High Level Of Recognition Research Articles

ПРИОРИТЕТНЫЕ ЦЕННОСТНЫЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ ПЕРСОНАЛЬНОГО БРЕНДА ГУБЕРНАТОРА (на примере Смоленской области)

The contemporary model of social development presupposes a high level of public confi-dence to state institutions, which determines the need to address categories of reputation and brand. Power as a value implies a high level of recognition, acceptance and identification (“my power”, “our power”). The article presents the results of the sociological study of the personal brand of the Smolensk Region governor (in December 2016); the author’s definition of the personal brand of the governor based on his image and representing a specific aspect of reputation, its most significant and stable features; the value characteristics of real and ideal (desired) personal brand of the governor; key features that determine the strength of the brand - integrity, distinctiveness and significance. The author comes to the conclusion about the predominantly positive real personal brand of the governor of the Smolensk Region despite its low degree of uniqueness and mosaic nature, which indicates ineffective steps of the government to form a personal brand of the governor. The desired personal brand of the governor, though more pronounced than the real one, also does not possess integrity or uniqueness. The significance, or identity of the governor’s brand, in the perception of the population is high enough in terms of its content, but its ‘directions’ (positive/negative) differ. The relatively high level of identity of the personal brand of the governor to some extent compensates the weakness of its distinctiveness and integrity for they are not important for the population.

Interpersonal Values and Academic Performance Related to Delinquent Behaviors.

The present study analyzes the relation between delinquent behaviors, interpersonal values, and academic performance. It also analyzes the possible protective function of interpersonal values against delinquent behaviors. The Interpersonal Values Questionnaire (IVQ) was used to assess interpersonal values, and the Antisocial-Delinquent Behaviors Questionnaire (A-D) was employed to assess antisocial behaviors. The sample was made up of 885 students of Compulsory Secondary Education, aged from 14 to 17 years. The results show that individuals who fail a subject as well as those who repeat a course present higher means in delinquent behaviors. Repeaters present higher means in the values of recognition and leadership, and non-repeaters in the value stimulation, whereas students who do not fail obtain higher scores in the value benevolence. Students with high levels of recognition, independence, and leadership, as well as students with low levels of conformity and benevolence display significantly higher levels of delinquent behaviors. Lastly, the probability of presenting a high level of delinquent behaviors is greater in individuals with: high independence, high leadership, high recognition, low benevolence, and low conformity.

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The Construction of the Faculty of Hamheung Medical College in North Korea, 1946-48: An Unrest Coexistence of Political Ideology and Medical Expertise

This paper aims to reveal how Hamheung Medical College in North Korea kept up its faculty with the trend of a new political system. The time period consists of three series of evaluations that occurred between the start of a reformation action in 1946 and the establishment of the regime in 1948. At the time, it was difficult to secure college faculty in the medical field, because of a serious shortage of medical personnel. Moreover, the problem in the recruitment of faculty at the medical college grew bigger since the members were required to have a high level of political consciousness. Then how did Hamheung Medical College accomplish this ideal securing of faculty that possessed political ideology and medical expertise? For the first time, a faculty evaluation at the local level was carried out and got rid of a few pro-Japanese or reactionary factions but maintained most of the faculty. Although academic background and research career of the faculty were considered, securing of the manpower in terms of number was crucial for the reconstruction of a professional school level. At the second time, as the central education bureau's intervention tightened the censorship, most of the faculty were evaluated as unqualified. Indeed, it was difficult to satisfy the standard of professionalism which emphasized a high level of academic career and political thought that included affiliation of Workers' Party of North Korea. The Medical College could not find faculty that could replace those professors and therefore, most of them maintained their faculty positions. Since then, the faculty who received excellent evaluations led the school at the very front. At the third time, the Medical College itself led the evaluations and implemented more relaxed standards of political ideology and medical expertise. Faculty who were cooperative to the reformation actions that North Korea carried forward or had working experience at the hospital and health service received a high level of recognition. Accordingly, the Medical College expanded itself by securing many professors, but also embodied a large gap of academic and ideological levels between them. Hence, the political ideology and medical expertise, which were set forth as the requirements for faculty, were constructed in the space of political ideal and social reality. Despite the high criteria the North Korean Government made, Hamheung Medical College's faculty fell below the average in terms of ideological and academic standards. As a way to compensate this, professors who greatly satisfied the both virtues were placed as leaders and, for supporting them, professors who taught the general education curriculum were recruited largely. And also, it appointed a large number of medical doctors who accumulated experiences in the field as new professors. Nevertheless, the Medical College struggled to raise the quality of medical education and was unable to prevent a part of its faculty from leaving to South Korea in the time of the Korean War. Thus, the political and academic virtues of the faculty at that time were not just simply about the professor individuals but were interrelated with the medical education and health care system in North Korea.

