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Law Without Lawyers: Examining the Limitations of Consumer-Centric Legal Tech Services
Authors: Nhemi Shila
Published: January 2024

The legal field is undergoing a disruptive change with the emergence of technology- based legal services aimed directly at serving the consumer, bypassing the need for a human lawyer. Specialized legal technologies powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) or enabled by blockchain are leading to what is being referred to as new law, new ways of interpreting, implementing, and enforcing the law. Raymond Brescia has termed this transformative period in legal history as the third wave of lawyering. This wave is characterized by a new world of law without lawyers, comparable to the banking revolution, where mobile apps and online banking platforms replaced traditional tellers. There is an emergence of a legal ecosystem where conventional legal practices coexist alongside technology-driven legal services. These legal techs hold the promise of enhancing legal and justice inclusion by providing cheaper, more convenient, and more accessible legal services compared to traditional law firms and lawyers. This paper examines the emerging legal tech field, focusing on the business- to-consumer (B2C) category.B2C legal tech refers to tools designed to provide legal services and information directly to consumers without requiring the involvement of a human lawyer. This paper explores the factors driving these disruptive changes in legal services and evaluates some of the limitations of legal tech in meeting clients’ legal needs. The author concludes that B2C legal tech is gaining traction. However, the author avers that these technologies have limitations in fully meeting the needs of their users; therefore, lawyers still play an essential role in the legal ecosystem. As legal tech continues to gain traction, specific measures need to be implemented to address some of their limitations and ensure the seamless integration of these technologies into the legal field. This paper contributes to the ongoing discourse on the future of the legal profession in the era of technological advancement.
Process Innovation and Financial Inclusion of Microfinance Customers in North Rift Region of Kenya
Authors: Chemtai Florence , Okumu Francis Omillo , Kimutai Geoffrey Kiptum
Published: January 2024

Conventional banking methods have failed to effectively address the problem of financial exclusion that contributes to poverty and income inequalities among low-income segments of the market. This study assessed the effect of processes innovation (mobile and internet banking) on financial inclusions of selected MFIs’ customers in Kenya. Specifically, the study tested if there was no statistically significant effect of mobile banking and internet banking on financial inclusions of selected MFI customers in Kenya. It was conducted among MFIs in Samburu and Turkana counties in North Rift Kenya. Explanatory research design with semi-structured questionnaires were used to collect data from customers of 10 MFIs in North Rift Kenya. Using Nassiuma’s formula, a sample of 418 respondents from a population of 2185 customers was drawn. Data was collected using questionnaires and analysed using descriptive (frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (linear regression) with the aid of SPSS. The findings showed that mobile banking had a significant effect on financial inclusion, that internet banking had no significant effect on financial inclusion, and process innovation had a significant effect on financial inclusion. Subsequently, the study recommends that the government of Kenya should develop and implement policies that promote innovation and mobile banking in Kenya. Secondly, MFI and mobile service providers should invest in mobile infrastructure and networks. The study, therefore, seeks to improve MFI strategies and systems in addressing financial inclusion that promote growth opportunities that enhance persistent incomes and economic growth among the rural and marginal people.
Possibilities for sustainable exploration of the Goiás Cerrado from the perspective of family farming in Iporá – GO
Authors: Freitas Ricardo Borges Rodrigues de , Furquim Maria Gláucia Dourado , Sousa Júnior José Carlos de , Souza Cleonice Borges de
Published: January 2024

Actions aimed at sustainable rural development must be strategically planned and implemented at the local and regional level, taking into account the particularities of the location in conjunction with the various social actors. In this sense, the present study aimed to identify possibilities for the sustainable use of native Cerrado species, by family farming in the municipality of Iporá-GO. To this end, a bibliographic survey was carried out and the Delphi method was adopted for data collection. The results indicate that agroforestry or silvopastoral systems present themselves as an attractive alternative for family producers, especially associated with the integration of species: pequi (Caryocar brasiliense), cashew (Anacardium occidentale) and palm trees such as gueroba (Syagrus oleracea), which is consistent with income generation and environmental preservation.
Mind, Biology, and Value Alignment: Precis of The Prospect of a Humanitarian Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Montemayor Carlos
Published: January 2024

