scholarly journals Education and Training in the Field of Machines and Mechanisms (A Comparative Study)

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-204
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Darrab Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Darrab
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Machine Design ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Species ◽  
Nano Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
And Training

Machines and mechanisms have always been used as tools to improve both the lives and lifestyles of mankind. Human beings started using them by converting natural resources into various forms and shapes of ancient man-made tools. Similar has been the case with one of the most basic areas of mechanical engineering: machines and mechanisms, a field in which human species' invention of the wheel emerged as the foremost and basic entity. As the engineering world progresses the upcoming engineers have to be educated and trained for these latest technological developments and also have to be imparted with more skills in the form of research and development (R&D) capability. This paper gives an overview of the educational status and training facilities in the field of ‘machines and mechanism’ in a developing country like Saudi Arabia. The study has revealed that the Kingdom is presently focusing on such areas as mechanics, kinematics, machine design, machine dynamics and theory of machines which are mostly taught in the universities across the Kingdom. The educational and training status of universities in Saudi Arabia compared with those of educationally developed countries like USA in the field of 'machines and mechanism' is discussed. The study revealed that the nature of laboratory based training work, the coverage of the related areas and the methods of teaching these highly technical courses in Saudi universities need to be further improved in order to become comparable to their counterparts in the world. Recently, the Kingdom has initiated work in the field of ‘nano technology’. What would be its impact on the design and development of future curricula pertaining to machines and mechanisms is highlighted. The paper concludes with certain recommendations that can help policy planners in the field of engineering education, in general, and machines and mechanisms,

What is an Ecodisaster?

1977 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Cloudsley-Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Developed Countries ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
World Population ◽  
Human Species ◽  
Pests And Diseases ◽  
The Past ◽  
Environmental Deterioration ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Catastrophe ◽  
Near Future

The term ‘ecodisaster’ may be defined as ‘a global catastrophe of the human species’. Any ecodisasters occurring in the near future will, almost certainly, be caused, directly or indirectly, by the present overpopulation of the world, accompanied by unwise and irresponsible disregard of environmental deterioration.The suggestion is made here that Man's first and, it is to be hoped, last, ecodisaster may already have begun. Although not dramatic, it is taking the form of a steady decline in the standard of living nearly everywhere, coupled with massive pollution, and widespread malnutrition in the under-developed countries of the world. It will persist until world population eventually becomes adjusted to environmental resources.It is ironical that control of the pests and diseases which have inflicted so much misery on mankind in the past, should have helped to engender the present population explosion with all the hunger and privation that accompany it in the under-developed regions of the world.

Some comments on the national conference on ‘The economic, social, financial and technical effects of automation (November 27–28, 1984; University of Salford, U.K.) … conference closure

Robotica ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-172
Author(s):  
F. R. S. Henry Chilver
Keyword(s):  
World Economy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Technical Innovation ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing Technology ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Technical Potential ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

SUMMARYAfter reviewing the conference topics, the author discusses the technical potential of automation in the wider aspects of technical innovation. The next topic is concerned with automation and the world economy in general, and that in developed countries in particular. Some comments are then made about the manufacturing prospects in the U.K. and their relationships with education and training in the relevant fields. Finally, the inauguration of the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Chair at the University of Salford is described in the context of industry-education problems.

Classifying the LDCs

Worldview ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 23-25
Author(s):  
William C. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Popular Press ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Visual Evidence ◽  
The World ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Aid Programs ◽  
Communist Countries ◽  
Developed World

For a full generation the world, like Gaul, has been divided into three parts, the rich, the poor, and the Communists. Scholars and bureaucrats have devised these economic categories, calling them the developed world, the Communist countries, and the less developed countries (LDCs). In the last few years, however, these classifications have been bursting at the seams of their logic. Even the man in the street is beginning to wonder why such nations as Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Argentina, and Brazil are still "poor" LDCs and thus eligible for various aid programs. Visual evidence of their burgeoning wealth is available on TV and in the popular press. Yet the list of developed countries remains the same. It seems no one ever gets promoted.

