Life In World Research Articles

The Influence of Price and Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction Adidas Store Living World Alam Sutera

This research was conducted with the aim to determine the effect of price, service quality on customer satisfaction Adidas Store Living World Alam Sutera. This study uses primary data sourced from 118 respondents. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression equations, coefficient of determination (R2), t test and F test. The results showed that the results of the test for the coefficient of determination (R2) obtained Ajusted R Square of 42.3% product, promotion and price variables had an influence on the decision to buy a house at Green Avina in Birem Puntong Langsa Baro and the remaining 57.7% is influenced by other variables not included in this study such as location and facilities. The results of the t test show that partially the product, price and promotion variables have a significant effect on the decision to buy a house at Green Avina Birem Puntong Langsa Baro. The results of the F test show that simultaneously the product, price and promotion variables have a significant effect on home buying decisions at Green Avina Birem Puntong Langsa Baro.

Personal identity in the space of virtual culture: on the example of geek and glam subcultures

Purpose. The article presents exploring the cultural and anthropological traits of consumers and producers of cultural services and products in the digital epoch. There have been singled out two types of cultural subjectivity according to the aim of a person’s activity in the virtual net: either production of things, services, and technologies or the consumption and creative use of all mentioned innovations. So these sociocultural formations are called "geek" and "chic" subcultures. Theoretical basis. The historical genealogy of the definitions was analyzed, so as the changes in social esteem of the contribution of geeky persons to modern art and design practices. Social and cultural identities of those who belong to the modern youth-subcultural communities have been formed according to the topology and temporality of digital trends. To explain the worldview characteristics of the members of those subcultures the concept of "the New Middle Ages" was used to discover the values and pursuits of those who represent geek and chic subcultures. The study is based on the theoretical works of such classical authors as A. Toffler, and Z. Bauman, as well as current investigators of youth cultures. They are Calum Finister, Thomas V. Pollet, Nick Neave, Jessica McCain, Billy Wong. The chic subculture is oriented toward the imitation of visual images, consumer habits, and the way of life of successful (or seemed to be such) people. Glamorous followers need to receive approvals and likes from like-minded people. The geek subculture is more inner-sense-oriented. It unites intellectuals and activists who have common creative intentions. Originality. There have been analyzed the main attributes and features of such modern subcultures were conditionally named chic and geek. They were analyzed in the context of the concept of the New Middle Ages. Conclusions. The virtual user’s life world seems to be diverse only quantitatively, but qualitatively it is as narrow, mythopoetic, and esoterically uncritical as the world of the Medieval person, who used to live the whole life in the same place, mai in one’s village. But thanks to the merger of the IT industry with effective social management, the geek culture becomes a powerful super-subculture that defends values of social good, industrial productivity, and cultural creativity. Chic subculture creates new trends in fashion and art discourse. It develops modern lifestyles, its visual images with which our era will be associated in the future.

Life lines: agency and autobiography in Sarah Curran’s Poetry

ABSTRACT Sarah Curran (1782–1808) has been almost exclusively remembered as the fiancée of United Irishman Robert Emmet, executed in 1803 for treason. However, Curran merits study in her own right as part of an important but neglected circle of literary women centred around three Cork families – the Wilmots, Chetwoods, and Penroses. Supported by recent theoretical approaches to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women’s life writing, this article examines Curran’s previously unknown, unstudied, and unpublished poems. Preserved in Wilmot and Chetwood family papers, the poems enhance heretofore limited understandings of Curran’s rich creative life and intellectual world. Curran’s unpublished poetry and the footprints she left in the early nineteenth-century Irish arts scene are significant, from her literary memorialisation by Thomas Moore and her standing in her wider social circle as a talented harpist, to her poetic and epistolary compositions honouring her personal relationships. This article rehabilitates Curran as a person of great creative ability in her own right, who was recognised and valued as such in her own time by those who knew her best, and rediscovers the agency she exerted in recording events from her own life in poetic form.

