Chinas Rolle in einer neuen Weltordnung

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
High Tech ◽  
World Population ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Large Country ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

The People’s Republic of China is one of the biggest economies in the world and home to about a sixth of the world population. This large country has rapidly developed into one of the leading high-tech nations while large parts of it have remained rural. Many of the global challenges are especially visible on the Chinese landscape. Despite this considerable importance, China has been little represented as a research subject in economic and social sciences; evidence-based research on many questions regarding interaction with China is rare. Since 2017, the University of Hohenheim has been working on increasing and fostering China competence with funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. This book represents selected results. With contributions by Dr. Sigrun Abels, Dr. Tania Becker, Dr. Philipp Böing, Dr. Martin Braml, Dennis Hammerschmidt, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Jung, Dr. Johannes Klenk, Leonid Kovachich, Dr. Oliver Krebs, Cosima Meyer, Prof. Dr. Ylva Monschein, Dr. Ágota Révész, Franziska Waschek, David Weyrauch and Dr. Thomas Winzen.

scholarly journals Universidad en tiempos de Covid-19: tecnologías que acortan distancias

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 91-97
Author(s):  
Gloria María Pérez Montero
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Communication Course ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Epidemiological Situation

The presence in the world of the pandemic known as Covid-19 has brought with it challenges and challenges in all areas, but especially in the educational context. The University of Granma responds to the intention of promoting the use of technologies in the improvement of Higher Education and in current times has had to enhance this aspect due to the need for social distancing. This work presents some of the alternatives that have been adopted in the House of Higher Studies and how young people have assimilated them, based on the experiences obtained in the teaching of the Communication course, which belongs to the Sociocultural Management for Development career from the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences. The epidemiological situation has not prevented the training of comprehensive and competent professionals, on the contrary, it has enabled students to achieve self-management of knowledge and meaningful learning, using virtual teaching- learning environments.

Quality Assurance and Institutional Research for University Strategic Management

2020 ◽  
pp. 287-308
Author(s):  
Ngepathimo Kadhila ◽  
Gilbert Likando
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Institutional Research ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Evidence Based Decision Making

Strategic management in higher education (HE) has become data-reliant. Most higher education institutions (HEIs) all over the world have implemented quality assurance (QA) and institutional research (IR) with the purpose of generating data that that would assist in evidence-based decision making for better strategic management. However, data generated through QA and IR processes have to be integrated and streamlined in order to successfully inform strategic management. One of the challenges facing higher education institutions is to integrate the data generated by QA and IR processes effectively. This chapter examines examples of good practice for integrating the data generated by these processes for use as tools to inform strategic management, using the University of Namibia as a reference point. The chapter offers suggestions on how higher education institutions may be assisted to overcome challenges when integrating the outcomes of QA and IR processes in order to close the quality loop through effective strategic management.

scholarly journals URBAN AGROTECHNOLOGIES (CITY-FARMING) AS A PERSPECTIVE BRANCH OF DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD AGRIBUSINESS AND THE WAY TO IMPROVE THE CITIES FOOD SECURITY

2017 ◽  
pp. 95-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natan Mikhailovich Rutkin ◽  
Oleg Yurievich Lagutkin ◽  
Lina Yurievna Lagutkina
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
World Ocean ◽  
Food Products ◽  
High Tech ◽  
World Population ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Key Innovation ◽  
The World

The outlook of the development of world urban agrotechnologies ("city-farming") by means of key innovation technological and market trends analysis has been researched. It is noted that the tendencies to reduction of the area of productive lands, exhausting ecosystem resources, including World ocean resources, harmful consequences of the climate changing are the main limiting factors of the development of traditional agriculture and supplying food products to the growing population of the world. The remote territories of mass food production from the mass markets result in a large amount of waste products (food losses) in supply chains, along with decreasing product quality and raising costs. Growth of the world population, increasing concentration of urban citizens along with changing of consumers’ food preferences towards "health", "natural", "organic" food bring up the development of an additional, or alternate, system of uninterrupted supply or self-provision of cities with food products, ensuring future food security. The article highlights the prospect of developing the international branch of agriculture in terms of its transition to the high-tech stage of development ("AgTech"), and reviews the innovation technologies inseparable from that transition. It has been found that the development of the urban agrotechnologies (city-farming), as a combination of innovative high-performance agro-practices of the food production in urban environment, can step up the level of food security due to increasing food availability in qualitative and quantitative aspects. The review of main city-farming technologies in accordance with directions of its practical applications was done for the first time. The conception "urban agrotechnologies" ("city-farming") has been defined as the scientific term.

