Perceived Impact of Organized Crime and Dimensions of National Cultures

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni A. Travaglino ◽  
Cristina d'Aniello
Keyword(s):  
Organized Crime ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
National Differences ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The World ◽  
European Values ◽  
Perceived Impact ◽  
Cross National

The presence of organized crime is a worldwide problem. There is, however, variation in the degree to which nations and societies are susceptible to organized crime’s activities. In the present study, in a sample of one hundred nations, we examined the question of whether cross-national differences in the perceived impact of organized crime are associated with differences between cultures. To address this question, we used a recent three-dimensional model of cross-national cultural differences, describing dimensions of Collectivism-Individualism, Distrust-Trust and Duty-Joy. This model is rooted in Hofstede’s theorising and representative data from the World Values Survey and the European Values Study. Results demonstrated that nations with higher scores of Collectivism and Distrust are also characterized by a stronger perceived impact of organized crime, as measured by the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey. Notably, after controlling for nations’ levels of wealth, further analyses showed that nations with higher scores of Distrust and Joy are those where the perceived impact of organized crime is stronger. Implications of the findings and future research directions are discussed.

scholarly journals "TASTE THIS VIDEO!": FACEBOOK VIDEOS AS EMBODIED EXPERIENCES.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadas Schlussel ◽  
Paul Frosh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Embodied Interaction ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Physical Character ◽  
The World ◽  
Embodied Experiences ◽  
Facebook Pages ◽  
Media Formats

Videos are among the most widely used media formats on Facebook. Yet little research has been done on their aesthetic and formal attributes, and especially on how they operate within the frameworks of attention, interruption and embodied interaction specific to social media interfaces. This paper examines recipe videos published on Tasty, one of the most popular Facebook pages in the world. We analyze these videos through a novel three-dimensional model that integrates their semiotic characteristics (visual, auditory and textual), their interactive and haptic qualities, and their invitation to perceptual engagement and sensorimotor response. We conclude that Facebook recipe videos are exemplary of a broader category of social media videos which we call $2 : these create heightened multisensory experiences that take precedent over informational use or narrative involvement, revealing the deeply physical character of our connections to social media and a yearning for embodied presence in what we might call our online-life.

Mathematical Elucidation of the Traditional Japanese Fan Focusing on Its Structure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiko Yamazaki ◽  
Fujiko Abe ◽  
Ichiro Hagiwara
Keyword(s):  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Original Form ◽  
Digital Museum ◽  
Plan View ◽  
Original Plan ◽  
The World ◽  
Three Dimensional Space

Abstract The Japanese traditional fan, which is a form of origami originating in Japan with a folding culture, has a variety of three-dimensional expression that differs from two-dimensional expression. The image painted on the fan deforms when the fan is folded. In this study, we create a digital fan model for clarifying the deformation on the fan face according to parameters such as length of the bamboo bones. We then validate the digital model with an actual fan. Furthermore, we obtain the original plan view from images of the folded fan as a reverse problem. Because folding fans are made of paper and bamboo and held in the hand, old traditional folding fans are more or less damaged; for example, many culturally valuable folding fans have lost their bones and have damaged edges, have been stretched flat, and have been framed like paintings. Reproducing the original fan without information of the original form is difficult. In the present study, we provide a digital fan model for examining the original fan shape. Old valuable folding fans are treasured by museums and collectors around the world. In future research, we would like to capture such precious folding fans in three-dimensional space applying our digital fan model and to exhibit these fans in a digital museum, providing opportunities not only to enjoy the value of the fans but also to encourage the research of Japanese traditional culture.

scholarly journals Numerical simulation of the dimensional transformation of atomization in a supersonic aerodynamic atomization dust-removing nozzle based on transonic speed compressible flow

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 597-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tian Zhang ◽  
Deji Jing ◽  
Shaocheng Ge ◽  
Jiren Wang ◽  
Xiangxi Meng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Field ◽  
Axisymmetric Flow ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Speed Flow ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Laval Nozzles

