Personal Desires Research Articles

「荊軻刺秦王」에 나타난 두 개의 이미지

Wuxia is a great cultural archetype with a unique tradition in Chinese history. As a fifth-generation director, Chen Kaige is a leading figure in Chinese cinema. In 1998, he directed the large-scale wuxia historical drama「荊軻刺秦王」, the movie was produced in 1969. Although the movie was not successful at the box office, it reflected his unique sensitivity. Through the characters 荊軻, 秦王, and 刺, he conveyed the image of council and heroism. What director Chen Kaige sought to portray in the film is not just the greatness of Qin Shi Huang, who kills to unite the seven heroes of the nation, or to fulfill his personal desires, but a human spirit with a sublime ideal of saving the people of the world who are suffering and groaning from the war that he has always held in his heart. Here, we saw the poor King of Qin, who had no choice but to lose his own in order to achieve the great unification of the world, not the hero, King of Qin who had been well-known.

The effect of a prior e-learning tool on genetic counseling outcomes in diverse ethnic couples with abnormal Down syndrome screening tests: A randomized controlled trial.

Genetic counseling (GC) following abnormal Down syndrome (DS) screening tests aims to ensure learning of complex medical concepts and discussion of counselees' personal desires. Pre-GC use of electronic learning tools (e-learning tools) can facilitate GC sessions by allowing more time for dialogue rather than learning medical and genetic concepts, enabling greater focus on the counselee's decisional, psychological, and personal needs. Few studies have investigated such tools for DS screening tests and those who have focused on screening uptake rather than abnormal results and implications. This study evaluated prenatal GC outcomes following implementation of an e-learning tool utilizing an educational animated movie for couples of varied ethnic backgrounds in northern Israel, with abnormal DS screening tests. E-learning tool impact was assessed as knowledge level, informed choices, satisfaction with the intervention and GC process, the state of anxiety and duration of the GC meeting. The 321 study participants were randomized to three groups: animation movie, booklet, and control. All participants had been asked to complete pre- and post-counseling questionnaires. Outcome scores were compared between the research groups. Results showed increased knowledge level in general among participants in the animation group; among minority participants, the highest knowledge level was in the animation group. Anxiety levels and informed choices were not statistically different among the groups. However, watching the animation, Jewish ethnicity, good level of genetic literacy, and academic degree were significant predictors of informed choice, and those who watched the animation were three times more likely to make an informed choice than the control group. Our findings suggest that this e-learning tool is efficient and acceptable for the general population. Special attention is needed for minorities with lower genetic literacy and education.

Novel at-Home mother's milk conductivity sensing technology as an identification system of delay in milk secretory activation progress and early breastfeeding problems: feasibility assessment.

Prolonged exclusive breastfeeding is a public health priority and a personal desire by mothers but rates are low, with milk supply challenges as a predominant cause. Early breastfeeding management at home is key. Milk electrolytes, mainly Na+, are accepted as biomarkers of secretory activation processes throughout the first weeks after birth, and predictors for prolonged breastfeeding success, although not incorporated into routine care practice. To test the feasibility of a novel handheld smartphone operated milk conductivity sensing system, that was designed to compute a novel milk maturation (MM%) parameter calculated from milk sample conductivity, for tracking individual secretory activation progress in a real-world home setting. System performance was initially evaluated in data collected from laboratory-based milk analysis followed by a retrospective analysis of observational real-world data gathered with the system, on the spot at a home setting, implemented by lactation support providers or directly by mothers (N=592). Data includes milk sample sensing data, baby age, and self reported breastfeeding status and breastfeeding related conditions. The data was retroactively classified in a day after birth dependent manner, based breastfeeding exclusivity and breastfeeding problems associated with ineffective breastfeeding and low milk supply, and results were compared between the groups. Laboratory analysis in a set of breast milk samples demonstrated a strong correlation between system's results and Na+ levels. In the real world dataset, a total of 1511 milk sensing records were achieved on-the-spot with over 592 real-world mothers. Data gathered with the system revealed typical time dependent increase in the milk maturation parameter characterized by initial steep increase followed by moderate increase and reaching a plateau during the first weeks postpartum. Additionally, milk maturation parameter levels captured by the system were found sensitive to breastfeeding status classifications of exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding problems, manifested in differences in group means in several day range after birth, predominantly during the first weeks postpartum. Differences could be demonstrated also for per-case time after birth dependent progress in individual mothers. This feasibility study demonstrates that the use of smart milk conductivity sensing technology can provide a robust, objective measure of individual breastfeeding efficiency, facilitating remote data collection within a home setting. It holds considerable potential to augment both self-monitoring and remote breastfeeding management capabilities, as well as to refine clinical classifications. To further validate the clinical relevance and potential of this home milk monitoring tool, future controlled clinical studies are necessary. These will provide insights into its impact on user and care provider satisfaction, and its potential to meet breastfeeding success goals. See visual abstract Appendix.

