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Li, Zhanshuo. "Mutual Aid Practices in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region: Mechanisms and Effects." Rural China 16, no. 2 (October 7, 2019): 212–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22136746-01602003.
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Mutual aid was a mechanism that emerged under the condition of insufficient factors of production in traditional Chinese society; it aimed to improve the productivity of factors by applying the principle of “deduct from the more-than-sufficient and add to the insufficient.” Mutual aid worked to improve the productivity of factors chiefly because it could lead to high efficiency through the full and economical utilization of factors of production that were given and limited. Unlike the input of modern capital that could result in immediate gain in productivity, mutual aid only led to indirect and passive improvements in productivity. Increased social interaction through mutual aid could further boost laborers’ morale and willingness to compete with one another, thus adding to improved productivity. Finally, mutual aid reduced the time spent on and the consumption of factors of production, thus permitting more farmers to engage in wasteland reclamation, sharpening of farming skills, and construction of water-control projects, which also contributed to agricultural growth.
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Ngai, Steven Sek-Yum, Chau-Kiu Cheung, Yuen-Hang Ng, Liang Shang, Hon-Yin Tang, Hiu-Lam Ngai, and Kenix Hok-Ching Wong. "Time Effects of Supportive Interaction and Facilitator Input Variety on Treatment Adherence of Young People with Chronic Health Conditions: A Dynamic Mechanism in Mutual Aid Groups." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 6 (March 16, 2021): 3061. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063061.
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This study aims to examine the mechanism of how supportive interaction and facilitator input variety in mutual aid groups impact treatment adherence of young people with chronic health conditions, with consideration of time effects, which have been rarely studied in the existing literature. A stratified random sample of 391 individuals aged 12–45 years with chronic health conditions were recruited from mutual aid groups in Hong Kong and completed both the baseline and 12-month follow-up surveys. The results of the structural equation modeling indicated that supportive interaction and facilitator input variety positively predicted treatment adherence in a delayed condition, whereas members’ treatment adherence in the baseline survey had reversed effects on members’ supportive interaction in the follow-up survey. The findings of this study shed light on the dynamic mechanism of the mutual aid groups and provide important implications to promote better rehabilitation outcomes of young people with chronic health conditions.
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Soden, Robert, and Embry Owen. "Dilemmas in Mutual Aid: Lessons for Crisis Informatics from an Emergent Community Response to the Pandemic." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5, CSCW2 (October 13, 2021): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3479862.
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, networks of community organizers and activists mobilized to support their neighbors as part of mutual aid groups across the United States. Emergent community response is a common phenomenon during crisis, but mutual aid in the pandemic took on a distinct character, drawing on traditions of political and community organizing. Our research into these activities suggests that mutual aid organizing in relation to disaster is growing practice but remains evolving and contested. Drawing on interviews with organizers of mutual aid groups in New York, we identify a series of four dilemmas that mutual aid organizers encountered in their work, with impacts on their organizational strategy and technology choices. We then raise three implications for crisis informatics to support community response to disaster: taking a long view of crises, centering questions of equity, and adopting a transformative vision of emergency response.
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Fu, J., X. C. Gao, J. B. Xu, and X. B. Zou. "Exchange of nonclassical properties between two interacting modes of light and mutual conversion of the Fock and coherent states." Canadian Journal of Physics 77, no. 3 (July 1, 1999): 211–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/p99-014.
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The invariant-related unitary transformation method is used to study the exchange of nonclassical properties between two interacting modes of light. With the aid of numerical computation, it is of interest to find that the mutual conversion of the Fock state and the coherent state is attained when the interaction is chosen appropriately.PACS Nos.: 03.65.Ge, 42.50.Ar
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Feng, Min, and Driss Bourazzouq. "An Action Research on a French Law Firm." Journal of Technological Advancements 1, no. 1 (January 2021): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jta.20210101.oa5.
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This study qualitatively analyzes interactional coping strategies used to managed technostress in the post-adoption stage of information technology implementation at a French legal firm. The nine strategies are participatory, collaborative, conflict resolution, bureaucratic coping (adaptation), perceived contribution to exchange, loyalty, affect, professional respect, and mutual trust. A critical perspective was applied to a longitudinal study of the intervention process. First, a problem with task distribution at the individual level affected the efficacy of perceived contribution strategies to exchange and professional enhancement. Second, a lack of creative interaction between group level colleagues undermined strategies of collaboration, mutual aid and assistance, participatory adaptation, and mutual trust. Third, a lack of digitalization commitment at the organizational level negatively affected conflict resolution and bureaucratic adjustment. Finally, an absence of loyalty and affect strategies was evident.
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Ko, Hyeong Jun, and Jamyoung Yi. "The Experience of Participating in the Online Patient Community of 'Lou Gehrig’s Network': Based on the Grounded Theory." Korea Association of Yeolin Education 31, no. 5 (September 30, 2023): 183–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.18230/tjye.2023.31.5.183.
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This study explores the experiences of patients and their guardians suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a rare intractable disease called Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS), by participating in an online patient community activity called 'Lou Gehrig’s Network'. To this end, after diagnosing Lou Gehrig's disease, in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 patients and their guardians participating in the 'Lou Gehrig’s Network' during the course of fighting the disease and analyzed using a grounded theory approach (Strauss & Corbin, 1998). As a result of the study, first, 54 concepts, 33 subcategories and 9 upper categories were derived. Second, a paradigm model for the adaptation process through online community participation after the diagnosis of Lou Gehrig's disease was derived. Specifically, as informal learning, there were learning experiences in indirect experience learning, direct experience learning, and mutual learning. Psychological recovery was also possible by active self-exposure, participation, mutual exchange, and information sharing in the community. Next, the interaction between the members of the Lou Gehrig Network confirmed learning and information exchange, community bond formation, and emotional interaction. Each interaction was deeply linked to each other rather than divided into independent interactions, which affected study participants' learning and psychological recovery. At the same time, the study participants served as mutual aid and mentors in the community. This suggests that mutual dynamics are actively taking place among members within the community. The characteristics of the online patient community, the Lou Gehrig Network, functioned as a self-help group, and at the same time served as a medium for information storage and interaction. Meanwhile, the “Lou Gehrig’s Network” was helping participants learn for life by acting as a learning community. Finally, based on the above results, the significance of this study and suggestions for future research were discussed.
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Ngai, Steven Sek-yum, Chau-Kiu Cheung, Jianhong Mo, Spencer Yu-hong Chau, Elly Nga-hin Yu, Lin Wang, and Hon-yin Tang. "Mediating Effects of Emotional Support Reception and Provision on the Relationship between Group Interaction and Psychological Well-Being: A Study of Young Patients." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 22 (November 18, 2021): 12110. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182212110.
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While it is well-established that mutual aid groups are effective in the psychological rehabilitation of vulnerable individuals, few studies have thoroughly investigated the dynamic mechanism of how psychological well-being improves through mutual aid groups of young patients with chronic health conditions. In connection with several existing theories (i.e., the helper therapy principle, equity theory, the norm of reciprocity, and the concept of communal relationships), this study aims to: (1) evaluate whether emotional support exchanges (i.e., emotional support reception and provision) mediate the relationship between group interaction and psychological well-being; and (2) compare three potential underlying mechanisms—the mediating role of emotional support provision, equitable reciprocity (i.e., a balance of receiving and providing emotional support, where no party over-benefits or under-benefits), and sequential reciprocity (i.e., repaying the helper or a third party in the future after receiving help)—through a path analysis model. A stratified random sampling procedure with chronic health conditions as the stratifying criterion was used to recruit 391 individuals aged 12–45 years from mutual aid groups in Hong Kong, who completed both the baseline and follow-up surveys over a 12-month interval. The results of the path model revealed significant mediating roles of emotional support provision and sequential reciprocity, not equitable reciprocity. The present study offers theoretical and practical implications for promoting the psychological well-being of young patients with chronic health conditions.
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Huang, Haixia. "Research on the Mutual Aid Effect of Business Negotiation Teaching in University Courses." International Journal of Education and Humanities 10, no. 2 (August 29, 2023): 79–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.54097/ijeh.v10i2.11490.
