Neutral Perspective Research Articles

The Future of UAVs in Urban Air Mobility: Public Perception and Concerns

This study aims to examine the public perception of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the context of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and evaluate the widespread acceptance and applicability of this new technology. In this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 82 participants residing in the provinces of Istanbul and Ankara. The data obtained were analyzed using the thematic analysis method to categorize participants' views about UAVs in a specific structure. As a result of this analysis, participant views were categorized into three main themes: positive views, negative views, and neutral perspectives. Among the positive views, participants' expectations regarding the emergency use of UAVs stand out. In the negative views, concerns about the security and potential risks of UAVs took the lead, while mixed thoughts about the impact of UAVs on society, legal regulations, and technological development formed the neutral category.

Vanjska politika Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca prema albanskoj vladi premijera Nolija

The paper analyses the interest and factors that influenced the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes’ attitude toward the Albanian government under Fan Noli. Initially the SCS Government opposed international recog-nition and endorsement, later actively supporting the overthrow of Noli’s government. Diplomatic and military means were used to reach those objectives. A new regime led by Ahmet Zogu came back to power in Albania.Consequently, a new era in bilateral relations was opened in the Balkans.The newly installed regime led by Ahmet Zogu resulted in a calmer nationalist movement of Albanians in the Kingdom of SCS, but at the sametime, Albania became the centre of rivalry between Italy and the Kingdomof SCS in the Balkans, with both powers competing for control over Albania. This article was composed using a comparative and chronologicalapproach based on archival sources and relevant literature. While previousstudies explored this subject using Yugoslav and Albanian sources, this paper uses foreign literature, aiming thus to unveil new insights and neutral perspectives, shedding light on both specific facts and broader international relations.

Healthcare Workers' Assessment of a Visual Triage System (VTS).

Overcrowding and extended waiting times in the emergency department (ED) can pose a significant risk of COVID-19 transmission from patients to healthy individuals. In 2017, the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) introduced a visual triage system (VTS) with scoring to notify healthcare workers (HCWs) in EDs about the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection risk. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the MOH employed a VTS to classify patients according to their potential risk of COVID-19 infection upon their admission to the ED. Suspected patients were then directed along specific pathways to reduce their contact with healthy individuals. This study assessed HCWs' satisfaction with the VTS in the ED of two major government hospitals within the Riyadh region. Additionally, it assessed HCWs' perceptions of VTS effectiveness. This study used a cross-sectional, observational design and relied on surveys for data collection. A total of 127 participants completed the survey, of which 87 (68.5%) were based in the EDs of the two hospitals. Among the ED participants, 18.1% expressed satisfaction with the VTS, 46.4% were neutral, and 33.1% reported dissatisfaction. ED participants provided feedback on the system's effectiveness, with 24.1% finding it effective, 66.7% considering it somewhat effective, and 9.2% deeming it ineffective. Of the total (127) study participants (70.1%) reported that the HCWs required better training to effectively implement the VTS infection control plans for suspected cases. Fewer than half of the participants (35.4%) deemed the time spent by VTS personnel to identify COVID-19 cases to be reasonable, whereas 22% found it too short and 27.6% considered it too long. Of the total 127 participants, 63% reported that language differences between patients and HCWs constituted barriers to the effective application of the VTS. Our study findings indicated that most ED participants had a neutral outlook on their satisfaction with the VTS and a neutral perspective on the effectiveness of VTS, viewing it as only somewhat effective. Reported weaknesses and key obstacles to the successful implementation of the VTS included language barriers. and insufficient training for HCWs, andunclear VTS pathways. The reported strengths of the VTS included its effectiveness in reducing crowds and identification of COVID-19 patients.