Gestating Healthy Policies for Young Parents

This Viewpoint discusses the need for modernized national and program-level policies that foster a culture to support early-career physicians balancing their professional growth and personal family desires.

The Urban Mirror in the Makings of Memories

The modern individuals are not passive containers of their memories. Rather, they are subjects who create memories. Memories are mirrors, the very apparatus upon which people identify themselves. Under personal motives or desires, they consciously or unconsciously create their own versions of the past, by subjectively neglecting some essential and stressful “others,” capturing some particular moments, and empowering certain details with special meanings. When modern individuals are petrified by their confusion or loss, they strive to “create” identity for themselves – a solid shelter to provide a strong sense of belonging, which at the same time generates an “othering” process within the dominant discourse. There are many versions of the past within people’s minds, while the ontological “past” is always under the weight of multiple “interpretations.” Literature and films are crucial means in this process of reconstructing “history.” Certain entrenched beliefs are constructed in people’s minds by interior or external forces, powers, and desires. However, those concepts also face challenges of deconstruction every now and then. This paper attempts to explore the process of reconstructing history by creating private and collective memories in modern and contemporary Chinese literature and films centering on the city of Shanghai along with some other urban narratives.

O papel das Atividades de Vida Diária no processo de autonomização das pessoas portadoras de deficiência

The conceptual model of disability is based on the expression of limitations of a person's individual functioning in a social context that clearly represents a disadvantage for the subject himself. The importance of social inclusion and the promotion of the autonomy of people with intellectual disabilities are two crucial aspects of the intervention and, at the same time, they are conceptually interconnected. This synergy makes it possible to understand the connection between both and the importance that each one represents in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. In this way, generically, inclusion confers the notion of belonging, equality and responsibility towards the other elements and, in turn, autonomy confers freedom of choice and the satisfaction of a personal desire. This conceptual exploration work has as its central objective, to emphasize the importance of the existence of integrated intervention in terms of maintenance and training of Activities of Daily Living and their constituents in people with intellectual disabilities. It is concluded that the achievement of overcoming the difficulties of individuals with intellectual disabilities integrates individual involvement supported by their personal networks and the mobilization of society.

A Patriarch of One’s Own Clutching the Chains That Bind: Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind

History has been the tool of patriarchy to establish and perpetuate its hegemonic hold on society by presenting the male narratives and marginalizing, often excluding, female and minoritarian perspectives and experiences. War history, likewise, has been the record of victories and failures of men. It seeks to idealize the figure of ‘war-hero’ who for the sake of nation or community had abjured personal desires and comfort and devoted himself to one goal alone, that is to protect and serve his country. Margaret Mitchell employs one such war, namely the American Civil War (1861-65) as the backdrop of her famous novel Gone with the Wind (1936) presenting itself to be the narrative of popular romantic story and attempts to foreground the history of female experience that is excluded from the official records of public history. This paper, therefore, intends to show how in spite of set against the backdrop of a war history the novel, that is chiefly dominated by female characters, does not engage in idealizing a male narrative rather brings to the fore the story of a changed nation traced through the female struggle. Mitchell shows how before the birth of any prominent feminist movement the domestic life of America that was ravaged by the Civil War was not protected and run by any ‘hero’, rather by women chiefly. This thesis, thereby, intends to explore how the domestic life, which is relegated at the back in any history of war, is chiefly handled and brought to normalcy by the women of the society and how the women being desperate and instrumental, became the entrepreneur in time of need and though not given any praise became the shaping force of the new social order as the nurturer, much unacknowledged even by themselves and the two manifestation of the spirit of women which is pushed to the margin in the male narrative of war. This thesis will bring into account the critical perspectives of Dianna Wallace, Linda Hutcheon, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Gerda Lerner in order to establish how Mitchell’s novel present a counter narrative through its appropriation of patriarchal hegemonic historical meta-narrative.

