Significance of Challenge
Synonyms: Difficulty, Obstacle, Test, Trial, Contest, Confrontation, Contestation, Struggle, Provocation, Competition, Task, Examination
In Dutch: Uitdaging; In Finnish: Haaste; In Spanish: Desafío; In Portugese: Desafio; In Italian: Sfida; In Polish: Wyzwanie
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Buddhist concept of 'Challenge'
In Buddhism, "Challenge" signifies obstacles faced transmitting traditions from China to Europe. These include language, cultural differences, and competition from other Buddhist traditions.
From: Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies
(1) The obstacles and difficulties encountered during the transmission of traditions from China to Europe, including language barriers, cultural differences, and competition from other Buddhist traditions.[1]
Hindu concept of 'Challenge'
From: Chaitanya Bhagavata
(1) Challenge is the action that the Lord took against Murari Gupta's explanation, indicating disagreement or opposition to the points made.[2] (2) The challenge involves questioning the ability to defeat the speaker and the possibility of reviving Lakshmana, should the speaker succeed.[3] (3) Tests or difficulties that were posed to individuals, as presented in the provided example, that remained unresolved by those who faced them.[4] (4) Difficult tasks or inquiries that provoke thought and require effort to answer or overcome.[5]
From: Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
(1) An invitation or provocation to engage in a fight, which sets the stage for the confrontation with Krishna.[6]
From: Natyashastra (English)
(1) A combat-ready declaration where an individual asserts their intention to engage in conflict.[7]
From: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
(1) The text focuses on the challenges faced in lifestyle modification, such as the difficulty in implementing changes suddenly, the impact of climate change, and the misuse of technology, highlighting obstacles to overcome.[8]
The concept of Challenge in local and regional sources
Challenge, in this context, represents Ruru's difficult plea to God. He uses his ascetic abilities to attempt to resurrect Pramadvara. This task is a test of his devotion and spiritual strength.
From: Triveni Journal
(1) A call to action, especially for those who still have a spark in their souls and sparkle in their eyes, urging them to live for others.[9] (2) Ruru's strong request to God to bring Pramadvara back to life, based on his ascetic powers.[10]
The concept of Challenge in scientific sources
"Challenge" signifies various difficulties and obstacles. These encompass issues in healthcare, research, and education. Specific examples include program development, patient care, elderly well-being, data usage, insurance schemes, and project implementation. Challenges also relate to journal recognition, treatment access, and caregiver burdens.
From: Sustainability Journal (MDPI)
(1) Challenges in biomass pyrolysis are addressed throughout its research and development journey, from initial investigations to commercial application.[11] (2) These are connected to digital transformation and include aspects like priorities, data handling, resource allocation, work distribution, security, and privacy, requiring careful consideration.[12] (3) Challenges encountered by food companies when using technologies for waste reduction involve issues related to data security and a general lack of trust in these emerging systems.[13] (4) Lessons and activities were structured as challenges, with each challenge encompassing several distinct tasks designed to guide student learning through a sequential process.[14] (5) Challenge, as an element of hardiness, represents an outlook on life that enables an individual to perceive change as an opportunity for growth rather than a threat to one's sense of security.[15]
From: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
(1) Challenges in the workplace are often perceived as motivations to perform better, contributing positively to an individual's attitude towards their job.[16] (2) The challenges mentioned include comparing heterogenous exposure periods like annual versus trimester-specific or whole of pregnancy, making it difficult to synthesize evidence and draw definitive conclusions.[17] (3) Challenge, as measured by the hardiness scale, refers to the tendency to view unexpected changes or potential threats as positive opportunities for future growth, rather than harmful events, affecting living habits.[18] (4) Challenges are obstacles that working mothers, especially those in healthcare, face in continuing breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as long working hours and lack of adequate facilities for pumping and storing breast milk.[19] (5) Challenges in providing mental healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic include reduced patient visits, complexities in healthcare provision, and a lack of adequate support for healthcare workers.[20]
From: African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
(1) Difficulties faced by women in accessing antenatal care, and these can include various social, economic, and health system factors.[21] (2) Communication between parents and adolescents on sensitive topics is often accompanied by challenges, highlighting the need for improved communication skills among parents.[22] (3) These are the difficulties faced by family physicians, including lack of identity, low numbers, conflicting roles, unrealistic expectations, and other systemic issues.[23] (4) Challenges are obstacles or difficulties encountered in the GC care pathway, such as delays in diagnosis, low index of suspicion, and disparities between the public and private sectors.[24] (5) Challenges are barriers to the successful implementation of COPC projects, including financial constraints, and are explored to inform curriculum development and future implementations.[25]
From: South African Family Practice
(1) The challenges in anaesthesia for trauma patients arise from factors like limited patient history, the urgency of the situation, and potential for difficult airway management.[26] (2) Antiretroviral therapy adherence is a complex and dynamic process with multiple challenges, including stigma, economics, and health system inadequacies.[27] (3) The challenge involves devising alternative care options when a patient's beliefs restrict standard medical treatments, requiring healthcare providers to find solutions that respect the patient's choices while maintaining their well-being.[28] (4) These are difficulties, and the study explores the main ones and enablers, including challenges with information management and how they are being addressed.[29] (5) These are difficulties encountered in the development of Family Medicine programs, including issues like a lack of teachers and the introduction of a new discipline within the healthcare system.[30]