The formation of language teacher identity: A narrative inquiry of an EFL teacher's ER implementation

AbstractThis narrative inquiry investigates an English as a Foreign Language teacher's storied experience of 30‐year extensive reading (ER) implementation, with the aim of exploring the formation of language teacher identity (LTI) of this individual teacher. Two narrative interviews were conducted, respectively focusing on the holistic story and detailed accounts of some critical incidents and significant others. Two researchers played different roles: one insider, conducting, transcribing, translating, and analysing interviews; one outsider, analysing the data with a relatively neutral perspective. Data analysis adopted an ecological approach and a three‐level framework (societal, interpersonal, and intrapersonal levels). Findings highlight the complex links between discursive features, personal experience, teacher emotions, and power differentials in shaping the dynamic and multi‐faceted nature of LTIs. Meanwhile, the considerable evolution of the teacher's ER implementation validates the importance of teacher training, especially opportunities for teachers to gain experiential knowledge which further contributes to teacher identity development.

The effects of media use on substance abuse among U.S. adolescents

This paper mainly explores the current situation and the effects of substance abuse among U.S. adolescents, with a focus on the effects of media use on substance abuse in the youth, which has drawn material attention in recent years considering the healthy development of adolescents. The United States' high substance consumption rates and increasing overdose deaths among these young individuals in their early life stages highlight the urgency of addressing this question. By synthesizing a list of related reviews published in recent years, this paper clarifies the acute condition of substance use among U.S. adolescents and gives a brief introduction of its impacts as well as the medical treatments or interventions in practice. Furthermore, this paper finds both positive and negative roles of media in the act of abusing in this certain age group by reviewing previous studies. This paper can provide a comprehensive and neutral perspective on this issue to all.

Central environmental protection inspection and carbon emission reduction: A tripartite evolutionary game model from the perspective of carbon neutrality

Since the carbon neutrality target was proposed, many countries have been facing severe challenges to carbon emission reduction sustainably. This study is conducted using a tripartite evolutionary game model to explore the impact of the central environmental protection inspection (CEPI) on driving carbon emission reduction, and to study what factors influence the strategic choices of each party and how they interact with each other. The research results suggest that local governments and manufacturing enterprises would choose strategies that are beneficial to carbon reduction when CEPI increases. When the initial willingness of all parties increases 20%, 50%–80%, the time spent for the whole system to achieve stability decreases from 100%, 60%–30%. The evolutionary result of “thorough inspection, regulation implementation, low-carbon management” is the best strategy for the tripartite evolutionary game. Moreover, the smaller the cost and the larger the benefit, the greater the likelihood of the three-party game stability strategy appears. This study has important guiding significance for other developing countries to promote carbon emission reduction by environmental policy.

How will ecosystem carbon sequestration contribute to the reduction of regional carbon emissions in the future? analysis based on the MOP-PLUS model framework

Carbon neutralization of land use and land cover (LULC) has become an important way for countries to cope with future climate change. Existing studies focus on the quantification and analysis of historical and current carbon storage and emissions but lack an understanding of future LULC carbon storage and emissions, which limits the practical guiding value of research findings for regional dynamic management and scientific decision-making. In this study, the temporal and spatial distribution patterns of carbon dynamics in different ecosystems, such as forest, cropland and grassland, in the West Liao River Basin (WLRB) since 1990 were quantitatively assessed. Grey multiple objective programming (G-MOP) and patch‑generating land use simulation (PLUS) models were used to predict the LULC distribution, carbon emissions and carbon storage under the sustainable development scenario (SDS) in the WLRB in 2030 and 2060, and a comparative analysis was performed with other development scenarios. The overall area of grassland and forest ecosystems showed an upwards trend from 1990 to 2020, while the area of farmland ecosystems slightly decreased. In the western part of the WLRB, net ecosystem production (NEP) showed high aggregation, and low NEP showed an aggregation effect in the urban area. Under the economic development scenario (EDS) in 2030 and 2060, cropland and impervious layers will be further expanded, carbon emissions will be the highest, and the carbon storage amount will be the lowest. Under the ecological protection scenario (EPS), the water area and forest area increased significantly, carbon emissions were the lowest, and carbon storage was the highest. Under the SDS scenario, the areas of cropland, forest, impervious layer and water body are moderate, and the carbon budget is better than that under the natural development scenario (NDS). Under these three scenarios, the barren area is lower than that of the natural development scenario. Considering the economic benefit, ecological benefit and carbon budget, the SDS scenario has the best performance. This study provides a new perspective for discussing the future carbon budget status of small-scale watershed areas and combines the goals of “sustainable development” and “dual carbon”. It provides a data-supported basis for discussing the diversified ecological compensation mechanism of the WLRB from the perspective of carbon neutrality as well as insights for the formulation of regional LULC optimization management policies.