scholarly journals La investigación post-disciplinaria como alternativa en comunicación

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (15) ◽  
pp. 2-23
Author(s):  
Raúl Fuentes Navarro
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Sociocultural Practices ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The University

This paper takes up previous works by the author and reformulates them to argue that there are increasingly clear indications of the adoption of “post-disciplinary” modalities in the institutionalized practices of knowledge production on communication in various regions of the world. Faced with the growing epistemic fragmentation and dispersion of this academic field, and the evident transformations of the sociocultural practices that are its references and subject matters, post-disciplinary research may represent a useful alternative consistent with the very history of the university institutionalization of this specialty, in which contributions from the humanities and social sciences converge, with apparent independence from the different conditions of national higher education systems. Some of the more developed formulations of this perspective and their strategic implications for university practices in the field are analysed.

scholarly journals Dental Anxiety and Fear: What are the Best Evidence Based Measure to Avoid it?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Ahmed Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Large Population ◽  
World Population ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Old People ◽  
The World ◽  
Pregnant Mothers ◽  
Anxiety And Fear

Fear to dental drill and fill is common and widespread throughout the world population. It affects quite a large population of all ages all over the globe. Many patients go untreated because anxiety or stress is commonly associated with dental settings [1]. Special needs people, such as pregnant mothers, old people or disabled children are much affected. The question arises is what has been done scientifically to reduce the negative impact associated with dental anxiety? How successful we are in controlling it? What are the most productive ways to enhance patient’s confidence against it? The severity of anxiety may vary among people

Editorial: Taste of City, transnational food and place marketing

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-61
Author(s):  
Evinc Dogan ◽  
Ibrahim Sirkeci
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Place Marketing ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Culinary Traditions ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

In this special issue of Transnational Marketing Journal, we brought together a selection of articles drawn from presentations at the Taste of City Conference 2016: Food and Place Marketing which was held at the University of Belgrade, Serbia on 1st September 2016. We have supported the event along with Transnational Press London. We thank to Goran Petkovic, the Faculty of Economics at the University of Belgrade, and Goran’s volunteer students team who helped with the conference organisation. Mobilities are often addressed within social sciences varying across a wide range of disciplines including geography, migration studies, cultural studies, tourism, sociology and anthropology. Food mobilities capture eating, tasting, producing and consuming practices as well as traveling and transferring. Food and tastes are carried around the world, along the routes of mobility through out the history. As people take their own culture to the places, they take their food too. Food meets and mingles with other cultures on the way. Fusion food is born when food transcends the borders and mix with different ingredients from different culinary traditions. Although certain places are associated and branded with food, it is a challenging job to understand the role of food and taste in forming and reformulating the identity of places. 

PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES OF THE STUDENTS OF YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY ABOUT THE USE OF BIOGAS PRODUCED BY HUMAN WASTE

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Mathurin François
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
P Value ◽  
World Population ◽  
R Software ◽  
Human Waste ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

