Genealogical Researches of Karpiai Family: the Possibilities Evaluation of Prosopography Researches

This study focused on determining the impact of parental influence, environment, and personality factors on the strand selection of Grade 10 students and proposed a best fit model. A Raosoft sample size calculator was used to determine the 328 randomly selected respondents currently enrolled at Esperanza National High School. A descriptive-causal research design was employed through the structural equation model (SEM). The mean, standard deviation, correlation, and path analysis were utilized to analyze the data. Assumptions were checked to ensure the proper utilization of inferential statistics. The path analysis was used to examine the three hypothesized models for the strand selection model. The findings of the study revealed a positive significant correlation between the strand selection and parental influence (r = .441, p = 0.00), environment (r = .545, p = 0.00), and personality factors (r = .726, p = 0.00). The findings further revealed that hypothesized Model 3 was the best-fit model for strand selection where parental influence (β = -0.2) reduces personality factors. In contrast, environmental factors (β = .66) increase personality factors (β = .64) on strand selection. Likewise, it was also noticed that environmental factors have a direct effect (β = .13) on strand selection. Thus, it is concluded that hypothesized model 3 is the best fit model for Grade 10 strand selection.

It seems that the work of Michel Foucault has, in the last decade, attracted some attention. This attention is a result of media engaging in a sensationalist way with his work and his private life. He is usually being portrayed as a radical postmodern nihilist, while his work is being blamed for inspiring contemporary identity politics and the practice of political correctness. These developments seem to us as a good reason to go back to Foucault's work. Since the relation between scientific work and social engagement is an important problem in contemporary social sciences and humanities, we decided to research the way Foucault conceptualized the relation between his intellectual work and his political activism. We begin our paper by elaborating some of the most important theoretical concepts in Foucault's work. We start from his notion of practice, as a form of social action, and then move on to the two types of practices Foucault distinguishes: discursive and non-discursive practices. In the end of this chapter, we present the notion of the "dispositive", which Foucault defines as an interconnected system of discursive and non-discursive practices, and his notion of subjectivity, which is defined as a relation an individual has with himself. In the next chapter we engage with methodologies Foucault uses in his research. We start with archeology, a methodology he used in the beginning of his work, while researching discursive practices. We then move on to genealogy, which is a methodology Foucault used to study systems that combine discursive and non-discursive practices. Since genealogy is the methodology, he envisions as being connected to political practice, we will especially focus on it. Precisely in the next chapter of our paper we will investigate the ways in which Foucault conceptualizes the relationship between genealogical research and political activism. We will show that he sees political activism as a primary criterion for choosing a research subject. Genealogical research then, for Foucault, provides a reflection on the history of an institution, around which the political struggle in question is waged. The results of the genealogical research are, for him, suppose to show how the institution in question is a product of contingent historical processes and, therefore, can be changed through political action, since it is not grounded in any metaphysical necessity. In the last chapter of our analysis, we will deal with Foucault's attempt to connect his genealogical research and political activism through an ethical framework. In this chapter we will present his concept of enlightenment, as an ethical tradition in which both his intellectual and political work can be situated. He conceptualizes the enlightenment as an "attitude", which consist of various kinds of practices, through which an individual constantly tests and transgresses existing boundaries, which are imposed on our actions and forms of subjectivity. Therefore, through these practices the individual, by his very existence, shows that those boundaries are contingent, and can be changed. In the conclusion our paper we, again, turn to contemporary characterizations of Foucault's work. We show that our elaboration of his ideas proves those characterization as inadequate and wrong.

As the second most popular use of the internet, genealogy or family history research has become and is continuing to grow as a widespread, investigative life-writing practice. More than a benign hobby practised in the dusty basements of public archives and libraries, genealogy research is engaged in asking provocative questions about identity, authenticity, history, responsibility, and belonging. However, despite the significant interest in popular genealogy research there has been little academic writing devoted to exploring and analysing the pursuit. Julia Watson's 1996 call to question whether genealogy and autobiography are ‘incompatible frames of reference’ has gone mostly unheard (316). Surveying texts such as Tom Hayden's memoir Irish on the Inside: In Search of the Soul of Irish America (2001) and Bryan Sykes' history/mythology Blood of the Isles: Exploring the Genetic Roots of our Tribal History (2006), this interdisciplinary essay seeks to remedy such an absence, by framing genealogical research as an identity-forming intervention into the political present.