Молодая семья в фокусе социологической теории

Introduction. The article analyzes the theoretical approaches formed in sociology for the research of the young family, taking into account its institutional and group social nature, as well as the conditions of Russian reality, in which they have to adapt, to develop own family strategies styles of relationships. Theoretical basis of the study. The article is using the provisions of micro- and macrosociology of the family, institutional and feminological approaches, the concept of the life world. The main attention is devoted to theoretical problems of institutional transformation of the young family. Results of the study. The article summarizes the most common theoretical positions and approaches of sociologists in the study of the young family, outlines further research prospects in terms of changing social reality, in which the demarcation line has already been drawn, which has determined the coming-in of the post-pandemic era and the need to rethink key social phenomena.

Destruction, survival and the use of the clinician: Preserving opportunities for selfobject experience in work with challenging patients

ABSTRACT Many patients resist engagement in the therapeutic relationship because they fear the traumatic consequences of the mobilization of thwarted selfobject needs in what they fear will be a faulty, nonempathic environment. At times this resistance is manifest in “narcissistic rage” as described by Heinz Kohut. Providing opportunities for selfobject experience in work with these patients can be challenging. In his 1971 paper The Use of the Object, D.W. Winnicott described a developmental process in which the state of omnipotent merger with important objects undergoes a transformation in which the other is increasingly recognized as not only outside the self, but also in possession of a subjectivity of its own and thus can be made use of. In work with some seriously and persistently mentally ill, the client’s capacity to make use of the clinician is poorly developed or highly conflicted. Given this the clinical process in which the client achieves the recognition of the worker and trust in their intentions—and hence can make use of them as a selfobject, is often prolonged and stormy. A case is discussed at length that illustrates this. The report documents the importance of holding, containment, management of the countertransference, and survival strategies for the clinician. It also shows the patient’s growing ability to make use of the clinician as a selfobject as she struggles to understand and cope with changes in her life world and self-experience.

KEHIDUPAN DUNIA PERSPEKTIF AL-QUR’AN (Kajian Terhadap Kata Al-Hayah Dan Kata Al-Ma’isyah)

Research entitled the life of the life of the world from the perspective of the Qur’an (study of the word al-Hayah end the word al-Ma’isyah) in this study, the interpretation of the science of interpretation with the word study method (tahlili) is used end this research uses library research, from here the research converys the background, namely the world life of the world al-Hayah end world al-Ma’isyah which contains a different meaning of life in a word of life in life in the Qur’an with the lauguage of the word life. Therefore, this study concludes in the view of the Qur’an that the word al-Hayah has the meaning of life end the word al-Ma’isyah has the meaning of life end livelihood, the meaning of the life of the world is taken from the surah Az-Zukhruf 43:32. The word al-Hayah has many meanings of life in the Qur’an as life in the meaning of line in the from of the life of the world of life which has the life of the world end has the life of the hereafter end the word al-Ma’isyah has two meanings of the word life end livelihood in life in the Qur’an, as life describes the life of the human image in the world end the hereafter in life end livelihood, which explains the picture of life in this world end in the hereafter.

An analysis of the current status of metaverse research based on bibliometrics

PurposeThe rise of the metaverse has brought profound changes to the economic and social operation models and injected new vitality into academic research. Although a large number of studies have emerged, there are few quantitative analyses of development frontiers and trends.Design/methodology/approachFrom a bibliometric perspective, this paper selects 183 pieces of metaverse-related literature in the WoS core database since 2000 as the object of analysis. This paper sums up the characteristics of the literature using the methods of descriptive statistical analysis, keywords analysis, thematic evolution analysis and summarizes the core themes and the laws of metaverse development in each stage.FindingsThe digital economy vision brought by the metaverse has led to an increasing number of researchers and achievements in this field. But the depth and breadth of research are still insufficient and unevenly distributed in the region, and the cross-fertilization fields need to be expanded. From the industry's point of view, VR games represented by Second Life and My World have contributed to the popularity of the metaverse. As technology progresses, the research hotspots in the field of metaverse gradually develop from conceptual research to artificial intelligence, blockchain, NFT and other technical applications. However, academic research has not yet caught up with the industry's pace and stays more in the concept discussion and preliminary application stage.Originality/valueA systematic overview of the current status, knowledge structure and hot issues of metaverse research is shown, which provides a thematic axis for this field, enriches and improves the quantitative analysis of its literature and provides a clear picture for researchers to continuously promote the development of this field. At the same time, it is necessary to warn that technological development is a double-edged sword. The process of metaverse development should return to rationality, respect the laws of its development and guarantee the healthy development of the metaverse by strengthening legal regulation and the ethical review of science and technology.

