Acquaintance Period Research Articles

Staff adaptation in Today's Business: Effective Tools

According to the research center of the superjob portal, 44% of Russians relate to the probation period when hiring calmly, 39% - with understanding. "Checking not only the employee, but also the employer, this period is probationary for both parties"; "This is the only normal way to determine whether an employee and a company fi t together," the respondents wrote. One of the main tasks of the employer is to retain qualifi ed personnel during the period of acquaintance with the organization, create a desire for a person to stay in the team and show their eff ectiveness. Not every employer understands the value of this task or declares that there is no time and resources to complete it. This article presents simple methods that will allow companies to quickly adapt a person in a new environment. Examples of companies with different approaches to onboarding are also given.

Осмысление прозы Ф. Сологуба китайской русистикой

The aim of the study is to identify the features of critical understanding of F. Sologub’s prose works in China, as well as the factors influencing their perception. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that by utilizing materials in the Chinese language, the authors characterize the key directions of Sologub’s prose research in China, determine the themes of critical articles and identify the factors that have influenced the critical assessment of his creative work. The paper involves the selection of critical articles by Chinese authors, which allowed for the periodization of the critical understanding of F. Sologub’s creative work. Conventionally, two periods were identified: the period of acquaintance with Sologub’s creative work, characterized by some non-acceptance of the author’s main ideas, particularly the portrayal of the theme of death; and the period of the “Return” of the writer’s prose, coinciding with a similar period in Russia, when the writer’s creative work is interpreted in its entirety, encompassing its thematic and conceptual diversity. As a result, it was found that the perception of Sologub’s prose works is associated with the dynamic nature of the comprehension of literary works. The paper emphasizes the Chinese specifics of the perception of F. Sologub’s creative work, which is based on the philosophical, cultural tradition of the country, as well as on social and political phenomena.

ЖАШТАРДЫ ТУРМУШКА ДАЯРДОО – ТАРБИЯЛОО БАГЫТТАРЫНЫН БИРИ

The article deals with some issues of creating a family, the issue of preparing young people for family life, which is one of the current topics of the present. The issues of preparing young people for marriage and preparing them for a new system of family responsibilities and responsibilities in marriage are touched upon, emphasizing the need to develop interpersonal skills, the ability to adapt to the habits and character of another person, the need to create a system for preparing young people for marriage. At the same time, the views on the concept of the family of students of the pedagogical faculty of Naryn State University named after Satybaldy Naamatov and students of the pedagogical faculty of Osh State University were compared. The following issues were discussed with the students: the views of young people on marriage, the social status of the future spouse, the period of acquaintance with the aim of marriage, and readiness for family life.

Methods Of Teaching English Language Vocabulary To The First-Year Uzbek Students

Assimilation is the ability to use or recognize vocabulary fluently in speech. Possession or mastery means knowing the level of skill. Simple cognition refers to the ability to memorize the meaning of a word or to recognize its form. The consequence of knowing is mastery, that is, the use of a unit of language in speech. Vocabulary control is done through direct speech activities, not through special inquiries. When speaking on a topic, reading / listening comprehension creates sufficient conditions to test the student's lexical skills.Despite the fact that the goal of studying a foreign language lexicon was to conduct speech, working on lexical units during the period of acquaintance (Presentation, Presentation) and exercise (training, activation) was the primary task, when going to the stage of application, speech serves as the primary, and lexical as the engine, that is, “building material”. Consequently, it is natural for lexical skills to be included in the composition of speech skills.

The effect of a wearable soft-robotic glove on motor function and functional performance of older adults

ABSTRACTReduced grip strength, resulting in difficulties in performing daily activities, is a common problem in the population of older adults. Newly developed soft-robotic devices have the potential to support older adults with reduced grip in daily activities. The objective of this study was to evaluate the direct, assistive effect of grip support from the wearable, soft-robotic ironHand glove.In total, 65 older adults with self-reported decline of hand function resulting from various disorders participated in this cross-sectional study. They performed various hand function tests with and without the glove during a single session. At the end, usability was scored.Participants were able to produce more pinch strength with the glove compared to without glove (p ≤ 0.001) and usability was rated very positively. However, this was not reflected in improved functional performance with the glove, as measured with timed tasks (p < 0.001). Furthermore, no correlation was found between baseline handgrip strength and changes in performance (between without and with glove) of all assessments (ρ ≤ 0.137, p ≥ 0.288).Further design adaptations are desired and more research is needed to investigate if performance with the glove can improve, when taking quality of task performance into account, or when applying a longer acquaintance period with the glove.

