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Saussy, Haun. "Comparative Literature?" Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 118, no. 2 (March 2003): 336–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1632/003081203x67730.
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What is comparative literature? Not a theory or a methodology, certainly (which raises the question of why this article should appear in a series so entitled), though theories and methodologies aplenty occur as part of its typical business. Is there, or can there be, an object of knowledge identifiable as “comparative literature”?When I began hearing about comparative literature in the middle 1970s, there was a fairly straightforward means of distinguishing comparative literature on the university campuses where it was done. The English department pursued knowledge of language and literature in one language; the foreign language departments pursued similar studies in two languages (typically English, assumed to be most students' native language, plus the foreign tongue); and comparative literature committees, programs, or departments carried out literary analysis in at least three languages at once.
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Hekiert, Daniela, and Magdalena Igras-Cybulska. "Capturing emotions in voice: A comparative analysis of methodologies in psychology and digital signal processing." Roczniki Psychologiczne 22, no. 1 (November 19, 2019): 15–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.18290/rpsych.2019.22.1-2.
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People use their voices to communicate not only verbally but also emotionally. This article presents theories and methodologies that concern emotional vocalizations at the intersection of psychology and digital signal processing. Specifically, it demonstrates the encoding (production) and decoding (recognition) of emotional sounds, including the review and comparison of strategies in database design, parameterization, and classification. Whereas psychology predominantly focuses on the subjective recognition of emotional vocalizations, digital signal processing relies on automated and thus more objective vocal affect measures. The article aims to compare these two approaches and suggest methods of combining them to achieve a more complex insight into the vocal communication of emotions.
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Sutherland, Ewan. "The case study in telecommunications policy research." INFO 18, no. 1 (January 11, 2016): 16–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/info-07-2015-0040.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of case studies in telecommunications policy research (TPR) and to compare and contrast usage with management, management information systems (MIS) and policy analysis. Design/methodology/approach This paper conducts a comparative analysis that examines the methodologies used to design and select case studies and the various theories used in their analysis. Findings The most sophisticated use of case studies is in management information systems (MIS), distinguishing critical realism, interpretivism and positivism to build theories. In policy analysis and TPR, theories are used to explain case studies, which are chosen as interesting sets of phenomena, rather than as means to extend, falsify or verify theories. Research limitations/implications Researchers in telecommunications policy should consider the approaches taken in MIS to determine whether they might improve their rigor. There is also scope for meta-analyses of the existing pool of case studies. Originality/value This appears to be the first article examining the use of case studies in TPR.
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Sampaio Suñé, Letícia Soares de Vasconcelos, and Roberto De Armas Urquiza. "Compared education study: curriculum design for the development of competences (Tiradentes University — University of Deusto)." Tuning Journal for Higher Education 3, no. 2 (May 31, 2016): 319. http://dx.doi.org/10.18543/tjhe-3(2)-2016pp319-346.
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<p>A comparative education analysis between the competence-based curriculum deployed at the Deusto University and the Tiradentes University was done. The analysis has focused on the following aspects: Educational theories; Curriculum design; Psycho-pedagogical guidelines; Teaching, learning and evaluation methodologies; Planning of execution; Results/Impacts. The set of information of the Tiradentes University was coming from a pilot project on the implementation of competence-based education, which was conducted by the authors of this article during 2012 and 2013. The data and information from the Deusto University were collected from: reading of institutional and course documents (Administration and Company Direction); Monitoring of classes; and interviews. The results indicated broad convergence of methodologies used and the contribution of both to the improvement of the quality indicators of the courses in these institutions. Moreover, in certain respects each institution has effective contributions of teaching-learning methodologies that can be embraced by the mutual enrichment of competence-based education as practiced by the two universities.</p>
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Bari, Tasfia, and Munther Abualkibash. "Comparing Virtual Learning Techniques Upon Technology Acceptance and Student Engagement in Differing Classroom Environment." International Journal on Integrating Technology in Education 10, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.5121/ijite.2021.10201.
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With divergent educational processes brought forth through the unforeseen circumstances such as a global pandemic, students have become obligated to pursue virtual means towards obtaining their education. Therefore, this study seeks to review the different formats of virtual learning processes and methodologies that are currently made available to students based on student and user perception and technology adoption efforts. Through comparative analysis efforts identifying synchronous, hybrid and asynchronous virtual educational standards across multiple publications and understanding technology acceptance models (TAM) and theories such as perceived usefulness, it is understood that virtual learning efforts which pursue an asynchronous methodology are more comparable in contrast other formats.
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Olson, Rebecca E., Alberto Bellocchi, and Ann Dadich. "A post-paradigmatic approach to analysing emotions in social life." Emotions and Society 2, no. 2 (November 1, 2020): 157–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/263169020x15893854268688.
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Scholars studying emotions in social life typically work mono-logically, within a paradigmatic camp, drawing on distinct theories of emotion. In isolation, each offers a singular conceptualisation of emotions in social life. Working multi-logically, in contrast, offers richer, comparative insight into the layered meanings of emotion relevant to a social context. Rather than treating them as incommensurate, we not only argue for the benefits of drawing on multiple paradigms, methods and theories of emotions in social life, we offer a worked example of a post-paradigmatic methodology for analysing emotions in social life that values multi-logicality and epistemic flexibility. Setting aside debates about what emotions are, we work from the premise that different conceptualisations of emotions do things: shape what we see and ignore, and discursively position people. We show how multiple theories and concordant methods can – and should – be applied to studying emotions in social life in the same study. In this empirical illustration of a methodological innovation, we map theories and methodologies of emotions in social life against four research paradigms and against four phases of a study into the emotional dimensions of interprofessional practice, depicting the realisations afforded through a post-paradigmatic methodology for analysing emotions in social life.
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Abramov, Volodymyr. "Comparative analysis and ways of integration of Schema Therapy and Narrative Psychotherapy." Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Series “Psychology”, no. 2 (12) (2020): 5–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/bsp.2020.2(12).1.
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The article compares schema-therapy to narrative therapy across three domains: (i) theoretical methodological and philosophical framework; (ii) technics (both methods and their theoretical background), and (iii) mechanisms of change in therapy. Several ways of integrating these two therapies are proposed. Schema therapy and narrative psychotherapy are based on contradicting methodologies of structuralism and post-structuralism. Schema therapy develops the concept of schemes, introduced by A. Beck, adding emotions, physiological reactions and memories to its structure, and stresses the importance of using emotion-focused techniques to change them. Narrative psychotherapy is based on theories of dialogical self, introduced by H. Hermans and narrative theories of identity, introduced by T. Sarbin and D. Bruner. Both methods use the idea of multimodal structure of personality. Schema therapy partly uses the idea of distancing from and observing modes, introduced by the third wave of cognitive-behavioral therapies. Narrative psychotherapy uses externalization of symptoms as one of the core techniques. Both methods modify the narrative of the person. Narrative psychotherapy seeks unique events to develop a new narrative of the person according to their values. Schema therapy uses imagery rescripting to meet the needs of a child mode and change emotions experienced in traumatic memory. Both therapies also use internalization of attachment figures. Schema therapy can integrate metaphors from narrative therapy to deal with personality modes. It also can be enriched by treating these modes as sub personalities of narrative psychotherapy and focusing on their narratives and values.
