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Purpose: Analyzing the correlation between patients' basic information, three-dimensional parameters after calcaneal fractures, and the prognosis of calcaneal fractures. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 43 patients with calcaneal fractures who underwent surgical treatment in the Foot and Ankle Surgery, Xi'an Honghui Hospital, from September 2019 to August 2022. Patient demographics including gender and age were collected, as well as the preoperative posterior articular surface collapse area, number of fracture fragments, length, width, height, and volume of the calcaneus obtained from preoperative three-dimensional imaging. Patients were followed up for VAS, AOFAS, and SF-36 scores. Correlation analysis was performed on the obtained data. Results: All 43 included patients received complete follow-up, including 40 males and 3 females, with an average follow-up time of 35.37 ± 10.73 months, and an average age of 43.98 ± 12.08 years. All patients' VAS, AOFAS, and SF-36 scores at the last follow-up showed no correlation with patient age, gender, or the area of posterior articular collapse, number of fracture fragments, length, width, height, or volume of the calcaneus. Conclusions: The prognosis of calcaneal fractures is unrelated to three-dimensional factors such as patient age, gender, length, width, height, volume of the calcaneus, area of the posterior joint, and number of fracture fragments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we will introduce a novel argument (the “Region Argument”) that objects do not have frame‐independent shapes in special relativity. The Region Argument lacks vulnerabilities present in David Chalmers' argument for that conclusion based on length contraction. We then examine how views on persistence interact with the Region Argument. We argue that this argument and standard four‐dimensionalist assumptions entail that nothing in a relativistic world has any shape, not even stages or the regions occupied by them. We also argue that endurantists have viable ways of preserving shape despite the Region Argument. The upshot of these arguments is that contrary to conventional wisdom, considerations about shape in relativity support endurantism rather than four‐dimensionalism. We conclude by examining the implications of our discussion for the debate over Edenic shapes, noting that endurantists have a satisfying response to skeptical arguments about Edenic shapes similar to the one they have against the Region Argument. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To investigate the expression of microRNA (mi R) -592 in breast cancer and its correlation with clinicopathology. Methods: 70 patients with breast cancer admitted to our hospital from January 2018 to December 2019 were selected,and their breast cancer tissues and adjacent tissues were taken for immunohistochemical detection to detect the expression level of mi R-592. The expression level of mi R-592 in breast cancer patients with different clinicopathological characteristics was analyzed, and the correlation between mi R-592 and breast cancer clinicopathology was analyzed by Spearman correlation. All patients were followed up for 4 years to record the total survival time of breast cancer patients and analyze the relationship between mi R-592 and the survival time of breast cancer patients. Results: The relative expression and positive rate of mi R-592 in breast cancer tissues were significantly lower than those in adjacent tissues (P＜0.05); There was no significant difference in the relative expression level of mi R-592 among different ages, histological types, tumor sizes, and tissue differentiation levels (P＞0.05), while there was a significant difference in the relative expression level of mi R-592 among different clinical stages and lymph node metastases (P＜0.05); Spearman correlation analysis showed that mi R-592 was negative correlated with clinical stage and lymph node metastasis of breast cancer (P＜0.05); After a 4-year follow-up, the median overall survival time of patients with high mi R-592 was 40.37 (18.47 to 60.00) months, which was significantly higher than the median overall survival time of 30.57 (13.57 to 60.00) months. Conclusion: The low expression of mi R-592 in breast cancer is related to the clinical stage and lymph node metastasis of breast cancer, and the low expression of mi R-592 may mean poor prognosis of breast cancer patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Faced with the mathematical possibility of non-Euclidean geometries, 19th Century geometers were tasked with the problem of determining which among the possible geometries corresponds to that of our space. In this context, the contribution of the Belgian philosopher-mathematician, Joseph Delboeuf, has been unduly neglected. The aim of this essay is to situate Delboeuf's ideas within the context of the philosophies of geometry of his contemporaries, such as Helmholtz, Russell and Poincaré. We elucidate the central thesis, according to which Euclidean geometry is given special status on the basis of the relativity of magnitudes, we uncover its hidden history and show that it is defensible within the context of the philosophies of geometry of the epoch. Through this discussion, we also develop various ideas that have some relevance to present-day methods in gravitational physics and cosmology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper addresses the question of whether it is possible to develop theoretical methods to reconcile absolute principles on the one hand and relative tenets on the other. I will look at this question through the lens of classical Chinese logic and, more concretely, through the elaborations of the Chinese logician Hui Shi on this relationship. The examination of this problem proceeds from a general introduction of the basic framework of semantically determined classical Chinese logic, through an illumination of Hui Shi's specific contributions to the field, to a tentative explanation of his conception of the nature of the relation between absoluteness and relativity, embedded in more general structures of his thought and illustrated by his interpretation of the possibility of unifying identity and difference. