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Mathematics ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Ezgi Erdoğan ◽  
Enrique A. Sánchez Pérez

A new stochastic approach for the approximation of (nonlinear) Lipschitz operators in normed spaces by their eigenvectors is shown. Different ways of providing integral representations for these approximations are proposed, depending on the properties of the operators themselves whether they are locally constant, (almost) linear, or convex. We use the recently introduced notion of eigenmeasure and focus attention on procedures for extending a function for which the eigenvectors are known, to the whole space. We provide information on natural error bounds, thus giving some tools to measure to what extent the map can be considered diagonal with few errors. In particular, we show an approximate spectral theorem for Lipschitz operators that verify certain convexity properties.


2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Ami Rokach ◽  
Karen M. Ohayon-Inger

Almost all forms of abuse include child neglect, and still the professional and clinical community is only now starting to focus attention to this phenomenon and its short- and long-term effects. This paper begins with defining child neglect, what causes parents to neglect the children which they are supposed to love and protect, and the protective factors that parents and the community must be aware of and utilize in protecting kids.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 391-400
Author(s):  
Paweł Mackiewicz

The sketch is an attempt to present Jacek Łukasiewicz’s poetry against the background of the poet’s biography divided into three phases, related to the places where Łukasiewicz lived at different times: Sulistrowa, a village located in the Beskid Foothills, where he spent his childhood; Leszno, where he moved with his family in 1945 and graduated from high school, making long lasting friendships with Stanisław Grochowiak or Teodor Krupkowski; and finally Wrocław, where the poet lived continuously since 1951. Adopting a perspective close to geopoetics made it possible to focus attention on the geographical details contained in Jacek Łukasiewicz’s poems and analyze their biographical and cultural references.


Significance The assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July, surging violent crime and a weak economy have left the unpopular acting prime minister, Ariel Henry, struggling to establish a new government. His cabinet, appointed in November, represents a compromise among various political factions. However, as multiple interests put pressure on these factions, the cabinet looks unlikely to turn the country’s fortunes around. Impacts High rates of crime will encourage increased undocumented migration to the Dominican Republic, stoking bilateral tensions. The ongoing investigation into Moise’s death will continue to focus attention on links between political groupings and drug gangs. Rising deportations of Haitians from the United States will put additional pressure on the beleaguered social system.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Golman ◽  
George Loewenstein ◽  
Andras Molnar ◽  
Silvia Saccardo

Management scientists recognize that decision making depends on the information people have but lack a unified behavioral theory of the demand for (and avoidance of) information. Drawing on an existing theoretical framework in which utility depends on beliefs and the attention paid to them, we develop and test a theory of the demand for information encompassing instrumental considerations, curiosity, and desire to direct attention to beliefs one feels good about. We decompose an individual’s demand for information into the desire to refine beliefs, holding attention constant, and the desire to focus attention on anticipated beliefs, holding these beliefs constant. Because the utility of resolving uncertainty (i.e., refining beliefs) depends on the attention paid to it and more important or salient questions capture more attention, demand for information depends on the importance and salience of the question(s) it addresses. In addition, because getting new information focuses attention on one’s beliefs and people want to savor good news and ignore bad news, the desire to obtain or avoid information depends on the valence (i.e., goodness or badness) of anticipated beliefs. Five experiments (n = 2,361) test and find support for these hypotheses, looking at neutrally valenced as well as ego-relevant information. People are indeed more inclined to acquire information (a) when it feels more important, even if it cannot aid decision making (Experiments 1A and 2A); (b) when a question is more salient, manipulated through time lag (Experiments 1B and 2B); and (c) when anticipated beliefs have higher valence (Experiment 2C). This paper was accepted by Yan Chen, behavioral economics and decision analysis.


