Thing People Research Articles

Media and Communication: Research on Communication, Dependence and Influence in Short Video -- Taking Dou Yin APP as an Example

In this era, traditional paper media is gradually replaced by online media such as streaming media, online app and video media, and the ways of information dissemination are becoming more and more diversified. Fifteen years ago, the first thing people said when discussing the news every day was: Which newspaper did you read? Just 10 years ago, the first thing people said when discussing the news every day was: Have you tweeted yet? Five years ago, Dou-Yin was introduced. From offline to online and from paper to end media, the media in China and around the world have undergone this change in the dissemination of news and information. And this paper focuses on one APP: Dou-Yin, to study the dissemination, user reliance and what aspects of its short videos affect the audience.

Making Meaning of the Pandemic Through Symbols in Literary Work

The COVID-19 pandemic is still a thing people think about and deal with. It affects everything, including literature. Arguably, making meaning of a pandemic through literature can be a helpful strategy to cope with the situation. This paper aims to observe the meaning of the symbols in a novel by Herman Melville, Moby Dick. The story possesses various symbolic meanings and can relate to the metaphorical point of view of the pandemic. The paper uses a qualitative methodology to focus on finding the symbols, the themes represented, and the meaning of the symbols for each character and relating them to post-pandemic situations using a qualitative methodology. The theory of symbolism by Susanne Langer is employed to identify and analyze the symbols in Moby Dick. This paper results on the symbols’ relevance and creates meaning for the situation of the post Covid-19 pandemic.
 Keywords: post pandemic, literature, novel, symbolism

FEATURES OF WORDS USED IN RESTAURANT MENUS

The culinary business has been growing so fast and competitively that it needs specific ways to attract customers. The food names, one thing people can directly see in restaurants or cafes, should be attractive and persuasive as they can be used as an indirect advertisement. This research aims at tracing the features of words used in naming foods for restaurant menus and how they fulfill the function of informing, attracting, and persuading customers. This study used a qualitative method to explore the naming of food on the menus of fifty restaurants in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The finding showed the words related to the element of the ingredient were mostly found in the naming of dishes on the menus. There were food names consisting of only one feature of the word, such as Krengsengan, Lodeh, and Mendol, which were the traditional food names; however, there were also names that used a combination of those features.

Realization of Self

Self Attainment is the biggest achievement Is the Corona pandemic over or it will continue in 2023? One of the most important questions of this digital age. The lockdown during the corona pandemic has served as a good time for introspection. The most important thing people learned as a result of quarantine is how to appreciate the small things in life and do self-realization. The magic so often lies in the small things. The mood for 2021, where the ongoing state of the Pandemic has become the new normal, is self Attainment. It is the time of reinventing, what we want to do. If Covid-19 hadn’t come? Reflecting on that does not count. What do we want to do when it is over?Change happens in the present-now. Hence do we need to learn something new, or is it enough to give loved things more time? For a long time there has been the image of the scholar who surrenders to thinking and becomes creative. Sometimes, we have to distance ourselves in order to be able to look at a problem from a different angle or to find ourselves. Even if the dictionary defines “alone” and “lonely” as synonyms, most people differentiate between being alone and loneliness. The word ‘alone’ implies a positive outcome whereas ‘lonely’, negative. Self-Attainment changes our thoughts and feelings, affecting not only our choice of profession but all areas in which we express ourself. We sometimes spend more time in planning our future courses of action rather than enjoying the present status. Hence it is imperative that we get rid of the non-meaningful things in our life and commit ourselves more to what matters most. What is more important like health, personal growth, career, finance, family, social life etc. We know ourselves as the person we aspire to be, not the person we are in the present- but it is essential to understand ourselves at a deeper level to achieve maximal potential and lead to self-improvement and increased self-esteem.

The experience of a severe hypoglycaemic event from the perspective of people with diabetes and their caregivers: "What am I going to do?"