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Business negotiation teaching can combine theory and practice closely. The form and content of business negotiation need to have the characteristics of a wide range of knowledge, practicality and systematicness. By integrating negotiation teaching into the study of college courses, it can enhance the active atmosphere in the classroom, enhance the interaction between students and teachers, and between teachers, so that students can enhance their language expression ability and thinking logic ability through this form, and improve their adaptability by learning business negotiation strategies and the ability to use and negotiate skills.
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Qadri, Rida. "What's in a Network? Infrastructures of Mutual Aid for Digital Platform Workers during COVID-19." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5, CSCW2 (October 13, 2021): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3479563.
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This paper examines the role played by informal mutual aid networks in mediating precarity for gig workers in Jakarta during COVID-19. Using an original survey of 350 mobility platform drivers conducted in May 2020 and a pre-pandemic set of semi-structured interviews with driver communities, I find that mutual aid dispersed through associative, informal labor networks became an essential infrastructure of support for drivers during the pandemic. Most drivers in Jakarta were able to mobilize pre-existing labor networks for extensive material and emotional support. However, results indicate this support was not universally accessible: the pre-pandemic structures of a driver's community and the driver's own participation within the community correlated with the magnitude of community support a driver reported receiving. By putting CSCW literature in conversation with broader literature on informal urbanism, this paper shows how informal labor networks and mutual aid can be a transformative, even outside of formal union structures. By analyzing the forms and limits of these networks this paper also carries lessons in how to build solidarity amongst distributed workforces. At the same time, this study highlights the role of local socio-economic context in shaping gig worker experiences of the pandemic. Thus, it points to the need for more contextually driven analysis of both gig worker precarity and what are deemed effective forms of labor solidarity
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Agudelo Hernández, Felipe, Rodrigo Rojas-Andrade, Marcela Guapacha Montoya, and Andrés Camilo Delgado Reyes. "Identification of Components Associated with the Operation of Mutual Aid Groups: A Scoping Review." Revista Colombiana de Psicología 32, no. 2 (June 1, 2023): 95–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v32n2.103633.
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This research aims to identify the components associated with the benefits of Mutual Aid Groups (mags). Although they have been singled out by the evidence, specific information on their nuclear components is lacking. Based on the methodological approach of Arksey and O’Malley and the Joanna Briggs Institute, all research studies (Pubmed, Scopus, Scielo, Embase, and Redalyc) and gray literature examining these groups were included. The search was carried out throughout 2022 with the following codes: mutual aid groups; self-help groups. We reviewed 62 papers and 37 were included from a total of 2064 articles. The study shows that the components associated with beneficial results are: active agency, coping strategies, recognition, management of emotions, problem-solving strategies, supportive interaction, trust, self-identity construction, and strengthening of social networks. Thus, it reaffirms that mags are an effective option to address health problems. The application of these components could also contribute to achieve these benefits.
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Kotelnikova, Nina E., Olga V. Lashkevich, and Evgeny F. Panarin. "Mutual effect of the interaction of human serum albumin with cellulose in water." Macromolecular Symposia 166, no. 1 (March 2001): 147–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1521-3900(200103)166:1<147::aid-masy147>3.0.co;2-r.
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Sun, Jingjing. "Research and Exploration of Blended Learning Based on Flipped Classroom and PAD Class." Journal of Contemporary Educational Research 6, no. 3 (March 10, 2022): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.26689/jcer.v6i3.3743.
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This paper combines two teaching methods – flipped classroom and PAD class – and applies it to the teaching reform of the Construction Project Management course. Passive learning has been replaced by autonomous learning, the dominant position of students in classroom learning is highlighted, and students are liberated from the traditional passive acceptance-type learning. This improves the effectiveness of teacher-student interaction and student mutual aid, enhances students’ enthusiasm to participate in the classroom, and ultimately improves the effect of classroom teaching as well as realizes the personalized development of students.
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Trell, Erik. "“HealthOmeter”: An Aid in Advancing Preventive Medicine Media Revolution." Advances in Preventive Medicine 2015 (2015): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/798971.
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Subjective wellbeing is an important issue on the preventive medicine and political agenda and for mutual communication, information, and interaction in society and its individuals “requires new tools for measuring phenomena previously believed unmeasurable, as well as conceptual frameworks for interpreting such measurements…considering both happiness and misery.” The task is difficult, however, due to the great span of parameters and variables of age and gender, settings, socioeconomic conditions, wellness and illness, activities and functions, roles and habits, thoughts and feelings, and experiences and expectations involved over the panorama. HealthOmeter is a clinically tested and validated instrument with design and capacity in distinct coherent chapters to meet the new measurement and interpretation demands both contentwise and operationwise. Over the range of subjective and objective health it enables, in a uniform normalized layout in quintile balance between positive and negative, an all-round self-assessment and counsel in multimedia, preferably computer/mobile app distribution including storage, collation, and follow-up in full integrity and secrecy on the individual and aggregated level.
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Le Bot, Tangi, Amélie Lescroël, and David Grémillet. "A toolkit to study seabird–fishery interactions." ICES Journal of Marine Science 75, no. 5 (April 2, 2018): 1513–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy038.
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Abstract Seabirds and fisheries have been interacting from ancient times, sometimes with mutual benefits: Seabirds provided fishermen with visual cues of fish aggregations, and also fed upon food subsids generated by fishing activities. Yet fisheries and seabirds may also compete for the same resources, and their interactions can lead to additional seabird mortality through accidental bycatch and diminishing fishing efficiency, threatening vulnerable seabird populations. Understanding these complex relationships is essential for conservation strategies, also because it could enhance and ease discussion between stakeholders, towards a common vision for marine ecosystem management. As an aid in this process, we reviewed 510 scientific publications dedicated to seabirds–fisheries interactions, and compiled a methodological toolkit. Methods employed therein serve four main purposes: (i) Implementing distribution overlap analyses, to highlight areas of encounter between seabirds and fisheries (ii) Analysing movement and behavioural patterns using finer-scale information, to characterize interaction types (iii) Investigating individual-scale feeding ecology, to assess fisheries impacts at the scale of bird populations, and (iv) Quantifying the impacts of seabird–fishery interactions on seabird demography and population trends. This latter step allows determining thresholds and tipping points with respect to ecological sustainability. Overall, we stress that forthcoming studies should integrate those multiple approaches, in order to identify and promote best practices towards ecosystem-based fisheries management and ecologically sound marine spatial planning.
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Ryan, P. Bernard, and Derek J. S. Brown. "GAOCMAO—INDUSTRY'S APPROACH TO COOPERATIVE SPILL RESPONSE IN THE ARABIAN GULF." International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 1985, no. 1 (February 1, 1985): 607–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-1985-1-607.
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ABSTRACT In 1972, a group of oil companies operating in the western half of the Arabian Gulf came together to form an organization for the purpose of improving their capability to combat oil pollution. The companies sought to establish a joint oil spill response capability, not by setting up a separate, operational response group like other more conventional cooperatives, but instead by utilizing the principle of mutual assistance in times of need. The resulting organization, kown as the Gulf Area Oil Companies Mutual Aid Organisation (GAOCMAO), has proved its effectiveness in several major oil pollution incidents over its twelve years of existence and has gained recognition as a credible and responsible representative of the oil industry's views on matters relating to marine pollution in the Gulf region. Subsequent to the establishment of GAOCMAO, environmental awareness in the Gulf area generally has increased very significantly. Regional and state organizations have been set up by the various Gulf states' governments to monitor the environmental effects of industry of all kinds, including oil, and to develop appropriate control measures. To some extent, these changes have been reflected in an expansion of GAOCMAO's interests to areas outside those purely of oil spill response, but the primary commitment to joint response capability through mutual aid has not diminished. This paper describes the history and development of GAOCMAO since its formation, examines the manner in which it functions, and describes some of the incidents to which it has responded. The growing interaction between GAOCMAO and the various national and regional environmental groups in the Gulf area is examined and an attempt made to put into perspective the relative responsibilities, in terms of oil spill response, of the Gulf area's oil companies and the corresponding governmental organizations.
