Realistic View Research Articles

Tinkercad: A Blended Teaching and Learning Tool

Tinkercad is a teaching and learning tool which could be used for electronic circuit implementation, software coding and 3D model designing. Technical skill sets improve by practicing designing and coding using Tinkercad simulation. The realistic view of the components gives real time feeling like students doing practical in laboratory. This paper will elaborate the design and development of basic electronic circuit, Arduino based circuit and a 3D model. An effective blended pedagogy which will help the students to understand the designing concept and its implementation. Tinkercad is an open-source free -ware simulation tool hence it’s possible to every student to practice lab work with it. In the situation where physical laboratory work was not possible, Tinkercad provided a helping hand for Teachers and students to perform practical virtually.

Fight and build: solidarity economy as ontological politics.

This essay explores the potential of solidarity economy (SE) as theory, practice, and movement, to engender an ontological politics to create and sustain other worlds that can resolve the existential crises of ecological destruction and historic inequalities. We argue that such a politics is necessary to go beyond the world as it is and exceed the dictates of a dominant modernity—capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy—that positions itself as the only singular reality—or One World World (Law J (2011) What’s Wrong with a One World World. Heterogeneities. http://www.heterogeneities.net/publications/Law2011WhatsWrongWithAOneWorldWorld.pdf). What is needed are alternatives to development in contrast to alternative developments. Over the past decade, the SE movement in Massachusetts has advanced a fight and build approach, which has reframed economy as a matter of concern, as something that communities can, and already do, shape themselves—and that powerfully disrupts the reality of a singular capitalist economy. At the same time, the heterogeneous elements of SE are caught up in and assembling political projects with multiple orientations: modernist, social justice, and ontological (Escobar, Pluriversal politics: the real and the possible, Duke University Press, Durham, 2020). SE movement can remain stuck in a modernist politics of growing and scaling businesses and jobs. Even though a social justice approach attends to power and is more amenable to a relational view of reality where things only exist in interconnection, it too can remain mired in One World World liberal politics of redistribution and market ‘solutions’. How SE movement might actualize an ontological politics is a matter of care, an attunement to how relational worlds are coming into being and maintained. As an ontological politics, SE is not about economy qua economy at all, but about creating and sustaining worlds, pluriversal realities where we can be in solidarity with other people, beings, and planetary life systems.

Navigating hope and despair in sustainability education: A reflexive roadmap for being with eco-anxiety in the classroom

In this article, we reflect on our experiences of teaching sustainability in management education in an emergent context of increasing and pervasive eco-anxiety. Our collaborative autoethnographic enquiry stemmed from the tensions we experienced in our desire to present a realistic view of the future to students, while still maintaining their (and our) sense of hope and agency. While sustainability in management education has long acknowledged the need to engage learners’ hearts and hands as well as their heads, the challenges of effectively integrating the emotional (heart) dimension in the classroom have remained under-explored in the literature. We develop the findings of our collaborative autoethnography into a framework that provides insights for educators navigating the range of emotional responses evoked in the sustainability in management education classroom. This framework acts as a roadmap, based around five spheres of practice, that will aid sustainability in management education educators in making more conscious and deliberate choices about their teaching practice within the complex context of eco-anxiety.

Mirrors and Lamps: Yeats’s Vision and the Logic of the Palimpsest

This study aims to provide a novel understanding of W. B. Yeats’s systematic view of reality and human experience, generally referred to as his Vision. De Man’s deconstructive reading of Yeats has demonstrated that this vision operates according to a particular mode of logic that differs radically from the standard economy of binary oppositions. Building on de Man’s findings, and with reference to Shelley’s poem “Witch of Atlas,” this paper attempts to re-configure the primary-antithetical structure of Yeats’s Vision in terms of ‘repetition with-in difference,’ interpreting his view of personal and historical reality as a ‘graft’ of lives and destinies—layer upon layer, none erased yet all under-erasure, like a palimpsest. In this respect, the fatalistic strain within Yeats’s vision is read as a heterogeneous play of Fate and Destiny. The remainder of the paper thoroughly examines Yeats’s iconic metaphor of mirror vs. the lamp regarding the role of the poet as imitator vs. creator and the theological analogy of the poet as God. Applying the insights derived from the study, and with reference to Goethe’s idea of “repeated reflection,” the lamp-mirror divide is argued to be governed by the undecidable logic of the palimpsest.

