scholarly journals Using 3D modelling and printing to study avian cognition from different geometric dimensions

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 181938
Author(s):  
Canchao Yang ◽  
Wei Liang ◽  
Anders Pape Møller
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Animal Cognition ◽  
Geometric Dimension ◽  
3D Modelling ◽  
Avian Cognition ◽  
Foreign Objects ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Printing Method

Studying animal cognition is meaningful because it helps us understand how animals adapt to the natural environment. Many birds build nests, clean their nests and reject foreign objects from their nests, which provide an optimal opportunity for studying their cognition toward foreign objects in nests. However, hand-made models used in previous studies have many deficiencies that considerably constrain our capacity to understand the evolution of avian cognition of foreign objects because they are unquantifiable and dependent on different features. We established a 3D modelling and printing method to manipulate one geometric dimension of a model while controlling for others, which allowed us to investigate avian cognition for different dimensions independently. Here we introduce this method, conduct an empirical study as an example, and discuss its applications to further studies.

Effects of a five-day Nordic skiing camp on the individuals and on the group.

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Eduard Inglés Yuba ◽  
Víctor Labrador Roca ◽  
Unai Sáez de Ocáriz Granja
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Outdoor Sports ◽  
Integral Development ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Nordic Skiing ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract Scholars from diverse disciplines are increasingly concerned with the benefits generated by the practice of physical activity in the natural environment on individuals (Gomila Serra, 2014; Jirásek et al., 2016). This chapter attempts to shed light on the various scientific approaches that confirm this beneficial relationship. It also contributes to the holistic and integral conception of the human being, made up of different dimensions: physical, mental, emotional and social (Sandell et al., 2009; Borkowski, 2011). After an introductory approach to the relationship between outdoor sports and the integral development of their participants, an empirical study is shown. A five-day Nordic skiing camp is used to evaluate the effects of this practice on the individuals and on the group.

Material Temporality: How materiality ‘does’ time in food organizing

2020 ◽  
pp. 017084062090997
Author(s):  
Tor Hernes ◽  
Jonathan Feddersen ◽  
Majken Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
Theoretical Contribution

The organic and hence perishable nature of food makes it particularly useful for understanding how the temporal dimension of materiality influences organizing and innovation. We present, as our main theoretical contribution, the concept of ‘material temporality’ to account for the transformation of materials in time and their imagined states at different moments across time, which we label processual and epochal temporality, respectively. Our empirical study shows how two organizations in the beer and dairy industries searched for novel solutions in their past and future. We show how the organizations’ potential for more consequential innovation was greater when they engaged distant past or future epochal temporalities. However, distant epochal temporality may also become uncertain and contested through the lens of ongoing processual temporality. We discuss the implications of material temporality for industries other than food and for organizing in relation to the natural environment.

Effects of Sport Event Media on Destination Image and Intention to Visit

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Chalip ◽  
B. Christine Green ◽  
Brad Hill
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
Different Dimensions

The effect of destination advertising and sport event media (advertising and telecast) were compared experimentally on nine dimensions of destination image and on intention to visit the host destination. Participants' images of Australia's Gold Coast were collected in the United States (long-haul market) and New Zealand (short-haul market) following exposure to one of eight media conditions. The event telecast, event advertising, and destination advertising each affected different dimensions of destination image. There was a wider array of effects in the American market than in the New Zealand market. Some effects of each form of media were negative, with event media having a negative impact on participants' image of the destination's natural environment. Destination image was significantly related to intention to visit the host destination, but the dimensions that affected intention to visit were different for the two countries. Among the New Zealand sample, the dimensions of destination image affected by event media and the destination advertisement were not those impacting intention to visit.

scholarly journals An Empirical Study of Visitors’ Experience at Kuching Orchid Garden with Mobile Guide Application

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Kamal Othman ◽  
Khairul Izham Idris ◽  
Shaziti Aman ◽  
Prashanth Talwar
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Interactive Technologies ◽  
Digital Environments ◽  
Museum Experience ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
And Control