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Chen, Peng, Chen Qian, Li Lan, Mingxing Guo, Qiong Wu, Hongbo Ren, and Yue Zhang. "Shared Trading Strategy of Multiple Microgrids Considering Joint Carbon and Green Certificate Mechanism." Sustainability 15, no. 13 (June 29, 2023): 10287. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151310287.
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With a background of carbon peak and neutrality, the economic and environmental requirements are increasing for microgrids. In view of the problem of energy wastage and conflicts of interest among multiple microgrid integrated energy systems, it is important to study the operation optimization of microgrid clusters while considering the sharing and trading of both carbon emissions and green certificates. In this study, a Stackelberg game mechanism is applied, in which the microgrid operator is the leader and its subscribers are the followers, forming a master–slave interaction model. Following this, breaking the trading barriers of energy and various policy markets, the joint carbon and green certificate trading mechanism is proposed. Moreover, a mutually beneficial shared trading model of multi-microgrids considering coupled energy and carbon and green certificate trading is proposed to avoid the problem of double counting of environmental attributes. In addition, a cooperative sharing center is assumed to propose a flexible multi-resource sharing price mechanism. It guides each microgrid operator to conduct internal multi-resource sharing trading, so as to reduce the daily operating costs of energy supplying entities in the cooperative system of multiple microgrids, effectively reduce carbon emissions, and improve the balance of network group mutual aid. According to the simulation results of an illustrative example, the proposed trading strategy can effectively unlock the potential of resource sharing and mutual aid within multi-microgrids and improve the economy and carbon reduction effects of the overall system.
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Darling, Keir, and Lawrence M. Widrow. "Eigenfunctions of Galactic phase space spirals from dynamic mode decomposition." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 490, no. 1 (September 13, 2019): 114–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2539.
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ABSTRACT We investigate the spatiotemporal structure of simulations of the homogeneous slab and isothermal plane models for the vertical motion in the Galactic disc. We use dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) to compute eigenfunctions of the simulated distribution functions for both models, referred to as DMD modes. In the case of the homogeneous slab, we compare the DMD modes to the analytic normal modes of the system to evaluate the feasibility of DMD in collisionless self-gravitating systems. This is followed by the isothermal plane model, where we focus on the effect of self-gravity on phase mixing. We compute DMD modes of the system for varying relative dominance of mutual interaction and external potential, so as to study the corresponding variance in mode structure and lifetime. We find that there is a regime of relative dominance, at approximately 4 : 1 external potential to mutual interaction where the DMD modes are spirals in the (z, vz) plane, and are nearly un-damped. This leads to the proposition that a system undergoing phase mixing in the presence of weak-to-moderate self-gravity can have persisting spiral structure in the form of such modes. We then conclude with the conjecture that such a mechanism may be at work in the phase space spirals observed in Gaia Data Release 2, and that studying more complex simulations with DMD may aid in understanding both the timing and form of the perturbation that lead to the observed spirals.
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Huda, Ummul. "ANALISIS HABITS OF THINKING INTERDEPENDENTLY (HTI) SISWA SMP DALAM PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF." Ta'dib 19, no. 1 (June 1, 2016): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.31958/jt.v19i1.447.
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AbstractThis research is motivated by the lack of social interaction among students to improve the quality of understanding and learning. Yet this is very important to achieve maximum results in learning, including the habit of students to give feedback, criticism, responses, compliments to each other; mutual energies and thoughts to the group; more concerned with common interests rather than personal interests; mutual aid among fellow members of the group to ensure that all members understand the task they are doing; and they not only contribute but also learn something from the group. Therefore, this study discusses about how the image of students HTI in learning math is done cooperatively. The method used is descriptive quantitative research, the subjects are students of SMPN 5 Bandung totaling 29 person. The instrument that this research used was a questionnaire and observation sheet. The result of this research show that students’ HTI in learning cooperative are good, such as they are care/emphathize to the others feeling and thought, to look at and listen to others with understanding and empathy, showing their independence in learning and collaborative team.Kata Kunci: Habit of Thinking Interdependently (HTI), Pembelajaran Kooperatif
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Ceravolo, Rosario, Erica Lenticchia, Gaetano Miraglia, Valerio Oliva, and Linda Scussolini. "Modal Identification of Structures with Interacting Diaphragms." Applied Sciences 12, no. 8 (April 15, 2022): 4030. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12084030.
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System identification proves in general to be very efficient in the extraction of modal parameters of a structure under ambient vibrations. However, great difficulties can arise in the case of structures composed of many connected bodies, whose mutual interaction may lead to a multitude of coupled modes. In the present work, a methodology to approach the identification of interconnected diaphragmatic structures, exploiting a simplified analytical model, is proposed. Specifically, a parametric analysis has been carried out on a numerical basis on the simplified model, i.e., a multiple spring–mass model. The results were then exploited to aid the identification of a significant case study, represented by the Pavilion V, designed by Riccardo Morandi as a hypogeum hall of the Turin Exhibition Center. The structure is indeed composed of three blocks separated by expansion joints, whose characteristics are unknown. As the main result, light was shed on the contribution of the stiffness of the joints to the global dynamic behavior of structures composed of interacting diaphragms, and, in particular, on the effectiveness of the joints of Pavilion V.
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Pan, Ru, and Jing Cheng. "Design and Application of the Digital-Oriented Interactive System for Teaching Preschool Art Education." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2022 (September 12, 2022): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1242038.
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In this paper, the design of a teaching interactive system for preschool art education is digitally studied and analyzed, and the teaching interactive system is designed to be applied to the teaching process of preschool art education. It is to design and implement a convenient and feasible art education study and research mutual aid system. The art teaching mutual study and research system is based on the three-layer architecture of NET as the main system structure. The main function of the representation layer is to process the data requested by users and realize the interaction between users. The data layer is mainly to realize the processing of data logic, through the call and operation of the database, to realize the interactive access function of the database. The business logic layer is a relationship in the middle and plays the function of carrying on the top and bottom, realizing the logical processing of the database, and then realizing the business objectives of the system. The design and implementation of the multitier mechanism are of great importance in terms of improving system reliability as well as system compatibility. In the framework of activity theory research, the concept of dynamic integration of digital learning resources is proposed in conjunction with relevant research on digital learning resource integration. The intermediary of the interaction between subjects and digital learning resources in the digital learning process establishes the connection between different subjects through the interaction between elements in the activity system, promotes the accumulation of the number of digital learning resources and the two-way interaction of effective information, and thus realizes the orderly organization and management of the digital learning resource system. The theoretical basis of dynamic integration of digital learning resources, including activity theory, knowledge organization theory, and feedback principle, is discussed in detail in the study to provide a basis for the construction of the theoretical model of dynamic integration of digital learning resources.
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Muzychuk, O. M., A. T. Komziuk, and V. O. Naida. "Forms of interaction of units of the National Police units with the public under martial law." Bulletin of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs 101, no. 2 (Part 2) (July 10, 2023): 163–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.32631/v.2023.2.45.
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The team of authors has emphasised that the issue of forms of interaction between the police and the public under martial law is becoming one of the basic ones, the study of which is of a strategic nature, as it is related to the establishment of stable mutual relations between the police and the public at the organisational, managerial and ideological levels, which in the future can contribute to mutual coverage and complementation of problematic aspects of the activities of both police units and the public. In the course of the research, the authors’ understanding of the public under martial law has been formed, taking into account the international and virtual dimensions of its functioning, as well as the main features of its activity have been highlighted. An attempt has also been made to outline the features of police activity under martial law, which in one way or another are related to interaction with the public. Also, the most common forms of interaction between the police and the public were separately considered: joint delivery of humanitarian aid to the civilian population and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the escort by the police of humanitarian cargo organized by the public; joint evacuation of the population from the regions of active hostilities, ensuring public safety at all stages of evacuation; joint trainings for the public on safety issues, provision of police premises, including shelter, for public safety needs; the use of police premises as “points of invincibility”, allowing the public to use generators, heaters, etc.; conducting trainings by the representatives of the public for the personnel of police units, in particular, participation in the organization of trainings on pre-medical care of representatives of public organizations, paramedics and professional trainers on pre-medical care.
