Energy Markets and Trading

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Mares
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Adjustment Costs ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Energy Markets ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Impact Risk

This chapter discusses the role of energy in economic development, the transformation of energy markets, trade in energy resources themselves, and the geopolitical dynamics that result. The transformation of energy markets and their expansion via trade can help or hinder development, depending on the processes behind them and how stakeholders interact. The availability of renewable, climate-friendly sources of energy, domestically and internationally, means that there is no inherent trade-off between economic growth and the use of fossil fuels. The existence of economic, political, social, and geopolitical adjustment costs means that the expansion of international energy markets to incorporate alternatives to oil and coal is a complex balance of environmental trade-offs with no solutions completely free of negative impact risk. An understanding of the supply of and demand for energy must incorporate the institutional context within which they occur, as well as the social and political dynamics of their setting.

Underestimated risks for bacterial keratitis in contact lens usage

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 2626-2630
Author(s):  
EVELINA MILCHEVA MARINOVA ◽  
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DIMITAR STOIMENOV DABOV ◽  
YANI TODOROV ZDRAVKOV ◽  
EMILIA KRASIMIROVA NASEVA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Contact Lens ◽  
Contact Lenses ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Bacterial Keratitis ◽  
Ophthalmic Examination ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Predisposing Conditions

Objective: The purpose of our research is to emphasize the role of underestimated predisposing conditions for microbial keratitis in contact lens users, to draw attention to the complications of wearing contact lenses without ophthalmic examination, and to offer a short questionnaire for fast and easy estimation of the risk factors for bacterial keratitis. Methods: A series of 23 cases of healthy young individuals, treated for bacterial keratitis, provoked а research on the predisposing factors for its development. Results: 55% of the patients had started to wear contact lenses without specific examination. 75% had made mistakes in the hygiene and storage of the lenses. We identified risk factors for development of bacterial keratitis in all cases. Conclusions: A thorough anamnesis and ophthalmic examination are crucial in decision making about contact lens wearing because they could reveal some of the predisposing conditions for the occurrence of ocular complications. The usage of contact lenses without a prescription poses health risks and could have a negative impact on the social and healthcare system.

scholarly journals FINANCIAL PROVISION OF THE PENSION SYSTEM IN THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND UKRAINE UNDER GLOBALIZATION

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-80
Author(s):  
Tetiana Ivashchenko
Keyword(s):  
Pension System ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Financial Economic ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
Pension Systems ◽  
The Social ◽  
System Functioning ◽  
The Impact

The most contradictions arise today over the pension system reforming. Each year the states spent significant resources to finance social and economic needs of the population. The positive effect of the nominal growth of the social and economic guarantees in Ukraine leveled nowadays in terms of financial, economic and political instability. Also the processes of depopulation have a very negative impact on the financial viability of the PAYG pension system. Given this, the research aim was to study and discuss tendencies in financial provision of the pension systems in the European countries and Ukraine under globalization. As a result in the process of research the main features of functioning and providing of the pension insurance systems in European countries and Ukraine were examined; the impact of the depopulation processes on the financial provision of the pension systems was determined; problems, related to introduction of the funded system of pension insurance were analyzed; the role of the minimum pension institute in provision of the effective pension system functioning was disclosed and recommendations in relation to optimization of pension insurance and providing сo-operation under globalization were developed.

scholarly journals Pornography: Human right or human rights violation?

2010 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabet Le Roux
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Clinical Evidence ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
South African Population ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
Systemic Discrimination ◽  
Human Rights Violation

The article investigates the availability of pornographic media to under-aged users, specifically the already marginalised under-aged sector of the South African population. It argues that the availability of pornography is just another illustration of the systemic discrimination against this section of the population. Theoretical, non-experimental and clinical evidence illustrating the negative impact that the exposure to pornography has on children is presented against the background of the social reality of South Africa. The article finds that exposure to pornography leaves children even more vulnerable than they already are. The investigation of relevant legislation indicates that those who broadcast and/or sell pornography contravene South African law. The article concludes that the effects of pornography on children are far-reaching and potentially harmful. Children should be more effectively protected against exposure to pornography. Lastly, the role of faith-based organisations (FBOs) and the possibilities of their effective involvement, is explored.

