Desire for Attention

1977 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. T. Welford
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
Inhibit Action ◽  
The World ◽  
Inhibitory Feedback ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship

Seeking of attention appears to be intimately bound up with certain principles of motivation, especially the seeking of observable results of action and of optimum levels of stimulation, variety and challenge, and the relationship between results and the cost of achieving them—a high cost will tend to inhibit action but enhance the value subsequently placed upon what is achieved. These principles can be applied to personal relationships: thus friendship can be regarded as a situation involving facilitative feedback between persons, hostility as involving inhibitory feedback and loneliness as occurring when there is no feedback. Which of these situations occurs appears to depend upon the relationships between the costs and benefits of interaction between the persons concerned. The care of psychiatric or senile patients in the community appears likely to impose demands for attention which are unreasonably severe (“costly”). Any attempt to change community attitudes in the hope of securing greater acceptance of such demands appears to be unrealistic. Substantial benefits could probably be attained in many cases from training in skills, especially social skills, which would enable patients to cope more effectively with the world as it is.

Financial Regulation

2011 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. F4-F9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Barrell ◽  
E. Phillip Davies
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Financial Crises ◽  
Financial Regulation ◽  
Banking Regulation ◽  
Committee Report ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Basel Committee ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

The financial crisis that engulfed the world in 2007 and 2008 has led to a wave of re-regulation and discussion of further regulation that has culminated in the proposals from the Basel Committee as well as those in the Vickers Committee report on Banking Regulation and Financial Crises. This issue of the Review contains a number of papers on Banking Regulation, covering many aspects of the debate, and we can put that debate in perspective through these papers and also by discussing our work on the relationship between bank size and risk taking, which is reported in Barrell et al. (2011). We addressed the causes of the crisis in the October 2008 Review, and began to look at the costs and benefits of bank regulation in Barrell et al. (2009). In that paper we argued that we needed to know the causes of crises and whether the regulators could do anything to affect them before we discussed new regulations. It is now generally agreed that increasing core capital reduces the probability of a crisis occurring, and most changes in regulation that are being discussed see this as the core of their toolkit. The work by the Institute macro team in Barrell et al. (2009) and in Barrell, Davis, Karim and Liadze (2010) was the first to demonstrate that there was a statistically important role for capital in defending against the probability of a crisis occurring, and our findings were widely used in the policy community in the debate over reform.

scholarly journals Die Christelike hoop – ’n Bybelse eskatologiese belydenis? Deel 1: Bybelse getuienis − ’n verhaal van hoop?

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan A. Du Rand
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Question ◽  
The World ◽  
Theological Perspective ◽  
Western Civilisation ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Characteristic Trend ◽  
Point Of Departure

