Certain Type Of Person Research Articles

On the issue of ensuring the protection of personal data by chipping: a review

This article presents the results of research regarding the chipping of certain types of persons.
 The authors aimed to determine the effectiveness of this mechanism for protecting personal data, as an examination tool, and for medical purposes.
 The norms of the legislation of Kazakhstan and foreign countries concerning chipping, scientific publications on the subject, and the conduct of expert examinations were studied. Studies in which the problems of computer-technical examinations and successful application of the newest technologies in medicine and forensic medical examinations were singled out. Notably, there are no holistic studies concerning the possibility of chipping citizens or the application of this technology in various aspects, including forensic examinations.
 According to research results, generalization of scientists’ works, and analysis of legislation, chipping of individual citizens was proposed. In this study, SWOT analysis of the issues related to the chipping of certain types of persons for the protection of personal data and for other purposes was performed. The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to the implementation of this technology were considered.
 Based on the analysis and research of the legislation, chipping of law enforcement officers, civil servants, employees of organizations that have access to state databases of personal data, and employees of organizations that are the owner or operator of non-state databases has been proposed. The proposed mechanism has several advantages and may increase security, reduce unauthorized access to information, and minimize the probable unlawful manifestations in relation to personal data and data with limited access.

Personalistic overtones in the realization of Enlightenment ideas (based on the history of the Illuminati Order)

The article considers one of the lines of understanding and realization of Enlightenment ideas, due to the peculiarities of the New European personality. A personality is an individual acting independently and therefore forced to build a world and private self-image that partially does not coincide with the generally accepted ones. Kant associates these features precisely with Enlightenment, with the competence to use one's mind without guidance from someone else. Two social institutions are considered, the young nation-state and the Catholic Church, striving to put the individual, Society and communities under their control and management. The author suggests that society and communities were created in response to the pressure and expansion of these social institutions. The similarities and differences of social institutions and communities represented by unions and orders are analyzed. The relations between these three subjects and social forces (institutions of church and state, Society and communities) were quite tense, there was a struggle between them, the result of which, on the one hand, was the demarcation and separation of zones of influence, on the other hand, the suppression of the enemy, which often turned out to be Society, communities and the individual. In this context, according to the author, a conspiracy discourse is emerging, which the closer to our time, the more it is used against communities and individuals. This struggle within the institutions of the state and the church, as well as in art, is illustrated by the example of the history of the Illuminati. The activities of the Illuminati and other Orders (communities) were directed by a New European personality who, as Kant wrote, aspired to adulthood, which was in contradiction with the desire of the state and the Catholic Church to direct and control the mind and actions of a person. The author believes that the confrontation of the individual, Society and communities with the state and its institutions persists in our time. Of course, we are talking about a certain type of personality, so to speak, Kantian, and not any; there are individuals and communities that support the state.

Perceiving in networking interactions: emblems, indexicality, and their mapping through reflexivity

Abstract For newly met acquaintances, deployment of a single lexical term, an emblem such as tech or finance, signals where one stands in the professional universe and points to any manner of traits and characteristics or a certain type of person. This positioning and evaluation has pivotal real-world implications for occupational attainment as people decide whether a conversation is worth continuing and a contact worth advancing. This study examines self-presentation sequences at a professional networking event in Hong Kong. In the interactions at these events, professional emblems serve to locate people amongst different taxonomies, such as hierarchies of eliteness, and invoke various traits. But in highly diverse, globalized contexts like this one in Hong Kong, what happens when shared knowledge of emblems is not readily available, and how do participants negotiate this? This study seeks to answer these underexamined questions, acutely relevant in particular social circles nowadays, focusing on misrecognized, vaguely recognized, semiotically transposed, and spuriously recognized cases. It also introduces advanced visual depictions of the indexical maps that participants hold, in all their complexity, drawing both from interaction, where there are some hints of emblem uptake, and subsequent interviews, where emblems’ indexicalities and their social value to social actors are made explicit. This study fills a gap in how people with diverse biographies ‘cobble together’ indexical meanings in the moment to position their interactants within their conceptions of the world and ascribe social value.

