The Philosophical Inspiration of Arendt’s View of Labor on Digital Labor

While introducing Hannah Arendt’s attitude towards labor in her works, Christian Fuchs’ concept of digital labor is introduced, and Arendt’s view of labor is summarized for contemporary labor The critique of the state, the hidden words behind Arendt’s labor thesis, tell people to reflect on the current materialistic and consumer-oriented policy guidance, and to be alert to the hidden danger of laborers who are hidden behind the digital labor under high-tech. At the same time, it expresses as a political philosopher, I have the relentless pursuit of the sublime human nature and the insufficient thoroughness of Marx’s thought of overcoming alienated labor. On the basis of acknowledging Marx’s labor ontology and labor alienation, drawing on Arendt’s labor research results can guide people to pursue a more liberal and ideal world order

The Tianxia System: A Transcendence to the Liberal International Order

The post-World War II Liberal International Order (LIO) promoted democracy, human rights, free trade, and a rules-based system. Yet it has been dominated by powerful countries, leading to limited representation and economic inequality in developing countries. In contrast, the Tianxia system is more inclusive. This study aims to make broader recommendations for addressing the confusion of the international system and the absence of global governance in the context of Sino-US competition. Using the method of comparative analysis, the Tianxia system and LIO are evaluated. The research shows that the Tianxia system surpasses the LIO to varying degrees in theory and practical experience, but it faces implementation challenges. This highlights the difficulty of a single country promoting the establishment of a world system. Therefore, the establishment of the Tianxia system is still incomplete, and more global forces are needed to jointly overcome the crisis of global governance

Fungi: A Neglected Candidate for the Application of Self-Healing Concrete

Self-healing mechanism in concrete has been so far achieved mainly by three approaches: autogenous healing, encapsulation of polymeric material, and biologically induced mineralization of calcium carbonate. The microbial approach prevails over the other two approaches due to the high compatibility between the filler material and the concrete compositions. Although the term “microbe” refers to many different types of organisms, research work on self-healing concrete has been so far restricted to bacteria. In this perspective article, we review the current status of bacteria-mediated self-healing concrete and summarize the prospects for future advances. In particular, we point out that fungi may have distinctive advantages over other microbes to be used as self-healing agents

Design and baseline characteristics of the finerenone in reducing cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in diabetic kidney disease trial

Background: Among people with diabetes, those with kidney disease have exceptionally high rates of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality and progression of their underlying kidney disease. Finerenone is a novel, nonsteroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist that has shown to reduce albuminuria in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) while revealing only a low risk of hyperkalemia. However, the effect of finerenone on CV and renal outcomes has not yet been investigated in long-term trials. Patients and Methods: The Finerenone in Reducing CV Mortality and Morbidity in Diabetic Kidney Disease (FIGARO-DKD) trial aims to assess the efficacy and safety of finerenone compared to placebo at reducing clinically important CV and renal outcomes in T2D patients with CKD. FIGARO-DKD is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, event-driven trial running in 47 countries with an expected duration of approximately 6 years. FIGARO-DKD randomized 7,437 patients with an estimated glomerular filtration rate >= 25 mL/min/1.73 m(2) and albuminuria (urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio >= 30 to <= 5,000 mg/g). The study has at least 90% power to detect a 20% reduction in the risk of the primary outcome (overall two-sided significance level alpha = 0.05), the composite of time to first occurrence of CV death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure. Conclusions: FIGARO-DKD will determine whether an optimally treated cohort of T2D patients with CKD at high risk of CV and renal events will experience cardiorenal benefits with the addition of finerenone to their treatment regimen. Trial Registration: EudraCT number: 2015-000950-39; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02545049

Impacts of Water and Sediment Fluxes into the Sea on Spatiotemporal Evolution of Coastal Zone in the Yellow River Delta

Water and sediment fluxes into the sea are the basis for the stability of the ecological pattern of the Yellow River Delta (YRD). As a Ramsar wetland of international importance, the YRD is facing the huge ecological risk of land degradation due to changes in water&ndash;sediment fluxes into the sea. In this study, we investigated the spatiotemporal dynamics of the coastline and subaerial delta using annual remote sensing images and revealed more detailed and clear relationships between water&ndash;sediment fluxes into the sea and the YRD evolution, including the whole delta and its subregions (e.g., the Qingshuigou and Diaokou regions) from 1976 to 2022. Our results showed that the mean yearly water and sediment fluxes during the study period amounted to 210.50 &times; 108 m3 yr&minus;1 and 367.81 Mt yr&minus;1, respectively. There was an abrupt change in water and sediment fluxes into the sea in 1999, and both decreased significantly from 1976 to 1999, whereas the water discharge has significantly increased and the sediment flux has stabilized since around 2000. The delta area evolutions of the whole YRD and the Qingshuigou region can be characterized by three stages: a rapid growth stage (1976&ndash;1993), a rapid retreat stage (1993&ndash;2002), and a gradual recovery stage (2002&ndash;2022). The area in the Diaokou region displayed a continuous decreasing trend from 1976 to 2022. The regression analysis indicated that the relationships between cumulative sediment flux and cumulative land accretion area presented spatiotemporal differentiation. The cumulative land accretion area increased with the cumulative sediment flux in the whole YRD and its subregions from 1976 to 1992, decreased with the cumulative sediment flux in the YRD from 1993 to 2002, except for the northeast of Qingshuigou, and then expanded with the cumulative sediment flux in the YRD from 2003 to 2022, except for the southeast of Qingshuigou