Taking into account the fundamental importance of developing, systematizing, and scientifically understanding the peculiarities of the interaction of police units with the public under martial law, there is a need to conduct new research in this area, develop separate methodological recommendations, manuals, and implement comprehensive programs for the dissemination of effective practices of such interaction among the public.
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Ovsiannikova, Yanina, Svitlana Liebiedieva, Diana Pokhilko, Nataliia Onishchenko, Liydmila Gontarenko, and Yurii Shyrobokov. "The Modern Approach to Rapport Building with Children Affected by Crisis Events." BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience 12, no. 4 (December 20, 2021): 532–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/brain/12.4/263.
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The article is dedicated to the problem of providing an opportune psychological aid to children who were affected by crisis events. Observation, surveys, conservation were used as the methods of the study. The article emphasizes that the rapport building with children and their parents is one of the first and basic steps to provide psychological help. In order to develop the effective psychological methods and techniques of working with children who were affected by crisis events, scientific works of Ukrainian and foreign scientists were analysed. Therefore, the positive regard, emergence of interest and topic of conservation were determined as essential aspects of any rapport establishing. As well as, the main goals of the rapport building are the abatement of emotional tension and mutual trust development. As a consequence of the study, two stages of the child-psychologist interaction were determined. The first is providing the sense of safety and the second is direct interaction with a child. Also, some rapport building techniques for children of different ages were proposed in the article. These techniques should be used only individually for each specific case. In addition, the rapport building is determined as an inalienable condition of any effective further treatment.
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Efendi, Mohamad Nur, Kusnul Ciptanila Yuni K, Luhur Prasetiyo, and Mukhtar Adinugroho. "SOCIAL CAPITAL OF TRADITIONAL MARKET TRADERS BEHIND MODERN RETAIL EXPANSION AND ITS RELEVANCE TO ISLAMIC CULTURE." An-Nisbah: Jurnal Ekonomi Syariah 10, no. 1 (May 31, 2023): 119–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.21274/an.v10i1.7486.
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Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis bentuk modal sosial dan peranan modal sosial pada pedagang di Pasar tradisional. Penelitian ini dikaji berdasarkan teori Modal Sosial oleh Robert David Putnam dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif. Hasil temuan menunjukkan bahwa modal sosial telah dimiliki oleh para pedagang di Pasar tradisional terbentuk pada level mikro dan meso. Pada level mikro, modal sosial bonding nampak pada hubungan pedagang yang saling berinteraksi dengan sesama pedagang dan pelanggan. Pada level meso, modal sosial bridging nampak secara horizontal para pedagang yang memiliki hubungan interaksi dengan pedagang di pasar lainnya atau distibutor, sedangkan secara vertikal hubungan interaksi pedagang terjadi dengan pengelola pasar atau pemerintah. Peran modal sosial sangat penting. Adanya nilai dan norma menumbuhkan trust sehingga terbentuklah sikap rasa percaya, sikap saling menghargai, saling membantu, serta saling memberi dukungan meski keadaan fisik dan ekonomi sedang melemah. Modal sosial memberikan dampak terkait kuatnya kebersamaan dan sikap saling tolong menolong pada komunitas pedagang di pasar tradisional yang relevan dengan kultur budaya islami. Hubungan interaksi yang menyatu dengan nilai budaya serta adanya sikap saling percaya yang tercermin pada pemberian hutang, menjadi salah satu faktor yang memperkuat eksitensi pasar tradisional di tengah gempuran ritel modern. Hal tersebut menjadi fenomena khas dari pasar tradisional yang tidak dimiliki oleh ritel modern.
Kata kunci: modal sosial, pasar tradisional, ritel modern, budaya islam
Abstract: This study was studied using descriptive qualitative methods based on the Social Capital theory by Robert David Putnam. The findings indicate that the social capital already owned by traders in traditional markets is formed at the micro and mezzo levels. At the micro level, bonding social capital appears in the relationship of traders who interact with fellow traders and customers. At the meso level, bridging social capital appears horizontally by traders who have interaction relationships with traders in other markets or distributors. In contrast, vertically, traders interact with market managers or the government. The role of social capital is vital. The existence of values and norms fosters trust so that an attitude of trust, mutual respect, mutual assistance, and mutual support is formed even though physical and economic conditions are weakening. Social capital impacts the strength of togetherness and mutual aid in the trading community in traditional markets relevant to Islamic culture. The interaction relationship that is integrated with cultural values as well as the attitude of mutual trust which is reflected in the provision of debt, is one of the factors that strengthen the existence of the traditional market in the onslaught of modern retail. This is a typical phenomenon of traditional markets not owned by modern retailers.
Keywords: social capital, traditional market, modern market, Islamic culture
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Buken, Heinrich, Pavel Sherstnev, and Ernst Kozeschnik. "Simultaneous Precipitation and Recrystallization during Hot Deformation of Ti, Nb and V Microalloyed Steel." Materials Science Forum 879 (November 2016): 2463–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.879.2463.
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Recrystallization is a major means for controlling the grain size of steel during hot deformation. Usually, small grain sizes deliver superior mechanical properties. To aid the grain size controlling effect of recrystallization, small precipitates of carbo-nitride particles can be utilized to hinder the movement of grain boundaries. Interestingly, these particles are not only effective during grain growth, but also during recrystallization. In the present work, a recently developed state-parameter based model is introduced that is capable of describing both, the individual processes of static recrystallization, dynamic and static recovery and precipitation as well as the mutual interaction of these mechanisms in the course of elevated temperature processing. The evolution of state parameters within the model is discussed and the simulation results are compared to experimental information. Within our approach, a vast amount of experimental data for microalloyed steel is reproduced on basis of a single set of input parameters
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Moisseron-Baudé, Mathilde, Jean-Luc Bernaud, and Laurent Sovet. "Relationships between Sense of Community, Authenticity, and Meaning in Life in Four Social Communities in France." Sustainability 14, no. 2 (January 17, 2022): 1018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14021018.
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This research explored the effects of sense of community and authenticity on meaning in life in social communities in France. The sample included one hundred participants from four social communities (i.e., political, religious, virtual learning, and mutual aid). The Meaning in Life Questionnaire, the Sense of Community Scale, and the Authenticity Scale were administered to the respondents. The correlational analyses indicated that sense of community and authenticity were more related to the presence of meaning (r = 0.29 and r = 0.54, respectively) than to the search for meaning (r = −0.39 and r = 0.03, respectively). In addition, no interaction effects were found between sense of community and the three dimensions of authenticity, suggesting that the level of authenticity did not influence the relationships between sense of community and presence of or search for meaning. The practical and research implications of the study for social communities in the field of existential psychology were discussed.
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Gustini, Neng. "Empati Kultural pada Mahasiswa." JOMSIGN: Journal of Multicultural Studies in Guidance and Counseling 1, no. 1 (March 6, 2017): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/jomsign.v1i1.6049.
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Cultural empathy is the ability to feel what another person by an individual or a community group. Culture of others became the foundation behave in every interaction that exists. Empathy has the potential to transform differences into mutual understanding and deep understanding. Similarly, in guidance and counseling, a counselor absolutely have skills in counseling, one of which he must have a sense of empathy. Therefore, empathy is very important, both for educators and for counselors, especially for counselors, provide a sense of comfort to the counselee as if a counselor was feeling what counselees feel and recognize themselves in more depth. As for cultural empathy in counseling is very important for the counseling process is a process aid through the interaction between two individuals of different cultural backgrounds. One problem that often arises is the lack of empathy in communication that could lead to a misunderstanding in interaction. Whereas, the purpose of cultural empathy is to gather information and to establish a therapeutic alliance. This study aims to investigate and describe the cultural empathy in students. This study uses a quantitative approach with descriptive methods, instrument using a questionnaire and the sample was 83 students of UIN Sunan Gunung Jati Bandung. The findings of this research is cultural empathy of student UIN Sunan Gunung Jati Bandung categorized as being with an average by score of 83.84.
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Dillon, Amanda. "Bible Journaling as a Spiritual Aid in Addiction Recovery." Religions 12, no. 11 (November 3, 2021): 965. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12110965.
