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Positive Effects of Videogame Use on Visuospatial Competencies: The Impact of Visualization Style in Preadolescents and Adolescents

2019

Use of videogames (VGs) is almost ubiquitous in preadolescents' and adolescents' everyday life. One of the most intriguing research topics about positive effects of VG use is about the domain of visuospatial competencies. Previous research show that training with videogames enables children and adolescents to improve their scores in visuospatial tests (such as mental rotation of shapes and cubes), and that such training could overcome gender differences in these domains. Our study aimed at (1) verifying the positive effects of videogame use in the visuospatial domain both for male and female adolescents and preadolescents and (2) verifying whether the visualization style (2D or isometric 3D…

4-5 gadu vecu bērnu radošās darbības veicināšana vizuālās mākslas nodarbībās

2018

Kvalifikācijas tēmas nosaukums ir “4-5 gadu vecu bērnu radošās darbības veicināšana vizuālās mākslas nodarbībās”, darbs sastāv no ievada, 3 nodaļām, 8 apakšnodaļām, kas apkopotas 55 lpp. Darbā ievietoti 13 attēli, 8 tabulas, 7 pielikumi , 56 literatūras avoti. Darba autore: Revita Vildava Pētījuma mērķis: Pētīt skolotāja iespējas sekmēt bērnu radošo darbību vizuālās mākslas nodarbībās. Pētījuma objekts: Vizuālās mākslas nodarbības pirmsskolā Pētījuma priekšmets: 4-5 gadu vecu bērnu radošā darbība Pētījuma hipotēze: Vizuālās mākslas nodarbībās ir iespējams sekmēt bērna radošo darbību, izmantojot dažādas mākslas veidus, tehnikas, palīglīdzekļus. Pētījuma teorētiskajā daļā tiek aprakstīts, kas…

Relationship between volume and energy of vector fields

2001

Abstract A unified study of energy and volume functionals is presented here by determining the critical points of a functional that extends simultaneously energy and volume and that is defined on the product of the manifold of smooth maps C∞(M,N) times the manifold M of riemannian metrics on M. The restriction of this functional to different submanifolds of the space of vector fields X (M)× M is also considered, and used to study several functionals generalizing volume and energy or total bending of vector fields

Voluntary Private Investments Role in Pension System in Latvia

2021

Pension systems have become one of the main priorities for the national governments. Developed countries population is getting older by putting the pressure on the state budgets and work age people tax load. The current pension system in Latvia performs according to regulation of state compulsory unfunded pension scheme since 1996 and regulation of the state funded or accumulated pension scheme since 2001. The third pension system pillar is private voluntary pension schemes realized in form of people contributions into pension funds and life insurance policies. Aim of the research – deeper analyses of voluntary private investments as the pension system part and its development challenges in…

Puhtaan ruoan kansainvälinen markkinointi : suomalaisen lihan markkinointi Saksan elintarvikemarkkinoille

1999

Phenomenological description of the vortex density in rotating BEC superfluids

2008

The close analogy of a purely magnetic excitation scheme, used in the experiments on Bose-Einstein condensate by Hodby et al., and the rotating bucket experiments with liquid helium 4 has suggested us to apply a phenomenological equation for the vortex line density, previously proposed for rotating superfluid helium 4, to describe the vortex density in a rotating Bose-Einstein condensate as a function of the angular speed. In both systems, the phenomenological equation provides a reasonable description of the observed data.

The marketplace vulnerability of low-income unbanked consumers : a developing country perspective

2018

Financial exclusion is recognised as an important element of socio-economic inequality where economically vulnerable groups are excluded from basic financial services. The issue of financial exclusion is mainly concentrated in the world’s developing countries. However, research on the issue of financial exclusion in the field of marketing as well as from the perspective of unbanked consumers is lacking. Although financial exclusion impedes low-income consumers’ welfare, there is a shortage of wellbeing related studies on low-income consumers in the context of developing countries. This doctoral dissertation aims to investigate the ways in which low-income unbanked consumers experience vulne…

Focusing on Workplace Communication

2019

Communication has a constitutive role in the workplace; in workplace communication the organization comes into being. In workplace communication workers create and negotiate meanings and a shared understanding of important work-related issues. Communication is also essential for a functional working environment. Especially in knowledge-based work members of the workplace aim at success, efficiency, and productivity by discussing, conversing, debating, and providing and receiving feedback. Hence, when striving to establish a healthy workplace with high levels of satisfaction and well-being, one has to understand the dynamics of workplace communication. This chapter examines interpersonal com…

Empathy, Entrainment, and Perceived Interaction in Complex Dyadic Dance Movement

2019

The current study explores how individuals' tendency to empathize with others (trait empathy) modulates interaction and social entrainment in dyadic dance in a free movement context using perceptual and computationally derived measures. Stimuli consisting of 24 point-light animations were created using motion capture data selected from a sample of 99 dyads, based on self-reported trait empathy. Individuals whose Empathy Quotient (EQ) scores were in the top or bottom quartile of all scores were considered to have high or low empathy, respectively, and twelve dyads comprised of four high-high, four low-low, and four high-low empathy combinations were identified. Animations of these dyads were…

From ‘intercultural-washing’ to meaningful intercultural education: Revisiting higher education practice

2021

This is the first special issue that JPHE hosts—and could there be a more suitable forum for an issue dedicated to exploring and encouraging a critical dialogue around transformative intercultural communication teaching practices in higher education (HE)? What has led us to engage with the theme of making intercultural education meaningful is a shared observation that there seems to be an increasing disconnect between recent developments in intercultural communication theory and practice. With so much critique published over the years, we are perplexed as to why traditional notions of culture still prevail not only in mainstream intercultural communication research but also in institutional…