Pleasant Manner Research Articles

A PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS IN BOSS AND SECRETARY RELATIONSHIP AT BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

The study centered on recognizing the major instincts/factors that persuade a solid relationship between a Boss and Secretary within the working environment. The populace of the think about comprised of 60 secretarial staff. There was no test, drawn from the consideration, the total populace was utilized. Four inquire-about questions were defined which guided the consider. There was no speculation, A 21- Thing organized survey was created, validated, and tried for its unwavering quality. Rates and frequencies were utilized to reply to the investigate questions. The major discoveries of the investigation were: 1. Partnering with a boss or deputizing a boss in the workplace inspires or fosters a stronger instinct between the boss and secretary. 2. The secretary's part in managing her boss's daily tasks strengthens their bond. 3. The tactfulness of a secretary and the way he/she psychologies callers and upsets people improves their friendly relationship. 4. The secretary's instincts for arranging or fulfilling his or her boss's or executives' goals are quite important. It was determined that certain secretaries have numerous issues, such as a lack of job satisfaction, motivation, and satisfaction, and that they are excluded in management decision-making. There isn't enough current technology in the office. Secretaries who are resourceful in their ability to implement mature judgment are valued by their bosses. It was suggested that secretaries who are skilled in demonstrating their abilities be considered. Bosses, on the other hand, should hire communicative secretaries and possessing a pleasant manner, being polite and tactful, arriving on time to duty positions, and engaging in psychology activities. All of these things contribute to a healthy and pleasant relationship between the boss and the secretary.

Cultural Difference in Chinese and English Euphemisms

The term “euphemism” comes from Greek and the literal meaning of the word is “to speak with good words or in a pleasant manner”. Euphemism is not only a linguistic phenomenon, but also a cultural phenomenon. It originates from “word fetishism” in the early age of human civilization. Now, it is commonly used by people in every aspect of social life and functions to avoid taboos, be polite and disguise etc. To a great extent, it serves as the “lubricating oil” in language communication. Without proper application of euphemism, people may usually feel confused or embarrassed in communication. The study of euphemism has long been the focus of researchers home and abroad. Both English and Chinese have a lot of euphemisms.Language is the carrier and reflector of culture, euphemisms in different cultures may have different characteristics of the social culture. We know more about the traditional cultures of both languages. The findings in the comparison of cultural aspects can provide us knowledge helpful for the better understanding and use of euphemisms.

Smart Wireless Wearable ECG to Measure Heart Function

Healthiness is one of the over-all contests for people. Modernized healthcare system is to furnish better healthcare services to human beings at any time, from somewhere and at any locations in a financial and pleasant manner: very beneficial and easy. By using mobile phone, healthcare device can be made on hand for all people, even for those dwelling in far-flung areas the usage of smartphone except a whole lot access to other kinds of communications. This proposed system graph is to measure and display essential ECG records for a correct description of fitness repute and fitness. Developments in exclusive wearable factors and assemblies, as nicely as in communication technological statistics have spread out for a new technological know-how of health care systems.

3D Hand-Motion Tracking and Bottom-Up Classification Sheds Light on the Physical Properties of Gentle Stroking

Despite much research on the perception of gentle stroking, its motion characteristics and modulation by social intent remain largely unknown. Here we addressed this situation by asking volunteers to gently stroke a dog, the arm of their romantic partner, their own arm, or a foam arm in a pleasant manner, as if to provide comfort, or as fast/slow as possible. Stroking motion was tracked with a sensor attached to the back of the hand and processed using MPAL, a new 3D motion analysis tool. Statistical testing was both hypothesis-driven and exploratory. Hypothesis-driven tests revealed comparable stroking velocities for social (dog, partner) and non-social touch targets, but an overall slower velocity for pleasant and slow as compared with fast stroking. Additionally, stroking a social target or with a pleasant intent entailed less motion along the target’s front/back axis, increased motion along the left/right axis and increased temporal variability between main strokes. An exploratory linear discriminant analysis on 26 motion features revealed that stroking a social target was more distinct than stroking in a pleasant manner and that the former, and to a lesser extent the latter, were strongly associated with features indexing spatio-temporal variability. Thus, touchers socially tune their stroking motion by reducing its predictability, which may make the touchee’s experiences more pleasurable by facilitating the differentiation between self- and other touch. Together, our results offer useful directions for future research on gentle stroking and emphasize the need to consider the natural physical properties of touch.

