Mode Of Production Research Articles

Entre o Império e a Multidão

The present work aimed to present an overview of the ontology proposed in the work of Antonio Negri.In order to do so, three of the main concepts worked by the Italian philosopher in the last twenty years wereinvestigated, as well as their intertones, being the "Empire", the "multitude" and the "common" - underlined asconductors of the course of this text. After carrying out an analysis of the financial horizon of imperial biopower,which appears as the productive entanglement of alternative control mechanisms in a consonance of globalcommand, the objective was to explain the biopolitical force that faces the "Empire": the "multitude", beingstructured by the “common” mode of production and their respective powers and productions.

Crise ecológica e a crise da forma jurídica: o ecossocialismo de Kohei Saito e de Joel Kovel como alternativas políticas

This article aims to analyze the ecological crisis as a legal crisis, seeking solutions in political alternatives in the thinking of Kohei Saito and Joel Kovel. It appears that one of the fields for confronting the ecological crisis is through International Law and national constitutional regimes that recognize the legal subjectivity of nature. However, the impact of adoption through legal forms is small, as there is no break with the capitalist model of commodification of life. Based on this observation, Joel Kovel and Kohei Saito, both from Marxist backgrounds, reveal a political agenda of breaking with the commodity form as the possibility of a way to face the ecological crisis. What was done was a brief literature review on the theme of ecosocialism based on the two authors mentioned, which allows us to reveal the political projects and epistemological issues linked to their thinking. In the end, on the one hand, the limitations of the legal form in the ecological issue and the need to break with the social forms of the capitalist mode of production are presented as part of the solution to the ecological crisis.

High-resolution full-coverage ozone (O3) estimates using a data-driven spatial random forest model in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region is severely polluted by ozone (O3). Accurate O3 estimates are essential for identifying high-polluted zones and developing targeted interventions to relieve the burden of diseases. Although many studies have estimated high-resolution O3 concentrations in BTH, the estimation accuracies are still insufficient. In this study, we incorporated data-driven spatial weight matrices (DDWs) into a random forest (RF) model to fully utilize both the spatial homogeneity and heterogeneity of maximum daily 8-h ozone concentration (MDA8O3), and obtained full-coverage MDA8O3 concentrations at 1km×1km in BTH from 2014 to 2022. DDW-RF exhibited satisfactory accuracy (10-fold cross-validation R2=0.937, RMSE=13.919 μg/m3). Overall O3 level presented a spatial pattern of lower in the north and higher in the southeast and showed a distinct temporal trend, i.e., first increasing and then decreasing during 2014-2021 and increasing slightly in 2022. The accurate MDA8O3 estimates indicates that more attention and resources should be poured into the areas adjacent to Bohai Rim, Shandong and Henan. Regulated operation of factories under specific meteorological conditions and upgrading industrial structure and production modes are recommended to mitigate the formation of O3 precursors and reduce O3 generation. Our findings provide evidence and reference for environmental cleaning policies and targeted interventions.

The Classic Transcending Borders and Ages

What was the impact of Labor and Monopoly Capital in its day, and what is its resonance in ours? Kuang Xiaolu, Li Zhi, and Xie Fusheng take stock of Harry Braverman's influential scholarship over the last half-century. In sum, they write, "with the global expansion of the capitalist mode of production, the significance of Labor and Monopoly Capital has long surpassed narrow national boundaries and the era in which Braverman lived."

Language and Cognitive Impairments in Multiple Sclerosis: a Comparative Study of RRMS and SPMS Patients.

Previous studies have reported that patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) face cognitive difficulties. Much less, however, is known about their language abilities. The present study aims to provide a clear view of the language abilities of adults with MS, considering their cognitive skills and the type of the disorder. Specifically, 20 patients with Relapsing-Remitting MS, 17 patients with Secondary Progressive MS, and two healthy control groups demographically matched with the clinical groups, took part in the study. Their language abilities were examined using the Adult Language Abilities Test, which explores morpho-syntactic and semantic phenomena of the Greek language in both comprehension and production modes. Our results did not reveal statistically significant differences between the two clinical groups on any cognitive or language subtest. Both groups, however, performed poorer than the control groups in producing the correct form of verbs, possessive and weak personal pronouns, and in comprehending relative and passive clauses. Participants' performance in morphosyntax was found to be related to their processing speed. Mapping the cognitive and language abilities of patients with MS is crucial for designing effective targeted interventions, which can help them adopt strategies to manage their specific cognitive and language symptoms.