This is a short sketch of some central ideas developed in my recent monograph The Prospect of a Humanitarian Artificial Intelligence, published by Bloomsbury, London 2023. The monograph is available open access at library.oapen.org/handle/20.500. 12657/61934. It illuminates the
development of AI by examining our drive to live a dignified life. It uses the notions of agency and attention to consider our pursuit of what is important. It shows how the best way to guarantee value alignment between humans and potentially intelligent machines is through attention routines
that satisfy similar needs. Setting out a theoretical framework for AI, the book acknowledges its legal, moral, and political implications and takes into account how epistemic agency differs from moral agency. Insightful comparisons between human and animal intelligence clarify why adopting
a need-based attention approach justifies a humanitarian framework. This is an urgent, timely argument for developing AI technologies based on international human rights agreements.
Flexural behavior of steel fiber reinforced slag- based geopolymer concrete beams
Authors: Raad Shaker Hussein , Al-Jaberi Layth A. , AlSaraj Wissam
Published: January 2024

This study includes tested nine reinforced concrete beams. It’s designed to fail in flexural under two-point load. All beams are classified according to the type of concrete and the percentage of PVA into three groups. The first group including four reinforced geopolymer concrete beams with percent of PVA was 0.2 %; second group including four reinforced geopolymer concrete beams with percent of PVA was 0.75 % and third group including one reinforced normal concrete beam. The results showed when comparing the geopolymer concrete beam with the normal concrete beam, noticed that the ultimate strength is equivalent to many times the normal concrete. The best percentage for improving the ultimate load for beam NO.6 (GSSB10) where the percentage of increase was 132% this beam is reinforced by steel bars 2ɸ12mm at top and 2ɸ16mm at bottom. As for the other beams, the percentage increase in ultimate load was for beam NO.1 (46%), beam NO.2 (99%), beam NO.3 (13%), beam NO.4 (60%), beam NO.5 (58%), beam NO.7 (32%) and beam NO.8 (66%). The maximum deflection in all samples was high compared with the normal concrete, where the ultimate deflection reached 30 mm, while in the normal concrete it was 9.65 mm.
Graphene Oxide-Coated Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Based Ammonia Gas Sensor
Authors: Fenjan Dhiya A , Mahdi Bushra R. , Yusr Hashim A.
Published: January 2024

The presence of high levels of ammonia in the bloodstream can lead to unconsciousness and convulsions, making it a prime example of dangerous air pollution. The presence of certain gases in our environment can be quite discomforting. In light of these concerns, we present a contemporary approach to designing and developing an exceptionally sensitive ammonia gas sensor. This sensor utilizes a substrate composed of single-mode fiber (SMF), photonic crystal fiber (PCF), and SMF to create a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). The sensing mechanism involves the immobilization of an Au and GO nanocomposite. In this setup, the region of interference between the waves of the SMF and the solid crystal fiber creates a collapse zone that is utilized to excite the core and cladding modes of the PCF. This innovative technique ensures remarkably rapid response and recovery times.The reusable probe showcased in this study displays significant potential for achieving rapid, highly accurate, and reproducible ultratrace ammonia detection. This introduces a novel avenue for conducting online measurements and environmental monitoring. The intersection point of the SMF and the solid crystal specialty fiber generates a collapse zone that effectively excites the core and cladding modes of the PCF, resulting in the promised rapid response and recovery times.The reusable probe exhibits the capability to swiftly detect ultratrace amounts of ammonia, boasting good selectivity, consistent characteristics, and sensitivities of up to 18.65 nm/ppm. This development opens up new possibilities for environmental monitoring and real-time measurements, offering improved insights into our surroundings.
BASIS FOR INFORMATION POLICY: VIEWS FROM EXPERTS
Authors: Basri Mokmin
Published: January 2024

Information policy is an important aspect which determines the information and communication direction of a nation. But, information policy is a complex entity that embraces many complicated issues. Though various information policies models have been introduced,but each model seems to emphasises only on particular aspects varied in its range. Issues that become the core and basis to the development of information policy are also divergent in nature. This paper analyses the data collected from interviews involving 4 experts or prominent figures who have devoted much of their time to information affairs and information policy in Malaysia. Such a technique is adopted to supplement document content analysis technique which was carried out in a larger study. However, the results of the former technique is not reported in this paper. Interview technique is adopted as it is able to yield unexpected data which could not be obtained from the first technique.
CLOUD COMPUTING: A VIEW ON VIRTUAL COMPUTING LABS
Authors: Mohamad Nor Norzaila , Rahim Norsafinar
Published: January 2024

Cloud computing is a kind of computing which is highly scalable and use virtualized resources that can be shared by the users. Cloud technology trends (virtualization) will likely have a significant impact on teaching and learning environment. This paper details the concept of cloud computing using a Virtual Computing Lab (VCL). We focus on a cloud computing implementation in higher education, the VCL concept, the benefits of using VCL in lab and finally we discuss on challenges within a higher learning institution.
Le corps noir et le racisme dans Lupin (2021) de George Kay et François Uzan
Authors: Galafa Beaton
Published: January 2024

