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Pevey, Carolyn F., Thomas J. Jones, and Annice Yarber. "How Religion Comforts the Dying: A Qualitative Inquiry." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 58, no. 1 (February 2009): 41–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/om.58.1.c.

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Although considerable social science research has explored religiosity and death anxiety, and many have theorized that religion comforts the dying, with speculations on the mechanisms by which religion comforts, very little research has asked people who were actually dying to discuss religion. This article reports on answers given by 38 hospice patients to the questions: Is religion a comfort to you? How does religion comfort you? This study found that religion, when it comforted these dying people, did so by offering a relationship to the dying, by giving the hope of life after death, through identifications, and through the assurance of cosmic order. The authors suggest theoretical perspectives accounting for these functions.

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Rollock, David, and Scott R. Vrana. "Ethnic Social Comfort I: Construct Validity Through Social Distance Measurement." Journal of Black Psychology 31, no. 4 (November 2005): 386–417. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095798405280385.

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Zaitseva, M., and H. Pshynka. "Social Media as an Object of Marketing Researches." Visnyk of Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, no. 59 (July 16, 2021): 102–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.31516/2410-5333.059.10.

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The relevance of the study. The access to social media and digital marketing led to the discovery of plenty of data which marketers use in their work. However, there is a lack of professional rules as to the use of social media in marketing and there is a lacuna in understanding of the consumers’ comfort when marketers use public data of social media. In this regard a new category emerges — consumer marketing comfort. In this scientific article an attempt to analyze the level of comfort of the consumer’s perception of social media data of digital marketing has been made. But the dramatic development of digital technologies demands a constant reconsideration and analysis of this issue. Moreover, none of the authors has studied the problem of use of consumers’ data by digital technologies, consequently the issue of the consumer marketing comfort has never been researched. The purpose of the article is to define the role and the efficiency of digital technologies in marketing communication in the modern environment and the use of consumer data by digital marketing, and in this regard how comfortable it is for people when their data, which are publicly available in a social network, are used. The methodology. Creating the article we applied the theoretical and analytical methods of scientific research. The results. Marketing comfort is a new category which is significant for the future marketing research. Marketing comfort is the comfort of a person while using the information which was posted publicly in social a network for targeted advertising, relations with customers and generation of ideas. In the context of the category development it has been discovered that the targeted advertising is the strongest component and it contributes to the marketing comfort comparing to the two measures: generation of ideas and relations with customers. Taking into account the basis of consumer comfort, this new marketing practice suggests the research of strategies for marketers who can support and mitigate the situation of consumers’ concern in order to let consumers keep their confidence in digital practice of marketers. The scientific topicality. A new category of marketing comfort has been defined and consideration of marketing comfort as a mean of communication has been suggested. The practical significance. The material of this article can be used in the development of marketing strategies of organizations and their communication policy.

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Troisi, Jordan D., and Julian W. C. Wright. "Comfort Food." Teaching of Psychology 44, no. 1 (November 16, 2016): 78–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0098628316679972.

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Food is a powerful motivator in human functioning—it serves a biological need, as emotional support, and as a cultural symbol. Until recently, the term “comfort food” has been inadequately and unscientifically defined. In addition, the popular media have oversimplified the concept of comfort food as purely unhealthy food, often consumed in moments of stress or sadness. Recent empirical research, detailed within this article, seeks to correct these misrepresentations by describing how comfort food serves as a social surrogate and as a cognitive/emotional representation of others. We discuss these findings with potential course-specific content examples. We also discuss broader teaching implications, highlighting the applicability of comfort food research to virtually every area psychology.

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Sazhin, Yuriy V., and Oksana O. Malysheva. "The hierarchical structure of social comfort of living." Statistics and Economics 16, no. 1 (March 19, 2019): 67–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.21686/2500-3925-2019-1-67-75.

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Purpose of the study. The purpose of the study is to develop a model of the social comfort of living in the regional hierarchical structure, which allows continuous assessment of this category by monitoring individual indicators as well as combining those with an integral statistical indicator.Materials and methods. The study utilizes a systematic method to establish a whole set of indicators that are representative enough to adequately characterize social comfort. The informational base includes monographic and scientific literature on the thesis topic, regulatory documents, publications in periodicals and the Internet, documents and materials of international organizations, official statistics of the ROSSTAT (Federal State Statistics Service), methodological provisions on statistics, information and analytical materials of research institutions, specialized reviews by various professional associations, news agencies and companies in Russia and abroad. These materials are sufficient to form an a priori set of indicators of social comfort of living.Results. The result of applying the proposed hierarchical structure is an effective statistical assessment of the social comfort of living and the empowerment of the population of the regions of Russia to increase their well-being in the long-term perspective in line with rational measures of state regulation. The research materials can be used in the development of target indicators of the strategy of socio-economic development of territories, monitoring the current situation in the field of social comfort of living.Conclusion. This article proposes an approach to the hierarchical structure of social comfort parameters, which are largely close to the index of living standards and quality of life of the population. However, this index should not be narrowed down only to the monitoring of standard socio-economic indicators. That is why we suggest that it is necessary to extend the Federal Statistical Work Plan of ROSSTAT with the list of the following indicators such as civil liberties, the ratio of work and rest time, surveys of people's satisfaction with life and basic public services which are already being developed in most developed countries, in order to address the subjective element of social comfort.