scholarly journals Principles for the pastoral guidance process to women on matters related to human vulnerability and personal integrity

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda L. Du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Personal Integrity ◽  
Human Vulnerability ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
Biblical Principles

Through the centuries, women from all over the world remain vulnerable to their social status. In some developed countries the situation has improved, but there are many countries where it is still unbearable. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) aims to assist in this regard by addressing ethical issues pertaining to medicine, life sciences and related technologies as applied to human beings with consideration of women’s social, legal and environmental dimensions. Yet pastoral counsellors on ground level are confronted with the need for assistance to women who suffer because of this exploitation. Therefore, the aim of this article is to focus on biblical principles that can serve as anchors to guide women regarding their human vulnerability and personal integrity when they experience suffering and hardship. The challenge facing the pastoral counsellor is to guide women to accept the reality of their situation within a certain framework, to adequately deal with this and, in spite of overwhelming emotions, continue to grow in personal integrity and healing.

scholarly journals Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Saudi Arabia: A Soaring Epidemic

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asirvatham Alwin Robert ◽  
Abdulrahman Al-Dawish ◽  
Muhammad Mujammami ◽  
Mohamed Abdulaziz Al Dawish
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Unique Challenge ◽  
The World ◽  
The Developed Countries

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is quite prevalent in the world, with a proportion of 1 in every 300 persons and steadily rising frequency of incidence of about 3% every year. More alarmingly, the incidence of T1DM among infants is also increasing, with children as young as 6 months succumbing to it, instead of that at a rather established vulnerable age of around seven and near puberty, when the hormones antagonize the action of insulin. These reports pose a unique challenge of developing efficient T1DM management system for the young children. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is the largest country in the Middle East that occupies approximately four-fifths of the Arabian Peninsula supporting a population of more than 33.3 million people, of whom 26% are under the age of 14 years. As per the Diabetes Atlas (8th edition), 35,000 children and adolescents in Saudi Arabia suffer from T1DM, which makes Saudi Arabia rank the 8th in terms of numbers of TIDM patients and 4th country in the world in terms of the incidence rate (33.5 per 100,000 individuals) of TIDM. However, in comparison with that in the developed countries, the number of research interventions on the prevalence, incidence, and the sociodemographic aspects of T1DM is woefully inadequate. In this review we discuss different aspects of T1DM in Saudi Arabia drawing on the published literature currently available.

Study on Green Ecology-Oriented Fashion Design

2013 ◽  
Vol 340 ◽  
pp. 179-184
Author(s):  
Wei Ding
Keyword(s):  
Developed Countries ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Fashion Design ◽  
Ecological Design ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
New Era ◽  
The World ◽  
People First ◽  
Fashion Designers

Fashion design with ecology orientation has become a trend because of the environmental crisis. In recent years, ecological and environmental crisis has become a big issue. With our social and economical activities development, human beings have consumed so many natural resources that it has created the crisis on ecology and environment. In 21 century, ecological fashion industry has become a booming industry. The fashion design has entered a new era of putting people first and going green design. The consciousness of cost effectively consumption has been recognized all over the world. Compared with that in developed countries, the development of ecological design is relatively late and slow in China. China has a big room in developing ecological fashion industry. This paper would analyze the issues of Going Green Fashion Design by making research on ecological materials and fabrics, virtual efforts, and wearing method. Ecological fashion design has created a new room for both fashion designers and fashion enterprises. Fashion industry has confronted a Going Green Reform, which makes us better health and better life. Efficiently using limited nature resources is most important concept for all designers. Fashion designers should take this as their duties and responsibilities.

scholarly journals Referencial teórico-metodológico de Paulo Freire: contribuições no campo da enfermagem [Paulo Freire’s theoretical and methodological framework: contributions in the field of nursing] [Referencial teórico-metodológico de Paulo Freire: contribuciones en el campo de la enfermería]

