Positive Example Research Articles

Barriers and enablers for sufficient moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: The perspective of adolescents.

Interventions to improve physical activity (PA) among adolescents continue to be a public health priority. To promote PA more effectively, we need to identify the main factors contributing to (not) engagement in PA in the perspective of adolescents themselves. Thus, we explored the barriers and enablers for sufficient moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in adolescents from their point of view. We used qualitative data collected as part of the international Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study. We obtained data from 14-17 years old adolescents from the first year of Slovak high school. We conducted 11 online, semi-structured individual and group interviews with 24 participants in total (7 boys; mean age = 15.17, SD = 0.87) in Slovakia. We analysed the data using consensual qualitative research and thematic analysis. In the statements of adolescents, four main themes were identified regarding factors contributing to (not) engagement in PA among adolescents. 'Myself as a source' represents the importance of adolescents' own efforts, knowledge, physical predispositions and PA experience. 'How PA can be done' represents school as an opportunity for PA, and PA teachers and sports coaches as specialists who can create an enabling environment for sports. 'Others as a source' represents the social circle that can set a positive sports example and can encourage adolescent's efforts in PA. 'Factors outside' represents other factors that can inspire adolescents, e.g. by giving them a comfortable space and time to exercise, or can be a barrier to PA. The potential factors that include adolescents' perspectives can be more leveraged in designing supportive, inclusive, enjoyable, and skills-appropriate PA programmes.

Issues of protecting the rights of compatriots living abroad in the context of increasing Russophobia in Western politics

As a result of the collapse of the USSR and the formation of new independent states, millions of compatriots found themselves separated from the Russian Federation by state borders. In many cases, they are forced to live and determine their future fate in a difficult political, economic, social, cultural and psychological situation and need help and support from both the States of permanent residence and Russia. It should be noted that the current Russian leadership pays tribute to the contribution of compatriots living abroad to the culture and economy of Russia. Currently, the problem of compatriots is a significant factor in the formation of Russia's relations with various countries and, above all, the CIS member states and the Baltic States. A state dialogue is organized with the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad, television programs are filmed about its best representatives, they become a positive example for the young generation of Russians. The article published below tells in detail about the features of this work with compatriots.

Parliamentary inquiries as minority rights: are legal transplants possible?

ABSTRACT Committees of inquiry, in related literature, are often called as ‘sharpest sword’ of the opposition. However, this sharpness is highly dependent on how much rights the opposition is effectively provided by the fine details of the procedural rules, and whether these rights are justiciable. According to the German model, the inquiry must be launched if a quarter of the MPs require it, and the opposition enjoys minority rights also during the inquiry. Many countries implemented the first, but not the second element in their parliamentary procedures (Hungary, Kosovo, Albania, Lithuania), which led to ineffective inquiries. The only positive example for a successful transplant of the mandatory minority initiative for launching an inquiry is the neighbouring country, Austria. In most of the other countries, the majority is more effective in conducting inquiries, and, lacking judicial remedies, the opposition cannot put its right to inquiry in practice effectively. It seems that the mandatory minority initiative hardly works properly outside its original home country, Germany, and the only successful transplant country, Austria. Another evidence that legal transplants cannot survive if the legal environment and culture is not fertile and developed enough.

Kisah Ashabul Kahfi: Studi Perbandingan Tafsir Al-Misbah dan Tafsir Ibnu Katsir

The story is one of the five main contents of the Qur'an, and the stories in the Qur'an are unique and extraordinary. This research will delve into one of the Qur'anic stories, namely the story of Ashabul Kahfi in Surah Al-Kahfi verses 9-26, and compare it with two exegesis books: "Al-Misbah" by M. Quraish Shihab and the exegesis of Ibn Kathir on Ibn Kathir. Literary analysis will examine the story of Ashabul Kahfi according to M. Quraish Shihab and Ibn Kathir. Comparing the two exegesis texts of the Ashabul Kahfi story will reveal similarities and differences. Furthermore, the conclusions drawn from both interpretations can be applied to modern Indonesian culture. Like previous stories, this narrative provides a positive example for young people, as Ashabul Kahfi were motivated youths who left their community for their beliefs. They sought forgiveness and salvation from Allah, who led them to a cave, caused them to sleep for 309 years, and woke them without aging.

Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Computational Thinking: Enactment in Elementary Classrooms

Technology has increasingly permeated many aspects of everyday life and this evolution raises the need for individuals to understand how the digital world works and what opportunities and risks it brings (Nouri, Zhang, Mannila & Norén, 2019). For this to be an experience for everyone, we need to rethink how we integrate computational thinking (CT) and provide teachers with tools to center their students’ identities, experiences, and cultures in the classroom. In this paper, we present two case studies of primary (elementary) teachers from a full primary (student ages 5–13) semi-rural school in the North Island of New Zealand that showcase examples of their current CT integrated culturally responsive lessons and activities. Our findings show how elementary teachers implement culturally responsive approaches in CT lessons. Although a positive example of how CT can be integrated in a culturally responsive manner, we discuss our findings and their implications.

Community-Enhanced Contrastive Learning for Graph Collaborative Filtering

Graph collaborative filtering can efficiently find the hidden interests of users for recommender systems in recent years. This method can learn complex interactions between nodes in the graph, identify user preferences, and provide satisfactory recommendations. However, recommender systems face the challenge of data sparsity. To address this, recent studies have utilized contrastive learning to make use of unlabeled data structures. However, the existing positive and negative example sampling methods are not reasonable. Random-based or data augmentation-based sampling cannot make use of useful latent information. Clustering-based sampling methods ignore the semantics of node features and the relationship between global and local information. To utilize the latent structures in the data, we introduce a novel Community-Enhanced Contrastive Learning method to help the recommendation main task called CECL which uses a community detection algorithm to sample examples with semantic and global information, using both known and hidden community connections in the bipartite interaction graph. Extensive experiments are conducted on two well-known datasets, the results of which show a 12% and 8% performance improvement compared to that of the existing baseline methods.

From Vision to Realization: The Design of Culture in the Kibbutzim

ABSTRACT The kibbutzim are unique communal settlements in Israel that aimed to establish an exemplary way of living and set a positive example for Israeli society. They sought to differentiate themselves from urban life and instead created a social structure based on socialist principles. This study delves into the cultural aspects of the kibbutzim, with a specific focus on their architectural representation, planning, and design. It demonstrates that architecture plays a pivotal role in shaping the kibbutzim way of life, with architects and members actively participating in the design process. Through their collective efforts, the kibbutzim strive to create physical spaces that embody their values and aspirations, reflecting their commitment to social equality and communal living. This paper thoroughly investigates the significance of developing tangible infrastructure to accommodate kibbutz culture. It examines the relationship between architecture and culture at three levels: the kibbutz’s master plan, the settlement’s cultural complexes, and the individual’s experience within the library space. At each level, this paper uncovers new insights, providing a fresh perspective on the relationship between the kibbutz society and its physical cultural structures.

Межкультурная значимость мирового фонда афоризмов

Introduction. The article is devoted to the consideration of the world fund of aphoristic units as a unique example of the spiritual and mental globalization of people, regardless of their nationality and citizenship. National archives of aphorisms are the quintessence of the depth of human mental activity in the active contemplation of the world. They are a kind of universal supra-ethnic information archive of universal values and truths and are considered by us in the light of their intercultural significance as a means of smoothing national differences and bringing together different ethnic cultures.
 Aim. The purpose of the article is to show that national aphoristic archives can be seen as a positive example of cultural globalization and used as a means of smoothing out national differences and uniting different nations, cultures and countries.
 Met¬ho¬do¬logy and re¬se¬arch met¬hods. A comparative analysis of some collections of aphorisms and an analysis of the content side of aphoristic rhetoric were the main methods for achieving this goal.
 Results. The themes of aphorisms are not directly indicative of any specific period of human history and also do not have any pronounced ethnic specificity. Aphorisms mainly characterize a person as a Human, regardless of ethnicity, citizenship and historical eras, and proclaim universal human values.
 Scientific novelty. Aphorisms are considered as a unique example of the spiritual and mental globalization of people regardless of their nationality and citizenship in the light of their intercultural significance as a means of smoothing out national differences and bringing together different nations, cultures and countries.
 Practical significance. The world fund of aphoristic units is a universal supra-ethnic information archive of universal human values and truths, has a significant potential for smoothing out contradictions (ethnic, religious, gender, political, etc.) and can be used in all contexts of the modern world as a reconciling and harmonizing factor.

