Modern Perspective Research Articles

Nizarorustu: A Textual Analysis of the Battle of Niså

Nizarorustu: A Textual Analysis of the Battle of Niså

Modern Understanding of the Lotus Samādhi

In this article, I will introduce the contents of the Lotus Samādhi and illuminate it from a modern perspective. The Lotus Samādhi consists of 10 items. However, the important part can be said to be the correct insight of reality at the end of the 10 items. This correct insight of reality refers to the idea of emptiness, and from the viewpoint of repentance, it can be said to be great repentance and adorned repentance. However, the 10 items of the Lotus Samādhi are not fixed and unchanging, but can be flexibly approached. Nine items exist for the tenth item, and can be flexibly added or subtracted as needed. When attempting to reconstruct the Lotus Samādhi as practice method for modern people, it is necessary to pay attention to Thich Nhat Hanh's practice method and Mahasi Vipassana. In Thich Nhat Hanh's practice method, it is necessary to accept the viewpoint that daily life is practice, and in Mahasi Vipassana, it is necessary to accept that it presents contents that can be easily accepted by anyone. And I approaches the Lotus Samādhi from the viewpoint of meditation. Its contents include ethical practice, mental health, and escape from unconscious dynamics.

Subjectivity Construction of Chinese Rural Women’s political Participation: Perspective of Rural Governance Modernization

In China’s urban-rural dual development pattern and the process of industrialization and urbanization, a large number of young and middle-aged men in rural areas have moved to cities and towns to work. Both permanent population and agricultural labor force in rural areas have presented the characteristics of feminization, and rural women have become the main force of rural development. However, rural women are still in a subordinate position in rural political participation, and it is difficult for them to play their subjective role. In 2019, China issued an official document to promote the modernization of rural governance which reflects China’s feature of coordinated rural governance by multiple subjects. Therefore, this paper assumes that the rural multi-subject governance system proposed by China provides a good opportunity to construct the subjectivity of Chinese rural women’s political participation. By the methods of gender analysis, comparative analysis and literature analysis, this paper explores methods to construct the subjectivity of rural women’s political participation under the background of the modernization of rural governance from the construction of rural women’s subjectivity by themselves and the participation of all parties of the state and society in order to improve the level of Chinese rural women’s political participation, narrow the gap between rural gender political participation, promote the process of gender equality in political participation, promote the political democratization of China’s rural areas, and achieve their own comprehensive development.

Multiple myeloma - Modern and Ayurvedic perspective- a critical review

Multiple myeloma - Modern and Ayurvedic perspective- a critical review

The Essence of Nature and Dialectical Naturalism

In this paper, we examine how nature is defined and perceived and address the conflict between constructivism and essentialism. By exploring modern perspectives on the concept of nature that stem from the field of social sciences, we will review the analysis of Murray Bookchin’s dialectical naturalism regarding the very essence of nature. We argue that dialectical naturalism offers a dynamic developmental concept of nature that goes beyond the context of constructivism and supports that the truth of nature can be conceived.

Analysis of the Related Concepts of Green Skills Development from the Perspective of Vocational Education Modernization

Strengthening environmental protection and taking the road of green development are the relentless pursuit of the party and the people. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China "promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization in an all-round way" opened a new era and a new journey mission and put "people and the modernization of the harmonious coexistence of nature" is one of the five characteristics of Chinese-style modernization. Green should become the proper meaning of vocational education. From the perspective of vocational education modernization, the article sorts out the four concepts of green economy, green industry, green occupation, and general skills that need to be clarified in the development of green skills and explains that green economy is the internal driving force of green skill development, and green industry is the driving force. Green skills development provides a new field, green occupation (job) is a new navigation mark for green skills development, and general skills provide essential content and direction for green skills development. Finally, the article presents the connotation and suggestions for green skills development in vocational education. It has important guiding significance for modernizing Chinese-style vocational education and empowering a beautiful China.

