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König, Jutta. "Moving Experience: Dialogues between Personal Cultural Positions." Culture & Psychology 15, no. 1 (March 2009): 97–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354067x08099617.
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Oganesian, T. D. "Protection of Personal Data: Positions of International Courts." RUSSIAN JUSTICE 6 (June 2019): 47–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.17238/issn2072-909x.2019.6.47-56.
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Cislak, Aleksandra, Aleksandra Cichocka, Adrian Dominik Wojcik, and Natalia Frankowska. "Power Corrupts, but Control Does Not: What Stands Behind the Effects of Holding High Positions." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 44, no. 6 (February 27, 2018): 944–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167218757456.
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People seek high positions not to gain influence over others but to satisfy their need for personal control. Personal control tends to have positive interpersonal consequences. If this is the case, does power indeed corrupt? We argue that holding a high position is associated both with perceptions of power (influence over others) and personal control (influence over one’s life). Three studies showed that these two aspects might have opposite consequences: Power over others positively predicted aggressiveness (Study 1, N = 793) and exploitativeness (Study 2, N = 445), whereas personal control predicted these outcomes negatively. In Study 3 ( N = 557), conducted among employees at various organizational positions, the effects of holding a high position on exploitativeness and aggressiveness were differentially mediated by power over others and personal control. We discuss these findings in light of contradicting evidence on the corruptive effects of power.
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Lawrence, Jane, and Joanne Cys. "60 A Personal (Pro)position:." idea journal 7, no. 1 (September 3, 2018): 60–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.37113/ideaj.vi0.162.
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The paper will describe an Interior Architecture studio entitled ‘South’ that aimed to develop students’ idiosyncratic design positions. The intention was to establish an individual and regional theoretical approach to underpin and influence a design methodology. This was achieved through a series of personalised design projects which focussed students’ design response to the cultural, social and economic possibilities that characterise their home- state of South Australia. The paper will discuss how the unique projects responded to ethical, political, environmental, cultural and social considerations of occupation and place and resisted stylistic design responses that are often the result of globalisation.
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Henderson, Thryn. "Positioning in Personal Games: Perspectives of the Author-Player Persona in Memoir En Code: Reissue." Persona Studies 6, no. 2 (March 16, 2021): 88–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.21153/psj2020vol6no2art969.
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In creating autobiographical narratives through games, there exists a new theoretical problem in the game-player tension: how may a game creator relate their own story through a medium that relies primarily on another (the player) to execute? The blurring and shifting lines between the game creator and player resemble the same death knell Roland Barthes sounds for the literary Author in “La mort de l’auteur” (1967). This paper proposes a more nuanced theory for understanding the ‘player positioning’ of autobiographical games with a triangulated framework. The player position is a player/author persona collaboration that facilitates a shared presence in the game space through various ratios of three positions: the player as the protagonist, protagonist-proxy, and witness. Through a close reading of the autobiographical game Memoir En Code: Reissue by Alex Camilleri, the paper explores how the player may perceive the autobiographical game. Viewed through the protagonist, protagonist-proxy, and witness lens, the paper interrogates how the player position alters the nature of player-author identity within the game. It offers an approach for considering how the different perspectives of the author-player persona offer meaningful game(play), and argues for the shifting presentation of the author-player persona as an effective negotiation of a shared experience in the design of autobiographical games.
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Belova, S. S., E. M. Lapteva, and E. A. Shepeleva. "PERSONAL RESULTS OF EDUCATION FROM THE POSITIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE." Educational Psychology in Polycultural Space 41, no. 1 (March 22, 2018): 20–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.24888/2073-8439-2018-41-1-20-33.
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Albrecht, Gloria, and Leonard J. Weber. "Personal Commitments, Privileged Positions and the Teaching of Applied Ethics." Professional Ethics, A Multidisciplinary Journal 3, no. 3 (1994): 141–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/profethics199433/417.
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Gerasia, Roberta, Dario Ligresti, Fabio Cipolletta, Antonino Granata, Ilaria Tarantino, Luca Barresi, Michele Amata, et al. "Endoscopist’s occupational dose evaluation related to correct wearing of dosimeter during X-ray-guided procedures." Endoscopy International Open 07, no. 03 (February 28, 2019): E367—E371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-0841-3350.
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Abstract Background Since endoscopists performing procedures in the endoscopy suite can change their position by turning their back, side or front toward the X-ray source, this study aimed to establish whether dosimeter position affects the correct evaluation of an endoscopist’s personal radiation exposure during X-ray-guided procedures. Materials and methods Between January and February 2018, two dosimeters specularly placed outside the lead apron (anterior one on the chest and posterior one on the back) measured endoscopists’ personal dose equivalent (Hp) during 62 X-ray-guided procedures on adult and pediatric patients. Procedures were divided into three groups considering the position taken by the endoscopist with respect to the radiation source. For each group, the difference between mean Hp from the anterior and posterior dosimeters was calculated. Results A statistically significant difference in mean Hp was recorded for the endoscopists’ frontal and back positions (P = 0.014, and P < 0.00001, respectively). No significant difference was found in mean Hp for the side position (P = 0.489). Conclusions The position of personal dosimeters affects the correct evaluation of endoscopists’ radiation exposure during X-ray-guided procedures when frontal and back positions were recorded. To correctly evaluate radiation doses, the whole-body dosimeter should be worn according to the position of the endoscopist with respect to the radiation source; otherwise, it results in an incorrect personal dose evaluation, which may lead to substantial underestimation of staff exposure.
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Karol, David, and Chloe N. Thurston. "From Personal to Partisan: Abortion, Party, and Religion Among California State Legislators." Studies in American Political Development 34, no. 1 (March 10, 2020): 91–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0898588x19000166.