<p> </p><p>ABSTRACT</p><p>Energy demand is increasing following the expansion of the world population. Approximately 1.1 billion people worldwide do not have access to electricity, mostly living in developing countries. This article aimed to evaluate the perception of the students of Yuan Ze University about the use of biogas produced from human waste. A sample of 110 students from different faculties of the university was randomly chosen to be interviewed on this subject through a questionnaire with both closed and opened questions. The analysis of the data was processed with the R software in order to calculate the p-value of the questions and socio-demographic data, with the significant level set at 0.05. This work found that 54.5% of the students have already heard that human waste can be used to produce biogas, while 89.1% of the respondents thought this alternative is possible. When asked whether they would use this gas, the percentage dropped to 55.5%. Most of the students stated that they would use only biogas produced with their own excreta (52.0%). The main barriers presented by the respondents for not using this gas were health risk (40.0%), bad smell (26.4%), and fear (10.9%). This work found that the use of human waste in the production of biogas was regarded as a viable alternative by the students of Yuan Ze University, with health risk being the major concern.</p><p> </p><p>PERCEPÇÕES E ATITUDES DOS ESTUDANTES DA UNIVERSIDADE YUAN ZE EM RELAÇÃO DO USO DO BIOGÁS PRODUZIDO PELA EXCRETA HUMANA</p><p>RESUMO</p><p>A medida que a população mundial aumenta, com ela cresce a demanda de energia. Cerca de 1,1 bilhão de pessoas no mundo não houveram acesso a eletricidade. A maioria deles vive em países em desenvolvimento. Este artigo teve como objetivo avaliar a percepção dos estudantes da Universidade Yuan Ze sobre o uso de biogás proveniente de excreta humana. Um total de 110 estudantes de diferentes faculdades foi escolhido aleatoriamente para ser entrevistado sobre esse assunto, por meio da utilização de questionário com perguntas fechadas e abertas. A análise dos dados foram processadas no software R para calcular o valor-p, a fim de determinar o nível significativo estabelecido em 0,05 para as perguntas e as características sociodemográficas. Constatou-se que 54,5% dos estudantes já ouviram falar que a excreta humana pode ser usada para produzir biogás, 89,1% dos entrevistados pensaram que essa alternativa é possível. Quando perguntados se usariam esse gás, o percentual caiu para 55,5%. A maioria dos estudantes afirmou que usaria apenas biogás produzido com suas próprias excretas (52,0%). As principais barreiras apresentadas pelos entrevistados para não usar esse gás foram risco à saúde (40,0%), mau cheiro (26,4%) e medo (10,9%). <br /> Conclui-se que o uso de excremento humano na produção de biogás foi visto como uma alternativa viável pelos estudantes da Universidade Yuan Ze, mas o risco  à saúde foi a maior preocupação deles.</p>

Applying sustainable water management concepts in rural and urban areas: some thoughts about reasons, means and needs

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 7-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.A. Wilderer
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Classical System ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
High Tech ◽  
World Population ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
The World ◽  
Water Supply And Sanitation

Serving the world population with adequate drinking water and sanitation is an important prerequisite, not only to hygienic safety, but to prosperity and political stability as well, and will foster the adaptive capacity of the societies in the developing countries and beyond. To avoid hygienic and political disasters impacting the world economy, investment in water supply and sanitation must urgently be made. Whether the classical system of urban water supply and sanitation is appropriate to satisfy the needs of the developing world, however, and whether this system meets the general criteria of sustainability is questionable. The costs and the time needed for installation of sewers and wastewater treatment plants are tremendous. In water shortage areas, the amount of tap water required to transport pollutants to the treatment plant is hardly affordable. Recovery and re-introduction of valuable substances, including water, into the urban cycle of materials is impossible because of mixing and dilution effects inherent in the system. Decentralized water and wastewater management should be seriously taken into account as an alternative. Source separation of specific fractions of domestic and industrial wastewater, separate treatment of these fractions and recovery of water and raw materials including fertilizer and energy are the main characteristics of modern high-tech on-site treatment/reuse systems. Mass production of the key components of the system could reduce the costs of the treatment units to a reasonable level. On-site units could be installed independently of the development stage of the urban sewer system. In conjunction with building new housing complexes a stepwise improvement of the hygienic situation in urban and peri-urban areas could be achieved, therefore. Remote control of the satellite systems using modern telecommunication methods would allow reliable operation, and comfort for the users. Intensive research is required, however, to develop this system and bring it to a standard allowing efficient application worldwide.

scholarly journals PhD research in social sciences amid a pandemic: introduction to a situated and reflexive perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 198 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 227-229
Author(s):  
Simone Tulumello ◽  
Kátia Favilla
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Short Essay ◽  
The University

This short essay introduces a forum made up of six Reflection pieces on what it means to carry on a PhD research in the social sciences amid a pandemic. Sparked by discussions held during the 2020 edition of the "Open Day" of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, this forum collects solo-authored and collective texts that focus on a number of dimensions along two main threads: the problems, uncertainties and potentialities of researching in these times; and similar reflections with specific focus on gendered dimensions. Together, though situated (all these researchers work in or about Portugal and Brazil), we hope these experiences will speak to peers around the world that are dealing with the pains and challenges of these times.

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