scholarly journals Sociodesign of the generation continuity: theoretical and experimental approach

Ergodesign ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
Valeriy Spasennikov
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Economic Sociology ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Life Meaning ◽  
Economic Psychology ◽  
Physical Time ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Modern Russian

Various classifications of generations associated with historical and physical time are considered. It is shown that the culturological connection of modern Russian generations has a cyclical nature and can be investigated both at the macrolevel from the standpoint of economic sociology, and at the microlevel from the standpoint of economic psychology. The idea is substantiated that the sociodesign of the generation continuity is associated with mental attitudes and life-meaning values that are accepted and shared by different generations. In the pilot study, students and their parents' meaningful values have been determined. Based on the analysis of a number of studies, some trends in forming the values of generation Z and recommendations for teaching generation Z in modern cultural and historical conditions have been identified.

scholarly journals The Effect of State Gratitude on Cognitive Flexibility: A Within-Subject Experimental Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 413
Author(s):  
Andree Hartanto ◽  
Nadia C. H. Ong ◽  
Wee Qin Ng ◽  
Nadyanna M. Majeed
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Cognitive Flexibility ◽  
Positive Emotion ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Main Study ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Relationship

Considerable research has examined the relationship between positive emotion and cognitive flexibility. Less is known, however, about the causal relationship between discrete positive emotions, specifically gratitude, and cognitive flexibility. Given that different positive emotions may dissimilarly affect cognitive functioning, we sought to examine the effect of state gratitude on cognitive flexibility. A pilot study with ninety-five participants was employed to ensure the effectiveness of our gratitude manipulation. One hundred and thirteen participants were recruited for the main study, which utilized a within-subject experimental approach. After the manipulation, participants completed a well-established task-switching paradigm, which was used to measure cognitive flexibility. Contrary to our hypotheses, we did not find any evidence that state gratitude may enhance cognitive flexibility. The current study identified some boundary conditions around the potential benefits of the experience of gratitude.

Immersed in the source text

Babel ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-285
Author(s):  
Beatriz Naranjo Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Emotional Engagement ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Narrative Transportation ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract This study aims at exploring the phenomenon of psychological transportation in translation from an experimental approach. Firstly, we investigate whether the emotions depicted in source texts may influence the level of transportation experienced by translators. Secondly, we try to determine whether different levels of transportation in the texts can make a difference in terms of translation performance. Based on previous work about narrative transportation in products of fiction, as well as the phenomenon known as the “paradox of pleasurable sadness”, we depart from the hypothesis that sad texts lead to a higher degree of psychological transportation than happy texts (H1). Taking into account previous theories and empirical results about the benefits of visualization and emotional engagement in translation, we also predict that highly-transported participants will render higher-quality (H2) and more creative translations (H3) than low-transported participants. For this purpose, a pilot study was conducted consisting of two literary translation tasks with opposing-valence texts (happy vs. sad). Lack of statistically significant differences for our hypothesis suggests that some adjustments in the methodology would be needed to achieve conclusive results; however, we believe that further research on the impact of transportation in translation quality and creativity is still worthwhile.

scholarly journals Information and communication technologies in the process of forming media behavior of modern Russian youth

KANT ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-139
Author(s):  
Irina Leonidovna Merzlyakova
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Interaction Characteristic ◽  
Modern Russian

The presented work examines the features of modern Russian youth and their media behavior in the context of the spread of COVID-19, which contributed to the more active use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in their daily life. Based on the results of sociological and marketing research, the article examines the most popular information and communication technologies and solutions that contribute to the most effective remote interpersonal and social interaction characteristic of modern Russian youth, examines its features as representatives of generation Z.

scholarly journals Generation Z: How does it see the modern Russian language textbook?