Islamic Worldview dan Urgensinya

This article seeks to describe Islam as a worldview as a driving force for change for Muslims, not just a religion that pays attention to creed and ritual issues. As a worldview, Islam has an integrated view of physical and non-physical reality. The method used in this article is an explanatory qualitative method with a generative approach that identifies in detail the urgency of the Islamic Worldview. This article uses an analysis of literature studies by comparing and reviewing several literature such as textbooks, scientific journals, and others related to the Islamic Worldview. The result of this paper is that Islam as a worldview is closely related conceptually to all human activities as social, intellectual, and religious beings which makes faith in God very important and the most important element. The first key is faith, the purity of knowledge from the Qur'an and the transformation of scientific customs then channeled with the senses as well as common sense.

Indigenous women entrepreneurs

This paper gathers extensive information on indigenous women entrepreneurs worldwide and serves as a precursor for a book on indigenous women entrepreneurs to be written and published later this year and focusing on that said population of women entrepreneurs in Canada. The focus in this paper includes a comprehensive literature review, a panoramic view of relevant statistics and futuristic position, with a simultaneous realistic view of directions to pursue furthering and building on the scant research that is available on this very important topic.

Empirical Evidence of the Cost of Capital under Risk Conditions for Thermoelectric Power Plants in Brazil

This article analyzed the cost of capital under risk conditions for thermoelectric plants in Brazil, applying the Capital Asset Pricing Model—CAPM and the Weighted Average Capital Cost—WACC. To estimate the local CAPM, we used information from the Electric Energy Index—IEE of publicly traded companies in the electricity sector in Brazil and for the global CAPM, we observed the companies associated with the Edison Electric Institute—EEI, listed on the New York Stock Exchange—NYSE and at the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations—NASDAQ—USA. The risk conditions for capital costs were represented by Monte Carlo simulation using, as a basis, the WACC of a fuel oil thermoelectric plant and the local and global CAPM. The main results show that the IEE and EEI companies obtained a positive average daily return. Due to the Brazil risk, under deterministic conditions, the local WACC (11.13% p.a.) was more attractive to investors when compared to the global WACC (10.32% p.a.) and the regulatory WACC of 10.55% p.a., established by the National Electric Energy Agency—ANEEL. The most risk-sensitive input variables were: unleveraged beta, net debt and equity. Under risk conditions observed by the market from the point of view of Brazilian companies, the chances of the WACC of the fuel oil thermoelectric plant being 11.1% p.a. was 68.30% and from a global perspective, the chance of WACC being 10.32% p.a. was 99.51%. It is concluded that the cost of capital under risk conditions provides a more realistic view of decision-making for privately held companies.

Perceptions and assessments of socialism versus the US System: experimental evidence

ABSTRACT We address three main research questions in this paper. Do U.S. citizens have a realistic view of the U.S. political and economic system? Do citizens have a realistic view of what socialism looks like in most other Western style democracies? And finally, are differences between perception and reality modified by partisan identification and ideology? We run survey experiments with college students in two national universities located in the South in which we randomly ask respondents to evaluate political and economic systems based on either a label (“Socialism” or “The US System”) or a reasonable description of these systems’ main characteristics. Results. Across all participants, the label “Socialism” is slightly less preferred, but respondents are neutral between descriptions of a Socialist system and the current US system. Partisan and ideological differences are evident, however, as Democrats and Liberals rank the descriptions and labels of each system equally (indicating positive perceptions of Socialism), while Republicans and Conservatives assess the description of Socialism much more favorably than the mere label. Our results suggest that partisans do not simply differ in their evaluation of Socialism, but in the conception of what Socialism is. There also appear to be discrepancies in perceptions among partisans about how the US political and economic system is organized, but surprising agreement in evaluating the system as it exists.

