scholarly journals Fede cristiana, devozione mariana e pandemia da covid-19. Il “caso” della comunità di Biancavilla (Ct)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (13) ◽  
pp. 119-130
Author(s):  
Valerio Ciarocchi
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Marian Devotion ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The People ◽  
Long Term Consequences ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Town ◽  
Positive Results

The crisis dramatically resulting from the sudden pandemic for Covid-19 had immediate and long-term consequences. From a religious point of view, what were the answers? The civil and ecclesial community of Biancavilla country is unique in the Etna province and in Valdemone, since it is the only one of Arbëreshë origin, although now Latinized, arrived and finally settled at the foot of Etna, after the exile following the fall of Byzantium. The exiles brought with them an icon of the Mary of almsgiving, which is to some extent at the origin of the foundation of the town. The local historical, social and religious history is linked to the cult, first Byzantine, then Latin, of the Virgin of Mercy, and its icon. The people of Biancavilla country have always devoted their devotion to it, especially on the occasion of wars, famines, plagues, obtaining, according to the faith of the people, the favor of the Virgin, despite the fact that neighboring communities were equally affected. We want to report the “case” of the Biancavilla community, which faced the health emergency caused by Covid-19, also from a religious point of view with a constant, broad, varied commitment, not only liturgical or devotional, but also educational. Expressing once again its Christian faith in devotion to the Virgin of Alms, her patron. While the commitment of the clergy to a constant liturgical and pastoral activity has not been lacking, the faithful also maintained the oratorio and educational activities through the use of the internet, using all the communication channels available, with positive results also with respect to other civil and religious communities, during the long period of isolation, keeping personal and community relationships alive. The biancavillese marian devotion therefore permeated and acted as an agglutinant of the overall estate of the small town of Biancavilla.

Sustainability evaluation of post-disaster housing reconstruction after 55 years: Rudak village, Iran

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 294-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niloofar Mohtat ◽  
Akbar Haji Ibrahim Zargar
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The People ◽  
Long Term Consequences ◽  
Housing Reconstruction ◽  
The Village ◽  
Local Materials ◽  
Post Disaster

Purpose Focusing on Rudak, a village destroyed in the Buin-Zahra earthquake of 1962 in Qazvin, Iran, this paper aims to evaluate the reconstruction of this village in terms of sustainability. Rudak reconstruction has left long-term consequences on the physical structure of the village, as some of the people refused the constructed houses and built their own ones. Hence, after more than 50 years, this village is now consisted of two physically different neighborhoods. Examining the long-term consequences of this reconstruction through comparing housing and physical structure of the two different neighborhoods contains valuable lessons in terms of sustainability because sustainable reconstruction results unveil in long term. Design/methodology/approach Using sustainable reconstruction theory as the conceptual framework, this research investigates social, economic and environmental sustainability of Rudak housing reconstruction and that leads to comprehensive lessons. The study has a qualitative method and is based on fieldwork allowing for dynamic interviews with the community. Furthermore, data are analyzed through descriptive and comparative approaches. Findings The research concluded that sustainability related implications of post-disaster reconstruction policies are not restricted to the time of reconstruction or a limited interval after that. Lack of livelihood considerations, providing all people with similar houses and nontransparent decisions, resulted in unsustainable consequences such as building vulnerable extensions by people, social segregation and people unwillingness for participation. However, this experience was sustainable in terms of some other factors. For example, using local materials for building the structures of the new houses, putting the houses on the natural bedrock and building public services for people were sustainable measurements. Originality/value This paper is a rare example of research focusing on impacts of post-disaster reconstruction after more than 50 years. It contains valuable lessons for planners and architects.

scholarly journals PREVENTIVE „NON-EXISTENT ANIMAL" DRAWING FOR THE STUDY OF AGGRESSION IN CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE BY DECIMATING THE SYMPTOMS ACCOMPANYING „COGNITIVE DISMODERATE INTERCOURSE”

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 465-471
Author(s):  
Vesela Ivanova Bozhkova
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Self Control ◽  
School Age ◽  
Behavioral Deficits ◽  
The People ◽  
Primary School Age ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Town