Russell's Two Theories of Memory

In this paper I examine Russell’s account of memory in both the acquaintance and the neutral monist periods, more specifically, the years from 1910 until 1927, with emphasis on The Problems of Philosophy, Theory of Knowledge, and The Analysis of Mind. I argue that memory is central for understanding how knowledge works, which is the main reason it remained in the focus of Russell’s analysis even after the gradual shift to neutral monism. I propose that memory played a not insignificant role in that shift. While this paper aims to show that Russell’s theory of memory in the acquaintance period faced serious difficulties—mainly related to the commitment to direct realism—I argue that there is a consistent similarity and continuity between the theory of memory in the acquaintance period and that in the neutral monist period. Russell considered a similar type of memory to be paradigmatic and epistemically primary in both periods—a consideration, dictated, no doubt, by his commitment to the principles of Occam’s razor and psychological plausibility.

Asja Lācis and Walter Benjamin: Translating Different Cities

Translating cities is a metaphor whose cognitive value consists of different aspects of translation and understanding included in that process. These aspects must reveal themselves when we are trying to describe the experience of the different languages and urban realities that Asja Lacis and Walter Benjamin had during their short period of acquaintance and love.... If...communication is the translation of materials into statements and back into materials in the imagination of the audience, parallel to the transportation of thought from the artist’s studio to the exhibition place, then “translation of cities” means the spatial movement of Asja Lacis and Benjamin and the translation of their experiences into texts and back into experienced realities: the interpretation of texts in commentary.

Russell’s Two Theories of Memory

In this paper I examine Russell’s account of memory in both the acquaintance and the neutral monist periods, more specifically, the years from 1910 until 1927, with emphasis on The Problems of Philosophy, Theory of Knowledge, and The Analysis of Mind. I argue that memory is central for understanding how knowledge works, which is the main reason it remained in the focus of Russell’s analysis even after the gradual shift to neutral monism. I propose that memory played a not insignificant role in that shift. While this paper aims to show that Russell’s theory of memory in the acquaintance period faced serious difficulties—mainly related to the commitment to direct realism—I argue that there is a consistent similarity and continuity between the theory of memory in the acquaintance period and that in the neutral monist period. Russell considered a similar type of memory to be paradigmatic and epistemically primary in both periods—a consideration, dictated, no doubt, by his commitment to the principles of Occam’s razor and psychological plausibility.

A wearable soft-robotic glove enables hand support in ADL and rehabilitation: A feasibility study on the assistive functionality.

BackgroundElderly people frequently experience a decline in hand function, due to ageing or diseases. This leads to decreased independence in activities of daily living (ADL). Assistive technology may enhance independence.ObjectivesThe objective of this paper was to explore user acceptance of an affordable wearable soft-robotic glove (ironHand (iH) system), that supports grip and hand opening in ADL. In addition, functional performance with the iH system was explored.MethodsFor this study 28 elderly people used the iH system across two sessions. During these sessions, participants performed six functional tasks with and without the iH system. Outcome measures were System Usability Scale (SUS), Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) and performance time of the functional tasks.ResultsUser acceptance scored highly, with a mean SUS score of at least 63.4 (SD = 19.0) and a mean IMI score of 5.1 points (SD = 0.97 points). Functional task performance improved across repetitions both with and without the glove (p ≤ 0.017), but all functional tasks were performed faster without the glove (p ≤ 0.032).ConclusionParticipants perceived the iH system as useful, pleasant and meaningful. The learning curve in functional performance time (improvements across repetitions) is promising, since it suggests there is room for improved performance when a longer acquaintance period is applied.

Leveling the Playing Field

Clear empirical demonstrations of the theoretical principles underlying assortative mating remain elusive. This article examines a moderator of assortative mating—how well couple members knew each other before dating—suggested by recent findings related to market-based (i.e., competition) theories. Specifically, competition is pervasive to the extent that people achieve consensus about who possesses desirable qualities (e.g., attractiveness) and who does not. Because consensus is stronger earlier in the acquaintance process, assortative mating based on attractiveness should be stronger among couples who formed a relationship after a short period rather than a long period of acquaintance. A study of 167 couples included measures of how long partners had known each other before dating and whether they had been friends before dating, as well as coders’ ratings of physical attractiveness. As predicted, couples revealed stronger evidence of assortative mating to the extent that they knew each other for a short time and were not friends before initiating a romantic relationship.

