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The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the components of a profound moment. We provisionally defined a profound moment as an experience that intentionally or unintentionally continues to surface in consciousness, has transformed an individual's fundamental perspectives, and been integrated into an individual's life. Participants who the researchers felt had experienced highly memorable moments and demonstrated an introspective personality were purposefully selected. Interviews were conducted using a semi-structured interpretive phenomenological approach; interviews were transcribed, coded, analyzed, and considered in the analysis. Results from preliminary analysis indicate components of profound moments include acceptance, permeation, humanity, and change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and purpose: When caring for patients hospitalized with cerebrovascular disease, a caring phenomenon occurs between the patient's family and the nurse, and according to Hohashi's Family Care/Caring Theory, the family and the nurse achieve self-actualization. However, the contents of self-actualization through specific care/caring are unclear. The purpose of this integrative review was to clarify the self-actualization of the nurse as an outcome of family care/caring, and the self-actualization of other individuals (that is, the family) who are supported by nurses. Methods: A search conducted on 23rd December, 2023, using Ichushi-Web, CiNii and J-STAGE, which are extensive Japanese literature databases, identified 1,061 original articles using the keywords "cerebrovascular disease AND nurse." The quality of the articles was assessed according to the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal checklists. We conducted an integrative review of 11 articles describing transactions between nurses and families according to Toronto and Remington. Self-actualization of the nurse and self-actualization of other individuals were classified as subcategories and then as categories. Exclusion criteria included no description of family members, no practice by nurses, and not patients with cerebrovascular disease. Results: Of the 11 studies utilized, 10 were qualitative studies and one was a quantitative descriptive study. Eight categories were identified for self-actualization of families with a cerebrovascular patient by nurses, including "Families can realize their hopes through the provision of an environment by nurses." Three categories of self-actualization of the nurse were identified, including "Nurses can obtain a sense of satisfaction from the family." Conclusion: During the recovery process after hospitalization for cerebrovascular disease, a caring phenomenon occurs between the patient's family and nurses, which can be understood using Family Care/Caring Theory. The family's self-actualization and the nurse's self-actualization were achieved through reciprocal concern between the two. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a posthumanist reading of Wallace Stevens’s ‘The Snow Man’, ‘The Idea of Order at Key West’, ‘Credences of Summer’, and ‘Of Mere Being’, and discusses what it means to be post/human. Posthumanism fundamentally challenges the human/non-human divide and posits a hybrid concept of humanity that traditional humanism may well consider nonhuman. I argue that Stevens’ poetry aligns with such posthumanist views. The first three poems represent an all-encompassing non-human nature beyond human knowledge and power, thus suggesting that the typical anthropocentric worldview of humanism is unsustainable. Nevertheless, a physical and qualitative distinction between the human and the nonhuman remains intact in these poems. This non-anthropocentric dualism is reconfigured at the non-dualistic moment envisioned in ‘Of Mere Being’, when an artificial bird on an artificial tree is singing within the mind of an anonymous person, who is nearing death and thus about to become nonhuman. The recognition of this radical vision of humanity in this canonical text reaffirms that the posthuman does not necessarily align with contemporaneity but is rather immanent inside the human, awaiting discovery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper defends a strong link between personal integrity and morality in a way that preserves the overriding and universal authority of impartial morality. I argue that, when we are committed to a personal project or relationship, we hold ourselves accountable, from the perspective of a corresponding practical identity, for living up to the commitment. Under the right conditions, this generates an obligation to ourselves. Supposing that holding someone accountable constitutively presupposes a version of Kant's Formula of Humanity (as Stephen Darwall argues), such obligations of integrity turn out to be moral obligations. Although the picture presented here resembles Christine Korsgaard's account of the link between integrity of morality, it has several advantages over that account. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Genuine Humans can achieve a way of existence in harmony with the "Way of Heaven" and open up a meaningful world where Heaven and humanity are integrated. Therefore, the "Way of Heaven", as the true source of value for true knowledge, highlights the "transcendental" aspect of true knowledge. On the other hand, true knowledge includes the compassionate understanding and sincere empathy of a Genuine Human towards the unavoidable fact of the human world, thereby manifesting its "practical" dimension in a harmonious sense. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The internet is one of humanity's most significant creations in the modern era. What began roughly 30 years ago has developed into a rich, diverse, but largely unregulated environment we can no longer live without. With the spread of mis- and disinformation worldwide, calls for a safer internet have gotten louder. This article discusses the threats disinformation poses to online users and provides a case study on how the European Union's Digital Services Act attempts to protect users' fundamental rights in the online space and whether the Digital Services Act could or should serve as a model for similar legislation in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study examines the extent to which a two-factor model of affect explains how caregiving appraisals experienced by caregivers influence their own well-being. We used data from three waves of Nation Study of Caregiving (NSOC) to conduct latent growth curve models with the time-varying predictors to investigate the effect of between-person (BP) and within-person (WP) caregiving appraisals on positive and negative affect. Furthermore, we simultaneously modeled WP differences in activity participation and affective experience with multilevel modeling. Then, we tested the moderating effect of activity participation in the association between WP caregiving appraisals and emotional valence. We found that BP and WP caregiving negative appraisal also contribute to caregiver positive affect similar to that of negative affect. Time-varying effects of negative appraisals and emotional valence are consistent with the two-factor model. Future