Important Things In Life Research Articles

Self-concepts of Adolescents who Experience Language Difficulties

Teens who experience language difficulties have difficulty communicating with their parents, peers and the community around them. In addition, language difficulties can affect adolescent self-concept, self-concept is an important thing in life, especially for adolescents, because adolescents' understanding of self-concept will determine and direct behavior in various situations. This study aims to determine the form of self-concept of adolescents who experience language difficulties and the impact of language difficulties on learning difficulties of adolescents in school. The objective of this study were three adolescents who were still in school and experiencing language difficulties with the classification according to DSM IV, namely, mixed receptive-expressive language disorders and the informants taken by the researcher were the biological mothers of each of the three respondents. The type of approach used is a qualitative phenomenological approach with a theoretical sampling technique. The results of this study indicate that respondents II and III form a positive self-concept in which both respondents accept their shortcomings and try to improve themselves. Meanwhile, respondent I formed a negative self-concept where respondent I did not accept his shortcomings and did not try to improve himself, respondent I was pessimistic about the competition and thought he was unable to fight. Respondents I, II and III experienced learning difficulties at school, however, respondents II and III had a solution to their learning difficulties by practicing before presenting the lesson, while respondent I preferred to be silent or angry because they could not express what they thought. So the study show that the three respondents form a self-concept and the impact on learning difficulties is different according to the influence of different aspects, factors and processes of self-concept formation.

Scientific Publishing: How to select the best articles – a word about transparency

Scientific Publishing: How to select the best articles – a word about transparency

The Most Important Thing in Life is Beauty

Академічний рецензований журнал з відкритим доступом, який публікує оригінальні дослідницькі та оглядові статті зі сфери історичних і політичних наук, що стосуються історичного минулого, сьогодення та перспектив розвитку міжнародних відносин

IMPLEMENTASI SOFTWARE AXATA POS DALAM MEMENUHI KEBUTUHAN SISTEM INFORMASI AKUNTANSI PADA KLINIK KESEHATAN DITINJAU DARI PERSPEKTIF MANAJEMEN BISNIS SYARIAH

Health is one of the important things in life. Health service is the most important necessary, along with increasing public awareness of the importance of health. Sima Husada Clinic is a health clinic which is focused on outpatients and inpatients, in which the data processing transaction used is a manual system. In this research, the researcher will elaborate in outline about accounting information by using software AxataPOS. The aim of this research is to describe accounting program facilitiy, in order to simplify entering data transaction and organizing financial report. The research method of this study were descriptive research. In collecting the data, the researcher used observation directly about daily transaction, beside that the researcher also did interview with the manager and Administration. The result of this research showed that the implementation of software AxataPOS to Sima Husada Clinic can be applied since it eases the clinic in processing the data of financial transaction for instance recording the cash out and cash in, payroll, medical stock such as the outcoming item, the incoming item and stock opname, and in the perspective of sharia business management a system is very much needed to make it easier to achieve the benefit of society. In this case, automatically it will generate the financial report which is needed without a long stage.

Designing everyday automation with well-being in mind

Nowadays, automation not only permeates industry but also becomes a substantial part of our private, everyday lives. Driven by the idea of increased convenience and more time for the “important things in life,” automation relieves us from many daily chores—robots vacuum floors and automated coffee makers produce supposedly barista-quality coffee on the press of a button. In many cases, these offers are embraced by people without further questioning. However, while we save time by delegating more and more everyday activities to automation, we also may lose chances for enjoyable and meaningful experiences. In two field studies, we demonstrate that a manual process has experiential benefits over more automated processes by using the example of coffee-making. We present a way to account for potential experiential costs of everyday automation and strategies of how to design interaction with automation to reconcile experience with the advantages of a more and more powerful automation.

“If you do not find the world tasty and sexy, you are out of touch with the most important things in life”: Resident and family member perspectives on sexual expression in continuing care

Over the past three decades, there has been growing attention to sexual expression in continuing care homes. However, resident perspectives continue to be underrepresented, particularly in the Canadian context. In this article, we share findings from a qualitative, exploratory study looking at the experiences of residents and family members in Alberta, Canada. As continuing care demographics and social norms about sexuality shift, it is increasingly important to understand these perspectives. We asked participants about how they define sexual expression, its place in continuing care, their experiences with/thoughts about sexual expression in care homes, and suggestions for how to improve this aspect of resident life. We heard diverse accounts of what sexual expression can look like in continuing care homes, the importance of resident autonomy, how privacy matters, complex communication dynamics, and challenges with distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate expressions. These findings foreground the voices of residents and family members and highlight key areas of opportunity for policy and practice change.