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Diaz Lozano Patiño, E., D. Vakalis, M. Touchie, E. Tzekova, and J. A. Siegel. "Thermal comfort in multi-unit social housing buildings." Building and Environment 144 (October 2018): 230–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.08.024.

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Rosenbaum, Mark Scott, Tali Seger-Guttmann, and Ofir Mimran. "The role of social incompatibility in customer discomfort." Journal of Service Management 31, no. 4 (November 27, 2018): 815–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/josm-12-2017-0328.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of customer discomfort in service settings when employees and customers who share social incompatibilities, stemming from war, nationalism, religious differences or terrorism, work together in service settings. Design/methodology/approach The authors engage in triangulation research to understand how Israeli Arabs and Jews experience comfort/discomfort in services. Study 1 uses an experimental design to show how comfort differs when Israeli Jews work with Arabs and Jews in three different service settings. Study 2 employs survey methodology to explore how comfort differs among Israeli Arabs when they work with either an Arab or a Jewish employee. Study 3 uses grounded theory methodology to provide a theoretical framework that explains reasons for customer discomfort occurrence between Israel’s Arabs and Jews, its impact on customers’ attitudes and behaviors and suggestions for increasing comfort. Findings Israeli Arabs and Jews express various feelings of discomfort when working with each other, and Druze, in service settings. Israeli Jews express higher levels of discomfort when working with Arabs than vice versa, while Israeli Arabs express discomfort when working with Druze employees. Five strategies for increasing customer comfort are defined and developed. Research limitations/implications Social incompatibilities prevent many consumers and employees from experiencing comfort during service exchanges; however, managers can alleviate some of the factors that exacerbate customer discomfort. Practical implications Managers need to realize that customer discomfort leads to place avoidance and thus should implement strategies to assuage it. Social implications Unabated service situations that result in customer discomfort may lead to customer ill-being, including fear. Originality/value This study is the first to explore customer discomfort due to social incompatibilities in depth.

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Shoup, Melanie L., Sybil A. Streeter, and Donald H. McBurney. "Olfactory Comfort and Attachment Within Relationships." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 38, no. 12 (December 2008): 2954–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00420.x.

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Charles, Camille Zubrinsky. "COMFORT ZONES." Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race 4, no. 1 (2007): 41–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1742058x0707004x.

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AbstractThe remarkable increase in immigration from Asia and Latin America requires a rethinking of multiracial analyses of neighborhood racial-composition preferences. This research addresses two interrelated questions: (1) since spatial mobility is so central to social mobility, how do recent Asian and Latino/a immigrants develop ideas about the racial and ethnic composition of the neighborhoods in which they want to live; and (2) what are the implications of processes of immigrant adaptation for the likely dynamics of race and ethnic relations in increasingly diverse communities? Guided by Massey's spatial assimilation model and previous studies of neighborhood racial-composition preferences, this research underscores the critical importance of immigration and assimilation as influences on preferences for same-race, White, and Black neighbors. Data are from the 1993–1994 Los Angeles Survey of Urban Inequality (N = 1921). Results point to the critical role of acculturation—the accumulation of time in the United States and English-language proficiency/use, as well as racial attitudes—in understanding what motivates preferences for these diverse groups, and to the complexities of accurately modeling preferences among largely foreign-born populations. Preferences for both same-race and White neighbors vary by the length of time that immigrants have accumulated in the United States and their ability to communicate effectively in English. English-language fluency is a particularly salient predictor of preferences among recent immigrants. Consistent with prior research on preferences, racial stereotypes stand out as particularly potent predictors of preferences; however, their influence is weakest among the most recent immigrants, coming to resemble those of the native-born with increasing years of U.S. residence.

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Tusief, Muhammad Qamar, Nabeel Amin, Nasir Mahmood, Muhammad Babar Ramzan, and Hafiz Rehan Saleem. "The Role of Yarn Counts and Polyester/Cotton Blends in Comfort of Knitted Fabric." Pakistan Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences 60, no. 3 (October 30, 2017): 162–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.52763/pjsir.phys.sci.60.3.2017.162.168.