War, Peace, And (In)Justice In The Nuclear Age

Russia’s war against Ukraine has created a watershed moment for Europe. The coming weeks and months will decide what kind of peace and security order will shape the old continent. The prominence of nuclear weapons will likely increase in the years ahead. Mutual deterrence between NATO and Russia will be the military component to what may soon turn out to be a new Cold War dividing Europe. While this is already bad news news, Ukraine’s fate has again exposed the system of nuclear deterrence as highly unjust and precarious. The consequences of that sorry state of affairs might soon create additional injustices on a global scale. A realistic view must come to the conclusion that we do not have the time to fight another Cold War.

Understanding Realist Reviews for Medical Education.

Understanding Realist Reviews for Medical Education.

Coherent experiment in the lyrics of Dmitry Bykov: reception experience

Modern lyrics in the unfolding of the main names are many-sided and diverse. The main guidelines of this literary form are aimed at aesthetically overcoming the dialogue with the indisputable classics, however, a number of authors create an oppositional version, form a new, alternative view of reality. The lyrics of Igor Guberman, Vladimir Stepanov, Igor Irtenyev, Olga Sedakova, Denis Osokin, Vera Pavlova, Dmitry Bykov look original, in their own way, in the mode of transformation of meanings. The lyrical narrative of these authors becomes the sphere of reduplications. In addition to the meaning, which tends to the transcendent canvas, there is also an internal highway, focused on a more subtle manifestation of the author's position. Contrasting from the presented series of poets is the name of Dmitry Bykov, who raises acute social issues, oppositional puts the extremes of the present. The methodology of text analysis in this work correlates with the principles of empirical evaluation, receptive aesthetics. Released in 2021, Dmitry Bykov's collection Draw. 20:20 becomes the literary base of the article. It seems that D. Bykov creates a kind of coherent experiment in this collection, because most of the forms are response to modern events, an oppositional word, supposed dialogue / contact, created conceivable perspective, spiritual rebirth, real story. It seems that the formal component of Dmitry Bykov's lyrics does not obscure the semantic parallelism. On the contrary, the poet's voice sounds indifferent, passionate, holistic, convergent. The material can be useful in the study of the literary process of the early twentieth century, the latest poetry, the work of Dmitry Bykov. The objective component of the work is aimed at determining a number of aesthetic, ideological, literary preferences of the specified author. Thus, the article is an attempt to verify the artistic markers of modernity, to combine them with the unchanging sphere of classical lyrics.

Nostalgia and political analysis: A perspective from the Israeli case

I argue here for the relevance and importance of the study of nostalgia for political analysis. Focusing on the case of Israel, I propose that a study of nostalgia can yield, at least in the case at hand, insightful views of political reality that other approaches to the study of politics may fail to expose. Specifically, I focus on a nostalgia prevalent among the dominant Ashkenazi ethno-class, accompanied by a Mizrahi ‘counter’ nostalgia. I argue that these nostalgias tell us volumes – like other nostalgias can do – about the ways people and their socio-political groups understand their world and their place within it in the present and formulate their hopes for the future. In this, nostalgia proves to be an important part of the toolkit of the study of politics, alongside the study of political myth and symbols.

Sustainable Recovery, Recycle of Critical Metals and Rare Earth Elements from Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (Circuits, Solar, Wind) and Their Reusability in Additive Manufacturing Applications: A Review

