Terms Of Relationship Research Articles

Study protocol of an observational study in acute psychiatric home treatment: How does home treatment work? Identification of common factors and predictors of treatment success.

Systematic reviews indicated that home treatment is an effective and cost-saving alternative to conventional acute psychiatric treatment options. Treatment success has often been defined as areduction of hospital admissions. In the current study, symptoms and well-being are assessed regularly during treatment as an indicator for treatment success. Patients' characteristics such as diagnosis, age, substance use, and motivation for treatment were discussed as predictors for treatment success. Asecond focal point of the study lies in the examination of the therapeutic relationship in terms of the outcome, which has not yet been systematically investigated in home treatment. This is an observational study with aprospective naturalistic design. Measurements are carried out at baseline, during and at the end of treatment as well as at the 3‑month follow-up. Patients' characteristics as potential predictors for treatment success will be assessed at baseline. In addition, the perceived relationship between the patients and the team will be measured daily and weekly throughout the treatment. Treatment success is by the changes in symptoms and general well-being assessed weekly. We aim to include 82participants assigned to home treatment. Variance analyses with repeated measurements will be conducted to evaluate treatment success. By examining potential patient- and relationship-related predictors of treatment success, insights into relevant determining variables of treatment success in this setting are expected. The results might help to better identify who benefits the most from home treatment.

Quan hệ thương mại việt nam - nhật bản (2008-2020)

Economic is the greatest and most dynamic sector of the particularly extensive strategic relationship between Vietnam and Japan. In this sector, commercial cooperation plays an important role. The paper focused on analyzing the fundament of the Vietnam -Japan trade cooperation relationship (2008-2020) to reconstruct the reality of the relationship in terms of scale and structure of goods exchanges during the research period. Based on this analysis, the paper has made comments and suggested solutions to develop trade relations between the two countries in the coming time.

Reconciling trust and control in the military use of artificial intelligence

Abstract In regulating military applications of artificial intelligence (AI), the relationship between humans and the AI systems they operate is of central importance. AI developers commonly frame the desired human–AI relationship in terms of ‘trust’, aiming to make AI systems sufficiently ‘trustworthy’ for the task at hand and foster appropriate levels of human ‘trust’ in complex, often inscrutable, AI systems. Meanwhile, in legal and ethical discussions, the challenge is generally framed as ensuring that humans retain ‘control’ over AI such that responsible operators can reliably guide the behaviour of AI systems as required by legal and other norms. Surprisingly, few have asked whether the paradigms of ‘trust’ and ‘control’ are guiding development of the human–AI relationship in the same direction. This paper outlines the nature of trust and control as they relate to regulation of the human–AI relationship and surveys some challenges which arise in regulating the military uptake of AI systems.

Segre products and Segre morphisms in a class of Yang–Baxter algebras

Let (X,r_X) and (Y,r_Y) be finite nondegenerate involutive set-theoretic solutions of the Yang–Baxter equation, and let A_X = mathcal {A}({{textbf {k}}}, X, r_X) and A_Y= mathcal {A}({{textbf {k}}}, Y, r_Y) be their quadratic Yang–Baxter algebras over a field {{textbf {k}}}. We find an explicit presentation of the Segre product A_Xcirc A_Y in terms of one-generators and quadratic relations. We introduce analogues of Segre maps in the class of Yang–Baxter algebras and find their images and their kernels. The results agree with their classical analogues in the commutative case.

MOPA: An integrative multi-omics pathway analysis method for measuring omics activity.

