When “Too Much and Too Slapdash” No Longer Satisfies: Existential Changes Brought by Altering the Speed of Life

This article uses two opposing concepts of time to articulate the tensions that are common among the working-age urban population of today’s post-industrial societies and their solutions at the individual level. The importance of the time dimension for the analysis of today’s people’s lives is revealed through the analysis of sociological studies of the concepts of fast and slow time and the results of a qualitative study which included interviews with 18 people who linked their changes in life to different regimes of time. For some people who live in fast-time mode, turning back to slow time becomes an essential principle for achieving significant existential changes that lead to a subjectively more meaningful, qualitative, freer, and more authentic life.

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Disappointing poverty trends: is the social investment state to blame?

Journal of European Social Policy ◽

10.1177/0958928711418857 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 21 (5) ◽

pp. 450-471 ◽

Cited By ~ 81

Author(s):

Frank Vandenbroucke ◽

Koen Vleminckx

Keyword(s):

Social Inclusion ◽

Resource Competition ◽

Social Investment ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Social ◽

Working Age ◽

Per Se ◽

Post Industrial ◽

Industrial Societies ◽

The Eu

Should we explain the disappointing outcomes of the Open Method of Co-ordination on Inclusion by methodological weaknesses or by substantive contradictions in the ‘social investment’ paradigm? To clarify the underlying concepts, we first revisit the original ‘Lisbon inspiration’ and then relate it to the idea of the ‘new welfare state’, as proposed in the literature on new risks in post-industrial societies. We then discuss two explanations for disappointing poverty trends, suggested by critical accounts of the ‘social investment state’: ‘resource competition’ and a ‘re-commodification’. We do not find these explanations convincing per se and conclude that the jury is still out on the ‘social investment state’. However, policy-makers cannot ignore the failure of employment policies to reduce the proportion of children and working-age adults living in jobless households in the EU, and they should not deny the reality of a ‘trilemma of activation’. Finally, we identify policy conditions that may facilitate the complementarity of social investment and social inclusion.

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Taking Full Advantage of Modelling to Better Assess Environmental Risk Due to Xenobiotics

10.21203/rs.3.rs-375240/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sandrine Charles ◽

Aude Ratier ◽

Virgile Baudrot ◽

Gauthier Multari ◽

Aurélie Siberchicot ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Environmental Risk ◽

Aquatic Organisms ◽

The European Union ◽

Time Dimension ◽

New Era ◽

Individual Level ◽

Regulatory Bodies ◽

On Line ◽

The Individual ◽

User Friendly

Abstract In the European Union, more than 100,000 man-made chemical substances are awaiting an environmental risk assessment (ERA). Simultaneously, ERA of chemicals has now entered a new era. Indeed, recent recommendations from regulatory bodies underline a crucial need for the use of mechanistic effect models, allowing assessments that are not only ecologically relevant, but also more integrative, consistent and efficient. At the individual level, toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic (TKTD) models are particularly encouraged for the regulatory assessment of pesticide-related risks on aquatic organisms. In this paper, we first propose a brief review of classical dose-response models to put into light the on-line MOSAIC tool offering all necessary services in a turnkey web platform whatever the type of data to analyze. Then, we focus on the necessity to account for the time-dimension of the exposure by illustrating how MOSAIC can support a robust calculation of bioaccumulation factors. At last, we show how MOSAIC can be of valuable help to fully complete the EFSA workflow regarding the use of TKTD models, especially with GUTS models, providing a user-friendly interface for calibrating, validating and predicting survival over time under any time-variable exposure scenario of interest. Our conclusion proposes a few lines of thought for an even easier use of modelling in ERA.

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A few words about the concepts of industrial and post-industrial societies

Humanitarian studios: pedagogics, psychology, philosophy ◽

10.31548/hspedagog2020.02.042 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 42-47

Author(s):

T. V. Danylova ◽

Keyword(s):

English Language ◽

English Language Teaching ◽

Memory Processes ◽

New Words ◽

English Classes ◽

Entire Complex ◽

The Individual ◽

Language Teaching Methods ◽

Post Industrial ◽

Industrial Societies

Subject under consideration in the article is memory as entire, complex and uninterrupted process and lecturer’s influence on character of students’ memory processes. Efficient techniques for improving memory processes of various scientists and the features of modern technologies for English vocabulary memorizing have been studied; non-traditional ways of words memorizing in the English language teaching methods, shown good results in practice have been proposed. The author has analyzed the inclusion of psychology for studying English. The psychological aspects of efficiency increasing of new words memorizing in English classes have been shown. It has been proposed that teachers take into account the individual differences of students in perception and memorization of new English vocabulary. The use of psychological methods of mnemonics and pictograms in English classes has been also considered. Recommendations concerning positive consequences of lecturer’s impact on character of students’ memory processes have been given in the article.

