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Effectiveness Study on Mind Mapping Approach to Students’ Operation Position Performance and Creativity on Traditional Chinese Painting

Under current diplomaism, students’ painting ability is cultivated, but the creativity development is restricted. Students mainly learn painting skills that technique training is mostly emphasized. To improve such a problem, it is necessary to build the operation position performance ability and the value and attitude towards creativity, cultivate creativity with multiple intelligences as the structure, stress on the creativity process and taking pressure in the experience, and integrate creativity into course teaching. Using experimental design model for this study, 202 art major students of a university in China, as the experimental subjects, are preceded the 18-week (2 hours per week for total 36 hours) experimental teaching research. The research results show that 1.mind mapping approach would positively affect operation position performance, 2.mind mapping approach would positively affect creativity, and 3.operation position performance shows significant and positive effects on creativity. According to the results to propose discussions, it is expected to provide students with the learning strategy of creative thinking through teachers’ teaching model, cultivate students’ operation position performance and creativity on traditional Chinese painting with the system structure and divergent thinking of mind mapping symbolism, as well as actually apply to the artistic creation of traditional Chinese painting.

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Effects of Service Marketing in AI Medical Industry on Brand Image and Consumer Behavior

Emerging smart technology in global medical & health care systems in past years results in the popularity of telework and telehealth. Besides, people’s changing consumption patterns enhance explosive growth of medicine, life sciences, and digital technology in recent years to accelerate the transformation and reform of medical industry. Under real needs and the catalysis of technology, smart medicine becomes the mainstream in the future. For this reason, this study tends to discuss the effect of service marketing in AI medical industry on brand image and consumer behavior. AI medical industry customers in southern Taiwan, as the research samples, are distributed 500 copies of questionnaire. After deducting invalid and incomplete ones, 346 copies of questionnaire are valid, with the retrieval rate 69%. The research results reveal that service marketing would positively and significantly affect brand image, brand image would positively and remarkably affect consumer behavior, and service marketing would positively and notably affect consumer behavior. According to the results to propose suggestions, it is expected to provide effective guide for various service organizations practicing service marketing to grasp critical factors and build the service marketing systems being able to promote the benefit in AI medical industry.

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Algorithm for Providing Geriatric and Gerontological Care based on International Experience

The relevance of the stated topic of this research is conditioned upon the numerous problems of providing medical care to elderly people who suffer from chronic diseases characteristic of various disability groups, accompanied by a complete or partial loss of the ability to self-care, as a result of which there is a steady trend towards an increase in mortality among people of these age groups. The purpose of this research is to study the features of constructing an algorithm for providing geriatric and gerontological care in the Republic of Kazakhstan, considering the international experience accumulated in this field. The basis of the methodological approach in this study is a combination of a systematic analysis of the accumulated international experience in the field of geriatric and gerontological care, with an analytical study of the actual possibilities of constructing an algorithm for providing assistance based on this international experience. The main results obtained in the course of this study are the definition of the main stages of the algorithm for providing geriatric and gerontological care, and the definition of the main age groups of patients, more than other categories in need of this kind of assistance, formulated on the basis of accumulated international experience in this area. The results of this research work, including the conclusions formulated on their basis, have significant practical significance for disabled elderly people in need of medical care, and for social and medical service workers whose direct professional responsibilities include providing medical care to elderly people.

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The Impact of the Current Crisis on Community’s Subjective State. Directions for Rebuilding Individual Wellbeing in the Post-Crisis Period