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Environmental pragmatism has faced numerous criticisms for relativism and crude instrumentalism as well as for sidestepping the fundamental concerns of environmental ethics. Recently, Andre Santos Campos and Sofia Guedes Vaz have proposed a new 'method' of environmental pragmatism, justificatory moral pluralism, with the aim of overcoming these criticisms. It is argued that this new approach is plagued by the traditional concerns. Instead, the pitfalls of pragmatism can be avoided by adopting the central insight of the classical pragmatists that values may be revised in light of experience in a process that resembles scientific inquiry. The resulting view may not be satisfying for those who expect pragmatism to live up to its periodic promise of immediate and concrete results. Nevertheless, pragmatism presents the environmental ethicist with a range of promising tasks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is often claimed that political disinformation is more abundant than ever, that populists are particularly prone to lying, and that we live in an era of post-truth or epistemic relativism. Contrary to these views, we interpret this historical trend as a shift from objective to authentic forms of political truth claims. We develop a diagnostic framework that captures different types of political truth claims and their distinct elements. This framework enables interrogation and understanding of the current state of epistemic contestation and change. The rise of both populist and deliberative approaches to democracy, which we use as key examples, are indicators of a gradual shift towards a greater importance of authenticity in the public sphere. We nuance this proposition by distinguishing between different forms of authenticity employed by populist and deliberative politics: communicative authenticity in deliberative politics and original and personal authenticity in populist politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is divided into two main parts. In the first half, I identify a tension within Bernard Williams’ political realist conception of political legitimacy. On the one hand, he was committed to a peculiar universalist criterion of political legitimacy – what is politically unacceptable is summed up in the old Catholic saying quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus creditum est. On the other, he supported the idea that what counts as political legitimacy depends on what we, in the here and now, deem to be politically legitimate – thus suggesting some kind of relativist criterion for political legitimacy. In order to eliminate this tension, I propose a two-step reconstruction of Williams’ works on political philosophy. The second half of the article assesses three criticisms to Willliams’ conception of political legitimacy levied by contemporary political realists. I use my two-step reconstruction of Williams to reject two of these three objections. In addressing the third, I sketch a reading of Williams’ notion of political legitimacy in the context of his ethical project as a whole and, in so doing, overcome the difficulty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The virial theorem is established in the framework of resolution-scale relativity for stochastic dynamics characterized by a diffusion constant . It only relies on a simple time average just like the classical virial theorem, while the quantum mechanical virial theorem involves the expectation values of the observables. Nevertheless, by the emergence of a quantum-like potential term, the resolution-scale relativity virial theorem also encompasses quantum mechanical dynamics under the identification ℏ ↔ 2 m . This provides an illustration of the resolution-scale relativistic approach to the foundation of standard quantum mechanics. Furthermore, it is pointed out that if the resolution-scale relativity principle is implemented in macroscopic systems that are complex and/or chaotic, then the application of the classical virial theorem in the analysis of the dynamics of astrophysical systems neglects the contribution from a resolution-scale relativistic quantum-like potential. It is shown that this quantum-like potential could account for some fraction of the dark matter hypothesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

These practices, which make up the spirituality of a person as a whole, are one of the most important tools with which a person becomes a Kemalat traveler, who, on the one hand, can realize the reality underlying what seems visible and invisible to the naked eye. The purpose of the article is to study how the strengthening of factors weakening the influence of religion in personal and public life with modernism, the emphasis on relativism and individualization along with postmodernism led people to turn to spiritual searches outside traditional religious structures. The idea of the scientific article is to analyze the reasons that have led to a significant number of people turning to a formal religious point of view or beginning to seek ways to realize the spiritual potential of their nature when doctrinal concepts are promoted in the interpretation and teaching of religions. The scientific direction of the research article is the study, differentiation of the spiritual potential of a person, the phenomenon of spiritualism that arose as a result of attempts to realize this potential in non-religious channels. As a result of the research, the problem and the goal are indicated by considering the need for spirituality of people and society and the responsibility of religious education in this context. The research emphasizes the scientific significance of the article - the concept of spirituality and secondary concepts such as the meaning and kinship in the content of this concept, as well as the concepts of spirituality of Kazakh youth, two important concepts that have found their place in modern literature. The practical significance lies in the proximity of religion and spirituality in terms of origin and development; exploring the place of spirituality in religious practice and religious morality, secularism of spirituality in literature are considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To what extent, and on what grounds, can we ethically evaluate art from a generative