Language loyalty and ethnolinguistic solidarity of members of the Slovak language community in Vojvodina

This paper analyses the impact of linguistic loyalty and solidarity on the preservation of the Slovak language community in Vojvodina. These factors represent an essential element in the model of linguistic description of a language community in a minority position. In the first part of the paper, we present the structure and components of ethnolinguistic solidarity of the Slovak community in Vojvodina, and in the second we show results of the survey conducted in 2014 among members of the community related to the level of their linguistic loyalty. Language attitudes of members of the Slovak language community in Vojvodina presented in this analysis bring us new insight into the structure of ethnolinguistic solidarity and reveal the reasons and motivation of their linguistic loyalty, or the absence of it. Vojvodinian Slovaks consider their own language as the most important constituent of their ethnicity, but the survey nonetheless also identified characteristics of the initial phase of the process of language relativisation, as well as a reduction of its role as the cultural marker of the community.

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The Impact of Multiple Tax Returns on Tax Compliance Behavior

Behavioral Research in Accounting ◽

10.2308/bria-50976 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 99-119 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sudip Bhattacharjee ◽

Kimberly K. Moreno ◽

Debra A. Salbador

Keyword(s):

Essential Element ◽

Tax Compliance ◽

Mental Accounting ◽

Net Return ◽

Condition Versus ◽

Compliance Behavior ◽

Tax Returns ◽

Decision Environment ◽

The Impact ◽

Insight Into

ABSTRACTTax compliance research has used prospect theory to describe taxpayers' behavior finding that taxpayers with pending payments due (loss frame) report more aggressively than taxpayers with pending refunds (gain frame). Since taxpayers often file multiple returns and prior research has only examined the impact of single returns on compliance behavior, we extend the research by incorporating the element of taxpayers filing multiple returns (state and federal returns). This study compares taxpayers' behavior in a single net refund or single net payment due condition versus a multiple refund (larger refund and smaller payment due) or multiple payments due condition (larger payment due and smaller refund). Using mental accounting theory, the results show that taxpayers' aggressiveness shifts up in a refund position when the refund is presented as multiple returns rather than a single net return. Taxpayers' aggressiveness shifts down when their payment due position is presented as multiple returns rather than a single net return. While the results in the single net return conditions were consistent with prior compliance research, the results in the multiple returns conditions show a shift in taxpayer aggressiveness from prior research where taxpayers were less aggressive in the multiple payment due condition than the multiple refund condition. A path analysis lends insight into these results by finding that taxpayers' compliance behavior in the single net return and multiple returns conditions is driven by their affective reactions to their tax position. These results suggest that prior tax compliance research that has not incorporated multiple returns may be missing an essential element of the decision environment. These results also extend the growing body of accounting research on mental accounting by providing some initial insight into the role of affect on behavior for single versus multiple outcomes.

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Interpreting scratch assays using pair density dynamics and approximate Bayesian computation

Open Biology ◽

10.1098/rsob.140097 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (9) ◽

pp. 140097 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

Stuart T. Johnston ◽

Matthew J. Simpson ◽

D. L. Sean McElwain ◽

Benjamin J. Binder ◽

Joshua V. Ross

Keyword(s):

Approximate Bayesian Computation ◽

Chronic Wounds ◽

Essential Element ◽

Cell Spreading ◽

Bayesian Computation ◽

Potential Treatment ◽

Pair Density ◽

Approximate Bayesian ◽

The Impact ◽

Insight Into

Quantifying the impact of biochemical compounds on collective cell spreading is an essential element of drug design, with various applications including developing treatments for chronic wounds and cancer. Scratch assays are a technically simple and inexpensive method used to study collective cell spreading; however, most previous interpretations of scratch assays are qualitative and do not provide estimates of the cell diffusivity, D , or the cell proliferation rate, λ . Estimating D and λ is important for investigating the efficacy of a potential treatment and provides insight into the mechanism through which the potential treatment acts. While a few methods for estimating D and λ have been proposed, these previous methods lead to point estimates of D and λ , and provide no insight into the uncertainty in these estimates. Here, we compare various types of information that can be extracted from images of a scratch assay, and quantify D and λ using discrete computational simulations and approximate Bayesian computation. We show that it is possible to robustly recover estimates of D and λ from synthetic data, as well as a new set of experimental data. For the first time, our approach also provides a method to estimate the uncertainty in our estimates of D and λ . We anticipate that our approach can be generalized to deal with more realistic experimental scenarios in which we are interested in estimating D and λ , as well as additional relevant parameters such as the strength of cell-to-cell adhesion or the strength of cell-to-substrate adhesion.

