). We identified three environmental changes that might exacerbate social threat perceptions: the proliferation of intergroup threat narratives such as the great replacement theory (that White Americans will be replaced by non-White minorities), the COVID-19 pandemic, and a change in the way the American gun industry advertises their products (praising the quality of their guns to emphasize the usefulness of guns for self-defense).

Development of art journalism in Kazakhstan through the introduction of the experience of American art media

ABSTRACT In the modern world, art and culture occupy a special place in the formation of personality and public opinion, determining the importance of the development of art journalism as an integral part of the media. The purpose of the study is to analyse Kazakh and American media materials on the topic of culture and art, taking into account the use of various creative tools and digital approaches. To achieve research goals, the following methods were used: generalization, survey, content analysis, comparative analysis, as well as various works of researchers studying cultural journalism in its various aspects and interpretations. The results of the work determined that the translation of international art journalism experience into the Kazakh media industry plays an important role in enriching the country’s cultural environment and increasing the quality of art historical materials. According to a survey of art-journalistic experts, it was found that, on average, for 90% of respondents, this area has positive development trends and is the basis for the introduction of technological and digital capabilities. However, for the effective functioning of arts journalism, it is worth taking into account a number of challenges that journalists face in the course of their professional activities.

Post-modernization Paradigm on the Modern Cultural Communication Research: A Literature Review

The aim of this research study was to examine the patterns of cultural communication in the modern era and analyze its impact from a post-modernization paradigm. A rapid review approach employing the keywords “communication” AND “culture” AND “modern” was used to identify relevant articles published between 2019 and 2023. The reveiw which followed the PRISMA guidelines selected 35 articles that were grouped by type, function and purpose of communication (communication, identity, perception, education and entertainment) using the NVivo 12 Pro program. Most articles (n=13) were published in 2022 by predominantly authors from Russia. Modernization gives rise to cultural evolution and changes in ethnic and symbolic identities which drive post-modernists to advocate for the return of cultural identity that relies on various forms of communication. Modernization in cultural communication must be balanced with the post-modernization paradigm so that limitations in the generalization of communication design are in alignment with the subjective needs of each individual. The current study also acknowledged its methodological limitaons and potential biases for transparency and scientific rigor.