Pengelolaan Pawon Luwak Coffe Borobudur Berbasis Wisata Edukasi

Tourism has great potential to provide economic benefits to society, but can also cause environmental and social damage if not managed properly. Overcoming this requires implementing the concept of sustainable tourism. That is what Pawon Luwak Coffee Borobudur has done as an educational tourism-based coffee shop. Its existence has served as an example of an industry that provides coffee and shares knowledge by directly inviting people to see the process of making it. This research uses a descriptive method with a qualitative approach to explore in depth the process of managing a coffee shop based on educational tourism that has been implemented. The results and discussion in this research found that the educational tourism-based coffee shop management process has been implemented. Through detailed explanations by employees, they also act as tour guides to invite visitors to experience and gain knowledge about the process of making drinkable Luwak coffee. The management of the Pawon Luwak Coffee coffee shop based on educational tourism has the advantage of providing high quality Luwak coffee and providing a unique experience for visitors to see the process firsthand. Then the development of attractive educational programs requires improvements, such as collaborating with local communities in terms of production, environmentally friendly operations, employee skills development training, as well as evaluating sustainable practices that can be adopted. Managing a Luwak coffee shop based on sustainable educational tourism can provide economic benefits, promote environmental awareness, social networking, and become a positive example for the coffee industry as an alternative tourism in Indonesia. Based on the three pillars of sustainability, namely environmental, social and economic, it can be concluded that this coffee shop has become a positive example for the coffee industry as part of tourism in Indonesia.

Healthiness and sustainability of food service in healthcare settings in Germany

Abstract Background Current dietary patterns threaten individual and planetary health. Healthcare settings can set a positive example for dietary change, but data on the quality of food they offer is scarce. The aim of our study was to assess the environmental footprint and nutritional quality of food service in hospitals and nursing homes in Germany. Methods We collected 6-12 months of food procurement data and all available meal plans from three nursing homes and two hospitals in Germany. Procured food items were categorized into 50 food groups (e.g., potatoes, beef, apples), and the environmental footprint was calculated (i.e., land use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, acidification, eutrophication, and water use) using life-cycle analysis factors based on a recent meta-analysis. Lunches from a representative week were broken down into their constituent ingredients and analyzed for adherence to the Planetary Health Diet (PHD) using an established dietary index (PHDI). Results Preliminary analysis of one nursing home and one hospital showed that animal-source foods (ASF) accounted for 70% of overall GHG emissions and land use and 76% of water use, primarily from beef, pork, milk, and cheese. Among plant-based foods, coffee disproportionately contributed to the environmental footprint. Red meat accounted for 30-45% of lunch calories consumed (13-25% of weight) and potatoes accounted for 20-24% of calories (31-35% of weight), whereas vegetables and legumes combined accounted for 11-15% of calories (33-35% of weight). Nursing home meals achieved 61 and hospital meals 71 out of 150 points on the PHDI. Conclusions Healthcare institutions in Germany have poor adherence to the PHD, with up to two-thirds of calories derived from red meat and potatoes. Unsurprisingly, ASF account for the majority of the institutions’ environmental food footprint. Policies to make healthcare foodservice more environmentally sustainable while ensuring nutritional adequacy are urgently needed. Key messages • Foodservice in German hospitals and nursing homes is neither healthy nor environmentally sustainable. • Policies are needed to improve healthcare food service for individual and planetary health.