Physical activity during COVID-19 quarantine.

The World Health Organization recommends that children and adolescents aged 5-17 should engage in at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity a day. Physical activity is defined as bodily movement performed by skeletal muscles that demand energy expenditure. The physical benefits of this include musculoskeletal and cardiovascular health, a healthy body weight and neuromuscular awareness, for coordination and controlling movement. The psychological benefits include managing anxiety and building self-esteem, which are both important for children's psycho-social development (1).

A Tentative Study on English Euphemism

The word “euphemism” comes from the Greek, eu--means “good”, and –pheme-, “speech” or “saying”, and together it means literally “to speak with good words or in a pleasant manner”. Euphemism, as a cultural phenomenon as well as a linguistic concept, has attracted people’s attention for a long time. It has long been a topic of much interest. In every society there are certain things that are supposed to be unspeakable. Many words make someone embarrassed, unhappy, dislike or fear when used in communication. If we express the meaning directly, we will make such impression which is vulgar, frivolous, and impolite. In order to avoid the embarrassment or ease the sting of harsh words, man has created euphemisms.

The collaborative management of antipsychotic medication and its obstacles: A qualitative study

Antipsychotic medication is the primary treatment for psychotic conditions such as schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders; nevertheless, its administration is not free from conflicts. Despite taking their medication regularly, 25–50% of patients report no benefits or perceive this type of treatment as an imposition. Following in the footsteps of a previous initiative in Quebec (Canada), the Gestion Autonome de la Médication en Santé Mentale (GAM), this article ethnographically analyses the main obstacles to the collaborative management of antipsychotics in Catalonia (Spain) as a previous step for the implementation of this initiative in the Catalan mental healthcare network. We conducted in-depth interviews with patients (38), family caregivers (18) and mental health professionals (19), as well as ten focus groups, in two public mental health services, and patients' and caregivers' associations. Data were collected between February and December 2018. We detected three main obstacles to collaboration among participants. First, different understanding of the patient's distress, either as deriving from the symptoms of the disorder (professionals) or the adverse effects of the medication (patients). Second, differences in the definition of (un)awareness of the disorder. Whereas professionals associated disorder awareness with treatment compliance, caregivers understood it as synonymous with self-care, and among patients “awareness of suffering” emerged as a comprehensive category of a set of discomforts (i.e., symptoms, adverse effects of medication, previous admissions, stigma). Third, discordant expectations regarding clinical communication that can be condensed in the differences in meaning between the Spanish words “trato” and “tratamiento”, where the first denotes having a pleasant manner and agreement, and the second handling and management. We conclude that these three obstacles pave the way for coercive practices and promote patients' de-subjectivation, named here as the “total patient” effect. This study is the first GAM initiative in Europe.

Role of Ayurveda therapeutic procedures in prenatal and postnatal care

Background: Pregnancy and childbirth are challenging events in women’s life cycle. Throughout this journey very often a mother faces several health issues, discomforts, and complications increasing the risk for her life. To deal with this situation, modern medicine usually needs help of different medical and surgical interventions but not all medicines and surgeries are effective. Ayurveda has advocated ample of therapeutic procedures that can take care of the safety of woman during the course of pregnancy and childbirth. Such procedures are being discussed in this article. Materials and Methods: Selected Ayurveda classics, electronic databases, namely PubMed, Digital helpline for Ayurveda Research Articles, National Centre for Biotechnology information, and so on are searched to compile the evidence of such therapeutic interventions advocated during obstetrical management. Results: Shodhana therapy (bio-purification procedures) is strictly contraindicated during pregnancy. However, Panchakarma (five cleansing methods) such as Basti (therapeutic enema), Nasya (instillation of herbal oils, juices, or powders through the nasal route), and other Upakarmas (allied therapies) such as Parisheka (pouring medicated liquids), Avagahana (Tub bath with herbal liquids) are prescribed in the classics of Ayurveda in the context of Garbhini Chikitsa (pregnancy management), Prasava Paricharya (intrapartum management), and Sutika Paricharya (puerperal management). These ancient methods of treatment procedures are advised to be used moderately with pleasant manner. Conclusion: Specific Panchakarma therapies are useful in achieving and maintaining normal pregnancy and enable normal labor. Various Upakarmas facilitate healthy growth and development of fetus, prevent minor ailments and complications in intrapartum as well as in postpartum phase. Hence, Ayurveda procedures appear to be the most effective remedial measure in preventing obstetrical complications, promoting maternal and child health, and lowering maternal mortality rate.

