scholarly journals Assessing the Cross-Market Generalization Capability of the CLAUDETTE System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Jablonowska ◽  
Francesca Lagioia ◽  
Marco Lippi ◽  
Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz ◽  
Giovanni Sartor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Generalization Capability ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Consumer Contracts ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Health And Well Being

We present a study aimed at testing the CLAUDETTE system’s ability to generalise the concept of unfairness in consumer contracts across diverse market sectors. The data set includes 142 terms of services grouped in five sub-sets: travel and accommodation, games and entertainment, finance and payments, health and well-being, and the more general others. Preliminary results show that the classifier has satisfying performance on all the sectors.

scholarly journals Phase and Image Reconstruction from Pupil-Plane Observations in the Near Infrared: Integration of the Phasors

1994 ◽  
Vol 158 ◽  
pp. 197-200
Author(s):  
J.-L. Monin ◽  
N. Ageorges ◽  
L. Desbat ◽  
C. Perrier
Keyword(s):  
Image Reconstruction ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
New Method ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Cross Spectrum ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Simulated Images ◽  
Pupil Plane

A new method to reconstruct the phase of bidimensional interferograms, obtained through pupil-plane interferometry is presented. We compute the average complex phasor components of the cross-spectrum on a data set to reconstruct the original unperturbed phase. We present preliminary results on simulated images which visibility phases are distorted using a model of atmospheric perturbed wavefronts.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and the 24/7 News Cycle: Does COVID-19 News Exposure Affect Mental Health?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 237802312096933
Author(s):  
Kevin Stainback ◽  
Brittany N. Hearne ◽  
Monica M. Trieu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Unique Data ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Economic Well Being

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has upended nearly every aspect of social life in the United States and abroad. People turn to news to provide public health updates about the virus, such as reports of new cases and deaths, but also to understand how COVID-19 is affecting jobs and the economy. The news, irrespective of its format, serves as a central conduit of information during the pandemic. Prior research examining public traumas, such as terrorist attacks, suggests that greater media intake may also amplify perceived threats about the virus and therefore have a negative effect on mental health. We argue that in the absence of a solution to the virus, such as a vaccine, greater COVID-19 media viewing is likely to heighten uncertainty and anxiousness about the future threat the virus poses to health and well-being, which should in turn increase psychological distress. Drawing on a unique data set of U.S. residents in mid- to late March 2020, the authors examine the relationships among COVID-19 news consumption, perceptions of COVID-19 threats to health and economic well-being, and psychological distress. The findings suggest that greater COVID-19 media consumption is associated with greater psychological distress and that approximately two thirds of this effect operates indirectly through increased perceptions of COVID-19 threats.

scholarly journals Nieuwe zelfstandigen en onzekerheid over de arbeidsplaats

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinka van Vuuren ◽  
John Klein Hesselink
Keyword(s):  
Sick Leave ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Independent Contractors ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Representative Samples ◽  
The Way

Independent contractors and job insecurity Independent contractors and job insecurity In this article we test the hypothesis that independent contractors experience more job insecurity then employees with a permanent labour contract. We also compare causes and consequences of job insecurity between independent contractors and employees. Finally, we test for differences in the way self-efficacy acts as a buffer between job insecurity and its negative effects on work and well-being between these groups. In this article we use the data set of a 2006 study on sick leave benefits. Two national representative samples of independent contractors and employees with a permanent labour contract were selected from this data set. The results of our study indicate that independent contractors experience about the same amount of job insecurity as employees, and that there are only some differences in causes and consequences. Employees with a permanent contract experience more negative effects. Self-efficacy did not buffer the influence job insecurity on health and well-being in both groups.

scholarly journals Assessing the Achievement of the SDG Targets for Health and Well-Being at EU Level by 2030

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5829 ◽  
Author(s):  
George H. Ionescu ◽  
Daniela Firoiu ◽  
Anca Tănasie ◽  
Tudor Sorin ◽  
Ramona Pîrvu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Health And Well Being

