ABSTRACT:Culture is complex. Each culture is clearly different. This is because of its unique historical evolution. This confers on it qualities that make it peculiar, original and an organic whole. Culture as the entire way of life of a people past and present, has dynamic interplay of factors promoting progress, adaptation and interaction. Global change constantly challenges people to maintain their identity in the face of new conditions. Notwithstanding culture is marked by stable and enduring elements as well as by changing and contingent factors. As a way of life, culture includes art, religion and religiosity, marriage and family, elders and ancestors, egalitarian societal values etc. The Igbo people have a profound religious sense in which the existence of the divine being and the invisible spirit world is natural. This study will examine some components of culture and highlights cultural erosion that affects the esteemed values vis-à-vis global changes. This leads to the trend to jettison original cultural authenticity by its sons and daughters. Hence the urgent challenge to engage the rest of the world within a composite framework situated in a purely African reality in spite of global change.
An introduction to Ethnocentrism & Enculturation from the Cross-cultural Psychology Perspectives. A Presentation summary based on the book from Matsumoto, D. & Juang, L. (2007). Culture and Psychology (4th Ed.). Wadsworth.
An introduction to Ethnocentrism & Enculturation from the Cross-cultural Psychology Perspectives. A Presentation summary based on the book from Matsumoto, D. & Juang, L. (2007). Culture and Psychology (4th Ed.). Wadsworth.
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Cosmology
Similar to a culture but emphasizes how/what counts as science, religion, politics,economics,
morality, ethics, nature, and the ultimate truth of the world or universe are all connected
especially in terms of the categorical understandings of a culture.
SapirWhorf Hypothesis
Talks about the influence of language on thought and perception and categorical thinking.
what is “wrong”, “very wrong”, “bad”
"We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. The categories and types that
we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer
in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscope flux of impressions which
has to be organized by our minds — and this means largely by the linguistic systems of our
minds. We cut nature up, organize it into concepts, and ascribe significances as we do, largely
because we are parties to an agreement to organize it in this way— an agreement that holds
throughout our speech community and is codified in the patterns of our language […] all
observers are not led by the same physical evidence to the same picture of the universe, unless
their linguistic backgrounds are similar, or can in some way be calibrated.”
Ex. the idea of empty was equated with safe for these people when in fact the empty containers
were more dangerous because they contained more flammable vapors.
Franz Boas
Commitment to empiricism (emphasis on experience and evidence from observation/experiment
as opposed to basing knowledge on tradition or an innate understanding).
Field research and extended residence, learn Language, social relations with Informants
Emphasized the importance of culturally acquired norms as opposed to biological determinism
Rejected a notion of cultural evolution or stages of cultural evolution of the savage, the
barbarian, and the civilized.
Refuted biological conceptions of race
Boas made some innovations to his study:
◦He learned the local language and talked to people
◦He stayed a long time and participated in the everyday life of people
◦He learned their technologies and way of life
◦He defended Inuit way of life as logical,reasonable and deserving respect
Ethnography the study and systematic recording of human cultures and individual customs
Enlightenment philosophy defended rationality and idea of civilization against
tradition/religion/superstition
Ex. Azande and witchcraft—make rational
Kula (Malinowski shows how this practice make sense to those who could have thought it was
irrational)
In Enlightenment ideas the concept of civilization was considered to be the highest form of
human achievement. One goal of the Enlightenment was to break down tradition or religious
understandings as the ultimate source of truth.
“civilization can be defined as that which advances man's knowledge and virtue”, try to reason
everything.
Emic—from the perspective of the subject or th.
On the Use of the Causal Analysis in Small Type Fit Indices of Adult Mathemat...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: Model evaluation is one of the most important aspects of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Many model fit indices have been developed. It is not an exaggeration to say that nearly every publication using the SEM methodology has reported at least one fit index. Fit is the ability of a model to reproduce the data in the variance-covariance matrix form. A good fitting model is one that is reasonably consistent with the data and doesn’t require respecification and also its measurement model is required before estimating paths in a covariance structure model. A baseline model of four constructs together with a combination of none, one, two, three or four additional constructs was constructed with latent variables: educational performance, socioeconomic label, self concept and parental authority using dichotomous digits 0 or 1 for each additional construct. 16 progressively nested models were considered starting with baseline model using the mathematics adult learners data from the modeling sample and employing some small fit indexes which are commonly used (AIC, CAIC, RMR, SRMR, RMSEA, 2 / DF among others) [1] to test the fitness of the model. The measures of model fit based on results from analysis of the covariance structure model are presented.