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Mohammed, Osamah Malik, and Ahmed Z. M. Shammari. "Function Modeling in Engineering Design: Approaches and Methods." Technium: Romanian Journal of Applied Sciences and Technology 2, no. 7 (October 13, 2020): 222–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.47577/technium.v222i2.1790.
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Function modeling in engineering design, as one of the most common abstract language during design process and especially early stages, is introduced in a common frame for investigating possible development areas. Comparative studies are conducted for analyzing commonalities of various approaches and methods as well as its variances. The interaction of functional modeling with design theories and methodologies are reviewed in detail. The aims of those reviews are highlighting features of various methods of FM and its noticed limitations and discussing applicability of those methods and approaches in various fields of design. Finally, a proposed future works is presented for filling identified gaps within generality and applicability of FM within various design fields.
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McHenry, Dean E. "Summary and Analysis of a Survey of Graduate Core Courses in Comparative Politics." Political Science Teacher 1, no. 2 (1988): 5–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0896082800000143.
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This paper summarizes the findings of a study of syllabi for the core course in comparative politics offered by a sample of political science departments in the United States with field offerings in comparative politics granting annually more than one Ph.D. These courses are given a variety of names. Some simply specify the subdiscipline, for example, Princeton's “Comparative Politics,” MIT's “Field Seminar in Comparative Politics” or Illinois' “Core Seminar in Comparative Politics.” Others specify the aspect or aspects of the subdiscipline given principal attention, for example, Stanford's “Major Theories in Comparative Politics,” Kentucky's “Comparative Politics: Theory and Method,” or Indiana University's “Seminar in Comparative Politics: Issues and Approaches.” Each is intended to provide graduate students with an understanding of the fundamental ideas of comparative politics. The purposes of the study were to assess the state of the subdiscipline and to facilitate the exchange of ideas among those involved in teaching such core courses. We recognize that a syllabus indicates only a part of what is taught and learned in any course. Nevertheless, syllabi fairly well reflect the topics and scholarly readings deemed most important by teachers in the field.Scholars in the subdiscipline of comparative politics frequently have noted the lack of agreement among comparativists on frameworks, methodologies and subject matter. Macridis and Brown in the 1961 edition of their reader described the field as “in a state of flux” (3). During the 1960s and 1970s, the lack of agreement probably increased. Kaufman and Rosenau in 1977 described the field as then “in a state of ferment” (45).
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Fuchs, Barbara. "Golden Ages and Golden Hinds; or, Periodizing Spain and England." PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 127, no. 2 (March 2012): 321–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1632/pmla.2012.127.2.321.
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The unevenness of periodization across different national traditions provides the perfect opportunity for a comparative and transnational inquiry. While the initial temptation is to deem literatures demarcated by national tradition incommensurate or simply to juxtapose them as disparate objects, the more compelling project, particularly for the early modern period, is to show how literary periodization itself becomes part of the project of national distinction. In this essay, which I want to place in dialogue with Margaret Greer's and Alison Weber's contributions to PMLA's January 2011 “Theories and Methodologies” forum on the Spanish Golden Age, I argue that periodization must be considered in a transnational framework, for our conception of significant literary epochs is closely tied to the relative value that literatures are assigned, especially when national traditions are coalescing.
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García-Templado, Gabriela Alejandra, and Remah Y. Gharib. "ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTIONS OF AL-ANDALUS ISLAMIC PALACES: DEVELOPMENT OF A KNOWLEDGE-BASED DESCRIPTIVE FRAMEWORK." International Journal of Architectural Research: ArchNet-IJAR 10, no. 3 (November 28, 2016): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.26687/archnet-ijar.v10i3.1136.
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Architectural design theories developed during the last decades of the 20th century - including Environmental Psychology and Pattern Theories - aimed to improve the quality of the built environment while centred on the experience of users. However, their approaches of analytical methodologies are not usually applied to understand and comprehend historic buildings from a wider architectural perspective. This study aims to deepen the analysis of historic buildings by advancing their depictions using concepts and ideas mainly established in pattern theories and contemporary best practices, in order to facilitate how modern designers may learn from the significant buildings of the past. To achieve this, a knowledge-based descriptive framework has been developed; this tool serves to enrich the architectural description of a building by including both qualitative and quantitative details, abstract and as-built characteristics, and spatial patterns which are inherent to architectural designs. Four historical palatial complexes erected in the Iberian Peninsula during the Islamic rule in al-Andalus have been selected to demonstrate the practical application and validity of this tool. The information collected through such a descriptive tool adds a layer of quantitative information that enriches the depiction of the historic buildings studied. An organized display of the resulting data provides for comparative analysis and also serves as a way to develop contemporary architectural proposals which reflect distinctive features of significant historical buildings.
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Johnson, Ian Martin. "Towards a Model for the Evaluation and Planning of the Development of Education for Library, Archive and Information Services." Library and Information Research 42, no. 126 (August 2, 2018): 95–142. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/lirg757.
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The absence of an appropriate theoretical framework for understanding and assessing influences on the development of education for library, archive and information work is reflected in a literature that is largely experiential rather than soundly grounded in empirical studies. Any development involves the introduction of innovations, and requires effective management. Drawing on theories on the management of change, the communication of ideas and the transfer of innovations, and incorporating the contextual evidence base suggested by comparative methodologies, this paper presents an analysis of the wide range of factors that need to be considered. A model developed from Porter’s ‘Value Chain’ theory provides a framework within which these factors could be considered not only in evaluating past developments in the field, but also in planning future innovations; a model that is arguably as relevant in professional practice in library, archive, and information work as in LIS education.
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Ohnheiser, Ingeborg. "On the publication of the five-volume edition of word-formation: An international handbook of the languages of Europe." Juznoslovenski filolog 73, no. 1-2 (2017): 171–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/jfi1702171o.
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All the volumes of the publication Word-Formation: An International Handbook of the Languages of Europe can be useful to an internationalisation of the discipline of word-formation and can raise new theoretical and methodological questions, finding alternative solutions (including a critical appraisal of certain views or a new evaluation of the existent approaches). In any case, the survey of research published in several countries, foregrounding certain theories and methodologies and their possible limitations by the languages that form its subject-matter, and in general, a broad spectrum of open questions may also be stimulating to a new view of the languages under scrutiny. Besides, those volumes offer an abundance of material for future comparative studies of both theoretical aspects and their application in studying matters of word-formation and usage, also including those based on the material from the languages that are not (closely) related.
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Thwala, Jozi Joseph. "The Employment of Metaphor and Simile in Selected Siswati Poetry." IRA International Journal of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies 15, no. 5 (November 2, 2019): 181. http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jems.v15.n5.p4.
