Christian Majority and Muslim Minority Students in Komotini-Greece

2021 ◽  
pp. 23-53
Author(s):  
Keratso Georgiadou
Keyword(s):  
Minority Students ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Internet Safety ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Muslim Minority ◽  
The Town ◽  
Social Backgrounds

The purpose of the study was to examine the differences or similarities in ICT use among 120 students from a Christian majority population and from a Muslim minority population, boys and girls, ranging from 7 to 18 years old, all living in the town of Komotini (located in North-Eastern Greece). This research was carried out as the two communities share the same area for living but have different social backgrounds. Thus, it was a challenge for the researcher to identify if their lifestyle differences, their culture, and tradition affect their use of ICTs. The research identified the different ways in which children negotiate technically their relation to ICT and uncovers the varied impacts of technology such as internet safety, influence of use of ICTs, addiction to the internet, parents awareness of ICT use, and surveillance of their children.

scholarly journals Thymic regulation of hematopoiesis. III: Isolation of helper and suppressor populations using counterflow centrifugal elutriation

Blood ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 787-789
Author(s):  
SJ Sharkis ◽  
C Cremo ◽  
MI Collector ◽  
SJ Noga ◽  
AD Donnenberg
Keyword(s):  
Cell Types ◽  
Colony Growth ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Intermediate Cell ◽  
Centrifugal Elutriation ◽  
Hematopoietic Progenitors ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Helper Function ◽  
Positive And Negative Feedback

We have evidence that thymic regulatory cells can either enhance or inhibit the growth of hematopoietic progenitors in vitro. We have suggested that two separate populations are responsible for this regulatory interaction but isolation of the cell types has proven difficult. We now report the isolation by counterflow centrifugal elutriation (CCE) of two separate populations of thymocytes which regulate erythropoiesis in coculture. We demonstrate that a minority population (less than 10%) of slow sedimenting elutriated thymocytes provide a helper function whereas the suppressor population is the majority population. Furthermore, some thymocytes of intermediate cell volume neither enhance nor inhibit erythroid colony growth. We conclude that isolation of thymic subsets can lead to identification of populations which induce cell-cell regulation of hematopoietic progenitors resulting in both a positive and negative feedback control of growth.

scholarly journals Experiences of second-generation students of Punjabi Sikh ancestry in the British Columbia school system

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Amardeep Sull
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
School System ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
School Experiences ◽  
Large Majority ◽  
School Type ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Small Minority ◽  
Columbia School ◽  
Majority Population

Punjabi Sikhs migrating to Canada form a disproportionately large population of the migrants from South Asia. There has been limited research or current literature on the schooling experiences of the second-generation children of these migrants despite the large numbers of this group migrating to Canada. The effects of minority status within the K-12 British Columbia school system regarding school experiences of second-generation students of Punjabi Sikh descent are presented throughout this research process. The investigation focused on the research participants’ perceived school experiences and whether there were differences based on the school type’s demographic composition of responders. I categorized these school types into three: small minority population, large minority population, and large majority population. I hypothesized that schools with large majority populations would have greater perceived satisfaction with school experiences. I found that I could further analyze by subscale and total scale groupings, based on my original correlational analysis. I found differences on school experiences (SE) and home experiences (HE) subscales based on school type, school type being differentiated by schools with a minority population, a large minority population, or a large majority population of the responder demographic of second-generation students of Punjabi Sikh descent. I found that responders from small minority population schools and large minority population schools showed a statistically significant difference in responses than responders from large majority population schools.

