Universalism Research Articles

Standardizing the management of fine needle aspiration for thyroid nodules

Thyroid nodules are very common in the clinical practice. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is a major method for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules. This review tried to cover the definition, current status, clinical significance, indications, contraindications, ultrasound evaluation, as well as preparations, steps, molecular diagnosis, cytology diagnosis, and possible pitfalls of this technique. Our purpose is trying to make this procedure universalized and standardized in order to serve more patients by providing clinicians with some helpful references and advices. Key words: Thyroid nodule; Fine needle aspiration; Technique; Standardization

Sources of universalism of the ideologues "Moscow - third Rome"

Sources of universalism of the ideologues "Moscow - third Rome"

Beyond the Innocence of Globalization: The Abiding Necessity of Carlos Bulosan's Anti-Imperialist Imagination

This essay analyzes Carlos Bulosan’s writing in terms of the way he works todevelop an aesthetic that comprehends and cognitively maps the repetitive dynamicsof US and global colonial capitalism. More precisely, the essay examines howBulosan’s aesthetic practice both grapples with the question of how an individualand collective consciousness can grasp the systemic processes that conditionexperience and also how it fosters that consciousness in the way it representsthe relationships among experience, the larger class and colonial dynamics thatproduce that experience, and the ideological processes that intervene in ourcomprehension of those dynamics. In developing an aesthetic that aligns ideologyand experience and grasps the dynamics of the global colonial system, Bulosan’sfiction, this essay argues, generates a narrative of class struggle and a consciousnessthat grasps the national dimension of the Filipino working-class, comprehendingthe need for national liberation.The essay explores the way Bulosan’s political narratives work through andconfront ideological tensions between a facile internationalism and a more concretenational liberation politics in his fiction by deploying, at times, an innocent narratorwhose idealistic values and approach to the world are challenged through thatcharacter’s experiences of racial and economic injustice, violence, exploitation, anddeprivation. This technique allows Bulosan to articulate a utopian worldview, thatis, an ideal sense of what a world framed on principles of justice would entail, andalso to address the political and economic realities that betray that ideal and thus require repair and transformation through collective political struggle. Typically, inconstructing plots that move through innocence to experience, Bulosan works tocreate an aesthetic that aligns representation and the lived experience of Filipinos inthe United States and the Philippines in ways that highlight the national dimensionsof Filipino life and foster a national consciousness, challenging a premature orunder-theorized internationalism or universalism.

韓國禪의 보편성과 특수성- 普照 知訥과 眞覺 慧諶을 중심으로 -

韓國禪의 보편성과 특수성- 普照 知訥과 眞覺 慧諶을 중심으로 -

Intertextuality of Translations Into and From Judaeo-Arabic as a Transformative Platform in Jewish-Arabic Universalism: The Case of Legal Monographs of the Late Geonim

Intertextuality of Translations Into and From Judaeo-Arabic as a Transformative Platform in Jewish-Arabic Universalism: The Case of Legal Monographs of the Late Geonim

The China Narrative in 21st Century and Its Universalizing Logic: Centered on the Notion of “Civilization”

The China Narrative in 21st Century and Its Universalizing Logic: Centered on the Notion of “Civilization”

“tsɑrɑŋ?” - Telephone Conversation Openings in the Rushani Language

This paper uses conversation analysis (CA) to examine telephone conversation openings in an unwritten and understudied language, Rushani, spoken primarily in remote, mountainous areas of Tajikistan and Afghanistan. In a sample of three telephone conversations, examples are sought of the four opening sequences of telephone calls originally identified by Schegloff (1986): summons-answer; identification-recognition; greetings; and initial inquiries. At first glance, telephone conversation openings in Rushani appear to skip over the greeting stage and move directly into an extended exchange of initial inquiries. However, upon closer analysis, it is argued that a Rushani word that translates as “How are you” is in fact used by conversation participants as a greeting. The paper concludes with an argument that the study supports a “universalist” position of CA as applied to calls conducted in languages other than English (Luke & Pavlidou, 2002). Despite their apparent form as initial inquiries, greetings in telephone conversations in Rushani serve precisely the same function and resolve the same “interactional issues” as greetings in other languages (Schegloff, 1986).

Matthew’s Theology of Fulfillment, Its Universality and Its Ethnicity, written by Herman C. Waetjen, 2017

Matthew’s Theology of Fulfillment, Its Universality and Its Ethnicity, written by Herman C. Waetjen, 2017

Laughing matters revisited: The universality and Relativity of Comicality

Laughing matters revisited: The universality and Relativity of Comicality

UNIVERSALIZATION OF PRIMARY EDUCATION: THE UNIQUE SOLUTION TO CHILD LABOUR

This article highlights the fact that Child Labour is one of the biggest and a universal obstacle in the way of UPE. The study was mixed method in nature for which exploratory sequential design (Qualitative & Quantitative approaches) were used, however this article is focused only on Quantitative approach and data. Population of this study comprised all the parents of the total 992 Child Laborers and 2939 teachers teaching primary level at District Bannu, while the sample was 147 primary teachers and 100 parents of Child Labour. For Quantitative data collection two separate questionnaires for teachers & parents were distributed. The study’s objectives were: to investigate the rank order of perceptions of teachers in context of Location, Poverty, Family Status, Child Status, Teacher’s Behavior, context of Overall Child Labour and Universalization of Primary Education. For Quantitative data analysis descriptive supported by inferential statistics were used to reach into in-depth of the issue. On the basis of findings drawn some valuable recommendations were made by the researcher.