Synergistic effects of economic benefits, resource conservation and carbon mitigation of kitchen waste recycling from the perspective of carbon neutrality

Kitchen waste, accounts for 40 %∼60 % of China's municipal solid waste, which recycles not only avoid waste of resources, but also reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Based on the survey data of Beijing municipal waste treatment plant, this study uses life cycle assessment to evaluate three kinds of kitchen waste treatment modes: aerobic composting, anaerobic digestion and anaerobic synergy. Then we analyze the technical feasibility, economic benefits and mitigation potential of three waste treatment modes. The anaerobic synergy has the highest technical feasibility and economic benefits. The total carbon emissions of different modes, through quantifying its emissions of collection, transportation, disposal and leakage, was aerobic composting > anaerobic digestion > anaerobic synergy. If all kitchen waste were treated with anaerobic synergy, cumulative carbon mitigation per person during 2025∼2060 was expected to 1019.2—1813.2 kg. Thus, recycling kitchen waste has a large mitigation potential to achieve China's carbon neutrality.

Choosing Periodontology for Specialty Specialization: Perspective of Dental Undergraduate Students.

The attitudes of dental students to study a particular specialty of dentistry in post-graduation are of great importance as these facilitate workforce planning in the dental sector. To assess the attitude of dental students towards choosing periodontology as their future career and to explore demographic variables that affect their choice. A cross-sectional survey based on a questionnaire was conducted, including students of the third and fourth years and interns of the dental college. Twenty-seven questions, graded on a Likert scale (5-point) were included in the questionnaire, and the responses were categorised via three attitudes: negative (score 0-21), neutral (score 22-44) and positive (score 45-64). The Chi-square test for proportions was used to examine the differences between groups. Among 114 participants, 53 (46.5%) were males and 61 (53.5%) were females. One-third of the respondents had a positive attitude towards selecting periodontology as their future career, and the majority had a neutral perspective, with a few students having a negative attitude (20.2%). Out of the total, 34.2% of respondents had a positive attitude, and 45.6% showed a neutral attitude or perspective. Efforts should be intensified, and undergraduate (UG) students should be motivated by broadening the scope of the field in the UG curriculum by the dental council so that the students show considerable interest in pursuing the field as their future career.

국내 증거 기반 기업가정신 교육

This study investigates the concept of evidence-based education, which prioritizes scientific research findings over personal experience, success narratives, and conventional beliefs. By emphasizing empirical evidence, evidence-based entrepreneurship education aids aspiring entrepreneurs, investors, and other stakeholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to maintain a neutral perspective and overcome cognitive biases that arise from prevailing myths, beliefs, and partial success stories. To gain insight into the current state of evidence-based entrepreneurship education in Korea, this paper conducts a comprehensive analysis of 49 university-level textbooks on entrepreneurship published between 1999 and 2021. The content of the textbooks is categorized into seven domains, namely start-up basis, business model, marketing plan, financial plan, operation plan, start-up type, and procedure/system. The proportion of cases, simple statistics, variable statistics, and previous studies is then evaluated. The findings indicate that previous studies, which constitute the crux of empirical evidence, make up an average of 11.25% of the total textbook content, which is consistent with international standards. Furthermore, the results contradict concerns that entrepreneurship education in Korea may be deficient in empirical evidence. The study concludes by offering examples of evidence that could be incorporated into future entrepreneurship textbooks to bolster their evidence-based approach.

