{"title":"The Daoist Philosophical Practice in the Spatial Construction of Suzhou Gardens, China","authors":"Shiyi Dai","doi":"10.70267/ijassr.250203.4149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.70267/ijassr.250203.4149","url":null,"abstract":"As the pinnacle of Chinese classical garden art, Suzhou gardens embody an aesthetic core deeply rooted in traditional Chinese philosophical systems. This study employs the Daoist concept of “wu” (non-being) as its theoretical lens, departing from conventional garden scholarship that emphasizes formal analysis and cultural symbolism. It posits that the essence of Suzhou gardens lies in a “spatial practice of emptiness.” Drawing on paradigmatic cases such as the Garden of the Master of the Nets, the Humble Administrator’s Garden, and the Lingering Garden, the analysis demonstrates how architectural elements (including pavilions, corridors, and windows) employ framing and borrowing techniques to transform evanescent phenomena like skylight and cloud shadows into central motifs of spatial narrative, thereby establishing a visual regime of “capturing being through non-being.” Further examination of meandering structures, such as winding corridors and the Little Flying Rainbow bridge, reveals their non-utilitarian rhythmic cadence as an enactment of the Daoist dictum “the greatest utility resides in uselessness.”","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":"2 4","pages":"41-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://journals.zeuspress.org/index.php/IJASSR/article/download/407/367","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147878968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ships’ Copper and Muntz Metal Sheathing Trademarks","authors":"John M. Bingeman","doi":"10.1080/10572414.2025.2549212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10572414.2025.2549212","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147883631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Between Independence and Accession: Analyzing Maharaja Hari Singh’s Political Calculations in 1947","authors":"Asra Manzoor, Poonam","doi":"10.70558/ijssr.2025.v2.i5.30566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.70558/ijssr.2025.v2.i5.30566","url":null,"abstract":"In 1947, the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, led by Maharaja Hari Singh, navigated a fraught path between joining India or Pakistan or remaining independent.This study examines his political calculations during that critical period.It analyzes primary sources such as Hari Singh's correspondence with Lord Mountbatten and contemporary reports, alongside scholarship by historians like Hewitt, Schofield, Bose, and Snedden.Initially, Maharaja Hari Singh sought a neutral, independent status for Kashmir -even describing it as a potential \"Switzerland of the East\" -and pursued standstill agreements with both new dominions.However, mounting pressures -including internal unrest in Poonch and the Kashmiri National Conference, a Pakistani-instigated blockade and tribal invasion, and intense diplomatic pressure from India -eroded this stance.By late October 1947, facing an existential threat from armed raiders, Hari Singh capitulated.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":"2 5","pages":"7-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ijssr.com/wp-content/uploads/journal/published_paper/volume-2/issue-5/IJSSR30566.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147922284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identity, intertextuality and Italianicity: The edutainment of Disney-Pixar’s Luca (2021)","authors":"Ethan Salerno Nogueira","doi":"10.1386/ijds_00014_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ijds_00014_1","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines how Disney-Pixar’s Luca (2021) constructs identity alongside two filmic pillars: intertextuality and Italianicity. The three levels of analysis that emerge in this study – identity, intertextuality and Italianicity – are contextualized in interdisciplinary literature and the imagination at the centre of Disney’s filmography. First, this article examines identity formation in the film through its characters which supplies viewers with an opportunity for self-reflection. Next, it explores the intricate intertextuality of the film and posits these references, whether intentional or latent, as connective pieces to Luca ’s filmic contexts. Finally, it examines the function of Italianicity on a variety of levels to galvanize how the film is chock-full of references that embrace and stage Italy. All of this considered, this article frames how these three pillars come together to teach Italian culture to viewers via the film.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":"1 2","pages":"179-193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147922969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RECALIBRATING FREE SPEECH IN INDIA’S DIGITAL AGE: BALANCING EXPRESSION, NATIONAL INTEGRITY AND THE GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGES","authors":"Anshu Gupta","doi":"10.70183/lijdlr.2025.v03.68","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.70183/lijdlr.2025.v03.68","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":"3 2","pages":"703-731"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://lijdlr.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/LIJDLR_PAPER-30-Vol-III-Issue-II.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147910935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Particle Image Velocimetry: Experimental Flow Visualisation for Wind-Assisted Ship Wings and Yacht Sails","authors":"Jean-Baptiste R. G. Souppez","doi":"10.5750/ijme.v167ia1.1317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5750/ijme.v167ia1.1317","url":null,"abstract":"Wind-assisted ships and racing yachts employ highly cambered profiles to maximise performance. However, their complex aerodynamics governed by flow separation remains to be fully understood. Particle image velocimetry (PIV), performed in water tunnels, may lead to breakthroughs, provided fundamental spatial and temporal resolution limitations are overcome. Consequently, force measurements and flow visualisation were undertaken on circular arcs and yacht sails to ascertain the viability of this experimental approach. The results show that (i) a linear blockage correction can be devised; (ii) a blockage-independent critical Reynolds number and critical angle of attack exist; and (iii) a force crisis occurs because of the suppressed relaminarisation of the boundary layer downstream of the leading-edge separation bubble. Ultimately, PIV in water tunnels is shown to be a pertinent methodology. These findings provide novel insights into the aerodynamics of wind-assisted ships and yachts and may contribute to improving their performance by design.