Universal Perspective Research Articles

The Impact of Social Media on Global Citizenship According to Social Studies Teachers

Many events that occur in the world affect not only the place where they occur, but also many regions in the world.This situation necessitates the evaluation of the developments and changes in the world with a universal perspective rather than taking into account the national interests of each country. The universal evaluation of the problems experienced has led to the emergence of global citizenship. With global citizenship, individuals interact with other people and become sensitive to different events. The individual's interaction with other people and forming public opinion about the events that occur can be realized more quickly and more easily with social media, which is preferred by all societies globally. For this reason, the aim of the research is to determine 'the effect of social media on global citizenship' in line with the views of social studies teachers. Phenomenology, one of the qualitative research methods, was preferred in this study. The participants of the study were 22 social studies teachers working in secondary schools in Diyarbakır city center. In order to obtain the data, a semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher by consulting expert opinions was used. As a result of the research, it was concluded that the use of social media affects global citizenship awareness in terms of reaching the whole world, being aware of differences, combating social inequalities, interacting with different cultures, producing solutions to social problems, creating awareness, being sensitive, facilitating information sharing, critical thinkingand creating a sense of trust.

An Enhanced Application Authentication and Key Management in 5G

AKMA (Application Authentication and Key Management) is a technology that 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) provides security capabilities to 5G (5th generation wireless systems) as a third party. At present, 3GPP has finalized the publication of AKMA specifications in Release 16 and is developing AKMA phase 2 in Release 18. At the current stage, it is recommended to conduct enhanced research on AKMA to solve some security problems of AKMA. This paper first briefly describes and analyzes the principles and technological development process of two mainstream application authentication technologies GBA (Generic Bootstrapping Architecture) and AKMA, and analyzes the advantages and limitations of these two technologies. Secondly, we also analyze the signaling loss caused by the AKMA process conducted independently by different application servers in the same trust domain, and the security risk caused by the long-term use of the same application key by AKMA users. Finally, this paper proposes solutions to AKMA performance and security problems from the perspective of security, universality, and performance impact.

Master’s Portrait: Eugeniu Coșeriu

Coșeriu approached the field of linguistics from a perspective of universality, something that few linguists could achieve in their lifetime. The perspective is due to the freedom of thought of the renowned linguist of Bessarabian origin, Coșeriu’s knowledge of classical languages, his global vision of language and its location at the center of human disciplines. With a good school at home (he is a graduate of the famous high school for boys “Ion Creangă” from Bălți), these qualities of the distinguished man of letters were cemented and asserted in Italy, Uruguay or Germany, places abroad where he practiced and deepened important research, which has not lost its relevance; on the contrary, whose value increases with the years. Coșeriu being rather a linguist of the future than of the present. The Cosherian concept of integral linguistics treats the discipline as a science of culture, placing speech before language, the former being much broader and more complex. Namely, the famous polemic with Saussure allowed Coșeriu to establish and substantiate the triad language – speech – norm, which he exemplarily illustrated with the help of European languages, but also with subtle analyzes of the Romanian language. The return to his homeland led him to actively support the fight of his compatriots for the triumph of scientific truth regarding the correct name of the language spoken by Moldovans: the Romanian language for the entire Carpatho-Danubian-Dniester space. The Coșeriu centenary brought to the attention of philologists the duty of studying the work in depth, translating it into popular languages, and last but not least, editing Coșeriu’s complete work.

Patient-targeted mobile applications in healthcare.

There has been an increase in the number of healthcare-related applications targeted at patients for use on mobile phones. With an increasing proportion of the population using such applications, it is important to understand the associated limitations, safety concerns and challenges of legalisation. This article explores the impact of these applications on frontline care and patient wellbeing, evaluating the literature surrounding the benefits and challenges of patient-targeted mobile applications in health care and analysing the limitations of existing research. The proclaimed benefits of such applications are not always evidence based. Furthermore, many healthcare applications are created by laypeople and not validated by healthcare authorities, creating a potential to cause patient harm. Further research is needed to identify long-term effects on both healthcare systems and individuals' psychosocial wellbeing. However, research in this field often lacks a universal perspective and may be influenced by underlying financial motives to promote use of the applications.