Interpersonal value profiles and analysis of adolescent academic performance and social thinking.

The purposes of this study were to identify interpersonal value profiles and find out whether there were any differences in academic performance and social thinking. The study sample was 885 high school students of whom 49.8% (N = 441) were boys and 50.2% (N = 444) were girls. The results show that students with low Benevolence and Conformity levels showed higher prevalence of failures and repeated the year more often. Furthermore, students with a high level of Recognition and Leadership and low Conformity and Benevolence are socially incompetent students. Intervention programs should to achieve high levels of kindness and consideration, respect for rules and generosity, and diminish the perception of recognition by others and exertion of authority. Thus, this study shows the values that must be worked on to improve students’ Academic Performance and social competence.

The Food Quality Labels: Awareness and Willingness to Pay in the Context of the Czech Republic

The paper deals with quality labels utilization in the food products sector from consumer point of view and presents the results of research study which was conducted in the Czech Republic by interviewing a sample of 250 respondents selected by quota sampling methods. The study was aimed at analysing the consumers’ awareness and perceived credibility of food quality labels, at revealing their willingness to pay a higher price for certified products, and at determining whether significant differences do exist in the way consumers perceive the food quality labels based on their socio-demographic characteristics. The findings revealed a low awareness of food quality labels. A higher level of recognition as well as perceived credibility was proven for national quality labels. As the main problem were identified a poor information about quality labels and lack of confidence that certified products have declared characteristics. Consumers show an interest in getting information about the topic, they also express a willingness to pay a slightly higher price for certified products if they trust them. Our findings confirmed that significant differences do exist between socio-demographic characteristics of respondents (gender, age, education, and responsibility for food purchases) and their attitudes toward the labels; no significant difference was found based on income.

Research on Biological Materials by Applied Technology with an Algorithm for Identifying and Counting Cells in Microscopic Particle Image

Cells are fundamental units of life, and the key point in the field of biomaterial. Biological cells are always with high density, small nucleus and much impurities. Based on the technology of image processing, we propose a new method to count cells on the image of microscopic cells with high level of recognition. To precisely count the number, our method includes edge detecting and marking, efficient usage of three channel information of enhanced nucleus, binaryzation of dynamic threshold in separated areas and finally denoising. The experiment shows that the method is precise and quickly-reacted, moreover it can effectively rule out the impact of impurities. With little adjustment, it can apply to some other fields, not only decrease the labor involved, but the budget as well.

Interaction between mode of learning and subjective experience: Translation effects in long-term memory

It has been suggested that writing auditorily presented words at encoding involves distinctive translation processes between visual and auditory domains, leading to the formation of distinctive memory traces at retrieval. This translation effect leads to higher levels of recognition than the writing of visually presented words, a non-translation effect. The present research investigated whether writing and the other translation effect of vocalisation (vocalising visually presented words) would be present in tests of recall, recognition memory and whether these effects are based on the subjective experience of remembering or knowing. Experiment 1 found a translation effect in the auditory domain in recall, as the translation effect of writing yielded higher recall than both non-translation effects of vocalisation and silently hearing. Experiment 2 found a translation effect in the visual domain in recognition, as the translation effect of vocalisation yielded higher recognition than both non-translation effects of writing and silently reading. This translation effect was attributable to the subjective experience of remembering rather than knowing. The present research therefore demonstrates the beneficial effect of translation in both recall and recognition, with the effect of vocalisation in recognition being based on rich episodic remembering.