The Sov’reign Shrine of Veiled Melancholy- The Shadow of Consumption on La Be...QUESTJOURNAL
―Youth grows pale and spectre thin and dies‖ – John Keats, (Ode to Nightingale) Tuberculosis was one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented diseases of all times. Hailed as Consumption’s Poster Child, Keats' life, like Beethoven's, served as a pattern tor the Romantic artist. In acute distress and emotional turmoil, in 1819 masterpiece followed masterpiece. In Keats' poems we see a concreteness of description of the object he contemplates. All the senses - tactile gustatory, kinetic, organic, as well as visual and auditory combine to give the total apprehension of his experience. His experiences often accord closely with his personal, life and the disasters he had. Keats is austere in poetry and yet he keeps high colouring and variety of appeal to the senses and the mind. Tuberculosis remains with us today, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia where more than a million people die of this disease each year. It is worth recalling its history and its association with literature with special reference to John Keats and his poetry- and specially La Belle Dame Sans Merci that shows a dominant forebrooding over man's mortality from it. La Belle becomes a representation of the disease in Keats’s La Belle Dame Sans Merci and reflects the poet’s struggle with tuberculosis.
Recruitment Practices And Staff Performance In Public Universities: A Case St...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: Recruitment, as a human resource management function, is one of the activities that impact most critically on the performance of any organization irrespective of its size and location. Public Universities, known to train professionals that exhibit transformative leadership and successfully run blue-chip companies have equally suffered from rampart industrial unrest and human resource malpractices across Kenya. Could it be a unique trend of organizational deviance that could be reflecting absence of a well executed staff recruitment practice? While it is understood and accepted that poor recruitment decisions continue to affect organizational performance and limit goal achievement, knowledge about this aspect in Public Universities remains scanty. The aim of this study was to address this gap by evaluating how recruitment practices affect performance of administrative staff in Public Universities using Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya as a case reference. A cross-sectional survey design was employed while sampling strategy was a blend of multiphase, stratified and purposive sampling. A sample size of 124 out of 1150 comprised mainly of administrative staff was used and that a questionnaire was the principal tool of data collection. Results were analyzed using frequency tables, mean, standard deviation and simple linear regression. The study found that a recruitment policy existed at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya and that both external and internal recruitment practices were used to recruit employees at the University. However, it was noted that most of the university employees are recruited through media advert, internal advertisement, through transfers and promotions. The results of the regression indicated that recruitment practices are a significant predictor of employee performance, which was explained by 32% of variance and a moderate relationship captured by beta weight value of 0.57. On effectiveness of the recruitment policy, only 30% rated it as effective while 62% were indifferent and 8% rated it ineffective. The study concluded that although a significant relationship between recruitment practices and employee performance existed, it’s effectiveness and therefore positive impact on employee performance depended on employees’ positive perception and rating. It’s recommended that the Universities should avoid biasness in the recruitment process as this will negatively impact on employee performance.
Pesse Na Siri’ Budgetary System: A Historiography Study of Luwu Kingdom in Is...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: This study aimed to explore the budgetary system of pesse na siri’ at Luwu kingdom in the Islamic period of 1593 to 1945. Through the historiography method, it showed the base existence of the spiritual sense sensitivity, i.e., pesse (empathy) and siri’ (shame) and Islamic law in budgetary system. In the resources management, it was carried out in four stages, namely planning, implementation, reporting, and evaluation. Operationally, the pesse na siri’ budgetary system on the mobilization mechanism of resources or budget (balanca) through the top down system (i.e., known as balanca pole riwawo) and bottom up system (i.e., known as balanca pole riawa). The top down system was a mobilization resource form from agricultural products of the king’s land (i.e., known in Buginese language as Tanana datue) and the palace logistic. Meanwhile, the bottom up came from the resource offer–i.e., known as makkasiwiyang–mechanism, consisting of makkasiwiyang lili’ (the lower government level), makkasiwiyang ale (personal/individual), and makkasiwiyang reso (labor). One of the Islamic impacts in this system was to direct the budgetary system based on the Shari’a or Islamic law.