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There have been three major concerns regarding the clothing comfort, psychological, sensorialand thermo-physiological comfort. However, there is lack of work on thermo-physiological comfort ofknitted fabric. Hence the present study is conducted to fulfill this gap by analyzing physiological comfortin sense of air permeability, absorbency, vertical wicking and drying time of plain knitted fabric. Clothingcomfort is mainly affected by type of fibres, yarn properties, structure of fabric, finishing treatments, andclothing conditions. In this study the effect of various yarn counts and polyester/cotton blend ratios on thecomfort of knitted fabric has been analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Itis depicted from the results that the selected variables put direct influences on the thermo-physiologicalcomfort of the knitted fabric. The increasing share of polyester in the blend and the fine count for yarnput negative impact on the comfort of the knitted fabric.

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SEBBEL, PETER, HEINZ DÜTTMANN, and TON GROOTHUIS. "Influence of comfort and social stimuli on a comfort movement and a display derived from it." Animal Behaviour 55, no. 1 (January 1998): 129–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1997.0591.

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Morales, Yoichi, Takahiro Miyashita, and Norihiro Hagita. "Social robotic wheelchair centered on passenger and pedestrian comfort." Robotics and Autonomous Systems 87 (January 2017): 355–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2016.09.010.

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Nicol, C. J. "Social influences on the comfort behaviour of laying hens." Applied Animal Behaviour Science 22, no. 1 (January 1989): 75–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0168-1591(89)90081-6.

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Simons, Kelsey, and Eunice Park-Lee. "Social Work Students' Comfort With End-of-Life Care." Journal of Social Work in End-Of-Life & Palliative Care 5, no. 1-2 (September 17, 2009): 34–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15524250903173884.

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Burova, Olha. "Settlement differentiation of vital comfort factors in Ukraine." Ukrainian society 2012, no. 4 (2012): 19–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/socium2012.04.019.

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The article analyzes settlement differentiation of vital comfort factors in Ukraine. Found that every aspect of vital comfort is due to special configuration factors in settling a separate group. The analysis found that in major cities vital comfort depends on the ecological and socio-psychological problems that are caused by processes of urbanization. In large and medium-sized cities for vital comfort necessary conditions are social relations embodied in favorable conditions for the growth of social status. Among the residents of small towns and villages significant conditions of vital comfort acquisition are as income and financial status, and satisfaction with democracy and evaluation of socio-economic situation.

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ZhOGOLEVA, A. V. "ARCHITECTURETOWN-PLANNING DESIGNING OF A RESIDENTIAL GROUP AS A SOCIAL UNIT." Urban construction and architecture 1, no. 3 (September 15, 2011): 36–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.17673/vestnik.2011.03.9.

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The solution of the social-oriented goals of architectural design of a residential group is focused on the creation of the residential environment of group as sustainable sociospatial complex, meet the scale of the human personality and its activities, providing psychological comfort of residents. In the article defined a number of design principles house on the basis of the various indicators of comfort.

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Kozan, Hatice Irem Ozteke, Sahin Kesici, Cagla Girgin Buyukbayraktar, and S. Barbaros Yalcin. "Prediction Of Problematic Internet Use By Attachment In University Students." Journal of Education and Training Studies 5, no. 1 (December 13, 2016): 79. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/jets.v5i1.2070.

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Aim of this research is to examine the predictive power of attachment style on problematic internet use among university students. Participants of study consist of 481 university students (230 girls). Results indicate that there is a negative correlation between secure attachment style and social benefit/social comfort and there is a positive correlation between preoccupied attachment style and social benefit/social comfort which is a sub-dimension of problematic internet use. Considering predictive power of attachment on problematic internet use, results show that preoccupied, secure and dismissing attachment styles are significant predictors of social benefit/social comfort. Results and comments for the future studies on problematic internet use and attachment were discussed in general.

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Eijkelenboom, AnneMarie, Marco A. Ortiz, and Philomena M. Bluyssen. "Preferences for Indoor Environmental and Social Comfort of Outpatient Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic, an Explanatory Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 14 (July 9, 2021): 7353. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147353.

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While the pressure on hospital workers keeps growing, they are generally more dissatisfied with their comfort than other occupants in hospitals or offices. To better understand the comfort of outpatient workers in hospitals, clusters for preferences and perceptions of the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and social comfort were identified in a previous study before the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This qualitative study explains the outpatient workers’ main preferences for comfort during the COVID-19 pandemic. Semi-structured interviews and photo-elicitation were used. Contextual changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic were included. The questions in the interviews were based on the characteristics of the profiles, corresponding with the clusters. The data were analyzed with content analysis according to the steps defined by Gioia. Seventeen outpatient workers who had been part of the previous study participated. For some outpatient workers differentiation of preferences was illogical due to interrelations and equal importance of the comfort aspects. The main changes in perceptions of comfort due to the pandemic were worries about the indoor air quality and impoverished interaction. Because the occupants’ preferences for comfort can change over time, it was suggested that further development of occupant profiles needs to accommodate changes.

