Period Of Social Transition Research Articles

Where is everybody? The unburied dead in late Roman and early medieval England

Substantial debate surrounds the relative lack of formal burials in Britain during the fifth century AD, which was a key period of social and economic transition following the withdrawal of the Roman army. Here, the authors argue that the ‘missing fifth century’ may be explained, in part, by the continuation of archaeologically invisible mortuary treatments practised in the preceding Iron Age and Roman period. Compilation of published radiocarbon dates from human remains found in cave and riverine contexts demonstrates that a variety of methods for the disposal of the dead—outside of formal cemeteries—existed in the first millennium AD.

(Post)Yugoslavian Music Press in Transition

The development of the Internet and digital technologies has influenced the ever- greater migrations of printed content to the digital sphere (blogs, online media, Internet portals, social networks), which has also brought with itself changes in readers’ habits and in the concept and format of texts as wells. Music press is no exception in that respect. In the context of South European states, these processes coincide with the period of political, social, cultural and economic transition, giving rise to the development of numerous regional and local specific forms of popular culture. The existence of the SFRY as a shared state enabled the creation of an authentic cultural space, which continued to develop even after its disintegration. This paper endeavors to shed light on one segment of that local authenticity through an analysis of music press. The aim the authors of this paper aspire to achieve is the presentation of the development path of the printed media in the first place inthe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, then in Serbia, as well as the reconstructions of the modality of the transformation of this media in the transition period from an anthropological perspective. The wish is to identify the perception and significance of music as a local culturalphenomenon through the qualitative analysis of the archival material and the available Internet sources as well, then to trace the cultural changes that have been going on over time as a result of global and local social and cultural turmoil. We do not refer to press only as the medium which has an informative role, but rather as the medium that reflects the local community’s attitudes, simultaneously constructing narratives on popular culture that are incorporated in our everyday life.

Habitual Mask Wearing as Part of COVID-19 Control in Japan: An Assessment Using the Self-Report Habit Index.

Although the Japanese government removed mask-wearing requirements in 2023, relatively high rates of mask wearing have continued in Japan. We aimed to assess psychological reasons and the strength of habitual mask wearing in Japan. An Internet-based cross-sectional survey was conducted with non-random participant recruitment. We explored the frequency of mask usage, investigating psychological reasons for wearing masks. A regression analysis examined the association between psychological reasons and the frequency of mask wearing. The habitual use of masks was assessed in the participant's most frequently visited indoor space and public transport using the self-report habit index. The principal component analysis with varimax rotation revealed distinct habitual characteristics. Among the 2640 participants surveyed from 6 to 9 February 2023, only 4.9% reported not wearing masks at all. Conformity to social norms was the most important reason for masks. Participants exhibited a slightly higher degree of habituation towards mask wearing on public transport compared to indoor spaces. The mask-wearing rate was higher in females than in males, and no significant difference was identified by age group. Daily mask wearing in indoor spaces was characterized by two traits (automaticity and behavioral frequency). A high mask-wearing frequency has been maintained in Japan during the social reopening transition period. Mask wearing has become a part of daily habit, especially on public transport, largely driven by automatic and frequent practice.

Knowledge and attitude regarding pubertal changes among adolescents of Eastern Nepal

Adolescence is one of the most charming and convoluted period in life span which brings childhood to adulthood. It is a period of biological, cognitive, and social transition of high magnitude and rapidity and is also associated with the onset or exacerbation of several health-related problems. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in three different schools in Jhapa districts, Nepal in which 146 adolescents were included through a random sampling method. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data regarding attitudes toward Pubertal Changes which was analyzed and interpreted using SPSS version 16. The study along with the sociodemographic profile also enumerated the results of 37% strongly agreeing that pubertal changes are normal and more than half agreed that sex education is essential. Half of the participants agreed adolescents suffer from anxiety during this period and 59.6% agreed that adolescents should not be ashamed of the changes. The study revealed that 60.3% of the respondents had a favorable attitude and 39.7% had a moderately favorable attitude toward pubertal changes. Although a majority of the students had a good attitude, it can be further improved by conducting classes, and programs about menstruation, and pubertal changes, and encouraging the involvement of students in it. Parents, as well as students, can also be educated about pubertal changes through teachings and awareness programs in communities to increase positive attitudes.

