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People have switched professions to become small business entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are so many UMKMs born in 2020 – 2021 with little experience in how to do business. Moreover, there is a shortage of manpower,... more

People have switched professions to become small business entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are so many UMKMs born in 2020 – 2021 with little experience in how to do business. Moreover, there is a shortage of manpower, where young UMKMs are only run by one person due to the continuity with the pandemic, so owners do not have the time or energy to help answer customer’s questions. One way to solve this problem is to use a Chatbot. Usually, a chatbot is used as a tool for humans to communicate by providing digital-based information, such as answering questions about the types of goods sold in a store. Chatbots are used because of their ability to interact with many individuals at once quickly and accurately. So that this research designs and develops a text classification system on chatbots using the Support Vector Machine. The purpose of developing this system is to simplify and speed up the proses of product information exchanges to customers. With an average respons...

This paper analyzes two Auditoria at the Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. Based on the clarity of speech for educational facilities. This research was carried out on adapting the field survey to determine the... more

This paper analyzes two Auditoria at the Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. Based on the clarity of speech for educational facilities. This research was carried out on adapting the field survey to determine the architectural and acoustic measurements, followed by a digital simulation using CATT for both rooms. Sustainable treatments were provided to improve the sound environment of the learning process and were again tested using CATT. Analysis and simulation indicate that both rooms suffer from poor acoustics due to the surrounding area and the finishing materials selection. One possible solution to this problem is to use a new sustainable absorbent to maximize uptake, reducing excessive reverberation time to acceptable values, increasing early reflections and eliminating shadow areas that improve speech clarity for all receivers.

Emotional clarity and attention to emotions represent the extent to which people understand and attend to their own emotions, respectively, and are broad facets of emotional awareness, alexithymia, and emotional intelligence. To examine... more

Emotional clarity and attention to emotions represent the extent to which people understand and attend to their own emotions, respectively, and are broad facets of emotional awareness, alexithymia, and emotional intelligence. To examine the extent to which these two constructs are associated, we conducted a meta-analysis of studies including well-validated self-report measures of trait clarity and attention to emotion. Clarity and attention were moderately, positively associated. Assessment instrument, but not sample gender or age, moderated the association between clarity and attention. Analyses of between-study heterogeneity and publication bias suggested that results were valid and generalizable. We discuss potential causes of the association between clarity and attention, and elaborate on the implications of our results for emotion regulation, well-being, and psychopathology.

Relationships are known for holding potential for conflicts. This is based on the fact that two people with different background, education, experiences and opinions get in contact. It is unlikely that two people think the same way in... more

Relationships are known for holding potential for conflicts. This is based on the fact that two people with different background, education, experiences and opinions get in contact. It is unlikely that two people think the same way in every aspect or have the same opinion about everything. However, oftentimes conflicts arise because both partners are not familiar with the distinction between neediness and necessity. How many people try to get their needs met in their relationship? It seems as if there was never enough love, acknowledgement, time for each other or whatsoever in these kinds of relationship. Neediness creates a certain dependence which in turn results into ordinary relationship. Are you interested in creating a different kind of relationship with your partner?

Clear and distinct perception is the centrepiece of Descartes’s philosophy — it is the source of all certainty — but what does he mean by ‘clear’ and ‘distinct’? According to the prevailing approach, what it means for a perception to be... more

Clear and distinct perception is the centrepiece of Descartes’s philosophy — it is the source of all certainty — but what does he mean by ‘clear’ and ‘distinct’? According to the prevailing approach, what it means for a perception to be clear is that its content has a certain objective property, like truth. I argue instead that clarity is at least partly a subjective, phenomenal quality whereby a content is presented as true to the perceiving subject. Clarity comes in degrees. Any weak degree of clarity, available to the senses, can be merely subjective, since what it presents as true may not actually be true. But complete clarity, available to intellectual perception, has an objective dimension, since what it presents as true is always some truth, some bit of reality. Further, I argue that the other perceptual qualities that Descartes identifies — obscurity, confusion, and distinctness — are all defined in terms of clarity. Of particular note is the fact that distinctness is not a positive feature to be added to clarity: a distinct perception is just a completely clear perception.

