World Of Constant Change Research Articles

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION AND JOB SATISFACTION: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW

In the last decades, an increasing attention has been given to the relationship between job satisfaction and employee motivation in the public sector. In a world of constant change and growing demands, it is crucial for public sector organizations to understand and promote a work environment that supports both employee satisfaction and motivation. This article explores this complex relationship and proposes ways in which managers and leaders in the public sector can improve job satisfaction and employee motivation. This article reviews the literature on public service motivation and job satisfaction. In the first part we conduct a brief literature review of the concepts involved. In the main part of the article, we examine 33 WoS articles on the relationship between public service motivation and job satisfaction. In the discussion section, we stress some points relevant for public management practice.

Potential Impact of Sustainable Business Practices: Brand Equity in Fast Food and Millennials’ Purchase Intentions

This study was carried out because we live in a world of constant change and high competition, where local fast-food brands in Chiclayo do not have an adequate position in the consumer’s mind compared to international franchises established in our town. The general objective was to determine the influence of brand equity on the purchase intention for local fast-food brands among Chiclayo millennials. The model proposed includes the constructs of brand equity in various category of food products. This document is intended to contribute to society and the scientific community by providing strategic support to brand owners who work with this approach and individual managers. A quantitative approach was used, with a basic type, explanatory level, and non-experimental cross-sectional design, using Cronbach’s alpha for reliability of the instrument and validity by expert judgment. Customers of local fast-food brands comprised the sample, with a total of 385 people surveyed independent of gender. SPSS v.27 and Microsoft Excel 2019 were used for simple random sampling. It was concluded that millennial consumers have regular brand equity and purchase intention for local fast-food brands, emphasizing that the knowledge dimension does not significantly influence purchase intention.

Insights intended to improve adaptation planning and reduce vulnerability at the local scale

We live in a world of constant change, where multiple factors that generate vulnerability coincide, such as pandemics, climate change, and globalization, among other political and societal concerns. This demands the development of approaches capable of dealing with diverse sources of vulnerability and strategies that enable us to plan for and mitigate harm in the face of uncertainty. Our paper shows that the interpretation and conception that one gives to vulnerability in climate change can influence how decision-making solutions and adaptation measures are proposed and adopted. In this context, our approach integrates contextual vulnerability and decision-making planning tools to bolster the capacity to adapt at a local scale. We link our analysis to the evolution of vulnerability in climate change studies and some core articles and decisions on climate change adaptation and capacity building under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Conference of Parties throughout this study.

Experiential COVID-19 factors predicting resilience among Spanish adults

BackgroundThe pandemic caused by COVID-19 has meant for spanish citizens a constant adaptation to health measures in order to try to stop transmission of the virus. During this adaptation process, different psychosocial aspects have caused consequences for people?s mental health to a greater or lesser extent. Makes sense of an emotional torrent who has gone through fear, anxiety, loneliness and anger. The interaction between perception and reality has given rise to situations where loneliness and social isolation have been imposed and lived with a load of emotional discomfort. In others, social isolation and measures to stop the pandemic have been accepted as a protection system and has been experienced since serenity and the feeling of self-protection fostering individual resilience. Studying the predictors of resilience is going to be key since it is the ideal antidote to stop the appearance of mental disorders associated with the pandemic (such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, social phobia, cleaning obsessions, and generalized anxiety disorder). The objective of this research is to analyze the relationship between resilience and experiential COVID-19 factors.MethodsSample was comprised of Spanish adults (n = 1000; age 18-79 [mean =40.43],793 female, 201 male, and 2 non binary sex). These people participating in an online study focused on the impact of COVID-19 experiences. The research has been cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational design. The instrument created for this research was a specific online questionnaire, including the “Scale of resilience” (RS, Wagnild & Young, 1993, Spanish version, Sánchez-Teruel, et al., 2015). That questionnaire has been administered during the months of April 2022 to July 2022.ResultsThe results obtained show how people who have been able to face the pandemic in a responsive and adaptive way have high resilience. Specifically, those participants that accepting the use of masks, vaccinations and confinement obtained high resilience.ConclusionsUsing public funding and allocating research to the development of programs to promote resilience, adaptative beliefs and prosocial behaviors becomes basic to live in a world in constant change.