The Influence of Photography, Tourism, and Media on Self-Actualization

Humans are fundamentally social creatures who are inherently interconnected with their surrounding communities. This interconnection profoundly influences an individual's way of life. Lifestyle is intimately intertwined with societal progress and encompasses various aspects such as social hierarchy, self-image, and self-actualization, all of which contribute to the quest for personal identity. In the present era, travel has become a necessity for many individuals. Sightseeing expeditions serve not only as a means of fulfilling personal desires but have become imperative and significant, as they encompass multifaceted objectives aimed at asserting one's existence. This desire to manifest one's presence is inseparable from the contemporary advancements in technology and the abundance of information. Ever since the advent of photography, tourism has become intricately entwined with the act of documentation, serving as a tool for preserving memories of travel experiences.

‘Bound in Amity to All’: Euthanasia’s Cosmopolitan Ethic of Caring

ABSTRACT In Mary Shelley’s Valperga, the conflict between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, and the gradual corruption of Castruccio, reveal the destructive effects of ‘party spirit’ on human benevolence and the progress to political justice. By contrast, Euthanasia, fictional ruler of Valperga, embodies a cosmopolitan ideal that animated radical politics in the early 1790s whereby the principle of universal benevolence extended human rights across national borders. This article contends that, in her portrait of Euthanasia, Shelley builds on the ethical framework of Mary Wollstonecraft, whose works represented love of humankind as integral to her democratic convictions. Euthanasia personifies a cosmopolitan ethic of caring, considering herself ‘bound in amity to all’ by principle as well as sentiment, but she also wrestles with the ingrained allegiances and personal desires typical of human psychology. I argue that, through her resulting dilemmas and eventual fate, Shelley interrogates the viability of the cosmopolitan ideal in a world riven by party spirit.

Determinants of First College Major Choice among Yarmouk University Students and Estimating their Scaling Values Using Three Scaling Methods

The study aimed at determining the determinants of first college major choice for Yarmouk University students, and estimating their scaling values using three different scaling methods, and determining the extent of agreement among these methods. To achieve the purpose of the study, (165) male and female students from the university colleges volunteered to determine the determinants primarily, and two equivalent samples with regard to gender and college type were used to collect the scaling data. The first consisted of (120) male and female students studying a major which is their first choice, the second consisted of (120) male and female students studying a major differs from their first choice. The scaling values on importance scale were estimated using the Law of Comparative Judgments, Direct Estimation and the Law of Catogerical Judgments. The results showed that the most important major choice determinants are: opportunities to obtain work, secondary school exam scores mean, personal desire, and admission opportunities. Also, it was found that there was a consistency among scaling methods in ranking the determinants on the importance scale.

Modern-Day Globalization: its Murky Underpinnings and its Even More Unsavory Future

By spelling out the link between Transhumanism, the 4th Industrial Revolution, and globalism, which together form the economic thrust of mankind’s projected future, this paper invites a rethink about the direction envisaged by modern-day society. The underlying linking factor of these enterprises is the Humanist movement that, like Transhumanism, shares a Utopian view of the world and supplies the relative ethical underpinning for these ‘so-called’ new advances. Three Manifestos lay out the objectives of the Humanist Association, describing it as a religion that is supposed to replace other older deity-based religions. Its progressive philosophy of life without theism or other supernational beliefs leads to a break with the past and affirms humans’ “ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good.” Nevertheless, can we live ethical lives where the accent is on fulfilling only our personal desires, which include the right to unrestricted contraception, abortion and divorce and death with dignity eg. Euthanasia and suicide? Ethical relativism is taken to a new extreme by Transhumanism, which rests on the idea that humans should embrace self-directed human evolution using technology to transcend their current natural state and limitations, ie disease, ageing, and even death. According to this author, it is time we moved beyond the limited materialist view, not through global movements like Humanism and Transhumanism, but through exploring and discovering our spiritual nature and the spiritual underpinning of reality. Through this endeavor, we can learn to live in harmony with each other and nature, where the accent is on service to others. Based on experience, we soon realize that our happiness depends on others being happy and includes looking after the weak, the aged, and the infirm. Ethical relativism and lack of clear values will not get us there; on the contrary, they will probably lead to hell on earth.