Author(s):  
Keith Ansell-Pearson

AbstractAlthough the literature on Nietzsche is now voluminous one area where there has surprisingly been very little research concerns Nietzsche on the passions. This essay aims to correct this neglect. My focus is on illuminating Nietzsche on the passions in relation to his primary teaching on self-cultivation. To illuminate his position, I focus attention on examining his relation to Stoic teaching on the passions. If for Nietzsche the Christian mind-set involves a disturbing pathological excess of feeling, the Stoic way of living results for him in a petrified of life devoid of movement and growth. After a consideration of his relation to Stoic teaching I then examine his relation to Spinoza on the emotions or affects. Whilst I acknowledge the affinities between the two thinkers and their criticisms of Stoic teaching, I maintain that it is an error to seek to construe Nietzsche and Spinoza as having an identical teaching on the passions. In the final section of the essay, I provide an appreciation of Nietzsche’s recommendation that instead of demonising the passions in the manner of the Christian psyche and its legacy, or extirpating our passions as recommended by the Stoics, we need to learn how to transform them into joys or delights.


2021 ◽  
pp. 97-103
Author(s):  
Patrícia Alvarenga ◽  
M. Ángeles Cerezo ◽  
Yana Kuchirko
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2021 ◽  
pp. 229-239
Author(s):  
Yvonne Inall ◽  
Rachel Lamdin Hunter ◽  
Stephen Leeder ◽  
Angela Beaton

This chapter explores access to healthcare—the timely availability of professional health services to prevent, diagnose, and treat illnesses and to preserve or improve the health of individuals—and its consequences. The ethical context in which access is considered includes the human rights and social justice concepts of ‘a right to healthcare’ and ‘equity of access’. Conscious that these concepts differ from country to country, we offer working definitions. Countries and their governments vary in their political and social attitudes to access. Those with a strong social welfare agenda might focus attention and budgets on social factors such as education and social welfare; these not only determine health, but also access to care. Others, regarding healthcare as the individual’s concern, might give these factors less weight. Despite this complexity and much national variation, access depends, in general, most often on good primary healthcare, public investment, and political will, availability of data to guide resourcing decisions, and the development of a well-trained, integrated workforce with appropriate supporting infrastructure.


2021 ◽  
pp. 082957352110546
Author(s):  
Aishah Bakhtiar ◽  
Allyson F. Hadwin

Self-regulation of learning involves developing metacognitive awareness (planning, monitoring, and evaluating) of (a) cognition—motivational beliefs, (b) behaviors—persistence, effort, engagement, and (c) affect—enjoyment, interest, and other emotions. Metacognitive awareness creates opportunities to exert metacognitive control as needed, which may involve sustaining or manipulating motivational cognition, behavior, and affect. By adopting a self-regulation perspective, this paper discusses the ways motivation develops within and across academic tasks and situations, as well as the ways learners can be supported to take control of their motivation in those contexts. Applying self-regulation principles in the practice of School Psychology means to consider the role of situation, context, and learners’ socio-historical experiences while empowering learners to focus attention on things they can control.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Najmath Ottakath ◽  
Somaya Al Maadeed ◽  
Jihad Al Jaam ◽  
Moutaz Saleh

On average, humans blink between eight and 21 times per minute while resting. Eye actions are influenced by external and internal stimuli. This can be utilized to measure internal cognition specifically focus and attention while performing tasks. In this experiment, an individual’s self-perceived focus, attention and interaction level is collected and then correlated with eye blinks rate. The subjects are observed while performing experiments using haptic devices in a virtual environment. The experiment was modulated based on network quality and hardware quality to further quantify the effect of each scenario on subjects’ intrinsic and extrinsic focus indicators. The experiment quantified the blinks and formulated a correlation between subjects’ own perception of the event using statistical analysis. It can be found that there is an acceptable correlation between certain indicators, network quality, fatigue, stress, focus and enjoyability of the experiments. A good quality hardware and network did enhance the experience in all the subjects indicating a need for enhanced services for haptic and immersed mixed reality activities directly affecting the cognition especially in education tools. It can be inferred that eye blink rate can be used as an additional tool for measuring the cognition of individuals experience using haptic and virtual reality tools.


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