This empirical study was conducted to measure visitors’ experiences with a mobile guide application at Kuching Orchid Garden (KOG). A between-group experimental design with 114 participants was conducted to test three groups;(1)a group using the mobile guide application as an information aid,(2)a control group (with no information aid), and(3)a group using pamphlets to explore the KOG. The Museum Experience Scale (MES) was used to evaluate visitors’ experience for all participants, whilst the Multimedia Guide Scale (MMGS) was used to evaluate the visitors’ experience with the mobile guide group. The most notable result from the Museum Experience Scale (MES) showed an impact on the visitors in terms of knowledge and learning when using the mobile guide application. However, the study found that enhancing visitors experience goes beyond simply providing interactive technologies in public settings to aid with information delivery. A limitation was providing relevant information in a timely and seamless manner due to inaccuracies of mapping between physical and digital environments. Future works should consider beacons and other Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology to address the issues with location based devices. It is also important to highlight that the use of one’s own device had a significant impact on learnability and control of the device, thus suggesting that the BYOD concept should be widely used in informal educational settings implementing mobile guide applications. The use of MES and MMGS informs future researches with an understanding of the different dimensions of visitors’ experiences with mobile guide technology in public spaces to inform mobile application development that may further boost visitors’ engagement, emotional connection, and meaningful experience.

Testing the organizational trust contents of coast guard organizations in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jui-Chung Kao ◽  
Cheng-Chung Cho ◽  
Kao Rui-Hsin
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Organizational Trust ◽  
Inventory Model ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Organizational Trust Inventory

PurposeThe purpose is to verify the OTC of Taiwan coast guard organizations and to explore whether the views of coast guard personnel on the trust of supervisors, colleagues and subordinates are consistent based on vertical or horizontal relationship in the organization.Design/methodology/approachThis is an empirical study conducted with 412 participants from Taiwan coast guard organizations.FindingsThe main finding of this study was that, in Taiwan coast guard organizations, there are differences in the perceptions of organizational trust contents (OTC) in different measuring subjects that are nonexistent in previous studies on other cultures. In particular, the recognition of organizational trust (OT) in subordinates was higher than that in colleagues, while the recognition of OT in colleagues was higher than that in supervisors. Furthermore, measuring the same object with different dimensions, it was found that the OT of colleagues' honest negotiation was significantly higher than those of “not to take excessive advantage (NTEA)” and “keep commitments.” There was no difference in recognition of the three dimensions for subordinates and supervisors.Originality/valueThe result confirms the structure of the Organizational Trust Inventory model of Taiwan coast guard organizations. In addition, Chinese culture evidently influences the weight on each of the contracting behaviors expected of different referents; particularly, trustworthy subordinates are more expected to exhibit good contracting behaviors than supervisors and coworkers. This study contributes to the understanding of how to foster trust in terms of good contracting behaviors in Taiwan coast guard organizations.

Avian cognition and social interaction

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene M. Pepperberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Animal Behavior ◽  
Animal Cognition ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
Avian Cognition ◽  
Avian Behavior ◽  
Change Perceptions ◽  
Background Material ◽  
Avian Communication

The study of animal behavior, and particularly avian behavior, has advanced significantly in the past 50 years. In the early 1960s, both ethologists and psychologists were likely to see birds as simple automatons, incapable of complex cognitive processing. Indeed, the term “avian cognition” was considered an oxymoron. Avian social interaction was also seen as based on rigid, if sometimes complicated, patterns. The possible effect of social interaction on cognition, or vice versa, was therefore something almost never discussed. Two paradigm shifts—one concerning animal cognition and one concerning social interaction—began to change perceptions in, respectively, the early 1970s and 1980s, but only more recently have researchers actively investigated how these two areas intersect in the study of avian behavior. The fruits of such intersection can be seen in the various papers for this special issue. I provide some brief background material before addressing the striking findings of current projects. In some cases, researchers have adapted early classic methods and in other cases have devised new paradigms, but in all instances have demonstrated avian capacities that were once thought to be the exclusive domain of humans or at least nonhuman primates. Keywords: avian cognition; avian social learning; avian observational learning; avian communication

scholarly journals The structural relationships of destination image, awareness, uniqueness and destination loyalty in periurban ecotourism destination

