The role of robots in the improving work of nurses

AbstractIntroduction. Currently we observe a change in the labor market. It is caused by the new developments in the field of artificial Intelligence.Aim. We would like to present current trends affecting the work of nurses and midwives around the world in order to raise the social awareness of these changes among Polish healthcare workers. Moreover, we want to emphasize the fact that it is necessary to involve them as the stakeholders in the ongoing discussions and research projects in order to better understand their needs and expectations.Discussion. The article revolves around the current state of technology. We begin by outlining the framework of the perceived changes in the nurses’ structures and tasks around the world. Then we provide the examples of a variety of robots already executing those tasks. We start with the robots whose purpose is the elimination of simple, routine activities such as TUG or HOMER. After doing so, we move on to possible solutions how to eliminate the need for personal involvement in invasive (such as BloodBot) and non-invasive procedures (CLARA). We finish by introducing the machines used to replicate animal therapy, which can be used to treat patients who have difficulties with communicating their needs.Conclusions. We would like to present the future of nursing closely related to machines. We want to emphasize the element of complementarity of this relation and the fact that performing some tasks by robots is not connected with replacing people, but rather with enabling them to shift their focus from the performance of arduous duties to spending more time on empathic work with the patient.

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An Overview of the Current State of Human Issues in Horticulture in the United States

HortTechnology ◽

10.21273/horttech.10.1.27 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 27-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Virginia I. Lohr ◽

Paula Diane Relf

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

United States ◽

Well Being ◽

The United States ◽

Public Gardens ◽

Current State ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

Plant Sciences

Throughout history, plants have been used to benefit people. In the United States, formal research to document the impacts of plants on people was not published until the 1970s, when papers from social and medical scientists began to appear. In the 1990s, symposia, including the first on “The Role of Horticulture in Human Well-being and Social Development,” brought people together from around the world to share and expand their knowledge in this emerging field. Symposium participants have included researchers in the social sciences and plant sciences, practitioners in horticultural therapy, teachers in colleges and public gardens, industry representatives applying the knowledge, and more. This has formed the basis for current activities in research, teaching, and practice throughout the United States. Examples from research that now documents a variety of beneficial impacts of plants on people are discussed.

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World fish market: current trends, state and prospects

RUDN Journal of Economics ◽

10.22363/2313-2329-2019-27-2-259-268 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 259-268

Author(s):

Inna V Andronova ◽

Elena A Yakimovich

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Food Product ◽

Fish Farming ◽

Point Of View ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Current Trends ◽

Current State ◽

Fish Market ◽

The World

The article analyzes the state of the world fish market, problems and prospects for its development in the context of current trends in the world economy. The authors emphasize the importance of the space allocated to the world fish market in solving global problems of our time, such as fighting hunger, ensuring food security, sustainable development, etc. The article presents the current state of world fishing and fish farming, the main producers and exporters, Russia’s place in this market. Reflected issues related to the role of developing countries in this sector of the economy. Conclusions are drawn about the problems and prospects of the world fish market from the point of view of the sustainable development of the world community and the growth of consumption of this food product by the population of the planet.

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Reading Literature in the Time of Pandemic

PIONEER: Journal of Language and Literature ◽

10.36841/pioneer.v12i2.705 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 129

Author(s):

Betty Sianturi

Keyword(s):

Short Story ◽

Racial Inequality ◽

Edgar Allan Poe ◽

Social Classes ◽

Ecological Problem ◽

Time And Space ◽

Current State ◽

The Social ◽

The World

This paper contextualizes the role of literature during the current state of Covid-19 outbreak. As representation of plague has been a stable in literature across time and space, reading literature about pandemic offers important insights in dealing with the changing period. This study offers a reading of ‘The Marque of Red Death’, a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe which dramatizes the outbreak of titular plague. Poe’s narration contextualizes the horrifying aspects of plague and also criticizes the social inequality concerning the ability of different social classes to cope with pandemic. Hence, this depiction asserts that ecological problem is inseparable with social problem and racial inequality. This study is conducted under ecocritical framework which emphasizes the reorientation of human and non-human relationship through the imaginary literature. The findings suggest that the non-human entity in form of plague is depicted as a disruptive force that abolish the progress of human civilization. This dramatization explores humanity to ponder their position in the world as a reminder of their mortality. The analysis suggests that during the troubled era of Covid-19 outbreak, reading representation of plague in literature can provide an idea with how people across time and space cope with pandemic outbreak.

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The problem of periodization of the history of religion

Ukrainian Religious Studies ◽

10.32420/1997.5.91 ◽

1997 ◽

pp. 3-8

Author(s):

Borys Lobovyk

Keyword(s):

Religious Studies ◽

Human Being ◽

Religious Development ◽

History Of Religion ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Role Of Religion

An important problem of religious studies, the history of religion as a branch of knowledge is the periodization process of the development of religious phenomenon. It is precisely here, as in focus, that the question of the essence and meaning of the religious development of the human being of the world, the origin of beliefs and cult, the reasons for the changes in them, the place and role of religion in the social and spiritual process, etc., are converging.

