Dutch Master Research Articles

Self-esteem and social interactions in daily life: An experience sampling study

Theory and empirical evidence suggest that self-esteem and the quality of social relationships are mutually related, however, little is known about the dynamic short-term association in daily life. Experience sampling data of 232 Dutch Master’s students ( M age = 24.6, SD age = 2.7) was collected across four waves; each consisting of 14 days of four daily assessments (23,107 data points). We applied Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling to study the within-day associations between momentary self-esteem (assessed in the morning and evening) and social interactions (anticipated and experienced). First, results showed that quality of social interactions during the day was associated with evening, but not morning self-esteem. Second, positive anticipation of social interactions was associated with morning, but not with evening self-esteem. Third, trait self-esteem did not moderate the within-day associations. Together, results suggest that when having higher self-esteem, people anticipate more positive social interactions at the same time, but they do not experience more positive social interactions later on. Having but not anticipating more positive social interactions seems to contribute to higher self-esteem later on. Differentiating between anticipated and experienced interactions and using multiple daily assessments helps obtain a more fine-grained understanding of the dynamic processes between self-esteem and social interactions.

Рембранд: „драматичен ясновидец на страстите и човечността“

In recent decades, art history has repeatedly renewed interest in a number of the most important artists of various periods, especially Rembrandt. Research, both on his art and on the large legacy of knowledge and documentation concerning his working processes, should add to his influence on certain of his followers and among Bulgarian artists. Rembrandt's plastic and professional approach is expectedly and unexpectedly found in dialogue with a number of our artists, such as Karl Yordanov, Acad. Iliya Petrov, Kiril Gyulemetov, Prof. Petar Chuklev, Yavora Petrova, and others. On the other hand, it is the innovativeness of the Dutch master that adds certainty to the paths to modernity, which is highlighted in a number of notes, diaries, and interviews of our artists, including those of Prof. . Lyubomir Dalchev, Boris Angelushev, and others.

The Role of Personal Demands and Personal Resources in Enhancing Study Engagement and Preventing Study Burnout.

Using a 1-year longitudinal design, we examined the role of personal demands and personal resources in long-term health impairment and motivational processes among master students. Based on the job demands-resources theory and transactional model of stress, we hypothesized that students' personal demands (i.e., irrational performance demands, awfulizing and irrational need for control) predict perceived study demands one year later, and indirectly relate to burnout. Furthermore, we predicted that personal resources indirectly associate with study engagement via students' perceived study resources one year later. These hypotheses were tested in a sample of Dutch master students (N = 220 at T1 and T2) using structural equation modelling. As hypothesized, personal demands and personal resources at T1 predicted study demands and study resources one year later (T2, β = .25-.42, p <. 05), respectively. Study-home interference [study demand] mediated the association between personal demands and burnout (β = .08, p = .029), whereas opportunities for development [study resource] mediated the association between personal resources and study engagement (β = .08, p = .014). Hence, personal demands and personal resources relate indirectly to students' burnout and engagement one year later via a heightened level of specific study demands and study resources. Accordingly, the present research expands the propositions of the JD-R Theory by proposing personal demands as a relevant factor for students' long-term well-being.

Greywater as a Viable Alternative for Irrigation of 10 Fall-planted Spring-flowering Geophytes Forced for Early Spring Flowering

The world population has topped 8 billion and water scarcity is rising because of the effects of climate change. The addition of plants to interior and exterior spaces has positive emotional, but questionable environmental, benefit when potable water sources are used for maintenance. To preserve potable water for human use, nonpotable resources, such as greywater, may be used as an alternative for the growth of ornamental plants. The purpose of the study was to determine the viability of using greywater for production of 10 fall-planted geophytes forced for early spring flowering. With very few exceptions, the application of greywater did not affect biomass accumulation, nutrient profile, or visual quality of the plant. Only fresh biomass of Allium and Hyacinthus was negatively affected by greywater, with no impacts on dry biomass or visual quality. There were also no negative impacts on plant survival, number of flowers, and flower duration as measured by time to flower senescence. There was an inconsistent effect of greywater irrigation on flowering time but was observed in only 1 of the 3 years for each of the cultivars affected. In the first year, greywater irrigation delayed flowering in Narcissus ‘Dutch Master’ and Tulipa ‘Parade’ an average of 7 and 6 days, respectively, whereas in year 3, greywater irrigation promoted flowering in Iris ×hollandica ‘Sapphire Beauty’ an average of 10 days earlier. Greywater appears to be a viable alternative for container-grown spring-flowering geophytes. This study adds to the body of research showing that greywater should be considered a serious alternative to freshwater for plant growth.