Pathways are composed of proteins forming a network to represent specific biological mechanisms and are often used to measure enrichment scores based on a list of genes in means to measure their biological activity. The pathway analysis is a de facto standard downstream analysis procedure in most genomic and transcriptomic studies. Here, we present MOPA (Multi-Omics Pathway Analysis), which is a multi-omics integrative method that scores individual pathways in a sample wise manner in terms of enriched multi-omics regulatory activity, which we refer to mES (multi-omics Enrichment Score). The mES score reflects the strength of regulatory relations between multi-omics in units of pathways. In addition, MOPA is able to measure how much each omics contribute to mES that may be used to observe what kind of omics are active in a pathway within a sample group (e.g., subtype, gender), which we refer to OCR (Omics Contribution Rate). Using nine different cancer types, 93 clinical features and three types of omics (i.e., gene expression, miRNA and methylation), MOPA was used to search for clinical features that were explainable in context of multi-omics. By evaluating the performance of MOPA, we showed that it yielded higher or at least equal performance compared to previous single and multi-omics pathway analysis tools. We find that the advantage of MOPA is the ability to explain pathways in terms of omics relation using mES and OCR. As one of the results, the TGF-beta signaling pathway was captured as an important pathway that showed distinct mES and OCR values specific to the CMS4 subtype in colon adenocarcinoma. The mES and OCR metrics suggested that the mRNA and miRNA expressions were significantly different from the other subtypes, which was concordant with previous studies. The MOPA software is available at https://github.com/jaeminjj/MOPA.

Nonlinear Relationship Between C-Reactive Protein and Depression Among Obese Middle-Aged Adults.

Despite the agreement on the significance of the relationship between the C-reactive protein (CRP) and depression, research results have been discrepant by gender. We attempted to address this uncertainty via a generalized additive model and more carefully analyzed the shape of the CRP-depression relationship in terms of sex. This is a secondary data analysis using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2017-2020) data targeting 1,581 obese middle-aged adults (40-70 years, 51.4% women) with CRP ≤ 10 mg/L. The study outcome was depression severity, assessed by the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire. Several models were built, adjusting for relevant sociodemographic, lifestyle, and clinical covariates. The value of the effective degree of freedom (EDF) quantifies curvature of the relationship. The threshold effect was investigated using a two-piecewise linear regression model, when needed. Among men, an increasing linear pattern was found (EDF ≈ 1). Contrastingly among women, the EDF value was > 2 in all unadjusted and adjusted models, indicating the smooth (curved) association. The threshold level affected the association pattern particularly for women, among whom the depression severity related to CRP significantly increased as the CRP level increased to an inflection point of 3.6 mg/L but decreased thereafter. Assuming linearity for the CRP association with depression may not be appropriate for middle-aged obese women. Although we do not claim to provide a definite method of assessing the CRP-depression relationship, we hope to offer a different perspective when exploring this relationship. Thus, the results should be interpreted cautiously, and future studies on this topic should replicate this approach with generalized additive models.

Kant on Civil Self-Sufficiency

AbstractKant distinguishes between ‘active’ and ‘passive’ citizens and holds that only the former are civilly self-sufficient and possess rights of political participation. Such rights are important, since for Kant state institutions are a necessary condition for individual freedom. Thus, only active citizens are entitled to contribute to a necessary condition for the freedom of each. I argue that Kant attributes civil self-sufficiency to those who are not under the authority of any private individual for their survival. This reading is more textually grounded than the dominant reading, which understands civil self-sufficiency in terms of economic relations alone. I further argue that Kant was interested in relations of authority because he was concerned to eliminate certain forms of corruption. This indicates that Kant’s contested distinction between active and passive citizens was a response to a key problem of any account of public lawgiving.

The financial Kuznets curve of energy consumption: Global evidence

In this study, we explore the simultaneous existence of a Financial Kuznets Curve -an inverted U-shape relation between financial development and energy consumption- and Income Kuznets Curve -an inverted U-shape relation between income and energy consumption-for a panel of 85 countries. In terms of the financial Kuznets relation, we compare the effects of three stock market development indicators (i.e., stock market capitalization ratio, stock market value traded, and stock market turnover ratio) with the counterpart effects of three credit market indicators (i.e., domestic credit provided by the banking sector, liquid liabilities, and broad money supply. Drawing on the existing literature, we control for changes in country openness, natural resource endowments, and inflation by applying four methods in parallel: the parametric analysis (dynamic system GMM), and the non-parametric (panel quantile regression) as a robustness check. The results for both Kuznets curves are robust to all four methods. They indicate a simultaneous existence of an income Kuznets curve and a Financial Kuznets Curve when the indicators of the stock market development are considered. However, no Financial Kuznets Curve exists with respect to the credit markets’ development. When the credit markets are considered, only the income Kuznets curve is detected. The existence of a relationship between the stock market development and energy consumption has implications for national energy policies. Stock markets should be used actively for the promotion and funding of “green finance” industrial projects, encouraging innovation and new technologies for cleaner production. Our findings are also useful for crafting different financial development policies for countries that are seeking to encourage or discourage energy consumption.