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Gordon, Ross, Katherine Butler, Paul Cooper, Gordon Waitt, and Christopher Magee. "Look before you LIEEP." Journal of Social Marketing 8, no. 1 (January 2, 2018): 99–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsocm-04-2016-0017.

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Purpose This paper aims to present a discursive and evaluative analysis of Energy + Illawarra, an Australian Government Low Income Energy Efficiency Program (LIEEP) funded interdisciplinary social marketing energy efficiency programme. Energy + Illawarra was a community programme working with low-income older people in Australia and involving social marketers, human geographers and engineers. The paper aims to identify how ecological systems theory can inform social marketing, and what practicalities there may be in doing so. The paper also aims to assess whether a social marketing programme that draws on ecological systems theory can have a positive impact on people’s thermal comfort. Design/methodology/approach First, the paper uses critical discursive analysis to examine the use of various elements of a social marketing energy efficiency programme in relation to the different levels of ecological systems theory. Second, a longitudinal cohort survey study design is used to evaluate the programme’s influence on people’s perceptions of thermal comfort and satisfaction with thermal comfort in their homes. Findings The study found that ecological systems theory could be an effective framework for social marketing programmes. The evaluation study found that the intervention had a positive impact on participant’s perceptions of thermal comfort, satisfaction with thermal comfort and attitudes towards energy efficiency. However, the paper identifies some potential tensions in using ecological systems theory and suggests that issues of power, representation, agenda setting, the need for reflexive practice and consideration of unintended consequences are important considerations in social marketing programmes. Originality/value The work presented here suggests that multi-level social marketing programmes that draw on ecological systems theory can make a useful contribution to social change as demonstrated by the evaluation survey finding positive impacts on thermal comfort and attitudes of participants. However, issues of power, representation, agenda setting, the need for reflexive practice and consideration of unintended consequences should be considered in social marketing programmes.

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Gifford, Robert. "Light, decor, arousal, comfort and communication." Journal of Environmental Psychology 8, no. 3 (September 1988): 177–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0272-4944(88)80008-2.

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Yang, Yalong, Yufu Liu, Rui Zhang, Xulai Zhu, and Mingyue Wang. "Establishment of Thermal Comfort Evaluation Model Based on Individual Difference." E3S Web of Conferences 136 (2019): 04101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201913604101.

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“People-oriented” and “Energy saving” are the two major themes of current social development. In the field of thermal comfort, establishment of thermal comfort model based on physiological parameters plays an important role in meeting the needs of human health and comfort, optimizing the design of building environment and building energy saving. In this paper, three types of physiological signals (skin temperature, skin conductance and heart rate) were collected through comfort physiological experiments. The changes of the three types of physiological signals under environmental temperature were analyzed. Furthermore, subjective questionnaire survey of human thermal comfort under five experimental conditions was performed. In addition, the thermal comfort evaluation model based on individual differences was established by partial least squares regression and ELM-RBF neural network. The established models were compared with the classical PMV model to analyze the superiority of the model. The results show that the thermal comfort evaluation model based on individual differences established by ELM-RBF neural network can better predict the trend of people's thermal comfort and satisfy the individual's demand for thermal comfort. Meanwhile, it can achieve the goal of building energy saving. Therefore, it has high practical and social significance.

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Martynova, Natalia, and Valentina Budarova. "Transport infrastructure indicators for assessing the social comfort of the urban environment." E3S Web of Conferences 284 (2021): 06010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202128406010.

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Cities are a complex social institution. A special feature of cities is the development of engineering and transport infrastructure. In this article, to assess the state of the urban agglomeration, the transport system of the city is considered as an indicator of social comfort. As part of the support, control and management of the urban environment, administrative authorities use information technologies that are implemented using geographical information systems (GIS). These GIS take into account all indicators of social comfort, which are based on spatial data about the urban environment. From this, we present the concept of an urban environment data management model for public authorities. The model is based on geoinformation systems. Since the geoinformation analysis allows you to create thematic maps of the urban environment with their subsequent assessment and calculation of indicators of social comfort. For this purpose, an analysis algorithm is presented for the main indicators of transport infrastructure assessment. Thus, this study provides an opportunity to assess the state of the city model and set goals for the development of urban transport networks to increase the level of social comfort of the population.

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Suwardi, Anna C., and Atina Rosydiana. "The Role of Media and Social Movement in Human Rights Issue: The Case of ‘Comfort Women’ by Japan Colonization." Indonesian Perspective 2, no. 1 (August 8, 2017): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ip.v2i1.15536.

