Kind Of Recognition Research Articles

Effect of Recognition Practices on Employee Engagement in Fairtrade Horticultural Firms in Kenya

While most people understand that engaged employees are often happier and more satisfied in their job, the main reason that engagement is now a focal point is because it leads to real business results. Emotional states are hard to understand and measure. Employees are becoming key business drivers for any organization. The objective of the study was to determine the effect of compensation system on employee engagement in Fairtrade horticultural firms in Kenya. The study was guided by expectancy theory and social exchange theory. A cross-sectional descriptive survey research design was adopted. The study targeted 17 fairtrade horticultural firms as unit of analysis and 5,600 employees as the unit of observation. The sample size was 373 respondents drawn from low level, middle level, and top-level management. The study relied mainly on primary data. The study adopted stratified and simple random sampling techniques. After the stratification of the respondents into strata, simple random sampling was adopted to pick up the respondents. The researcher used questionnaire as the research instrument. Descriptive and inferential analysis were computed using SPSS version 26. In order to analyze the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable the study used regression analysis at 5% level of significance. Specifically, simple linear regression analysis. The findings indicated that recognition system has a positive and significant effect on employee engagement in Fairtrade horticultural firms in Kenya. The study concluded that recognition system contributes significantly to the employee engagement in Fairtrade horticultural firms in Kenya. From the results, the study recommends that top management horticultural firm should come up with well-defined structure that will regularly recognize employees with exemplary performance in various categories. This kind of recognition by the management as well as their supervisors would make employees feel appreciated for their input and therefore, help the organization to achieve their goals.

(Extra) short film study: an emerging narrative practice within global community

This article documents a research on the emerging phenomenon of (extra) short film production, that transcends the limits of national characteristics, while having a worldwide distribution, in mostly young audiences. Social media have brought in the frame of audiovisual narratives, through the use of filmic language, a popular practice of storytelling. All kinds of genre are allowed, with a time constraint of a few minutes, not to say seconds. These genres not only have their own audiences, but also gain new ones, due to the way the extra short films are being projected, in a non-linear and often random sequence. In this new “filmic” landscape, the notion of copyright takes a whole new meaning: copy becomes a kind of recognition and homage to the original director, who in turn, becomes instantly famous among thousands of followers. Are these (extra) short films capable of forming a sur-genre themselves? In the context of social media, is video production becoming a new form of folk art?

Digital (in-)Visibilities: Spatializing and Visualizing Politics of Voice

Abstract This article focuses on the conditions of migrant (in-)visibilities in digital mediascapes. Addressing the ambivalent and complex communicative architecture of voice in the context of digitization and migration, it tackles three fundamental questions: Does digital visibility contest political silencing of the migrant subject? Is the migrant who speaks also heard? And what kind of recognition do digital visibilities allow for and what kind of misrecognition might they hide? Thinking through Arendt’s subjective-in-between (1998), this article reflects on the value of voice beyond its conception as an individual right and as a mediated occasion of appearance.

Sorting Phenomena and Chirality Transfer in Fluoride-Bridged Macrocyclic Rare Earth Complexes.

The reaction of fluoride anions with mononuclear lanthanide(III) and yttrium(III) hexaaza-macrocyclic complexes results in the formation of dinuclear fluoride-bridged complexes. As indicated by X-ray crystal structures, in these complexes two metal ions bound by the macrocycles are linked by two or three bridging fluoride anions, depending on the type of the macrocycle. In the case of the chiral hexaaza-macrocycle L1 derived from trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, the formation of these μ2-fluorido dinuclear complexes is accompanied by enantiomeric self-recognition of macrocyclic units. In contrast, this kind of recognition is not observed in the case of complexes of the chiral macrocycle L2 derived from 1,2-diphenylethylenediamine. The reaction of fluoride with a mixture of mononuclear complexes of L1 and L2, containing two different Ln(III) ions, results in narcissistic sorting of macrocyclic units. Conversely, a similar reaction involving mononuclear complexes of L1 and complexes of achiral macrocycle L3 based on ethylenediamine results in sociable sorting of macrocyclic units and preferable formation of heterodinuclear complexes. In addition, formation of these heterodinuclear complexes is accompanied by chirality transfer from the chiral macrocycle L1 to the achiral macrocycle L3 as indicated by CPL and CD spectra.

THE STATUS AND POSITION OF THE VATICAN AND THE POPE AT INTERNATIONAL LAW: TRYING TO FIT A RELIGIOUS SQUARE PEG INTO A LEGAL CIRCLE?