Hierdie artikel is die eerste van twee artikels om die vraag te beantwoord of die gebruik van die bybelse hoop beskou kan word as die primêre belydenis om die bybelse eskatologiese boodskap van Christelike hoop te verduidelik. Dit is nie slegs ’n bybelse belydenis nie, maar beïnvloed ook reformatoriese teologiese nadenke oor die saak van eskatologiese hoop op subtiele wyse. Indien dit aangetoon kan word, moet die teologiese klem in die reformatoriese belydenis vir ’n Christen se hede en toekoms daarvolgens beskryf word. In die bespreking van eskatologiese hoop volgens tipies bybelse gebruike, kom ’n basiese vraag na vore: Wat is die wesenlike eindbestemming van die Christen? Is dit die geskape wêreld in God of God in die geskape wêreld? Terwyl die bybelse begrip hoop semanties en eksegeties nagespeur word, kom die verhouding tussen God en sy verganklike skepping, soos ons dit ken, op ’n nuwe wyse ter sprake. ’n Tipiese kenmerk van die huidige Westerse beskawing, oor die algemeen beskou, is die onverbiddelike strewe na ontwikkeling ongeag die koste. Dit geskied egter nie vir Christene sonder die belydenis van hoop nie. Selfs teologiese publikasies oorbeklemtoon die hede deur die beslissende betekenis van God se toekoms vir sy eie te relativeer. Die eksegetiese vertrekpunt van hierdie artikel is die verstaan van die Christelike eskatologiese hoop volgens Romeine 5:1−5. Met so ’n kragtige Pauliniese vertrekpunt word die tendense van eskatologiese hoop volgens die Ou en Nuwe Testament nagegaan om aan die navorser ’n bybelse basis te voorsien waarop die teologiese bespreking kan voortbou.The Christian hope – a biblical eschatological confession? Part 1: Biblical witness − a narrative of hope? This is the first of two related articles to answer the question whether the usage of biblical hope can be regarded as the ultimate confession in explaining the biblical eschatological message of Christian hope. It is not only a biblical confession, but it also subtly influences the theological reformational reflection on the issue of eschatological hope. If proven the case, a correction of theological emphasis is necessary to bring the present and hereafter in biblical and theological perspective. In this discussion of eschatological hope in its typical biblical description, the fundamental question to be answered is: What is the ultimate port of destination? Is it the world in God or God in the world? Exploring the biblical concept of hope semantically and exegetically, according to the Old and New Testaments, pushes the relationship between God and his perishable creation, as we know it, to the foreground, but not without the fundamental confession of hope. In general, the typical recent characteristic trend in Western civilisation is the ruthless striving towards development – whatever the cost may be. Even theological publications reflect the overestimation and the exclusiveness of the present by relativising the importance of God’s biblical and theological future for humankind. The exegetical point of departure is the understanding of Paul’s decisive accentuating of the eschatological hope in the argumentative narrative according to Romans 5:1−5. With such a powerful framework of thought the tendencies of eschatological hope, according to the Old and New Testaments, are investigated to provide the researcher with a biblical basis to be further explored in theological reflections.

Data Mining and Analysis of Lung Cancer

2010 ◽  
pp. 118-144
Author(s):  
Guoxin Tang
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
The United States ◽  
Claim Data ◽  
National Database ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
The World ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and the world, with more than 1.3 million deaths worldwide per year. However, because of a lack of effective tools to diagnose lung cancer, more than half of all cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage, when surgical resection is unlikely to be feasible. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between patient outcomes and conditions of the patients undergoing different treatments for lung cancer and to develop models to estimate the population burden, the cost of cancer, and to help physicians and patients determine appropriate treatment in clinical decision-making. We use a national database, and also claim data to investigate treatments for lung cancer.

scholarly journals A Brief Introduction to the World of Macroprudential Policy

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-109
Author(s):  
Mirna Dumičić
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Growth ◽  
General Public ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Macroprudential Policy ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Notwithstanding the rapid growth in the popularity of and the increasing number of research papers on macroprudential policy, the general public still has a relatively unclear perception of this concept. The main purpose of this paper is to explain briefly the most important concepts related to macroprudential policy and describe its objectives. Emphasis is put on explaining the main stages of a macroprudential cycle, the relationship between macroprudential policy and other economic policies, and the costs and benefits of macroprudential regulations.

scholarly journals Tourism in Kenya's national parks: A cost-benefit analysis

SURG Journal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Hubert Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Environmental Costs ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Wildlife Species ◽  
The World ◽  
The Cost

East Africa is home to some of the most stunning wildlife in the world. With tourism in the region’s wildlife parks growing in popularity, it is imperative to evaluate the socioeconomic and environmental costs and benefits of this expanding industry. This study conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the various impacts that tourism has brought to Kenya’s national parks by monetarily valuating each impact. While the results of this cost-benefit analysis suggest that the benefits far outweigh the costs, even when non-measurable costs are considered, a number of fundamental issues must be addressed in order to improve the cost-benefit balance. The results are likely to be representative of the overall state of tourism in Kenya’s national parks and expose key areas where improvements can be made. Improvements to tourism in Kenya’s national parks can have positive implications for local people, the environment, wildlife species, tourists, and biodiversity conservation. Keywords: tourism; national parks; Kenya; cost-benefit analysis