Research on environmental advocacy has tended to focus on outcomes and achievements rather than the processes through which these are achieved. In addition, minimal research has attended in detail to the complexity of environmental advocacy, or explored measures to through which to enhance advocates’ prospects of success. The environment movement itself has given scarce attention to promoting the skills, abilities and predispositions that contribute to effective advocacy. Indeed, most environmental non-government organisations (ENGOs) in Australia appear to believe that scientific or expert knowledge will be sufficient to influence environmental decision-makers and consequently provide minimal training or education to enhance advocacy. This thesis is a response to these problems. It seeks to develop an understanding of, and model for, activist education and training in the Australian environment movement. The two main bodies of literature that inform the study are social movement and adult education literature. The former provides the context for the study. Social movement theorists present various explanations of how and why environmental activists work for change. These theorists also discuss the organisational structures and modes of operation typically adopted by activists. The second body of literature is utilised in this thesis to provide a synthesis of relevant educational orientations, traditions and practices. Popular, experiential and adult environmental education offer promising strategies for advocacy organisations that seek to enhance activists’ skills and abilities. The research questions posed in this study lie at the convergence of these two bodies of literature. Two empirical studies were undertaken during this inquiry. The first was conducted with the Queensland Conservation Council, an environmental advocacy organisation where the researcher was employed for five years. The study drew on methods and techniques associated with ethnography and action research to identify, implement and evaluate a range of interventions which aimed to educate and train advocates. Three cycles of inquiry generated useful insights into environmental advocacy and identified useful strategies through which advocacy may be enhanced. The second study, a case study based on interviews and observation, explored the Heart Politics movement. The ethnographic research methods utilised in this case study resulted in a rich description and critical appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of Heart Politics gatherings as activist education. These two studies contributed to the development of a grounded and endogenous theory of education and training for environmental advocacy. This theory is based on a set of observations concerning the provision of activist education: (1) that most activist learning occurs informally and unintentionally through participation in social action such as environmental campaigns; (2) that this learning can be assessed according to a five-category framework and tends to favour specific categories including the development of social action and organisational development skills rather than alternative categories such as political analysis and personal development; (3) that this informal learning can be harnessed and enhanced through strategies which situate learning in the context of action and promote heightened awareness of the learning dimension of social action; and (4) that a key obstacle to education and training in the environment movement is a conspicuous lack of professional development or support for the people involved in facilitating and coordinating activist education activities and programs. These people are often volunteers and infrequently possess qualifications as educators or facilitators but are more likely to be seasoned activists. They tend to work in isolation as activist education activities are sporadic, geographically diffuse and ad hoc. These observations along with other insights acquired through participatory action research and ethnographic inquiry led to a set of conclusions, some of which have already been implemented or initiated during the course of this study. The first conclusion is that strategies to promote the professional development of activist educators may benefit from the development of texts tailored to the tactical orientations and political and other circumstances of Australian environmental advocacy groups. Texts, alone, are considered an inadequate response. The study also concludes that informal networks, formal and informal courses and other strategies to assist collaboration and peer learning among activist educators offer considerable benefits. Other conclusions pertain to the benefits of collaborating with adult educators and tertiary institutions, and professionals, to the relative merits of activist workshops and other forms of delivery, to the opportunities for activist training presented by regular environment movement gatherings and conferences and to the significant merits of promoting and supporting mentorship relationships between novice and experienced activists.