Tributes to Allen McDaniels, MD 1942-2019

Tributes to Allen McDaniels, MD 1942-2019

The Effect of E-Learning, Learning Style, and Learning Interest on Student’s Learning Motivation

Education becomes an important thing in life. Education has a big influence to advance a country. Therefore, the absence of education will also not develop a country. To increase the desire to learn in students, research is needed. In the current digital era, the world of education also participates in the use of technology, such as E-Learning (Electronic Learning). By utilizing technology, the learning process becomes current and far more flexible. To find out the motivation to learn in a student it is necessary to know what learning styles and directions of learning interest in students. This study aims to: 1) Determine the effect of E-Learning on learning motivation; 2) determine the effect of learning styles on learning motivation; 3) determine the effect of learning interest on learning motivation; and 4) determine the effect of E-Learning, learning styles, and learning interest on learning motivation. To answer the theory in this study using the SEM and PLS methods, namely SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software version 26. The sampling technique in this study used a questionnaire with a sample of 200 respondents. It can be concluded that: (1) There is no influence of E-Learning on learning motivation; (2) there is no influence of learning styles on learning motivation; (3) there is an influence of learning interest on learning motivation; (4) there is an influence of E-Learning on learning styles; (5) there is an influence of E-Learning on learning interest.

College Academic Stress: Getting by, Muddling Through

Academic stress challenges students’ ability to cope up and strategize. In the University, manifestation of moderate stress along academic endeavors among future teachers should not be disregarded as when this becomes critical. It will burden their academic journey and personal lives. Using descriptive research design employing descriptive and inferential statistics, the study unveiled that students are severely stressed along financial-related matters, which calls for their capacity to budget allowance, deal with unexpected expenses and save money for requirements. Submitting requirements, dealing with strict teachers, bearing with noisy classrooms, transferring from one building to the other and worrying about future cause them severe stress but they are not stressed at attending classes. Coping styles are often used by students to manage stress. Thinking of the brighter side of life and trying to rediscover the most important things in life are indications of optimism among students. Year level, among other profile variables, significantly influences the students’ academic stress levels. Sophomores were significantly more stressed than the seniors. Though relationship between academic stress and coping styles was not significantly established, it is quite essential that students are taught on coping mechanisms, so they have defense against stress. Keywords : college academic stress, getting by/muddling through, coping styles/strategies, stress levels, future secondary school teachers

Kobieta na dachu świata, czyli kilka słów o historii oraz wizerunku medialnym Wandy Rutkiewicz

A woman on the roof of the world or on Wanda Rutkiewicz’s story and media imageThe story of Wanda Rutkiewicz is extraordinary for several reasons. It is a story of a woman for whom her passion was the most important thing in life. She subordinated all her life to this passion — the mountains. In order to reach the summits she desired, she had to battle not only her own weaknesses, fear or power of nature, but also common beliefs which stereotypically defined the role of women in society. Women who, through climbing, “ventured” into the territories usually occupied by men often provoked feelings of misunderstanding, reluctance, irritation and even opposition among the public at large, especially men. However, Rutkiewicz went beyond many widely-held beliefs. Her independence, skills and conscious creation of her own image also thanks to her skilful use of the media’s interest were admirable. Although her journey ended tragically, through her activities in the high mountains she made history of not just Polish mountaineering but also women’s mountaineering.

Resting-state neural activity and connectivity associated with subjective happiness

The majority of people throughout the world rate subjective happiness as the top of the important thing in life. A recent structural neuroimaging study exploring neurocognitive mechanisms underlying subjective happiness has suggested that the gray matter volume of the right precuneus is associated with Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) scores. However, how the neural activity in this region, as well as the neural functional coupling between this and other regions, could be related to SHS scores remains unclear. To investigate these issues, we performed resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and analyzed the fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (fALFF) in participants, whose subjective happiness was evaluated using the SHS. Lower fALFF values in the right precuneus were associated with higher SHS scores. Furthermore, functional connectivity and spectral dynamic causal modeling analyses showed that both functional and effective connectivity of the right precuneus with the right amygdala were positively associated with SHS scores. These findings, together with other evidence on the information-processing functions of these brain regions, suggest the possibility that subjective happiness is associated with a reduction in self-referential mental processes, which are well integrated with emotional processing.

