scholarly journals Targets of Psychological Work for High Alexithymia People

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma V Gaus ◽  
Evgeny A Pronenko ◽  
Olga S Vasilyeva
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
The Body ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
The People ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
The Moment ◽  
High Level ◽  
Psychosomatic Diseases

The article reviewed the modern empirical studies of alexithymia, summarized the theoretical understanding of the phenomenon of alexithymia, describes the difficulties faced by the people with a high level of alexithymia and suggested tips on psychological work with the alexithymic people. The novelty of this research consists in the formulation of the aspects of the practical work of a psychologist in order to increase the level of the adaptation of the alexithymics and improve the quality of their life. At the moment, this problem is covered in only a small amount of research. The main result of the article is the identification of the areas of psychological work with the alexithymics: (1) the improvement of the connection with the body; (2) the correction of personality problems; (3) the psychological assistance in the harmonization of the interpersonal relations. It has been shown that disrupted connection with the body is one of the most significant problems of the alexithymics and the factor which contributes to the development of psychosomatic diseases. For the improvement of the connection with the body the authors suggest such types of psychological work as the differentiation of physical feelings, a fuller understanding of the body map, the ability to control the condition of the body, the acceptance of the body and the increase in the satisfaction with it. The ways of working with the most significant personality problems of the alexithymics are singled out (correction of non-adaptive coping-strategies, low level of life satisfaction, rigidity, and instability of the emotional sphere). The areas of work on improving the relations of the alexithymics with the surrounding people are highlighted (gaining more knowledge about the emotional sphere, working with friends and relatives, teaching communication skills, taking into account the influence of alexithymia). Finally, the conclusion is made about the importance of the integrated psychological work with the people with a high level of alexithymia in order to develop the specific tools for comprehensive assistance to alexithymics.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Fluctuation of the Number of ISO 9001:2015 Certificates in the Republic of Croatia and Assessment of Satisfaction of Business Organisations Leadership with the Certificate

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 40-49
Author(s):  
Petar Vušković
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
Iso 9001 ◽  
Annual Fluctuation ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
The World ◽  
The Republic ◽  
High Level

AbstractThe ISO 9001:2015 certificate of quality is nowadays the most renowned quality standard in the world. Standardised quality has become an imperative competitive advantage on the market for all serious business organisations. The fluctuation of the number of certificates of quality indicates to what extent companies are willing to ensure the quality of their products and services to customers and clients, and how fast the domestic market is standardised and integrated into the global economy. This paper presents the results of two empirical studies. The first one focused on the analysis of the fluctuation in the number of ISO 9001:2015 certificates in the period from 2008 to 2018, while the second aimed to determine the satisfaction of leadership with the certificate. The study has shown that, during the observed period, the number of certificates of quality in Croatia fluctuated between – 18% and +22% annually. At the annual level, a certain number of companies lose their certificates or opt for decertification. For that reason, a study of the leadership’s level of satisfaction with the ISO 9001:2015 certificate was conducted using a sample of 296 certified business organisations. The study has proven that the leadership showed a high level of satisfaction with the certificate of quality and that they appreciate business organisations with certificates of quality. It demonstrates that the quality management certification has a bright future regardless of the annual fluctuation of the number of certificates.

scholarly journals Body volume modeling by linear features of the Irmen type cattle

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
A. F. Petrov ◽  
E. V. Kamaldinov ◽  
O. D. Panferova ◽  
O. V. Efremova ◽  
V. A. Rogozin
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Complex Trait ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Volume ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Linear Features ◽  
Volume Response ◽  
Volume Modeling ◽  
High Level