Alors que les pays occidentaux continuent d’évoluer vers des sociétés qui embrassent aujourd’hui la diversité, nous sommes souvent confrontés à des événements qui vont à l’encontre du récit du multiracialisme et de la multiethnicité. Ainsi, le racisme et les stéréotypes, qui ont servi de base au colonialisme et à l’esclavage, sont des phénomènes récurrents. En France, par exemple, le racisme et les stéréotypes restent des motifs de la culture populaire, signalant l’existence de ces phénomènes dans la société contemporaine. Une production intéressante dans laquelle de tels thèmes sont récurrents est la série Lupin (2021) de George Kay et François Uzan. Dans cet article, l’auteur analyse la représentation du corps noir vis-à-vis de la race et des stéréotypes de la société française contemporaine dans la série. Partant de travaux universitaires qui abordent la question du racisme et de la représentation des corps noirs dans le cinéma français sous différents angles, l’auteur se concentre sur le racisme et les stéréotypes, avant de s’intéresser à l’image globale : un corps noir en révolte à travers les exploits d’Assane Diop, le protagoniste. Dans son analyse, l’auteur s’appuie sur La condition noire (2008) de Pap Ndiaye, qui soutient que le fait d’être noir est systématiquement associé à des positions spécifiques dans les hiérarchies sociales. Ce lien est perpétué par le discours raciste, et les individus se voient attribuer certaines caractéristiques sur la base de ce postulat.
A Comparative Analysis of Emotion Detection Techniques
Authors:   School of Electrical Automation and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, Ali Abubakar
Published: January 2024

Emotion recognition from facial expressions has become an urgent necessity due to its numerous applications in artificial intelligence, such as human-computer interface, marketing, mental health screening, and sentiment analysis, to name a few areas where emotion detection has become essential. In this paper we present a comparative analysis that offers insightful information about two techniques in emotion detection with CK+ and FER2013 datasets in deep learning, assisting researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in making defensible decisions about the selection and application of different methods in diverse applications. It emphasizes how important it is to continue researching and developing in the field of emotion detection in order to make it more reliable, accurate, and equitable in a variety of real-world situations. We focused on the two emotion detection techniques and databases employed, and the contributions that were dealt with. The Cascade Classifier algorithm and the Random Forest technique are thoroughly compared in this research to provide light on their advantages, disadvantages, and suitability for use in various fields. Additionally, the study evaluates the performance of both the Cascade Classifier and Random Forest algorithm on FER2013 and CK+ datasets, considering metrics such as accuracy, precision, f1-score, etc. Finally, the assessment of these methods incorporating the review measures is reported and discussed.
Floodwater harvesting of the Arghastan River basin of Kandahar in Afghanistan
Authors:   Water Resource and Environmental Department, Engineering Faculty, Helmand, Afghanistan, Hejran Abdul Wali
Published: January 2024

Climate change and population growth are the important factors that place additional pressures on water resources, and generally, predictions indicate that these pressures are increasing continuously, so it is necessary to regulate surface water sources. Afghanistan has a semiarid climate and already received worse effects of climate change; therefore, there is an extremely needed regulation of river flow across the country. Arghastan River is in the southernwest parts of the country, thousands of cubic kilometers of water in this river are wasted annually, and drought and floods are the main problems of the residents due to nonmanagement of river flow. The main objective of the study conducted by GIS was to find a dam site along the river for proper water management. A contour map was created for the entire watershed by using 5-meter DEM, that the most suitable site for the dam is at the coordinate of 66°48'34.468"E 31°35'4.512"N, it is possible to build up to 170-meter-high dam. The purpose site of the reservoir has the capacity to store about 1700 million cubic meters of water at an elevation of 170 meters, while the average monthly discharge of the Arghastan River up to the specific point of the investigation is about 38.6 m3/s. Suppose the floodwater of this River basin is harvested. In that case, it will provide the chance for residents to rescue their property from flood hazards during the rainy season, and they will have enough water for irrigation purposes during the summer season.
Are Newly Graduated Pharmacists Competent to Perform Adequately in Hospitals? A Qualitative Study
Authors: Nassrullah Zahraa Murtadha , Al-Jumaili Ali Azeez
Published: January 2024