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Grasping Social Apathy: The Role of Reach-To-Grasp Action Kinematics for the Assessment of Social Apathy in Mild Neurocognitive Disorders

Journal of Alzheimer s Disease ◽

10.3233/jad-200966 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Valeria Manera ◽

Guenda Galperti ◽

Erika Rovini ◽

Radia Zeghari ◽

Gianmaria Mancioppi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Neurocognitive Disorders ◽

Reach To Grasp ◽

Future Studies ◽

Clinical Scales ◽

Non Invasive ◽

Reach And Grasp ◽

The Social ◽

Self Reports ◽

Individual Condition

Background: Social apathy, a reduction in initiative in proposing or engaging in social activities or interactions, is common in mild neurocognitive disorders (MND). Current apathy assessment relies on self-reports or clinical scales, but growing attention is devoted to defining more objective, measurable and non-invasive apathy proxies. Objective: In the present study we investigated the interest of recording action kinematics in a social reach-to-grasp task for the assessment of social apathy. Methods: Thirty participants took part in the study: 11 healthy controls (HC; 6 females, mean age = 68.3±10.5 years) and 19 subjects with MND (13 females, mean age = 75.7±6.3 years). Based on the Diagnostic Criteria for Apathy, MND subjects were classified as socially apathetic (A-MND, N = 9) versus non-apathetic (NA-MND, N = 10). SensRing, a ring-shaped wearable sensor, was placed on their index finger, and subjects were asked to reach and grasp a can to place it into a cup (individual condition) and pass it to a partner (social condition). Results: In the reach-to-grasp phase of the action, HC and NA-MND showed different acceleration and velocity profiles in the social versus individual condition. No differences were found for A-MND. Conclusion: Previous studies showed the interest of recording patients’ level of weekly motor activity for apathy assessment. Here we showed that a 10-min reach-to-grasp task may provide information to differentiate socially apathetic and non-apathetic subjects with MND, thus providing a tool easily usable in the clinical practice. Future studies with a bigger sample are needed to better characterize these findings.

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Jerzy Topolski’s Marxist Anthropocentrism

Journal of the Philosophy of History ◽

10.1163/18722636-12341466 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 361-377

Author(s):

Ewa Domańska ◽

Paul Vickers

Keyword(s):

Historical Materialism ◽

Philosophy Of History ◽

Marxist Theory ◽

Collective Agency ◽

Future Developments ◽

The Past ◽

Current State ◽

The World ◽

Separate Discipline

Abstract In this article I demonstrate that the ideas outlined in Jerzy Topolski’s Methodology of History (Polish 1968, English translation 1976) could not only offer a reference point for and indeed enrich ongoing debates in the philosophy of history, but also help to set directions for future developments in the field. To support my argument, I focus on two themes addressed in Topolski’s work: 1) the understanding of the methodology of history as a separate discipline and its role both in defending the autonomy of history and in creating an integrated knowledge of the past, which I read here through the lens of the current merging of the humanities and natural sciences; and 2) the role of a Marxist anthropocentrism based on the notion of humans as the creators of history, which I consider here in the context of the ongoing critique of anthropocentrism. I point to the value of continuing to use concepts drawn from Marxist vocabulary, such as alienation, emancipation, exploitation and overdetermination, for interpreting the current state of the world and humanity. I stress that Marxist anthropocentrism, with its support for individual and collective agency, remains crucial to the creation of emancipatory theories and visions of the future, even if it has faced criticism for its Eurocentrism and might seem rather familiar and predictable when viewed in the context of the contemporary humanities. Nevertheless, new manifestations of Marxist theory, in the form of posthumanist Marxism and an interspecies historical materialism that transcends anthropocentrism, might play an important role in redefining the humanities and humanity, including its functions and tasks within human and multispecies communities.

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Australian English: Its Evolution and Current State

International Journal of Language Translation and Intercultural Communication ◽

10.12681/ijltic.11 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 75 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Peter Collins

Keyword(s):

