‘More, bigger, better’ household appliances: Contesting normativity in practices through emotions

2019 ◽  
pp. 146954051988998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlyne Sahakian
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Household Appliances ◽  
Complementary Methods ◽  
Meal Preparation ◽  
Normative Authority ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Bounded Space ◽  
Heuristic Device ◽  
And Storage

With electricity-using appliances as the starting point, we seek to uncover the normative authority in the performance of practices among households in Western Switzerland. Through complementary methods, we explore normativity in practices that involve communicating and entertaining, cleaning and tidying up, and storing food and preparing meals. Combined with this approach is an understanding of emotions in practice, which are used as a heuristic device for uncovering how people performing practices feel that they are either aligned with how things ought or should be done, or conversely reveal any tensions in relation to the explicit or implicit normative authority. We see these points of tension as opportunities for change in designing experiments in a bounded space and time where practices can be performed differently – towards disconnecting, washing less, or sharing meal preparation and storage, for example. We conclude with discussions on the importance of enacting ‘deviant’ practices as performances and staging positive emotions, towards finding coherent ways to challenge the normative authority tied up with practices that rely on ‘more, bigger, better’ household appliances.

scholarly journals Analysis of Impulsive Buying Behavior in Live Broadcast Scenarios

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yide Sun
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Impulsive Buying ◽  
Impulse Purchases ◽  
Live Broadcast ◽  
Target Consumer ◽  
Product Sales

In the past two years, with the continuous development of the Internet economy and the increase of e-commerce platforms, product sales in the form of live broadcast have also become the mainstream. This article takes e-commerce live broadcasts as the starting point, and takes consumers who have experienced live broadcasts to make impulsive purchases as the research object. Based on theoretical research and empirical analysis, this article focuses on the factors that trigger consumer impulsive buying behaviors in e-commerce live broadcasts, including marketing incentives (promotion discounts), scenarios (anchor interaction) and individual characteristics (positive emotions) and their influence mechanisms. Through the analysis of the above factors, consumers have a clearer understanding of the psychological activities and purchasing behaviors when their impulse purchases occur, and guide different consumer groups to make rational and appropriate consumption. On the other hand, they assist e-commerce companies to make full use of live marketing, value and precise positioning of target consumer groups, optimization of corporate marketing decision-making and management level.

scholarly journals Learnings from Local Collaborative Transformations: Setting a Basis for a Sustainability Framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 795
Author(s):  
Pedro Macedo ◽  
Ana Huertas ◽  
Cristiano Bottone ◽  
Juan del Río ◽  
Nicola Hillary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Heuristic Device ◽  
Sustainability Framework ◽  
Business And Management ◽  
Municipal Level

The complexity of the sustainability challenge demands for collaboration between different actors, be they governments, businesses, or grassroots movements, at all levels. Nevertheless, and according to previous research, many tensions and obstacles to partnership still exist and results are far from meaningful. By investigating potential synergies, our purpose is to define a sustainability framework to promote better collaboration between community-based initiatives and local governments, in the context of transformation. Specifically, the research aim presented in this paper is to harvest learnings from existing collaborative experiments at the municipal level. As a starting point and using exploratory literature review concerning areas like policy (e.g., public administration) or business and management research, we propose a ‘Compass for Collaborative Transformation’. This heuristic device can support the study of these sustainability experiments. We also introduce a method to map the governance imprint of these collaborations and to provide a ‘proxy’ of transformative efforts. We then present and discuss results from 71 surveyed cases happening in 16 countries in America and Europe, comparing distinctive frameworks involved. Finally, we consider the preconditions of a framework to improve these local collaborations—namely the capacity to support joint navigation through transformative efforts, facing high levels of uncertainty and complexity—and present ongoing efforts to codesign a new sustainability framework.

scholarly journals Effect of infant meal home preparation temperature on surviving of Bacillus cereus sensu lato: A case of Bechar city, Algeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-210
Author(s):  
Hassiba Difallah ◽  
Mohammed Ziane ◽  
Olfa Ben Braïek ◽  
Mohammed Bouamra ◽  
Habiba Louzim
Keyword(s):  
Heat Resistance ◽  
Bacillus Cereus ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Preparation Temperature ◽  
Meal Preparation ◽  
Production Preparation ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Bacterial Concentrations ◽  
Bacillus Cereus Sensu Lato