From: The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
(1) Multiple challenges are faced by educators and trainees, and these challenges are multidimensional and pertain to a scenario in which trainees have to become competent technical neurosurgeons.[31] (2) Challenges in the management of nasopharyngeal carcinoma include late patient presentation, misleading symptoms, difficult clinical examination, and silent submucosal lesions, requiring a high index of suspicion.[32] (3) These are the difficulties faced by the ORL-HNS department, which include the need to see backlogged patients and the evolving practices and recommendations during the pandemic.[33] (4) These are the difficulties associated with using patient-generated health data, such as lack of awareness and education.[34] (5) The challenge is presented by moving a tissue engineering product concept into the living system, and experience starts with transferring in-vitro laboratory results to animal experiments.[35]
From: South African Journal of Physiotherapy
(1) Challenges may affect the quality of the relationship between a clinical educator and a student and may seriously affect learning, particularly if there is any disparity in expectations.[36] (2) This is something that the group is prepared to face, as they are in good heart and ready for change both nationally and internationally to deal with what is coming.[37] (3) This refers to the challenges inherent in an increasing dependent population and the need for a positive response.[38] (4) These are the difficulties that caregivers of children with disabilities encounter, encompassing social isolation, stress, and financial burdens, which can significantly affect their mental, physical, and financial well-being.[39] (5) This is the challenge of providing opportunities to develop the existing potential, and if the 4th year class of 1976 is to be regarded as a sample of the potential quality of physiotherapy professionals.[40]
From: Journal of Public Health in Africa
(1) These are the obstacles and difficulties encountered in achieving the fast-track targets, which include issues such as data management, stigma, and access to services, which are also addressed.[41] (2) This term refers to the difficulties and obstacles faced in various situations. The provided text highlights these in relation to the roll-out of vaccines, responses to a specific illness, and the state of health systems.[42] (3) This term refers to the difficulties or obstacles faced by the public health system in responding to disease outbreaks, which require attention and solutions.[43] (4) Despite accomplishments, innovations, and success stories, Africa has yet to overcome several challenges, including the widening gap in financing for HIV and AIDS response and the need for rededication.[44] (5) These are difficulties or obstacles, and research explores the challenges to uptake and integration of health insurance schemes, and the challenges associated with the implementation and scale-up of community-based insurance.[45]
From: Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
(1) This is the exposure of cattle to the parasite, Theileria parva, which can lead to infection and the development of immunity.[46] (2) This term is used in the study to assess the response of intestinal mucosal cells in cattle to re-infection by Calicophoron microbothrium.[47] (3) The process of exposing the vaccinated sheep to the orf virus, used to assess the efficacy of the vaccines, emphasizing the study's design.[48] (4) These are obstacles to vaccine use faced by livestock owners and animal health professionals in Tanzania, as revealed in the study.[49] (5) Challenges are difficulties or obstacles, and the paper highlights challenges to its control in order to safeguard the human and animal population in Tanzania.[50]
From: Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics
(1) Significant issues in integrating AI into the pharmacy sector, including pharmaceutical policy initiatives, data protection, and cybersecurity regulations.[51] (2) Include delays in diagnosis, socioeconomic issues, and the absence of widespread screening programs, which complicate the issue.[52] (3) The several obstacles that make it challenging to include in conventional pharmacology, even though the Pavetta genus excels in this area.[53] (4) Appears in the keywords list.[54] (5) Health-care organizations are facing significant difficulties when creating intuitive, user-friendly, and effective protocols for alarms, alerts, and decision-making pathways.[55]
From: South African Journal of HIV Medicine
(1) This is something, that is awesome and not a moment too late.[56] (2) This refers to difficulties that arise, and the study acknowledged that there were challenges in implementing the interventions.[57] (3) The difficulties patients may face in linking to care, which were assessed in the calls.[58]
From: International Journal of Pharmacology
(1) Although decades-long efforts and academic engagements have been there, malaria continues to pose this given its resurgence and problem of drug resistance.[59] (2) Mice were injected with SRBCs in the footpad to elicit a delayed type hypersensitivity response.[60]
From: Religions Journal (MDPI)
(1) Challenges represent the issues and difficulties encountered in the implementation of the cooperative model for teaching Catholic religion in Croatian public schools, such as enrollment and content control.[61] (2) A difficult situation or obstacle encountered when being called, present, and available to others, requiring effort and commitment to overcome.[62] (3) These are the hardships that converts faced from their families and society after embracing Islam, leading to difficult situations.[63] (4) The two churches have tried to embody dogma in history to speak to the heart of every man and woman, responding to these.[64]
From: South African Journal of Psychiatry
(1) The difficulties and obstacles encountered in providing clinical services, specifically during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the study identifies various challenges faced by a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[65] (2) Challenges were faced by both service users and caregivers, including material hardship, social isolation, and difficulties in accessing services.[66]
From: International Journal of Pharmacology
(1) The subsequent application of TNCB on day 0, which elicits the allergic contact dermatitis response in the sensitized mice.[67]
Classical concept of 'Challenge'
From: The Argonautica (English translation)
(1) The challenge issued by Amycus requires strangers to engage in boxing matches, a rule that angers the heroes and leads to Polydeuces stepping forward to fight on behalf of his comrades.[68]