Pijakan Strategi Kebijakan STIT Raden Wijaya Mojokerto dalam Implementasi Pengorganisasian Pembelajaran Berbasis Riset dengan Pendekatan Al Qur’an

Generally the learning approach is in accordance with Islamic principles in all respects, because learning and seeking knowledge are the most commendable activities in Islam. References from the Qur'an and the Prophet's tradition suggest that learning is mandatory for every man and woman, and must be regarded as the most important thing in life. This study aims: to describe the STIT Raden Wijaya Mojokerto policy strategy footing in the implementation of organizing research-based learning with the Al Qur'an approach. The implementation of research-based methods in the teaching of Islamic education has proven to be good both in concept and in practice. something very important to consider, especially in terms of Islamic learning abilities and habits and the level of students' mastery of learning. Performance assessment is very important as an effective evaluation tool in learning. In general this refers to self-evaluation and lessons learned, and usually it relates to the purpose of life and divine guidance. Because the climate for learning also implies voluntary learning

Edukacja dziecka ku ponadczasowym wartościom – rozważania na przykładzie współczesnej "Baśni o perle" Anny Gibasiewicz

Baśń o perle (ang. Fairy tale about a pearl) by Anna Gibasiewicz (2016), is a moving story of heroes, whose fates intertwine in extraordinary circumstances, a tale of transformation and searching for the most important things in life. By its form the fairy tale refers to the folk magic tales, the mood of melancholy is similar to Andersen’s fairy tales. The story is addressed to children at the early school age. On its example, I look at the contemporary implementation of the traditional genre, which is a fairy tale and the values carried by the story. I pay attention to fairy tales, which may form the basis for educational activities with children. Analyzing the literary text of Baśń o perle (ang. Fairy tale about pearl) I refer to psychoanalytic interpretations of folk tales made by Bruno Bettelhaim and archetypal critique by Alicja Baluch. Reading fairy tales to the contemporary child still can perform a „miraculous and useful” role in his social and emotional development.

Happiness in Spite of Mental Disease?

The title's mode "in spite of" suggests that being mentally ill is an obstacle to happiness. Indeed, mental disorders usually tend to preclude happiness. This is at least partly due to the psycho-social consequences of such a disease. There are many hurdles for people with mental illness that exclude them from the sources of happiness. However, on the one hand we have to realize that happiness may not be the most important thing in life, and on the other hand, one may still become happy not only in spite of but even because of being mentally ill. The article closes with an illustrative tale about an unexpected visit by happiness.

Lighting: a driver of the sustainable revolution

Some of the most important things in life are taken for granted, and nowhere is this truer than with light. In this article, we will look at some important milestones marking light’s path from human evolution to sustainable revolution, challenges facing the modern lighting industry as well as the world we live in, and what the future promises. In a sense, a new revolution is at hand. It would be hard to overestimate the fundamental importance of light as it shapes virtually everything we sense and experience.

Beyond Grief and Survival: Posttraumatic Growth Through Immediate Family Suicide Loss in South Korea.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the characteristics of posttraumatic growth arising from losing an immediate family member to suicide in Korea. We used interpretative phenomenological analysis for data collection and analysis and conducted in-depth interviews with 11 participants in Korea to evaluate the positive changes subsequent to the suicide. Participants revealed positive outcomes in response to losing an immediate family member to suicide after suffering the "most unimaginable pain" including (a) "Now I know what the most important thing in life is," (b) "Warm and intimate relationships matter," and (c) "Survivors of suicide's search for meaning." The implications of these findings and avenues for future research are discussed.

Wybrane zagadnienia problematyki patologicznego hazardu w Polsce

Wśród różnego rodzaju zjawisk patologicznych szczególne miejsce z uwagi na swoje dramatyczne konsekwencje zajmuje hazard. Samo uprawianie hazardu nie jest jeszcze patologią. Patologicznym staje się uzależnienie od tej czynności, kiedy to uprawianie hazardu staje się najważniejsze w życiu człowieka, zaczyna dominować w jego myśleniu, w uczuciach oraz w zachowaniu, w związku z czym powstają szkody, a w chwili zaprzestania grania pojawiają się przykre objawy odstawienia. Taki hazard został nazwany patologicznym i jest uznany za chorobę. W artykule omawia się prawdopodobne przyczyny uzależnienia od hazardu, mechanizmy i fazy nałogowego grania, charakteryzuje się osobowość patologicznego gracza, myślenie hazardzisty, konsekwencje grania, rodzinę hazardzisty i terapię patologicznego hazardu. Podaje się krótkie studium przypadku, który ma typowy charakter dla procesu rozwoju patologicznego uzależnienia i jego dramatycznych skutków.

