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Media Entertainment and Well-Being-Linking Hedonic and Eudaimonic Entertainment Experience to Media-Induced Recovery and Vitality
2014
This paper explores the impact of hedonic and eudaimonic entertainment experience on well-being. We propose that the satisfaction of recovery needs can provide an important link that connects recent 2-factor models of entertainment with well-being after media consumption. Using path modeling, relationships between hedonic/eudaimonic entertainment experiences, media-induced recovery experience, and vitality as a recovery outcome were explored in an experiment (N = 120). Results suggest that different recovery needs are satisfied by hedonic versus eudaimonic entertainment: Although hedonic entertainment experiences were associated with the recovery dimensions of relaxation and psychological d…
Nutrient recovery from wastewater treatment by ultrafiltration membrane for water reuse in view of a circular economy perspective
2022
The study aims to recover nitrogen from wastewater by employing ultrafiltration membrane in water reuse for agriculture purpose. To such aim, a new reclaimed water quality index (RWQI) is proposed and applied including an innovative protocol for its assessment. Specifically, the influence of filtration and backwashing times for an ultrafiltration system aimed to nutrient recovery has been analyzed. The final goal was to pin down the trade-off between operation costs and effluent quality. Results show that backwashing time play a crucial role in reducing the operation costs; indeed, low values (i.e., 0.5 min) lead to an increase in the number of required chemical cleanings and consequently o…
The Eternal Return of Politics
2003
Politics of Historical Signs In his text The Contest of Faculties, Immanuel Kant makes an attempt to answer the question "Is the human race continually improving?" He identifies such an attempt as belonging to a history of future times. Nevertheless, according to Kant, such a history must start from some sort of experience. He reasons that "[w]e must, therefore, search for an event which would indicate that such a cause exists and that it is causally active within the human race, irrespective of the time at which it might actually operate; and it would have to be a cause which allowed us to conclude, as an inevitable consequence of its operation, that mankind is improving." (1) By reading s…
Kaļķaino zāļu purvu veģetācijas sukcesija Engures ezera dabas parkā
2015
Eiropā kaļķainu zāļu purvu platības pēdējā gadsimta laikā ir strauji sarukušas, jo tās netiek atbilstoši apsaimniekotas. Dabiskās sukcesijas gaitā šie biotopi aizaug ar kokiem, krūmiem un graudzālēm. Šī tendence vērojama arī Engures ezera dabas parka kaļķainos zāļu purvos. Viena no dabas parka zāļu purvu lielākajām vērtībām ir augstā orhideju sastopamība. Darba mērķis ir noskaidrot sukcesijas ietekmi uz augu sabiedrībām un orhideju cenopopulācijām. Pētījuma ietvaros aprakstīti 787 veģetācijas parauglaukumi. Biežāk sastopamajām orhideju sugām novērtēta vitalitāte un sastopamība. Dabas parka zāļu purva kvalitāte vērtējama kā vidēja, savukārt orhideju vitalitāte kā zema līdz vidēja, bet sastop…
The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Lockdown on Athletes’ Subjective Vitality: The Protective Role of Resilience and Autonomous Goal Motives
2021
The lockdown resulting from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a huge impact on peoples’ health. In sport specifically, athletes have had to deal with frustration of their objectives and changes in their usual training routines. The challenging and disruptive situation could hold implications for their well-being. This study examined the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on changes in athletes’ reported eudaimonic well-being (subjective vitality) and goal motives (autonomous and controlled) over time (i.e., pre-lockdown and during lockdown). The relationship of resilience to changes in subjective vitality was also determined, and changes in athletes’ goal motives were examined as pot…
Estimation of National Colorectal-Cancer Incidence Using Claims Databases
2012
Background.The aim of the study was to assess the accuracy of the colorectal-cancer incidence estimated from administrative data.Methods.We selected potential incident colorectal-cancer cases in 2004-2005 French administrative data, using two alternative algorithms. The first was based only on diagnostic and procedure codes, whereas the second considered the past history of the patient. Results of both methods were assessed against two corresponding local cancer registries, acting as “gold standards.” We then constructed a multivariable regression model to estimate the corrected total number of incident colorectal-cancer cases from the whole national administrative database.Results.The firs…
Lukupaketti turuilta ja toreilta : katsaus sanomalehtien sisältöjen liikkeisiin ja siihen, miten se näkyy Etelä-Saimaan sunnuntaisivuilla
2001
Main well-being factors in tourism context : an application to active sport tourism
2021
La quête du bien-être représente l’un des moteurs des comportements humains, cette quête s’observant particulièrement dans le tourisme qui est considéré comme une activité qui le procure. Cependant, les causes du bien-être ne sont pas encore parfaitement appréhendées. Cet article a pour objectif d’identifier les principaux facteurs susceptibles de contribuer au bien-être vécu dans un cadre touristique en mobilisant le champ de la psychologie positive et celui du comportement du consommateur et, au-delà, du marketing. Dans un premier temps, les apports de la psychologie positive à l’analyse du bien-être seront exposés et, dans un deuxième temps, un modèle intégrateur des facteurs du bien-êtr…
Principaux facteurs du bien-être dans le domaine du tourisme : Une application au cas du tourisme sportif actif
2021
The quest for well-being is one of the driving forces behind human behaviour, this quest being particularly observed in tourism, which is considered to be an activity that provides it. However, the causes of well-being are not yet fully understood. The aim of this article is to identify the main factors likely to contribute to the well-being experienced in a tourist environment by using the fields of positive psychology and consumer behaviour and, beyond, marketing. Firstly, the contributions of positive psychology to the analysis of well-being will be presented. Secondly, an integrating model of the well-being factors in tourism will be suggested. This model will bring together the analysi…
F. Dostojevskis un N. Gogolis (garstāsti «Saimniece» un «Briesmīgā atriebība»).
2022
Darbs veltīts fantastisku motīvu meklēšanai, kas apvieno F. Dostojevska stāstu “saimniece” un N. Gogoļa “briesmīgā atriebība”. Darba mērķis ir izsekot, kā F. Dostojevska darbos tiek īstenota rakstnieku radošā pēctece: “Saimniece” un “Briesmīgā atriebība” N.Gogoļa. Atklāt mistiskos motīvus. Autors veic abu redakciju pretstatīšanas analīzi, izmantojot informācijas apkopošanu. Darbs tiek sadalīts divās daļās. Pirmajā tiek izklāstīti galvenie teorētiskie jautājumi, kuri nepieciešami pētījuma veikšanai, otrajā daļā, savukārt, saistībā ar uzstādītajiem uzdevumiem. Šis pētījums rada interesi to filologu literatūras zinātnieku vidū, kuri ir ieinteresēti rakstniekam daiļrades, kā arī fantastisku mot…