Happy Hour Research Articles

Happy hours, not office hours: Socially engaging cybersecurity students in a large online graduate course

Happy hours, not office hours: Socially engaging cybersecurity students in a large online graduate course

Try a ‘Virtual Happy Hour’ To Welcome New Members, Recharge All

Try a ‘Virtual Happy Hour’ To Welcome New Members, Recharge All

Hot off the press: It's (un)happy hour again-Mortality in younger patients with alcohol-related ED attendances.

Hot off the press: It's (un)happy hour again-Mortality in younger patients with alcohol-related ED attendances.

DETERMINATION OF SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITIES OF LIQUIDS FROM SOME CONSUMABLE ITEMS

This study was done to obtain the Specific Heat Capacities (SHC) of some liquids from some intake items (they are consumed widely in Niger Delta, Nigeria). These items are vegetables (Afang leaf, Pumpkin leaf, Bitter leaf, Scent leaf, Water leaf), fruits (Orange, Cucumber, Pineapple, Watermelon, Lime) and juice (Ribena, Chivita Exotic, Chivita Happy Hour, Chivita Active and Five Alive). Calorimeter was used and Method of mixtures was adopted for this finding. Measured parameters were obtained in the laboratory. Microsoft Excel was used for other analyses and computation of results.

Fun Fun Fun—The relationship between well-being activities and job satisfaction in high-tech companies

Job satisfaction is a goal of every organization and human resources department. Many studies have shown the relationship between employee satisfaction as a predictive factor for a variety of key organizational indicators such as employee commitment, employee engagement, productivity, attrition, and turnover. Engaging in well-being activities is one strategy that companies can use to boost employee satisfaction. The term “well-being” activities in Hebrew is a bit different from the common use of the word in the literature. It is a combination of the concepts of Fun Activities, Employee Experience and Perks and Benefits. In High-tech companies, there are many activities aimed at creating a positive employee experience and an attractive organizational culture. These activities include a vast range of activities such as: department events, happy hours, company events, holiday gifts, enrichment activities, sports classes (for example, yoga), and more benefits. Despite the considerable investment in this budget, there are not many studies illustrating the contribution of well-being activities to employee satisfaction and their ROI. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between workplace well-being activities and job satisfaction in the Israeli high-tech market. The hypothesis of this study was that there is a positive relationship between well-being activities in the workplace and satisfaction in the workplace, but also to identify which issues within the well-being policy will predict the highest level of employee satisfaction. The study was conducted among 91 employees from a variety of high-tech companies in the Israeli market. The study’s findings supported the hypothesis. Practical suggestions for organizations for the successful implementation of well-being policies are discussed.

Alcohol to-go sales policies at on-premise drinking establishments near large public US universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sweeping policy changes during the COVID-19 pandemic increased alcohol availability through permitted to-go sales, potentially posing unique risks to college students. While to-go sales may make binge drinking more convenient, little remains known about these practices. Therefore, this study aimed to assess whether drinking establishments' to-go sales practices are associated with their other operational practices and state policy. This cross-sectional analysis included 221 randomly selected bars, nightclubs, and restaurants within two miles of a large public university. Telephone interviews assessed establishment practices, and the Alcohol Policy Information System provided state alcohol to-go laws. Regression models tested whether establishment to-go sales practices were associated with their business practices (logistic regression) and state policy (generalized estimating equations). Nearly one-half (44.8%) of drinking establishments sold alcohol to-go. Establishments with higher vodka prices had nearly 30% higher odds of selling spirits to-go (aOR = 1.29) and establishments offering happy hours specials had more than twice the odds of selling beer (aOR = 2.22), wine (aOR = 2.53), and spirits to-go (aOR = 2.60). Additionally, establishments that implemented physical distance requirements had higher odds of selling wine to-go (aOR = 3.00). State to-go laws were associated with higher odds of selling wine (aOR = 3.99) and spirits to-go (aOR = 5.43) in the full sample and beer to-go (aOR = 4.92) in urban counties. Establishments that sell alcohol to-go tend to engage in other practices designed to drive sales. Evaluations of alcohol to-go sales laws on risky consumption among priority populations, including college students, are urgently needed to inform decisions about how to appropriately regulate sales.

Happy Hour: The association between trait hedonic capacity and motivation to drink alcohol

The (over)consumption of alcohol and other addictive substances is often conceptualized as a problem of low self-control (i.e., people’s inability to inhibit unwanted impulses). According to that view, people drink because they cannot resist. In the present studies, we approached this from a different perspective and tested whether alcohol consumption might also be a problem of low hedonic capacity (i.e., people’s inability to experience pleasure and relaxation, often due to intrusive thoughts). According to that view, people drink because it helps them enjoy or cope with negative thoughts or emotions. In two studies among individuals at low risk of harmful alcohol use (e.g., AUDIT < 7) we consistently found that trait hedonic capacity was unrelated to alcohol consumption but negatively related to coping motivation (drinking alcohol to cope with negative thoughts and feelings; Study 1: N = 348; Study 2: N = 302, preregistered). Exploratory analyses in study 2 (conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic) also showed that people with low, but not high, trait hedonic capacity drank more alcohol in response to stress. Our findings are in line with the notion that people’s drinking motivation and behavior might not only be a problem of poor self-control but also of low trait hedonic capacity. They align with a new direction in addiction prevention and treatment research, which explores ways to help people to seek out and savor hedonic experiences from non-drug related reinforcers (e.g., engaging in leisure activities).

