On the Relationship between Significant Yearly Events and Time of Death: Random or Systematic Distribution?

1977 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margret M. Baltes
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Time Of Death ◽  
Rectangular Pattern ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The One ◽  
Age Range ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
S States

Using cross-sections of the age-range one to nineteen, birth and death dates were collected for 8653 people who died during the calendar years 1972 and 1973 in ten U. S. states. Based on previous findings with adults and on the development of the time concept, it was hypothesized that a relationship between time of death and significant yearly events such as birthdate and Christmas would emerge with increasing age. The predicted emerging relationship postulates a decrease of death frequency before, and a rise after, the two criterion dates rather than a rectangular pattern of death frequency. Data were analyzed comparing age differences of pre- and post-birthdate (or Christmas) death frequencies extending over a one-month interval before and after the criterion dates. Contrary to research on adult samples, no overall significances were found. Analysis of the weekly death pattern with birthdate and Christmas as target dates led to a U-shaped curve exhibiting higher death frequencies one month before and after and lower but expected death frequencies in the one to three preceding and following weeks. Results are compared with previous research findings with adults and the failing of the developmental perspective is discussed.

Determination of the milk yield of sows and correction for loss of weight due to metabolic processes of piglets during suckling

1964 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Van Spaendonck ◽  
F. X. Vanschoubroek
Keyword(s):  
Milk Yield ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Metabolic Processes ◽  
Loss Of Weight ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

SUMMARYIn determining the milk yield of the sow by weighing the litter before and after suckling, loss of weight due to metabolic processes must be considered.An experiment is described to investigate the loss of weight of piglets caused by metabolic processes between two consecutive weighings, and to investigate the relationship between this loss on the one hand and the body weight and the age of the piglets on the other. Weight changes of 15 litters of average 9·8 piglets were studied during 66 weighing periods of 16 minutes, by putting the pigs in a cage, fixed on a differential balance. Each weighing period consisted of 8 periods of 2 minutes, so that in all, loss of weight was studied during 528 2-minute periods.

Excitation of the 21S and 23S states of helium atoms by electron and hydrogen atom impact

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 396-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine M. Felden ◽  
Marceau A. Felden
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Wave Functions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Helium Atoms ◽  
Atomic Wave ◽  
Excitation Cross Sections ◽  
The One ◽  
S States

Ochkur's approximation is used to analyse the excitation of 21S and 23S levels of helium atoms from the ground state by electron and hydrogen atom impact. Calculations are made with different atomic wave functions. To characterize the 11S and 21S states we use, on the one hand, the wave functions of Byron and Joachain, on the other hand, those of Hylleraas and Marriott and Seaton. For the 11S and 23S states, calculations are made firstly with the wave functions of Byron and Joachain and Morse, Young, and Haurwitz, secondly with those of Shull and Lödwin. Numerical values are tabulated and compared in each case. The discrepancies show the importance of the choice of atomic wave functions in the calculation of the excitation cross sections. Available experimental data and corresponding theoretical values obtained from other theories are plotted and compared with the present results.

scholarly journals The More I Can Choose, The More I Am Disappointed: The “Illusion of Control” in Children’s Decision-Making

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilaria Castelli ◽  
Davide Massaro ◽  
Alan G. Sanfey ◽  
Antonella Marchetti
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Sense Of Agency ◽  
Illusion Of Control ◽  
Choice Condition ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The One ◽  
Age Range