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Many countries in Asia were conquered by Japan during the World War II, including Korea and Indonesia. Romusha, or slavery system introduced by Japan, also imposed to women. Girls were sent to brothels as Jugun Ianfu/‘comfort women’. Differ from men, women got double burdens, both physically and mentally, thus trauma was inevitable. The belief of taboo is also spreading, hence the movement of victims which demands to get their dignity back is rarely found. Using setting agenda theory and social movement theory, this paper argues that the best potential to promote human rights and justice of ‘comfort women’ goes to media. In South Korea, social movement has been advocating people about ‘comfort women’ as forced victims, not a voluntarily choice. Through engaging media, they hope to use its power to persuade people, changing the paradigm that ’comfort women’ were not sexual workers, but victims of war who needs assistance from society to heal their trauma.Keywords: ‘comfort women’, Japan colonization, media, sexual harassment, social movement

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Dobie, Alexandra Lai-Ying. "The Meaning of Comfort." Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care 17, no. 4 (October 2, 2021): 250–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15524256.2021.1984369.

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Foley, Tracy, and William Terrill. "Police Comfort and Victims." Victims & Offenders 3, no. 2-3 (May 14, 2008): 192–216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15564880801938334.

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Khachetsukov, Z. M. "Social Сomfort in the Сontext of the Processes of Transformation in the Structure of Modern Russian Everyday Life." MGIMO Review of International Relations, no. 2(29) (April 28, 2013): 214–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2013-2-29-214-219.

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This article analyzes the main approaches to the study of the social comfort, its manifestation in the space of everyday life within the modern Russian reality. Some approaches to the everyday life and the main approaches to the nature of social comfort and its dynamics are diseased.

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Spaargaren, Gert. "Book Review: Comfort, Cleanliness + Convenience: the Social Organization of Normality." Sociology 39, no. 1 (February 2005): 177–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003803850503900117.

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Ring, David. "Social and Mental Health Affect Comfort After Surgery or Injury." Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 102, Suppl 1 (April 3, 2020): 28–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/jbjs.19.01520.

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Coleman-Fountain, Edmund. "Uneasy encounters: Youth, social (dis)comfort and the autistic self." Social Science & Medicine 185 (July 2017): 9–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.029.

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Montazami, Azadeh, Mark Gaterell, Fergus Nicol, Mark Lumley, and Chryssa Thoua. "Impact of social background and behaviour on children's thermal comfort." Building and Environment 122 (September 2017): 422–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.06.002.

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Adams, Susan E. "The Relationship between Social Contact and Comfort with Social Interaction among Student Ethnic Groups." NASPA Journal 32, no. 4 (July 1, 1995): 251–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00276014.1995.11102072.

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Stein, Helen. "In Praise of Wordless Comfort." Smith College Studies in Social Work 76, no. 4 (November 17, 2006): 105–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j497v76n04_14.

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Hickey, Andrew. "Comfort: A Project for Cultural Studies." Open Cultural Studies 2, no. 1 (November 1, 2018): 463–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0042.

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Abstract Taking as its provocation the recent observation by Larry Grossberg that “knowledge is relatively powerless to affect the conditions and directions of social change” (Tilting at Windmills 149-150) this paper will suggest that it is with the explication of comfort that a valuable response to the challenge of the current conjuncture can be found. Following a brief survey of the nature and purpose of Cultural Studies scholarship in this present moment, attention will turn to how comfort comes to be encoded into everyday practices and routines of lifestyle. Accordingly, this paper will assert that Cultural Studies, with its concern for “the quotidian experiences of lives lived” (Martin and Hickey 149), is well-placed to launch inquiry into the “conditions” of comfort-conditions that mark the dimensions of late capitalist social formation. A call for a research agenda within Cultural Studies that positions comfort as a prompt for scholarly attention will be outlined as an “activated” form of cultural inquiry focused on the clarification of the “everyday” dimensions of living now.

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Parcell, Erin Sahlstein, and Katheryn C. Maguire. "Comfort, cliques, and clashes." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 31, no. 4 (February 6, 2014): 497–515. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407514521766.

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Semina, Irina A. "Spatial differentiation in the development of territorial systems of public service (an example of Saransk city)." RUDN Journal of Economics 27, no. 1 (December 15, 2019): 132–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-2329-2019-27-1-132-139.