Emotional, informational, and decision-making support needs among people seeking abortion in the US: perspectives from All-Options Talkline callers

People seeking abortion may need or want emotional or informational support before, during, and after their abortion. Feeling supported and affirmed contributes to perceptions of quality care. The All-Options Talkline offers free, telephone-based, peer counselling to callers anywhere in the United States. This study aimed to explore the types of support received through the Talkline and the ways it supplemented other forms of support received by people who obtained an abortion. Between May 2021 and February 2022, we conducted 30 interviews via telephone or Zoom with callers recruited through the Talkline. We coded the interviews and conducted thematic analysis, focusing on themes related to gaps of support from family, friends, and healthcare professionals, as well as types of support received through the Talkline. We identified four key motivations for calling the Talkline, including the need for (1) decision-making support and validation, (2) a neutral perspective, (3) emotional support to discuss negative or complex feelings, and (4) information about the abortion process. Participants indicated that interactions with family, friends, and healthcare professionals ranged from unsupportive and negative, to substantially supportive. Access to the Talkline was particularly useful prior to clinical interactions and in the weeks or months after an abortion. We found that the All-Options Talkline provided person-centred, remote support for callers, filling gaps or supplementing support from one's community or healthcare professionals. Abortion support from non-medically trained support people contributes to high-quality abortion care, especially in a time of increasing abortion restrictions and use of remote abortion services.

Artificial Intelligence – scary paradigm shift or opportunity to evolve?

This feature article sets out to offer some ideas and provoke discussion on the future of Artificial Intelligence Large Language Models in language education. The brief I was given is simple, to draw on my own observation, understanding and experience to set out a positive take on the development of AI Large Language Models in the education sector. So, caveat lector, this is not written from a neutral perspective, all opinions are my own unless stated otherwise.I’ve set out to offer a brief survey of the major opportunities AI presents for language learners and teachers. These include an expansion in capacity and types of practice, support for the study environment and the roles of student and teacher. I set out a vision of a disruptive but ultimately beneficial impact on major aspects of language learning such as assessment and access to instruction. I have concluded by reflecting on the continuity and future possibilities of deep and ubiquitous AI augmentation of human language use.

Medical Students' Perspective on Assessment Mechanism During Problem-Based Learning at Debre Tabor University: An Explanatory Mixed Study.

Assessment in problem-based learning should aim to improve students' active learning. In due course, significant student involvement in any assessment process may aid them in meeting the curriculum's objectives. The primary goal of this study is to assess medical students' attitudes towards the assessment method used during PBL tutorials at Debre Tabor College of Health Sciences. A mixed explanatory study design was used conducted at Debre Tabor university. For quantitative and qualitative data, cross-sectional survey and phenomenological study designs were used, respectively. A self-administered questionnaire with a 5-point Likert scale was used to collect quantitative data, while Focused Group Discussions (FGDs) were used to collect qualitative data. The current study included 192 out of 195 medical students. 40%, 57.2%, and 43.2% of study participants felt the tutor did not provide constructive feedback, facilitate self-assessment/self-reflection, or encourage peer assessment, respectively. On the role of tutors in facilitating self and peer assessment, a statistically significant mean difference in agreement is observed. Their PBL assessment did not take into account punctuality or contribution to the discussion. It is perceived as biassed due to tutors' bias towards various factors such as first impressions and student academic rank. They also stated that they did not receive sufficient information about the assessment in PBL. According to the findings of this study, medical students believed they were not fairly assessed during their PBL tutorial. Due to the uncertainty of the evaluation process, a neutral perspective on comprehension skills was appreciated. The students also perceived that the tutors' ability to assess students, poor feedback experience, and limited information about the assessment mechanism influenced their PBL assessment.