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":"167 A1","pages":"27-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147884441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Axis of Denial: Unveiling the Collaboration between Hajj Amin al-Husseini and the Nazi Regime in the Facilitation of the Holocaust and Genocidal Propaganda in the Arab-Islamic Sphere","authors":"Yamin Mohammad Munshi","doi":"10.70558/ijssr.2025.v2.i3.30422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.70558/ijssr.2025.v2.i3.30422","url":null,"abstract":"This paper interrogates and substantiates the pivotal role played by Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, in the ideological and logistical machinery of the Holocaust.Far from being a marginal or symbolic figure, al-Husseini's active collaboration with the Nazi regime between 1941 and 1945, particularly in Berlin, places him within the sphere of complicity in genocidal intent and action.Drawing upon a wide range of primary sources including intercepted communications, records of meetings with Nazi leadership, al-Husseini's own radio broadcasts, and transcripts from the Nuremberg trials this study demonstrates that al-Husseini not only endorsed the extermination of Jews in Europe but actively sought the expansion of the Final Solution to the Middle East.His efforts to block the transfer of Jewish children from Axis-controlled Europe to Palestine, his antisemitic propaganda disseminated throughout the Islamic world, and his recruitment of Muslim SS units in the Balkans, all suggest a calculated strategy aligning Islamic antisemitism with Nazi ideology.This research challenges postwar attempts to sanitize or obscure al-Husseini's involvement, particularly in Arab nationalist and Islamist narratives, and argues for a reexamination of his historical legacy in light of genocidal complicity.By situating al-Husseini's collaboration within broader geopolitical and theological frameworks, the paper also exposes the underexplored confluence of European fascism and radical Islamism in the mid-twentieth century.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":"2 3","pages":"379-388"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ijssr.com/wp-content/uploads/journal/published_paper/volume-2/issue-3/IJSSR30422.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147891834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zafar Iqbal, Ibtisam Hameed, Muhammad Ali Shah, Asif Riaz, Muhammad Fiaz, Muhammad Shoaib
{"title":"Poultry Flock Profiling and Interpretations: A Critical Review of Current Strategies and Future Prospects","authors":"Zafar Iqbal, Ibtisam Hameed, Muhammad Ali Shah, Asif Riaz, Muhammad Fiaz, Muhammad Shoaib","doi":"10.71016/tp/4estzr71","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.71016/tp/4estzr71","url":null,"abstract":"Aim of the Study: The main focus of this study is on the flock profiling in poultry industry as it plays essential role in the maintenance of the poultry flock. Poultry sector largely depends upon efficient flock profiling and bird health immunization. Methodology: Since this is a review article, its main objective is to conduct a thorough analysis of all relevant material on flock profiling and the methods opted in this regard in the poultry industry. Findings: Flock profiling and immunization protocols are being opted by poultry industry which involve gathering, examination, and interpretation of information obtained after data collecting about the performance, health, and environmental circumstances of poultry, particularly chickens and turkeys. Flock profiling is used in poultry management as it helps in examination, interpretation of data regarding the health, analysis, environmental conditions of poultry. This review focuses on prerequisites of improving the current standards for monitoring and reporting poultry diseases in chickens. The utilization of technological advancements such as smart sensors, AI-powered monitoring systems, and infrared technologies is transforming flock profiles and improving farm management through real-time health and welfare assessments. Regular data collection also helps with risk assessment and its mitigation, which leads to more productive flocks. This is due to use of sensors like genetic testing and biochemical profiling in conjunction. Conclusion: This study looks at the primary aspects of flock profiling, such as data collection techniques, health monitoring, environmental factors, and the role of technology in improving the welfare and performance of chickens. The findings demonstrate that how flock profiling can save costs, increase productivity, and promote ecologically friendly methods of raising chickens.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":"6 2","pages":"30-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://hnpublisher.com/ojs/index.php/TP/article/download/622/640","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147889731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring Societal Attitudes Towards Differently-Abled Individuals in Jammu & Kashmir: A Socio-Psychological Study.","authors":"Mohd Sultan Rather, Ashak Hussain Dar","doi":"10.70558/ijssr.2025.v2.i3.30373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.70558/ijssr.2025.v2.i3.30373","url":null,"abstract":"Disability is more than just a medical condition.It's a social experience shaped by how society interacts with individuals who have impairments.Public attitudes, influenced by cultural, religious, and educational factors, often create greater barriers than the disabilities themselves.In India, despite progressive policies like the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (2016), stigma and exclusion persist.Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) presents a unique case, where conflict, infrastructure gaps, and deep-rooted beliefs further marginalize people with disabilities.This study explores how J&K's population perceives disability, examining variations across gender, age, education, and urban-rural divides.Using the Social Model of Disability, it argues that true inclusion requires addressing societal attitudes, not just individual limitations.","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":"2 3","pages":"133-147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ijssr.com/wp-content/uploads/journal/published_paper/volume-2/issue-3/IJSSR30373.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147890222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Final Score: The Sports Chosen for Broadcast on the BBC’s <i>Grandstand</i>","authors":"Richard Jones","doi":"10.1080/09523367.2025.2513611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2025.2513611","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46680,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Students","volume":"42 4","pages":"414-433"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147895072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}