The studied students are from the fourth grade, the town of Kyustendil. The drawing of the "Non-existent animal" aims to prevent the essence of the problem of working at the level of primary prevention of aggression in children of primary school age. The following criteria are distinguished in order to analyze the symptom of the "non-existent animals" depicted by children: the preventive symbolic meaning of the depicted objects; preventative importance of colors; degree of aggression; the presence of decorative details. The preventative approach in the drawing is based on the stage in which children painting the non-existent animal, drawing themselves in situations of social communication. When children accumulate in their minds subjective, emotional estimates of their intercourse with their peers, they as a result of cognitive psychological stress sharpen their feelings of being suppressed. Students begin to experience inwardly negative feelings, as a result of which they push these experiences unconsciously and at a conflict moment of perturbation from the external environment with which they communicate, these emotions of emotion in the children are unleashed. At such times, children with lower self-control outweigh the aggressive manifestation of a calm reaction that avoids the aggressive outburst. There are situations where the propensity of children to irritable behavior leads to behavioral deficits in my forms of communication with others. When there is an unfavorable relationship between children, they start distancing and non-acceptance of the other's point of view, and then begin to feel lonely as a factor in „cognitive dismoderate intercourse". Incomplete interactions between children help to ignore the essential moments of communication between children; in practice, incorrect feedback is broken in the course of cognitive processes in communication. There is a distance, not a clarification of the relationship. A small percentage of children start sharing their emotions even with their loved ones. In practice, children do not clarify their positions and relationships with peers and those with whom they have problematic interactions. In this way, children reconstruct in their minds subjective assumptions about the actual irritants leading to aggressive manifestations. Children begin to get angry at themselves and the people they communicate with on every occasion, even with the most common remark. These children are predominantly irritable, especially among the students, which contributes to the escalation of their aggressive behavior. Children do not realize what behavior they actually have and how it affects the people they communicate with. They lack the proactive behavioral standard. Subsequently, there is an imbalance between perceptual views of children and their classmates about attitudes related to problematic issues. In practice, there is an incorrect refraction of the feedback in the process of communication between children, and the focus on their own perceptual attitudes comes to the fore. Emphasizing on one's own views and neglecting the corrective preventive attitude of adult authority on the problematic situation only reinforces the process of „cognitive dismoderate intercourse", among children.

Stretched: Protracted conflicts and the people living in the midst of it all

2019 ◽  
Vol 101 (912) ◽  
pp. 987-991
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Protracted Conflict ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The People ◽  
Time Subject

Situations of protracted armed conflict, whether one armed conflict or a succession of several armed conflicts over a long period of time, subject the affected population to both short-term and long-term effects of warfare. Below are two timelines tracing the experiences of two women during situations of protracted conflict in two countries: Sheringul in Afghanistan, and Om Nawwar in Iraq. Their experiences show that life continues in such contexts, despite violence and instability.

scholarly journals The long-term adaptation of a resource periphery as narrated by local policy-makers in Lieksa

2019 ◽  
Vol 197 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maija Elina Halonen
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
External Support ◽  
Forest Resource ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Economic Future ◽  
The Town

The paper’s general objective is to question the point of view whereby peripheries are seen only through a static downturn with no reflections on dynamicity or adaptation. The focus is set on the standpoints of actors in local government and their interface with the broader structures. The aim is to create a productive dialogue with evolutionary economic geography studies paying attention to actors and resilience studies where the human perspectives in adaptation are emphasised. The town of Lieksa, Finland, is used as a case study to exemplify a forest resource periphery located in relative isolation at the regional and national scale, but within a developed economy in Europe. The results, based on interviews with key local policy-makers, show that development did not stop at the time of the first bust despite the domination of the downturn. The study reveals two waves of restructuring which both include a type of regional bust followed by different kinds of institutional recovery. In general, the human adaptation appears as reactions reflecting the variation of giving up, forward-looking acceptance, desperate resistance, re-orientation with external support and search for renewal with an optimistic attitude. Above all, the resilience regarding the local governmental actors emphasises their flexible adaptability and ability to develop institutional capacities to tolerate their vulnerability, the uncertainties of the economic future and the difficulties of locals to influence it – and if anything – to act and bounce forward in spite of repetitive busts and restructuring phases.