Magic Leap 1 versus Microsoft HoloLens 2 for the Visualization of 3D Content Obtained from Radiological Images.

The adoption of extended reality solutions is growing rapidly in the healthcare world. Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) interfaces can bring advantages in various medical-health sectors; it is thus not surprising that the medical MR market is among the fastest-growing ones. The present study reports on a comparison between two of the most popular MR head-mounted displays, Magic Leap 1 and Microsoft HoloLens 2, for the visualization of 3D medical imaging data. We evaluate the functionalities and performance of both devices through a user-study in which surgeons and residents assessed the visualization of 3D computer-generated anatomical models. The digital content is obtained through a dedicated medical imaging suite (Verima imaging suite) developed by the Italian start-up company (Witapp s.r.l.). According to our performance analysis in terms of frame rate, there are no significant differences between the two devices. The surgical staff expressed a clear preference for Magic Leap 1, particularly for the better visualization quality and the ease of interaction with the 3D virtual content. Nonetheless, even though the results of the questionnaire were slightly more positive for Magic Leap 1, the spatial understanding of the 3D anatomical model in terms of depth relations and spatial arrangement was positively evaluated for both devices.

Private Tutoring Classes and Emotional Well-Being in China: Bidirectional Relationship and the Role of Academic Achievement

The Chinese education system is characterized as highly meritocratic and examination-oriented. Scores in high-stakes public standardized examinations mainly determine upward educational transitions. Private tutoring classes (PTCs) are a typical measure to boost students’ academic achievement. Mental health is also assumed to affect one’s behaviors and educational outcomes, playing a key role in the stratification process. However, few studies discuss (1) the bidirectional relationship between PTC attendance and emotional well-being, and (2) the role of academic achievement in determining PTC attendance and moderating the relationship between the two variables. This study fills these gaps by analyzing the 2013–14 and 2014–15 waves of data from the China Educational Panel Survey. Using a cross-lagged model, the author only finds a positive association between prior emotional well-being and later PTC attendance. Moreover, the positive association between students’ prior academic achievement and their later PTC attendance suggests that PTCs tend to serve higher-performing students. Examining the heterogeneity of the bidirectional relationship in terms of academic achievement, the author finds that only low-achievers follow a similar pattern as shown in the full sample model. This study will enrich the understanding on how mental health together with PTCs attendance contributes to the educational stratification process.

The relationship between women’s personality traits and addiction to social networking sites on the example of Facebook