Current Concepts in Diagnostics and Treatment of Patellar Instability: Review

Background. Patellar instability is one of the most common pathologies of the musculoskeletal system, predominantly observed in physically active young individuals. It ranks third in the structure of knee joint injuries after anterior cruciate ligament and meniscal injuries.
 The aim of this review to present modern perspectives on the diagnosis, principles, and surgical treatment techniques for patients with patellar instability based on an analysis of the literature.
 Methods. Publications were searched in the PubMed/MedLine and eLIBRARY databases. A total of 112 foreign articles published between 1984 and 2023 and 12 domestic publications from 2011 to 2022 were found. During the analysis, 68 articles were selected, which had full texts or abstracts containing sufficient information on diagnostic methods, commonly used standard and modified surgical correction methods for patellar instability, and treatment protocols considering patient age structure, instability characteristics, and functional demands.
 Results. A qualitatively new stage in the reconstructive and restorative surgery of patellar instability is the in-depth examination of patients to determine the extent of damage to the medial retinaculum and the presence of dysplastic changes in anatomical structures that provide normal biomechanics of the knee extensor apparatus. A strictly individual approach to the selection of surgical treatment methods considering risk factors contributing to the development of chronic patellar instability becomes of particular importance.
 Conclusion. Precise restoration of the medial patellofemoral ligament, supplemented by the correction of identified dysplastic changes in anatomical formations of the knee joint area, allows for better functional outcomes in patients with acute and chronic patellar instability.

Advances and Future Prospects of Wearable Textile‐ and Fiber‐Based Solar Cells

Carbon neutrality is one of the most urgent global missions and has promoted the development of clean and renewable energy sources. Sustainable photovoltaic cells have become ideal candidates for green energy harvesting owing to their high power conversion efficiencies and low production costs, which can efficiently reduce the carbon emissions. In recent years, with the increasing advancements in wearable electronics, flexible photovoltaic textile devices have been regarded as the most promising energy resources for Internet of Things. Accordingly, herein, an up‐to‐date account of the recent advancements in modern textile‐based solar cells (i.e., organic, perovskite, and dye‐sensitized solar cells) based on both fibers and fabrics for highly effective harvesting of solar energy is provided, and their fundamental designs and optimization strategies are comprehensively reviewed. This review emphasizes the unique characteristics, underlying mechanisms and potential applications of textile‐based solar cells. Moreover, a modern perspective on both challenges and opportunities in the advancements of the interesting textile‐based solar cells embedded in wearable devices is elucidated. This review offers new insights into advanced energy technologies and smart wearable devices that would facilitate multidisciplinary integration of basic science, device engineering, industrial applications, and other scientific domains.

Competencies and technologies for improving distance professional education: a modern perspective and approach

Competencies and technologies for improving distance professional education: a modern perspective and approach

Exploring the evolution of functional linguistics: linking Arabic theoretical linguistics with modern linguistics

The objective of this research is to establish a connection between Arabic theoretical linguistics and modern linguistics, taking a different approach from the common assumption that later theories are solely attributed to Arab grammarians and rhetoricians. To achieve this, the study will examine Arab linguistic achievements from a modern perspective and highlight commonalities and differences between past and present linguistic theories. Additionally, the research will delve into the Arab understanding of functional grammar and the significant contributions made by ancient grammarians in this area, while also reviewing the evolution of functional theory in the West from its inception until its final formulation . Furthermore, this study will undertake an analytical review of the most significant theories that emerged after Jakobson, to identify gaps and opportunities for further development. The research findings reveal that modern linguists continue to evolve their theories, in contrast to the stunted evolution of Arab heritage due to a reverence for tradition and fear of change. As a result, the research calls for the development of early Arab linguists, whose contributions served as the foundation for language theories in general and linguistics in particular.

In Captivity of the Body: Intersex(-uality) in the First Half of the 20th Century

The paper focuses on the issue of intersexuality in the Czech medical discourse during the first half of the 20th century, when the term “intersex”, which is officially used today and distinct from intersexuality, did not yet exist. Intersexuality can be understood as a universal category within which doctors linked various other issues, such as hermaphroditism, pseudohermaphroditism, and homosexuality. Doctors attempted to label the variability of the human body, but were heavily influenced by their own ideas of the “ideal” male and female body and unable to think beyond these binary categories. In the past, any deviation from the normative was often considered a disease. Dictionaries and medical manuals were used to develop theoretical understandings of these concepts. The study also examines the literary work of the Czech physician Emil Tréval (a.k.a. Walter), who, in his novel Maia, presented the story of a man who was born as a hermaphrodite and struggled with this stigma throughout the plot. The second example refers to a real-life case of a person identified as a man in society, despite being born with a female biological body, referred to by doctors with the initials A.H. The doctors labelled A.H. as homosexual and a transvestite, which we now consider to be incorrect from a modern perspective.