context that is at some significant distance from our present reception context—at enough distance, at least, so that the two contexts differ, in important ways, in aspects of their moral outlooks? This paper has four aims. The modest task of the paper is to show that this question is much more difficult than has been recognised. The somewhat more ambitious goal is a methodological intervention: it is to highlight the need for interdisciplinary research that illuminates the socio-historical specificities of remote generative contexts in a way that allows us to see the relevant ways in which the moral outlooks overlap with ours (or do not). In relation, the third aim of the paper is to argue, with reference to Bernard Williams's 'relativism of distance', that there are some cases in which the moral outlooks of a work's generative and reception contexts differ so significantly that the warrant for our moral judgments of remote artworks is attenuated—if it exists at all. Finally, we try to demonstrate how the sort of interdisciplinary collaboration we're advocating might inform our moral judgments of art—more specifically, in a way that invites a degree of quietude or uncertainty about remote artworks that are deeply morally troubling in our present reception context. We do this with reference to the paintings of Titian. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to mine the intrinsic information of interval grey number, the concept of the generalized whiteness of interval grey number is first given in this paper based on the generalized greyness of interval grey number. Then the static and dynamic properties of generalized whiteness on bounded background domain, infinite background domain and infinitesimal background domain are analyzed, and the concepts of the extreme white system and extreme white spot are given. Finally, the conservation law of the generalized whiteness of interval grey numbers is given, and the generalized whiteness is applied to the ranking of interval grey numbers. The results show that the generalized whiteness of interval grey number on the bounded background domain has the static properties of the relativity, normality, unity, opposition, connectivity, justice and graduality; while on the infinite background domain and the infinitesimal background domain, the generalized whiteness of interval grey number has the above static properties except the graduality. On the bounded background domain, the generalized whiteness changes with the expansion of the background domain and the value domain, while on the infinite background domain and the infinitesimal background domain, the static and dynamic properties of the generalized whiteness of interval grey number are the same, it is not affected by the expansion change of the background domain and value domain, and the generalized whiteness of interval grey numbers is conserved. The research results not only enrich the grey system theory, but also provide a theoretical basis for the analysis and utilization of interval grey numbers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Is relativism a coherent thesis? The paper argues for a new view of relativism that opposes both classic and contemporary views. On this view, the thesis of relativism is coherent even if the key notions in the standard apparatus of relativism—of alternative conceptual schemes, relative truth, perspectival content—are all incoherent. The view defended here highlights issues about attitude attribution and explanation in formulating the thesis of relativism and it proposes a surprising connection between relativism and nonsense. The paper argues further that the thesis of relativism, so understood, is coherent, by considering different accounts of the semantics of attitude attributions in their application to the attribution of nonsensical thinking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper explores pluralism, skepticism, and relativism in Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano, The Sirens of Titan, Cat’s Cradle, and Slaughterhouse-Five. The study attempts to reveal Vonnegut’s depiction of contemporary postmodern politics, society, and culture. It looks into postmodernism as the inclusive term of the thematic attributes of pluralism, skepticism, and relativism which apparently imprint the typical image of postmodernism life. Therefore, the study sheds light on the selected novels’ perception of postmodernism on the verge of social and cultural change stimulated by politics that plays a crucial role in shaping postmodern man and his capacity to cope cultural pluralism. In this way, the study unravels such pluralism via highlighting the characters’ skepticism of their ability to grasp the relativism of postmodern life. The study examines Vonnegut’s postmodern dexterity as a critique of contemporary political actions that lead to new life styles. In addition, it discovers the selected novels’ narrative structure as a postmodern device of exposing contemporary socio-cultural reality that is spoiled by contemporary politics. In this way, it identifies Vonnegut’s postmodern fictional theme of relativism i.e., dealing with political sequences as challenging reality; and this reality should be amended by controlling postmodern politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The traditional concept of a temporarily present God in Open Theism more closely aligns with religious and biblical understandings of God than does the classical timeless concept. Divine temporal knowledge and causality require, however, a dynamic theory of time and absolute time, concepts that most theorists of relativity challenge. The standard version of presentism, as proposed by W. L. Craig, has not been well received in the scientific community. A more effective solution to conceptualizing God's temporal presence in a relativistic universe involves reinterpreting the Theory of Relativity as pertaining to measurements of local times, which do not interfere with the unique cosmic "now". In this view, Minkowski's space-time does not need to be interpreted solely as a geometric representation of the effects of natural forces, as Craig suggests, but it can be argued that even if realistic, it does not exclude a unique present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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To