Exploring the influence of the ethnographic researcher’s role in digital teaching practices in disadvantaged schools

ABSTRACT For over three decades now, the use of digital devices and media has had a growing impact on educational and teaching practices in schools. Though ethnographic research has documented some of these effects, it has often done so from the neutral perspective of a non-partisan participant-observer and recorder-reporter of the events that unfold. The more specific objective of this paper relates to ethnographers’ involvement in research to transform how digital media and devices are used in disadvantaged schools and how interaction between researchers and teachers can influence the practices studied and the perspectives held by the teachers at these schools. By using examples of ethnographic research in disadvantaged schools in rural and urban localities on the use of digital media in teaching practices in Spain, between 2008 and 2021, this article shows how the researcher’ role in educational ethnographic research could provide insights into the transformative value of ethnographic research.

Development of Alkaline Degreasing Agent Considered from a Carbon Neutral Perspective

Development of Alkaline Degreasing Agent Considered from a Carbon Neutral Perspective

Prospects for the transformation and development of carbon storage in abandoned mines of coal enterprises from the perspective of carbon neutrality

Under the carbon neutrality goal, coal enterprises must seek breakthroughs from abandoned mines, develop new resources in the new era, turn problems into countermeasures, and participate in the carbon emissions market, for contributing to the accomplishment of the national strategic goal of carbon neutrality. To this end, we investigated the relevant national policies and regulations to clarify the boundaries disclosed by the carbon information of enterprises, understood the development direction of carbon storage in abandoned mines, and clarified the transformation and development of carbon storage in abandoned mines. We made a few suggestions: (1) China should learn from its past experience and other countries to develop the energy industry with Chinese characteristics and reform the economic system. (2) Coal enterprises must actively respond to the national carbon information disclosure policy, clarify their own responsibilities and carbon emission boundaries. (3) It is necessary to proactively obtain advanced knowledge and plan carbon storage pathways for abandoned mines. (4) Development problems of coal enterprises should be deduced using cases. The ‘dual carbon’ goals should be achieved steadily step-by-step. (5) Three measures, i.e. improving the existing resource structure, coordinating the information of abandoned mines, and promoting the cultivation of scientific and technological talents.

Differences in Awareness of Skin Changes, Appearance Management Behavior, and Brand Preference According to Marital Status of Senior Women

Today's society is in a trend toward external beauty rather than internal beauty due to rapid changes. As of the 21st century, with the development of high-tech technology, humans are familiar with the Internet and SNS, and the world is sharing with each other and making various exchanges. Among them, with this development, modern people are increasingly interested in the fashion and beauty industries, increasing individual values and accelerating the trend cycle, creating new trends according to social and cultural trends. In particular, it is an era in which consumers are centered from Generation Y to Generation Z, which were born and grown together in the digital era, and are highly influential and led. Entering Generation Z, he is leading the era by directly expressing his inner desire and beauty differentiated from free and future-oriented others that deviate from the existing framework of dissolutionism. With this development of the times, new elements are added to the existing disintegrationism, which can be new to the new disintegrationism created by reflecting the needs of consumers. Maison Margiela, a fashion brand that represented the disintegrationism of the past, embraces various cultures and presents creative and interesting designs to the public. Nail art design has an identity as a diversified visual element, and modern people need a new design that fits the trend in a new aspect. Therefore, this study aims to produce autonomous, individualized, and diversified gel nail art designs as works to satisfy consumers' needs by examining the trend and aesthetic value of the times as a new deconstructionist characteristic of fashion brand Maison Margiela. As a method of this study, the characteristics of neodisintegrationism in Maison Margiela fashion were analyzed through previous studies, books, and the Internet, and based on studies by Kim (2021), Lee (2018), Wu (2021), and Park & Kim (2020) were combined with the characteristics of recreational gel nail art. The materials for producing the work were gel polish, gel brush, glitter, wire, and full tip No. 3. The conclusion of this paper is based on the design of Maison Martin Margiela, a representative fashion brand of neo-disintegrationism for diverse and creative designs, and the gel nail art design is presented by classifying the characteristics of neo-disintegrationism into playfulness, diversity, and reinvention recombination. The research results produced by the work are as follows. First, with Yoo Hee-sung's design, Work 1 first produced a sense of freedom as a design element from a design suppressed by a design that deviates from the existing framework of nail art. Work 2 is a design using space, designed for pure purpose, not intentional expression, and produced works in a fun and playful atmosphere. Second, with the diversity design, Work 3 expressed color expression and see-through flowers, and produced works by expressing gender boundaries from a neutral perspective. Work 4 was produced with a design that expresses an open and intriguing inner desire by expressing a part of it in three dimensions. Third, with the reinvention and recombination design, Work 5 was transformed and applied using space in three dimensions to produce works by expressing them in a auditory design. Work 6 was recombined by applying the existing gradation technique and produced a work with a design that gives a familiar image rather than unfamiliarity by using curves to create an integrated harmony of play and diversity. Therefore, this study was produced as a gel nail art work by applying the new deconstructionist Maison Margiela's fashion elements and sublimated into art works, and individual personality and original design showed trends and usability in nail industrial sites, and it is hoped that gel nail design research will be continuously conducted.