longitudinal investigations could target WP and BP activity participation to alleviate caregiving cognitive appraisal among caregivers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Population aging is escalating globally, intensifying the demand for long-term care (LTC), primarily met by informal caregivers, notably spouses. Evidence from developed countries suggests potential adverse effects on caregivers' well-being. Yet, research on this topic is scarce in developing nations. We investigate the effect of informal caregiving on older spousal caregivers' health and well-being in Vietnam, a rapidly aging country with an early stage of LTC system development. Methods: Utilizing the national survey on aging in Vietnam with propensity score matching estimations to mitigate potential endogenous problems of the decision to provide care between caregivers and non-caregivers. Results: Findings showed caregiving increased poor psychological well-being, life dissatisfaction, and functional limitations by 7.3%, 9.7%, and 8.6%, respectively. The caregiving effects are heterogenous by demographic characteristics. Conclusions: We are the first to examine spousal caregiving in Vietnam, highlighting the urgency of addressing its negative impacts and suggesting several potential policy interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Families suffer in particular ways during the violence and targeted deprivation of freedom and resources within political violence (PV), which includes wars, armed conflicts, and military occupations. While evidence is accumulating about the disproportionate impacts of PV on parents and children, we lack a clear, globally integrated understanding of how families suffer—and survive—PV. There is an urgent need to synthesize existing work to refine our understanding of parental experiences within PV—with particular attention to both how PV creates suffering for parents, and how parents strategize, caring for their families within the most horrendous of circumstances. In this systematic scoping review, authors explore how political violence impacts parenting. Using predetermined search strategies and inclusion criteria (peer-reviewed, empirical articles, published in English), searches within multiple databases, and tests of interrater reliability, 112 articles (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method) were identified. Authors organized and coded findings, determined common themes, and built a conceptual model connecting and integrating findings. Findings point to two crucial areas of parenting within PV: parenting efficacy and parenting practices, demonstrating how these are simultaneously compromised by and amplified within PV. Results uncover how much parenting within PV is intertwined with parental psychological and social well-being, and that parents cope with a variety of internal and external resources, including culture, community, religion, activism, flight, and emotional and logistical reconfiguration. Implications include that, within and after PV, interventions must focus on parental well-being, as well as the social and political situatedness of parents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Healthcare workers globally grapple with escalating stress and burnout. This article explores the Well-being Coaching Program (WBCP), designed to boost healthcare worker well-being. The WBCP focuses on Self-leadership using the Compassion, Presence, and Recovery framework. Phases I and II assessments indicate promising, sustained enhancements in stress, engagement, burnout, self-leadership, and self-compassion. This study underscores the crucial role of shared responsibility and leadership support in cultivating a resilient healthcare workforce, ultimately benefiting patient care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Migrant farmworkers are at an increased risk of experiencing high levels of stress, depression, anxiety, and problematic substance use. Farmworker behavioral health is a predominant concern for agricultural health and safety efforts. While substance use has been found to be a visible part of the work environment among farming populations, there is scarce information about how farmworkers who are exposed to substance use at work are impacted. Methods: This exploratory assessment investigated the association between substance use exposure at work and migrant farmworkers' (N = 58) symptoms of depression, anxiety, and coping strategies used. Univariate, bivariate, and regression analyses were conducted to examine data from a survey administered to migrant farmworkers in Southern California's Riverside and Imperial Valley counties. Results: Exposure to substance use at work was significantly associated with farmworkers reporting more severe symptoms of anxiety (p =.018). We also found that anxiety among farmworkers was significantly related to their experiences of sexual harassment (p =.026), being called names or insulted (p =.05), feeling unsafe (p =.005), having an increased work burden (p =.001), and caring for a colleague (p =.001). Furthermore, as exposure to substance use at work increased, farmworkers reported more severe symptoms of depression (F (1,45) = 7.90, p =.007) and anxiety (F (1,45) = 16.743, p =.001). To cope, the farmworkers in our sample reported using emotion-focused coping strategies most often. Conclusions: Substance use exposure at work can affect migrant farmworker health and safety. Addressing and supporting the behavioral health of the entire farming community is warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: Using "digital inequality" as a conceptual framework, this study evaluates the feasibility and usability of a technology-delivered intervention (an "app") for Alzheimer's and related dementia family caregivers. Time for Living and Caring (TLC) is an on-line intervention that provides virtual coaching and self-administered education and resources. Methods: A sample of family caregivers (n = 163) used the tool for 16 weeks, which included completing the Computer Proficiency Questionnaire (CPQ-12) at baseline. Analyses investigate the relationship between age, CPQ scores, intervention use, appraisal, and caregiver outcomes. Results: Age was inversely associated with CPQ; however, CPQ scores did not have a significant relationship with participant's self-perceived benefits or intervention appraisal. Computer Proficiency Questionnaire scores provided insight regarding research feasibility, with lower scores associated with greater odds of discontinuing engagement. Discussion: CPQ-12 scores can be used as a screening tool to identify those who may need additional support to engage with and benefit from technology-delivered interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carers were disproportionately harmed in the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite facing an increased risk of contracting the virus, they continued in frontline roles in care services and acted as "shock absorbers" for their families and communities. In this article, we apply an intersectional lens to examine care work and the structural factors disadvantaging carers during COVID-19 through a comparative case study analysis of 16 low-, middle-, and high-income countries. Data on each country was collected