IntroductionSocial network addicts may differ significantly from non-addicts in terms of personality traits, such as agreeableness, neuroticism, and conscientiousness. Addicts may be prone to negative emotions and unpleasant experiences, which may be associated with a higher level of neuroticism. Addicts often fail to cope in the real world, often experience negative emotions, quickly give up their goals, see themselves and others in a negative light, and escape into virtual reality. The virtual world is devoid of the anxiety that an individual faces in real life interactions, hence the tendency for addiction among people with higher levels of neuroticism. The primary cause of Internet Addiction may be innate temperamental traits (i.e., impulsiveness of behavior and impulsiveness of decisions) that influence the susceptibility to functional and chemical addictions. According to the concept of addictive personality, people who have this problem are prone to addiction as such, regardless of what they are addicted to.ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to generally assess the degree of women’s dependence on social networking sites on the example of Facebook, taking into account personality traits according to the five-factor model of personality, the so-called Big Five by Costa and McCraeMethodsThe study included 556 women. This survey-based study was carried out using the questionnaire technique. The following research tools were used to analyze behavioral addictions in adult women: the Bergen Face- book Addiction Scale (BFAS), the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO FFI) and the author’s questionnaire.ResultsAmong the surveyed women, 69.6% were average Facebook users, of whom 16.4% had scores indicating possible Facebook addiction, and 14.0% had scores indicating addiction. The higher the neuroticism, the more serious the Facebook addiction (r = 0.26; p < 0.001; R2 = 6.7%). A weak negative correlation was obtained for the agreeableness subscale e (r = -0.08; p < 0.05; R2 = 7.2%). A weak negative correlation was also obtained for the subscale of conscientiousness (r = -0.16; p < 0.001; R2 = 2.6%). There was no statistically significant correlation between the log10 score obtained on the BFAS and the score on the NEO-FFI subscales of extraversion (r = 0.04; p = 0.40) and openness to experience (r = 0.04; p = 0.30).ConclusionsThe personality types of the studied women indicated relationships in terms of behavioral addictions. Women characterized by neuroticism showed stronger addiction to Facebook. Women characterized by high conscientiousness were at lower risk of behavioral addictions, while agreeableness as a personality trait significantly protected the surveyed women against Facebook addiction.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared

Effects of globalization, foreign direct investment and economic growth on renewable electricity consumption

Renewable energy has been seen as a viable solution to the problems of environmental degradation and the energy crisis. This study examines the long – and short–run linkages between economic globalization, foreign direct investment (FDI), economic growth, and renewable electricity consumption in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. Therefore, this study uses the Pooled Mean Group (PMG) autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) technique to measure the relationship between constructs based on data collected from 2000 to 2020. The overall results show the collaborative integration of Belt and Road (BRI) countries in terms of globalization, economic growth, and renewable electricity utilization. The results show that there is a long-term positive relationship between FDI and renewable electricity consumption, but a negative relationship in the short term. Furthermore, economic growth is positively correlated with renewable electricity consumption in the long run and negatively correlated in the short run. This study suggests that the governments of BRI countries should encourage globalization by improving technology and knowledge related to renewable electricity consumption in all areas.

Defining the Self in Terms of Power, Plurality and Social Embeddedness–The Model of the Agonistic Self

The paper offers an analytical framework for conceptualization and research of the structure and dynamics of the agonistic self, relying on Hermans’ dialogical self theory and Foucault’s analytics of power. In a multiple-case study, 9 teachers participated in a two-phase Agonistic Self Interview. A deductive-inductive thematic analysis of the data yielded an analytical framework comprising 4 categories: Functions of Voices, Power Relations (with two sub-categories: Forms of Exercising Power and Practices for Exercising Power and Resistance), Types of Relations Between Voices, and Institutional Context. The paper offers the analytical concept of a strategic situation along with novel methodological tools for the research and analysis of the self as embedded in interpersonal relationships and sociocultural and institutional context. The psychological relevance of the findings is discussed in terms of relations between dominance and maintaining plurality within the self and relations between the stability and social contextualization of the self.

A Longitudinal Case study on the Process of a Change in Aggression of a Woman with Autism Spectrum Disorder