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The focus of this research work on selected descriptive of images refers to the analytic survey of metaphor and simile. They are selected, defined, explained and interpreted. Their significances in bringing about poetic diction, licence, meaning, message and themes are highlighted. They are fundamental figures of speech that implicitly and explicitly display the emotive value, connotative meaning, literariness and language skills. The poetic images reflect and represent real life situations through poetic skills and meanings. The literary criticism, comparative and textual analysis is evident when the objects are looked at from animate to inanimate and inanimate to animate. They serve as basic methodologies that are backing the theories and strategies on selected figures of speech. Imagery is the use of words that brings picture of the mind of the receiver or recipient and appeal to the senses. It is, however, manifested in various forms for resemblances, contrasts and comparisons. Artistic language through images revealed poetic views, assertion and facts.
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Steineck, Raji C. "Time in Old Japan: In Search of a Paradigm." KronoScope 17, no. 1 (March 28, 2017): 16–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685241-12341368.
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Various attempts have been made to systematize fundamental patterns of temporal organization and to establish links between these patterns and natural and cultural evolution. This paper compares three pertinent theories of time in the light of evidence from Japanese cultural history: the hierarchical theory of time by J. T. Fraser, the fourfold paradigm of time imageries by Y. Maki, and the social learning theory of time by G. Dux. It demonstrates that the “canonical forms of time” established by these authors can be brought into meaningful conversation with each other and that they suggest helpful methodologies for the analysis of temporal perspectives in Japanese history. At the same time, comparative analysis reveals reasons for caution against simplified evolutionary accounts of cultural history. From very early on, Japanese literary sources evince an acute consciousness of conflicting temporalities. At the same time, there is no unified “Japanese concept of time”—neither trans-historically nor at any given period.
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Heinelt, Hubert, and Margit Mayer. "Local Politics Research in Germany: Developments and Characteristics in Comparative Perspective." European Urban and Regional Studies 10, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 39–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/a032527.
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This article summarizes the development and peculiarities of research in urban politics in Germany. It is focused on the working group on Local Politics Research (Arbeitskreis Lokale Politikforschung/LoPoFo) within the German Political Science Association as the core of the scholarly debate in this country for nearly 30 years. The article consists of three parts. Part one highlights the paradigms of local politics research in Germany and its main distinctions from other disciplinary approaches in analysing urban topics - not at least sociology. The second part gives an overview of the different thematic orientations of the discussion since the 1970s. This leads to the third part in which strengths and weaknesses of local politics research in Germany are compared with the situation in other countries (especially the Anglo-Saxon world). It can be perceived as a strength that local politics research has been in many respects a front-runner in the disciplinary debate of political science in Germany. This is the result of the fact that most scholars engaged in local politics research do not act as 'urbanists' but as 'generalists', looking for urban topics as tokens of more general phenomena. However, this aspect reflects also a crucial weakness. There is not continuity in the debate, and a common understanding of theories and methodologies of research in local politics is missing. Last but not least, weaknesses and strengths are expressed in the structures of German universities where local politics is not institutionalized through curricula or job descriptions, as in the Anglo-Saxon world.
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PARATE, Bhupesh Ambadas, Sunil CHANDEL, and Himanshu SHEKHAR. "Design Analysis of Closed Vessel for Power Cartridge Testing." Problems of Mechatronics Armament Aviation Safety Engineering 10, no. 1 (March 31, 2019): 25–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.0794.
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This paper discusses the design analysis of closed vessel (CV) for power cartridge application in water-jet disruptor. In this article, various design theories are presented in which the vessel is subjected to internal pressure. CV is a kind of pressure vessel utilized to evaluate the performance of power cartridge used for water-jet application. It is a test vessel which generates pressure - time profile by burning the propellant. Energy derived from burning of the propellant of power cartridge aids in neutralizing Improvised Devices (IED's). This energy creates high water-jet plume in the disruptor. In order to evaluate various performance parameters of the cartridge, CV design plays a vital role in the research and development activities, including, development, life trials, production, lot proof trials and life extension / life revision trials. CV is one of the methodologies / techniques from which energy generated is measured in terms of the maximum pressure (Pmax) and the time to maximum pressure (TPmax). This paper also discusses about various design aspects using the finite element method (FEM) and their comparative results with different design theories. In the light of these theoretical, numerical, and experimental works, it was recommended that octahedral stress theory or van Mises theory should be used for vessel design. This satisfies the designer requirements. FEM analysis tool helps in reducing time & development cost.
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Machimura, Takashi, Ayana Fujimoto, Kiichiro Hayashi, Hiroaki Takagi, and Satoru Sugita. "A Novel Tree Biomass Estimation Model Applying the Pipe Model Theory and Adaptable to UAV-Derived Canopy Height Models." Forests 12, no. 2 (February 23, 2021): 258. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f12020258.
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Aiming to develop a new tree biomass estimation model that is adaptable to airborne observations of forest canopies by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), we applied two theories of plant form; the pipe model theory (PMT) and the statical model of plant form as an extension of the PMT for tall trees. Based on these theories, tree biomass was formulated using an individual tree canopy height model derived from a UAV. The advantage of this model is that it does not depend on diameter at breast height which is difficult to observe using remote-sensing techniques. We also proposed a treetop detection method based on the fractal geometry of the crown and stand. Comparing surveys in plantations of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) and Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa Endl.) in Japan, the root mean square error (RMSE) of the estimated stem volume was 0.26 m3 and was smaller than or comparative to that of models using different methodologies. The significance of this model is that it contains only one empirical parameter to be adjusted which was found to be rather stable among different species and sites, suggesting the wide adaptability of the model. Finally, we demonstrated the potential applicability of the model to light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data which can provide vertical leaf density distribution.
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Sverbilova, T. "DISCOURSE OF TRANSCULTURATION AND CULTURAL HYBRIDITY AS COMPARATIVE LITERATURE SUBJECT." Comparative studies of Slavic languages and literatures. In memory of Academician Leonid Bulakhovsky, no. 35 (2019): 318–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2075-437x.2019.35.31.
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Theories of hybrid culture and transculturalism are analyzed from the point of view of comparative literature. In the modern world the transformation of multiculturalism and globalism towards transculture is an inevitable consequence of the complicated processes of cultural interaction in all countries of the world. Transculturalism is an alternative to multiculturalism as a product of globalism and has different rhetoric of the Other. The transcultural concept, put forward by F. Ortiz as an alternative to the asymmetric concept of acculturation in the area of cultural contacts, provided opportunities for describing the complex processes of cultural interaction in the era of globalization. Transculture is based on the cultural polyphony, in which there should not be a complete synthesis, where the cultures retain some opacity. The concept of transculturality can be used as a basis for a modern comparative analysis of literature. At the same time, key issues of interaction of cultures in post-Soviet discourse are not solved. Therefore, the study of methodologies of post-Soviet studies is important not only as theoretical problem, but also as a problem of general cultural significance. Therefore, the Caribbean philosophy, which is being built as a significant element of contemporary comparativism in the field of interaction between cultures, directly concerns the problems of choosing ways of further postcolonial development of postSoviet cultures. Transculturalism proposes the principle of hybridity instead of the archaic principle of the purity of national culture, declaring the change in attitude to national languages, cultural traditions and the very concept of nation-state, giving way to the processes of transnationalization and polyglossia associated with the principle of the networked cosmopolitanism. This is a new relationship between languages and cultures. Ultimately, this new andmagological interaction between the Own and the Other. It is a search for a new unity of the various Others.