Preparation of 17β-estradiol surface molecularly imprinted polymers and their application to the analysis of biological samples

17β-Estradiol (E2) surface molecularly imprinted polymers have been prepared using functionalized monodispersed poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate) beads as a support. The resulting polymers were found to be uniform in size (5 μm), and the surfaces of the microspheres possessed large pore-like structures. A chromatographic experiment demonstrated that the resulting microspheres exhibited high levels of recognition and selectivity toward the target molecule. The particles were employed as a novel sorbent in a molecularly imprinted SPE protocol. A method was then developed involving the combination of the pretreatment with HPLC to determine the levels of estrogen secreted from Michigan Cancer Foundation-7 cells. The obtained results revealed that the extraction recoveries of E2 from real samples were in the range of 73.0-97.5% with RSDs of < 7.5% (n = 3). Calibration curves were established with R values > 0.9996 for concentrations in the range of 0.50-100.00 ng/mL. The LOD of this new method was 0.14 ng/mL. Compared with traditional C18 SPE agents, the particles showed high selectivity and extraction efficiency for E2 in the pretreatment process. The particles could therefore be used to determine trace estrogen in biological samples with a UV detector only.

The discrimination of raw and UHT milk samples contaminated with penicillin G and ampicillin using image processing neural network and biocrystallization methods

This paper utilized a neural network for texture image analysis to differentiate between milk, either raw or ultra high temperature (UHT) with antibiotic residues (e.g., penicillin G and ampicillin) and milk without antibiotic residues. The biocrystallization method was applied to obtain biocrystallogram images for milk samples spiked with penicillin G and ampicillin at different concentration levels. The biocrystallogram images were used as an input for a designed neural network called the image processing neural network (ImgProcNN). The visual differences in these images that were based on textural properties, including the distribution of crystals on the circular grass underlay, the thin or thick structure of the crystal needles, and the angles between the branches and the side needles, were used to discriminate the antibiotic-free milk samples from samples with antibiotic residues. The visual description and definition of these images have major disadvantages. In this study, the ImgProcNN was developed to overcome the shortcomings of these visual descriptions and definitions. Overall, the neural network achieved an average recognition performance between 86% and 100%. This high level of recognition suggests that the neural network used in this paper has potential as a method for discriminating raw and UHT milk samples contaminated with different antibiotics.

What Students Experienced: A Narrative Analysis of Essays Written by First‐Year Medical Students Participating in a Geriatrics Home Visit

To develop a house call experience for first-year medical students introducing them to challenges that homebound, chronically ill elderly adults face. During the semester, two students were paired with a preceptor to see two to three patients. The house call practices of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Hospital. One hundred sixty-five first-year medical students. Pairs of students worked together to write an essay after the visit. Essays addressed specific areas, as detailed in a provided checklist, including noting patients' functional limitations, identifying community supports available to patients, and writing about general surprises that the students discovered during their visit. These data were then measured using narrative analysis. In all domains, students identified core goals and objectives. In the first domain (meeting challenges of functional limitations), students recognized the importance of family support. In the second domain (mentioning of functional limitation), high levels of compliance were seen. In the third domain (community support), students mentioned specific formal supports. In the fourth domain (surprises during the visit), students identified many important geriatrics concepts. In writing their essays, students demonstrated a high level of recognition of functional impairment and noted the importance of family, social networks, and home environment in enabling homebound, chronically ill elderly adults to stay in their homes. Many students also demonstrated an awareness of the possibilities of independence and happiness despite significant illness and disability.

Bekommen rauchende Patienten in der Klinik Angebote zur Entwöhnung?

To conduct a preliminary study into the attitudes and current practices of health professionals towards providing tobacco dependence treatment to hospitalized patients. A staff survey was distributed within four hospital departments at the University Medical Center Freiburg. Surveys were received from 92 respondents (response rate 28.3%, of them 65.2% nurses and 27.3% doctors). Most of respondents reported that they 'often' or 'always' ask patients whether they smoke and advise patients to quit, but only 27.5% encourage patients to set a quit date or informed them about medication (21.7%). Few health professionals (14.1%) believed that they were adequately trained to provide tobacco dependence treatment, and knowledge of guidelines for treatment was minimal. Lack of time was cited as a barrier by half of respondents. The results of this small study of health professionals reveal a high level of recognition of the importance of providing tobacco dependence treatment, but that they do not routinely assist patients. Insufficient training was mentioned as the major barrier to provide more effective assistance and should be acknowledged in regular trainings.