본 연구는 공격성이 심한 자폐스펙트럼장애 성인 여성(김가영)에게 7년(22∼29세) 동안 다중중재방법을 적용한 종단적 사례연구로 일상생활 관련 다중중재가 공격성을 감소시키는데 효과가 있는지를 밝히는 데 목적이 있었다. 이를 위해 관찰일지, 보육일지, 사진, 녹음, 동영상자료, 부모와의 대화 수첩 등의 자료를 수집하고 분석하였다. 다중중재를 적용하기 전 가영이는 가학적인 공격성이 매우 심각하여 주변 사람들이 접촉을 기피 하였다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 연구자는 처음 4년 동안 가영이와 일상생활을 동고동락하면서 따라다니기, 자연환경을 제공하면서 과한 행동수정하기 등의 다중중재와 함께 공격적 행동의 긴장감에 대한 이완적 중재와 사회적 모델링을 지원하였다. 5년째부터는 활동보조원의 역할도 활용하면서 만남의 횟수를 점차 줄여가며 간헐적 중재를 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 가영이는 처음 보였던 무차별적인 공격성이 줄고 상동행동도 점차 사라지면서 이성을 지닌 정상인의 행동으로 조금씩 변화되었다. 그리고 한 장기간 만나는 시간을 통해 공격성 감소와 초보적인 형태인 사회적 관계의 일반화 유지가 가능해졌다. 또한 이 여성의 행동 변화에는 부모, 활동보조원 및 주변인들의 대상자의 현행 나이에 맞는 이해와 배려, 상황에 적절한 중재를 하는 것 등이 필요한 것으로 나타났다. 이를 통해 자폐스팩트럼장애 여성의 공격성은 일상적 생활 관련 다중중재에 따라 변화될 수 있음을 시사한다. 이 사례를 통해 얻은 시사점을 자폐성장애유아 교육 및 바람직한 사회적 환경과 관련지어 논의하였다.This is a longitudinal case study that applied the multiple intervention method for 7 years (from 22 to 29 years old) to the aggressive adult woman (Ga-yeong) with autism spectrum disorder. The objective was to clarify whether the multiple intervention related to daily life has an effect on reducing aggression. To this end, the materials were collected and analyzed such as observation notes, nursery journals, photos, recording, motion pictures, and pocket notebooks of communication with parents. Before the application of multiple interventions, Ga-yeong was very serious in sadistic aggression. Thus, people around her avoided a contact. To solve this problem, the researcher applied multiple interventions in order of going after, correcting excessive behavior, attempting a social relationship, and expanding the type & scope of social activities. As a result of the research, Gayeong showed aggression again when the intervention is not proper, but maintained a friendly relationship in terms of the persistence of the right mediator. A long time to meet led to being able to observe it came to be available for reducing aggression and maintaining the generalization of a social relationship, which is a rudimentary form. In addition, this woman’s behavioral change appeared to continuously require the understanding and consideration in line with the subject’s present age and the intervention suitable for a situation by parents, activity assistant and surrounding people. This leads to suggesting that the aggression in the woman with autism spectrum disorder may be altered depending on the multiple intervention relevant to everyday life. The implications that were obtained through this case were discussed in connection with the education and desirable social environment for young children with autism disorder.

Responsibility for Life in the Economy of Sustainability

The responsibility for the survival of humankind is great. In concrete terms, this heavy burden lies above all in the behavior of the majorities in each community. So long as? Life must cross oceans of years and experiences. For this trip, we must believe that the majority of communities hold the responsibility on the issue of life in the future. Regarding the economy, the majority are the recipients of explicit or implicit messages concerning long-term sustainability. Messages that come from nature and are modulated by universal constants, no different from those affecting physics and matter. They are the same ones that allowed life on the planet. Sustainability for the economy in turn means having to follow the path traced for development, i.e., constant growth with the least damage to nature; a way that can accelerate the potentials and possibilities of knowledge. Leaving this classic line means falling into what we have called: the subworld. Because of this fall, the line of development rolls up on itself to become the cycle of the conjuncture; next to it often appear the two maidservants of the economic cycle, Inflation and Deflation. We have learned to get out of the long spirals of inflation in the 60s and 70s, now we face a new enemy, deflation. The struggle with deflation must follow the same line as that of getting rid of the game of inflation. Do not loosen monetary policy, but on the contrary keep it compatibly tight. On the side of the economy of sustainability, the survival of life is also achieved by winning the battle against monetary anomalies that nullify development potential. Not only. Because relations between communities and between different areas and continents worsened. On the other hand, in terms of good relations, we must look favorably on the leap forward in Southeast Asia and China, and on development prospects in Africa.

US and NATO strategy in Ukraine: scenarios for relations with Russia

This article examines scenarios for the development of relations between certain members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Russia. The author attempts to assess the bloc’s internal cohesion in terms of relations with Russia and to identify what timelines key NATO member states have defined as to their foreign policy planning in the current crisis.