(455) The Modern Eunuch: A Historical Review of Voluntary Castration and Modern Perspective On the Practice

Abstract Introduction Voluntary castration in men has existed for several centuries with popularity in many different cultures. The practice is still prevalent today in the Western world with varying reasoning for why men still seek the identity of a Eunuch. Objective We aim to explore the natural history of voluntary castration including examination of its presence in different cultures, associated societal roles, and the methodology and historical reasoning behind the practice. We also examine roles and reasoning in contemporary society with investigation of how and by who this service is provided. Methods We reviewed both historical literature of voluntary castration as well as more updated literature including recent questionnaires, surveys, and internet forums regarding the practice. Results Eunuchs have occupied many important historical roles in many different societies and the practice of voluntary castration has continued to be prevalent to this day. There are many different inspirations as to why modern Eunuchs continue this practice. We explore the written evidence of these roles while also focusing on contemporary voluntary castration, what roles Eunuchs fulfill or desire in modern society, and motivations for doing so. Conclusions In this historical review, we explore written evidence of the roles Eunuchs traditionally held in historical societies while also focusing on contemporary inspirations for the practice, which continues to be a prevalent interest among some men. Disclosure No

How should intellectual capital development? An islamic religious perspective

Purpose: The objective of this study was to reconstruct Intellectual Capital to fill gap between Humans, Corporations and God. Theoretical framework: Intellectual Capital in its form and development as part of intangible assets in the business world, both from commercial and non-commercial measurements, is part of accounting, considered a modern business perspective and a product of entity theory. This definition of Intellectual Capital shows the masculine side, the Value of Entity theory. The antithesis of this is Sharia Entity Theory which emphasizes responsibility toward the sole creator of the company's nature, specifically God. Spirituality or religion fills the gap behind critical accounting studies based on secular thinking. Design/methodology/approach: This research uses the Islamic spirituality perspective paradigm, which is at heart and related to the organizational, social, and human environment in reconstructing Intellectual Capital. Findings: The results of this study obtained that the construction of human Capital is positioning employees to have honesty, trustworthiness, ridho, demanding knowledge, shodaqoh, zakat, and ukhuwah Islamiyah. Second, structural Capital is a blessed business, not arbitrary to employees, welfare, business commitment to trustworthiness, sadaqah for business, the principle of ridho in the organization, and giving employee rights. Third, customer capital is a promise, doing good/service, honesty to customers, responsibility, ukhuwah Islamiyah, sadaqah for CSR, trustworthiness, and setting prices like for like. Research, Practical & Social implications: First, management in developing the company can change the company's philosophy through intellectual capital which is based on God's will. Second, it is important to treat human resources, organizational structure and relational capital by aligning the soul, nature and God as a manifestation of added value. Originality/value: An important finding in this research is that spirituality is the most important thing in positive change for the world in which we live. Intellectual Capital in creating value should be the result of human work that is blessed by God.

Life Value Assessment Methods in Emerging Markets: Evidence from China

The paper explores life value assessment methods in China from both the historical and modern perspectives. The historical perspective includes the death penalty ransom approach and government pricing approach, while the modern perspective contains the human capital method and willingness-to-pay method. The human capital method measures the economic value created by people and uses it as their life assessment value, and the willingness-to-pay method evaluates peoples’ life value indirectly through the trade-off between the death risk and benefit. The paper then puts forward improvement ideas for the two modern life value assessment models and proposes possible future research directions, meanwhile providing a reference for such practical issues as compensation policymaking for industrial injuries or deaths for the sustainable development of emerging countries.