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Bible Journaling is a trend of the past decade whereby readers make creative, visual interventions in their Bibles, using coloured pens and pencils, watercolours, stickers and stencils, highlighting texts of particular resonance. Journaling, in its more conventional written forms, has long been recognised as a pathway to spiritual development. Significantly, Bible journaling is almost exclusively practiced by women and has a high level of interpersonal interaction attached to it, through open and mutual sharing of these creations, through various online social media fora. Gleaned from the sharing of women who journal for spiritual support, this article examines the role Bible journaling plays in aiding recovery from drug addiction. Multimodal analysis is a methodological approach that provides a structured semiotic framework in which to closely examine every feature of a creation such as a journaled page of a Bible, to examine how the journaler has made meaning of a text through their interventions on the page. Appreciating every mark, choice and placement of image, colour, typography as a motivated sign revealing the interest of the creator, the sign-maker, a detailed multimodal analysis is conducted of one page of a recovered drug-user’s journaled Bible. As shall be demonstrated, profound insights into the appropriation of sacred texts for the spiritual life of a recovering addict can be gleaned in this process. Bible journaling reveals itself to be a highly valuable spiritual practice for those in addiction recovery. This interdisciplinary paper uniquely brings a methodological approach from the field of semiotics to the field of spirituality. Both the methodological approach and the subject of sacred text journaling may be of particular interest to spiritual directors, across many religions with a foundational sacred text, as a means whereby adherents can engage with a text in a deep, contemplative and creative practice that is personally, spiritually sustaining and motivating during a difficult phase of life.
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Joshi, Shashank, and Arhan Choudhury. "Tokenization of Real Estate Assets Using Blockchain." International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies 18, no. 3 (July 1, 2022): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijiit.309588.
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Blockchain technology is one of the key technologies that have revolutionized various facets of society, such as the banking, healthcare, and other critical ecosystems. One area that can harness the usage of blockchain is the real estate sector. The most lucrative long-term investment is real estate, followed by gold, equities, mutual funds, and savings accounts. Nevertheless, it has administrative overheads such as lack of transparency, fraud, several intermediaries, title issues, paperwork, an increasing number of arbitrations, and the lack of liquidity. This paper proposes a framework that uses blockchain as an underlying technology. With the aid of blockchain and the suite of tools, it supports many of these problems that can be alleviated in the real estate investment ecosystem. These include smart contracts, immutable record management, tokenization, record tracking, and time-stamped storage. Tokenization of real estate lowers the entry barrier by fixing liquidity and interoperability and improving the interaction between various stakeholders.
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Porter, Keith A., and Rachel Sherrill. "Utility Performance Panels in the ShakeOut Scenario." Earthquake Spectra 27, no. 2 (May 2011): 443–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/1.3584121.
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The ShakeOut Scenario assessed earth-science impacts, physical damage, and socioeconomic impacts of a hypothetical M7.8 southern San Andreas Fault earthquake. Among many detailed studies were special studies of 12 lifelines, 7 of which were performed by panels of employees of the utilities at risk. Panels met for four hours. Panelists were presented with the scenario's earth science impacts and previously estimated damage to “upstream” lifelines. They then hypothesized a realistic outcome of the earthquake on damage and service restoration, identifying research needs and mitigation options. The panel process worked well: panelists were well qualified and seemed to fairly assess realistic earthquake impacts and restoration, probably more realistically than an outside consultant would have been able to do, thus improving the ShakeOut. Panelists gained insight into lifeline interaction, mutual-aid needs, communication capabilities, and backup supplies. Southern California Edison, for example, enhanced its planning and preparedness for a large Southern California earthquake.
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Burke, Evan. "From lessons to sessions: How does second language teaching experience translate to psychoeducational group facilitation?" Groupwork 26, no. 1 (January 11, 2017): 9–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1921/gpwk.v26i1.978.
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Abstract: Reflection on the planning and facilitation of a social work psychoeducational group led to an examination of the transferability of teaching experience. Social interaction in second language studies allows for the learning of skills and knowledge through the mediation of teachers and fellow students. Likewise, psychoeducational groups, in having educational and instructional elements, encourage members to employ learning skills in jointly constructing ideas and strategies related to strengths, emotional resilience and thinking habits. Groupworkers seek to identify and activate the strengths present in members just as teachers do with the knowledge present in students. The communicative approach to language teaching encourages student comfort with working with peers in group tasks so that the teacher becomes facilitator and this translates to psychoeducational groups in terms of mutual aid, anxiety reduction, inclusion and altruism. Group members embrace this and groupworkers benefit from challenging themselves in planning such group sessions. Keywords: social work;, teaching; psychoeducational; mental health; strengths; resilience; groupwork; group work
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Xu, Jintao, Mike Ivey, Jessica Koble, Rafael Lopez, Claire Mechler, Lori Neal, Peter Williamson, Benjamin Segal, and Michal A. Olszewski. "Infiltrated monocyte and T cell interaction drives immunopathology in the brain during cryptococcal meningoencephalitis." Journal of Immunology 202, no. 1_Supplement (May 1, 2019): 190.14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.202.supp.190.14.
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Abstract Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) is a major cause of central nervous system (CNS)-linked mortality worldwide. High mortality frequently occurs despite antifungal drug treatment and pathogen elimination, and increasing evidence suggests over-exuberant host immune responses promote CM pathogenesis. Our goal was to dissect the role of two major groups of cells recruited to CNS (myeloid cell and T cell) and determine whether and how their crosstalk drives CM immunopathology. To study this, we developed a murine model that reproduces major features of human CM. Using this model, we found mice mortality did not directly correlate with CNS fungal burden, but instead was synchronized with the accumulation of ultra-Th1 polarized CD4 T cells and CCR2+ monocytes (Mo). Recruitment of Mo into the CNS was impaired in CCR2−/− mice, and these mice survived significantly longer and displayed fewer neurological symptoms despite higher brain fungal burden compared to WT mice. Mechanistically, we found that 1) CCR2+ Mo contributed to CXCR3+IFNγhi CD4 T cell accumulation and their ultra-Th1 polarization through modulating CXCL9/CXCL10 production. 2) CXCR3 deletion resulted in diminished CD4 T cell recruitment, Th1 polarization and conferred markedly protection against CM mortality; 3) robust IFNγ production by CD4 T cells corresponded to massive iNOS expression in Mo, which propose excessive NO production potentially contributes to neuronal injury. Collectively, we showed CCR2+ Mo and CXCR3+ CD4 T cells interact to promote mutual recruitment and activation, causing profound CNS damage during CM. Regulation of Mo and T cell function may become therapeutic strategy to aid current anti-fungal drug treatment that is frequently ineffective.
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Barbosa, Susana, Sónia Coelho, and Susana Branco. "Deafness in family relationships: a study on the interactions between mother, child and maternal grandmother." Journal of Education Culture and Society 7, no. 2 (September 10, 2016): 230–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.15503/jecs20162.230.243.
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This paper aims to identify the role of the maternal grandmother in the education of grandchildren, in a deafness context. We intend also to understand if the role of the deaf mother as the main educator element, is well defined in this family trio - deaf mother, child and maternal grandmother. So, our main goal was to comprehend the relationship between deaf mother and grandmother and if this relation respects the principles of mutual aid and cooperation. However, we also want to comprehend if this interaction, perhaps, jeopardizes the autonomy of the deaf mother who could be threatened because of the maternal grandmother’s behaviour.
The qualitative study had the participation of six deaf mothers and we collected data through interviews in Portuguese sign language.
Taking the parameters described, the results reveal that maternal grandmothers actually act like ´educator assistants` in the education of grandchildren. The role of main figure is ensured by deaf mother. It is still evident a change of attitude about the communication in Portuguese sign language by grandmothers, now they are more open-minded in using this language with their grandchildren but this situation did not occur with their daughters.
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Lubenov, Todor, Ivan Marinov, and Emiliya Velizarova. "Risk of flooding: Activities, parameters and regional peculiarities, Case study: Varbitsa watershed basin, Bulgaria." Glasnik Srpskog geografskog drustva 89, no. 4 (2009): 75–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/gsgd0904075l.