AimsAmong people with diabetes using insulin, severe hypoglycaemia (SH) can be a life‐threatening complication, if untreated. The personal experiences during an SH event from the perspectives of people with diabetes and their caregivers are not well‐characterized. This study assessed the perceptions of the event and the decision making processes of people with diabetes (T1D n = 36; T2D n = 24) and their caregivers during SH events.MethodsIn‐depth one‐on‐one telephone interviews were conducted with dyads of people with diabetes and caregivers in the United States (n = 120). An initial synopsis and inductive codebook schema were used to analyse the data with two independent coders (kappa = 0.87–0.89). Themes were developed from the codes, and codes were re‐mapped to the themes.ResultsFour themes were formed: (1) Caregivers scramble to do the right thing and support people with diabetes in treating SH; (2) Decision making capacity is impaired during an SH event, often a panicked time; (3) People learn to manage SH events through their own experiences and frequently make lifestyle changes to prevent and treat future events; and (4) Discussion with healthcare providers about SH, and particularly SH treatment, is limited.ConclusionsSH events are stressful and often evoke emotional reactions that can impair decision making. Thus, advance treatment planning of SH events needs to occur. Much of the knowledge about SH treatment derives from prior experience rather than healthcare provider guidance, suggesting a need for healthcare providers to initiate proactive discussions about SH treatment.

Character Design in Games Analysis of Character Design Theory

A character plays an important role in game sales on an application store. The first thing people notice when choosing a certain genre of a game on the application store is the character. Character appears in a game visual icon, alongside the name of the game and some stars representing the rating and the number of download. By looking at the game character, people will be able to tell the game genre and type, also the targeted users. Advanced technology might allow a game to develop better but analyzing the game character from its art and design aspect is also needed for it to be successful in the market. This paper will explain character design development and its art and design aspect using constructive method. The analysis can be used for better understanding on how games designers work and come up with the right idea of a game’s characters based on the game’s general idea.

CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT-2019

These days Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 is the burning issue all over India. People have different views about CAA, some are of view that it is beneficial for the internal security of our country while there is another group of people who consider it as a threat to the integrity of India and Indian Constitution. We have witnessed people strongly condemning and protesting against CAA almost in every part of India. CAA is the not the only thing people are protesting against, but Compiling of National Register of Citizens with CAA is another major issue along with it. On the other side of the edge there are people who are strongly in favour of passing and implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 and NRC. According to government CAA will be helpful for the persecuted refugees as the previous laws of citizenship are not sufficient to claim citizenship. The present paper throws light on the questions like what CAA is? , how and why it has been compiled with NRC? , who will be affected by it? , is it really a threat to Indian Constitution? etc.

PATIENTS KNOWLEDGE AND OPINION OF IN-OFFICE AND HOME BLEACHING IN RIYADH ELM UNIVERSITY CLINICS

A dull smile has social repercussions. Demand for improved and beautiful smile has become an integral part of dental procedures (AlOtaibi et al., 2020). A large number of people, especially young females are concerned of their smiles and this is because of the reason that the first thing people notice when meeting a new person is their smile (Alshamrani and Wahid, 2018). In the present era, patients are increasingly demanding for a perfect smile due to a shift in priorities and the impact of the media (Hatherell et al., 2011, Pretty et al., 2006).

ODIS – Orderly Demeanor Inspection System

In the current world, time is considered an immense treasure. People never want to waste the time and schedule their day with prioritized works. The thing people fail to understand is trying to balance the time they forget to balance their mental states. For a healthy run of the body, we not only require a healthy exterior but also a fruitful interior. When our mind runs smoothly then the body reflects the same. Failing to understand this concept the people ignore their mental balance, resulting in effects such as stress, sensation to commit extreme measures, etc. This type of behavior is always dangerous to them and also to the society around them. To contain this type of sociopathic behavior, psychologists and other professionals were trying to develop a system which detects such type of behaviors. But in this paper, we propose a system that intends to cut the problem in its roots than identifying it later. The system proposed is a semi-robotic interface that interacts with the user in toil and solves their cause of distress and maintains a mental equilibrium of that particular user. The introduction of this system brings a drastic change in the society which always struggles to maintain peace and equilibrium with itself.

Conversations about structural racism are uncomfortable. That’s the point.