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Taking full advantage of modelling to better assess environmental risk due to xenobiotics

10.1101/2021.03.24.436474 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sandrine Charles ◽

Aude Ratier ◽

Virgile Baudrot ◽

Gauthier Multari ◽

Aurélie Siberchicot ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Environmental Risk ◽

Aquatic Organisms ◽

The European Union ◽

Time Dimension ◽

New Era ◽

Individual Level ◽

Regulatory Bodies ◽

On Line ◽

The Individual ◽

User Friendly

AbstractIn the European Union, more than 100,000 man-made chemical substances are awaiting an environmental risk assessment (ERA). Simultaneously, ERA of chemicals has now entered a new era. Indeed, recent recommendations from regulatory bodies underline a crucial need for the use of mechanistic effect models, allowing assessments that are not only ecologically relevant, but also more integrative, consistent and efficient. At the individual level, toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic (TKTD) models are particularly encouraged for the regulatory assessment of pesticide-related risks on aquatic organisms. In this paper, we first propose a brief review of classical dose-response models to put into light the on-line MOSAIC tool offering all necessary services in a turnkey web platform whatever the type of data to analyze. Then, we focus on the necessity to account for the time-dimension of the exposure by illustrating how MOSAIC can support a robust calculation of bioaccumulation factors. At last, we show how MOSAIC can be of valuable help to fully complete the EFSA workflow regarding the use of TKTD models, especially with GUTS models, providing a user-friendly interface for calibrating, validating and predicting survival over time under any time-variable exposure scenario of interest. Our conclusion proposes a few lines of thought for an even easier use of modelling in ERA.Graphical art

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Procedures for monetary assessment of the labour component of organizations

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/201913504016 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 135 ◽

pp. 04016

Author(s):

Oksana Pirogova ◽

Roman Nuzhdin ◽

Nadezhda Kondrashova

Keyword(s):

Minimum Wage ◽

Average Wage ◽

Individual Level ◽

Personnel Decisions ◽

Subsistence Minimum ◽

Voronezh Region ◽

Working Age ◽

Level Of Economic Development ◽

Analytical Procedures ◽

The Individual

To obtain objective information about the level of staff remuneration and the possibilities of making effective managerial, including personnel, decisions, analytical procedures for the monetary assessment of the labour component of the organization have been developed. It is proposed to conduct a monetary assessment sequentially by means of implementing four analytical procedures for comparing the average monthly wage of personnel: with the established minimum wage; with a living wage; with the average wage in the region; with an average wage by type of economic activity. The results of a monetary assessment of the labour component of the Voronezh region sugar factories over a six-year period indicate the economic inappropriateness of using the minimum wage and the subsistence minimum as criteria. First, the values of these indicators do not correspond to the level of economic development of the region and do not provide for the satisfaction of the real needs of the working-age population. Secondly, their use to verify compliance with legal requirements is correct only at the individual level, and not throughout the organization. It was found that the level of staff remuneration in the organizations under study is lower than the regional average in 82% of cases. The results of the sectoral assessment indicate the absence of a unified approach to the remuneration of the personnel of organizations for labour, including those included in one holding.

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Contemporary conditions of recreational activity

Health Promotion & Physical Activity ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0012.8127 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 20-25

Author(s):

Janusz Zdebski

Keyword(s):

Social Life ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Emotional Experience ◽

Social Systems ◽

Situational Factors ◽

Recreational Activity ◽

Risky Behaviour ◽

The Individual ◽

Post Industrial ◽

Industrial Societies

Active human recreational behaviour is a result of both internal, subjective as well as external, situational factors. The need of emotional stimulation is a significant factor determining the form of recreational activity. It induces a man to engage in risky behaviour to have new, strong emotional experience. This need is best explained by Zuckerman’s concept. The search for experiences is biologically conditioned. Promoting fashion for recreational activity in the society is the result of perceiving its positive impact on human health. On the other hand, the progressing commercialization of all spheres of social life has contributed to the promotion of recreational activity as a product for sale. For people, recreational activity is an embodiment of free choice and allows for full creation, which corresponds to the fact that in post-industrial societies it displaces work from the centre of social systems. The best effects for a man are brought by recreational activity carried out as an expression of the internal needs of the individual.

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Differential Effects of Competence and Morality on Self-Esteem at the Individual and the Collective Level

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000410 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 51 (3) ◽

pp. 183-198

Author(s):

Wiktor Soral ◽

Mirosław Kofta

Keyword(s):

Self Esteem ◽

Differential Effects ◽

Individual Level ◽

The Subject ◽

The Individual

Abstract. The importance of various trait dimensions explaining positive global self-esteem has been the subject of numerous studies. While some have provided support for the importance of agency, others have highlighted the importance of communion. This discrepancy can be explained, if one takes into account that people define and value their self both in individual and in collective terms. Two studies ( N = 367 and N = 263) examined the extent to which competence (an aspect of agency), morality, and sociability (the aspects of communion) promote high self-esteem at the individual and the collective level. In both studies, competence was the strongest predictor of self-esteem at the individual level, whereas morality was the strongest predictor of self-esteem at the collective level.

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Empirical analysis of trait models at the individual level

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e633912013-137 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

James W. Grice

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Individual Level ◽

The Individual

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Metonymy in Dance: Ballet Bunheads Take a Cognitive Turn

Dance Research ◽

10.3366/drs.2019.0251 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 18-34

Author(s):

Edward C. Warburton

Keyword(s):

Identity Formation ◽

Cognitive Science ◽

Artistic Development ◽

Individual Level ◽

Figures Of Speech ◽

Self Image ◽

Level I ◽

Dance Educators ◽

The Individual ◽

Metaphor And Metonymy

This essay considers metonymy in dance from the perspective of cognitive science. My goal is to unpack the roles of metaphor and metonymy in dance thought and action: how do they arise, how are they understood, how are they to be explained, and in what ways do they determine a person's doing of dance? The premise of this essay is that language matters at the cultural level and can be determinative at the individual level. I contend that some figures of speech, especially metonymic labels like ‘bunhead’, can not only discourage but dehumanize young dancers, treating them not as subjects who dance but as objects to be danced. The use of metonymy to sort young dancers may undermine the development of healthy self-image, impede strong identity formation, and retard creative-artistic development. The paper concludes with a discussion of the influence of metonymy in dance and implications for dance educators.

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