Building reputations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conor Lucey
Keyword(s):  
Primary Source ◽  
Real Estate Market ◽  
Architectural Drawings ◽  
Lower Tier ◽  
Building Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Building Typology ◽  
First Time

This book advances an innovative look at a well known, if arguably often misunderstood, historic building typology: the eighteenth-century brick terraced (or row) house. Created for the upper tier of the social spectrum, these houses were largely designed and built by what is customarily regarded as the lower tier of the architectural hierarchy; that is, by artisan communities of bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers and related tradesmen. From London and Dublin to Boston and Philadelphia, these houses collectively formed the streets and squares that became the links and pivots of ‘enlightened’ city plans, and remain central to their respective historic and cultural identities. But while the scenographic quality of Bath and the stuccoed interiors of Dublin have long enjoyed critical approbation, the ‘typical’ house is understood less in terms of design and more in terms of production: consequently, historians have emphasized the commercial motivations of this artisan class at the expense of how they satisfied the demands of an elite, and taste-conscious, real estate market. Drawing on extensive primary source material, from property deeds and architectural drawings to trade cards and newspaper advertising, this book rehabilitates the status of the house builder by examining his negotiation of both the manual and intellectual dimensions of the building process. For the first time, Building Reputations considers the artisan as both a figure of building production and an agent of architectural taste.

scholarly journals Urinary incontinence as the socioeconomic problem

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-66
Author(s):  
Krystyna Klimaszewska ◽  
Mariola Bartusek
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Costs Of Treatment ◽  
Social Discomfort

Abstract Introduction. Urinary incontinence, meaning irrespective of will leakage of urine, is a serious health problem, and has the status of social disease basing on the epidemiological data concerning number of affected populations suffering from it Taking into consideration the chronic character of the disease and increasing social discomfort including social exclusion, the costs of treatment and rehabilitation should be lower so patients could improve the quality of their lives in other aspects. That is why it is important to deeply analyze the costs of urinary incontinence in terms of diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation. Aim. Costs analysis related to diagnostics and treatment of urinary incontinence incurred by patient, or co-financed/funded by the National Health Fund on the basis of the literature review. Summary. The few but regularly prepared reports show that there is a clear need for changes in the funding of services provided to patients with health needs. Both the social and economic aspects are important for each patient and should be deeply analysed by public funds decision makers. It would be much easier to take an action if the probability of complete cure was high.

The Investigation of the Effect Caused by Deposition Velocity on Bonding Degree within the Structure of FDM

2018 ◽  
Vol 764 ◽  
pp. 142-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Li ◽  
Hong Bin Li ◽  
Jing Chuan Dong ◽  
Tai Yong Wang ◽  
Hai Tao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Deposition Velocity ◽  
Quantitative Relationship ◽  
Optimal Temperature ◽  
Bonding Quality ◽  
Building Process ◽  
First Time ◽  
Area Deposition ◽  
Printing Method

In this paper, the effect of deposition velocity on bonding degree is studied in the aspects of experiment and theory. The experimental results show that the bonding quality of the adjacent filaments is weakened with increasing of deposition velocity. In addition, on the premise of guaranteeing every point in the building process to remain at the optimal temperature, the quantitative relationships between interval and filled area, deposition velocity are investigated by using the technique of deactivate and reactivate element of finite element. On the base of the quantitative relationships, the variable deposition velocity printing method is proposed for the first time. Namely, to reap the best bonding quality of filaments the time of completing one layer can be determined according to the filled area, and then, the optimal deposition velocity can be obtained according to the quantitative relationship between the interval and the deposition velocity. Printing the model at this speed can obtain the part with the best bonding quality between adjacent layers.

Les disciplines herméneutiques et la théorie critique sont-elles des formes de la rationalité scientifique?