Fabrication of Complete Dentures for A Patient with Resorbed Mandibular Anter...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: The loose and unstable lower complete denture is one of the most common problems faced by denture patients with highly resorbed ridge. The management of such highly resorbed ridges has always posed a difficulty to the prosthodontist.Obtaining consistent mandibular denture stability has longbeen a challenge for dental profession. The simplest approach often is to extend the denture base adequately for proper use of all available tisues.To achieve this goal impression of the resorbed mandibular ridge is very important. The objective is to develop a physiologic impression with maximum support of both hard and soft tissues.In such cases, an innovative technique of impressionmaking by using a close fitting tray and anelastomeric impression material tomake a proper impression to achieve maximum retentionand stability.This article describes an impression technique used for highly resorbed mandibular ridge using an all green impression technique, to gain maximum retention andstability
Steganographic Technique Using Instant Messaging Conversation DynamicsQUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT : Steganography is considered to be not only the science but also the art of hiding secret messages into other innocuous and non-secret media of different types. History of steganography started with the history of civilization and algorithms of data hiding have been constantly developed with the rise of mankind's knowledge. Some of steganographic algorithms are so close connected to the use of digital media, computers and information technology, that those algorithms do not have analogy in non-digital world. It is possible to see the use of hard disk drives (HDD), solid state discs (SSD) and file systems for the purpose of steganography, or steganography in TCP/IP networks as the example. In this paper we are concentrating on such algorithm and we are examining the possibility of the use of dynamics of conversation realized with the use of instant messaging services, which are very popular standalone services or are part of widely used social networks like Facebook. The paper discusses the possibility of hidden message encoding by the use of different parameters of conversation dynamics and introduces new algorithm and its program implementation. The last part of the paper summarizes results of its experimental use.
Simple Obfuscation Tool for Software ProtectionQUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the issue of source code obfuscation and also the creation of a tool for automatic obfuscation of source code written in C language. The result is a tool that performs both data flow and control flow obfuscation and allows the user to configure the applied transformation algorithm. For easier and better usability the tool provides a graphical user interface, which brings possibility to control and configure transformation process.
Block Hybrid Method for the Solution of General Second Order Ordinary Differe...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: We consider the construction of block hybrid method for the solution of general second order ODEs. Derivation of the method was based on the use of hermite polynomial as basis function. The main method and its additional equations are obtained from the same continuous formulation via interpolation and collocation procedures. The method is then applied in block form as simultaneous numerical integrator, this approach eliminates requirement for starting values, and it also reduces computational effort. The stability properties of the method is discussed and the stability region shown. Two numerical experiments were given to illustrate the accuracy and efficiency of the new method.
Modeling – Based Instructional Strategy for Enhancing Problem Solving Ability...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: The modeling-based instructional framework accommodates the physics modeling mechanism in which the learner apply the fundamental principles in physics and develop an idealized physics model of the real world situation by means of assumptions and approximations. The present study was intended to find out the effectiveness of Modeling-based instructional strategy for enhancing physics problem solving ability of students at secondary school level. The investigator adopted a quasi-experimental method with two group pretest post-test design for the study. The sample selected for the study consisted of 242 IX standard students from three different schools of Palakkad district. The tools used for collecting the data were the Problem Solving Ability Test in Physics, lesson designs based on Modeling-based instructional strategy and activity oriented method. The findings of the study concluded that the Modeling-based instructional strategy enhanced the problem solving ability of students of secondary school level. And also the strategy scaffolded the formation of mental models of problem representations with in the cognitive structure of the learner.
Exploring the Effectiveness of the Arabic LanguageTeaching Methods in Indones...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: The aim of this research work is to identify the effectiveness of the Arabic language teaching methods in Indonesia(National University of Malang for Sample)in terms of making use of Arabic as a medium of communication among the students in the light of the modern approaches in teaching and learning of Arabic language. This research is methodologically characterized as a descriptive, analytical, evaluative and field research work. In order to arrive at the purpose of this study, a questionnaire has been designed and carried out on a specimen from the teachers of the concerned university. Eventually, the study has arrived into a finding that the method used in the university is the Eclectic Method (i.e. Selective Method), except that translation is utilized extensively with it, and it might influentially cause the depreciation of the communication skill of the students, and the major intermediary language for the Arabic language teaching is the Indonesian language. However, its uncontrolled over-usage in the Arabic language teaching procedure may negatively cause the weakness of the students in the listening and speaking skills, since they could not get enough opportunity to practice them during language learning, in addition to the fact that the teachers might be employed as Arabic language teachers on the basis of their high conversance with the grammatical rules of Arabic language and not on their skills in the Arabic language communication medium.