Budowanie tożsamości chłopów w myśli politycznej i działalności Polskiego Stronnictwa Ludowego Piast

Over the centuries the identity of the peasants has evolved. It was largely influenced by the experiences of generations, shaped by history, socio-economic and political situation; it changed under the influence of the conditions in which they lived. The peasants' belonging to a specific community constituted the basis of their values and had a significant impact in all possible relationships. Identity – the authenticity of peasants was perpetuated in their long and quaint history, in the very difficult and peculiar existence of this social class. It was shaped in the course of centuries of hard work in closed peasant culture and customs. The serfdom system lasted 400 years, and these 400 years long the peasant identity was shaped. It is not surprising that despite the change in social conditions, they still remained in the shackles of the serfdom determined mentality. The formation of a certain type of personality, which lasted for a very long time, is considered an undoubted consequence of serfdom. Peasants constituted the cornerstone of society and the nation for the politicians of the Polish People's Party "Piast", they were the inspiration for their political concepts and actions. The article attempts to prove to what extent the living conditions of peasants determined their identity and to what extent the impact of activities of PSL Piast contributed to the transformation of their identity.

Legal Analysis of the Legal Personality of Artificial Intelligence, through the Prism of "Animals", "Human" and other Persons for the Stability of the Structure

The author explores the phenomenon of the legal personality of AI through the prisms of the constructions of the rights of animals, humans and certain types of persons. Theoretical and practical approaches to highlighting the legal personality of AI through the prism of a legal entity, animal, human are considered. Practical approaches are being studied on the conditions for the allocation of legal personality through the construction of Habeas Corpus, membership of the "board of directors", as well as the authorship of AI. The main legal structures for the implementation of this legal personality, the positions of the relevant authorities, as well as the stability of individual decisions at the level of consideration by the judiciary and compensatory legal measures that ensure the safe integration of AI into the sphere of public legal relations in Russia are determined. The subject of the study is the formalization of the actions of artificial intelligence as a separate subject of law in the private legal and public fields. The object of the study is regulatory documents, recommendations and other documents regulating the issues of distinguishing the legal personality of AI in Russia and foreign countries, academic publications on the issues under study. The research methodology integrates a complex of modern philosophical, general scientific, special scientific methods of cognition, including dialectical, systemic, structural-functional, hermeneutical, comparative legal, formal legal (dogmatic), etc. The measures proposed as a result of the study can be applied in the legislative and law enforcement practice of relevant authorities implementing the integration of artificial intelligence into the sphere of public and public relations in Russia.

Still Life as Anthropotechnics (On the Material “Vanitas Vanitatis”)

This article is devoted to the allegorical still life of the Baroque era. There is carried out its analysis mainly on the material of the type “Vanitas Vanitatis”, which is a kind of peak of this genre. Using the theoretical constructions of W. Benjamin and G. Deleuze, the author analyzes the still life as a genre that has its own logic, topology, temporality, collapsing into a plot, and a very peculiar “syntax”. In addition, the article outlines the contours of the “life world” that makes this unique artistic phenomenon possible. The author considers still life as a kind of theater of things. The things depicted in it coexist in various ways, sometimes attracting each other, interlocking and forming constellations (eros), sometimes, on the contrary, lining up in opposition, the elements of which reject and simultaneously activate each other (agon), but never in the form of separate objects. An old still life should not only be viewed, but also read and solved. It is a complex text, the semantic unit of which is a thing filled with new conventional meanings. This is what makes it possible to talk about a still life as an allegory. The article reveals that allegory is not just one of the ways of signification, but is a tool of cognition that allows you to see something familiar and usual in the most unexpected perspective, expanding the scope of what is viewed in culture. This fully applies to the old still life, which manifests not only the finest nuances of the Baroque world with its emerging disturbing temporality, but also the mood of the there-being of Self from hope to melancholy. The specificity of this text lies in the representation of a still life in the perspective of philosophical anthropology, that is, from the point of view of its proportionality to a certain type of person. The result of the analysis carried out is the conclusion that the main condition for the possibility of an allegorical still life is the desolate, devoid of self-identity, but demanding existence and capable of becoming an event Self in a world that is rapidly losing its sacred and symbolic shells.