Incidental Vocabulary Learning Through Information-Loaded and Negotiation-Oriented Tasks

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of implementing two innovative speaking tasks, namely, information-loaded and negotiation-oriented tasks, on the incidental vocabulary acquisition of advanced Iranian EFL learners. To this end, an experimental research was conducted in an English language institute with 30 homogeneous advanced EFL learners randomly divided into two experimental groups. Experimental group I performed some information-loaded tasks using thirty five texts as speaking aids for implementing multicultural experiences, and experimental group II performed some negotiation-oriented tasks utilizing seven argumentative sentences for each topic to promote divergent thinking processes. At the end of the treatment, a vocabulary post-test and a questionnaire were administered to measure the effects of the treatments on the students’ incidental vocabulary knowledge and attitude to the performed tasks in each group. The statistical analysis of the data revealed that the information-loaded tasks group had significantly outperformed the negotiation-oriented tasks group on the vocabulary post-test and had a significantly more positive attitude to the tasks they performed in their class. This study offers some implications for the development of a sizable and profound knowledge of vocabulary in an effortless and pleasant manner. It also fulfils the need of EFL teachers and material developers in their search for some effective activities and techniques that can help to improve EFL learners’ incidental vocabulary knowledge.

Exploiting interactive genetic algorithms for creative humanoid dancing

Abstract The paper discusses an approach aimed at endowing a cognitive architecture with artificial creativity capabilities in order to make a humanoid able to dance in a pleasant manner. The robot associates movements to music perception creating an aesthetically valuable dance by using a Hidden Markov Model with a nonclassical approach. Two matrices mainly influence the model: a Transition matrix TM, and an Emission Matrix EM. The TM matrix rules the transition between two subsequent movements. The EM matrix constitutes the link between a set of movements and the perceived music features. In order to compute the EM matrix, we exploit a genetic algorithm approach. The approach makes use of two kinds of fitness functions. The first one is an internal evaluation fitness that allows the robot to autonomously learn the association between music and movements. The second one depends on the interaction with a human teacher, leading to the determination of different dance styles, which constitute the robot repertoire. The experimental part discusses the effects on the creativity of different distances to compute fitness.

EyeMusic: Introducing a “visual” colorful experience for the blind using auditory sensory substitution

Sensory-substitution devices (SSDs) provide auditory or tactile representations of visual information. These devices often generate unpleasant sensations and mostly lack color information. We present here a novel SSD aimed at addressing these issues. We developed the EyeMusic, a novel visual-to-auditory SSD for the blind, providing both shape and color information. Our design uses musical notes on a pentatonic scale generated by natural instruments to convey the visual information in a pleasant manner. A short behavioral protocol was utilized to train the blind to extract shape and color information, and test their acquired abilities. Finally, we conducted a survey and a comparison task to assess the pleasantness of the generated auditory stimuli. We show that basic shape and color information can be decoded from the generated auditory stimuli. High performance levels were achieved by all participants following as little as 2-3 hours of training. Furthermore, we show that users indeed found the stimuli pleasant and potentially tolerable for prolonged use. The novel EyeMusic algorithm provides an intuitive and relatively pleasant way for the blind to extract shape and color information. We suggest that this might help facilitating visual rehabilitation because of the added functionality and enhanced pleasantness.

Adapting Didactic Game in Swimming Teaching at an Early Age

Starting from the definition of the didactic game, one can observe how this harmoniously combines the instructive and educational aspect of children teaching with its fun part. From this perspective, the incidence of this type of game in swimming teaching at an early age is beneficial, especially because of the involvement in the teaching process of the physiological resources of children as well as the pedagogical ones of the teachers/trainers, focused on the transformation of the extrinsic motivations of both the parts involved in the teaching/learning process into intrinsic ones. Here arises a favorable situation in which the quality, the efficiency and the learning speed of swimming will know a notable increase. Thus, children who are encouraged to learn to swim through methods in which games and racing prevail, in association with the specific tasks of the didactical game, learn to swim in a pleasant manner, avoiding monotony and stereotyping. Trainers/teachers who are appreciated by children and by the other members of the staff, who are respected by colleagues and children, who use their experience in a constructive manner and take into account the particularities of each child will obtain notable results in the initiation activity, achieving faster and better results than expected.