Facial expressions as honest signals of cooperative intent in a one-shot anonymous Prisoner's Dilemma game

Previous research has posited that facial expressions of emotion may serve as honest signals of cooperation. Although findings from several empirical studies support this position, prior studies have not used comprehensive and dynamic measures of facial expression as potential predictors of behaviorally defined cooperation. The authors investigated (a) specific positive and negative facial actions displayed among strangers immediately following verbal promises of commitment within an unrestricted acquaintance period and (b) anonymous, behaviorally defined decisions of cooperation or defection in a one-shot, two-person Prisoner's Dilemma game occurring directly following the acquaintance period. The Facial Action Coding System [Ekman P. & Friesen W.V. (1978). Facial Action Coding System. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychology Press] was used to measure affect-related facial actions. It was found that facial actions related to enjoyment were predictive of cooperative decisions within dyads; additionally, facial actions related to contempt were predictive of noncooperative decisions within dyads. Furthermore, and consistent with previous works, participants were able to accurately predict their partner's decisions following the acquaintance period. These results suggest that facial actions may function as honest signals of cooperative intent. These findings also provide a possible explanation for the association between subjective affective experience and facial expression that advances understanding of cooperative behavior.

Inpatients’ Preference Of Being Greeted By Staff – A Survey

Introduction The initial rapport built between a health professional and patient during their initial meeting can define the success of the rest of the consultation. Despite its importance, the right method of greeting patients is still not clear. Aim To explore the views of patients as to how they prefer to be addressed by staff and how they prefer staff to introduce themselves to them; and also to explore the views of staff on how they both address and introduce themselves, to patients. Methodology A questionnaire survey was administered to 121 inpatients and 51 members of staff at Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk, UK. The mean age was 69 years. Results Most patients preferred to be addressed by first name and preferred a doctor to use their last name when introducing themselves. Most doctors both addressed patients and introduced themselves by last name, whereas most nurses both addressed patients and introduced themselves by first name. Conclusion Doctors should consider addressing patients by their first name more often while in hospital. INTRODUCTION AND AIM The initial few moments when a health professional meets a patient for the first time are important in developing a good rapport. Exactly how patients prefer to be addressed and how they prefer staff to introduce themselves during this initial period of acquaintance is still not completely clear. Thus it is possible that health professionals are continuing to greet patients in a way that they dislike and are potentially damaging their chances at developing a good rapport. Patients create perceptions and impressions regarding the quality of medical care they are likely to receive, from how they are greeted by a doctor and from a doctor’s appearance. In order to maximise patient confidence and positively influence their perceptions, doctors actions must be in concordance with their patient’s perceptions. Anything that doctors can do to put their patients at ease and increase their trust in us will go a long way towards a positive doctorpatient relationship. One cannot predict reliably how a patient will prefer to be addressed but the literature has shown that during the greeting process, patients like doctors to shake their hand, to address them by first name1 and to introduce themselves by their last name. They prefer this both when meeting a doctor for the first time and when being addressed by a doctor with whom they were already well acquainted and varies little with age of the patient or sex of the doctor. Junior psychiatrists, during one particular survey, tended to address patients by their first names more often, whilst their consultant colleagues used the patient’s title and surname more often. Patients also like the doctor to be wearing a nametag and formal attire but white coats create an ambivalent feeling. Several studies have shown that patients prefer a doctors to be wearing a white coat, however, several have shown the exact opposite. Good eye contact and smiling are the most important aspects of nonverbal communication during the greeting process. Favourable actions during the greeting process which lead to higher patient satisfaction include greeting the patient’s family members, taking notes while speaking to the patient, giving more information and listening well but surprisingly, not the level of empathy given, body positioning or the total time spent with the patient. Many studies have surveyed the views of patients, but few have surveyed doctors to see if they are being concordant with patient’s preferences. This study aimed to further explore the views of hospital inpatients and health professionals to see if the way patients liked to be greeted and the way they actually were greeted were the same.