Migraine is a disorder that has debilitating pain, and affects all aspects of life, including the academic, social, and family life of patients. In addition, studies show the effects of migraine on patient's relationships with family members such as spouse, children, and other family members. In addition to physical pain, migraines are tied to significant psychological and economic costs. Migraineurs tend to have high levels of depression and anxiety, and migraine headaches have a profoundly negative impact on sufferers’ quality of life. In the present research, we investigated the correlations and regressions of cognitive, personality, and family factors with migraine headache, to find predictor factors of migraine. In this study, the following questionnaires were used: For migraine: six-item Headache Impact Test (HIT-6), and Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire Version 2.1.; for cognitive factors: Irrational Beliefs Test and Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale; for personality factors: NEO Personality Inventory; and for family factors: Family Assessment Device. This project was on 58 women with migraine headaches, diagnosed by neurologist. The findings show that, there is a significant regression between cognitive, personality, and family factors and HIT-6. In cognitive factors, frustration reactivity and anxious overconcern, in personality factors, extraversion trait, and in family factors, affective involvement are significant. Moreover, there is a significant regression between cognitive, personality, and family factors and MSQ. In cognitive factors, frustration reactivity, anxious overconcern, and helplessness, in personality factors, agreeableness and consciousness, and in family factors, affective involvement and general functioning are significant. This project showed that cognitive, personality, and family factors have a correlation with migraine headache .

The subject of this research is the genealogy of Siberian clergy. The object of this research is the Druzhinin family. On the example of studying the members of monastic family who served in the St. John Vvedensky Covent near Tobolsk during the 1860s – 1923, the author reviews the key underlying problems related to the search and examination of genealogical ties. The personas of Druzhinin family represent a typical example of fragmentation and incompleteness of  biographical records. Based on the number of archaeological, written, and archival sources, the article seeks the ways for restoration of genealogical information. The article indicates a number of sources used in the course of research, as well checks accuracy of the revealed records. An algorithm for searching and critical understanding of information on the Druzhinin family reflected in a number of archival sources, newspaper and reference publication is described. The article is dedicated to the relevant trends of historical research –  genealogy. Examination of family ties is a complicated process with certain nuances. Despite the fact that the concepts of biographical and genealogical information are similar, the genealogical research often relies on the available biographical data, as well as presents new facts on the family (or member of the family). In searching ne information on the historical figures, comprehensive historical research that cover a wide variety of archaeological and archival sources come to the forefront. Therefore, the presented experience of searching the information on the Druzhinin monastic family can be extrapolated to genealogical research with similar problem areas as in searching information on the Siberian clergy.

Walking is a popular form of physical activity and a convenient option to prevent chronic diseases. However most of the evidence on this topic derives from high-income countries. Little is known on the association between environmental factors and walking for leisure in low and middle income countries. PURPOSE: To describe walking for leisure and to identify personal and environmental factors associated with it among residents of three state capitals from different regions of Brazil. METHODS: Cross sectional phone surveys were conducted in Curitiba, Recife and Vitória (n=6,166). The questionnaire included sociodemographic characteristics, physical activity (measured using the leisure-time and commuting sections of International Physical Activity Questionnaire - IPAQ - long version) and perceived environment characteristics. A cutoff of 150 min/wk was used for classifying individuals in terms of walking for leisure. The perceived environment data was adapted from the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS), and four variables were created to represent environmental perceptions of safety (walking/bicycling during the day and night) and accessibility (sidewalks and traffic). Multivariable analysis tested the associations between walking for leisure and perceived environment characteristics across the cities. Logistic regression models were used to estimate adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: The proportions of respondents that met physical activity recommendations through walking for leisure were 9.6%, 16.0% and 8.8% in Curitiba, Recife and Vitoria respectively. Practicing more than 150 min/wk of walking for leisure was significantly (p<0.05) associated with younger age in all cities, higher education and better self-rated health in Recife and Vitória, and with no accessibility to nearby sidewalks in Vitória. CONCLUSIONS: Personal factors were stronger predictors of physical activity levels than were environmental factors in the three cities. Only one environmental variable (sidewalks in the streets nearby) was associated with walking for leisure in Vitória. Supported by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC - contract U48/DP000060-01;Acknowledgments: GUIA project team.