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Spatial saturation of a city of consumer product and services leads to the formation of territorial systems of servicing, where service spheres is interacting actively, to complement each other and competing for the consumer. This process covers all of residential area, it differentiats between areas of the city, stands out the centers and complexes of service. They performs only regional function in some urban areas, but there are centers of educational, medical and merchant services citywide and regional significance. It was allocated areas by the nature of the service of the population, security of services, comfort conditions for people’s lives with consideration the complex development social infrastructure and provision of public services in territory of Saransk city. These areas has relatively high complexity of territorial organization of social infrastructure and high endowment the population of services combined with a satisfactory level of comfort of people living conditions; with average complexity of the territorial organization of social infrastructure and high complexity of population services in combination with a low level of comfort of living conditions (influenced by industrial enterprises and highways); with relatively low complexity of territorial organization of social infrastructure and low complexity of population services in combination with a satisfactory level of comfort of living conditions - the private sector of one-story buildings, old buildings. Area has the average complexity of the territorial organization social infrastructure and average endowment of the population services in combination with a satisfactory level of comfort of living conditions for residential peripheral districts of Saransk city. The average complexity of the territorial organization social infrastructure and average endowment of population services in combination with a low level of comfort of living conditions determines to the districts remote from the centre of the city and located in the former industrial plants. The existence of these areas confirms concentric development model spatial structure of Saransk city.

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Letteney, Susan. "Social Workers' Self-Efficacy and Comfort Providing Services for HIV-Affected Children." Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work 15, no. 2 (January 1, 2010): 47–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.18084/basw.15.2.g07x4u288pj70355.

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As HIV/AIDS prevalence rates continue to rise in the United States, social workers will serve HIV-affected families for years to come. Researchers now consider HIV to be a "family disease"; thus, the children of HIV-positive parents face challenges and uncertainty about their futures. This study describes 46 social workers' perceptions of self-efficacy and comfort providing future care and custody services. Findings reveal that HIV/AIDS information gained through evidence-based sources was significantly correlated with social workers' knowledge and comfort providing services. Social workers' perceived self-efficacy was significantly correlated with perceptions of comfort providing future care and custody services. Self-reported definitions of future care and custody were multidimensional but not uniform. It is recommended that social workers providing HIV-related services to families obtain empirically based training. Schools of social work and professional organizations can play critical roles in disseminating best practices in the evolving area of HIV/AIDS and the family.

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Perez-Bezos, Silvia, Anna Figueroa-Lopez, Matxalen Etxebarria-Mallea, Xabat Oregi, and Rufino Javier Hernandez-Minguillon. "Assessment of Social Housing Energy and Thermal Performance in Relation to Occupants’ Behaviour and COVID-19 Influence—A Case Study in the Basque Country, Spain." Sustainability 14, no. 9 (May 6, 2022): 5594. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14095594.

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Evidence shows that people have a major impact on building performance. Occupants’ impact is especially important in social housing, where their occupants may present greater vulnerabilities, and their needs are not always considered. This study aims to analyse the socio-demographic influence in social rental housing concerning hygrothermal comfort and energy consumption in a case study located in Vitoria, Spain during the first 4-month period of 2020 and 2021 (during and after COVID-19 lockdown). An innovative data management system is included, where the users and administration can see in real-time the temperature and consumption in the dwellings. A 2-phase method has been applied; phase 1 is associated with outdoor climate conditions, building properties and social profile. Phase 2 determined the results in energy consumption, indoor hygrothermal comfort and occupant energy-use pattern. The results show that the comfort levels and energy consumption vary according to the analysed social profiles, as well as the heating activation periods and domestic hot water system usage. In conclusion, socio-demographic characteristics of social housing households influence the hygrothermal comfort of their dwellings, occupants’ behaviour and heating and domestic hot water energy consumption.

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Avis, James. "Comfort radicalism and NEETs: a conservative praxis." International Studies in Sociology of Education 24, no. 3 (July 3, 2014): 272–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2014.943030.

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Ushiyama, Rin. "‘Comfort women must fall’? Japanese governmental responses to ‘comfort women’ statues around the world." Memory Studies 14, no. 6 (December 2021): 1255–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17506980211054308.

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This article examines Japanese governmental responses to memorial statues dedicated to ‘comfort women’ – women across the Asia-Pacific whom the Japanese military forced into conditions now recognised as sexual slavery before and during World War Two. This article discusses four cases around the world in which Japanese government officials have demanded the removal of comfort women statues: 1) Glendale, California; 2) San Francisco; 3) Manila; and 4) Berlin. The global expansion of comfort women memorialisation is significant to contemporary statue politics and crises of memory in three ways. Firstly, East Asian diasporas have become important actors in the remembrance of Japanese colonialism and the Asia-Pacific War outside East Asia. Secondly, these statues constitute attempts by diasporas to recover and reclaim a traumatic past through material culture. Thirdly, despite the global geographical reach of comfort women memory activism, neither nationalism nor the power of the nation-state have declined in today’s transnational world.

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Mooney, Kim M., Ellen S. Cohn, and Margaret B. Swift. "Physical Distance and AIDS: Too Close for Comfort?1." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 22, no. 18 (September 1992): 1442–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1992.tb00959.x.

