Participation In Forums Research Articles

Formation of a Tourism Entrepreneurial Environment in the Conditions of Competition

The article is devoted to the formation of a tourism entrepreneurial environment in the conditions of competition. It has been established that the tourism industry, although positioned at the state level as a priority sector for the development of the national economy, is not being developed enough. One of the reasons for this situation is the lack of understanding by government representatives of the importance of tourism as an industry and not just as a form of leisure activity. It has been proved that the tourism industry needs to move to a qualitatively new level of development where strategic management is the basis for such development, around which all tourism activities and their management are formed – regular advertising campaigns, long-term development programs, systematic participation in various world tourism forums and other events.

\u201cWe need a one-stop-shop\u201d: co-creating the model of care for a multidisciplinary memory clinic with community members, GPs, aged care workers, service providers, and policy-makers

BackgroundTimely diagnosis of dementia has a wide range of benefits including reduced hospital emergency department presentations, admissions and inpatient length of stay, and improved quality of life for patients and their carers by facilitating access to treatments that reduce symptoms, and allow time to plan for the future. Memory clinics can provide such services, however there is no 'gold standard' model of care. This study involved the co-creation of a model of care for a new multidisciplinary memory clinic with local community members, General Practitioners (GPs), policy-makers, community aged care workers, and service providers.MethodsData collection comprised semi-structured interviews (N = 98) with 20 GPs, and three 2-h community forums involving 53 seniors and community/local government representatives, and 25 community healthcare workers. Interviews and community forums were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded by thematic analysis using Quirkos.ResultsGPs’ attitudes towards their role in assessing people with dementia varied. Many GPs reported that they found it useful for patients to have a diagnosis of dementia, but required support from secondary care to make the diagnosis and assist with subsequent management. Community forum participants felt they had a good knowledge of available dementia resources and services, but noted that these were highly fragmented and needed to be easier to navigate for the patient/carer via a 'one-stop-shop' and the provision of a dementia key worker. Expectations for the services and features of a new memory clinic included diagnostic services, rapid referrals, case management, education, legal services, culturally sensitive and appropriate services, allied health, research participation opportunities, and clear communication with GPs. Participants described several barriers to memory clinic utilisation including transportation access, funding, awareness, and costs.ConclusionThis study demonstrates the importance of working with stakeholders to co-design models of care for people with dementia that take into account the local communities’ needs. Findings pave the way for the development of a potential new “gold standard” memory clinic model of care and operationalise new national clinical guidelines.

Международная научная конференция «Художник в современном мире: от профессионального образования — к творчеству» (Курск, 20–22 мая 2019 г.)

The paper focuses on the results of the International Scientific Conference held in Kursk. It explored the relationship between culture and man, the dialectical connection of the theory and practice of modern art education. The participants analysed the evolution of meanings and values of culture in the conditions of a post-industrial, “digital” civilization, drew attention to the artist’s mission of promoting spiritual development, learning, preservation and enhancement of aesthetic values. They discussed issues of training talent in fine art, design, architecture. A special concern of the forum participants is the “computerization” of art, its transformation from a creative sacrament into “technology”, into the mainstream production of “mass culture” products.

Модель поддержки экспорта российского образования

The article is devoted to the development of educational export, which is one of the priorities of state policy. In 2018, the Federal project ‘Export of education’ of the national project ‘Education’ was launched, which set the task of doubling the number of international students in Russia by 2024. The tasks set are impossible without state support, which is to create favorable conditions for its development at the national (system of support and development of export of Russian education) and interstate (in the framework of cooperation with foreign countries, participation in regional integration associations, international organizations and forums) levels. Taking into account the analysis of international and Russian experience of export support, the author of the article developed and described a model of export support for Russian education, which has its own specific industry characteristics. The model for supporting the export of Russian education includes organizational, legal, informational, financial, and content blocks.

Comprehensive Analysis of Discussion Forum Participation: From Speech Acts to Discussion Dynamics and Course Outcomes

Learning in computer-mediated setting represents a complex, multidimensional process. This complexity calls for a comprehensive analytical approach that would allow for understanding of various dimensions of learner generated discourse and the structure of the underlying social interactions. Current research, however, primarily focuses on manual or, more recently, supervised methods for discourse analysis. Moreover, discourse and social structures are typically analyzed separately without the use of computational methods that can offer a holistic perspective. This paper proposes an approach that addresses these two challenges, first, by using an unsupervised machine learning approach to extract speech acts as representations of knowledge construction processes and finds transition probabilities between speech acts across different messages, and second, by integrating the use of discovered speech acts to explain the formation of social ties and predicting course outcomes. We extracted six categories of speech acts from messages exchanged in discussion forums of two MOOCs and each category corresponded to knowledge construction processes from well-established theoretical models. We further showed how measures derived from discourse analysis explained the ways how social ties were created that framed emerging social networks. Multiple regression models showed that the combined use of measures derived from discourse analysis and social ties predicted learning outcomes.