Implementation Of The Islamization Curriculum In Islamic Religious Higher Education (PTKI) Development In Indonesia As An Effort To Integrate Science In The Perspective Of Maqasid Al-Shari'ah

In the present period, Islamic education has significant difficulties. The challenge born in this era is to withstand the exposure of western secularism. PTKI as the axis of higher-level religious education must be able to apply the model of Islamization of education at the university level. In order to apply the Islamization curriculum in higher education, Abdul Hamid Abdul Sulayman a person who is much influenced by Syed Qutub's ideas, is attempting to establish islamization curriculum at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). With this implementation, AHAS as a policy actor hope to produce Muslim scholars who have a universal perspective of Maqasid Al-Shariah. Meanwhile in Indonesia itself the biggest potential of Muslim world needs to elaborate more regarding to the impelementation of islamization curriculum in PTKI. Using library study this research had been conducted. This research found that PTKI plays an education strategy following the roots of Islamic Curriculum (Isamic-National-International Curriculum). The curriculum has the potential to raise a generation of Muslims capable of using their faith to help solve humanitarian problems through the Maqasid Al-Shariah method. Furthermore, this education model will reform PTKI so that it may generate scholars who are specialists in religious sciences, as well as experts in religious sciences and general sciences. Keywords: PTKI Curriculum, Integration Science, Maqasid al-Shariah.

THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM JUSIP'S FAMOUS WORKS

This article examines universal human values in the legacy of the genealogist, historian, poet and ethnographer Mashhoor Jusip. The next generation needs to recognize universal values in the works of the poet, study them and promote them according to the needs of the time. The article examines the importance and significance of universal values in human life, and analyses the universal values of Mashhur Jusip's heritage from a contemporary perspective. The poet's works prove through examples that they involuntarily induce clear thinking, thinking, and self-education. In the introductory part of the article it was written about when, where and how famous Jusip was born and grew up. It was mentioned that in the world of literature Mashhur Jusip found harmony with the works of Yusup Balasagun, Akhmet Ygunikey, Suleiman Bakyrgani, Rabguzi, Kutyp, Khorezmi, Khusam Katip and Safe Saray. He is looking for the answer to the question of what is valuable in life. In the main part of the article national values in the legacy of Mashhur Jusip are analyzed. In his works he called us to restrain our lust and strive for perfection. It is proved by his works that the poet’s works are not chosen by the nation, but are in the direction of universal values. One of the most important concepts in the philosophy of Mashhur Jusip is to love people. Looking at values from universal perspective, Mashhur Jusip adheres to the point of view that people are all human beings, regardless of their religion, language or nationality. The main part of the article reveals the works from that point of view. In the final part of the article Mashhur Jusip proves that the main idea of his poems is morality, justice, acting wisely, preserving the human nature. He reveals the unique nature of the Kazakh nation and summarizes with his works that he called not to lose that nature, not to lose honour and not to defile honour. The importance and meaning of the national values in the human life is analysed. National value is a precious helpmeet of a nation depicted.

PAI and Anti-Corruption Issues: Analysis of Strategy for Development of PAI Materials Based on Ahlussunnah Wal Jama'ah

There are still many problems in Indonesia, ranging from poverty rates, lack of equal distribution of education to corrupt behavior. The existence of perpetrators of corruption because of the encouragement that someone has in the inability to control himself. Thus there is a corruption deviation that leads to the decline of human dignity. So it is necessary to have an anti-corruption attitude based on Aswaja which is instilled in students from an early age. This is expected that students are not only intelligent in cognitive terms but affective intelligence is also formed so that students are able to become insan kamil This research method uses descriptive qualitative using Thomas Lickona's character education theory. The design of PAI (Islamic Education) and the issue of anti-corruption in this paper is by inserting anti-corruption material into existing material in KI (Core Competence) and KD (Basic Competence). Thus students are able to analyze the problems that exist in reality using Islamic religious teachings contained in the Koran. There are two models to participate in the corruption eradication and prevention movement, namely,First, the educational process must foster socio-normative awareness, build objective reasoning and develop a universal perspective on the individual.Second, education must lead to strategic seeding, namely the personal qualities of individuals who are consistent and solid in their social role engagement.