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Chotiudompant, Suradech. "Comparative Literature: Recent Debates on an Imagined Discipline." MANUSYA 9, no. 3 (2006): 88–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/26659077-00903006.
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Comparative literature is always a problematic discipline. Scholars from different countries and times such as René Wellek, Charles Bernheimer, Susan Bassnett, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, and Djelal Kadir, have attempted to delimit its scope. The variety of definitions have led to ensuing problems of shifting methodologies and frameworks. If, in the early twentieth century, a scholar tended to interrogate and theorise how one distinguished comparative literature, world literature, and general literature from one another, towards the end of that century and potentially continuing well into the new millennium, the parameters surrounding disciplinary formation have significantly changed, leading to a shift in the set of questions. Should comparative literature be differentiated from the relatively recent disciplines of postcolonial studies and cultural studies? If so, what are its scope and defining qualities? These puzzling parameters are what this essay aims to explore, as it is high time we looked inward, thinking of the discipline itself as an imagined community whose terrain is constantly shifting. Following this line of argument, the essay intends to probe into the construction of the discipline and gauge its historical development.
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Brunnbauer, Ulf. "A Promising Liaison? Social History and Anthropology in South-Eastern Europe. Opportunities and Pitfalls." East Central Europe 34-35, no. 1-2 (2008): 161–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18763308-0340350102008.
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This article argues that historical anthropology provides approaches for the exploration of previously neglected problems of the history of Southeastern Europe. Historical anthropology is not seen as a fixed set of methodologies and theories but rather as a perspective which directs attention to the questions of how societies have worked in the past and “ordinary” people made sense of their lives. Furthermore, historical anthropology tends to be comparative. In the past, Southeastern European historians concentrated on political history and ethnographers on the “traditional” culture of their nation, with little interaction between the two disciplines. After the fall of the communist system in 1989/1991, however, historians and ethnologists borrowed approaches from each other. The potential of historical anthropology is shown in particular with respect to the study of the social fabric of socialism—a topic until now shunned by historians while anthropologists have provided exemplary studies on this issue. The article ends with a discussion of the limits oPf historical anthropology and warns not to leave the state and economic structures out of historical analysis.
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Patel, Sujata. "Colonial Modernity and Methodological Nationalism: The Structuring of Sociological Traditions of India." Sociological Bulletin 66, no. 2 (July 18, 2017): 125–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038022917708383.
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This article traces traditions of sociological thinking in India and suggests that in order to write the disciplines’ history, it is important to identify the episteme that governs these traditions. It suggests that there are two broad epistemes that have defined sociology as a discipline in India—colonial modernity and methodological nationalism—and it argues that they organise theories, perspectives, methodologies and methods, teaching and research practices of the discipline. The history of the imprint of these epistemes is investigated at four levels: first, in the way one or both defined the discipline’s identity and, thus, organised its characteristic mode of thinking methodologically; second, in the way this identity defined its theoretical direction and the theories that it borrowed, adapted to and reframed; third, in the way the first two organised its professional orientation and made it choose its identity as an academic discipline whose main role is restricted to teaching and research within academic institutions at an expense of a public orientation; and fourth, the way the aforementioned three defined its geographical compass, limiting its queries to national concerns wherein the macro became reduced to the micro abjuring discussions on global debates. This article suggests that today there is a crisis in the received epistemes, and in this context, it becomes imperative to take command to define a new episteme which intersects the local, regional, national and global concerns, is theoretical and methodologically eclectic and is comparative in nature.
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Gonzalez, Cristiani Pereira de Morais, and Maria Creusa de Araújo Borges. "Repensando a educação em direitos humanos a partir das teorias universalistas, relativistas e confluentes." Revista Interdisciplinar de Direitos Humanos 9, no. 1 (June 25, 2021): 161–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5016/ridh.v9i1.46.
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Considerando a relevância da fundamentação dos direitos humanos e a inter-relação que há entre estes e a Educação em Direitos Humanos (EDH), constituem objeto de estudo as concepções de direitos humanos e de EDH formuladas à luz das teorias universalistas, relativistas e confluentes (ou convergentes) que tensionam o campo da pesquisa nessa matéria de cunho eminentemente interdisciplinar. Parte-se do pressuposto que essas abordagens são constitutivas do campo da EDH, tensionando as concepções, modelos e metodologias inerentes a esse campo. As teorias que fundamentam os direitos humanos (dizendo o que eles são) ocasionam implicações na fundamentação da segunda (no que se entende por EDH, suas concepções e modelos). A abordagem metodológica é de cunho eminentemente bibliográfico, pautada nos procedimentos histórico e comparativo. Ao final, sustenta-se, como adequada ao contexto atual, a concepção de EDH que é fundada nas teorias convergentes, quer dizer, uma EDH que constitui um processo formativo com fundamento na complexidade dos direitos humanos, e que tensiona fornecer condições aos sujeitos para que lutem por sua (ou de outrem) dignidade humana.
Replanteamiento de la educación en derechos humanos desde las teorías universalista, relativista y confluente
Considerando la relevancia de la fundamentación de los derechos humanos y la interrelación que existe entre éstos y la Educación en Derechos Humanos (EDH), el objeto de estudio son las concepciones de los derechos humanos y la EDH formuladas a la luz de las teorías universalistas, relativistas y confluentes (o convergentes) que tensionan el campo de investigación en esta materia eminentemente interdisciplinaria. Se asume que estos enfoques son constitutivos del campo del EDH, tensando las concepciones, modelos y metodologías inherentes a este campo. Las teorías que fundamentan los derechos humanos (diciendo lo que son) tienen implicaciones en la fundamentación de estos últimos (en lo que se entiende por EDH, sus concepciones y modelos). El enfoque metodológico es eminentemente bibliográfico, basado en procedimientos históricos y comparativos. En definitiva, se sostiene, como adecuado al contexto actual, el concepto de EDH que se fundamenta en las teorías convergentes, es decir, una EDH que constituye un proceso formativo basado en la complejidad de los derechos humanos, y que se esfuerza por proporcionar las condiciones para que los sujetos luchen por su dignidad humana (o la de otros).
Palabras clave: Educación en derechos humanos. Teorías de los derechos humanos. La dignidad humana.
