Physiological Measurements in Social Acceptance of Self Driving Technologies

Abstract The goal of the present study is to examine the cognitive/physiological correlates of passenger travel experience in autonomously driven transportation systems. We investigated the social acceptance and cognitive aspects of self-driving technology by measuring physiological responses in real-world experimental settings using eye-tracking and EEG measures simultaneously on 17 volunteers. A typical test run included human-driven and autonomous conditions in the same vehicle, in a safe environment. In the spectrum analysis of the eye-tracking data we found significant differences in the complex patterns of eye movements: the structure of movements of different magnitudes were less variable in the autonomous drive condition. EEG data revealed less positive affectivity and slightly higher arousal in the autonomous condition compared to the human-driven condition. Correlates with personality traits are also discussed. These preliminary findings reinforced our initial hypothesis that passenger experience in human and machine navigated conditions entail different physiological and psychological correlates, and those differences are accessible using state of the art in-world measurements. These useful dimensions of passenger experience may serve as a source of information both for the improvement and design of self-navigating technology and for market-related concerns.

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Transition to Circular Economy in the Fertilizer Sector—Analysis of Recommended Directions and End-Users’ Perception of Waste-Based Products in Poland

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14144312 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (14) ◽

pp. 4312

Author(s):

Marzena Smol

Keyword(s):

Circular Economy ◽

Economic Model ◽

Social Acceptance ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Raw Materials ◽

End Users ◽

Survey Analysis ◽

The Social ◽

Sector Analysis ◽

Art Analysis

Circular economy (CE) is an economic model, in which raw materials remain in circulation as long as possible and the generation of waste is minimized. In the fertilizer sector, waste rich in nutrients should be directed to agriculture purposes. This paper presents an analysis of recommended directions for the use of nutrient-rich waste in fertilizer sector and an evaluation of possible interest in this kind of fertilizer by a selected group of end-users (nurseries). The scope of research includes the state-of-the-art analysis on circular aspects and recommended directions in the CE implementation in the fertilizer sector (with focus on sewage-based waste), and survey analysis on the potential interest of nurseries in the use of waste-based fertilizers in Poland. There are more and more recommendations for the use of waste for agriculture purposes at European and national levels. The waste-based products have to meet certain requirements in order to put such products on the marker. Nurserymen are interested in contributing to the process of transformation towards the CE model in Poland; however, they are not fully convinced due to a lack of experience in the use of waste-based products and a lack of social acceptance and health risk in this regard. Further actions to build the social acceptance of waste-based fertilizers, and the education of end-users themselves in their application is required.

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Empirical Evidence for Professional Practice and Public Policies: An Exploratory Study on Social Exclusion in Users of Primary Care Social Services in Spain

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16234600 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (23) ◽

pp. 4600 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Giménez‐Bertomeu ◽

Domenech‐López ◽

Mateo‐Pérez ◽

de‐Alfonseti‐Hartmann

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Social Exclusion ◽

Social Services ◽

Professional Practice ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

Social Acceptance ◽

Life Trajectories ◽

The Social ◽

Study Population ◽

The University

This study examines the social exclusion characteristics of a sample of users of primary care social services in two local entities in Spain. The objective of this study was to identify the intensity and scope of social exclusion in an exploratory way and to look at the typology of existing exclusionary situations to inform policy making and professional practice. Data from 1009 users were collected by primary care social services professionals, completing the Social Exclusion Scale of the University of Alicante (SES-UA). The dimensions with the greatest levels of social exclusion in the study population were those related to work/employment, income and education and training. The dimensions with an intermediate level of exclusion were those related to housing and social isolation. Social acceptance, family and social conflict and health were the dimensions with the lowest levels of exclusion. The analysis also showed the existence of five significantly different groups, that showed five different life trajectories along the continuum between social exclusion and social inclusion. The results show the importance and utility of developing professional and policy intervention protocols based on research evidence, with the objective of improving the quality of life of the users.

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Stress and Adaptation in Families of Children with Visual Disabilities

Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services ◽

10.1606/1044-3894.905 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 77 (4) ◽

pp. 240-249 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Yona Leyser ◽

Antoinette Heinze ◽

Gaylen Kapperman

Keyword(s):

Family Environment ◽

Social Acceptance ◽

Service Providers ◽

Control Group ◽

Visual Disabilities ◽

Parent Questionnaire ◽

The Social ◽

Sources Of Support ◽

And Coping ◽

Experimental Group

Little research is available on families of children with visual impairments. The authors examined stress and coping in a sample of 130 families (experimental group) of visually impaired children who responded to a parent questionnaire and the Family Environment Scale (FES). A control group of 78 parents responded to FES only. Findings revealed that the experimental group experienced various stressors such as future concerns, financial concerns, concerns about services, and concerns about the social acceptance of the child. These families were less involved in intellectual and cultural activities and used less structure and organization than did the controls. In coping, many families used various formal and informal sources of support as well as personal coping strategies. Implications for practitioners and social service providers are discussed.