The final word has not been spoken on the position and status of the Vatican; nor have the intricacies and complexities of its relationship with the Holy See been exhaustively ventilated. In the present writer’s view, the debate as to whether the Vatican, or the Holy See, meets the requirements for statehood will rage on into the future. However, this article does not pretend to be definitive. It merely seeks to demonstrate how international-law concepts and phenomena are being stretched (sometimes beyond their limit) in order to accommodate the Vatican. The Vatican does not meet the minimum requirements for statehood; but it continues to be accorded, by the community of nations, the kind of recognition that more deserving entities such as Taiwan, the Palestine and Somaliland are being denied. Its officials and functionaries enjoy sovereign immunity in the courts of fully-fledged nation states which those of the aforementioned nascent states do not enjoy.

'n Fenomenologie van rassisme: Hegeliaanse (wan)erkenning en die struktuur van koloniale bewussyn

Hierdie artikel neem Hegel se weergawe van die mislukking van wedersydse erkenning (dus wanerkenning) krities onder die loep met spesifieke fokus op die meester-slaaf-dialektiek. Hegel gee daarmee sy analise van 'n soort bewussynsontwikkeling wat lei tot vervreemde selfbewussyn in sowel die self as die ander (subjek en objek). Die proses wat hierdie soort bewussyn begrond, gee myns insiens 'n fenomenologiese beskrywing en verduideliking van die kognitiewe wortels van rassisme en geweld soos wat dit gemanifesteer word in 'n sogenaamde moderne koloniale mentaliteit (beide in die koloniale en die postkoloniale konteks). Dit bied met ander woorde 'n uiteensetting van hoe rassisme vorm aanneem in die selfbewussyn. Die moontlike wegbeweeg van rassisme na wedersydse erkenning word ondersoek met die doel om te sien hoe wanerkenning hanteer kan word (in die selfbewussyn). Dit word gedoen aan die hand van 'n model van Hegel se bewussynsteorie, wat verskillende soorte intersubjektiewe erkenning in breë trekke uiteensit. Die fokus van hierdie model is die wisselwerking tussen die dinglike en begripsaspekte van Hegeliaanse erkenning in die interaksie van die self (as subjek) met die ander. Hopelik kan hierdie model help om begrip te bevorder van hoe selferkenning, wanerkenning en wedersydse erkenning gepaard gaan met verskillende vorme van bewussyn. Teen die agtergrond van 'n koloniale bewussyn het wanerkenning en wedersydse erkenning 'n beduidende uitwerking op menslike verhoudinge. Fanon het dit verder belig met sy fokus op die rol van ras in die dialektiek en erkenning.

Behavior Recognition and Maternal Ability Evaluation for Sows Based on Triaxial Acceleration and Video Sensors

To reduce the high pre-weaning mortality rate of new-born piglets crushed by sows, a kind of recognition and evaluation method for sows’ behavior based on the scheme of time-sharing and multiplexing by adopting triaxial acceleration and video sensors at day and night is proposed in this paper. For darker scene at night, random forest classifier with optimal 43-dimensional feature vector subset proposed in this paper is adopted to recognize four kinds of macro behaviors of sows roughly by adopting triaxial acceleration sensor MPU6050. The recognition rate can reach 89.4%. For brighter light scene during the day, an improved bilinear convolutional neural network method based on CBAM module is proposed in this paper to recognize seven kinds of micro behaviors of sows by video sensor. The recognition rate can reach 84.4%. The methods proposed in this paper can meet the requirement of real-time to recognize the behavior of sows during 24 hours on the premise of ensuring accuracy. Finally, an evaluation model of sows’ maternal behavior level is set up in this paper. The achivement of the study can not only help the farm to select sows with higher maternal ability for breeding piglets, but also avoid the large-scale economic losses caused by the high mortality rate of piglets before weaning of the farm.

Visibility, creativity, and collective working practices in art and science

Visual artists and scientists frequently employ the labour of assistants and technicians, however these workers generally receive little recognition for their contribution to the production of artistic and scientific work. They are effectively “invisible”. This invisible status however, comes at the cost of a better understanding of artistic and scientific work, and improvements in artistic and scientific practice. To enhance understanding of artistic and scientific work, and these practices more broadly, it is vital to discern the nature of an assistant or technician’s contribution to the production of a work, which is difficult as it is uncommon to discuss these workers. To address this, I investigate how different kinds of parallel working arrangements in collective artistic and scientific practices affect the creative potential of individuals involved. Different working arrangements permit different degrees of autonomy for individuals involved in these practices. Significantly, a lack of autonomy precludes the opportunity to act spontaneously and so exercise, what I term, “creative agency”. Evaluating the contribution of an assistant or technician based on the degree of autonomy that they are granted in the production of a work is an approach that I show can be used to precisely determine the nature of their contribution to the production of a work and accordingly, what kind of recognition an agent should receive for this. Importantly, this approach has the advantage of explaining the artistic and epistemic significance of different kinds of contribution to the production of artistic and scientific work.