Abstract To simulate the transonic atomization jet process in Laval nozzles, to test the law of droplet atomization and distribution, to find a method of supersonic atomization for dust-removing nozzles, and to improve nozzle efficiency, the finite element method has been used in this study based on the COMSOL computational fluid dynamics module. The study results showed that the process cannot be realized alone under the two-dimensional axisymmetric, three-dimensional and three-dimensional symmetric models, but it can be calculated with the transformation dimension method, which uses the parameter equations generated from the two-dimensional axisymmetric flow field data of the three-dimensional model. The visualization of this complex process, which is difficult to measure and analyze experimentally, was realized in this study. The physical process, macro phenomena and particle distribution of supersonic atomization are analyzed in combination with this simulation. The rationality of the simulation was verified by experiments. A new method for the study of the atomization process and the exploration of its mechanism in a compressible transonic speed flow field based on the Laval nozzle has been provided, and a numerical platform for the study of supersonic atomization dust removal has been established.

scholarly journals Three-dimensional CBCT based evaluation of the inferior part of the maxillary sinus: Retrospective Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong-Hyun Lee ◽  
Won-Jeong Han ◽  
Jong-Tae Park
Keyword(s):  
Maxillary Sinus ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Anatomical Structure ◽  
Cone Beam ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Posterior Teeth ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Using Data

AbstractThe maxillary sinus is the largest of the four paranasal sinuses in humans, and its close proximity to the teeth means that caution is required during dental treatment. In particular, implant surgeries involving the maxillary posterior teeth should include evaluating the inferior part of the maxillary sinus. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the differences by comparing the inferior part of the maxillary sinus based on the nasal cavity floor (NCF) between patients (male 30, female 30) genders through the use of the three-dimensional (3-D) program that can facilitate 3-D visualizations. The present study results obtained from 3-D visualizations using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) data showed that the inferior part of the maxillary sinus was mostly larger in males than in females. In addition, the utilization of 3-D visualization data was more likely to assure accuracy than when using data obtained by two-dimensional (2-D) imaging. Therefore, 3-D visualizations of the inferior part of the maxillary sinus will contribute to accurate analyses of its anatomical structure during implant surgery and other operations. Further studies utilizing 3-D visualization will yield useful fundamental data and guidelines for future research.

scholarly journals Imran Khan’s Speech at UNGA: A Reflection on Us vs. Them Divide Using Fairclough’s 3D Model in CDA

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 34-44
Author(s):  
Kinza Tariq ◽  
Shawal Muhammad Nawaz ◽  
Dr. Aisha Farid
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
The World ◽  
Text Talk ◽  
United Nations General Assembly

Critical Discourse Analysis views language in use as a kind of social practice, it is often applied to political language (discourse— text, talk, and/or visual), including public speeches. This paper critically analyzes the speech by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, delivered at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 28, 2019. The study uses Fairclough's Three-Dimensional Model, to reflect upon "Us" and "Them" in the context of four major themes of the speech: climate change, money laundering, Islamophobia, and Kashmir. The study uses a mixed-method approach for a thorough review of the speech and discusses power within the discourse and power behind discourse. The findings reveal how language reflects the ideology of the political leaders, and how discourse can form and be formed by social practices. The Prime Minister used language effectively to present the ideological dichotomies between "Us" and "Them" in the context of developing countries-developed countries (powerful politically and economically), Muslims - anti-Muslims, and Pakistan/Kashmir - India. He urged the world-leaders at UNGA's highest political forum, after drawing the line of demarcation, to take steps to resolve the differences to achieve harmony and peace in the world. This research enables the common public of Pakistan to understand their leader in terms of the concept of power by comprehending the profounder meaning that language conveys.

scholarly journals The World-Systemic Dynamics of Knowledge Production: The Distribution of Transnational Academic Capital in the Social Sciences

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Márton Demeter
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
World System ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
World Regions ◽  
The World ◽  
Center Periphery

This paper expands the framework of the Bourdieusian field theory using a world-system theoretical perspective to analyze the global system of social sciences, or what might be called the world-system of knowledge production. The analysis deals with the main agents of the world-system of social sciences, and it also investigates the core-like and periphery-like processes of the system. Our findings affirm that a very characteristic center-periphery structure exists in global social sciences, with a few hegemonic countries and distinctly peripheral world regions. Our analysis not just presents empirical data on power structures in global social sciences but it also offers meaningful typologies for analysis of the roles different world regions play in maintaining the world-system of global knowledge production. The paper also proposes a three-dimensional model by which both geographical and social/institutional center-periphery relations may be analyzed.