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Paul Hindemith’s Cantata “Frau Musica” in the Context of the Participatory Musical Art Development

Observatory of Culture ◽

10.25281/2072-3156-2021-18-4-398-408 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 398-408

Author(s):

Tatiana A. Tsvetkovskaya

Keyword(s):

Social Role ◽

Collaborative Work ◽

Music Festivals ◽

Musical Education ◽

Leading Role ◽

Collective Work ◽

The Social ◽

German Composer ◽

Source Of Information

The article analyses the cantata “Frau Musica” by the German composer P. Hindemith. This work has come to be widely understood as an example of Gebrauchsmusik in the works of O. Leontieva, K.-D. Krabiel, M. Breivik. Gebrauchsmusik is often identified as utility music, which means that it is created for some specific purpose; but the purpose does not have to be utilitarian. In order to assess the profoundness of the composer’s concept and to clarify specifics of the descriptive term, it is necessary to go back to the basics of the theoretical debates about the social role of art that unfolded in the 1920s. Their main participants were H. Besseler and T. Adorno. A valuable source of information is the programs of music festivals in Donaueschingen and Baden-Baden, where Gebrauchsmusik was evolving as a multi-genre artistic experiment. Hindemith played the leading role in this process. It is also important to understand the reasons that prompted the composer to use M. Luther’s text in the cantata “Frau Musica”.Today the Gebrauchsmusik’s ideas — revitalization of the audience, expanding access to musical education and practical musical activities that evolve collaborative work — have gained the most relevance. According to the author’s hypothesis, “Frau Musica” can be regarded as an illustrative example of a work that combines different views on the nature of musical participation: a spiritual act, a collective work, the highest level of musical accessibility. In this particular composition, Hindemith intuitively found the most promising ways for the development of creative interaction between the composer and the listener, which subsequently led to the creation of a whole corpus of participatory works, including Tod Makover’s “City Symphonies”, Alexander Radvilovich’s “Baltic Music”, Paul Rissman’s “Supersonic”.

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User experience research on social robot application

Library Hi Tech ◽

10.1108/lht-08-2021-0248 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Wei-Feng Tung ◽

Jaileez Jara Santiago Campos

Keyword(s):

User Experience ◽

System Development ◽

Social Robot ◽

Human Robot Interaction ◽

Analytic Hierarchy ◽

Content Type ◽

Fast Detection ◽

Eeg Data ◽

The Social ◽

Intelligent Process

PurposeSocial robot, a subtype of robots that is designed for the various interactive services for human, which must deliver superior user experience (UX) by expressing human-like social behavior or service and emotional sensitivity. This study develops a social robot app called the “Music Buddy” in ASUS Zenbo that provides a situational music based on the users' electroencephalogram (EEG) data. The research uses this app to explore its UX criteria and the prioritization of human robot interaction (HRI).Design/methodology/approachThe research methodologies include the both system development and decision analysis for the social robot. The first part is to design and develop a social robot app. The second part is to investigate the criteria of HRI through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) from UX aspects.FindingsIn view of the results of the AHP, the first-layer criteria consist of personalized function, easy-to-use the system and intelligent process. In terms of prioritization of multi-criteria, the overall ranking discloses the nine criteria in order including autonomy for robot, easy-to-use EEG device, accurate music preference, simple operations for brainwave device and easy-to-use applications, active music recommendation, automatic updates of music and easy-to-use robot as well as fast detection for emotion.Originality/valueThis research includes a self-developed social robot app and its UX research using AHP. This paper contributes to the improvement and innovation of the social robot design according to the results of UX research on HRI of social robot.