Objectives: To assess the qualifications and performance of newly graduated pharmacists and explore factors that affect their performance in public hospitals. Methods: This qualitative study included face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with hospital practitioner pharmacists. It was conducted between March and May 2023 in Kerbala province, Iraq. The participating pharmacists were selected purposefully because they had three or more years of work experience at governmental hospitals. The audio-recording interviews were transcribed. Thematic analyses were used to generate themes and subthemes from the interviews. Results: Twenty-seven hospital pharmacists participated in this study. The study found that there are several factors that have a negative impact on the performance of newly graduated pharmacists, including college-related and hospital-related factors. Education factors include classic methods of college teaching and the inadequate qualifications of new colleges. Hospital features, including inadequate qualifications for continuous medical education, tools and resources, can also impact pharmacist performance. Additionally, the overwhelming number of pharmacists negatively impacts their training and qualifications. Conclusions: Greater emphasis should be placed on enhancing the pharmacists' practical skills. Close and integrated collaboration between the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Health is pivotal to enhancing the performance level of prospective pharmacists in hospitals. Finally, controlling the number of admitted students to pharmacy colleges is critical to providing them with adequate training.
The Impact of Social-Emotional Learning Interventions in Teacher Education
Authors: Chen Muzi
Published: January 2024

Social-emotional learning (SEL) plays a vital role in the realm of daily teaching and learning. As a significant pedagogical approach, it profoundly influences the teaching methods and philosophies employed by educators. This article delves into a comprehensive examination of the various forms of SEL intervention in teacher education and their resulting outcomes. Drawing upon a meticulous review of 16 previous scholarly articles, this research identifies two primary types of SEL interventions: lecture-based learning and participatory learning. The study demonstrates that SEL interventions effectively enhance teachers Social and Emotional Competence (SEC) development, foster robust teacher-student relationships, promote teachers professional growth, and contribute to overall teacher well-being. Nonetheless, it is noteworthy that the article highlights the potential influence of teachers and pre-service teachers ethnicity or racial backgrounds, as well as the prevailing school climate, on the effectiveness of SEL interventions, thus potentially hindering these interventions from achieving optimal results. This article presents an insightful and comprehensive overview of the association between SEL interventions and teacher education. The findings underscore the importance of encouraging educators to actively engage in SEL intervention programs while emphasizing the need for interventions to be tailored to accommodate the unique personal teaching experiences and individual backgrounds of teachers.
Testing Right Frontier Constraint on Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven
Authors: Hao Yiqiong
Published: January 2024

This paper focuses on Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven as a case study to examine the narrator's conscious experiences and the challenges of interpreting coherence relations within this domain. It examines the concept of Right Frontier Constraint (RFC) from the Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (SDRT) and discusses its relevance in the context of The Raven. It further addresses the challenge of clarifying poetical effects through the lens of coherence relations and acknowledges the diversity of reader responses. This paper draws from the work of various researchers who have explored discourse segmentation and coordination, and applies global and micro analysis to further examine the themes of The Raven, and Poes use of poetical effect through the poems ambiguity and symbolism. The aim of this paper is to elucidate the intricate web of coherence relations within literary works such as The Raven while also offering potential avenues for future research to probe into the interpretation of coherence relations in conscious experiences.
The Implications of the Zone of Proximal Development for English Teaching
Authors: Wei Muchen
Published: January 2024

The "zone of proximal development," conceived by the eminent Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, describes a central framework in educational psychology. Vygotsky's theory posits a two-tiered model of children's intellectual development that includes their current level of achievement and their untapped potential. The zone of proximal development (ZPD) delineates the critical space between these developmental thresholds. This paper contends that through astute observation of students' learning processes, educators can systematically bridge the gap between a student's current level of development and his or her latent potential, thus integrating the ZPD into the domain of realized development. In addition, educators can tailor their instructional strategies to their students' evolving abilities and set new educational goals with the overarching goal of placing students at the centre of the learning experience. This approach is designed to cultivate and enhance students' abilities to learn independently. The following sections provide a comprehensive synthesis and analysis of various teaching methodologies rooted in the theoretical framework of the Zone of Proximal Development. Through a careful examination of these approaches, we seek to illuminate the dynamic interplay between pedagogical strategies and the ZPD, paving the way for more effective and student-centred English language teaching.
The Aesthetic Characteristics and Limitations of Film Adaptations of Classic Literature: A Case Study of The Great Gatsby
Authors: Jia Zhenhua
Published: January 2024

Under the commercial development of today's film industry and the purpose of recreating excellent texts, there are many film adaptations based on excellent classic literary works. These adaptations attract both literary and film and television audiences. Through the analysis of the audition language and literary original work of The Great Gatsby (2013), this paper summarizes the aesthetic characteristics and limitations of adaptations from classic literature. According to the research, it can be concluded that film adaptations of classic literature bring the literature of some original works, insightful narration, and more aesthetic images to the screen. In the meantime, the characteristics of the film itself add limitations to the subjective world where the text could be extended endlessly. The key to overcoming the limitations is to go beyond the adaptation of "respecting the original work" and take an outright advantage of the characteristics that only films have and are difficult to ignore.
The Conflict and Counterbalance of Different Cultural Contexts Take Ang Lee's Father Trilogy as an Example
Authors: Wang Xier
Published: January 2024