Modern Means of Communication and Their Impact on the Social, Cultural and Intellectual Development of a Child

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Хосе Колома ◽  
Hose Koloma ◽  
Дебора Гарсия ◽  
Debora Garsiya
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Development Of Students

The article of American colleagues reveals the role of modern means of communication in the process of training and education of children of primary school and adolescence. Primary attention is paid to video games, the characteristics of their different types, including educational orientation. With concrete examples, the possible positive effect of the use of video games by teachers for the intellectual development of students, as well as the risks of uncontrolled use by children, are considered. Recommendations are given to teachers and parents to control the play activities of younger schoolchildren and adolescents in order to prevent the negative impact of video games on the health and mental state of a child.

“Gay? Prove it”: The politics of queer anti-deportation activism

Sexualities ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 958-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel A Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
The Political ◽  
Credibility Assessment ◽  
Political Asylum ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Perceived Credibility ◽  
The Social

This article examines how gender, sexuality, race and class intersect in queer asylum claims to influence the perceived credibility of gay and lesbian asylum applicants. Building on recent scholarship in queer migration studies that considers the role of gender and sexuality in the social construction of migrant illegality, this article explores how practices of credibility assessment in the political asylum process produce women and sexual minorities as deportable subjects. As I argue, the tactics utilized by gay male asylum applicants to resist deportation show how practices of credibility assessment in the political asylum process are linked to the state’s reproduction of sexual citizenship narratives, narratives that have a disproportionately negative impact upon queer female migrants of color. Accounting for the intersections among gender, sexuality, race and class in influencing the perceived credibility of gay and lesbian asylum applicants is thus crucial for conceptualizing alternative forms of queer anti-deportation activism.

scholarly journals The Role of Yarn Counts and Polyester/Cotton Blends in Comfort of Knitted Fabric

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-168
Author(s):  
Muhammad Qamar Tusief ◽  
Nabeel Amin ◽  
Nasir Mahmood ◽  
Muhammad Babar Ramzan ◽  
Hafiz Rehan Saleem
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Knitted Fabric ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Clothing Comfort ◽  
Yarn Properties ◽  
Plain Knitted Fabric ◽  
Vertical Wicking ◽  
The Social ◽  
Blend Ratios

There have been three major concerns regarding the clothing comfort, psychological, sensorialand thermo-physiological comfort. However, there is lack of work on thermo-physiological comfort ofknitted fabric. Hence the present study is conducted to fulfill this gap by analyzing physiological comfortin sense of air permeability, absorbency, vertical wicking and drying time of plain knitted fabric. Clothingcomfort is mainly affected by type of fibres, yarn properties, structure of fabric, finishing treatments, andclothing conditions. In this study the effect of various yarn counts and polyester/cotton blend ratios on thecomfort of knitted fabric has been analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Itis depicted from the results that the selected variables put direct influences on the thermo-physiologicalcomfort of the knitted fabric. The increasing share of polyester in the blend and the fine count for yarnput negative impact on the comfort of the knitted fabric.

scholarly journals ISTERI SEBAGAI PENCARI NAFKAH UTAMA: Studi terhadap Perajin Kapuk di Desa Imogiri, Bantul, Yogyakarta

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Siti Djazimah ◽  
Ihab Habudin
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Economic Independence ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Wage Earners ◽  
Positive Traits ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