ANALYSIS OF MARKET DRIVEN STRATEGIES TO INCREASE CAPABILITIES AND PERFORMANCES ADVANTAGES IN BUSINESS

onsiderable progress has been made in identifying market-driven businesses, understanding what they do, and measuring the bottom-line consequences of their orientation to their markets. The next challenge is to understand how this organizational orientation can be achieved and sustained. Market Orientation is a business culture which enlist the participation of all employee for the purpose of creating superior value for its customers and superior performance for itself. A substantial body of research finds a positive relationship between a business’ magnitude of market orientation and it’s performance. However, there has been no research into the competitive strategies through which a market oriented business creates customer value. This paper extends previous work by showing that market, and attempt to achieve competitive advantage both by increasing customer benefits and by reducing costs. Contrary to traditional reactive market driven approach, the proactive market driving approach pertains to influencing the market structure and the market players behavior in a direction that enhances the company competitive posture. Then companies must be market or customer oriented, think and act based on innovative knowledge, make a useful and long term relationship with their customers. This qualification is for those organizations that are able to be knowledge-based, formulate its marketing strategies and sustain its competitive advantage based on its own knowledge. Companies must consider innovative knowledge as a new input to sustain competitive advantages and to develop intelligent marketing strategy.

Positivity and discretization of Fredholm integral operators

We provide sufficient conditions for vector-valued Fredholm integral operators and their commonly used spatial discretizations to be positive in terms of an order relation induced by a corresponding order cone. It turns out that reasonable Nyström methods preserve positivity. Among the projection methods, persistence is obtained for the simplest ones based on polynomial, piecewise linear or specific cubic interpolation (collocation), as well as for piecewise constant basis functions in a Bubnov-Galerkin approach. However, for semi-discretizations using quadratic splines or sinc-collocation we demonstrate that positivity is violated. Our results are illustrated in terms of eigenpairs for Krein-Rutman operators and form the basis of corresponding investigations for nonlinear integral operators.

A Bibliometric Analysis to Identify Research Trends in Intervention Programs for Smartphone Addiction.

Smartphone addiction is a serious social problem that necessitates research. To identify trends in intervention programs for smartphone addiction, distribution of research topics, and inter-relationships in academic research. We analyzed 104 studies published between 30 June 2022, and 31 August 2022, on the Web of Science (WoS). We applied the bibliometric method and identified the relationship and development trends of academic research in the field using descriptive analysis, the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), co-citation analysis, bibliographic coupling, and co-occurrence. There were four findings: First, intervention programs are classified into 10 types: psychological, social support, lifestyle, technological, family, medical care, educational, exercise, mindfulness, and meditation. Second, the volume of research on intervention programs increased every year. Third, China and South Korea had the highest research involvement. Finally, academic studies were split into either the human behavior or social science categories. Most of them defined the symptoms in terms of individual behavior and social relations, implying that smartphone addiction is not yet recognized as a disorder. Smartphone addiction has not yet been internationally recognized as a disorder, despite its impact on human physiology, psychology, and social behavior. Most related studies have been conducted in Asia, specifically in China and South Korea; Spain has the most outside Asia. Additionally, most of the research subjects were students, probably because of the convenience of sampling. As smartphones gain popularity among older adults, future studies could focus on smartphone addiction among individuals of varied ages.

Changes in Society Social Relationship Patterns (Case Study on the Dayak Ribun Community around Parindu Sanggau Oil Palm Plantation, West Kalimantan)

After the oil palm plantation project, the development of the Parindu sub-district increased rapidly. Many residents both from West Kalimantan and outside the region are encouraged to come to the area to work and settle in the area. This study aims to explain socio-cultural contacts and habits in everyday life that have increased and changed patterns of social relations. This research is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques based on interviews and observations and analyzed using qualitative analysis. The findings show that oil palm plantations have driven social change in terms of community social status, social relations and lifestyle. Social changes related to social status are characterized by career changes. This can be caused by different work profiles and job opportunities. Social changes in the aspect of social relations are marked by changes in the pattern of simple regional relations which result in complex relationships that span across village boundaries.