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Miroshnichenko, Maxim. "How to Take Humanity Out of Comfort Zone." Sotsiologicheskoe Obozrenie / Russian Sociological Review 20, no. 2 (2021): 340–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.17323/1728-192x-2021-2-340-351.

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Bonam, Courtney M., and Margaret Shih. "Exploring Multiracial Individuals’ Comfort with Intimate Interracial Relationships." Journal of Social Issues 65, no. 1 (March 2009): 87–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01589.x.

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Hou, Yong-Chao, Fiona Timmins, Qian Zhou, and Ju-Zi Wang. "A conceptual analysis of the meaning of comfort at the end-of-life using the Walker and Avant (2014) Framework." Frontiers of Nursing 8, no. 2 (June 1, 2021): 91–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0011.

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Abstract Objective The aim of the authors is to clarify the concept of comfort at the end-of-life in order to support understandings of fundamental nursing care needed at this stage of healthcare. Methods The Walker and Avant framework was applied to develop a deeper understanding of the concept of comfort at the end of life. Results Five defining attributes of comfort in the end-of-life were identified and they are having a peaceful home-life environment, trust and consolation, proximity and social-cultural support, alleviation of suffering, and a process of integrated intervention by nurses. Conclusions At the end-of-life patients commonly experience physical, psychological, social-cultural, and environmental discomfort. Patients’ families also encounter significant challenges. However, their comfort needs are often secondary to that of the patient. Additionally, a lack of clarity exists regarding the holistic meaning of comfort at the end-of-life, which can largely be confined to understandings of physical comfort for the patient, with a limited understanding of addressing family/caregivers’ needs. Therefore, this concept analysis may provide some guidance in this regard and also provides support toward a more integrated understanding of the concept.

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Shin, Ryan. "Social Justice and Informal Learning: Breaking the Social Comfort Zone and Facilitating Positive Ethnic Interaction." Studies in Art Education 53, no. 1 (October 2011): 71–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2011.11518853.

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Sarapaivanich, Naruanard, Jomjai Sampet, and Paul G. Patterson. "The impact of communication style on psychological comfort and trust in audit services." Accounting Research Journal 32, no. 4 (November 4, 2019): 642–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/arj-06-2017-0097.

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Purpose This study aims to examine the extent to which clients’ perceptions of a financial auditor’s communication style affect their psychological comfort and trust when considering whether to retain the incumbent firm for future financial audits. Design/methodology/approach A multistage method was used comprising integrated results from a literature review and findings from five in-depth interviews with chief financial officers of listed firms. A cross-sectional survey then yielded valid responses from 190 incorporated firms listed on The Stock Exchange of Thailand or Market for Alternative Investment. Findings The results reveal that, consistent with social interaction theory, an affiliation communication style positively influenced client’s psychological comfort and trust in an auditor. On the other hand, a dominant communications style negatively impacted psychological comfort. Cognitive social capital was found to moderate the links between dominant communication–psychological comfort, psychological comfort–trust and trust–relationship commitment. Practical implications From a managerial perspective, an affiliation communication style is fundamental for building client comfort and trust, especially for professional service firms, but especially in Eastern collectivist cultures that are relationship rich, where people seek to avoid conflict and prefer indirect communication styles over more direct styles. Originality/value This research highlights the central role that interpersonal communication style plays in developing psychological comfort and trust with a professional service firm. In addition, this study introduces the role of client psychological comfort as a key mediator between communications and trust.

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Bani Domi, Mohammad, Khaled Hazaymeh, and Yousof Alzghoul. "Spatiotemporal Analysis of Climate Comfort for Tourism Development in Jordan." Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences 49, no. 4 (July 30, 2022): 375–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.35516/hum.v49i4.2088.

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Tourism is one of the major sectors that influences the gross domestic product of countries. In this study, Thom’s Discomfort Index (DI) is used to evaluate the long-term climate comfort of humans in a spatiotemporal context in Jordan. Geospatial models were created to generate the distribution maps of climate variables and the DI for each month of the year. The maps were classified into eight comfort levels. The monthly long-term average of one-day visitors (2005-2018) was used for evaluation of the climate comfort. Results showed clear spatiotemporal variations in climate comfort levels in the country. The cold sensation was found from December to March in the highlands and the desert plateau, the moderate climate comfort level concentrated in April, May, and September in most of the country, and the hot comfort levels were found in Jordan Valley and the desert plateau in July and August.

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Nurrohimah, Indah, and Indung Sitti Fatimah. "Persepsi dan Preferensi Masyarakat Terhadap Tingkat Kenyamanan Taman Merdeka Metro Sebagai Ruang Interaksi Sosial di Masa Pandemi Covid-19." Jurnal Lanskap Indonesia 14, no. 1 (April 1, 2022): 8–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.29244/jli.v14i1.37680.

