Search Results (114)

In higher education, the employability and entrepreneurship services play an essential role in the labor market insertion of graduates. The management of public relations promotes institutional projection, the creation of networks with companies, and the dissemination of initiatives to strengthen professional skills. This research analyzes how the communication strategies of Andalusian public universities improve employability and encourage entrepreneurship. A methodological triangulation is used: literature review, analysis of social networks with Fanpage Karma, and study of corporate websites. The results show a focus on counseling, training, workshops, job fairs, and networking events, strengthening the brand of universities and their commitment to the professional development of students. Full article

Mango is highly sensitive to heat stress, which directly affects the yield and quality. The extreme heat waves of 2024, with temperatures reaching 41–47 °C over 25 days, caused significant impacts on sensitive cultivars. The impact of heat waves on ten commercial cultivars from subtropical regions viz.,‘Dashehari’, ‘Langra’, ‘Chausa’, ‘Bombay Green’, ‘Himsagar’, ‘Amrapali’, ‘Mallika’, ‘Sharda Bhog’, ‘Kesar’, and ‘Rataul’, and thirteen selected elite hybrids H-4208, H-3680, H-4505, H-3833, H-4504, H-1739, H-3623, H-1084, H-4264, HS-01, H-949, H-4065, and H-2805, is reported. The predominant effects that were observed include the following: burning symptoms or blackened tips, surrounded by a yellow halo, with premature ripening in affected parts and, in severe cases, tissue mummification. Among commercial cultivars, viz., ‘Amrapali’ (25%), ‘Mallika’ (30%), ‘Langra’ (30%), ‘Dashehari’ (50%), and ‘Himsagar’ and ‘Bombay Green’ had severe impacts, with ~80% of fruits being affected, followed by ‘Sharda Bhog’. In contrast, mid-maturing cultivars like ‘Kesar’, ‘Rataul’, and late-maturing elite hybrids, which were immature during the stress period, showed no symptoms, indicating they are tolerant. Biochemical analyses revealed significantly elevated total soluble solids (TSS > 25 °B) in affected areas of sensitive genotypes compared to non-affected tissues and tolerant genotypes. Aroma profiling indicated variations in compounds such as caryophyllene and humulene between affected and unaffected parts. The study envisages that the phenological maturity scales are indicators for the selection of climate-resilient mango varieties/hybrids and shows potential for future breeding programs. Full article

In October 2024, a DANA (Isolated Depression at High Levels) triggered torrential rains across the Valencian Community, causing 227 deaths, severe infrastructure damage, and economic losses estimated at €17.8 billion. In this context of crisis, startups, despite having fewer resources and less experience than large corporations, played a significant role in crisis communication, shaping public perception and operational continuity. This study explores the communication strategies adopted by startups during and after the disaster, focusing on their activity on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook between October 2024 and January 2025. Using a mixed-methods approach, we conducted a quantitative analysis of digital discourse through the Fanpage Karma tool, assessing metrics such as engagement, reach, and posting frequency. Sentiment analysis was performed using GPT-4, an advanced natural language processing model, and in-depth interviews with startup representatives provided qualitative insights into reputational impacts. The findings reveal that startups which aligned their discourse with the social context, prioritizing transparency and emotional proximity, enhanced their visibility and credibility. These results underscore how effective crisis communication not only mitigates reputational risk but also strengthens the local entrepreneurial ecosystem through trust-building and social responsibility. Full article

This paper examines Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island through a Hindu eco-spiritual framework to explore how ancient cosmological concepts illuminate contemporary environmental crises. Building upon the legend of Bonduki Sadagar and Manasa Devi, Ghosh narrates the rupture of sacred human–nature relationships in both colonial and postcolonial contexts. This study employs a tripartite conceptual lens of karma, dharma, and ecosystem drawn from Hindu philosophy to analyze how the novel frames environmental degradation, human moral failure, and ecological interconnectedness. Karma, as the law of cause and effect, is used to depict the consequences of human exploitation through natural disasters, climate migration, and the collapse of ecosystems. Dharma emerges as a principle advocating ecological responsibility and symbiosis between humans and nonhuman life. This paper argues that Ghosh tactfully intertwines Hindu metaphysics with contemporary ecological science to critique capitalist modernity’s environmental violence. The novel’s depiction of floods, the sinking of Venice, and the global refugee crisis dramatizes karmic consequences, while its evocation of myth–science convergence offers a vision of sacred interdependence. Ultimately, this paper concludes that Gun Island provides an urgent eco-spiritual model for reimagining planetary ethics and responding to the Anthropocene through humility, relationality, and spiritual responsibility. Full article

