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Anna Arkhipova, Pavel Hok, Pavel Hok et al.

Creativity has been consensually defined as an ability to produce novel and original ideas/works, a definition shared both by the general public and among scholars. Since creativity is one of the most important and unique cognitive constructs seen in human beings, ways to enhance creativity have fascinated researchers across a broad range of human knowledge domains - from the arts and the humanities to science and technology. The functional process of creativity has been actively discussed not only in psychology, but also in neuroscience, where research is uncovering its neural correlates. A great amount of neuroimaging research has focused on describing anatomical and functional adaptations in the brain following various types of cognitive learning and training, e.g., classes of visual art or music composition, courses of drawing, calligraphy or playing musical instruments. A consistent underlying mechanism of domain-specific creativity has not yet been revealed due to difficulties in defining creativity or due to lack of generalizability across different modalities. On the other hand, recent studies suggest that there is a relationship between domain-general creativity and functional connectivity in particular brain networks. In this review, we discuss whether there is evidence for brain plasticity induced by training in creativity and associated behavioral changes, as well as whether the observed brain changes are consistent with the studies of neurobiological underpinnings of creativity and the changes induced by cognitive training.

Jinxiu Yi, Yan Jiang, Shasha Wang et al.

Consumption-led economic growth is crucial for enhancing economic resilience, improving social welfare, and fostering endogenous drivers for innovative development. The purpose of this study is to develop a novel multi-criteria evaluation framework to assess the level of consumption-led economic development in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. Initially, an evaluation system for consumption-led economic development is constructed across five dimensions: economic autonomy, demand structure, consumption level, consumption structure, and consumption environment. The evaluation framework based on the Vertical and Horizontal Scatter Degree and Entropy Method (VHSD-EM), is then applied to analyze the development level of consumption-led patterns in the core cities of the Yangtze River Delta in China from 2015 to 2021. The empirical results reveal significant disparities in consumption-led economic development among the cities. In 2021, Shanghai achieved the highest comprehensive score (7.83), followed by Hangzhou, Suzhou, Hefei, Ningbo, and Nanjing. The average score for the region was 7.37, suggesting that the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration is transitioning toward a consumption-led growth model, with some cities exhibiting characteristics of a high-mass consumption stage. However, the development stages vary across cities, reflecting differences in economic structure and policy focus. Finally, several recommendations are suggested based on the numerical analysis.

Min Li, Yingying Chen

Conversation openings are crucial for effective daily communication. However, existing research predominantly focuses on their sequential structures, with little attention given to their linguistic features and variations across different genres. To address this gap, the present study examines conversation openings from four perspectives (i.e., grammatical forms, sentential types, semantic categories, and social actions) by constructing a corpus of English TV dramas. The corpus comprises dialogues from popular TV series shown in recent years with high Internet Movie Database (IMDb) ratings, totaling 530 conversation openings in three generic settings: educational, medical, and judicial. To ensure data accuracy and reliability, the study employed comprehensive data processing and rigorous analysis using software tools such as AntConc 3.5 and IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0. The findings reveal that full sentences are more prevalent than elliptical ones, with declarative and interrogative sentences being the most frequently used. Speakers tend to favor other-oriented utterances, with requests and greetings emerging as the most common social actions. Additionally, the study identifies significant influences of factors such as gender, familiarity, and social status on the structure and use of conversation openings.

Kana Kuraguchi, Kanon Fujimoto, Kosuke Taniguchi

Perceived cuteness motivates people to approach cute objects, but no evidence exists of unconscious approach behavior toward objects. Given the unconscious responses associated with cuteness perception, an unconscious drive to physically approach cute objects is likely to occur. However, approach behavior may or may not occur depending on whether or not the perceived cute object is an adult, a baby, or a non-human. In this study, we recruited 24 participants and conducted a correlation study between cuteness ratings and body sway to examine whether or not the approach response is dependent on perceived cuteness. Results showed that the approach or avoidance response to cute objects was observed only in women. For babies, the approach response occurred regardless of the degree of cuteness, but for adult female faces, the cuter the face, the more the avoidance response occurred. For non-human images, the cuter the image, the more the approach response occurred only in early period of observation time. These results suggest that cuteness perception controls physical distance differently depending on the target of evaluation.

Muhammad Amiruddin, Hendy Rifki Saputra Arifin, Syahrul Ramadan et al.