Десятая международная научная конференция «Древние культуры Монголии, Байкальской Сибири и Северного Китая»

В публикации кратко представлена информация о десятой Международной научной конференции «Древние культуры Монголии, Байкальской Сибири и Северного Китая», которая прошла 19–22 октября 2019 г. в Пекине (Китай). Данная конференция проходит ежегодно с 2010 г. на базе научно-образовательных центров России, Монголии и Китая. В 2019 г. организаторами мероприятия стали ведущие научные и образовательные учреждения Китая, которые связаны с изучением истории народов Сибири и Центральной Азии: Китайский народный университет, Цзилиньский университет Китайской Народной Республики, Институт археологии автономного района Внутренняя Монголия КНР и Музей автономного района Внутренняя Монголия КНР. Со стороны России и Монголии соорганизаторами мероприятия также выступили отдельные академические учреждения и высшие учебные заведения. В работе 10-й конференции приняли участие более 100 ученых из России, Монголии, Японии, Китая, США. На конференции было организовано пленарное и секционные заседания. В рамках конференции удалось обсудить широкий круг научных вопросов, связанных с изучением этнокультурных процессов в центральноазиатском регионе в различные исторические периоды. Кроме того, были рассмотрены результаты использования естественно-научных методов в археологических исследованиях, а также актуальные проблемы истории кочевых империй Центральной Азии и их взаимодействие с Китаем. Кроме того, для участников форума были организованы экскурсии для знакомства с памятниками культурно-исторического наследия Китая.

«ДРИМХАКЕРЫ»: ДОСТОВЕРНОСТЬ ОСОЗНАННЫХ СНОВИДЕНИЙ

It is difficult to assess recollection of dreams by reliability of what happened despite the fact that the opposition “reality – dream” is considered a cultural universal. Such a task grows even more complex as one turns to recollection of so called lucid dreams. The article covers different types of messages published on the Dream Hackers forum. That online community is the largest Russian-language platform for publishing such texts. The dream-hackers believe that it is possible to control the dreams, create maps of the dreamed places and objects common for different dreamers and jointly experience dream plots. Among the stories of the forum participants one may find the stories about the so-called “talismans”, or, the specific objects that can be transferred from the dream to the material world, as well as the mentions of the different marks left on the body of a dreamer after waking up, such as scratches, wounds etc. Such beliefs blur the line between the dreaming and the wakefulness and question the credibility of the reality itself. Furthermore, the article analyzes the basic functions of the mapping of “lucid dreams” mapping. The most important of the functions is to increase the “awareness”, in other words, to achieve the key state of consciousness for the dream hackers.

MANAJEMEN SUMBER DAYA MANUSIA DI TK IT NUR AL IZHAR KEBONSARI (STUDI KASUS PENGEMBANGAN GURU)

Human resource management is oriented to optimizing a working system in an organization. Kindergarten teacher development management is needed to meet the qualifications so that all teachers are able to have competence in the field of early childhood education so as to improve the quality of educational institutions, Early childhood is a golden age or golden age, so in learning kindergarten teachers do not only act as a conveyer of information to students However, teachers are required to have the ability and understand the uniqueness of each student in order to help them in various difficulties in developing creativity and learning. This research uses a qualitative approach to the type of case study. Data collection techniques carried out by observation, interviews, and documentation. Analysis of Miles and Huberman's model, namely data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and concluding become the data analysis techniques in this study. The research findings show that teacher development at TK IT Nur Al Izhar is done by coaching, counseling, mentoring, motivating, and empowering through; 1) professional training, 2) collective activities of teachers such as Clusters, IGTKI, KKG, and PGRI, 3) participation in scientific forums in the form of technical guidance, workshops, seminars, 4) mentoring the learning process.