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Teaching Nonhandicapped Students about Individual Differences: A Pilot Study

Behavioral Disorders ◽

10.1177/019874298400900309 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 196-206 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

William Stainback ◽

Susan Stainback ◽

Catherine Hatcher ◽

Marlene Strathe ◽

Harriet Healy

Keyword(s):

Individual Differences ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Social Behavior ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Social Acceptance ◽

Empirical Investigation ◽

Group Setting ◽

Direct Training ◽

Behavior Development ◽

The Social

The lack of social acceptance of handicapped students by their nonhandicapped peers has been cited as a major deterrent to the success of mainstreaming (Strain, 1982). While this problem has been recognized, there has been little empirical investigation of ways to deal with the social acceptance issue beyond direct training of the handicapped in appropriate social behavior development (Gresham 1981). The primary purpose of the present investigation was to examine the influence of training nonhandicapped students about individual differences on their social interactions with rejected handicapped students. The results of the investigation provide initial evidence that training nonhandicapped students about individual differences influences their social interactions with their rejected handicapped peers in a small group setting.

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A conceptual framework for understanding the social acceptance of energy infrastructure: Insights from energy storage

Energy Policy ◽

10.1016/j.enpol.2017.04.020 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 107 ◽

pp. 27-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 73

Author(s):

Patrick Devine-Wright ◽

Susana Batel ◽

Oystein Aas ◽

Benjamin Sovacool ◽

Michael Carnegie Labelle ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Social Acceptance ◽

Energy Infrastructure ◽

The Social

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Social Information Retrieval and Recommendation: state- of-the-art and future research

Revue Africaine de la Recherche en Informatique et Mathématiques Appliquées ◽

10.46298/arima.3101 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol Volume 27 - 2017 - Special... ◽

Author(s):

Abir Gorrab ◽

Ferihane Kboubi ◽

Henda Ghézala

Keyword(s):

Information Retrieval ◽

Web 2.0 ◽

Social Information ◽

User Profile ◽

Critical Discussion ◽

Social Dimension ◽

Future Research ◽

Social Recommendation ◽

The Social ◽

Source Of Information

The explosion of web 2.0 and social networks has created an enormous and rewarding source of information that has motivated researchers in different fields to exploit it. Our work revolves around the issue of access and identification of social information and their use in building a user profile enriched with a social dimension, and operating in a process of personalization and recommendation. We study several approaches of Social IR (Information Retrieval), distinguished by the type of incorporated social information. We also study various social recommendation approaches classified by the type of recommendation. We then present a study of techniques for modeling the social user profile dimension, followed by a critical discussion. Thus, we propose our social recommendation approach integrating an advanced social user profile model. L’explosion du web 2.0 et des réseaux sociaux a crée une source d’information énorme et enrichissante qui a motivé les chercheurs dans différents domaines à l’exploiter. Notre travail s’articule autour de la problématique d’accès et d’identification des informations sociales et leur exploitation dans la construction d’un profil utilisateur enrichi d’une dimension sociale, et son exploitation dans un processus de personnalisation et de recommandation. Nous étudions différentes approches sociales de RI (Recherche d’Information), distinguées par le type d’informations sociales incorporées. Nous étudions également diverses approches de recommandation sociale classées par le type de recommandation. Nous exposons ensuite une étude des techniques de modélisation de la dimension sociale du profil utilisateur, suivie par une discussion critique. Ainsi, nous présentons notre approche de recommandation sociale proposée intégrant un modèle avancé de profil utilisateur social.

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Lembranças de Velhos: o mundo do trabalho na infância

Estudos Interdisciplinares sobre o Envelhecimento ◽

10.22456/2316-2171.4657 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

Author(s):

Carla Fabiana Streck ◽

Thirzá Baptista Frison

Keyword(s):

Urban Environment ◽

Social Acceptance ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Social Functions ◽