Ancient Conflagration: a Reconstruction of a Middle Formative Fire at the Chiripa Mound, Bolivia

In this study, we assess competing interpretations of a burnt ceremonial structure from the terminal Middle Formative period (ca. 300–100 BCE) by analyzing the stepped platform mound at Chiripa, Bolivia, through a systematic reconstruction of the fire that destroyed it. We developed a model of potential fire pathways, their social contexts, and material indicators. Our approach contrasts incipient fires from accident or arson to planned fires initiated for functional or social ends. We assessed these pathways for the Chiripa mound fire through experimental, geoarchaeological, faunal, and botanical data. Experiments were aimed at deducing the temperature, duration, and oxidation conditions of the fire. The fire temperature and duration were approximated from geoarchaeological analyses of construction materials in comparison with controls, and thermal alteration of faunal bone. Fuels were reconstructed through paleoethnobotanical analysis of charred remains from discrete areas within the burnt structure. We conclude that an intentional fire burned the structures on the Chiripa mound to temperatures of 700 °C or higher under oxidizing conditions for several hours. The pattern of heat-altered materials recovered would have required a substantial supplemental fuel load. At the 3840 masl elevation of Chiripa, the effective control of a high temperature oxidizing fire demonstrates technical expertise in fire management. Our findings indicate the fire appears intentional, likely a ritual event. We believe the structures were burned to facilitate a socio-political change during a period of social transition at the end of the Middle Formative period in Bolivia.

Ethos e argumentação nas funções-orador: juiz, ministro e candidato

In this study, the objective is to conduct a descriptive-interpretative analysis of argu-mentation and ethos constructed in light of the acknowledged change in social roles by an individu-al in their public life across three contexts: judge, minister of justice, and candidate. To achieve this, anchored in Textual Linguistics, we employ concepts and analytical procedures derived from the Theory of Argumentation in Discourse (TAD) for a textual/discursive analysis of the individual's personal publications on social media during the three indicated periods of social role transition. In terms of research, the primary inquiry revolves around how the generation and maintenance of a positive self-image or engagement in the transition/maintenance of positions were carried out. Results of the analyses indicate a particular shift in the speaker's employment of strategies for au-dience adherence in the analyzed composites since their assumption of a public office, particularly concerning the maintenance of the stereotyped ethos as a hero, initially created in the first phase as a judge.

Folk Performances and the European Gaze in Bengal in the Nineteenth Century

Cultural anthropologists acknowledge the primacy of the spectator’s gaze in assigning hierarchical space to performances within the public sphere. Equations of power and transactions between agents of performance and the consumer or between the language of the entitled spectator and subject performers determine the category assigned to a given performance: folk or elite, classic or popular, high or subaltern. The late eighteenth – early nineteenth century in Bengal was a period of political and social transition and of realignment along religious, spatial and intellectual lines. The birth and growth of the metropolitan urban centre (Calcutta), an increasing presence of European residents of both genders in Calcutta and Bengal and the shift of power and influence from Muslim military aristocracy to an European merchant company (The British East India Company), meant that traditional indigenous performances were often thrown open for commentary and judgment to an audience who were largely outsiders and to whom the nuances of language, caste, class, region, ritual signification were matters of academic interest only occasioning descriptive commentaries on the practices in an alien country. In the travelogues and memoirs of Maria Nugent or Fanny Parkes, for instance, rituals, customs or performances were viewed as exemplifying the picturesque ‘otherness’ of an alien race. This paper will focus on evidences within British colonial writings of the early nineteenth century describing what appeared to observers as performances, with which they attempt to conceptualize the native ‘other’ as a cultural trope.

