Honor killings in Muslim and Western countries in modern times: Literature and critical literature reviews and definition implications

The Legal Critical Literature Review

UUM Journal of Legal Studies ◽

10.32890/uumjls.6.2015.4585 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Muhammad Nuruddeen

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Literature Search ◽

Research Question ◽

Central Research ◽

Research Gaps ◽

Literature Reviews ◽

Key Terms ◽

Critical Literature ◽

The Ideal

This paper explains the legal critical literature review in the critical context of the logic of scholarship. The paper asks what makes a critical literature review effective in research. It suggests that critical literature reviews are effective in research when they more easily allow the identification of research gaps, in the specified context. The methodology employs cumulative synthesis from the relevant materials, following Bentham’s ideas on synthesis, that analysis opposes both generalization and synthesis. The paper begins its argument by outlining the nature of a critical literature review. Then, it proceeds with a review of key terms required by the writer. Following this essential background, the paper discusses literature gaps and literature search methodologies. Then it moves on to the ideal format of a critical literature review. Finally, argument deals with the purpose of a critical literature review and techniques for writing the critical literature review. A legal critical literature review will be maximally effective when it sets a correct context for research, identifies fallacies in the scholarship in order to discover research gaps, and then forms this outcome into a central research question. Keywords: legal critical literature review, research gaps, fallacies, research question.

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Impact Noise and Vibration Sources Induced by Heavy Gym Activities: Do They in Turn Unnecessarily, Indirectly Affect Our Health?

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app112411812 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (24) ◽

pp. 11812

Author(s):

Sakdirat Kaewunruen ◽

Yu Shi

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Noise Suppression ◽

Good Health ◽

Health And Wellbeing ◽

Impact Noise ◽

Fitness Industry ◽

Steel Bars ◽

Literature Reviews ◽

Development Goals ◽

Critical Literature

‘Good health and wellbeing’ is one of the key United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs). By ensuring healthy lives and promoting positive wellbeing, physical and mental activities have been encouraged for all at all ages. In recent decades, fitness culture and industry has significantly grown in many countries to enhance healthy lives and positive wellbeing. With the vigorous development of the fitness industry, a gym has become one of the common facilities within a neighborhood or on a campus in order to promote more and more people to participate in fitness activities. At the same time, the rapid increase in gym construction also provides more employment opportunities for professional fitness coaches. On the other hand, excessive noises and vibrations stemming from certain heavy gym activities can be observed. Accordingly, the NIHL (noise-induced hearing loss) in a gym should receive more attention. According to critical literature reviews, the high-intensity noise in gyms is mainly caused by the drops of heavy steel bars or dumbbells. Today, most gyms adopt cushioned flooring in specific areas, but the effectiveness of noise suppression still needs to be evaluated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of hearing loss caused by noise doses in a gym. Noises derived from heavy gym sources (i.e., lifting of heavy weights) were monitored and collected for analyses in order to estimate the risk of NIHL in a traditional gym, as well as to assess the measurements against the authoritative criteria to derive some technical guidelines for fitness and gym managers. The outcome of this study will improve insights into acoustic monitoring techniques and practical management within a gym environment.

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Geopolitical situation in the South Caucasus

SCIENTIFIC WORK ◽

10.36719/2663-4619/64/72-75 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 72-75

Author(s):

Rəvanə İbrahim qızı Abbasova ◽

Keyword(s):

Key Words ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

The South ◽

South Caucasus ◽

The Caucasus ◽

New Era ◽

Modern Times ◽

Successful Strategy ◽

Western Countries

The article discusses the importance of geopolitical weight in modern times, provides information about the geopolitical landscape of the new era. The geopolitical realities of a number of processes taking place here are discussed in the interest of a number of countries in the Caucasus, both in and out of the region. It reflects the interests of Western countries in the region, as well as Azerbaijan's position in the Caucasus and the processes taking place there. Also touched upon the events that took place during the Second Karabakh War in 2020. Key words: II Karabakh War, Outpost country, Successful strategy, geopolitical weight, economic crisis, Geopolitical scene, qlobal trends

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Integrative Critical Literature Reviews

Making Sense of Literacy Scholarship ◽

10.4324/9781003125211-5 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 94-120