PENINGKATAN MUTU PENDIDIKAN DI MTs ASSALAM dan MTs ISLAMIYAH BANAT TUBAN

Education is an investment in long-term human resource development and has strategic value for the continuity of human civilization in the world and provision for life in the hereafter. Education is an important part of the national development process which essentially seeks to educate the nation's life and improve the quality of Indonesian people in realizing an advanced, just and prosperous society, and allows its citizens to develop themselves both physically and spiritually. However, there are still some problems in improving the quality of education with various indicators that affect it. This study aims to determine the problems of improving the quality of education at MTs Assalam Bangilan Tuban and MTs Islamiyah Banat Senori Tuban. This type of research is case study research with multi-site studies at MTs Assalam Bangilan Tuban and MTs Islamiyah Banat Senori Tuban. The research used a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques were carried out using interview techniques, observation and documentation. Data analysis techniques use a pragmatic point of view. The research subjects were all elements in the two schools, especially those related to the problems of improving the quality of education. The results showed that there are several problems experienced by MTs Assalam Bangilan Tuban and MTs Islamiyah Banat Senori Tuban. Among them are the lack of teacher motivation, the lack of facilities and infrastructure and the lack of quality human resources, especially in the IT field. Among the efforts to overcome problems to improve the quality of education in MTs Assalam Bangilan Tuban and MTs Islamiyah Senori Tuban is to provide stabilization and work evaluation once a month to all educators. For the lack of facilities and infrastructure, the madrasah asked for help from the surrounding community, especially the santri's guardians to help procure the building. In addition, it can also be done by empowering madrasah alumni who are considered capable and able from each generation. As for the lack of quality human resources, it is overcome by holding special training in the IT field for the staff concerned.

Forest Fire Prediction using Deep Learning

Wildfire prediction is an essential component of wildfire management. Accurate fire prediction is critical to mitigating its effects. It plays an important role in resource allocation, mitigation, and recovery. Wildfires rob the natural world of life and destroy the land they live on. Building forecast models will allow authorities to estimate the long-term effects of climate change on local forest distribution. Human motives include clearing and other agricultural activities, grassland care for livestock, extraction of non-timber forest products, industrial development, resettlement, hunting, neglect, and arson. Lightning strikes are the main cause of fires only in very remote areas of Canada and the Russian Federation. These wildfires are often man-made or caused by mother nature through varying weather conditions and wind. Wildfires economic and environmental impacts of wildfires are significant, and predictions can prevent long-term damage to sensitive forest ecosystems.

Ethical Principles in the Eyes of Vedatthriar

Literature is a translation of the untiring experience of knowledge. The sandalwood forests are the books of literature that the generations meet and enjoy. When literature upholds the immortal truth, its language receives an ascent that will be cherished forever by all. The goal of literature is to shape the experiences of the respective periods with strategies and to direct the succeeding generations. The literature that regulates it is the literature of wisdom. After Thirumoolar and Vallalar, Vedatthriya literature is the literature of wisdom that we have got today. It informs mankind of the evolutionary history of man, his way of life, his future thoughts and actions, and the laws of how to set it up. Who am I, besides laying down the principles of morality, but also the simple exercise to maintain health, the kayakalpa (Transforming lifestyle free of diseases and aging) practices to protect vitality, the scientific methods of meditation to protect mental well-being and the introspection exercises for the sake of character, he has given the philosophy and the practice of Brahma Gnanam, the methods of imparting training for the study of thought, the conditioning of desire, the avoidance of anger, the elimination of anxiety, and the realization of the philosophy of effect. Moreover, he gave the world the motto of 'Long live World, long live with prosperity', removed the darkness of ignorance among the people through the above practices and gave the light of reason through vallalar's guidance, and gave the great art of yoga called yoga and human dignity. Lakhs of people not only in Tamil Nadu but also in various countries have learnt and benefited from this art form. It has also accepted the World Social Service Association as a qualified member of the Economic and Social Organization, a sub-body of the United Nations, which considers the principles of Vedatthriyam.