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An overview of the activities overtaken during risk of flooding situations, in one of the more often flooding region - the watershed of Varbitsa river (Southeastern part of Bulgaria) - has been performed. The main cognitive parameters for risk perception and risk definition, depending on regional, social and historical factors have been examined. The existing information and instructions for mass media communication in relation to the process of interaction in a disaster situation have been discussed. In connection to determination of the risky segments in the basin and plans for announcement, the prevention communication measures have been outlined. On the basis of the Bulgarian normative legislation, the activities concerning organization of communications in a risk-of-disaster situation and mutual aid between authorities, which are part of the Integrated Help System have been indicated. It has been accented on the necessity of a more effective realization of the action plans during natural disasters and especially flooding, in order to improve the partnership between authorities and participants in the communication process during risk-of-flooding situations.
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Boxer, Diana. "8. DISCOURSE ISSUES IN CROSS-CULTURAL PRAGMATICS." Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 22 (March 2002): 150–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0267190502000089.
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This chapter focuses on recent research in cross-cultural pragmatics (CCP) as distinct from interlanguage pragmatics (IP). The essential difference between the two lies in the perspective from which each views cross-cultural communication. CCP takes the point of view that individuals from different societies or communities interact according to their own pragmatic norms, often resulting in a clash of expectations and, ultimately, misperceptions about the other group. The misperceptions are typically two-way; that is, each group misperceives the other. In an age in which cross-cultural interaction is the norm not only across societies but also within them, different rules of speaking have the potential to cause stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination against entire groups of people. Research in the area of CCP can greatly aid in ameliorating these consequences. Recent studies that view CCP from this two-way perspective are the focus of this chapter. The overview of this body of research demonstrates the potential contribution of the field of applied linguistics to mutual understanding through the study of discourse issues in cross-cultural pragmatics.
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Mentes, Magyar, Fichó, and Simon. "Analysis of Heterodimeric “Mutual Synergistic Folding”-Complexes." International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, no. 20 (October 16, 2019): 5136. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20205136.
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Several intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are capable to adopt stable structures without interacting with a folded partner. When the folding of all interacting partners happens at the same time, coupled with the interaction in a synergistic manner, the process is called Mutual Synergistic Folding (MSF). These complexes represent a discrete subset of IDPs. Recently, we collected information on their complexes and created the MFIB (Mutual Folding Induced by Binding) database. In a previous study, we compared homodimeric MSF complexes with homodimeric and monomeric globular proteins with similar amino acid sequence lengths. We concluded that MSF homodimers, compared to globular homodimeric proteins, have a greater solvent accessible main-chain surface area on the contact surface of the subunits, which becomes buried during dimerization. The main driving force of the folding is the mutual shielding of the water-accessible backbones, but the formation of further intermolecular interactions can also be relevant. In this paper, we will report analyses of heterodimeric MSF complexes. Our results indicate that the amino acid composition of the heterodimeric MSF monomer subunits slightly diverges from globular monomer proteins, while after dimerization, the amino acid composition of the overall MSF complexes becomes more similar to overall amino acid compositions of globular complexes. We found that inter-subunit interactions are strengthened, and additionally to the shielding of the solvent accessible backbone, other factors might play an important role in the stabilization of the heterodimeric structures, likewise energy gain resulting from the interaction of the two subunits with different amino acid compositions. We suggest that the shielding of the β-sheet backbones and the formation of a buried structural core along with the general strengthening of inter-subunit interactions together could be the driving forces of MSF protein structural ordering upon dimerization.
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Wister, Andrew V., Minda Chittenden, Bonnie McCoy, Kelly Wilson, Trasey Allen, and Melanie Wong. "Using Alternative Therapies to Manage Chronic Illness Among Older Adults: An Examination of the Health Context, Predisposing and Enabling Processes." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 21, no. 1 (2002): 47–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0714980800000635.
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ABSTRACTThis paper examines use of alternative therapies to manage a chronic illness among older adults with at least one of three major conditions: arthritis, heart disease, and hypertension. Drawing from developments in the health utilization literature, a focus is placed on the illness context, predisposing factors, and several factors deemed to enable persons to use complementary medicine. The baseline data (n = 879) from the 1995–96 North Shore Self-Care Study conducted in Vancouver, Canada were used for this study. Two dependent variables were analysed using logistic regression techniques – the first is based on a comprehensive question about using alternative therapies (such as herbal remedies, acupuncture, massage therapy, etc.) to manage a chronic condition; and the second uses a more specific question pertaining to meditation or praying. The results from the first analysis show that being younger, suffering from arthritis compared to hypertension, comorbidity, taking fewer medications, lower income, reading on the chronic condition, and the interaction between reading and illness self-efficacy are associated with trying alternative therapies. The findings for the second analysis show that being female, being younger, and not married, as well as reporting a more serious condition, illness duration and the interaction between having moderate levels of mutual aid and number of confidants result in a greater likelihood of trying meditation/prayer. Implications of these results are discussed in terms of their theoretical import, and their relevance for the degree to which unconventional and conventional medicine are complementary.
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Zamioudis, Christos, and Corné M. J. Pieterse. "Modulation of Host Immunity by Beneficial Microbes." Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® 25, no. 2 (February 2012): 139–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/mpmi-06-11-0179.
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In nature, plants abundantly form beneficial associations with soilborne microbes that are important for plant survival and, as such, affect plant biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Classical examples of symbiotic microbes are mycorrhizal fungi that aid in the uptake of water and minerals, and Rhizobium bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen for the plant. Several other types of beneficial soilborne microbes, such as plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria and fungi with biological control activity, can stimulate plant growth by directly suppressing deleterious soilborne pathogens or by priming aboveground plant parts for enhanced defense against foliar pathogens or insect herbivores. The establishment of beneficial associations requires mutual recognition and substantial coordination of plant and microbial responses. A growing body of evidence suggests that beneficial microbes are initially recognized as potential invaders, after which an immune response is triggered, whereas, at later stages of the interaction, mutualists are able to short-circuit plant defense responses to enable successful colonization of host roots. Here, we review our current understanding of how symbiotic and nonsymbiotic beneficial soil microbes modulate the plant immune system and discuss the role of local and systemic defense responses in establishing the delicate balance between the two partners.
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Ha, Ngoc Huong Lien, Xin Ying Chua, Shallon Musimenta, Edith Akankwasa, Nongluck Pussayapibul, Hui Jin Toh, Mimaika Luluina Ginting, et al. "Enablers and Barriers of a Cross-Cultural Geriatric Education Distance Training Programme: The Singapore-Uganda Experience." Geriatrics 5, no. 4 (September 25, 2020): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics5040061.
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Background: By 2050, 80% of the world’s older population will reside in developing countries. There is a need for culturally appropriate training programs to increase awareness of eldercare issues, promote knowledge of how to better allocate resources to geriatric services, and promulgate elder-friendly policies. A monthly distance geriatric education programme between a public hospital in Singapore and health institute in Uganda was implemented. This study explored the enablers and barriers to the delivery of culturally appropriate geriatric education programmes via a videoconferencing platform. Methods: We conducted 12 in-depth interviews with six teachers from Singapore and six learners from Uganda. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and analyzed using an inductive thematic approach to analysis with the aid of the NVivo software. Results: Enablers included inter-personal real-time interactions between teachers and learners whereas misaligned perceptions of cross-cultural differences between Singaporean teachers and Ugandan learners were a barrier. Rapport building, teacher motivation and institutional support were perceived to contribute to the programme’s sustainability. Overall, Ugandan learners perceived that the training improved knowledge, skills, attitude and practice of geriatric care. Participants suggested that future initiatives consider aligning cross-cultural perceptions between partners, conducting a training needs analysis, exploring complementary modes of information dissemination, and allotting time for more interaction, thereby reinforcing mutual sharing. Adequate publicity and appropriate incentivisation may also better sustain the programme. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that cross-cultural training via a videoconferencing platform was feasible. Our results inform planners of future distance educational programmes of how to improve standards of cross-cultural competency and forge promising international partnerships.
