Study of the expression of attitudes on intensive parenting in Russian women

The cultural and ideological shift of the parenting paradigm towards the child-centred approach in upbringing leads to the need to study the phenomenology of intensive parenting (motherhood) in Russian psychology. For the first time, the article has presented the quantitative results of the intensity of the attitudes of intensive parenting in Russian women (as part of the pilot version of the Intensive Parenting Attitudes Questionnaire (IPAQ) methodology testing) (Liss M., Schiffrin H.H., Mackintosh V.H., Miles-McLean H., Erchull M.J., 2013) The study involved 138 women aged 23 to 56 years (M = 38.43) with number of children 1 to 5 (M = 1.93). It was found that the central element in the model of intensive parenting Russian women advocate child-centredness. Differences in the fullness of intense parental attitudes, depending on the age of the mother, are described. The severity of the attitudes to intensive motherhood is rather weakly interconnected with the peculiarities of the life context, and the socio-demographic characteristics of women. The findings can be used to address parental stress, burnout and general life dissatisfaction with individual clients and families.

A framework and pilot tool for the risk-based prioritization and grouping of nano-enabled consumer products

The use of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in consumer products has expanded rapidly, revealing both innovative improvements over conventional materials, and the potential for novel risks to human health and the environment. As the number of new nano-enabled products and the volume of toxicity data on ENMs continues to grow, regulatory agencies like the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) – a small, independent federal agency responsible for protecting consumers from unreasonable risks associated with product use – will require the ability to screen and group a diverse array of nano-enabled consumer products based on their potential risks to consumers. Such prioritization would allow efficient allocation of limited resources for subsequent testing and evaluation of high-risk products and materials. To enable this grouping and prioritization for further testing, we developed a framework that establishes a prioritization score by evaluating a nano-enabled product's potential hazard and exposure, as well as additional consideration of regulatory importance. We integrate the framework into a pilot version software tool and, using a hypothetical case study, we demonstrate that the tool can effectively rank nano-enabled consumer products and can be adjusted for use by agencies with different priorities. The proposed decision-analytical framework and pilot-version tool presented here could enable a regulatory agency like the CPSC to triage reported safety concerns more effectively and allocate limited resources more efficiently.

Specifications for Test Modules in the APVV Project PP-20-COVID-0002 Aerosol

The global pandemic of COVID-19 has forced the international community to look for relevant solutions to eliminate the negative effects and reduce the risks of contamination of people with this virus. The research team of the Technical University in Košice, with the support of experts and an application guarantor, BovaCHEM, approached the search for a partial solution within the applied research of a new chemical for decontamination and disinfection of surfaces that may be a source of COVID-19 threat to humans when handling packaging. ) in different conditions. The article presents a partial result of the analytical work within the project, identification and description of specifications for the creation of test modules in the project, for the subsequent verification of the pilot version of the new chemical and its further research to achieve the main goal of the project. The output of the content analysis of the issue, the examination of the patent solution at present, is the synthesis of knowledge, which is reflected in the proposed specifications for test modules and thus for further scientific work according to the approved project APVV until the end of 2021.

Discrepancies Between Beliefs and Practices on Sleep as a Factor of Insomnia and Negative Feelings

Two online surveys were conducted in Japan to develop and validate the Sleep Belief-Practice Index (SBPI) scales, a pair of new scales designed to measure beliefs (SBPI-B) and practices (SBPI-P) on sleep and its environment. Their discrepancies (SBPI-D) were calculated as differences between SBPI-B and -P. In Survey 1 (N = 400), survey data of the pilot version of the scales were entered into an exploratory factor analysis to obtain a meaningful set of scale items. In Survey 2 (N = 2952), survey data were entered into a confirmatory factor analysis and then correlation analyses to confirm associations of SBPI-D with insomnia and positive and negative feelings. Furthermore, participants were categorized into four groups according to the degree and combination of sleep beliefs and practices to compare the status of insomnia and positive and negative feelings by the groups. As a result of factor analyses, we obtained 13 common item scales of SBPI-B and -P. SBPI-D was positively correlated with insomnia and negative feelings. In addition, the group with high-scoring beliefs in SBPI-B and low-scoring practices in SBPI-P showed the most severe insomnia and negative feelings among the four groups. These results suggest that the belief-practice discrepancy about sleep can explain one aspect of insomnia.