Dialogue ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-326
Author(s):  
Stéphane Courtois
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Communicative Action ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Scientific Enterprise ◽  
Theory Of Communicative Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
First Time ◽  
Critical Social

AbstractThe general aim of this paper is to question the idea that hermeneutic and critical social sciences have to be conceived as specific embodiments of the scientific enterprise. This idea is rather implicit in Habermas's work, but has its grounds in his thesis about the argumentative unity of all sciences, upheld for the first time in 1973. Such a point of view turns out to be untenable for two reasons. First, the indiscriminating inclusion of the hermeneutic and critical social sciences in scientific enterprise raises problems of consistency with regard to the systematic guidelines of The Theory of Communicative Action. Moreover, the thesis of argumentative unity of the sciences itself is incompatible with Habermas's methodological conception of the role of Verstehen in the social sciences developed in section 1.4 of the book. Finally, the author argues that this conception calls for another understanding of the status and role of the hermeneutic and critical disciplines, which is outlined in some detail.

scholarly journals Ukrainian Issues in Geopolitical Thought of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-39
Author(s):  
Jacek Reginia-Zacharski
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Relative Power ◽  
Late Autumn ◽  
Windows Of Opportunity ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

Ukrainian lands in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have been in proximity of great geopolitical changes several times. During that time the Ukrainian nation – due to various factors – encountered a number of “windows of opportunity” for achieving the realization of dreams about independence and national sovereignty. The author identified in the period considered four “general moments,” of which two have been completed successfully. The first of these occurred in 1990–1991, when for the first time in modern history, Ukrainians managed to achieve a lasting and relatively stable independence. The second of the “moments” – still unresolved – are events that began in the late autumn of 2013. The process, called “Revolution of Dignity”, represents a new quality in the history of the Ukrainian nation, therefore, that the Ukrainians have to defend the status quo (independence, territorial integrity, sovereignty, etc.) but not to seek to achieve an independent being. The analysis leads to the conclusion that the ability of Ukrainians to achieve and maintain independence is largely a function of the relative power of the Russian state as measured with respect to the shape and quality of international relations.

scholarly journals The Status Quo, Dilemma and Path Innovation of the Citizenization of the New Generation of Migrant Workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Ge Nannan
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Housing Security ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Employment Quality ◽  
New Generation

The citizenization of the new generation of migrant workers is the only way to promote China’s urbanization. Based on the development status of the new generation of migrant workers, this paper summarizes the difficulties encountered in the four aspects of employment, housing, social security and the education of migrant workers' children in the process of citizenization, finally explores four innovative ways of citizenization of the new generation of migrant workers, such as, strengthening vocational skills training to improve the employment quality of the new generation of migrant workers, improving the housing security mechanism to ensure that they have a place to live, improving the social security system to safeguard that they can be treated for their illnesses and the elderly, improving the distribution of educational resources to promote fair education for the children of them.

Age-Specific of Relationship Between Stress Tolerance and Empathy in Social Workers in the Context of a Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
L.D. Starostina ◽  
◽  
D.A. Nishovskaya ◽  
A.A. Kvitkovskaya ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Tolerance ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Age Related ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Emotional Burnout ◽  
First Time

psychological research is devoted to the study of the nature of the relationship between the indicators of empathy and the level of stress resistance of the personality of a social worker. For the first time, a comparative analysis of test data of respondents by age criterion is presented. Today the profession of a social worker is one of the most widespread in the world and in Russia. As social problems grow in society and the level and quality of life of the population decreases, the number of socially vulnerable categories of the population increases, the profession of a social worker will remain in demand for a long time. The study revealed the danger of the development of emotional burnout and professional deformations of social workers with the aggravation of the sanitary and epidemiological situation with COVID-19. As a result, age-related conditionality in indicators of stress tolerance and empathy among representatives of the “social worker” profession was proved.

Medication rationality in treating depression

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-96
Author(s):  
Liubov KAVALIAUSKIENĖ ◽  
Rimantas PEČIŪRA ◽  
Virginija ADOMAITIENĖ
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Depression Treatment ◽  
Recurrent Depression ◽  
Family Doctors ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic ◽  
First Time ◽  
Relapse Rates