In this period of extreme changes in our society, issues related to the health and well-being of citizens are considered essential for the future of a united and prosperous Europe. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at EU level by 2030 requires hard work done in a transformative way in order to implement a set of coherent, evidence-informed policies that address health, well-being and all their determinants throughout the course of life and across all sectors of government and society. The objective of this paper is to assess the stage of fulfillment of all SDG targets in relation to health and well-being at EU level, based on the current trend of each indicator, for each EU member country. Based on the Eurostat SDG data set for 2007–2018, the individual trends were forecast using the AAA (Holt-Winters) version of the exponential smoothing (ETS) algorithm. The research results are surprising, on the one hand showing the possibility that some targets will be reached, but also indicating that a large percentage of targets will not be reached if the current trend is continued, especially due to disruptive change generated by the current pandemic. There is a need to increase the involvement of all member states, but also ensure a deeper involvement at the level of EU institutions, to provide full support for meeting the targets proposed by the 2030 Agenda, ensuring prosperity and health for all European citizens, and becoming a model for all the states of the world.

scholarly journals Transition to Widowhood: Trajectories of Depressive Symptomatology Among Japanese Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 284-285
Author(s):  
Masumi Iida ◽  
Shohei Okamoto ◽  
Ikuko Sugawara ◽  
Erika Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Spousal Loss ◽  
Japanese Adults ◽  
Japanese Elderly ◽  
Japanese Older Adults ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract Spousal loss is one of the most consequential negative life events for the surviving partners. While there is abundant research on mental health and well-being of widows, most of these studies rely on the post-bereavement data. In this study, we use the data from the National Survey of Japanese Elderly (NSJE), which is a publicly available longitudinal data set collected from Japanese adults aged 60 years and older. The current study uses the first seven waves of data from 1987 to 2006, where participants were followed every three to four years. Using the NSJE advances our understanding of the bereavement process as it allows us to observe the levels and trajectories of depressive symptom before, during, and after the loss of their spouses. In our analyses, we selected 522 participants (average age at bereavement: 75.0 years; 27% male) who experienced spousal loss at some point during the seven waves. We examined the trajectories of depressive symptoms assessed using CES-D as these participants transition to widowhood. The results showed a small significant increase in depressive symptoms leading up to the time of the loss. There was also a significant increase in symptoms at the time of the loss, but we did not observe any decline in symptoms after the loss. In addition, we found that their age at bereavement significantly moderated the pattern, such that the increase in depressive symptoms at the time of the loss was attenuated for older participants. The implications of these findings will be discussed.

scholarly journals Determinants of Volunteering Within a Social Housing Community

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Walker ◽  
Tamaryn Menneer ◽  
Catherine Leyshon ◽  
Michael Leyshon ◽  
Andrew James Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Housing Association ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Probit Regression ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Individual Health ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Health And Well Being

Abstract In general, research demonstrates that deprivation, education, health, and well-being are determinants of volunteering, and that volunteering can play an important role in building stronger communities and provides many benefits for individual health and well-being. This study concentrates on the effects of physical and mental health and well-being as predictors when the aspect of socio-economic impact has been minimised. It utilises a unique data set from a UK Housing Association community with generally high levels of deprivation. Data were analysed using bivariate probit regression. In contrast to previous findings, physical health and mental health were not significantly related to volunteering. The key finding was that mental well-being was significantly related to informal volunteering.

Material ESG Outcomes and SDG Externalities: Evaluating the Health Care Sector’s Contribution to the SDGs

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-533
Author(s):  
Costanza Consolandi ◽  
Himani Phadke ◽  
Jim Hawley ◽  
Robert G. Eccles
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Health And Well Being

The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have created a framework for environmental and social impacts, which institutional investors and corporations are using to guide resource allocation or highlight SDG-aligned investments already in place. We argue that the SDGs have clarified certain elements predominantly missing or implicit in many environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards, specifically focusing on companies’ E and S externalities. Methodologically, we analyze how health care companies contribute to SDG 3 on health and well-being as a case, mapping the goal’s targets to the Sustainability Accounting Standard Board’s (SASB’s) 30 generic ESG issues and considering both financially material and immaterial ESG issues, based on SASB. Using an innovative data set, we highlight where private sector firms contribute to SDG impacts and where their financial priorities might lie. Where firms are either not contributing or perhaps unable to, we point to the need for public sector activities.

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