153 research outputs found
Chinese Vaccine Diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Continuities and Rupture in Beijing’s Soft Power Prospects
No full text© The Author(s) 2023.This article examines China’s vaccine drive in Eastern Mediterranean countries of Türkiye, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories during 2020–2021 from a soft power angle. 1 Although Chinese COVID-19 era health diplomacy is presented as a major breakthrough in the West, this study argues that continuities are more visible in the Eastern Mediterranean context with regard to China’s discourse and diplomatic practices. Beijing invested in the existing notions of propaganda, such as solidarity with developing countries, anti-Americanism, and economic partnership. In assessing the impact of Chinese vaccine diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean, the study investigates major diplomatic events and concludes that China could not improve its image in Türkiye in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Psychology of Morality
Full text linkFive questions regarding the nature of the moral sense, the origin of conscience, the development of morality, variability in the moral sense, and the relation of morality to behavior are examined from the point of view of four theoretical approaches (psychoanalytic theory, social learning theory, cognitive-developmental theory, and evolutionary psychology). In addition, some concepts and findings from outside the four approaches are also touched upon. The moral sense is shown to be complex, comprising cognitions, feelings, and behaviors. The theoretical approaches disagree regarding the issues of whether conscience directly reflects social teaching, or is constructed by the developing individual. They also disagree on whether moral development is incremental or stagewise. Explanations of individual, gender, and cultural differences in morality differ across the four approaches. None of the approaches explains the relation of behavior to morality; rather, application of social psychological theories is suggested. More recent developments are briefly reviewed, supporting the view that the evolutionary approach and its extensions have become dominant in the field in recent years. Focus on social relations rather than individuals, emphasis on emotions rather than reason or action, pluralist views of the bases of morality, and functions of morality in group competition are highlighted as aspects of the newer approaches
Jet Production in the Very Forward Direction at 13 TeV with CMS
No full textThe new frontier collision energy ~TeV of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the Run II has important key points in particle physics. Forward jets, abundantly produced in proton-proton () collisions, are useful tools to test Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) predictions at low values of parton momentum fraction . Measurement of the differential inclusive jet production cross section in the very forward direction is a powerful benchmark to study multiple partonic interactions (MPI) in collisons. The very forward jet measurement is performed with the CMS detector in a special early run at 13 TeV taken with T. The results are corrected to stable particle level and compared to several Monte Carlo (MC) model predictions
Peningkatan Produktivitas Pegawai Melaui Peningkatan Motivasi dan Kepuasan Kerja
Full text linkThe working motivation of official at Fishery and Ocean Office in East Lampung District is not optimum. It is indicated by low of responsibility to complete their duty. The official of Fishery and Ocean Office in East Lampung District can not optimally use their capability and potential to do their job. The collaboration amang officials is not solid and can not give satisfaction optimally. The result of this research shows that the working motivation at Fishery and Ocean Office in East Lampung District is good. It is showed by frequency spread which the number of respondent that agree is 73.07 percent. The working satisfaction at Fishery and Ocean Office in East Lampung District is generally good.Motivasi kerja pegawai Dinas Kelautan dan Perikanan Kabupaten Lampung Timur belum maksimal yang ditandai dengan masih kurangnya rasa tanggung jawab pegawai terhadap tugas. Pegawai Dinas Kelautan dan Perikanan Kabupaten Lampung Timur belum dapat secara maksimal mengaktualisasikan kemampuan dan potensi dirinya dalam pelaksanaan pekerjaan. Kerja sama antar pegawai dalam melaksanakan tugas masih kurang solid serta hasil kerja pegawai belum memberikan kepuasan secara maksimal. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa motivasi kerja pegawai pada Dinas Kelautan dan Perikanan Kabupaten Lampung Timur saat ini secara umum sudah baik, hal ini juga ditunjukkan oleh sebaran frekuensi tertinggi yaitu yang menjawab setuju sebanyak 73,07 persen. Pada variabel kepuasan kerja, secara umum kepuasan kerja pada Dinas Kelautan dan Perikanan Kabupaten Lampung Timur saat ini sudah baik.
