scholarly journals Role of Time Scales in the Coupled Epidemic-Opinion Dynamics on Multiplex Networks

Entropy ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Robert Jankowski ◽  
Anna Chmiel
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Opinion Dynamics ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Entire System ◽  
Epidemic Spreading ◽  
Multiplex Networks ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Opinion Dynamic

Modelling the epidemic’s spread on multiplex networks, considering complex human behaviours, has recently gained the attention of many scientists. In this work, we study the interplay between epidemic spreading and opinion dynamics on multiplex networks. An agent in the epidemic layer could remain in one of five distinct states, resulting in the SIRQD model. The agent’s attitude towards respecting the restrictions of the pandemic plays a crucial role in its prevalence. In our model, the agent’s point of view could be altered by either conformism mechanism, social pressure, or independent actions. As the underlying opinion model, we leverage the q-voter model. The entire system constitutes a coupled opinion–dynamic model where two distinct processes occur. The question arises of how to properly align these dynamics, i.e., whether they should possess equal or disparate timescales. This paper highlights the impact of different timescales of opinion dynamics on epidemic spreading, focusing on the time and the infection’s peak.

Subjectivity as a sentient perspective and the role of interoception

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena De Preester
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Basic Form ◽  
Bodily States ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Phenomenological Point

This chapter argues that the most basic form of subjectivity is different from and more fundamental than having a self, and forwards a hypothesis about the origin of subjectivity in terms of interoception. None of those topics are new, and a consensus concerning the homeostatic-interoceptive origin of subjectivity is rapidly growing in the domains of the neurosciences and psychology. This chapter critically explores that growing consensus, and it argues that the idea that the brain topographically represents bodily states is unfit for thinking about the coming about of subjectivity. In the first part, four inherent characteristics of subjectivity are discussed from a philosophical phenomenological point of view. The second part explores whether a model of subjectivity in which interoception maintains its crucial role is possible without relying on topographical representations of the in-depth body, and giving due to the inherent characteristics of subjectivity.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Barometer: Social Opinion – What Do the Portuguese Think in This Time of COVID-19?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Ana Rita Pedro ◽  
Ana Gama ◽  
Patrícia Soares ◽  
Marta Moniz ◽  
Pedro A. Laires ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The People ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Continue Monitoring

The COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges to the global community, reinforcing the role of public health in society. The main measures to combat it had (and still have) a huge impact on the daily lives of citizens. This investigation aimed to identify and monitor the population’s perceptions about how it faced this period and the impact on health, well-being, and daily life. In this study, we describe the main trends observed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of mental health status, confidence in the capacity of the health services to respond to the pandemic, and the use of health services by participants. The online survey collected responses from 171,947 individuals ≥16 years of age in Portugal, over a period of 15 weeks that started on 21 March 2020. Participants could fill the questionnaire once or weekly, which enabled us to analyse trends and variations in responses. Overall, 81% of the respondents reported having felt agitated, anxious, or sad during the COVID-19 pandemic; 19% did not experience these feelings. During the confinement period, the proportion of participants feeling agitated, anxious, or sad every day/almost every day ranged between 20 and 30%, but since the deconfinement this proportion decreased. Around 30% reported having more difficulty getting to sleep or to sleep all night; 28.4% felt more agitated; 25.5% felt sadder, discouraged, or cried more easily; and 24.7% felt unable to do everything they had to do, women more frequently than men. Overall, 65.8% of the participants reported feeling confident or very confident in the health services’ capacity to respond to the challenges associated with the pandemic, and this confidence increased over time. Concerning the people who needed a consultation, 35.6% had one in person and 20.8% had one remotely, but almost 44% did not have one due to cancellation by the service (27.2%) or their own decision not to go (16.3%). At this unusual time in which we find ourselves and based on our findings, it is essential to continue monitoring how the population is facing the different phases of the pandemic until it officially ends. Analysing the effects of the pandemic from the point of view of citizens allows for anticipating critical trends and can contribute to preventative action.