Neurotology: definitions and evidence-based therapies – Results of the I Brazilian Forum of Neurotology

IntroductionNeurotology is a rapidly expanding field of knowledge. The study of the vestibular system has advanced so much that even basic definitions, such as the meaning of vestibular symptoms, have only recently been standardized. ObjectiveTo present a review of the main subjects of neurotology, including concepts, diagnosis and treatment of Neurotology, defining current scientific evidence to facilitate decision-making and to point out the most evidence-lacking areas to stimulate further new research. MethodsThis text is the result of the I Brazilian Forum of Neurotology, which brought together the foremost Brazilian researchers in this area for a literature review. In all, there will be three review papers to be published. This first review will address definitions and therapies, the second one will address diagnostic tools, and the third will define the main diseases diagnoses. Each author performed a bibliographic search in the LILACS, SciELO, PubMed and MEDLINE databases on a given subject. The text was then submitted to the other Forum participants for a period of 30 days for analysis. A special chapter, on the definition of vestibular symptoms, was translated by an official translation service, and equally submitted to the other stages of the process. There was then a in-person meeting in which all the texts were orally presented, and there was a discussion among the participants to define a consensual text for each chapter. The consensual texts were then submitted to a final review by four professors of neurotology disciplines from three Brazilian universities and finally concluded. Based on the full text, available on the website of the Brazilian Association of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervical-Facial Surgery, this summary version was written as a review article. ResultThe text presents the official translation into Portuguese of the definition of vestibular symptoms proposed by the Bárány Society and brings together the main scientific evidence for each of the main existing therapies for neurotological diseases. ConclusionThis text rationally grouped the main topics of knowledge regarding the definitions and therapies of Neurotology, allowing the reader a broad view of the approach of neurotological patients based on scientific evidence and national experience, which should assist them in clinical decision-making, and show the most evidence-lacking topics to stimulate further study.

Evaluating audio-visual falls prevention messages with community-dwelling older people using a World Caf\xe9 forum approach

BackgroundFalls risk increases sharply with older age but many older people are unaware or underestimate their risk of falling. Increased population-based efforts to influence older people’s falls prevention behavior are urgently needed. The aim of this study was to obtain a group of older people’s collective perspectives on newly developed prototypes of audio-visual (AV) falls prevention messages, and evaluate changes in their falls prevention behaviour after watching and discussing these.MethodsA mixed-method study using a community World Café forum approach.ResultsAlthough the forum participants (n = 38) mostly responded positively to the three AV messages and showed a significant increase in their falls prevention capability and motivation after the forum, the participants collectively felt the AV messages needed a more inspirational call to action. The forum suggested this could be achieved by means of targeting the message and increasing the personal connection. Participants further suggested several alternatives to online falls prevention information, such as printed information in places in the community, as a means to increase opportunity to seek out falls prevention information.ConclusionsFalls prevention promotion messages need to be carefully tailored if they are to be more motivating to older people to take action to do something about their falls risk. A wider variety of revised and tailored AV messages, as one component of a community-wide falls prevention campaign, could be considered in an effort to persuade older people to take decisive action to do something about their falls risk.Trial registrationThis study was registered prospectively: NCT03154788. Registered 11 May 2017.

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Theatrical manipulation and seductive sentimentality: constructions of empathy in Swedish online far-right discourse about EU-migrants

Digital technologies such as online forums afford opportunities for users to circumvent and challenge feeling rules. The online far-right uses such opportunities to challenge feeling rules regarding racialised minority groups, refugees and immigrants, including rules about empathy for such groups. However, while the disruptive features of online far-right practice are widely acknowledged, less has been written about how participants in online far-right forums actually make sense of emotional experiences, including empathy in relation to migrants. This article analyses a Swedish far-right-dominated online discussion thread about non-Swedish EU citizens who ask for money, a group referred to in Sweden as ‘EU-migrants’. From an affective-discursive practice perspective, and focusing on metaphorically constructed interpretative repertoires, the article analyses how participants in the thread make sense of empathy as an actual or possible emotional response to these migrants, as well as how the participants position themselves as subjects in relation to such experiences and various actors involved. The results indicate that the participants are formulating a dual affective-discursive position. First, they present themselves as especially capable of empathic resonance and mirroring, but as righteously angered by EU-migrants’ putative attempts to manipulate this empathic capacity. Second, they disidentify with ‘Swedes’ by presenting themselves as capable of avoiding the seductive and sentimental ‘kindness narcomania’ supposedly deeply rooted in Swedish society, and thereby present themselves as a (counter-)empathic vanguard community in relation to this society. The implications of such affective-discursive practices for far-right online and offline action are discussed.