The Teller & The Tales: A Study of The Novels of Amitav GhoshQUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: The paper re-visit the plot and setting of the novels of Amitav Ghosh. The paper has two parts – (i)The Teller & (ii) The Tales. In the first section the text tries to give a brief sketch of the life of Amitav Ghosh to chornicle the life of the visionary commentator of life and the social anthroplogist , the most prominent among the Indian writers of English. In the second part the theme and storyline of the novels were revisted along with characters and narrative technique. The first section has been introduced to give an overview of the prolificness of the author and the second part is the testimony of his logocentricism. The paper aims to present the plot and theme of all Ghosh’s novels
ABSTRACT: The purpose of Larkin as literary artist was to convey his ultimate message that man has to transcend the gross environment for the attainment for final goal. His poem opens with important question which prompt us to scrutinize ourselves. According to Philip Larkin “when you come to talk about once duty as writer then ones can say that his duty is to write for harmony”. In this paper there an urge in Larkin’s poem to attain transcendental knowledge by which everything is known. The meaningful change in environment through literature result from the development of qualities and attitude that foster constructive pattern of human interaction through literature. In an age of highly industrialized and mechanized structure of our society where we have 'given our hearts away a sordid boon' and where all spiritual values have been thrown overboard, the relevance of selecting this topic "Spiritual Quest in Philip Larkin" becomes important. In Larkin's poetry there is invariably, an element of spiritual crises, a note of subsequent struggle to step out of it. This inner conflict to proceed forward in the path of Divine realization lends magnificence to his poetic and spiritual personality.
The Influence of Religiosity on Marital Satisfaction and Stability AmongChris...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: Various studies indicate that religious couples are more likely to enjoy stable and happy marriages. They are also less likely to experience conflict and violence, or to divorce perhaps because religion offers couples theologically grounded guidelines on how to handle marital conflicts when they arise. The present qualitative study was conducted using face to face interviews with nine participants in Kenya who had been identified as practicing Christians. The aim of the study was to explore how religiosity impacted the participant’s marital satisfaction. Results indicated that specific attributes related to religiosity like individual and partner prayer, reading the Bible, church attendance, impacted participants and their spouses lives positively and in turn their experiences in marriage. Engaging in religious practices was reported by the participants as eliciting qualities like perseverance, forgiveness and humility which in turn assisted them in keeping their marriages stable and thus resulting in marital satisfaction
The SA0 Group Reservoir ’S Compositive Evaluation In The Central Developing P...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: Using the data from logging in a net of high density, the sand core from a airtight well, and the testing data for oil and gas , and then according to the experiment of exploitation, we studied the deposit visage in macroscopical way, the physical characteristics of the reservoir, and the partition of the oil and gas’s border. It is clear that the zero group of Sa’s oil floor is mainly deposit in the foreside of a delta under the background of lake incursion, and the ventro-delta express a character that there were some sandstones which was transited for two times. Make a certain that the oil and gas’s border of zero group in Sa is maybe 600m underground, and demarcated the maximal square is 26.8km2 about this reservoir, and tell us that it lies in the top of the anticline. Of course, this production can be used in the designing of the zero group of Sa’s exploitation
Down the Purgatory of Memories:The Pain of Remembering in M alayalam Naxal Ci...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT:Keralam, the southern most state in India is known for its cinema and politics. It is in Kerala that Communist Party came to power through Parliamentary election process for the first time in history. The political consciousness nurtured by the Communist movement found its reflections in Malayalam (language being spoken by the people of Keralam) Cinema as well. As a result films produced during the formative years of Malayalam Cinema were characterized by their political content. Having said this it should also be added that since those films are produced within the dominant production system with a view to garner profit they fail to politically stimulate the audience. But the situation had been changed after the Naxalite (radical left movement ideologically inclined to Maoism) uprising in 1969 during which both the feudal/bourgeois value orientations and the alleged degeneration of the Communist Party were challenged by the educated radical youths who fought for an immediate revolution. The state promptly intervened and contained Naxalite uprising with an iron fist. The repressive machinery of the state intervened whenever instances of resistance occurred. The Emergency declared in 1975 exposed the inhuman face of government that unleashed series of tortures against its citizens. The post -1980 political films, otherwise called as Naxalite films, try to recapture the tormenting experience of being political during the time of such mass oppression. Those movies resort to memory to expose the stark experience of the past.Remembering is a way of representing the past with all its nuances as it situates the remembering subject at close proximity with the past. At the same time Naxalite movies explored the possibility of forgetting also to unveil the subtle complexities of individual's relationship with the past. Here I consider two Malayalam films-AmmaAriyan(1986) directed by John Abraham and Margam (2003) directed by Rajeev Vijayaraghavan- to investigate how memory and oblivion are meticulously used by the filmic narratives to politicize a society already under the grip of political amnesia.