through a qualitative framework during 2021–2022. We found that while carers everywhere were predominantly women with low incomes and precarious employment, other factors were at play in shaping their experiences. Moreover, government responses to mitigate the direct impact of the pandemic have created local and global disparities affecting those working in this sector. Our findings reveal how oppressive social structures such as race, class, caste, and migration status converged in contextually specific ways to shape the gendered nature of care within and between different countries. We call for a better understanding of the multiple axes of inequalities experienced by carers to inform crisis mitigations, coupled with long-term strategies to address social inequities in the care economy and to promote gender equality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reflects on humanity's fascination with extraterrestrial life and its portrayal in art and popular culture. Topics include the speculative fiction surrounding extraterrestrials and their place in the universe, David Hoffos' mixed-media installation work "You Will Remember When You Need to Know" inspired by themes of alien abduction, and the influence of films like Poltergeist and the role of fear and curiosity in the depiction of the unknown.

Background: Nursing relies on the development of caring attributes to uphold exceptional standards of care. While small-group work is a common practice in nursing education, its pivotal role in nurturing these attributes often remains underexplored. Aim: This study explored how caring attributes emerge in small-group settings from the perspectives of nursing students and educators. Methods: This qualitative study conducted semi-structured group interviews separately for students and educators. Thirteen nursing students and ten educators at a professional educational institution were interviewed. Results: Through the interviews, four key sets of caring attributes nurtured through small-group work were identified: interpersonal communication with respect; compassion and empathy; competence and confidence; and accountability to commitment. These findings, based on the perspectives of students and educators, underscore the essential role of caring in nursing. They emphasize how collaborative group work can serve as a catalyst for the development of these vital attributes through meaningful interpersonal interactions. Notably, the cultivation of respectful communication skills among students emerged as pivotal for enriching interactions with healthcare professionals, patients, and families, ultimately enhancing the quality of care provided. By providing a platform for interactive learning and continual practice, small-group work facilitates the internalization of these caring attributes, nurturing nursing professionalism over the course of students' careers. Conclusions: This study offers invaluable insights into the profound impact of small-group work in fostering caring attributes and propelling advancements in nursing education and practice. By enhancing the development of these attributes, small-group work contributes to the delivery of compassionate and high-quality patient care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article considers the rhetorical risks of using generative AI to compose organizational communication during crises or in the aftermath of tragedies. It focuses on a case study in which representatives of Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of Education and Human Development disclosed their use of ChatGPT to write a response to a school shooting at another university. The author argues that although generative AI can often be useful in technical and professional communication, it can also undermine perceptions of "rhetorical humanity" if its use is disclosed or discovered, making it rhetorically risky in certain contexts. Thus, knowing when not to utilize AI is an important aspect of AI literacy for practitioners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The principle of military necessity is a cornerstones of the law of armed conflict, embedded in both codified and customary norms. In many cases, the limited rules that provide environmental protection in armed conflicts are overshadowed by this principle. However, supportive and compatible foundations can be drawn from other principles of humanitarian law, such as the principles of distinction and proportionality. On the other hand, the effects of methods and tools used in armed conflicts, justified by the principle of necessity, can persist for years in the environment of conflict areas and even neighboring territories. The primary mission of international humanitarian law is to protect victims of armed conflicts. Protecting humanity is not possible without considering the necessities of its natural environment. This paper assumes that the legitimacy and manner of invoking the aforementioned principle, specifically to justify environmental damages by perpetrators, deserve attention and examination as some believe that environmental considerations are not prioritized in situations of war and can be overlooked in light on account of military necessities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

People have power over nonhuman animals. This recognition is central to this paper, which focuses on the history of human and nonhuman animal entanglements in New Zealand between 1900 and 1932. Archival research is used to explore news photographs from this period. In doing so, the paper views how the human leisure activity of hunting was a cultural phenomenon in this place and time. Through this activity, people killed many wild nonhuman animals. The news photographs illuminate the injustices that nonhuman animals faced in early twentieth-century New Zealand due to a lack of recognition of their sentience. This was represented in the news discourse with speciesist principles that reflected the social conscience of the time and place. The paper reflects on this and considers how such a past can inform humanity about its relations with the nonhuman animal Other. It calls for a more animalcentric society in which people have better awareness, respect, and treatment for the sentient natures of nonhuman animals. Such an approach can allow humans to fulfil their obligations, as those in a position of power, to ensure dignity and justice for nonhuman animals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Kant scholarship often refers to transcendental idealism as a ‘theory.’ Kant’s project, however, is not easily reconciled with that term in its current use. This paper contends that his critique and idealism should be seen as a remedial response against our natural albeit confused prejudice of transcendental realism. Kant’s idealism articulates a ‘metametaphysical’ ethos that is supposed to provide a new grounding of metaphysics by proceeding ‘from the human standpoint:’ it aims to dispel the temptation of transcendental realism in favor of a resolute inhabitation of, and contentment with, our own humanity. This project comes under pressure in post-Kantianism: Fichte is among the first to voice the worry that Kant’s critique is well-intentioned, but not well-executed. His concern is that, while it ‘bring[s] man into harmony with himself,’ this mere contentment with our own humanity will not suffice to achieve the scientificity that, by Kant’s own lights, is the mark of any promising metaphysics. Fichte’s charge is that Kant’s idealism, in its very confinement to the brute facts of the human condition, surrenders itself to unacceptable contingency or ‘facticity.’ The paper explores Kant’s idealist project of grounding metaphysics, Fichte’s facticity charge against it, and whether Kantian idealism can withstand it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The question of the origin of goodness in the Xunzi is an important key to understanding Xunzi’s thoughts. Current interpretation approaches are mainly divided into the sage-centered and Heaven-centered approaches. The sage-centered approach holds that goodness originates from the intelligence or the good potential of the sages. However, this explanation either conflicts with Xunzi’s idea that the gentleman and the petty man have the same endowment or with the theory of bad human nature. The Heaven-centered approach maintains that goodness originates from the Heaven or Dao. However, this approach leads to the problem of the rigidity of moral norms or contradiction with Xunzi’s naturalistic Heaven. In this paper, I point out a third approach, arguing that goodness originates from customs. This interpretation is compatible with Xunzi’s theory of bad human nature and naturalistic Heaven. Also, it avoids the problem of giving special humanity to the sages and the rigidity of moral norms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The neglect of population in national and international discourses on environment and development has led to a misleading picture of policy options. This article reconstructs the language in which extreme poverty and economic development are discussed by deploying recent advances in our understanding of the population–consumption–biosphere nexus. The new perspective is applied to examine both the global environmental impact and the effects on local ecosystems of individual choices over consumption and reproduction. The analytical apparatus developed here is then used on wide‐ranging evidence to explain and measure humanity's ecological overreach. The authors study the pressures people impose on their local ecosystems to show why persistently high population growth in the world's poorest regions is undermining their ecosystems, in some cases trapping communities in poverty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is an attempt at cross reading of three novels and an account of youth thus belonging to four authors: Rachid Boudjedra, J-m-g Clézio, Amin Zaoui, Nelly Arcan. A geocritic reading since the desert is the space represented in manner géocentré and multifocale. A reading which wants to be especially ecopoetic insofar as we try to release an ecological ethics behind these aesthetic productions. Nelly Arcan predicts a future with the desert climate in the world. We try to release the literary representations of this desert as a future possible vital space. A topographic space of the ecological disaster that humanity passes very close to more and more. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Octavia E. Butler stresses the importance of spirituality in rebuilding the connection between humans and the natural world they live in. In her postapocalypic novel, Parable of the Sower, the promoted religion is that of Lauren Olamina, which allows the necessity of reconnecting the human with Earth and its ecosystems in a constructive way. Earthseed, Lauren’s religion, celebrates a “God of Change” who changes according to the changes humanity and nature go through. The principles of Earthseed endorse a culture of evolution and economic equality. They encompass adaptability, resilience, and diversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The literary debate involving Hughes, Locke, Wright and Hurston was provocative not only because of the past relations between the authors, but also because of its implications as to what should constitute Black writing, which was making its first serious efforts to establish its Blackness and Americanness as two potentially harmonious entities. This article examines the Hurstonian mission to revitalize the humanity of the Black community in the eyes of both the dominant white culture and the Black community itself. Hurston achieves this by exploiting the rich tapestry of Black folklore and Black dialect – an effort that encapsulates the essence of the Harlem Renaissance. However, her literary detractors misapprehended this rehumanizing project, finding her writing lacking in relation to their ideals of Black expression, Black perfection, and New Negro identity. The article further explores the implications of Hurston's rehumanizing project for both the Black communities of that time and future generations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nature Positive is a concept and approach that focuses on restoring and enhancing nature to improve biodiversity, ecosystem health, and nature's benefits to humanity. While the Nature Positive movement is gaining significant momentum, with 90 countries currently signed on, achieving its ambitious vision will require engagement and contributions from all sectors of society. Notably, both governments and the private sector will need to align and embrace transformative change. A comprehensive understanding and implementation of the mitigation hierarchy as a foundation is a first step. This will require commitment, regulation, incentives and actions to both halt the drivers of biodiversity loss and support appropriate biodiversity restoration and protection along supply chains. While there is guidance on reporting, disclosure and target setting through frameworks such as Science-Based Targets Network (SBTN) and the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), there is a need for a clear pathway for companies, investors and policy makers for achieving Nature Positive. In this paper, we review and describe how the Nature Positive concept intersects with global and national-scale policy instruments and identify a set of key principles which can support companies on a Nature Positive pathway. Focusing initially on corporate action we explore how the mining sector can test the model for transforming company operations to achieve nature positive outcomes. We chose mining given its importance to the global economy, its impact on land, and its burgeoning role in the energy transition to a low carbon economy through the provision of critical minerals. The value of the contribution to this transition will be undermined if mining activities exacerbate the loss of biodiversity. We illustrate a conceptual approach that can guide the mining sector, including some key metrics that can be used to track and communicate progress toward nature positive goals. The mining sector has been testing and implementing a range of approaches such as No Net Loss, Net Positive Impact, biodiversity offsets, and lender standards over the last two decades. This provides an excellent foundation upon which to build nature positive ambition and outcomes. Ultimately, the guidance for Nature Positive can be adapted and replicated across other