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. e27310
Author(s):  
Bárbara Bertolossi Marta de Araújo ◽  
Antônia Da Conceição Cilindro Machado ◽  
Cassiana Silva Rossi ◽  
Sandra Teixeira de Araújo Pacheco ◽  
Benedita Maria Rêgo Deusdará Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Online Databases ◽  
The World ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Nursing Professionals ◽  
And Training

Objetivo: rever estudos que abordam o referencial teórico-metodológico de Paulo Freire e suas contribuições para a enfermagem. Método: revisão integrativa da produção científica nacional, realizada de abril a junho de 2016, em bases de dados on line publicadas de 2011 a 2015. Resultados: foram identificados 19 artigos, evidenciando-se duas categorias analíticas: Aplicabilidade da Teoria Freiriana na assistência de enfermagem; Teoria Freiriana e a formação do profissional de enfermagem. Conclusão: o referencial teórico-metodológico de Freire é importante no campo da enfermagem, porquanto compreende o diálogo como o momento em que as pessoas se encontram para refletir sobre sua realidade tal como a fazem e refazem. Trata-se, portanto, de uma postura político-filosófica necessária diante do mundo e da existência, na medida em que os seres humanos se transformam a partir da reflexão crítica de sua realidade.ABSTRACTObjective: to review studies that address Paulo Freire’s theoretical and methodological framework and his contributions to nursing. Method: from April to June 2016, an integrative review of Brazilian scientific production published from 2011 to 2015 was conducted in online databases. Results: 19 articles were identified, revealing two analytical categories: Applicability of Freire’s Theory to nursing care; Freire’s Theory and training for nursing professionals. Conclusion: Freire’s theoretical and methodological framework is important in the field of nursing, in that it regards dialogue as the moment when people meet to reflect on their reality as they make and remake it. It is, therefore, a necessary political and philosophical attitude to the world and to existence, in that human beings change on the basis of their critical thinking about their reality.RESUMENObjetivo: revisar estudios que abordan el referencial teórico-metodológico de Paulo Freire y sus contribuciones a la enfermería. Método: revisión integrativa de la producción científica nacional, realizada de abril a junio de 2016, en bases de datos on-line publicadas de 2011 a 2015. Resultados: se identificaron 19 artículos, evidenciando dos categorías analíticas: Aplicabilidad de la Teoría Freireana en la asistencia de enfermería; Teoría Freireana y la formación del profesional de enfermería. Conclusión: el referencial teórico-metodológico de Freire es importante en el campo de la enfermería ya que comprende el diálogo como el momento en que las personas se encuentran para reflexionar sobre su realidad tal como la hacen y rehacen. Se trata, pues, de una postura político-filosófica necesaria ante el mundo y de la existencia, en la medida en que los seres humanos se transforman desde la reflexión crítica de su realidad.

scholarly journals Poverty Alleviation at an International Development Organization: Resurrecting the Human Being as Subject

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangeeta Parameshwar ◽  
Param Srikantia ◽  
Jessica Heineman-Pieper
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Development Organization ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
The Rich