ICTs in the Micro-Enterprise

2013 ◽  
pp. 128-148
Author(s):  
Kelly Burke
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Enterprise Growth ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Social Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Online Business ◽  
Extensive Body ◽  
Micro Enterprises

Though there is an extensive body of research regarding information and communication technology (ICT) use in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), relatively few studies have examined ICT use specifically in the subset of SMEs known as micro-enterprises. This study compares ICT use among micro-enterprises (MEs) in the agricultural sector. Factors expected to influence IC adoption include firm size, CEO education, and the type of crop produced. Results indicate extensive use of computers and the Internet, especially for functions like email, online purchasing, and online business-related research, while website ownership is less widespread. Larger MEs are more likely than smaller ones to use a computer. Among those MEs owning computers, larger ones are more likely than smaller ones to have a website and to conduct financial activities online. However, most other ICTs (email, online purchasing, etc.) are used similarly by both smaller and larger MEs. Thus, for most internet ICTs micro-enterprise growth does not result in differing adoption rates. The study also investigates micro-enterprise use of emerging social technologies like instant messaging, chat, blogging, etc. Micro-entrepreneurs’ perceptions of ICT benefits and implications for development are also discussed.

Commentary: the internet, social media, relationships and sex

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Safety ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Internet And Social Media

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use Bates’ paper as a springboard to consider the potential impact of the internet on the personal and intimate lives of people with learning disabilities including opportunities to gain support. Design/methodology/approach Key literature is reviewed alongside the author’s experiences in working with people with learning disabilities on sexual issues. Findings The literature prioritises internet safety for people with learning disabilities. There is limited attention to how people can be supported to use social media to enhance their social and/or sexual lives. Originality/value The commentary challenges the reader to consider how the internet and social media can be used to help people with learning disabilities develop and maintain relationships including sexual relationships.

scholarly journals Serial subcultivation of Czechoslovakian and Japanese BCG strains

1980 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. W. Osborn
Keyword(s):  
Minority Population ◽  
The Third ◽  
Seed Culture ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Selection Of

SUMMARYChanges in the Danish BCG strain under certain regimens of subculture have been shown in preceding studies to be associated with selection of a minority population. Three Czechoslovakian BCG strains, all originally derived from the Danish strain but thereafter and in distinction from it maintained on potato media, have now been investigated. Changes in the immunizing potency of two of these strains have been attributed by other workers to employment of the richer potato media in place of Sauton medium as used for maintenance of the parent Danish strain. However, results from the present study suggest rather that selection of a pre-existing minority genotype or of a now mutant occurred. This proposal is supported by the finding that the third strain has maintained characteristics similar to those of the Danish parent despite many previous transfers on potato media.Another BCG strain investigated was the Japanese which, like the three Czechoslovakian strains, had been previously maintained on potato media. This strain has been shown in the present study to resemble the Danish strain in supporting a minority population yielding non-spreading colonies. Czechoslovakian vaccine prepared with seed culture supplied from Tokyo has retained characteristics similar to those of the Japanese parent. Although a majority population yielding spreading colonies appears so far to have been retained in both centres, it is considered that selection of the minority could still occur in the course of routine transfer.

scholarly journals The Belgian Limburg dialect of Hamont

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Verhoeven
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Lexical Tone ◽  
The West ◽  
Unique Position ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
National Border ◽  
The Town ◽  
Eastern Edge

Hamont is a small town located on the north-eastern edge of the Belgian province of Limburg, on the national border with the Netherlands. It is situated about 30 km south of Eindhoven and 15 km west of Weert in the Netherlands. The town has about 13,500 inhabitants. According to Belemans, Kruijsen & Van Keymeulen (1998), the dialect of Hamont belongs to the West Limburg dialects (subclassification: Dommellands). Limburg dialects occupy a unique position among the Belgian and Dutch dialects in that their prosodic system has a lexical tone distinction, which is traditionally referred to as SLEEPTOON ‘dragging tone’ and STOOTTOON ‘push tone’. In line with recent conventions, stoottoon is referred to as Accent 1 and transcribed as superscript 1; sleeptoon is referred to as Accent 2 and is transcribed as superscript 2 (cf. Schmidt 1986).

scholarly journals Network Project Activities and Digital Tools for their Implementation

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-31
Author(s):  
A. A. Belolobova
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Safety ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Ict Competence ◽  
Work Done ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Network Project ◽  
Modern Technologies