ДО ПИТАННЯ ВИВЧЕННЯ Й АНАЛІЗУ СФОРМОВАНОСТІ ЗАГАЛЬНОЛЮДСЬКИХ ЦІННОСТЕЙ, ЗОКРЕМА АЛЬТРУЇЗМУ У СУЧАСНОЇ МОЛОДІ, ТА ВИХОВНОГО ПОТЕНЦІАЛУ НА ЗАНЯТТЯХ ІНОЗЕМНОЇ МОВИ ЗІ СТУДЕНТАМИ-ПЕРЕКЛАДАЧАМИ

The study gives a definition of the term ‘altruism”, analyses the views of leading foreign scientists on the essence of “altruism”, moral principles and gender differences as to the degree of “altruism” as well as the statements of modern Ukrainian researchers regarding the education of altruistic qualities in youth. The result of the survey and comparative analysis show that the majority of students have a general idea about the term “altruism”, moreover, they also have a clear understanding of the prevalence of a certain type of personality and priority of moral values in modern society. The survey also proves a certain educational potential in the content of authentic text-books in teaching a foreign language to students translators and interpreters. In our opinion, the implementation of different forms and methods of teaching, the use of authentic audio, video and Internet materials in foreign language lessons taking into consideration the above mentioned problem will contribute to the effective process of educating altruistic qualities in youth.

Гуманитарное знание в современном мире

Determining the boundaries and degree of influence of the results of scholarly knowledge on a person is becoming even more relevant at the current stage of the development of scholarship. Humanitarian knowledge is ambivalent, which is manifested in the fact that the search for and improvement of ways to achieve humanistic ideals can form the basis for the formation of resources allowing us to produce or construct a certain type of personality. Particular attention is paid to situations in which the scientifically based striving for humanitarian ideals – preservation and improvement of the quality of human life – leads to the fact that even life and death of an individual can be the result of an agreement between scientists and politicians. This paper aimed to substantiate the need to identify boundaries in achieving humanitarian ideals. The research method applied here is the analysis of philosophical doctrines, which allow to explicate new approaches to determining the ways of finding meaning. In the context of a plural, multidirectional and risk-inducing development of the world, the traditional features of the humanities – desire for understanding, search for meaning, and contextuality – are undergoing essential changes. The unprecedented fragmentation of today’s world and the sporadic nature of people’s lives actualizes the search for resources to achieve understanding in the absence of integrity. Further, the paper shows the fundamental importance of human efforts aimed to find and be able to stay in such modes of consciousness as “participatory thinking” (M.M. Bakhtin), “thought-action” (M.K. Mamardashvili) and “consciousness not based on cognitive meanings” (Pope John Paul II). It is substantiated here that the idea of establishing meaning as a result of the efforts/perseverance of an individual has ontological and epistemological value. The search for and establishment of meaning is an accomplished event (G. Deleuze), which reflects the uniqueness of a person’s existence.

Would You Like to Know More? Selection, Socialization, and the Political Attitudes of Military Veterans

Although an initial wave of research during the Vietnam War era suggested that the political attitudes of American veterans were not significantly different from those of the public at large, more recent studies argue that this may no longer be true. Thus far, however, the reason for this difference has gone unexplored: are veterans from the volunteer era different because a certain type of person is drawn to military life (selection), or are their attitudes shaped by their experience of service (socialization)? Using new survey data on the political attitudes of Americans, and statistical techniques designed to improve our estimation of the difference between selection and socialization effects, we examine this question, assessing the extent to which the two factors play a role in this attitudinal difference. Our results have implications for political representation, as well as the impact of partisan polarization and recruitment patterns on civil–military relations.