Timothy Joseph Sheehan

Timothy Joseph Sheehan (“Tim”) was brought up in Bristol and studied medicine in Nottingham. He was popular with many, not only for his good looks and charm but also for...

“OFICINA HORA DA LEITURA” NA ESCOLA DE TEMPO INTEGRAL: CONTRIBUIÇÕES PARA A FORMAÇÃO DO LEITOR

The reading and writing performance of Brazilian students, which has been monitored constantly by national and international educational programs, has shown poor results in recent years. In an attempt to correct the deficiencies brought to light in these educational evaluations, above all with respect to reading and writing, the project Full-Time School was implemented in the state of Sao Paulo public school system in December 2005. The schools that adopted the curricular proposal of Full-Time Schools began to offer, in addition to the subjects of the basic curriculum, curricular workshops based on proposals of dynamic and diversified activities linked to the school's teaching plans and pedagogical project. One of the workshops offered is the Reading workshop, which seeks to prioritize reader qualifications by using methodological procedures that favor new learning opportunities and expand the students reading scope in a pleasant manner. The present work linked to online research Public Policy, Organization and School Teacher through through a qualitative analysis methodology of triangulation investigated the implementation of the Reading Time Workshop, within the context of the Full-Time School proposal, in order to diagnose the workshop's contributions to readers' qualifications. In addition, we examined the practice and methodology adopted by Professor according to the proposal of the Reading workshop, identifying the influence of internal and external factors related to the development of the workshop and seeing if the goals of the Full-Time School Reading workshop and the pedagogical school are being met.

Employee Rights and Prevalent Statutes

Good governance is the result of an over all awareness of the problems and their timely and efficacious solution. Industrial peace plays a vital role in this behalf. Employer and employees relationship when cordial and peaceful brings economic development. It comes by respecting the rights of each other and paying them honestly and punctually avoiding all sorts of unfair labour practice from both sides. Healthy and constructive trade union activities are in the long run a training forum for democratic and civilized process in any society. It is the mala fide or unfair labour practice that cause damage to the industrial peace. Labour is to work hard to the satisfaction of the employer according to its capacity and the employer is to provide every human facility in a pleasant and respectful manner before the sweat of the labourers dries i.e. well in time. Where master and servant or employer and employee relations are cordial the working in such factories is much more productive, qualitative and competing in standards. Employment is not slavery. It is a contract by mutual consent keeping in view the freedom and liberty of both sides. Statutes only regulate where the need arise as the ultimate resolution of dispute not resolved at mutual level is to be resolved by the state tribunals, where everything is to be seen and judged according to law and under the law.

Suicide Risk: Navigating the Failure Modes

Suicide Risk: Navigating the Failure Modes

A Clients' Perspective on Demand-Oriented and Demand-Driven Health Care

In many Western European countries, there is an increasing request for demand-oriented and demand-driven approaches in health care. In these approaches, the emphasis is on the clients' perspective on healthcare policy and healthcare services. A study was conducted to gain insight into the clients' view of health care. In 2004 a survey was conducted in the Netherlands among 4250 ambulatory mental health clients, by means of a postal questionnaire. To include clients with different experiences of mental health care, the sample was stratified according to the length of the treatment history. A total of 865 clients responded to the survey. Elements that are found to be important to most clients are that 'needs are determined in consultation with the client', that 'the client is treated in a pleasant manner' and that 'the professional informs the client about the possibilities in his/her situation'. Significant differences were found between groups with different background factors: income, education, age, sex and treatment history all had significant correlations. Most clients in ambulatory mental health care appreciate the demand-oriented and demand-driven approaches. However, not all the elements are appreciated in the same manner. In general, clients do not seem to care much about who makes the decisions, but they care much more about the way the decision-making process is carried out. Clients especially value being heard and being involved in the process as a serious party.