ANALISIS UNSUR INTRINSIK CERPEN MENJAUH UNTUK MENJAGA KARYA NOVITA ANISSA AZZA: PENDEKATAN MIMETIK

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In this issue…Situating social work in the life worlds of people we work with

In this issue…Situating social work in the life worlds of people we work with

MOBILIZANDO RECURSOS LINGUÍSTICOS E SEMIÓTICOS, CONSTRUINDO IDENTIDADES NOS MUNDOS DA VIDA LOCAIS: TRABALHADORES MIGRANTES DE TIMOR-LESTE E SEUS CLUBES DE FUTEBOL

ABSTRACT This paper is based on research of a sociolinguistic and ethnographic nature, which was carried out with young migrants from Timor-Leste, who were based in a small town in Northern Ireland (CABRAL; MARTIN-JONES, 2017). Through this research we traced their migration trajectories (via Portugal or England), and we documented the agentive ways in which they were dealing with local conditions of settlement and employment, and, at the same time, creating new spaces of solidarity and conviviality within local life worlds. We focus here on one particular life world – that of sport – and on the nine football clubs formed for Timorese men and boys in this local Irish setting. We describe and analyse three different aspects of the communicative practices that were developing around the football: (1.) The linguistic, cultural and semiotic practices involved in the naming and branding of the clubs e.g., practices that indexed different Timorese identities (from different regions of Timor-Leste) and practices that indexed different globalised cultural worlds of football; (2.) the language resources of the Timorese club managers (including Tetum, Portuguese and English), and their organisational practices, their ethos and their funds of knowledge; (3.) the significance of the scheduling of football tournaments around key dates in the establishment of the nation of Timor-Leste – a regular practice that indexed an orientation to a shared national origin.

Transformative Art Making and Caregiving with Young Children: Motherscholarship with The Scribble Squad

Transformative Art Making and Caregiving with Young Children: Motherscholarship with The Scribble Squad

From the Editor

From the Editor

Current trends in the construction of disability in social networks

The article is devoted to the consideration of ways of representing disability in social networks. The construction of the virtual identity of disabled people is considered by the authors in the focus of the dramatic approach presented in the works of I. Hoffman. Based on the qualitative content analysis of the accounts of bloggers with disabilities (N = 6), the author's typology of ways to represent disability was formulated. The main criterion for selecting profiles for analysis was the presence in the posted content of visual content that allows identifying the author of the profile as a person with physical or mental disabilities, as well as a description formulated by the author about himself. Among the studied accounts, different strategies for organizing self-representation were identified, due to different life experiences of individuals. This allowed us to identify several exceptional types of virtual representation of persons with special needs. Six types of disability were identified — demonstrative, abstract, built-in, accepting, frustrating and adapting. In the course of the study, the distinctive features characteristic of each type and diametrically opposed approaches to the construction of identity are interpreted. It is concluded that there are obvious and latent differences due not only to the unique experience of the actors who formed the requests, in an effort to satisfy which they create and maintain their blogs, but also to a different audience that makes up the target group of people consuming the posted content. It is recognized that the correlating parameters that determine the direction, thematic features, contextual nature of the analyzed accounts, although they may be dissimilar, are still focused on the integration of their creators into society through virtual communications. Social networks, with the opportunities they provide, today serve as a modern stage for performance and at the same time are a way of entering the communities of individuals and their life worlds. The activity of people with disabilities in social networks opens up additional prospects for their further inclusion in society and increases the inclusive culture of communities in online and offline environments.