Pendampingan dan Edukasi Masyarakat di Mangliawan Malang Tahun 2023: Peningkatan Kesadaran Lingkungan

The role of PKK group mothers in environmental management is important because they can influence changes in behavior and understanding at the household and community level, which greatly contributes to environmental conservation and sustainability efforts. The problem is how to make this hope come true in RW 16 Mangliawan Malang , because in fact, PKK group mothers in RW 16 do not consistently participate actively in environmental management. This type of community service is Environmental Service, because the activities aim to preserve and protect the environment. The service will be carried out from January 2 to July 30 2023 in RW 16 Mangliawan Malang, targeting PKK mothers, by mentoring method. The activities of PKK mothers that have been carried out through Community Service are: 1) Through regular PKK meetings, mothers are invited to discuss environmental management. The deliberation resulted in an agreement, namely the picket schedule at TOGA park, sources of funding for environmental management, utilization of TOGA results and mass community service; 2) Preparation of TOGA park maintenance picket schedule; 3) Implementation of pickets in TOGA park; 4) Mass community service for environmental care. Increasing the activity of PKK group mothers in environmental management can be done through: 1) Education and awareness about the benefits of environmental management. This activity was carried out during the regular PKK meeting. 2) Providing a positive example; 3) Participation in planning; 4) Involvement in environmental management that is adjusted to the mothers' schedules; 5) Providing recognition and awards using effective communication tools, for example WhatsApp.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN MODERN ORGANIZATIONS - THE EXAMPLE OF „ALFA-PLAM“, VRANJE

The turbulent historical development of humanity indicates that people had the need for various types of organizational activities, and at the beginning these were groups. The association of people into groups was initially aimed at survival. Only united could they survive against animals in hunting and tribal wars. The group as a group of people enabled man to survive and go through different evolutionary stages. These are the first forms of organization that changed over time, and thus the goals of that organization. In the same way, individuals could not complete many tasks alone, so they were forced to join groups, so that by achieving common goals, they could more easily achieve personal goals. Basically, the purpose of their association was to achieve more with as little work as possible. From the above, it is clear that the "germs" of human resources management are related to the need of each group to have a leader at the head. The leader is the person from the group with the greatest personal authority to whom she has entrusted that role, expecting him to realize the interest of the group in the most efficient way. This is a man with strong abilities to organize people to achieve set goals, and today we call such people managers. In this paper, the modern approach to human resources management will be presented on the example of the well-known Vranje and Serbian company "Alfa Plam". The goal of the research is imposed by the topic of the work and is related to pointing out the importance of human resources management with special reference to the company "AlfaPlam" from Vranje, which has become a synonym for successful business because it consistently applies methods and procedures of human resources management. Namely, the company takes care of each of its employees, for which the human resources managers in the company are responsible. As a positive example, we state that on the company's website you can find CVs for each employee along with information about their progress in the company, training, bonuses received, and possible sanctions.Among the research methods used in the work were "desk" research methods as well as data collection through tests in the company itself. Through the research process, we came to the result that the company "Alfa Plam", which enjoys an international reputation, is successful in its work precisely because it consistently applies modern postulates of human resources management, while improving and consciously improving them.

Lifestyle Medicine and Foreign Recommendations Aimed at Motivating Medical Staff to Lead a Healthy Lifestyle

The World Health Organization considers the implementation of healthy lifestyle recommendations a basic healthcare service and has already developed the necessary principles and recommendations. Currently, lifestyle medicine is actively developing abroad, and being defined as part of preventive medicine. In relation to the methodology of lifestyle medicine for medical staff, the principles of a healthy lifestyle are of particular importance abroad, as every medical staff, be it a doctor or a nurse, should set a good example for their patients and the general population. The principles of lifestyle medicine dictate that health professionals’ adherence to a healthy lifestyle is crucial since every health worker, whether a doctor or a nurse, should set a positive example for their patients and the general public.

Использование технологий искусственного интеллекта в российской Арктике на примере Мурманской области

Russian Arctic is a positive example of the introduction of information technologies (Industry 4.0.) as well as artificial intelligence technologies (Industry 5.0.). In the 21st century, IT-technologies have significantly improved quality of life in the Russian Arctic — development of IT camps, access to the Internet from the tundra. Arctic projects related to the AI technologies implementation are becoming increasingly popular: the article provides a list of such Arctic AI projects. An analysis of IT and AI vacancies in all subjects of the Russian Arctic on the website of the headhunter recruitment agency showed that the largest number of IT vacancies was posted directly in the Murmansk Oblast (74 vacancies). The study also analyzed job seek-ers’ resumes in the Murmansk Oblast, posted in the Artificial Intelligence section. The study shows that knowledge of Python programming language, SQL databases and English language is a prerequisite for all AI specialists. It was also determined that the salary of AI specialists is significantly higher than that of IT specialists. The Murmansk Oblast is becoming a leader in the development and implementation of both IT and AI technologies; this is primarily due to the development of logistics and the Northern Sea Route as an alternative to existing sea routes.