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The parties’ polarization on abortion is a signal development. Yet while the issue has been much discussed, scholars have said less about how it reveals the unstable relationship between legislators’ personal backgrounds and their issue positions. We argue that the importance of personal characteristics may wane as links between parties and interest groups develop. We focus on the case of abortion in the California State Assembly—one of the first legislative bodies to wrestle with the issue in modern times. Drawing from newly collected evidence on legislator and district religion and Assembly voting, we show that divisions on abortion were chiefly religious in the 1960s—with Catholics in both parties opposing reform—but later became highly partisan. This shift was distinct from overall polarization and was not a result of district-level factors or “sorting” of legislators by religion into parties. Instead, growing ties between new movements and parties—feminists for Democrats and the Christian Right for the Republicans—made party affiliation supplant religion as the leading cue for legislators on abortion, impelling many incumbents to revise their positions. Archival and secondary evidence further show that activists sent new cues to legislators about the importance of their positions on these issues. Showing how personal characteristics became outweighed by partisan considerations contributes to understanding of party position change and polarization, as well as processes of representation and abortion politics.
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Başoğlu, Burhan, Mustafa Önder Şekeroğlu, and Emrah Altun. "Relationship between burnout level and socio-democraphic variables of teachers: Ayaş, Güdül, Beypazarı, Nallıhan of sample." Journal of Human Sciences 13, no. 1 (April 10, 2016): 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.14687/ijhs.v13i1.3763.
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In this study, Maslach Burnout Inventory was used to determine the relationship between 533 teachers’ level of burnout; who work in Ayaş, Güdül, Beypazarı and Nallıhan provinces in the northern of Ankara in different positions and their socio-demographic variables. According to obtained data results; number of children, staff position and felt wealth level in desensitisation dimension and gender, education level and staff position in personal success dimension were determined as significant. It was concluded that marital status, duration of experience in job and staff position in management were not statistically significant on emotional exhaustion, desensitisation and personal success.
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Lubchenco, Jane, and Bruce A. Menge. "Split Positions Can Provide a Sane Career Track: A Personal Account." BioScience 43, no. 4 (April 1993): 243–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1312127.
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Herrick, Rebekah. "Legislators' Positions on Gay and Lesbian Rights: The Personal and Political." Journal of Homosexuality 57, no. 7 (July 30, 2010): 928–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2010.493449.
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Kilponen, Kiia, Anna Takkunen, Heidi Tsupari, Elina Auvinen, Mari Huhtala, and Taru Feldt. "Johtotehtäviin liittyvien huolenaiheiden yhteydet urasuunnitelmiin ja työtavoitteisiin korkeasti koulutetuilla asiantuntijoilla." Hallinnon Tutkimus 39, no. 1 (September 13, 2020): 21–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.37450/ht.98076.
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Worries about leadership among highly educated professionals: Associations with career aspirations and personal work goals.
We investigated how highly educated professionals’ worries about leadership roles relate to their career aspirations and personal work goals. Altogether 1151 professionals without leadership positions participated in the survey study. Participants with a high number of leadership-related worries were not planning to pursue leadership positions. Instead, their goals included increasing personal well-being or ending their career. Vice versa, participants with least leadership-related worries strived for career advancement. These findings indicate that worries about leadership should be acknowledged in education and training programs and in career planning, so that worries would not prevent motivated and suitable individuals from seeking leadership positions.
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Matern, U., K. Kehl, C. Giebmeyer, and M. Faist. "Monitor-Position in Laparoscopic Surgery." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 46, no. 16 (September 2002): 1506–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120204601621.
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One of the key problems in laparoscopy is the correct positioning of the monitor. In this study we tested task performance and muscle-strain of subjects in relation to monitor-position during laparoscopic surgery. 18 subjects simulated laparoscopic suturing. This was repeated in three monitor positions (15 minutes each) frontal at eye level (A), frontal in height of the operating field (B) and 45° to the right side at eye level (C). No head movements were allowed during a single session. In a fourth measurement the subjects were allowed to move the head and to look at any monitor. After the test they were asked for their preferred monitor position. During all tests the electromyographic (EMG) activity of six main neck muscles was recorded and the number of pearls was counted. The EMG activity was significantly (p<0.05) lower for position A compared to position B or C. No significant difference was found between the positions B and C. The number of threaded pearls as an indicator for task performance was highest for position B. The difference was statistically significant compared to position C but not between positions A and C or A and B. Asked for the preferred monitor position 9 subjects chose two monitors in the frontal positions A and B. No subject preferred the monitor at the side (C). Regarding EMG data the monitor positioned frontal at eye level is preferable. Reflecting personal preferences of subjects and task performance it should be of advantage to place two monitors for the surgeon: one in position A for lowest neck strain, and the other one in position B for difficult tasks with optimal task performance. The monitor position at the side is not advisable.
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Parfenova, G. L. "PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS OF RESEARCH: A CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL APPROACH." Vestnik Altaiskogo Gosudarstvennogo Pedagogiceskogo Universiteta, no. 47 (June 3, 2021): 65–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.37386/2413-4481-2021-2-65-70.
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The article considers a number of positions in cultural and historical approach of L. S. Vygotsky, explaining internal mechanisms of the influence of research activities on the development of higher mental functions and personal qualities of a child. The article shows the importance of research activities in the development of children’s subjective position, the harmonization of their relations with adults.
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Hydén, Margareta. "Different Listener and Teller Positions, Different Narratives." Narrative Works 10 (May 3, 2021): 12–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1076914ar.
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By comparing two interviews with women exposed to their husbands’ violence, this article shows that an exploration of the many layers of a personal narrative is not a straightforward linear process, but a circular one. Based on the analysis of one of Catherine Riessman’s case stories and one of the author’s, the article further shows that a narrative can change dramatically if the tellers’ and/or listeners’ positions change during the interview.
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Apfelbaum, Erika. "Norwegian and French Women in high Leadership Positions." Psychology of Women Quarterly 17, no. 4 (December 1993): 409–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1993.tb00653.x.
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This analysis of 50 French and Norwegian women in high positions of leadership stresses how gendered relations structuring private and professional lives will vary in different cultures according to their socio-historical contexts. The specific contexts of two Western European democracies, France and Norway, reveal a number of differences impacting on the careers and the construction of the personal and social identities of women leaders. Interviews were held with French women who (a) assumed pioneering leadership positions in the 1970s ( n = 10) and (b) who followed in the 1980s ( n = 20) and with Norwegian women leaders ( n = 20). Sixty percent of the total sample had held posts as cabinet or subcabinet ministers. Illustrations from their narratives, collected through semistructured interviews about their personal and professional itineraries, are used to discuss a number of questions from a comparative cultural perspective: the sense of double marginality, extraneity, lack of entitlement and vulnerability; role-model legitimation; feminism and the women's movement; political parity/mixity; gender consciousness and solidarity; and family and female—male interactions.
