The Biopsychosocial Journey: Unveiling the Veteran Identity | Chapter 09 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 9

 

American Veterans currently represent a poorly understood, underrepresented segment of the population. The proportion of the US population that identifies as a Veteran is continuing to decline, with the prevalence reported as 7% in 2020 (Vespa, 2020). While cultural competence is critical to the practices of psychotherapy and clinical research, numerous divergent strategies for defining Veteran investigational cohorts can be found, at times including participants who are still actively serving or their dependents. 3 studies modeled a Veteran by participation in the VA, 2 that used participation in a campaign or a military operation to define the studied group, 3 that used a prior history of participation in the Armed Forces, and 2 studies that used alternative definitions will be presented and discussed. Simultaneously, our Veterans have been shown to be at a greater risk for a range of biopsychosocial challenges than normed civilians. The differing modeling strategies may be contributing to the “veteran disorder” that describes the reduction of functioning of Veterans as compared to civilians (MacLeash, 2019). This study sought to identify the culturally preferred strategy of self-identification of US Veterans. It has been hypothesized that the preferred self-identification of Veterans is “Veteran” while the Service Members identify with the branch of service. 325 participants were selected at random from an archival dataset of 655 respondents who were asked their preferred method of self-identification. The study population was inclusive of 94 Service Members and 231 Veterans. The responses indicate that membership in both Service Member and Veteran groups is exclusive, with 100% of Veterans preferring to identify as a Veteran and 100% of Service Members identifying with the branch of service.

 

Author(s) Details :-

 

Michael Ginzburg
Anchor Therapy Clinic, Sacramento, California, USA.

 

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Drug Abuse Prevention Strategies: A Post-pandemic Approach | Chapter 08 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 9

 

This book chapter discusses the causes of the rapid rise in drug abuse and several strategies that may be used to control the rapid rise of drug abuse among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic to date (post-pandemic era). The suggested effective strategies are based on the holistic approach model that engages all stakeholders to work collaboratively to implement prevention and intervention strategies as posited by the PROSPER Model. Prosper Model brings together schools, families, communities, and Universities in partnerships that use positive approaches to strengthen families and empower youths to make informed decisions. Keeping adolescents engaged in fruitful activities, empowering them with life skills, and involving the students in volunteer work for vulnerable children will help them resist peer pressure and contribute meaningfully to society.

 

Author(s) Details :-

 

Blessing Chifamba
Department of Journalism and Communication, Rusangu University, Zambia.

 

Constance Chifamba
Department of Education, Solusi University, Zimbabwe.

 

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Unveiling the Nexus: Exploring Service Quality's Impact on Student Satisfaction and Loyalty in Higher Education | Chapter 07 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 9

 

The purpose of this research is to empirically examine and analyze the influence of Service Quality on Satisfaction and its impact on Student Loyalty. This study adopts a descriptive (survey) method with a quantitative approach design. The data used consists of primary and secondary data. The population in this study is students of the Faculty of Economics at Lancang Kuning University, with a sample size of 100 individuals adopting Slovin's proposition. The sampling technique used is non-random sampling with the Accidental Sampling method. Data analysis is conducted using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with the Warp PLS application. The research results indicate that there is a significant influence of the physical, reliability, and assurance dimensions on customer satisfaction, whereas responsiveness and empathy aspects are not significant. The satisfaction variable has a significant influence on loyalty. The research results also show that all dimensions and variables have positive relationships, both from the perspective of service quality on satisfaction and satisfaction on loyalty.

 

Author(s) Details :-

 

Arizal N.
Universitas Lancang Kuning, Pekanbaru, 28265, Indonesia.

 

Wita Dwika Listihana

Universitas Lancang Kuning, Pekanbaru, 28265, Indonesia.

 

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On Studying the Hierarchical Inter-Relationships amongst Challenges to Using Info-Graphics, implementation of Ideation Tools and Techniques, as well as Usage of Video Technologies in Education | Chapter 06 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 9

 

Info-graphics are a great way to help people process information in a way that’s most appealing, comfortable and accessible to them. This includes providing words, images, and even interactive elements to help with attention, memory, and recall processes. Ideation is an essential part of the design process, both in education and practice and a crucial part of the Design Thinking process. Design Thinking is all about breaking down barriers and removing the obstacles that typically block innovation. This paper deals with three parts focusing on challenges to using info-graphics, challenges to implementation of ideation tools and challenges to use of video technologies in education respectively. Further, the hierarchical inter-relationships amongst the challenges have been studied using VAXO technique-based matrices.

