Platonic and Aristotelian Teichopolitics

2022 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-202
Author(s):  
Adam Woodcox
Keyword(s):  
National Character ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Effect

Abstract This paper provides a sustained investigation into ancient teichopolitics – the politics of constructing walls – and the question of whether the best city should be surrounded by walls. Plato’s Laws adopts the Spartan view that walls have a negative effect on national character and argues that they should be ‘left lying asleep and undisturbed in the ground’ (Leg. 6.778d). Aristotle’s Politics puts forward a series of objections to Plato and adopts the more pragmatic view that walls are necessary. Although both philosophers debate the status of walls and foreigners within the best city, they fail to draw the thoroughly modern connection between teichopolitics and immigration.

scholarly journals Recent advances of the OIV working group on oenological tannins in the study of the functionalities of oenological tannins

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 02015 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Vignault ◽  
O. Pascual ◽  
J. Gombau ◽  
M. Jourdes ◽  
V. Moine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Botrytis Cinerea ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Wine Color

This communication actualizes the status of the research of the OIV working group on oenological tannins with the purpose of deepening the knowledge of the mechanisms and functionalities of oenological tannins in winemaking. The obtained results confirm that oenological tannins really exert an effect as copigments and that they really protect the wine color against the negative effect of the enzyme laccase present in grapes affected by the infection of Botrytis cinerea.

scholarly journals Environmental Impacts from Maritime Operations at Dinding River

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 5591-5595
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Marine Pollution ◽  
Pollution Index ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Maritime Operations

Water quality characterized as a measure of the physical, synthetic, organic, and microbiological characteristics of water. Water quality monitoring and measurement give an experiential proof to support decision making on issues related to health and environmental impact. Maritime operations are one of the factors that contributed to the environmental impact, particularly on the water quality status. The interactions of Lumut water (Dinding River) with several maritime operations nearby can lead to marine pollution and bring negative effect to the natural habitation. Through preliminary observations, oil spillage and garbage were discovered at the surface water of Dinding River. This study is conducted to identify the current status of water quality at Dinding River. Water samples from 5 fixed stations along the river were collected regularly and analyzed to determine the status of water quality based on the chosen water parameters - Conductivity, Total Suspended Solids, pH, Total Dissolved Solids and Dissolved Oxygen. Pollution Index is used as a tool to determine the status of water quality at the research area. The results show that the water at Dinding River is moderately polluted.

scholarly journals Decline and Current Status of the Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix L.) Population in Serbia - A Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-176
Author(s):  
Zoran Ristić ◽  
Slobodan Puzović ◽  
Igor Ponjiger ◽  
Miroslav Urošević ◽  
Milutin Kovačević ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Population Trend ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Grey Partridge ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
And Gender

Summary Decrease of grey partridge population is a global process that has been catastrophic in recent decades. In England, the number of this species declined by 80% in the period from the beginning of the fifties to the mid-eighties of the last century (Potts, 1986). In the Czech Republic from 1965 to the end of the eighties by as much as 95% (Štasny et al. 1997), and the situation is similar in Poland (Panek, 2005). The status of grey partridge in Serbia follows the same pattern as mentioned, with drastic decline (Ristić and Puzović, 2015). The reasons for such trend are numerous, directly conditioned and are often difficult to eliminate. It has been found that culling has no significant effect on the population (Ristić, 1992), but changes in its habitat in order to increase the yield of agricultural crops and chemical protection have very negative effect on partridge number. In order to study each type of game, it is necessary to know the basic elements of the population: density, growth, birth rate, mortality, migration movements and gender and age structure. Migration has no effect on changes in the partridge populations. Period of assessment 2010-2013: Serbia: 20,000-28,000 breeding pairs (bp), Vojvodina: 900-1,000 bp. Long-term population trend 1980-2003: MD (mean decrease in number), short-term population trend 2000-2013: MD (mean decrease in number). The number generally decreases, especially in Vojvodina, where it is endangered by intensive agriculture and the application of harmful biocides. It is necessary to improve the monitoring and develop the national action plan.