The demand for high-efficiency, low-energy consumption materials, with high durability and stability, has led to the rapid increase of the demand and prices of Rare Earth Elements (REE). The REE monopoly of some countries has held the shift of humanity towards sustainability and renewable energy sources back. The isolation, recovery, and recycle of REE from waste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE) constitute the disengagement strategy and can lead to significant economic benefits, via sustainability. The introduction of critical raw materials (RM), derived from WEEE, as additives to filaments used for the synthesis of composite materials, employed by Additive Manufacturing (AM) applications, has tremendous potential for the performance and the commercialization of the final products by adding unique characteristics, such as antibacterial properties, enhanced mechanical and magnetic properties, and thermal and electrical conductivity. The low cost of the recycled RM, the small numbers of process stages, and the inception of a zero-waste paradigm, present its upscalability, with a realistic view to its industrial employment. Although there are many articles in literature that have reviewed WEEE recycle, a comprehensive review on the conditions, parameters, procedure flow charts, and novel properties of the final composite materials with regards to every RM is missing.

Psychoanalysis, the Sufi, and the Story

Psychoanalysis, the Sufi, and the Story

中国大学生择偶取向对婚恋观的影响研究

Based on the literature research and exploration on love and marriage in recent years, this study divides Chinese university students' views of love into three types, romantic, realistic and traditional views. At the same time, in the process of literature research, it is also found that three types of views of love and marriage are affected by different choices of spouse. This study chooses five choices of spouse, which have obvious influence on the view of love: communication, responsibility, physiognomy, capability and economic condition. By using the empirical method and referring to the questionnaire of choices of spouse and views of love and marriage prepared by predecessors, through the survey of 421 Chinese university students, it is found that the three types of university students' view of love are affected by different choices of spouse. Communication, responsibility and physiognomy have significant influence on university students with romantic view of love. Physiognomy, capability and economy significantly affect the realistic view of love. Economy, physiognomy and responsibility have a significant impact on the traditional view of love. Economy and physiognomy have a positive impact on the traditional view of love, and responsibility has a positive impact on the traditional view of love and marriage. Through the results of this study, the characteristics of Chinese university students' view of love and marriage are inferred: traditional and realistic views of love are coexisting; conservative and opening ideas are mingling.

The Muslim Resolutions: Bosniak Responses to World War Two Atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (by Hikmet Karčić, Ferid Dautović, and Ermin Sinanović, eds.)

In the 1912 tome Unsere Zukunft: Ein Mahnwort an das deutsche Volk, Friedrich von Bernhardi once wrote: “war is the highest expression in life of a truly cultured people” (55). This book would argue for a more nuanced view of reality. In 1941 Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy invaded royal Yugoslavia and established a puppet regime called the ‘Independent State of Croatia’ (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, or NDH). This polity included all of modern Bosnia-Hercegovina and included nearly one million indigenous Muslims. The dictatorship was led by an extremist Roman Catholic nationalist faction who initiated a campaign of brutal violence against citizens of the Serb Orthodox church and others, many of whom then turned their anger towards the mostly unarmed Muslim civilians. A cycle of religio-communal brutality erupted and several Islamic scholars and Muslim leaders signed a number of formal public resolutions: these documents resolutely condemned the bloodshed and carnage, and called on the authorities to enforce justice and peace, law and order. In retrospect, it was an act of remarkable courage and bravery.

Experimental violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality with a single-spin system

Investigation the boundary between quantum mechanical description and classical realistic view is of fundamental importance. The Leggett-Garg inequality provides a criterion to distinguish between quantum systems and classical systems, and can be used to prove the macroscopic superposition state. A larger upper bound of the LG function can be obtained in a multi-level system. Here, we present an experimental violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality in a three-level system using nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond by ideal negative result measurement. The experimental maximum value of Leggett-Garg function is $K_{3}^{exp}=1.625\pm0.022$ which exceeds the L\"uders bound with a $5\sigma$ level of confidence.