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Noonan, Harold. "Personal Identity: The Simple and Complex Views Revisited." Disputatio 11, no. 52 (May 1, 2019): 9–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/disp-2019-0001.
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Abstract Eric Olson has argued, startlingly, that no coherent account can be giv- en of the distinction made in the personal identity literature between ‘complex views’ and ‘simple views’. ‘We tell our students,’ he writes, ‘that accounts of personal identity over time fall into [these] two broad categories’. But ‘it is impossible to characterize this distinction in any satisfactory way. The debate has been systematically misdescribed’. I argue, first, that, for all Olson has said, a recent account by Noonan provides the coherent characterization he claims impossible. If so we have not been wrong all along in the way he says in what we have been telling our students. I then give an account of the distinction between the reductionist and non-reductionist positions which makes it differ- ent from the complex/simple distinction. The aim is to make clear sense of the notion of a not simple but non-reductionist position — which seems an eminently reasonable possibility and something it may also be useful to tell our students about.
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Massé, Alexandre. "French consuls and Philhellenism in the 1820s: official positions and personal sentiments." Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 41, no. 1 (March 16, 2017): 103–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/byz.2016.31.
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In 1821, the Greek uprising against Ottoman rule gave rise to a sympathetic movement in Europe: Philhellenism. France decided to remain neutral. Yet when trying to apply this neutrality in practice, the French consuls in the Ottoman Empire encountered several problems, such as the arrival of Philhellenic volunteer fighters. Furthermore, they were torn between their professional obligations and their personal views. In this context, how did the consuls perceive Philhellenism and the Philhellenic volunteers? To what extent were they able to express their Philhellenism or Mishellenism? This study examines consular correspondence of the period in an attempt to answer these questions.
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Armange, Roseline, and Etienne Mullet. "Slave descendants’ views regarding national policies on reparations: A Martinican perspective." Social Science Information 55, no. 4 (July 9, 2016): 511–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0539018416658150.
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The present study concerned the views regarding the acceptability of possible national policies related to slavery by people whose families were directly affected in the past. It was conducted in the island of Martinique (an overseas French department), and 298 descendants of slaves participated. Three qualitatively different personal positions were found; these positions were designated Skeptics (28% of the sample), Reparationists (35%) and Undetermined (37%). For people holding a Skeptic position, nothing meaningful can be done to repair the horrors of slavery. However a national policy that includes public acknowledgment of past wrongs can be considered as tolerable provided it is accompanied by material compensations. For people holding a Reparationist position, any national policy that involves public acknowledgment of past wrongs is considered as acceptable, whether or not it is accompanied by material compensation. Policies of amnesia and/or exaltation of the past or policies that involve only material compensations are viewed as not acceptable. In addition reparation policies are considered as more acceptable in cases where socio-economic integration of slave descendants has been achieved than in cases where it has not. For people holding an Undetermined position, slavery and the slave trade are part of the deep past; as a result, it is difficult to have strong views about it or about related policies. These three personal positions were related to educational level and religious involvement in a meaningful way. In particular, undetermined people were less educated and more religious than others.
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Fuse, Yotaro, and Masataka Tokumaru. "Navigation Model for a Robot as a Human Group Member to Adapt to Changing Conditions of Personal Space." Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics 24, no. 5 (September 20, 2020): 621–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jaciii.2020.p0621.
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In the present paper, we propose a robotic model to help determine a robot’s position under the changing conditions of human personal space in a human-robot group. Recently, several attempts have been made to develop personal robots suitable for human communities. Determining a robot’s position is important not only to avoid collisions with humans but also to maintain a socially acceptable distance from them. Interpersonal space maintained by persons in a community depends on the particular context and situations. Therefore, robots need to determine their own positions while considering the positions of other persons and evaluating the changes made in their personal space. To address this problem, we proposed a robot navigation model and examined whether the experiment participants could distinguish the robot’s trajectory from the human’s trajectory in the experimental scenario. We prepared a scenario in which robots in a group needed to keep an appropriate distance in a three-dimensional space. The experiment participants provided their impressions on robot movements while watching the records representing the scenario. The results indicate that (1) a robot using the proposed model is able to follow the other group members and (2) the experiment participants were not sure whether the trajectories of the robots were controlled by humans and by the proposed model. Therefore, we conclude that the proposed model generates suitable trajectories in robot groups.
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Andrić, Marijana Mišić, and Slobodanka Markov. "Challenges (Obstacles) in Reaching Leadership Positions – Experiences of Women Professors at Novi Sad University Serbia." Gender Studies 16, no. 1 (December 1, 2017): 115–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/genst-2018-0009.
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AbstractUnderrepresentation of women in leadership positions in universities is a phenomenon present in most countries of the world, with some significant differences. In our work we focused on obstacles that women professors in Novi Sad University (Serbia) faced in reaching leadership positions. Analysis is based on qualitative research using a semi structured interview, statistical data and selected secondary sources. Obstacles, mentorship and networking have been researched from an idiographic perspective (reflection and the personal experience of the women at Novi Sad University). Results indicate a significant underrepresentation of women in leadership positions at Novi Sad University. Findings point to a general pattern: the more power and authority the leadership position holds, the scarcer the number of women participating in it. According to interviewees’ statements the patriarchal value system makes the leadership positions difficult to attain for women. Interview analysis also suggests additional limiting factors, such as lack of mentorship and inadequate networking, acting as inhibitors in reaching leadership positions.
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Mevorach, Miriam, and Mordechai Miron. "From an Intuitive Practitioner to a Professional Novice Leader." Journal of Educational Issues 1, no. 1 (May 28, 2015): 85. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jei.v1i1.7497.