Mild stroke survivors seldom receive occupational therapy services as their deficits are assumed to be minor enough to not affect their daily occupations. Yet many mild stroke survivors report deficits in self-care performance and social participation. This study investigates person and environment factors influencing self-care performance and social participation among mild stroke survivors, using the Person-Environment-Occupation-Performance (PEOP) model. A retrospective cohort analysis of 736 mild stroke survivors was conducted using electronic health records. Person factors included demographic characteristics and clinical characteristics, and environment factors included the Social Vulnerability Index. The analysis included logistic regression. Approximately, 10% of patients reported deficits in self-care or social participation. Disability level was the only person factor associated with self-care performance. Person factors affecting social participation included mobility and unemployment. Socioeconomic status was associated with both occupation measures. Occupational therapy practitioners must address the person and environment factors affecting mild stroke survivors' self-care performance and social participation.

IntroductionNowadays, entrepreneurship is considered as one of the future drivers for Asian economy. Although the majority of Asia's economies are developing ones, the region boasts 90 of the world's 691 billionaires GDP (Faustino, 2005). Yet, despite their rising incomes and rapid economic growth, Asian countries still face widespread and pervasive poverty. This picture indicates the importance of entrepreneurial skills in this region. Given this, educational or training programs particularly for young people in order to stimulate knowledge awareness/acquisition on entrepreneurship and to start up a business are necessary.Many studies have been conducted to explore and investigate entrepreneurial intentions and behaviour using various entrepreneurial indicators, such as environment and personality indicators (Mazzarol et al., 1999); psychological characteristics e.g. need for achievement (Green et al., 1996; Sengupta and Debnath, 1994). Another study by Misra and Kumar (2000) proposed a model to explain entrepreneurial behavior that incorporated several factors, such as entrepreneurial intentions, entrepreneurial environment, and demographic, psychological and situational factors. Moreover, Morrison (2000) pointed out that there was relationship between entrepreneurship and culture specificity.Furthermore, previous studies found that entrepreneurial intentions among students are a source of creating new business (Gorman et al., 1997; Kourilsky and Walstad, 1998). Their attitudes, behaviours, and knowledge on entrepreneurship tend to stimulate their intentions and willingness to start a new venture in the future. Entrepreneurial intention is defined as a process of information-searching which can be used to achieve a new venture (Katz and Gartner, 1988). People with intention to start a new venture are more ready and have better progress in running a new business rather than those without. According to Krueger and Carsrud (1993), entrepreneurial intention is recognized as the best predictor for entrepreneurial behavior. Therefore, entrepreneurial intention can be used as a basic approach to understand who want to be an entrepreneur (Choo and Wong, 2006).This study aimed to examine what factors determined the students' entrepreneurial intentions in Asia. The Asia Development Bank (2009) had explored various indicators for Asia and Pacific's development; and found that the dynamics of entrepreneurship is dominant for SMEs development in these countries. The study focused on personality and environmental factors. Personality factors include need for achievement (i.e. McClelland, 1961) and self-efficacy (Gilles and Rea, 1999), while environmental factors include factors such as social networks, capital and information access (Mazzarol et al., 1999). Similar studies have been conducted to investigate students' entrepreneurial intentions in Norway (Indarti, 2002), in Indonesia (Kristiansen and Indarti, 2004), in Japan (Indarti and Rostiani, 2008), and in Malaysia (Ismail et al., 2009). This current study was an extension of the initial study by Indarti (2002) by including additional Asian countries to compare, i.e. South Korea, Thailand and Taiwan.The output of the study is expected to participate in the debate, especially with respect to entrepreneurial intentions predictors from different countries in Asia. Furthermore, academic and government in particular may take advantage of the results of this study by taking them into consideration when developing programs to promote entrepreneurship among students. If it is possible, the programs are countryspeci fic. Then, it is expected that fresh graduates will not only be ready to work at companies but they are also prepared to be self-employed, or they are able to apply entrepreneurial principles when working within a company.As discussed previously, this study was mainly intended to investigate what factors (i.e. personality factors, environmental factors, and demographic factors) determined entrepreneurial intentions among Asian students. …

Personal, social, and physical environmental correlates of physical activity levels in urban Latinas