Digital asset management without governance is asking for trouble

This paper presents the fireside chat session on data governance that was held as part of the 2021 Henry Stewart Festival of DAM. The session, titled ‘Governing your data in a world of constant change’, was conducted by John Horodyski, Managing Director, Insights & Analytics at Salt Flats, and Michelle Roell, Taxonomist, Editorial Creative at Netflix. The paper documents not only their discussion, but also expands on the importance of data governance, how to set up and run a governance committee, and where to look for further guidance and recommendations. The discussion also covers the importance of diversifying the information science field so that new perspectives and voices can participate on an equal basis.

Erik Martin, DNP, RN, CENP

Erik Martin, DNP, RN, CENP

A Faithful Gut: Core Features of Gastrointestinal Microbiota of Long-Distance Migratory Bats Remain Stable despite Dietary Shifts Driving Differences in Specific Bacterial Taxa

ABSTRACTMigratory animals live in a world of constant change. Animals undergo many physiological changes preparing themselves for the migration. Although this field has been studied extensively over the last decades, we know relatively little about the seasonal changes that occur in the microbial communities that these animals carry in their guts. Here, we assessed the V4 region of the 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing data as a proxy to estimate microbiome diversity of tequila bats from fecal pellets and evaluate how the natural process of migration shapes the microbiome composition and diversity. We collected samples from individual bats at two localities in the dry forest biome (Chamela and Coquimatlán) and one site at the endpoint of the migration in the Sonoran Desert (Pinacate). We found that the gut microbiome of the tequila bats is dominated largely by Firmicutes and Proteobacteria. Our data also provide insights on how microbiome diversity shifts at the same site in consecutive years. Our study has demonstrated that both locality and year-to-year variation contribute to shaping the composition, overall diversity, and “uniqueness” of the gut microbiome of migratory nectar-feeding female bats, with localities from the dry forest biome looking more like each other compared to those from the desert biome. In terms of beta diversity, our data show a stratified effect in which the samples’ locality was the strongest factor influencing the gut microbiome but with significant variation between consecutive years at the same locality.IMPORTANCE Migratory animals live in a world of constant change. The whole-body ecosystem needs a strong adapting capacity to thrive despite the changes. Our study used next-generation sequencing to determine how gut microbial change along the migratory path of the nectar-feeding tequila bats. The study of the gut microbiome is a great tool that can provide important insights that are relevant not just for management and conservation but also an initial investigation of the extent of the adaptation and preparedness of the individual animals, with respect not just to their current environment but also to all the environments involved in their yearly cycle.

CAMINHOS DO MARAVILHOSO EM GIAMBATTISTA BASILE

Giambattista Basile, em Lo cunto de li cunti (O conto dos contos), concebe um modelo narrativo que não só influencia a formação oral do conto maravilhoso, mas também estabelece uma lógica clara para a maior parte das coletâneas maravilhosas que seguem imediatamente a publicação do Cunto (Cf. ZIPES, 2006). Esse modelo apresenta vários componentes: fadas, ogros, jogo, corte, sorte, viagem, metamorfoses e corpo. (cf. RAK, 2005; 2013). Cada conto envolve um tipo de jornada para florestas, oceanos ou outra cidade. Esta jornada reflete a viagem que um cortesão geralmente fazia quando se tornava maior de idade para ver o mundo ou testar a si mesmo. Ao longo do caminho, a sobrevivência do viajante depende das aparições de fadas e ogros, seres arbitrariamente escolhidos para socorrê-lo ou destruí-lo. A sorte desempenha um papel importante. Os corpos são engendrados na trama. Eles são embelezados, torturados, demolidos e rejuvenescidos enquanto o protagonista tenta sobreviver a qualquer custo e ascender seu status social em um mundo em mudança constante. Isto posto, o objetivo desse trabalho é fazer um inventário dos elementos maravilhosos que dão substância ao gênero “racconto fiabesco” (“conto maravilhoso”) cunhado pelo crítico Michele Rak (2005; 2013) para definir o rol dos cunti.