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<p>This study examined the professional and personal transition undergone by eight experienced early childhood (EC) teachers after completing their graduate studies. The data were collected through interviews and online communication. Three main categories arose in the qualitative content analysis of the text: 1) personal process of change, 2) professional development, and 3) awareness of the process of learning. We also found that participants used metaphors to emphasize their personal implicit beliefs. The participants’ perceptions of the transition from an intuitive practitioner to a professional novice researcher and from EC teacher to EC educational leader had an enormous impact on their personal development and their changing position in their work environment. The educational establishment perceived their new skills and abilities and offered them new positions. <strong></strong></p>
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ODINOKOV, Andrey S. "MODERN RUSSIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS: PERSONAL ASPECT." Historical and social-educational ideas 11, no. 3 (July 11, 2019): 66–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.17748/2075-9908-2019-11-3-66-73.
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Relevance. The specificity of Russian-Turkish relations over several decades has been considered. It was determined that Putin, as well as Erdogan, headed the Russian Federation at a difficult moment: the internal socio-political situation in the country was characterized by destructive trends, the mood in society was also pessimistic, on the world stage of the Russian Federation it consistently lost its position of the state - successor of the USSR, a significant geopolitical center .Method or methodology of the work. The work used statistical, factor and structural research method.Results. The thesis was formulated that the activity, dynamics of bilateral relations - socio-political, foreign economic, in the field of military cooperation, etc. - always reveals a significant (in some cases - dominant) factor the specifics of personal relations at the level of heads of state, members of the government. The specificity of partnerships between V. Putin and R. Erdogan in the period up to 2016 is considered.Conclusions. The specificity of the parties to overcome this difficult stage of relations is considered. The content of the message of R. Erdogan to Putin was considered, and within the framework of which the provision was formulated that the Russian Federation is a friend of Turkey, its strategic partner.Novelty. The specifics of the positions of the parties regarding the incident with the Russian fighter shot down by the Turkish side were determined. It was noted that mutual misunderstandings developed into a phase of open conflict, which became the basis for the introduction of sanctions against Turkey by the Russian side.
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Tatsiy, Vasyl Y., Olga I. Tyshchenko, and Ivan A. Titko. "MENTAL HEALTH OF A PERSON AS A CRITERION OF PERSONAL PARTICIPATION IN THE TRIAL DURING CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS." Wiadomości Lekarskie 73, no. 12 (2020): 2737–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.36740/wlek202012207.
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The aim of this work is to identify and analyze the key positions of the ECHR in the context of respect for the right to a fair trial (Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter – the Convention)) of a person suffering from mental disorders in criminal proceedings concerning the application of compulsory medical measures (hereinafter referred to as CMM); formulation of scientifically substantiated proposals for determining the restriction legality criteria of the right of a person suffering from a mental disorder to personal participation in the trial. Materials and methods: During the preparation of the article, the following was processed: scientific research on ensuring the rights of persons suffering from mental disorders in criminal proceedings; provisions of international agreements on the provision of psychiatric care; the legal position of the ECHR on the observance of the right to a fair trial of persons suffering from mental disorders (6 decisions were analyzed in which the ECHR addressed these issues in the context of the requirements of Article 6 of the Convention); criminal procedural legislation of individual states; the results of a survey conducted by the authors of 88 judges (judges of local courts of Ukraine) on key issues of ensuring the participation of a person suffering from a mental disorder in a court hearing. In the process of research a set of general scientific and special methods of cognition was used (comparative-legal method, systemic-structural method, generalization method, method of analysis and synthesis, method of sociological research, method of expert assessments, etc.). Results: According to the results of the research: a) the legal positions of the ECHR to ensure the right of a person suffering from a mental disorder to a fair trial are identified and generalized (Article 6 of the Convention); b) criteria for the legality of restricting the right of a person suffering from a mental disorder to personal participation in the trial are proposed. Conclusions: An analysis of the ECHR's key positions led to the conclusion that there was a violation of a person's right to a fair trial in national case law (Article 6 of the Convention), due in part to the lack of clear criteria for legally restricting a person's right to a trial.
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Brianti, G., and D. E. Plane. "John Adams and CERN: Personal Recollections." Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology 06 (January 2013): 291–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793626813300144.
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By any standards, John Adams had a most remarkable career. He was involved in three important, emerging technologies, radar, particle accelerators and controlled fusion, and had an outstanding impact on the last two. Without a university education, he attained hierarchical positions of the highest level in prestigious national and international organizations. This article covers the CERN part of his career, by offering some personal insights into the different facets of his contributions to major accelerator projects, from the first strong-focusing synchrotron, the PS, to the SPS and its conversion to a proton–antiproton collider. In particular, it outlines his abilities as a leader of an international collaboration, which has served as an example for international initiatives in other disciplines.
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WITT, PETER. "INFORMATION NETWORKS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES." Journal of Enterprising Culture 07, no. 03 (September 1999): 213–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495899000133.
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Information networks are established by communication links between firms, their business partners, personal friends, authorities, universities etc. The value of the information exchanges, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises, depends on the individual position in the information network. The paper discusses existing measures to evaluate network positions and proposes a new one. Extensive case study evidence indicates that the network position of startups and small enterprises is subject to constant changes which the individual firm cannot control completely. The paper develops a dynamic model for the development of network positions over time and indicates what firms can do to improve them. Information management in small and medium-sized enterprises can best be described as the management of dynamic information networks. Calculating position measures and development paths helps start-ups and small businesses to assess their current network position and to increase the efficiency of their information management.
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Igumenshheva, V. V., M. O. Ignatov, and E. O. Dubovenko. "STUDY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONS OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS AT WORK POSITIONS OF POTENTIAL USERS." Bulletin of the Angarsk State Technical University 1, no. 12 (2018): 217–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.36629/2686-777x-2018-1-12-217-221.
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Igumen'scheva, Viktoriya, Mihail Ignatov, Elizaveta Dubovenko, and Yuliya Kaydan. "STUDY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONS OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS AT WORK POSITIONS OF POTENTIAL USERS." Bulletin of the Angarsk State Technical University 1, no. 12 (December 18, 2018): 217–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.36629/2686-777x-2018-1-12-217-222.