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Content is of primary importance in the World Wide Web. In particular, subjective perceptions of content are known to influence a variety of user evaluations thereby altering attitudes and behavioral outcomes. Thus, it is essential that... more

Content is of primary importance in the World Wide Web. In particular, subjective perceptions of content are known to influence a variety of user evaluations thereby altering attitudes and behavioral outcomes. Thus, it is essential that individually experienced facets of content can be adequately assessed. In a series of seven studies we create, validate, and benchmark a measure for users' subjective view on web content. In the first six studies, a total of 3,106 participants evaluated a sum of 60 websites. The resulting Web-CLIC questionnaire is a 12-item measure based on prior research on web content. It encloses four main facets of users' content experience: clarity, likeability, informativeness, and credibility-jointly representing a general factor subjective content perception. Very high internal consistencies and high short-to medium-term retest reliabilities are demonstrated. Strong evidence for construct validity in terms of factorial, convergent, divergent, discriminative, concurrent, experimental, and predictive validity is found. In a seventh study, encompassing 7,379 ratings on 120 websites, benchmarks for ten different content domains and optimal cut points are provided. Overall, the present research suggests, that the Web-CLIC is a sound measure of subjective content perception of both practical and theoretical benefit.

Hart Crane: lack of clarity, willful confusion, pretentious difficulty.

Cooperatives, which is collective effort of all the farmers serves as the most efficient manner of working to secure sustenance and also for development. It minimizes the throat cutting competition and creates a favorable atmosphere.... more

Cooperatives, which is collective effort of all the farmers serves as the most efficient manner of working to secure sustenance and also for development. It minimizes the throat cutting competition and creates a favorable atmosphere. However, in India and particularly in Punjab, the cooperative movement has been marred by bureaucratic interferences and lethargy. Instead giving impetus to rural economics, cooperative department in Punjab has been creating hurdles. In this paper I discussed the importance of cooperatives, highlighting lapses on the part of Cooperative Department of Punjab and also has given certain suggestions. This paper was presented to the department of Cooperatives, Punjab for consideration.

Para empezar, mi tesis se distanciará de una tendencia, muy común hoy en día, con jerga profesional llena de palabras rebuscadas, casi ridículas e incomprensibles, que no permiten la lectura de personas inexpertas del tema. Miremos esta... more

Para empezar, mi tesis se distanciará de una tendencia, muy común hoy en día, con jerga profesional llena de palabras rebuscadas, casi ridículas e incomprensibles, que no permiten la lectura de personas inexpertas del tema. Miremos esta tira cómica: Justo y franco pasan frente a una guardería infantil en cuya puerta hay un cartel que dice: “Lección de hoy: habilidad de comunicación no verbal con énfasis en la capacidad de poner fin en forma simbólica y formal a una relación personal en progreso por medio de normas semánticas gestuales”. Justo le explica al otro: “Quiere decir que les están enseñando a los niños a decir adiós con la mano”.

This article reviews the communicative style Spain inherited from the dictatorship, Spain’s conception of plain language, the goals it set for the four most widely used languages, and the results achieved.

At this convention I presented a paper titled “Walking at the same pace. On the Relevance and Models of Clarity in Epictetus’ Teaching”. The object of my speech was an analysis of some chapters from Epictetus’ Discourses aimed at showing... more

At this convention I presented a paper titled “Walking at the same pace. On the Relevance and Models of Clarity in Epictetus’ Teaching”. The object of my speech was an analysis of some chapters from Epictetus’ Discourses aimed at showing the relevance of the notion of clarity (ἐνάργεια) in his theory of didactic communication. I discussed both his methodological reflection on this subject and his implementation of this method. Before doing so, I presented the main ancient conceptions of ἐνάργεια and summarized the existing critical literature on the theme of my speech. Lastly, I ran through the models of Epictetus’ theory of communicative clarity.

Previous studies proposed a smart lighting system that can detect object colors and emit spectrally optimized lighting to reduce the light absorbed by surfaces. The spatial resolution of an absorption-minimization light projection system... more

Previous studies proposed a smart lighting system that can detect object colors and emit spectrally optimized lighting to reduce the light absorbed by surfaces. The spatial resolution of an absorption-minimization light projection system is investigated using images of various visual complexity. Participants with normal color vision and good visual acuity judged the visual clarity of low, medium, and high complexity images by using a mean opinion score (MOS) scale. Results from the visual assessments show that blur acceptability of illuminated images significantly reduces when the circle of confusion (CoC) is increased by 3%. Blur perception also changes with visual complexity.

I offer a fourfold taxonomy of species of clarity (§2), before focusing (§3) on two notions that are pertinent to understanding the forms of the notions of clarity in science, poetry and, in particular, philosophy. I argue that the notion... more

I offer a fourfold taxonomy of species of clarity (§2), before focusing (§3) on two notions that are pertinent to understanding the forms of the notions of clarity in science, poetry and, in particular, philosophy. I argue that the notion of clarity that I call ‘scientific clarity,’ which is marked by its reliance on technical terms, though often an appropriate norm of clarity, is not the only way in which something can be clear. In particular, poetry, on R. G. Collingwood’s account, entirely eschews technical terms, but can nonetheless be crystal clear. It achieves this clarity by sensitivity to the richness of language: rhythm, ambiguity, etc. In §4, I argue that some philosophy uses language in this same way to reach its philosophical ends. Accordingly, we should allow that this is a legitimate philosophical method, and not judge such philosophy by the inappropriate standards of scientific clarity.