Applicant-Fellow Virtual Sessions in Recruitment for Gastroenterology Fellowship.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, virtual interviews have become a norm for gastroenterology (GI) fellowship recruitment. Most interviews hold a session for applicant and current fellow interaction. There is wide variability of the sessions across programs. There are a paucity of data on the influence of these sessions on applicants' ranking of programs. We aim to describe applicants' experiences and perceptions of virtual happy hours (i.e., applicant-fellow sessions) during the GI fellowship application process. We surveyed applicants participating in the 2022 GI fellowship match cycle to understand their experience with virtual fellow-only happy hours. Mixed methods analyses were performed. The survey was completed by 68 (13.91%) applicants, of which, 75% reported that at least half of the interviews they attended had conducted a virtual, fellow-only happy hour. Most respondents preferred that the virtual happy hours should be conducted prior to the interview day (58%) and that breakout rooms with a smaller ratio of applicants to fellows are helpful (78%). The majority (87%) of respondents reported attending these sessions at least 75% of the time. Nearly half (44%) of respondents reported that these sessions influenced/altered their ranking decisions with respect to programs. Given the advantages associated with virtual interviews and their ongoing support by professional societies, the virtual platform is likely here to stay in future. Virtual fellow-only happy hours help provide a representation of the program's mission and when successfully implemented, can be leveraged to optimize recruitment and attract qualified, diverse candidates.

A data-driven methodology to design user-friendly tariffs in energy communities

In recent years, energy communities have emerged as a feasible solution to empower domestic end-users to engage in local power trading with their neighbours, in an attempt to improve the efficiency and economy of residential consumers. From a mercantilist point of view, launching local markets with eventual local electricity prices might be beneficial for community users as they are inhibited from external volatile prices and possible market imperfections. However, local pricing strategies should take into account users’ preferences and avoid undesirable effects of response fatigue (i.e. excessive number of response signals within a short-time period). This way, local electricity tariffs should be stable and send coherent response signals easily interpretable by users. In this sense, the necessity of developing proper designing tools for local electricity tariffs is clear. This paper focuses on this issue. In particular, the main novelties of this paper are twofold: on the one hand, the developed tool designs community tariffs over a year basis instead of daily spot prices, as made in existing approaches. Thereby, the resulting tariff keeps stable yearly similar to conventional tariffs offered by retailers worldwide. Secondly, the designed tariff takes into account the negative effects of response fatigue, so that the considered pricing mechanism limits the number of pricing signals sent to consumers, taking this feature as an external parameter. This way, the designer is able to tune up the total number of pricing signals that users received within a time period, thus ensuring that they are not discouraged to partake in the community. The proposed design approach is raised as a data-driven framework, taking advantage of real databases collecting demand, renewable generation and retailer prices. Such profiles serve as inputs for a designed bi-level Stackelberg-based problem, in which the reaction of prosumers is implicitly assumed. A case study is conducted on a benchmark energy community. Different tariff mechanisms are analysed such as flat, time-of-use and happy hours tariffs. The results obtained serve to validate the new proposal as well as analyse the effect of local market mechanisms in energy communities.

Happy Hour: Markdown Pricing to Reduce Food Waste

Happy Hour: Markdown Pricing to Reduce Food Waste

Happy hour: The Communal Kiddush and its roles in the Synagogue World

ABSTRACT Despite its prevalence, the 20th-century communal kiddush ritual in synagogues remains understudied. This article addresses the gap by analyzing its purposes, connection to the prayer service, and impact on religious and social aspects. Drawing on Bakhtin, Gluckman, and Turner, this study explores how its carnivalesque elements challenge norms while reinforcing the synagogue. Additionally, it investigates kiddush’s liminality and significance. The Kiddush ritual is pivotal, encapsulating values, ethos, and processes. Culinary practices within it function as an encrypted language, unveiling insights into the synagogue’s central social role and the significance of food in shaping communities and religious belonging.

Reembracing the Physical World [Editor's Remarks

After attending numerous video conferences and missing IEEE WCCI 2022 in Padua due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I finally got to mingle with the IEEE SSCI 2022 and the A*STAR CFAR AI Symposium attendees in Singapore. Words could not express my sheer excitement for meeting with friends again “in person”. It was much more fun than staring at each other via individuals’ cold computer screens. And I must add that seminars are not complete without happy hour! Anyhow, it feels so wonderful that we can finally raise the glass together and say: “cheers, my friend!”