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The article presents the results of a study of the effects of electromagnetic radiation on the health of computer users and suggests measures to reduce the impact of harmful factors in the workplaces of PC users
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Ayub, Marriam, Rao Aamir Khan, and Muhammad Khushnood. "Glass Ceiling or Personal Barriers: A Study of Underrepresentation of Women in Senior Management." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. IV (December 30, 2019): 126–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(iv-iv).17.
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The glass ceiling has been termed the factor for underrepresentation of women in higher management positions. Pakistani society is believed to be dominated by men in all walks including positions in higher management. The purpose of this study is to explore whether it is the glass ceiling or the personal barriers that result in the underrepresentation phenomena of women in higher management. This exploratory study has surveyed, through a semi-structured interview, the middle and higher-level women manager from private organizations located in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The findings suggest that it is not only glass ceiling barriers but also personal characteristics that hinder womens professional growth. The study also contributes to identifying personal and glass ceiling barriers and their relative importance.
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Ramohai, Juliet. "Women in senior management positions at South African universities." Gender in Management: An International Journal 34, no. 3 (May 7, 2019): 217–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/gm-10-2017-0138.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present reasons for the mobility of women in senior management positions in South African higher education. Against the backdrop of women underrepresentation and retention challenges in institution of higher learning in this country, it is pertinent to share the experiences of senior women, with the aim of understanding institutional structures and cultures that make it difficult for women to survive in senior positions. Design/methodology/approach The paper used a qualitative approach. The focus of this paper was on the women who had held or were still holding senior management positions in higher education in South Africa. The requirement for this paper was that these women should have moved out or across institutions while at a senior management position. This paper drew from five women from different institutions and involved them in in-depth interviews. The women who fitted the category of senior management in this paper included deputy vice chancellor, deans and heads of departments. Findings The findings indicated that the decisions to opt out of senior management positions for the women ranged from personal to institutional. The personal reasons that emerged from this paper pointed mainly to issues of salaries. The women opted to move out of their positions for better salaries which they believed they would get in the private sectors or in other institutions. Professional development also led women to move to more promising spaces that could afford them an opportunity to grow. Apart from these personal reasons, hostile institutional cultures were cited by all women as the most serious contributory factor to their turnover. Of these, they cited patriarchal practices that led to oppression and dominance, which made it difficult for them to cope in the senior positions they held. Originality/value This paper aimed to respond to a gap in research on senior management women’s mobility in higher education, specifically in South Africa. According to Samuel and Chipunza (2013), there is a serious concern that pertains to retention of senior management within African higher education. However, most studies do not provide a focused attention on women but offer a general interpretation of senior management turnover. There seems to be lack of research that aims at understanding the contextual reasons that lead to turnover of women senior management in South African higher education. Against the backdrop of low representation of women in senior positions in specifically South African higher education and calls for equity, the study looked at the reasons why higher education institutions at times fail to retain this most sought after group (women) in these positions of power. Understanding issues around this matter has the potential to contribute towards improved practices while adding a voice to discourses around gender equity and equality.
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Whistler, Donald E., and Mark C. Ellickson. "Women and Men's Legislative Success in the 21st Century Professional and Citizen State Legislatures." American Review of Politics 32 (November 1, 2011): 213–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.15763/issn.2374-7781.2011.32.0.213-231.
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The bill-passage success of women and men legislators in professional and in citizen state legislatures is evaluated using a path analytical model. The model consists of exogenous personal, institutional, district, and state-level variables, an intervening variable of legislative leadership positions, and the direct and indirect effects of these variables on bill-passage success. With data from a 2004 survey of all fifty lower state houses compared to a similar 1992 nationwide survey of state legislators, women legislators display increased legislative positions and bill-passage in both professional and citizen state legislatures. The model predicts that institutional factors and, to a lesser extent, personal attributes are essential components for acquiring legislative positions as well as bill-passage success for women and men in both types of legislatures.
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Cafaro, Philip. "Place and Personal Commitment In Teaching Environmental Ethics." Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology 8, no. 2-3 (2004): 366–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568535042690727.
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AbstractThis essay, a personal account of teaching environmental ethics, advances two main points. First, focusing on local environmental issues makes for better classes. Teachers can take advantage of local environmental expertise at their institutions and in the wider community; local focus provides a good balance given philosophy's tendency to abstractness; students tend to feel more engaged and excited about the class. Second, environmental ethics classes should spend more time helping students articulate their own ethical positions and showing them how to act upon them. In this way, our classes will better prepare and inspire students to do right by nature.
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Jiang, Hong. "The ethical positioning of the interpreter." Babel. Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation 59, no. 2 (December 31, 2013): 209–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/babel.59.2.05jia.
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As a participant in interpersonal communications, the interpreter is subject to a number of different and sometimes conflicting ethical constraints. It may be argued that the interpreter negotiates between three main ethical spheres: that of the professions they provide interpreting service to, that of the interpreting profession, and the personal ethics of the interpreter himself.<p>This article compares the ways translators and interpreters define their ethical positions in terms of paratexts and framing. The author argues that while paratexts are not available for the interpreter to define and delimit his ethical position, there are other factors that effectively frame this position. These factors are either controlled by the interpreter himself, encoded in the codes of his professional association or stipulated by the regulations of the profession that he provides interpreting service to. By examining how such factors intersect, the author believes that it is ultimately personal ethics that prevail in the ethical positioning of the interpreter. From such an understanding the article seeks in particular to define the ways in which an interpreter frames her personal ethical position in the interpreting setting.<p>
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Cavell, Janice. "A Circumscribed Commemoration: Mrs. Rudolph Anderson and the Canadian Arctic Expedition Memorial." Journal of the Canadian Historical Association 23, no. 1 (May 22, 2013): 249–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1015734ar.