Strategi Meningkatkan Semangat Kerja Melaui Perbaikan Motivasi dan Penempatan Pegawai
Full text linkFunctional groups in general position has the ability, skills, professionalism and dedication of the nature of high despite salary / wages and incomes do not differ from the structural position. Besides functional groups in general office located in remote places in the district / district / village in Lampung province with minimum facilities. Based on observations, obtained information that describes the motivation of employees is not in line with expectations due to staffing not liking. On the other hand felt the symptoms of declining employee morale within the office of the Directorate General of Taxes Bengkulu and Lampung. Two main factors are tested as factors that affect employee morale and motivation of staff placement. Motivational factors of work and staffing partially and simultaneously provide a significant impact on morale. The two independent variables are simultaneously able to explain 58.8% variation of the accuracy of employee morale factor. Likewise partially, both motivational factors and work placement employees have a strong relationship and significant employee morale.Kelompok jabatan fungsional secara umum memiliki kemampuan, keterampilan sifat profesionalisme dan dedikasi yang tinggi walaupun gaji/upah dan penghasilan tidak berbeda dari kelompok jabatan struktural. Disamping itu kelompok jabatan fungsional pada umumnya berkedudukan di tempat terpencil di Kabupaten/Kecamatan/Desa di Propinsi Lampung dengan fasilitas yang minim. Berdasarkan pengamatan, diperoleh keterangan yang menggambarkan motivasi pegawai masih belum sesuai dengan harapan yang disebabkan penempatan pegawai belum sesuai dengan keinginan. Di lain pihak dirasakan adanya gejala menurunnya semangat kerja pegawai di lingkungan Kanwil Direktorat Jenderal Pajak Bengkulu dan Lampung. Dua faktor utama diuji sebagai faktor yang mempengaruhi semangat kerja pegawai yaitu motivasi kerja dan penempatan pegawai. Faktor motivasi kerja dan penempatan pegawai secara parsial dan simultan memberikan pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap semangat kerja. Kedua variabel bebas tersebut secara simultan mampu menjelaskan 58,8% variasi ketepatan faktor semangat kerja pegawai. Begitupun secara parsial, baik faktor motivasi kerja maupun penempatan pegawai memiliki hubungan yang kuat dan signifikan terhadap semangat kerja pegawai.
ANALISIS KINERJA STUDENT INFORMATION SERVICES MENGGUNAKAN TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL (TAM)
Full text linkDalam perkembangan teknologi informasi khususnya pada manajemen modern saat ini semakin banyak organisasi-organisasi yang mengalihkan perhatiannya kepada pengguna dan kemudian mengorientasikan kinerjanya pada mutu pelayanan, hal ini dikarenakan sistem pelayanan merupakan hal yang paling penting serta dapat menjadi tolak ukur dan menilai sejauh mana kualitas dari sistem yang telah diterapkan. Seiring dengan berjalannya sistem, keoptimalan dari sistem yang diinginkan terkadang sulit dicapai. Bahkan tindakan-tindakan yang diperlukan untuk mencapai keoptimalan sistem tersebut sulit dijalankan dan ditindaklanjuti, hal ini dikarenakan kurangnya informasi mengenai kekurangan-kekurangan dari sistem yang sedang dijalankan. Untuk itu berdasarkan hal tersebut maka perlu dilakukannya analisa sejauh mana keoptimalan sebuah sistem pelayanan yang telah diterapkan, karena dengan adanya analisa lebih lanjut maka kekurangan dari sistem yang sedang berjalan dapat diketahui sehingga dapat dilakukan tindak lajut terhadap kekurangan sistem tersebut supaya sistem yang dihasilkan menjadi lebih optimal dan dapat meningkatkan kepuasan user. Terdapat beberapa teori yang digunakan dalam melakukan kajian terhadap adopsi teknologi informasi oleh pengguna akhir (end user) diantaranya adalah Theory of Reason Action, Theory of Planned Behaviour, Task-Technology Fit Theory, dan Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Namun dalam hal ini Technology Acceptance Model lebih banyak digunakan. Metode ini membuat model tentang bagaimana pengguna mau menerima dan menggunakan teknologi. Penerapan model TAM kedalam analisa Student Information Services ditujukan untuk mengetahui sejauh mana kualitas pelayanan serta keoptimalan dari Student Information Services tersebut. Dengan melakukan analisa lebih lanjut maka kekurangan dari sistem tersebut dapat diketahui dan dilakukan penyempurnaan terhadap sistem
Critics and Encounters in the Contemporary Social Structures
No full textIn an environment where debates on Eurocentrism have rapidly started to
increase and densify, it is possible to assert that Eurocentrism is constructed upon
dichotomies. In its essence, Eurocentrism is a discursive attitude that tends to
understand and explain non-European societies, as well as their histories and
cultures, from a European perspective. The term was first offered by Samir Amin
(2009) in his L’eurocentrisme: Critique d’une ideologie in 1988, but its implications
and roots go far back in time. In particular, criticisms that have been flamed with
Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978) created a strong ground in order to discuss
Eurocentrism. Further back in time and on the path leading up to Said’s criticisms,
the current political, economic, and social systems started to be questioned, which
were formulated in line with the perspective and needs of colonialism in the 19th
century in the process of decolonization and the establishment of nation states.