Using retrospective process analysis to identify lessons learned from a community health initiative

Abstract As the WHO-Health-in-all-Policies-concept suggests many of the health-related aspects of the social, physical and economic environments can be modified within the community setting. In reality, developing and implementing population-based health initiatives is often challenging for both communities and researchers. To guide future efforts of community health initiatives, we systematically analyzed challenges we encountered and the lessons learned. We systematically reviewed daily logbooks, meeting minutes and press releases about the initiative to identify successes, unexpected challenges and barriers in its implementation. Comments from two reflective workshops held in the partner community identified additional areas of knowledge. Retrospective content analysis of these sources uncovered emerging process-related themes. Success was evident in a high degree of citizen participation in initiative-related forums. Challenges included a greater need to a) develop a common vision before starting initiative activities, b) establish an effective collaboration between community residents and our team, c) create more transparent lines of communication, foster trust and better manage community expectations. Establishing a project office in the community for regular updates, trust building and partnering with a professional communication agency were key steps that helped turn some challenges into successes. Barriers identified were missing resources both within the community and our team, a limited time period and limited possibilities of reach into all systems within the community (e.g. kindergartens). The use of the method of retrospective process analysis helped to uncover detailed insights into the operational implementation process of a community health initiative. These insights serve as a transfer of practical knowledge, which intends to enable researchers and practioneers within communities to plan and conduct their community health initiatives to large success. Key messages Analyzing the process of health initiatives retrospectively uncovers detailed insights into implementation processes and helps to understand successes, challenges and barriers of the initiative. Insights into the implementation process of health initiatives function as guidance to other researchers and practioneers to support future efforts in the field of community health.

Online investment forum and the market response around earnings announcement in the Chinese stock markets

PurposeThis paper aims to study the following two questions. Do earnings announcements stimulate investors to participate in online discussions? Does online investment forum participation affect the market’s reaction to earnings news?Design/methodology/approachThe authors collect all the online posts, which were related to the internet service companies and posted in a Chinese financial forum, guba.eastmoney.com (Guba), during the period between June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2015. Multiple linear regression analysis is used to test the questions.FindingsThe study finds that the earnings announcements induce online discussion. In addition, before the earnings announcement, online posting activity does not affect earnings response coefficient but can weaken the positive association between the magnitude of the upcoming earnings surprise and abnormal trading volume. In contrast, after the earnings announcement, online forum participation can facilitate the incorporation of earnings surprise into the price.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature studying the impact of social media on market reaction to earnings news by providing evidence that the price discovery process can be affected by the online investment forum. Several policy implications are also provided.

Motivations and barriers to electric bike use in the U.S.: views from online forum participants

ABSTRACT Electric bikes (ebikes) are an emerging technology that can partially mitigate many of the challenges facing the United States, such as improving mobility for the elderly and disabled, by mitigating diabetes and obesity, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Although ebikes have become increasingly common in the U.S., they have failed to gain significant market penetration despite their great promise. In this paper, we present the results of semi-structured interviews with 47 ebike users from around the U.S. to understand motivations and barriers to ebike use. Following prior research, our results suggest that cost savings and health benefits are the primary motivations behind ebike adoption, while lack of infrastructure is the primary impediment to ebike usage. Other barriers to ebike usage include shaming (primarily from other cyclists) and unwelcoming local policy environments.

An analysis of design process and performance in distributed data science teams

PurposeOften, it is assumed that teams are better at solving problems than individuals working independently. However, recent work in engineering, design and psychology contradicts this assumption. This study aims to examine the behavior of teams engaged in data science competitions. Crowdsourced competitions have seen increased use for software development and data science, and platforms often encourage teamwork between participants.Design/methodology/approachWe specifically examine the teams participating in data science competitions hosted by Kaggle. We analyze the data provided by Kaggle to compare the effect of team size and interaction frequency on team performance. We also contextualize these results through a semantic analysis.FindingsThis work demonstrates that groups of individuals working independently may outperform interacting teams on average, but that small, interacting teams are more likely to win competitions. The semantic analysis revealed differences in forum participation, verb usage and pronoun usage when comparing top- and bottom-performing teams.Research limitations/implicationsThese results reveal a perplexing tension that must be explored further: true teams may experience better performance with higher cohesion, but nominal teams may perform even better on average with essentially no cohesion. Limitations of this research include not factoring in team member experience level and reliance on extant data.Originality/valueThese results are potentially of use to designers of crowdsourced data science competitions as well as managers and contributors to distributed software development projects.

Research and knowledge transfer priorities in developmental coordination disorder: Results from consultations with multiple stakeholders.