Professional Competences: An Integrative Approach for Defining The Training C...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: This paper offers an integrative proposal for Business Administrationcurricular programs. For that purpose, we have carried out a survey with teachers from upper Business Administration courses so as to select a group of key competences for the contemporary Administrator, which has allowed us to elaborate an integrative proposal of curricular program for the Business Administration scholars in Brazil. As a qualitative research, it consists of a multiple case study with empirical approach and a triangular analysis based on Moraes (2014).Its main objective has been to analyze the curricular programs from five higher education institutions in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and two other foreign institutions in South America. At first, we have asked ourselves the following question: How to adapt the Business Administration curricular program to the contemporary needs as far as the vocational training competences of Administrators are concerned?In order to answer it, we have analyzed the National Curriculum Guidelines (DCN) and the Political-Educational Projects of Business Administration Courses (PPC/CSA). After that, we have compared the Curricular Components (CC) of the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) under analysis. After performing the triangular textual analysis of the DCN, PPC/CSA and CC of all HEIs under study, we have carried out a survey with 35 teachers from Business Administration upper courses through a computerized online questionnaire.We have sent a Survey Monkey link for a total of 40 teachers, however, only 35 answered it (87.5%); we have considered 100% valid answers. Previously, based on the doctrine of competences and curriculum according to the most renowned authors – suchas Vygostsky, Freire, Sacristán, Piaget, Saviani, Bloom, Libâneo (curriculum); Fleury & Fleury, Zarifian, Perrenoud, Lisboa (competences), among others – wehave concluded that implementing the integrative proposal will providemore well-prepared graduates from the Business Administration course right to the competitive and globalized labor market.
Resisting Total Marginality: Understanding African-American College Students’...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: This article explores collegiate Black identity development when African American students attend predominantly White institutions (PWIs) in the United States, considering the overall impact of total marginality. The term “total marginality” is used to describe the myriad, chronic, and often inescapable ways that African American college students attending PWIs are marginalized in a college setting. The focus of this paper is the impact of total marginality on Black identity development for those African American collegians who successfully complete their university studies at a PWI.
Alternative dispute resolution and civil litigation barriers to access to jus...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: Civil law is the predominate system of law in the world. Civil law as a legal system is often compared with common law. The main difference that is usually drawn between the two system is that common law drawn abstract rules from specific cases, whereas civil law with abstract rules which judges must then apply to the various cases before them. Civil law has its roots in Roman law, Common law and the Enlightenment, alongside influence from other religious laws such as Islamic Law. The legal system in many civil law countries are based around one or several codes of law which set out the main principles that guide the law. On the other hand, Criminal Law as offences and prescribes punishment for them. It not only precludes or prevents crimes but also punish the offender. It is necessary for the maintenance of law, order and peace within state. In criminal cases, it is the state which initiates proceeding against the offender. Laws relating to the Civil Proceeding as the Code of Civil Procedure 1908; the Civil Courts Act 1887; the Suit Valuation Act 1887; the Limitation Act 1908; the Registration Act 1908; & the Specific Relief Act 1877.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
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Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
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GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
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of living man‟s place in it. In short, every people have its own culture (Ogbualu&Emenanjo
1982, 181).
For Kwame Gyekye in Tradition and Modernity:
Culture is the way of life of a people. It is a public phenomenon, a product consciously and
purposively created by a people or society. Most, if not all, members of the society share and
participate in the cultural products of their society. A cultural product has a positive meaning
for the life of a people as a whole (1997, p. 198).