Conversations about structural racism are uncomfortable. That’s the point.

Q&A: Ned Sharpless on COVID-19 and Cancer Prevention.

Q&A: Ned Sharpless on COVID-19 and Cancer Prevention.

Innovative Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology in College Physical Education

Against the background of the new era, the birth of artificial intelligence technology opened a new chapter in human development. Artificial intelligence technology has been developed in many places. The report discusses the application and innovation of artificial intelligence technology in college sports. The first thing people think of artificial intelligence is robots. In fact, it can be said that artificial intelligence can replace human labor. Artificial intelligence is a product of modern technology and cannot be understood unilaterally. For example, the various means of transportation used in people’s daily travel is an artificial intelligence that can replace people’s walking. Another example is that elevators can replace people on stairs. It is also a type of artificial intelligence, which is not an advanced technology. Product, it is also seen everywhere in people’s daily life. Artificial intelligence is a synthesis of scientific and intelligent technology created by human beings. It is a scientific technology including computer science, cognition, logic, etc., formed through mutual intersection and integration. In recent years, artificial intelligence has achieved considerable development, but there are still a series of unsolved problems, and the development of artificial intelligence is still very long. This article studies what artificial intelligence has facilitated and changed the physical education in colleges and universities, and what changes have taken place in the teaching mode are all worthy of our thinking. As a result, artificial intelligence technology is convenient for teachers and students in teaching. Let’s take a look at how to innovate.

Rebel Hearts dir. by Pedro Kos

Reviewed by: Rebel Hearts dir. by Pedro Kos Tim Dulle Jr. Rebel Hearts. Directed by Pedro Kos. USA: Discovery+, 2021. 103 minutes. Is this the first documentary about women religious for which Patti Smith's raucous cover of The Who's "My Generation" makes a perfect addition to the soundtrack? These aren't regular nuns, we're assured, these are cool nuns. Rebel Hearts tells the story of the California-based Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, their evolution as an order through the 1950s and 1960s, and the eventual emergence of the Immaculate Heart Community after most of their membership requested dispensation from their vows as women religious. Throughout this outstanding documentary, time and again, the film's aesthetic choices and visual language establish who is on which side of the conflict, what they're all about, and what's at stake for the future of Catholicism after Vatican II. Through these choices, Rebel Hearts makes excellent use of the documentary medium. Archive junkies among us will be thoroughly delighted with how the film's fresh animations and its flair for timing weave together older film footage and interviews from subsequent decades—improbably, even newspaper headlines, official letters, and church documents come alive. [End Page 50] Viewers will have no difficulty figuring out whose side the filmmakers are on in the clash between the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles as led by Cardinal James Francis McIntyre. One effective device the film uses to move between settings and through time is a series of cartoon animations. The IHMs are represented by warm and friendly graphics that announce, in vivid color, that these women represent the spirit of the 1960s, all rounded edges and smoothly flowing imagery. In one vivid scene, the cartoon figures of habited nuns are lined up and mirrored on the screen's bottom half by the figures of women in trendy attire. To signal that these nuns "flipped the script," so to speak, the screen simply spins on its central axis, putting the more modern figures on top. The shady figures of the cartoon archdiocesan chancery, in contrast, are throughout the film rendered almost exclusively in black clothing, their (quite literally) spikey fingers, angular clothing, and menacing demeanors resembling Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas more than anything. My main critique of Rebel Hearts is most visible here: that it often slides into caricature in drawing its battle lines. The film is similarly straightforward about what these groups represent, and here, relying more solidly on historical material, the presentation is less about caricature than establishing a clear contrast which heightens the narrative stakes. In interviews and sound bites, a sort of word cloud emerges around the IHMs: "modern," "dynamic," "critical thinking." They are at one point referred to as "kickass and kind of subversive." The word "trouble" is used multiple times, but in the spirit of the late John Lewis, this means good trouble. In a clip that personifies the sisters' charming poise, Patricia Reif is asked if she has ever been arrested while protesting for social justice. She laughs and says "Yes," laughs again, and smiles, "A lot of times." In contrast, a word cloud for McIntyre's archdiocesan machine would swirl around terms related to business, order, and authority. Anita Caspary, one of the film's undoubted stars, at one point uses the words "subservience" and "conformity." Tellingly, these descriptors are not merely lobbed by detractors. In one interview, legendary archdiocesan archivist Monsignor Francis J. Weber, author of a complimentary two-volume biography of McIntyre, declares that "the one thing people hate is change." He notes that the sisters "drifted away from authority, and then you're really in trouble." The order's most famous member, Corita Kent, contributes much to this visual language. Repeatedly, her acclaimed silkscreen prints appear in the background of interviews and are used to mark transitions. Functioning in something like their natural spiritual habitat, they convey clear messages that let viewers know who they're [End Page 51] dealing with. Pope John XXIII, accompanied by the text "Let the sunshine in;" "Stop the Bombing" in Vietnam; and "Get with the Action...