Kant’s, Hegel’s and Cousin’s Perceptions of China and Non-European Cultures: Racialism, Historicism and Universalism, and the Methodology of Comparative Philosophy

Kant’s, Hegel’s and Cousin’s Perceptions of China and Non-European Cultures: Racialism, Historicism and Universalism, and the Methodology of Comparative Philosophy

Зигмунт Бауман: от критики универсализма к безграничной моральной ответственности

Зигмунт Бауман – знаковая фигура в социологии. Но едва ли не наиболее важная часть его трудов посвящена осмыслению вопросов морали. Основная мысль Баумана о морали заключалась в утверждении невозможности редуцирования морального поступка к чему-то вне морали, включая этику, понимаемую как универсальный кодекс нормативных правил или свод знаний о морали. Этика при таком подходе оценивается как то, что ограничивает неограниченное, рационализирует нерационализируемое. Этика теснейшим образом связана с общественными институтами, где выполняется схожая функцию, но направленная уже не на теоретическое руководство, а на практическое действие. Это не означает, что Бауман отвергает этику и общество, наоборот, он признает их важнейшее значение, как того, что способно как создать условия для морального поступка, так и искалечить его. То, что делает Бауман в своих работах – это отстаивание первичности морали перед познанием, обществом и онтологией. Критика универсализма и связана у Баумана с защитой идеи автономии морали перед склонным к тоталитаризму обществом модерна. В то же время он формулирует черты универсальной морали, также называя ее солидарностью и отстаивая ее необходимость перед опасностями и соблазнами «текучей» версии модерна. Бауман призывает не просто отбросить ксенофобию и согласиться жить с Другим, а выстраивать свою жизнь в ответственности за Другого или бытии для Другого. Осмысление положения мигранта и беженца в современном мире и призыв к ответственности за них тесно связывают мысль Баумана с повседневной жизнью и насущными темами современности.

The French Encounter with India in the late Eighteenth Century: Anquetil-Duperron and Coeurdoux

In the course of the Eighteenth Century the relations between Europe and Indiaevolved towards an increasing European interference in the internal affairs ofthe Indian potentates: this development brought about significant changes in theperception of the Indians by the Europeans. In particular, the end of the EighteenthCentury was a turning point in the interest of the cultured French elites for theIndian world: this period saw a movement from the universalism of Enlightenmentauthors and antiquaries towards the orientalism of specialist scholars. Fascinationand curiosity towards the Indian customs and religions were revisited by the works ofthe two French pioneers of modern Oriental studies, the antiquary and adventurerAbraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (1731-1805) and the Jesuit Gaston-LaurentCoeurdoux (1691-1779)

Concept DESENGAÑO in Spanish lingoculture: from universality to specificity

Concept DESENGAÑO in Spanish lingoculture: from universality to specificity

Islam and Democracy. Can They Co-Exist?

In this article one wonders if the union between democracy and Islam is possible and in what form. If we consider democracy as a system inspired by the universalism of values typical of the West, can this be compatible with the values professed by Islam? Through some authors we have tried to understand if there can be compatibility and by virtue of this compatibility to establish a possible relationship with the West. This article analyzes in the light of this if there are paths within Islam that make a possible meeting. Hence the question: is it possible to discover another Islam that can weave its fates with democracy?

Nationalism, Populism and the Challenge to the Ethics of Universalism

Nationalism, Populism and the Challenge to the Ethics of Universalism

Soft, Democratic, and Universalist: In Search of the Main Currents of Traditional Midwestern Identity and a Grand Historiographic Synthesis

Soft, Democratic, and Universalist: In Search of the Main Currents of Traditional Midwestern Identity and a Grand Historiographic Synthesis

A Declaração Internacional dos Direitos Humanos e a generalização dos valores: memória e escândalo na genealogia dos direitos subjetivos

O presente trabalho buscara analisar como o conceito de generalizacao de valores, trazido por Hans Joas, pode jogar luzes sobre a fundamentacao dos direitos humanos. Apos o Tribunal de Nuremberg, o ceticismo moral desenvolve uma critica interna ao positivismo juridico por motivo deste ultimo ter possibilitado a legitimacao legal do Holocausto. Em razao de uma crise paradigmatica a respeito da concretizacao de valores universais no Estado Nacao, a observância de garantias juridicas afirmativas da pessoa adquire supremacia na jurisdicao internacional. O objetivo deste trabalho e esclarecer como a afirmacao dos direitos humanos relaciona-se com a historia da ideia de pessoa humana. Para o cumprimento desta tarefa, usa-se o metodo genealogico, proposto por Joas, para investigar como a ideia de pessoa contribuiu com a construcao de uma linguagem normativa de pretensoes universalizantes nos direitos humanos. Segundo Joas, a ideia de pessoa tem um carater normativo, no Ocidente, em razao das suas fundacoes cristas e de como essas fundacoes foram usadas pelos federalistas norte-americanos para combater penas atentatorias da integridade pessoal, punicoes essas afastadas por meio da nocao de escândalo. Palavras-chave: Direitos Humanos, memoria, escândalo, genealogia, direito subjetivo.

9. La finance islamique, cheval de Troie de la finance moderne ?

À partir des valeurs, préceptes et prescriptions de la Charia, les juristes musulmans ont proposé un modèle normatif d’ Homo œconomicus musulman, doté d’une rationalité propre. Cette philosophie économique doit guider les comportements individuels de consommation, de production, d’investissement, d’épargne, etc. Le comportement rationnel de cet « Homo islamicus » se conçoit en la poursuite de son intérêt propre auquel s’ajoutent les contraintes liées à l’intérêt social. Dans ce contexte, la finance islamique se distingue de la finance conventionnelle par sa vision différente sur les motivations des individus : elle considère que ceux-ci peuvent avoir un comportement moral dans leurs actions quotidiennes. Toutefois, si elle a une dimension universaliste, elle n’est, à ce jour, qu’une « niche » de la finance moderne.

Does theology have academic universality?

Does theology have academic universality?