gain a deeper understanding of the carbon emission mechanism from transportation facilities, all system elements affecting carbon emissions from regional transportation facilities are identified and analyzed according to panel data from 30 regions in China. A spatial econometric model for carbon emissions from transportation facilities is constructed using the Spatial Dolbin model from 2004 to 2022 as the research period. From the results, the carbon dioxide emissions from transportation facilities added from 318 million tons in 2004 to 752 million tons in 2022, with an average annual growth rate of 4.9%. The global spatial auto-correlation coefficient was significant at the 5%, with an obvious spatial correlation between carbon dioxide emissions within a geographical range. In addition, through stability testing, the model showed high stability in both spatial lag testing and spatial error testing, demonstrating strong ability to interpret data. The research shows that the carbon emission is affected by independent variables, including population, economy, technology, and transportation, and exhibit significant spatial distribution characteristics in different regions and years, providing a basis for policy formulation and carbon emission management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As a representative of the new Confucian school, Xu Fuguan, based on Confucianism and Taoism and Chinese classical poetry and painting works, formed a unique Chinese style and style of hermeneutics by combining the practical experience of Chinese classical hermeneutics and Western discourse theory. He proposed that the interpretation of literary and artistic works should achieve the integration of the artistic spirit between the subject and the object in the way of “pursue experience”. He also used the concepts of “eliminating all thoughts and desires” and “ascertained by both sides” to solve the problems of relativism and compulsory interpretation in the process of interpretation. His dialectical hermeneutics methodology has opened up new ideas and realms for the construction of Chinese hermeneutics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In validating a view, it is important to reread its intellectual bases. Clarifying the epistemological foundation, as well as analyzing and criticizing its various dimensions, plays an effective role in studying the language of the Quran. Affected by examining the epistemology theory, ascribing the mysteriousness to the language of the Quran becomes doubtful and the underlying epistemic and cognitive bases of the Quran strengthen toward the comprehensibility and certainty of the Quran's language. After a critical analysis of the aforesaid foundation by using exact rational considerations, the weakness of the view of the mysterious language of the Quran has been highlighted in this writing. The method of this paper is documentary-analytical. The findings show that the epistemological basis of the view of "the mysterious language of the Quran" encounters assistant Professor, serious challenges as follows: 1- concerning the typology of skepticism, it is complex, 2- regarding genealogically, it is a neo-Kantian view, 3- methodologically, it is considered as an approach that is far from any criteria, 4- self-contradiction is its essential feature, 5- its defenses are defective. So, the basis of the view of "the mysterious language of the Quran" is corrupted and rejected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Quantum mechanics presently has many unanswered questions, paradoxes, and even outright logical contradictions. To make progress in understanding quantum mechanics, we begin by proposing that relativity be set aside in favor of an absolute aetherial theory. Once that step is taken, we can understand quantum collapse as a description of real wave-packets collapsing in a faster-than-light way. By assuming that a partially observable reality exists, we can then extend our analysis of wave-packets into the subquantum, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle then follows from the Fourier uncertainty principle coupled with the de Broglie relation. Further progress in understanding quantum mechanics is possible by modifying the de Broglie and Planck relations. Those modifications lead to matter-waves moving at the speed of light rather than superluminally as presently theorized, and they allow the results of matter-wave two-slit experiments to be understood from any reference frame. A modified time-dependent Schrödinger Equation results from our modifications, but the spatial time-independent Schrödinger equation is retained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article reviews the documentary film diptych The Labudović Reels by film-maker Mila Turajlić. Based on her archival work at the Filmske Novosti production company, Turajlić discovers the legacy of hitherto unknown cinematographer Stevan Labudović. Both films are hybrid documentaries that combine archive footage with interview-style documentary, and both focus on two intertwined thematic cycles – Labudović's coverage of the Algerian war of independence (1959–1961) and the first summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (1960–1961). Conceptually, Turajlić's films engage thought-provoking matrixes, among them Pierre Nora's lieux de memoire and, more especially, Walter Benjamin's reflections on historical progress. This review finds that the implementation of the latter blurs the boundary between the critique of the idea of progress and historical relativism, which leads to the confusing presence of mutually exclusive voices in Turajlić's film, one calling for the reappropriation of the past, and another calling that same past into question. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cognitive theorists routinely disagree about the evidence supporting claims in cognitive science. Here, we first argue that some disagreements about evidence in cognitive science are about the evidence available to be drawn upon by cognitive theorists. Then, we show that one's explanation of why this first kind of disagreement obtains will cohere with one's theory of evidence. We argue that the best explanation for why cognitive theorists disagree in this way is because their evidence is what they rationally grant. Finally, we explain why our view does not lead to a pernicious kind of relativism in cognitive science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective To explore the correlation between the expression of long non-coding RNA(lncRNA) UCA1 and radiotherapy sensitivity in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods A total of 80 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma admitted to the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from February 2020 to February 2022 were selected as the esophageal cancer group, and 50 subjects who underwent health examinations in our hospital during the same period were selected as the control group.Real time fluorescence quantitative PCR was used to detect the plasma lncRNA UCA1 expression levels of all subjects and compare them.The relationship between lncRNA UCA1 levels and clinical pathological indicators in esophageal cancer patients, as well as their relationship with radiation sensitivity, was analyzed. Results The plasma lncRNA UCA1 levels in the esophageal cancer group were higher than those in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant(P0.05);The plasma lncRNA UCA1 levels in patients with TNM stage Ⅲ+Ⅳ esophageal squamous cell carcinoma were higher than those in patients with stage Ⅰ+Ⅱ, and the difference was statistically significant(P2.31) showed a significant decrease in radiotherapy sensitivity(P

Research on individuals' attitudes toward corporate social responsibility (CSR) from a micro level has increasingly emerged in recent years, yet the role of spiritual values and principles has been ignored as its antecedents in extant literature. To fill the research gap, we examine the relationship between spirituality and individual CSR attitudes and further analyze this relationship by revealing the mediating role of idealism and the moderating role of relativism. Data were gathered from a two-wave survey conducted in Pakistan and 147 questionnaires were collected. The results indicate that spirituality is positively related to CSR attitudes, and this relationship is mediated by idealism. Relativism strengthens not only the positive relationship between spirituality and idealism but also the indirect relationship between spirituality and CSR attitudes via idealism. The findings contribute to the research on the micro-foundations of CSR by taking spirituality into account. Theoretical and practical implications for future research are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article deals with the conceptual correspondences between two of the central theses of Willard Van Orman Quine's philosophical proposal, the inscrutability of reference, through which Quine presents examples to support his theory of the indeterminacy of translation; and ontological relativity, with which Quine deals with the different possibilities that linguists have while carrying out observations for the translation of new languages. These Quinean theses are strongly linked due to their centrality to the theory of indeterminacy of translation, that is, the impossibility of obtaining a precise referential meaning. In view of this thematic choice, intrinsic to the origins of naturalized epistemology, I intend to present introductory elements to Quine's philosophy of language, which explain the elementary conceptual correspondence of his thought, that is, which demonstrate the inseparability between the thesis of the inscrutability of reference and the consequent ontological relativity. With the verification of the non-dependence of ontological postulates for the semantic and intersubjective effectiveness of language, we can affirm that it is due to the indeterminacy of the translation that the inscrutability of the reference is verified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Often illustrated with the examples of melody, Bergson's key concept of durée is best known for its qualitative, heterogeneous, and thus immeasurable multiplicity. However, the examples he gives in Time and Free Will-such as "the regular oscillations of a pendulum" or "the successive strokes of a distant bell"--suggest rather periodic phenomena that would require another perspective in terms of rhythm. When we "get into a rhythm," we perceive a numerical quality without counting. Rhythm makes glimpse "Otherwise than Measuring". Focusing on the "rhythmic organization of the whole" within duration could reveal the secret of Bergson's enigmatic phrase: "this heterogeneity contains number only potentially." This paper reexamines the theoretical scope of rhythmeasure in two ways. First, it shows how this image médiatrice we forged is going to be renewed by recent studies emphasizing duration-number (Miravete) or multi-time scale theory (Hirai). Second, it explores the ethico-political implications of rhythmeasure. Bergson, in his last book Two Sources of Morality and Religion, multiplies images of "a justice (...) which no longer evokes ideas of relativity and proportion, but, on the contrary, of the incommensurable and the absolute". The very ambiguity of démesuré revitalizes the famous opposition of "the closed/the open". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the accelerated development of urbanization and industrialization, the scope of cities continues to expand. However, natural landscape such as vegetation and water in the city has been transformed into artificial impervious water. This has aggravated urban heat island effect and caused serious damage to the urban ecological environment. To explore the relevant factors that affect urban heat island effect, this study selects Tianjin, which has a high level of urbanization and a significant heat island effect, as the study area. Land satellite remote sensing images from 2013, 2018, and 2022 were selected for data acquisition. The analysis was conducted from the perspective of urban surface parameters changes. The selected urban surface parameters for this study include vegetation index, water body index, impermeable surface index, and surface temperature index. The heat island area will increase over time. In 2013, 2018, and 2022, the proportion of this area to the total area was 41.92%, 48.73%, and 49.16%, respectively. In 2022, the proportion of different regions in total area