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Motor action execution in reaction-time movements : Magnetoencephalographic study
2019
OBJECTIVE: Reaction-time movements are internally planned in the brain. Presumably, proactive control in reaction-time movements appears as an inhibitory phase preceding movement execution. We identified the brain activity of reaction-time movements in close proximity to movement onset and compared it with similar self-paced voluntary movements without external command. DESIGN: We recorded 18 healthy participants performing reaction-time and self-paced fast index finger abductions with 306-sensor magnetoencephalography and electromyography. Reaction-time movements were performed as responses to cutaneous electrical stimulation delivered on the hand radial nerve area. Motor field and movemen…
Anticipatory Postural Adjustments and kinematic arm features when postural stability is manipulated
2018
International audience; Beyond the classical paradigm that presents the Anticipatory Postural Adjustments (APAs) as a manner to create forces that counteract disturbances arising from the moving segment during a pointing task, there is a controversial discussion about the role APAs to facilitate the movement and perform a task accurately. In addition, arm kinematics features are classically used to infer the content of motor planning for the execution and the control of arm movements, The present study aimed to disentangle the conflicting role of APAs during an arm-pointing task in which the subjects reach a central diode that suddenly turns on, while their postural stability was manipulate…
"Are you busy tomorrow" : a cross-cultural study about communication, group forming, leisure, voluntarism and commitment among members of volleyball …
1998
Citizen Response in Crisis : Individual and Collective Efforts to Enchance Community Resilience
2014
This paper reports on the process and findings of an extensive research project with the aim of investigating present initiatives and approaches within the area of community resilience and citizen involvement. The paper specifically addresses which emerging sociotechnical approaches can be discerned within these initiatives. The discussion is structured within three categories of potential voluntary engagement; organized volunteers, semiorganized individuals, and “nonorganized” individuals. The empirical material assembled in the research project is contrasted with contemporary international research literature regarding sociotechnical means for enhancing community resilience. Swedish appro…
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…
Voluntary pension funds contribution in the pension system of Latvia in comparison with Estonia and Lithuania
2020
Pension system formation is one of the questions on the daily agenda for most countries of the world. Most attention and discussion focus on the first two pension system pillars – state compulsory unfunded pension scheme and the state-funded or accumulated pension scheme in pension funds, both based on mandatory contributions. Private voluntary investments are the “third pillar” of pension systems and the gear to ensure an adequate level of income at retirement age by creating private pension funds. Voluntary savings are becoming the source of retirement income received on a monthly basis in line with the progress of private pension funds and expansion of the choice of pension schemes. This…
Pastoralne aspekty sprawowania sakramentu namaszczenia chorych
2016
Cierpienie, ból, choroba to zjawiska, których doświadcza każdy człowiek. Często w takich stanach czuje się on bezradny, zwłaszcza jeżeli jest pozostawiony sam sobie. Z tego też powodu potrzebna jest międzyludzka troska o człowieka chorego. W naszych czasach spoczywa ona na pracownikach służby zdrowia, ale też na krewnych i znajomych. W przypadku ludzi wierzących, należących do konkretnej wspólnoty parafialnej, do troski takiej muszą się poczuwać współwyznawcy z duszpasterzem na czele. Artykuł jest próbą i zachętą do ponownego spojrzenia na to wszystko, czym dysponują katoliccy duchowni pragnący przyjść z pomocą człowiekowi ciężko chorującemu. Wydaje się bowiem, że wciąż nie wszyscy poprawni…
Sosiaalisen pääoman varjopuolet?
2011
Tämän kirjoituksen tarkoitus on esittää joitakin huomioita ja esimerkkejä sosiaalisen pääoman mahdollisista kielteisistä seurauksista. En syvenny laajasti sosiaalisen pääoman määrittelykysymyksiin. Lähtökohtaisesti otan kuitenkin sen kannan, että sosiaalisen pääoman lähteet (verkostot, instituutiot jne.) voivat tuottaa myös kielteisiä seurauksia. Usein sosiaalista pääomaa on lähestytty erilaisten ruusuisten kehien ja myönteisten funktioiden kautta. Sosiaalisen pääoman seuraukset voivat tietenkin myös vaihdella kontekstin mukaan. nonPeerReviewed
Osallistumisen ongelma
2010
Edward Nycz, Druga szansa młodzieży. Studium funkcjonowania Ochotniczych Hufców Pracy [A second chance for youth. A study in the Voluntary Labour Cor…
2017
The monograph by Edward Nycz, entitled Druga szansa młodzieży. Studium funkcjonowania Ochotniczych Hufców Pracy [A second chance for youth. A study in the functioning of the Voluntary Labour Corps], orders in a chronological way the knowledge on the activity of the organization of the Voluntary Labour Corps (VLC) in Poland. The author - taking advantage of the rich literaturę in the fields of pedagogy and sociology and discussing the results of his own studies - offers valuable information with reference to the share of the VLC in the work with the young who remain on the social margin and are socially maladjusted.