Islam has expressly regulate the division of tasks and roles between husbands and wives fairly. Although the husband is obliged to provide sustenance for his wife and children, but the family law of Islam does not forbid a wife from helping her husband in making a living with her husband's consent and does not interfere with her obligations as a housewife. There is a wife in a family of craftsmen in the village of Tegal Kembang, Imogiri, Yogyakarta, which acts as the main breadwinners for their families. This article examines the wives who work as the wage earners by using the concept of maqa> s} id ash-shari'ah < 'ah. The impact that emerges of the role of the kapok craftsmen woman is more on the impacts that are in positive traits and it is associated with the hajjiy and daruriy needs. The wife who has an income has the economic independence power that can even sustain the needs of the family. Social interactions that occur in kapok craftsmen community, make a strong emotional connection between kapok craftsmen. While the social interaction with the "outside world" (consumers) clearly provides insight of the Kapok Craftsmen. As for the negative impact of the mother's role of Kapok craftsman towards parenting does not seem significant.[Islam secara tegas telah mengatur tentang pembagian tugas dan peran antara suami dan istri secara adil. Walaupun suami berkewajiban memberi nafkah kepada isteri dan anak-anaknya, tetapi hukum keluarga islam tidak melarang istri membantu suaminya dalam mencari nafkah dengan persetujuan suaminya dan tidak mengganggu kewajibannya sebagai seorang ibu rumah tangga. Ada istri pada keluarga perajin kapuk di dusun Tegal Kembang, Imogiri, Bantul,  Yogyakarta, yang berperan sebagai pencari nafkah utama bagi keluarganya. Tulisan ini mengkaji para isteri yang bekerja sebagai pencari nafkah dengan menggunakan konsep maqa>s}id asy-syari<‘ah. Dampak yang ditimbulkan dari peran yang dijalankan para ibu perajin kapuk adalah lebih pada dampak yang sifatnya positif dan hal ini terkait dengan kebutuhan yang sifatnya daruriy dan hajjiy. Para isteri yang mempunya penghasilan tersebut memiliki kemandirian dalam ekonomi bahkan dapat menopang kebutuhan keluarga. Interaksi sosial yang terjadi dalam komuitas perajin kapuk, menjadikan kuatnya hubungan emosional di antara perajin kapuk. Sementara  interaksi sosial dengan “dunia luar” (konsumen) jelas memberikan wawasan perajin kapuk semakin bertambah. Adapun dampak negatif peran ibu sebagai perajin kapuk terhadap pengasuhan anak tidak nampak secara signifikan.]

scholarly journals The Effect of Exercise Duration on Mobile Phone Dependence among College Students: The Mediating Role of Self-Control

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
Weihang Huo
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Exercise Duration ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Social

This research focused on the social concern of college students’ participation in physical exercise and mobile phone dependence. The research model and hypotheses in this study were constructed based on the self-control theory and by reviewing previous research. This research distributed questionnaires to 207 college students from a university in Guangzhou, China to obtain relevant data. Mediation analysis was employed to test the four hypotheses drawn from empirical and conceptual research. The results of this research showed that first, the longer the exercise duration of college students, the higher the level of their self-control, thus exercise duration has a significant positive impact on self-control. Second, increasing the exercise duration of college students had no effect on their mobile phone dependence. Third, the higher the level of self-control, the lower the dependence on mobile phones, thus signifying that self-control has significantly negative impact on mobile phone dependence. Fourth, self-control plays a mediating role in the effect of exercise duration on mobile phone dependence. In conclusion, the longer the exercise duration of college students, the higher the level of self-control, in which it is able to significantly reduce the dependence on mobile phones.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF DESIGNERS IN THE SOCIAL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-60
Author(s):  
Lisa Indriati
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Social Design ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Sustainability Initiatives ◽  
Least Energy

Designers have been active promoters who campaign for the wellbeing of life through the convenience and practicality created through design (Manzini, 2015). However, it has only recently been realized that the positive intentions discovered to be unsustainable that leads society to become very consumptive, thus causing a negative impact on the social, economic, and environmental problems we face today. Designers who are contributing to this problem need to be part of the solution, therefore it is necessary to develop tools or methodological frameworks to help designers get new ideas, develop solutions and utilize technology to create engaging sustainability initiatives for society. The major problem that society faces today is the lack of sensitivity to sustainable ways of living. Social problems play an important role in initiating the desired change, the power of design as a means to change behaviour into interests among the people, especially interests in the field of sustainable design or what is now commonly referred to as social design. The main purpose of the social design was to initially design products that require the least energy to produce and can be recycled. However, the development of massive industrialization produces a negative impact on the environment and society so that the development of social design shifts focus on things that affect change, the design must be able to change user behaviour.   Keyword: social design, social impact, community, responsibility, sustainability.

Tourism, the environment, and energy policies

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 821-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Chieh Wang ◽  
Chang-Sheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Energy Markets ◽  
Energy Policies ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the impact of tourism development on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries by particularly exploring the role of energy markets in the environment–tourism relation. We find that tourism growth raises more CO2 emissions in the future, and that greater CO2 emissions return a lagged and negative impact on tourism development. Our empirical results suggest that an improvement in energy efficiency simultaneously benefits the sustainability of both tourism development and the environment.

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