'Our happy hour became a hungry hour': logging, subsistence and social relations in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands has relied on highly unsustainable industrial logging since the 1980s. While the development narrative around logging emphasizes its macro-economic importance, it structurally overlooks the impacts on local people's lives. Based on 200 qualitative interviews conducted in 25 villages and 14 logging operations in Malaita Province between 2016 and 2019, this paper demonstrates that the impacts of logging on subsistence and social relations are systemic rather than incidental. By making use of interview quotes, the paper gives voice to rural Solomon Islanders. The results show that the logging industry fails to generate lasting local benefits, while unsustainable logging practices undermine subsistence livelihoods, especially fisheries. Logging triggers conflict that long outlasts the operations themselves, causes sexual exploitation, facilitates excessive alcohol use and reinforces gender disparities by stru cturally excluding women from decision-making and benefit-sharing. This paper calls for a stronger focus on the social impacts of logging in forestry science, policy and practice.

Hold Regular ‘Headline Happy Hours’

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Emergency Department Virtual Happy Hour: A Novel Approach to Peer Group Support During a Pandemic.

Introduction Communities responded to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with mandatory social-distancing regulations. Pandemic and disaster research shows that social isolation can often cause negative emotions and medical provider burnout. The primary objective of this study was to create and evaluate a novel wellness program, the Happy Hour Wellness Initiative (HHWI), based on peer support group concepts to foster resilience for emergency healthcare providers in response to a novel disaster. Methods The study was performed at a large emergency department with physicians, advanced practice providers, and staff invited to attend weekly "virtual happy hour" sessions. Participants individually opted into each of the six weekly sessions, with no obligation to attend. The program was designed based on the tenets of a peer support group and implemented by video conferencing. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire and answered open-ended questions after the six-session HHWI ended. Results Of the 40 survey respondents, 30% reported feeling stressed and 40% felt isolated at the early declaration of the pandemic. Regarding the HHWI, 90% of participants had no expectations from the HHWI, but 90% reported that their favorite part of the initiative was the feeling of togetherness. Most participants (95%) requested a continuation of the HHWI, even if not by a video-conferencing platform, and 90% reported feeling sad after the HHWI ended. Conclusion The emergency department HHWI was a welcome opportunity for employees to combat stress and anxiety brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing. The initiative fostered team building, comradery, group advocacy, stress relief, and cheerfulness. The initiative was so greatly welcomed as a tool for wellness that almost all participants recommended that the HHWI should be available, not just in times of hardship, but year-round. The HHWI has provided a new approach to promote wellness in emergency care providers using a peer support group.

This Is the Plate: Utah Food Traditions

This Is the Plate: Utah Food Traditions

Pursuing Transnational STS at ESOCITE/4S Joint Conference

In this editorial, the ESTS editorial collective (EC) reports on various events it had organized at the 2022 ESOCITE/4S joint meeting held at the Universidad Iberoamericana-Puebla in Cholula, México. The EC hosted a journal “happy hour” meet-up and several roundtables on the “Politics of Language,” the challenges and opportunities for open research data in STS worlds, as well as a Managing Editor (ME) Roundtable collaborating with other OA journals. The EC also participated in a two-day pre-conference writing workshop for early-career researchers. Various events organized further the EC’s commitment to cultivating and supporting the development of transnational STS.

Parting Thoughts XV: When Nostalgic Heritage Sites Become a Leisure Getaway Haven

On a hot summer afternoon in 2022, we were at home surfacing online to look for a staycation place for a leisurely happy hour. A less touristic heritage site decorated with abundant nostalgic qualities came to our minds. We started garnering more information concerning the heritage site, mainly through travel social media. A number of online diaries caught our attention, portraying the site as a leisure getaway haven for psychophysiological restoration. They also narrated travel experiences as being nostalgic with a sense of escape and playfulness induced when walking in this long-forgotten quiet space. Out of curiosity, we headed to this underdeveloped tourist area with anticipation of exploring things that we would not usually experience in this fast-paced city life.

Fun Fun Fun—The relationship between well-being activities and job satisfaction in high-tech companies

Job satisfaction is a goal of every organization and human resources department. Many studies have shown the relationship between employee satisfaction as a predictive factor for a variety of key organizational indicators such as employee commitment, employee engagement, productivity, attrition, and turnover. Engaging in well-being activities is one strategy that companies can use to boost employee satisfaction. The term “well-being” activities in Hebrew is a bit different from the common use of the word in the literature. It is a combination of the concepts of Fun Activities, Employee Experience and Perks and Benefits. In High-tech companies, there are many activities aimed at creating a positive employee experience and an attractive organizational culture. These activities include a vast range of activities such as: department events, happy hours, company events, holiday gifts, enrichment activities, sports classes (for example, yoga), and more benefits. Despite the considerable investment in this budget, there are not many studies illustrating the contribution of well-being activities to employee satisfaction and their ROI. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between workplace well-being activities and job satisfaction in the Israeli high-tech market. The hypothesis of this study was that there is a positive relationship between well-being activities in the workplace and satisfaction in the workplace, but also to identify which issues within the well-being policy will predict the highest level of employee satisfaction. The study was conducted among 91 employees from a variety of high-tech companies in the Israeli market. The study’s findings supported the hypothesis. Practical suggestions for organizations for the successful implementation of well-being policies are discussed.

Dentistry and Embroidery in 1890s Utah: The Work of Kate D. Barron Buck

Dentistry and Embroidery in 1890s Utah: The Work of Kate D. Barron Buck