The paper considers the evolution of project activities and the impact of modern technologies on the form of project presentation. Features of the network project are considered, digital tools that are suitable for organizing network activities are described. The stages of project organization and digital tools for conducting a telecommunication project are described, as well as the features of creating a website for a network educational project. The article offers a description of the network project “Internet Safety”. The purpose of this article is to describe a method for creating a modern telecommunication project based on modern cloud and network tools. Based on this goal, the following tasks can be identified: • Consider the evolution of project activities. • Review the stages of project development. • Analyze modern digital tools that are suitable for transferring educational activities to the Internet. To pick up modern tools for the implementation of the network project. • Identify the features of the organization of project activities in the network. • Conduct testing and draw conclusions about the work done. The relevance of this work is that the services used in the course of studying the discipline “Informatics and ICT” must constantly change to the most modern ones and demonstrate to students the relevant tools necessary for a modern graduate and specialist. Materials and methods. The conclusions are based on a theoretical analysis of scientific and methodological literature on the use of the project method in education. The article was prepared using the materials and conclusions made by the author when creating the website of the telecommunication project “Internet Safety”. The telecommunication project took place in 2019 (May-June) at the College of Omsk State Technical University, as part of the study of the discipline “Information Technology”. Conclusion. The modern telecommunication project has a number of distinctive features. The process of preparing for the launch of the project is quite time-consuming and requires sufficient digital literacy from the teacher. The use of modern educational environments can make the process of organizing and conducting a project as comfortable as possible for all project participants. The analysis of modern educational tools, based on the description of the key features of the telecommunication project, allowed us to offer fairly easy-to-use services that can fully take advantage of network project activities. The proposed services were tested as part of the network project “Internet Safety”. As part of the research, a method of telecommunication projects has been developed and tested, which, thanks to the use of modern services, is capable of not only acquainting students with the topic of the project, but also developing the ICT competence of students, as well as increasing students' interest in studying modern technologies and improving the ability to navigate the information space. Results. The method of telecommunication projects is an effective pedagogical technology that has found a new life in the digital age. A modern project carried out on the Internet has a number of features, but due to the fact that this type of work is based on modern services and technologies, we can say that it develops the ICT competence of students and their skills to work in the network.

scholarly journals Situational ethnicity and identity negotiation: “indifference” as an identity negotiation mechanism

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhumita Banerjee ◽  
Paurav Shukla ◽  
Nicholas J. Ashill
Keyword(s):  
Population Study ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Identity Negotiation ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Settings ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Negotiation Mechanism

PurposeWhile the literature on migration highlights the reshaping of host and immigrant population in countries, there is a paucity of research in marketing investigating the evolving dynamics for acculturation. The purpose of this study is to further the understanding of the emerging phenomenon of acculturation and identity negotiation.Design/methodology/approachThree experiments examined situational ethnicity, self-construal and identity negotiation in home and host culture work and social settings. Study 1 and Study 2 were conducted in the United Kingdom (UK), where the host country is the majority population. Study 3 was conducted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where the host country is the minority population. Study 4 utilized qualitative interviews in both countries.FindingsResults from all four studies show that ethnic consumers deploy “indifference” as an identity negotiation mechanism when the host society is the majority population (UK) and when the host society has the minority population (UAE).Originality/valueThe authors offer new insights into identity negotiation by ethnic consumers when the host society is the majority population as well as the minority population. “Indifference”, i.e. preferring to neither fit in nor stand out as an identity negotiation mechanism, is deployed in work and social settings of home and host societies. The authors also advance the existing literature on acculturation by examining whether independent and interdependent self-construal influence identity negotiation.

scholarly journals Mini-review Summary

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ronald Osei Mensah ◽  
Charles Obeel
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Fear Reaction ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Town ◽  
North Eastern Part

This mini review brings to bear a situation that occurred in the rural areas of West Africa where the inhabitants accused others of being responsible for the loss of their genitals. The town of reference is Zorse, which is inhabited by the Kusasi tribe in the North Eastern part of Ghana. Anthropologists and psychologists explain anxiety assault as a fear reaction that emanates from a people’s belief that a person can cause sex organs to vanish or shrink. Charles Mather used ethnography to describe detailed accounts of happenings. This current paper provides a systematic review of happenings based on the information gathered from the script of Mather. It is revealed that the explanations offered are also grounded in bioengineering and psychology.

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