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Sang Jun
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Destination Image ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Destination Loyalty ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Structural Relationships ◽  
Japanese City ◽  
Research Questions

AbstractThis study is designed to explore the conceptualization of ecotourism in order to expand the concept into ecotourism activities in our daily lives. To this end, the author proposes the ‘periurban ecotourism’ concept and conducts an empirical study with a focus on Nabari City, a small Japanese city with a well-preserved natural environment that has been attracting a number of visitors. In this study, destination image, awareness and uniqueness are presented as key independent variables to set directions for the development as a periurban ecotourism destination and to thereby develop a “theoretical periurban ecotourism model”, and four hypotheses for this study are examined. Findings from the examination reveal that destination image and awareness have a positive impact on overall satisfaction while destination uniqueness generates statistically significant result. In a group of first visitors, however, destination uniqueness appears to have a significant impact of some degree, with less influence than expected. In order to help redefine ecotourism and suggest a variety of research questions for ecotourism markets, it is necessary to conduct an empirical study covering “periurban ecotourism” and its conceptualization, motivation of ecotourists, and lifestyles from a more concrete perspective.

scholarly journals Modeling and research of the development of teenage subjectivity in interaction with the natural environment in a health camp

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
А.Н. Камнев
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Technological Support ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Environmental Event ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Цель статьи заключается в разработке современной модели развития субъектности подростка во взаимодействии с природной средой в детском оздоровительном лагере. Авторами описываются три блока модели: теоретический, технологический и диагностический. Проанализированы теоретические подходы к рассмотрению проблемы исследования. Раскрыта специфика методологических подходов (системно-субъектного, деятельностного, средового, со-бытийного) к развитию субъектности подростков, рассмотрены принципы и факторы (внешние и внутренние), обусловливающие развитие субъектности подростков. Показаны этапы технологического обеспечения и система педагогических средств, необходимых для его осуществления. Авторами рассматриваются педагогические условия, которые должны быть созданы в оздоровительном лагере для эффективной реализации модели. В статье приводятся результаты эмпирического исследования стадий становления субъектности подростков («Наблюдатель», «Ученик», «Подмастерье», «Мастер», «Творец») в ходе реализации модели. Статья предназначена для научных и педагогических работников, занимающихся проблемами развития и обучения детей в сфере их оздоровления и отдыха. The purpose of the article is to develop a modern model of the development of subjectivity of adolescent in interaction with the natural environment in a children's health camp. The authors describe three blocks of the model: theoretical, technological and diagnostic. Theoretical approaches to the study of the problem are analyzed. The specifics of methodological approaches (system-subjective, activity, environmental, event-related) to the development of adolescents 'subjectivity is revealed, principles and factors (external and internal) that determine the development of adolescents' subjectivity are considered. The stages of technological support and the system of pedagogical tools necessary for its implementation are shown. The authors consider the pedagogical conditions that must be created in a health camp for the effective implementation of the model. The article presents the results of an empirical study of the stages of formation of subjectivity of adolescents ("Observer", "Student", "Apprentice", "Master", "Creator") in the course of the model implementation. The article is intended for scientific and pedagogical workers dealing with the problems of development and education of children in the field of health improvement and recreation of children.

Role of Intellectual Capital in Women Entrepreneurs' Business Performance

2019 ◽  
pp. 209-230
Author(s):  
Sakinah Mat Zin ◽  
Khamisah Abd Manaf
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter presents an in-depth analysis on the relationship between intellectual capital and business performance in view to highlight gaps in the knowledge of women entrepreneurship in Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The creation of intellectual capital is crucial to cope with organizational competitive issues in the present dynamics of globalized economics. A conceptual model is developed linking different dimensions of intellectual capital to business performance. In doing so, the sample of 167 respondents from women SME entrepreneurs in Kelantan was utilized. The survey data were analyzed using SPSS version 22. The results of the study reveal that intellectual capital significantly influences business performance. This enables entrepreneurs and scholars to make appropriate decisions that can foster business progress. Moreover, the empirical study presented in this chapter is the first of its kind over women SMEs from multiple sectors operating in Kelantan state located at the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

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