Background: Decision making is a complex psychological process driven by emotions. Among the most unpleasant ones are the situations when the obtained outcome is not the one expected. This emotional experience is influenced by sense of agency, i.e. the feeling that we voluntarily control our actions and, through them, events in the world. Negative counterfactual emotions as disappointment have been marginally analyzed in children’s decision-making, and the study of children’s sense of agency could help to understand them. Objective: To evaluate during childhood the valence of disappointment in decision making in relation to the possibility of choosing or not. Method: 107 children (age range 7-10 years) rated their emotions before and after discovering the outcome, in two experimental conditions: choice condition, where the child could decide which of the two remaining tickets to choose in order to win some candies, and no choice condition, where the child could not decide as only one ticket was left. Results: The self-attribution of a positive emotional state was significantly higher in the choice condition than in the no choice condition, so the possibility to pick up the ticket made children happier in general, by promoting an “illusion of control”, which is absent in the no choice condition. Then, after discovering the bad outcome, the emotions collapse, settling at substantially similar values. Conclusion: Children have experienced a sense of agency for their choice, thus leading to an illusion of control for the decision process and to the so-called “wishful thinking”.

scholarly journals Translating research findings into educational policy and practice: the virtues and vices of a metaphor

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-228
Author(s):  
Martyn Hammersley
Keyword(s):  
Educational Policy ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Educational Policy And Practice ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

A variety of metaphors have been used in seeking to conceptualise the relationship between social and educational research, on the one hand, and policymaking and practice, on the other. One influential analogy is the idea that research findings can and should be translatable into policy, and thereby into practice. This article will provide a conceptual analysis of the source meaning of «translation», and what is involved in this metaphorical use of it. It will be argued that many of the issues that arise in relation to translating text from one language into another have parallels in the task of communicating research findings to policymakers or practitioners. However, the idea that research findings can then be «translated» into policy and practice is much more problematic.

Integration to the WTO and Economic Transition in the South Caucasus Economies

2020 ◽  
pp. 1442-1463
Author(s):  
Khatai Aliyev
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Economic Transition ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
The South ◽  
South Caucasus ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Concession Period ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Relationship

Economic transition story in the South Caucasus economies started after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Theoretically, integration to the World Trade Organization (WTO) system should improve the economic transition performance. This research uses the yearly transition indicators by the EBRD to discover the relationship between economic transition performance and integration to the WTO in the contexts of before-and-after WTO membership and before-and-after the end of concession period defined for a new member to implement all obligations. Author employs bivariate de-trended regression analysis estimated by using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), individually for Armenia and Georgia, and within a panel analysis covering all three countries of the region. Research findings provide strong evidence of significant positive or acceleratory effect of integration to the WTO on economic transition in the South Caucasus. Surprise finding is insignificant impact over competition policy index, which is supposed to be affected by integration.

Integration to the WTO and Economic Transition in the South Caucasus Economies

2016 ◽  
pp. 58-79
Author(s):  
Khatai Aliyev
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Economic Transition ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
The South ◽  
South Caucasus ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Concession Period ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Relationship

Economic transition story in the South Caucasus economies started after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Theoretically, integration to the World Trade Organization (WTO) system should improve the economic transition performance. This research uses the yearly transition indicators by the EBRD to discover the relationship between economic transition performance and integration to the WTO in the contexts of before-and-after WTO membership and before-and-after the end of concession period defined for a new member to implement all obligations. Author employs bivariate de-trended regression analysis estimated by using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), individually for Armenia and Georgia, and within a panel analysis covering all three countries of the region. Research findings provide strong evidence of significant positive or acceleratory effect of integration to the WTO on economic transition in the South Caucasus. Surprise finding is insignificant impact over competition policy index, which is supposed to be affected by integration.

Bureaucratic socialization levels of teachers

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
Ayşe Ottekin Demirbolat
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Multiple Comparison Test ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Bureaucratic Structure ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