Using Traffic Simulation for Level of Service Traveller Perception Studies

Level of service (LOS) classifications of traffic oper-ational conditions play a significant role in roadway-im-provement funding decisions. Traveller perception of LOS should be consistent with traffic analysis values to avoid undermining the public confidence in the transpor-tation agency decisions. Research methods to study trav-eller perceptions range from in-vehicle videos to focus groups and surveys. These methods have different advan-tages, but all suffer from time and/or cost inefficiencies for collecting data sets across a wide range of operating conditions. This paper describes a novel method to study this topic with increased time and cost efficiency. This new method combines traffic microsimulation and 3-D visualisation capabilities. The focus of this paper is to provide guidance on how to apply traffic microsimula-tion and computer 3-D visualisation to evaluate highway trip quality from a traveller’s perspective. It discusses the creation of the simulation environment to produce a real-istic view from the vehicle’s cabin interior, including the network creation, landscaped area, dashboard speedom-eter, and rear-view mirror. The authors also propose an automated method for choosing an appropriate vehicle within the simulated traffic stream, such that the desired overall traffic stream conditions are conveyed to the trav-eller vehicle within the field of view.

ASAS-NANP symposium: mathematical modeling in animal nutrition: limitations and potential next steps for modeling and modelers in the animal sciences.

The field of animal science, and especially animal nutrition, relies heavily on modeling to accomplish its day-to-day objectives. New data streams ("big data") and the exponential increase in computing power have allowed the appearance of "new" modeling methodologies, under the umbrella of artificial intelligence (AI). However, many of these modeling methodologies have been around for decades. According to Gartner, technological innovation follows five distinct phases: technology trigger, peak of inflated expectations, trough of disillusionment, slope of enlightenment, and plateau of productivity. The appearance of AI certainly elicited much hype within agriculture leading to overpromised plug-and-play solutions in a field heavily dependent on custom solutions. The threat of failure can become real when advertising a disruptive innovation as sustainable. This does not mean that we need to abandon AI models. What is most necessary is to demystify the field and place a lesser emphasis on the technology and more on business application. As AI becomes increasingly more powerful and applications start to diverge, new research fields are introduced, and opportunities arise to combine "old" and "new" modeling technologies into hybrids. However, sustainable application is still many years away, and companies and universities alike do well to remain at the forefront. This requires investment in hardware, software, and analytical talent. It also requires a strong connection to the outside world to test, that which does, and does not work in practice and a close view of when the field of agriculture is ready to take its next big steps. Other research fields, such as engineering and automotive, have shown that the application power of AI can be far reaching but only if a realistic view of models as whole is maintained. In this review, we share our view on the current and future limitations of modeling and potential next steps for modelers in the animal sciences. First, we discuss the inherent dependencies and limitations of modeling as a human process. Then, we highlight how models, fueled by AI, can play an enhanced sustainable role in the animal sciences ecosystem. Lastly, we provide recommendations for future animal scientists on how to support themselves, the farmers, and their field, considering the opportunities and challenges the technological innovation brings.

Beyond Profitable Shifts to Green Energies, towards Energy Sustainability

The traditional carbon-based approach towards sustainability has long caused the concepts of green and sustainable energies to be used interchangeably. Recent studies have tried to advance this archaic view by considering more aspects of sustainability. However, almost all major studies have been concerned with only the economic and environmental aspects of electricity generation, whereas the concept of sustainability is beyond these two criteria. In this paper, we seek to provide a methodology for a more comprehensive definition of electricity generation sustainability based on the lessons learned from previous studies and additional metrics suggested by them. The main characteristics of select electricity generation technologies were studied, and their environmental, economic, social, and technical criteria as well as the uncertainties associated with them were selected as the four major factors in our paper. It has also been argued that the utilization of regional resources in addition to the inherent characteristics of electricity generation technologies is vital in providing a realistic view of sustainability. Of the sustainability assessment methods previously introduced, the Relative Aggregate Footprint (RAF) method was used in conjunction with the previously selected criteria as the basis of the study due to its ability to incorporate additional criteria and regional considerations. As such, the framework for sustainability assessment presented in this research accounts for major criteria identified in the literature and takes the available regional resources that affect the feasibility of each electricity technology into account. This study paves the way for the presentation of new guidelines for the creation of more comprehensive electricity generation sustainability measures to distinguish between the concepts of green and profitable vs. sustainable energies to support the development of sustainable energy portfolios.