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Chatwattana, Pinanta. "Massive Open Online Courses Model with Self-directed Learning to Enhance Digital Literacy Skills." International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP) 11, no. 5 (October 5, 2021): 122–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v11i5.22461.
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The massive open online courses model with self-directed learning was developed by the researcher as a tool to promote learning out-side the classroom for the learners in digital age. The concept is based on the combination of new technologies and teaching methods with an attempt to create new ideas and innovations that can promote learning for the modern learners, and meanwhile can directly respond to their learning experiences. Thereby, the instructors are responsible for organizing the environment and creating teaching materials appropriate for the learners by making use of existing technology, which can lead to learning society in digital universities. In reference to the development of this research, the researcher has applied the new principles, the new concepts, the new theories and the new teaching
innovations of the Era 4.0 in order to respond to and accommodate the cur-rent situations of learning in order that they can learn by their own any-where and anytime. The objectives of these learning styles are to encourage the learners to have self-learning experiences, skills, and capability to set up learning plans and evaluate their learning by themselves, with the aid of instructional activities to promote their learning and mutual interaction through the social networks.
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Chatwattana, Pinanta. "Massive Open Online Courses Model with Self-directed Learning to Enhance Digital Literacy Skills." International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP) 11, no. 5 (October 5, 2021): 122–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v11i5.22461.
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The massive open online courses model with self-directed learning was developed by the researcher as a tool to promote learning out-side the classroom for the learners in digital age. The concept is based on the combination of new technologies and teaching methods with an attempt to create new ideas and innovations that can promote learning for the modern learners, and meanwhile can directly respond to their learning experiences. Thereby, the instructors are responsible for organizing the environment and creating teaching materials appropriate for the learners by making use of existing technology, which can lead to learning society in digital universities. In reference to the development of this research, the researcher has applied the new principles, the new concepts, the new theories and the new teaching
innovations of the Era 4.0 in order to respond to and accommodate the cur-rent situations of learning in order that they can learn by their own any-where and anytime. The objectives of these learning styles are to encourage the learners to have self-learning experiences, skills, and capability to set up learning plans and evaluate their learning by themselves, with the aid of instructional activities to promote their learning and mutual interaction through the social networks.
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Orochovska, Liudmyla, and Uliana Koshetar. "Ideas of the cosmism philosophy natural-scientific direction within media space and social-economic space." E3S Web of Conferences 135 (2019): 04035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201913504035.
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The article examines the influence of cosmism ideology and its orientation at principles of total interconnection, unity, obligatory coordination of human activity with the principle of world integrity on the formation of media space and socio-economic space of the information society. It displays that inwardness within the formation of humanity unity has been emphasised by the cosmism representatives Vladimir Solovyov, Nikolai Fedorov, Nikolai Berdyaev, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Vladimir Vernadsky, Edouard Le Roy, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin who manifested the world view position considering human, their past, present, and future through the lens of correlation with space. The research distinguishes the crucial role of cosmism ideology in development of modern media culture. It highlights the fact that, within the information society where formation of network communication systems provides the opportunity to shape global interaction systems enabling integrity of world culture or any national culture, priorities of cooperation and mutual aid ought to become dominant for mass media activity regardless of the civilisations, nations, regions, communities they represent. Policy in the sphere of media culture must be directed at the operation of communication network in the interchange mode, prevention of the situation when demassification of mass media may lead to localising, closing cultures of certain ethnic or religious groups.
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Kocharnaya, Galina, Oleg Divichenko, and Inna Demenenko. "Formation of Entrepreneurial Climate as a Factor of Social and Economic Development of the Region." SHS Web of Conferences 50 (2018): 01012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20185001012.
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The paper considers the formation of entrepreneurial climate in the conditions of social and economic development of the region. At present, one of the priority directions of social and economic policy of the region is the development of small businesses. In turn, the entrepreneurial or business climate acts as a paramount component of small business development. The study of the current state of entrepreneurial climate in the region makes it possible to define current problems of its development and ways to solve them. The social mechanism of entrepreneurial enterprise climate formation in the region is directly focused on the formation of certain motives, ideas, behavior patterns of all business subjects (business community and authorities). This is revealed through the following principles: state support, priority objectives, equal conditions, diversification, partnership, social responsibility, social protection, public representation, exchange of experience, competitive advantage. For successful formation of entrepreneurial climate in the sphere of small business as a factor of social and economic development in the region it is critical to use such methods as monitoring, ranking, public-private partnership, business partnership, social support, multilevel training, multi-purpose competition, social selection, social cooperation in order to ensure interaction of small enterprises based on the principles of mutual aid, transparency and autonomy.
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Raymundo, Taiuani Marquine, M. S. BERNARDES, and C. S. SANTANA. "Intergenerational relations: the use of technology as a mediator." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY 14, no. 10 (July 22, 2015): 6163–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.24297/ijct.v14i10.1828.
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The social dynamics of today provide greater proximity between people belonging to different generations, diluting the differences among the large volume of innovations, whether technological or cultural that are produced continuously¹. Intergenerational relationships can bring great benefits to the young and older, who may learn together through their experience, the mutual exchange of knowledge or merely for the daily contact². Goal: Understanding how young monitors participants of a digital inclusion project for seniors (PIDI) relate to the elderly, which are the benefits of this relationship and the changes it brings in the life and family environment of these young people. Method: This is a qualitative, cross-sectional and descriptive study. Data collection was conducted through a questionnaire with open questions. The responses were analyzed and grouped according to their content. Results: 16 monitors who participated in the PIDI took part in this study (students with scholarship and volunteers), of which 69% are women and 31% are men, with an average age of 25. Regarding the time of participation in the project, 44% attended for six months, 25% for a year and 31% more than one year. 62.5% of them considered the relationship with the elderly as excellent and 37.5% considered as good. The monitors report that the process of teaching the elderly is facilitated due to the fact that the elderly are willing to learn and that the relationship established in this process is very natural. According to the monitors, the elderly are understandable and have patience forward to exchanging roles in which the young are teaching the older. The monitors also report that they learned to be more patient, be aware of difficulties, be more caring, respect differences, to listen more, to recognize specific characteristics of the elderly, in addition to personal growth. Young people report that they were able to transfer what they have learned in the relationship with the elderly for their family environment reporting that they began to act with more patience and tolerance, now have a closer interaction with elderly relatives, and better understand their difficulties and recognize their potential and, they start to assist and teach family members in the use of electronic devices. Conclusion: The intergenerational interaction is a valuable tool to exclude preconceptions, for the transfer of knowledge, mutual aid, solidarity and friendship.
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Wang, Hui, Chenglin Wang, Liang Zhao, Xiu Ji, Chengdong Yang, and Jiarui Wang. "Multi-Micro-Grid Main Body Electric Heating Double-Layer Sharing Strategy Based on Nash Game." Electronics 12, no. 1 (January 1, 2023): 214. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics12010214.
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In order to promote energy mutual aid among microgrids, expand the types of energy interaction, and improve the utilization of renewable energy, a two-layer sharing strategy for multi-microgrids (MMGs) based on the Nash game is proposed. Firstly, the low-carbon transformation of the micro-grid model is carried out, and the source side is transformed into a comprehensive and flexible operation mode for carbon capture thermal power plants. Then, the multi-microgrid subject electro-thermal double-layer sharing model based on the Nash game is constructed, which is decomposed into a revenue maximization sub-problem and a revenue redistribution sub-problem. In the sub-problem of revenue maximization, considering the lowest operation cost of carbon allowances and stepped carbon trading as the goal, the alternating direction multiplier method is used for a distributed solution. In the revenue redistribution sub-problem, the reasonable redistribution of income is realized by constructing the asymmetric energy mapping contribution function for different periods and energy types. Finally, the simulation results have verified the effectiveness of the proposed method. The results showed that the strategy of this paper can achieve the optimization of the economic objectives of the multi-microgrid (MMG) alliance and has the advantages of reasonable redistribution of benefits, promotion of wind and solar consumption, and reduction of carbon emissions.