ranges from 40.21% to 54.22%. At this time, the heat island area of Dongli District is the largest and that of Jinnan District is the smallest. Surface temperature is negatively correlated with vegetation and water bodies, and positively correlated with impermeable water surfaces. Between 2013 and 2022, over 90% of impermeable water surfaces belonged to heat island area, over 80% of vegetation belonged to green island area, and over 97% of water bodies belonged to green island area. In conclusion, the method proposed in the study can well analyze urban heat island effect and urban surface parameters change’s connection. This provides solid scientific data support for alleviating the heat island effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Phad Tradition as a part of visual culture is a performative, ritualistic, audio-visual folk craft of Rajasthan, India. Its cult following is based on its regional Gods, such as Papuji and Devnarayan Ji. Phad Tradition can be broadly divided into three aspects as narratives (tales, myths), paintings (visual), and performance (audio). Phad Paintings has a unique visual language that is painted on muslin fabric (sacred textile) by the Chippa community from Bhilwara, Rajasthan, and are recited by priest singers locally known as Bhopa and Bhopi in form of elaborated performances. The lesser-known Phad Tradition is a part of Indian cultural heritage, yet many communities engaged in this craft-making are perhaps struggling socially and economically. The aim of the current review is to bring different literature resources and discourses on the subject matter and provide a comprehensive knowledge of the traditions with future scope of research. With this reference, the scoping review was conducted by deploying electronic (Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar) and non-electronic (library resources) searching. A total of 70 papers were included to achieve the intended goal. These 70 papers were further divided into three categories based on the relativity of the subject matter. The review established that there are different paradigms where the subject has not been explored extensively. Hence, the review might encourage researchers and designers to engage with the subject from different perspectives to build further knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Catherine Elgin has recently offered compatibility with autonomy as a plausible criterion for the epistemic virtues. This approach mixes elements of Kantianism with virtue theory. Sasha Mudd has criticized this combination on the grounds that it weakens the structure of Kantian autonomy and undermines its resources for responding to cultural relativism. Elgin's more recent defense of the role of autonomy has taken a more Kantian turn. Here, I defend Elgin's original claim, grounding it in a distinctively virtue theoretic account of the development of virtues. Exploring how individuals develop their epistemic virtues within a social context, I show how these virtues can be grounded in both developmental and constitutive relational autonomy. I further argue that a virtue theoretic conception of autonomy should be substantive, not just procedural, and this limits concerns about relativism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While the rise of a 'dictatorship of relativism' was a longstanding concern for Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI, some commentators have suggested that—for better or for worse—the challenge posed by relativism appears to be less of a priority for Pope Francis. Indeed, Francis's remark, 'Who am I to judge?' appears to have become as much the defining soundbite for his papacy as the 'dictatorship of relativism' was for Benedict's. Contrary to these perceptions, this article argues that a critique of relativism is in fact a central aspect of Pope Francis's magisterium. Francis exhibits continuity with Benedict by amplifying his concerns about the danger of attempting to reconstruct reality according to human desire, but Francis also develops his predecessor's teaching by introducing the category of 'practical relativism'. With this development, relativism cannot be dismissed as a theoretical problem that only plagues those who refuse to assent to the truth intellectually. The willingness to set aside the truth to which one assents when it proves inconvenient represents a more pernicious—precisely because more subtle—form of relativism that Francis argues must be rooted out, not by argument, but through self‐examination and the practice of solidarity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Detectors at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO), along with its sister detectors Virgo and Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector (KAGRA), endlessly collect data to be analyzed in search of gravitational wave signals (GW signals) produced primarily by massive merger events involving colliding black holes and neutron stars. These detectors are the foundation upon which the new field of gravitational wave astronomy is built. However, the algorithms used to sift through this incoming data are extremely computationally expensive. They constantly run the risk of lagging behind the detectors, which would be catastrophic for astronomers searching for merger events, and their inherent rigidity becomes an obstruction to the expansion of these detectors' range and sensitivity. To simplify and expedite the process of detecting and isolating GW signals, this paper presents a neural network (NN) cascade to automatically isolate GW signals in raw LIGO data. Perfecting such a NN system would improve the speed and efficiency of detecting and analyzing GW signals. This study uses a 2-stage cascade of convolutional autoencoders (CAEs) to detect and reconstruct GW signals buried in LIGO data, finding that it is effective at accurately isolating GW signals with very low latency on just one graphics processing unit (GPU). Ultimately, it is found that it is practical and likely beneficial for astronomers to use such a cascade to process incoming LIGO data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tensor robust principal component analysis (TRPCA) aims at recovering the underlying low-rank clean tensor and residual sparse component from the observed