Discrimination of bio-crystallogram images using neural networks

This study utilized a unique neural network model for texture image analysis to differentiate the crystallograms from pairs of fresh red pepper fruits from conventional and organic farms. The differences in visually analyzed samples are defined as the distribution of crystals on the circular glass underlay, the thin or thick structure of crystal needles, the angles between branches and side needles, etc. However, the visual description and definition of bio-crystallogram images has major disadvantages. A novel methodology called an image neural network (INN) has been developed to overcome these shortcomings. The 1,488 × 2,240 pixel bio-crystallogram images were acquired in a lab and cropped to 425 × 1,025 pixel images. These depicted either a conventional sweet red pepper or an organic sweet red pepper. A set of 19 images was utilized to train the image neural network. A new set of 4 images was then prepared to test the INN performance. Overall, the INN achieved an average recognition performance of 100 %. This high level of recognition suggests that the INN is a promising method for the discrimination of bio-crystallogram images. In addition, Hinton diagrams were utilized to display the optimality of the INN weights.

The use of effective fragment potentials in the design and synthesis of molecularly imprinted polymers for the group recognition of PCBs

Effective fragment potential (EFP) molecular modeling approaches have been applied for the first time to the rational design of molecularly imprinted polymers for the group recognition of selected polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). EFP calculations were benchmarked using the S22 compound test set and returned energies within 1 kcal mol(-1) of the reported gold standard CCSD(T) approach, but without the computational cost. EFP allowed the rapid identification of trimethylstyrene (TMS) and pentafluorostyrene (PFS) as the functional monomers of choice for the templates (T) 1,2,3,4,5-pentachlorobenzene (4) and for 1,2,3-trichlorobenzne (5) respectively. Ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate was the cross linker (CL) of choice. Using a 1 : 2 : 10 (T : FM : CL) ratio for 4 (TMS as the FM; MIP(4-TMS)) gave imprinting factors (IF) of 2.1; and a 15 : 6 : 29 ratio for 5 gave an IF of 3.66 (PFS as FM; MIP(5-PFS)). MIP(4-TMS) and MIP(5-PFS) showed low levels recognition for non-chlorinated templates with IF values ranging of 1.05, 1.17 and 1.13, 1.54 for toluene (14) and 2,6-dimethylaniline (12) respectively. Higher levels of recognition were observed for the chlorinated analogues 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene (11) and 2,4,6-trichloroaniline (12) with IF values of 1.20, 1.64 and 1.89, 2.66 for MIP(4-TMS) and MIP(5-PFS) respectively suggesting these MIPs were suitable for fragment imprinting of PCBs. Fragment imprinting of 2,2',3,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (15), 2,3,3',4,4'-pentachlorobiphenyl (16) and 2,2',3,3',4,5,6'-heptachlorobiphenyl (17) with MIP(4-TMS) gave IF values of 1.38, 1.38 and 1.41 respectively. MIP(5-PFS) performed significantly better with IF values of 6.57, 3.46 and 5.80 for 15-17 respectively. Moreover MIP(5-PFS) displayed a higher binding capacity than MIP(4-TMS) and was less susceptible to non-specific binding influences.

Doing culture, doing business: A new entrepreneurial spirit in the Argentine creative industries

This article seeks to understand the main characteristics of a new kind of agents and the role they played in the transformation of creative industries and how they assume an entrepreneurial status, focusing on the most dynamic spaces of Buenos Aires cultural production fields. It starts by identifying some structural features of the Argentine’s middle class and the latest transformations experienced by this sector, focusing on the impact of the economic crisis of 2001–2. It then analyses in depth the professional paths of some producers who started their businesses within that economic and social context and achieved high levels of recognition. These producers represent a new and unique type of entrepreneur.

Immunomodulatory effects of antimicrobial agents. Part II: antiparasitic and antifungal agents

Antiparasitic and antifungal drugs have not received the same high level of recognition as antimicrobial drugs. They are comparatively few in number, the great majority of them were developed more than a century ago, they have many adverse side effects and are subject to the emergence of drug resistance. The second part of the review, devoted to the immunomodulatory effects of antimicrobial agents, addresses the interference of antiparasitic and antifungal agents with the host natural defenses and the deleterious or beneficial consequences of these properties.