The results of modeling the variability of the complex trait "body volume" by linear traits measured on a 10-point scale in accordance with the current instructions for cattle grading of dairy and dairy-beef breeds are presented. The object of research is the complex indicator "body volume" of Irmen type cattle. The exterior of the livestock was evaluated by experts on a collegial basis. The models obtained made it possible to identify a group of exterior features associated with the variability of the studied trait and to identify errors in the work of the evaluators. The tasks were solved using multiple linear, polynomial, power and logarithmic regression models. It was found that multiple linear regression models accurately describe the norm reaction of the body volume response. Residue distribution diagrams made it possible to control the quality of appraisers' assessment and adjust their further work. The logarithmic model was marked as closest to linear. The residues in most cases turned out to be close to zero, which was explained by the low level of variability of the traits used. It was revealed that the use of different levels of power orders in modeling the variability of the body volume in points can lead to the emergence of biologically inexplicable relationships with such linear features as the location of the front teats, the location of the rear teats, attachment of the anterior lobes and the position of the bottom of the udder. The construction of the scatter diagram revealed a high level of variation in the residues and led to the conclusion that it was inexpedient to introduce power series models into the practical work of livestock breeders. The insignificant contribution of the studied linear features to the variation of the complex feature under study is shown. High intra-group variance in the construction of second- and fourth-order polynomial models was reflected in the lowest values of the Fisher criterion.

scholarly journals Affective symptoms subclinical level in adolescents

2019 ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
B. A. Dashieva ◽  
I. S. Karaush ◽  
I. E. Kupriyanova
Keyword(s):  
Negative Mood ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Subthreshold Depression ◽  
Affective Symptoms ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level ◽  
Correctional Schools

In the article the issues of detection and clinical signifcance of affective symptoms of preclinical level in adolescence are discussed. Affective symptoms of the preclinical level are frequently masked by personality or behavioral characteristics, puberty manifestations. Quite ofen such adolescents remain out of sight of specialists with a high need for adequate medical and psychological assistance. Te purpose of this study was to identify the subclinical level affective symptoms in different groups of adolescents (subthreshold depression) and to study its clinical features. Tere were examined 659 adolescents 7-17 years old. We used clinical, psychological (depression scale M. Kovak) and statistical metods. A group of adolescents with a risk of developing depression was identifed (35.7%): with a «above average» level of depression’s risk (26.6%), with a high level (7.9%) and high scores on particular scales (1.2%). Adolescents in secondary schools, compared to the pupils in correctional schools, had signifcantly higher indicators on the total score and «Negative mood» and «Angelonia» scales in the group with a high risk of depression. Te indicators of the «Interpersonal problems» scale were high in all groups of students. Adolescents from urban schools are at the greatest risk of developing depression compared to both rural adolescents and correctional school pupils. In 10.3% of the pupils, the individual signs of affective disorders were identifed that signifcantly affected the quality of functioning, which we regarded as persons with subthreshold depression. including 15.8% urban, 10.8% rural, and 6.3% teenagers with disabilities. Tis group needs a dynamic observation and carrying out preventive measures with the obligatory involvement of the social environment — parents and teachers.

scholarly journals Pengaruh kualitas layanan, kepuasan pelanggan dan keterikatan pelanggan terhadap loyalitas pelanggan grab di Surabaya

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Fadela Bara ◽  
Tjahjani Prawitowati
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Mutual Benefit ◽  
The People ◽  
High Level

Customer Loyalty indirectly help companies to promote products or services to the people closest to them. This is will be greatly help the company to get new customers. To increase Customer Loyalty, the company is expected to improve the quality of services provided. Quality is closely related to Customer Satisfaction and Customer Engagement, quality encourages customers to establish long-term bonds of mutual benefit in the company and Customer Engagement can increase Customer Loyalty because of the high level of Customer Engagement is the result of Customer Satisfaction of the product or service provided by the company.