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Klára Buzássyová V Kontexte Sémantizácie Slovenskej Lexiky Cudzincom

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis ◽

10.2478/jazcas-2019-0037 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 69 (3) ◽

pp. 616-625

Author(s):

Jana Pekarovičová

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Foreign Students ◽

Summer School ◽

European Language ◽

Dynamic Changes ◽

Language And Culture ◽

Current Trends ◽

Communication Needs ◽

The Impact ◽

Slovak Language

Abstract This paper deals with the characteristics of the scientific research of the renowned Slovak linguist Klára Buzássyová who – as a lecturer at the Studia Academica Slovaca summer school of Slovak language and culture – presented to foreign students the specifics of Slovak lexis and their function in speech within the context of intraand interlingual relationships. In her lectures, she helped students to see Slovak as a developped and modern Central European language which has its own genetic and typological properties and as a language capable of reacting to dynamic changes emerging from the communication needs of language users while respecting current trends in European language policy. Klára Buzássyová presented students with the latest results of her linguistic research and discussed the issues regarding the dynamics of vocabulary with an emphasis on the methods of wordformation, motivation, and the impact on the semantic and stylistic value of lexical units. Her papers, published in the Studia Academica Slovaca proceedings from 1980 to 2001 presented her scientific orientation and became an inspiration for the linguistic and didactic conception of Slovak as a foreign language in the context of the development of Slovak studies in Slovakia as well as abroad.

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Nachhaltigkeit im Wald – vor und hinter der Welle der Globalisierung | Sustainable Forest Management – In Front and Behind the Wave of Globalization

Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen ◽

10.3188/szf.2000.0502 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 151 (12) ◽

pp. 502-507

Author(s):

Christian Küchli

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

Cultural Landscape ◽

Sustainable Forest Management ◽

Essential Element ◽

Specific Situation ◽

The South ◽

The North ◽

Time Space ◽

Starting Point ◽

The Impact

Are there any common patterns in the transition processes from traditional and more or less sustainable forest management to exploitative use, which can regularly be observed both in central Europe and in the countries of the South (e.g. India or Indonesia)? Attempts were made with a time-space-model to typify those force fields, in which traditional sustainable forest management is undermined and is then transformed into a modern type of sustainable forest management. Although it is unlikely that the history of the North will become the future of the South, the glimpse into the northern past offers a useful starting point for the understanding of the current situation in the South, which in turn could stimulate the debate on development. For instance, the patterns which stand behind the conflicts on forest use in the Himalayas are very similar to the conflicts in the Alps. In the same way, the impact of socio-economic changes on the environment – key word ‹globalisation› – is often much the same. To recognize comparable patterns can be very valuable because it can act as a stimulant for the search of political, legal and technical solutions adapted to a specific situation. For the global community the realization of the way political-economic alliances work at the head of the ‹globalisationwave›can only signify to carry on trying to find a common language and understanding at the negotiation tables. On the lee side of the destructive breaker it is necessary to conserve and care for what survived. As it was the case in Switzerland these forest islands could once become the germination points for the genesis of a cultural landscape, where close-to-nature managed forests will constitute an essential element.

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Changing landscapes: Gay men in the west and northwest of Ireland

Sexualities ◽

10.1177/1363460720981699 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 136346072098169

Author(s):

Aidan McKearney

Keyword(s):

Gay Men ◽

Social Rights ◽

Irish Society ◽

Recent Past ◽

Same Sex ◽

Lgbt People ◽

The Many ◽

Northwest Region ◽

The Impact ◽

Insight Into

This article focuses on the experiences of gay men in the rural west and northwest region of Ireland, during a period of transformational social and political change in Irish society. These changes have helped facilitate new forms of LGBTQI visibility, and local radicalism in the region. Same-sex weddings, establishment of rural LGBT groups and marching under an LGBT banner at St Patricks Day parades would have been unthinkable in the recent past; but they are now becoming a reality. The men report continuing challenges in their lives as gay men in the nonmetropolitan space, but the emergence of new visibility, voice and cultural acceptance of LGBT people is helping change their lived experiences. The study demonstrates the impact of local activist LGBT citizens. Through their testimonies we can gain an insight into the many, varied and interwoven factors that have interplayed to create the conditions necessary for the men to: increasingly define themselves as gay to greater numbers of people in their localities; to embrace greater visibility and eschew strategies of silence; and aspire to a host of legal, political, cultural and social rights including same-sex marriage. Organic forms of visibility and local radicalism have emerged in the region and through an analysis of their testimonies we can see how the men continue to be transformed by an ever-changing landscape.