Grief and the inconsolation of philosophy.

Can metaphysics yield the consolations of philosophy? One possibility, defended by Derek Parfit, is that reflection on the nature of identity and time could diminish both fear of death and grief. In this paper, I assess the prospect of such consolation, focussing especially on attempts to console a grieving third party. A shift to a reductionist view of personal identity might mean that death is less threatening. However, there is some evidence to suggest that such a shift does not necessarily translate into less death anxiety. Moreover, applied to grief at loss of another, such a perspective may be misdirected. A temporally neutral perspective offers a theoretically powerful way of reducing the sense of loss at being separated in time from a loved one. However, it is unclear whether it is psychologically possible to achieve. Even if it were possible, it may not diminish the pain of separation. I identify a serious challenge to philosophical consolation for grief. The greater the consolation that is offered, the greater the risk of losing important attachments and the less it may be psychologically accessible.

Towards Land Consumption Neutrality and Natural Capital Enhancement at Urban Landscape Scale

Among the UNCCD SDGs 2030, there is the recognition that land consumption can strongly affect the provision of ecosystem services. From the perspective of land degradation neutrality, urban level is the right scale when planning actions against land consumption. The aims of this research are: (1) to assess land consumption at urban landscape scale and its effects on natural capital flow provision; and (2) to identify sustainable strategic planning choices for land consumption mitigation and natural capital enhancement. We propose and test an approach based on multi-temporal landscape spatial analysis (land use/land cover map, land consumption map, and landscape metrics) and ecosystem services’ flow assessment for the identification of areas at risk of loss of natural capital flow. The results have shown that from 2006 to 2019, land consumption has increased with a consequent decrease of natural capital flow. LULC dynamics has been analyzed in terms of landscape risk to lose natural capital flow, highlighting that the management of Galatone urban landscape is still far from land consumption neutrality. Landscape metrics have allowed the analysis of the aggregation among land consumption areas. The mitigation of land consumption should be based on the identification of suitable nature-based solutions towards the balance between past land consumption and future land recovery.

Review and Opinions on the Research, Development and Application of Microalgae Culture Technologies for Resource Recovery from Wastewater

Wastewater is an abundant source of nutrients and energy. Under the circumstances of circular economy and carbon neutrality, resource recovery from wastewater has recently been motivated. The microalgal process is a promising alternative for resource recovery from wastewater, and it possesses potential for the cost reduction of wastewater treatment and fertilizer production, energy generation, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction. This paper reviews and discusses state-of-the-art microalgal process development, including microalgal species screening, configuration, biotic consortia construction, infection avoidance, nutrients balancing, operational parameter optimization, and biomass harvesting enhancement. Due to the lack of literature on practical applications, the microalgal process lacks economic and environmental feasibility assessments. Life cycle assessments from the perspective of circular economy and carbon neutrality on upscaled microalgal processes are required for various wastewater scenarios. To promote the upscaled application and successful implementation, efforts are also suggested to establish utilization guidelines, advanced recommendations, reliable standards, and proper safety evaluation criteria. This work could provide a reference and direct the follow-up research, development, and application of microalgae (MA)-based processes for resource recovery from wastewater.