Contemporary Implication of Marxist Ecological View of Nature

This paper discusses the implication of Marxist ecological view of nature in the contemporary context, analyzes the current situation and challenges of the global ecological crisis, and deeply expounds the theoretical connotation of Marxist ecological view of nature and its response to contemporary problems. With the acceleration of industrialization and the continuous growth of population, the global ecological crisis has become increasingly prominent, which poses a serious threat to the sustainable development of human society. Marxist ecological view of nature emphasizes the dialectical unity of man and nature, the integrity of the ecosystem, and the importance of the construction of ecological civilization. Sex. It holds that the root of the ecological crisis lies in the excessive exploitation and utilization of natural resources by the capitalist mode of production, and that the fundamental way to solve the ecological crisis lies in changing the capitalist mode of production and realizing the ideals of socialism and communism. In contemporary practice, Marxist ecological view of nature provides important theoretical guidance and ideological weapons for countries to deal with ecological and environmental problems. By comparing and analyzing the current situation of international construction of ecological civilization, this paper reveals the uniqueness of Marxist ecological view of nature in the global construction of ecological civilization. Special advantages and value.

The process and mechanisms of the capitalization of marine space in China: a case study of mariculture on Guanglu Island, Changhai County

The phenomenon of transforming natural marine space into proliferative capital holds global significance in modern modes of production. Under China’s socialist market economy, the property rights system and resource allocation methods have created a unique approach to the capitalization of marine space. Drawing on concepts related to the capitalization of space and land, this paper develops the idea of the capitalization of marine space. It is a process where the right to use the sea area is transferred by the rights holders through methods such as transfer, lease, or shares and is ultimately put into production as a means of production to realize the creation of capital value and surplus value. Using the mariculture industry on Guanglu Island in Changhai County as a case, this analysis delves into the process and mechanisms of the capitalization of marine space in China, the world’s leading mariculture nation, while considering the material agency of marine space. The research results show that: ① The specific realization process of marine space capitalization in the mariculture industry has gone through three stages: from natural marine space to marine space resources, from marine space resources to marine space assets, and the participation of marine space assets in creating value and surplus value. ② The material agency of marine space determines the feasibility of the capitalization of marine space and is also the decisive subject in shaping the specific practice of capitalization. The survival and profit needs of mariculture fishermen and enterprises drive the realization of the capitalization of marine space. China’s central and local governments participate in realizing the capitalization of marine space with the relevant institutional policies and norms aimed at economic development.

Spatial production and evolution of commercial ports in the ocean shipping era: A case study of modern Fuzhou and Xiamen in Fujian province, China

Commercial ports are vital regional intersections in the era of globalization, relying on maritime networks and local convergence to facilitate the movement of goods, people, and ideas. The term “The Five Treaty Ports” marks the beginning of foreign territorial leases for trade in China. During this period, the spatial planning and infrastructure development of commercial ports dynamically responded to the rapid progress of globalization. This article uses the commercial port cities of Fuzhou (Foochow) and Xiamen (Amoy) as case studies, examining how advancements in shipping technology influenced the evolution of port spaces. It traces the transformation of urban port spatial landscapes through the “sailing ship era,” “steamship era,” and “oil tanker era.” These eras not only carried the enlightenment of mercantilist ideas and featured characteristics of “industrialization for the nation,” but also reflected the significant influence of capitalist “market expansion” ideas in spatial configurations. Furthermore, the article argues that the spatial representation of modern commercial ports embodies the collaborative forces of mercantilism, colonialism, and capitalism, promoting globalization through trade. This research aims to explore the evolution of modern commercial port spaces, analyze the progressive transition from mercantilism to capitalist production modes, and ultimately enhance understanding of the globalization process within port spaces.