sectors and provide policy makers with the appropriate proof-points that can align on regulation so that robust business practices can drive Nature Positive outcomes with benefits for both people and nature. Author summary: The mining sector is poised to play a key role in the energy transition through the provision of critical minerals. This is leading to concerns over the impacts on nature that could result from increased global mining activity. It is important to consider such risks and create systems that can not only reduce the sector's impact on nature, but also foster its contribution to Nature Positive outcomes. Achieving success will depend on company commitments to mitigate and compensate their impacts on nature and then going beyond those commitments to invest in landscape-level conservation actions. This must also be accompanied by efforts to imbed nature in business decision making as well as in building more nature positive supply chains. The role of governments is essential in this process. Governments need to establish the enabling policies as well as the conservation targets to which companies can contribute and work closely with the sector to achieve the desired outcomes. By adopting nature -friendly business practices, the sector can help drive Nature Positive outcomes with benefits for both people and the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: Family presence during resuscitation is a controversial issue worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the self-confidence and attitudes of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) towards family presence during resuscitation (FPDR). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a random sample of 252 EMTs were selected from 110 prehospital emergency centers. Two main questionnaires were used to collect data on the EMTs' self-confidence and attitudes towards FPDR. Results: The results showed that the EMTs' attitudes towards FPDR were lower than the mean (43.69 ± 19.40). In addition, more than 85% of them stated that the resuscitation process was stressful for the patient's companions. There was a positive correlation between EMTs' self-confidence and attitudes towards FPDR (r = 0.52, p < 0.01). The results showed that the smaller number of family members present during resuscitation was associated with higher EMTs' self-confidence and more positive attitudes towards FPDR. Moreover, personnel with more experience, liability insurance, and advanced resuscitation training were significantly more self-confident than other personnel. Conclusion: A large number of the EMS personnel have a negative attitude towards FPDR, but EMTs, with higher self-confidence, have a more positive attitude. Therefore, it is possible to improve the EMTs attitudes towards FPDR and increase their self-confidence by training them to perform resuscitation in the presence of the family and by preventing people from gathering at resuscitation scenes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The temporal stability of forest productivity is a key ecosystem function and an essential service to humanity. Plot-scale tree diversity experiments with observations over 10 to 11 y indicate that tree diversity increases stability under various environmental changes. However, it remains unknown whether these small-scale experimental findings are relevant to the longer-term stability of natural forests. Using 7,500 natural forest plots across much of Canada, monitored over three to four decades on average, we provide strong evidence that higher temporal stability (defined as the mean productivity divided by its SD over time) is consistently associated with greater tree functional, phylogenetic, and taxonomic diversity across all lengths of observations. Specifically, increasing functional diversity from its minimum to maximum values increases stability, mean productivity, and the temporal SD of productivity by 14%, 36%, and 28%, respectively. Our results highlight that the promotion of functionally, phylogenetically, and/or taxonomically diverse forests could enhance the long-term productivity and stability of natural forests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The nutritional status of older adults requires focused attention. In Chinese nursing homes, nursing assistants are often the primary caregivers responsible for the daily care of older adults, and their knowledge and attitudes toward nutrition play a fundamental role in providing adequate nutritional care. However, research on the knowledge and attitudes of nursing assistants is limited, despite the fact that these factors play a fundamental role in providing adequate nutritional practices. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of nursing assistants in nursing homes and to analyze the influencing factors. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted from January to September 2023, involving 692 nursing assistants from 76 nursing homes in Shanghai. We used validated Nutrition Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Questionnaire for nursing assistants. Results: The findings indicated that the mean scores for nutritional knowledge, attitudes, and practices were 45.07 ± 16.18, 76.22 ± 10.03, and 69.94 ± 21.46, respectively. Notably, the mean score for nutritional knowledge was the lowest, with 66.04% of nursing assistants scored below 50% accuracy. A significant negative correlation was observed between nutritional knowledge and practices (r=-0.194, p < 0.001), while a positive correlation was found between attitudes and practices (r = 0.422, p < 0.001). Key predictors of higher nutritional knowledge included education level (B = 3.907, p < 0.001), whereas skill deficiency (B=-3.714, p = 0.006), years of caring (B=-2.789, p < 0.001) and regular supervision (B=-3.422, p = 0.018) were negatively associated. Positive nutritional attitudes were associated with higher education (B = 2.453, p < 0.001), years of caring (B = 1.177, p < 0.001), and participation in nutrition training (B = 4.138, p < 0.001). Nutritional practices were positively influenced by age (B = 3.068, p = 0.002), participation in nutrition training (B = 11.474, p < 0.001) and regular supervision (B = 14.597, p < 0.001), but negatively affected by insufficient income (B=-3.189, p = 0.030). Conclusion: This study reveals a significant deficiency in nutritional knowledge among nursing assistants in Shanghai's nursing homes, which adversely impacts their nutritional practices. The findings underscore the urgent need for enhanced training programs and to improve the nutritional competencies of nursing assistants. By addressing these gaps through targeted education and consistent supervision, the quality of nutritional care provided to older adults in nursing homes can be substantially improved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The VUCA in the healthcare environment requires combating volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity through highly talented employees and implementing a talent management strategy. This encompasses a range of operations designed to find, attract, nurture, and utilize competent workers that impact how well nurses fulfill their psychological contracts. However, as the researchers had anticipated, several factors, such