Foreign Direct Investment and its Effect on Self-Reliant Innovation in Jiangxi

2011 ◽  
Vol 281 ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Xiao Hong Li ◽  
Yang Gang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Spillover Effect ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Jiangxi Province ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Function Calculation ◽  
Development Threshold

In this paper, we attempt to inspect the status of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and its spillover effect on self-reliant innovation capability in Jiangxi province. Based on production function calculation, correlation coefficient between logarithm FDI and logarithm self-reliant innovation (sales revenue of new products) is -0.080. It indicates that the growth of FDI plays no or even negative effect on the growth of self-reliant innovation empirically. The reasons are mainly: (1) too many influence factors which affect the growth of self-reliant innovation disturb the model explanatory ability; (2) the influence of FDI is much less than of R&D labors and expenditures inputs. According to empirical research, the reasons for inefficiency FDI are mainly from two aspects: (1) FDI inward Jiangxi is mainly sourcing from undeveloped and developing countries (or regions) but not developed countries. (2) Technical spillover effect of FDI is performing under capacity for economic complexity and/or development threshold.

scholarly journals ABOUT TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS IN THE DOMESTIC LAND MANAGEMENT AND CADASTRE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
Valeriy Zharnikov ◽  
Yuriy Larionov ◽  
Ol'ga Pas'ko
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Data Use ◽  
National Character ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
The Status ◽  
Rational Consideration

The development of land management and cadastre historically kept pace with the development of national statehood, which determined their special national character and individual qualities, which later received the status of international traditions: state status, legal significance, obligation and regularity of the update of real estate data, the data use for taxation and territorial administration. The modern period has strengthened the role of cadastre and urban planning, the content of which is aimed at ensuring the equal interests of the state, business, civil society and citizens. Rational consideration of this circumstance, with the development of widespread digitalization, become the main criteria for the development of the discussed knowledge areas and practice.

Perception by Moroccan Physicians of Factors Affecting their Migration Decisions

2013 ◽  
pp. 337-375
Author(s):  
Youssef Chetioui
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Medical Doctor ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Doctor Who ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The North ◽  
Migration Decisions ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Brain

The variety of factors affecting migration decisions of medical doctors are confronted with the opinions of medical doctors operating in Morocco. The major objective of this exercise is to see how individual and environmental factors are perceived by each medical doctor who has selected to stay or to return to the country of origin after his or her medical studies. The method used in this research is based on the analysis of the information and data from a survey of physicians. This survey is based on the inputs from 117 medical doctors operating in different cities of Morocco. The results reveal that those with lower age and higher difficulties in medical practice constitute most of the medical doctors to relocate overseas. The migration conditions are also found to have a significant negative effect on respondents’ intention to migrate. The study reveals as well that labor wages, gender, the status of the hospital (private or public), and the situations prevailing in hospitals do not significantly affect the attitude of respondents about migration. These results confirm that the surveyed doctors have selected to not migrate but to operate in Morocco while those that migrate could have opposite assessments for the same factors. All the surveyed doctors have confirmed the importance of intensifying cooperation between hospitals and medical schools on both sides of the Mediterranean region. This cooperative framework creates new incentives for the promotion of exchanges of medical doctors, knowledge, and experiences between the South and the North. The intensification of this collaboration allows medical doctors to be more mobile, creating a new win-win process that is far from the brain-drain type of vision.

scholarly journals Status effects of the German Excellence Initiative

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerstin Bruckmeier ◽  
Georg-Benedikt Fischer ◽  
Berthold U. Wigger
Keyword(s):  
First Year ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Excellence Initiative ◽  
Elite University ◽  
Elite Status ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
University Quality ◽  
Positive Effect

Being granted a title enhances the status of the awardee while its loss has an opposite effect. The present article examines whether the latter effect dominates the former in the sense that elevation is less status-enhancing than relegation is status-damaging. Thereto, we use the three consecutive rounds of the German Excellence Initiative (a publicly funded program to promote outstanding research at German universities) as a natural experiment. We provide evidence that the loss of the title as a so-called “elite university” had a negative effect on the number of first year students. In contrast, we find no evidence for a positive effect on the number of first year students when a university is granted the title. Placebo tests suggest that this effect is in fact due to the loss of the elite status and does not result from a decline in university quality.