These questionings activated leftist or nationalist academics and third-worldist
intellectuals, including Amin, the author of Eurocentrism, against the universalist
positivist social theory that came back within the frameworks of modernization
theories in the 1950s. In this context, in a range of fields from economics to
history and from sociology to religious studies, alternative suggestions started
to gain shape against ways and methods of thinking which reflected European
hegemony. In our day, many studies conducted within the fields of post-colonial
studies and subaltern studies, Orientalism, and Eurocentrism have gained their
shapes through these traditions of criticism. Today it is possible to talk about an
emerging number of ways of comprehending these concepts in order to overcome
Eurocentrism. Europe has not been provincialized yet, Dipesh Chakrabarty (2000)
suggests, but the arrogant, self-interested and contemptuous evaluations have now
lost their vanity
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation: Early Childhood Initiative Grant
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Alfabenin Öyküsü
Full text linkOtto F. Ege's Alfabenin Öyküsü (The Story of the Alphabet) is a concise yet comprehensive work examining the historical development of writing systems and alphabets. The book traces the transition from primitive picture writing (pictograms), born of humanity's need to communicate, to ideograms and phonograms. Following the evolution of the Babylonian, Egyptian, Phoenician, and Greek alphabets, the author explains how these systems influenced one another and evolved into the Roman alphabet. Ege presents the origins, morphological changes, and historical journey of each letter (f-) with detailed illustrations and explanations. For instance, he notes that the letter 'A' derives from "Aleph," meaning "ox" in Phoenician, and symbolises an inverted ox head. The work emphasises that the alphabet is not merely a tool for communication but a living structure carrying the cultural and historical heritage of civilisationsOtto F. Ege'nin Alfabenin Öyküsü (The Story of the Alphabet) adlı eseri, yazı sistemlerinin ve alfabelerin tarihsel gelişimini inceleyen kısa ama kapsamlı bir çalışmadır. Kitap, insanlığın iletişim kurma ihtiyacından doğan ilkel resim yazılarından (piktogramlar) başlayarak, ideogramlara ve fonogramlara geçiş sürecini ele alır. Babil, Mısır, Fenike ve Yunan alfabelerinin evrimini takip eden yazar, bu sistemlerin birbirlerini nasıl etkilediğini ve Roma alfabesine nasıl dönüştüğünü anlatır. Ege, her bir harfin (A'dan Z'ye) kökenini, şekilsel değişimlerini ve tarihsel yolculuğunu ayrıntılı çizimler ve açıklamalarla sunar. Örneğin, 'A' harfinin Fenike dilinde "öküz" anlamına gelen "Aleph"ten türediğini ve ters çevrilmiş bir öküz başını simgelediğini belirtir. Eser, alfabenin sadece bir iletişim aracı olmadığını, aynı zamanda medeniyetlerin kültürel ve tarihsel birikimini taşıyan canlı bir yapı olduğunu vurgular
Phrasesand Names: Their Origins and Meanings
Full text linkTrench H. Johnson's Phrases and Names, Their Origins and Meanings is an encyclopedic dictionary explaining the origins and meanings of common phrases, idioms, and proper names in the English language. The author states the book's purpose is to illuminate the historical and cultural context behind terms frequently used in daily conversation but whose origins are often unknown or misunderstood. Organized alphabetically, the book covers a wide range from mythological figures (like Zantippe) to geographical place names (such as Zanzibar, Zeeland, Zurich), and from religious terms (Zoroastrianism) to slang expressions (Zounds). Each entry provides concise information on when and how the word or phrase first appeared and the historical events or figures it is based on. The work serves as a rich reference source for those interested in the evolution of language and cultural history.Trench H. Johnson'ın Phrases and Names, Their Origins and Meanings adlı eseri, İngilizce dilindeki yaygın ifadelerin, deyimlerin ve özel isimlerin kökenlerini ve anlamlarını açıklayan ansiklopedik bir sözlüktür. Yazar, eserin amacını, günlük konuşmada sıkça kullanılan ancak kökeni genellikle bilinmeyen veya yanlış bilinen terimlerin arkasındaki tarihi ve kültürel bağlamı aydınlatmak olarak belirtir. Kitap, alfabetik sırayla düzenlenmiş olup, mitolojik figürlerden (Zantippe gibi) coğrafi yer adlarına (Zanzibar, Zeeland, Zurich gibi), dini terimlerden (Zoroastrianism) argo ifadelere (Zounds) kadar geniş bir yelpazeyi kapsar. Her madde, kelimenin veya ifadenin ilk ne zaman ve nasıl ortaya çıktığına, hangi tarihsel olaylara veya kişilere dayandığına dair kısa ve öz bilgiler sunar. Eser, dilin evrimine ve kültürel tarihe ilgi duyanlar için zengin bir referans kaynağı niteliğindedir
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