Perkembangan teknologi sedemikian rupa ini tidak terlepas dari banyaknya pemanfaatan teknologi yang memudahkan kehidupan manusia. Akibat dari perkembangan teknologi juga berdampak di dunia pendidikan yang salah satunya yaitu ujian yang berbasis computer di tingkat sekolah dasar sebagai pengganti dari ujian yang berbasis alat tulis. SDN 1 Gadingkulon merupakan salah satu sekolah dasar yang juga harus memanfaatkan teknologi berbasis computer untuk pembelajaran dan ujian namun banyak siswa yang belum dapat mengorasikannya dengan baik. oleh seban itu sosialisasi dan pendampingan oleh tim pengabdian KKN di SDN 1 Gadingkulon sangat diperlukan. Metode pengabdian ini menggunakan metode Scientific yang dirancang untuk mengkonsep sebuah pemahaman sekaligus praktik. hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa sosialisasi dilakukan pada siswa kelas 5 dan 6 SDN 1 Gadingkulon berjalan dengan baik. Dilanjutkan dengan pengenalan fitur Microsoft Word beserta fungsi dan penggunaan. Kesimpulan kegiatan pengabdian ini ialah sosialisasi dan pendampingan berjalan dengan efektif dan memberikan dampak yang signifikan pada siswa setelah terlaksananya kegiatan tersebut. Sebanyak 90 persen siswa telah mampu mengoperasikan computer terutama pada ujian sekolah yang sebelumnya siswa tidak mengetahui tata cara pengoperasian teknologi computer.

Mengli Zhang, Tianwei Zhang

Abstract This article examines the linguistic landscapes (LL) of two communities in Beijing, China, to investigate the agency and structure embodied in them. A geosemiotic and discursive approach is employed to the collected data based on geosemiotics and discursive frame. It reveals the LL in the surveyed communities in Beijing can be mainly divided into three discursive frames: the civic frame, the promotional frame, and the livelihood frame, each with its own exclusive geosemiotic characteristics of agency and structure. A separate examination of each frame reveals the specific representations of and interactions between agency and structural factors within each one. Furthermore, a longitudinal analysis of these three frames indicates the existence of a concrete dynamic equilibrium relationship between agency and structure. It can be summarized that one of the existing landscape construction modes in the communities in Beijing is characterized by the balanced agency-structure dynamics, which can serve as a reference for LL construction and research in other regions.

Anh Thi Tram Le, Thao Viet Tran, Trang Mai Tran et al.

Scientific research is the important task of lecturers in universities. However, university lecturers often struggle to balance research and teaching and focus more on teaching than research. In addition, the motivation for lecturers to do research is a little. This article surveys lecturers at some universities in Vietnam to find the factors that motivate lecturers to do science. The motivating factors include intrinsic factors (creativity, passion…), extrinsic factors (financial, promotion ..), and barriers to the scientific research activities of lecturers. Research results show that intrinsic and extrinsic factors positively impact the scientific research activities of lecturers, and the barrier factors negatively affect the research activities of lectures. Based on the research results, the authors make some suggestions to strengthen further the research activities of lecturers at universities in Vietnam.

Latifa Menadi Al-Kaabi

انطلاقًا من إطار التجسير؛ أحد الأطر الاستراتيجية الخمسة التي يعمل في ضوئها مركز ابن خلدون للعلوم الإنسانية والاجتماعي بجامعة قطر، ويعني إيجاد حالة من التفاعل المنهجي بين فروع العلوم الاجتماعية والإنسانية المختلفة فيما بين تلك الأطر؛ أقام مركز ابن خلدون دورة علمية بعنوان: «مداخل إلى العلوم الاجتماعية» ضمن فعالية «أسبوع مركز ابن خلدون للعلوم الإنسانية والاجتماعية» على مدار سبعة أيام من 23-29 أكتوبر، شارك في تقديمها سبعة أساتذة رائدين في اختصاصاتهم. تقوم فكرة الدورة على أن المعرفة العلمية الاجتماعية معرفة متداخلة بطبيعتها، وأن الاكتفاء في البناء العلمي على التخصص الدقيق يؤدي ببعض الأكاديميين والباحثين إلى أن يحصروا أنفسهم في زاوية نظر معزولة عن سياقها المعرفي والمنهجي؛ مما يتطلب من المختصين في مختلف العلوم، أن تكون لهم دراية بالعلوم الأخرى؛ ولو على مستوى المداخل، لتتشكل لهم صورة عن خارطة المعرفة بحقولها ومناهجها المختلفة، وليتمكنوا من القيام بعملهم العلمي والبحثي عن وعي بهذا التعقيد والترابط بين العلوم. وفي هذا السياق تأتي فكرة هذه الدورة في توفير مداخل للعلوم الاجتماعية لغير المختصين، وذلك لتمكينهم من فهمٍ أفضل وأدق لظواهر المجتمع التي يعملون على دراستها والتي لا يمكن فهمها والتعامل معها دون توفيت حد أدنى من المعرفة بحقل العلوم الإنسانية والاجتماعية ومناهجه وأدواته التي طورها لفهم المجتمع وظواهره ومؤسساته.

