Ukrainian Canadians’ Tremendous Contributions to a Mosaic Canadian Society (in the Context of Celebrating Their 125th Settling in Maple Leaf Country)

2017 ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
Valentyna Bohatyrets
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
High Rank ◽  
Canadian Society ◽  
Multicultural Society ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Community Members ◽  
125Th Anniversary ◽  
Common Purpose ◽  
High Level ◽  
Looking Back

Noteworthy, 2016 has become another crucial landmark in recognizing the remarkable impact of Ukrainian vigorous community, which succeeded in preserving and boosting its heritage values, traditions and language, on all Canada’s walks of life. In this context, this research paper provides an overview of historians, scholars and community members, whereas focusing on a tremendous role that Ukrainians (such as worldly acknowledged Paul Yuzyk, Orest Subtelny, John Sopinka Chrystia Freeland, Sylvia Fedoruk, Edward Michael Stelmach, Myrna Kostash, and newly known Roberta Bondar, Ann Morash, Petro Neborskij, Oleh Lesiuk) play in the Canadian multicultural society. Owing to their social, political and economic integration, Ukrainians have reached a rather high level of culture perception and blending into a mosaic Canadian society. Looking back on a record of Ukrainian Canadians’ achievements, we can witness that by the early 1990’s some of the high-rank positions have been held by the children or grandchildren of humble Ukrainian immigrants, and, moreover, they have earned accomplishments in various domains. To conclude, Ukrainian Canadians proved that by their exemplary service, enthusiasm and commitment to Canada’s common purpose, they could, collectively as a community, work toward a common goal, ensure their views reached and establish their powerful and valuable existence in Canada. Keywords:The 125th anniversary, Canada, Ukrainian community, tremendous achievements, multicultural society

scholarly journals HANDLING DISTRUST ON RISK COMMUNICATION IN NIGERIA: A STRATEGY TO STRENGTHENING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK RESPONSE

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi ◽  
Priscilla Onaopemipo Akosile ◽  
Aanuoluwapo Adeyimika Afolabi ◽  
Victor Okoliko Ukwenya
Keyword(s):  
Risk Communication ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Outbreak Response ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
High Level

Abstract Background This study aimed to assess the level of trust in the COVID-19 risk communication efforts in Nigeria. Methods We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among community members aged 15 years and above in Ondo state in October, 2020. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 22. Descriptive statistics were summarized using frequencies. Trust was ranked from “1” implying “Low level of trust” to “7” denoting “High level of trust”. We conducted bivariate Chi-square test on respondents’ level of trust in the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and socio-demographic characteristics. The level of significance was set at p<0.05. Results Among the 691 respondents, 244 (35.3%) were aged 21 to 29 years, and 304 (51.4%) used the NCDC to obtain COVID-19 knowledge. Overall, 205 (41.8%) had high level of trust in the NCDC. Furthermore, 51 (51.5%) individuals aged 30-39 years had high level of trust in the NCDC (ᵡ2=17.455, p= 0.001). Also, 114 (48.5%) persons who lived with children below 18 years had high level of trust in the NCDC (ᵡ2= 8.266, p= 0.004). Conclusion Policy makers should prioritize the involvement of young and educated persons in COVID-19 risk communication strategies.

scholarly journals Translation and Validation of the HPLP-II From English to Armenian

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoya Minasyan ◽  
Leslie C Hussey
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Content Validity Index ◽  
Health Promotion Behavior ◽  
Forward Translation ◽  
High Level ◽  
Translation And Validation

As the focus of healthcare shifts toward the social determinants of health, more information about health disparities between different ethnic communities is needed. The Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II) is an instrument that measures health promotion behavior across various cultural lines. This article describes the translation and validation of the HPLP-II from English to Armenian for the purpose of studying health promotion behavior among the hypertensive and normotensive Armenian American population and addressing health disparities among this community. Translating the HPLP-II required a multistep process to capture cultural linguistic adjustment. First, the researcher, a local bilingual professor, and a professional translation company each created a forward-translation. These three translations were combined by an editor to create one translation with the highest clarity. The researcher then submitted this translation to two bilingual community members for back-translation. A committee composed of the researcher, the community members, and a bilingual healthcare worker reviewed each back-translated item and adjusted those that lost their meanings. Another committee reviewed each item for clarity and consistency. The instrument was then given to five native speakers who were asked to read each question and verbally express what they understood it to be asking. After the researcher made adjustments based on this feedback, the instrument was given to a committee of nine bilingual experts, who reviewed each item and scored it.This multistep, iterative process resulted in an instrument with an item content validity index score of 0.90 (>0.78) and a scale content validity index of 0.96 (>0.90), and Cronbach’s a = 0.936, suggesting a high level of reliability. The HPLP-II can now be used in future studies regarding health promotion behavior among Armenian Americans.