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In 1926 a plaque commemorating the sixteen men who died during the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1918 (CAE) was unveiled. The expedition was highly controversial because of the deep divide between the leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and the scientists of the expedition, many of whom were civil servants. Despite their official positions, the scientists were under constraints that blocked their efforts to secure public recognition of their dead colleagues’ services to Canada. Belle Allstrand Anderson, the wife of scientist Rudolph Anderson, was theoretically under even more stringent constraints. Yet, using her persona of devoted wife and her connections with the bereaved families — especially the wives and mothers of the dead men — she successfully negotiated the creation of the memorial. The personal and gendered element in its history gives the CAE memorial an unusual position among state-sponsored commemorations. Recent scholarship has placed increasing emphasis on the role played by intimate domestic relations in the history of polar exploration. Drawing on the Andersons’ extensive personal archive, this paper examines the interplay between the domestic and the political in the commemoration of what was perhaps the most significant twentieth-century Canadian venture in the Far North.
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Jansson, Birgitta. "Changes in Disposable Personal Income and the Gender Personal Income Gap in Sweden, 1983–2010: A Study of Three Different Income Positions." Social Science History 44, no. 2 (2020): 381–408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2020.9.
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AbstractIn recent decades, the Swedish economy has been characterized by rather fast economic growth. At the same time, income inequality has increased substantially. In the present study, I investigated who has gained and who has been left behind during this period—how disposable personal income has changed for men and women, as well as for those in different positions in the income distribution. Register data for the total population (aged 20 to 80 years old) from 1983 to 2010 were used and three different positions in the income distribution were investigated: percentile 10, the median, and percentile 99. Five years were selected: 1983, 1991, 2000, 2006, and 2010. Each selected year represents a snapshot and describes the general trend. Results show that women in the 10th percentile have increased their income quite well, a result of increased female labor force participation during the period. This has led to a decrease of the income gap between genders within this group. But results also show a masculinization of low income and poverty, as the male incomes in this group have not increased to the same extent as for males in the other income groups. At the median, both men and women experienced a steady increase of incomes, but the gender gap for ages younger than 50 widened between 2000 and 2010. At the very top, percentile 99, the increase in disposable personal income was enormous; however, the gender gap in income did not decrease.
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Baeva, Liudmila Vladimirovna. "Social and Existential Threats to Personal Security in Virtual Communities." International Journal of Technoethics 11, no. 1 (January 2020): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijt.2020010101.
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The article is devoted to the problem of destructive cyber influence. The objects of the study are “death groups” calling on young people to commit suicide, as well as the “Columbine communities,” which are associated with acts of aggression and murder in educational institutions. The problem of virtual youth communities of destructive type is presented from the positions of philosophical, anthropological, existential, and axiological analysis.
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Seger, Wolfgang, Sabine Grotkamp, and Wolfgang Cibis. "PERSONAL FACTORS AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE IN SOCIAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 5, no. 7 (July 31, 2017): 374–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i7.2017.2144.
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Motivation / Background: A broad and common understanding of the nature of Personal Factors is deemed to be necessary to gain and assess a comprehensive perspective regarding an individual’s health condition and accurately allocate social and medical benefits and interventions. Personal Factors have an impact on the functioning of individuals as facilitators or barriers. They play an essential role in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). To date, the World Health Organisation has not classified Personal Factors for global use.
Method: A consensus group representing a broad spectrum of medical and social security professionals, research societies together with representatives of self-help organisations developed and published a proposal to classify relevant Personal Factors.
Results: To face ongoing discussions misunderstandings are addressed, critics and suggestions balanced and positions created with pointed explanations and supplemented literature. Core messages summarise each position in a condensed form.
Conclusions: Personal Factors may exert a powerful influence on the goal definition, goal achievement and type, complexity and length of necessary medical, social or rehabilitation benefits. Transparency, explicitness, fairness (standardisation) and the possibility for well-founded claims comprise additional arguments for reporting Personal Factors. They may be crucial to reach the goal of the highest degree of participation considering individual resources.
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장용근. "Constitutional Rsearch on regulations prohibiting elective officer from holding multiple personal and public positions." Journal of hongik law review 13, no. 1 (February 2012): 257–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.16960/jhlr.13.1.201202.257.
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Moreno, Patricia, and Gary N. McLean. "Women Leaders in a Predominantly Male-Dominated Society." Advances in Developing Human Resources 18, no. 2 (April 4, 2016): 152–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1523422316641400.
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The Problem This qualitative (phenomenological) study focused on gaining a deep understanding of the experiences of women leaders in Mexico, a predominantly male-dominated culture. Seven women leaders were interviewed to share their personal experiences, reflections, feelings, ideas, and actions related to their leadership positions in different arenas, such as corporate, political, academic, and non-profit organizations. The Solution We conducted a thematic analysis of the transcribed interviews to discover commonalities among the experiences of the participants. The analysis revealed six themes: academic preparation is necessary, there are innate characteristics, decisions are made under principles and ethical values, the job itself is very important, the goal is to find a balance between personal and professional time, and the leadership position gives benefits. The Stakeholders This research has implications for human resource development (HRD) practitioners, academics, and executives. HRD practitioners can design more effective interventions, deliver more effective training and leadership programs, and provide opportunities focused on women interested in reaching top executive positions. This research suggests the importance of future research, both qualitative and quantitative in Mexico, focusing on research of women, Mexican women, and Mexican women leaders.
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Canosa Usera, Raúl. "La protección de la integridad personal // The protection of personal integrity." Revista de Derecho Político 1, no. 100 (December 20, 2017): 257. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/rdp.100.2017.20700.