Background/Objectives: Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) has been used for decades to improve local control in advanced and recurrent head and neck cancers by delivering a concentrated dose of radiation directly to the tumor bed during surgery. Despite its potential advantages, IORT remains controversial due to its high complication rates and logistical complexity. This systematic review aims to assess the current evidence on IORT in head and neck oncology, evaluating its indications, effectiveness, and limitations. Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted in accordance with Cochrane systematic review method and reported following PRISMA guidelines. Databases, including Medline, Embase, Cochrane, and Web of Science, were searched for studies evaluating IORT in head and neck cancer. Outcomes of interest included local control rates, overall survival, complications, and treatment logistics. Data were weighted based on patient numbers, and statistical analyses included weighted means and comparative tests. Results: Included in this review are 47 studies that included 2330 patients. The studies were highly heterogeneous, limiting definitive conclusions. IORT was mainly used in stage III/IV or recurrent tumors, with an average dose of 14.7 Gy (range: 1–40 Gy). The five-year local control was 47% to 82%. Complication rates included wound necrosis (22,3%), fistulas 34 (17.8%), and carotid blow-out (14.5%). Logistical constraints remain a major limitation. Conclusions: The heterogeneous data and logistic challenges of IORT in head and neck oncology have limited its use, and the benefits remain uncertain. Full article

Mohandas Gandhi (1869–1948) and Aurobindo Ghose (1872–1950) hold distinct, yet overlapping, positions on the topic of war and peace, violence and nonviolence, and how evil ought to best be confronted. To some extent, the overlaps in their views can be seen as an effect of them basing their respective ideals on a shared foundation of Hindu teaching. More specifically, at least some portion of this overlap can potentially be seen as a function of the influence exerted upon both of these thinkers by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, who was an inspiration to many modern Hindu thinkers, including both Gandhi and Ghose, as both figures attest. This paper will argue, apart from any historical influence he may or may not have had upon them, that Gandhi’s and Ghose’s views both, in different senses, comport well with the teaching of Swami Vivekananda. Specifically, the argument will be what could be called the utopian and realist orientations of Gandhi and Ghose, respectively, regarding the topic of violence, and we can find a logical reconciliation in Vivekananda’s philosophy of karma yoga: the path to liberation through service to the suffering beings of the world. Full article

Understanding how past factors influence ion channel kinetics is essential for understanding complex phenomena in cardiac electrophysiology, such as early afterdepolarizations (EADs), which are abnormal depolarizations during the action potential plateau associated with life-threatening arrhythmias. We developed a mathematical framework that extends Hodgkin-Huxley type equations with gamma Mittag-Leffler distributed delays, using tools from Fractional Calculus. Traditional memoryless two-variable models fail to reproduce EADs. Our approach modifies FitzHugh-Nagumo, Mitchell-Schaeffer, and Karma cardiac models, enabling the generation of EADs in each of them. We analyze the emergence of these oscillations by discussing the fractional parameters and the mean and variance of the memory kernels. Stability observations are also presented. Full article

The technological advances and material control that have resulted from reductive and deterministic practices of science are quite real. The digitally mediated expansion of experiential freedoms-of-choice and the transformative problem-solving potential of artificial intelligence are undeniable. But for all its successes, reductive physicalism has failed to solve the so-called hard problem of consciousness. As a result, its successes are exposing humanity to an intensifying confluence of existential and ethical risks as the digitally mediated attention economy and intelligent technology facilitate a fundamental restructuring of the dynamics of human presence. Making use of Buddhist conceptual resources and drawing out their implications regarding causality and agency, this paper offers a nondualist and nonreductionist approach to theorizing consciousness and evolutionary dynamics in ways that are suited to opening an ethically productive “middle path” to critically rethinking the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution and more positively configuring the evolution human–technology–world relations. Full article