And as a public phenomenon, it is undertaken or committed in the glare of publicity with the enjoyment of
members. Culture is also seen in the realm of ideals and ideas, values and symbols. In this sense, elsewhere
culture covers all the ways, means, and conditions of living which make human societies possible. This is to say
that the survival of people is a survival of their culture. Everywhere man has culture and builds up his culture
through his intellectual, artistic, physical, religious activities.
Different cultures have different moral codes. The customs of different societies are all that exist.
These customs cannot be said to be correct or incorrect since the implication must be the presence of
independent standards of right or wrong out of which judgment is obtained. There is no such standard anywhere.
Man is necessarily a symbolic animal which builds up his culture through signs, symbols and his
creative intellectual, social, religious production.It follows that culture refers to the way of life of a particular
group or race.Culture also means the totality of life within any given group of people or community. This will
includes the art, music, mode of dressing, beliefs and practices.
For Raymond Williams in Paul Edwards, culture is a metaphorical term derived from the act of
cultivating the soil (Latin, cultura) (1967, 273-6). The cultivation of the mind was seen as a process comparable
to the cultivation of the soil. This shows that different people understand culture from various points, such that it
cannot be universally appreciated collectively.
In all, culture is the amalgam of nature and history. So through culture we think we can best express
who the people are, where they are, how they are and what they have and even the yearnings of their heart.
Hence we are using culture in these senses. It is the totality of the human activities considered to afford
individuals the possibility to cultivate, to actualize and to develop their human potentialities, mental and
physical. It is the totality of human efforts, achievements in the course of man‟s struggle for existence.
Yuval Lurie (1992) sees it from a social perspective (193-204), in which man is a cultural being. Thus,
this corroborates Jaegwon Kin (1995) in which the aim of culture is to interpret and transmit to future
generations the system of values giving the participants a form of life-found meaning and purpose.
Albert T. Dalfovo(1999) makes a distinction between inner and outer aspects of culture. The outer
aspect is the social heritage of a community that is under perception. The inner aspect is the collective mental
and spiritual heritage such as systems of symbols, beliefs, aesthetic perceptions, values, ideas, motivations and
the worldview expressible in the outer aspect of culture (37-49).Culture is dynamic but it does not remove the
fact that it is an attributive term. It therefore follows that in spite of erratic time, there are some things which
remain unchanged in culture and as such identifies and individuates people.
All of the above understanding of culture could be summarised in the following expressions of Geert
Hofstede (2005). He sees culture as the collective mental programming of the people in a social environment in
which one grew up and collected one‟s life experiences. In this work, he contrasts collectivism and
individualism. Collectivism societies value social relations over individual performance. People in a collectivist
culture think naturally in terms of „we‟ rather than „I‟.
He equally contrasts femininity and masculinity. Feminine cultures place a high value on the
maintenance of harmonious social relations. Masculine cultures focus on achievement and performance. The
feminine dimension of culture places a high value on social relationships to seek harmony and to avoid conflict.
The Igbo culture before now places great emphases on living and working in pleasurable atmosphere and on
fostering a strong spirit of community. Masculine cultures emphasize results, performances and productivity.
In Hofstede(2005) understanding, culture is the collective programming of the mind that distinguishing
the members of one group or category of people from others. Programming suggests that beliefs and values and
behaviours of our cultures become inculcated. This inculcation renders us blind to alternative viewpoint. We do
not consider many of our cultural beliefs as viewpoints. They are truths that we do not question.
Ronald Fletcher in Bullock (1991) sees culture as the total body of material artefacts (e.g. tools,
weapons, houses, places of work, worship, government, recreation, works of arts, etc), of collective mental and
spiritual artefacts (e.g. systems of symbols, ideas, beliefs, aesthetic perceptions, values, etc.), and of distinctive
forms of behaviour (institutions, groupings, rituals, mode of organisation etc) created by a people…in the
ongoing activities(Bullock 1991, 191).
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Culture in Karl Rahner‟s calculation is everything in this earthly life that is worthy of human dignity,
everything towards which man feels himself drawn or fitted in his history or in his concrete situation, through
the forces of nature. Wherever man makes something richer and more meaningful of his life, wherever he
creates works of intellect, of science, of arts, of literature, wherever he stamps the imprint of his spirit on the
things of earth and expands his own being, there, he find culture (1966, 45-46).
Thus culture can be understood as the sum of cultural expressions, products, beliefs, images and
behaviours. Fletcher and Rahner seem to infer a degree of homogeneity among those who share a culture but
such homogeneity cannot be assumed especially when we are to speak of a global culture. Values in Igbo land
vary from one society to another. But when these values are analyzed, in terms of their functions and inter-
relation, some general principles emerge.