Nursing/Psychosocial/Health Services

The research is aimed to study of the influence of environmental factors on the yield and quality traits, and find out the regularity of the growth and development of perilla. The main environmental factor data in six ecological area in Guizhou province were collected, and the correlation analysis with yield and quality traits of 15 perilla strains was conducted. The results showed that the cultivation environment has significant effects on the yield and quality traits of perilla. The effect of environment on main yield composed traits, contained grain number in top spike, effective panicle number per plant, plant height, top spike length, growth period, and thousand seed weight was degressive. In the different environmental factors, the latitude showed positive correlation with yield, growth period and effective panicle number per plant, and negative correlation with top spike length and grain number in top spike. Elevation showed negative correlation with the growth period of perilla. The perilla yield increased at first and then decreased with altitude rising, with the maximum in the 800 m altitude. The 600-900 m altitude is suitable area for perilla. Except for positive correlation with the plant height, and negative correlation with top spike length, the longitude showed in apparent impact on other traits. Sunshine duration, temperature and rainfall accumulation showed different effect on the different perilla strains. For yield composed traits, the sunshine duration was negatively correlation with the plant length. The accumulated temperature and mean temperature showed negative correlation with the main spike length, the rainfall showed negative correlation with the precipitation and growth period, plant height, ear number. The environmental impact on the oil compounds decreased with oleic acid, stearic acid, linoleic acid, α-linolenic acid, palmitic acid and oil content. Correlation analysis showed that the significantly negative correlation between the oil content and palmitic acid and linoleic acid content, and the positive correlation between linolenic acid content, α-linolenic acid content showed significant negative correlation with other fatty acids composition, and palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid showed significant positive correlation with each other. The influence of different environmental factors on the quality of perilla were as follows: the oil content was positively associated with elevation and sunshine duration. α-Linolenic acid content showed negative correlation with longitude, latitude, accumulated temperature and mean temperature, but positive correlation with altitude, sunlight and rainfall capacity. The correlation between palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid and environmental factors showed contrast character of α-linolenic acid. This study detailed discussed the influence of environmental factors on the quality of perilla, which provided the foundation of ecological planting technology and geoherbalism research of perilla.

Creativity and experience of a creative task: Person and environment effects

Purpose Studies report that frontline employees frequently discriminate against overweight customers, a group of vulnerable consumers that is growing worldwide. However, because most discrimination by frontline employees is covert, the authors ask whether overweight customers perceive discrimination and what influences this perception. Drawing on field theory, this paper aims to investigate how two environment factors (frontline employee overweight and frontline employees’ neutral treatment of other customers) and two person factors (customer pre-encounter affect and self-esteem) influence customer-perceived weight discrimination. Design/methodology/approach In a pilot study and three experimental studies, the authors examine the impact of covert discrimination of overweight customers by frontline employees on customers’ perception of discrimination and the influencing effects of environment and person factors. Hypotheses are tested using regression analysis. Findings The authors find that overweight customers perceive covert weight discrimination by frontline employees. Frontline employee overweight mitigates the effect of covert discrimination, and (state and trait) self-esteem amplifies this effect. Frontline employees’ neutral treatment of other customers is insignificant. Customer (state and trait) negative affect directly increases customer-perceived discrimination independent of covert discrimination. Originality/value While extant research focuses on marketplace discrimination triggers and consequences, the perspective of the discriminated customer and what influences his or her perception of covert discrimination has attracted much less attention. Moreover, research rarely addresses overweight as a discrimination trigger. As environment and person influences frequently shape service encounters, the authors contribute novel and relevant insights to the literature. This is of high value, especially in light of the harmful consequences marketplace discrimination entails for customers and service firms.

While sustainable entrepreneurs face market barriers that require them to become politically active, how to accomplish this has not yet been explored. This paper seeks to address this research gap based on an exploratory study of the Dutch clean energy sector. Findings suggest that sustainable entrepreneurs are politically active but pursue these activities using collective action. This raises issues because they face the presence of incumbents in industry associations that seek to thwart their political influence. The paper concludes with propositions about the conditions for sustainable entrepreneurs to realize political access and influence through collective action.