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-195
Author(s):  
Lia Alexandrovna Khodyakova ◽  
◽  
Anna Vitoldovna Suprunova ◽  
Ramil Kiryamovich Ramazanov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Language ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Modern Russian

scholarly journals A Pilot Study on Linking Tissue Mechanics with Load-Dependent Collagen Microstructures in Porcine Tricuspid Valve Leaflets

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Luke T. Hudson ◽  
Samuel V. Jett ◽  
Katherine E. Kramer ◽  
Devin W. Laurence ◽  
Colton J. Ross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Tricuspid Valve ◽  
Heart Valves ◽  
Collagen Fiber ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Tissue Level ◽  
Collagen Fibers ◽  
Tissue Mechanics ◽  
Experimental Methodology

The tricuspid valve (TV) is composed of three leaflets that coapt during systole to prevent deoxygenated blood from re-entering the right atrium. The connection between the TV leaflets’ microstructure and the tissue-level mechanical responses has yet to be fully understood in the TV biomechanics society. This pilot study sought to examine the load-dependent collagen fiber architecture of the three TV leaflets, by employing a multiscale, combined experimental approach that utilizes tissue-level biaxial mechanical characterizations, micro-level collagen fiber quantification, and histological analysis. Our results showed that the three TV leaflets displayed greater extensibility in the tissues’ radial direction than in the circumferential direction, consistently under different applied biaxial tensions. Additionally, collagen fibers reoriented towards the direction of the larger applied load, with the largest changes in the alignment of the collagen fibers under radially-dominant loading. Moreover, collagen fibers in the belly region of the TV leaflets were found to experience greater reorientations compared to the tissue region closer to the TV annulus. Furthermore, histological examinations of the TV leaflets displayed significant regional variation in constituent mass fraction, highlighting the heterogeneous collagen microstructure. The combined experimental approach presented in this work enables the connection of tissue mechanics, collagen fiber microstructure, and morphology for the TV leaflets. This experimental methodology also provides a new research platform for future developments, such as multiscale models for the TVs, and the design of bioprosthetic heart valves that could better mimic the mechanical, microstructural, and morphological characteristics of the native tricuspid valve leaflets.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Technology to teach Gen Z students about Construction Safety: A Pilot Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Swarnali Ghosh Dastider
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Construction Safety ◽  
Visual Aids ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Construction Education ◽  
Technology Generation ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Visual Aid

This pilot study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of using Virtual Reality (VR) technologies to teach the "Generation Z" (GenZ) students about construction safety as part of the Construction Science and Management (CSM) program at Tuskegee University.  Research shows that the "Technology Generation" or GenZ students are not satisfied with the traditional pedagogical methodology; rather they demand new hands-on tech-heavy immersive learning experience. In this direction, Virtual Reality is propelling profound technological renovation within the practice of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (A/E/C) industry allowing for a new pedagogical approach. In this approach, students learn from a 3D dimensional smart environment to help identify the construction safety challenges, instead of going to the potentially dangerous construction sites. This approach has been proven to positively influence construction education in many ways, including enhanced awareness and hazards recognition, in general. This research aimed to test this theory to teach GenZ students enrolled at the CSM program at Tuskegee University.  For this study, GenZ students were first exposed to traditional 2D teaching aid demonstrating construction hazards and then the multiple Virtual Reality (VR) serious games. Their response was recorded through written reports, oral interviews and a survey followed by a comparative analysis between 2D visual aid and VR technologies to test the theory as mentioned earlier. These results indicated that the GenZ students greatly welcomed VR Construction Safety exercises more than traditional 2D visual aids and were interested in exploring more.

scholarly journals GENERATIONAL CLASSIFIER OF MODERN RUSSIAN SOCIETY

2021 ◽  
pp. 156-163
Author(s):  
A. V. Milekhin ◽  
A. V. Sidorina
Keyword(s):  
Generation X ◽  
Generation Y ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
The World ◽  
Generational Groups ◽  
Generational Group ◽  
Modern Russian

The purpose of the work is to carry out the segmentation of modern Russian society by generational groups, based on the theory of modern generational segmentation. Segmentation is the first necessary step in the analysis of each generational group in terms of lifestyle and value picture of the world. In accordance with the Russian cultural and historical development the authors identified 6 generations, whose representatives live in modern Russian society: “revolutionary generation”, “military generation”, “thaw generation”, “stagnation generation” (generation X), “fracture generation” (generation Y), “digital generation” (generation Z). The article also reveals the essence of the category “generation” from the point of view of sociology.

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