The Effect of Murothal Al-Qur’an Therapy on Reducing Anxiety and Quality of Life on Pregnant Women

Pregnancy is a critical psychological social transition period that requires family, social and health support. Pregnancy causes psychological changes that will have an impact on the baby. These changes will affects the quality of life of pregnant women. This study was to determine the effect of murothal Al-Qur’an therapy in reducing anxiety in improving the quality of life of pregnant women in Medan Sunggal District. The type of research is pre-experimental using one intervention group. This research was conducted in Medan Sunggal District with sample of 30 respondents with several research criteria. The measuring instrument used the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HRS-A) and the WHOQOL-BREF Questionnaire for quality of life which was administered after the intervention. Wilcoxon test was carried out to determine the effect of Murothal Al-Qur’an (Surah Al-Fatihah) therapy in reducing anxiety and in improving the quality of life of pregnant women. The result showed that there was an effect of Murothal Al-Qur’an (Surah Al-Fatihah) therapy on reducing anxiety and quality of life of pregnant women. The significant value obtained was 0.000 (p 0.05), which means that there was a significant difference between after the intervention in reducing anxiety and the quality of life of pregnant women. Murothal Al-Qur’an (Surah Al-Fatihah) is very beneficial for pregnant women in reducing anxiety and improving the quality of life in dealing with pregnancy. Murothal al-qur'an is recommended for anyone, not only for pregnant women, especially those who are Muslim to cope with anxiety.

The Influences of Various Factors and Interest Demands on Linpan Landscape Evolution in the Chengdu Plain: A Qualitative Study Based on Oral Histories

Traditional rural homegarden agroforestry systems in the Chengdu Plain of China are often referred to as “Linpan” in Chinese, which integrates the landscape of ecological functions and human production activities. In recent years, due to the influences of urbanization and the aging population, the Linpan landscape has changed dramatically. Clarifying the factors which influence Linpan landscape evolution is a critical way to improve rural landscape renovation. Through oral history interviews, the deep-seated factors driving the evolution of the Linpan landscape form from 1949 to 2020 are explored using the grounded theory. The results show that in the process of Linpan landscape evolution, beneficiary groups, the material basis, and cultural characteristics are the prerequisites for changing the Linpan settlement landscape. The demand of production and life and government-led behavior are the two main influencing factors, and landscape change is the final result. The demand of production and life from the residents is the primary internal driving force of landscape change, while government-led behavior is the main external driving force of settlement development and evolution. The nature of the main driving forces behind the evolution of the Linpan landscape in the Chengdu Plain can be divided into three stages. (1) From 1949 to 1980, it was characterized as a balancing of government forces and social forces. (2) From 1981 to 1993, it was characterized by social forces suppressing government forces. (3) From 1994 to 2020, it was characterized as a stalemate between the government and social forces. From the perspective of the evolution of the Linpan settlement landscape, the traditional Linpan form and settlement layout have been unable to meet the new requirements of the rural social and economic transition period. They are facing the challenges of rural reconstruction and rural revitalization. In the future, village and town planning and the design of new settlements need to comprehensively consider the demands of different interest groups.

The Dialectical Relationship between “Changing” and “Unchanging” in GIS Practice Teaching in the Social Transition Period

The Dialectical Relationship between “Changing” and “Unchanging” in GIS Practice Teaching in the Social Transition Period