Igbo Culture within Global Change
The Igbo people, sharing a contiguous geographical area, speak Ibo language and share a common
culture. The Igbo nation is located on the western coast of Africa. In the Igbo tradition, culture is passed on
orally through stories, proverbs, folktales, myths and traditions that are primarily face to face interaction.
Igbo art is a manifestation of the aesthetic, the philosophical, the historical, the human and the divine
milieu in the midst of human creativity. This, in the words of Obiora F. Ike and Ndidi N. Edozien(2004) offers
itself as music, artefacts, sculptures, painting, poetry, dance, drama, folktale, proverbs and traditions manifested
in vivid, hardly subtle patterns that establish equilibrium and glorify harmony (2004, 21).
In Igbo, arts are the fundamental dimensions of existence of birth, life and death. Art as a depiction of
society is preoccupied with force. This, according to PlacideTempels is “to the pure African a vital, universal
and omnipotent energy to which all thought and action are related and exist” (Ike &Edozien 2004, 71).
Art is associated with this energy and divine. Thus art points to religion and according to Obiora Ike,
every work of art seem to say: look beneath and beyond me, for what I represent and say is more than what you
see and hear (2004, 21). Thus Igbo art is modest but deeply expressive. With dances and figures, it depicts
humanity in its simplest form showing the Igbo people in their natural environment, immersed in activity and at
various stages in their rich ancestry.
On religion and religiosity, it permeates all aspects of Igbo life. This is characteristically African. In
traditional Igbo society the practise of religion was non-institutional and intrinsically woven into society‟s
communal way of life.
The Igbo people accept that a supreme spirit known as Chukwu exists. They believe that NdiIchie or
ancestors intercede for mankind before Chukwu and plead mankind‟s cause. NdieIchie is the link between the
known and unknown, between earth and beyond. The ancestors are constantly active in the daily human affairs
of their family and clans.Culture for the African especially the Igbo is that arena where history and achievement
combine to give existence.
Obiora F. Ike (2004) continues that “cultural influences are obvious in the Westernisation of so much of popular
culture in music, clothes, life styles etc. Today the single largest export industry for the United States is not
aircraft, automobiles, computers but entertainment-Hollywood films and television programmes” (8).
There are structures that form the foundation of cross-cultural flow and which will guide its future
development. These structures are ideology, capital flow, trade, political and culture. Some traditional Africans
see culture within the global sphere as the imposition of values and styles by dominant forces. In a sense, an
aspect of global change is seen to mean the cultural integration of fast music, computers and fast food. The
global cultural influences are obvious in the Westernisation of so much of popular culture in music, clothes, life
styles and so.
Traditional cultural values such as family, community, respect for life, hospitality etc. come into strong
confrontation.And do loose battle with the values communicated through Western music, movies, videos, cables
and satellite television advertisements.And the idolised figures of entertainment and sports such as
individualism, the desire to have more even when one does not become more; a new cult of violence, the
unbridle belief that money buys everything and the growing loss of meaning of life and in traditional values.
In support, MbayaKankwenda saw globalization as:
cultural integration process through the transnational flow of ideas, goods and images.
Thoughts and forms of art expression are being globalized and therefore part of the process.
This is obvious in music and movie industries, painting, dressing, literature, language and
even religion. The new world market embraces all these aspects. Since the cultural integration
goes to some extent with the economic globalization, it is obvious that culture and cultural
expressions will be dominated not by small and developing countries but rather by powerful
economic countries and their transnational corporations. Globalization is in its cultural
dimension, a denial of cultural identity (Obiora Ike, 171-172).
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This, as highlighted by Kankwenda resulted in the denial of cultural identity. Cultural crisis may arise due to
many factors as seen in the concept globalization. In the words of MokwugoOkoye (1964) globalization
“represent a corruption influence on the prior innocence of the African (Igbo) by making rogues of honest men,
self-seeker out of unselfish men, lairs and perverts and neurotics of men happily free from these defects” (15).
The Igbo has been exposed in no consistent or radical fashion to milieu of cultural influences which is different
from that which he naturally belongs, though the latter continues to surround him. He is a truly displaced man.