Rethinking on human rights education from universalist, relativist and confluent theories
Considering the relevance of the foundation of human rights and the interrelationship that exists between these and Human Rights Education (HRE), the object of study is the conceptions of human rights and HRE formulated in the light of universalist, relativist and confluent (or convergent) theories that tension the field of research in this eminently interdisciplinary subject. It is assumed that these approaches are constitutive of the field of HRE, straining the conceptions, models and methodologies inherent to this field. The theories that ground human rights (saying what they are) have implications for the grounding of the latter (on what is meant by HRE, its conceptions and models). The methodological approach is eminently bibliographical in nature, based on historical and comparative procedures. At the end, it is sustained, as appropriate to the current context, the concept of HRE that is founded on converging theories, that is, an HRE that constitutes a formative process based on the complexity of human rights, and that strives to provide conditions for subjects to fight for their (or others’) human dignity.
Keywords: Human rights education. Theories of human rights. Human dignity.
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Davary, Bahar. "Recovering the Female Voice in Islamic Scripture." American Journal of Islam and Society 32, no. 3 (July 1, 2015): 114–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v32i3.994.
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The absence of women’s voices from the scriptures of the major world religionshas been the subject of feminist theologians’ inquiry, especially duringthe past three decades. Georgina Jardim’s work in feminist scholarship andwomen’s study is impressive. This book provides a fine synopsis of some ofthe important works in Islamic hermeneutical tradition while set in a comparative framework. As such, it is a great contribution to the comparative feministhermeneutics of scripture. The author makes good use of works by AminaWadud, Barbara Stowasser, Asma Barlas, and other feminists who have workedon the Qur’an or on paradigms of Muslim women in the Islamic textual tradition.She weaves their ideas and theories with those of Annemarie Schimmel,Sachiko Murata, Denise A. Spellberg, W. Montgomery Watt, RichardBell, Ashley M. Walker, Michael Sells, and others. In addition, she draws fromChristian and Jewish feminist thought as well as that of secular philosophersor theoreticians in juxtaposition with Muslim interpretations. As the title suggests,she focuses on women’s speech by emphasizing voice rather than silence.The author concludes that women not only have a voice in Islamicscripture, but that in the Abrahamic scriptures as a whole they break silencein order to invoke social justice.The book’s predominant theme, the Qur’anic account of “the womanwho disputes,” is juxtaposed with similar stories in the Jewish and Christianscriptures, which makes it an interesting exploration in Abrahamic interfeministinterreligious dialogue. Her use of scriptural reasoning to bringAbrahamic and secular voices in conversation on this topic is original.Among the few works with a comparative hermeneutic approach to womenin religion are Murata’s The Tao of Islam (1992), a sourcebook on genderrelations in Islamic discourse with references and analogies to the yin andyang elements, and Yvonne Yazbek Haddad and John L. Esposito’s Daughtersof Abraham (2002). Jardim’s book is distinct in that it compares bothfeminist methodologies as well as a parallel scriptural story in these threetraditions ...
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Misangyi, Vilmos F., Thomas Greckhamer, Santi Furnari, Peer C. Fiss, Donal Crilly, and Ruth Aguilera. "Embracing Causal Complexity." Journal of Management 43, no. 1 (November 16, 2016): 255–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0149206316679252.
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Causal complexity has long been recognized as a ubiquitous feature underlying organizational phenomena, yet current theories and methodologies in management are for the most part not well-suited to its direct study. The introduction of the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) configurational approach has led to a reinvigoration of configurational theory that embraces causal complexity explicitly. We argue that the burgeoning research using QCA represents more than a novel methodology; it constitutes the emergence of a neo-configurational perspective to the study of management and organizations that enables a fine-grained conceptualization and empirical investigation of causal complexity through the logic of set theory. In this article, we identify four foundational elements that characterize this emerging neo-configurational perspective: (a) conceptualizing cases as set theoretic configurations, (b) calibrating cases’ memberships into sets, (c) viewing causality in terms of necessity and sufficiency relations between sets, and (d) conducting counterfactual analysis of unobserved configurations. We then present a comprehensive review of the use of QCA in management studies that aims to capture the evolution of the neo-configurational perspective among management scholars. We close with a discussion of a research agenda that can further this neo-configurational approach and thereby shift the attention of management research away from a focus on net effects and towards examining causal complexity.
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Stauskis, Gintaras. "GREEN ARCHITECTURE PARADIGM: FROM URBAN UTOPIA TO MODERN METHODS OF QUALITY ASSESSMENT / ŽALIOSIOS ARCHITEKTŪROS PARADIGMA: NUO URBANISTIINĖS UTOPIJOS IKI ŠIUOLAIKINIŲ TVARUMO VERTINIMO METODIKŲ." Mokslas - Lietuvos ateitis 5, no. 3 (October 21, 2013): 181–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/mla.2013.34.
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Trends of environmental, social and economic development in the modern world are driving forward the theory and practice of Green Building with important role for architecture and architects. The article presents a comprehensive analysis of the Green Building doctrine and its historic background based on a review of main ideas of Green Architecture including its historic roots, as well as modern theories and practices of contemporary system of sustainability. Complex quality assessment methodologies developed in different regions of the world to evaluate environmental, social, economic and creative features of new and renovated buildings and urban complexes are analyzed in order to identify the most effective and advanced tools and methods. The importance of sustainability aspects is presented by a comparative analysis of basic features of building’s quality assessment methods originated in different countries and regions, as it reveals the structure and weight impact of different evaluation methods. The article also addresses the impact of Green Architecture theories and assessment methods on architectural practice by analyzing outstanding case studies in urban design, landscape architecture and volumetric building design. Santrauka Straipsnyje nagrinėjama žaliosios architektūros paradigmos raida skirtingais miestų filosofijos ir architektūros teorijos laikotarpiais, pateikiama daug nuoseklios idėjos raidos pavyzdžių nuo 19 a. pabaigos iki 20 a. vidurio. Materialiosios aplinkos, miestų ir pastatų tvarumas vertinamas pagal nustatytus kriterijus, naudojamus skirtinguose pasaulio regionuose nuo 20 a. pabaigos. Pateikiama skirtingų tvarumo nustatymo ir vertinimo aspektų analizė išryškina dominuojančius aspektus, taip pat parodo skirtingų tvarumo nustatymo metodų būdingus bruožus. Tyrimo išvadose nurodomi žaliosios architektūros platesnio įdiegimo Lietuvoje būdai: specialistų mokymas ir profesionalių architektų profesinis tobulėjimas, skirtingose statybos proceso grandyse dirbančių specialistų pajėgų konsolidavimas, įstatymų ir reglamentų bazės tobulinimas, numatant ekonomines ir kitas paskatas žaliosios architektūros principus taikantiems vystytojams. Straispsnis anglų kalba.
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Alekseeva, T. A., and A. P. Mineyev. "Naturalism and political science: adaptation to the non-classical world picture." Journal of Law and Administration 16, no. 1 (April 11, 2020): 14–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.24833/2073-8420-2020-1-54-14-27.