Lukas G. Grzybowski. The Christianization of Scandinavia in the Viking Era. Religious Change in Adam of Bremen’s Historical Work

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Diatomite-Based Adsorbent Decorated with Fe3O4 Nanoparticles for the Removal of Hazardous Metal Ions

Diatomite has been verified as an economical adsorbent to treat wastewater. Unfortunately, limited by poor regeneration and an inert surface with less active silanol groups, the retrievable and efficient diatomite-based adsorbent needs to be further explored. Here, on the basis of the thorough activation treatments of the raw diatomite, we developed a diatomite-based adsorbent with a uniform assembly of Fe3O4 nanoparticles on the surface. The nanocomposite possesses a high specific surface area, the trait of magnetic separation, and more functional groups for adsorption. The maximum adsorption capacities of Pb2+, Ni2+, and Cd2+ at 314 K reached 0.97, 1.18, and 0.88 mmol/g, respectively, which were more competitive than those of previously reported diatomite-based adsorbents. The experimental data fitted well with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Freundlich isotherm model, demonstrating that the adsorption was mainly derived from the electrostatic interaction and chelation between the hydroxyl/carboxyl groups on multilayer surfaces and the hazardous metal ions. According to the analytical results of the adsorption isotherms and response surface optimization, the removal efficiency can exceed 94%, obtained by increasing the pH and reaction temperature. The activation-enhanced surface engineering can arouse the adsorption potential of a diatomite-based adsorbent and provide universal perspectives into the concept design of a nanocomposite adsorbent with lower cost recovery and higher adsorption efficiency.

Individual Differences in Second Language Learning: A Book Review of Kristin Kersten and Adam Winsler (2023) And Shaofeng Li, Phil Hiver, and Mostafa Papi (2022)

In second language acquisition (SLA), an understanding of individual differences (IDs) is the key to grasping both the variant and invariant aspects of it (Li et al. 2022: xxiv). Given the complex and dynamic role of IDs plays in the L2 learning process, researchers have made efforts to reach a clear, accurate, and comprehensive picture of how IDs work. However, current studies on IDs generally adopt a monolithic view lacking systematic integration, which fails to provide a meta-theory of IDs (Dörnyei 2009). The two books under review present relatively comprehensive, thorough, and updated accounts of ID research in SLA. Understanding Variability in Second Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, and Cognition, situated from a multidisciplinary perspective of theory and method like psychology, sociology, and math, sets an example of innovative explorations of IDs in SLA and proposes a nested structure of multiple contextual levels to probe IDs. In contrast, The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences is an excellent encyclopaedia of ID research for its extensive breadth and depth. This book provides an overview of ID-related theories, research, pedagogy-oriented applications, and research methods. In short, these two contributions on IDs, are welcome additions to the traditional universalist perspective in SLA with significant implications for advancing both the theory and practice of IDs and SLA.

Psychology - culture, mind and the self

The low level of conceptual analysis and validity in our theories, and subsequently the use of methodological-statistical devices to cover up for conceptual deficiencies, can be traced to the manner in which psychologists, consciously or unconsciously, have embraced the philosophy of essentialism. That this unholy alliance gave rise to instrumentalism and constructivismunder the overarching framework of positivism is not surprising. What also followed, unfortunately, was that various psychologies attempted to develop theories that were ahistorical and context-free. This neglect of the culturel normative dimension is beingrectified in some circles, but it appears that the confrontation will have to be much more radical in light of the strongholds being developed in other circles. Developing the themes of culture, mind and self has been taken up in the process of a struggle with certain basic assumptions in psychology, and in a tentative search for more wholesome theories. It points the way to some interesting avenues of study in which both relativistic and universalistic perspectives can be accommodated.

Unified analysis for tailorable multi-scale fiber reinforced cementitious composites in tension

Fibers applied to reinforce the cementitious matrix exhibit a wide range of scales, from distributed carbon nanomaterials, chopped short fibers to continuous fibrous reinforcements. When a cementitious matrix is jointly toughened by reinforcing fibers at multiple scales, Multi-Scale Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite (MSFRC) tailored built on the micromechanics-based approach and bond-slip mechanism is proposed in this study. The composite actions of MSFRC, namely, tension stiffening, ductility enhancing and synergetic effects, are explained within a universal perspective. In addition, a 1-D numerical model using spring elements is developed to simulate the tensile behavior of MSFRC based on the crack band theory, fiber-bridging model and Monte Carlo simulation. The scales, types and contents of reinforcing fibers, interface behavior and stochastic nature can be considered in the model. Finally, it is found that the predicted mechanical response and crack evolution process match well with the experimental results obtained from literatures.