Chenyuan Teng, Chenyuan Teng, Yichao Ding et al.

Bushing is an indispensable component in high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project. As the main insulating material possesses poor thermal conductivity and negative temperature coefficient (NTC) electrical resistivity, HVDC bushing suffers from the distortion of electro-thermal-coupled fields. Therefore, it is urgent to reveal the influence of electrical resistivity-temperature characteristic and thermal conductivity on the DC electric field distribution within bushing insulation, guiding the design and application advanced insulating materials. Here, the simulation of temperature and DC electric field distribution within a 400 kV bushing are carried out. The results show that the optimization of NTC effect and thermal conductivity of an insulating material is able to obtain a more uniform electric field distribution through homogenizing the electric resistivity distribution within bushing insulation. The activation energy of the insulating material has a similar variation trend with the maximum electric field within bushing insulation, which has a potential to represent the temperature dependence of electrical resistivity of insulating materials. It also shows that the reduction of DC electric field by increasing the thermal conductivity has a saturation feature. As a result, the suppression of the NTC effect should be considered together to obtain a smaller electric field within HVDC bushing. The research study provides a new idea to regulate the DC electric field distribution, which is beneficial to the design of advanced insulating materials.

Hossein Qashqaee

A critical study on works that have scientific content will lead to the growth and development in a field of knowledge. Having a right understanding of legal articles depends on referring to the original texts from those laws that have been enacted. One major shortcoming of this book is that only some minor religious sources were pointed out to interpret a legal article, while to review a legal article, it is essential to see all the documents and resources, or all legal reasons should be investigated. At least, well-known fatwas available at the time of the law must be examined because it can be considerably helpful. Foundations and presuppositions of any legal article are appropriate with a legal system, and for the interpretation of every legal article, the special legal system should be considered and examined.

Rosalba Frias-Navarro, Luz Alexandra Montoya-Restrepo

The purpose of this research was to identify how the knowledge creation process (KCP) takes place among Suyusama, an organization that carries out specific extension functions and advisory services, and the rural communities in Nariño, Colombia. Specifically, the study determined how new knowledge was created, disseminated, and materialized into products, services or systems. Colombia, as a country emerging from conflict, faces considerable challenges to improve rural livelihoods in its agricultural sector. To gain productivity and food security within a sustainable management of natural resources requires a conceptual framework for planning and implementing programs to strengthen agricultural extension and advisory systems. Grounded Theory Methodology was employed in order to create theory from the systematic analysis of data, obtained from field observations and in-depth interviews with members of the local community organizations. The result was a theoretical explanation of the KCP that occurs from the autonomous work of the community with the accompaniment of a mentor organization in a multicultural and diverse meeting scenario, where the dialogue of knowledge and cooperation is promoted by integrating traditional and contemporary knowledge. This work is also an academic contribution to exemplify the distinction between tacit and explicit knowledge and the interorganizational ontological dimension in which a knowledge -creation spiral takes place in a rural context.

Edgar Bolívar-Urueta

Lcdo. José Manuel Gómez .