PENDEKATAN COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT): LITERATUR REVIEW UNTUK MENGATASI STRES AKADEMIK PESERTA DIDIK

The purpose of this research is to find out the causes of academic stress in students and the impact of applying the cognitive behavioral therapy approach to dealing with academic stress. The method used in this study is in the form of a literature review study, articles are searched through the database using Google Scholar is a web search engine run by Google that indexes scientific literature such as journal articles, academic books, conferences, found using the keywords "academic stress","Cognitive Behavior Therapy”, and “CBT to deal with academic stress”, which were published from 2018 to 2023 and were written in English and Indonesian. Based on data synthesis, 30 selected articles were studied and inputted which were prepared by reviewers for analysis. design, along with the results and conclusions of each paper. Qualitative research, and review articles are included to have a broader picture of this subject. The occurrence of academic stress on students is first the condition (Covid-19) then the occurrence of online learning which according to students is difficult to follow because of various problems such as exams, class rankings, homework, expectations, future achievements, and impacts on health such as suffering from illness headaches, difficulty concentrating, feeling excessive anxiety about everything, easily agitated, even consuming alcohol and drugs excessively. Second, student stress is influenced by personal desires that are not in line with the conditions of the learning environment, such as a dense school curriculum. , making decisions, continuing studies, majors, teachers and friends who have a variety of characters, and experience this on average at the high school level and are female, and the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy in increasing the locus of control of students who experience academic stress can be seen through the statements contained in the homework that the counselee has given in each session.

A Study on Problems and Challenges Faced by the Women Entrepreneurs in Lucknow District

Entrepreneurs play a very significant role in the development of a nation. These are the people who bring new ideas tothe market and work hard to make their ideas achievable with profits. Women Entrepreneurs is meant to be a group ofwomen who commence, manage, control, and exercise a business organization. Any enterprise run by a woman or groupof women comes under the head of women entrepreneurs. The Government of India (GOI 2006) has defined a femaleentrepreneur as "A women entrepreneur is defined as an enterprise owned and controlled by women having a minimumfinancial interest of 51% of the capital and giving at least 51% of employment generated in the enterprise to women.". Inother words, Women Entrepreneur is someone who takes up challenges to meet their personal desires, needs, and wantsand becomes financially independent. Earlier, it was observed that women were the most unexplored resource in thefield of entrepreneurship. But, today, females entrepreneurs have gained much recognition and importance in view ofestablishing a new venture and contributing to the development and growth of the economy as a whole. In the city ofLucknow, the women entrepreneurs didn't face the challenges of funding or ideas, but the main problem was the 'log kyakahengey' attitude, and this is the main reason most women had not put their dreams to work. This research paper triesto know about the problems and challenges faced by female entrepreneurs while doing business in the city of Lucknow.

A rhythmanalysis of the (de)/(re)territorialisation of self in international migration

Drawing empirically on the case of Romanian migrants in the UK, this paper reflects on some of the ways in which the intertwined rhythms of education, work, housing, home, place, family and body combine and contribute to the (de)/(re)territorialisation of the self in migration. While rhythmanalysis gained currency in the study of urban processes, I take the challenge of exploring its potential for understanding migrants’ experiences of traversing, ignoring, struggling against or working with assemblages of all sorts and thereby reworking their selves. To pursue my goal, I engage with the visual method of the River of Life, a hand-drawing of one’s own migration trajectory, which is used for elicitation in interviews. I show how structural alignments, random encounters and personal desires produce specific rhythmical formations (of different patterns, pitch and frequency, energy and intensity) along which participants work relationally to (de)/(re)territorialise their changing selves as they travel through cultures, places and experiences. Whether migrants ‘succeed’ or ‘fail’ to achieve their desires, their becoming entails confusion but also excitement over who they are, where they should be and whether return to what once was is possible.

The Role Models and Future Projections of Military Students

Abstract At the beginning is brought to attention the meaning of several concepts in the literature - personal success, social achievement, role model and counter-role model. Then, the results of previous quantitative and qualitative researches on the life models of young people in various contexts are briefly presented. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the models and counter-models of success of military students, in order to discover their motivational and inspirational sources and their authentic value benchmarks. The data collection method is a questionnaire consisting of open questions. Students from NBLFA are part of the sample. The results indicated that both role models and counter models of military students generally come from the mass-media and less from the professional environment. Also, students state that work-based strategies are more useful to achieve success than strategies based on capitalizing on exceptional personal qualities or social relationships. Another significant result of the research shows that only a small part of the students considers the success in the military career as an important personal desire, resorting instead to other ways of describing the success in the future: family, house, material goods, health. Taking these into account, teachers should reconsider the most effective ways to have a significant impact in preparing students for future life and profession.