The Factors Involved in the Sense of Subjective Wellbeing (A Survey of 250 Subjects)

Background: There is little question that a close relationship exists between level of happiness, mental health, andoverall success. The prioritization and order of life’s most important qualities significantly varies among individuals.In this study, we investigated what is regarded as the most important aspect of life and what things make peoplehappy.Method: We asked two questions in a short survey: “What is the most important thing in life?” and “What makesyou the happiest?” We recruited study subjects from Orange County, California and from a rural community inPanama during a medical missionary visit. The 253 adult individuals in this study were asked to rank the providedchoices from 1 to 5 based on their perceived importance.Result: 65% of the participants were female. Family was by far the most important aspect of life among all groupsand individuals (59% selected this as the first choice). This was followed by health (14%) and faith (13%). Familyranked significantly higher among females compared to males. Health was much more appreciated and ranked higherin older adults than in other age groups. The top three things that make people happy were the need to be loved,having someone to love, and a sense of financial security. When comparing data from an affluent region in US to arural sample from Panama, we did not find any significant differences in the importance of aspects in life or in thingsthat make people happy.Conclusion: In this preliminary study, we found that there is little difference in the things people regard as the mostimportant thing in life and the things that make them happy among different age groups or gender. In addition,despite thousands of miles of geographical separation and a very wide socioeconomic and educational gap betweenthe two population groups in our study, there was no significant difference between what people regard as the mostimportant thing in life and the things that make them happy.

Things I have learned (thus far)…reflections of an accounting academic

Abstract The potential value of critical self-reflection in helping us (as educators) to monitor and assess aspects of our professional development is asserted by Brookfield (1995). As implied by the title, in this paper I share with readers self-reflections (or insights) regarding “things I have learned” over the course of both my professional and personal life. At a fundamental level, the paper asserts the merits of reflecting on and sharing one's own pursuits, and the potential value this sharing has on others in the academy – particularly younger accounting faculty (for development and mentoring purposes) as they themselves engage in critical self-reflection. Critical reflections are offered in each of six areas: importance of doing (seemingly) “little things” in life; forming and meeting expectations; focusing on the truly important things in life; insights from my role as a teacher; insights from my role as an administrator; and a lesson in humility. The paper includes a call for the future sharing of self-reflective insights by other accounting educators, including those of younger faculty, along with thoughts as to how this experience-sharing might be accomplished.

Discerning the healing path – how nurses assist patient spirituality in diverse health care settings

To examine nurses' experiences in spiritual care in diverse clinical settings, preferably not palliative care. Spirituality is part of holistic nursing care. The concept of spiritual literacy is introduced as the nurse's ability to read the spiritual signs of the human experience. Classical grounded theory methodology with open and selective coding was used to identify the participants' main concern and the strategies they used to resolve it, and to develop a substantive grounded theory. Data were collected in 2008 and 2014 during eight focus group interviews with a total of 22 nurses recruited from a master's programme, postgraduate programmes and a local hospital. Data were analysed through constant comparison until the grounded theory emerged. The participants' main concern was how to assist the patient to alleviation. The participants resolved this by Discerning the healing path, which comprises three stages: Tuning in on spirituality, Uncovering deep concerns and Facilitating the healing process. These three stages are accompanied all the way by the participants' Willingness to overcome own comfort zone and Building a trusting relationship. Spirituality is of relevance for all areas of nursing care, not just dying patients or those in palliative care. Spirituality relates to the deep and important things in life and affects how patients face health issues. Nurses attend to spirituality in patients because the pain of the soul touches them and the calmness of spiritual peace amazes them. The professional culture in the health care team socialises nurses into the workplace, and leaders need to pay close attention to how they can foster openness to spiritual matters. The personal and professional maturity of the nurse is fundamental to his or her willingness and ability to overcome own comfort zone.