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ZHANG, CUILING, LEI TAN, and KUNYAN ZHU. "CRITICAL TEMPERATURE OF TRAPPED INTERACTING BOSE GASES." Modern Physics Letters B 23, no. 12 (May 20, 2009): 1499–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s021798490901965x.
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A new model is proposed to study the effect of mutual interaction revealed in a recent experiment.1 Unlike conventional Hartree–Fock theory, which only studies onset interactions between indistinguishable interacting bosons, our model further includes the mutual interaction between the condensate component and the thermal component. The derived condensate fraction and transition temperature explain the experimental data in a reliable manner.
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He, Changyang, Yue Deng, Wenjie Yang, and Bo Li. ""Help! Can You Hear Me?": Understanding How Help-Seeking Posts are Overwhelmed on Social Media during a Natural Disaster." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6, CSCW2 (November 7, 2022): 1–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3555147.
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Posting help-seeking requests on social media has been broadly adopted by victims during natural disasters to look for urgent rescue and supplies. The help-seeking requests need to get sufficient public attention and be promptly routed to the intended target(s) for timely responses. However, the huge volume and diverse types of crisis-related posts on social media might limit help-seeking requests to receive adequate engagement and lead to their overwhelm. To understand this problem, this work proposes a mixed-methods approach to figure out the overwhelm situation of help-seeking requests, and individuals' and online communities' strategies to cope. We focused on the 2021 Henan Floods in China and collected 141,674 help-seeking posts with the keyword "Henan Rainstorm Mutual Aid" on a popular Chinese social media platform Weibo. The findings indicate that help-seeking posts confront critical challenges of both external overwhelm (i.e., an enormous number of non-help-seeking posts with the help-seeking-related keyword distracting public attention) and internal overwhelm (i.e., attention inequality with 5% help-seeking posts receiving more than 95% likes, comments, and shares). We discover linguistic and non-linguistic help-seeking strategies that could help to prevent the overwhelm, such as including contact information, disclosing situational vulnerabilities, using subjective narratives, and structuring help-seeking posts to a normalized syntax. We also illustrate how community members spontaneously work to prevent the overwhelm with their collective wisdom (e.g., norm development through discussion) and collaborative work (e.g., cross-community support). We reflect on how the findings enrich the literature in crisis informatics and raise design implications that facilitate effective help-seeking on social media during natural disasters.
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Savić, Sanela, Nebojša Cekić, and Saša Savić. "D-optimal design of experiments and comprehensive rheological analysis in the development of natural anti-aging creams." Advanced Technologies 9, no. 2 (2020): 29–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/savteh2002029s.
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This work is focused on the development and evaluation of completely natural anti-aging creams, with the aid of the experimental design. Model formulations, differing in the content of emollients (10%/15%/20%) and emulsifier (1%/2%/3%) and containing the Acmella oleracea extract as a model anti-aging active were prepared by the cold process and evaluated regarding rheological behavior (con-tinuous rotational and oscillatory tests) and physical stability (dynamic-mechanical thermoanalysis-DMTA test). To study the influence of varied formulation parameters and their interaction on the critical rheological characteristics of the developed creams, a D-optimal design within the response surface method was applied. The data acquired from rheological characterization revealed favorized pseudoplastic (shear-thinning) flow behavior with the yield point, and dominating elastic behavior (storage modulus G' > loss modulus G") in both, amplitude and frequency sweeps, which together with a rather small and constant structural change obtained in the DMTA test indicated satisfying overall physical stability of formulated creams. The results of D-optimal design showed a significant individual, as well as a mutual effect of the tested formulation factors (emollient concentration, emulsifier concentration) affecting critical quality attributes (apparent viscosity, yield point, flow point, G', G", structural change) of developed anti-aging creams. Based on optimization results, the model formulation containing 20% of the emollient mixture and 2% of the emulsifier was selected as preferred in terms of required rheological properties and, thus, desired stability and quality, and it could be considered as a promising candidate worth exploring further for efficacy and in vivo skin performances.
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Helbig, Hannah B., and Marc O. Ernst. "Knowledge about a Common Source Can Promote Visual — Haptic Integration." Perception 36, no. 10 (October 2007): 1523–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/p5851.
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The brain integrates object information from multiple sensory systems to form a unique representation of our environment. Temporal synchrony and spatial coincidence are important factors for multisensory integration, indicating that the multisensory signals come from a common source. Spatial separations can lead to a decline of visual – haptic integration (Gepshtein et al, 2005 Journal of Vision5 1013–1023). Here we tested whether prior knowledge that two signals arise from the same object can promote integration even when the signals are spatially discrepant. In one condition, participants had direct view of the object they touched. In a second condition, mirrors were used to create a spatial separation between the seen and the felt object. Participants saw the mirror and their hand in the mirror exploring the object and thus knew that they were seeing and touching the same object. To determine the visual — haptic interaction we created a conflict between the seen and the felt shape using an optically distorting lens that made a rectangle look like a square. Participants judged the shape of the probe by selecting a comparison object matching in shape. We found a mutual biasing effect of shape information from vision and touch, independent of whether participants directly looked at the object they touched or whether the seen and the felt object information was spatially separated with the aid of a mirror. This finding suggests that prior knowledge about object identity can promote integration, even when information from vision and touch is provided at spatially discrepant locations.
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Corso, Gilberto, Gabriel M. F. Ferreira, and Thomas M. Lewinsohn. "Mutual Information as a General Measure of Structure in Interaction Networks." Entropy 22, no. 5 (May 7, 2020): 528. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e22050528.
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Entropy-based indices are long-established measures of biological diversity, nowadays used to gauge partitioning of diversity at different spatial scales. Here, we tackle the measurement of diversity of interactions among two sets of organisms, such as plants and their pollinators. Actual interactions in ecological communities are depicted as bipartite networks or interaction matrices. Recent studies concentrate on distinctive structural patterns, such as nestedness or modularity, found in different modes of interaction. By contrast, we investigate mutual information as a general measure of structure in interactive networks. Mutual information (MI) measures the degree of reciprocal matching or specialization between interacting organisms. To ascertain its usefulness as a general measure, we explore (a) analytical solutions for different models; (b) the response of MI to network parameters, especially size and occupancy; (c) MI in nested, modular, and compound topologies. MI varies with fundamental matrix parameters: dimension and occupancy, for which it can be adjusted or normalized. Apparent differences among topologies are contingent on dimensions and occupancy, rather than on topological patterns themselves. As a general measure of interaction structure, MI is applicable to conceptually and empirically fruitful analyses, such as comparing similar ecological networks along geographical gradients or among interaction modalities in mutualistic or antagonistic networks.
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Semenova, N. N., and A. Y. Averin. "Problems and directions of improving the insurance of agricultural crops and plantings of perennial plantations against the risks of natural emergencies." Agricultural Science Euro-North-East 22, no. 5 (October 27, 2021): 777–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.30766/2072-9081.2021.22.5.777-786.
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The simultaneous existence of two interrelated forms of state aid - subsidizing classical agricultural insurance and compensation for damage to affected regions from the federal budget - requires understanding the basic principles of interaction and assessing the mutual impact of these areas of support. The purpose of the study is to identify the problems of the development of crop insurance and planting of perennial crops against the risks of natural emergencies. The research was carried out in the context of insurance statistics of Russian regions using generally accepted methods. The conducted research revealed the negative dynamics of a significant decrease in the volume of crop insurance of agricultural crops in 2016-2020. Regional authorities in the conditions of a single subsidy are not interested in the independent distribution of funds allocated by the state for the development of agricultural insurance. This is due to the fact that when the agricultural sector has significant losses as a result of the impact of natural disasters, the practice of introducing an emergency regime by the region is widespread. Which gives grounds for receiving compensation for half of the amount of damage directly from the federal budget. This determines the main problem of the development of classical agricultural insurance - the lack of expediency and material interest in this mechanism of protection of property interests both on the part of producers of agricultural products and on the part of regional authorities. In this regard, a brief justification was given for the feasibility of transforming the mechanism for providing direct assistance to the regions from the federal budget into a separate area of crop risk insurance in case of a natural emergency. This line of support will complete the classic multi-risk agricultural insurance.