scholarly journals Character Pleasantness in Malaysian Animated Cartoon Characters

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 02004
Author(s):  
Mohd Rosli Arshad ◽  
Kim Hae Yoon ◽  
Ahmad Azaini Manaf
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
Business Organization ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Animated Cartoon ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Cartoon Characters ◽  
One Way Anova

Current global trends have proved the creative industry to be one of the important sources of economic growth among developed countries. Creativity and its importance for Malaysia have made it imperative for any business organization to use creativity in a range of ways including multimedia content and animation. Malaysian animation viewers are rapidly influenced by digital media entertainment. The rise of such entertainment tends to drive them away from understanding what lies behind it that affect their emotion and thoughts. Therefore, the focus of this paper is to look into the experiences of “pleasantness” in viewer’s emotions that stimulate the perception of pleasure when watching Malaysian animated cartoon characters. A descriptive and One-Way Anova will be implemented in this study to examine the design aesthetics and perception from the animation viewers that affects the psychological experiences in emotions that determines the pleasantness feeling. Overall, the results indicate that perceived pleasantness on Malaysian animated cartoon characters did not differ between age and gender. We believe this finding will benefit the creative content creators and help them to understand more about local animation viewers.

Boys like games and girls like movies

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-201
Author(s):  
Carmen Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Audiovisual Material ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
And Gender ◽  
English Classroom

Abstract In many contexts learners are enriching their limited contact with the foreign language in the classroom with unlimited contact outside the classroom thanks to the easy and immediate availability of the Internet and digital media. This study aimed to document the characteristics of the contact with English that a large sample of Catalan-Spanish learners have outside the classroom, to explore possible age- and gender-related differences, and to examine the association between out-of-school contact and classroom grades. The responses to a survey showed the type of activities in which young and old adolescents and young adults engage. The analyses showed differences between the three age groups, as well as large differences in the choices of males and females. The analysis of the association between respondents’ English-classroom grades and the different activities showed that reading had the highest positive correlation, followed by watching audiovisual material with L2 subtitles.

scholarly journals Differences in Angular Photogrammetric Soft-Tissue Facial Characteristics among Parents and Their Offspring

Medicina ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Gordana Lj. Filipović ◽  
Nikola M. Stojanović ◽  
Ivan D. Jovanović ◽  
Pavle J. Randjelović ◽  
Ivan R. Ilić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Female Offspring ◽  
Facial Soft Tissue ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Facial Profile ◽  
Angular Measurements ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Tissue Characteristics ◽  
Imagej Software ◽  
One Way Anova

Background and objectives: The objective of this study was to determine if the angular photogrammetric analysis of soft-tissue characteristics can determine similarities between parents and their offspring in the Serbian population. Materials and Methods: A total of 15 families (52 participants) met the participation criteria of this study and their facial profile images were analyzed using the ImageJ software. Subjects were divided into groups of mothers and fathers and four groups of children (divided according to their age and gender). In total, twelve angular measurements were made on the standardized digital images of the profiles of the participants and the obtained data were compared using one-way ANOVA. Results: The obtained results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the values of the nasal and cervicomental angles, as well as the angle of the total facial convexity, between the group of fathers, on one side, and groups of male/female children, on the other. Conclusions: This work represents the first photogrammetric analysis of facial soft-tissue characteristics of children and adults in the Serbian population. The data suggest that there are much more similarities between the facial soft-tissue angles of fathers and their male offspring. Furthermore, mothers tend to have statistically insignificant differences in angle sizes, compared to both male and female offspring.

Suicide and Undetermined Deaths Among Youths and Young Adults in Latin America

Crisis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Pritchard ◽  
Sarah Hean
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Cultural Attitudes ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Methods Of Suicide

In Latin American (LA) and the major developed countries’ (MDC) suicide and undetermined deaths are analyzed as methods of suicide and the number of undetermined deaths are similar, possibly containing hidden suicides. The goal was to test the likelihood that LA cultural attitudes lead to higher undetermined rates and more hidden suicides. We used 3-year WHO average mortality data to compare LA and MDC mortality by age and gender, and χ² tests to examine any differences. In 13 LA countries younger-aged (15–34) men and women’s suicides were higher than all-age rates, and undetermined deaths exceeded the suicide rates. Nine LA countries had significantly more undetermined younger-aged male deaths than females. Sixteen of 18 LA countries had significantly higher undetermined death rates than the MDC. LA younger-aged malefs24 146s differential suicide: Undetermined rates indicated they may contain substantial numbers of hidden suicides. Inadvertently, cultural attitudes to suicide may hinder prevention.