as cordial relationships and generation differences, may mediate or influence this correlation. Methods: For a cross-sectional study, a non-probability convenience sampling technique was used to include n = 375 nurses from among the 600 total nurses at three private hospitals in Alexandria, Egypt. Three validated measures were used to measure the study variables and develop a mediation-moderation structural equation model. Results: The result of this study revealed that nurses perceived a moderate level of talent management with a mean score of (48.91 ± 18.15), a low mean score (8.89 ± 3.93) of psychological contract fulfillment, and a moderate mean score (185.11 ± 27.02) of cordial relation. Additionally, more than half of the participants were in the Gen Z. Also, this study concluded that there is a positive mediation role of cordial relation and a negative moderation role of Gen between talent management and psychological contract fulfillment. Conclusions: Using Gen as a moderating variable and cordial relations as a mediating factor, a moderating mediating structural equation model is created and validates the important influence of talent management on nurses' psychological fulfillment, confirming the mediating effect of cordial relations and the moderating effect of genes in this relationship. GEN negatively predicted psychological contract fulfillment, meaning baby boomers predicted more psychological contract fulfillment than Z gen. Furthermore, talent management could positively predict cordial relations and psychological contract fulfillment, and cordial relations partially mediated the relationship between talent management and psychological contract fulfillment. Nurse mangers should be aware of and implement effective and talent management strategies with respecting gen difference, and apply tailored strategies for fostering nurses' cordial relation and psychological contract fulfillment to deal with the VUCA challenging healthcare environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to compare three structures used in French to denote a process in which the agent is underdetermined: (1) ils V (ils ont construit le groupe scolaire), (2) passive without explicit agent (le groupe scolaire a été construit) (3) on V (on a construit le groupe scolaire). Based on a corpus of mostly spoken examples, the analysis examines the contexts in which the three devices compete, and seeks to highlight the specific features of each. From a semantic perspective, the agents involved differ in terms of number, humanity and speaker inclusion. In addition to these distinctions, each construction offers different ways of perceiving the process, in terms of aspect and actantial structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Although caring is a core principle of the nursing profession, students often lack the knowledge, comprehension and ability to integrate care into all aspects of nursing practice. Students may have few opportunities to practise caring behaviours on patients who create the impression of providing care and elicit a feeling of receiving care. Studies of strategies to enhance caring behaviours in nursing education are limited. Aim: This experimental study aimed to examine the effect of nursing caring behaviours course based on interactive learning strategies on the caring behaviours and decision‐making abilities of nursing students. Methods: A purposive sample of 50 undergraduate students was recruited from a faculty of nursing. Students in the intervention group (n = 24) received 2 h of training per week for 14 weeks in accordance with caring behaviours course based on interactive learning strategies including discussion, brainstorming, concept mapping, reflection and simulation training. Nursing students in the control group (n = 26) received training according to other elective courses in the curriculum. Data were measured at the baseline time point, 7th week and 14th week with the Caring Behaviours Inventory and Nursing Decision‐Making Instrument. Chi‐square test, Mann–Whitney U‐test, Friedman test and mixed repeated measures ANOVA were used to assess the data. Results: No significant difference was determined in terms of baseline caring behaviours and decision‐making scores between the intervention and control groups (p > 0.05). A significant difference in caring behaviours between the two groups and time effect was not found (p > 0.05). However, there was a significant interaction between time and groups (F = 3.484, p = 0.047). There was a significant increase in the decision‐making in intervention groups over time (F = 9.372, p < 0.001) and interaction between time and groups (F = 4.160, p = 0.019). Conclusions: A deliberate strategy to raise students' awareness of caring behaviours and incorporate interactive learning methods into education enhances both caring behaviours and clinical decision‐making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Persons suffering from a substance use disorder (SUD) in need of help from low‐threshold centres have complex and severe conditions together with uncontrolled use of mainly illicit substances. Their sufferings are all‐encompassing and demand ethically aware nurses with competence to take care of somatic, existential and spiritual needs. Aim: To explore and describe a new understanding of the ethical and ontological values upon which nurses base their work when caring for persons suffering from SUD. Methodology: The study had a hermeneutical approach. A focus‐group interview was conducted with five nurses working at a low‐threshold centre in Norway. Data analysis was carried out through a hermeneutical reading based on Gadamer's hermeneutics. Ethical Consideration s : The study was approved by the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (SIKT). Oral and written consent was obtained from the participants. Results: The hermeneutical reading revealed three dimensions; A wish to be useful; Nurses' motive for caring for persons suffering from SUD is a wish to be useful and needed. Nurses are fighting a battle against injustice and stigmatisation. Neighbourly love, the core value; Neighbourly love serves as the basis for the nurses' work. Nurses feel humble towards their clients, they feel privileged to have the opportunity to help others through compassionate care. The value of being clients' advocate; Nurses are trying to ensure that clients receive the help they need. A large part of nurses' job is to monitor and take care of the clients' condition. This involves working close to death, trying to save lives. Conclusion: Nurses wish to care in accordance with their ethos of usefulness. Sacrifice stands out as the ultimate form of neighbourly love, empowering nurses with moral authority to act as advocates for their clients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and Aim: The aim of the present article is to describe meaning‐oriented thematic analysis grounded in reflective lifeworld research and to illustrate how the thematic analysis can be integrated in the research process. The article is a methodological paper, including ontological and epistemological assumptions for lifeworld theory. Research based on lifeworld theory is directed towards lived experiences and meanings in everyday life. Research that is founded