Sir Alexander [Alec] Walter Merrison, D.L. 20 March 1924 – 19 February 1989

Alexander (‘Alec’) Walter Merrison was born in Wood Green, London, on 20 March 1924. He was the only child of Henry Walter Merrison, a fitter's mate, who rose to be a service manager in the local Gas Board and a respected Chairman of the Tottenham Group of Hospitals, and of Violet Henrietta Merrison ( née Mortimer) the daughter of an Ipswich family. Alec attended Tottenham Grammar School, then the Grammar School, Enfield, where he took the Higher School Certificate in physics, chemistry and mathematics. He became Captain of the school and is remembered as a fine scholar with a pleasant manner. His qualities of leadership were already evident at a very young age. He was also a choirboy at All Hallows Church, Wood Green, where his lifelong love of music was first developed. ;In 1944 he graduated in physics at King's College, London, when he was just 20 years old, researching radio wave propagation, after which he was ‘placed’ on wartime radar at the Signals Research Development Establishment at Christchurch, the only Englishman and civilian in a group of 26 engineers of the Polish Army in exile. Two years later he requested a transfer to the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell to participate in research of a more interesting and challenging nature. There he came under the tutelage of O.R. Frisch (F.R.S. 1948) and J.D. (later Sir John) Cockcroft, F.R.S., who were the leading research scientists in nuclear physics. At that time Harwell was the breeding ground for a generation of British physicists; Alec clearly relished this new environment, helping to equip an electron accelerator to produce short pulses of neutrons. His first published papers described how the new technique could be used to study the interaction of neutrons with matter. This was his first experience of the use of particle accelerators as powerful probes to investigate nuclear matter. The technique of neutron scattering from bulk matter is now an important discipline in its own right, and the genesis of the current world-leading facility (ISIS) at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory can be traced back to these pioneering experiments in which Alec played a major role.

A Precious Medicine: Tradition and Magic in Some Seventeenth-Century Household Remedies

Would you prefer To make conserve of roses, and any other flowers or To make a powder for the stone and stranguillian? If the conserve of roses seems more attractive, it may explain why household remedies of the seventeenth century have received less attention than cookery recipes, even though both may be found in the same book. But I thought it might be interesting to look at a few manuscripts from a medical point of view, and so it was. Although herbal remedies predominated, as might be expected, there were traces of medieval medical systems and even magic. Household Medicine Those who could not afford the fees of a learned physician had to rely on home care, and that meant women's work. According to Gervase Markham, whose book The English Housewife was first published in 1615 and intended for the wives of small farmers (Markham 1986), the housewife's skills included physic, cookery, banqueting-stuff, distillation, perfumes, wool, hemp, flax, dairies, brewing, baking, and all other things belonging to a household. She was meant to be religious, temperate, dressed decently in clean garments, moderate in diet and full of general such as courage, patience, discretion and possessing a pleasant manner. As far as her virtues in were concerned, she had to be competent, but not so learned that she could challenge the expertise of physicians. She could know: how to administer many wholesome receipts or medicines for the good of [her family, but] we must confess that the depth and secrets of this most excellent art of physic is far beyond the capacity of the most skilful woman, as lodging only in the breast of the learned professors; yet ... our housewife may from them receive some ordinary rules and medicines ... (Markham 1986, 8) Cookery and household physic were still closely allied. Good food, fresh and naturally produced, was then, as now, accepted as necessary for good health, although dietetics was not highly developed, and some prejudices existed, such as a suspicion that fresh fruit could cause flux--very possibly true if the water used for irrigation was polluted. The first cookery treatise in English, The Forme of Cury, which dates from 1399, claimed to be written with the help of masters of physic and of philosophy. good coke is halfe a physycyon, said Dr Andrew Boorde famously during the reign of Henry VIII. Unpublished and Published Texts Used in this Essay My original research involved two manuscripts in particular, held by the Wellcome Library. Very interesting is the Collection of Cookery and Medical Receipts, about 1699, written partly by Edw[ar]d & par[t]ly by Kath[e]r[in]e Kidder (MS 3107). Even more so is a book of Select Receipts, taken out of Barrette's Bookcase ... 1711, but internal evidence suggests it was started some time after 1648 (MS 1071, Egerton). This consists of medical receipts only, in several hands. The first of these is small, neat and literate, written by Head--many of the receipts are initialled F. H., and he refers to Grandmother Head at one point. The second, probably a woman, initialled contributions H. S. Both these people utilise archaic material, so one cannot draw conclusions about a more enlightened male or female collector. The name Lady Egerton occurs as an attribution of one receipt, so the manuscript must have been passed on to her. I have also looked at a few other collections in the Wellcome Library, including: a small parchment MS book, signed inside the front cover Grace Acton, May 1621 (MS 1); A Book of Receipts by Mrs Jane Baber, 1625 (MS 108); Cookery and Medical Receipts, 1636-47, Townsend Family Papers (MS 774); and Mrs Jane Parker her Booke Anno 1651 (MS 3769), an example of a notebook started from both ends, with cookery and medical receipts reversed. …