Adaptive Perspective Distillation for Semantic Segmentation.

Strong semantic segmentation models require large backbones to achieve promising performance, making it hard to adapt to real applications where effective real-time algorithms are needed. Knowledge distillation tackles this issue by letting the smaller model (student) produce similar pixel-wise predictions to that of a larger model (teacher). However, the classifier, which can be deemed as the perspective by which models perceive the encoded features for yielding observations (i.e., predictions), is shared by all training samples, fitting a universal feature distribution. Since good generalization to the entire distribution may bring the inferior specification to individual samples with a certain capacity, the shared universal perspective often overlooks details existing in each sample, causing degradation of knowledge distillation. In this paper, we propose Adaptive Perspective Distillation (APD) that creates an adaptive local perspective for each individual training sample. It extracts detailed contextual information from each training sample specifically, mining more details from the teacher and thus achieving better knowledge distillation results on the student. APD has no structural constraints to both teacher and student models, thus generalizing well to different semantic segmentation models. Extensive experiments on Cityscapes, ADE20K, and PASCAL-Context manifest the effectiveness of our proposed APD. Besides, APD can yield favorable performance gain to the models in both object detection and instance segmentation without bells and whistles.

Literature Is Us and We Are Literature: Global and Universal Perspective

This paper takes into view literature on a global scale and from throughout time to investigate what we can say about its general and specific relevance for human society. The issue raised here pertains not only to the relevance of literature per se, but specifically to the question of how it relates to us as human beings, defining us in endless ways. In order to illustrate the central points addressed in this paper, numerous examples from the Middle Ages to the modern world are drawn from, such as Hartmann von Aue’s Der arme Heinrich (ca. 1190), Don Juan Manuel’s El Conde Lucanor (1335), Bertolt Brecht’s ballads, and Robert Frost’s modern poetry. The conclusion emphasizes that the critical function of literature in all human societies cannot be overestimated. At the risk of preaching to the converted, here we are confronted with the ultimate challenge in the Humanities once again. Insofar as literature has always mirrored, or engaged with, the fundamental issues in human life, we can establish its function as life-determining in philosophical, religious, political, ethical, or moral terms.

A competency framework for strategic planning managers in multi-business holding organisations

Abstract Nowadays, the business environment is dynamic and constantly changing, which intensifies competition among companies. The complexity of competition in multi-business holding companies is higher than in other organisations due to the complexities of different industries and their uncertainties in terms of investment policies and corporate strategies. Such companies need a strategic plan to align business requirements with their various functions. In this regard, strategic planning managers (SPMs) have a significant role in analysing possible business scenarios and putting optimal plans in place to guarantee their implementation in a specific timeline. This study aims to identify and discuss the necessary competencies and capabilities of this cohort of managers. In the present article, a qualitative approach was adopted, and the findings are based on observations in a case study multi-discipline holding organisation. The viewpoints of the key managers were obtained, and a competency framework was developed. The results indicate that the professional competencies of SPMs can be explained in terms of the two aspects of (1) strategy formulation and (2) strategy implementation. A framework is presented in this paper that summarises the viewpoints of managers in the case study organisation on the requisite competencies of SPMs. Although prior studies explain the general competencies of managers from a universal perspective, this study steps beyond the borders of such models and extends the literature on the professional competencies of a specific and most influential cohort of business managers in holding organisations through an in-depth case study.

Tianxia: The Threefold Connotation, Vehicle of Language, and Journey to Reestablishment

Abstract Tianxia 天下 has recently become a buzzword in Chinese academia. The word’s threefold connotation in relation to geographical, political, and international systems needs to be analyzed to illustrate its different meanings. These three meanings were centered around China in the self-sufficient traditional Chinese civilization; however, they all need reinterpretation in the current age of globalization. Reinterpreting tianxia requires an appropriate vehicle of language: weak and regressive language, early modern language that has undergone transformation, and pretentious usage cannot effectively reinterpret tianxia. A non-literati, nonpolitical approach to linguistic expression is necessary to avoid the corruption of language and reinterpret the word from a universal perspective. The principal matter to be addressed in reinterpreting tianxia is its notion in relationship to nationalism and cosmopolitanism. Merely reinterpreting the best intentions of tianxia is insufficiently convincing for the concept in the age of globalization. How tianxia is elucidated through the lens of the individual, state, and international world determines the reliability and credibility of the interpretation.