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Introduction. One of the greatest achievements of the humanity is obviously the recognition of the systematic unity of the natural and social knowledge. However, this recognition was not constant. The emergence, development and history of political sciences reflected it rather evidently, tending to go from one extreme to another – from identifying its methods with those of positive science to pretending to be unique or even universal. All these questions acquired special importance in the new non-classical world, but the adaptation of political sciences to a new type of thinking meets considerable difficulties.Methods of study. The main method of the study is comparative analysis of the variations to connect philosophical and substantive (ontological and epistemological) tools with political and applied ones of researching political and international political processes and phenomena. Moreover, the authors also used the interpretation approach.Results. The analysis of the most significant approaches towards the political and international processes demonstrate that the acceptance of the new postulates of non-classical and post-nonclassical pictures of the world is quite complicated. Simultaneously with the preservation of the pure mechanistic, approach some of the elements of the new world pictures were taken from quantum physics, biology. The chance factor and the rejection of the casual relationships were also taken into consideration. Nevertheless, it is better to speak not about the transfer of the methods and approaches from natural to political sciences, but about the attempts to build “weak” theories or analogues of theories (for instance, quantum-like theories). Nevertheless, generally speaking, political as well as other social sciences tend to be developing capturing the zeitgeist.Discussion and Conclusions. The adaptation of political sciences to new scientific pictures of the world is inevitable, but limited by definition: for all unity of knowledge as such, their methods and tools are very different and even undergo such significant changes and simplifications in the process of adaptation that they often retain only the names and imitations of the methodologies of other sciences. And yet, at least we have to go in parallel. But some caution here would not hurt at all.
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Aliu, Ylber. "Comparison of Plato’s Political Philosophy with Aristotle’s Political Philosophy." Urban Studies and Public Administration 1, no. 1 (April 18, 2018): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/uspa.v1n1p35.
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<pre><em>The purpose of this study is to identify the similarities and differences between the political philosophy of<br />Plato and political philosophy of Aristotle. Such comparative study is very important for political<br />thought in general. The main significance of this paper is the precise meaning of the political philosophy<br />of Plato and political philosophy of Aristotle, as well as the meaning of differences and similarities.<br />Often, Plato’s political ideas appear as Aristotle political ideas, and Aristotle’s political ideas appear as<br />Plato’s political ideas. The main method of study in this paper is the comparison method. The ancient<br />political debate between Plato and Aristotle is important to modern political philosophy as it is the basis<br />of modern political theories. The data for paper are taken from the books of these two authors. The<br />political philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, although they have similarities in some points, but differ in<br />many other issues, such as: different categories of political analysis, different methodologies of policy<br />study, and different reasons for state creation, different opinions why democracy is a bad form of<br />government and why aristocracy is the right form.</em></pre>
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TARASEVYCH, Yurii. "Features of criminological planning." Economics. Finances. Law, no. 6/1 (June 30, 2021): 37–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.37634/efp.2021.6(1).8.
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The paper discusses the features of criminological planning. The conceptual apparatus that acts as a tool for criminological planning and crime prevention is clarified. A number of concepts as «criminological planning», «strategic plan», «crime mapping», «individual planning» are characterized. A number of reasons that motivate people to break the law are identified; the most significant sociological theories of crime also are identified. It is emphasized that in connection with urbanization, the features of criminological planning also undergo certain changes and modifications. Innovative methodologies appear with the appropriate set of principles, methods and technologies, which are specially selected to solve a specific criminological problem. By means of a comparative analysis, the most stable differences in the concepts of «criminological planning» and «criminological forecasting» have been identified. The theory of crime, types and stages of criminological planning are considered; the necessary set of methods, techniques, techniques and tactics for the implementation of criminological planning to achieve the goals and objectives on the path to sustainable development of the state. A set of proposals and recommendations for improving criminological planning in the light of current trends has been formulated and substantiated. The main strains of optimizing criminological planning are: the formulation of the system of state anti-criminological educational policy; cooperation with institutions of community support; introduction into practice of foreign experience in conducting strategic sessions; the formation of a creative position, necessary for the implementation of thorough management of anti-criminological programs.
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Wang, Yingxu, Xinming Tan, Cyprian F. Ngolah, and Philip Sheu. "The Formal Design Models of a Set of Abstract Data Types (ADTs)." International Journal of Software Science and Computational Intelligence 2, no. 4 (October 2010): 72–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jssci.2010100106.
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Type theories are fundamental for underpinning data object modeling and system architectural design in computing and software engineering. Abstract Data Types (ADTs) are a set of highly generic and rigorously modeled data structures in type theory. ADTs also play a key role in Object-Oriented (OO) technologies for software system design and implementation. This paper presents a formal modeling methodology for ADTs using the Real-Time Process Algebra (RTPA), which allows both architectural and behavioral models of ADTs and complex data objects. Formal architectures, static behaviors, and dynamic behaviors of a set of ADTs are comparatively studied. The architectural models of the ADTs are created using RTPA architectural modeling methodologies known as the Unified Data Models (UDMs). The static behaviors of the ADTs are specified and refined by a set of Unified Process Models (UPMs) of RTPA. The dynamic behaviors of the ADTs are modeled by process dispatching technologies of RTPA. This work has been applied in a number of real-time and non-real-time system designs such as a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS+), a Cognitive Learning Engine (CLE), and the automatic code generator based on RTPA.
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Zhang, Yuchen, and Shigeyuki Hamori. "The Predictability of the Exchange Rate When Combining Machine Learning and Fundamental Models." Journal of Risk and Financial Management 13, no. 3 (March 4, 2020): 48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jrfm13030048.
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In 1983, Meese and Rogoff showed that traditional economic models developed since the 1970s do not perform better than the random walk in predicting out-of-sample exchange rates when using data obtained after the beginning of the floating rate system. Subsequently, whether traditional economical models can ever outperform the random walk in forecasting out-of-sample exchange rates has received scholarly attention. Recently, a combination of fundamental models with machine learning methodologies was found to outcompete the predictability of random walk (Amat et al. 2018). This paper focuses on combining modern machine learning methodologies with traditional economic models and examines whether such combinations can outperform the prediction performance of random walk without drift. More specifically, this paper applies the random forest, support vector machine, and neural network models to four fundamental theories (uncovered interest rate parity, purchase power parity, the monetary model, and the Taylor rule models). We performed a thorough robustness check using six government bonds with different maturities and four price indexes, which demonstrated the superior performance of fundamental models combined with modern machine learning in predicting future exchange rates in comparison with the results of random walk. These results were examined using a root mean squared error (RMSE) and a Diebold–Mariano (DM) test. The main findings are as follows. First, when comparing the performance of fundamental models combined with machine learning with the performance of random walk, the RMSE results show that the fundamental models with machine learning outperform the random walk. In the DM test, the results are mixed as most of the results show significantly different predictive accuracies compared with the random walk. Second, when comparing the performance of fundamental models combined with machine learning, the models using the producer price index (PPI) consistently show good predictability. Meanwhile, the consumer price index (CPI) appears to be comparatively poor in predicting exchange rate, based on its poor results in the RMSE test and the DM test.
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Martynov, Vladimir A. "Structuralism’s casus. Article second." Herald of Omsk University 25, no. 4 (December 28, 2020): 82–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.24147/1812-3996.2020.25(4).82-93.