The Costs and Benefits of Volunteering Programs in the Public Sector: A Longitudinal Study of Municipal Governments

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 689-703
Author(s):  
Mikhail Ivonchyk
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Municipal Governments ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Costs ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship

Public sector volunteering is an increasingly common phenomenon that has attracted public administration scholars’ attention for several decades. Previous literature suggests that one of the main advantages of citizen involvement in public service delivery is related to subsequent cost savings. However, a lack of longitudinal data has limited our ability to test this proposition and constrained our understanding of the subject. The main goal of this study is to fill this lacuna and analyze the relationship between volunteering and the level of spending as well as the number of paid employees in city governments across 10 years. The empirical findings indicate that volunteer involvement is indeed significantly and negatively associated with the level of spending and the number of paid employees, with the number of services unaffected. The cost savings, however, may come with delays most likely because it takes time and resources to properly train volunteers. This may also drive up administrative costs.

scholarly journals Intersubjectivity in Maria Stepanova's poetic cycle «Spolia»

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (24) ◽  
pp. 52-57
Author(s):  
Alexei S. Bokarev ◽  
◽  
Yulia V. Tkachuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Speech Production ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Modern Artists ◽  
The Relationship

The article considers M. Stepanova's cycle of poems «Spolia» (2015) from the point of view of the relationship between the author and the hero, whose outlooks are clearly getting closer at the non-classical stage of poetics development. The authors analyse the artistic strategy where «I», being the subject of the utterence, delegates the right to speak and/or the right to make judgements to the «other», «connecting» to the «other» for the sake of self-expression. Spolia is based on the complex of meanings connected with the author's consciousness, directed towards the author, but not autonomous in relation to the subject: replication (usually not marked graphically) and «alien» intention (understood as value expression directed at the protagonist) are the most popular forms of speech production in the cycle. The author's powers are thus limited to recording judgements addressed to the heroine and critically interpreting Stepanova's texts (the poet's works must be read as meta-lyrics), and to organizing the space for dialogue. The «voices» of both classical and modern artists (from A. Griboyedov and P. Tchaikovsky to Ven. Yerofeyev and G. Dashevsky) are included in the subjective sphere of «Spolia» as inseparable but not merging with the author's voice. When the purpose of the intertext comes down to expanding the boundaries of the personality, which is no longer understood as a «center», but as a «radius» of the artistic world, it is natural to disregard the individual biography of the writer. The poet's «passport» name, according to Stepanova, is a «synonym» for the epicenter of pain: unity with the world is only bought at the cost of suffering, which opens up to the author the possibility of «no-self-speaking», rare in poetry

Unpacking the Relationship Between Preschool Social Skills and First Grade Academic Competence

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany L. Rhoades ◽  
Heather Kiernan Warren ◽  
Mark T. Greenberg ◽  
Celene E. Domitrovich
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Academic Competence ◽  
The Relationship

Kazakhstan’s Economic Growth in the Context of the World Economy

2006 ◽  
pp. 133-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Arystanbekov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
World Economy ◽  
World Ocean ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Crude Petroleum ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

Kazakhstan’s economic policy results in 1995-2005 are considered in the article. In particular, the analysis of the relationship between economic growth and some indicators of nation states - population, territory, direct access to the World Ocean, and extraction of crude petroleum - is presented. Basic problems in the sphere of economic policy in Kazakhstan are formulated.

Hostile Takeovers and Anti-takeover Defenses in the Russian Corporate Market

2007 ◽  
pp. 70-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Demidova
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Hostile Takeovers ◽  
Russian Market ◽  
Takeover Defenses ◽  
The Cost ◽  
European Markets

This article analyzes definitions and the role of hostile takeovers at the Russian and European markets for corporate control. It develops the methodology of assessing the efficiency of anti-takeover defenses adapted to the conditions of the Russian market. The paper uses the cost-benefit analysis, where the costs and benefits of the pre-bid and post-bid defenses are compared.

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