Філософія освіти: до питання концептуалізації

Philosophy of education functions as systematic socio-cultural phenomenon combining methodology, science, values, national/European/world pedagogical traditions. Philosophy of education is characterized by complex of theories (ideas), scientific, cultural, values, moral and ethical principles determining not only the meaning / content of education and training, but also a certain type of personality. Worldview-philosophical analysis emphasizes the planetary-cosmic dimension of human existence and the planetary-cosmic personality type (anthropic principle; man-microcosm as a reflection of the macrocosm-universe). World relations in the coordinates of culture, man-made (western) and traditionalist (eastern), identifies personality types: individualistic (West), collectivist (East). The article reveals the compatibility of ideas, theories, approaches (philosophical anthropology and ontology, subjective, cultural, comparative, communicative, praxeological), according to the priorities of the post-neoclassical. On this basis, the expediency of the theoretical and methodological tools of the philosophy of education as a synergistic of interaction of basic life-value concepts (man-science-culture-art-style of thinking) and goal-setting - the formation of the subject of culture. The subject of culture is formed in certain society (pluralism of political, economic, legal, educational, religious systems), environment of immanent values, moral and ethical precepts, customs, beliefs, spiritual traditions. The spiritual and value bases of the existence of the European person as a subject of culture determine the space of the Judeo-Christian tradition and technogenic (Western) civilization. For a person as a subject of culture of the eastern (traditionalist) area, the spiritual and value basis is Confucianism and Taoism (China), Confucianism and Buddhism (Japan). The activity of the subject of culture in particular is realized in planetary space. Comparative analysis of West-East communication actualizes trans-scientific intentions of philosophy of education. The praxeological directions of strategic social changes in Ukraine are singled out: fundamental turn to science and education; modernization of science-intensive technical-technological-production processes; financing of innovations (investments, business) at the level of leading universities.

Psychological determination of personality types of young suicides

The purpose of the study is to identify the factors that determine the formation of a certain type of personality who has committed suicidal attempts at a young age. In order to identify the types of suicides, there was conducted a survey of 25 doctors in psychiatric clinical hospitals in Moscow. The survey results were processed using cluster analysis. To identify the factorial conditioning of suicidal behavior of each personality type, a complex of psychodiagnostic techniques was used, focused on the study of the characteristics of the emotional, value-semantic and behavioral spheres of the personality. The obtained empirical data were processed with the help of factor analysis. Between the ages of 24 and 35, common types of persons with suicidal tendencies are "protester" (negative attitudes toward life and its foundations, repeated attempts to prove oneself right with a high level of pretensions, and low level of development of abilities necessary for self-realization), "self-isolating" (a conviction of their failure and lack of right to life), "self-destructive" (excessive self-criticism and self-blaming).

PARTICIPATORY MODELLING OF THE CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-BELIEFS AND PERSONALITY USING AGGREGATED FUZZYRELATIONAL MAPMODEL AND KOSKO-HAMMING DISTANCE

Fuzzy Relational Map is an efficient tool in establishing the causal relationship between two disjoint sets of concepts. In situations, wherein the data available is unsupervised involving emotions and reasons described in a language that is vague or difficult to interpret, Fuzzy Relational Map is the pertinent approach of choice. Personality is a psychological construct that has different traits and these traits have some unique behavioral beliefs underneath. In this paper, an extension of a fuzzy relational map called aggregatedFuzzyRelational Map is used to study the association between the traits of personality and the behavioral beliefs that influence a certain type of personality. Further, the fixed points are analyzed with the aid of Kosko-Hamming Distance.