Short-term dynamics of pride and state self-esteem change during the university-to-work transition

Young adults differ in their self-esteem change during the university-to-work transition. The short-term processes (such as state changes) which are related to individual variability in change are not yet fully understood. In this pre-registered study, we examined experiences of pride as an emotional process underlying state self-esteem change in a sample of 232 Dutch master students over 8 months across their university-to-work transition. We used dynamic and multilevel structural equation models to analyze three waves of 14-day experience sampling data, examining momentary and daily associations between pride and state self-esteem on the within-person level. We examined correlated change in pride and state self-esteem, and the extent to which pride predicted variability in state self-esteem change. Results indicated positive within-person associations and considerable individual differences in pride–state self-esteem associations across moments and days. Across months, changes in pride and state self-esteem were positively correlated, but pride before graduation did not predict variability in later state self-esteem change. Pride–state self-esteem associations remained robust after accounting for feelings of joy, transitional valence, and timing of the transition. Findings indicated that pride uniquely predicted state self-esteem change during the education-to-work transition, which suggests that pride is a key emotion underlying self-esteem change.

Le cœur d'un père par Josselin Guillois

Reviewed by: Le cœur d'un père par Josselin Guillois Joseph A. Reiter Guillois, Josselin. Le cœur d'un père. Seuil, 2022. ISBN 978-2-02-149543-0. Pp. 224. In this fictional 1661 diary, Titus Rembrandt, son of the great Dutch master, records six harrowing days in life with his father. The artist has one week to settle his debts, or else his possessions, studio, and artwork will be seized, plus he will lose custody of his sixteen-year-old son who would be sent to an "orphelinat," clearly Dickensian in nature. Rembrandt is unaware of the situation, for Titus, without his father's knowledge, deals with creditors and even represents him in a court hearing. And so begins Titus's quest to avoid disaster, save his father's legacy and perhaps, finally, receive the expression of paternal love he so craves. The latter is a leitmotif in the journal entries. Titus's life is intertwined with his father's. He is errand boy, studio assistant, uncomplaining companion, and ever faithful and adoring son, but the artist seems to ignore his son's love and dedication. Must artists necessarily neglect family and loved ones in the service of art? This is a question Guillois often addresses, and the response will be multi-layered. The author has carefully researched Dutch societal history and laws, as well as Rembrandt's biographies and works, and the reader will appreciate his insights and their clever use in the work. The Dutch Golden Age has a disturbing underside, which also finds its depiction in the novel. A stroke of fate seems to promise a solution. On day two of the journal, Rembrandt, although fallen out of vogue, receives a commission to paint the largest canvas he has ever undertaken, a heroic depiction of a scene from Tacitus, the Oath of the Batavians, that would hang in Amsterdam's new city hall; the caveat being he has to use the sketches of the originally commissioned artist who has unexpectedly died, employ members of the painters' guild as models, and complete the work within the week for the festive inauguration of the hall. The reader immediately knows Rembrandt will ignore these constraints, and that Titus will have to play a major part in the completion of the canvas. In personality and susceptibility Titus is not unlike Candide, but only needs a week to be disabused of his naivete. He realizes an erotic tryst, albeit under self-portraits of his father; gets drunk for the first time and sleeps through a precious day; he is almost killed; he meets Cosimo de Medici who has traveled from Florence to inhale the air of the master's studio; he confronts dissatisfied patrons; discovers who is the model in what would be termed an X-rated sketchbook he hides under his bed, and more. Guillois packs quite a bit into this short novel. It is above all a homage to the originality of Rembrandt's creations. The artist depicts and elevates the old, infirm, and societal outcasts in sharp contrast to the stereotypical, black-suited, white-collared gentry depicted by his contemporaries. Of course, Rembrandt's monumental canvas will be rejected by the censors but parts of it survive and have a central place in the history of figurative art. [End Page 237] Joseph A. Reiter Phillips Exeter Academy (NH), emeritus Copyright © 2023 American Association of Teachers of French