Why agricultural policies fail and two cases of policy failures in Albania

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to identify the causes of economic policy failure in general and agricultural policy failures in Albania in particular. At the same time, the very concept of policy failure is a matter of our interest. To achieve our goal, we have conducted a basic literature review. The most important aspect of interest in the study is the investigation of two cases where agricultural policy in Albania has failed.
 Methodology / approach. To conduct the study we use several methods: a review of general literature in relation to government policy failure; review of specific literature regarding farm size and cooperation; review of national policy or strategic documents regarding agricultural and rural development in general and farm size and cooperation in particular; review of national statistical evidence about farm size and cooperation in Albania, and data from international sources such as The Global Economy.
 Results. The study is based on the widely recognized evidence that the concept of failure is multidimensional and not uniquely defined. The study contributes to identifying and summarizing some of the main causes of policy failures. Government policies generally fail when intervention leads to inefficient allocation of resources and an overall decline in people’s well-being when they do not increase production, productivity, or revenue, or when society does not achieve the policy objectives set. Policy failures are generally related to the weakness of institutions. Institutions are weak when they fail to perform effectively the three basic functions that are commitment, coordination, and cooperation. In the case of agricultural policies in Albania, the study analyzes the extremely low level of collective action and the small size of farms, which has remained almost the same and fragmented throughout the 30–year period of economic and social transition. Strong institutions responsible for drafting and implementing legislation and developing policies, characterized by the professionalism and high performance of their staff, are the only guarantee for achieving the policy objectives for sustainable agricultural development and accelerating the process of Albania’s integration into the European Union. 
 Originality / scientific novelty. The literature points out that: (1) government effectiveness, (2) rule of law and (3) weak control of corruption are the root causes of all policy failures, including agricultural policy failures. We analyze the data on these indicators for Albania and some other countries in the Western Balkans region and try to draw conclusions about their impact on the two policy failures we are interested in, which are the serious lack of collective action in the agricultural sector and the small size of farms in Albania. No previous research has been focused on agricultural policy failures, at least in Albania.
 Practical value / implications. The study may be useful for the discussion and evaluation of the impact of policies, and performance of related institutions in Albania. It emphasizes not only the need of reforming these bodies but also suggestions for future research on policies and their effectiveness in Albania and beyond.

Why agricultural policies fail and two cases of policy failures in Albania

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to identify the causes of economic policy failure in general and agricultural policy failures in Albania in particular. At the same time, the very concept of policy failure is a matter of our interest. To achieve our goal, we have conducted a basic literature review. The most important aspect of interest in the study is the investigation of two cases where agricultural policy in Albania has failed.
 Methodology / approach. To conduct the study we use several methods: a review of general literature in relation to government policy failure; review of specific literature regarding farm size and cooperation; review of national policy or strategic documents regarding agricultural and rural development in general and farm size and cooperation in particular; review of national statistical evidence about farm size and cooperation in Albania, and data from international sources such as The Global Economy.
 Results. The study is based on the widely recognized evidence that the concept of failure is multidimensional and not uniquely defined. The study contributes to identifying and summarizing some of the main causes of policy failures. Government policies generally fail when intervention leads to inefficient allocation of resources and an overall decline in people’s well-being when they do not increase production, productivity, or revenue, or when society does not achieve the policy objectives set. Policy failures are generally related to the weakness of institutions. Institutions are weak when they fail to perform effectively the three basic functions that are commitment, coordination, and cooperation. In the case of agricultural policies in Albania, the study analyzes the extremely low level of collective action and the small size of farms, which has remained almost the same and fragmented throughout the 30–year period of economic and social transition. Strong institutions responsible for drafting and implementing legislation and developing policies, characterized by the professionalism and high performance of their staff, are the only guarantee for achieving the policy objectives for sustainable agricultural development and accelerating the process of Albania’s integration into the European Union. 
 Originality / scientific novelty. The literature points out that: (1) government effectiveness, (2) rule of law and (3) weak control of corruption are the root causes of all policy failures, including agricultural policy failures. We analyze the data on these indicators for Albania and some other countries in the Western Balkans region and try to draw conclusions about their impact on the two policy failures we are interested in, which are the serious lack of collective action in the agricultural sector and the small size of farms in Albania. No previous research has been focused on agricultural policy failures, at least in Albania.
 Practical value / implications. The study may be useful for the discussion and evaluation of the impact of policies, and performance of related institutions in Albania. It emphasizes not only the need of reforming these bodies but also suggestions for future research on policies and their effectiveness in Albania and beyond.