This is a descriptive study conducted to determine the bureaucratic socialization tendencies of teachers, as well as the relationship between these tendencies and the seniority and gender variables. The population of the research is composed of elementary school teachers from the Sincan district of the province of Ankara. Data have been collected by means of a bureaucratic socialization scale developed by the researcher. The reliability level of the scale has been calculated as 0.86. The research data have been compiled from the replies of 358 available and voluntary teachers. To analyse the data, the score of each item representing a factor has been calculated by taking the arithmetical average of the scores of that item. To analyse the difference of viewpoints, ttest has been used for the gender variable and One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) has been used for the seniority variable. To determine which group or groups involved significant differences, LSD multiple comparison test has been conducted. The research findings show that the bureaucratic socialization tendency of teachers is at the level of 'I agree'. Compared to male teachers, female teachers have a higher tendency to adopt the bureaucratic structure and characteristics of the school, whereas, they have a lower tendency to behave in compliance with the institutional identity and values of bureaucratic structure. Furthermore, when a comparison is made between different groups of seniority, it is noted that the group with 5 years and less seniority and the one with 21 years and above seniority have a higher tendency for "not behaving according to the values and rules of the institution" than the group with 11-15 years of seniority. It is remarkable that the theoretical awareness level of teachers is high while the level of converting this awareness into activity is low. This result has been shared although it was not among the targets of the research as it has been deemed important.

Theoretical study of one- and two-photon absorption properties of olefin-linked paracyclophane oligomers

2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (9) ◽  
pp. 1114-1123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang-Biao Zhang ◽  
Ji-Kang Feng ◽  
Ai-Min Ren ◽  
Chia-Chung Sun
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
Photon Absorption ◽  
Absorption Properties ◽  
Two Photon Absorption ◽  
Two Photon ◽  
Repeat Units ◽  
The One ◽  
Good Transparency ◽  
The Relationship

The electronic structures and the one- and two-photon absorption (TPA) properties of two series of the olefin-linked paracyclophane (pCp) oligomers have been studied using AM1 and ZINDO-SOS methods. The relationship between the TPA cross sections and the molecular chain length is obtained. The maximum TPA cross section increases in proportion to Nα (N denotes the number of repeat units) and the values of α depend on different molecular structures. The olefin-linked pCp oligomers, which have good transparency and large TPA cross sections, are promising candidates for TPA materials.Key words: two-photon properties, paracyclophane oligomer, AM1, ZINDO-SOS.

scholarly journals When Gender Training Backlashes: Participants’ Resistance and the Fragility of Commonsensical Feminism

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-224
Author(s):  
Henrik Nordvall ◽  
Malin Wieslander
Keyword(s):  
Opposite Effect ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Pedagogical Design ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Feminist Educators

Feminist educators often encounter different forms of resistance from both male and female participants. This article uses a neo-Gramscian theoretical perspective to discuss the importance of considering this resistance when analyzing the relationship between pedagogical design and outcomes. The study draws on survey data and participant observation from a case study of a workshop designed to raise awareness of gender issues. The results from a before-and-after survey show that the workshop had the opposite effect to the one intended in terms of changes in the participants’ perceptions of gender. Having a “failed case” as the center of attention, the article sheds light on the fragility of mainstream discourse on gender equality and the dilemmas of engaging in a struggle over common sense.

scholarly journals Buddy Schemes between Refugees and Volunteers in Germany: Transformative Potential in an Unequal Relationship?

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inka Stock
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Other ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Feminist Theories ◽  
Gender And Age Differences ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Since 2016, many German citizens have participated in so-called ‘buddy schemes’ in which volunteers provide personalised support to refugees to help them build their new lives in Germany. These relationships are characterised by ethnic, gender, and age differences between the two parties. This article looks at buddy schemes from the perspective of both volunteers and refugees and investigates whether their relationships open up spaces for transformative citizenship practices, or rather reinforce exclusionary discourses. Drawing on feminist theories of care, the article describes how volunteers and refugees attach meaning to their activities and roles in the relationship. On the one hand, values attached to caring relationships, such as emotional closeness, trust, and respect, contribute to migrants’ heightened sense of self-esteem and autonomy and foster volunteers’ sense of responsibility for fighting against inequality. On the other hand, both parties enter into particular logics of care that potentially reinforce power hierarchies between them. These ambiguous dynamics influence the possibility of transformative citizenship practices on both sides. While some volunteers and refugees develop and take a critical stance on restrictive migration policies in their relationships with others, others reinforce their exclusionist viewpoints on who deserves to be helped and by whom.

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