scholarly journals Human Gaze Assisted Artificial Intelligence: A Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruohan Zhang ◽  
Akanksha Saran ◽  
Bo Liu ◽  
Yifeng Zhu ◽  
Sihang Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Cognitive State ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
High Level ◽  
And Robotics

Human gaze reveals a wealth of information about internal cognitive state. Thus, gaze-related research has significantly increased in computer vision, natural language processing, decision learning, and robotics in recent years. We provide a high-level overview of the research efforts in these fields, including collecting human gaze data sets, modeling gaze behaviors, and utilizing gaze information in various applications, with the goal of enhancing communication between these research areas. We discuss future challenges and potential applications that work towards a common goal of human-centered artificial intelligence.

4W of user-generated content: why who we are and where we post influence what we post

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kemal Cem Soylemez
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Community Factors ◽  
Community Ownership ◽  
Online Brand Communities ◽  
Online Brand Community ◽  
High Level

PurposeIn continuation of Soylemez (2021), this study utilized equity theory and investigated how personal factors (personality traits) and community factors (ownership) influence relative generation of brand-oriented and community-oriented content.Design/methodology/approachA study of A/B testing was conducted with 104 online brand community (OBC) participants who had been active in an OBC in the last 30 days.FindingsMembers with a high level of conscientiousness, extroversion and neuroticism generate more brand-oriented content than community-oriented content. Openness to experience, agreeableness and community ownership have been found to have no significant effects.Practical implicationsThis research helps marketing practitioners on whether they should build their own online brand communities. The study also suggests that brands should adjust their community strategies based on the personality traits of community members and expectations from the community.Originality/valueThis is the first study that investigates how personality traits and community ownership influence the generation of different types of user-generated content (UGC).

EWOM firestorm: young consumers and online community

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasithorn Suwandee ◽  
Jiraporn Surachartkumtonkun ◽  
Aurathai Lertwannawit
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Failures ◽  
Young Consumers ◽  
Mixed Factorial Design ◽  
Information Characteristics ◽  
High Level

Purpose This study aims to examine the influence of homophily in an online community and the effect of electronic word of mouth (eWOM) consensus on young consumers’ attitudes. Design/methodology/approach This study implemented an experimental research design using a two (low/high homophily) × two (low/high eWOM consensus) mixed factorial design. This study explores young consumers’ changes in brand attitude after encountering negative eWOM. Findings The results indicate that a high consensus of negative eWOM among online community members leads to significant changes in attitude, while a low consensus of negative eWOM does not produce such an effect. Negative eWOM from either high or low homophilous sources produces significant changes in attitude. There are significant attitude changes when a strong consensus of negative eWOM is received from a source with a high level of homophily. Research limitations/implications Service failures in offline service settings lead to the dissemination of negative eWOM on social media. To handle and prevent social media crises, researchers should understand online crises antecedents relating to information characteristics i.e. eWOM consensus and characteristics of online community members to evaluate the crises impact. Brands should monitor tone and dialogue of online community member on social media to remedy and diminish any damage done to their brand image from negative eWOM. Originality/value This study contributes to the application of social network theory by understanding the role of nodes on negative eWOM effect in social media.

Folly’s Tyranny: Theatricality in Erasmus’s and Labé’s Portraits of Folly

Moreana ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (Number 189- (3-4) ◽  
pp. 5-20
Author(s):  
Melinda A. Cro
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Louise Labe ◽  
Looking Back ◽  
The Human Condition

The figure of folly and her tyranny over the human condition are themes that both Erasmus and Louise Labé explore in the sixteenth century, Erasmus in the Praise of Folly and Labé, inspired by Erasmus, in the Débat de Folie et d’Amour. Both works share not only common themes and images, but an emphasis on theatre, both as form and as an important image. Through a comparative analysis of these two works and looking back to Lucian’s Declamatio pro tyrannicida and Erasmus’s response as important sources, it slowly becomes evident that Erasmus and Labé shared a common goal – to highlight the inherent folly of tyranny and to propose models for civic behavior in response to tyranny.

scholarly journals On the 125th anniversary of the discovery of radioactivity: history of development and current state of regulation of the provision of the radiation safety of the public

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 6-16
Author(s):  
G. G. Onischenko ◽  
I. K. Romanovich ◽  
O. A. Istorik ◽  
A. V. Vodovatov ◽  
A. M. Biblin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Federal State ◽  
X Rays ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
Current State ◽  
125Th Anniversary ◽  
History Of ◽  
Radiobiological Effects ◽  
High Level