scholarly journals Hemoglobin A1c Levels Associated with Age and Gender in Taiwanese Adults without Prior Diagnosis with Diabetes

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3390
Author(s):  
Shih-Hao Huang ◽  
Peng-Ju Huang ◽  
Jhong-You Li ◽  
Yu-De Su ◽  
Cheng-Chang Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hemoglobin A1c ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Specific Association ◽  
And Gender ◽  
One Way Anova ◽  
Hba1c Levels

Several studies have reported that Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels increase with age for people without diabetes. However, HbA1c levels associated with age and gender have not been well investigated for Taiwanese adults. The objective of this study was to investigate the sex-specific association between HbA1c levels and age for Taiwanese adults without diabetes. The data were collected from the Taiwan Biobank database with inclusive criteria being participants without diabetes. The association between HbA1c values and age was conducted by linear regression analysis, HbA1c values between sexes were compared by two-sample t-test, and HbA1c levels among age groups were compared using one-way ANOVA. The results showed that HbA1c levels were positively correlated with age, and the levels for males were significantly higher than for females among all participants. However, there was no significantly positive correlation between HbA1c levels and age in males for age group of 50–70 years. The levels of males were significantly higher than females for age groups of 30–39 and 40–49 years. There were significant differences in HbA1c levels among age groups for all participants, males, and females except for the two age groups of 50–59 and 60–70 years in males. Age and gender were important factors affecting HbA1c levels. Our results suggested that the HbA1c cut-point levels for the diagnosis of diabetes should vary by age and gender.

scholarly journals Age and Gender Demographics Predict Compliance with COVID-19 Public Health Measures: Data from a Global Sample

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 887-888
Author(s):  
Amber Heemskerk ◽  
Tian Lin ◽  
Elizabeth Harris ◽  
Natalie Ebner ◽  
Jay Van Bavel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
And Gender

Abstract The COVID-19 global pandemic has brought far-reaching consequences on individual and societal levels. Social distancing and physical hygiene constitute effective public health measures to limit the spread of the virus. The current study investigates individual age and gender demographics, in interaction with a country’s human development index (HDI), as crucial factors influencing compliance with public health measures in a large multi-national adult lifespan sample. This report leverages data from a large-scale international collaboration (Van Bavel et al., 2020; https://psyarxiv.com/ydt95/) comprising 45,576 individuals from 66 countries/territories. Participants provided self-reports of their compliance/agreement with three public health measures (i.e., spatial distancing, physical hygiene, policy support). Older age, female gender, and lower HDI were independently associated with greater compliance with public health measures. In addition, a significant three-way interaction between participant age, participant gender, and a country’s HDI revealed that compliance was lowest in younger adults from well-developed countries, while compliance was highest among females across all ages from less-developed countries. Compliance with public health measures is crucial in effectively reducing coronavirus spread. Our findings suggest that age and gender as individual-level demographics, in tandem with HDI as a country-level predictor, affect individuals’ willingness to comply with public health measures. These results highlight the potential of data-driven, tailored (i.e., towards specific demographics) health campaigns and public policies in the fight against a global pandemic.

scholarly journals The Influence of Age and Gender on the Value Orientation of Extreme Sports Participants

2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
Éva Pólus-Thiry ◽  
Csaba Rédei
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Value Orientation ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Extreme Sports ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Action Sports ◽  
Community Values ◽  
And Gender

Abstract Research has shown that the popularity of extreme sports is on the rise in Hungary just as in developed countries. While we cannot question the influence of the press, it is very likely that shifts and changes in the value orientation of a society also play an important role in fostering the process. In the first stage of the present study, the value orientation of a group of Hungarian people involved in action sports is mapped where the values are arranged into a latent structure using principal component analysis. In the second stage of research, it is checked whether the examined group is a homogenous community regarding their value orientations, and researchers examine if two variables - age and gender - significantly influence the value orientations of the respondents. Our conclusion is that there is little difference between group members regarding their high preferences for community values and the low preferences for traditional values, but age and gender significantly influence respondents’ attitudes to post-materialist values and partially those to materialist values. Younger participants report higher preferences for both materialist and postmaterialist values, while females attribute higher importance to post-materialist values.