Ang Lee's Father Trilogy shows the conflicts and counterbalances generated in different cultural contexts, presents the problems based on family, expounds the identity dilemma of individuals in cross-cultural communication, and leaves a space for better solutions in cultural communication. By discussing different dimensions of eastern and Western culture, tradition, and modern culture, this paper analyzes the causes and manifestations of conflicts in different cultural contexts, the distinct mechanisms of mutual conflict, and the final result of conflict. Through the study of typical individuals, it explains the characteristics and difficulties of cultural exchange at the present stage, and further concludes that the inducement of cultural context conflict is that different ideologies represented by various cultures stimulate different behavior patterns, thus causing conflicts. The rivalry between the two sides leads to different outcomes, such as isolation, compromise, and absorption.
Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Combat Abuse, Bias, and Discrimination in Social Media Algorithms
Authors: Lin Xuwen
Published: January 2024

In every corner of social media, abuse, bias, and discrimination are prevalent phenomena. Misinformation spreading, cyberbullying, and even the swaying of public opinion and user viewpoints are examples of ABD (Abuse, Bias, and Discrimination). It is also important to remember that Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have the potential to function biasedly, which could result in unfair user interactions and information distribution. This essay aims to highlight the potential hazards associated with social media use in the modern world. As an essential instrument for spreading information, it should be transparent, secure, equitable, and inclusive. This paper can increase the diversity of information flow, lessen the effects of abuse, bias, and discrimination, improve the social media environment, and increase the value of social media by skillfully utilizing AI technology. This paper's primary focus is on AI's numerous approaches and tactics to identify and lessen bias, abuse, and discrimination on social media. It emphasizes the significance of data diversity and quality and how to refine algorithms to make them fairer and more transparent. It also delves into stricter and more precise regulations and user education for social media, ensuring, with the help of AI algorithms, it becomes a safer, more inclusive, and fairer space.
Analysis of the Image of Wicked Women in Literary and Artistic Work
Authors: Zhang Xichen
Published: January 2024

In the past, the main characteristics of female characters that people came into contact with in books, movies, and TV dramas were mostly kindness, integrity, magnanimity, and selflessness. They not only represented peoples yearning for truth, goodness, and beauty, but also were used as growth templates for countless girls due to their positive images. But in recent years, it is not difficult to find that the most sought-after female characters are mostly bound up with negative words such as revenge, madness, ferocity, and selfishness. When we stand on the standpoint of feminism, it is not difficult to find that these wicked women who do not follow the principles of men in their behavior, whether they go out of their families to participate in social affairs, or face their own desires, boldly breaking through the constraints of ethics and morality, all reflect their sense of autonomy and desire to live the value of being a person. However, the outcome of these women is mostly bleak, even if they spend their entire lives fighting, they still cannot break free from the heavy shackles of patriarchal society. From this, it can be seen the difficulty of traditional customs and the difficulty of womens liberation. This article analyzes the oppression and positive significance of the image of wicked woman in patriarchal and patriarchal societies from an objective perspective through the study of the image of wicked woman and attempts to provide ideas for shaping more diverse female roles in the future.
Comparative Analysis of American and Japanese Educational Models
Authors: Hu Wenrui
Published: January 2024

Different countries have their own unique culture. The education for cultivating future talents is largely influenced by their own culture. This paper aims to excavate the influence that is affected by the culture of the Japanese educational model and the American educational model respectively on Hofstedes cultural dimensions theory. The main tool used in this paper is a website called country comparison tool which can select two different countries to make a comparison in cultural dimensions. This paper compares collectivism and individualism in American and Japanese education. Using the method of literature research and comparative research method, the similarities and differences in education between the United States and Japan are shown from the comparison of students textbooks, cram schools, educational philosophies, etc. The result shows that compared with the United States, Japan is a country that proposes collectivism obviously. However, this is not an invariable conclusion since global change is prevailing right now. American educational mode is embedded in collectivism to a certain extent while Japan has the same trend which is leaning toward individualism.
Exposure and Consequences of Soft Advertising: Consumer Recognition and Insights into Advertising Strategies
Authors: Wu Jielin
Published: January 2024