Doing African political philosophy from a universalist perspective

AbstractThere has been a strong impetus to set the definitional parameters of study in African political philosophy and theory. Many scholars advance the idea of a discipline intended to provide lessons that stem from “original” African moral, ideological, and political traditions. Often, these traditions and their ideas are presented as holding categorical moral substance in so far as they are seen to be specific to a culturally essentialist understanding of “Africa.” In turn, an influential part of the literature estimates the normative value of the intellectual ideas and arguments afforded by a varied historical, socio‐cultural and economic African geography by the degree to which, in being tethered to a seemingly homogenous, “culturally African” influence, these ideas can be opposed to a “Western” equivalent. In this article, I argue that the effects on the discipline of attending to, and being defined by, this cultural essentialism are at best unclear, at worst detrimental. I aim to contribute to the side of those who advocate a universalist perspective to the study of African political philosophy and thought, and who argue for jettisoning an unhelpful dichotomy between “West” and “African,” in favour of a methodological, conceptual and historical specificity that allows the discipline to be truly useful to itself and to others.

한국과 일본의 노인장기요양보험제도에 관한 비교연구: 자치단체의 관점에서

Japan is the best case study of a low-fertility and aged society in Korea, and the fundamental purpose of this study is to find clues in Japan to overcome Korea's low-fertility and aged society. Therefore, the researcher evaluates and analyzes the various social policy that Japan has taken for the aging society, and intends to find our social welfare policy for the elderly from there. In the analysis, the researcher basically stood in the position of new institutionalism, identified the policy's historicity, path dependency, and value orientation. Gilbert and Terrel used more practical for using spectrum not dichotomy. Their policy analysis breaks away from the dichotomous approach of the existing universalist value and the selective approach, and places selectivism and universalism as two extremes so that they can analyze more realistic aspects, and set their position on one spectrum. Research also use this analysis tool because It is a very realistic policy analysis method to analyze whether between two counties, Korea and Japan are differenciated with each other or not. Researcher intends to reveal the characteristics of the welfare states of Korea and Japan. The analysis includes selection of values for policy making, and the policies used in the analysis include not only long-term care insurance (LTC) but also social services for the elderly for a low-fertility and aging society. Through the analysis so far, the researcher confirmed the fact that Korea and Japan, which belong to the same type of welfare state, especially Long-term care insurance and social services for the elderly between the two countries. They are clearly divided into more selective perspectives in Korea and more universalistic perspectives in Japan. Finally, I would like to conclude by suggesting and writing about the establishment of a regional integrated care system that Japan is promoting as a measure for a low-fertility and aging society.

Did Socrates Meditate? On Some Traces of Contemplative Practices in Early Greco-Latin Philosophy

Following insights by Pierre Hadot, I suggest that although explicit discussions of practices of breath control and other psychosomatic techniques of contemplative attention management are conspicuously absent in early Greek thought, there are some signs that analogous practices did exist, perhaps as early as Socrates. The combined evidence of Aristophanes and Plato suggests that Socrates may have engaged in a practice that has key features in common with meditative practices and experiences as attested in Zen Buddhism. This technique consists in two stages: an initial practice of top-down, voluntary, egocentric focused meditation resulting in a state of “absorption” or abstraction from all sensory input, followed by the practice of a more bottom-up, open, other-centered (allocentric) form of meditation, intended to provide a more global or universal perspective, in which the practitioner situates herself as a part of the cosmos. This paper includes discussion of “withdrawal” into oneself as a contemplative practice in Plato, Marcus Aurelius, Evagrius Ponticus, and Gregory Palamas.

Homeless youth shelters and services for transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) clients: Results from a nationwide survey

This study explored results from a nationwide survey conducted with homeless youth shelter directors. The research sought to further the understanding of how policy and societal changes about gender affirming access to services have affected service delivery and accommodations at homeless youth shelters for transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) youth. Results from (n = 117) youth shelters indicate the majority of those surveyed are current in implementing many of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gender affirming policies. Among others, recommendations include a need for shelters to incorporate TGNC safety accommodations, and to update dress code policies from a universal design perspective.