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Double, triple or quadruple hits? Exploring the impact of cybercrime on victims in the Netherlands

International Review of Victimology ◽

10.1177/02697580211010692 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 026975802110106

Author(s):

Raoul Notté ◽

E.R. Leukfeldt ◽

Marijke Malsch

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Literature Review ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Public Discourse ◽

Moral Judgments ◽

Victim Blaming ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Different Types ◽

The Impact ◽

Insight Into

This article explores the impact of online crime victimisation. A literature review and 41 interviews – 19 with victims and 22 with experts – were carried out to gain insight into this. The interviews show that most impacts of online offences correspond to the impacts of traditional offline offences. There are also differences with offline crime victimisation. Several forms of impact seem to be specific to victims of online crime: the substantial scale and visibility of victimhood, victimisation that does not stop in time, the interwovenness of online and offline, and victim blaming. Victims suffer from double, triple or even quadruple hits; it is the accumulation of different types of impact, enforced by the limitlessness in time and space, which makes online crime victimisation so extremely invasive. Furthermore, the characteristics of online crime victimisation greatly complicate the fight against and prevention of online crime. Finally, the high prevalence of cybercrime victimisation combined with the severe impact of these crimes seems contradictory with public opinion – and associated moral judgments – on victims. Further research into the dominant public discourse on victimisation and how this affects the functioning of the police and victim support would be valuable.

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Insight into the Impact of Zr/Ti Ratios on the Structure and Properties of PLZST Antiferroelectric Thick Films

physica status solidi (a) ◽

10.1002/pssa.202000579 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yucheng Liu ◽

Shaopeng Liu ◽

Tongqing Yang

Keyword(s):

Thick Films ◽

Structure And Properties ◽

Antiferroelectric Thick Films ◽

The Impact ◽

Insight Into

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Using syndromic measures of mortality to capture the dynamics of COVID-19 in Java, Indonesia, in the context of vaccination rollout

BMC Medicine ◽

10.1186/s12916-021-02016-2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Bimandra A. Djaafara ◽

Charles Whittaker ◽

Oliver J. Watson ◽

Robert Verity ◽

Nicholas F. Brazeau ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Vaccination Campaign ◽

Control Measures ◽

Additional Insight ◽

Short Term ◽

If Current ◽

Vaccine Impact ◽

Potential Impact ◽

The Impact ◽

Insight Into

Abstract Background As in many countries, quantifying COVID-19 spread in Indonesia remains challenging due to testing limitations. In Java, non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were implemented throughout 2020. However, as a vaccination campaign launches, cases and deaths are rising across the island. Methods We used modelling to explore the extent to which data on burials in Jakarta using strict COVID-19 protocols (C19P) provide additional insight into the transmissibility of the disease, epidemic trajectory, and the impact of NPIs. We assess how implementation of NPIs in early 2021 will shape the epidemic during the period of likely vaccine rollout. Results C19P burial data in Jakarta suggest a death toll approximately 3.3 times higher than reported. Transmission estimates using these data suggest earlier, larger, and more sustained impact of NPIs. Measures to reduce sub-national spread, particularly during Ramadan, substantially mitigated spread to more vulnerable rural areas. Given current trajectory, daily cases and deaths are likely to increase in most regions as the vaccine is rolled out. Transmission may peak in early 2021 in Jakarta if current levels of control are maintained. However, relaxation of control measures is likely to lead to a subsequent resurgence in the absence of an effective vaccination campaign. Conclusions Syndromic measures of mortality provide a more complete picture of COVID-19 severity upon which to base decision-making. The high potential impact of the vaccine in Java is attributable to reductions in transmission to date and dependent on these being maintained. Increases in control in the relatively short-term will likely yield large, synergistic increases in vaccine impact.

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The Impact and Implications of The COVID-19 Pandemic on Organ Procurement Outside of an Epicenter

Progress in Transplantation ◽

10.1177/15269248211002808 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 152692482110028

Author(s):

Janice Jene Hudgins ◽

Allison Jo Boyer ◽

Kristen Danielle Orr ◽

Clint Allen Hostetler ◽

Jeffrey Paul Orlowski ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Initial Phase ◽

Organ Procurement ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

Health Data ◽

Organ Procurement Organization ◽

Care Systems ◽

The Impact ◽

Variable Impact ◽

Single Organ

The COVID-19 pandemic has been well-documented to have a variable impact on individual communities and health care systems. We describe the experience of a single organ procurement organization (OPO), located in an area without a large cluster of cases during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. A review of community health data describing the impact of COVID-19 nationally and in Oklahoma was conducted. Additionally, a retrospective review of available OPO data from March 2019-May 2020 was performed. While the amount of donor referrals received and organs recovered by the OPO remained stable in the initial months of the pandemic, the observed organs transplanted vs. expected organs transplanted (O:E) decreased to the lowest number in the 15-month period and organs transplanted decreased as well. Fewer organs from Oklahoma donors were accepted for transplant despite staff spending more time allocating organs.

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