Party-Political and Socio-Economic Сonsequences of Elections to the German Bundestag

2021 ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
V.B. Belov
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Social Democrats ◽  
The Social ◽  
Angela Merkel ◽  
The Face ◽  
German Bundestag ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development

The article examines the results of the last Bundestag elections. They marked the end of the Angela Merkel era and reflected the continuation of difficult party-political and socio-economic processes in the informal leader of the European Union. The main attention of the research focuses on the peculiarities of the election campaign of the leading parties and of the search for ways of further development of Germany in the face of urgent economic and political challenges. These challenges include the impact of the coronavirus crisis, the impact of the energy and digital transition to a climate-neutral economy, and the complex international situation. Based on original sources, the author analyzes the causes of the SPD victory and the CDU/CSU bloc defeat, the results of the negotiations of the Social Democrats with the Greens and Liberals, the content of the coalition agreement from the point of view of the prospects for the development of domestic and foreign policy and the economy of Russia's main partner in the west of the Eurasian continent. The conclusion is made about the absence of breakthrough ideas, the consistent continuation of the course started by the previous government for a carbon-free economy and the strengthening of the role of Germany in Europe and the world. For this course, conflicts and problems in achieving the set goals will be immanent due to the compromising nature of the coalition agreements.

scholarly journals Maternal or Paternal Diabetes and Its Crucial Role in Offspring Birth Weight and MODY Diagnosis

Metabolites ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 387
Author(s):  
Valeria Calcaterra ◽  
Angela Zanfardino ◽  
Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti ◽  
Dario Iafusco
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Autosomal Dominant ◽  
Maternal Diabetes ◽  
Fetal Weight ◽  
Maturity Onset Diabetes ◽  
Heterogenous Group ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Impact

Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) represents a heterogenous group of monogenic autosomal dominant diseases, which accounts for 1–2% of all diabetes cases. Pregnancy represents a crucial time to diagnose MODY forms due to the 50% risk of inheritance in offspring of affected subjects and the potential implications on adequate fetal weight. Not only a history of maternal diabetes may affect the birth weight of offspring, paternal diabetes should also be taken into consideration for a correct pathogenetic diagnosis. The crucial role of maternal and paternal diabetes inheritance patterns and the impact of this inherited mutation on birthweight and the MODY diagnosis was discussed.

Surviving from garbage: the role of informal waste-pickers in a dynamic model of solid-waste management in developing countries

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROCÍO DEL PILAR MORENO-SÁNCHEZ ◽  
JORGE HIGINIO MALDONADO
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Waste Pickers

In developing countries, informal waste-pickers (known as scavengers) play an important role in solid waste management systems, acting in a parallel way to formal waste collection and disposal agents. Scavengers collect, from the streets, dumpsites, or landfills, re-usable and recyclable material that can be reincorporated into the economy's production process. Despite the benefits that they generate to society, waste-pickers are ignored when waste management policies are formulated. The purpose of this paper is to integrate the role of scavengers in a dynamic model of production, consumption, and recovery, and to show that, in an economy producing solid waste, efficiency can be reached using a set of specific and complementary policies: a tax on virgin materials use, a tax on consumption and disposal, and a subsidy to the recovery of material. A numerical simulation is performed to evaluate the impact of these policies on landfill lifetime and natural resource stocks. A discussion on the implementation of these instruments is also included.

Public Opinion toward Equal Opportunity Issues: The Role of Attitudinal and Demographic Forces among African Americans

1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 705-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terri Susan Fine
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Opinion Dynamics ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
African American Community ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Disadvantaged Populations ◽  
The Impact

This paper explores African American opinion toward equal opportunity issues using a demographic-attitudinal focus. Previous explorations have focused on black-white opinion comparisons. In this analysis, attitudinal forces, particularly core values, are identified as playing an influential role in policy support. Further, these patterns of values tend to reflect those expressed by whites on similar questions: the more individualistic and conservative one is, the less likely one is to support government intervention on African Americans behalf. In responding to questions concerning governmental responsibility, higher SES African Americans express stronger support than do their lower SES counterparts. This finding suggests that those who are experiencing “glass ceilings” are concerned about government guarantees of equal opportunity, despite their individualistic beliefs. This is inconsistent with previous explorations that analyze these beliefs among disadvantaged populations. The implications of social changes in the African American community and the impact of these changes on opinion dynamics are discussed.