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Capillary Dynamolysis Image Discrimination Using Neural Networks

Quality differences between organic and conventional fresh tomatoes (unprocessed) and frozen tomatoes (processed) are evaluated by using a capillary rising picture method (capillary dynamolysis). The best pictures showing the differences most sharply between organic and conventional samples were prepared with 0.25-0.75% silver nitrate, 0.25-0.75% iron sulphate and 30-100% sample concentration. But visual description and analysis of these images is a major challenge. Therefore, a novel methodology called Gram-Charlier Neural Network methodology (GCNN) has been studied to classify these images. Two separate GCNNs have been created for fresh and frozen cases. They are trained with the pictures of organic and conventional tomato samples from these two cases. The 2048 x 1536 pixel chromatogram images were acquired in a lab and cropped to 1400 x 900 pixel images depicting either a conventional tomato or an organic tomato for each case. A set of 20 images from each case was utilized to train each Gram- Charlier Neural Network. A new set of 4 images from each case was then prepared to test each GCNN performance. In addition, Hinton diagrams were utilized to display the optimality of the GCNN weights. Overall, the GCNN achieved an average recognition performance of 100%. This high level of recognition suggests that the GCNN is a promising method for the discrimination of capillary dynamolysis images and its performance does not depend on whether the tomato sample is fresh or frozen.

Correlates of body dissatisfaction among Taiwanese adolescents.

This study was designed to explore factors associated with body dissatisfaction among Taiwanese adolescents. Participants were randomly selected from five high schools in Taipei County, Taiwan. A total sample of 883 adolescents aged 12-16 was included. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated using self-reported weight and height. The Contour Drawing Rating Scale was used to assess body dissatisfaction. Other measurements included the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire-Appearance Evaluation (MBSRQ-AE), the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, the Eating Disorder Inventory-Perfectionism, the Socio-cultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-Internalization and SATAQ-Awareness), and physical activity. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed separately by gender to examine predictors of body dissatisfaction. girls reported significantly higher body dissatisfaction, awareness of the socio-cultural ideals (SATAQ-Awareness), as well as the internalization of those ideals (SATAQ-Internalization) and lower satisfaction with their physical appearance (MBSRQ-AE). This indicated that girls felt less positive with their overall appearance and had a higher level of recognition and endorsement of the social standards of appearance than boys. Satisfaction with physical appearance (MBSRQ-AE), BMI and internalization of socio-cultural ideals (SATAQ-Internalization) were unique predictors of body dissatisfaction for both genders. this study enhanced the understanding about body dissatisfaction in Eastern populations. Perceived physical appearance, BMI and internalization of the socio-cultural ideals predicted body dissatisfaction, which are evident in Taiwan, as well as in Western based research. However, these factors only explained a small variance in body dissatisfaction for boys, suggesting a need in identifying more factors related to body dissatisfaction among boys.

Engagement with dietary fibre and receptiveness to resistant starch in Australia

To investigate community engagement with the health benefits of dietary fibre (DF) and its potential as a framework for the promotion of increased consumption of resistant starch (RS). A nationwide postal Food and Health Survey conducted in Australia by CSIRO Human Nutrition. Adults aged 18 years and above, selected at random from the Australian Electoral Roll (n 849). A cross-sectional design was employed to analyse ratings of (i) the importance of various RS health and functional claims and (ii) receptiveness to different foods as RS delivery vehicles, according to the respondents' level of fibre engagement as classified under the Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM) of Health Behaviour. There was a high level of recognition (89·5 %) of DF as being important for health. Significant gender differences were found for ratings of RS attributes and RS delivery options. Women were both more fibre-engaged than men and more receptive than men to RS and its potential benefits. Ratings of the acceptability of several foods as means of delivering RS revealed a general preference for healthy staples over indulgences, with the margin between acceptability of staples and indulgences increasing markedly with increased fibre engagement. Application of the PAPM to awareness of DF reveals a ready-made target group for health messages about RS and pockets of differential potential receptiveness. The findings support the promotion of RS as providing health benefits of DF with the added reduction of risk of serious disease, its delivery through healthy staples and the targeting of messages at both fibre-engaged individuals and women in general.