The Marquess and Marchioness of Buckingham, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and the eighteenth-century context for Rembrandt’s Bellona in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Abstract Rembrandt’s style has often been seen as antithetical to the aesthetics of classicism. Yet, in the eighteenth century – a period that saw a revival of those very principles – the English enthusiastically collected works attributed to the Dutch master. This paper considers George and Mary Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess and Marchioness of Buckingham, and their acquisition of Rembrandt’s imagined portrait of the goddess Bellona. Their artistic taste, like that of many of their contemporaries, has been described as strictly classical, hence the reasons for their interest in Rembrandt are examined here. In fact, Bellona was recommended to the Marquess and Marchioness by Sir Joshua Reynolds, himself well known for his affinity with the artist. The relationship between Reynolds and the Temple-Grenville family of this painting is explored and the acquisition situated within an eighteenth-century context and the vogue for portraying contemporary women in the guise of mythological figures, just as Rembrandt did in his depiction of Bellona.

Lost and Found: Rediscovering a Seventeenth Century Map of New Jersey

This narrative details the first complete map of New Jersey; one that identified the locations of settlements of indigenous people. Created by Hessel Gerritsz, a Dutch master cartographer, this relatively unknown 1616 map of New Jersey does not appear in the four major publications that exhibit New Jersey maps, published between 1973 and 2014.

ДЮРЕР В МАСТЕРСКОЙ МЕМЛИНГА

Albrecht Dürer is often considered one of the key German Renaissance painters and it is the reason, why different aspects of Dürer’s art and its formation continue to be immensely significant for researchers. In that regard, it is important to refer to the origins of Dürer’s art. The influence of the Venetian masters cannot be underestimated, which becomes apparent after his first trip to Italy in the mid-1490s. Also, a significant factor in Dürer’s formation as a painter was his encounter with Dutch art, what is represented in a number of his works. During his travel as a journeyman Albrecht Dürer could visit in Bruges the workshop of Memling, a key Dutch master. The first scientist who formulated that hypothesis was German researcher Hans Evers in 1972, and since then a number of publications have appeared that study both the social and historical context of Bruges and the cities Dürer visited, as well as analyze the similarities and differences in the artistic style of early Dürer and the works of Netherland painters. The purpose of the article is to summarize existing arguments and adding new ones in favor of Dürer’s visiting of Memling’s workshop in the beginning of 1490th.

Monitoring the Green Vegetation Period of Two Narcissus Taxa by Non-Destructive Analysis of Selected Physiological and Morphological Properties

In a pot experiment, an early-flowering Narcissus pseudonarcissus cv. ‘Dutch Master’ (DM) and late-flowering N. poeticus cultural form (PO) were examined. The photosynthetic rate (A), transpiration rate (E), stomatal conductance (gs), photosynthetic water use efficiency (WUE), relative chlorophyll content (CCI) and chlorophyll fluorescence (F) were measured regularly. Leaf length, scape length and weight of the plant organs were also measured. The DM cultivar had higher gs and lower E values than the PO on most measuring dates (season average: gs: DM: 165.34, PO: 123.63; E: DM: 1.39, PO: 1.78 mmol H2O m−2s−1). The A curve was similar for the two taxa, except for the first measuring dates. The basic F values (F0, Fm, Fv) for DM were lower and CCI values were higher than for PO (season average of CCI: DM: 94.82, PO: 60.34). The Fm/F0, Fv/F0 and CCI curves were well described by a second order equation. The seasonal change of F and CCI values was the greatest for both taxa near the leaf tip. Bulb growth occurred in the two taxa in approximately the same calendar period, regardless of flowering time. A significant part of the leaf growth in DM occurred after flowering, while the leaves of PO reached their mature size by flowering.