BackgroundPriority‐setting is a way to focus research and knowledge translation (KT) efforts for community‐based research partnerships (CBRP).ObjectiveTo identify the developmental coordination disorder (DCD) research and KT priorities of stakeholders in Quebec, Canada, and their perceptions regarding the implementation of a CBRP.DesignAn advisory committee oversaw the research process including an online survey and four community forums.Setting and participantsThe survey was posted online and four community forums were organized. Participants included parents of children with DCD, adults with DCD, health professionals and school staff.Main variablesStakeholder generated research and KT priorities, and optimal CBPR conditions.Outcome measuresParticipants selected their top five priorities based on a predefined list of 16 research and 12 KT priorities determined in collaboration with the advisory committee. They also rated the importance of various CBRP conditions. Preliminary survey results were discussed during the forums.ResultsSurvey participants (n = 395) identified interwoven research and KT priorities where access to services was considered to be essential: supporting children at school; improving DCD identification and diagnosis; preventing secondary consequences; improving the organization of services and implementing effective services. Forum participants (n = 52) confirmed the relevance of these priorities and supported the establishment of a CBRP inclusive of all stakeholders to improve DCD services, research and KT.Discussion and conclusionsA general consensus emerged among all groups, but adults with DCD were more concerned with employment than were the other stakeholder groups. These findings are presently being used to shape an ongoing, online CBRP.

The Role of Forum Membership Diversity on Institutional Externalities in Resource Governance Systems

In many resource governance systems, representatives of resource-related organizations gather in forums to discuss and develop solutions to policy problems. Forums often deal with interdependent policy problems, giving rise to institutional externalities: instances where decisions made in one forum either decrease (negative institutional externality) or increase (positive institutional externality) the rate by which current policy outputs in other forums resolve their prescribed policy problems. In this article we argue that forum-specific factors can impact the direction of such externalities. We theorize that forums with more diverse memberships in terms of both the issues that participants care about and types of organizations represented are better equipped to incorporate more holistic, ecosystem-based perspectives, which promote the generation of positive institutional externalities. Our study utilizes survey data collected from forum participants in the California Delta. Results from a series of cross-nested regressions demonstrate a positive association between forum diversity and positive externalities.

Playing the race card: White injury, White victimhood and the paradox of colour-blind ideology in anti-immigrant discourse

ABSTRACTAnalysing online threads, we show how nativist extremist forum participants use the term “race card” within their anti-illegal immigration rhetoric in three ways. First, they employ abstract liberalism to argue that immigrants use the race card to gain undeserved access to resources. Secondly, participants disassociate the issue of immigration as a racial issue. Both tactics are cloaked within a colour-blind framework. Third, they use a White injury narrative casting themselves as victims and immigrants as villains/perpetrators, paradoxically highlighting race while arguing for colourblindness. We conclude with a discussion on how “new racism” and “new nativism” among our participants represent a transition in the rise of ethnonationalist populism among Western democracies.

Talking About Ethical Issues in Surgery—Results of a Novel Online Pilot Curriculum

Surgical ethics has been suggested as a distinct field of study apart from clinical ethics due to a unique practice type and treatment dynamic. At our institution, most if not all teaching of clinical ethics is undertaken by nonsurgical faculty. We introduced a novel online Surgical Ethics Program (SEO) in a pilot form (SEO-P) for initial presentation to learners in our environment. The overall goal of our educational intervention was to enhance knowledge, understanding and appreciation for surgical ethics in medical students and to evaluate our curriculum. SEO-P was undertaken over a 4-week period in 2018 with 9 fourth-year medical students enrolled in a surgery elective at our institution. These learners all had career plans in general surgery or a surgical subspecialty. There was 3 weeks of content: (1) background in clinical ethics as it applies to surgical practice, (2) surgical consents and autonomy, and (3) the impaired physician. All pilot learners were evaluated with: (1) postprogram final exam assessment (compared to preprogram knowledge base test), (2) self-reflection essay of ethical practice in surgery, (3) evaluation of 2 case studies, and (4) an assessment of participation in online discussion forums. Postprogram survey of the learners was also undertaken in an anonymous fashion. Four of 9 or 44.4% of students scored greater than or equal to 80% on the postprogram knowledge assessment test. A preprogram knowledge-based examination of all learners yielded a mean and standard deviation of 57.1 ± 6.0%. Postprogram knowledge-based test with mean and standard deviation was 78.8 ± 15%. This was a statistically significant increase in scores (p = 0.004; t test). All 9 passed the course with a mean final summative course grade of 95.2 ± 3.2%. From the postprogram evaluation survey, all 7 students who responded felt that the SEO-P would help them become an "ethical" practitioner. Surprisingly, only half of the learners (57.1%) thought "technology used to support the SEO Course (i.e., the chosen curriculum management system) was effective in conducting the course." We set forth to use "web-based" technology to enhance exposure of medical students in our institution to surgical ethics. Hence, we designed our pilot curriculum to be a completely online offering. We feel that the utilization of the surgical voice, that is a surgical ethics curriculum developed by surgeons to explore surgically related clinical ethical issues, is an essential theme and goal of our program. Future challenges will be to present this voice in an effective manner with either an improved curriculum delivery system or by potentially utilizing a blended approach.