Portrait of t Democracy Practice and the Identity (Ethnic) Politics Struggle in the Local Political Arena: A Sociology and History Review

The period of social, economic and political transition is closely related to the collapse of the Suharto regime and the reformtion. This condition is signed by various kinds of conflicts , starting in the national and local political arena. Political propaganda at that time occured when the country was still in the authoritarian and centralistic spirit of the Suharto government. In fact, local actors and national politics are moving the issue to take power. This study focuses on the analysis of Indonesia democratic struggles in the dynamics of identity politics, the practice of identity politics during the New Order era was given the space in carrying out the movements and compared to the reformation period in Riau Province and the process of strengthening identity politics in the local sphere in Riau Province. This study used literature study in analyzing with sociological and historical theory. The results of this study showed that identity politics in Riau Province during the New Order and Reformation eras was different. During the New Order era, identity politics had no space and local people were shifted or removed, while during the reformation period, identity politics was open and expanded the contents of local people to become leader so it emerges the conflicts and presenting cases at the local level. This study brings out the term symbolic power in the local democratic process and carries the value of the nationalism spirit in local communities

Problems in Adolescents: What Are the Psychological, Social and Financial Consequences?

Adolescence is a time of change and a period of personal and social transition, which imposes a degree of risk taking with the goal of achieving developmental benefits associated with these changes [...]

Exploration and Verification of the Psychological Structure of Spectator Behavior in Social Transition Period

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Causes and Countermeasures for the Insufficient Judicial Credibility of Basic People's Courts

As various kinds of conflicts and disputes in the social transition period continue to be highlighted, the number of difficult and complicated cases is increasing, and the difficulty of resolving conflicts is gradually increasing, the problem of insufficient judicial credibility of the people's courts, especially the basic people's courts, is becoming more and more prominent, and how to explore specific ways to strengthen the construction of judicial credibility of the people's courts under the new situation has become a problem that the people's courts should pay attention to and need to solve. This paper focuses on the connotation and components of judicial credibility, and takes the work of the Siming District People's Court in Xiamen as a sample. On the basis of a concrete analysis of the current situation and causes of the lack of judicial credibility, it proposes corresponding ideas and countermeasures on how to strengthen the construction of judicial credibility of the people's courts: strengthen judicial authority, crack the difficulties of justice for the people; improve the level of service, expand the field of justice for the people; build Sound team to enhance the level of justice for the people.

Antioxidant capacity differs across social ranks and with ascension in males of a group-living fish

Animals that live in groups often form hierarchies in which an individual's behaviour and physiology varies based on their social rank. Occasionally, a subordinate can ascend into a dominant position and the ascending individual must make rapid behavioural and physiological adjustments to solidify their dominance. These periods of social transition and instability can be stressful and ascending individuals often incur large metabolic costs that could influence their oxidative status. Most previous investigations examining the link between oxidative status and the social environment have done so under stable social conditions and have evaluated oxidative status in a single tissue. Therefore, evaluations of how oxidative status is regulated across multiple tissues during periods of social flux would greatly enhance our understanding of the relationship between oxidative status and the social environment. Here, we assessed how antioxidant capacity in three tissues (brain, gonad, and muscle) varied among dominant, subordinate, and ascending males of the group-living cichlid fish, Neolamprologus pulcher. Antioxidant capacity in the brain and muscle of ascending males was intermediate to that of dominant (highest levels) and subordinate males (lowest levels) and correlated with differences in social and locomotor behaviours, respectively. Gonad antioxidant capacity was lower in ascending males than in dominant males. However, gonad antioxidant capacity was positively correlated with the size of ascending males' gonads suggesting that ascending males may increase gonad antioxidant capacity as they develop their gonads. Overall, our results highlight the widespread physiological consequences of social ascension and emphasize the importance of tissue-specific measures of oxidative status.

Practical requirements and institutional changes in the action of the judiciary during the transition period in Russia