Valoración y Manejo de la Vía Aérea en Paciente con Enfermedad COVID-19

En la mayor crisis mundial de salud contemporánea de la que se tiene memoria, todos tienen miles de preguntas por hacer, pero nadie tiene las respuestas correctas para dar, esto será un mundo dinámico, agudo, de cambios, aprendizajes, experiencias y reaprendizajes constantes que tendremos que estar dispuestos a afrontar y absorber en un camino plagado de grises y sombras. La cantidad y calidad de información vertida en relación a la valoración y tratamiento VA en pacientes sospechados o contaminados C19, ha alcanzado una magnitud tan impresionante como la propia diseminación del virus. Existe material de excelente calidad informativa en video tutoriales, esquemas, algoritmos, ayudas visuales, documentos, publicaciones online, etc., pero también se ha dispersado una cantidad no menor de información que es incorrecta y de mala calidad.

Outstanding Educator Performance: Professional Development in Early Childhood Education

Early childhood education as the main foundation of one's education is determined by the quality of teachers who can be seen through the performance of teachers and teachers, so the discourse of professional development is important. This study aims to determine how the performance of superior early childhood teachers and performance measurement as performance standards for outstanding teachers. Qualitative research is carried out with a psychological approach that is carried out directly on the object under study, to obtain data relating to aspects of teacher performance so that increased performance becomes an example for other teachers. Research data collection techniques using interviews, documentation, and observation. The results showed that the performance of outstanding early childhood teachers always tried to hone and control themselves by participating in outstanding teacher competitions to monitor their professional condition and performance. Early childhood teachers who have extraordinary grades also have strong scientific insight, understand learning, have broad social insights, are positive about their work, and show work performance according to the required performance criteria. The teacher's performance in the extraordinary category is the success and ability of the teacher in carrying out various learning tasks. Measuring the performance of early childhood teachers with achievement has two tasks as measurement standards, tasks related to the learning process and tasks related to structuring and planning learning tasks. Referring to these two tasks, there are three main criteria related to teacher performance in early childhood teacher professional development literacy, namely processes, teacher characteristics, and outcomes or products (changes in student attitudes). In the learning process, the performance of early childhood teachers who excel can be seen from the quality of work carried out related to professional teacher learning activities.
 Keywords: Early Childhood Education, Outstanding Educator Performance, Professional Development

New Names, New Identities: A ‘Double Consciousness’ Reading of Bulawayo’s We Need New Names

This paper explores identity crises in No Violet Bulawayo's novel, We Need New Names. The paper relies on Mimicry and Double Consciousness theory to advance its arguments. Data for the study consists of textual evidence in the book of how characters, who are African migrants in America want to, or are forced to, live a certain way of life in order to fit into the scheme of things of the European. The study approaches identity in the book from two different perspectives. It makes a distinction between the identity change that was forced on the colonised, and the one that the colonised willing chased and run after. Data of the study is analyzed from three different perspectives. It analyses language as an agent of double consciousness for the colonized, double consciousness itself as portrayed in the novel, and finally draws on the metaphorical and connotative use of the phrase ‘'New Names'. The paper concludes that since we are living in a world of constant change, a globalized world, where the notions of multiculturalism and mobility are prevailing, postcolonial subjects will constantly find themselves unconsciously reshaping their identities to make them fit the new world order.