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This article concludes the series of publications on structuralism. In the three previous articles, the hypothesis that structuralism cannot be understood and appreciated outside of what can be called “modern humanism” was first expressed and substantiated. In this article, structuralism, understood in its ontogeny and phylogeny, is related to the horizon of modern epistemology and philosophy of science. Moreover, modern epistemological models must themselves be taken seriously, i. e. methods of modern comparative epistemology. Thus, the map of theories of structuralism is more complicated to see than with a strictly institutional approach. One of the poles of this whole is radically constructivist models (the most complete constructivist model of structuralism today is the concept of N. Poselyagin). The opposite pole is the realistic understanding of structuralism proposed in this series of publications. A number of models reveal fundamental complexity, revealing a realistic background under the layer of constructivist rhetoric. Thus, the theory of structuralism of the greatest epistemologist and methodologist of science P. Serio turns out to be dual. Corrections to the archeology of M. Foucault’s knowledge inevitably lead his theory to the realistic pole.
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Hayotte, Meggy, Pierre Thérouanne, Laura Gray, Karine Corrion, and Fabienne d'Arripe-Longueville. "The French eHealth Acceptability Scale Using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 Model: Instrument Validation Study." Journal of Medical Internet Research 22, no. 4 (April 15, 2020): e16520. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16520.
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Background Technology-based physical activity suggests new opportunities for public health initiatives. Yet only 45% of technology interventions are theoretically based, and the acceptability mechanisms have been insufficiently studied. Acceptability and acceptance theories have provided interesting insights, particularly the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2 (UTAUT2). In several studies, the psychometric qualities of acceptability scales have not been well demonstrated. Objective The aim of this study was to adapt the UTAUT2 to the electronic health (eHealth) context and provide a preliminary validation of the eHealth acceptability scale in a French sample. Methods In line with the reference validation methodologies, we carried out the following stages of validating the scale with a total of 576 volunteers: translation and adaptation, dimensionality tests, reliability tests, and construct validity tests. We used confirmatory factor analysis to validate a 22-item instrument with 7 subscales: Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, Facilitating Conditions, Hedonic Motivation, Price Value, and Habit. Results The dimensionality tests showed that the bifactor confirmatory model presented the best fit indexes: χ2173=434.86 (P<.001), χ2/df=2.51, comparative fit index=.97, Tucker-Lewis index=.95, and root mean square error of approximation=.053 (90% CI .047-.059). The invariance tests of the eHealth acceptability factor structure by sex demonstrated no significant differences between models, except for the strict model. The partial strict model demonstrated no difference from the strong model. Cronbach alphas ranged from .77 to .95 for the 7 factors. We measured the internal reliability with a 4-week interval. The intraclass correlation coefficients for each subscale ranged from .62 to .88, and there were no significant differences in the t tests from time 1 to time 2. Assessments for convergent validity demonstrated that the eHealth acceptability constructs were significantly and positively related to behavioral intention, usage, and constructs from the technology acceptance model and the theory of planned behavior. Conclusions The 22-item French-language eHealth acceptability scale, divided into 7 subscales, showed good psychometric qualities. This scale is thus a valid and reliable tool to assess the acceptability of eHealth technology in French-speaking samples and offers promising avenues in research, clinical practice, and marketing.
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Arnold, Josie. "Methodologies and Theories within Academic Research." British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science 5, no. 4 (January 10, 2015): 377–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/bjesbs/2015/11199.
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Curtis, Ronald C. "Are Methodologies Theories of Scientific Rationality?" British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 37, no. 2 (June 1, 1986): 135–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjps/37.2.135.
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Merzouk, Soukaina, Abdessamad Cherkaoui, Abdelaziz Marzak, and Sael Nawal. "IoT methodologies: comparative study." Procedia Computer Science 175 (2020): 585–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2020.07.084.
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Roig-Tierno, Norat, Kun-Huang Huarng, and Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano. "Configurational comparative research methodologies." Quality & Quantity 51, no. 5 (July 25, 2017): 1921–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11135-017-0535-2.
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Solomon, Jon. "Film Philology: Towards Effective Theories and Methodologies." International Journal of the Classical Tradition 17, no. 3 (August 6, 2010): 435–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12138-010-0205-4.
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Wang, Wuhong, Heiner Bubb, Geert Wets, and Fengyuan Wang. "Advances in Mobility Theories, Methodologies, and Applications." Advances in Mechanical Engineering 6 (January 1, 2014): 831689. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/831689.
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Boeva, Luc. ""Yet another book on nationalism." Enkele recente bijdragen tot de theorievorming." WT. Tijdschrift over de geschiedenis van de Vlaamse beweging 72, no. 1 (April 1, 2013): 68–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.21825/wt.v72i1.15954.
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Deze bijdrage bespreekt aan de hand van een aantal recente publicaties drie thema's uit het actuele theoretisch debat rond nationalisme: de moderniteit van naties en nationalisme, nationale identiteit en de comparatieve methode. Over het eerste verscheen een boek dat een nieuwe, op historische bronnen gebaseerde, start voor de studie van het nationalisme wil betekenen, tegen het modernistisch paradigma in. Volgens auteur Caspar Hirschi ligt de oorsprong van nationalisme in de late Middeleeuwen, vroege vormen van nationalisme kwamen reeds tijdens de Renaissance voor en modern nationalisme kon enkel dergelijke mobiliserende kracht verwerven omdat het reeds lang aanwezig was in politiek, geleerdheid en kunst. Niet de aantrekkingskracht voor de massa was belangrijk, maar wel de nabijheid van de nationalisten tot de macht. Het identiteitsdebat wordt steeds meer gevoerd, maatschappelijk maar ook in verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines. Zoals in de discursieve benadering door Ludo Beheydt van de culturele identiteit van de Nederlanden langs taal en kunst, of in de verzamelbundel rond de spanningsrelatie met het internationale en het lokale bij de nationale legitimering in België en Nederland tijdens de 19de eeuw, bij literatuur- en taalbeschouwing, de geschiedschrijving en de productie van 'eigen' literatuur. Ten slotte passeren enkele bijdragen rond de methodologie voor de vergelijkende studie van het nationalisme alsmede enkele recente toepassingen de revue.___________
"Yet another book on nationalism". Some recent contributions to the generation of theories
This contribution discusses three themes from the current theoretical debate about nationalism on the basis of a number of recent publications: the modernity of nations and nationalism, national identity and the comparative method. In reference to the first theme, a book was published that hopes to provide a new beginning for the study of nationalism, based on historical sources, and contrary to the modernist paradigm. According to the author Caspar Hirschi, the origin of nationalism dates from the late Middle Ages. Early forms of nationalism already existed during the Renaissance whilst modern nationalism was only able to acquire such a mobilising power because it had been present for such a long time in politics, erudition and art. What was important was not its attractiveness for the masses, but the nationalists’ proximity to power. The identity debate is taking place more and more frequently, in society as well as in several scientific disciplines. For instance, it is found in Ludo Beheydt’s discursive approach to the cultural identity of the Netherlands via language and art, or in the collected works about the field of tension between the international and local level for the national legitimation in Belgium and the Netherlands during the 19th century, in debates about literature and language, the historiography and the production of the ‘own’ literature. Finally, some contributions are reviewed about the methodology for the comparative study of nationalism as well as some recent applications thereof.