Comparative analysis of foreign experience ın creating new platform for social services

In the course of the country’s development, the sphere of public services is also growing up. Undoubtedly, the emergence of new platforms for the support of vulnerable groups and the types of assistance provided to them in accordance with the digitalization of society will increase the efficiency of social services. Given article is dedicated to social services’ platform that united into one single place. This process should be available in using and not wasting time for going and staying in queue for organizations, hospitals. There are lots of people with disabilities and their problem is concluded in opportunity to go out and get any service. It could be sometime problematic due to their health, abilities to go themselves, weather condition and transport. That is why, several countries and its cities and local administration constructed websites, applications and added to electronic government the online version of social services they can apply. From time to time, there are lots of researchers in sphere of digitalization who is writing about how digital technologies impact on people’s life what is the main reason to provide of creating one single acceptable platform in the network. We expected to find out all experiences of foreigners and compare it with pilot version done in Kazakhstan that would be the basics of creating the new one.

The Construction of a Database with the Pupils of the Greek Catholic High School in Beiuș and the Geographic Visualization of their Birthplace (1876/1877 School Year)

The article discusses the implementation of a database presenting the pupils that studied at the Greek Catholic High School in Beiuș in the 1876/1877 school year and presents a series of geographic annotations made on a map of the Habsburg Empire, opened in QGIS, consisting in the birthplaces of the aforementioned pupils. The database and the geographic annotations presented here are already being developed to include further pupils that studied at the Greek Catholic High School in Beiuș subsequent to the 1876/1877 school year. Therefore, the database and the geographic annotations are a pilot version of a broader project meant to conclude into a monograph regarding the Greek Catholic High School in Beiuș in the 19th century and first quarter of the 20th century. Keywords: database, Airtable, QGIS, Beiuș, high school, 1876/1877 school year

Physicians’ Perceptions of the Use of a Chatbot for Information Seeking: Qualitative Study

Background Seeking medical information can be an issue for physicians. In the specific context of medical practice, chatbots are hypothesized to present additional value for providing information quickly, particularly as far as drug risk minimization measures are concerned. Objective This qualitative study aimed to elicit physicians’ perceptions of a pilot version of a chatbot used in the context of drug information and risk minimization measures. Methods General practitioners and specialists were recruited across France to participate in individual semistructured interviews. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using a horizontal thematic analysis approach. Results Eight general practitioners and 2 specialists participated. The tone and ergonomics of the pilot version were appreciated by physicians. However, all participants emphasized the importance of getting exhaustive, trustworthy answers when interacting with a chatbot. Conclusions The chatbot was perceived as a useful and innovative tool that could easily be integrated into routine medical practice and could help health professionals when seeking information on drug and risk minimization measures.

Smart Crime Tourism as Multilayered Cultural Encounters: Exploring Aarhus via Locative Media and Crime Narratives

This article investigates the trend of smartphone-enabled screen tourism based on the findings from practice-based research carried out during the development and testing of the locative screen tourism experience ‘DETECt Aarhus’. This work shows how smart screen tourism can facilitate multilayered cultural encounters because it can provide a multifaceted perspective on locations and can motivate people to explore local culture. App-guided tours enable the embodied and emotional experiences of traditional screen tourism, but in a more flexible way that eases the crossing of thresholds between the material space and fictional places of crime stories. The testing of the DETECt Aarhus app’s pilot version further highlighted that popular crime narratives and smart tourism technology can address a broader group beyond fans of specific crime media. In addition, visitors with no previous connection to (local) crime stories can use apps to encounter the destination as a material space, fictional place and site of cultural production.

On Approaches to Assessing Contribution of Russian Universities in the Implementation of National Projects

The article provides a brief review of the literature related to the analysis of approachesto assessing the effectiveness of the universities of the country. The authors propose to consider the universities as key performers of strategic decisions at various hierarchical levels. Each of the strategic planning documents includes indicator systems and their target values in dynamics over the years. Monitoring of these indicators allows us to determine the effectiveness of the implementation of the strategic planning documents as a whole. The methodology given in the article for assessing effectiveness of the universities is directly or indirectly related to target indicators laid down in the strategic planning documents. This enables to evaluate the contribution of the universities to the development of socio-economic systems at various levels: industries, regions and the country as a whole. As an example, the approach to the development of the system of indicators is considered, which makes it possible to evaluate the contribution of the universities to the implementation of national projects. In the initial (pilot) version the system included 30 indicators directly related to national projects “Education”, “Science”, “Digital Economics” and a number of others. The article presents the results of testing of the developed methodology and the system of indicators at a number of the flagship universities of the Volga Federal District.