The research question of this paper explores the consequences of soft advertising as recognized by consumers through surveys and text analysis. This includes the limits of consumer tolerance towards soft advertising, as well as their attitudes towards the companies initiating soft advertising and the advertisers themselves. The paper mentions that while advertising agencies know that deploying soft advertising may infringe upon consumers' interests, resulting in negative feedback, the limits of consumer tolerance and their direct attitudes toward advertising companies and advertisers still need to be clarified. Therefore, the goal of this study is to fill this information gap to reduce marketing decision errors. The research design includes two research methods: surveys and text analysis. Surveys collect consumer opinions and attitudes, while text analysis delves deeper into text data, such as comments and feedback on social media. Combining these two methods allows a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between soft advertising and consumers. Overall, the research findings emphasize the importance of soft advertising in consumer interaction and attitudes, particularly in the digital media environment. The study indicates that maintaining an appropriate balance in advertising and adopting innovative approaches is crucial for the advertising industry to avoid angering potential customers. This provides valuable guidance for advertising decision-makers to meet consumer expectations better and provide valuable advertising content.
Exploring the Impact of Food Videos on Personal Dietary Behavior
Authors: Zhao Yifei
Published: January 2024

This paper aims to explore the impact of food videos on personal dietary behavior, using the food section of Bilibil, a Chinese video website, as an example for research. By collecting 265 survey questionnaires and analyzing video data from the top 42 bloggers in the food section of Bilibili, this study examined the impact of food videos on audience dietary habits, comparison of the attractiveness of healthy food, food costs, health, personal characteristics of bloggers, number of video creators, and whether food has regional characteristics on audience dietary choices. Research has found that the food video area has become more positive after national rectification, bringing more positive impacts to the audience's dietary habits. In addition, the appeal of healthy eating in food videos is relatively low, while nonhealthy foods such as high-calorie, high-carbon water is more attractive. The food cost, nutritional status, personal characteristics of the blogger, number of video creators, and whether the food has regional characteristics all impact the audience's dietary choices in the video. The purpose of this study is to reveal the phenomenon of excessive promotion of unhealthy food by food bloggers and the development trend of Chinese food videos, indicating the impact of food videos on individual dietary behavior, which has significant theoretical and reference value for promoting public awareness and behavior of healthy eating.
A Study on the Complementary Phenomenon of Confucianism and Daoism in Wang Yangmings Thought
Authors: Jiaxin Liu
Published: January 2024

Wang Yangming, as a representative figure of the new Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, was deeply influenced by the intellectual trend of synthesizing the three teachings since the Tang and Song Dynasties and the complementarity of Confucianism and Daoism. He ingeniously integrated the cultural essences of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, forming the unique philosophy of Yangmings mind. The formation of this ideology not only originated from his distant family cultural tradition but also closely related to his unique life experiences. In Yangmings mind philosophy, the complementary features of Confucianism and Daoism are particularly evident. Based on the ontology of mind philosophy, Wang Yangming actively drew on Daoist speculative philosophy, daringly questioned Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and developed Confucianism by incorporating Daoism. This had a profound impact on the intellectual and literary artistic creation of ancient Chinese literati. His thoughts reveal the rich results brought about by the exchange and collision of diverse cultures in the development of ancient Chinese philosophy. In the history of Chinese thought, it has unique philosophical connotations and research value. Exploring the complementary phenomenon of Confucianism and Daoism in Wang Yangmings thought contributes to a deeper study and understanding of his philosophy.
Adapting to the Digital Learning Environment: The Impact on Student Learning and Outcomes
Authors: Li Yumin
Published: January 2024

This study explores the transformative impact of digital learning environments on education, underscoring the dual nature of their influence. It highlights benefits such as enhanced student engagement, diverse educational resources, and personalized learning experiences, facilitated by interactive and multimedia-rich platforms. However, the paper also acknowledges significant challenges, including cognitive overload leading to loss of focus and the risk of exacerbating educational inequalities due to the digital divide. The need for strategic measures is emphasized, focusing on enhancing digital literacy, providing equitable technology access, and supporting educators with professional development in digital pedagogies. The study concludes by recognizing the potential of digital learning to revolutionize education while highlighting the importance of addressing its inherent challenges for a more effective and equitable future in education. This study suggests that Ensuring equitable access to technology and high-quality digital resources is crucial in mitigating the risk of exacerbating educational inequalities. And teachers should help students to enhance student engagement and self-control.
Fan Interaction and Idolatry: Exploring the Educational Implications of Social Media Platforms for Chinese Adolescents
Authors: Liu Zuer
Published: January 2024