 

Author(s) Details :-

 

Arnav Jain
Techture Structures Private Limited, Indore, India.

 

Remica Aggarwal
MIT-SOER, MIT-ADT University, Loni Kalbhor Pune, India.

 

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Identification and Exclusion of Illegal Evidence in China: Past, Present and Future | Chapter 05 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 9

 

The application of the exclusionary rule of illegal evidence in judicial practice is increasingly ignored in China. This is related to the failure to consolidate the foundation of illegal evidence. To identify and eliminate illegal evidence, three problems must be solved: the identification standard and basis of illegal evidence; The extent and scope of the exclusion of illegal evidence; and the Exclusion procedure of illegal evidence. In the process of establishing the exclusionary rule of illegal evidence in China, in order to avoid the complexity of the American exclusionary rule in the interpretation of rights, China consciously ignored the relationship between the exclusionary rule and constitutional rights, and tried to solve the above problems through specific document descriptions, but ignored the characteristics of the judge's law that actually existed in the identification and exclusion of illegal evidence. This makes the judge's duty to exclude evidence unclear, and the enthusiasm to exclude illegal evidence is not obvious.

 

Author(s) Details :-

 

Qi Yaping
China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China.

 

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On Hierarchical Inter-relationships amongst the Challenges Faced while Implementation of Play Therapy amongst School Children in India | Chapter 04 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 9

 

Play Therapy [PT] has its roots in psychoanalysis and child psychology. The earliest forms of PT can be traced back to the work of Sigmund Freud and his followers, who used play and creative activities as a means of exploring a child's unconscious thoughts and feelings. Play therapy can be used to address a wide range of issues, including behavioral problems, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship difficulties. The present research tries to explore the challenges faced while implementing play therapy among school children in India.

 

Author(s) Details :-

Lakshay Aggarwal
Department of Psychology, IGNOU, New Delhi, Delhi, India.

Remica Aggarwa
MIT- SOER, MIT-ADT University, Pune, India.

 

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Capabilities of Engineers to Build Machines with Human-like Intelligence Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) | Chapter 03 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 9

 

The study addresses the ongoing debate surrounding the capabilities of engineers to build machines with human-like intelligence using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). By highlighting the existing obstacles and proposing an alternative approach based on complexity theory and non-linear adaptive systems, the manuscript offers valuable insights and potential solutions to the challenges faced by engineers in the field of AI and ML research. Additionally, it aims to clarify the confusion and misuse of terminology surrounding AI and ML, contributing to greater clarity and understanding within the scientific community. AI and ML are attracting a lot of scientific and engineering attention nowadays, nothing up to now has been achieved to reach the level of building machines that possess human-like intelligence. However, the engineering community continuously claims that several engineering problems are solved using AI or ML. Here, it is argued that engineers are not able to build intelligent machines, implying that the systems claimed to have AI/ML belong to different engineering domains. The base of the syllogism is the existence of four main obstacles on which extensive elucidation is performed. These are (i) lack of precise definition of AI (and ML), (ii) impossible generation of requirements and verification and validation procedures for designing and fabricating machines with intelligence, (iii) no scientific consensus, (iv) philosophical fundamental issues with AI/ML which impose conceptual and assimilation problems in order not to be able making progress if not deal with them. In addition, an attempt to clear out the developed confusion, misuse and abuse of the phrases “Artificial Intelligence” and “Machine Learning” by scientists and engineers is carried out. The confusion is a result of the previous obstacles scientists and engineers are facing and avoid to face, hence creating and growing a kind of “Lusus Naturae” of this scientific field with socio-political impacts as well.  Furthermore, mathematical, and philosophical approaches are also mentioned that strengthen the argument against AI implementability as part of the whole syllogism. Finally, an alternative approach (not being unique) is suggested and discussed for performing research on AI and ML by the engineers. It is based on complexity theory and non-linear adaptive systems and provides the benefit of eliminating the before mentioned pragmatic and philosophical obstacles that engineers are facing and ignoring, without creating confusion on this scientific endeavor. This approach is based on the emergent properties of complex systems. So instead of trying to make the apple (as a symbol of AI), we build the apple tree which through complexity the apple will be grown (symbolically AI will be emanated).

 

Author(s) Details :-

 

Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos
On Board Computers & Data Handling Systems, European Space Research & Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, Netherlands.

 

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