This paper is focused on the history of development and current state of regulation of the provision of radiation safety of the public. It includes data on the history of discovery of the X-rays, radioactivity and development of the atomic industry in the USSR and in the world as well as the issues of evaluation of the radiobiological effects of the ionizing radiation on the human and history of the development of regulations. It is indicated, that the principles of the radiation safety, norms and approaches to the provision of the radiation protection presented in the Federal state Law № 3-FZ “On the radiation safety of the public” and NRB 99/2009 fully comply with the ICRP Publication 60 (1990) and International Basic Safety Standard (IAEA, 1997). For decades, FZ-3 and NRB 99/2009 have allowed provisioning the high level of radiation safety of the personnel and the public.

scholarly journals Collaborative Governance in HIV And AIDS Prevention in Sleman District 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Yunita Elianda ◽  
Dian Eka Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Human Movement ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Common Purpose ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
High Level

AIDS caused by HIV is a health issue of global concern. In Indonesia, in the first quarter of 2017, the number of HIV cases was 10,376 and AIDS cases were 673. DIY is a tourism city and student city that has a high level of human movement so it is highly likely that behaviors that are at risk of contracting or transmitting HIV and AIDS. DIY has an attraction that makes many people with different socio-economic and demographic backgrounds come to this region. Many tourists from domestic and abroad are interested in the beauty of tourism in DIY. Therefore, collaborative governance among stakeholders is needed in the response to HIV and AIDS. There are eight indicators to see the success of collaborative governance according to DeSeve: Networked Structure, Commitment to a Common Purpose, Trust Among the Participants, Governance, Access to Authority, Distributive Accountability / Responsibility, Information Sharing, Access to Resources. The findings of this study are that cross-sectoral collaboration carried out does not yet have regulations as a guideline in carrying out such collaboration. So that cooperation is only at the stage of mutual involvement in the response to HIV and AIDS, not at the stage of official cooperation that has legality. Because the existence of basic rules is important in collaborative governance as the initial foundation and legitimacy for stakeholders who act. AIDS yang disebabkan oleh HIV adalah masalah kesehatan yang menjadi perhatian global. Di Indonesia, pada kuartal pertama 2017, jumlah kasus HIV mencapai 10.376 dan kasus AIDS sebanyak 673. Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY) adalah kota pariwisata dan kota pelajar yang memiliki tingkat pergerakan manusia yang tinggi sehingga sangat mungkin perilaku yang berisiko tertular atau menularkan HIV dan AIDS. DIY memiliki daya tarik yang membuat banyak orang dengan latar belakang sosial ekonomi dan demografi yang berbeda datang ke wilayah ini. Banyak wisatawan dari dalam dan luar negeri tertarik pada keindahan pariwisata di DIY. Oleh karena itu, tata kelola kolaboratif di antara para pemangku kepentingan diperlukan dalam menanggapi HIV dan AIDS. Ada delapan indikator untuk melihat keberhasilan tata kelola kolaboratif menurut DeSeve: Struktur Jaringan, Komitmen untuk Tujuan Bersama, Kepercayaan di antara Para Peserta, Tata Kelola, Akses ke Otoritas, Akuntabilitas / Tanggung Jawab Distributif, Berbagi Informasi, dan Akses ke Sumber Daya. Temuan dari penelitian ini adalah bahwa kolaborasi lintas sektoral yang dilakukan belum memiliki peraturan sebagai pedoman dalam melakukan kolaborasi tersebut sehingga kerja sama hanya pada tahap keterlibatan timbal balik dalam penanggulangan HIV dan AIDS, bukan pada tahap kerja sama resmi yang memiliki legalitas. Bagaimanapun juga, keberadaan aturan dasar menjadi penting dalam tata kelola kolaboratif sebagai landasan awal dan legitimasi bagi para pemangku kepentingan yang bertindak.

scholarly journals The Facility List Coder: A Tool to Evaluate Community Food Environments

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Arcila-Agudelo ◽  
Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mora ◽  
Andreu Farran-Codina
Keyword(s):  
Food Environment ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Classification Algorithms ◽  
Food Environments ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Healthy Life Style ◽  
High Level ◽  
Community Food Environment ◽  
Level Of Agreement

A community food environment plays an essential role in explaining the healthy life-style patterns of its community members. However, there is a lack of compelling quantitative approaches to evaluate these environments. This study introduces and validates a new tool named the Facility List Coder (FLC), whose purpose is to assess food environments based on data sources and classification algorithms. Using the case of Matar&oacute; (Spain), we randomly selected 301 grids areas (100 m2) where we conducted street audits in order to physically identify all the facilities by name, address and type. Then, audit-identified facilities were matched with those automatically-identified and were classified using the FLC in order to determine its quality. Our results suggest that automatically-identified and audit-identified food environments have a high level of agreement. The ICC estimates and their respective 95% confidence intervals for the overall sample, yield the result &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; (ICC &ge; 0.9) for the level of reliability of the FLC.

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