. After the collapse of the USSR, Russia entered a new social transition period, and reform in the fi eld of state structures, including the legal system, began. The judicial power plays an important role in the process of legal reform, and is manifested at several levels of the state, society and the individual. Based on the gradual completion of the theoretical and institutional construction of the mechanism of action of the judicial power of the Russian Federation at the beginning of the transition period, the judicial power is gradually being put into practice, but as society develops, the mechanism of action of the judicial power dynamically develops in accordance with practical requirements, including changes in the system of judicial authorities, changes in the mechanism of judicial proceedings, improvement of the mechanism of control and ensuring the mechanism of judicial power, as well as separation of the power of execution of a sentence from the judicial power.In particular, in the system of judicial authorities, due to excessive pressure on the consideration of cases, the institution of justices of the peace, established during the judicial reform of 1864, was restored in order to ease the burden of the federal court and at the same time achieve a quick resolution of disputes between residents; The complete consolidation of the constitutional judicial system led to the gradual establishment of constitutional (statutory) courts of the subjects of the Russian Federation, which would allow improving the foundations of the constitutional judicial system and the constitutional judiciary in Russia; To address the review of judicial practice in cases related to the resolution of disputes on the protection of intellectual rights, the Intellectual Property Rights Court was established, which expanded the requirements of the judiciary in specialized areas; In order to eliminate various differences between the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation in the interpretation of many laws, the functions of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation were included in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.As for the reform of the mechanisms of judicial proceedings, the institution of juries was restored during the judicial reform of 1864 in order to get rid of the institutional abuses associated with the institution of people’s assessors in the USSR; During the period of general social transition and judicial reform in Russia, the change in legal concepts and the requirement of judicial practice led to Russia reviewing and evaluating the institution of judicial precentors and; The principle underlying human rights in the Constitution has brought the role of the judiciary in the fi eld of ensuring and protecting civil rights to a signifi cant one, and the mechanism of administrative action has gradually changed with the adoption and application of the Code of Administrative Procedure of the Russian Federation. In the fi eld of improving the mechanism of control and ensuring the mechanism of judicial power, the judicial power, after judicial reform and institutional construction, achieved a situation of developing independence, a control mechanism was created by a subject consisting of the constitutional court of the Russian Federation, the parliament, the prosecutor’s offi ce, an autonomous body of judges, at the same time, the judicial department under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation provided for the actions of the judiciary in the transitional period of the Russian Federation.The execution of decisions is the fi nal point of the judicial power, so the issue of the execution of decisions becomes an integral part of the exercise of judicial power in judicial reform, as well as concentrated in civil areas, while a specifi c way of reform is the separation of the power of execution of a sentence from the judicial power. The above will be a manifestation of the institutional transformations of the mechanisms of action of the judiciary to adapt to social development in the transition period. In a special and long process of transition, the judicial power of Russia could achieve useful action, as well as the renewal and transformation of institutions that are formed in practical processes, contributed to the continuous development of the judicial power, while the mechanism of action of the judicial power is continuously being improved.

Investigation difficulties and optimization suggestions of insider trading criminal cases in securities market

Insider trading crime is a kind of securities and futures crime. With the development of China's securities and futures market, insider trading crime has gradually become the mainstream of securities and futures crime, and presents a high incidence trend. For this kind of criminal suspect, "keep running without missing" business not only infringes the interests of the majority of small and medium investors, but also destroys the normal order of the capital market, which is not conducive to the stable development of the economy during the social transition period in China. China's public security organs in the investigation of evidence is still lacking a lot. The public security organs did not perform the main investigation function. In fact, the main investigation activities are mostly completed by the securities supervision and administration department. Therefore, investigators can perfect the investigation, prevention and control of criminal cases of insider trading in the securities market from the aspects of investigation preparation, selection of investigation route, application of investigation measures and means, collection of evidence and so on.

Treatment Considerations for Adolescents Who Exhibit Cognitive/Communication Problems: A Neuroscience Perspective

Purpose Adolescence is a period of substantial neurophysiological and behavioral growth, representing a second sensitive period of brain development. It is a psychological and social transition period between childhood and adulthood with many beneficial changes occurring, especially with respect to potential responsiveness to clinical intervention. However, adolescent behavioral complexities introduce clinical challenges as well. The purpose of this review article is to review the current neuroimaging research on neurophysiological changes observed during adolescence and the cognitive and social behavioral counterparts, with specific attention to the clinical implications. The review article will then summarize currently available intervention tools that can be utilized by speech-language pathologists working with this population. It will conclude with available evidence-based social-communication approaches that may be applicable as well as available evidence-based supplemental technological cognitive interventions that may be useful in working with adolescents who exhibit language and communication issues. Conclusion As a transition period between childhood and adulthood, adolescence represents a second sensitive period during which there is opportunity for clinically derived beneficial cognitive and communication growth.