Research on the Development of Employability of Environmental Design Students in the Context of Knowledge Production Mode Transformation

Driven by the rapid changes in the knowledge economy and societal demands, higher education is undergoing a significant transformation from the traditional knowledge production mode (Mode 1) to a new mode of knowledge production (Mode 2) characterized by practice orientation and interdisciplinary collaboration. This transformation imposes higher requirements on the educational model of environmental design programs, particularly in cultivating students' employability. Against this backdrop, this study explores the connotation and core dimensions of employability for environmental design students, including professional competence, innovation capability, interdisciplinary collaboration, and practical application skills. Based on an analysis of the current status and challenges, this paper proposes targeted strategies such as optimizing the curriculum system, building diversified practical teaching models, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation, and strengthening the linkage between career guidance and industry connections. The study argues that by actively responding to the transformation of knowledge production modes, environmental design programs can significantly enhance students' employability, thereby bridging societal demands and individual career development. This research provides both theoretical and practical references for educational reform in environmental design programs and serves as a model for other practice-oriented disciplines.

The relevance of the concept of cultural-historical types in modern Russia

The article examines the problem of historical process models, shows the role of values as a stabilizing force of each period of history and scientific and technological discoveries as a dynamic force determining the change of eras. A model is proposed that combines the principles of civilizational and formational approaches to history, in which local civilizations could be considered a way of history until the beginning of the third globalization — the Renaissance, the scientific and technological achievements of which made it possible to unite the world into one economic system. The prehistory of globalization is shown — its early versions: political (the formation of ancient empires, with a single state structure and various cultures in its composition) and religious (the formation of supranational regional world religions, with a single culture in different parts of the corresponding region). The article discusses the role of Russia in this process. The main properties of the four stages of axiogenesis of its culture are shown: the adoption of Christianity, the formation of a single state, European modernization, the creation of a socialist society. The article examines the main problems of constructing a thesaurus of contemporary Russian culture: axiological abstractionism, axiological idolatry, and axiological anti-historicism. The article shows the main forms of interaction between contemporary Russia and the East and the West in the context of Russia's axiogenesis. Three negative aspects of this axiogenesis in relation to the West are highlighted: demonization, which forces one to refuse to understand the degree of inevitability of modernization; isolationism, which forces one to refuse to cooperate with the West; and finally, resentment, which forces one to refuse to understand the nature of one's own problems. Three negative aspects of Russia's axiogenesis in relation to the East are highlighted: angelization of the East, which provokes a refusal to understand the real content of Eastern cultures, and above all, their dependence on the West; underestimation of Eastern threats to Russian security; and finally, a refusal to understand how Eastern cultures are alien to Russian culture. It is argued that in the context of the global problems of our time, generated by the capitalist mode of production, only socialism is capable of stopping the world's continuous movement toward catastrophe. The experience of socialism in the USSR, together with all its negative aspects, must be taken into account and become the basis for the formation of a future thesaurus of Russian culture.

The Future Geographies of Food: Possibilities, Contradictions, and Opportunities

ABSTRACT Amid deepening socioecological concerns, the future geography of food promises to become more contested in the next few decades. This special issue, which is an offshoot of the American Geographical Society’s symposium on the Future of Food, brings together a rich blend of articles that interrogate diverse aspects of the future of food, including questions on the promise of high-tech modes of food production, alternative food sources for the future, and smallholder agriculture. In this introduction, we synthesize these debates across articles and highlight what is at stake for the future of food. While we may not be able to accurately predict what we will eat in the years ahead, food will change tremendously and foodways will be shaped by ongoing ontological politics and contestations over what constitutes “clean” and “healthy” food, and how to produce it. Globalization will shape place-based food practices, yet food will retain its cultural meaning even as traditional foodways are shaped by culinary practices and products from distant geographies. Similarly, small agriculture promises to be resilient and will continue to foreground food security for many across the world, particularly in the Global South.

Tainted Love

The film Tainted Love (2023) consists of scenes shot in a gold refinery, juxtaposed with clips of a squirming maternal body, overlaid with definitions of love (from Lomas' lexicography - Provisional list; 2021). It offers a meditation on the value of love in a capitalist system obsessed with profit and commodification, calling into question the value assigned to different modes of production. The unquantifiable value of caring for loved ones is juxtaposed with the solidity of gold – a material with a long history of use in jewellery and talismans associated with love, betrothal and devotion. The text will explore links between the invisible labour of familial caring, love, nurturing and the concepts of emotional labour and cognitive labour with reference to Alva Gotby (2023) and the emerging concept of the ‘motherload’.