Serotonin and the Brain

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a highly prevalent and debilitating illness in the modern world. In the 1960s, the theory that low serotonin (5-HT) was a primary cause of MDD emerged due to the efficacy of 5-HT restoring drugs in treating depression. The 5-HT deficiency hypothesis of depression has since been criticized through studies not being able to directly tie low serotonin to MDD. The discovery of the antidepressant efficacy of the glutamatergic priming ketamine led to a reevaluation of depression pathophysiology. Modern perspectives view depression as an issue of disrupted neurocircuitry resulting from stress induced atrophy of certain limbic and cortical brain regions, such as the hippocampus and PFC, and hypertrophy in the fear evaluating amygdala, the reward evaluating nucleus accumbens, and the orbitofrontal cortex. Depression may be treated by supplementing psychotherapy with potentiating neuroplasticity, helping individuals relearn negative emotional associations and restoring dysfunctional neurocircuitry . 5-HT may be viewed as a vulnerability factor in developing depression due to its involvement in stress, as well as a treatment target which indirectly primes neuroplasticity. Other neurotransmitter systems similarly represent depressive risk factors and antidepressant targets, namely the noradrenergic and dopaminergic systems. Serotonergic antidepressants such as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) see high rates of prescription due to their minimal side effects. They demonstrate slower efficacy than ketamine, whose dissociative side effects and potential for abuse are unideal, demanding further research of its mechanism to find safer and more effective antidepressant targets.

Homeostasis versus growth: A view of their roles in adaptation to adversity, trauma, chronic illness, and physical disability. Part II: Integrative views, unifying postulates, and a preliminary model.

The primary goal of this two-part paper is to familiarize readers with a conceptual contrast (some may argue inconsistency or duality) inherent in the process of human adaptation to adversity, trauma, and the onset of disabling conditions. The two contrasting viewpoints include, first, the belief that the adaptation process is best understood through adherence to the notion of homeostatic (or equilibrium-like) principles that underlie human behavior. The opposing view, alternatively, promotes the belief that this process typically follows a trajectory of either disintegration or, more likely, growth, transformation, and transcendence into higher functioning levels. In this second paper, an attempt is made to elucidate and reconcile, when possible, this conceptual lacuna. In Part I of this paper the following steps were applied. First, the concept of homeostasis is reviewed as it is traditionally conceived in both the context of physics and biology, as well as in psychology and human behavior. The review includes historical and modern perspectives on the nature and dynamics of homeostasis. Second, an overview of growth and transcendence models, in the fields of psychology and human behavior, is provided. Discussed are both early contributions to the field and modern perspectives. In the present, second, paper, applications of growth and transcendence models to the domain of coping with adversity, trauma, and the onset of disabling conditions are discussed. Next, a preliminary conceptual model of adaptation, and its underlying postulates, seeking to integrate the homeostatic and growth models into a dynamically unified concentric model, while preserving each of the two models' main structural components, is offered. Part II concludes with relevant research directions necessary to validate the model's preliminary structure. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Homeostasis versus growth: A view of their roles in adaptation to adversity, trauma, chronic illness, and physical disability. Part I: History, structure, and processes.

The goal of this two-part paper is to familiarize readers with a conceptual contrast, or inconsistency, inherent in the process of adaptation to adversity, trauma, and disability onset. The contrasting viewpoints include, first, the belief that the adaptation process is best understood through adherence to homeostatic principles that underlie human behavior. The opposing view promotes the belief that this process typically follows a trajectory of either disintegration or, more likely, growth, transformation and transcendence into higher functioning levels. In this first paper, the authors attempt to elucidate and reconcile, when possible, this conceptual lacuna. In part I of the first paper, the following steps were applied. First, the concept of homeostasis is reviewed as it is traditionally conceived in both the context of physics and biology, as well as in psychology and human behavior. The review includes historical and modern perspectives on the nature and dynamics of homeostasis. Second, an overview of growth and transcendence models, in the fields of psychology and human behavior, is provided. Discussed are both early and modern contributions to these fields. In the second, separate, paper, applications of growth and transcendence models to coping with adversity, trauma and onset of disabling conditions are discussed. Next, a preliminary conceptual model of adaptation, and its underlying postulates, seeking to integrate the homeostatic and growth models into a dynamically unified concentric model, while preserving each of the models' main structural components, is offered. The second paper concludes with relevant research directions necessary to validate the model's preliminary structure. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHER MENTORING