tensor. The recovery quality heavily depends on the definition of tensor rank which has diverse construction schemes. Recently, tensor average rank has been proposed and the tensor nuclear norm has been proven to be its best convex surrogate. Many improved works based on the tensor nuclear norm have emerged rapidly. Nevertheless, there exist three common drawbacks: (1) the neglect of consideration on relativity between the distribution of large singular values and low-rank constraint; (2) the prior assumption of equal treatment for frontal slices hidden in tensor nuclear norm; (3) the missing convergence of whole iteration sequences in optimization. To address these problems together, in this paper, we propose a convex–concave TRPCA method in which the notion of convex–convex singular value separation (CCSVS) plays a dominant role in the objective. It can adjust the distribution of the first several largest singular values with low-rank controlling in a relative way and emphasize the importance of frontal slices collaboratively. Remarkably, we provide the rigorous convergence analysis of whole iteration sequences in optimization. Besides, a low-rank tensor recovery guarantee is established for the proposed CCSVS model. Extensive experiments demonstrate that the proposed CCSVS significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods over toy data and real-world datasets, and running time per image is also the fastest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Configurations and deformations are the homeomorphisms that relate material manifold and shapes of a solid in conventional non-linear elasticity. They play fundamental role in kinematic description of deformable media and seem to be an essential part of non-linear continuum mechanics. These concepts nevertheless are rooted in Euclidean nature of space and time, adopted in non-relativistic physics, and their direct application in relativistic case is impossible. The paper develops the generalization for them within General Relativity. To this end the concept of relativistic shape is introduced, which is defined as an element of foliation over a congruence of worldlines that constitute the world-tube of the solid. This makes it possible to define displacements as a field of translations along elements of congruence beginning on one element of foliation and ending on another. Geometrically this is similar to Fermi–Walker transport. Each relativistic shape can be endowed with two metrics, one induced by ambient space, and another, given by pushforwarding of the metric induced on another shape (another element of foliation). These metrics are relativistic counterpart of Cauchy–Green measures of deformation. The conditions under which the foliation of congruence of worldlines exists are specified. When these conditions are violated, the natural generalization of the shape leads to a set that cannot be represented by the Riemann submanifold. This situation is similar to that which arises in the continuum theory of defects when trying to find a globally stress-free shape. To solve this problem, it is proposed to construct a material manifold whose elements represent shapes locally. The method of determination of geometry on material manifold, which turns out to be Weyl geometry, is proposed. All constructions are carried out within the framework of a variational approach to the derivation of field equations and Noether symmetries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to analyze the legitimacy of a thesis that has been gaining traction in recent decades within Religious Studies - namely, that the term religion can only be applied accurately to Protestant Christianity, and that all previous phenomena must be described using different terminology. To this end, we will take Brent Nongbri as our main interlocutor. What Nongbri advocates is simple: the term “religion” stands for the private adherence to a given set of theses; premodern peoples did not have any concept with such or similar meaning, therefore, they did not have religion, but something different. We will postulate, on the one hand, that Nongbri's thesis is tremendously fragile, and, on the other, that we are perfectly justified in continuing to talk about religion when referring to pre-modern peoples and cultures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to investigate fragmentation and interruption in Foucault’s concept of the subject, power and madness. The research explores the concept of fragmentation in modernity, particularly in relation to subjectivity, power, and madness. It discusses how the shift towards individualism and the erosion of traditional values have led to a sense of disconnection and fragmentation in society.The research states that fragmentation produces multiplicity of meanings and fragments the concept of the subject in which we have a new kind of fragmented subjectivity that is defined by multiplicity. While fragmentation of the subject can lead to madness, it gives an important linear narrative. The research also delves into the role of power in shaping subjectivity and the ways in which language and discourse contribute to fragmentation. Furthermore, it examines the connection between madness and language, as well as the exploration of madness in literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are similarities between Bernard Williams and Cora Diamond as moral philosophers: both their moral philosophies are marked by an engagement with the question of what it is like to be a human being, and both are engaged with experience more than theory. Still, such similarities rest on very different philosophical grounds. In this article, I consider whether a Nietzschean (Williams) and a Wittgensteinian (Diamond) could ever converge on a characterization of the 'moral point of view' as this involves views on life, thought, and language. I argue that divergences between Williams and Diamond persist, a very important one concerning relativism: whereas Diamond adumbrates a Wittgensteinian way out of relativism, it remains a last word for Williams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The purpose of this systematic narrative review is to discourse on vision and organizational performance. By analysing work-life and organization studies journals, the authors respond