This paper examines the field experiences of one of the authors in designing workshops for Finance Ministers of several countries at a leading international development organization. The power of a single book to cause a paradigm change is brought out as the authors sensemake the field experience in the light of their reading of The Development Dictionary, edited by Wolfgang Sachs, which debunks the myth of a “First World” and a “Third World” based on the socially constructed binary paradigm of “development” and “underdevelopment.” While claiming to do the opposite, professionals in the field of “international development” have often been impoverishing global communities through Western economic and technological interventions, enabled by the “aid” provided by interested global financial institutions on usurious, harmful, and coercive terms. It is ironic that the West, with all its economic crashes, corporate scandals, addictive consumerism, runaway militarism, and unsustainable life styles, considers itself competent to “develop” the other three-fourths of the world's population. A crucial shortcoming of disciplines like Western management, business administration, public policy, and development economics is that their conceptual frameworks and the ensuing strategies ignore the inner, subjective landscape of human beings that can be a source of creative transcendence from the standpoint of human flourishing. As a basis for an enlightened consciousness in global social change work, the paper recommends an alternative conceptual framework defined by the four coordinates of man-as-subject with a focus on the person (as opposed to man-as-object with a focus on aggregates), an abundance-based appreciative valuing (as opposed to a scarcity-based problem solving), organic, indigenous approaches that are grassroots-based (versus expert-driven prescriptions grafted from a foreign source) and an orientation toward Being (rather than a focus on “doing” that results in the mechanistic implementation of programmatic routines). The paper seeks to highlight the importance of resurrecting human subjectivity as a fundamental regenerative force underlying empowerment and poverty alleviation. The answer to the world's problems may be ‘counter-development,’ by which the ‘rich’ ‘developed’ countries “develop” themselves in their spiritual consciousness, thereby reducing the systemic risk of their unsustainable, wasteful ways on the rest of the world they seek to ‘develop.’ If we think of the world as a global learning community, a repository of different ways of living and being that are non-comparable, we may have to remake these contemporary development institutions more in the image of a ‘global parliament of cultures’ in which different cultures, from a stance of equality, share life furthering practices with one another and seek to understand what gives vitality to all of them. As experiences of urban poor groups illustrate, the poor have demonstrated extraordinary creativity and ingenuity in designing innovative solutions to their own problems, and they appear more competent at poverty reduction than local or national governments and international agencies (Appadurai, 2001). Poverty alleviation led by the poor themselves may be a viable alternative to poverty alleviation led by the rich. International development agencies from wealthy countries that claim to be focused on “poverty alleviation” should perhaps reframe their mission to “greed alleviation” in their own countries.

Spirituality-focused end-of-life care among paediatric patients: evidence from Saudi Arabia?

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 610-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar MA Khraisat ◽  
Abdullah Alkhawaldeh ◽  
Sawsan Abuhammad
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Oncology Nurses ◽  
Life Care ◽  
The World ◽  
And Training

Background: Spirituality has been recognised as an essential aspect of patient care. Aim: To assess the greatest facilitators that would help to provide spirituality for paediatric end of life. Methods: Two hundred and fifty oncology nurses were surveyed using a spirituality and spiritual care rating questionnaire. Findings: The greatest facilitators perceived by nurses were: believe in spirituality as a unifying force that enables one to be at peace with oneself and the world; listening and allowing patients time to discuss and explore their fears; and using art, creativity and self-expression; respect for privacy, dignity and religious and cultural beliefs of a patient. Conclusions: Many nursing-related facilitators to spirituality care were found. They need to be addressed and supported through education and training.

Hog in Sloth, Fox in Stealth: Man and Beast in Moral Thinking

1974 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 265-280
Author(s):  
John Benson
Keyword(s):  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Species ◽  
Moral Thinking ◽  
The World ◽  
Form Part ◽  
The Difference

Human beings find themselves sharing the world with a great variety of other animals. Besides using them in various ways, we think about them and compare ourselves with them, and it is hard to envisage the difference it would make to our understanding of ourselves if they were not there. For one thing we should not have the concept of the human species, and that human beings should be thought of, however theoretically, as all belonging to one species is of momentous importance for morality. The existence of other species might be significant in that way, however, even if we did not pay much attention to them and even if more particular thoughts about or observations of them did not form part of the fabric of our moral thinking. It is with some particular ways in which other species enter our moral thinking and our thinking about morals that I intend to concern myself. There are three of these that I shall discuss: first, the use of animal characters in moral tales, secondly the description of human characteristics in terms of real or supposed analogies with the characteristics of beasts; and thirdly much more briefly the application to human beings of behaviour patterns established in studies of other animals.

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