Abstract This work aimed to enumerate the Bacillus cereus sensu lato from infant’s flour sampled at Béchar city and evaluate its resistance to different heating conditions during meal preparation patterns at home. Our findings revealed a prevalence of 74% with 2.4 to 3.9 CFU/g in the analyzed samples. Regarding the heat resistance at 90 °C to 98 °C, our results showed heat resistance variability which depends on the isolate, for example, D90 °C and zT °C values varied from 3.24 to 5.52 min and 11.56 to 89.74 °C respectively. Then, the decimal reduction (n) was calculated at all preparation temperatures (50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 °C). Low “n” was observed with the preparation at T≤50 °C as recommended by the fabricant. However, at the other temperatures, high “n” was observed at 100°C with median and 95th values of 2.22 and 12.36 respectively. Therefore, bacterial concentrations (99th) were estimated at 0.124 log CFU/g for 100 °C. These concentrations could be increased with bacterial growth during meal storage and then achieve critical concentrations. Thus, the results of this work highlight the interest to establish a risk assessment for babies and to improve the production, preparation, and storage conditions of the infant’s flour.

scholarly journals Emotion as the Foundation of Creativity

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Nenad Suzic
Keyword(s):  
Effect Size ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Mathematics Textbook ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Stability ◽  
High Level ◽  
Over Time

The starting point for this study was the hypothesis that creativity is connected with emotions. The author applied CogAT, a widely known instrument for measuring creativity, calibrated it on the observed sample, and obtained a high level of internal consistency, as measured using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (α = 0,83). In addition, he drafted his own instrument called CREM, measuring creativity and emotions. It was also calibrated using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and obtained satisfactory coefficients (α = 0,50 for tasks in a mathematics textbook, α = 0,83 for positive emotions and α = 0,78 for negative emotions). Crossing variables showed that creativity is in fact driven by emotions, but more by negative than positive ones. The stability of the correlation was tested measuring the effect size. It turned out that the correlation increased over time (r = –0,41 to r = –0,88). This is indeed logical – the longer we carry a problem, the more frustration will grow over not finding a solution. What remains is to explore whether a creative solution elicits positive emotions.

scholarly journals The Role of Organizational Emotions in Strategic Leadership: A literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudirman Sudirman
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Strategic Leadership ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Grounded Theory Method ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Strategic Leaders

Emotions are human things. When people consider emotions from a strategic leadership point of view, additional individual framing factors become unavoidable and play a role in an organization's management process. This research aimed to evaluate the existing literature on emotion and strategic leadership comprehensively. The study was a survey of the literature on emotion and strategic leadership. Because of the search and exclusion criteria applied, only 24 articles were relevant. The texts were studied using the grounded theory method to build a new theoretical model and identify essential characteristics of organizational emotion shifting. The model tried to demonstrate how the interaction of human and organizational elements and the task and problems faced by strategic leaders result in internal and external emotional shifts. This literature survey and theoretical integration provided a starting point for further research. The results show that the conceptualization of emotions in strategic leadership encompasses all five levels: positive emotions, negative emotions, emotional empowerment (internal emotion shaping), the establishment of external resources, and the use of power (external emotions shaping). The research revealed that emotion in organizational shaping was a key variable. This variable identified the numerous ways strategic leaders use emotion to shape organizations. It indicates that the concept can bring the person (strategic leader) and organizational levels together. In light of the limited literature, mainly focusing on strategic and emotional leadership, the model should be tested as a foundation for future research.

scholarly journals Imidazo-Phenanthroline Ligands as a Convenient Modular Platform for the Preparation of Heteroleptic Cu(I) Photosensitizers

Inorganics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Ann Schmid ◽  
Martin Rentschler ◽  
Wolfgang Frey ◽  
Stefanie Tschierlei ◽  
Michael Karnahl
Keyword(s):  
Essential Feature ◽  
Photophysical Properties ◽  
Diimine Ligands ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Diimine Ligand ◽  
Modular Platform ◽  
20 Nm ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Current Energy ◽  
Bright Emission