Typology and Factorial Conditioning of Suicidal Behavior of Adolescents

The problem of suicidal behavior of an individual continues to remain relevant, due to the increase in the number of suicides among people of different ages, on the one hand, and insufficient information about the factors of suicidal behavior of an individual. The purpose of the study is to identify the factors that determine the formation of a certain type of personality who committed suicidal attempts in adolescence. In order to identify the types of adolescent suicides, there was conducted a survey of 20 doctors in psychiatric clinical hospitals in Moscow. The survey results were processed using cluster analysis. To identify the factorial conditioning of suicidal behavior of each personality type, a complex of psychodiagnostic techniques was used, focused on the study of the characteristics of the emotional, value-semantic and behavioral spheres of the personality. The obtained empirical data were processed with the help of factor analysis. Three clusters have been identified that combine similar personality characteristics of suicides. It was specified that among adolescents there are the following personality types: “militant” (22%), “sacrifice” (54%) and “self-deprecating” (24%). Each type of adolescent suicide is due to the characteristics of the emotional, value-semantic and behavioral spheres of their personality. To develop targeted programs for the prevention of suicidal behavior among adolescents, it is necessary to take into account the results of the study, since such programs should be aimed at blocking the factors that form a certain type of suicide.

Distribution of biomarkers of aging in people with different personality types (in Russia)

The aim of the research is to study how a person's belonging to a certain type of personality (phenotypic, professional, emotional, communicative) influences the rate of his individual aging. Method: we used the Russian frailty index according to Dr. Voitenko, which includes subjective and objective biomarkers of aging: duration of static balancing, blood pressure indicators, body weight, subjective assessment of diseases. Data processing method - one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Empirical base: 987 people (including 575 women) aged 35-70 years, collected from different regions of Russia on a territorial basis. Results: in the professional sphere, the lowest frailty index was found in representatives of the Artistic type and Investigative type of professions, and in terms of the duration of static balancing, the best result was in the Enterprising type. In terms of phenotypic characteristics, representatives of the asthenic and athletic body types had a lower frailty index, and in terms of functional asymmetry - in ambidexters and retrained left-handers. Among the emotional types, the lower frailty index was observed in persons with a predominance of communicative emotionality and those who preferred the style of cooperation when interacting with other people. Conclusions: lifestyle, attitude to the world and other people, as well as phenotypic characteristics of a person affect his biological age and the intensity of his biomarkers of aging.

Проблема підготовки майбутніх учителів природничих наук: аналітичний огляд

The reforming of school natural science education is part of the process aimed at updating educational systems, which has a general European tendency. The content orientation of the field representing natural sciences of general secondary education towards the formation of core competences and effective mechanisms of their introduction causes intensive changes in the training process intended for the future science teachers of the new formation. The component of natural education is biological education which is realized by studying Biology as a school course. Since natural knowledge in the process of external interaction purposefully influence the formation of schoolchildren’s natural outlook, this is the social order that determines the content of biological education and the potential within the education of a certain type of personality. Therefore, the new formats of biological education in the context of the New Ukrainian School are aimed at forming schoolchildren’s motivation for educational and cognitive activities, life competencies, and an active life position. The driving force facilitating the realization of innovations in biological education is a competent teacher as a subject of an innovative educational activity. In this case, the priority way in the professional training of future science teachers is the shift of emphasis from the amount of knowledge to the development of pedagogical interaction skills. This is the ability of the future specialist to work in a team, to negotiate, to make prudent decisions that makes him / her competitive. The basic condition for such an activity is the professional potential of the future teacher which manifests itself in his / her readiness for creative interaction with schoolchildren. The transfer of the study of Biology into the plane of the competence-based educational environment focuses educators’ attention on the person-centred approach to learning. The relationship between the teacher and the schoolchildren should be collaborative, in the course of which schoolchildren become not only the objects of influence, but also become participants of a joint activity. According to these approaches to teaching Biology, the interaction of the subjects of the educational process acquires organized forms of cooperation, the specific characteristic of which is the complementarity of the schoolchild and the teacher. The obviousness of the dialogical educational interaction contributes to the introduction of the elements of teachers’ / students’ creativity into the pedagogical process and motivates them to intellectual growth. Subjectivity as a paradigmatic feature of biology education lies in the pedagogical position of the teacher, since it is profession-oriented and determines the personalization of pedagogical interaction. Therefore, the subjective factor of the pedagogical activity of future teachers of natural sciences becomes a kind of trajectory of self-development and self-affirmation. Keywords: subject, competence-oriented teacher, pedagogical interaction, person-oriented environment, pedagogical communication.