Third Age ◽

The Past ◽

The Social ◽

Work World ◽

And Gender

Resumo: Para Ecléa Bosi, uma das funções sociais do velho é recordar, ou seja, reconstruir o passado a partir de um olhar do presente. Considerando que o ato de lembrar é fundamental na resignificação da própria vida e também do reconhecimento de si, buscamos investigar as lembranças de velhos sobre o mundo do trabalho na infância e quais as características atribuídas a esse universo. O trabalho em nossa sociedade, tem papel fundamental por ser tanto um fator de socialização, quanto de aceitação social. Lembrar o passado e, principalmente, um passado de trabalho, contribui para o aumento da integridade e da auto-estima, em especial, quando se tratam de idosos aposentados. Foram examinados os relatos de onze pessoas, maiores de 60 anos, aposentadas há cinco anos ou mais, entrevistadas para a pesquisa "Identidade e Aposentadoria". Entre os principais resultados, revelou-se diferenças entre os relatos daqueles que trabalharam na infância e daqueles que não tiveram essa experiência. Foram também constatadas as influências de fatores sócio-econômicos e culturais, envolvendo nível econômico, moradia em ambiente urbano ou rural e questões de gênero. As lembranças de trabalho trazem consigo não apenas uma possibilidade de dedução do conceito de trabalho para cada entrevistado, mas também fazem referência à forma corno a mundo do trabalho era constituído. Palavras-chave: Terceira idade. Lembranças. Trabalho. Abstract: For Ecléa Bosi, one of the social functions of the elder is to remember, or, rebuild the past from the present outlook. Taking into account that the act of remembering is basic in the re-significance of his/her own life, and also in the acknowledgement of him/herself, the memories the elder have of his/her childhood work world, and which characteristics are attributed to such universe, were investigated. Work, in our society, has a fundamental role not only as a socialization factor but for social acceptance as well. Remembering the past, and mainly the work, helps increase the integrity and self-esteem, especially in retired seniors. The reports of 11 individuals over 60 years of age, retired for five or more years, interviewed for the research "Identity and Retirement" were examined. Among the most important results, differences were pointed out between those who worked in his/her childhood and those who did not have such experience. Influences of social-cultural factors were also noted, involving economic standard, living in rural or urban environment, and gender. The memories of work bring along not only the possibility of inferring the concept of work for each individual interviewed, but also the reference to the form of how the work world used to be made up. Keywords: Third age. Memories. Work.

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SOCIAL PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN INCLUSIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS / SPECIALIŲJŲ UGDYMOSI POREIKIŲ TURINČIŲ MOKINIŲ SOCIALINIS DALYVAVIMAS INKLIUZINĖJE PRADINIO UGDYMO MOKYKLOJE

SPECIALUSIS UGDYMAS / SPECIAL EDUCATION ◽

10.21277/se.v1i39.412 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (39) ◽

pp. 109

Author(s):

Marlina Marlina ◽

Grahita Kusumastuti

Keyword(s):

Special Needs ◽

Social Participation ◽

Social Acceptance ◽

The Self ◽

Social Self ◽

Special Educational Needs ◽

Self Perception ◽

Students With Special Needs ◽

The Social ◽

Regular Students

This article examines the social participation of students with special needs in four aspects, namely friendship, interaction, social self-perception, and peers acceptance. This study discuss about the social participation of students with special needs in inclusive school. This research is descriptive quantitative and the relationship between the four aspects of social participation. The subject of this research are students with special needs and regular students in ten inclusive elementary school, Padang. The social self-perception was measured with three aspects such as the Self-Perception Profile for Children, The Self-Description Questionnaire and Peer Social Acceptance The results showed that the majority of students with special needs have a satisfying level of social participation. However, if compared with their peers (regular students), students with special needs are more likely to have difficulties on social participation. In general, students with special needs have fewer friends and have less cohesive friendship than their peers. In addition, students with special needs have less interaction with peers, more interaction with the teacher, and less accepted by their normal peers. Social self-perception of students with special needs and regular students are no different. There is no significant differences in social participation in both groups. Straipsnyje analizuojamas specialiųjų ugydymosi poreikių turinčių mokinių socialinis dalyvavimas keturiais aspektais: draugystės, interakcijos, socialinės savivokos ir bendramokslių priėmimo. Taip pat aptariamas jų socialinis dalyvavimas inkliuzinėje mokykloje. Be to, aprašomuoju būdu analizuojami kiekybiniai santykiai tarp šių keturių socialinio dalyvavimo aspektų. Duomenys buvo renkami iš tiek turinčių, tiek ir neturinčių specialiųjų ugdymosi poreikių mokinių, besimokančių dešimtyje inkliuzinių pradinių mokyklų Padange. Socialinė savivoka buvo tiriama trimis aspektais: vaikų savivokos profilis, savęs apibūdinimo klausimynas ir bendramokslių socialinis priėmimas. Rezultatai parodė, kad dauguma specialiųjų ugdymosi poreikių turinčių mokinių demonstruoja patenkinamą socialinio dalyvavimo lygį. Kaip bebūtų, lyginant su jų bendramoksliais (įprastos raidos mokiniais), yra labiau tikėtina, kad jiems kyla sunkumų socialiai dalyvauti, jie turi mažiau draugų ir jų draugystė ne tokia glaudi. Be to, jie daugiau bendrauja su savo mokytoja (-u) ir yra mažiau priimami specialiųjų ugdymosi poreikių neturinčių bendramokslių, kurių socialinė savivoka skiriasi.

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