Introduction. Entering the VUCA era, which stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity, is a business situation that leads to uncertainty and is volatile, causing anxiety among business leaders. Creating a business... more

Introduction. Entering the VUCA era, which stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity, is a business situation that leads to uncertainty and is volatile, causing anxiety among business leaders. Creating a business opportunity in the VUCA era requires a strategy owned by many individuals and companies. Being able to run a business in the short term in the VUCA era is not enough, every company certainly wants the business processes they run to be sustainable. So far, the pattern of business thinking is still dominated by short-term thinking. Companies need to innovate to ensure the sustainability of their business processes. Objective. To review the VUCA era and what strategies companies should do to face the VUCA era. Method. The method used is literature research using Elsevier, Science Direct, or other databases to identify the essential attribute of materials. There are 29 pieces of literature found in the database related to the topic. Result and Conclusion. To...

Branding is among the activities that seek new ways to balance competition in the business environment to sustain organizational competitive advantage. Hence, this study aims to identify how the concept has been considered in the... more

Branding is among the activities that seek new ways to balance competition in the business environment to sustain organizational competitive advantage. Hence, this study aims to identify how the concept has been considered in the literature and its evolution in the marketing literature. To achieve the objectives of the systematic study review was conducted from 2010 to 2021 years and identified 98 articles. The collected data were documented in Microsoft Word and retained in Mendeley referencing software. The study revealed that brand and product management lacks conceptual clarity, which influences their measurement and subsequently their management. The review also demonstrates as economic, identity, consumer-based, personality, relational, community, cultural, and sensory approaches, respectively, are the respective evolutions of the concepts.

Gödelian Complementarities with Cross-cutting Asymmetries with respect to Inside Theories on an Axiomatic Platform and Outside Semiotic Theories that Reach beyond Formal Systems -- Abstract: Explorations of the relations between Inside... more

Have you ever experienced the state of not-knowing? How is this for you? Is it easy for you to stand in nothingness, in not-knowing or are you rather a person looking immediately for a solution or a known concept that you hopefully can... more

Have you ever experienced the state of not-knowing? How is this for you? Is it easy for you to stand in nothingness, in not-knowing or are you rather a person looking immediately for a solution or a known concept that you hopefully can apply? In modern western society we have been taught that we have to know everything. We have to find a solution for whichever problem, have answers on the spot and deliver brilliant expertise at work. We have been trained in constantly doing something, mainly use our mind and even let it control our lives. We are very much used to gaining more and more knowledge. It starts in school, continues with apprenticeships and at university, does not even stop at work and the media such as TV, radio and internet propagandize it on top. Knowledge, knowledge, knowledge. “Knowledge is power” is a famous saying. But what if we needed exactly the state of not-knowing to create incredible new things in life? And how could you stay relaxed in the not-knowing, make use of it and navigate in this state of being?

Crises are special instances in which leadership figures test their public communication skills. The COVID-19 pandemic represents one of these scenarios, in which responsible institutions are required to manage a communication process... more

Crises are special instances in which leadership figures test their public communication skills. The COVID-19 pandemic represents one of these scenarios, in which responsible institutions are required to manage a communication process that provides information and builds trust amongst the public. To assess communication efficiency, it is essential to put under a lens the communication efforts of political leaders mandated to communicate with the public. This paper analyzes the communication of Romanian health minister Nelu Tătaru, one of the critical voices managing pandemic communication in the country. To illustrate the communicational profile of the leader investigation, this research aims to investigate how the subject navigated between crisis communication and political communication throughout his public statements. Building on crisis communication research, this paper displays the discursive approaches of Tătaru’s COVID-19 rhetoric in 2020. The analysis of the Health Minister...

Russell and Burch's The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique was first published in 1959. A Special Edition containing the original text was reissued in 1992, after its ideas had gained widespread interest in the scientific... more

Russell and Burch's The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique was first published in 1959. A Special Edition containing the original text was reissued in 1992, after its ideas had gained widespread interest in the scientific community. In the Principles, Russell and Burch proposed a new applied science that would improve the treatment of laboratory animals while advancing the quality of science in studies that use animals. They introduced and defined the terms replacement, reduction, and refinement, which subsequently have become known as 'alternatives' or 'alternative methods' for minimizing the potential for animal pain and distress in biomedical research. Here we describe and explain the original definitions of the 3Rs in the Principles, examine how current definitions differ among themselves and from Russell and Burch's definitions, and suggest relevant considerations for evaluating all definitions of the 3Rs.