Exploring patient and public involvement in motor neuron disease research

Objectives: Patient and public involvement (PPI) is a relatively new practice whereby researchers involve patients and the public in the conduct of their research. The Sheffield Motor Neurone Disorders Research Advisory Group (SMNDRAG) is one of the first groups to specialise in motor neuron disease (MND). Its members include people living with MND, carers, relatives, volunteers, clinicians, and scientists. Our aim was to explore the experiences of those who participate in, organise and work with the SMNDRAG.Methods: We conducted 13 semi-structured interviews: 10 with members of the SMNDRAG and three with researchers who have worked with the group. We used thematic analysis to identify ways in which the group influenced research and the barriers and enablers to PPI.Results: A number of motivations for participating in the SMNDRAG were reported but the majority were altruistic. The SMNDRAG offered individuals psychosocial and intellectual benefits. The SMNDRAG has overcome a number of practical and psychological barriers to developing a successful and effective collaborative partnership resulting in a positive impact on research and researchers at each stage of the research process. For example, the group identified research priorities which ensured that research was patient-focused. However, several barriers remain, including the lack of diversity within the group and the perception that PPI participation requires a “certain type of person.”Conclusions: PPI can make a valuable contribution to all aspects of research and can have a positive impact on those involved. We recommend ways in which PPI can and should be incorporated into research.

Essays on Evaluation of Sales and Marketing Strategy: A Perspective from Pharmaceutical Industry in Thailand, a Survey

This thesis was conducted during the author's final year of a three-year PhD program at the IICSE University, USA. The research has its focus on the constant need for new, innovative ways for marketers in pharmaceutical industry in Thailand to reach target physicians (customers) and also adapt to marketing changes. To be able to detect what changes need to occur in the industry, we need to understand the impact that medical representatives (or pharmaceutical representatives) have on the prescription-writing habits of doctors, and competitive landscape in terms of sales and marketing performance of different players in the domain. Physicians are solely responsible in the prescription of pharmaceuticals elsewhere in this world, including in Thailand. The medical representatives are responsible for detailing physicians and other healthcare professionals the information on medical products, so that patients can get the best medicine for their disease treatment. Both physicians and medical representatives can have a large effect on the perception of a certain pharmaceutical from a certain company. Physicians also need to be educated by medical representative, and medical representatives must find the best approach to selling their medical products based on the needs of the physician’s patients. Different companies have drugs that have very different molecular compositions or classification that treat same diseases. Usually one expensive original drug can be prescribed for a single disease, so it is important for medical representatives to point out how their medicine will best treat a certain disease in a certain type of person. This in turn requires asking some questions on how the medical representative can achieve their selling goals. What selling method makes one drug more desirable over the other? Do physicians respond better to a friendlier, more relational and educated sales representative? What kind of marketing methods are the most effective or preferable by physicians? How do physicians perceive the different ways of selling? This research was conducted by looking into the selling techniques and marketing strategies used by pharmaceutical companies and medical representatives in Thailand. This should help to distinguish the best sales and marketing methods for pharmaceutical companies and medical representatives, especially in today’s industry.