on the epistemology of the lifeworld can present existential issues important for caring and qualitative research can in particular contribute to existential knowledge needed to understand the world of the patient. Design: Theoretical paper. Results: Starting with a phenomenon of relevance for caring science, the article argues for lifeworld interviews as a data collection method that can contribute to depth and meaning, and then presents a description of how structures of meaning can be outlined through a meaning‐oriented thematic analysis. The research of lived experiences in caring science demands an approach that includes a reflective attitude during the methodological considerations. This article highlights the importance of ontological and epistemological considerations when conducting a meaning‐oriented thematic analysis. Conclusion: The article places meaning‐oriented thematic analysis in a wider research process, considering all aspects from collection of data to the creation of meaning‐oriented themes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The hypothesis that viruses are not devoid of humanity is reviewed. This is done within the framework of what Latour defines as "scientific humanities", which call into question the idea of autonomy of sciences and techniques The procedure followed consists of the analysis of documents produced to refer to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the disease it causes, AIDS, paying special attention to how these discursive constructions fill it with humanity until it gives it an anthropomorphic figuration. The objective is to show that today living human life can no longer do without thinking and acting in relation to viruses, because they have entered the "surrounding world" of human beings, which has relevant political and social repercussions and that has been recently discussed from various disciplines. It would not be a solely medical relationship, restricted to laboratories, hospitals and treatments. Among the findings offered are, on the one hand, the evidence that viruses are not only scientific objects, but bearers of significance; and, on the other, the exhibition of how human beings trigger their symbolic-significant metamorphosis turning them into characters capable of modifying the social body, the imaginary, symbols, relationships between people, institutions, and even public policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This article describes intensive care nurses' experiences of using communicative caring touch as stroking the patient's cheek or holding his hand. Our research question: "What do intensive care nurses communicate through caring touch?" Methods: In this qualitative hermeneutically based study data from two intensive care units at Norwegian hospitals are analysed. Eight specialist nurses shared experiences through individual, semi-structured interviews. Results: The main theme, Communicating safety and presence has four sub-themes: Amplified presence, Communicating security, trust and care, Creating and confirming relationships and Communicating openness to a deeper conversation. Communicative caring touch is offered from the nurse due to the patient's needs. Caring touch communicates person-centred care, invites to relationship while respecting the patient's dignity as a fellow human being. Caring touch conveys a human initiative in the highly technology environment. Conclusion: Caring touch is the silent way to communicate care, hope, strength and humanity to critical sick patients. This article provides evidence for a common, but poorly described phenomenon in intensive care nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Over the last decades, psychotherapy of psychosis has increasingly gained attention. The quality of the therapeutic alliance has been shown to have an impact on therapy outcome. Yet, little is know about the influence of the therapeutic stance on the alliance. In this study, we explore psychotherapists' stance towards persons with psychosis with the aim of better understanding its characteristic—hindering and helpful—aspects. Method: 6 semi-structured interviews with psychotherapists from three different schools (CBT, PD, ST) were analysed with Grounded Theory. Credibility was checked through external and peer-researcher-supported debriefing. Results: 4 core categories were generated and interrelated in a theoretical model. Therapists' stance was initially characterized by uncertainty. Different ways of dealing with uncertainty yielded different stances: a monological and an open one. A helpful stance was conceived as stemming from openness and was characterized by a dialogical structure. A co-presence (or „dosing") of you and I was conceived as its core aspect. Conclusion: These findings specify the interpersonal dynamics arising from different stances and their impact on the therapeutic alliance and process. Research is still needed to further understand the characteristics of helpful and hindering therapeutic stances, which should also inform the training of psychotherapists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on two novels written by Pierre Ducrozet. L'Invention des corps (2017) and Le Grand vertige (2020) suggest different ways of modifying the human body: by technoscience (L'Invention des corps) or as a result of environmental changes (Le Grand vertige), both aiming to create a "new kind of human being." These changes place the characters in various forms of deserts: the desert of death and political violence in Mexico, from which Alvaro escapes; the utopian desert of the artificial island that Parker aims to invent in order to develop post-human technologies; the desert of Arizona, where Alvaro and Adele flee in L'Invention des corps (2017); the Kenyan desert, where Adam Tobias attempts to rebuild the world in Le Grand vertige (2020). The new hybrid entities are built through spaces that appear free and open, like the desert, and through rhizomatic structures, a term Ducrozet himself uses to describe his novels. Composed of textual fragments and images, Ducrozet's two novels offer a reconstruction of humanity through fiction, connecting multiple geographical and temporal points. The desert is pictured as an entry into a postmodern and post-humanist humanity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the early nineteenth century, women antislavery activists participated in charitable fundraisers by hosting and donating items for fairs. Fairs have long been seen as a site of women's economic agency, but little attention has been paid to the items women made for sale and their meanings within the antislavery community. To fill the tables, women stitched samplers, quilts, clothing and made other items emblazoned with slogans and imagery to support their cause. In creating these items, women participated in a culture of sentimentalism which helped to create community within the movement but also generated imagery that positioned enslaved people as being without agency. Note: This article contains images of enslaved people that may be upsetting to some readers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Infectious Infectious diseases, which have affected humanity throughout history, are especially seen in collective living spaces and negatively