Life-Changing Doubt, the Internet, and a Crisis of Authority

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Ayala Fader
Keyword(s):  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Ethical Judgment ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
And Gender

This chapter follows the trajectory of the crisis of authority as it has been unfolding over struggles about the Internet. It discusses the perspectives of individuals living double lives and rabbinic leadership from the turn of the twenty-first century to 2019. It looks into the stories of people living double lives and about their moral struggles that are filled with human pain, contradictions, and unexpected discoveries. The chapter also explains what and who defines moral responsibility, how age and gender shape ethical judgment, and what are the politics of ethnographic fieldwork that are in shared online and face-to-face spaces. It also assesses how media of many sorts can create publics with their own authorities, including the ways that new digital media might be changing human interactions, expression, and concentration.

Behavioral intention to use cryptocurrency in Malaysia: an empirical study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joye Ter Ji-Xi ◽  
Yashar Salamzadeh ◽  
Ai Ping Teoh
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
And Gender

Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the factors influencing consumer behavioral intention (BI) to use cryptocurrency as a medium of transaction. Constructs from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model and an added variable, perceived risk (PR), are examined to predict BI. Age and gender as moderators are retained in this model. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was used to gather the respondents’ responses on a five-point Likert scale. G * Power was used to calculate the required minimum sample size. A non-probability sampling technique was used to gather data from the 290 respondents based in Malaysia. The final data set was analyzed using the statistical package for the social sciences and SmartPLS software using structural equation modeling. Findings The results show that three of the five proposed factors (performance expectancy, effort expectancy and facilitating condition) are significant predictors of BI to adopt cryptocurrency as a medium of transaction. Interestingly, PR is not a significant predictor even though prior research studies showed otherwise. Likewise, the relationship between BI and social influence became significant only when age is added as a moderator. Practical implications Malaysians are still wary of cryptocurrency, even though global tech firms such as Amazon and Microsoft are already accepting Bitcoin as a payment method. This study aims to provide relevant authorities and businesses (i.e. central bank, retail merchants and cryptocurrency exchangers) insights toward understanding the factors consumers focus on if they were to use cryptocurrency as a medium of transaction. Originality/value Most cryptocurrency research are done in developed countries (i.e. USA, UK and EU) perspective. This research addresses the lack of quantitative literature on significant factors influencing BI to use cryptocurrency in developing country context while taking a PR, age and gender into consideration.

scholarly journals Preferences of seniors living in selected Baltic Sea region countries towards the use of indoor public space furniture

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. e0258676
Author(s):  
Beata Fabisiak ◽  
Anna Jankowska ◽  
Robert Kłos ◽  
Joan Knudsen ◽  
Catharina Gillsjö ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
The Public ◽  
Baltic Sea Region ◽  
Grouping Method ◽  
And Gender

Demographic changes can be observed all over the world. The number of seniors located in the societies of well-developed countries continues to rise. Both enterprises and governments need to be prepared for such changes. Consequently, public spaces need to evolve to reduce problems related to ageism and be friendly to all. Much attention is currently being paid to finding solutions for redesigning public spaces and adjusting them to the needs and requirements of senior citizens. To identify the preferences of seniors in relation to the characteristics of furniture in indoor public spaces, a survey study with 1539 respondents aged 60+ was conducted in Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Russia and Sweden. The gathered data were coded and implemented to the unified database. The statistical grouping method was used to recognize the characteristics of the needs and attitudes of seniors related to the use of public space furniture. The main variables taken into consideration in the analysis were the age and gender of respondents and their country of living. Among the most important findings are those indicating the necessity to provide the increased number of furniture for sitting in the public spaces and making sure they are not located too far away from each other. As the main disadvantages of public space furniture respondents indicated the lack of armrests or other solutions to facilitate getting up and/or sitting down, as well as profiled backrests that constitute solid support for the spine. The implementation of these data in the process of rethinking and redesigning public spaces may support the adaptation of indoor public furniture according to the requirements of a very large group of customers, namely, seniors.

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