Recognition and the politics of indigenous citizenship

ABSTRACT Recognition theory responds to political exclusion. It provides ways of thinking about the tension between universal liberal citizenship and the distinctive claims that indigenous peoples make with reference to prior occupancy and the universal right to self-determination. However, the complex and contested political questions that recognition theory examines are not easily answered. In this article, I propose Nancy Fraser’s participatory parity as a transformative, and not simply distributive, approach to recognition, which offers scope for substantive indigenous voice in state policy making. I use participatory parity to contest arguments that the meaningful recognition of indigenous peoples is not possible in liberal democracies like Australia and New Zealand. I argue that, instead, participatory parity complements the extant authority that indigenous peoples claim over their own affairs. This kind of recognition, through differentiated citizenship, means that indigenous peoples are simultaneously inside and outside the state. Recognition through participatory parity provides a foundation for self-determination. However, its full potential and moral acceptability to indigenous peoples depend on it being the genuine recognition of equals and on its capacity to provide reasons to accept the moral legitimacy of the state which may, for many indigenous people, be an unrealistic and unreasonable expectation.

Who are the acknowledgees? An analysis of gender and academic status

Acknowledgements found in scholarly papers allow for credit attribution of nonauthor contributors. As such, they are associated with a different kind of recognition than authorship. While several studies have shown that social factors affect authorship and citation practices,few analyses have been performed on acknowledgements. Based on 878,250 acknowledgees mentioned in 291,167 papers published between 2015 and 2017, this study analyzes the gender and academic status of individuals named in the acknowledgements of scientific papers. Our results show that gender disparities generally found in authorship can be extended to acknowledgements, and that women are even more underrepresented in acknowledgements section than in authors’ lists. Our findings also show that women acknowledge proportionally more women than men do. Regarding academic status, our results show that acknowledgees who have already published tend to have a higher position in the academic hierarchy compared with all Web of Science (WoS) authors. Taken together, these findings suggest that acknowledgement practices might be associated with academic status and gender.

Valoración científica de la descripción de nuevas especies de plantas

Antecedentes: Los descubrimientos científicos tienen un impacto en la concepción del universo y la naturaleza. En diversas disciplinas científicas, los responsables de estos descubrimientos ponen a consideración de pares sus trabajos para ser revisados, publicados y posteriormente reconocidos de diferentes maneras. Uno es que sus trabajos se citen formalmente en la bibliografía, como referencia para otras propuestas en publicaciones posteriores. En botánica, el descubrimiento de nuevas especies, análogo a los hallazgos de otras disciplinas no se cita formalmente en los artículos científicos. Los autores de los descubrimientos botánicos no son considerados en las bases de datos bibliográficas, en índices, ni por la comunidad académica en general. No es de extrañar que sociedad y tomadores de decisiones tampoco consideren importante el encontrar nuevas especies de plantas.Pregunta: Los descubrimientos de nuevas especies de plantas no tienen el reconocimiento académico adecuado.Resultados. Se hace un análisis del reconocimiento a descubrimientos de algunas disciplinas científicas comparadas con la taxonomía vegetal. Se presentan propuestas para que los artículos de nuevas especies sean citados formalmente en revistas botánicas, de manera que los taxónomos sean reconocidos por la comunidad académica.Conclusiones: Los descubrimientos de especies de plantas deben tener un reconocimiento académico y social comparable con los de cualquier otro descubrimiento científico similar.

The relationship between psychotherapy practice and research: A mixed‐methods exploration of practitioners’ views

AbstractBackgroundReferences are frequently made to a strained relationship between therapeutic practice and research. This study has developed in response this critique.AimsThis study aims to explore therapists’ views on the relationship between research and clinical practice, guided by some of the following questions; What sort of relationship do therapists feel that they have with research? What amount of formal research training do therapists have? To what extent do therapists feel that their own research is valued? To what extent does research inform therapists’ clinical practice?MethodologyThe study is anchored in mixed‐methods framework (Hesse‐Biber, 2010; Priest, 2013) drawing from a survey (n = 92) distributed within and outside the UK and coupled with interviews (n = 9) approached within a narrative thematic framework.FindingsBoth the survey and interviews suggested a sense of “homelessness” for researchers in the field of therapy. Obstacles were referred to within and outside the therapeutic community. Some referred to little training, and many felt unsupported among colleagues and employers when pursuing research. One therapist said “The scientists and researchers I work with; they know they have a career in research – you get rewarded and promoted. That kind of recognition doesn't exist in therapy.”ImplicationsTo meet the increased requirements of research‐supported practice, the study suggests that more systematic efforts are required to support psychotherapists’ engagement in research activities.