Gaining resolution when creating imagery of aging.

In seeking to support healthy aging, designers have struggled to reduce their assumptions and biases toward older adults, been seen to interpret the worlds of later life through unfiltered imagery, as well as engage with stigmas, ultimately diminishing the technologies they construct. This article seeks to critically analyse this state-of-the-art from a design research perspective while engaging with the growing interdisciplinary study of aging and technologies. Toward this, we proposition "resolution" as a concept indicative of the level of detail that seeks to characterize the fidelity that representations of later life have. This concept is explored through a cultural probe study that investigated the sentiments of several older Australians regarding the inequities and social isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing a diary alongside photovoice and mapping tasks, the study captured perceptions of social technology, practices, networks, and wellbeing, offering a diverse and complex picture of aging and technology. Through reflexive thematic analyses of some of these materials, this case study offers designers pathways to understanding and including older adults in their work. In determining the resolution of these images of aging, we discuss how transparency about the limitations and qualities of such participatory methods through incorporating reflexivity can influence the degree of detail such imagery gains. Ultimately this concept builds on the notion of participation configuration, supporting designers to realize better images of aging and representations of later life.

A RCT of a Psychological Health Promotion Program for Women with SCI:Examining Efficacy and Mechanisms

<h3>Research Objectives</h3> To examine the efficacy of a psychological health promotion group intervention for women with SCI and test mechanisms of change. <h3>Design</h3> Two-group (intervention vs. control) by three times of testing (pre, post, follow-up) randomized controlled trial. <h3>Setting</h3> Online virtual world of Second Life (SL). <h3>Participants</h3> A national sample of 175 women with traumatic SCI who were at least one year post-injury. <h3>Interventions</h3> The 10-week group-based Zest intervention was offered in a private parcel of land in SL. Zest participants, represented as avatars, met weekly for 10 weeks. The program featured didactic information, group discussion, action planning, homework activities, and relaxation training. <h3>Main Outcome Measures</h3> We proposed a model in which the effect of the intervention on primary outcomes (Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, PHQ-8, and Satisfaction with Life Scale) at T3 (6 month follow-up) would be mediated by the effect of the intervention on proximal outcomes (Generalized Self-efficacy Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, MOS Social Support Scale) at T2 (post-test). <h3>Results</h3> Results of analyses with Zest program completers indicated that women in the Zest intervention group demonstrated greater improvements from T1 (baseline) to T2 (post-test) than control group participants on measures of self-efficacy, stress, self-esteem, depression, and life satisfaction with improvements maintained from T2 to T3. Intent-to-treat analyses produced similar findings, although group differences in depression were no longer significant. In testing our mediational model, we found self-efficacy fully mediated the effect of the intervention on self-esteem and life satisfaction, while perceived stress fully mediated the effect of the intervention on depression. <h3>Conclusions</h3> Group psychoeducational programs that specifically target self-efficacy enhancement and stress management hold promise for improving psychological health among women with SCI. <h3>Author(s) Disclosures</h3> None.

Labor in State-Socialist Europe, 1945–1989: Contributions to a History of Work

Labor in State-Socialist Europe, 1945–1989: Contributions to a History of Work

Postmaterial Participatory Research: Exploring the nature of self with children

Abstract In this article, I argue for the value of participatory methodologies, in research with children, which aims to privilege their epistemologies and living experiences in relation to the nature of self. Researching self with children raises questions about the mainstream materialist paradigm which holds hegemony over most academic disciplines – and, importantly, over the life worlds of everyday people. Children’s experiences of self, others and the world challenge the dominant materialist paradigm, requiring investigation into other metaphysical models of reality, that may have more explanatory power than materialism. I address this by appealing to a body of scholarship referred to as ‘postmaterialist’. Reauthoring our nature as human beings carries an increasing importance and urgency in the face of current ecological, economical and health crises. I argue that any research, which seeks to facilitate social transformation through everyday people, needs to begin by asking ontological questions about the nature of the self - the subject of experience who holds and reports epistemological authority over their subjective experiences.