Los docentes deberían emplear técnicas e instrumentos para recoger información, como los cuestionarios, las pautas de entrevistas y otras herramientas en la investigación de manera virtual. Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo interpretar las experiencias de diseño de instrumentos en la virtualidad, de los docentes de educación, de la Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda (UNEFM). El método fue etnográfico, informantes clave los docentes de la UNEFM. El resultado fue la experiencia en el diseño virtual precisar dos criterios; el propósito del instrumento, el cual se refiere a la postura metodológica y el paradigma asumido, el otro criterio es referente a la interactividad tecnológica, la muestra del docente en su desempeño de técnicas y métodos de investigación, que son las herramientas útiles y necesarias para asumir posiciones responsables dentro de los ambientes virtuales que presenta la institución

Jan Święch

<p><strong> </strong></p><p> Muzealnictwo na wolnym powietrzu zrewolucjonizowało sposób prezentacji kultur nieelitarnych. Tych kontekstowych ekspozycji jest w Europie ponad dwa tysiące. Doświadczenia prekursorów tych placówek w państwach skandynawskich wzbogacane były przez muzeologów kolejnych krajów, w których muzea na wolnym powietrzu powstawały. W prowadzanych rozważaniach zwrócono uwagę na olbrzymi wysiłek polskich tego typu muzeów w rozbudowie sektorów infrastruktury usługowej. Dokonane w tym zakresie realizacje w ostatnich dwóch dekadach, pozwalają na wykorzystanie w pełni do celów dydaktycznych bardzo dobre zasadnicze ekspozycje muzealne. W tych ostatnich na szczególną uwagę zasługują praktyki związane z prezentacją obcych grup etnicznych i narodowych oraz sposoby aranżacji wnętrz chłopskich. I tak podkreślono, że we wszystkich większych polskich placówkach prezentowane są ekspozycje poświęcone obcym grupom etnicznym i narodowym. Przedstawiono też systematykę tych ekspozycji, podkreślając jednocześnie, że w tym zakresie polscy muzeolodzy osiągnęli rezultaty, które mogą być wzorem dla tego typ placówek w Europie. Podobną rekomendację wystawiono aranżacji wnętrz chłopskich. Wyjątkowa dbałość o szczegół etnograficzny, zabiegi imitujące „życie”, zmienność aranżacji wnętrz zgodnych z rokiem obrzędowym to praktyki najwyższej jakości, rzadko spotykane w większości europejskich muzeów na wolnym powietrzu.<strong></strong></p>

Richard Campanella

Early one September morning in 1975, in a quiet Metairie subdivision west of Transcontinental Drive, a ranch house suddenly exploded in a fireball so powerful it damaged 20 neighboring buildings and broke windows a mile away. The house plus four adjacent homes were reduced to rubble, and 11 people were seriously injured.

Síofra McSherry

This paper focuses on material and financial gifts received by the American modernist poet Marianne Moore (1887-1972) under the auspices of patronage. Extrapolated from Moore’s letters, archival ephemera, and the work of her biographers, Moore’s main patronage relationships are analyzed as gift exchange cycles encompassing financial support, material gifts, and the writing produced by the poet. The reading draws from ethnographic literature on the gift economy in the tradition of Marcel Mauss, Claude Lévi-Strauss, and Lewis Hyde. After a brief outline of the role of the patron in the avant-garde circles of the early 1920s, Moore's interactions with several key benefactors are examined: Scofield Thayer, James Sibley Watson Jr., and Bryher. The paper aims to demonstrate first, how patronage may be considered a gift economy, outlining the effects and functions of such a system, and second, how such a reading may assist in the interpretation of patronage interactions.

Claudia Megale

[The “gift of free will” in the Third Inaugural Oratio: Similarities and Differences with Jean Bodin]. This paper intends to emphasize the position of Vico between knowledge and liberty with reference to modern concept of respublica literaria. We are still far from Voltaire’s Traité, but the political influences of the theory of religious tolerance had found full expression already at the end of the XVIth century, expecially by Jean Bodin, whose Colloquium Heptaplomeres (1593) is analyzed by the author and compared with Vico’s Oratio III.

Adrian TĂNASE, Diana TĂNASE

This paper aims at analysing the main aspects related to the labour market. It starts by several theoretical aspects in relation with the human capital and labour market, and continues by the investigation of labour productiveness and of unemployment rate, revealing at the same time the correlation between the education level and the insertion to the labour market. Furthermore, a comparative survey is conducted regarding the efficiency of the labour market in Romania and in the other EU countries. The paper ends by forwarding a series of conclusions related to the labour market in Romania, identifying several measures meant to boost the labour market competitiveness in our country. The methods used in the present paper are the interpretative method, the structural-systemic approach, as well as the epistemological method.

José Dias Sobrinho

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