A Comprehensive Framework for Teacher Knowledge (CFTK)

2012 ◽  
pp. 59-102
Author(s):  
Robert N. Ronau ◽  
Christopher R. Rakes
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Teacher Knowledge ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Linear Structure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Comprehensive Framework ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

In this study, we examine the validity of the Comprehensive Framework for Teacher Knowledge (CFTK) through a systematic review and meta-analysis. This model, developed through a series of exploratory studies, transforms current understanding of teacher knowledge from a linear structure to a three dimensional model by pairing 6 inter-related aspects into three orthogonal axes: 1) Field comprised of subject matter and pedagogy; 2) Mode comprised of orientation and discernment; and 3) Context comprised of individual and environment. The current study analyzes the way interactions of these aspects appear in literature across a wide domain of subject matters. These interactions have direct implications for future research on teacher knowledge as well as policies for guiding professional development and pre-service teacher training.

Cross-national differences in complaint behavior: cultural or situational?

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 913-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey G. Blodgett ◽  
Aysen Bakir ◽  
Anna S. Mattila ◽  
Andrea Trujillo ◽  
Claudia Quintanilla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Consumer Complaint ◽  
National Differences ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Complaint Behavior ◽  
Consumer Complaint Behavior ◽  
Cross National

Purpose Previous research indicates that dissatisfied consumers in other countries react differently as compared to those in the USA, due to their cultural orientation. These studies, however, have not recognized that retail policies (regarding returns and exchanges) in the USA are much more liberal and “consumer friendly” than in other parts of the world, and thus it is possible that their conclusions are flawed. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to determine the extent to which cross-national differences in complaint behavior are due to cultural vs situational factors. Design/methodology/approach To examine this issue, a two-part study was conducted. Study 1 compared consumers living in China, India and Mexico to cohorts who immigrated to the USA. Study 2 compared individuals from those same countries to subjects who are native to the USA. Findings The findings indicate that situational factors (i.e. consumer-oriented vs restrictive refund/return/exchange policies) have a large impact on consumer complaint behavior (i.e. redress, negative-word-of-mouth and exit), and that the effects of culture are minor. Research limitations/implications To infer cause-effect, and establish scientific theory, one must rule out alternative hypotheses. Researchers who are investigating cross-cultural complaint behavior must take situational factors into account. Practical implications With the emergence of “global consumers” consumer expectations around the world are changing. Astute retailers should institute and promote more liberal return policies, thereby mitigating consumers’ perceived risk. Originality/value This study dispels the notion that culture is responsible for differences in cross-national consumer complaint behavior.

Economic Liberalization and Intergenerational Mobility in Occupational Status

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 790-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexi Gugushvili
Keyword(s):  
Intergenerational Mobility ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Economic Liberalization ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
National Differences ◽  
European Values ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Linear Regressions ◽  
Representative Samples ◽  
Cross National

One of the most important components of post-socialist transition has been economic liberalization. This article inquiries into how the latter is associated with intergenerational mobility in occupational status. Using European Values Studies (evs) data from the nationally representative samples for a large number of post-socialist societies, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (ebrd) index of economic liberalization, and multilevel mixed-effects linear regressions, I test the “meritocracy as functional imperative” perspective which implies that life chances depend on the efficiency considerations of liberalized economy. The derived results are robust to alternative model and variable specifications and suggest that economic liberalization explains cross-national differences in intergenerational status reproduction, and is better suited for macro-sociological models of mobility in occupational status than other conventional contextual explanations such as economic development and income inequality.

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