Search results for "Social activity"

Franchise fairs: A relevant signal in franchise choice in social activity

2016

Potential franchisees encounter difficulties in gaining knowledge about a franchise before embarking on their first start-up venture. For this reason, it is necessary to research which information signals help potential franchisees choose the franchise chains with which they wish to enter into business. Working within the framework of signaling theory, this study's aim is to analyze the relationship between franchise choice and brand, price and participation in franchise fairs. The dynamic signaling model deployed to achieve the study's aim draws on panel data methodology. This methodology allows us to analyze franchise chains over the period in which their parent franchises were using sign…

Ruch pokojowy w RFN (Friedensbewegung) w pierwszej połowie lat osiemdziesiątych XX wieku

2018

In the 1980s, the peace movement, which was mobilizing hundreds of thousands of people in protests against the double act passed by NATO in December 1979, was an integral element of the West-German political stage. It influenced the system of power and internal conflicts within the German Social Democracy (SPD), being the strongest opponent of the policy run by the government of Chancellor Schmidt. It also contributed to the formation of the Green Party and was the object of polemics within trade unions. Apart from that it provided a stimulus for debates of the ethical and religious character within the Catholic and Protestant Churches in the FRG. Lastly, it was the object of controversy an…

Changes in health, functional performance and activity predict changes in self-rated health: a 10-year follow-up study in older people.

2001

Abstract The purpose was to examine changes in self-rated health (SRH) in older people and associations between these changes and various self-reported and objectively measured indicators of health status, functional performance and activity at three time-points 5 years apart. Further, our aim was to examine whether SRH takes the form of a continuum. The study group comprised all the baseline 75-year-old inhabitants of the City of Jyvaskyla, Finland (N=382). Four groups were formed according to change/stability in SRH: ‘good–good’, ‘good–bad’, ‘bad–good’ and ‘bad–bad’. Cross-tabulation and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to examine the cross-sectional differences, and GLM Repe…

The effects of COVID-19-era unemployment and business closures upon the physical and mental health of older Europeans : Mediation through financial c…

2023

COVID-19-era lockdown policies resulted in many older persons entering unemployment, facing financial difficulties and social restrictions, and experiencing declining health. Employing the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe's first COVID-19 module (summer 2020) (N = 11,231) and the Karlson-Holm-Breen method for decomposition of effects within non-linear probability models (logistic regression modelling), we examined associations of pandemic-era lost work with older Europeans' (50–80 years of age) self-assessed health, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms, and mediation through households' difficulties making ends meet, loneliness, and curtailed face-to-face contact with …

Dental state and functional capacity in 75-year-olds in three Nordic localities

1995

summary The aims of the study were to compare dental state in three Nordic 75-year-old populations and to evaluate dental state as a marker of functional ageing. The study is part of a Nordic comparative study of 75-year-olds in Glostrup, Goteborg and Jyvaskyla. In the dental studies, 411 subjects in Denmark, 308 in Sweden and 310 in Finland participated. Odontological history was obtained from interviews. Other methods, which are described elsewhere, were used to measure various functional parameters. In Goteborg, 23% of the 75-year-olds reported they were edentulous and 27% that they had more than 20 of their own teeth. The corresponding figures in Glostrup were 45% and 15% and in Jyvasky…

The Secondary Reality of the Media

2018

In this chapter, the author explores the relationship between Bourdieu’s idea on communication and his political philosophy. Bourdieu’s approach to communications was dominated by a paradox: on the one hand, he held communication to be a key social activity; on the other hand, he reach as a scientist for a level of existence where reality is not so much communicated as it is imposed on us. The author focuses on two central questions: Bourdieu’s analysis of the social activities as sign activity and his analysis of political representation and its links to civil society on the one hand and the critique of representative democracy on the other hand.

Adaptive cities, communities and technology

2017

Il contributo seleziona contenuti e metodologie di un'esperienza di ricerca applicata ai temi della Human Smart City, nell'ottica di dimostrare la rilevanza dell'innovazione sociale all'interno dei processi di innovazione tecnologica per la città. L'analisi dei comportamenti dei cittadini digitali e la loro rilevanza nei rapporti con le amministrazioni e con i soggetti che operano azioni di sviluppo territoriale è il punto di vista dell'intero contributo che sottolinea che solo l'interazione "aumentata", fisica e digitale insieme, può avviare processi di innovazione urbana. The paper selects content and methodologies of a research experience applied to Human Smart City in order to demonstra…

Discovery of recurring behavioural sequences in Wistar rat social activity: Possible support to studies on Autism Spectrum Disorders.

2017

This study was undertaken to investigate whether, in rat interactive activities, recurring sequences of behavioural events might be identified and how and to what extent each component of the pair is involved. To this aim, the multivariate temporal-pattern (t-pattern) analysis was applied to the social interactions of 9 pairs of male Wistar rats tested in open field. Interactive activities were classified into intra- and inter-subjects. Quantitative evaluations showed that intra-subject behavioural elements represented 62.37% and inter-subject ones 37.63% of the comprehensive behaviour. T-pattern analysis revealed the presence of 221 different t-patterns organized in four different categori…

Przyszłe nauczycielki wobec aktywności prospołecznej jako celu wychowania moralnego ucznia

2021

Changes in farmers’ participation in rural Organizations of Opolszczyzna Region

2016

W artykule podjęto próbę określenia zmian w zakresie samoorganizacji społeczności wiejskiej Opolszczyzny z uwzględnieniem konstruktu kapitału społecznego. W tym celu wykorzystano dane uzyskane od osób kierujących gospodarstwami rolnymi zamieszkałych w wybranych gminach Opolszczyzny. Zostały one zebrane za pomocą kwestionariusza wywiadu. Zawarte w nim pozycje umożliwiły określenie zmian, jakie zaszły w latach 2008–2014, m.in. pod względem: przynależności respondentów do różnych organizacji samorządu wiejskiego, sposobu postrzegania przez rolników efektów działań tych instytucji czy postrzegania przez kierowników gospodarstw rolnych możliwości wywierania wpływu przez różne podmioty na sytuacj…