«Quanta» Language Consciousness and Problems in the Functioning of the Communicative Norms

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
Татьяна Черкашина ◽  
Tatiana Cherkashina ◽  
Н. Новикова ◽  
N. Novikova ◽  
О. Трубина ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The article considers the conceptualization of the world from the point of view of its methodological paradigm assessment in the context of the globalizing world. A retrospective analysis of the relationship between language and human speech activity is given. The authors explain the role of language as a socio-cultural phenomenon in the formation of worldview systems that develop in the consciousness with the help of minimal units of human experience in their ideal meaningful representation in special concepts, which allows the individual to think within the boundaries of a certain linguistic picture of the world. Analyzes the problems of the functioning of communicative norms with regard to the hierarchy of the spiritual representations of the world. The article attempts to consider the impact of the “blurring” of the information boundaries of the globalizing world on the cognitive abilities of the individual in the nomination, qualification of the subject, phenomenon, process.

scholarly journals The effect of training on raising the efficiency of the school safety coordinator in public schools in Jeddah Governorate: أثر التدريب في رفع كفاءة منسق السلامة المدرسية في مدارس التعليم العام بمحافظة جدة

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Gormallah Alzahrani
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
School Safety ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Evacuation Plan ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Training Efficiency

The research aimed to identify the extent of the impact of training on the performance efficiency of the school safety coordinator in public schools in Jeddah governorate, highlighting the role of training in raising the efficiency of the school safety and security coordinator in public schools in Jeddah, and aimed at identifying the knowledge gained while participating in training on training efficiency, Identify the level of competence of the safety and security coordinator in public schools in Jeddah and from the point of view of the study sample. The researcher used the descriptive analytical method, as he used the questionnaire as a study tool. The study population consisted of (243) school safety coordinators and (380) school headmasters, students counselors, teachers and safety and security coordinators in public schools in Jeddah Governorate. Among the most important results of the study: the majority of the sample members strongly agree with the terms of the returner from training, the most important of which is to increase the safety coordinator's familiarity with their job duties, the majority of the sample members strongly agree with the phrases of knowledge that I gained during participation in training, among which the most important of which have developed my knowledge and information. The Safety and security Coordinator at public schools in Jeddah undertakes training of students and school staff on training on the evacuation plan which prepared in advance. Among the most important recommendations: Increase and intensify specialized training courses in the field of security and safety, establishing an electronic platform for safety training and courses throughout the year, linking training points of the safety coordinator with some incentives for job promotions.

scholarly journals Transformation of innovation processes in Russia under the influence of trends in the world economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-143
Author(s):  
М.В. Мирославская
Keyword(s):  
Capital Investment ◽  
Effective Interaction ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Commercial Development ◽  
Venture Capital Investment ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Innovation Processes

Статья посвящена вопросам трансформации инновационных процессов для обеспечения эффективного взаимодействия различных участников процесса коммерческого освоения инноваций, влияния и значимости импортозамещения на этот процесс. Инновационное импортозамещение, оказывающее заметное влияние на трансформацию инновационных процессов, требуют значительного финансового обеспечения. Для достижения поставленной цели в статье актуализируются анализа существующей конъюнктуру российского рынка, в том числе рынка венчурного финансирования и грантов, анализа трансформационных процессов, происходящих в экономике, в том числе усиление роли азиатских государств. Для решения поставленных задач данная статья разделена на три раздела и рассматривает три глобальных вопроса. Во-первых, рассмотрен вопрос уязвимости российской экономики и ее зависимость от иностранного импорта и технологий до введения санкций и венчурного инвестирования. Во-вторых, проанализирована политика импортозамещения и локализации и отказа от доллара и оценены ее достижения. В-третьих, рассмотрена и оценена роль азиатских государств в функционировании инновационных процессов с точки зрения вытеснения западного капитала и технологий. The article is devoted to the transformation of innovative processes to ensure effective interaction of various participants in the process of commercial development of innovations, the impact and significance of import substitution on this process. Innovative import substitution, which has a significant impact on the transformation of innovative processes, requires significant financial support. To achieve this goal, the article updates the analysis of the existing conjuncture of the Russian market, including the market for venture financing and grants, analysis of the transformation processes taking place in the economy, including the strengthening of the role of Asian states. To solve the set tasks, this article is divided into three sections and considers three global issues. First, the issue of the vulnerability of the Russian economy and its dependence on foreign imports and technologies before the imposition of sanctions and venture capital investment is considered. Secondly, the policy of import substitution and localization and abandonment of the dollar is analyzed and its achievements are assessed. Third, the role of Asian states in the functioning of innovation processes from the point of view of crowding out Western capital and technology is considered and evaluated.

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