Habitação coletiva moderna no Rio de Janeiro: considerações sobre sua preservação

O tema da habitação coletiva foi o foco principal da produção dos arquitetos e urbanistas durante o Movimento Moderno. Os edifícios residenciais multifamiliares tornaram-se, a partir do século XX, um dos elementos mais representativos na formação da paisagem dos centros urbanos. Com o crescente debate sobre a preservação do legado do Movimento Moderno, muitos edifícios residenciais modernos vêm sendo reconhecidos, em diversos países do mundo, como patrimônio a ser preservado. No Brasil, em geral esse tipo de reconhecimento tem acontecido no âmbito estadual ou municipal. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo traçar uma breve trajetória dos edifícios de habitação coletiva no Rio de Janeiro, enfatizando as principais mudanças trazidas pelos arquitetos do Movimento Moderno. Apresenta uma análise de suas características particulares e discute ações em andamento para sua preservação.

Artificial agents among us: Should we recognize them as agents proper?

In this paper, I discuss whether in a society where the use of artificial agents is pervasive, these agents should be recognized as having rights like those we accord to group agents. This kind of recognition I understand to be at once social and legal, and I argue that in order for an artificial agent to be so recognized, it will need to meet the same basic conditions in light of which group agents are granted such recognition. I then explore the implications of granting recognition in this manner. The thesis I will be defending is that artificial agents that do meet the conditions of agency in light of which we ascribe rights to group agents should thereby be recognized as having similar rights. The reason for bringing group agents into the picture is that, like artificial agents, they are not self-evidently agents of the sort to which we would naturally ascribe rights, or at least that is what the historical record suggests if we look, for example, at what it took for corporations to gain legal status in the law as group agents entitled to rights and, consequently, as entities subject to responsibilities. This is an example of agency ascribed to a nonhuman agent, and just as a group agent can be described as nonhuman, so can an artificial agent. Therefore, if these two kinds of nonhuman agents can be shown to be sufficiently similar in relevant ways, the agency ascribed to one can also be ascribed to the other--this despite the fact that neither is human, a major impediment when it comes to recognizing an entity as an agent proper, and hence as a bearer of rights.

Henry Lives! Learning from Lawson Fandom

In an age when many fan activities are undertaken via online networks, devotees of long-dead Australian author Henry Lawson are predominantly bound by face-to-face participation in shared commemorative events. Traditionally seen by fans and readers as 'the Mate of Australia', Lawson is a figure who has inspired a constellation of transformative fan practices ranging from impersonation to extreme outback pilgrimages. Based on interviews with fans and participant observation, this article will show Henry Lawson Society events are intrinsically interactive, encouraging all members to participate in a variety of modes, through visual art, music, poetry and theatre. I argue that Henry Lawson fans are productive rather than critical, circulating their homages within a well-defined community of interest. I argue that Henry Lawson fans re-deploy texts in creative ways in order to make sense of their own social experience. Through a study the fan activities of passionate amateurs - such as Henry Lawson Literary and Memorial Society members - 'nonauthorised' ways of interpreting texts may be discerned, providing alternatives to the 'suspicious reading' of critics.

From Shtetl to Ghetto: Recognizing Yiddish in the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums

AbstractThis article has two aims: it seeks, first, to explore the German reception and translational context for Yiddish literature in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. And second, it seeks to explore the problem of recognition in relation to this literary reception. In so doing, it responds to ongoing disputes around the translation of Yiddish literature into German. A standard practice in such disputes is to attack the widely read translations of Alexander Eliasberg in terms that tend to echo the young Gershom Scholem’s own attack of 1917. By exploring the German translational and reception context to which these translations responded, this article seeks a different approach. It does so by asking: what kind of recognition – whether understood as knowledge or acknowledgement – were critics and translators able to bestow on Yiddish literature? Focusing on the

Acknowledging the Other’s Suffering

Acknowledging the Other’s Suffering

A Facial Expression Recognition Algorithm Based on Local Binary Pattern and Empirical Mode Decomposition

To improve the efficiency of facial expression recognition, this paper puts forward a kind of recognition algorithm based on local binary pattern (LBP) and empirical mode decomposition (EMD). First of all, process the empirical mode decomposition into the preprocessing facial image, and bring forward many a high frequency images instead of the original image; then, divide the sub domain of the high frequency image and obtain the sub domain LBP histogram and full face histogram; finally, identify the expression of the generated LBP histogram. Through the experiment on JAFFE database, it shows that the method is effective for facial expression recognition.