The Past, Present and Future of International Health Evaluation Association (IHEA)

2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (03) ◽  
pp. 191-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeaki Hinohara
Keyword(s):  
International Health ◽  
Health Screening ◽  
Health Evaluation ◽  
Great Effort ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Disciplinary System ◽  
High Level

SummaryIn this paper I mention the 19-year history of International Health Evaluation Association (IHEA) which was started in Washington D.C. by the great effort of Dr. G. Gilbert in Hawaii. In 1973 three regions were organized in this Association: 1) U.S.A., 2) Europe and 3) Pan-Pacific including Asia.I also mention the history of periodical health checkups in U.K., U.S.A. and Japan. In Japan it started in 1954, however, after adapting the system of Automated Multiphase Health Testing designed by the Kaiser Foundation of Auckland, Calif., in 1973, Japanese people paid much attention to this health screening system and the number of hospitals and clinics for health screening has increased tremendously and the number of examinees amounted to 2,875,449 in 2001.Finally, I conclude that IHEA should create a multi-disciplinary system to sustain a lifestyle with a high level of Quality of Life (QOL) for the people who really want to live fruitful lives by the successive health education.

Outsidership vs insidership – internationalization of health-care SMEs

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Lagerström ◽  
Cecilia Lindholm
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
The Body ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Market Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Market ◽  
Liability Of Outsidership ◽  
High Level

Purpose The paper aims to explore how small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the health-care sector overcome the liability of being an outsider, instead of gaining a position as an insider in new networks in markets abroad and subsequently internationalizing. The following research questions are posed: How do firms in complex health-care markets build network relationships? How is business market knowledge developed and legitimacy acquired to overcome the liability of outsidership? Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a multiple-case methodology in a nested case study of health-care SMEs, which allows for in-depth study of the importance of network relationships, business market knowledge development and legitimacy building to enter a target market; the study maps the activities and different actor roles as the entry process unfolds. The study draws on empirical evidence from 13 companies as well as industry and interest organizations. Findings The results provide support for process-based explanations of how, but also of why the internationalization of health-care SMEs takes place in distinctive sequential phases, where it is necessary to complete one phase before it is possible to embark on the next. The study answers the calls for more empirical studies capturing how firms actively enter networks to overcome the liability of outsidership, become insiders and subsequently internationalize. Originality/value The principal contribution of the authors’ study is to add to the body of research on internationalization and advance the understanding of how to build an insidership position in relevant networks by overcoming the liability of outsidership. By choosing to study firms in the health-care sector, the authors also contribute to the limited research on firms entering markets characterized by a high level of complexity.

scholarly journals Jakość życia chorych na chorobę Alzheimera / The life quality of the people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-53
Author(s):  
Dorota Kozak-Putowska ◽  
Joanna Iłżecka
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Progressive Dementia ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
The People ◽  
The Moment

Abstract Introduction. Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by progressive dementia process. There’s no medicine available to hinder that process. In case, the ill individual is unable to diagnose early symptoms of the disease, they call a doctor in the moment when a neurotic atrophy is irreversible. The patient is gradually losing self-reliance in everyday activities, the ability to take care of themselves, loses touch with the reality and surrounding world, begins to experience distressing symptoms and becomes isolated from the society. All these factors affect the life quality of an individual suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.Aim. The present article provides an analysis of literature on the quality of life in people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

scholarly journals Grounding the Connection Between Psyche and Soma: Creating a Reliable Observation Tool for Grounding Assessment in an Adult Population

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Einat Shuper Engelhard ◽  
Michal Pitluk ◽  
Michal Elboim-Gabyzon
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dance Movement ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Foot Placement ◽  
Therapeutic Goals