Background. The costs of depression treatment in Lithuania increase because of high depression relapse rates which indicate the necessity to evaluate first-time depression treatment rationality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of antidepressants according to the opinion of three groups of specialists (family doctors, psychiatrists and pharmacists) in order to assess the possibilities of a more rational use of depression treatment costs rationalizing opportunities. Materials and methods. Data on depression diagnoses were obtained from the Republic Psychiatric Health Centre. In 2009, 361 Lithuanian pharmacist, 317 family doctors and 280 psychiatrists were interviewed. The data were processed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program. Results. In the study period (2004–2009), the volume of total depression diagnoses grew up by 12% and the number of relapsed depression diagnoses by 27%. Among family doctors, 13% still don’t launch depression treatment by themselves, and 62% of them refer patients to psychiatrists in cases of depression relapse. Those who prescribe a medicine all alone in most cases use sertraline, but even 38% of family doctors mention benzodiazepines. According to family doctors’ answers, 32% of them reevaluate the effect of medications in 4 weeks and 25% do not monitor it at all. More than 50% of pharmacists have noted that every day they are asked by patients for antidepressants without prescription. Conclusions. The abundance of cases of recurrent depression, recorded by family doctors, encourage to revise the preparedness of family doctors to treat this disease. The specialists’ opinion makes us to reevaluate and question the quality of depression treatment and to rationalize the efficiency of depression treatment in Lithuania as regards its both economic and social aspects. Keywords: depression treatment, antidepressants, depression relapse

Up Close: Laboratoire de Recherche des Musées de France: Materials Science in the Service of Art History

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 68-71
Author(s):  
Maurice Bernard ◽  
Jean-Michel Dupouy
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Art History ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Da Vinci ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Almost All

Until the 18th century, the word “art” meant the product of the artisan (not the artist) and, by extension, also meant the product itself. Objects manufactured by craftsmen had, first of all, a useful function, although they might also have had a symbolic or aesthetic meaning. The concept of aesthetics is actually much older, considering the antiquity of Rome and Greece. And in Egypt, 3,500 years ago, at Saqqara, the first stone pyramid was engraved by scribes expressing their admiration for it.These artisans were famous for the quality of their work, for their genius in mastering their knowledge. One is reminded of Phidias in Athens, Michelangelo and Julius II, or Leonardo da Vinci and Francois the 1st.However, the social status of such artists was probably not very different from the status of other exceptional artisans in fields such as jewelry, metallurgy, clothing, music, etc. “Ĺart pour l'art,” a tenet which ignored the function of the object, arose only during the last century. In other words, almost all objects or artifacts in museums were originally devised and built to achieve a very specific and useful function.

The Status of Women and the Quality of Life in Developing Societies

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cal Clark ◽  
Janet Clark
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Development Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Developing Societies ◽  
Status Of Women

AbstractThis paper applies aggregate data analysis to explore the relationships among the economic development level, the status of women, and the quality of life in developing societies. In particular, it tests the hypothesis that the status of women is positively related to the quality of life even after the effects of economic growth and development are statistically controlled. Our analysis strongly confirms this hypothesis since the status of women in a society appears to rival the economic development level for explaining how good or ill is the quality of life enjoyed by its citizens. We undertook this study from the theoretical perspective that questions conceptualizing and measuring development simply in terms of the level and growth of GNP per capita. Rather, the social needs and quality of life in a society, the presumed consequences of development, are important as well.

scholarly journals Clarifying some assumptions of coastal management: Analysis of values and uncertainties embedded in beach quality indexes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Briana Bombana ◽  
Eduard Ariza
Keyword(s):  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Resource Limitations ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Weak Points ◽  
First Time ◽  
Operational Development ◽  
Quality Indexes

For the first time, this research addresses the assessment of the quality of knowledge embedded in beach quality indexes from a socioecological perspective. We took the most widespread beach quality indexes and identified, selected and assessed the most important existing assumptions. We scored the robustness of these assumptions, using an inclusive methodology (stakeholder meeting, four focus groups and an online questionnaire). The NUSAP criteria for assessing the value-ladenness of scientific studies (Influence of resource limitations, (Im) Plausibility, Choice space, Agreement among peers, Analysts’ subjectivity and Influence on global results) were contrasted and discussed. A final list of the 10 weakest assumptions was presented and discussed. Most of these assumptions are fairly robust, but attention should mainly focus on their influence on global outcomes and (im) plausibility, as the weakest scored criteria. The choice space scores revealed the possibility of including new alternatives to the assumptions, when necessary. Assumptions loaded with framing concepts are weaker than those linked to more concrete objectives. We detected dissociation between the discourse and the operational development of the indexes, in which the narratives prioritizing user satisfaction are predominant and scientific data analysis is often decontextualized. We therefore suggest that science should be opened up throughout the building process of indexes: from the identification of problems to the reporting of results and related un- certainties. The NUSAP method proved to be useful for identifying weak points in beach quality indexes.

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