The Welfare State as Safety Net in Migration Preferences: Empirical Evidence from an Experiment Among Dutch Master Students

The welfare state can be perceived as a safety net which helps individuals adjust to situations of risk or transition. Starting from this idea of the welfare state as safety net, this study addresses whether and how welfare generosity may influence people’s willingness to migrate. In doing so, we distinguish between two potential mechanisms, innovatively focusing on welfare provisions in both the country of origin and destination. First, a generous welfare system in the country of origin may have a retaining impact, as individuals may be unwilling to migrate to countries offering less social protection. Second, generous welfare provisions in the country of destination may enable migration for individuals who are more intolerant of uncertainty and who otherwise would prefer to remain immobile. We test both mechanisms using stated preference data collected with a unique experimental design among over 300 Dutch Master students. Confirming the first mechanism, we indeed find that respondents report a lower willingness to migrate when evaluating hypothetical scenarios where the level of social protection was higher in the country of origin as compared with the country of destination. Furthermore, and in line with the second mechanism, individuals who are more intolerant of uncertainty generally report a lower willingness to migrate, yet their willingness to migrate increases for scenarios with higher levels of unemployment benefits. Our findings, thus, indeed suggest that welfare arrangements are mainly serving a safety net function and need to be understood in relative terms between the country of origin and destination.

Sheldon Peck (1941-2021) Secretary of the EHASO, 1995-2009.

Sheldon Peck (1941-2021) Secretary of the EHASO, 1995-2009.

Herman Bavinck, Reformed Ethics: Created, Fallen, and Converted Humanity

Herman Bavinck (1854–1921), the Dutch master of dogmatic theology, wrote a systematic treatise in theological ethics. Bavinck is a theistic moral realist whose ethics is deontological and virtue centered. His realism—both ontological and epistemic—is reflected in his understanding of conscience and its relation to the objective moral law. Furthermore, this review article discusses issues in Christian anthropology, particularly the selfhood of the human person, the relation between nature and grace, creation and redemption, and philosophy and theology, and the distinction between objective and subjective religion. It concludes with a brief reflection on Bavinck’s hermeneutics of renewal and reform in the continuity of the catholicity of the Reformed tradition.

Grinling Gibbons: a Dutch master in England

Grinling Gibbons’s still-life sculpture emerged out of the artistic and proto-scientific culture of the seventeenth-century Netherlands and was understood in these intellectual terms by the sophisticated, courtly consumers of his work in Restoration England. Our fondness for a myth of Gibbons as a dazzlingly skilful but intellectually vapid artist should not blind us to the intellectual focus of his sculptures. The carved frame for Elias Ashmole’s portrait in the Ashmolean collection is a sophisticated engagement with European cultures of collecting. The Cosimo panel for Charles II engages with the witty and formidably advanced scientific discourses of the Caroline court, while the limewood reredos in St James’ church, Piccadilly reaches back to the devotional roots of floral still life, reinterpreting it in the context of English Protestantism.

The influence of Rembrandt on composition of image in movies

There is no doubt that the Dutch plastic artist Rembrandt had his style separate from the artists of his time, and he influenced almost every field of Dutch art, and he was inspired by artists around the world and this influence was repeated and continued in no way in the history of art, and this influence extended until The present time includes the fields of arts, especially in cinema. For filmmakers, as well as generations of art enthusiasts, Rembrandt is the master of light and shadow, and his style of light distribution in painting has influenced many photographers and lighting designers in the history of cinema. In a study conducted to clarify the relationship between plastic art (photography and cinema or motion picture), some critics and filmmakers believed that without the paintings of the Dutch master of photography in the seventeenth century, many masterpieces of cinematography would not exist. Since the beginning of the fifteenth century, artists have used light as if it were a living element, invoking it and using it persuasively to create their own vision, light and shadow, essential components of the art of photography and cinematography, were given for the first time their true freedom by the Dutch artist Rembrandt and expanded with enthusiasm in The world of imagination, and his art was a source of inspiration for filmmakers in building the composition of the shots and the freedom of movement was given to the camera poetically through it, and he set the standard of the camera that it should be. Thus, Rembrandt, with his dramatic style, has inspired many generations in the history of art, and his influence extended to include many different branches of art, not just plastic art.

‘Someone Willing to Listen to Me’: Anton de Kom’s Wij Slaven van Suriname (1934) and the ‘We’ of Dutch Post-Colonial Literature in African American Literary Context

ABSTRACTIn this article, I read Wij Slaven in the context of African American Literature, arguing that Wij Slaven should be read as a challenge to a Dutch master narrative that has excluded De Kom’s book, in similar ways that African American literature influenced an American literary discourse. The Atlantic literary model of intertwining histories and dialogue are themselves part of a characteristic Dutch Atlantic history, encapsulated in De Kom’s inclusive “Wij” as opposed to an “us and them” position. The book’s hybrid form accentuates a particular double consciousness, framed in his maternal-inspired vision of listening. I will analyse versions of a Dutch narrative of innocence and relative benign involvement in slavery, juxtaposing it to literary accounts of Dutch slavery both in Suriname and in North America to demonstrate De Kom’s crucial intervention. Wij Slaven’s literary strategy of intertwining economic, historical, autobiographical, and fictional discourses offers a unique reading of an inclusive, Dutch Atlantic modern literature.