The concept of grounding is accepted and common among dance movement therapists and body psychotherapists. It expresses a stable physical and emotional presence – “supported by the ground.” The assumption is that embodied emotional knowledge is expressed through the manner of physical holding and in the emotional experience in the world. However, along with the clinical use of the term, an empirical tool for examining grounding is lacking. The goal of the study was to examine the reliability and validity of an observation tool for assessing the quality of grounding, the Grounding Assessment Tool (GAT), which was created for the present study on the basis of theory, research, and clinical knowledge in the field. Forty three adult participants (age, M = 28.2 years, SD = 8.54) were recruited for an experimental and controlled session, the session included guided movement for approximately 10 min. The movement was recorded on video. The quality of the movement was rated by two raters and was scored using the GAT. The study findings indicated that the GAT is a reliable and valid tool – with good internal consistency (α = 0.850) and high interrater and intrarater reliability (Kendall’s ’range from 0.789 to 0.973 and intraclass correlation coefficient range from 0.967 to 1.00, respectively). The exploratory factor analysis showed that four factors are involved in the assessment of grounding quality: fluid and rhythmic movement, emotional expression in movement, pattern of foot placement, and lack of stability and weightiness. The results of this study expand the theoretical understanding of the concept of grounding. They contribute to the understanding of the benefits of body focus, dance and movement in psychotherapy and to validating body psychotherapy and dance movement therapy (DMT). The existence of a reliable and valid tool is essential for assessment and diagnostic processes, for formulating therapeutic goals focused on the body, and for examining their effectiveness.

scholarly journals On the Efficiency of Data Collection for Crowdsourced Classification

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edoardo Manino ◽  
Long Tran-Thanh ◽  
Nicholas R. Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Information Gain ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Theoretical Explanation ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Redundant Data ◽  
Crowdsourced Data ◽  
Adaptive Policies ◽  
First Time

The quality of crowdsourced data is often highly variable. For this reason, it is common to collect redundant data and use statistical methods to aggregate it. Empirical studies show that the policies we use to collect such data have a strong impact on the accuracy of the system. However, there is little theoretical understanding of this phenomenon. In this paper we provide the first theoretical explanation of the accuracy gap between the most popular collection policies: the non-adaptive uniform allocation, and the adaptive uncertainty sampling and information gain maximisation. To do so, we propose a novel representation of the collection process in terms of random walks. Then, we use this tool to derive lower and upper bounds on the accuracy of the policies. With these bounds, we are able to quantify the advantage that the two adaptive policies have over the non-adaptive one for the first time.

scholarly journals Selection of Sport- and Racehorses

2005 ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
Sándor Mihók
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The Body ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Equestrian Sports ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Selection Of

The utilisation of the horse has changed from time to time in response to human needs. For a few decades, it has been serving in several equestrian sports more intensively. It has also been proved that the standards for this kind of performance cannot be established in the way certain characteristics, such as the weight gain or milk production of other animal breeds can. Breeding horses for sporting comprises highly complex selection criteria.Some of these (e.g. external features, temperament, manageability and intelligence) do not put the breeder in a difficult position, but finding the traits that establishes the safety of sporting achievements poses a genetic problem.The performance of a horse for sports is a highly complex feature, which cannot easily be assessed or put down in figures. In addition, man plays a decisive role in shaping all kinds of performance of a horse at any given time by not only creating conditions for a better performance, but also by playing an active role in increasing it.The performance of the horse is mostly defined by its general aptitude to movement, ie., the regularity, clear rhythm and springiness of basic types of strides, as well as the ability to move in a naturally balanced way. Training and riding principles are based on these traits. These two together will determine about 70% of the value of the horse and its adequacy for high performance equestrian sports. In order to avoid subjectivity in determining the above variables and to increase the degree of objectivity, competent expert teams (trainers, judges, other riders) are employed to form an opinion on an individual animal.Assessing horse performance outside races does not seem to be efficient, as owing to the dominant effects of the environment, the indicator of inheritability is hardly above 0.1.Free jumping is an especially appropriate means for assessing a horse’s readiness and ability to move in an environment free of disturbing factors. In free jumping, it is especially important to judge the style of the jump. The first phase of jumping – as a sequence of movements – lasts from the moment the fore-feet touch the ground until the moment the hind-feet push off, while the second phase lasts from this moment until touching the ground. The most important task in the first phase is to make the angle of the dip of the body by the supporting fore-feet that is necessary for the jump. The quality of the jump is determined by the jumping and adequately expanded hind-legs. The intensity of pushing off and jumping done by the hind-legs can be inferred, and differences between individuals can be discerned from the shaping of the curve by the hocks and the paths of the pasterns in relation to the withers.

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