Essays on Evaluation of Sales and Marketing Strategy: A Perspective from Pharmaceutical Industry in Thailand, a Survey

This thesis was conducted during the author's final year of a three-year PhD program at the IICSE University, USA. The research has its focus on the constant need for new, innovative ways for marketers in pharmaceutical industry in Thailand to reach target physicians (customers) and also adapt to marketing changes. To be able to detect what changes need to occur in the industry, we need to understand the impact that medical representatives (or pharmaceutical representatives) have on the prescription-writing habits of doctors, and competitive landscape in terms of sales and marketing performance of different players in the domain. Physicians are solely responsible in the prescription of pharmaceuticals elsewhere in this world, including in Thailand. The medical representatives are responsible for detailing physicians and other healthcare professionals the information on medical products, so that patients can get the best medicine for their disease treatment. Both physicians and medical representatives can have a large effect on the perception of a certain pharmaceutical from a certain company. Physicians also need to be educated by medical representative, and medical representatives must find the best approach to selling their medical products based on the needs of the physician’s patients. Different companies have drugs that have very different molecular compositions or classification that treat same diseases. Usually one expensive original drug can be prescribed for a single disease, so it is important for medical representatives to point out how their medicine will best treat a certain disease in a certain type of person. This in turn requires asking some questions on how the medical representative can achieve their selling goals. What selling method makes one drug more desirable over the other? Do physicians respond better to a friendlier, more relational and educated sales representative? What kind of marketing methods are the most effective or preferable by physicians? How do physicians perceive the different ways of selling? This research was conducted by looking into the selling techniques and marketing strategies used by pharmaceutical companies and medical representatives in Thailand. This should help to distinguish the best sales and marketing methods for pharmaceutical companies and medical representatives, especially in today’s industry.

The Basic Forms of Existence and Tendencies of “Power-Knowledge” Development

The subject of the study is "power-knowledge" as a universal force serving as the basis for the formation of institutionalized forms of domination, cognitive and value norms, communication channels and behavior styles. The authors prove that the dynamic unity of knowledge and power has led to rapid changes in power relations, which allowed to identify periods and specific forms of existence of power. The main stages of the evolution of "power-knowledge" are the domination of objective norms, discursive and symbolic forms of power. The research investigates the change of forms of control: consideration of domination of objective norms as a condition for efficiency (success) of actions allowed to make transition from external supervision to self-control. The emergence of the next stage of the transformation of "power-knowledge" is due to the rapid development of knowledge, the ability to store and transmit increasing amount of information. Power being realized in the organization of information and financial communication flows seeks to control the processes of development, the dynamics of social systems. The power of discourse is manifested in the fact that in the process of formation of sign-symbolic systems, methods of information transferring, the construction of reality takes place. Power internalizes a certain order exerting influence on consciousness of people through symbolic systems, language grammatical norms, styles of knowledge. The peculiarity of symbolic power is a high degree of self-determination. Power exists in the system produced by its symbols not seeking to represent the interests of social groups. Power becomes a universal, impersonal force (code, discourse) located in the stream of symbols and codes. The essential difference of symbolic power is that it is not representative and continuously alters the "world view" in which a person lives. The main conclusion of the study is that the democracy and humanity of forms of manifestation of power are associated with the ubiquity of the spread and the emergence of total forms of enslavement. The domination of objective norms is aimed at producing a certain type of person; discourse constructs reality, symbolic power acts as a self-sufficient force, in which a person is forced to continuously seek ways to survive in a transforming world.

An adaptive network model for a possible therapy for the effects of a certain type of dementia on social functioning

Abstract This paper first describes a temporal-causal network model for recognition of emotions shown by others. The model can show both normal functioning and dysfunctioning, such as can be the case with certain types of dementia. More specifically the focus of the paper is on a specific type of therapy that has been incorporated in the model (thus becoming adaptive) to study the effects and potentials of this therapy to improve the dysfunctional behaviour. Simulations have been performed to test the model. A mathematical analysis was done which gave evidence that the model as implemented does what it is meant to do. The model can be applied to obtain a virtual patient model to study the way in which recognition of emotions can deviate for certain types of persons, and what a therapy can contribute to improve the situation.