affect human life. Epidemics were also a threatening factor in tekkes and zawiyahs, which played an important role in the social structure of the Ottoman Empire and hosted people from all walks of life. The Meclis-i Meşâyih (1866-1925), which was established within the body of the Şeyhülislam and was responsible for the management and supervision of tekkes, took a number of measures against infectious diseases. The most important of these was the directive issued by the Assembly on the conditions to be taken into consideration in tekkes, where viruses, hygiene, cleanliness and issues to be considered are mentioned. In the directive, it was stated that cleanliness was a pillar of Islam, that the first rule of a healthy life was a life full of decency, that such diseases were more likely to be encountered in social living spaces, and it was recommended that the rules be followed and the issue be taken into consideration. In addition, vaccination was made compulsory for officials working in the offices of the Meşihat and quarantine practices was imposed. This article examines the instructions issued by the Meclis-i Meşâyih on infectious diseases, the measures taken in the office of the Mashihat, and the decisions taken in the books of the Meclis-i Meşâyih in this subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An atolia, home to many cultures and civilizations, was introduced to Islam in the 7th century AD. From the 9th century onwards, new settlements and local administrations formed by the intensive migration of Turks transformed Anatolia into an important Islamic cultural centre. In this process, Sūfism understanding developed in Iraq and Iran affected the religious life in Anatolia, and Sūfīs coming from the Khorasan region further revitalized this structure. On the other hand, Sūfī activities in Anatolia dating back to the Seljuk and Ayyubid periods became institutionalized. With their activities in the fields of politics, science, art, literature, and economics, these Sūfī orders encircled the social life in Anatolia. Mawlaviyya, one of the orders that emerged in the last period of the Anatolian Seljuk State, takes its name from Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, who belonged to a family that migrated here from the Khorasan region. Mawlana emerged with a discourse that transcended the traditional Sūfī thought and practices familiar to the 13th-century Anatolian society. With this discourse, unlike his contemporaries, he reached a recognition that transcended religious, sectarian, and regional boundaries. This article deals with the originality of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī's Sūfī discourse that transcends time and space and, his general discourse on humanity. It aims to examine how Mawlānā became a universal personality based on his discourses in his work Masnawī and to analyse the subject with the data to be obtained with the qualitative approach method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

People often perceive their moral judgments as objective and unbiased, yet research indicates that positive interpersonal attitudes lead to more lenient moral character assessments. Here we investigate how likeability towards moral transgressors and the different moral rationalization strategies they may employ impact both the perceived severity of the immoral behavior and the attribution of humanity to the transgressor. In two studies, participants (N = 475) engaged in a 2 (likeability towards the transgressor: high vs. low) × 2 (moral rationalization: reconstruction of agency vs. reconstruction of morality) between-subjects experiment. Participants read information about an individual and an immoral action they engaged in and then evaluated the severity of the behavior and the degree of dehumanization of the transgressor. Results showed that feelings of likeability towards the transgressor, as well as rationalizing by reconstructing agency (compared to morality) reduced behavior severity and transgressor dehumanization. Moreover, likeability and the use of agency reconstruction by the transgressor showed an additive effect, as they combined to generate the most benevolent judgments. Recognizing the influence of these variables enhances our understanding of moral decision-making processes in interpersonal contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim: This study aimed to understand the influence of clinical instructors' caring behavior on the psychological well-being of student nurses. Design: This study survey used the quantitative cross-sectional research design. Method: The sample comprised 405 Saudi nursing students studying at Shaqra University. The study used two instruments: the "Nursing Students' Perceptions of Instructor Caring" and the "Student Well-being Process Questionnaire." Convenience sampling was used to collect data from November 2021 to February 2022 Result: The students' perceived Instructor caring was high. The psychological well-being of students was high. There were significant variations in the students' perceived Instructor's caring in terms of year level. A very weak positive correlation existed between the student nurses' rank in their families and their perceived Instructor's caring. Furthermore, gender, year level, family structure, and the Instructor's caring subscales "supportive learning climate," "appreciation of life's meaning," and "control versus flexibility" were significant predictors of the student's psychological well-being. Conclusion: The study's results support studies that nursing students' psychological well-being is influenced by their gender, family structure, year level, and perceived Instructor's caring behavior [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Humanity is currently in the midst of a number of serious ecological crises. Various scientific, philosophical, and religious ideas have been put forth in response to these global crises. Here, I suggest that the solutions to ecological problems can be best achieved when we undergo an essential change in our perspective on the existence and value of the natural world. In this regard, interreligious engagement and research, which address the multiple worldviews that emerge from individual religions and philosophies, have great potential to fundamentally transform our view of ecosystems. The problem is how to conduct such interreligious engagement and research, which has—unfortunately—to this point been overlooked. In this context, I propose the "four-step method of interreligious sympoiesis to address the ecological crisis". This is a phenomenological–hermeneutic method that involves the following steps: (1) Suspension of Judgment (Epoché): the mind's performing an epoché, which is taken as an ethical or religious vow; (2) Empathetic Reduction: the mind's engaging in empathy with non-human beings; (3) Symbiotic Reduction: the mind's envisioning of proper coexistence between humans and non-human beings in both minimal and maximal ways; (4) Interreligious Hermeneutical Synthesis: the arranging and synthesizing of the ideas obtained from the above reductions in a specific or comprehensive manner from an interreligious perspective. This paper aims to expound and defend these ideas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]