to a call to view the process of visioning more holistically. Design/methodology/approach: The methodological approach is a discourse-oriented qualitative content analysis. The authors explore visioning through an epistemological lens, which emphasizes both the connections and differences between "traditional" philosophical approaches. Findings: The findings show how the different interpretations of vision and related concepts are tied to the following themes: clarity, causality, embodiment and sensory experiences and actionability. Originality/value: Through the frameworks of scientific realism and relativism, the authors illustrate novel insights into the ways in which visioning occupies a place in knowledge management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to develop a simulation-based chatter prediction system using relative entropy—Kullback-Leibler divergence (KLD), and the NC program can be modified to become non-chatter. Chatter is one of the major concerns when machining mechanical components on a CNC machine. In general, the majority of the previous research methods achieved non-chatter stable machining by assigning the appropriate machining parameters: (1) spindle speed, (2) feed rate, and (3) depth of cut based on the generated SLD (stability lobe diagram). Non-chatter stable machining can also be accomplished by manually adjusting the spindle override percentage on the operation panel or the values in the CNC controller via networking once chatter is detected during the machining processes. The creation of SLD must consider two essential parameters: cutting force coefficients (CFCs) and frequency response function (FRF). The CFCs can be obtained from cutting experiment data related to a paired tool and workpiece, and the FRF can be calculated from the tapping test experiment. Then, the CFCs and FRF are stored in the database of the developed system. The simulation-based chatter prediction calculates the KLD value based on the relativity of the dynamic cutting force and the static cutting forces so as to predict whether there is chatter in the NC program or not. The NC program can be adjusted to become non-chatter if there is chatter predicted. The proposed method has been successfully verified through on-site machining, showing very promising achievement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Historians have shown that philosophical discussions about the implications of relativity significantly shaped the development of European philosophy of science in the 1920s. Yet little is known about American debates from this period. This article maps the first responses to Einstein's theory in three U.S. philosophy journals and situates these papers within the local intellectual landscape. I argue that these discussions (1) stimulated the development of a distinctly American branch of philosophy of science and (2) paved the way for the logical empiricists who emigrated to the United States in the years before World War II. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the wake of the recent attacks on democracy by a re-invigorated populist neo-fascism there is a pressing need to articulate a middle ground position in debates between the public sphere paradigm and its critiques. This requires an engagement with tensions between consensus and conflict, rationality and emotion, and the system and the lifeworld. Furthermore, there is also a need to scrutinize the role of hybrid media system in promoting populist neo-fascist discourses and actors, but also assert its normative task to combat it. Whereas conflict and power cannot be eradicated from the political, conflict is also a destructive force which requires a set of agreed upon ethico-political principles in order for a radical democracy to function. It is also argued that emotions need to be part of the democratic fight-back, but it is also suggested that a critical realist disposition combining epistemic relativism with judgmental rationality will be crucial to counter the relativism on steroids practiced by neo-fascist actors. Finally, the hybrid media system needs to be reconnected with the lifeworld, citizen interests and democratic values through a new regulatory framework, and the tradition of public journalism could provide inspiration for a democratic fightback from within the media system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Long neglected, the history of relativism has been the topic of a number of surveys in recent years. These studies, however, have been ambivalent on whether relativism really existed in the eighteenth century. Following Isaiah Berlin's contention that the eighteenth-century witnessed the emergence of pluralism rather than relativism, historians have concluded that the Enlightenment at best prefigured nineteenth-century developments in relativistic thinking. In response, this article argues that relativism was a recognizable thesis in eighteenth-century Britain and France. Its principles and consequences were frequently articulated, either to be rejected or defended, by a wide range of philosophers and imaginative authors, from Ralph Cudworth and Ann Radcliffe to Julien Offray de la Mettrie and Alberto Radicati. This neglected chapter in the history of relativism, I argue, matters for several strands in eighteenth-century studies, as it inflected Enlightenment reflections on aesthetic and moral values, human hierarchies, and cross-cultural relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social constructionism is an influential current of thought that has a strong impact on several fields of social sciences. However, some versions of social constructionism suggest implications that are questionable to many researchers: for instance, there is no reference to an objective reality; there are no criteria to discover the truth or to distinguish the true from the false; and science is merely a tradition among other traditions, such as religion. This essay argues that Marxist psychology and especially Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky's cultural-historical school can contribute to a dialectical overcoming of this dipole between relativism and positivism, thereby constituting a theoretical framework for critical discourse analysis in psychology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]