TEACHING VOCABULARY BY USING SUBSTITUTION AND CUED RESPONSE DRILLS TECHNIQUE TO THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 41 MEDAN

In learning a language, the first thing people should learn is vocabulary. Vocabulary is one of the essential aspects of language. Without vocabulary nothing can be conveyed. In other words, vocabulary is the core of the language itself. The aim of this study is to find out whether or not Substitution and Cued Response Drills Technique gives improvement on students’ vocabulary mastery. The subject of the study is the students of Class VIII E of SMP Negeri 41 Medan in the Academic Year of 2017/2018. Vocabulary test, questionnaire, observation sheet and field notes were used as the instruments for collecting data. The results of the study showed the improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery. It is proven by the students’ mean score of each test: pre test is 45.37, formative test is 58.28 and post test is 70.12. Moreover, the improvement could also be seen from the Minimum Mastery Criteria (Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimum) that showed the percentage of students’ score of pre test is 9.37%, formative test is 31.25%, and post test is 56.25%. It can be concluded that there is a progress on student score percentage namely 46.88% from pre-test to post-test based on KKM. Therefore, the application of Substitution and Cued Response Drills Technique is suitable to teach vocabulary to the students.

Strategies to Empower Nurses to Feel Respected and Supported.

Strategies to Empower Nurses to Feel Respected and Supported.

Review: Architecture, Liberty and Civic Order: Architectural Theories from Vitruvius to Jefferson and Beyond, by Carroll William Westfall

Review: <i>Architecture, Liberty and Civic Order: Architectural Theories from Vitruvius to Jefferson and Beyond</i>, by Carroll William Westfall

The politics of being a queer leader during the Ferguson uprising

The politics of being a queer leader during the Ferguson uprising

Review of Jens Kjaerulff. “Situating time: New technologies at work, a perspective from Alfred Gell’s oeuvre”

Review of Jens Kjaerulff. “Situating time: New technologies at work, a perspective from Alfred Gell’s oeuvre”

Religion, Statelessness, and Belonging

AbstractBefore 1948, and stretching back more than 1800 years, the Jewish people suffered all the problems of statelessness. The Zionist movement, 1897–1948, strove to end the condition of Jewish exile and statelessness. The great historical irony and tragedy is that the establishment of the State of Israel brought about the Nakba, the catastrophe, of the Palestinian people. Both the Israelis and the Palestinians see themselves as the victims of the conflict. They seem to be competitors in what I call a “suffering sweepstakes.” One of the problems with victimhood is that it prevents victims from assuming responsibility for their actions, including the victimization of others. In the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, both sides are victims and both sides are victimizers. The least helpful thing people can do – and regrettably many well‐meaning people do this – is to portray the situation in terms of a zero‐sum game, in which, if you’re pro‐Palestinian, you must be anti‐Israeli, and vice versa. We must be both pro‐Palestinian and pro‐Israeli, because we are pro‐people and, therefore, pro‐peace. The achievement of peace necessitates a two‐state solution based on some recognition of the two narratives. The best fulfilment of Zionism will come when there is a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel.

Licia’s Lectures on Nothing

Licia’s Lectures on Nothing