Amid the widespread integration of social media into the lives of Chinese youth, the intricate dynamics of fan interaction and idol worship have become a compelling focal point in this digital era. This research, rooted in the interdisciplinary fields of education and sociology, embarks on an in-depth exploration of the profound implications that fan interaction and idol worship phenomena hold for the education of Chinese adolescents within the expansive realm of social media platforms. A meticulous examination of relevant literature uncovers that these platforms function as tools for information dissemination and serve as significant arenas where adolescents actively shape their identities and values. Against the dynamic backdrop of the digitized social media landscape, this study aims to meticulously uncover and analyze the potential impact of fan interaction and idol worship on the education of Chinese adolescents, presenting innovative perspectives that could reshape the discourse within the field of education.
A Study of Multidimensional Influences on Employee Job Performance
Authors: Song Jingying
Published: January 2024

Employee job performance, as a key indicator of organizational operating efficiency and productivity, has always been highly regarded in both academia and industry. Particularly in the contemporary social environment, studying factors affecting employee work performance is of immense theoretical and practical significance for more efficient organizational management and fuller employee potential tap. This study focuses on three main dimensions: individual employee attributes, organizational environment, and job characteristics, exploring the factors influencing employee job performance. Results confirm that excellent job design and high job satisfaction are crucial and indispensable for boosting employee job performance. The formation of employee job performance is a complex system engineering process, collectively influenced by individual, organizational, and job-level factors. Based on this, managers consider all these influential factors in their day-to-day operations, scientifically design and implement human resource policies to stimulate the enthusiasm of employees and improve their job performance. This study offers a new perspective and in-depth theoretical analysis for understanding the multi-dimensional impact mechanisms of employee job performance and provides effective decision-making references for practical management, thus bearing significant academic value and practical implications.
The Value of Higher Education: The Voices from Middle-class Parents in China's Yunnan Province
Authors: Xuan Dao
Published: January 2024

This study delves into the perceptions of middle-class parents in Yunnan province, China, regarding the significance of higher education. It further seeks to identify the determinants of these attitudes and to comprehend their implications for children's educational trajectories. Positioned within the broader discourse on the role of higher education for middle-class families in contemporary China, this research employs a qualitative approach, selecting four representative middle-class families as its subjects. Utilizing semi-structured interviews with both parents and children, the study reveals a pronounced emphasis on higher education among these parents. While various factors influence parental expectations, there is a consistent pattern of deep parental involvement in their children's educational journey. Additionally, the study highlights how parental expectations affect children's views on higher education. The findings contribute to understanding the evolving role of higher education in Chinese society, particularly among the middle class, and its implications for educational planning and social mobility.
Emotional Connection Between Humans and AI: An Analysis of the Role, Potential and Challenges of Interactive AIUsing the Movie HER as an Example
Authors: Hou Xinyi
Published: January 2024

With the high-speed development of society, as well as the increasingly fierce competition and social anxiety, the demand for emotional services has increased greatly. Generally, it is difficult to fully personalize human interaction to fulfill peoples needs, but the emerging interactive Artificial Intelligence (AI) fills a lot of gaps and is continuing to be deeply integrated into human life in all aspects. As an emerging technology, the development potential and challenges of interactive AI in various aspects are simultaneously revealed in the human vision. Taking the movie HER as an example, this paper analyzes the role of interactive AI in establishing an emotional connection with humans and the problems it faces in the process such as the separation of human-machine emotions. It can be summarized that while interactive AI has the potential to fulfill social needs, provide emotional value, and assist in the sorting out of information, it also faces challenges in ethics, privacy, and copyright.
The Psychology of Social Class: How Socioeconomic Status Impacts Self-Acceptance and Self-Esteem
Authors: Guo Shijing
Published: January 2024

This paper reviews research on the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on self-acceptance and self-esteem. It defines self-esteem as an individual's overall evaluation of their self-worth. Self-acceptance refers to positively accepting one's self-perceptions and experiences without judgment. Research shows SES is positively associated with self-esteem, likely because higher SES provides more resources to fulfil needs for competence and self-worth. Low SES is linked to lower self-esteem due to greater exposure to stressors and fewer resources to cope. Moreover, self-esteem is positively related to self-acceptance, as believing in one's self-worth facilitates accepting oneself. Furthermore, SES may also directly predict self-acceptance by enabling needs satisfaction. Additionally, self-esteem may mediate the relationship between SES and self-acceptance, such that SES influences self-acceptance through its impact on self-esteem. The paper calls for longitudinal research analyzing the relationships among SES, self-esteem, and self-acceptance across development and diverse populations. It also advocates testing causality through experiments. This research has implications for interventions targeting self-esteem and self-acceptance to improve psychological health.
Klara and the Sun: Female Cyborgs in a Posthuman Perspective
Authors: Dai Yuxin
Published: January 2024