Scholarship in Buddhist Studies, particularly among philologists and philosophers, often overlooks cosmology, karma, and rebirth. This neglect is a legacy of a deep and long-standing anti-metaphysical spirit that pervades the empirical and philosophical frameworks employed in the discipline. This study engages in a philological close reading of four manuscripts of an unedited and untranslated Pali commentary on the Cha-gati-dīpanī “Light on the Six Realms”, a work on karma and rebirth composed possibly in Pagan, Myanmar, in the early second millennium. This text is particularly significant as one of the oldest Pali works from the region, drawing on now-lost Sanskrit (or possibly Prakrit) sources and offering unique insights into broader Buddhist debates, such as the ontological status of hell guardians. I examine the text’s depiction of the hell and animal realms and reassess some of our scholarly paradigms that often frame the kind of ideas the commentary presents as irrational, figurative, or “folk”. Ultimately, this study calls for greater attention to such works and their perspectival horizons to enrich our understanding of the intellectual life of medieval Buddhism beyond the constraints of modern empirical and philosophical assumptions. Full article

This paper investigates the complex causal relationships within Jain narrative literature (prathamānuyoga/dharmakathānuyoga), specifically focusing on the examination of the Sītā abandonment narrative across Prakrit, Sanskrit, and Apabhramsha textual traditions. By employing textual analysis and philosophical interpretation, the study explores the intricate causative mechanisms in narratives by Vimalasūri, Raviṣeṇa, and Svayambhūdeva. The paper addresses critical research questions examining the multifaceted nature of causality: the root causes of Sītā’s abandonment, the identification of precursory causal signs like dreams, cravings during pregnancy and omens, an analysis of Sītā’s philosophical response to her circumstances, and the complex interplay between external and internal instrumental causes (bahiraṅga- and antaraṅga-nimitta-kāraṇa). Through rigorous textual comparison and philosophical analysis of the Paümacariyaṃ, Padmapuraṇa, and Paümacariü, the study reveals that Jain narrative literature predominantly employs instrumental causality as its primary explanatory framework. The paper demonstrates how external and internal instrumental causes interplay, and explores the role of Sītā’s bad or good karma in shaping her narrative trajectory. The paper contributes to the ongoing scholarship on Jain narratives by analyzing causality in religious narratives, offering philosophical insights into narrative causation, providing an interdisciplinary perspective that bridges literary analysis with philosophical interpretation, and illuminating the ways Jain narratives employ causality to explain complex human experiences and ethical dilemmas, ultimately revealing how narrative structures reflect deeper metaphysical and philosophical concepts within the Jain textual tradition. Full article

This article explores people’s karma belief on the subjective probabilities of future chance events and how perceived life variability influences the expectations of behavior–outcome relationships through three studies. Study 1 used two experiments (Study 1a and 1b) and found that individuals believed that there is a causal association between moral actions and future experiences. People tended to make karmic forecasts that predicted a luckier future (reflected in probability judgments of lucky and unfortunate chance events) for a person who behaved morally than for one who behaved immorally. Finally, we found that individuals rely more heavily on belief in karma (i.e., stronger beliefs about the valence consistency of behaviors and outcomes) when they perceive greater life variability in their lives (Study 2), suggesting that the perceived life variability is a factor in using karma to make predictions. Full article

This article explores the concept of ‘Tibetan Buddhist plant-hood’ within the doctrinal and ethnographic contexts of Tibetan Buddhism, proposing it as a framework to understand the karma-intricate relationships between plants, sentient beings, and spiritual entities. By drawing on canonical Tibetan Buddhist texts, this article examines sentience in Tibetan terms, then introduces the notion of procedural sentiency, an extended Buddhist conceptual tool that reveals the dynamic processes through which insentient forms acquire ethical and spiritual significance. Examining specific cases, such as sacred trees, Tibetan highland barley, and Yartsa Gunbu (caterpillar fungus), plants are conceived as embedded within more-than-human Tibetan societies that span the material, spiritual, and ecological worlds. This study also addresses the ethical tensions and relational reconfigurations arising from plant–human interactions, as informed by Buddhist practices and cosmological perspectives. This endeavour aspires to establish Himalayan conceptual frameworks that engage in meaningful dialogues with broader environmental discourses, fostering an integrative perspective on the interplay between local practices, cosmologies, and global theoretical paradigms. Full article