scholarly journals Convergence or Divergence Among Indian States: A Study Of New Series Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
A. Vamsi Krushna
Keyword(s):  
High Growth ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Vast Literature

Till now there is a vast literature available on this subject both theoretically and empirically.  All the studies are mostly observing this convergence/divergence nature over a long period of time.  To quote some of the researches such as Trivedi (2002), Bandyopadhyay (2002), Michelle, Kirsty and Cassen (2005), Nayyar (2008), Kalra & Sodsriwiboon (2010), Ghosh (2012), Stewart and Moslares (2014), Mishra and Mishra (2017) and Chakraborty and Chakraborty (2018) all are considered long period of time to estimate the presence of convergence/divergence among Indian states. But the long term development of a region depends upon so many factors such as availability of natural resources, human resources, economic policies adopted in the region, political climate etc.  Hence, when we are dealing with the issue of convergence/divergence we have to consider the above-said factors.  From this point of view, this paper focuses on the short term observing of convergence/divergence particularly with reference to Indian states during the period 2011-12 to 2016-17.  High Growth Group States witnessed convergence in PCNSDP while Low Growth Group States and the Total States exhibited divergent trends. The high Growth Group States converged at a rate of 49.8 per cent during the study period.  The rate of divergence among the Low Growth Group States is 14.5 per cent.  Regarding the Total States, the rate of divergence is observed as 12.4 per cent.  Here also the high growth group states are accounted for fewer fluctuations when compared with low growth group states.

ETHICAL LEADERSHIP OF KOSOVO LEADERS DURING THE WAR

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 2171-2172
Author(s):  
Ilir Qeriqi
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Greater Good ◽  
Long Term Consequences ◽  
The Town ◽  
Ethical Leaders

The paper examines the period of ethical leadership of KLA. Ethical leaders think about long-term consequences, drawbacks and benefits of the decisions they make in the organization. They are humble, concerned for the greater good, strive for fairness, take responsibility and show respect for each individual. Ethical leaders in the time of difficult dilemmas set high ethical standards and act in accordance with them. They influence ethical values of the organization through their behavior. Leaders serve as role models for their followers and show them the behavioral boundaries set within an organization. They are perceived as honest, trustworthy, courageous and demonstrating integrity. The more the leader “walks the talk”, by translating In this article I am going to write about a decision taken by Kosovo Liberation Army Leaders in the day that the war ended in Kosovo. On June 11th, 1999 in the town of Kumanova, Macedonia, the NATO forces and our Serbian Regime signed a peace agreement according to which Serbia had to withdraw all its forces from Kosovo within 12 days.

scholarly journals Safe for Democracy: Constitutional Politics, Popular Spectacle, and the British Monarchy 1910–1914

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-141
Author(s):  
Frank Mort
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
Constitutional Politics ◽  
The People ◽  
Long Term Consequences ◽  
Industrial Disputes ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
Irish Question

AbstractHow did the British monarchy respond to the multiple challenges of early twentieth-century mass democracy? Historians have separated the growth of constitutional sovereignty from the practice of a welfare monarchy, or from royalty as decorative and media friendly. This article argues that the political transformation of the modern monarchy was inseparable from innovations to its style and presentation. Opening with the dramatic constitutional crisis that confronted George V and his advisors in 1910, I show how the monarchy's entanglement in high politics forced the crown to assume an increasingly neutral, arbitrarial stance on industrial disputes and on the Irish question, despite the king's own conservatism. Simultaneously, George V invested in styles of royal accessibility and informality that contrasted sharply with other major European dynasties, in a series of royal tours across the industrial heartlands of England and Wales in 1912 and 1913. Extensively covered by the national and imperial press and by the newsreels, these visits to the strongholds of laborism promoted a vision of patrician democracy that drew heavily on traditions of organic, one-nation conservatism. But they also positioned royalty and the people in a new imaginary relationship that was more personal and intimate. Both versions had long-term consequences for the British monarchy across the twentieth century.