On the Wire: Analysing the evolution of BBC Local Radio, music radio and public service broadcasting

This paper examines the significance of On the Wire, a BBC local radio programme, that provides a unique lens through which to examine changes in local radio, music radio in general and public service broadcasting. The paper provides a concise history and an account of the On the Wire, along with an explanation of its impact. The paper offers reasons for the programme’s enduring appeal, including its ability to change and adapt, its emphasis on the local in a global context and its innovative approach to audience participation. The paper concludes by positing that the history of On the Wire provides valuable insights for broadcasters in general, highlighting key aspects that radio programmes can learn from its approach. By showcasing the possibilities of what local radio, music radio and public service broadcasting can be, On the Wire sets a positive example for what radio can achieve.

Identification of new threats to the national security of the state

The objective of the article was to identify new threats to the national security of countries and, at the same time, to determine the adaptation tasks related to their identification. The synergistic approach, comparative legal analysis methods and foresight were the main tools of this research. Manipulation actions involving deep forgeries are spreading rapidly. Autonomous weapons with artificial intelligence are used to create negative fake events. Criminal use of users’ smart devices to create a unique behavioural profile has been detected. New cyber threats to Ukraine’s national security during the military conflict are characterized by attempts to disrupt critical infrastructure. It is concluded that “cyber looting” has emerged with the use of social engineering methods. The activities of the Belgian Center for Cyber Security (CCB) are a positive example of the identification of new cyber threats in the countries of the European Union EU. Furthermore, CCB performs activities related to the identification, monitoring and analysis of online security issues. Coordination between relevant services and agencies, public authorities, private sector and academia is ensured.

Decentralization in Neopatrimonial Democracy: Advantages, Disadvantages and the Path to Potential Peace

In many authoritarian countries of the world, rulers proclaim that the current regime is a model of liberal democracy. Its most significant flaw, however, is that it does not actually exist. This discrepancy between the supposed democratic leadership and reality is due to the neopatrimonial nature of the current political systems. Neopatrimonialism appears to be a hybrid model in which state structures, laws, and rules formally exist but are overridden by informal politics, networks of patronage, kinship, and tribalism. Rather than being organized according to merit, social functions, or administrative rank, the neopatrimonial regime finds its stability in bonds of loyalty to those at the top of the political hierarchy. Often, decentralisation reforms are initiated to overcome this crisis and stalemate. Their result is not always unambiguous, and the resulting effect corresponds to widely advertised expectations. In this context, this study examines the peculiarities of decentralisation reforms and their results in the countries with neopatrimonial democracy. Special attention is paid to the advantages and disadvantages of delegating part of state powers and authority to the local level, as well as its possibilities in achieving peace and resolving conflicts. The results suggest that, ideally, decentralisation generally contributes to an inclusive world where different groups can access power and are included in governance. In practice, however, this result is not always achieved because of the weak institutionalisation of the party system, the lack of transparency in government, and an underdeveloped civil society. The paper examines in detail the specifics of neopatrimonialism in its theoretical and methodological dimension. In addition, emphasis is placed on the potential of decentralisation to contribute to the peaceful resolution of conflicts in a country or — given weak social and political institutions, on the contrary, to increase uncertainty and the threat of military confrontation. A positive example of decentralisation in a neo-patrimonial democracy is seen in the Republic of Kazakhstan, where reforms aimed at changing the contour of the political system, namely constitutional changes affecting, among other things, the powers of the president, were introduced in 2022–2023. The successes in the implementation of constitutional reform in the country are outlined, and the key foundations of successful delegation of powers and separation of powers are highlighted. Using Kazakhstan as an example, the experience of democratisation through the prism of political and socio-economic transformations is examined. The conclusions of the article contain the thesis that depending on the totality of circumstances, peculiarities of political culture, the structure of the power apparatus, etc., the process of decentralisation in neopatrimonial regimes can be both effective and weakly expressed, aimed at strengthening the concentration of power by the ruling elite.