This study focuses on Xizi-belief (惜字信仰) and provides a comparative analysis of the religious philosophies of Tianming (天命) and Tianli (天理), using the Hunan region as a case study. Through anthropological methods and fieldwork, this study explores how Classical Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism shape and guide word-cherishing behaviors based on the conceptual philosophies of Tianming and Tianli. The Tianming conception views characters as revelations of heavenly destiny. Through religious rituals, people cherish words to honor heaven and seek to change their destinies through heavenly forces, reflecting worldly desires and spiritual pursuits and emphasizing heaven with personhood. In contrast, the Tianli conception sees words as carriers of moral and natural laws. Guided by Confucian ethics and the concept of karma and retribution, it influences people’s moral norms and behavioral practices, reflecting the metaphysical moral law of a just and righteous heaven. Both conceptions not only involve the worship and protection of words but also profoundly embody a deep understanding and pursuit of the order of the universe, moral norms, the ethics of life, and the meaning of life. This study reveals three modes of influence: the religious philosophy integration model, the ritual practice model, and the architectural embodiment model. These models emphasize the positive impact of Xizi-belief on ethics and social life, prompting people to demonstrate positive guidance in human behavior through reverence for Tianming (mandate of heaven), adherence to Tianli (principle of heaven), and respect for nature. Under the guidance of classical religious ethical principles, the spread of Xizi-belief and the practice of Xizi religious ceremonies promote the harmonious development of individual virtues and social order, achieving harmony between humans and the universe. Full article

Background: To be diagnosed and treated for cancer can be a distressing experience, and it can require individuals to engage in self-care strategies to cope with the situation. The self-care experiences of older adults with lymphoma undergoing chemotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand remain rarely studied. This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of self-care among older adults with lymphoma undergoing chemotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A hermeneutic phenomenology research design was used. It involved in-depth interviews with nine older adults with lymphoma undergoing chemotherapy. Data analysis utilized van Manen’s approach, and trustworthiness was ensured by adhering to Lincoln and Guba’s criteria. Results: This study revealed that the lived experience of self-care among older adults with lymphoma receiving chemotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic encompasses five lifeworlds within the lived body, addressing aspects of (1) thumjai and (2) continuing to fight cancer. Lived relations means trusting healthcare providers and holding on together. Lived time reflects being aware of the natural path of life. The concept of lived space encompasses staying safe at home and staying cautious. Lived things reflect (1) accepting one’s own karma and (2) living economically. Conclusions: The findings enhance the understanding of self-care experiences among older adults with lymphoma undergoing chemotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic in an Asian context. The findings can inform the development of a person-centered nursing intervention tailored for older persons that emphasizes cultural aspects. Full article

It is well established that marine organisms consist of a great variety of active compounds that appear exclusively in the marine environment while having the ability to be vastly reproduced, irrespective of the existing conditions. As a result, marine organisms can be used in many scientific fields, including the ones of pharmaceutics, nutrition, and cosmetic science. As for the latter, marine ingredients have been successfully included in cosmetic formulations for many decades, providing numerous benefits for the skin. In the present review, the contribution of marine compounds in wound healing is thoroughly discussed, focusing on their role both as active ingredients in suitable formulations, designed to contribute to different stages of skin regeneration and restoration and also, indirectly, as a tool for facilitating wound closure as part of a wound dressing. Additionally, the advantages of these marine ingredients are presented, as well as ways of incorporating them effectively in formulations, so as to enhance their performance. Numerous studies have been referenced, showcasing their efficacy in wound healing. Finally, important data in regard to their stability, limitations, and challenges to their use, safety issues, and the existing legislative framework are extensively reviewed. Full article