scholarly journals Aðskilnaður ríkis og kirkju. Almenn umræða á „stuttri tuttugustu öld“. Fyrri grein - Með aðskilnaði

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hjalti Hugason
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
The State ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Church Membership ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
The People ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Evangelical Lutheran ◽  
The Church

In this article and another which follows the author analyses the discourse about the separation of the state and the national church in Iceland over the period 1915–1995 — called “the short 20th century”. In this first article it will be dealt with the arguments for separation. In the second one views against separation will be discussed. Various ecclesiastical, theological or religious arguments were presented for separation. First it was pointed out that the liberal theology had made a schism within the national church which according to the constitution of Iceland should be evangelical-Lutheran. Therefore, it would be best to separate the church from the state as soon as possible so that the liberal ones and the conservatives could go their own ways in the future. Later it was stated that the separation between the state and the national church increased the freedom of church in fulfilling its vocation. It was also argued for separation from the ecumenical point of view and stated that the religious communities in the country should stand on equal footing in spite of various size. Many advocated for separation on the basis of human rights views. Some of them stated that the national church system effectively prevented the constitutional religious freedom of the people. It was also pointed out that the national church enjoyed a multitude of direct and indirect economical support from the state. In this way, all Icelanders indirectly participated in the cost of churchwork regardless of their church membership and religious beliefs. Finally, some recommended separation of financial reasons. They pointed out that the state invested large sums in the church, which, however, had few formal roles in the society.

Farmers' Perceptions towards Climate Change and its Adaptation Strategies in Himachal Pradesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-85
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
New Crops ◽  
Crop Varieties ◽  
The People ◽  
The Mean

The study was undertaken to understand the farmers' point of view about climate change and its impacts on agriculture and various adaptation strategies to deal with climate change in the Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. The results revealed the majority of farmers (85.83 percent) believed that the long-term changes in the mean temperature and increase in the number of hot days were some of the major climatic changes over the last 30 years (85.83 percent), and also, there was an introduction of new crops (Cereals, vegetables, fruits, etc.) in their area (42.50 percent). The majority of them were using High Yielding Variety seeds (93.33 percent) and improved crop varieties (54.17 percent), and most of them had also adopted crop diversification (45.00 percent) as an adaptive measure towards climate change. The lack of credit facilities, irregularity of extension services, high cost of adoption, etc., was the major problems in adopting various strategies to cope with climate change. Need-based water supply, government policies to support the farmers during natural calamities, efforts to create awareness among the people about climate change, its impacts and its adaptive measures were some of the important suggestions given by the farmers to deal with climate change. The eco-friendly and more economically cheaper measures should be employed by installing favourable modern agricultural technologies favourable to the study area.

scholarly journals CAN INDIA-PAKISTAN SPORTS PROMOTE PEACE? A MCDM APPROACH

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousaf Ali ◽  
Shayan Arif ◽  
Fahad Munir ◽  
Muhammad Bilal Azeem ◽  
Amin Ullah Khan
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
To Come ◽  
Topsis Technique ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Results

Sports is an effective vehicle that is being adopted by almost every country to improve ties with other countries. India and Pakistan share a long border, but do not share a very pleasant history.  Over the years, these two countries have shared a fierce rivalry and no measures that have been taken have had a long-term positive impact on their relationship. None of the attempts at reconciliation have proved to be completely successful, and the relationship remains unbalanced. The factors that can improve the ties between the two countries are numerous, and sports is one of them. The objective of this study is to determine how much of an influence cricket, being the most popular sport in both countries, has on the overall relationship between them. For this purpose, data was gathered from people from both countries through a questionnaire-based survey and then analyzed by MCDM approaches like AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) and TOPSIS (Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to Ideal Solution). After performing the quantitative analysis, the study hopes to come to a solid conclusion about what people from both countries think about which alternative has the greatest influence on the ties between the two countries, and how the selected factors are influenced by the type of cricket matches played between India and Pakistan.  The positive results obtained from this research could be of great importance for the governments as well as for the people of both countries. This can divert the minds of people and politicians from all the controversies and wars in the past, and help move towards more healthy competition on the sports field.

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