His mastery of the new culture is never complete but is rather self-conscious and generally in conflict with the
mores into which he is born. His cultural ambiguity, according to William E. Abraham is characteristically
accompanied by misgivings of wide-range proportion (1962, 35).
The eventual presence of cultural elementsfrom other cultures in Igbo land had brought some measure
of de-culturisation. The cleavage between the traditional life style and the western life style seem to affect the
complete and irretrievable de-culturisation of the Igbo community as a whole. But it should be noted that no
culture can protect its interests if it behaves as if it exists outside the globe, when in actual fact, it exists within
its swinging spiral (Agbo 2003, 209).
Rationality within cultures
Peter Winch in the American Philosophical Quarterly (1964) some years brought back to the forefront
the question of superiority of one culture over another. This is hinged on the issue of rationality or irrationality
or better still which rationality is richer. Furthermore, it raises the questions of: are there standards of rationality
which are accepted in all cultures? Can we claim a culture which believe in witchcraft or magic be considered
less rational than the advanced scientific culture of the west?
This will lead to the understanding of what we mean by rationality? The western understanding will see
it as consistency in logic. Thus, someone is irrational who affirms both q and not-q. This is to say that someone
acts grossly in opposition to his personal interest can be considered irrational.
On the other hand, can we understand irrationality in terms of inconsistency? It might appear so. If we
impute to an agent end E and if we follow the principle: who wills the end wills the means. If we see him act to
prevent means M from coming about, this makes a formal inconsistency.
On equating irrationality with inconsistency, the mere fact of having E as an end and acting to prevent
M is not sufficient to convict the agent of irrationality. He might not understand that the correct description of
his end was E, equally he might not know that M was unavoidable means. He also might know that what he was
now doing was not compatible with M; this is to say that he has to know that he is frustrating his own goals,
before we are ready to call him irrational. Seen from another angle, the imputation of irrationality is dependent
on our attributing unconscious knowledge to him.
Thus inconsistency in logic is fundamental to rationality due to the fact that the person who acts
irrationally as having the resources to formulate the maxims of his action and objectives which are in
contradiction with each other.It therefore follows that possible inconsistency is enough to explain the
accusations of irrationality. The West sees their concept of rationality as richer than the cultures of the Africans.
This assumption is wrong since our actions are backed up with sufficient reasons.
Conclusion
There is no doubt the modern Igbo society is at a crossroads as a result of global influence. As such,
there is the witness of a certain disjunction between traditional culture and the demands of modern life. As a
result of global change and the disintegration of traditional social structures, conditions of conflict and poverty
are undermining the family and leaving the Igbo youth bereft of values and discipline.
Majority of the young people lack orientation and there is a widespread alienation among them. The
challenges are enormous and in some cases things have fallen apart.The challenges of social and cultural global
changes and exchange have affected some of the people of Igboland in many negative ways. There is a trend to
jettison original culturalauthenticity by even some Igbo‟s sons and daughters.
Thus there is the erosion not only of the religious and spiritual outlook on life which characterise
African culture but also the organic unity between faith and real life. Family values, at a time the strength of
Igbo nation are being eroded. This leads to the need to return back to Igbo‟s cultural heritage, much of which is
still unknown, to rediscover it and place it at the service of inter-cultural dialogue.
The effects of global changes on the socio-cultural mentality of the Igbos include the outlaw of native
languages in schools which is followed by demise of folkways. Its attendant result is that Igbo youth and the
young one night are neither rooted in Euro Christian values nor in traditional values. They never spoke or
relished their mother tongue, yet when considered with the parameters of the western world are found to be
untenable as westerners.In the words of Izu Marcel Onyeocha (1997), the child is deprived of his or her mother
tongue, severed from his or her roots, bombarded with myriads of strange values extraneous to his own, the
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African (Igbo) has not found any sure foothold either in the received cultures or in his or her own embattled one
(58). Thus the Igbo youth is forced to learn by rote things that are of little interest to normal African life.
Elements of Igbo culture has been eroded by global changes in culture. This erosion is mainly in the
outer component of culture. The inner components like the mental and intellectual ideas are still intact;
otherwise it would be no culture at all.The best response to this erosion is for Igbo people to revive the good
aspect of our culture to have a well ordered society. This it could do by identifying those values, norms and
traditions of the past which are still resistant to global change. Then it would be possible through dialogue to sell
these to other cultures by a kind of cross-cultural dialogue.
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