The Aristotelian Philosophy of the Martial Arts

[ES] El enfoque ético de Aristóteles se plantea como una forma útil para comprender el papel que las artes marciales juegan en la vida del artista marcial. El filósofo neo-aristotélico Alasdair MacIntyre, en su obra clásica After Virtue [Tras la virtud], introduce el concepto de práctica eudaimónica, una forma de actividad social en la cual la búsqueda de la excelencia en la práctica tiene como resultado que el practicante, además, se convierte en mejor persona. Se argumenta que las artes marciales pueden ser descritas como tales prácticas. Este enfoque reconcilia una amplia gama de perspectivas divergentes sobre artes marciales y describe coherentemente cómo el entrenamiento del artista marcial puede contribuir a una alta funcionalidad de las propias relaciones y roles sociales, conectando las artes marciales con el proceso global de convertirse en un ser humano moralmente excelente a través del desarrollo de las virtudes

La filosofía aristotélica de las artes marciales

El siguiente artículo trata la cuestión de cómo las artes marciales chinas sobrevivieron como parte de la cultura tradicional en los tiempos modernos y generaron un interés a nivel mundial. El trabajo se centra en el proceso de modernización de las artes marciales chinas en el contexto de las transformaciones sociales masivas de China durante el siglo XIX. Analiza diferentes aspectos del proceso de autoafirmación de las artes marciales y señala las consecuencias de la ruptura radical con el sistema tradicional

Accounting: A General Commentary on an Empirical Science

Many researchers have questioned the view of accounting as a science. Some maintain that it is a service activity rather than a science, yet others entertain the view that it is an art or merely a technology. While it is true that accounting provides a service and is a technology (a methodology for recording and reporting), that fact does not prevent accounting from being a science. Based upon the structure and knowledge base of the discipline, this paper presents the case for accounting as an empirical science

Dimethyl fumarate in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) inhibits inflammasome-mediated inflammation and has been proposed as a treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19. This randomised, controlled, open-label platform trial (Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy [RECOVERY]), is assessing multiple treatments in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 (NCT04381936, ISRCTN50189673). In this assessment of DMF performed at 27 UK hospitals, adults were randomly allocated (1:1) to either usual standard of care alone or usual standard of care plus DMF. The primary outcome was clinical status on day 5 measured on a seven-point ordinal scale. Secondary outcomes were time to sustained improvement in clinical status, time to discharge, day 5 peripheral blood oxygenation, day 5 C-reactive protein, and improvement in day 10 clinical status. Between 2 March 2021 and 18 November 2021, 713 patients were enroled in the DMF evaluation, of whom 356 were randomly allocated to receive usual care plus DMF, and 357 to usual care alone. 95% of patients received corticosteroids as part of routine care. There was no evidence of a beneficial effect of DMF on clinical status at day 5 (common odds ratio of unfavourable outcome 1.12; 95% CI 0.86-1.47; p = 0.40). There was no significant effect of DMF on any secondary outcome

Dimethyl fumarate in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) inhibits inflammasome-mediated inflammation and has been proposed as a treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19. This randomised, controlled, open-label platform trial (Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy [RECOVERY]), is assessing multiple treatments in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 (NCT04381936, ISRCTN50189673). In this assessment of DMF performed at 27 UK hospitals, adults were randomly allocated (1:1) to either usual standard of care alone or usual standard of care plus DMF. The primary outcome was clinical status on day 5 measured on a seven-point ordinal scale. Secondary outcomes were time to sustained improvement in clinical status, time to discharge, day 5 peripheral blood oxygenation, day 5 C-reactive protein, and improvement in day 10 clinical status. Between 2 March 2021 and 18 November 2021, 713 patients were enroled in the DMF evaluation, of whom 356 were randomly allocated to receive usual care plus DMF, and 357 to usual care alone. 95% of patients received corticosteroids as part of routine care. There was no evidence of a beneficial effect of DMF on clinical status at day 5 (common odds ratio of unfavourable outcome 1.12; 95% CI 0.86-1.47; p = 0.40). There was no significant effect of DMF on any secondary outcome

The Aristotelian Philosophy of the Martial Arts

Aristotle’s approach to ethics is proposed as a useful way to understand the role that the martial arts play in the life of the martial artist. Neo-Aristotelian philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, in his classic work After Virtue, introduces the concept of a eudaimonic practice, a form of social activity in which pursuing excellence in the practice results in the practitioner also becoming a better person. It is argued that the martial arts can best be described as such a practice. This approach reconciles a broad range of divergent perspectives on the martial arts, and coherently describes how training as a martial artist can contribute to high levels of functioning in one’s relationships and social roles, connecting the martial arts to the overall process of becoming a morally-excellent human being through growth in the virtues.</p

Replication data for: Evaluation by expert dancers of a robot that performs partnered stepping via haptic interaction

In this study, we investigate the potential for a wheeled mobile robot with a human-like upper-body to perform partnered stepping with people based on the forces applied to its end effectors. The study contains relevant biomechanics data as mat files, questionnaire responses as excel files, and related python code used to run the study with the robot

Replication Data for: Older Adults' Acceptance of a Robot for Partner Dance-based Exercise

We conducted a study with 16 healthy older adults to investigate their acceptance of robots for partner dance-based exercise. Participants successfully led a human-scale wheeled robot with arms (i.e., a mobile manipulator) in a simple forward/backward walking dance step, which we refer to as the Partnered Stepping Task (PST). The study contains relevant biomechanics data as mat files, questionnaire responses as excel files, and related code used to run the study