Young people’s preferences for social interaction in terms of homophily and social inclusion: a critical discussion about respect

This paper reports findings from a study about young people’s preferences for social interaction with similar and different others, in terms of a tension between social inclusion and homophily – the concept that similarity breeds connection. The issue was explored empirically using moral dilemmas scenarios to conduct in-depth semi-structured interviews with young people with Asperger syndrome, visual impairment and without disabilities. The data indicates that homophily and inclusion can come into a tension with an ethical dimension, since they represent, respectively, a personal preference to be among similar others and the moral imperative of including all people. The paper argues that this tension is constructive as it can challenge our understanding of what the ethical obligation to inclusion entails, and what treating the students respectfully means. Respect is often seen as an attempt to avoid the humiliation that any kind of recognition of difference can bring, and has tended to be translated into a demand for inclusion for all. However, the recognition of difference is an acknowledgement of young people’s right to make their own decisions, and can be reflected in provision and translated into educational and life opportunities; as such, it is also an expression of respect. Negotiating a way between the two understandings through dialogue can ensure that inclusion would be a shared value.

New year, new challenges

Well, it’s another year and our new practitioners continue to be confronted with changes and challenges. Bryan Gray continues to work in the Ridgeway Clinic (described previously) but has also been working in another small-format Shoppers Drug Mart (SDM) at the Fort William Clinic and at a full-sized SDM. He describes quite a contrast between the 3 settings. The Fort William clinic is an interesting scenario. The physicians are moving to a new location across town (where they’ll be served by an independent pharmacy), so the pharmacy at Fort William has become very quiet. This has, however, allowed Bryan to meet some of the clinic staff with whom he has been interacting via phone and fax. One nurse asked, “Are you the same Bryan who works at Ridgeway?” The 2 physicians and the nurse then all said, “Oohhh, you’re the pharmacist who’s been sending us all the faxes from Ridgeway!” They laughed and told him to keep up the good work. Bryan feels it’s nice to get that kind of recognition. In reflecting back on his first 6 months in practice, Bryan describes now having a sense of “permanence” or “continuousness.” As he puts it, “I’m now working at my career and profession . . . which is lifelong. I am now a pharmacist.” He describes a sense of belonging and says of his patients, “I am becoming part of their life—becoming their pharmacist.” He also admits to being naive about pharmacists’ expanded scope of practice. He recognizes that the change is complex: imposed quotas and targets, integrating clinical services with dispensary duties, interacting with physicians and getting the rest of the pharmacy team to accept these changes are all challenges. Nevertheless, his plans for 2014 are to persevere. Meanwhile, Reid McDonald and Anita Cumbleton have left Barrhead and moved to Calgary. They realize that in order to practise the way they want, they will have to own their own pharmacy. In the meantime, Anita has taken a position at a large chain store. She is finding the practice environment very different—she feels she is regarded as only a “prescription checker” and someone to deal with insurance issues and complaints. Not surprisingly, she doesn’t feel she is having the same impact on patient’s health and well-being. Reid is working at 2 independent pharmacies, helping them over the holiday season. Reid and Anita have ambitious plans to open their own pharmacy in March. At this point, they are awaiting approval of their plans from the Alberta College of Pharmacists. This will be a small 1000-ft2 pharmacy with a minimal front store and 2 examination/counselling rooms, located in Cochrane, Alberta (about 35 minutes west of Calgary, population 18,750). In reflecting on his first 6 months in the “real world,” Reid feels that “there is so much that we can do, but unfortunately, few pharmacists want to invest in that future.” He feels a certain frustration with other pharmacists not embracing the expanded scope of practice. He feels that they are just “too comfortable and/or lazy—they would rather be told what to do by management.” Anita has seen firsthand that the corporate hierarchy also seems to be a barrier to the uptake of pharmacists’ scope of practice. Those of you following along could probably have predicted some of these events. Finally, a large dose of reality, you might say. It certainly does appear that many different forces are conspiring to prevent pharmacists from providing patient-centred care. But as I’ve said before, what is inspiring about these young pharmacists is how they handle these challenges—with resilience and keeping their eye on the goal. ■