Evaluation of Different Mode of Action Insecticides for the Control of Bemisia tabaci; Enhancement of Pesticide Efficacy.

Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) is a major pest worldwide, causing damage to a vast range of plants through its feeding on phloem sap and its vectoring of >100 plant viruses. Although not established in the UK, it is regularly introduced on planting material, which poses a significant plant health risk. Restrictions on pesticide use and increasing resistance to available active ingredients limit options for effective control of potential outbreaks. Alternative management options are required to mitigate this risk. There was high variability in the efficacy of the different modes of action products tested against two life stages (adults and larvae) as well as the Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) and Mediterranean (MED) cryptic species of B. tabaci. For both adults and larvae, MEAM1 were more susceptible than MED insects, possibly due to differences in resistance developed against some active ingredients. All products tested were effective to varying degrees against MEAM1 adults with Tracer (spinosad), PREV-AM (orange oil), Sequoia (sulfoxaflor), and FLiPPER (fatty acids) having similar efficacies (59-78% mortality). In contrast, PREV-AM and FLiPPER were most effective against MED adults (74% and 65% mortalities, respectively). Both MED and MEAM1 larvae were highly susceptible to FLiPPER and PREV-AM (>95% mortality), and the efficacy of Tracer and FLiPPER can be enhanced by using in combination with PREV-AM, and this can be achieved by using low doses of each product. Synergy was measured between PREV-AM and Tracer against MEAM1 larvae, which has the potential to provide effective control with a reduced pesticide application.

Production training and contextual similarity hurt the comprehension of new vocabulary

ABSTRACT In two experiments (N = 179), we studied the effects of contextual similarity and training mode on the comprehension of new vocabulary. Participants were trained on new vocabulary in blocks of semantically similar, phonologically similar, or unrelated items. Each participant was trained through passive exposure, active comprehension, or active production. Same number of items were trained in clusters of 9 in Experiment 1 and clusters of 3 in Experiment 2, manipulating difficulty during training. Results showed a detrimental and persistent effect of semantic similarity, and a less robust effect of phonological similarity, both of which grew larger over time. We also found a negative and largely independent influence of production mode on learning, which, contrary to the similarity effect, shrank with time. Neither effect was modulated by difficulty at training time. These findings shed further light on the factors influencing new vocabulary learning and open new avenues for larger-scale and classroom-level studies.

Plant-Derived Antidiabetic Agent: A Green Prevention Strategy

One component of metabolic syndrome is diabetes mellitus. In recent years, the prevalence of diabetes has increased. Drugs produced chemically are used to reduce the negative effects of diabetes mellitus and its repercussions, which include weight gain, gastrointestinal problems, and heart failure. However, medicinal plants may provide an accurate source of drugs that combat diabetes. This paper aims to identify the potential advantages of any plant matrix. Because they are less costly and have minimal or no side effects, restricting one's diet, exercising, and using plant-based antidiabetic substances are all recommended as effective ways to cure diabetes. This review centers on the bioactive components of antidiabetic plants, their chemical Characterization, and plant-based diets to manage diabetes. Much scientific information has been discovered regarding the plant-based product's mode of action. This article's objective is to highlight anti-diabetic plants and bioactive compounds produced from plants that offer anti-diabetic properties. Additionally, it gives researchers information that could be used to develop new tactics, such as locating effective bioactive compounds to facilitate the control of diabetes.

On What Lacks in Current Film Theory

The review does not make the case that the recent republication of George Littera’s work is relevant for todays film criticism. On the contrary, it suggests that contemporary film criticism might not stand very well in the light of Littera’s work. In particular, it shows how his writing is concerned with the idea of value and contradictions, which is less investigated in new work concerned with subjects of history such as the working class. First, it details Littera’s assessment of Soviet avant-garde cinema. Second, it compares his book with the work of one of his UNATC collegues such as Florian Potra. Finally, it briefly investigates a mode of production and essay writing which has disappeared as technique.