Social Role ◽

Middle Eastern ◽

Structural Features ◽

External Pressure ◽

National Standard ◽

Font Size ◽

Current State ◽

The Social ◽

Australian English

This paper provides a critical overview of research on Australian English (‘AusE’), and of the vexing questions that the research has grappled with. These include: What is the historical explanation for the homogeneity of the Australian accent? Was it formed by the fi rst generation of native-born Australians in the ‘Sydney mixing bowl’, its spread subsequently facilitated by high population mobility? Or is the answer to be found in sociolinguistic reconstructions of the early colony suggesting that a uniform London English was transplanted to Australia in 1788 and that speakers of other dialects quickly adapted to it? How is Australia’s national identity embodied in its lexicon, and to what extent is it currently under the infl uence of external pressure from American English? What are the most distinctive structural features of AusE phonology, morphosyntax and discourse? To what extent do allegedly unique Australian features such as sentence-final but and yeah-no in discourse serve the social role of indexing ‘Australianness’? What is the nature and extent of variation – regional, social and ethnic – in contemporary AusE? Are such regional phonological differences as /æ/~/a/ variation increasing or diminishing? Does there exist a pan-ethnic variety of AusE that is particularly associated with younger Australians of second generation Middle Eastern and Mediterranean background? Has contemporary AusE consolidated its own norms as an independent national standard?

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The female characters in Branislav Nušić's and Stefan Kostov's selected comedies

Bastina ◽

10.5937/bastina30-28602 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 95-109

Author(s):

Đurđina Isić

Keyword(s):

Small Town ◽

Point Of View ◽

Theoretical Point ◽

Female Characters ◽

Modern Age ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

The Subject ◽

Bereaved Family

The paper presents the results of research that included comparative study of the place and role of female characters in selected and representative comedies by Serbian comedigrapher Branislav Nušić (eng. MP, Suspicious person, Mrs Minister, Bereaved family, Dr, Deceased; srb. Narodni poslanik, Sumnjivo lice, Ožalošćena porodica, Dr, Pokojnik, Vlast) and Bulgarian comedigrapher Stefan Kostov (eng. Gold mine, Golemanov, Grasshoppers, Nameless comedy; blg. Zlamnama mina, Golemanov, Skakalci, Komediâ bez ime) in order to find similarities and differences in the process of comedigraphic shaping of female characters in the work of these two authors. The subject of the research was viewed primarily from a literary-theoretical point of view, and the dominant methods of study were comparative and analytical-synthetic. During the research, there was a differentiation of female characters in accordance with their motivational structures, psychological assemblies and the nature of the place and the role they play in the social environment in which they are located. Therefore, we can distinguish female characters who live in the province and who are fully representative of the small-town spirit, female characters who live in the capital and are a symbol of the modern age and female characters who dwell in the capital, but in fact, deeply down still carry a small-town view of the world. The structure of this paper is in line with this distinction. Conclusions made at the end of the study show that the representation of female characters in analyzed comedies of both comedigaphers is highly similar in its nature.

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Messianism and UFO Sightings as Counterfactual Strategies of Enchantment of the World

Art History & Criticism ◽

10.2478/mik-2018-0009 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 99-109

Author(s):

Piotr Urbanowicz

Keyword(s):

Technological Progress ◽

New World ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

World Order ◽

Common Denominator ◽

New World Order ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

The Common

Summary In this text, I argue that there are numerous affinities between 19th century messianism and testimonies of UFO sightings, both of which I regarded as forms of secular millennialism. The common denominator for the comparison was Max Weber’s concept of “disenchantment of the world” in the wake of the Industrial Revolution which initiated the era of the dominance of rational thinking and technological progress. However, the period’s counterfactual narratives of enchantment did not repudiate technology as the source of all social and political evil—on the contrary, they variously redefined its function, imagining a possibility of a new world order. In this context, I analysed the social projects put forward by Polish Romantics in the first half of the 19th century, with emphasis on the role of technology as an agent of social change. Similarly, the imaginary technology described by UFO contactees often has a redemptive function and is supposed to bring solution to humanity’s most dangerous problems.

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Rola języka w uwalnianiu się z dziedzicznych traum

Politeja ◽

10.12797/politeja.17.2020.65.14 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (2(65)) ◽

pp. 189-204

Author(s):

Katarzyna Marcol

Keyword(s):

Collective Memory ◽

Cultural Memory ◽

Social Position ◽

Traumatic Experiences ◽

The Past ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

The 19Th Century ◽

The Village

The Role of Language in Releasing from Inherited Traumas. Negotiations of the Social Position of the Silesian Minority in Serbian Banat The aim of the paper is to show the dependence between language, collective memory (also post-memory) and sense of identity. This issue is analysed using the example of an ethnic minority living in the village of Ostojićevo (Banat, Serbia) called ‘Toutowie.’ Their ancestors came in the 19th century from Wisła (Silesian Cieszyn, Poland); they left their homes because of great hunger and were looking for jobs in Banat. Narratives about the past contain traumatic experiences of the past generations transmitted in the Silesian dialect and constituting communicative memory. At the same time, a new Polish national identity is being constructed, supported by institutions and authorities; it carries a new image of the world and creates a new cultural memory. This new identity – shaped on the basis of national categories – leads to changes of its self-identification and gives the opportunity to raise its social position in the multi-ethnic Banat community.

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