The Wandering Heart-Mind: Zhuangzi and Moral Psychology in the Inner Chapters

This essay examines the concept of the wandering heart-mind (youxin 遊心) in the Inner Chapters of the Zhuangzi 莊子. This essay examines the problems caused by a collection of behaviors in the heart-mind: the ability to make distinctions (bian 辨), the tendency to fix distinctions and language (chengxin 成心), and the need to act for the sake of fixed ends (wei 為). Zhuangzi treats these problems with emptying (xu 虛), wandering (you 遊), and mirroring (jing 鏡). These techniques release the heart-mind from fixation (chengxin 成心) and conflict, enabling the heart-mind to respond to conditions without acting for fixed ends (wuwei 無為). Letting the heart-mind wander provides the receptivity and creativity necessary for responding to a complex world of constant change. Letting the heart-mind wander also opens the possibility of an intrinsically beneficial moral psychology, one where the heart-mind not only adapts to but enjoys a world of transformation and uncertainty. This interpretation of the heart-mind has important consequences for psychology, language, and ethics. In terms of psychology this interpretation diagnoses the limitations of knowledge and proposes therapeutic techniques to treat uncertainty and fixation. In terms of language this interpretation reveals different linguistic attitudes in the text, such as usefulness (yong 用) and play (you 遊). In terms of ethics this interpretation provides a basis for Zhuangzi’s ethical vision of nourishing living and free-and-easy wandering.

READING STRATEGIES BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER READING

We live in a modern and informed world, a world of constant changes and improvements, so we must act accordingly. The changes in the educational processes are evident in the field of English language teaching as well. The main aim of English language teaching today is developing learners’ communicative competence through improvement of the four language skills, one of which is reading. In order to be successful, learners should be trained to become autonomous and strategic readers and to learn how to take advantage of the benefits of being skilled readers. Incorporation of reading strategies in language instruction leads to long-term effects for the learners. In this paper we focus on the reading strategies that are used before, during and after reading the text and the importance of training learners to use these strategies in reading. Therefore, the changes start with the teachers, which then result in better and more successful learners.

Accelerated evolution of lager yeast strains for improved flavour profiles

Fermented food and beverages have accompanied humans throughout history. Several species of microorganisms can transform raw materials into products with different and improved characteristics, for example alcoholic beverages (wine and beer) or dairy products, such as yogurt. In a world of constant change and competitiveness, brewers have to modulate and create new products to satisfy consumers. Therefore, the aim of my project is to generate lager yeast capable of producing molecules that improve the organoleptic profile of alcoholic beverages and understand the genetic and biochemical changes that increases the production of these aromatic molecules. The initial work has focused on the Ehrlich Pathway and the ester production. To produce changes in the genome, two approaches have been followed: one chemical way, using Radicicol, and one physical way, Heat Shock Thermal Stress (HSTS). Both ways inhibit Heat Shock proteins. Furthermore, this inhibition produces DNA damage, introducing Single sStrand Breaks (SSBs) and Double Strand Breaks (DSBs). The result of this inhbition is damage in the DNA and, furthermore, mutations in the DNA (aneuplidies and INDELS). After the Accelerated evolution, the evolved strains were plated on media containing amino acid analogues. These amino acid analogues select for cells with decreased feed-back inhibition of amino acid biosynthesis. Different mutant strains were generated with these two ways. These strains will be tested by different approaches, as growth curves, genome ploidy using cCGH and CHEF gel and qPCR analysis to measure the flux throughout the fermentation.

ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THE STUDENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIP IN THE 21ST CENTURY: SOME PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES

Contemporaneity, defined as post-modernity, is a stage of civilization changes, which in its nature entails changes in the sphere of didactic and educational thinking and practice. The rapid pace of social change, shaping new interpersonal relationships, progressive axiological chaos, enforce a kind of revision of views on the school as a place and the role of the teacher in it. Over the past several decades, throughout the world we have been observing the role of education, which is increasingly seen as a factor affecting, to a large extent, the well-being, development and quality of life of citizens and the economic progress of the countries. One can also suppose that this process will shape the face of future times to an even greater extent. The persons responsible for the organization of education are therefore wondering what education will be most useful to young people in the future. Attempts are made to identify certain key competences for the 21st century. According to the position of some people, any planning and anticipation of such a rapidly changing reality is impossible because the effects of various phenomena that already exist and inventions that are just emerging will be so great that the forecasts themselves do not make sense. On the other hand, “somehow” we have to find ourselves in this reality. And this uncertainty and variability, which, paradoxically, is certain, becomes the anchor point. From this emerges the task of preparing to cope with the uncertainty and changeability that can be met. The aim is to prepare the young generation to live in a world of constant change and to cope with what is unpredictable. Substantially, the task of the 21st century school seems to be double: prepare the young generation to live here and now and to live in a different, ever-changing reality. Is it possible?