The trace of the trees: a historically situated geospatial assessment of deforestation in Bosawas biosphere reserve

ABSTRACT Deforestation is often framed as one of Nicaragua’s most pressing ecological challenges. Historically, the country has addressed the issue by relying on fence-and-control approaches to conservation. This is the case of Bosawas, the largest biosphere reserve in Central America. Despite advancements in remote sensing data, few spatially explicit attempts have been made to assess how this type of conservation scheme interacts with the country’s deforestation trends. This research combines two independently generated high-resolution land cover maps and agrarian census data to assess the extent of deforestation that has taken place in Bosawas from 1990 to 2022. Our findings indicate that the establishment of the biosphere reserve has proven ineffective in preventing deforestation and evidence that its current trend is closely related to the encroachment of capitalistic agrarian-based modes of production. This encroachment is rooted in a long history of state-led interventions, which has led to the gradual dissolution of local customary social orders, allowing the penetration of new ones that privilege individualistic and profit-oriented forms of land tenure and resources exploitation. Hence, conservation strategies that neglect the historical and political-economic roots of deforestation in Bosawas risk aggravating territorial conflicts and facilitating land dispossession modalities affecting mostly local inhabitants.

Based on STM32 SCM Intelligent Greenhouse

With the continuous growth of the global population and the continuous development of agricultural production, there are many problems in the traditional agricultural production mode, such as resource waste, low production efficiency, environmental pollution, and the urgent need for innovative solutions to meet the growing food demand and sustainable development goals. This paper introduces an intelligent greenhouse system based on STM 32 single-chip microcomputer, using advanced technology and automation functions, in improving the efficiency, quality and sustainability of agricultural production. The hardware composition of the intelligent greenhouse system includes STM 32 MCU, various sensor actuators, ESP8266 module and user interface module.

Approaching an Urban Night Space Through a 'Virtual' Rhythmanalysis: Public Spaces, Spatio-Temporal Appropriations, Representations, and Online Live Streams

This paper presents an attempt at a 'virtual rhythmanalysis of an urban night space. Rhythmanalysis, as presented by Henri Lefebvre and Catherine Régulier, is a critical practical-theoretical approach to examining the urban space and its modes of temporal production. Across the globe, 24-hour urban lifecycles are increasingly valued in the planning, development, and management of urban districts and spaces. But how does the night affect urban space, and how can we approach it methodically? Utilizing the emergent Lefebvrian rhythmanalysis framework, the paper examines how a public space is (re)produced night after night through spatial and temporal appropriations of the space through the shifting rhythmic constellations of embodied practices and materialities. The paper utilizes screens and online live-camera streams to examine the night space, shifting the rhythmanalysis' original phenomenological-hermeneutic basis towards postphenomenology and mediating visual technologies in the experience of space. The emergence of new audiovisual materials extends our understanding of what the city 'is' and how it can be experientially approached. From a postphenomenological perspective, human-technology relationships are transformed in different ways using audiovisual technologies. Together with addressing the possibilities and challenges of shifting the Lefebvrian `lenses' to a virtual setting, the rhythmanalysis of the urban night space reveals the interplay between strong and weak rhythms and their diurnal oscillation, and the polyrhythmicities of the intersecting flows, bodies, and materialities of the space.

Research on optimizing the propagation path search of individualized products with multi-source design changes

Abstract The individualization and diversification of customer requirements are gradually affecting the product design and manufacturing process, and the production mode of enterprises is evolving towards customer-oriented mass individualized customization. The change in customer requirements is inevitable in the process of individualized product design, which is the key factor leading to the change in product design. This paper establishes the standard of individualized product parts and components association relationship through correlation analysis, and constructs the individualized product parts and components association network model based on the complex network theory; on this basis, comprehensively considering the influence of parts nodes and association relationship in the complex network, it calculates the intensity of change propagation through the node importance degree and the probability of change propagation, and carries out the search for multi-source design change propagation paths through the improved ant colony algorithm, and evaluates the influence of the change of customer requirement by taking the change rate of the network as the evaluation index, to help enterprises to decide the request.