The capture and storage of solar energy is a promising option to overcome current energy issues. To put such systems into practice, molecular photosensitizers should be based on abundant metals and possess a strong absorption capability for visible light. Therefore, a systematic series of four novel heteroleptic Cu(I) complexes of the type [(P^P)Cu(N^N)]+ (with P^P = xantphos and N^N = different diimine ligands) has been prepared. As an essential feature, these copper photosensitizers contain an imidazole moiety at the backbone of the diimine ligand, which increases the aromatic π-system compared to phenanthroline type ligands. Moreover, 2-(4-bromophenyl)-1-phenyl-1H-imidazo-[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline was used as a starting point and modular platform for gradually extended diimine ligands. Suzuki cross-coupling was applied to introduce different kind of substituents in the back of this ligand. Afterwards, a combination of NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, X-ray analysis, cyclic voltammetry, UV/vis and emission spectroscopy was used to investigate the structural, electrochemical and photophysical properties of these compounds. As a result, a reversible reduction, strongly increased extinction coefficients and significantly redshifted absorption maxima (>20 nm) were found compared to traditional Cu(I) photosensitizers without an imidazo moiety. Moreover, these compounds show a bright emission in the solid state.

Mesolimbic Dopamine and the Circuitry of Reward

2017 ◽  
pp. 153-162
Author(s):  
A. J. Robison ◽  
Eric J. Nestler
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Genetic Material ◽  
Reward Processing ◽  
Neural Systems ◽  
Consummatory Behavior ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
Brain Circuitry ◽  
And Storage ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Evolutionary Fitness

The meaning of the word reward, “payment for something good that has been done,” is useful when considering the concept from an evolutionary perspective. It is widely believed that neurocircuitry has evolved to reward behaviors contributing to evolutionary fitness, motivating individuals to perform actions that increase the likelihood of propagating their genetic material. For a behavior to be rewarding (and thus be reinforced), it must create positive emotions, but it also must induce learning and produce consummatory behavior (i.e., eating, copulating, interacting). In fact, many neural systems formerly proposed to encode feelings of reward are now understood to be more complex. Therefore, the brain circuitry underlying reward must involve regions and connections that drive feelings of pleasure, formation and storage of memories, and decision-making and behavioral output. This chapter focuses on neurocircuits associated with these aspects of reward and their integration into a network responsible for reward processing.

Cosmological forecasts from photometric measurements of the angular correlation function for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (S359) ◽  
pp. 46-48
Author(s):  
Diogo H. F. de Souza ◽  
Basílio X. Santiago
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Function ◽  
Angular Correlation ◽  
Cosmological Parameters ◽  
Theoretical Modeling ◽  
Fisher Matrix ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Angular Correlation Function ◽  
Photometric Measurements ◽  
Square Matrix

AbstractWe aim to do forecasts for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) with a theoretical modeling of the two point angular correlation function. The Fisher matrix is the starting point. This is a square matrix over the cosmological parameters, whose diagonal contains direct informations on the parameters expected uncertainties.

scholarly journals Scale-related governance challenges in the water–energy–food nexus: toward a diagnostic approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Pahl-Wostl ◽  
Philipp Gorris ◽  
Nicolas Jager ◽  
Larissa Koch ◽  
Louis Lebel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Design ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Governance Challenges ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Different Levels

AbstractThe notion of a water–energy–food (WEF) nexus was introduced to encourage a more holistic perspective on the sustainable development of natural resources. Most attention has been directed at identifying potential synergies and trade-offs among sectors that could be addressed with improved technologies and management. The governance of the WEF nexus more broadly has received comparatively little attention, and the importance of scale in space and time has been largely ignored. Inspired by scholarship on multi-level governance in individual sectors, this paper identifies four scale-related governance challenges in the WEF nexus, namely: (1) scalar fit, which arises when planning and operating procedures work at different levels along the scales of space and time in different sectors; (2) scalar strategies, wherever the levels at which actors have influence and in which action takes place are contested and negotiated; (3) institutional interplay, where rules and norms in different sectors influence each other at different levels; (4) scalar uncertainty, arising out of the complexity of multi-level and multi-scale interactions. The relevance of these four challenges is illustrated with case studies from developed and developing countries. These examples show the importance of considering multiple levels and scales when assessing the likely effectiveness of WEF nexus governance mechanisms or proposals. The cases underline the need to pay close attention to issues of power, contestation, and negotiation, in addition to the analysis of institutional design. Thus, this paper recommends that nexus governance efforts and proposals be scrutinized for scale assumptions. The four identified challenges offer a suitable starting point for diagnosis.

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