T03-P-08 Marital satisfaction, sexual problems, and the possible difficulties on sex therapy in traditional Islamic culture

Objective In the western cultures, marriage is usually accomplished based on love and after a period of acquaintance, while in the traditional Islamic culture it is arranged by the families and some women are forced to marry without consent. We planned to investigate the level of marital satisfaction, the prevalence of sexual problems and related issues in couples. Design and method We planned to investigate all the patients with sexual problems attending Dicle University psychiatry outpatient clinic between February-July 2007. All were living according to traditional Islamic culture. During study period, 31 heterosexual couples were included in our study, Following questionnaires were administered to the patients: Sexual dysfunction was assessed according to DSMIV criteria, Maudsley Marital Questionnaire (MMQ). Results Twenty-five (80.64%) of the couples attended the clinic for not being able to have any sexual intercourse at all. Overall, 25.8% of the women, and 3.2% of the men had been married without their consent, those marriages were arranged and mediated by match-makers. Vaginismus (58.06%) was the most common diagnosis among women and premature ejaculation (38.70%) among men. We found that marital satisfaction was affected by the mode of marriage. Conclusions We found that, present culture differs from Western cultures in terms of marriage modes and traditions like the obligation to show bloody sheet after the first night of marriage. In our cases, the most common sexual problem was vaginismus among women and premature ejaculation among men. There was a relation between marital satisfaction and mode of marriage.

P173: Computerized rounding in a community hospital surgery residency program

Introduction: With the institution of the 80 hour work week, residency programs have worked to institute programs that decrease the time that residents spend in the hospital while maintaining patient safety. This study was intended to assess the amount of time saved using computerized patient information in the form of a personal data assistant (PDA). Methods: A community hospital surgical residency program with 22 residents initially collected data daily for four weeks without PDA use. Data included pre-round time, check-out time, total number of patients, number of medical/surgical patients, and number of ICU patients. The definition of pre-rounding time was started when residents first began collecting information on their patients in the morning until 6:00am. Check-out time started at 5:00pm and lasted until the discussion of patient care with the night team had finished. Residents were then given PDA’s allowing immediate up to date access to patient information, most importantly including current vital signs, laboratory data, radiological dictations, and medication lists. After a four week acquaintance period with the PDA had passed, data was again collected from the residents daily for four weeks. Daily averages were calculated for each week and an overall total average. Daily averages were also calculated for each PGY level. Paired t-tests compared the pre-PDA and post-PDA total averages. Results: There was no significant difference between the total number of patients pre and post PDA (7.6 and 7.6, respectively, p=0.98), the average number of medical/surgical patients (4.7 and 7.1, respectively, p=0.16), or the average number of ICU patients (2.6 and 0.4, respectively, p=0.06). There was also no significant difference between pre and post PDA with average check-out time (24.5 minutes and 21.9 minutes, respectively, p=0.06). However, there was a significant decrease in rounding time with pre PDA round time at 50.5 minutes and post PDA round time at 40.7 minutes (p=0.02). Conclusion: Results of this study support the hypothesis that the pre-rounding time dramatically decreases with the PDA compared to without. Not only does this aid to keep residents under the 80 hour work week rule, but also helps to eliminate much of the confusion that can cause patient safety issues.

AGREEMENT IN PERSONALITY TRAIT RATINGS: AT FIRST AND OVER TIME

Despite conventional wisdom to the contrary, researchers have failed to consistently find a relationship between acquaintance and interjudge agreement in perceptions of personality traits. One hundred and thirty-one participants divided into 29 small groups rated themselves and other group members on seven personality traits three times over the course of six months with initial measures completed within the first week of acquaintance. Improving upon previous designs to include the initial acquaintance period revealed that agreement in judgments of group members' emotional stability and conscientiousness increased within the first eight weeks of acquaintance. After eight weeks, agreement did not increase for any of the traits. Results are interpreted to bridge the gap between empirical findings and lay knowledge of the acquaintance process.

Reciprocity of Interpersonal Attraction: A Confirmed Hypothesis

An increase in reciprocity of interpersonal attraction during the early acquaintance period followed by continuing social reciprocity are common sense propositions that are central principles of several social psychological theories. However, there is little empirical evidence of increasing reciprocity of interpersonal attraction over time. There are two potential reasons for this failure to find reciprocity over time. First, the reciprocity correlation contains a mixture of two correlations: reciprocity at the individual level and reciprocity at the dyadic level. Second, physical proximity may affect reciprocity, particularly during early acquaintance. The two reciprocity correlations and effects of physical proximity can be estimated from a round robin design. Correlations computed by taking all possible dyads measured at five time points show weak reciprocity effects with a decrease across the five time points. The individual level correlations were small while the dyadic correlations were positive. Partialling out roommate effects from the dyadic correlation enhances increasing reciprocity over time. Thus, reciprocity of attraction does increase over time when one accounts for two different levels of analysis and controls for roommate effects.

Fraction Concepts Held by Young Children

What can we do to help children gain a better understanding of what fractions are and what they mean? How can we give the child a longer acquaintance period with fractions before he is required to work with the written symbols?