The choice of a lifestyle was and will remain an important part of the way in which we organise our life, certainly in the given socio-economic and cultural conditions. Lifestyle is built in agreement with the wish of each and any of us to achieve satisfaction with life, or in philosophical language, happiness. The concept of subjective wellbeing is a fundamental one in the quality-of-life paradigm. The main indicator of the subjective state is satisfaction with life. Global satisfaction with life is the outcome of the degree of fulfillment of the individual as general average of all fields of life. In this indicator are included important human benefits, results of economic growth in relationship with the wishes and aspirations to happiness and welfare. They express the permanent orientation of the individual towards self-development/self-construction. In fact, satisfaction with life, as subjective state of individual wellbeing depends on both economic personal welfare (living standard, income, employment, financial situation) and on the state of society’s organization and governance quality, family situation, type of interpersonal and neighborship relations, social participation, etc. The lifestyle is also a key-factor here. Sectoral indicators of satisfaction with life cover the main spheres of human existence (family, profession, work, free time, safety, civic and political participation, personal development, interpersonal relationships, neighborship and friendship relationships, etc.). Subjective wellbeing or “subjective/perceived quality of life” is a critical structural component of the global state of wellbeing. It is the human filter of the objective living conditions. The subjective quality of life is not just the summation of the quality of life’s components, but more than that, the synthesis of its results: the state of human balance, tranquility, wellness. And, the result might allow accessing happiness, the perpetual aspiration of the human. By means of the subjective indicators for satisfaction with life, happiness benefits of ways for precise measurement and analysis. The concept of happiness is a key-concept of all philosophical systems, but it entered by operational forms also in socio-humane, medical and economic sciences, etc.

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The Mediating Role of Learning Goal Orientation on Psychological Capital and Performance Goal Orientation among Gen Zers

The research considers Generation Z (Gen Zers) who are characterized by diversity, innovation and resiliency. They have also been called Generation Resilient having hurdled the challenges brought about by the global pandemic and emerged with confidence and numerous possibilities for themselves. The study aims to explore how learning goal orientation significantly mediates psychological capital and performance goal orientation. A sample of 120 Gen Zers from the Philippines participated in an online survey. Descriptive and Inferential statistical analysis (simple and multiple linear regression) were used for data analysis. The Mediation analysis was based on four step approach mediation analysis by Baron and Kenny (1986 as cited by Newsom, 2024). Simple linear regression results showed that (1) psychological capital has a significant influence on performance goal orientation; (2) psychological capital has a significant influence on learning goal orientation; (3) learning goal orientation has significant influence on performance goal orientation. Multiple linear regression shows that both Psychological capital and learning goal orientation has significant influence on performance goal orientation and therefore based on the mediation analysis approach it can be concluded that learning goal orientation has significant partial mediation on psychological capital towards performance goal orientation. The results are significant for the development at the personal and professional levels of Gen Zers, whether they are self-employed or entrepreneurs or as reference for human resource development in companies where the Gen Zers are employed and being developed for future capabilities in their career moves.

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The Social Circus in the Construction of Citizenship. A study from Citizenship Competencies for A Democratic Culture

This research aims to investigate the role of the Social Circus in the construction of citizenship through the learning and practice of citizenship competencies. The Social Circus provides a platform for learning circus and creating spaces for collective creation to promote personal, group and community empowerment to improve the quality of life of the participants and the society that surrounds them. Previous research has focused on the Social Circus’ personal and group workspace, but there’s still little literature on the construction of community and citizenship. This research studies the qualitative component in more depth, using a case analysis approach and The Reference Framework of Competencies for Democratic Culture developed by the Council of Europe (2018). To achieve so, two projects that use the concept of Social Circus and have a community perspective have been selected. Semi-structured interviews, group discussion and data analysis were used for the selection process. The results indicate that the Social Circus is an ideal setting to learn and practice citizenship competencies for a Democratic Culture during class, in the preparation of the show or final exhibition and/or in the community spaces related to the project.

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Criteria and Factors of Psychological Health of an Individual in the Conditions of Professional Activity Online

Since 2020, there has been a noticeable rise in the prevalence of online work. The catalyst for this shift was the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was subsequently followed by a state of war. These circumstances compelled numerous individuals to acquire proficiency in the latest information technologies to retain their employment or seek new opportunities. The convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war has heightened several risk factors associated with compromised mental well-being within the realm of professional activities. This circumstance remains true for educators across all educational levels, spanning from primary school to tertiary education. As with any phenomenon, both favorable and unfavorable facets can be discerned. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive description of the primary factors influencing the psychological well-being of individuals engaged in professional work in an online mode. It meticulously investigates the dual-edged sword of online work, accentuating the necessity for a balanced approach to remote employment. It emphasizes the critical need for adaptive measures and support systems to harness the benefits of remote work while minimizing its psychological detriments. By exploring the intersection of technological advancements and psychological health, this research sheds light on the complex dynamics at play, advocating for a more nuanced understanding and strategic interventions to ensure the well-being of professionals navigating the digital work landscape.

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