Klara and the Sun is Kazuo Ishiguro's first full-length novel after winning the Nobel Prize. The novel chronicles the unique life of Klara, a girl AF (Artificial Friend)., from her first point of view. The book is divided into three main sections:1) regarding what she sees in the window;2) her entry into Josie's life; 3) her tragic end after Josie goes off to college. This paper will analyze the relationships between the novel and posthuman feminism by means of textual analysis from three perspectives: posthuman and posthumanism, feminism in the absence of male characters in the novel, and the dilemmas and future directions faced by posthuman feminism. Therefore, this paper will explore posthumanism, the connection between feminism and fiction, and also the future direction of posthuman feminism. The main contribution of this paper is that it will broaden the scope of posthuman feminism in Kazuo Ishiguro's literary works.
An Exploration of the Artistic Scene Design of Traditional Music
Authors: Xu Jing , Yin Huayu , Song Changlong
Published: January 2024

Traditional music records the development and changes of various local historical periods with the "symbols" of music, which is an important driving force to enhance cultural self-confidence and self-improvement in the new era, and also an important content to continuously satisfy people's spiritual needs. The cultivation of new art scene has become an important engine for the development of traditional music. Taking Poyang Fishing Song as an example, this paper, based on the scene theory and the basic connotation, artistic value and contemporary development characteristics of Poyang Fishing Song, puts forward the construction of a matching art scene design programme with scene design, performance form and choreography effect as the core elements, so as to provide theoretical support and ideas for the realization of the connotative development of Poyang Fishing Song.
The Problems and Solutions for Chinese Basketball Association
Authors: Li Jiaqi
Published: January 2024

Under the background of the slow and lack of development of Chinese basketball, Chinese basketball fans are so desperate to get better performances in national games like the Olympics. Now, the Chinese National Basketball Team (National Team in the later content) is only ranking 4th in Asia and 28th in the world. Almost all players in the National Team are selected by the league called Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), which is the finest and most well-known basketball league in China, and also is the first choice for most professional Chinese basketball players. Although it is the finest basketball league in China, there are still various problems existing. These problems have a strong and negative effect on the National Team. So this paper mainly points out three problems now existing in CBA: (1) the influx of talented players is not enough, (2) the problems of referees and players, and (3) lack of humanistic concerns. Then, give out the solutions of making policies, setting up players associations, organizing more competitions, considering social problems, and helping more poor children with basketball dreams.
The Influence of the Instability Factors of Influencer Marketing on Brand Marketing -- Based on the Analysis of Florasis's Influencer Marketing Event
Authors: Zhao Yiran
Published: January 2024

This study explores the impact of the instability of influencer marketing on brand marketing in the context of China's mobile Internet boom. With over 1.08 billion mobile Internet users, social platforms like TikTok have emerged as significant e-commerce channels. Influencer marketing, driven by influencers, plays a crucial role in connecting with targeted consumers. The research focused on the theme "The Influence of the Instability of Influencer Marketing on Brand Marketing," utilizes qualitative methods, particularly the process tracking method in case studies. The chosen case for analysis is the Florasis influencer marketing event. The study combines relevant theories, agenda-setting, opinion leaders, and the SOR model of consumption to investigate instability factors and their impact on brand marketing. Instability factors are classified into subjective factors of the influencer, packaging by the influencers team, and three characteristics of the influencer. The analysis identifies causes and influencing factors contributing to the instability of influencer marketing. The study concludes that the instability of these live streams poses risks and impacts on brand marketing, emphasizing the need for corresponding countermeasures in brand marketing strategies and collaborations with Key Opinion Leaders(KOLs).
Research on the Stimulating Points of IP Cross-domain Marketing to Consumers: A Case Study of the Genshin Impact
Authors: Liang Heding , Sun Yifei , Wen Zhongxi
Published: January 2024

In recent years, to obtain greater benefits, game companies are keen to make their game IP linkage. However, in reality, many game companies have not achieved ideal results after cross-domain marketing. This paper, from the perspective of consumers, uses the questionnaire survey method and takes the Genshin Impact IP as an example to explore the stimulating points of IP cross-domain marketing to consumers. The purpose is to give some suggestions to the companies affiliated with Genshin Impact and other game companies when they carry out linkage activities in the future. The results show that consumers participate in the linkage because they are attracted by the linkage game itself, linkage prizes, and linkage roles. According to the collected questionnaire samples, this paper also found that although the Genshin Impact has cross-border linkage with brands in many fields, people's participation is not high. In addition, only a few types of linkage, such as catering linkage, can obtain high participation. In this regard, this paper gives relevant suggestions: game companies should reduce the number of linkages and reduce the frequency of linkage; both parties should seriously treat each linkage activity; game companies should seriously consider the linkage objects; linkage brands and prices should be close to the lives of consumers.