0678 Consequences of following the herd: Perceptions drive a vicious cycle of poor student sleep habits at an elite university

Abstract Introduction Poor sleep health is widespread among undergraduate university students. This study sought to understand the contributors to poor sleep quality at an elite undergraduate university in the United States. In particular, we were interested in uncovering the social influences on sleep regularity, which is increasingly regarded as a critical determinant of overall sleep quality. Methods An exploratory, mixed-methods study was designed combining a week-long diary study (n=5) and in-depth contextual interviews (n=5) to better understand undergraduate students’ college experience and sleep behaviors, followed by a student survey (n=181) to uncover primary macro trends and factors related to those sleep behaviors. Results A significant irregular sleep schedule emerged as highly common among students. Sleep irregularity was strongly influenced by students’ perceptions about their peers’ sleep and working habits. These perceptions combined with a personal desire to keep pace with their peers and the prioritization of academic work implicitly stated by the university culture influenced when and how students went about their lives, even if those behaviors meant acting against their knowledge and judgment. The convergence of perceptions and behaviors generates a vicious cycle of sleep deprivation and low productivity. The cycle stems from students’ desire to match their peers, which leads to late nights and sleep deprivation. The resulting impaired executive functioning contributes to subsequent inefficient scheduling and lack of concentration. As concentration drops, students multi-tasked more often and incomplete tasks piled up, necessitating further sleep deprivation to get it all done. Conclusion Poor sleep regularity in college is influenced by a set of interconnected factors derived at both the level of the individual student and at the student-body level. Interventions should consider a dual approach to break the vicious cycle, targeting the harmful beliefs among students about the sleep and working habits of their peers, and the prioritization of academic work. Support (if any)

From a Pin to an Elephant: Politics of Consumption and the Debordian Spectacle in James Lovegrove’s Days

ABSTRACT This article starts with a historical account of the general decline of class consciousness in the UK throughout the 1980s, when the vision of personal affluence was increasingly connected to people’s choice in the marketplace, rather than their class identity at the sites of mass production. Personal desires were recognized by the Thatcher governments and taken as the motivation to pursue a unique style of life – a marker of Thatcherite individualism – through consumption. In this case, I will read one of James Lovegrove’s early novels, Days (1997), as an example of the consumer dreamland in which a different political identity can be formed. This consumption-based identity, however, is established upon the production of not material commodities but Debordian spectacles. These politicized consumers, as I will argue, never become liberated agents in the matrix of social production. They are, instead, spectators in the Debordian sense, who are granted not a political subjectivity but a collective unconscious.

The Value of Unity

The Value of Unity

Increasing Contraception Options Immediately After Birth: Did Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (IPP LARC) Utilization Increase During the COVID-19 Pandemic? [ID: 1377847

INTRODUCTION: Preliminary research indicates prenatal and postpartum care decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Models also indicate increases in unintended pregnancies after 2020. The goal of this study was to assess whether immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception (IPP LARC) insertions and desire for IPP LARC increased during COVID-19 among patients insured under TennCare Medicaid (TennCare or CoverKids) with access to coverage for this type of contraception. METHODS: Deliveries in patients insured under TennCare Medicaid Programs (n=6,922) in one East Tennessee hospital were assessed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (January 2019 to May 2020 and June 2020 to December 2021, respectively). Data from electronic health records were securely collected in Excel and analyzed using SPSS software. Comparisons were made using chi-square tests. RESULTS: During COVID, increased uptake of IPP LARC was statistically significant: 18.0% (CI 16.9–19.1%) before the COVID-19 pandemic and 22.0% (CI 20.6–23.3%) during (P<.001). In addition, desire for IPP LARC increased significantly among patients: 20.0% (CI 19.1–21.3%) before COVID-19 and 22.3% (CI 21.0–23.7%) during COVID-19 (P=.016). Significant increases in desire for IPP LARC during the pandemic occurred among adolescent patients (<20 years of age) (P=.003), those living HRSA-defined nonrural areas (P=.024), non-Hispanic women (P=.036), and White women (P=.027). CONCLUSION: IPP LARC is a highly effective, convenient contraception option for women, especially during times with possible increased limitations in accessing postpartum care. Perhaps because of shelter-at-home orders, limitations in “nonessential” health care being practiced, or personal preferences and desires during the pandemic, IPP LARC was more highly utilized and desired by those wishing to avoid unintended pregnancy after the pandemic began.

Design Thinking for Organizational Innovation at PepsiCo

While design thinking has gained popularity in product innovation, scholars argue that design thinking can also trigger and sustain organizational innovation. This study investigates the adoption of design thinking in the Design+Innovation unit at PepsiCo. It reveals nine design thinking practices that enable organizational innovation: valorizing personal attitudes and desires, engaging stakeholders in the design discourse, leveraging the design unit as an agent of change, fostering abductive reasoning, empowering decision making through prototypes, crafting proof points, absorbing external viewpoints, searching for co-conspirators, andaligning personal and organizational purposes.