Safety and Risk Assessment in Child Welfare: A Reliability Study Using Multiple Measures

ObjectivesIn the Netherlands, the Actuarial Risk Assessment Instrument for Youth Protection (ARIJ) is a widely used safety and risk assessment instrument in child welfare, although little is known about its reliability. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the reliability of the ARIJ by examining the inter- and intrarater reliability.MethodsFor determining interrater reliability, professionals of two Dutch agencies (child and family support, n= 39 & child protection, n = 24) and master students (n= 65) each rated a random selection of 4 out of 24 vignettes. The vignettes were based on actual cases that were handled by the two agencies. For determining intrarater reliability, the professionals rated four vignettes twice with an interval of at least 3 months. Three reliability measures were calculated for each of the three samples: percent agreement, Krippendorff’s alpha, and Gwet’s Agreement Coefficient.ResultsOverall, the items and outcome of the safety assessment instrument showed a moderate or higher than moderate interrater reliability, and a substantial to almost perfect intrarater reliability. In general, the risk assessment items showed a moderate interrater and a substantial-to-high intrarater reliability. The risk assessment outcome had a near perfect interrater reliability and a substantial to almost perfect intrarater reliability.ConclusionsThe outcome of both the safety and risk assessment of the ARIJ proved to be reliable and justifies the use of the ARIJ in the Dutch child welfare by professionals with different levels of experience.

Amaryllidaceae alkaloids from Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. cv. Dutch Master as potential drugs in treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Twenty-one known Amaryllidaceae alkaloids of various structural types and one undescribed alkaloid, named narcimatuline, have been isolated from fresh bulbs of Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. cv. Dutch Master. The chemical structures were elucidated by combination of MS, HRMS, 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic techniques, and by comparison with literature data. Narcimatuline amalgamates two basic scaffolds of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids in its core, namely galanthamine and galanthindole. All isolated compounds were evaluated for their in vitro acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), prolyl oligopeptidase (POP), and glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) inhibitory activities. The most interesting biological profile was demonstrated by newly isolated alkaloid narcimatuline.

Socio-cognitive openness in online knowledge building discourse: does openness keep conversations going?

This study describes the socio-cognitive dynamics of collaborative online knowledge-building discourse among Dutch Master of Education students from the perspective of openness. A socio-cognitive openness framework consisting of four social and four cognitive components was used to analyze contributions to online collective knowledge building processes in two Knowledge Forum® databases. Analysis revealed that the contributions express a moderate level of openness, with higher social than cognitive openness. Three cognitive indicators of openness were positively associated with follow-up, while the social indicators of openness appeared to have no bearings on follow-up. Findings also suggested that teachers’ contributions were more social in nature and had less follow-up compared to students’ contributions. From the perspective of openness, the discourse acts of building knowledge and expressing uncertainty appear to be key in keeping knowledge building discourse going, in particular through linking new knowledge claims to previous claims and simultaneously inviting others to refine the contributed claim.

Rembrandt’s special paint recipe

This year marks the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt van Rijn’s death, but there is still much to learn about the Dutch master’s paintings. Now a team in Europe, led by Delft University of Technology’s Victor Gonzalez, reports the recipe Rembrandt used to create texture in certain portions of his paintings, a technique known as impasto, which involves applying thick layers of paint. The results reveal the chemical fingerprint of Rembrandt’s impasto, which could be used, along with other qualities, to authenticate Rembrandt’s work. Gonzalez’s team used a combination of high-angle and high-lateral resolution X-ray diffraction to study several microscopic paint samples from four Rembrandt masterpieces spanning the artist’s career (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201813105). In the impasto regions, they found the common pigment lead white, a mixture of cerussite (PbCO3) and hydrocerussite (Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2) that’s been used since antiquity. They also found something surprising, Gonzalez says: an unu...