Liberdade, liberalismo e intervenção do estado: perspectivas teóricas de autores modernos

Este ensaio teórico de base analítica visa entender criticamente aspectos do liberalismo e da intervenção do Estado. Com o objetivo central de resgatar questões trabalhadas por autores modernos da Ciência Política a respeito das formas que uma sociedade pode ser mais justa e combater as desigualdades no mundo, o questionamento principal se desdobra em reflexões sobre como conciliar a liberdade com a atuação dos mercados e a respeito dos limites da democracia neste contexto, discutidos em uma problematização de pensadores como Adam Smith, Alex de Tocqueville, Stuart Mill, Max Weber e Karl Marx em diálogo com teóricos mais contemporâneos, como Friedrich Hayek, John Rawls, Jürgen Habermas e Anthony Giddens. Conclui-se a urgência de um processo de fortalecimento dos Parlamentos, com políticas públicas de inclusão social que permitam uma sociedade mais igualitária e uma educação que abra portas para formar um cidadão crítico, que compreenda as diferenças dentro do campo do respeito ao Outro e às liberdades de escolha. A proposta de contínuo aprimoramento das instituições e juízos através de sistemas de consultas, reformas e revisões jurídicas e políticas, é cada vez mais necessária em um mundo de constantes mudanças.

Rethinking Socialization Research through the Lens of New Materialism

In recent decades, socialization research appears to have suffered the loss of its former capacity to explain the processes of becoming a socialized subject in a social environment. In this article I review socialization theories taking into account assumptions regarding human subjects and their social environments. I confront them with the idea of rethinking dualisms, ontologies and agencies addressed by the field of new materialism. I propose a new materialist-inspired socialization theory that assumes that humans, knowledge, and material environments become inseparable parts of (gendered) socialization processes in a world of constant change. This approach contributes to socialization theory and methodology because it illustrates precisely how humans and non-humans co-produce socialization in situated material-discursive processes.

Tendencias en la alimentación

Vivimos en un mundo de constante cambio, las modas vienen y van, los gustos y preferencias evolucionan y cambian, algunas cosas adquieren valor y otras pierden importancia. Parte de nuestra labor como nutricionistas y como profesionales en el área de salud es conocer nuestro entorno, así como las tendencias que emergen año con año y marcan los gustos y preferencias de las personas a las que brindamos un servicio; de manera que nuestra labor de educación y comunicación sea efectiva y nuestros servicios se adapten a las necesidades específicas de cada generación.

The Field of Psychological Assessment: Where it Stands and Where it’s Going – A Personal Analysis of Foci, Gaps, and Implications for EJPA

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Determination of the Innovative Capacity of Ecuadorian Universities

Today the Higher Education Institutions are immersed in a world of constant change, and it is necessary to adapt to this environment with skill and speed. This has forced universities to adopt practices that create or strengthen their capacity to innovate, based on the determination of factors that influence it positively. This study is centered on the implementation of the Innovation Model of Higher Education (MIES) prepared by Villa, Escotet and Goni (2007), adapted to the university context. This model allows Higher Education Institutions to diagnose their innovative capacity. This model is developed in the field of academic innovation, which is defined as the organizational competence of institutions to respond to the environment quickly enough, to cover existing needs and to anticipate future ones. As a case study, MIES was applied to Ecuadorian universities where the perception of different university actors was obtained and the factors driving innovation in this context were determined as a reference for the application of strategies promoting innovation.