Author(s):

Catherine Compton-Lilly ◽

Rebecca Rogers ◽

Tisha Lewis Ellison

Keyword(s):

Literature Reviews ◽

Critical Literature

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Nathanael Jacob Gerlach i Christian Gabriel Fischer w Północnych Niderlandach: zapomniane źródło do dziejów medycyny i przyrodoznawstwa w Zjednoczonych Prowincjach późnych lat 20. XVIII w. – część I

Medycyna Nowożytna ◽

10.4467/12311960mn.20.016.13358 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 161-210

Author(s):

Katarzyna Pękacka-Falkowska

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Early Modern ◽

18Th Century ◽

University Of Leiden ◽

Modern Times ◽

Western Countries ◽

Early Modern Times ◽

The University ◽

Dutch Universities

In early modern times, numerous inhabitants of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, both townsmen and representatives of the nobility and magnatery, visited the United Provinces. Many of the burghers also studied at the University of Leiden or other Dutch universities and gymnasia. In the autumn of 1727, Nathanael Jacob Gerlach from Gdańsk/Danzig matriculated at the Academia Lugduno-Batava. The Danziger, together with his tutor, Christian Gabriel Fischer, took a few-year educational journey through Western countries. The testimony of their several months’ stay in the Netherlands is the 2nd volume of Fischer’s handwritten Itinerarium. The selection presents those excerpts from the 2nd volume of the diaries which describe people, places and events related to the teaching of medicine and natural history in the 18th century Netherlands. The fi rst part of the paper focuses on Leiden, the second one – on Amsterdam, Haarlem and Utrecht.

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Editorial - The Need for Rapid Publication of Critical Literature Reviews

Biotechnology Progress ◽

10.1021/bp00015a601 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 167-167

Author(s):

Michael Flickinger

Keyword(s):

Literature Reviews ◽

Critical Literature

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Reflection on the Translation Debates in History: Thinking Out of the Dichotomies

Asian Education Studies ◽

10.20849/aes.v5i1.735 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 6

Author(s):

Lili Xie

Keyword(s):

Translation Studies ◽

Ancient Rome ◽

Modern Times ◽

Western Countries ◽

Literal Translation ◽

Free Translation ◽

Objective Understanding ◽

Translation Principles

With an overview of translation history, from the ancient Rome to modern times, from Western countries to Eastern countries, there were heated debates over translation principles or strategies, most of which revolved around the matter of literal translation or free translation. Many famous theorists advocated that literal translation was preferred than free translation; others disapproved that. However, either side failed to have a comprehensive prospective towards translation, because translation is actually a complex framework, involving many elements worth our attention. To do translation studies, the theories shall break the irrational mindset and jump out of dichotomies to gain an overall and objective understanding of translation.

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A review of published and unpublished surveys of a red-listed ‘flagship species’, the Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Bird Conservation International ◽

10.1017/s0959270915000246 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 380-395

Author(s):

MUHAMMAD NAEEM AWAN ◽

FRANCIS BUNER ◽

NEVILLE KINGDON

Keyword(s):

Population Size ◽

Habitat Model ◽

Flagship Species ◽

Jammu And Kashmir ◽

Actual Distribution ◽

Literature Reviews ◽

Potential Population ◽

C 30 ◽

Available Information ◽

Critical Literature

SummaryWe review all available information from previously published and unpublished material including peer-reviewed papers, technical reports, field progress reports and information from local communities and hunters on the globally threatened ‘flagship species’ Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus in the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K), Pakistan. Based on these data we summarise the species’ currently confirmed distribution in AJ&K, its minimum confirmed population size and highlight possible first signs of range contraction outside protected areas. We then use a simple ArcGIS habitat model to predict the species’ actual distribution in AJ&K and its potential population size. Depending on the chosen criteria for habitat suitability, the estimated maximum number of Western Tragopan in AJ&K ranges between 1,875 and 3,760 adult individuals. Given that AJ&K represents c.30% of the global distribution of the species, the current population estimate of 5,000 (BirdLife International 2014) might need reconsideration. We further illustrate the importance of critical literature reviews for little-known globally threatened species such as the Western Tragopan without which red list assessments can be at risk of relying on biased data which may easily lead to incorrect conclusions.

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