From the perspective of the ideas promoted by modern educational paradigms, the role and activity of the mentor teacher must converge with them, both in terms of carrying out the practical educational activity by the mentor teacher and in terms of advising beginning teachers or the students/pupils carrying out their pedagogical practice. How they carry out the mentoring activity and how they coordinate and direct the didactic activities of the beginning teachers or students are essential factors in their initial training with an impact on their future didactic activity. A current, modern perspective of the mentor regarding the elements of the educational process, regarding its procedural teaching-learning-evaluation, will support the shaping of an appropriate, up-to-date vision for the mentored individuals, which will be reflected in their own teaching activities. The quality of the teacher mentoring activity is conditioned not only by the characteristics that define the profile of a competent mentor (pedagogical expertise, interpersonal skills, communication, the ability to provide constructive feedback, to ensure proper management of lessons, etc.) but also by the implementation in the educational practice and the mentoring activity of the trends of modern educational paradigms. In correlation with the abovementioned ideas regarding the development of the teaching mentoring activity following the characteristics of modern educational paradigms, we investigated the opinion of a group of teachers in pre-university education regarding the importance of carrying out the teacher mentoring activity and the didactic activity in general in agreement with the trends in the evolution of didactics and current paradigms.

제주를 보는 근대적 시선의 형성

The way of seeing Jejudo before the modern era during the Joseon Dynasty can be summarized as ‘the aesthetics of scenic landscapes, the barrenness of the climate, and the vulgarity of customs’. During Japanese colonial rule, ‘a new way of seeing Jejudo’—the discourse of ‘Paradise Jeju’—appeared, replacing the Ten Scenes of Yeongju in the late Joseon Dynasty and forming the basis for the symbolic landscape of Jeju Island until the late 20th century. This was a process in which the industrial potential of Jeju’s climate and resources were re-evaluated in the context of capitalism and industrialization. The image of Jeju’s scenery as an exotic tourist attraction continued even after the liberation. However, the development of Jejudo has been understood as a history of hardships for Jeju residents who overcame a barren environment. According to Confucian scholars on the mainland during the Joseon Dynasty, Jejudo was a barren land, and this was the cause of the Jeju people’s poverty. The discourse of Paradise Jeju coined by Japan can be seen as a complete reversal of the climate determinism-the theory of 風土 of the Joseon Dynasty, and as a colonial project as well as a modern perspective as a new ‘invention’. Paradise Jeju discourse serves as a link between endemic environmentalist thoughts on Jeju in the Joseon Dynasty and contemporary romantic perspectives on Jeju, which can also be an important reference for contemplating a new vision for the development of Jeju in the 21st century and the formation of Jeju identity.

Revisiting tradition in Ahmad Fuadi’s Anak Rantau

Paradoxical as it may be, Anak Rantau both problematizes the practice of outmigration tradition in Minangkabau culture, yet campaigns for the perpetuation of Minangkabau tradition at the same time. By highlighting the darker side of the impact of outmigration, the novel advises returning to the religion-based tradition which works through the revitalization of the surau, as a learning center, and less-materially oriented outmigration for remedy. Although it is apparent that the meaning of outmigration is being rearticulated in the novel, it is also inevitable to notice that the novel perceives the ecological destruction, the waning tradition, and the spiritually corrupt village as a failure of modernity, creating a learning loss among the Minangkabau’s youngsters. This paper uses Bhabha’s perspective of modernity and his theory of the Third Space of enunciation to reveal how the meaning of outmigration has been rearticulated in the novel and how it intersects with the powerful discourse of modernity. This paper tries to show that, first of all, in the attempts to rearticulate the long institutionalized outmigration tradition of Minangkabau people by questioning the virtue of its materialistic orientation, and problematizing the concept of ‘home’ and ‘rantau’, the novel actually tries to closely adhere to the Minangkabau tradition. Secondly, it also tries to show that the problem of learning loss is pronounced well in the anxieties over the undermining of Minangkabau traditional values.