The Impact of Buccal Bone Defects and Immediate Placement on the Esthetic Outcome of Maxillary Anterior Single-Tooth Implants

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios Kamperos ◽  
Ioanna Zambara ◽  
Vassileios Petsinis ◽  
Dimitrios Zambaras
Keyword(s):  
Bone Defects ◽  
Maxillary Incisor ◽  
Anterior Maxilla ◽  
Implant Placement ◽  
Immediate Placement ◽  
Single Tooth ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Immediate Implant ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of buccal bone defects and immediate placement on the esthetic outcome of maxillary anterior single-tooth implants. The archives of the Department of Dental Implants & Tissue Regeneration at Hygeia Hospital during a 5-year period (2010–2014) were retrospectively analyzed, in search of patients treated with a single-tooth implant after extraction of a maxillary incisor. The status of the buccal bone plate and the time of implant placement were recorded. The pink esthetic score (PES) of each case was evaluated, with a maximum score of 14. In total, 91 patients were included in the study. The mean PES was 10.5. The outcome was considered satisfactory (PES ≥ 8) in 89% and (almost) perfect (PES ≥ 12) in 35% of the cases. Immediate implant placement had no impact on PES (P > .05), even though it demonstrated slightly greater variability. On the other hand, buccal bone defects had a negative effect on PES (P < .0001). In conclusion, a satisfactory esthetic outcome can be achieved in single-tooth implants in the anterior maxilla. The presence of buccal bone defects is considered a negative prognostic factor, whereas immediate implant placement does not affect the esthetic outcome.

scholarly journals Effect Of Quality Of Work Life On Work Stress, Mental Health, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, And Performance Of Inpatient Nurses In Muhammadiyah HospitalType D East Java

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 1652-1660
Author(s):  
Sunaryadi ◽  
Budiyanto ◽  
Suhermin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Type D ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Inpatient Nurses

Research related to the relationship between QWL, work stress, mental health, OCB and nurse performance in the type D Muhammadiyah Hospital network in East Java. Based on the problems, phenomena that occur in hospitals today as well as literature studies, researchers examine and analyze the effect of the QWL variable on the performance of inpatient nurses in the type D Muhammadiyah Hospital network in East Java. The population of this study were all nurses with the status of nurses in Muhammadiyah hospital type D, East Java. The sampling technique was saturated sample. The sample of this study was the entire population of nurses with the status of nurses who served in the inpatient room. This study was analyzed using the Partial Least Square method. The results of this study are QWL has a significant and positive effect on the performance of inpatient nurses in the Muhammadiyah type D hospital network in East Java; QWL has a significant and negative effect on the work stress of inpatient nurses in the Muhammadiyah type D hospital network in East Java; QWL has a significant and positive effect on the mental health of inpatient nurses in the Muhammadiyah type D hospital network in East Java; Job stress has a significant and negative effect on OCB of inpatient nurses in the Muhammadiyah type D hospital network, East Java; Mental Health has a significant and positive effect on OCB of inpatient nurses in Muhammadiyah type D Hospital, East Java; QWL has a significant and positive effect on OCB of inpatient nurses in the Muhammadiyah type D hospital network in East Java; OCB has a significant and positive effect on the performance of inpatient nurses in the Muhammadiyah type D hospital network in East Java.

scholarly journals POCHAYIV LAVRA IN THE PERIOD OF ACQUISITION OF AUTOCEPHALY BY UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: POSITION, DEMONSTRATION OF REACTION, PROSPECTS

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
Rychko Viktoriya
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Local Church ◽  
National Character ◽  
Activation Process ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Accumulation Process ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
The Status ◽  
Ukrainian Society

The article studies the reaction of famous monastic vow in Ukraine – The Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra on the acquisition of autocephality by Ukrainian Orthodox. Through the lens of facts proving its activity, it is explained that in the activation process of getting tomos of autocephality by the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Pochayiv Lavra demonstrated the opposition to initiatives, directed at the formation of Ukrainian Orthodox national character. The document, which officially declared it, was “Address of Metropolitan Volodymyr, Father Superior of the Holy Dormition Lavra, regarding risk and “tomos””. The destructive activity of Pochayiv Lavra concerning the problem of overcoming the Orthodox conflict in Ukraine was demonstrated in mobilization of its piligrims to the participation in the acts that were pseudo-protest movements in nature, which were aimed at the destabilization of Ukrainian society and activation of intrapublic protests. In the end it could have been the reason not only for the interruption or even cancellation of the religious and church project of acquiring the status of Local Church by Ukrainian Orthodox Church, but in wider context – the significant slowdown of the consolidation of Ukrainian society and rollout of its national identity accumulation process.

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