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Resumen:El artículo pretende analizar la evolución de la protección de la integridad personal en España desde la aprobación de la Constitución de 1978 hasta el presente.En primer lugar, se aborda el contexto en el que la Constitución fue aprobada y las opciones que al constituyente se le abrían. Se destaca que por primera vez en España se reconocía un específico derecho a la integridad, lo que no es habitual, al lado de la tradicional prohibición de torturas y penas o tratos inhumanos o degradantes que arrancó ya con la constitución de 1812.Era necesario analizar la protección de la integridad en el Derecho Internacional de los derechos humanos que España ha incorporado a su Orden jurídico, así como la Carta de Derechos fundamentales de la Unión Europea Que sí proclama el derecho a la integridad. En este sentido es destacable como el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos ha inferido el derecho a la integridad de la forma más generosa a través de una interpretación evolutiva del derecho a la vida privada.Sin embargo, no es fácil determinar ni cuál es el bien jurídico protegido ni cuáles las posiciones iusfundamentales que contiene; es decir, qué se protege y cuáles son las situaciones de la vida cuya vulneración el titular del derecho puede defender, llegado el caso, activando la labor tutelar de los tribunales. Por ello ha sido fundamental también el intenso desarrollo legislativo que lo ha concretado en diversos sectores del ordenamiento así como las medidas de protección en favor de los más vulnerables.Summary:1. The 1978 Context in which the right to integrity was recognized. 1.1 Overview of International Law and Foreign Constitutional Law. 1.2 The options of the Constituent Power in the process of drafting Article 15 of the Spanish Constitution. 2. The evolutionary interpretation of international law. 2.1 The extension of the protection field of Article 3 ECHR. 2.2 The inclusion of contents of the right to integrity into the right to respect for private life. a) Right to a criminal protection of the integrity. b) Right to authorize or refuse medical treatments. c) Right to sexual and reproductive life. The problem of abortion. d) Face to pollution. e) In the home. 3. Specific recognition of the right to integrity in the charter of fundamental rights of the European Union. 4. Determination of the fundamental positions under the right to integrity. 4.1 Procedural violation of the prohibition of torture. 4.2 Regarding health protection and in the heath field. a) Overlap with the right to health. b) Consent to medical treatment. c) Donations and transplants. d) Abortion as a potential exercise of the right to integrity by the pregnant woman. f) In the field of medical and scientific experiments. 4.3 Right to integrity against pollution. 4.4 Right to protection. 4.5 The guarantee to not suffer legal physical interventions and the exclusion of the indemnity guarantee. 4.6 In the special relationships of subjection. 4.7 In the labor market. 5. Conclusion: what object and what content?AbstractThe article tries to analyze the evolution of the protection of integrity in Spain since the Constitution came into force in 1978. First of all, it is addressed the context in which the Constitution was approved as well as the options opened to Constituent Power. It is underlined that, for the first time in Spain, a specific right to integrity is declared, something unusual at that time, together with the traditional prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, already introduced in the Constitution of 1812.It was necessary to analyze how the protection of integrity in International Law on Human Rights, as well as the right to the integrity of the person, proclaimed specifically in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In this sense, it is remarkable how the European Court of Human Rights has inferred a right to the integrity from the right to respect for private and family life, by interpreting evolutionarily the Convention.However, it is not easy to determine neither the object of the right to integrity nor what are the fundamental positions, the life situations, whose violation should permit person to claim in Courts of Justice, by activating their protective function. For the rest, it has also been crucial the intense legislative development that has implemented, in various sectors of the legal system,measures of protection in favor of the most vulnerable people.
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Forish-Ferguson, Laura. "Two Technological Fables." Arithmetic Teacher 36, no. 8 (April 1989): 50–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5951/at.36.8.0050.
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An experienced teacher has either a philosophical position or a gut feeling that reveals a bias toward the “how to” or the “what” of any subject to be taught. These two positions are often mutually exclusive; and thus the process-content debate has a long history in education. A good twenty years have elapsed since the hand-held calculator added its challenge to the debate. In the recent past, the applications of the personal computer in the school curriculum have come under discussion.
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Karpova, G. S., I. V. Cheremisova, and I. A. Kovalchuk. "Professionally Relevant Traits of the Heads of Correctional Facilities." Psychology and Law 11, no. 2 (2021): 40–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2021110204.
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The article is dedicated to the study of professionally relevant personality traits, abilities and orientations of the officials of correctional facilities, holding senior positions in comparison to those of their subordinates. The traits are an integral part of the psychological and educational component of their professional competence. They reflect the most general, invariant psychological characteristics which ensure the success in their professional performance irregardless of their function or position. The hypothesis was that officials holding senior positions possess the professionally relevant traits to a greater degree, than their subordinates do. The processing of the obtained data demonstrated that senior officers surpass their subordinates in a number of professionally relevant traits (communicative, intellectual, emotional and volitional qualities). This qualities can be viewed as the psychological foundation for the formation of the subject position in professional development. The results are integrated into prospective studies of the factors and conditions for professional and personal development of penitentiary personnel. They are also used in designing programs for fostering their professional competence.
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Khodyakova, N. V., A. I. Mitin, and O. A. Ulyanina. "Psychological Aspects of Designing the Education Process of Law Enforcement Personnel with their Subjective Position in Mind." Psychology and Law 11, no. 1 (2021): 195–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2021110115.
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The article justifies the necessity for studying and taking into account the subjective positions of law enforcement officers in designing their education. This is accomplished using skill- and personality-based approaches. The author's typology of such subjective positions is given. Psychological and educational risks of maladjustment in the process of professional and personal development are discussed along with the special psychological and educational counselling that are needed to handle them. The results of research are given, revealing average and absolute proportions of groups of students of the Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia who were mapped to the four subjective positions that have been singled out. 422 respondents took part in the research, which was questionnaire based. Checking the obtained data with the contingency table and Pearson's chi-squared test confirmed the hypothesis of a relationship between the student's subjective position and the lecturer's role he/she needs. On the whole, the singled out learners' positions and the lecturers' roles are mutually correlated (at a 0.01 significance level 0,21≤r≤0,76). Basing on the theoretical analysis and the empirical data obtained we formulated methodological principles for designing of departmental education systems.
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Zuo, Zhike, Chao Tang, Yu Xu, Ying Wang, Yongzhong Wu, Jun Qi, and Xiaolong Shi. "Gene Position Index Mutation Detection Algorithm Based on Feedback Fast Learning Neural Network." Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience 2021 (July 6, 2021): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/1716182.