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The covid-19 pandemic has resulted in changes in people's behavior, activities, and social space, thus triggering changes in the comfort level of visitors in the Merdeka Park area. This study aims to identify and analyze the comfort level of Merdeka Park as a social interaction space based on perceptions and preferences; and make recommendations for the design of Merdeka Park based on the results of the analysis of community perceptions and preferences. The analysis was used in this research are spatial analysis and descriptive analysis using quantitative and qualitative methods. Based on the results of the study, the comfort level of Merdeka Park is included in the very comfortable category as a social interaction space. The percentage of park comfort value is 84.1% which is generated from the average percentage of all parameters. The park's carrying capacity is 58 people per day with the addition of playing and sport rooms, as well as the addition of lawn facilities. The recommended design in this study is improving facilities, adding facilities, structuring vegetation, and adding vegetation.

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Bini, Rodrigo Rico. "Acute effects from changes in saddle height in perceived comfort during cycling." International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 15, no. 3 (April 15, 2020): 390–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1747954120918965.

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Prior research did not provide data on acute adaptations to changes in saddle height as commonly performed in bicycle fitting. This study assessed the acute responses from recreational cyclists to changes in saddle height using dynamic bicycle fitting. Ten recreational cyclists completed five trials using three saddle heights (Preferred, High and Low), one Sham-height trial and a final repeated trial for assessment of intra-session reliability. High and Low saddle heights were determined based on dynamically measured knee flexion angles (±10° from their Preferred height). Trials were performed for 30-s at 90 ± 2 rpm and 2.5 W/kg (181 ± 32 W). Perceived comfort and discomfort and rating of perceived exertion were assessed at the end of each trial. Significant differences were determined when p < 0.05. Increased comfort was observed at the preferred saddle height compared to a lower saddle height ( p = 0.03) but no differences were observed between Preferred and High ( p = 0.69) or High vs. Low ( p = 0.06). The Sham height was also not different from its equivalent saddle height ( p = 0.77) and rating of perceived exertion did not differ between saddle heights ( p = 0.33). Recreational cyclists were generally sensitive to changes in saddle height given they reported different levels of comfort between their preferred and a lower saddle height. Similar levels of comfort were observed when a Sham height was introduced, showing that recreational cyclists identified that no change in saddle height was conducted. However, these cyclists could not report differences in comfort when cycling at a High compared to a Low saddle height.

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Harvey, Mark L., and Victoria MacPhee. "A Pilot Test of the Association between Weather Comfort and Thermocomfort and Time Spent Outdoors." Weather, Climate, and Society 13, no. 2 (April 2021): 353–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/wcas-d-20-0112.1.

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AbstractEmerging scientific consensus reveals that spending time outdoors promotes wellness. However, several forces impede time spent outdoors, such as opportunity, safety, and adverse weather. While uncomfortable weather intuitively decreases time outdoors, acclimatization research suggests a counterintuitive process: outdoor exposure enhances physiological adaption to adverse weather, thereby increasing perceived comfort in subsequent outings and even during a single outing in some situations, which, in turn, increases time outdoors. Therefore, this study preliminarily investigated whether time spent outdoors is associated with perceptions of weather and ambient temperature, apart from actual weather. This study attempted to isolate the role of self-reported weather comfort and thermocomfort in predicting time spent outdoors by controlling for motivational and social factors. Residing in the same locale, participants were exposed to identical weather conditions. To enhance recall accuracy, participants daily reported time spent outdoors and weather comfort and thermocomfort across a 7-day period, producing 175 time-comfort entries. Cox regression analyses show that greater perceived comfort with weather and greater perceived comfort with the temperature are associated with significantly more time spent outdoors, adjusting for motivational and social factors. Results also show that participants who wanted to go outdoors, as compared with those who had to go outdoors, reported significantly greater weather comfort. Physiological and other relevant research findings on the human relationship with weather contextualize the study’s rationale and results.

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Gilbert, Sarah, Jessica Vitak, and Katie Shilton. "Measuring Americans’ Comfort With Research Uses of Their Social Media Data." Social Media + Society 7, no. 3 (July 2021): 205630512110338. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20563051211033824.

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Research using online datasets from social media platforms continues to grow in prominence, but recent research suggests that platform users are sometimes uncomfortable with the ways their posts and content are used in research studies. While previous research has suggested that a variety of contextual variables may influence this discomfort, such factors have yet to be isolated and compared. In this article, we present results from a factorial vignette survey of American Facebook users. Findings reveal that researcher domain, content type, purpose of data use, and awareness of data collection all impact respondents’ comfort—measured via judgments of acceptability and concern—with diverse data uses. We provide guidance to researchers and ethics review boards about the ways that user reactions to research uses of their data can serve as a cue for identifying sensitive data types and uses.

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