Learning logic programs by explaining their failures

Scientists form hypotheses and experimentally test them. If a hypothesis fails (is refuted), scientists try to explain the failure to eliminate other hypotheses. The more precise the failure analysis the more hypotheses can be eliminated. Thus inspired, we introduce failure explanation techniques for inductive logic programming. Given a hypothesis represented as a logic program, we test it on examples. If a hypothesis fails, we explain the failure in terms of failing sub-programs. In case a positive example fails, we identify failing sub-programs at the granularity of literals. We introduce a failure explanation algorithm based on analysing branches of SLD-trees. We integrate a meta-interpreter based implementation of this algorithm with the test-stage of the Popper ILP system. We show that fine-grained failure analysis allows for learning fine-grained constraints on the hypothesis space. Our experimental results show that explaining failures can drastically reduce hypothesis space exploration and learning times.

Prototype-Based Support Example Miner and Triplet Loss for Deep Metric Learning

Deep metric learning aims to learn a mapping function that projects input data into a high-dimensional embedding space, facilitating the clustering of similar data points while ensuring dissimilar ones are far apart. The most recent studies focus on designing a batch sampler and mining online triplets to achieve this purpose. Conventionally, hard negative mining schemes serve as the preferred batch sampler. However, most hard negative mining schemes search for hard examples in randomly selected mini-batches at each epoch, which often results in less-optimal hard examples and thus sub-optimal performances. Furthermore, Triplet Loss is commonly adopted to perform online triplet mining by pulling the hard positives close to and pushing the negatives away from the anchor. However, when the anchor in a triplet is an outlier, the positive example will be pulled away from the centroid of the cluster, thus resulting in a loose cluster and inferior performance. To address the above challenges, we propose the Prototype-based Support Example Miner (pSEM) and Triplet Loss (pTriplet Loss). First, we present a support example miner designed to mine the support classes on the prototype-based nearest neighbor graph of classes. Following this, we locate the support examples by searching for instances at the intersection between clusters of these support classes. Second, we develop a variant of Triplet Loss, referred to as a Prototype-based Triplet Loss. In our approach, a dynamically updated prototype is used to rectify outlier anchors, thus reducing their detrimental effects and facilitating a more robust formulation for Triplet Loss. Extensive experiments on typical Computer Vision (CV) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks, namely person re-identification and few-shot relation extraction, demonstrated the effectiveness and generalizability of the proposed scheme, which consistently outperforms the state-of-the-art models.

Cultural Acculturation on the Acceptance of the Role of Chinese Ethnicity in Singkawang City Government

The Chinese ethnic community in Indonesia faces challenges in integrating with other groups, including in Singkawang. Singkawang is a positive example of a community where harmony and mutual understanding among ethnic groups have prevailed. Rarely are incidents, whether riots or conflicts related to the Chinese ethnic group, found. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the active role of the Chinese ethnic community in the governance of Singkawang through acculturation. This study was conducted with the direct involvement of the researcher on-site. The study used qualitative-descriptive to understand the phenomenon or events regarding cultural acculturation in Singkawang. Historical, anthropological, and sociological approaches are employed to comprehend this phenomenon. Interviews were conducted with ethnic communities to gather primary data, including the Chinese, Dayak, Malay, and Madurese ethnic groups and the Singkawang local government. Secondary information was collected from various research findings, news sources, and historical documents. The results indicate an active role of the Chinese ethnic community in the governance of Singkawang. Their presence is accepted and supported by all ethnic groups in society as a result of the acculturation process that has been ongoing for some time. More specifically, cultural acculturation has occurred between the Chinese ethnic community and other groups, such as the Malay and Dayak communities. This acculturation has generated positive perceptions among the community. Acculturation has also led to language, material culture, dietary habits, and clothing changes. The direct interaction among diverse groups and shared economic conditions play a role in shaping or influencing this situation.