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In the detection of genome variation, the research on the internal correlation of reference genome is deepening; the detection of variation in genome sequence has become the focus of research, and it has also become an effective path to find new genes and new functional proteins. The targeted sequencing sequence is used to sequence the exon region of a specific gene in cancer gene detection, and the sequencing depth is relatively large. Traditional alignment algorithms will lose some sequences, which will lead to inaccurate mutation detection. This paper proposes a mutation detection algorithm based on feedback fast learning neural network position index. By establishing a position index relationship for ACGT in the DNA sequence, the subsequence is decomposed into the position relationship of different subsequences corresponding to the main sequence. The positional relationship of the subsequence in the main sequence is determined by the positional relationship. Analyzing SNP and InDel mutations, even structural mutations, through the position correlation of sequences has the advantages of high precision and easy implementation by personal computers. The feedback fast learning neural network is used to verify whether there is a linear relationship between two or more positions. Experimental results show that the mutation points detected by position index are more than those detected by Bcftools, Freebye, Vanscan2, and Gatk.
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Yasmeen, Saima, and Rabia Ali. "Women’s Experiences as Educational Leaders: Evidence from Islamabad Model Schools." International Journal of Innovation in Teaching and Learning (IJITL) 6, no. 2 (January 22, 2021): 113–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.35993/ijitl.v6i2.840.
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This paper examines the experiences of women in educational administrative positions in public Schools in Islamabad, Pakistan by using a qualitative research design. In-depth interviews were conducted with head teachers from twenty girls’ model schools from urban areas of Islamabad. The findings of this study reveal that school leadership is not as simplistic and easy as assumed. Instead, it is complex and challenging due to personal and organizational constraints. The data shows that the participants felt reluctant to take leading positions as a result of work-family conflict. Furthermore, they also feared to be able to balance household responsibilities and administrative tasks. While some felt reluctant to work as leaders due to their attributes, others who opted to take the leading positions made personal sacrifices. Moreover, several organizational rules and regulations such as maternity leave and policies regarding child care were believed to distract teachers thus providing hurdles in their careers. It can be concluded that women navigate through these personal and organizational constraints to prove themselves as effective leaders. The findings from this study may offer useful insights to early-career women who aspire to work as potential leaders. These also have implications for policymakers concerned with school education in the country.
Keywords: School Principals, Leadership, Barriers, Family Conflict, Pakistan
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Johnston, Rebekah. "Personal Autonomy, Social Identity, and Oppressive Social Contexts." Hypatia 32, no. 2 (2017): 312–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hypa.12318.
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Attempts to articulate the ways in which membership in socially subordinated social identities can impede one's autonomy have largely unfolded as part of the debate between different types of internalist theories in relation to the problem of internalized oppression. The different internalist positions, however, employ a damage model for understanding the role of social subordination in limiting autonomy. I argue that we need an externalist condition in order to capture the ways in which membership in a socially subordinated identity can constrain one's autonomy, even if one is undamaged in one's autonomy competencies and self‐reflexive attitudes. I argue that living among those practically empowered to harass, to engage in racial profiling, and to treat as expendable is incompatible with a freedom‐condition required for unconstrained global self‐determination.
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Filipov, Milen. "Online personal brand in the kazakhstani HR context." Public Administration and Civil Service, no. 2 (June 29, 2020): 36–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.52123/1994-2370-2020-73-2-36-42.
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The purpose of this paper was to study the importance Kazakhstani HR specialists place on the competitive advantage of an online personal brand of a job candidate provides compared to a CV (Resume). The results showed that the majority of the respondents find the online personal brand of a job candidate valuable. It also influences HR specialists' preselection decisions. However, the CV (Resume) remains as a more informative source compared to an online personal brand. HR specialists rarely or occasionally do online screening. However, they always screen a candidate for top managerial positions. Negative/abusive language, sexually provocative pictures (risquè pictures) or videos, or controversial political, religious, or social opinion posted online might be a reason for disqualification. The research urged the need for implementing a more insightful source of behavioural information about a candidate.
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Pierret, Chris, and Patricia Friedrichsen. "Stem Cells and Society: An Undergraduate Course Exploring the Intersections among Science, Religion, and Law." CBE—Life Sciences Education 8, no. 1 (March 2009): 79–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.08-09-0053.
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The intersection of science and our society has led to legal and ethical issues in which we all play a part. To support development of scientific literacy, college science courses need to engage students in difficult dialogues around ethical issues. We describe a new course, Stem Cells and Society, in which students explore the basic biology of stem cell research and the controversy surrounding it. As part of the course, we highlight the nature of science, looking at the methods and norms within the scientific community. To gain a perspective on the current stem cell controversy, we examine the public debates in the 1970s surrounding in vitro fertilization, the stem cell initiative in Missouri, and the personal and religious viewpoints that have emerged relative to the stem cell debate. In the Stem Cells and Society course, students are challenged to develop and clarify their own personal positions concerning embryonic stem cell research. These positions are grounded in science, religion or personal philosophy, and law.
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Kærlein, Timo. "Playing with Personal Media: On an Epistemology of Ignorance." Culture Unbound 5, no. 4 (December 12, 2013): 651–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.135651.
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Mobile devices are ubiquitous and increasingly an integral part of everyday media usage. One remarkable development in the field of personal media (smartphones, tablet computers, etc.) is the trivialization of their interfaces and appearance, especially when compared to the complexity of the underlying software and hardware. The iPhone and its successors trump with usability, they offer simple and seemingly direct access to many functions. Software can be handled with basic hand gestures or voice control, no expert knowledge is required to use the devices. Rather, current apps and operating systems are designed for a playful approach that favours unbiased exploration.
The article investigates forms of the trivial in both device materiality and interface design from a media studies perspective. Pertinent philosophical positions on human-technology relationships by Günther Anders and Hans Blumenberg are discussed to explore the ramifications of a highly productive epistemology of ignorance. A focus is placed upon the process of blackboxing, a technique of invisibilization common to media technologies wherein the social and material prerequisites of a given artefact are hidden from users. The black box also serves as a model of thought to offer a way of analysing unknown complex systems as proposed in cybernetics, and it has more recently been picked up and refashioned in significant ways in actor-network theory.
Playing with personal media is situated between the poles of user infantilization and the freedom of exploring new practices. Triviality in interface design is ambiguous in that it denies insight into more fundamental processes but at the same time creates a space for playful variation not requiring professional knowledge. The article aims to negotiate between positions of elitist criticism and affirmative technophilia, which are widespread in the discourse on mobile devices.