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Davies, Catherine. "Language, Communities and Moving Borders: Theories and Methodologies." Journal of Romance Studies 17, no. 2 (June 2017): 257–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/jrs.2017.18.
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Smit, Brigitte. "Expanding Educational Leadership Theories through Qualitative Relational Methodologies." Magis, Revista Internacional de Investigación en Educación 11, no. 22 (October 16, 2018): 75–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.m11-22.eelt.
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Educational leadership is conceptualised through a relational framework and empirically understood through qualitative relational methodologies such as relational ethics, ethics of care and narrative inquiry. Empirical data from narrative interviews revealed that in many cases where the school principals honed values such as care and relational attributes in their daily leadership practices, learners were more likely to respond to such relational and caring practices, which they witnessed and experienced. It appears that relational methodologies can elicit relational leadership styles, which set caring and supportive examples for both teachers and learners, adding much worth to a favourable educational landscape.
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Yemini, Miri. "Re-configuring post-socialism: methodologies, theories, and reflections." Comparative Education 55, no. 4 (July 19, 2019): 576–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2019.1645988.
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Huggins, Robert, Hiro Izushi, and Piers Thompson. "Regional Competitiveness: Theories and Methodologies for Empirical Analysis." Journal of CENTRUM Cathedra (JCC): The Business and Economics Research Journal 6, no. 2 (September 15, 2013): 155–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.7835/jcc-berj-2013-0086.
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Cao, Dongxing, Shengfeng Qin, and Yu-Shen Liu. "Advances in Conceptual Design Theories, Methodologies, and Applications." Advances in Mechanical Engineering 5 (January 2013): 207492. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/207492.
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Denzin, Norman K., Yvonna S. Lincoln, Maggie MacLure, Ann Merete Otterstad, Harry Torrance, Gaile S. Cannella, Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, and Terrence McTier. "Critical Qualitative Methodologies." International Review of Qualitative Research 10, no. 4 (February 1, 2017): 482–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/irqr.2017.10.4.482.
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Critical qualitative scholarship offers humble grounds and many unforeseen possibilities to seek and promote justice, critical global engagement, and diverse epistemologies. This dialogical and interactive paper is based on a panel session at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry that highlighted diverse areas of critical qualitative inquiry, namely justice, difference, ethics, and equity. Authors in this paper share their critical qualitative research practices and provide examples of how justice can be addressed through research foci, methods, theories, and ethical practices.
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Hanson, Cindy. "Indigenous Research Methodologies." International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies 5, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): 93–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcis.v5i1.97.
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The transnational perspectives offered in Indigenous Research Methodologies by Bagele Chilisa make this book not only a valuable resource for university- and community-based research and engagement, but also one with practical and wide-reaching appeal for scholars, community researchers, and graduate students. Bagele Chilisa, a Botswanabased scholar, undertakes an extensive examination of Indigenous methodologies that draws on theories and practices from a variety of cultural and academic contexts. Her examples range across African proverbs and songs, Indigenous story-telling and mixed research methods including Indigenized Euro-Western approaches.
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Chin, C., A. Spowage, and E. Yap. "Project Management Methodologies: A Comparative Analysis." Journal for the Advancement of Performance Information and Value 4, no. 1 (October 1, 2012): 106. http://dx.doi.org/10.37265/japiv.v4i1.102.
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Across all industrial sectors, project management has become an essential element in the successful delivery of projects. Regardless of the industrial sector or size of project, project management methodologies (PMM) can be applied to improve the probability of meeting the project goals. In an earlier published work, we had classified PMM in five distinct but interdependent levels. In this paper, our objective is to further extend the discussion on the characteristics of L3 methodologies by comparing the PMM currently being applied in three distinct sectors: (1) academic institutions; (2) industry organizations and (3) government linked organizations. Each of the PMM across the three sectors will be compared and discussed against a list of elements to elicit a common set of requirements.
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Inoguchi, Takashi, and Edward Newman. "Towards an East Asian IR Community?" Journal of East Asian Studies 2, no. 1 (February 2002): 11–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1598240800000643.
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The methodologies and assumptions that guide our acquisition of knowledge and interpretation of data are context and time bound. Academic disciplines, sub-disciplines, methodological approaches and research agendas are to a large degree conditioned by the ‘real world,’ and none more so than International Relations. Accordingly, it is important to consider the possible sociological foundations of different epistemologies and paradigms of International Relations. Surely there is more than one way of looking at the world, unless one is steadfastly married to a positivist universal truth. Yet it is interesting that East Asian scholarship and teaching in IR has seemingly not developed strong ‘indigenous’ regional characteristics, perhaps with the exception of Japan with its large market, long tradition, political freedom and economic affluence. In fact IR has absorbed and closely followed Western and particularly North American social science. This introduction and the articles that follow will explore the fortunes of IR scholarship and regional studies in East Asia in the context of national and regional environments. It will consider how IR is taught and researched in various national settings, and examine the interaction between IR as a social science and national/regional historical experiences, cultural and pedagogical traditions, and politico-ideological values. The underlining problematique concerns the idea of an East Asian ‘IR community’: why has this tended to be comparatively weak? How can we envision the development of a more rigorous East Asian IR community, one that is not exclusively judged according to external — and particularly North American — terms of reference and standards? It goes without saying that we are not attempting to antagonize our American friends and colleagues, but simply to stimulate a ‘sociology of science’ reflection of the discipline in the East Asian regional setting. Two questions serve as the organizing themes of this special issue. The first concerns the primary characteristics of the regional IR community. Many of the papers in this collection point to the dominance of US-originated ideas and theories. The second question arises from the first question: whether these predominant approaches help us to understand the region in a time of change.
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Alberti, Benjamin, and Yvonne Marshall. "Animating Archaeology: Local Theories and Conceptually Open-ended Methodologies." Cambridge Archaeological Journal 19, no. 3 (October 2009): 344–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959774309000535.
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Animists' theories of matter must be given equivalence at the level of theory if we are to understand adequately the nature of ontological difference in the past. The current model is of a natural ontological continuum that connects all cultures, grounding our culturally relativist worldviews in a common world. Indigenous peoples' worlds are thought of as fascinating but ultimately mistaken ways of knowing the world. We demonstrate how ontologically oriented theorists Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Karen Barad and Tim Ingold in conjuncture with an anti-representationalist methodology can provide the necessary conditions for alternative ontologies to emerge in archaeology. Anthropo-zoomorphic ‘body-pots’ from first-millennium ad northwest Argentina anticipate the possibility that matter was conceptualized as chronically unstable, inherently undifferentiated, and ultimately practice-dependent.