The Sudanese Lady and Elvis

The Sudanese Lady and Elvis John Verlenden Tiny, middle-aged, with black Western-styled hair, wearing matching skirt and top from Paris, the Arabic Sudanese woman stared at me. We were at a dinner party in Maadi, an exclusive suburb of Cairo. Employing an Oxford English—plotted, selective, erudite ifslow in passing through her lips—she began to make fun. Not of me, of course. That would have been rude. Rather, of all America— which is still rude, since I, like many Americans abroad, find it tiring to represent our whole country. Still, it would have been a mistake then, and would be one now, to bloat oneselfon egotism. Ifthat's the way one's going to behave away from home, then best to stay put in Darien or Skokie. "The only thing I can never understand about America is Elvis. Why is it Elvis is such a phenomenon in your country? Elvis strikes me as ludicrous, a shameful preoccupation. Frivolous even when some people are merely poking fun at him, because, you see, they feel compelled to think, to waste time, on him, on Elvis. How can people of the U.S. square Elvis with the rest oftheir self-image: 'We are the biggest, the best'? It reminds me ofthat sect in India that prays to the image of a dancing elephant—which I find hilarious. Only, ofcourse, the U.S. has money and power. So I find the Elvis thing . . . deeply troubling." How can anyone, I was thinking, grasp America—the America that exists outside the texts ofJefferson or the newspeak of our recent presidents— without an elementary appreciation ofElvis?Yet this woman is saying, "The only thing about America I don't understand . . ."? Feverish at the time, ravaged by parasites, I smiled, nodded, looked over the rim of the cocktail I wasn't drinking. "It doesn't seem to make sense, does it?" I said. She pole-vaulted to the short novels of Tayeb Salih. "They say he doesn 't write any more. Constance was just there, in London, to see him. She'll 27 28Fourth Genre tell you he doesn't write." She motioned to the African American woman sitting across the room. "Do you think London's the cause, Constance? Is it because he's cut off from his Sudanese roots? If he went home, of course, they'd kill him, somehow, someway. It's a tragedy, don't you think? A writer of his talent?" She was not really interested in discussing Elvis. Why then had she brought him up? Only as an insult? Her pleasant manner said otherwise. It seems, now, she had been extending a courtesy, as well as concocting a test. There in that parlor in Cairo, so far removed from the elastic bubble ofAmerican prejudices and pop culture, she had given me the chance to agree with her about Elvis. She considered her remarks to be, in fact, agreed on in advance. I worked at the university, I was a writer. She wanted to see ifI would rubberstamp her implied views, that many persons up and down the economic ladder in America are daffy about Elvis. That, furthermore, this daffiness reflected an inward-looking, inherently delusory self-indulgence on the part ofmany Americans. If you can agree with that view, she was saying, we can talk. We might even be friends. But she had heard my comment correctly, had heard the word "seems." By rocketing to Tayeb Salih, she left a burning hole where Elvis had been. Certainly it didn't matter that I was sincerely interested in Salih, or that I was teaching, at that time, his novel A Season ofMigration to the North to my classes. The truth was, she was filling the air with SaHh too. Within a few minutes she was up, offering her apologies to the hostess. There was so much to do the next day, she said, she had a daughter coming in from Rome. "Well, ifyou absolutely must," said our hostess. Standing in a group ofus beside the door, I shook her hand, looked into her firm eyes. She was petite. I suppose I said something like, "Good talking to you." Certainly I...